Mutt:
Yep, that's the one. 5% grade down the north side, 6% down the south side. Pretty intimidating for the first-timer.
Anyway, am in Greencastle, PA, about 5 miles north of the Mason-Dixon line. Tomorrow will shoot for Fulton, NY.
Will take some pepperoni for dinner, then into the sleeper again...
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
I'm working on the pizzas for tonight's SATURDAY NIGHT PIZZA FEST! On tonight's menu:
1. Anchovie2. Cheese w/extra cheese3. Goetta4. Chicago Style5. Hawaiian6. Pepperoni/Mushroom7. Pepperoni/Sausage8. Supreme
Since we've not had very many patrons and guests coming into the Diner lately, I've only made two extra large of each of the eight pizzas. Maybe later on in the fall, I'll go back to making three extra larges on the pizza selections.
We haven't received any rain yet, but the breeze is picking up a little bit, so maybe we'll see some rain in a little bit. Sure hope so!!
tree68 wrote:Bearclaw, orange-and-spice tea, walk the dogs to the post office (and back), then off to the local train show.Set a new record high here yesterday, by 5 degrees! I think the official high was 93. Supposed to cool off here today a bit, but it hasn't yet.John - welcome aboard! Curious - SE Michigan? I grew up in the Milford area.
Bearclaw, orange-and-spice tea, walk the dogs to the post office (and back), then off to the local train show.
Set a new record high here yesterday, by 5 degrees! I think the official high was 93. Supposed to cool off here today a bit, but it hasn't yet.
John - welcome aboard! Curious - SE Michigan? I grew up in the Milford area.
Congrats(?) Larry, I guess you all are geting the temps we've had for the last two months.
We've not cooled down yet. It's to be cooler today, but...
We've broken too many records for heat around here for this year while other people have had record flooding; and we need some rain.
(while you're at the post office, please get some stamps, seems we're out around here.)
John, welcome to the Forums and this crazy place.
Randy, Cannonball, is that hill on I-24 that you're talking about the one outside of Chatanooga? If so, It is a Bear even in a regular automobile, let alone a "Big Rig"!
Being Crazy,keeps you from going "INSANE" !! "The light at the end of the tunnel,has been turned off due to budget cuts" NOT AFRAID A Vet., and PROUD OF IT!!
Larry Resident Microferroequinologist (at least at my house) Everyone goes home; Safety begins with you My Opinion. Standard Disclaimers Apply. No Expiration Date Come ride the rails with me! There's one thing about humility - the moment you think you've got it, you've lost it...
Good Saturday morning, to all. Looks like it's going to be a beautiful day! Our high to today is supposed to be only around 87, 88 degrees. But we do have a good possibility of rain and thunderstorms rolling in this afternoon.
Coffee is on, and fresh juices, tea and lemonade are also in the fridge.
On the breakfast/warmer bar, you'll find turkey bacon, sausage, scrambled eggs, biscuits and sausage gravy, along with some apple, blueberry, and strawberry and oat muffins.
Have a good day, everyone, and whatever you do, and wherever you go today, be careful out there!!
JOHN wrote: Joe, I haven't been in Hicksville in a long time. I hadn't really thought about a hill in Hicksville, but now I remember seeing a picture of the original B&O depot that sat below track level. A later station was built at track level after the land was raised. Where is a good place to see the action there? When I come to NW Ohio I generally stop by Fostoria, Deshler, and Bryan to see what is happening, then go to SE Michigan to visit my brother. I hope to see you & Matt sometime. I expect to be in your area October 5th.
Joe,
I haven't been in Hicksville in a long time. I hadn't really thought about a hill in Hicksville, but now I remember seeing a picture of the original B&O depot that sat below track level. A later station was built at track level after the land was raised. Where is a good place to see the action there? When I come to NW Ohio I generally stop by Fostoria, Deshler, and Bryan to see what is happening, then go to SE Michigan to visit my brother. I hope to see you & Matt sometime. I expect to be in your area October 5th.
John
the grade is separated by about 10 ft west of hicksville.go down the ohio/indiana line road or down dekalb county road 75 and you'll see what i meen.I was told that on track 1 passenger trains needs pushers to get started to chicago.Glad to be back here in the diner.thanks for saving me some fish CW.Been attending to family matters and everyone is a little tired but things are are ok.Randy and cannonball be careful out there.my nephew in law reported seeing a bad accident between a truck and a jeep on his way hauling a load for gm.Um john i'll have to catch you some other time.Thats near our anniversary date.
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").
Walt....if you're curious, you probably can enter that exact number of the little "Zenette" I listed a bit earlier in another post and pull a picture of it up on the "net"....The pic I found there of it was even the exact color of the one I have...Red. Give it a try.
On the "Esso" price sign.....I'm afraid it has gone with the wind so to speak....Our station was even moth-balled during WWII and reopened again about 1946.
Quentin
Evening all, not sure how well this will work out, the IdleAire screen cuts off the left inch or so of the screen...
Am in Knoxville, TN tonight, on my way to New York with a load of empty beer bottles for Budweiser. Decided to try out the internet capabilities of IdleAire, works pretty nice. Did another Menards run to the Chicago area, then ran a load for Office Depot down to Buford, Georgia, then came back to our terminal in Cartersville for the glass load.
Cannonball, glad to hear from you, been doing fine, got to experience the Monteagle hill on I-24 for the first time yesterday, not too bad, but it wasn't raining or snowing, and I had a light load.
Will take some fish fry, then hop into the sleeper for a good night's rest (this load doesen't deliver till Monday am)....
My Dad used to always buy gas by the "dollar's worth", usually just once a week.
When I got my Driver's License Mom or Dad used to hand me the keys to the car and tell me to "get out and go someplace" to get me out of my room and to stop playing with batteries and light-bulbs. Sometimes, Dad would give me a dollar and tell me to buy gas on the way home.
Near where we lived, there were two gas stations across the street from each other on East 10th St., near Hamilton St. (Indianapolis, Indiana) and they would regularly engage in a "Gas War!"... alternately lowering their price per gallon trying to outdo the other. They would have to have a Policeman in the street to direct traffic.
The usual price for gasoline at the time varied from 22.9 to 28.9 cents per gallon, but unlike today, the price would only change by a couple of cents per gallon maybe once a week at the most. Not like today where I have seen it change twice in one day.
Anyway, one Friday night, I went out, but Dad didn't give me money for gas. On the way home I came down East 10th. I noticed the big long lines of cars as I approached Hamilton and knew what was happening. I didn't really want to get into it, but traffic was such that I couldn't avoid it. I knew that if you wanted to get past it, you tried to drive near the middle of the road and the police would wave you through.
Just as I got to the intersection, the station attendant on the North came out and re-chalked his board to 10.9-cents per gallon. I got stuck as the police re-arranged the lines of cars to that station. The person next in line at the South station blew his horn and demanded to get in the other line. The Policeman wanted to be accomodating to the guy, but I was in the way.
I backed up a bit to allow the guy past and just as I was putting the car in drive again, the station on the South re-chalked their board to 9.9-cents per gallon.
AND, the car at the pump pulled away right then!
That put ME as the first car in line for the South station!!!!! I thought, "Why not?!", I had some of my own money in my pocket.
I FILLED the tank that evening for about 40-cents! Granted, Dad had already purchased the weeks gasoline with his typical "dollar's worth". TOO BAD!
But, I am glad it wasn't more than that, as I only had about 50-cents in my pocket.
When I got home I got the glee of telling Dad that I had "FILLED" the tank for him.
He was bewildered for a few minutes trying to figure out why I had done the extravagance of "Filling the tank".
Ah... them was the days!
Semper Vaporo
Pkgs.
Q, if you really want to, sell that to a musem. (make darn sure they give you
a very good price for it!, if you want to sell.)
We need things like that around to remind us of other things. (better times?)
Mook, I really do remember gas prices close to what you all have said.
[along with deposits on soft drink bottles, and flashlight batteries for about 5-10 cents apiece]
Q, still got that ESSO Sign? Set that up in front of a station today, and people
would be flocking by the dozens to get gasoline at that price today!
(make SURE they understand the date!!)
John, welcome to the forums and to the DD/CS! We're always glad to see new people come in! Hope you enjoy yourself, and come in often!
Got the "all clear" from my GP this morning, for my surgery. All the tests came back good, so everything is "A GO" for my knee surgery. And am I looking forward to getting it over and done with! So, Sunday, Sept. 16th will be my last day here for awhile.
I've got all the fish, fries, hushpuppies, corn on the cob, baked beans, on the warmer bar, and on the cool end, we have cole slaw, and the usual pies and chocolate cake for dessert.
For those of who will be leaving after work today, and not back until Monday, have a safe, happy weekend!
I do remember glass paks....!
The cheapest gas I saw would have been in the later 50's - we were over 20 cents a gallon here in NE and when we drove to Kansas - the gas was 17.9. Can't tell you much about the trip except the amazement of my girlfriend's father when he kept saying over and over - gas is only 17.9!!!!
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
...Walt, you're really digging into the good stuff....
Remember my first portable, a "Zenith" with the flip up lid...."Zenette", 4g800, 1948 era.....it too used miniature tubes and as you mentioned Walt....strange sized batteries. Believe it or not, I still have it some place here at home in a box....I remember it's cost was $29.00, not cheap for that era but really not real expensive either.
Now, one more...that we're into such subjects. My family opened a new Esso Service Station in 1938...{Pennsylvania}, and I remember first signs displayed: 6 gal. for $1.00...!! 16.6 cents / gal incl. tax.
Mook, do you remember "Glasspack" mufflers on cars?
(and gas being about 25-30 cents per gallon? I know you and Q are a
bit older than me, but I remember those, (had Glasspacks on my 'Cuda)
and my first "portable radio" had tubes and used batteries you almost can't find today.)
Brian - had some pretty car conscious men in my life that I could influence with what I liked in looks. The convertible also had a mate in an early 80's (the last year of the big ones) T-Bird - in "Lipstick Red". It was a choice between that and "Layaway Gray".....Big choice.
Q - remember the first Baby Moons and first Lake Pipes - well at least they were first with me back in that era.
I am dating myself ......
.....No question, our tastes varies in automobiles just like in anything....A very nice '62 SS all black Impala coupe then turned into a 1968 Chevy SS 427 Impala Custom Coupe....Good gasoline wasn't priced then as it is now....The one with the 3 vertical under hood vents {Imitation, but done at the factory}, on the fender right behind the front wheels....A slight "dome" on the hood was a distinction on them too....and some other "differences". Of course, the engine as well. The "rat motor".
Pretty rare....To this day I have seen just a dozen of them.
Mookie wrote: My later years I had a '65 Ford Mustang convertible - red with white rag top and 69 Roadrunner - it was the roadrunner orange if you and Joe can believe that. I didn't pick the color, believe me!
My later years I had a '65 Ford Mustang convertible - red with white rag top and 69 Roadrunner - it was the roadrunner orange if you and Joe can believe that. I didn't pick the color, believe me!
You sure had your share of sporty cars! Back when I first met Joanie, she was running around in an early '70s silver Mustang with the 302 V-8 in it- that car had some ooomph.
Brian (IA) http://blhanel.rrpicturearchives.net.
....J: I remember the first '57 Chevrolet I ever saw....it was the night before the new cars were released to the public.....The paper would come off the showroom windows and all the rest. We're missing something in auto land by not doing that anymore, but simply, it can't be done currently.
Different models are put out at anytime of the year now and we've lost the excitement of that day when the "new models" were put on display, etc....
J...I remember the roadrunner orange you speak of....
Anyway, back in probably Sept. or Oct. of '56 my brother and I went to this little Chevy dealer the night before {by invitation}, the new 57's were released and I still remember thinking....Wow....just a face lift from the 55's and 56's....and Ford is bringing out a brand new car for 57....How will Chevy compete....??
Well, we all know now the 57 is one of the most popular retro cars Chevrolet has ever produced....A 57 convertible or 2-door hardtop is now considered to be nothing but beautiful at car meets and all the rest.....
And so it goes.......
Anyway, J....that's my little expression to start my day on here....Hope your paperwork doesn't overwhelm today.
Q - My all time favorite - which I recently found sitting in a vacant lot for sale - was the 57 Chevy. Didn't hurt that the young man that drove it (I never really got to meet him, either) had what they called "bedroom eyes". The eyes, the young man and the car were all gorgeous.
And gas prices that I remember for the first time were 24.9.
The only other thing I have to offer this morning besides TGIF is that I heard Amtrak at 5:25 am and wonder why all whistles can't sound that good. Maybe people wouldn't be so alienated if they could hear a good Amtrak whistle at an early or late hour instead of those ear-shattering whistles on the newer locomotives!
Off to push some more paper. I am starting to feel like a recycle bin with all the paper they dump on my desk!
J
Good Friday morning to all. Coffee is ready, and fresh juices, tea and lemonade are also freshly made this morning.
There's all kinds of doughnuts, bagels and bear claws out on the counter this morning.
I won't be around until later this afternoon, so someone else with have to do the Friday Fish Fry for me. Have to go to the doctor, for a checkup and get the results from my pre-op tests they did a week or so ago. Can't even remember when I went!!
.....No CW, not like that anymore but there are plenty of them around as many, many of them have been resurected and restored. I have often wondered if the one I had might be one of them and in someone's possession. Personally, I think that model was one of the nicest and sure is a popular model at car meets, etc....
There were only 6000 or 7000 of them {57's}, produced.
My late father, a reserve police officer, was working on New Years Eve one year and tuned into midnight celebrations in several time zones on the regular car radio.
I remember tuning into WBZ in Boston when I lived in MI. In the 60's it was a leading rock and roll station. Think that was the first time I heard a Beatles song.
Hawaiian and some sweet tea. I'll be over in the corner looking over some stuff about the "Peg Leg" Railroad in the Adirondacks. A friend of mine is pretty sure he's found evidence of it, which is pretty amazing, since it only existed for 4 years (1888-1892) and ran on wooden rails...
I was spinning through the channels tonight before I headed for the monthly fire meeting when I happened on the movie "Dukes of Hazzard." Although I've caught bits of that particular scene before, I just happened to notice this time that one of the lead characters was wearing a T-shirt that said "Chessie Steam Special."
Quentin, they sure don't make cars like those now, do they?!?! Too bad, in my opinion!!
Since this is Thursday, it's our TUESDAY NIGHT PIZZA FEST. On tonight's menu:
1. Anchovie2. Cheese/w extra cheese3. Goetta4. Chicago style pizza5. Hawaiian6. Pepperoni/sausage/mushroom7. Supreme
There are two extra large of each of the seven kinds on tonight's menu.
Joe and Lance, your containers are in the fridge, as usual, w/your names on them.
Hope everyone enjoys the TUESDAY NIGHT PIZZA FEST and have a great evening!!
.....Yes, J......Wife Jean and I made our first trip to Florida...{from Pennsylvania}, clear down to Miami in it in '59.
The only trouble with the trip, we did it in the Summertime and it was too hot to drive with the top up.....and down. Once we were buzzing along on an open stretch and it started to rain, and I decided it was just one of Florida's patchy rains in the afternoon but....no....not that one, and we got soaked.
Didn't take very long to dry out though, in that heat....
Can you imagine, stayed right on Miami Beach, nice hotel, $11.00 / night....{off season}....Believe I remember seeing that room was 46 dollars {in season}.....What a difference time makes...!
Yes, it was all black, both tops....and red interior. Have a model of it sitting right here beside me along with pic's from {that trip}, here in the office / computer room....The concave back of the front wheel was silver. Traded it for a 1959 Chevy Impala convertible with 348 engine and 3...2's. Guess that's more than you care to know but it was a fun time with those cars.....
afternoon
I got some paper towels to wipe mookies drool off the floor.another sticky day here in nw ohio.
hey John ever go watch trains at hicksville hill? I'm sure you have probably met matt and i somewhere around here.Cw thanks for supper.it's friday.
joe
.....Walt, You probably could have picked up KDKA, Pittsburgh, Pa. too.....as it was a 50,000 watt station. {Actually, considered to be the first commerical broadcast station in America}. Believe in the mid '20's.
Yes, Walt, I understand what you are saying of all cars first just had AM capablity back "then". I'd have to think about when FM broadcasts were first commerically offered to us.....Hm.....Was it about 1946 or 47....That's the figure that is coming to me right now.
My '57 Corvette had the "wonder bar" radio....New for then....and it was just an AM radio. For any who aren't familiar, one just touched the bar at the radio and it looked for the next station avail up the line so to speak....Common now.
Just did a little checking and it looks like it might be back in the late '30's for first commerical FM broadcasts...Perhaps my home area got it's first FM broadcast transmitting equipment at the above dates I first mentioned....But it's my memory I'm trying to pull that out from....
WCKY, Cinn., Oh. was a powerful {AM}, one too....
I am also sorry to learn of Bob Seiver's death. I also grew up listening to WOWO and met Bob once at a record hop (anyone remember those?) at the Defiance County Fair in Hicksville. He was a great announcer and must have been in Ft. Wayne for close to 50 years. The radio business surely has changed during that time. Whether or not it is for the better is open for debate.
Modelcar wrote:...CW: The Grand Ole Opry station in Nashville would be WSM....not sure if they ever achieved 50,000 watts of broadcast power or not...Yes, I've even heard WSM {of course at night or evening} here in Muncie...! Believe that was back when I had a '89 Beretta GT and it had {their best}, a stereo AM radio in it....Of course FM too. Kind of a rare item seems now....None of my vehicles {and they both have top of the line radios in them}, have AM stereo radio ability. In fact I don't even know if it is still broadcast...{AM stereo}...?? Anyone out there know....?But the WOWO clear channel station could be heard all most all over the nation back then with 50,000 watts of power.Could hear {over in Pennsylvania}, J's Nebraska neighhbor states station, Des Moines, Ia.
...CW: The Grand Ole Opry station in Nashville would be WSM....not sure if they ever achieved 50,000 watts of broadcast power or not...
Yes, I've even heard WSM {of course at night or evening} here in Muncie...! Believe that was back when I had a '89 Beretta GT and it had {their best}, a stereo AM radio in it....Of course FM too. Kind of a rare item seems now....None of my vehicles {and they both have top of the line radios in them}, have AM stereo radio ability. In fact I don't even know if it is still broadcast...{AM stereo}...?? Anyone out there know....?
But the WOWO clear channel station could be heard all most all over the nation back then with 50,000 watts of power.
Could hear {over in Pennsylvania}, J's Nebraska neighhbor states station, Des Moines, Ia.
Quentin I was talking about my 65 Barracuda with only the AM radio. (not stero, which I think for AM radio is a joke.)
On a very good night, I used to get WSM, WOWO, WLS, WLW
and a few others....don't think I ever got WKRP in Cincinnati 'tho.
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