1958 F.W.D.

Just posted this on my Facebook, figured I would throw it up here as well......... So....We have multiple predictions/forecasts from multiple sources, including The National Weather Service, Philadelphia area news stations, multiple county and local-level emergency management feeds, as well as a bunch of Junior League "I had two semesters of Meteorology and I slept in a Holiday Inn Select last night" guys who think that this (combined with their Magic 8-Balls and their super-secret weather decoder rings) makes them qualified to render "dependable, close-to-accurate" forecasts. BULLSHIT. The other day we were all set to get 3-4". Well.....All of those dumbasses misspelled "8 inches" because we all know that they would never be wrong..... So....For the last hour or so (one of which I will never get back) I have scoured all of these "forecasts" and posts regarding forecasts. I have things in my head such as "eastward track" "Path of least resistance" "moisture levels" "European model" and this model and that model and this projected path and that projected path. None of these sources can agree with one another. None of them. They are all issuing differing views. I have seen everything from 4 to 6", 4-8", 6-8, 8-12, and there were even a couple that said 10-16 and one even said 18-24. So....Here is my prediction. It's going to snow. It's going to be a significant snow, and what I mean by significant is that it will be a pain in the ass. You will have to shovel, snowblow, plow, get out your flamethrower or whatever it is that you do to remove snow from your walks and driveways. You could very well be cabin bound for a couple of days, so if you need to go to the grocery store, might wanna do that ASAP because as we all know, the panic-mongers out there will be beating their drums and by tonight the stores will be getting stampeded. For those of you who can work at home, perhaps you should bring a few projects home from work on Monday, for "just in case" on Tuesday. Total accumulations: When the storm ends, go outside with a tape measure, go to a flat area in your yard away from the house (so that the measurement is not affected by any drifts) and insert into the ground. Read it. There, that's your accumulation. And I bet mine prediction is more accurate then all those college assholes. Thanks for stopping by. (oh, by the way.....For those of you from the Philly area who are 40+ years old.....Remember when we were kids....remember when Jim O'Brien (RIP!) would make a prediction 2-3 days before a storm......without the benefit of all these super computers....he never mentioned Euro or other models or other bullshit methodologies.....he would make a prediction 2-3 days out, and damned if what he predicted didn't actually happen. Huh. Imagine that.) This has been a public service message brought to you by Toro Snowblowers.

Ed when I rolled out of bed this morning I patted Jessica on the ass and she said to say Hi to you.

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How did it get into the box?

I EFFING HATE SNOW. Especially the wet, heavy shit. That is all. Carry on.

Vegetarian: American Native word for "poor hunter."

I wouldn't let that asshole work on my kid's Huffy.

If I ever hit the lottery, and I find my dream Hayward F-Model, I'm going to pay you guys to strip it to the frame rails and start over...."Here is a briefcase full of money. Call me when it's done."

The curved dash panel to the left of the steering wheel.....has 3-4 gauges and a bunch of switches.....USA CF Macks do not have this. Dashboard is completely flat. Was always kind of a pain in the ass for the driver to get to most of the switches, in most cases it was the ignition/battery switches and the switches for the emergency lights.

Never saw that additional wrap-around dash panel in a CF before.....

Thats not far from me if anyone wants me to go look for you.

It's Ken......I don't think it was ever OUT of the gutter............

Thanks, I have to clean the coffee off the screen now...........

Tofu- isn't that a staple of the diets of all those hippies that blocked I-93 the other day?

Several folks have messaged me here or on FB asking this very question. I have also heard the same rumor- Gerharts, with no indoor storage. (RUMOR!!! I would call there to confirm....) I would also suggest asking Doug Maney or Mike Yarnall as I know they both have big places and **MAY** offer some indoor or outdoor space, or could offer some suggestions as they live closer to York than I do. It has also been suggested that perhaps the Mack Museum would let guys store rigs there (outdoors.) I would contact Rick Schumaker for further info. Doug Maney may also have some insight on this.

Swishy, the picture is an absolute perfect representation of how prime rib is to be served. If you want it any darker, you don't deserve to eat it. Go get some cheap ribeye and destroy that instead....LOL

Keep posting those updates.

So after thanksgiving I always take the turkey carcass and boil it down for a few hours, then strain it and save the stock to make home made turkey pot pies or turkey soups, etc. Decided to try something- took all the scraps and the ribs from the prime rib, and boiled those down for a few hours. Strained them and saved the stock. Right now, as I type this, the stock is in the crock pot with a few pounds of stew meat. Gonna toss in some potatoes, carrots, onions, celery and drop biscuits later on today. The house smells so good I wanna eat the walls.

oh yeah I forgot to mention water and sewer lines, they have to be as deep, if not deeper than the frost line or else they will freeze too. The more north you are, the colder it gets (duh) and the deeper that the frost line has to be.

That firetruck is a Crosley, special made for an industrial brigade, I wanna say for a General Electric plant somewhere??? There was an article on it in one of the antique firetruck rags that I get.

The farther north you get in the continental United States, the deeper you are required to place your concrete footings for buildings due to the "frost line." The frost line where I am located in Pennsylvania (Near Philadelphia) is 94.1cm (minimum) deep.

That's ok, cylinder kits and turbos are not too terribly expensive..........

I about lost my marbles when I saw the GT500KR Shelby Mustang. And how did all those Winfall Wimmin get out there? Must be too cold in Winfall right now or somethin.

ohhhhhh I'm getting moist..... And don't we know this guy? I'm pretty sure I have seen that Allentown F-Model at the Macungie show several times- parked near the Watts tent...???? Or am I imagining things??

Sure, you can run it with the stone in there, no problem. Just be prepared to do a cylinder kit a few thousand RPM's later.