WayneCoeArtistBlacksmith Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 I keep telling you, "Its the Gremlins in the shop that move the tools around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notownkid Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 11 minutes ago, WayneCoeArtistBlacksmith.c said: I keep telling you, "Its the Gremlins in the shop that move the tools arou I'm sure you are right but when I moved into a new shop they came along so must be attached to the tools, best thing to do is give me all your tools and make new ones and I will deal with the Gremlins. Smile! I can't write limericks but did drive at Limerock once (that is a race track in NW CT for those from out of town) does that count. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 Last night my wife told me she couldn't find the book she was reading. I told her to go look in her car....5 minutes later she was reading... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted November 16, 2016 Author Share Posted November 16, 2016 No officer, I was not texting while driving. I was reading. No not reading texts but reading a real book. And I was only reading at stop lights, reading while driving would be dangerous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 What a great read Glenn, thanks for the link I just don't remember writing it. Must've been quite a while ago, probably before the accident. . . Right? When I was mechanicing it was common wisdom that the only way to find that missing tool was go get another. Unfortunately that stopped working soon after I stopped working on cars. Somewhere in this house there is a multi meter next to, as in touching, a half pack of cheapO "Player" smokes with my favorite old Zippo on the smokes. I looked for that thing for two days and finally just bought another, did what I need to and put it where I'd never lose it. . . RIGHT NEXT TO, as in touching, the other multi meter, half pack of smokes and lighter. The two multi meters I've managed to HOLD ONTO are in my electric stuff tool box and no, I have NO IDEA where that Zippo and other meters are other than somewhere in the house. And yeah, IN is probably exactly where they are behind sheet rock somewhere though I SWEAR I checked and marked every single 2" x 6" space large enough to hold them. I can remember laying the second meter next to the first one it was such an AH HAH! moment. Just not where. It's gotten worse since. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAG Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 Frosty, A great Canadian sage, whose name I do not remember, once uttered this immortal aphorism, "Don't eat yellow snow !" Just sayin, SLAG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notownkid Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 great JHCC, except I was driving a SAAB turbo at the time, a real SOOB Story It became. Much would have preferred the Trotters and Pacers from the home farm a lot more fun to race. Just now, SLAG said: "Don't eat yellow snow !" one of the first thing a Vermont kid learns as well. JHCC I just spent 6 days in NoTown had a blast with my son and best friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 12 minutes ago, notownkid said: great JHCC, except I was driving a SAAB turbo at the time, a real SOOB Story It became. '81 silver-gray 900? Must have been the one I bought used over on the other side of Tinmouth. Ended up getting stolen off the street in NYC, two days after I got pulled over by cops who thought I was driving a stolen car. Turns out they were right, but early. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 Had an old family friend who back in the '60's had a two stroke Saab; used to give gas jockey's heart attacks by popping out after a fill up and pouring a couple of quarts of oil into the gas tank... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 This one's probably been done already, but it bears repeating: "After twenty years, you may think that you are a Master. Forty years later, you realize that you were just crossing the threshold." -- Francis Whitaker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted November 17, 2016 Author Share Posted November 17, 2016 Only a blacksmith would buy a 150 pound tuning fork (London pattern), hit it with a hammer, then try to kill the ring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Coke Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 It's not what you HAVE it's what you accomplish with what you HAVE. Forge on and make beautiful things Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notownkid Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 On 11/16/2016 at 10:29 PM, ThomasPowers said: Had an old family friend who back in the '60's had a two stroke Saab; used to give gas jockey's heart attacks by popping out after a fill up and pouring a couple of quarts of oil into the gas tank... Yup, but in our area where there were a zillion Saabs everyone was use to them & the oil in '67 they came out with a mixer tank that injected the oil into the fuel stream and then gas attendants went nuts and refused to put gas in without an qt of oil. I had to show one guy the tank and the owners manual before he would allow even me to put gas in. We were dealers for 33 yrs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 12 hours ago, notownkid said: Yup, but in our area where there were a zillion Saabs everyone was use to them & the oil in '67 they came out with a mixer tank that injected the oil into the fuel stream and then gas attendants went nuts and refused to put gas in without an qt of oil. I had to show one guy the tank and the owners manual before he would allow even me to put gas in. We were dealers for 33 yrs. You were a dealer in the '60s eh, couldn't make enough selling cars? Sorry, couldn't help myself. By time I was putting gas in Saabs they were all swoopy 4 strokes . Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 2 minutes ago, Frosty said: You were a dealer in the '60s eh, couldn't make enough selling cars? What's even more impressive is that he was a dealer for 33 years and never got caught! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 27 minutes ago, JHCC said: What's even more impressive is that he was a dealer for 33 years and never got caught! Oh MY! Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notownkid Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 13 hours ago, Frosty said: You were a dealer in the '60s eh, couldn't make enough selling cars? Sorry, couldn't help myself. By time I was putting gas in Saabs they were all swoopy 4 strokes . Frosty The Lucky. we were the 2n d oldest SAAB dealer in the country when GM bought them and kicked out all small time dealers, didn't worry about being caught as the VT Attorney General was a customer and when he was assist US attorney general in Washington he still had them. Nice to be protected. A life time ago glad to be shed of the auto business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted November 26, 2016 Author Share Posted November 26, 2016 Francis Whitaker is reputed to have said. "If it has moving parts, charge more." Frank Turley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted November 27, 2016 Author Share Posted November 27, 2016 As a blacksmith, you are using an anvil and a 2 pound hammer, not a lathe and micrometer. Glenn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted November 27, 2016 Author Share Posted November 27, 2016 When you first start anything, the learning curve looks like a vertical wall. In reality the learning curve is just a series of steps you take one at a time. How high you go depends on how many steps you take. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 "If there is a question, add more fuel." -- Glenn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzzkill Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 "A man with experience is never at the mercy of a man with an opinion." Anon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubalcain2 Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 ain't that the truth! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 Except on the internet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubalcain2 Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 that's true too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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