Uncle Sidney ~~ Prison Philosopher Says:

"In filling out an application, where it says, 'In case of emergency notify:' I put 'Doctor'!"

Thank you, Gary! Precious.

Bob, I guess I'll never get old then, 'cause that cracked me up!

Yeah Courtenay, that pretty much shows how loud the old typewriters were! If you can hear one over an orchestra, you can certainly hear one three doors down the hall!
Fun vid, too!

I got one yesterday too. "Extremely important that you call this number because you have won the Publisher's Clearing House Sweepstakes". It was on my answering machine. I called them back and asked them if I could speak to Ed McMahon. The Paki accent said "I am sorry sir, Ed has not come in to work...

I got that hair off the screen, John. Scotch Brite does it just fine. Now there is no hair there (or anything else, for that matter). Ha ha! Gotcha.

What is a good value in laptops these days? Mine has something wrong with the screen, but there is no hair on it...

Oh! That salt shaker brings back memories, Ken.
I remember "back in the day" that about 1/3 of the cars on the road seemed to have a similar item glued or magneted to the dash board or center console. They had a single hole in the top, about 5/16" diameter. They were for putting out cigarettes.

Re: The IBM Selectric; The AK-47 of typewriters. Pop pop... pop pop pop pop pop... pop pop pop. You could change the ball on them too, in order to get different fonts and such. That was IBM heyday stuff. Not that they aren't a big company now, but they used to be THE company for business. And Ticond...

When I worked on the UPRR in 1974 we still had telegraphers and they all knew Morse code. Each depot had an old fashioned telegraph key-set too. We had telephones. Like old Westinghouse first model desk handset types. The telegraph was there in case the railroad's telephone system went down. It did ...

Just popping in to say;
These are a really nice product, folks. I bought half a dozen of the fiber wheels from Randy not too long ago. Very nice!

Dean

RobSchroff wrote: ↑Thu Jan 26, 2023 12:13 am Smokey, not Smoky.

Oops! Yer right!

I like that hat, Mark. What I like most is barfed up from my pedantic nature. "Smoky Bear". Well done. You don't know how many times I've lost my tiny mind because the uneducated say "Smoky THE Bear". Just Smoky Bear, thank you.
Well done on the hat!.... and the grammar.

I like that red one, although I'm not a wickie per se'. Well, I like all those in the pic, but maybe I just like red lanterns most!

Hello and welcome from north/central Idaho, Bob! Very glad you are here. Hey, when you get a chance, go into your profile (just click on your name on the upper right of the forum page) and put your name "Bob" in the space that says "signature line" or maybe it just says "signature". Anyway, from the...

Ohhhh, a fat bottom, and good lookin', too!
Very nice, Paul!

Just so no one gets lost from this thread, continue reading about the gathering in the "Gatherings & Meetings" section here:
viewtopic.php?f=12&t=36773&p=483199#p483199

Gunhippie wrote: ↑Sun Jan 22, 2023 6:52 pm As the time for this gets closer, I'd appreciate it if someone would remind me about traffic lights and how they work!

Red means stop. Green means go. Yellow means go very, very fast!

Thou hatcheth an evil plan. Muuahhaha..

Moses, what you consider OCD is normal practice in well running businesses. Good on you, brother. We would get along very well!

God bless, and nice to read your post!

Dean

My grandma never had boots as nice at that!
Nice fix up.

We'll see.....

Oh, sounds like a good spring time get together to me. As long as I'm well, I'll be there. Maybe ask the Lewis/Clark college if we could use a small portion of their well mowed lawn around the campus? There is also a public park near the river if folks can stand the ducks and geese. They do make a m...

Just don't be the one on the autopsy table, Duane. A 22 will do....
Quiet, too. Just something I heard, or didn't hear..

John, thats octo-phunny!

Give me some pi in less than 3.14159 seconds!

Randy, I don't know how you did that, but man, that looks good. I know it is hand made and that is impressive. John, I wouldn't worry about the zinc after a couple of hours of letting that little stove run. It vaporizes just above the temp of lead, and will disperse if you let the stove run a couple...

If you tell me your first name, I'll give you my email address. I'm a bit handy with this kind of stuff.
Up to you now, friend.

Dean

I read ya, bro. Breath easy and go on and spout off!

mikewells wrote: ↑Wed Jan 11, 2023 9:06 pm OCP will not have any for another week and a half.
I am making some for him now.

Way to go, Mike. I know how hard it is to get things made when you have a lot of parts on the list. Thank you for what you do for us, My Friend!

I've had a single six for nearly 30 years. I wonder why some of the folks here don't like the transfer bar on the Single Six from early 1960's on? The transfer bar is a very good improvement on the old original Single Six. It won't go off if you drop it. It cant. Good on Ruger! I have a number of ha...

That Amazing Grace was wonderful. I see Stevie Ray in there too, I think.

JimL wrote: ↑Thu Jan 12, 2023 5:26 am Dean,

That was a great story. As I recall, Mike stated that there was no return address on the package when he got it.

That sounds about right, Jim. I don't like taking chances...

RonMack wrote: ↑Thu Jan 12, 2023 4:38 am Dean,

I'm going to send you my Sea Anchor, so I don't have to look at it anymore.

You just stay away from my mail box, dude!

TOYota..? You know those are not made in Canada, right?

Glad to see you, Jan. Hope you get a little snow before springs comes!

Very best regards,
Dean

As far as I'm concerned, NorthStars are totally rockin' lanterns. Never had a problem with the two I've owned, and they put out the light, for sure. Built like a Mack truck. The Butterfly, or Sea Anchor..... meh. Crap when it was made and crap now. They suck. If it's not a real Petromax or Hippolito...

That's pretty darn good work just to show off a Q gen. Nice!

Yeah Mo, ZZ Top. I like 'em. Too bad there are only two Zs left. I like that rock/blues, though. Stevie Ray Vaughn too. Also, mellow and great at the same time, The Doobie Bros. Man, they had a lot of good sound before that Michael McDonald came and ruined the whole band. They were never the same af...

I think years ago Charlie Daniels sang about him; Something like "Jeff Beck on that red guitar".
I might have that mixed up, but he was sure one heck of a guitar man!
G'nite, Jeff.

If you would like to buy a spot welder, and this is your "excuse", have at it and have fun. But, that is a lot of money if what you really want is your lantern repaired. If you don't want to do it yourself, take it to an auto-body place and as them how much for one spot weld. Probably $5 or a box of...

She's beautiful!
Heck, all dogs are beautiful. Thanks for all the pics, folks!

Rob Pontius, have a look at the names on the first page and see if you're there. If not post again and we'll get you a number!

Dean

#0254 camperfanatic01

There ya go. Enough for a two holer.

Methinks you are worrying about nothing. Quit watching the spray. Does the lantern light? Quoth the bard; "Yea, verily". IOW, what Keith said. I've skimmed this topic and honestly don't understand why one thinks this fuel tip needs any kind of cleaning if one can simply push the pricker needle thro...

Thanks for sharing the vid, Rusty. As far as the opinions on making things like this today, it would be easy, IMO. As a matter of fact, we are still doing it. The U.S.A. is second to none in arms production even now, when we are not in world conflict. Making projectile weapons is easy. We already ha...

That poor dog is gonna die...

Here ya go, Tim

#0253 2twisted, for a couple twisted turds

What a great looking dog!
Congrats on the nickel plated 200, too!

I'm bettin' old Charlie just flat out hated snow.

https://tinyurl.com/37y7s9hk Stab the girl in the eye with the knife. Give each boy an apple. Or, for a less bloody solution, line up the apples and cut them both in half. Each kid gets 1/3 of the four parts of the apple and remaining 1/4 apple gets thrown to the crows. Easy. Or, line up the apples...

I've been dressing like that for years, but I do not use a ridiculous Webly poot poot revolver...
Reckon I'm reat to go, yo.

Thank you for your very information post, Mark. (would you put your first name in your sig line so we can talk like friends, please?) I have not had very good luck with any of the mentioned rubber types in even CF besides Viton. It may be because of the type of oil I use to lube the pump cup, which ...

Uncle Sidney ~~ Prison Philosopher Says: "In filling out an application, where it says, 'In case of emergency notify:' I put 'Doctor'!"

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Uncle Sidney ~~ Prison Philosopher Says:

"In filling out an application, where it says, 'In case of emergency notify:' I put 'Doctor'!"