End of the World (in chrome)
Good morning Free Rangers.
I'm making plans for the summer and early fall this morning. Gotta make those reservations early!
Will be cat sitting for Memorial Day weekend, so will probably be home.
Early June brings a couple of grad nights and the Egg Days celebration weekend in Winlock, Wa. Then a flight down to SoCal to meetup with my brother and drive back to Tennessee with him, spend a couple of days, and fly back to Portland.
Will have about a week to get ready for our annual family campout on the 4th of July weekend then Cheese Days festival weekend in Toledo, Wa.
Then another flight down to Lost Wages around mid July and come back considerably poorer probably.
Dog days of August will be spent camping up in the San Juan Islands with my son and his family for at least a week. Then maybe get some fishing in or some kayaking down the river.
Labor Day we got nothing, mostly because everywhere is packed with people trying to score some fun in the last days of summer. But right after Labor Day is our favorite event, the Rod Run to the End of the World on the Long Beach Península at Ocean Park, Wa. put on by the Beach Barrons CC.
In between all of this will be watering, weeding, harvesting, processing (freezing, drying, distributing, etc.) and consuming what we have sown. Still working on the peas and green beans from last season.
Oh yeah, I'm gonna need a new roof this summer. I'm going to be busy.
But I'll be in touch every Tuesday, so stay tuned.
The thread is open.
Comments
Go with
metal roofing strip the shingles
less weight and strap the roof
with two by fours add solid
foam insulation in between
2X4s and install your metal
cooler in summer much
warmer in winter
done it more than a few times
busy summer for you
hope they don’t blow us all to
hell and gone first
tanks for the ot
Ya got to be a Spirit, cain't be no Ghost. . .
Explain Bldg #7. . . still waiting. . .
If you’ve ever wondered whether you would have complied in 1930’s Germany,
Now you know. . .
sign at protest march
Been considering metal
Thinking in snow white to reflect heat. Hadn't thought of the added insulation. Good advice, thanks.
Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.
Good morning earthlinguno, sounds muy busy.
The Rod Run sounds cool, looked at their web promo, looks cool too. Wonder if the pictured Sunbeam is an Alpine or Tiger. Drove a Tiger once, awesome beast on the straights but tricky on windy bits with all that extra weight up front, massive oversteer.
I have to redo one of our beds this year and hope to get pea sprouts under lights started up in the garage again. Hope, once they age out, to put some in some hanging planters and see what transpires.
be well and have a good one
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
They had a couple of tigers
out there last year. The Ole Get Smart cars.
I think they had the Ford 260 V8. Cool cars.
One big party out there Saturday nite cruising the boulevard. Miles of residents and visitors alike lining the road in lawn chairs as these awesome cars, trucks, and motorcycles go by in an endless loop.
We have family that live out there now, so we have a place to park our MH overnite and then we park out on the beach all day.
Good times.
Thanks for chiming in.
Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.
Later on, some
of the Tigers got engine swaps, for racing purposes. The 302 fit in where the 260 was with little effort. I had the opportunity to drive a seriously built Tiger with a Boss 302 and 4x2-bbl Webers for hot laps at Sears Point one time. The thing was an utter *animal* when it came on the cam at about 3500rpm, redline was 7500. Combine all that peaky power with a wheelbase that was only about 24 inches (;-), and it made for a very entertaining ride. Snap oversteer for days!
Needless to say, few of those cars survive today...
Twice bitten, permanently shy.
Lotta power
for that little iron frame, probably flexed a lot. Did you mean dual quads on that 302? If so, that was a monster.
Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.
Even worse-
quad duals! Weber 48IDAs. The intake manifold design for that came from the early 302-based Shelby GT-40 efforts at Le Mans, before Holman-Moody showed them that they needed to go to the 427 mountain motor for reliability. https://bringatrailer.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/001_Cobra-Carbs-2-1...
It had no torque at all until it came on the cam at 3500- and then it had more of everything than that poor little tinfoil chassis could handle. Leaf springs and a stick axle for the rear suspension (and a spool instead of a diff, of course). The only reason that the car didn't disintegrate outright was that the necessary roll cage was a *very* good design, and was actually a stressed member of the chassis (much to the chagrin of the SCCA scrutineers of the time).
It was very similar to this car, but had always been raced in the US, in SCCA A Production. It still exists, and is now a crowd pleaser at vintage racing events...
Twice bitten, permanently shy.
It looks like
the only thing original on that car is the steering wheel. Certainly not what Maxwell Smart drove.
Thanks for the link.
Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.
Mark I, which is the one I got to drive was the
260 V8, Mark II was the 289, Shelby's mod, but made under license by somebody else.
be well and have a good one
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
Imagine
a 289 ford Indy V8 on alcohol in one of those things.
Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.
There was one guy
out in the Bay Area who was swapping a naturally-aspirated ex-F1 3.0L Cosworth DFV into a Tiger- it was in one of the race shops up at Sears Point that I occasionally wandered through. I don't know if it ever got finished- this was 30 years ago. But that would have been the balls: lightweight, revs reliably to 9,000rpm all day long, and the sound alone would have made it worthwhile...
That was the same shop (Advanced Vehicle Systems) that had the remnants of all the Don Nichols Shadow Can-Am and short-lived F1 hardware stuffed up in the rafters. Those were good times, back when I had money to play those games a bit.
Twice bitten, permanently shy.
dual Holley carbs
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on top of a 452,
set in the frame of a duster
scary torque coming off the clutch
shimmied with thrust
lurched into first
tires bite on each shift
Mopar madness
whew!
Dawgs….
Which AIPAC/MIC/pharma/bank bought politician are you going to vote for? Don’t be surprised when nothing changes.
Voting is like driving with a toy steering wheel.
That is so cool
Thanks for sharing.
Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.
Aren’t they wonderful?
Yep thatd be Sam.
Which AIPAC/MIC/pharma/bank bought politician are you going to vote for? Don’t be surprised when nothing changes.
Voting is like driving with a toy steering wheel.
The fate of Julian Assange is still in limbo!
Wow what a schedule
Driving all the way to TN from the West Coast...now that is trip. Have safe trips all.
This is not far from reality thanks to The US and its puppets
in NATO.
Meanwhile Blinky visits Kiev.
Sad
But memorable, even though not in English.
Screams Nazism.
Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.
Sorry about that. Here is a version with sub titles.
Just had
an X8.7 solar flare- biggest of this cycle, so far. Might have some more geomagnetic and auroral activity soon. If that sunspot complex keeps going, things might get interesting. We'll see what the Parker spiral brings us.
https://spaceweather.com/ for more information.
Twice bitten, permanently shy.
Yeah, just went to
Suspicious Observer site to get another update.
I've learned to live on D.C power.
Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.
Hey earthling
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guess down time is not in your bag of tricks
good luck pulling all of that together!
Let's see, plan to go to Maine in June
stay in the shade July and August
maybe take a couple of boat rides
grow lots of veggies and fix the house
Sounds boring compared to your schedule
but have seen the the world already, not so
motivated to spread the charms afield
as much anymore
It helps to be retired.
Got two rows of corn planted in between hosting here. And secured plane tickets for Vegas.
Mulling a little cat nap.
P.S. Ordered a kayak dolly online too.
Thanks for the post.
Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.
Well, I am jealous!
Sounds like some amazing vacations for the next few months.
We had 2 planned, scrapped them both, and may not venture out until August. Too much to get done here at home.
Thanks for the OT!
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
I imagine
you've a lot of cleanup to do. Has the water receded yet?
Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.
Here come the skeeters!
No, only on some roads, and the river and dam is lower. People who weren't ruined are still having major clean up and leaky roof work to do.
What we are dealing with for the most part now now is ditches, puddles of water everywhere, lawns of mud that can't be mown, stuff like that.
The mosquitoes will swarm soon. Ya know, if I had wanted to live in a swamp, I could have lived an hour from here toward Louisana.
I am stocked up on buckets of citronella. It works well, if not perfectly.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981