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Utterly scandalous !

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In 2008, we got 8 feet in December. More than ever recorded, by a long shot. We had collapsing roofs and a general mess all over the area. The following December we got ten feet ! But people were better prepared. In 2010-11 we got no snow at all ! Go figure. My turbo snowblower keeps the close neigh...

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As I see it, cars built in calendar year 1908 are numerically as close to 1909 as they are 1907. Thusly, these cars can just as easily be called 1907 models. Which brings up the point, why are we limiting ourselves in thinking to single year jumps ? Since we so often celebrate centennials, and are s...

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Judging by the headlights, I would say it is a Googlimobile.

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I will take them.

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TT's are for owners that are very flexible and attuned to checking lube levels and "radar up" for leaks and odd noises. Like it is for T owners, hoarding certain parts and/or knowing sources is also a solid plan for enjoying lots of trouble-free miles. I probably have a spare set of farm gears, if y...

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I was drawn to steam era machinery and architecture (and anything else) when I was still riding a tricycle. The thrill of seeing this stuff rusting away in quiet repose was only outdone by seeing examples still in motion. Finding a truck like the one I own today in a barn near our farm when I was ab...

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Could it be a Pierce ?

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Here is a link to what the bridge looked like from above.
It still stands and looks the same today !

https://www.mainememory.net/artifact/68678

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The pic with the kneeling guy with the 27 sedan .... are they wearing
rowboats for shoes ???

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Why, yes it was/is !

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I think you're right, Pat. French cars are notoriously ugly, to just
plain bizarre looking. Which begs the question, WHY ?

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Why ? So taxpayers can shell out more $$ to feed and house them ? One good woodchipper cures bad behavior two ways. The bad guy is no longer, and the would-be bad guy develops a stronger sense of doing bad = certain ends. If Option 2 fails, Option 1 never does. Problem solved. Problem STAYS solved. ...

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For whatever universal law out there tells electric car makers this must be done, it seems since Day One, they purposely make them as goofy and unattractively proportioned as possible. What's up with the pumpkin carriage look ? And the rolling fishbowl glass ? Certainly interesting from a historical...

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Using KD's patented carbolated gauze for final wipedowns, the finishing crew often found time for sidework, which for a spell included skin tag removal. For reasons no one understood, roughly 70% of the podiums became lighter than air and found themselves covering the Annex ceiling. The Marketing De...

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The Annex still reeks sweetly of wood waxes and tree oils. When I got my
first car, this was the first place I wanted to go. I knew they wouldn't let me
in to Ernie's, so the intoxicating scents of furniture finishing is where I set my
sights.

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Isn't "setting aside the debate" kinda like saying, I know it's wrong to rob a
bank, but would it be better if I used a pistol or a shotgun ?

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Upon arriving in the Basin in the 1870's, Sally was noted as telling others that the place was great, except for it's total lack of vestibules. Lord Fauntleroy not withstanding, Kalamity Dick would later heed the call and set up the factory across the alley from Ernie's, and the rest is history. The...

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Now, THAT is my kind of snow machine !

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Apperson ! There's a name most people have never heard ! When I was a kid, I got a pad of paper and began compiling a list of US automakers. Got up into the hundreds before I discovered boobs, and quit caring so much. :lol: Just across the road from Mr. Moore's place, the Van Ryn's had some acreage....

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I took an interest in old junk at a really young age. No idea why, or where it came from. Close on its heels was a fascination for stories like that, telling of ways things are no longer done. It connected the dots between all the old junk I liked. Mr. Moore lived up the road from us. He was my frie...

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All true, but Heinrich suggests we all read this epic tome from start to
finish to refresh our memories on what has been written and so quickly
been forgotten !

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I thought such organically sourced music was now Federally outlawed ?

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Much of the southern vestibule factory history was laid out
earlier in this tome.

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Heinrich reminded all comers at last Tuesday's meeting that Eubert Oxnard Rilly was the muscle behind Kalamity Dick's work that perfected the gauze carbolation process. Kalamity Dick was given a 12% stake in the venture and used the proceeds to fund upkeep on his speedster, the island getaway at Cat...

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Sorry, but changing stations would only cut into my time of 24/7 beratement regarding covid infection rates, death tolls, covid supply chain delays, how much covid affects tire wear and banking trends in Afrika. I can't get enough of this fear porn, and decent music seems like it would only clash my...

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It was about that time that Podentalist Eubert Oxnard Rilly bought the
Big Shoe Co., and the name changed to "Rilly Big Shoe".

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About 40 years ago, I was up in the Tumwater Canyon above Leavenworth, hunting insulators. A friend had taken a good one off a tree and told us where he found it, so we went up exploring. We had found traces of the old line along the road, and were driving along very slowly, looking, when out from t...

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The bridge looks a dead ringer to the Monroe St. Bridge in Spokane.

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Irmintrude Jarvis was none other than Eric Burdon in another life.
With manly face and hands, lacking bust, and petticoats to disguise
a non-present feminine figure, it was Eric who told the crowds at
Monterey, "It's an American dream, ... includes Indians too !"

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Keeping one's step spring spritely is best done with pumice vapors.
Another Kalamity Dick discovery/invention.

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Well, I sure haven't been driving it ! Per my usual MO, as the cold weather gets close, I get out to the woodlot and load it up, then back it into the shop as a rolling woodstack for use in the shop stove. But tonight I actually DID something with it. A minor project that I set out to do 5 years ago...

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George and Gerry Willicker raised those pumice trees all across
the Upper Terrace. The orchards are still there, farmed by the
Willicker family.

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Tree farkling remains a popular pastime all across the Tri-Burg region.
Father Cornswoggle took the oft-times looked-down-upon activity to one
of respect and aspiration. Since 1921, The Calhoun County team has
taken the State title eighty-seven times, in team and singles events.

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Took a pic of my TT in front of the Oakesdale Flour Mill this summer,
but can't seem to upload it.

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Cuthbert presented a similar pose in the winner's circle, after
winning the Chugwater Cup in 1921, 1928, and again in 1934.

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Haven't done jack squat ! Working/commuting 10-12 hours a day,
temps down below zero, and lots of snow ... no time or motivation
to do anything !

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Just embrace The Fee, and start writing checks. New day, new hobby.

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Chugwater was almost named "Tubwater", on account of the Tubbs
family. But consensus prevailed, and the pastime surrounding Ernie's
Saloon and Happy Sally won the day.

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When I got my TT, I had never so much as ridden in a T, so the driving experience was a total novelty. Growing up on a farm, I was amply familiar with horse riding, wagons, going where no roads existed, all those things people of the T era knew as normal life. As my truckshook itself apart as speeds...

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Betty can drive my 58 Plymouth any time she likes. My own grandmother
just turned 106, and is pretty spunky herself. RIP, Betty.

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For those so inclined to history and celebrity trailings, Judkins Larkvonnet Jr. took the stage name "Marty Feldman", having quite a career in film and comedy. Kim Carnivore had a large hit with her song "Marty Feldman Eyes". "All the boys think she's a guy, she's got Marty Feldman Eyes ..... " I am...

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This sounds like a traffic stop I had about 20 years ago. A cop lit me up as I crossed the Deschutes River bridge, westbound on I-84 at about 2300hrs on a Friday night. He said he clocked me at 85 in a 65. I asked him where he did that clocking, and he wrote it on the ticket. I then asked how he wen...

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While on a foot patrol in AFG, the Sgt. stopped the team in a location that could easily fool anyone as being on the moon, waved his arm in a dramatic swoosh, and said "Gentlemen ! Behold the fields in which I grow my fux ! ... and you will see that they are barren ! So, when you come to me, and I s...

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Sombreros are the traditional headwear of native cat species across the Tri-Burg region. Numerous early settler accounts mention this odd sight. It is still common to see, even amongst domesticated house cats all around the area. Kalamity Dick kept many cats around his places of of work for mouse co...

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The making of new dollars required the use of vaporized funk, which was achieved through Kalamity Dick's refined bunklerizing method. Even Institute scholar Heinrich is baffled by how Kalamity Dick was able to pull this off, using only unrefined surple and a tray of pelvic exam residue. But the resu...

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Yeah, ... that rapid parts dispersal issue was a real problem.

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Cwym's brother Cooter was the one who built the surple sheds at the end of Funkbunkler St. Well, actually, it was all of the Jones brothers. Even Cwym helped set scaffold and steam pipe. This scene, taken from the Vestibule factory loading docks, shows the sheds looming over the downward side ot tow...

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I recently saw a video of a cab-forward on the Cascade Cut-off, that dropped off the Inside Passage line, to Springfield/Eugene, bypassing the old Siskiyou Line. The video was shot just east of Springfield. Did they roll them all the way up the valley to Portland ??? Did the SP run them over the Sis...

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Was this last photo taken of the maple surple flood ? The flume (at left)
still carries liquid punctuation to the mill, where it is congealed with whale's
eye mucus, before being shipped.

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No surprise. It IS that time of year when Jasper notices go out.
Piano lessons not withstanding.

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Heinrich mentioned at last Tuesday's meeting, that he had seen this thread, and the mention of maple surple. He said he had just recently come across this photo of the legendary maple surple flood. Kalamity Dick's 17th production kaphistulator stands nearly completed on the erection platform, and wi...

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Sounds like structure glue is the answer then !

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The flying monkeys carry a similar grinder type box for
making maple surple. Much to the chagrin of those who
have to clean the sticky mess off their windshields in the
mornings.

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Great photo, there ! It shows the rarely seen Carlsbad Ersatz (the one wearing the hat) in his days before the Mexican Insurrection. Carlsbad made a large fortune supplying moss to the mushroom growers, that he mined by moonlight. The idea never caught on south of the border. They say it was the som...

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If I may be so bold, turn off your TV, and 90% of the "Covid threat" goes away. Done with that, sell your stuff, pack your bags and load up the dog, and move 1,786.4 miles west to Spokane (center of the universe for Model T ownership) and begin attending the Tuesday "shop nights" at the Antique Auto...

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Was there once a Federal ban on busty women ??? The A-Cup Brassier Co.
must have done a roaring business, back in the day !

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Heinrich graciously offered to do personal pie charts
for all meeting attendees. When I told him my name
was Steve Miller (trying not to draw attention to my
dubious past), this is what he produced:

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At Tuesday's meeting before last, Heinrich detailed out (with
graphs and pie charts) how the decline of ozmium caused the
lambs to go quiet. This was not the first time.

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Hunting rust piles is what I do. The reason I own a TT truck
is two-fold .... to own and drive a junk of junk like this, AND
because when you approach junk pile owners to ask permission
to raid their stashes, they often appreciate the dedication and
allow me to do so.

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That makes sense, as the sun baking industries of the Upper Terrace are still a going concern. "Chugwater Sun Baked Lamb's Tongues" are a world famous product of the Upper Terrace. Many say it is on account of the higher elevation/closer proximity to the sun. Others say it is the steady stream of tr...

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Codswallop's work has held through the ages. The mushroom moss beds WERE amended, and the result was a fragrance more akin to sun-baked roadkill. Most considered this FAR better than before the changes. In spite of the improvements, the term "smokehouse" still holds in many parts for that condition ...

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Multi-purpose tool, used for maintaining acute shin locational
awareness, causing the scratching of heads of the uninitiated, and
the drawing of attention of rusty metal experts everywhere.

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Gaining widespread public usage with the rise in popularity of the mushroom stands, the resultant frequency of foul flatulence led to the term "smokehouse" being coined, for those creating quite a cloud. It was not uncommon to hear patrons at the Terminal Café, and other local haunts saying things l...

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This sort of thing SHOULD BE right up my alley, as I love "Farmer Brown" fix-it contraptions and gadgets. But damn, these things are so distracting to the lines and flow of an old car .... I hate ''em ! I really WANT TO like them, but just can''t get past the aesthetic chaos they bring to the iconic...

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Rich 2, Your humbleness for Cuthbert is only exceeded by Cuthbert's disdain for attention. Truth is, he was quite well known for his yodeling of Pythagorian hymns. Something he learned as a child, while being mentored in the goat roping arts by the Pythagorian elders. Duke Fitzellwitz' use of Cuthbe...

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Bird seasoning is a matter of personal taste, even today. In Cuthbert's day, partaking of the ever popular roadside mushroom stand led to mushroom gas. Many felt that a good seasoning would help, but nutmeg proved to be the wrong taste, and the Nutmeg Incident was the tragic result. Even those with ...

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Photo No.8 looks to be taken along what is known today as
Chuckanut Drive. The old Pacific Coast Highway, that clings
to the cliffs, south of Fairhaven, Washington. Here is a view
looking the other direction (south).

And another ....

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Live Sloth Stole magazine covered this extensively in their fall, 1911 issue.

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Few have excelled at holding forth like Professor Mallard. The third
Wednesday is a tough slot to hold.

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Apoplectically speaking, Ruby Mukluk remains an icon in the
chanteusing sciences.

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Just a side note: The LaFleur sisters' secret association with the Pythagorians, funding their flimflam sauce business, resulted in the Pythagorians having a steady supply of the sauce for their hedgehog sandwich chain. Many said the combo was far superior to bacon-wrapped aardvark snouts. Heinrich ...

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Proud member of the Cesspool Diggers Union, Local 121, since 1951 !

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The Pythagorians rejected the mezcal, just as they rejected mallets, saying both were the work of Beelzebub. They DID find that the horn worm, when whipped to a bright green paste, added zip to the hedgehog sandwiches, and prevented corrosion of electrical connections in damp applications. Kalamity ...

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Early accounts by pioneer settlers reported stampedes of slow moving wild hedgehogs that stretched from horizon to horizon. After the taming, domestication, and sandwichmaking of the Pythagorians, it is now unusual to see a hedgehog in the wild anywhere in the Chugwater drainage. Jusep Spendtbrau co...

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Hubert Cornswoggle (Author of "Squeamish Stomachs Lie Silent) was born and raised on the Upper Terrace, attending Elbert Schnöz Normal School, before graduating from Tri-Burg Academy in 1907. His sister Beulah had breasts on her back, and was very popular at the dances around the area. Both were cha...

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Funny that no one has brought up the debacling competitions that
have been a sporting mainstay in the Tri-Burg area since 1891.

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Why have golfers always dressed like court jesters or clowns in a
pride parade ?

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I prep all year for the summer driving season to do exactly what
you describe. It is THE reason I bought a T.

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The concept of powdered dairy cows was conceived at the behest of Chugwater & Northern Ry. management, who sought a better and cheaper way to ship all livestock. Our man Kalamity Dick took it upon himself to meet the challenge, and on one the few instances, worked directly with Cuthbert Maddox, on a...

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Gonna have to disagree with Rich. Nothing to see at Ford after 1925.
Junk that 36 idea and get back to the car as Henry intended it !

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Arlo has parlayed a bit of his father's storytelling into his musical and performing style. Go to a show of his, and you will spend as much time listening to him tell stories as play music. Alice's Restaurant was a purposely woven tale, to make a long story come around full circle on a very LARGE ci...

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By 1925, the spacious and appreciatively easier to maintain TT
closed cab provided Pullman comfort, combined with the luxury
fittings of Tiffany.

To unabashedly steal from Packard, "Ask the man who owns one".

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Floyd was said to spend a lot of vacation time around the Chugwater
Basin, and a regular at Ernie''s Saloon. He worked intermittently with
Kalamity Dick, brainstorming various projects and theories. The mushroom
moss barge stabilizers was just one of their joint projects.

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Just weeks ago, this mystery was solved, when documents uncovered by Heinrich's cousin Heinrich, working at the Swedish Institute, revealed that the engineers, tired of a lack of fish candy on the market, redirected their work to create such a confection. Using the out-of-service ponds that had been...

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Improvising the smelt quencher for fire prevention was pure genius. Irwin Rumptumbler wrote in Hair & Organs magazine that the deodorant, when steamed with oglethorp rinds, created the perfect paste with which to wax a dolphin or make the Opera House fireproof. The concoction proved itself successfu...

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You really gotta wonder about people ... all those parts and the time/ risk it took to take them .... worth what, by the time they actually trade them for a little cash ? Black era T's are about the cheapest old car a person could own, and parts are correspondingly cheap, meaning they ain't gonna ge...

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Yes, a Shay. A real early one.

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Looks like a Gilpin Tramway locomotive, that served the many mines in the hills around Blackhawk and Central City, Colorado. The line was two-foot gauge and the equipment tiny, but there really was no better way to get supplies up to the mines and ore down to the more conventional three-foot gauge C...

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Builders of the opera house in Medicine Bow were warned of the potential fire danger, when they chose to build with mushroom moss and cotton candy, with candy corn accents. The debate over the true use of candy corn has raged ever since. We all know, the Opera House was rebuilt the following spring,...

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In his notes, Major Bungalow said it took 4 days and 7 nights to
cross the Algerian tanning beds.

Seen here in later years, Major Bungalow demonstrates how he was
able to complete the march.

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To smooth our road, we had 40' of chainlink fence tied to a piece of 2"
pipe, which was laced to a tether chain. By hooking the chain over our
tow ball, we would drag the assembly to the end of the road, when going
out, and upon returning, hook up and drag it back. This kept the road quite
smooth.

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I seem to get just north of 20mpg on average.

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Ooh-RAH !

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Close, but no cigar ..... Mike and Heiney Tapeworm were electric cat handlers all across the Tri-Burg area, including the upper reaches of the Chugwater drainage basin. They were inducted into the Electric Cat Handlers Hall of Fame in 1934. They were also accomplished cat jugglers and often did both...

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My TT changes the oil by itself every 500 miles. It leaks it out,
I pour more in. A few times a year I pull the crud collector/magnet
and pick out any chunks.

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I consider my T "rolling scrap" as a matter of Grapes of Wrath
compliment. Just as Marines consider being called a "Maggot"
a term of endearment and making the grade, so is my old heap
of scrap, that gets me the job done and gets me where I need
to go.

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I kept up my end of the contract to oil the County roads. Put about 5000 miles on the dirt this summer. Did some exciting exploration and saw some awesome forgotten backcountry. A most wonderful goal met. fullsizeoutput_9ec.jpeg fullsizeoutput_9ed.jpeg fullsizeoutput_9e9.jpeg IMG_2102.jpg 6470444223...

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RCMP AFE, dated 10 Sept. 1926, shows 421 electric cats were purchased of the Gingerslaught Sisters Co. of Chugwater, for purposes of lap warmers for patrol officers. Invoice amount was $842.00 + tax and duty, indicating a single unit price of $2 per sleen. Heinrich states that the RCMP Academy in Mo...

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