Randy, now that you have a new Kenworth, will you use it for hauling hogs? (Convoy)
This afternoon, Ricki expressed a desire to go to Ogden and back (as she often had to do when she was working for the Census Bureau) to see such fall colors as were out. So, we spent an hour and forty-five minutes on the road. Many trees have turned, and many (such as our maple) have yet to turn. The only rail activity I saw was two Front Runner trains; one just as we approached the UP on our way up, and one about half-way back.
Johnny
Murray: So far, I like it a lot. Interior is not changed much, except for an actual refrigerator/freezer, and some changes to the dashboard. If this Cummins engine breaks in like I hope it does, I should average around 7MPG, the old CAT averaged six. Has a bit more power to boot, though I'm still getting used to it. There are some odd quirks, like the turbo spools up at idle, and the throttle pedal is very touchy in the lower gears, making smooth starts tricky, but all in all, a very nice truck.
Randy Vos
"Ever have one of those days where you couldn't hit the ground with your hat??" - Waylon Jennings
"May the Lord take a liking to you and blow you up, real good" - SCTV
rvos1979 Afternoon all..... As those of you on Facebook have seen, last Wednesday I was the recipient of a new toy, a brand new 2012 Kenworth T700 with the Cummins ISX engine. The last week or so has been an exercise in getting used to a brand new truck, but so far, I am very pleased with this one. The new Qualcomm with electronic log is taking some getting used to, but I have not had any major issues with it. The new emissions are not too bad, either, filled the diesel exhaust fluid tank for the first time yesterday, not too bad when one does it at the pump..... Sitting down in Fort Worth, TX, waiting on a load, freight is a tad slow down here right now, so just monkeying around on the computer (I already read the owners manuals for the truck and everything in and on it). Quentin: a friend of mine back home has restored a 1963 split rear window Corvette, complete with the knockoff wheels. Very nice ride, and the 327 gives it good power....
Afternoon all.....
As those of you on Facebook have seen, last Wednesday I was the recipient of a new toy, a brand new 2012 Kenworth T700 with the Cummins ISX engine. The last week or so has been an exercise in getting used to a brand new truck, but so far, I am very pleased with this one. The new Qualcomm with electronic log is taking some getting used to, but I have not had any major issues with it. The new emissions are not too bad, either, filled the diesel exhaust fluid tank for the first time yesterday, not too bad when one does it at the pump.....
Sitting down in Fort Worth, TX, waiting on a load, freight is a tad slow down here right now, so just monkeying around on the computer (I already read the owners manuals for the truck and everything in and on it).
Quentin: a friend of mine back home has restored a 1963 split rear window Corvette, complete with the knockoff wheels. Very nice ride, and the 327 gives it good power....
HI Randy... Glad to have you back here in Texas.
One thing has change here. Texas is removing the night speed limit signs. So we now will have one speed limit set for roads and interstates.
Brand new Kenworth eh? How do you like her so far???????
Be safe out there!
AgentKid Modelcar: So again, good work in the rare find Bruce. You're welcome. Compared with the schmozzle around the anniversary/commemorative plate/serving tray issue, finding that kit car was remarkably easy. From the time I started typing in the search engine, through getting the results, and then verifying it was what I was looking for, took less than a minute. 45°, partly cloudy, with a west wind at 19 mph now. The relative humidity is around 22%. I thought I was having another headache, but I remembered to use my eyedrops instead of taking an Advil, and deal with it that way. You would think with the normally low humidity around here I would be getting used to using eyedrops instead of taking some pill, but it is a hard habit to change. No new RR news around here today. Bruce
Modelcar: So again, good work in the rare find Bruce.
So again, good work in the rare find Bruce.
You're welcome. Compared with the schmozzle around the anniversary/commemorative plate/serving tray issue, finding that kit car was remarkably easy. From the time I started typing in the search engine, through getting the results, and then verifying it was what I was looking for, took less than a minute.
45°, partly cloudy, with a west wind at 19 mph now. The relative humidity is around 22%. I thought I was having another headache, but I remembered to use my eyedrops instead of taking an Advil, and deal with it that way. You would think with the normally low humidity around here I would be getting used to using eyedrops instead of taking some pill, but it is a hard habit to change.
No new RR news around here today.
Bruce
Yes.....I fully understand the dificultiy of running down the "plate" with the photos on it of the village...I have spent at least 3 plus hours so far on that subject, and as I said before....the closest I came was a photo of the street in front of the Duchess restaurant.....and for sure, not the proper time frame.
Quentin
rvos1979 Quentin: a friend of mine back home has restored a 1963 split rear window Corvette, complete with the knockoff wheels. Very nice ride, and the 327 gives it good power....
Randy.....Yes, the '63 was {is}, a very popular model. And the 327 engine was a very good series of engines.
And congratulations on the new Kenworth....That really must be a pleasure to have when you are on the road all the time earning your living.
Modelcar So again, good work in the rare find Bruce.
So shovel the coal, let this rattler roll.
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Hi Randy! It is good to see you in here. Your new 'toy' sounds like a very nice riding experience.
Here's our menu for the rest of the day:
1. Chili (3 pots: mild, medium and hot)
2. Beef stew w/cornbread
Desserts: cake, pie and cobbler (different flavors of all 3, so you have your pick)
Believe our temp is still in the low 50s, maybe around 53, 54 degrees. But with the brisk breeze, it feels cccold.
AgentKid It was a kit car called a Convair based on a 1954 Corvette. They must have hired Dinah to pose with it. http://www.cadvision.com/blanchas/54pontiac/images/54Corvair760.jpg Bruce
It was a kit car called a Convair based on a 1954 Corvette. They must have hired Dinah to pose with it.
http://www.cadvision.com/blanchas/54pontiac/images/54Corvair760.jpg
Good Job Bruce....! I have {over the years}, seen in all kinds of reports the special "Corvette based" spin off tries...Including the Corvette based Nomad....and others. But I believe I can say, I never have seen this one. Note the pushbutton door "handles" too.
I know several "tries" were produced in "one off's", just to see what might be a possible direction to go.
good morning
some sprinkles here in nw ohio.matt is off on the bus.catching up on chores.Matt will be with his cousins later for trick or treat.back to work tonight and it's friday.
stay safe
joe
Deshler Ohio-crossroads of the B&O Matt eats your fries.YUM! Clinton st viaduct undefeated against too tall trucks!!!(voted to be called the "Clinton St. can opener").
Deggesty Quoting cw: "Well, Mook, my pencil didn't break, but I'm doing doing any crossword puzzles, so do you want to borrow my pencil? I do share, you know!" I was taught that in English, a double negative is really a positive; is a double gerund a negative gerund? (In New Testament Greek, a double negative is an emphatic negative.)
Quoting cw: "Well, Mook, my pencil didn't break, but I'm doing doing any crossword puzzles, so do you want to borrow my pencil? I do share, you know!"
I was taught that in English, a double negative is really a positive; is a double gerund a negative gerund? (In New Testament Greek, a double negative is an emphatic negative.)
ISorry about that, Johnny. Guess I didn't proofread very well yesterday, did I? Of course, I meant to say that I wasn't doing any crossword puzzles.
Coffee and other morning beverages are freshly made and ready to go. Breakfast is on the warmer/serving station.
We have a temp of 52 degrees this morning. Not supposed to make it above 55 today. Currently getting a break from the rain. It rained constantly throughout the night: the rain drops hitting the window, kept waking me up all night long. But the rain will be out of here, and heading east by this afternoon.
Everyone have a good morning, and see you all later.
Sorry for double post....Didn't catch it in time to delete.
Tom, I think '52 was the year that the people in S.C. upset the people in N.C.
I graduated from a wagon to a bicycle four or five years earlier.
AgentKid Modelcar: What Chevrolet is Diana setting in with the door hanging open.....?? I must be slipping. I don't believe that is a production Chevrolet....it does have a wrap around windshield, so that gives us an idea of the time frame....But certainly don't think it was a "production model". I'm looking at the rear fender, and the lines, plus the fuel filler door make me think this must be a prototype hardtop on a first generation Corvette body that was never produced. All of the Gen 1 Corvettes were convertibles, right? Quite interesting. We never got the Dinah Shore commercials in Canada, although Chevrolet was the main sponsor of "Bonanza". As we Canadians used to observe, isn't it interesting that the main TV leading men; Ben Cartwright, Perry Mason and Captain James T. Kirk were all Canadians. Lorne Green, Raymond Burr and William Shatner, respectively. Bruce
Modelcar: What Chevrolet is Diana setting in with the door hanging open.....?? I must be slipping. I don't believe that is a production Chevrolet....it does have a wrap around windshield, so that gives us an idea of the time frame....But certainly don't think it was a "production model".
What Chevrolet is Diana setting in with the door hanging open.....?? I must be slipping. I don't believe that is a production Chevrolet....it does have a wrap around windshield, so that gives us an idea of the time frame....But certainly don't think it was a "production model".
I'm looking at the rear fender, and the lines, plus the fuel filler door make me think this must be a prototype hardtop on a first generation Corvette body that was never produced. All of the Gen 1 Corvettes were convertibles, right? Quite interesting.
We never got the Dinah Shore commercials in Canada, although Chevrolet was the main sponsor of "Bonanza". As we Canadians used to observe, isn't it interesting that the main TV leading men; Ben Cartwright, Perry Mason and Captain James T. Kirk were all Canadians. Lorne Green, Raymond Burr and William Shatner, respectively.
Some thoughts Bruce:
This vehicle has glass side windows...of the up and down type. 1956 Corvette was the first for that.
I don't see any body panels that were familiar on the Gen ! Corvettes. And yes, all of the first Corvettes were open, convertible models. First one with permenant top would be 1963...The Gen 2 body
1956 model did start the availble removable hard top series....I owned a 1957 model with both tops. In fact have pictures of it right here besides the computer taken about 1958.
The "hub caps"...perhaps I should say wheel covers in the Dinah pic. does have the imitation "knock off" locking nut as the Gen one Corvettes did have.
I do note the location of the gas filler door....and the first Gen cars did have the gas tank right behind the seats, and below where the convertible top stored.
The wrap around windshield has the end metal pieces verticlal, where the Gen I Corvettes windshield "ends" were angled back top to bottom. Bottom being back into the door area further.
The car must be a "one off" proto.
The "hub caps"...perhaps I should say wheel covers in the Dina pic. does have the imitation "knock off" locking nut as the Gen one Corvettes did have.
Good to see you around Tom.
Now I am off to the grocery store before it closes.
Still 43° and partly cloudy, but there is a west wind at 19 mph.
Talking about license plates, I had a black and orange SC 52 attached to my Radio Flyer red wagon...
Tom
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It is better to dwell in the corner of a roof than to share a house with a contentious woman! (Solomon)
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Modelcar What Chevrolet is Diana setting in with the door hanging open.....?? I must be slipping. I don't believe that is a production Chevrolet....it does have a wrap around windshield, so that gives us an idea of the time frame....But certainly don't think it was a "production model".
Send the emphatic negative to Sir Chicken. He seems to have some flustered feathers re: puters. I still have Windows Vista, but The Driver has Windows 7 and I hate to work on it. Drives me nuts trying to get around!
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
Murray Continuing on about Chevrolet, here is an article in todays NY Times entitled: "Chevrolet at 100": http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/23/automobiles/chevrolet-unlikely-cornerstone-for-gm.html?_r=1&ref=automobiles
Continuing on about Chevrolet, here is an article in todays NY Times entitled: "Chevrolet at 100":
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/23/automobiles/chevrolet-unlikely-cornerstone-for-gm.html?_r=1&ref=automobiles
......What Chevrolet is Diana setting in with the door hanging open.....?? I must be slipping. I don't believe that is a production Chevrolet....it does have a wrap around windshield, so that gives us an idea of the time frame....But certainly don't think it was a "production model".
Somebody had best find Bill Gates and put him in with the witness protection folks. After the headaches caused by Windows 7/ Internet Explorer 9, somebody is gonna get talon marks and chicken poop on his nice widdle round glasses....
Finished here today with 8 inches of wet snow and lotsa people in northern Colorado in the dark.
hi
busy day.heard some trains go by but didn't see them.CW thanks for supper.going to stay home and catch up on sleep.city is still talking closing some crossings and council approved a package for a grain transfer facility to come to defiance.It's up to the company now.
Deggesty California vs Alberta? The powers that were in California certainly were arrogant and overbearing. A little more understandable was the North Carolina-South Carolina difference that came up in either the late forties or early fifties: North Carolina had been switching the colors on its plates from one year to the next; I don't remember jsut what the colors were, but we could say they were black on white one year and white on black the next. And the powers that were in South Carolina decided that the new year's plates would have the same color as North Carolina's new year's plates were going to be. Needless to say, the powers in North Carolina were extremely upset. There was a difference: North Carolina had only one plate for a vehicle, and South Carolina had a front as well as a rear plate--but from a distance from the rear, who could quickly tell which state a car was from?
California vs Alberta? The powers that were in California certainly were arrogant and overbearing.
A little more understandable was the North Carolina-South Carolina difference that came up in either the late forties or early fifties: North Carolina had been switching the colors on its plates from one year to the next; I don't remember jsut what the colors were, but we could say they were black on white one year and white on black the next. And the powers that were in South Carolina decided that the new year's plates would have the same color as North Carolina's new year's plates were going to be. Needless to say, the powers in North Carolina were extremely upset. There was a difference: North Carolina had only one plate for a vehicle, and South Carolina had a front as well as a rear plate--but from a distance from the rear, who could quickly tell which state a car was from?
I remember before I-95 was built...you had to be sure you were doing the speed limit on US 301 in the Rocky Mount area...or else you were sure to get a ticket.
Mookie CW - Driver & I did local X-word puzzle and then tackled the LA Times one. We finally got it, but it was a struggle. He does local one every day and only consults me when he goes brain dead.
CW - Driver & I did local X-word puzzle and then tackled the LA Times one. We finally got it, but it was a struggle.
He does local one every day and only consults me when he goes brain dead.
I've never completed a crossword puzzle in my life. Neither my brother or sister do crossword puzzles, either. But my Mom has done one most days for as long as I can remember knowing her. I can see her doing them at the dinner table, back in the station, 55+ years ago. Dad did crossword puzzle too, if Mom hadn't gotten to it first, or he found a different one. They always received a daily paper, and magazines used to have them as well.
45° now, with the low expected to be at freezing tonight. Pretty much the same conditions are expected for the next week.
No new local RR news that I have come across yet, but I may be back later if I find something.
AgentKid That's excellent! It is not the type of plate under discussion, but it is still great. We were talking about serving plates and other decorative type plates. See my posts above. But your link brought back two memories right away. I can vividly recall being out with my Dad when he put the white on green 1962 plates on our '59 Pontiac. I even remember the number, LT 4854. It has always stuck in my mind because it was not long after I had learned the 6 times multiplication table. And I remember those 1969 yellow on black plates making the news because they were the same as the California plates at the time, and California wanted to dictate the colours of license plates even in foreign countries. Because of the interconnected North American road network, and our much smaller population, the Alberta government had to capitulate. I forget what the 1970 plate colours were. Bruce
That's excellent! It is not the type of plate under discussion, but it is still great. We were talking about serving plates and other decorative type plates. See my posts above.
But your link brought back two memories right away. I can vividly recall being out with my Dad when he put the white on green 1962 plates on our '59 Pontiac. I even remember the number, LT 4854. It has always stuck in my mind because it was not long after I had learned the 6 times multiplication table. And I remember those 1969 yellow on black plates making the news because they were the same as the California plates at the time, and California wanted to dictate the colours of license plates even in foreign countries. Because of the interconnected North American road network, and our much smaller population, the Alberta government had to capitulate. I forget what the 1970 plate colours were.
We had a '59 Pontiac too Bruce. It was a Catalina (Safari) Wagon.
Our plate was NJ (AWN-722).
Funny how you can remember those things.......
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