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Welcome Spring!
I'm done with that mess

I sure hope that it does not snow any more this season. I took off my Winter tires and wheels off the 102 and mounted on the Ag tires in getting ready for spreading around the new stone. I'm trying not to snap any more axles, and those two link chains and 156 pounds of wheel weights will do it. This...

Tom requests that folks post more often. Ok. Yes Charlie, absolutely a paved surface is much easier to clean off and maintain. Around here there is something of a counter culture symbol that's associated with regard to paving over and most local people can tend to look upon it with a level of distai...

These are some pretty lousy photos I know. They are a fitting closure to this crappy Winter. DSCN1980.JPG DSCN1982.JPG I'm glad that I traveled the 110 miles. I had pulled of at a park and ride due West of Montpelier along with around a hundred others. When the eclipse went total it was as though so...

My in laws who are about 15 miles due South of the Whitehouse Station epicenter reported a tissue box falling off a table. For the eclipse there are many assorted North South routes to travel. The first point to observe will be traffic patterns on the interstate before making the call. Also, it is t...

Hi Joe, yeah we got about ten inches of that and sure enough 24 hours later half of it was gone. It was that previous storm on the 23rd that caused me the most trouble. I had shoveled off the deck at least 7 times. I'd clean and ten minutes later more snow would cascade off the roof. By that time I ...

More contributions are needed here and not only just cash support.
Most any form of light hearted chatter or silly stories can go a long way to keep things interesting.

Most of you should be able to remember this iconic bumper sticker.
Commonly spotted on Chrysler "K" cars
 

And the grand total is
This is more than the entire Winter produced.
Funny how it stayed at 11 1/2 yesterday for the longest time while actively snowing, it must have been packing down.
The resort close by us reported 27 inches but they do have quite a bit more elevation going on.

If you can no longer see your garden tractor it's probably safe to assume that professional help will be required.

Today.
No end in sight. Time for Mr. Snowman

Supposedly 12 to 18 coming here. In the meantime we wait and see.

We had quite quite a mild Winter this year with much of it consisting of warmer than usual temperatures and more rain than normal. While the Northern ski resorts did not have their best of years ever they could have done worse off as well. Plunging temps allowed many to continue running their snow m...

Hi Charlie, yes sir I am talking about the June show. Sorry that I did not state that more clearly. Since I'm planning staying on for the duration I'd like to meet up with any members from our group that are there. Folks, please chime in if you are, the time is now. If possible I'd like for you to P...

I am making plans to attend the Coolspring engine show this year.
Are there any members here planning on attending?

It's an entery level receiver same as mine but if you were a 12 year old kid with one back in the day you were the envy of the neighborhood! I happen to have the factory owners manual for it. DSCN1842.JPG One of their marketing ploys aimed at the newbie starting off was to say tune in Casto and list...

Now this is pretty cool. The executors of the estate where that S-119 came from were going through a bunch of stuff and turned up the factory owners and service manual. Rather than tossing it or placing it to auction they sent it directly to me without so much as letting me know about it first, they...

Thanks Dave. Yes, I'm partial to Hallicrafters in the same way others find themselves partial to International Harvester. It all depends on what you like. This one responded to a full electrical restoration very well. It can receive single side band however without a band spread control that can bec...

Wow. That came out great! The New Holland yellow is a spot on match.
So nice to see a proper restoration, excellent job-

Steve you can have some of ours. Remember to bring a pail.

Oh jees, not another one. So some considered this thing a toy, well it's no toy. s-l1604.jpg Produced from 1960 to 1964 the Sky Buddy II had an extremely limited production run. As in think thin axle O. Sold in operational assembled condition or as a kit, designation model S-119 was a very attractiv...

I figured that I best get my rear off the couch yesterday and tidy things up before the big freeze rolled in. I went for a short one mile only walk today because it was not very enjoyable. DSCN1776.JPG Part of cleaning up meant starting the truck and moving it out of the way. It had not been run in ...

Tom, much of that saga is over. After fifteen years of fighting back against the excess water run off and with the neighbor saying oh there's a pipe there to take of that, someone bothered checking to see if it was actually doing anything. Well guess what. DSCN1512.JPG DSCN1513.JPG I don't know what...

Happy 2024 and here we go again! This is our first real storm of the Winter, we did have a good snow just prior to Thanksgiving but it really did not stick around for long with rising temperatures shortly thereafter. This one will be sticking around. The weather forecast called for light powder but ...

Pretty sure I got everything I need right here :) DSCN1716.JPG DSCN1719.JPG DSCN1721.JPG But I would not mind having that Fisher 800B though. Used to have an 800C. Trouble with them is they can turn into money pits big time real quick. A quad set of those 7591's can hit 600 bucks if you can find the...

Have received a report that my S-76 is complete, nicely burned in, and re aligned. Sounds like he played it all weekend long. Some before and after images were attached along with his invoice and I'd thought it nice to just be able to compare side by side. Chassis tear down before cleaned. IMG_01 2....

Several weeks ago I sent my S-76 out for a full electro mechanical restoration. Reports indicate that good progress is being made. I opted out from doing a full cosmetic restoration so it will never again look brand new as the one pictured above. My decision to go that way was based on the fact that...

There was time today to put the 43 through it's paces and it performed very well. That one is a keeper. DSCN1658.JPG Because the audio output is either 500 or 5000 ohm based a matching transformer had to be installed between a standard speaker and the output side. This little matching transformer in...

Yikes. This is the amount of burned out crap that came out of that radio.

I have been receiving steady progress reports regarding the restoration of this radio. Things are looking good. As with anything over 75 years old there was a lot of undiscovered hanky panky going on inside. All of those issues are being addressed with everything being returned to factory specificat...