Yeah I wish I had a couple too the 55 was always one of my favorites
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Hahhaha.....yeah, really thought they had it "Going On".......When you went to start them you turned the key then pushed the park buttonwhat a set up
My first car was a 1956 chevy 2 dr. With a 3 on the tree and a 261 6 cyl
I resurrected it from a weed lot.
Plywood covering holes in floor and headlights held in with perforated strap.
And someone had painted it with chalking paint. Was green but it would rub off on ya
I resurrected it from a weed lot.
Plywood covering holes in floor and headlights held in with perforated strap.
And someone had painted it with chalking paint. Was green but it would rub off on ya
Yup, back in the day we did whatever it took to make due. It usually worked just fine too.
sounds like a real winner, but those old 6's were a durable old motorMy first car was a 1956 chevy 2 dr. With a 3 on the tree and a 261 6 cyl
I resurrected it from a weed lot.
Plywood covering holes in floor and headlights held in with perforated strap.
And someone had painted it with chalking paint. Was green but it would rub off on ya
Always had a LONG screwdriver to jump the solenoids....I remember a neighbor had an old dodge when i was a kid that had the starter on the floor. Hmmm.... lets see... lets put an electrical part on the floor so in the winter you can track snow ice and salt in on it, bright idea there
Yeah been starting some inside, can't wait to get the garden going, I'm hungry
How's the weather been, warming up nicely I hope?
My 72 Ford F150 has the headlight dimmer on the floor...
it's been slow to come but finally getting here, you probably have half your garden in,or more, by now.
Hahaha....yep, and lots of push starts back in the day too.
I remember when almost all were that way
Actually I don't have anything planted. I'm going with 5-gallon pails for the matters....then I can move um in-out of the sun part of the day so they don't explode on me like last years crop. Got the idea from Rich.
I also have a 64 Ranchero.
And a 63 econoline pickup. Engine between the seats.
And a 63 econoline pickup. Engine between the seats.
Still have the Ranchero, or had one?
Still have it and the Econoline pickup.
The econoline needs engine work but the Ranchero ran well when parked in a shed 18 years ago.
That's a good idea but you might want to somewhat insulate them some way, feel that plastic on a hot summer day
Bed time for me.
Nite all.
Nite all.
That's a good idea I hadn't thought about. Yup, that plastic would get really warm.
Have a great Wednesday, Bob....!
G'Night Robert see you tomorrow my friend
i haven't tried it but i know how how well plastic passes heat on.
Have good day tomorrow, Jimi...!
One of my cars back then was a 1949 Ford sedan, stock (everything else I ever had got modified in one way or another) and in real good shape. When I joined the Air Farce, I sold it to a guy who was gonna drive it in a destruction derby. I got $40 for it and thought I made out fine. Twenty years later, I saw one parked by a gas station and it looked identical to mine. I stopped to check it out because there was a FOR SALE sign in the window. They were asking $10,000. I now wish I had all my old cars back again. I could get rich...
Didn't all the cars prior to the late '70s have the dimmer switch on the floor?
Got that right, oh how I wish.....
Wish it was the 1960's too....without a war though....
Did ya notice that both Korea and Vietnam were called "police actions," but more of us died than during the "World Wars"? And if they weren't wars, how come we still had a draft so we could all get an M16 and go police someone else's country, neither of which posed any threat to the USA?
Indeed, Rich....as usual, sticking the nose in places it doesn't belong. But nothing new there as we both know all too well.
I got a draft notice right after high school graduation, so I dutifully reported to the Army enlistment station and had my physical. They found some things wrong with my body and decided they didn't want me. However, my girlfriend's father (my church pastor) was working hard on me, trying to get me to join the Navy. They didn't want me either. I walked across the hall to the Air Force and told him what was wrong (according to the draft physical) and he said, "No problem. We'll assign you to a casual corp, operate on ya, then put you in Basic." I took their entrance tests and aced them. He said, "You can be anything you want. What do ya wanna be?" I stupidly said, "Make me a General" (yes, thinking I was being funny), so he assigned me to a general category (as opposed to electronics, mechanics, or administration). During basic, we got to choose what we would train for after basic within our "chosen" category. Let's see, I can be a cook, or air police, or a weatherman, or... Duh. That choice was easy. They sent my ass to Rantoul, Illinois (Chanute School of Applied Aerospace Science) to become a weather observer. As luck would have it, the class in front of us all went to Vietnam, as did the class behind us. Our class all went to Europe. I had always been told you never get you first choice of bases, so I selected England when I wanted to go to Germany. Dumb shit! I was the class honor graduate, so I did get my first choice, and spent the next 3 1/2 years running around England (with a brief foray to Italy to play in the mud at Xmas). Then back to Chanute for forecaster school, then off to Tucson...
About half the guys in my graduating class (1967) got drafted, over half of those went to 'Nam, and just about half of those did not return under their own power. I guess I was the lucky one.
I'd have to say we both lucked out. Most didn't. Glad you made it tho.
I didn't realize it was that long ago you were in Tucson, guess I haven't been paying enough attention.
At least you were able to learn about weather forecasting from some of the best sources available at the time, and still probably today.
At least you were able to learn about weather forecasting from some of the best sources available at the time, and still probably today.
July 1972 to December 1973.
Well, given the late hour, I'm gonna try my luck with the pillow. Tomorrow is monthly shopping day. G;nite all.
Safe trip, Rich....have a good one, tell Lanny Hola...!
Hola back atcha, Dale.
I was going to give you a tip on the container planting. We have our tomatoes all lined up in their pots on the east side of a large lilac hedge (Rich had already mentioned that), so they only get morning sun, and in the afternoon, when it's blisteringly hot, they're shaded. I always try to water them thoroughly in the late afternoon/evening, so the roots and leaves have all the cool(er) night to absorb the moisture without being dried out by the sun and heat. I have never had a problem with the roots being burned by the hot plastic. Now, granted, our tubs are bigger in diameter than a 5-gallon bucket, but they're black plastic, and that REALLY gets hot, but as long as they're deeply watered on a regular basis (I do it every day when it's in the 90s or above), they do just fine. If you think your buckets and soil are getting too hot, though, you could lay a tarp or a blanket or something around the grouping of pots, just to shade the buckets, or most of them. Even a sheet or two of that lattice stuff for patios would probably work to give partial shade, if you could prop it up somehow on the sunward side of the pots. There's also "shade cloth" you could hang up strategically as well. We've never used that because the lilacs work pretty well for shade, but it's an option.
I don't know your exact conditions and space available, but just use your imagination. I'm sure you can come up with a good solution.
I was going to give you a tip on the container planting. We have our tomatoes all lined up in their pots on the east side of a large lilac hedge (Rich had already mentioned that), so they only get morning sun, and in the afternoon, when it's blisteringly hot, they're shaded. I always try to water them thoroughly in the late afternoon/evening, so the roots and leaves have all the cool(er) night to absorb the moisture without being dried out by the sun and heat. I have never had a problem with the roots being burned by the hot plastic. Now, granted, our tubs are bigger in diameter than a 5-gallon bucket, but they're black plastic, and that REALLY gets hot, but as long as they're deeply watered on a regular basis (I do it every day when it's in the 90s or above), they do just fine. If you think your buckets and soil are getting too hot, though, you could lay a tarp or a blanket or something around the grouping of pots, just to shade the buckets, or most of them. Even a sheet or two of that lattice stuff for patios would probably work to give partial shade, if you could prop it up somehow on the sunward side of the pots. There's also "shade cloth" you could hang up strategically as well. We've never used that because the lilacs work pretty well for shade, but it's an option.
I don't know your exact conditions and space available, but just use your imagination. I'm sure you can come up with a good solution.
WW2 was our last official declared war.
I got a nice high lottery number.
Lucky me, the military would have killed me with my severe social anxiety disorder.
a poor working class family who could not afford a deferment.
Marketing for an all volunteer military. For close to 200 years they were soldiers, sailors, etc. Now they are warriors.
Thanks for the advice Lannie...I'll get them planted this weekend I hope.....Hola back atcha, Dale.
I was going to give you a tip on the container planting. We have our tomatoes all lined up in their pots on the east side of a large lilac hedge (Rich had already mentioned that), so they only get morning sun, and in the afternoon, when it's blisteringly hot, they're shaded. I always try to water them thoroughly in the late afternoon/evening, so the roots and leaves have all the cool(er) night to absorb the moisture without being dried out by the sun and heat. I have never had a problem with the roots being burned by the hot plastic. Now, granted, our tubs are bigger in diameter than a 5-gallon bucket, but they're black plastic, and that REALLY gets hot, but as long as they're deeply watered on a regular basis (I do it every day when it's in the 90s or above), they do just fine. If you think your buckets and soil are getting too hot, though, you could lay a tarp or a blanket or something around the grouping of pots, just to shade the buckets, or most of them. Even a sheet or two of that lattice stuff for patios would probably work to give partial shade, if you could prop it up somehow on the sunward side of the pots. There's also "shade cloth" you could hang up strategically as well. We've never used that because the lilacs work pretty well for shade, but it's an option.
I don't know your exact conditions and space available, but just use your imagination. I'm sure you can come up with a good solution.
Placing them in the sun for the first half of the day is a great idea, it's the afternoon sun which is the killer.
Wow....Tucson was prolly as big as Tombstone in the early 70's.....
Actually, longer, harder, more painful than average and dipstick here forgot to take along his pain pills, so....
OUCH!
Our thermometer said it got up to 55 here and the one in my truck said it was 59 in Rapid City. I also noted that most everywhere except right here, nearly all their snow is gone. As I was going between Belle Fourche and Spearfish, I looked up at the ski slopes in the Black Hills (just south of Spearfish) and I swear they have less snow than what is still in my back yard.
