It's 2012 so what (Formally Cawfee TEA an cocoa fer January )

[mestiza letty]

+ 1 Russ 

[Leo Tanner]

If ya get this kinda rain it shouln't flood.  It's more of a constant drizzel than a downpour.  Hope it all works out over there.

[Four-Eyed Buck]

Last report I saw, they said they had a 50% contain on it. Hope they're right

Went and got page 8 for the piano score today. I'm hitting the g's and a's better with some practice the last couple days, still have a ways to go yet to consider it down, though. Sticking first valve is a concern, usually does it in a bad place though. Wish all three worked as good as the last two. This thing has a good sound otherwise

[mestiza letty]

You are right Buck about the 50% containment. Scattered showers throught the region but not enough quite yet to put the dang thing out. Kinda like squirting a hose on the thing.
Glad you have the missin' page..hopefully your equipment holds up during practice for 'ya.

[Leo Tanner]

Should be able ta fix the valve Buck.  I had a bottle brush type of thing for the chamber, made sure the valve was nice an shiney an used a good helping of oil.  Only other thing I've seen make em stick is a slightly bent stem, then you are going to have problems no matter what.  Dang things er lot like guns when ya think on it.

Letty an Russ, the rain over here has really picked up, still got ma fingers crossed.

Tri tip in the crock, should be ready by 2130 hours, just waitin on the smell now.

[Texas Lawdog]

I hope the rains help put out the fires. We had some bad ones around here last summer. Leo, The tri-tip sounds good, it makes good sammichs. Thanks for the car link, Del. I made a 100%. My dad owned many of those cars, as I grew up. He had a love for Mercs. He owned a 49,50, 51, and 52. My granddad owned a 54. The rest of those cars passed through our garages to be worked on. I had a 54, 55, 56, 57, and my personal favorite, a 58 Impala 2drHT with a 348 tri-power and over drive 3 speed. We had 3 57 Fords, 2 Rancheros and a 4dr. When he worked at the Ford house he had a 55 and 56 demo. He also had a 59 Ranchero and a 59 Country Squire SW. His last new was a 63 Country Sedan SW.  I had a 64 Fastback and 64 1/2 Falcon Sprint.  I had a 66 Pont. GP in college. My first new car was a 71 Chevy Caprice 2dr Ht.  I had a 73 New Yorker 2dr Ht, and a 77 Mustang Mach 1. I've driven Chevy and GMC trucks since then and a new 90 Chevy Surburban. I've got a 99 Chevy and a 2007 GMC now.

[Delmonico]

I always have trouble with the 52/54 Fords and the 52/54 Mercs, don't know why, I guess if the hood would have been open I'd a been fine.

[Delmonico]

Someone ought to do one with VW Beetles, now that would be fun.   Most you can tell with in a year or so and a lot of them you can nail if you know what to look for, but they would have to show more than one view.

[Four-Eyed Buck]

My Dad had a '52 Ford Mainline, grey bottom with maroon top. Straight 6 with a three on the tree, then he went tp a '57 custom 2-dor, white with the UGLIEST green color. Next was a yellow '62 Fairlane, new, 170 six with three on the tree( learned how to drive on this one), next was a '64 Galaxie 500 fast back, 289 Auto with a locker rear end( had some fun with this one)...............

[Delmonico]

I bet this is the fordoor version of that paint scheme:



This one could have been the one Aunt Maude drove except her's is erosion control on the North Fork of the Big Nemaha River.

[mestiza letty]

More than 70% containment on the fire here so far...rain has come...A preliminary report was a guy who dumped his fireplace ashes to start it FD don't know how yet...he feels like a heel
 29 houses were lost 3,900 acres toasted and 1elderly lady died and livestock is still being assesed.
Sad but it does happen...weather is on the way Thank God

[Silver Creek Slim]

Got 2" of snow. 'Tis -8.

Slim

[Leo Tanner]

OK, it is straight out pouring now with wind an this is sposed ta be the easy one.  Sayin white stuff down ta 4000 feet o'er night. 

Meat is comin along like meat does in a crock.  Should have plenny left over fer sammiches, save a little of the juice fer them kermit sammiches ya dip fer some extra flavor. 

[Texas Lawdog]

One easy way to ID a 53 Ford is to check the steering wheel center cap. It has a 50th Anniversary seal   1903-1953 and it was the last year of the flathead engine. My Dad was the Service Manager at our local Ford Dealership, from 52 to 57. My dad loved Fords and Mercs, he also loved flatheads.  The Cawfee is ready this morning for the early risers this morning.

[wildman1]

Mornin Ya'll, thanks fer Coffee Tex. WM

[Arcey]

Mornin'.

Light rain, 46° 'n 100%. Rain, mainly before midnight. Low around 38°. North wind between 14 and 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Fat lady's belly's messed up. Been up sick since 0300. Hope she ain't pregnant.

Flat heads were the old man's engine of choice. Often wonder whut he'd think of the motor in the station wagon. No carburetor. No distributor. Four cams 'n twenty four valves – all in the heads.  100,000 miles 'fore they're broke in good. Oil filter's upside down on top the thing.

[Delmonico]

One easy way to ID a 53 Ford is to check the steering wheel center cap. It has a 50th Anniversary seal   1903-1953 and it was the last year of the flathead engine. My Dad was the Service Manager at our local Ford Dealership, from 52 to 57. My dad loved Fords and Mercs, he also loved flatheads.  The Cawfee is ready this morning for the early risers this morning.

Yeah, but I can tell the 53 buy the grill, the 52 and the 54 almost look alike to me.

Oil filter's upside down on top the thing.

The old Pre-64 Rambler in-line 6 was like that, handy to get at.

Mornin'.



Fat lady's belly's messed up. Been up sick since 0300. Hope she ain't pregnant.

I could say something but I won't.   Kind of like the other night, got in on a discussion at work halfway through.  Finally said "I'm going back where I belong because I want to say something."  (They were talking about Aids and the rumor of how it got started in humans.)  Later at closing time I told them I was going home rather than say something about monkeys.

[Delmonico]

Got SRB in the oven again.  Pot just stopped, went to get a cup, clear as a bell.  Between a dog wanting up and someone getting stuff done and talking to me from another room I done forgot something.  We'll try this again since I don't have to be to work till 9.

[mestiza letty]

Mornin' y'all,
Thanks for the cawfee TLD. Been rainin' all night with a light 5-10 mph breeze. Daylight will tell if the fire's out. Snow stayed up in the mountains. Got 27 right now with a high of 36.

[Stu Kettle]

Pot just stopped, went to get a cup, clear as a bell.

Coffee's usually made when I get up - if not made the fixin's are in the machine ready to start, but not this morning.  Today she'll be drinking' it the way I like it . Coffee's 'sposed to have a little "bite" to it.

[Silver Creek Slim]

Morning y'all.
Thanks fer the coffee, Tex.

Tonight is the local CAS club annual party.

'Tis -11 and sunny. No wind. High of 18.

Slim

[Major E A Sterner]

Mornin Y'all, got about 3 inches of s**w on the groung and it's still coming down,Supposed ta get 3 to 6 inches...

[mestiza letty]

S**w started her an hour ago...wind driven from the west, the wet stuff

[Delmonico]

Just checked, says we're 12 here with a WC of 1, glad Slimis beating us, makes him feel bad when we're colder than him.

Havin' some sort of food day at work, brought two of the SRB, the kids seen the sack come in and been hittin' it hard.  Got it perfected, now I need to write the recipe down.

Tex, I'm going to try to do that stuff at Rock Creek, hope for less than the upper 90's or we may be in trouble.

[Four-Eyed Buck]

Got 5-6" overnight. 24 now, was just outside with the blower getting the drive cleared. Guess I stayed out too long, when I came in, couldn't feel my fingers. Wife had to unbutton my coat, and, MAN! did they smart when they started coming back

Gloves I wore were the ones that have seemed to keep my hands warmer before........not today

Guess they plowed about 6 this morning, had to attack the end of the drive in stages, take the upper down first to get it less tall, then the rest. Since the street was done, I had to go all the way across so's I didn't get yelled at for putting it back in the street. Put down Calc. chloride to get the "hump" less slick, and made a path to Sandy's feeder and filled it back up. Birds got most if not all of the last fill, no deer tracks, just a dang cat..........Buck