The Coffee House

[vintagesnaps]

Congrats Wade! is this your first? Love the picture.

I don't think it's odd to see Putin in a hockey sweater, skates, pads, stick, heading out to get on the ice - really! I was watching an international tournament (junior worlds, around the holidays I think) and Putin was there. The announcers were saying nobody knew he was there til shortly before he was heading out to present awards/medals. Hockey's a big deal in Russia. Look up Tretiak, or the '80 Olympics Team USA gold medal win. (Yeah, I've been a hockey fan a looong time!)

 

[table1349]

Well... in fairness, that boiler is a 105 years old, and some of those tubes could easily be 50+ years old, so....

Yeah ... so it's retirement time ... recently, Gary has been diagnosed similarly.

Nah... she's just getting broken in!

Well at least it wasn't the safety plugs. Nothing like crawling through the firebox to replace the lead safety plugs cause you let the water level get to low. That is the time not to be the skinny one in the group.

Yeahbut... replacing the fusible plug is easy. A 3/4" drive ratchet, 1 1/4" socket... out in comes, new one goes in... done. Replacing tubes is NOT a fun job. Not in any way, shape, or form.

If it was fun and easy we would all be using steam tractors. It's not like photography these days where anyone can go buy a camera and start a photography business.

Besides I've seen pictures of you. At your age you aren't the skinny one that would have to crawl in the firebox, so your appreciation of that little issue is jaded.

I wish... I may not be the skinny one, but I still seem to spend a fair amount of time in the firebox...

Are you talking tractors now or relations ships with a woman???

 

[vintagesnaps]

What, d'ya mean all the talk of things getting steamy?? here I thought it had to do with tractors.

 

[EIngerson]

Been a good month for sharks here in SoCal. Lots of activity going on here.

 

[table1349]

Been a good month for sharks here in SoCal. Lots of activity going on here.

Two legged or finned?

 

[tirediron]

Yeah ... so it's retirement time ... recently, Gary has been diagnosed similarly.

Nah... she's just getting broken in!

Well at least it wasn't the safety plugs. Nothing like crawling through the firebox to replace the lead safety plugs cause you let the water level get to low. That is the time not to be the skinny one in the group.

Yeahbut... replacing the fusible plug is easy. A 3/4" drive ratchet, 1 1/4" socket... out in comes, new one goes in... done. Replacing tubes is NOT a fun job. Not in any way, shape, or form.

If it was fun and easy we would all be using steam tractors. It's not like photography these days where anyone can go buy a camera and start a photography business.

Besides I've seen pictures of you. At your age you aren't the skinny one that would have to crawl in the firebox, so your appreciation of that little issue is jaded.

I wish... I may not be the skinny one, but I still seem to spend a fair amount of time in the firebox...

Are you talking tractors now or relations ships with a woman???

Izzer a difference?

 

[EIngerson]

Been a good month for sharks here in SoCal. Lots of activity going on here.

Two legged or finned?

Finned. Been filling the news lately.

 

[table1349]

Nah... she's just getting broken in!

Well at least it wasn't the safety plugs. Nothing like crawling through the firebox to replace the lead safety plugs cause you let the water level get to low. That is the time not to be the skinny one in the group.

Yeahbut... replacing the fusible plug is easy. A 3/4" drive ratchet, 1 1/4" socket... out in comes, new one goes in... done. Replacing tubes is NOT a fun job. Not in any way, shape, or form.

If it was fun and easy we would all be using steam tractors. It's not like photography these days where anyone can go buy a camera and start a photography business.

Besides I've seen pictures of you. At your age you aren't the skinny one that would have to crawl in the firebox, so your appreciation of that little issue is jaded.

I wish... I may not be the skinny one, but I still seem to spend a fair amount of time in the firebox...

Are you talking tractors now or relations ships with a woman???

Izzer a difference?

Oh if you don't know the difference by now you are in deep doo-doo.

Both are high maintenance and need stoking constantly, but one runs on steam with a gentle touch, the other lets off steam, a lot of steam, at the drop of a hat.

 

[tirediron]

Well at least it wasn't the safety plugs. Nothing like crawling through the firebox to replace the lead safety plugs cause you let the water level get to low. That is the time not to be the skinny one in the group.

Yeahbut... replacing the fusible plug is easy. A 3/4" drive ratchet, 1 1/4" socket... out in comes, new one goes in... done. Replacing tubes is NOT a fun job. Not in any way, shape, or form.

If it was fun and easy we would all be using steam tractors. It's not like photography these days where anyone can go buy a camera and start a photography business.

Besides I've seen pictures of you. At your age you aren't the skinny one that would have to crawl in the firebox, so your appreciation of that little issue is jaded.

I wish... I may not be the skinny one, but I still seem to spend a fair amount of time in the firebox...

Are you talking tractors now or relations ships with a woman???

Izzer a difference?

Oh if you don't know the difference by now you are in deep doo-doo.

Both are high maintenance and need stoking constantly, but one runs on steam with a gentle touch, the other lets off steam, a lot of steam, at the drop of a hat.

I'm deep doo-doo regardless.

 

[table1349]

Been a good month for sharks here in SoCal. Lots of activity going on here.

Two legged or finned?

Finned. Been filling the news lately.

 

[JonA_CT]

I brewed beer tonight and didn't give myself a large partial thickness burn in the process.

I'd say that makes this week a win.

 

[Gary A.]

Finned with an infinite number of big, sharp, pointy teeth and a matching appetite. From Long Beach to Oceanside there is a standing shark alert. In particular Great White Sharks, but most are juvies, after rays in the shallows. Gary really liked the recording of a lifeguard on a bullhorn saying "... Attention paddleboarders, CALMLY, get out of the water. You are surrounded by 15 Great White Sharks ...". Another recording "... There are Great White Sharks in the surf line, leave the water now ...".

 

[Gary A.]

I brewed beer tonight and didn't give myself a large partial thickness burn in the process.

I'd say that makes this week a win.

Anytime you can brew and not get wounded, Gary would chalk up as a win.

 

[jcdeboever]

I like tortillas

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[jcdeboever]

Geez, my dad is going to be 80.... where has time gone? I took them to a real nice place tonight and told them to dress business casual.... oh my, lost in translation. What do i expect from a man that wears black dress socks with sandles, and a dirty wife beater. Got to love them. We had a great tiime and told them to order whatever they wanted. They are frugal in reality but they know when the gift horse has appeared. I love that they order enough for a 3 day doggie bag. Embarrassing but worth the glutton looks. Who orders 3 lobster rolls? My fat ass can barely eat one in an undisciplined state, lol. Anyway, mom got some relief from cooking for my dad and won $500 on the bingo scrath off i bought her 6 months ago in Hell Michigan.

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