Can we please stop hotlinking pics?

NickD said:

 

You know that principle where at some point you can't effectively parody an idea because it's gotten so nuts that nobody can tell whether it's parody or real? I don't know whether to thank BMW or GM or just the state of the world...

NickD said:

The '56 Chevy is the Goldilocks of the Tri-Fives. The '55 is too bland, the '57 is too overwrought, the '56 is just right.

And I've always thought it was the ugly duckling

In reply to nderwater :

Gotta love Sterl. The consummate ladies' man.

For the past nine years Annie and I have been doing a special Halloween night for our grandchildren. We decorate our woodsy backyard for Halloween for one night just for them. For this year, we did it last night. Here're a few pics (the spooky music really added to the ambience but I can't do it here. The girls loved it).

Took us a few days to set up, and a day to break down. A lot of work, but the girls love it.  And that makes it worthwhile for us.

This sits a few miles from my house in front of a farmers barn. Cool old piece of machinery.
 

The railroad thread frequently refers to the FRA flue time limits. What about these guys? No railroad, how near to disaster are some of them? The Amish are using them currently, and all are over a century old. Pics from a Rough & Tumble Museum steam meet 2008.

Jesse Ransom (FFS) said:

NickD said:

 

You know that principle where at some point you can't effectively parody an idea because it's gotten so nuts that nobody can tell whether it's parody or real?

Poe's Law.

This is different from Cole's Law, which is shredded cabbage, vinegar, mayo, and some carrot and maybe onion.

Peabody said:

NickD said:

The '56 Chevy is the Goldilocks of the Tri-Fives. The '55 is too bland, the '57 is too overwrought, the '56 is just right.

And I've always thought it was the ugly duckling

I can't believe they let him on the strip with that tall of flag pole on the roof. Merica!

TurnerX19 said:

The railroad thread frequently refers to the FRA flue time limits. What about these guys? No railroad, how near to disaster are some of them? The Amish are using them currently, and all are over a century old. Pics from a Rough & Tumble Museum steam meet 2008.

Steam traction engines come under state boiler inspections in most cases. There are a number of engines at R&T sitting cold because they failed inspection

leadchucker said:

TurnerX19 said:

The railroad thread frequently refers to the FRA flue time limits. What about these guys? No railroad, how near to disaster are some of them? The Amish are using them currently, and all are over a century old. Pics from a Rough & Tumble Museum steam meet 2008.

Steam traction engines come under state boiler inspections in most cases. There are a number of engines at R&T sitting cold because they failed inspection

 The last steam locomotive boiler incident that I heard about was the Gettysburg Railroad incident in #1278, where the crown sheet melted and deformed, but was not a true boiler explosion.

The only major tractor blowup I could find recently was that in 2001, one blew up at the Medina, OH county fair and killed a bunch of people. Both incidents resulted in major rules changes.

I've actually driven a steam tractor, go figure. The one I drove was an S.W. Wood 16hp model, made in Clyde, NY. It is the only S.W. Wood 16hp model known to exist and the only operational S.W. Wood steam tractor (there's some operational stationary engines and there is a single 12hp tractor but it is permanently sidelined due to boiler issues)

We went to a tractor show when I was a kid and the owner was hauling wagon rides with it. He saw me in the wagon and gestured for me to climb up and drive it. It was a cool experience. Oh, the owner of this also owns the chassis of a 1903 Cadillac, serial #003, which he is topping with the restored body of another 1903 Cadillac, serial #001. Yeah, this guy owns parts of the very first and third Cadillacs ever made. 

From the book of faces, taken yesterday of last year. I have hundreds of pictures of Jodi, and she's smiling in every single one.

Duke said:

Although it means we're no longer actually hotlinking ....

Mine are not hot linked but don't really deserve its own thread.

Wally (Forum Supporter) said:

 

From the book of faces, taken yesterday of last year. I have hundreds of pictures of Jodi, and she's smiling in every single one.

Because you where with her.  

In reply to NickD :

That looks like the Pageant of Steam. I go everyear and take my kid. Amazing equipment. My favorite is when they are plowing and they actually sound like a freight train pumping down the tracks!

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