AI6YR Ben👀
Santa Fe Caboose up for sale at a local Estate Sale.
(no, I don't have a backyard big enough).
If you ever want to open up one of those kitchy Route 66 souvenir shops... Looks like this is the place to go, lol.
Hmm, there are two morse code keys in there. Among other stuff. I imagine the plae is chock full of random stuff.
Ship's wheel? Cowboy hat? Entire gas station replica buliding with gas pumps? Shelled Walnuts sign?
W6KME
@ai6yr Hah! This is the sort of thing where you can say stuff like "I bet those grenades are probably inert!" You know, like really probably, but I'm not putting any money on it
@ai6yr It's definitely removeable, but you'll have to reserve or lease the adjacent line, have it lifted, and be able to clear it from that section of line. I expect the Historical Museum in Fillmore will end up with it. Although, they do already have a Southern Pacific caboose.
@ai6yr Slightly tangential to the topic, but if you're in Ventura County and have never visited, you need to do so.
Barbara Monaco
markc568@W6KME @ai6yr Last year a historical society near me sold a bay-window caboose when they shut down.
Whoever bought it had it winched onto a semi with a beaver-tail flatbed to haul it away.
Despite there being an active industrial rail line across the street.
Guessing no railroad would haul these without a rebuild of bearings and brakes. And definitely not with plain bearings.
@markc568 @ai6yr The line shown in the background of these photos is no longer in commercial use, and is leased to a local historical society for excursions on vintage stock. So there is *some* possibility they could get permission to use the track.
But, and this can't be overstated, I'm not the expert on this stuff, I've just been adjacent to several private purchases of antique stock like this.
Wendroid 🇺🇦
David Sacerdote
AN/CRM-114@flyingsaceur @ai6yr @markc568 "You're asking the sort of questions people we don't want for customers would ask..."
Scott VE3QBZ@ai6yr @scott @W6KME @markc568 Possessing a supreme excellence in the area of being an unimaginative bore
I met this guy in the business center of a hotel in Buffalo. His first question out of the gate was:
“Are you here to steal my copies from the copier like the last guy?”
It took me a hot second to realize he wasn’t joking and to assure him that would not steal his copies
His second question was, “What kind of rail car do you own?”
I had to get Iit through to him that I had no idea what the hell he was talking about, and he then proceeded to explain that there was a convention for private rail car owners and all that entailed, and somehow managed to make it sound boring
Sara
me_valentijn
Bond. James Bond.@RVLara23 @W6KME I've only bought Rolling Rock once in my life. (and I didn't drink any of it). I bought it in the middle of the day, on a bicycle, and the clerk there treated me like I was a problem day drinker and quietly rang me up and let me out the side door of our grocery store ("hey, buddy, you don't have to go out the front entrance... I'll let you out here...") 😂
(It was for slugs, but ended up all consumed by the wood rats)
AI6YR Ben (@[email protected])
Attached: 2 images Checked off "bought cheapest beer possible before 130pm and bicycled it home" on the bike tooter achivement list. #BikeTooter (Edit: just for clarity, these are for my slugs, I do have a driver's license and no DUI arrest, I do own a car, and I don't drink beer.)
Jake
Cavedale Rhônes@CavedaleRhones @ai6yr @RVLara23 It hasn't been brewed there in quite some time. Possibly after someone pointed out there weren't any springs?
Sarah E Bourne
Clark Shishido@RVLara23 @W6KME @ai6yr Rolling Rock in the tall bar bottles was excellent (fresh!). RR in cans were absolutely awful. RR in 12oz short bottles was drinkable if ice cold, but awful if warm.
I haven't had a drop after it was sold and stopped bottling in Latrobe. 33. #rollingrock #33
I haven't had a drop after it was sold and stopped bottling in Latrobe. 33. #rollingrock #33
Only bottles for me. Never had it in a can.
@RVLara23 @cshishido @ai6yr I'm a definite beer elitist. We won't talk about how much Brew 102 I may have consumed.
@ai6yr
The part about swinging might give your neighbors the wrong idea 😏
The part about swinging might give your neighbors the wrong idea 😏
@me_valentijn LOL I wonder if that is an addition or if that's the original.
thefathippy[scene: Our hero rests quietly on their lounge, wondering what they'll do today. Suddenly, tyres screech to halt outside. Two doors slam, followed by a polite knock at the door. Our hero opens their door, & a hopeful looking couple greets them warmly]
"Hello, umm... we saw your sign, are very interested, & just wanted to clarify..."
@thefathippy @me_valentijn "This is different than the usual flamingos!"