Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

[Deleted member 268085]

The best things I've done for the old 8N was upgrade it to 12v and install a solid-state ignition system.

Friend of mine back in college bought an old two-door woody wagon for $300. Unbeknownst to him, it had been 'upgraded' to 12v. He got no more than a couple of blocks from the dealer when the entire wiring system went up in flames. The idiots had put a 12v battery in a 6v car. The dealer refused to accept blame (sound familiar?). Cost him $400 to fix it.

 

[spiritbass]

Friend of mine back in college bought an old two-door woody wagon for $300. Unbeknownst to him, it had been 'upgraded' to 12v. He got no more than a couple of blocks from the dealer when the entire wiring system went up in flames. The idiots had put a 12v battery in a 6v car. Cost him $400 to fix it.

Ouch!

 

[notJaco]

The best things I've done for the old 8N was upgrade it to 12v and install a solid-state ignition system.

Yeah, that definitely helps to get it started in the frigid weather.

 

[bobyoung53]

Your basic Euro tractor (at upper right)

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Edit. Ireland was partitioned 100 years ago today.

You post the most beautiful pictures, I've got to visit Ireland sometime.

 

[bobyoung53]

Oooo! Oooo! Oooo!

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Car 54 Where are you?!

 

[SoulReflection]

Here is a tune with none other than @bobyoung53, a Bassist of the '60's, on bass:

 

[notJaco]

Here is a tune with none other than @bobyoung53, a Bassist of the '60's, on bass:

I wonder ...what ever happened to him?

 

[SoulReflection]

I wonder ...what ever happened to him?

Oh, I think he's kicking around, somewhere...his past caught up with him so he went to South America

 

[bobyoung53]

Thought this fit this thread:
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And this from the Florida Highway Patrol booth at the FL State Fair(Smokey Bear-on CB):
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My father just passed away at 90 and his house went into probate court for a year, I came out here, Nov 2019 and was supposed to return in April of 2020 to clean up the house and get my stuff out because I had been living there for a while. Unfortunately the country of Peru had other ideas as they closed the airport until Nov 2020 and the house got sold and I now have a whole pile of stuff in two storage spaces. The reason I write this though is that there was a GE refrigerator that he bought when he had the house built from 1953-54 in the cellar that still worked and was still being used when I left. It was our main refrigerator for years upstairs but got demoted. I REALLY hope they didn't throw it away, it should have been in a museum as a monument to how things used to be made. It looked a lot like this with the tiny freezer etc.

 

[beans-on-toast]

I spent decades as an engineer. Even studied and worked with tubes in the mid '70s. I know what an 'ohm' is, but for the life of me I can't remember *** a 'micromho' is. Hate these senior moments.

It's a very small unit of conductance (mho = ohm backward).

Since resistance is the opposite of conductance, they represent mho with an upside down omega or ohm symbol. A micro mho is also called a micro siemen.

μ℧ = μS

 

[bobyoung53]

I wonder ...what ever happened to him?

He's right here!

 

[GonePlaid]

Here is a tune with none other than @bobyoung53, a Bassist of the '60's, on bass:

Yeah! The drum solo needed more co...never mind.

 

[bobyoung53]

Yeah! The drum solo needed more co...never mind.

That guy is a good drummer. His son is now fairly well known.

 

[bobyoung53]

And here's a video from our own Wobble:

Check this out, it's good stuff

 

[beans-on-toast]

Stayed as far away from the university science department as humanly possible. The highest math course I ever completed is basic geometry when I was 16. My personal experience informs me it takes a great deal of work to stay beyond those studies. They do have a way of creeping in, like my need to know what I can and can't do with my amp.

Geometry allows you to play pool. Fractions can be more useful, it allows you to slice up cake and pie.

 

[Jeff Scott]

Oh, I think he's kicking around, somewhere...his past caught up with him so he went to South America

Ah, so that's the answer he'd never tell me!

 

[bobyoung53]

Ah, so that's the answer he'd never tell me!

Shhhh......... The Jaco freaks are after me!!!!!

 

[beans-on-toast]

My father just passed away at 90 and his house went into probate court for a year, I came out here, Nov 2019 and was supposed to return in April of 2020 to clean up the house and get my stuff out because I had been living there for a while. Unfortunately the country of Peru had other ideas as they closed the airport until Nov 2020 and the house got sold and I now have a whole pile of stuff in two storage spaces. The reason I write this though is that there was a GE refrigerator that he bought when he had the house built from 1953-54 in the cellar that still worked and was still being used when I left. It was our main refrigerator for years upstairs but got demoted. I REALLY hope they didn't throw it away, it should have been in a museum as a monument to how things used to be made. It looked a lot like this with the tiny freezer etc.

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My inlaws had that same model fridge. No bottle opener on the door.

 

[bobyoung53]

My inlaws had that same model fridge. No bottle opener on the door.

I don't think they talked back either.

 

[GonePlaid]

And here's a video from our own Wobble:

Check this out, it's good stuff