Thunderbird Club

[Chucky Stiletti]

My work backs onto the BNSF main thru Seattle, it is very busy, the trains vibrate our 100 year old building. There's some real low frequencies coming out of the locomotives and they weigh in well over 200 tons apiece, always a good idea to stay clear.
For the past few weeks I've been riding our "Heavy Rail" train into Seattle at least two days a week, it's a kick as there are stretches that it goes 79mph and I'm into downtown in 19 minutes including a station stop. The scenery is arailfan paradise and there are often interesting planes on Boeing Field as well - I saw B-29 "Doc" on Wednesday.

Typical BNSF stuff with a Canadian Pacific unit running off some horsepower hours, the station in the background is for Seattle Light Rail, formerly Union Pacific/Milwaukee Road.

speaking of Canada…. the border at Detroit…… traffic (big rigs) over that bridge is incessant regardless of time of day (or night)….gnarly stuff…

 

[PillO]

Noted!

If you just wait (as you have been told to) you will be on the 18 month long waiting list for a consult. And same for surgery; if/when it is decided that you need surgery, if you wait, you will be on the 18 month waiting list. Yes, it takes 3 years to get surgery from one of these two if you just wait. Be the squeaky wheel.

 

[PillO]

speaking of Canada…. the border at Detroit…… traffic (big rigs) over that bridge is incessant regardless of time of day (or night)….gnarly stuff…

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Yep. I have used that crossing. Despite how busy it is, it is actually very fast to get across.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Yep. I have used that crossing. Despite how busy it is, it is actually very fast to get across.

I’ve only used the tunnel…the bridge is deceivingly huge…

 

[PillO]

I’ve only used the tunnel…the bridge is deceivingly huge…

Deceivingly?? I always think it looks pretty huge...

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Deceivingly?? I always think it looks pretty huge...

you lose perspective when empty, when backed up with semis on the other hand….

 

[BklynKen]

I nearly forgot...

Paddling this morning. I got as far as the rail line coming out of the big marshalling yard in Hamilton. Took a pic for the Queen.
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It is an uphill grade getting out of Hamilton* so there were three engines pulling the train. HUGE bottom end on those engines. Rumbling me from that far.

* Mandatory Hamilton joke: Anything worth doing is difficult...

Did you find any dogs?

 

[PillO]

Did you find any dogs?

No but I keep looking

 

[Gaolee]

There’s a 136 for sale locally for $180.

That is about right in my opinion. For that price, it makes a great practice amp or smaller venue amp if you don't mind the logistics. They have castors, so there is that.

 

[Gaolee]

This was in my FB feed this AM.................Dig the guy working the doghouse!

The Gretsch sure sounds good, too.

 

[dagrev]

I like just about anything with a V8.

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[Gaolee]

Quirky & cute. I like it still. Even more so today with the boring cookie cutter cars everyehere.

My drum kit has a Gremlin front brake drum as a special effect. It makes lots of different sounds, depending on where and how you hit it. It works better for percussion than as a stopper anyway.

 

[dagrev]

I like the looks better too. I might get out the hammer and chisel today.

If you do it and like the tone results, I'll do it. If I can find a pick guard that's the same size as the what came on it.

 

[Gaolee]

The Ken Smiths on the Flamingo ate getting tired finally. It is time to put EBCFs on it and finally swap in the Thunderbuckers.

 

[dagrev]

I've had a number of surgeries and the surgeon never bothers reading what the MRI/Radiologist MD writes. There was one exception, sort of, at UCSF Sports Medicine Institute. They initially couldn't get the DVD to load my images so the surgeon read the report (level 2 MCL sprain)...no real issue, just wear a brace and it will heal.

Hey doc, we figured it out. The images are up now. WT?... how in the world did you walk in here. We have an opening next week, your knee is F-ed...100% tear of the MCL, 2 tears of the meniscus, 100% tear of the Patellar Retinaculum, and sheared a piece of bone off the Femoral Condyle. Why they don't bother reading what is in the imaging report.

Many Docs like to believe they are great guessers (diagnosticians). I firmly believe the problem is getting worse. I don't know if it's a failure in training or just that "little god syndrome" (I can't possibly be wrong), that seems to have affected them and a good many profs in higher ed these days.

 

[dagrev]

I think I will not be joining the SIT cult just yet.

1 June L&M's 'Monster Days' sale begins. RS66 (various gauges) are going for C$23.99 (usually C$30.75) so I will be stocking up a little.

A few other things of note:
@Gaolee - sousaphones are not on sale
Plastic trombones are C$25 off (kind of tempting)*
Electric Kazoo C$5 off*


* I don't really need either, but the ability to annoy others is priceless...

The Right Funky Brother Ken will not lead you astray.

The Right Funky Brother Ken will not lead you astray.

The Right Funky Brother Ken will not lead you astray.

The Right Funky Brother Ken will not lead you astray.


Roto 66s may be in the number one spot to be the string for the NR.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

walked into the venue tonight to find this….

which got replaced with this….

and since downbeat is in an hour….partaking on some of this….

 

[dagrev]

You gotta admit this looks pretty doggone good.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

You gotta admit this looks pretty doggone good.

pretty cool
to think that car was supposed to sport a GM rotary motor (yes) that GM reneged on last minute forcing AMC engineers to shoehorn an existing AMC slant 6……moral of the story….everyone sh1ts on the underdog but in AMC tradition, way more got sold than originally forecasted…..GO AMC!!

 

[GonePlaid]

My raison d'etre

Translation - My grapes of wrath

Always wondered wuttinnahell that meant...