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How ya doing Greg, OK here, a little slow but OK

Talk at me semi normal friends, and fellow tramp buddies..

check...

fixin to go to bed,got 500 feet of old fence to tear down tomorrow but i will hang for a few minutes.

Nothing happening here in Cuba. Just sitting here, wishing death upon my detainees and wondering if that hurricane is going to cause any issues here

Feel sometimes that if you looked it up in your "funk and wagnor" (is that it.. what was it from laugh in maybe?..can't remember) anyway, if you looked up slow here would be this pic of me..

i am in texas and would like to see the effects of a hurricane...NOT!

Unfortunately.,, Getting sore ears & nose from dragging this hose around, Maby I can be Rudolph this year// LOL

Yep, back up 83 today.
Dropped 30 degrees in 300 miles.

Somewhere around the dominican republic now.. But i think its supposed to curve north..

There aint no multiple page threads anymore.
Just damn long one pagers.
(check runaways beer thread)

well,no sittin' on the barn roof and watching a hurricane for me...

Not just the storm.. and the bid deal there is Haite.. those folks are really going thru more hell than the name of the place.. now they have a colera (yeah sp check busted..whats new huh?) outbreak, and if they get hit again it could be real bad

Another early night for me, this is becoming a habit since I been home. See ya all later & you all Take care & Be safe.

Guess it sucks being in a third-world country, huh? If they get hit real hard, Gitmo will get swamped with people again, since we're the jump-off point for aid to Haiti.

Tell the rocks I said good night.

early to bed,early to rise...

Good going M and Q huh... when you have a slow system...ok or if your just slow... whatever..it takes a LONG time for it to load up,,, and great to see all one pagers now..

So Mike your taking "down" fence.. hmm... Just as hard.. guessing your going to give those gloves a work out... One strand at a time... your saving it right.. start at the bottom.. gets easier as you go up.. and just coil away.. when your done those posts are a snap unless you have Tpost.. hoping this is mostly mesquite

Hope you stay on the mend bro..

Sam gave me shit about the inedit thing...pretty funny if you guys saw it..

Both of you stay well.. Mike wouldnt want to be your hands tomorrow..

That sound odd to anyone else.. hmm...never mind ..

Strangely provocative? Yes.

I really think they're more uncomfortable than a ballistic vest. Maybe it's just the humidity.

only Runs or Ebear would say strangely provacative about that.. and in either event it really scares us half normal types dave...

Yeah we had the stab vest to.. Hated them.. I changed some procedures so staff only had to wear them when feeding and escorting.. Thats the only time they were worn anyway..

ok no past war stories.. ... yeah i remember one time back in 1958... sheesh

But ours are the ones that go under the uniform tops, so I guess it makes sense to keep them on in case we have to respond quickly to a self-harm incident or something we wouldn't have time to throw them on for, but it still sucks.

Past war stories are fine. Gives you old farts a reason to stick around. Someone's gotta remind us younger guys of how easy we have it.

you were in grade school
you ole fart

Maybe not all.. That might not be fair, but i know i sure had it easier than my dad.. so many things we take for granted today.. Sheesh i remember when nobody had A/C in cars..

You guys remember those window unit things they had.. tube tires.. 6 volt generators and.. ok guess im on a roll.. and im exagerating.. all of our cars (except one old chevy Pop drove) were 12 volt.. but sure remember not having A/C and generators... That was so cool.. you could open a hood and understand EVERYTHING.. for you young guys.. im telling you fact.. Thier wasn't a part on anyones car that you didn't understand.. Some things might have been a little more complicated (carbs, elec. system) but you knew what it was..

'42 model GMC, battery under the passenger floorboard

Those were the good old days

i think anyway.. Back then (sliding into geezer talk REAL fast guys..throw me a line here) they would hold you back if you didn't get good enough grades.. i remember being REAL afraid a couple of times.. They would actually say on the bottom of the report card..hand written from teacher.. This Student is passed to next grade of something like that..

Got a couple of things to do real quick.. Pard hope you can stick for a bit.. if i miss anyone good night and see ya tomorrow..

back asap..

Been a while!! Dad had an 1949 chevy pickup 3/4 ton, hot water 6, battery on the passenger side under the floorboard!! Just like you said. A/C??? what's that?? Wing windows, side scoops, and the air scoop at the bottom of the windshield!!! Remember of opening it up after in had been closed all winter!! when you opened it all the dust blew out from under the dash and off the floor!!!. Haaaa yea, there was "Granny Gear" The Tourque!!! And the Starter on the floor, Then the 1952 chevy pickup!!! Yea, it it was great!! 3 years newer!!! With all the same luxury's, as the 49!!!

a dwell tac was sophisticated equipment

Yea, Hellsakes I forgot about that!! We have forgotten more than the kids working on old cars will ever know. Its not any of their fault. The book are gone now, pfiche(fish) film is gone.
I think I have a book on the Turbo-Glide transmissions late40's. Some where I should have a blue Bible
Motor??? somethi'n. Blue Bible is what we called it, The Garage would get a new one each year, on each ford and Mercury style.
I worked for Ford Lincoln Mercury, in the late 1960's.
We recieved a shipment of Mustangs. And one was upolstered with Denium fabric, just like the Blue Jeans!!! If we used the word 'Gay' back then, it would have been a gay car.
I made a smart ass remark about the 6 cyl. engine. Then a guy from Phoenix drove in the shop. He was here for the summer(7600 ft. elevation) had the jets changed. The engine was 427ci, I think The engine in this car filled the cavity!!! Couldnt change the plugs like a regular auto. A lot different than the 6's and 289's we had gotten in!!
I type(talk) too damn much!!
Lyle

CW.. think i saw you had one...5 leter.. Thats the 300 ci big 6 from ford, and man that thing is (IMHO) of course the best gas engine going.. you can work on it.. least the old none FI ones.. and i bought an F150 just for this engine.. i had a couple of them before.. and the last year for this baby was in 96... I know this as an absolute, as i bought a fleet one because they were discontinuing it and going with the V6.. I have no info on this one, sure its good, but wanted the big straight 6, and got a beauty.. That copper color Ford had in the mid 90's .. ok i wanted a striped fleet vehicle.. only thing i wanted was fabric seats.. AZ.. obviously no vinal..

So i find a striped perfect fleet 5 spd.. beauty.. short bed which was ok.. not one option.. had metal roof so you could stick a magnet to it for gas reciepts..perfect.. BUT.. dummy didn't check the rear end ratio.. Normal fleet trucks have high (low numeric) rear ends.. Not this puppy, had like a 4.10 or what ever Fords low rear end is.. Little sucker was a screamer.. Telling you that big six had torque anyway.. With that light short bed i could spin some rubber.. man it was quick.. But think it was turning like 3K at 60.. and .. REAL bad gas milage.. Not just that, i knew it would be hard on the engine.. and really wanted a keeper.. man i can't say anything about TF's long posts huh...

Nope... didn't have her very long at all..Traded.. I could have changed out the rear end.. OK.. I should have to be honest, as it was just a great truck out side of the rear end.. What happened is i got such a great deal i didn't feel bad about trading.. sure be nice to have now tho...

Oldest car I've ever owned was a 1980 Chrysler Lebaron. Then again, I wasn't much of a gearhead until I was forced into it by becoming a Ford owner. Still got a lot to learn and starting out on a turbodiesel has been an ongoing lesson in pain for the knuckles, elbows, and bank account. You know it's gonna be bad when cheap prices for reman OEM fuel injectors is 130 bucks each.

I used to have a mobile home service
and it has been all over Texas
Did a lot of camping out in it also

got it in about 1970,my first car was a 1940 chevy club coupe,some hippies run out of gas in front of our house and my Dad bought the car from them for 150 bucks.Back then we had cars stashed in the front and back yards,looked like an Indian house on the reservation.

i couldn't believe it first time i was up on the Navajo res.. You don't get rid of trucks you just turn them over to get at easier.. and thats it.. That whole old indian with the tear thing is like another tribe maybe.. Not slaming Navajos.. Good folks and you want someone to have your back in a fight pick one.. They don't know quit.. But ecology is NOT what they do. PERIOD..

Ok tramp buddies.. bed time.. you all take care..

We got ACE moved into her new place last night. I will get her a computer set up asap so she can fill u in on all the details,

Thanks bud.
Tell ACE we miss her!

Jim thanks for the heads up. My first car was a renult encore block cracked and it was the greatest day in my life up till then, my main vehicle was a G20 Cargo van it was beat to hell outside but the motor was strong, threw in a set of brakes all around and easy to work on, I recognized everything on the motor and could fix it. Funny story the ingnition switch was kind of goofy it wouldnt always start so one of those occasions that it wouldnt start called AAA to get a jump and before they even put the booster on it started, the guy told me to take out the keys from the ignition and I reached in my pocket and handed him the keys while it was still running!
He just turn around and left! LOL