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Car Forum / Ford / Ford Mustang / March 2005RAMFM's six-year jock itch eradicated
For those with better things to do than follow my recent piss-matches with Rick Brown, aka CobraJet, aka Limp Rick, please be advised that on Sunday March 20 he exited RAMFM for good. Or so he says; about a week ago he was threatening to wreak a TWENTY YEAR reign of terror on the group in retaliation for my pointing out of the obvious, that he's an unaccomplished blowhard who hasn't actually turned a wrench on a car in years, possibly decades. Anyway, here is his Farewell Address: "Well, I've spent almost 10 hours soaking up various Ford-related Web forums since Friday. This is the first hard look I've taken at these in several years. Before, they were boring and pathetic. Now, the ranks of experienced have swelled to match the increase of BB-specific parts coming out of the aftermarket. The info level is impressive. "It's obvious I need to move on. It's obvious you have not picked up on the direction I'm in from the talk in the BB group. It's obvious that you and Patrick and whoever else are going to wallow in ignorance and envy until Hell freezes over. My time is worth far more than expending on your juvenile nonsense. "So let me wrap this up. Let's see now...OK: You win. I'm stupid, inexperienced, obstinate, fat, lazy, decrepit, humorless. I'm a destroyer of classic cars, abuser of alcohol and drugs, emailer of transgender street racers, bullshitter of epic proportions, subversive tax dodger, welfare screwer, feline collector, and occupant of an outhouse-sized shack in a squatter's village placed out in nowhere. If I left anything out feel free to add it in. I'm sure it will be true." Our gain is definitely the web-based fora's loss. Too bad, though, now that Limp Rick is gone and Pound Pup is up in his room sobbing into his pillow. According to Limp Rick this leaves Jim Warman as the only poster left who owns a complete set of tools. Whatever will we do for "tech" without Limpy and Pound Pup? I guess we're on our own. Righty-tighty, lefty-loosey, isn't that how it goes? 180 Out TS 1 (Schwing!) > For those with better things to do than follow my recent piss-matches > with Rick Brown, aka CobraJet, aka Limp Rick, please be advised that on [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > unaccomplished blowhard who hasn't actually turned a wrench on a car in > years, possibly decades. Anyway, here is his Farewell Address: Where is all this posted at? What thread/threads? <snip> > "So let me wrap this up. Let's see now...OK: You win. I'm stupid, > inexperienced, obstinate, fat, lazy, decrepit, humorless. I'm a [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > outhouse-sized shack in a squatter's village placed out in nowhere. If > I left anything out feel free to add it in. I'm sure it will be true." Seeing that he wouldn't use his digital camera to disprove/prove anything, what else could/should we have assumed? I mean really... he posted links to every other damn thing, all except for the stuff he claimed to have. > Our gain is definitely the web-based fora's loss. Too bad, though, now > that Limp Rick is gone and Pound Pup is up in his room sobbing into his > pillow. According to Limp Rick this leaves Jim Warman as the only > poster left who owns a complete set of tools. Whatever will we do for > "tech" without Limpy and Pound Pup? I guess we're on our own. I don't see him ever leaving for good. He'll be back... probably under a new name. > Righty-tighty, lefty-loosey, isn't that how it goes? Hey, that's a good one! I'll have to remember that. ;-) Patrick TS 99.03 '93 Cobra NoOp Patrick wrote: > Where is all this posted at? What thread/threads? "69 nose in the air options?," specifically http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.autos.makers.ford.mustang/msg/ab693e1a4b 9f0fd5 >> "So let me wrap this up. Let's see now...OK: You >> win. I'm stupid, inexperienced, obstinate, fat, lazy, [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >> out in nowhere. If I left anything out feel free to add it in. >> I'm sure it will be true." Ain't that purty? I'd use it for a sig quote but it's a little long. Also, I think I had described Limp Rick as a 'welfare collector, feline screwer," not the other way around. 180 Out TS 28 NoOp Patrick wrote: > Where is all this posted at? What thread/threads? "69 nose in the air options?," specifically http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.autos.makers.ford.mustang/msg/ab693e1a4b 9f0fd5 >> "So let me wrap this up. Let's see now...OK: You >> win. I'm stupid, inexperienced, obstinate, fat, lazy, [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >> out in nowhere. If I left anything out feel free to add it in. >> I'm sure it will be true." Ain't that purty? I'd use it for a sig quote but it's a little long. Also, I think I had described Limp Rick as a 'welfare collector, feline screwer," not the other way around. 180 Out TS 28 Will you stop licking your own nuts for chrissake. Jeezus, you and CJ are a BOTH pain in the a.s when this sh.t goes on. Kate NoOp Patrick wrote: > Where is all this posted at? What thread/threads? "69 nose in the air options?," specifically http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.autos.makers.ford.mustang/msg/ab693e1a4b 9f0fd5 >> "So let me wrap this up. Let's see now...OK: You >> win. I'm stupid, inexperienced, obstinate, fat, lazy, [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >> out in nowhere. If I left anything out feel free to add it in. >> I'm sure it will be true." Ain't that purty? I'd use it for a sig quote but it's a little long. Also, I think I had described Limp Rick as a 'welfare collector, feline screwer," not the other way around. 180 Out TS 28 > Will you stop licking your own nuts for chrissake. > Jeezus, you and CJ are a BOTH pain in the a.s when this sh.t goes on. > > Kate Damn wished I had said that. Dave > Will you stop licking your own nuts for chrissake. Maybe you don't realize how this would solve allot of problems for us men. Why do you think dogs are so carefree the happy? ;) Yea, I've heard that one before. | > Will you stop licking your own nuts for chrissake. | | Maybe you don't realize how this would solve allot of problems for us | men. Why do you think dogs are so carefree the happy? ;) > Yea, I've heard that one before. > > | > Will you stop licking your own nuts for chrissake. > | > | Maybe you don't realize how this would solve allot of problems for us > | men. Why do you think dogs are so carefree the happy? ;) How about this one: Two old men notice a tom cat licking himself. Old Man 1 says, "Damn, I wish I was flexible enough to do that". Old Man 2 replys, "You must be crazy, that cat'll scratch the sh.t out of you if you do that!"  SignatureJohn ThunderSnake #59 >>Yea, I've heard that one before. >> [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Old Man 2 replys, "You must be crazy, that cat'll scratch the sh.t out of > you if you do that!" Here's something I most unfortunately saw at a deck party years ago. Dog #1 sh.ts, dog #2 eats it. Dog #2 sh.ts, dog #1 eats it. Cat jumps down, throws up, both dogs eat it. Wait a minute, I just recently saw it again in RAMFM. Well, whaddya know... and it turned my stomach the exact same way, too. SignatureWound Up ThunderSnake #65 If you think Rick is so bad, why do you stoop to his level? Why to you show yourself to be just as much an a.s as he, if not worse? In my opinion, for whatever it's worth, the both of you seem very immature. It's a shame though that you are so deadset on keeping this thing going. Just let it go, stop making yourself look like an a.s, and remove the thundersnake thing from your signature. Show some respect for other people, and you just might get a little yourself. Just chill out and go about your life and let Rick go about his. I used to think the both of you were pretty cool guys. Now I think it's pathetic what you have both sunk to. Rick is a bit eccentric or overzealous at times, but that doesn't have to be a big deal. Anyhow, stop acting like a dambass. Cory > For those with better things to do than follow my recent piss-matches > with Rick Brown, aka CobraJet, aka Limp Rick, please be advised that on [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > 180 Out > TS 1 (Schwing!) Cory wrote: > If you think Rick is so bad, why do you stoop to his level? > Why do you show yourself to be just as much an a.s as > he, if not worse? <snip> With one exception I agree with everything you wrote, and with SVT Kate and Deputy Dog Dave too. I might even agree with Pound Pup if I knew what it is he DID write. The war is over. Limp Rick is gone, apparently even from ahpbbfm, at least for the time being. As far as giving Limp Rick less than all DUE respect, I disagree, emphasis on the "due." For the four years I have been reading this NG and ahpbbfm, he has let his collection of cool cars rot in the Arizona sun and has not launched a single project. (That is until last September, when instead of fixing up one of the cool cars he already owns he bought a cool mildly hot-rodded '73 460 ci Ranger pickup and a cool '70 351C Torino 2-door -- both runners at the time -- and proceeded to convert them both to scrap metal, with the idea to transplant the 460 from the truck into the car. Even that meager "project" has now dragged on for six months with very little progress.) Limp Rick's collection includes a '67 390 Cyclone GT vert, a '68 Olds 4-4-2, a '68 Mustang GT/CS, a '69 428CJ Cougar, a '69 428CJ Cyclone, two '69 428CJ Fairlanes, a '70 429CJ Cyclone Spoiler, a '70 440 Road Runner, and a couple dozen more. I think it's criminal for cars like this to just sit and rot year after year. This guy is nearing 50, which gives him about 15 more years to bring these cars back. Those of us who have actually worked on our old heaps know that it's a multi-year project to bring back just ONE car. Limp Rick is sitting on at least 24 project cars that any hobbyist would love to take on. There is no way Limp Rick is ever going to bring these cars back. For him neither to work on them or sell them to someone who will is a crime against the old car hobby, one step removed from sending them to the crusher. At the same time Limp Rick promotes this image of himself as the do-er, the hands-on, been there done that guy. Well, as I found from my review of past Limp Rick posts, the facts are that he was a marginal bench-warmer in the San Fernando Valley street racing scene from '73 to sometime in the late '70's - early '80's, first in a 289 ci '68 Mustang, then in a '68 4-4-2, into which he had dropped a purpose-built 455. He describes the Stang as a 13.2-13.3 second car and the Olds as a 12.5-12.7 second car. First, neither of these times is startlingly quick for these cars. I mean, high to mid 12's with a race-only 455? Anyone here could beat that number without even trying. Second, the fact that Limp Rick can't even nail down his career bests with these cars -- cars that he still owns -- suggests that he never even took them to the track. Rather, I'd guess that what his vague numbers mean is that he street raced and beat a guy who had actually been to the track and had run a 13.3 or a 12.8, and from that he INVENTS that his car was a tenth quicker than the car he beat in the street race. I mean, here's a guy who can recite from memory 4th grade playground songs, or the parts that were specific to the 289 Hi-Po, and he can't tell you his own cars' best E.T.'s to within one or two tenths? No, I just can't buy it. Rather, this is a guy who never ran even these unimpressive times at a racetrack. So that's why I have been on Limp Rick's back lately. The waste and the deception. Believe me, there's nothing I'd like better than for Limp Rick to re-hab one of his Cobra Jets and take it to the track and run off a string of 11's, or even 13's. Why would I be against that? I'd love for his lies to be true. I'd love for his cars all to be gleaming, razor sharp runners and ass-kickers. But they're not. They're sun-baked scrap metal, and they'll stay that way until the day he dies. And that, with all the lies on top of it, bugs the sh.t out of me. Sorry for caring, and sorry for turning this post into another novella of scorn for Limp Rick. I'll try not to mention the guy for awhile. 180 Out TS 28 > With one exception I agree with everything you wrote, and with SVT Kate > and Deputy Dog Dave too. I might even agree with Pound Pup if I knew [quoted text clipped - 66 lines] > 180 Out > TS 28 "Submitted for your consideration, one Mr. William Henley, family man and part-time car buff. Once level-headed, with aspirations in the forefront of his life, he awoke one day to find that the feelings of uselessness and shortcoming that afflict middle America's struggle with the status quo had indeed caught up to him without warning. As he scampers frantically about in his maze of blurred reality like a lab mouse in a basement experiment, Bill is about to discover that the only road out of his nightmare is a lonely two-lane blacktop bisected by a broken white line, a lonely road with both lanes leading to... the Twilight Zone." Rod wrote: > Bill is about to discover that the only road out of his > nightmare is a lonely two-lane blacktop bisected by a > broken white line, a lonely road with both lanes leading > to... the Twilight Zone." Does this mean I get to drive on the left or the right, my choice? If my bad ride is the Dennis Wilson/James Taylor BB '55, I'm there Rod dude. . . .There's the signpost . . . up ahead . . . and I know I can bang those gears better than JT did. 180 Out TS 2 Rod wrote: > Bill is about to discover that the only road out of his > nightmare is a lonely two-lane blacktop bisected by a > broken white line, a lonely road with both lanes leading > to... the Twilight Zone." Does this mean I get to drive on the left or the right, my choice? If my bad ride is the Dennis Wilson/James Taylor BB '55, I'm there Rod dude. . . .There's the signpost . . . up ahead . . . and I know I can bang those gears better than JT did. 180 Out TS 2 *edited* | "Submitted for your consideration, one Mr. William Henley, family | man and part-time car buff. Once level-headed, with aspirations in the [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] | broken white line, a lonely road with both lanes leading to... the | Twilight Zone." OMG!! OMG!! OMG!!! FOFLMAO!!!!! SVT Kate wrote: >> Submitted for your consideration, . . . a lonely two-lane >> blacktop bisected by a | broken white line, a lonely >> road with both lanes leading to . . . the Twilight Zone. > OMG!! OMG!! OMG!!! FOFLMAO!!!!! Act One: Zoom in on upstanding citizen Juan A. d'Out (played by an impossibly young Robert Redford), watering his well-tended lawn on a sunny suburban street. A moving van pulls up. New neighbor name of "Limpy" Rick Umber. Friendly greetings. Days go by, and with them a growing accumulation of faded sun-baked old heaps appears in, on, and about Limpy's home. Also two dozen cats take up residence. The prevailing breeze blows in d'Out's direction. Ick. Act Two: Limpy's yard piles up more piles -- automotive and feline. At the same time, Limpy cannot be dislodged from the d'Out house, letting himself in at will and continually spouting a line of B.S. about his glorious past as a San Fernando street racer. Finally d'Out snaps, murders Limpy, and makes cat food with the remains (which he drops off at the local animal shelter, along with Limpy's mangy brood). Act Three: (Time for the patented surprise twist ending.) Death row. D'Out is led to the chamber. The phone rings. He's not only been commuted, the President has agreed to step down and a grateful nation has made d'Out Emperor for Life. The End. OK, the last part is lame, but if I could come with cool surprise twist endings I'd be Rod Serling, not 180 Out. 180 Out TS 2 Tell me why... do all of your posts come up as doubles? you been drinking at the keyboard again? | SVT Kate wrote: | [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] | 180 Out | TS 2 Kate, the answer is deceptively simple. It's just as simple as solving 2 x 2, then using your imagination. So, what kind of tractor do you have? Tommy likey... My father-in-law has a working, vintage Ford 8N (retrofitted with an alternator) that I love to roam about on and work with, sometimes. That damned tractor, even with its lil old 4-banger, will do amazing things. It will mow nappy-a.s, overgrown fields with barely a hiccup. I've chained and pulled gigantic trees, weighing over 1/2 ton I'd guess, out of the woods with it to be cut. Of course, you just gotta know the limits, and not kill yourself by being overzealous. But WHAT is with that tic-tac-toe "shift pattern"? Of course, only careful and deliberate double-clutching will allow a shift from 1-2, 1-3 or 2-4, etc., but I do still need to do this sometimes, and they sure as hell made it difficult... Tractors = Torque = FUN =) HEE HEE > Tell me why... > do all of your posts come up as doubles? [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > | 180 Out > | TS 2 SignatureWound Up ThunderSnake #65 | Kate, the answer is deceptively simple. It's just as simple as solving | 2 x 2, then using your imagination. | | So, what kind of tractor do you have? Tommy likey... Actually... a Kubota. Little old beat up thing but it's 4wd and it does the job. Dick had it for years before we met, lost it in a divorce. His ex gave it to his son who broke it in several places then he gave it back to his dad. Whis was really ok with us, since it was free and didn't really require allot of money to get back in working order. His son is an architect, not a mechanic like his dad. here's a photo of it, without the loader on it. http://www.kizthiz.com/farmer%20chard.jpg I affectionately refer to it as "Number 5" from the movie Short Circuit. "No disassemble number 5!!" It kinda looks like that... little crooked face and all banged up. | My father-in-law has a working, vintage Ford 8N (retrofitted with an | alternator) that I love to roam about on and work with, sometimes. That | damned tractor, even with its lil old 4-banger, will do amazing things. Sounds like a great tractor! I hope to restore this one to semi-original condition. Ready for this? Ours is a 3 banger! It too will do amazing things too. | It will mow nappy-a.s, overgrown fields with barely a hiccup. I've | chained and pulled gigantic trees, weighing over 1/2 ton I'd guess, out | of the woods with it to be cut. Of course, you just gotta know the | limits, and not kill yourself by being overzealous. We use ours to keep the two small fields on our place from becoming weed patches. This year we are going to do some terracing on a slope in the back of the house to get ready for some landscape (sort of) work. | But WHAT is with that tic-tac-toe "shift pattern"? Of course, only | careful and deliberate double-clutching will allow a shift from 1-2, 1-3 | or 2-4, etc., but I do still need to do this sometimes, and they sure as | hell made it difficult... Tractors = Torque = FUN =) HEE HEE I'm just learning to run ours. The first time I drove it around the place it didn't have the loader attachment mounted on it. I lifted the front tires off the gound, it was a riot. Hubs decided that he needed to ground me just a little bit Ithink and got the bucket back on it. I'm looking forward to learning more about it. Can't say the tractor feels the same way. | > Tell me why... | > do all of your posts come up as doubles? [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] | > | 180 Out | > | TS 2 Ahhhh Horseshit! After posting this, we decided to go down by the pond and do some spring clean up. Being a typical female, I decided we should pull out some scrub bushes that were growing near the water line. Ya know how slick red clay is when it's wet? Well, the Kubota is stuck down there. Had to get some lunch, then try to figure out how to get it out. %$#^*&!!! Kate || Kate, the answer is deceptively simple. It's just as simple as solving || 2 x 2, then using your imagination. [quoted text clipped - 88 lines] || > | 180 Out || > | TS 2 > Ahhhh Horseshit! > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Ya know how slick red clay is when it's wet? Ahh, Oklahoma. Yes I do. Almost lost a Tempo to it about 5 years ago. > Well, the Kubota is stuck down there. Had to get some lunch, then try to > figure out how to get it out. > > %$#^*&!!! Best of luck... SignatureWound Up ThunderSnake #65 Hubs is one fart smeller.. I mean... smart feller. He hooked up a two ton comealong to a big old pine tree and I pulled the handle while he backed her out. PHEW! If all else failed, most of our neighbors have tractors, someone could have pulled us out. | > Ahhhh Horseshit! | > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] | | Best of luck... > Hubs is one fart smeller.. I mean... smart feller. > He hooked up a two ton comealong to a big old pine tree and I pulled the > handle while he backed her out. Cool! That was easy enough! > PHEW! > > If all else failed, most of our neighbors have tractors, someone could have > pulled us out. I once saw one try to pull the other, then another neighbor is called, and before you know it, you've got a Super Duty tow truck with a winch and about 5-6 people standing around in the mud with their tractors. =) It was the Hill of Death. The thing was, no one could get very cavalier, because at the bottom of it was a rancid, deep former livestock pond. > | > Ahhhh Horseshit! > | > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > | > | Best of luck... SignatureWound Up ThunderSnake #65 FOFLMAO! Ours isn't quite that, but still we did not want to end up in it. The Hill of Death ... LMAO! | > Hubs is one fart smeller.. I mean... smart feller. | > He hooked up a two ton comealong to a big old pine tree and I pulled the [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] | > | | > | Best of luck... Yeah, it was a comedy of errors. Lawn Tractor gets stuck while mowing. Friend's father gets Big Tractor; it gets stuck. Neighbor notices, brings Bigger Tractor and everyone tries together, but fail and slide a little closer to Rancid Pond. Then, BIG-a.s JOHN DEERE MAN from down the street comes confidently along, and curses as he gets stuck right in everyone's way. A little more sliding. Lawn Tractor is now dangerously close to death. Also, three of us are now covered in mud from slipping and falling while trying to push. Giant Diesel Tow Truck finally comes at dusk, and has this smirk on his face, "what in the hell has been going on here"? > FOFLMAO! > [quoted text clipped - 43 lines] > | > | > | > | Best of luck... SignatureWound Up ThunderSnake #65 Oh My God! I laughed so hard I nearly fell out of my chair. In our case, that damn little bush WON! *evil grin* But just wait till it dries out a little bit.... I don't give up easily. http://www.kizthiz.com/tennessee%20tow%20truck.jpg Kate | Yeah, it was a comedy of errors. Lawn Tractor gets stuck while mowing. | Friend's father gets Big Tractor; it gets stuck. Neighbor notices, [quoted text clipped - 54 lines] | > | > | | > | > | Best of luck... > Oh My God! > I laughed so hard I nearly fell out of my chair. I thought you'd enjoy that. All his mom said was, "are you boys done playing with your tractors" when we went back to the house. They drained Rancid Pond aka The Malaria Pit the following year... > In our case, that damn little bush WON! > *evil grin* > But just wait till it dries out a little bit.... I don't give up easily. > http://www.kizthiz.com/tennessee%20tow%20truck.jpg Yeah, it looks like the Kubota got pretty close to going swimming. And something like this just steels your resolve against that bush. Now, it's personal. > Kate > [quoted text clipped - 61 lines] > | > | > | > | > | > | Best of luck... SignatureWound Up ThunderSnake #65 Damn, that was a good story! | > Oh My God! | > I laughed so hard I nearly fell out of my chair. [quoted text clipped - 78 lines] | > | > | > | | > | > | > | Best of luck... > | So, what kind of tractor do you have? Tommy likey... > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > here's a photo of it, without the loader on it. > http://www.kizthiz.com/farmer%20chard.jpg The pride of its rider is sincere and funny at the same time =) I also like how the paint has oxidized into several different shades! > I affectionately refer to it as "Number 5" from the movie Short Circuit. > "No disassemble number 5!!" > It kinda looks like that... little crooked face and all banged up. Yes, it does; great name. The sort of bug-eyed little look to it. > | My father-in-law has a working, vintage Ford 8N (retrofitted with an > | alternator) that I love to roam about on and work with, sometimes. That > | damned tractor, even with its lil old 4-banger, will do amazing things. > > Sounds like a great tractor! It is. It's currently laid up, needing a new flywheel. The ring gear is stripped. Doing that and the clutch requires splitting the thing in half, by 8-10 huge bolts. It needs to get to a shop, or I would have already done it.... it's in a gravel shed. We need a level floor and many jacks and jackstands > I hope to restore this one to semi-original condition. > Ready for this? Ours is a 3 banger! It too will do amazing things too. A -three- cylinder... must be kind of a teeth-rattling experience! > | It will mow nappy-a.s, overgrown fields with barely a hiccup. I've > | chained and pulled gigantic trees, weighing over 1/2 ton I'd guess, out [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > This year we are going to do some terracing on a slope in the back of the > house to get ready for some landscape (sort of) work. I'm sure 4WD is nice for that. > | But WHAT is with that tic-tac-toe "shift pattern"? Of course, only > | careful and deliberate double-clutching will allow a shift from 1-2, 1-3 [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > I'm looking forward to learning more about it. Can't say the tractor feels > the same way. Heh. They're tough. I have always had an affinity for tractors. Anything that you can drive, for that matter, but especially these Yeah, the brother-in-law was asking how fast it went when I showed him how to operate it (my guess is about 25)... I had to ensure he didn't flip it over on himself. He pulls the throttle level all the way down, "no, no, push it halfway up...". I'm actually glad he popped a small wheelie and gained some respect through fear. He doesn't ever really mess with it, which is a relief to all =) > | > Tell me why... > | > do all of your posts come up as doubles? [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] > | > | 180 Out > | > | TS 2 SignatureWound Up ThunderSnake #65 | > | So, what kind of tractor do you have? Tommy likey... | > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] | The pride of its rider is sincere and funny at the same time =) I also | like how the paint has oxidized into several different shades! I gotta tell ya, this is one of my favorite photos of Dick. He can be such a crack up. You'd think he was riding something special. Now, that paint thing is CUSTOM! Not everyone can achieve this effect. Those folks on Overhaulin ain't got NUTHIN on us! | > I affectionately refer to it as "Number 5" from the movie Short Circuit. | > "No disassemble number 5!!" | > It kinda looks like that... little crooked face and all banged up. | | Yes, it does; great name. The sort of bug-eyed little look to it. From dead on, it's eyes are a little cockeyed too, it's actually got quite a personality. | > | My father-in-law has a working, vintage Ford 8N (retrofitted with an | > | alternator) that I love to roam about on and work with, sometimes. That [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] | already done it.... it's in a gravel shed. We need a level floor and | many jacks and jackstands Throw it on a trailer and drag it out. It'll give Dick something to do LOL (since he says no more bush pulling till the mud dries out a bit) | > I hope to restore this one to semi-original condition. | > Ready for this? Ours is a 3 banger! It too will do amazing things too. | | A -three- cylinder... must be kind of a teeth-rattling experience! Kinda like a Harley LOL! Without that but flapper noise. | > | It will mow nappy-a.s, overgrown fields with barely a hiccup. I've | > | chained and pulled gigantic trees, weighing over 1/2 ton I'd guess, out [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] | | I'm sure 4WD is nice for that. Uh huh... and getting 4 times as stuck! | > | But WHAT is with that tic-tac-toe "shift pattern"? Of course, only | > | careful and deliberate double-clutching will allow a shift from 1-2, 1-3 | > | or 2-4, etc., but I do still need to do this sometimes, and they sure as | > | hell made it difficult... Tractors = Torque = FUN =) HEE HEE I wonder about those shift patterns too. Gawd, and then there are all those pedals that are in the wrong places with brakes where the throttle should be and the throttle where you would never think to look for it. I think that those guys that design them are drinking too much moonshine when they are doing the layout! | > I'm just learning to run ours. The first time I drove it around the place | > it didn't have the loader attachment mounted on it. I lifted the front tires [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] | Heh. They're tough. I have always had an affinity for tractors. | Anything that you can drive, for that matter, but especially these Who would have though. I have enver had any interest in tractors. Never been exposed to them for that matter, until this one. It's another adventure. I'm driven to learn how to run it proficiently though. | Yeah, the brother-in-law was asking how fast it went when I showed him | how to operate it (my guess is about 25)... I had to ensure he didn't | flip it over on himself. He pulls the throttle level all the way down, | "no, no, push it halfway up...". I'm actually glad he popped a small | wheelie and gained some respect through fear. He doesn't ever really | mess with it, which is a relief to all =) That's pretty much what happened to me. So, now I know. I'll be much more cautious. > | > | So, what kind of tractor do you have? Tommy likey... > | > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > crack up. > You'd think he was riding something special. Yeah, I can see that. It did actually make me laugh. Great pic. > Now, that paint thing is CUSTOM! Not everyone can achieve this effect. > Those folks on Overhaulin ain't got NUTHIN on us! It must have taken a lot of effort to get that specific fading effect... I'm impressed! My old Rangoon Red '67 had a similar paintjob, but not as cool. I had to laugh when I got a parking ticket that said it was "orange". > | > I affectionately refer to it as "Number 5" from the movie Short > Circuit. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > From dead on, it's eyes are a little cockeyed too, it's actually got quite a > personality. All good machinery does! > | > | My father-in-law has a working, vintage Ford 8N (retrofitted with an > | > | alternator) that I love to roam about on and work with, sometimes. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Throw it on a trailer and drag it out. It'll give Dick something to do LOL > (since he says no more bush pulling till the mud dries out a bit) I would love to take you up on that, but I just don't have the equipment or the time. I appreciate the offer. I'm supposed to help my wife's uncle split it at his place. He said $100 for the gas and time. I'll have ask about that; maybe the parts & labor can be a father's day gift for him. He misses using it. Things are still overgrown from when it crapped out late last summer. > | > I hope to restore this one to semi-original condition. > | > Ready for this? Ours is a 3 banger! It too will do amazing things too. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Kinda like a Harley LOL! > Without that but flapper noise. I can only imagine... > | > | It will mow nappy-a.s, overgrown fields with barely a hiccup. I've > | > | chained and pulled gigantic trees, weighing over 1/2 ton I'd guess, [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Uh huh... and getting 4 times as stuck! LOL > | > | But WHAT is with that tic-tac-toe "shift pattern"? Of course, only > | > | careful and deliberate double-clutching will allow a shift from 1-2, [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > those guys that design them are drinking too much moonshine when they are > doing the layout! Who knows... they're all weird, and it seems, all different. Probably designed to make your actions very deliberate. > | > I'm just learning to run ours. The first time I drove it around the > place [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > exposed to them for that matter, until this one. It's another adventure. > I'm driven to learn how to run it proficiently though. I love 'em. Only thing I have no interest in is motorcycles. I've known too many friends to die and get mangled. Open wheel race cars, though, are like crack to me. > | Yeah, the brother-in-law was asking how fast it went when I showed him > | how to operate it (my guess is about 25)... I had to ensure he didn't [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > That's pretty much what happened to me. So, now I know. I'll be much more > cautious. A fairly common occurrence I'm sure... SignatureWound Up ThunderSnake #65 SVT Kate wrote: > Tell me why . . . do all of your posts come up as doubles? Not all of them do come up double, and I don't know why some do and some don't. My guess is it has to do either with posting from Google Groups, an interface that is always being tinkered with, or with using a Mac computer, with some MS Internet Explorer anti-Mac skullduggery being involved. > you been drinking at the keyboard again? I think drinking makes you SEE double, not post double. Since I'm the one doing the posting, and you're the one doing the seeing, draw your own conclusions. 180 Out | SVT Kate wrote: | [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] | | 180 Out I was afraid someone would point that out LOL but I swear, I haven't been drinking and reading... you can get busted for that you know! Kate SVT Kate wrote: >> Submitted for your consideration, . . . a lonely two-lane >> blacktop bisected by a | broken white line, a lonely >> road with both lanes leading to . . . the Twilight Zone. > OMG!! OMG!! OMG!!! FOFLMAO!!!!! Act One: Zoom in on upstanding citizen Juan A. d'Out (played by an impossibly young Robert Redford), watering his well-tended lawn on a sunny suburban street. A moving van pulls up. New neighbor name of "Limpy" Rick Umber. Friendly greetings. Days go by, and with them a growing accumulation of faded sun-baked old heaps appears in, on, and about Limpy's home. Also two dozen cats take up residence. The prevailing breeze blows in d'Out's direction. Ick. Act Two: Limpy's yard piles up more piles -- automotive and feline. At the same time, Limpy cannot be dislodged from the d'Out house, letting himself in at will and continually spouting a line of B.S. about his glorious past as a San Fernando street racer. Finally d'Out snaps, murders Limpy, and makes cat food with the remains (which he drops off at the local animal shelter, along with Limpy's mangy brood). Act Three: (Time for the patented surprise twist ending.) Death row. D'Out is led to the chamber. The phone rings. He's not only been commuted, the President has agreed to step down and a grateful nation has made d'Out Emperor for Life. The End. OK, the last part is lame, but if I could come with cool surprise twist endings I'd be Rod Serling, not 180 Out. 180 Out TS 2 I might even agree with Wound Up if I knew > what it is he DID write. The war is over. Yep, and you've just lost. Here's what I wrote: Dog #1 sh.ts, dog #2 eats it. Dog #2 sh.ts, dog #1 eats it. Cat jumps down, throws up, both dogs eat it. Now, You are Dog 1 Pat is Dog 2 dwight aka BJ is Cat SignatureWound Up ThunderSnake #65 >I might even agree with Wound Up if I knew >> what it is he DID write. The war is over. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Pat is Dog 2 > dwight aka BJ is Cat Ah. Another computer illiterate. Why do you guys keep inviting me to play in your sandbox? dwight I don't who or what CobraJet is/was but I can tell you that he could get me laughing out loud easier than anyone else here ever could. If he is gone I will miss his banter and twisted sense of humor. Anyway, life goes on and so will ramfm. > For those with better things to do than follow my recent piss-matches > with Rick Brown, aka CobraJet, aka Limp Rick, please be advised that on [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > 180 Out > TS 1 (Schwing!) |
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