Mudchicken, try looking at them, when you 4'6" tall: they really look like huge monsters then!
Been doing some more baking this afternoon. You'll have sugar cookies, chocolate chip, and oatmeal/raisin cookies for dessert tonight. But first, you have to eat something from the Friday Fish Fry menu. Everything is ready, and on the warmer/serving station.
You all enjoy, have a very good evening and take care. See you all tomorrow.
Success......Yard work finished, for this go around. Mowed and mulched. With the 3" of rain we've had this week, the yard is so green. And, still growing. But the next several weeks, it's going to be leaves blowing in on us....Depending which way it's blowing.
But we'll keep after it with mulching, and finally that will finish it.
Quentin
.....Agree Bruce. Proper care and maintenance and proper use of mechanical anything should add to its usefulness.
There was another sad incident in Utah this past week. Three teenage girls (two sisters and a friend) were out by the track that runs through Spanish Fork Canyon (near Provo). A Utah Railway train came by, and they waved to the engineer. Apparently they were standing between the two tracks at the time, and a UP train came by in the opposite direction. I do not know how fast the two trains were running, but it seems that the backwash from one train threw them against the other train, killing two of them immediately. The third girl (one of the sisters) survived the impact, but the damage done to her was so great that her parents agreed that she should be taken off life support about two days ago.
Johnny
Quentin...You'll appreciate this:
A Fabulously ’50s Way to See the U.S.A.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/23/automobiles/autoreviews/a-fabulously-fifties-way-to-see-the-usa.html?ref=automobiles
good saturday morning
breakfast is ready.Juice and coffee are ready.matt is getting ready.need to go to town.today is our turn to clean the church.It doesn't take long with everyone pitching in.will tak a pepperoni & mushroom pizza for tonight.
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").
Good Saturday morning everyone. And Joe, thank you for fixing such a nice breakfast this morning. Checking our pizza inventory in the freezer, think I'll be preparing pizzas later this morning. Always keep a supply made up and in the freezer, just in case someone gets a hankering for a pizza, instead of anything else.
Started out at 6:30 this morning, with a temp of 37 degrees, and have some frost. Believe they are saying we could see our first freeze tomorrow night. Which means, we'll probably be into Indian Summer next week, when we'll see highs at least in the 70s.
Everyone enjoy your Saturday activities, take care and see you all this evening.
Murray Quentin...You'll appreciate this: A Fabulously ’50s Way to See the U.S.A. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/23/automobiles/autoreviews/a-fabulously-fifties-way-to-see-the-usa.html?ref=automobiles
Yes, Murray....that I do appreciate. Just by coincidence, I happened to have {back then}, one almost exactly like the beautiful 55 in the picture. The difference being: Mine was a hard top model, but it was the same color, and even had the {chevy installed}, continental kit spare. And "power pac" V-8 engine., 180 hp via 4-bbl carb. and dual exhausts.
And true to the article this model was very different from the '54 Chevy. I traded a '53 Chevy Bel Air hard top on the '55 model.
New V-8 engine....All new suspension / frame.....And of course, all new body. Ed Cole's famous V-8 {mouse motor}, introduced in that model, basically is still being produced yet today.
Thanks for sharing.
.....And Johnny, what a tragic story.....Terrible.
ModelcarNew V-8 engine....All new suspension / frame.....And of course, all new body. Ed Cole's famous V-8 {mouse motor}, introduced in that model, basically is still being produced yet today.
Quentin, what really amazed me was that the 6-cyl was actually 40 pounds heavier than the V-8!
Those were really great cars!
.....Yes, Murray....The "Stove Bolt" was the heavier engine. It was "old school" by then....Around since about 1929.
Well, except for one pair of gloves, I have our winter outerwear all washed, dryed and ready for the cold weather. Been a busy, busy afternoon, as I was also baking more sugar cookies and other desserts to put in the freezer and pie/cake safe.
Here is our Saturday Night Pizza Fest menu:
1. Anchovie
2. Canadian bacon
3. Cheese
4. Chicago style
5. Goetta
6. Ham & green pepper
7. Hawaiian
8. Italian sausage
9. Pepperoni/mushroom
10. Supreme
Dessert: Sugar cookies, peach cobbler, blackberry pie, strawberry shortcake.
BTW, Mookie, congrats on Nebraska's win this afternoon. And everyone have an enjoyable evening and take care.
Murray A Fabulously ’50s Way to See the U.S.A.
CW, first time back to Pizza Night in a month. I will have a Supreme to celebrate. 48° right now, with a high in the mid-fifties today, and a low of 34° last night. It is forecast to drop to freezing tonight, but it is clear.
Murray, that is a great story. My sister, who is eleven years younger than me, was already married when I told her and her husband that our Uncle, who had worked for the CPR, had a '56 Chevrolet Delray 2-door Sedan, or post as some called it. They couldn't believe such a stodgy old Uncle could have such a cool car, but I explained that that was just a normal car, back in the day.
My Uncle, who was the Ditchrider, had a "60 Plymouth Belvedere, the base model full size Sedan. The tail fins on that year were as high as they every got on a Plymouth. Those cars didn't last well up here, because of rust issues, and I would love to see and ride in one of those again. His had a 313 engine, before they became the famous 318 a year or so later, with a push-button automatic. Because he was out in the country before there was much asphalt, there was no salt either, to start the rusting process, so he never had that problem. Before he passed away in the mid-eighties, we had a talk one afternoon about all of his cars. He said that car was the most amazingly reliable car he had ever owned. Before he was a Ditchrider he had been a semi-truck driver, hauling cattle and hay, and he used an expression I now forget, but it meant that he had never had to put a replacement part on that car for the 100,000 miles he drove it, that wasn't a normal routine maintenance item (plugs, points, filters). Everything was cheaper then, but he couldn't believe how few actual dollars he had spent on that car. You just couldn't comprehend it in today's money. By 1965 though, people were really beginning to notice those tail fins, and he didn't know how much longer his luck was going to hold out, so he traded in on a 1965 Plymouth Savoy. He never owned a car that worked anywhere near as well again.
No new local RR news this weekend. I guess that is all for now.
Bruce
So shovel the coal, let this rattler roll.
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Good Sunday morning everyone. Nice outside, with a temp of 45 degrees right here in the Louisville area. Some areas are down in the upper 30s. Believe our high today is to be in the mid to upper 60s, with plenty of sunshine.
Coffee, juices and other morning beverages are fresh and ready to go. Breakfast is on the warmer/serving station: some doughnuts, pecan rolls, coffee cake, bacon, sausage, eggs, biscuits & gravy.
Bruce, really enjoyed reading your post from last night. My first car, back in 1975, was a 1971 Plymouth Duster. Later on, I'll try to post a picture or two of it. But don't know how it'll turn out, because the only pictures I have of the car, are Polaroid shots.
Everyone enjoy your morning, take care going to Church, work, railfanning, whatever it is you have to do/go this morning.
morning
house guest is here.hopefully her owners don't get snowed in in michigan.time to take matt to sunday school.Cw thanks for breakfast.Back to work tonight.
Joe
....Looks like a nice day forming....Temp rising up from earilier 45 we had here.
Partly sunny.
I enjoy the "back in the 50's" auto stories in the last several posts. Suppose it's appropriate for us to actually discuss such subject in the "Diner"...why not. It's certainly a normal conversation for rail fans who happen to be "car guys", as well.
The 50's were a great time in the "car guys" world....Lots of changes and "performance" offerings becoming available. Example: The big change for Chevrolet from it's long history of reliable 6-cyl. engines to the brand new {and innovative} 265 c i V-8.....{that was to become a classic in design}....Thanks to Ed Cole. And quickly becoming a performance engine in some of it's forms. Pushed on by Corvette developement...Engineer / developer, Zora Arkus-Duntof.
Quentin... Found these old films. You may find this interesting:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zAcOLugGWk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZ1EwjfeALY&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PL3622BBB6777412FD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hehgAHvk6fI&feature=related
Great ad for the 1959 Chevy Biscayne:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrCxbsQJT5M&feature=related
(You may need to turn your volume up for this one).
Who could ever forget those word sang by Dinah .
Y6bs evergreen in my mind
Boy, can't imagine an advertisement being allowed now, showing a girl driving with her feet.....and setting on the seat back to do it....!
Yea, I can put myself pretty close to many of those models. Example:
Had a 1959 Chevy Convertible light green....348 c i V-8, with {3} two's and hyd. cam that rated at 280 hp.
As for advertisements from GM....and particularly from Chevy, I always thought they concentrated on silly side events...."apple pie" and so on.....If one wanted to find what performance options were available, it seemed one actually had to kind of push on the subject.
Currently, I believe GM, and again, Chevy are doing rather good advertisements. Actually telling one about the product.
{Item}....I wonder really, do we really gain from vehicles like the volt....? Personally in my thoughts, if an automobile can achieve roughly 30 mpg or close, and transport one in total comfort, and have good driveabiltiy...that ought to be pretty satisfying and good value without all the complications that make up these "advanced" green cars. And at a much lower cost.
They {my thoughts}, back then...seemed to want to sell 6 cyl Powerglide 4-door sedans....Bread and butter models.
But I managed to find the "good stuff" I preferred.
But I appreciate your retro "you tube" scenes Murray.
I remember how the dealers back in my hometown of Elizabeth, NJ used to make a big show out of the new model year...they would paper up their show room windows so you could not see the new models until the official "presentation day."
Quentin, I remember a lot of the older folks in my town would usually opt for a Biscayne or Belair with the 6-cyl and manual transmission when they did buy their new Chevy's. I guess old habits died hard then.
Of course there was a lot more dealer and brand loyalty back then as well.
Murray.....I really think {we}, and the auto industry lost a big asset when the "hide the new ones" was really a hot topic back when....And eventually, that tradition simply evaporated.
As you say...Show windows papered over...Car carriers with their load covered, and a lot of them delivered and taken into the building actually at night.
Sept. / Oct. time frame was the time to watch for the opening day for the new models to go on display. Myself, and almost always with a friend, made a trip to the dealers to see such unveiling...!
{Item}....I remember the night we went to see the unvailing of the 1968 models...My eye caught an Impala Cusom Coupe....and it wasn't even in the showroom....A new model, setting outside. But it really got me interested, I actually ended up with a 1968 SS427 Impala Custom Coupe.
Now....I hardly even know when a new model is introduced. It just seems to me the industry lost an asset of customer excitement that occured to show off the new models....bringing potential customers into the showroom.
I know.....Totally different times now.
Good Monday morning everyone. Sorry about not making it back in yesterday, but it doesn't look like I was missed at all.
Coffee, juices and other morning beverages are fresh and ready to go, with breakfast on the warmer/serving station.
Now, back to the good stuff: Murray, really enjoying looking at those old commercials, on YouTube. I'm only 59 years old (young), and I can remember seeing the showroom windows all papered over, so you couldn't see inside. And yes, it was a BIG EVENT, in September and October, to hear all the commercials about the new cars getting ready to roll off the assembly line. Back when you could tell Chevy models from Ford, etc Now, it is just one generic frame, and you can no longer tell one brand from another. YUCK.
Everyone have a good day, take care, and enjoy the sunshiny Indian Summer Day.
Gone are the days when you could say "There goes a 1961 Rolls Canardly," because the '61 model was different than the '60 or the '62.
Many of the shots in those commercials were done at GM's Proving Grounds in MI. IIRC, the splash pan was next to the oval track. I've probably been on some of those roads.
Ironically, we had a '56 Chevy station wagon and a'61 Belair.
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Looks like we're kind of on the slow side this morning, traffic wise here in the Cafe/Diner/CS. We've got a temp in the mid 60s, with plenty of sunshine, but we also have a cool breeze blowing, so it is still jacket time outside.
For the rest of the afternoon/tonight, here is our menu:
1. Fried chicken w/mashed taters, milk gravy, homemade buttermilk biscuits, your choice of green beans, lima beans w/corn (succatash), broccoli w/cheese sauce
2. Country fried round steak, or grilled T-bone steak w/baked tater, any of the above listed veggies, and garden salad, dinner roll or buttermilk biscuit
Desserts today: Cherry pie, lemon meringue pie, chocolate cake w/white icing, strawberry cheesecake.
Hope you are all having a very good Monday; take care, have a good evening, and I'll try to get back in later on this evening.
afternoon
#1 with some cherry pie please.need to run an errand in town.houseguest is getting spoiled.saw a CN unit going eastbound on ns this morning after work.guessers say next chance of rain is on wed.better get going.
The weatherguessers finally got it right, but only after teasing us with a nice, sunny morning...
Another note about those Chevy clips is that at least one showed that it was produced by "Jam Handy Productions," which did a lot of work for GM. I'd opine that all of them came from that studio in Detroit.
cherokee woman I'll try to post a picture or two of it.
I'll try to post a picture or two of it.
CW, the Fried chicken supper sounds great. It is 39° right now after a high in the mid-forties today. It dropped down into the high twenties last night, and the same is expected tonight. Expected to make 40° tomorrow.
Went up to my Mother's place last night for a good visit. But I am becoming concerned about her continuing to live in her house on her own. It is the house my parents bought when they moved out of the station in Irricana and came to Calgary 46 years ago. As you might expect, she really doesn't want to leave. But she is having a harder time keeping the place up each time I go up to see her.
Now to get back to the quote above. After I got home last night I realized that somewhere on this Internet thingy, there is not just an image of a similar car, like on Murray's excellent video links, but a photo of my Uncle's actual 1960 Plymouth. In 1961 the Village of Duchess, AB issued a commemorative plate celebrating the village's 50th anniversary. It is your standard type plate with five or six images including the standard stock Main Street photo. At the time my Uncle lived above the Duchess Cafe, and there is his car parked out front. He used to walk to where his work truck was parked.
Someone had taken a picture of that plate and posted the image, and several years ago I stumbled across it. I never thought to save the photo, or bookmark the site, and now I can't find it. I spent an hour and a half this afternoon trying every combination and permutation of search terms I could think of into into Google, with no luck. I am asking CW, Mookie, Quentin, if he could ask Jean, or anyone else, if anybody has any ideas for more search terms. It is a commemorative plate, but not a china or ceramic one. It is metal (aluminum?), about 12-14" in diameter, and the photos are under some type of plastic coating. I just don't know what this type of thing is called. If you wanted to answer here, or send me a private message, either would be appreciated.
Back to our normally scheduled program, no new local RR news today.
Thanks, Bruce
....Bruce:
I just spent about 45 min. {gee, the time does fly}, over in "ask.com", looking thru hundreds of 50th anniversary plates....Just ran out of time for now...Will make another effort tomorrow.
If I understand you correctly, your Father's 61 Ply. is on one of the pictures on the ann. plate. So we are looking for the "plate"....Correct.
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