To help you feel better about your age

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Thanks CHP.. I needed That

Got a call the other day from a Rancher friend.

He has a Old.. Cat D-8, been set'n for a couple years. Wanted to move it but couldn't remember the 1 2 3's to start it.. with it's "Pony Motor"

After a Couple 10 or 20 Hand Cranks eek to get the Pony started, and Couple 30 or 40 Smoke Rings, and bleeding the injectors.. the Ol' Boy Fired Up.

His 3 Sons and a couple Ranch Hands were there.. They thought having starting that thing, that way, was the Most Amazing & Antique'y Thing they had Ever seen

Reminds one, of how OLD one Is..... Also ?

Thats kool...............start the small "Pony Motor" to get the engine turning so it will fire.


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[F350DRW1]

Hey, BIG JOE, how old was the dozer? I remember my uncle had a Buc Eye with cables and wheels.

 

[Maxtor]

Do you remember listing to the radio, because tv was not out yet?
Washing clothes on a scrub board because they did not have electric washers.
Receiving deliveries of milk and bread to your house? Glass bottles with paper pull off top on the milk.
Having to get ice for the ice box (no refrigerators).
A phone with a party line, that would ring twice for you and ring more or less times for your other party line members.
All phones were rotary.
I remember beer cans that did not have tabs or tops. You used a beer can opener to create two holes in the can. One was for a vent, and the other to drink.
And yes, people did survive without all the modern conveniences.

 

[BamaSixGun]

Just in case you weren't feeling too old today, this will certainly change things. Each year the staff at Beloit College in Wisconsin puts together a list to try to give the faculty a sense of the mindset of this year's incoming freshmen. Here's this year's list:

The people who are starting college this fall across the nation were born in 1989.

They are too young to remember the space shuttle blowing up.
I remember it like it was yesterday, I was 15.

Bottle caps have always been screw off and plastic.
I remember the ones on the 12oz cans that you had to pull and they peeled away. You could cut your fingers bad if you didnt watch out.

The CD was introduced 8 years before they were born.
I remember my Cousin had a Pioneer 8 track tape player, I was about 7 or 8.

They have always had an answering machine.
It took our family forever to buy into getting one of those

They have always had cable.
We didn't get cable until I was around 15. All those years of missing ESPN
had a dramatic effect on my life. da da da, da da da!

They cannot fathom not having a remote control.
I freak out now if the remote doesn't work.
Has anyone else ever rigged up a yard stick to click the channel button
on the TV while laying in the floor, just so you don't have to get up?

Jay Leno has always been on the Tonight Show.
Heeeeere's Johnny!!!! I remember him well.

Popcorn has always been cooked in the microwave.
Our first family microwave was actually a small boat anchor.
It was an Amana.

They never took a swim and thought about Jaws.
Can't swim, so no worries for me

They don't know who Mork was or where he was from.
Na nu, Na nu! Loved that show

They never heard: "Where's the Beef?", "I'd walk a mile for a Camel", or "de plane, Boss, de plane."
Classic phrases no doubt. No Camel for me tho.

They do not care who shot J. R. and have no idea who J. R. even is.
It was all a dream, then J.R. comes out of the shower.
We went to Southfork when my Dad was working the Big D Auto Auction back
in the 80's, very cool place.

They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter.
One of the best high school classes I ever took.
Robert should have taken typing lessons too

Do you feel old yet? Pass this on to the other old fogies on your list. Notice the larger type, that's for those of you who have trouble reading...

So have a nice day!!!!! It is good to have friends who know about these things and are still alive and kicking!!!!

Thanks for the memories Bill.

 

[Big K]

Awww, the good ol days of Party Lines.

Believe it or not, some rural areas still had the old Party Lines up till a few years go, even in remote places they may still exist!!!

 

[Big K]

Awww, the good ol days of Party Lines.

Believe it or not, some rural areas still had the old Party Lines up till a few years go, even in remote places they may still exist!!!

Here ya go

Party lines still in existence

One example of a community linked by party line is Adams' Pack Station, high in the mountains above Los Angeles. Big Santa Anita Canyon, near Sierra Madre, CA, has 81 rustic cabins, a group camp and a pack station that all communicate by magneto-type crank phones. One ring is for the pack station, two rings for the camp and three rings means all cabins pick up.[1]

 

[F350DRW1]

I do remember having to use a can opener as a kid for soda, and getting delivers of milk, bread, and soda. I believe the soda was from a company called Cott? I also remember my dad had an old Chrysler with a record player. Uncle had a Sterling cement mixer. And a Rambler. My grandma used to talk about making "Bathtub Rootbeer" and she drove a Packard. Don't remember radio only, but mom used to talk about a show called "The Shadow" I think??

 

[BIG JOE]

Hey, BIG JOE, how old was the dozer? I remember my uncle had a Buc Eye with cables and wheels.

Funny you should ask. I looked at the Data plate, purdy beat up but I think it said 1956.

His Dad bought it at the Sale Yard.. Before he was born

This one has a 40 ton DD Hyster winch on it but I think, at one time, it may have had a cable blade set up.. I could see holes where a cable frame of some sort had been. Also some bracketry where maybe even a Side Boom had been. Got a Big Ol' Honk'n Hyd. "U" blade on it now.. for mounding manure. (This Ranch usta be a Dairy)

I gota say... I checked the fluids, pumped up the idlers & greased carriers, poured some Dezel on the track links... and Played with this ol' guy for a few. Talk about BRUT GRUNT Power you can FEEL... MAN .

But I also gota say.. The Lever Snatch'n & Cat Skin'n dayz have Slid bye for Big Joe..... I'm still feeling that 30/45 minutes..

 

[F350DRW1]

I'm honored to belong to a site with a member who could get it going. Most folks don't know what a pony engine is. I've seen these things sit for years and start with a little work. Problem is someone who knows how to do it. Good for you. I used to go along as a "Gopher" with my Dad and get dozers and other stuff running. He would send me underneath with a blow-torch to heat the oil pan up when it was cold. I can remember him and my uncle opening up the air door and throw in a ball of burning paper to lite them off. Great fun for a kid.

 

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I do remember having to use a can opener as a kid for soda, and getting delivers of milk, bread, and soda. I believe the soda was from a company called Cott? I also remember my dad had an old Chrysler with a record player. Uncle had a Sterling cement mixer. And a Rambler. My grandma used to talk about making "Bathtub Rootbeer" and she drove a Packard. Don't remember radio only, but mom used to talk about a show called "The Shadow" I think??

I remember going to the cabin with my dad and grandad in the winter to spend the night. Get the old pot belly stove going, turn off the coleman lattern and get under the covers and listen to the "The Shadow" radio program before going to sleep.


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