thanks for sharing! had a late brunch today. couple yard eggs, several bacon strips and tasty hashbrowns... followed by some eggnog and Holiday chocolates...Hope you get better soon .
Had a family brunch at my daughters today but my eldest son ,wife and grandson are sick so they couldn’t make it . Not Covid but fever chills and nausea. His house isn’t to far from my daughters so we dropped off a care package electrolytes, teas , tissues . Daughter in law was running a 102.5 fever that broke last night . Grandson just has the sniffles . Going to see them this New Year’s Eve as it’s my grandsons birthday View attachment 1043592View attachment 1043593
used to run a NIB 1967 L-88 427 in my '36 Ford 3-window... all DIY! mod/install.... (4-speed, 4:56's... 27-cent hi-test White pump only! if one don't know... the L-88 with correct rect heads is a 12.5:1 CR engine! idles about 900-1100 rpms. )One of my friends at the Fish and Game club, who is a few years older than me and a Vietnam Veteran, had a (old model) Ruger Blackhawk in 45 Colt Long.
He used to shoot that thing so well you would shake your head! Unfortunately, he is not as good as he used to be.
We also talk cars a lot. He as a Viper, some Camaros, some Vettes and used to have a GTO with a self-installed L-88 motor!
Not yet, and it bums me out too because it snowy today. I just finished up wiring the wench. Took way longer than anticipated. The wench is a 2500 Ramsey. The contactor and control switch are both Warren. I pretty much scrounged up all the parts. The only thing I had to buy was the wiring. And wiring connectors. A 2500 Ramsey is way overkill fir a 420 Honda 4x4, but there is no kill like overkill! Ha ha ha! I'll be able to set up block an tackle to a tail hold and yard logs up the steep with it though! Seriously! I'll post pics of that when it happens for sure, and it's gonna happen soon!shop pix, great! any plow pix in action???
a woman, stuck in airport, Chicago on news today, interviewed said, " I cannot even make up how cold it is outside, but it is so cold that it even hurts to be outside...."Colder than a Witch's tit in a brass bra!
i found it, too! guess his fone don't google....?The expression: "It is cold enough to freeze the balls of a brass monkey" comes from the practice of putting iron cannon balls on a dimpled brass plate on the deck of a war-ship. When very cold the brass contracted sufficiently to cause the iron balls to fall out
looks real cold there c'too! we heard upper areas N border to E... up to 12' snow!!... and or more. we, are finally warming up. stay warm, be safe. thanks for the pix! awesome.... hopefully we will break out of the cabin fever tomorrow! tonite i am burning some oak firewood that is every bit 45 years old. still solid as day one, w/plenty btu's. nice firewood for a Christmas Eve fireside fire. i pulled it as a treat....
That be right mate! Right it be! Merry Christmas! An extra ration of grog fir ye me good man!The expression: "It is cold enough to freeze the balls of a brass monkey" comes from the practice of putting iron cannon balls on a dimpled brass plate on the deck of a war-ship. When very cold the brass contracted sufficiently to cause the iron balls to fall out
Don't be need'n google fir that question when you' be a sailor mate!i found it, too! guess his fone don't google....?
It is widely believed that a brass monkey is a brass tray used in naval ships during the Napoleonic Wars for the storage of cannonballs (piled up in a pyramid). The theory goes that the tray would contract in cold weather, causing the balls to fall off.
j/k'n ya, kid! and i'll take ur word for it... i just popped it up off the net...Don't be need'n google fir that question when you' be a sailor mate!
Also, it not be theory mate. It be a fact!
I just started burning some crab apple I got in the summer, Man it smells good!Steve pretty much hit it head on. It's wood and it burns. Not the best, far from the worst.
5* about an hours ago when I got home from work. The wind has been a real killer though. Lots of downed trees across power lines and roads.
Sorta like the bullet accelerator shooters on TV that thrust the gun forward while shooting and never need reloading?What are those, when I pull the trigger mine just keep going bang.
nice shop/pix! an engine lathe with chips in the bed... and none of the floor! amazing.
Exactly! The bottom of my shoes takes care of most of them. Tight woven throw rugs seems to pull them right outta the air, especially the small blue "c" shaped ones that make you go ouch and are near impossible to see or remove.It's a good thing my shop isn't attached to the house, gives a fair chance for the metal shavings to fall off the tread of my boots before I get inside.
Did you experience no cold water unless you ran it for a while? I have never measured my ceiling temps but they must be 90+ judging from the cold water temps.I remember those days of having an 80 - 85 degree basement. I use to have a huge N24 Nashua woodstove down there. Man did that stove produce heat. Then I got stupid and finished off part of the basement and the stove had to go. Worse move I ever made. That stove could produce heat for a good 8 hours in any temperature. Now I have an insert up stairs that puts out a fair amount of heat. Back then I would fill my oil tank once a year. Now it is 4.times a year.
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