Send her flowers while you are away and make her day. Have the flower shop put a message on it saying they are from a secret admirer.
Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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MechanicMatt
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That’s not a bad idea
This year my wife took our daughter down to college on our anniversary
I had flowers waiting for her…..
I've gotten my wife flowers twice. Once when I was down in Philly. A street bum was selling red long stem roses. $20.00 a dozen. Nicest roses I've seen in my life. Got her a dozen. She pitched a fit I got them off a street bum. Tossed them in the trash.
The second time, I was on the road. working just outside of Pittsburgh, on valentines day. Couldn't come back till the job was finished. So I sent her flowers to her work. For whatever reason, she thought they were from her ex, since I didn't have "from Sean" on the card and trashed them.
That was the last time I got her flowers.
The second time, I was on the road. working just outside of Pittsburgh, on valentines day. Couldn't come back till the job was finished. So I sent her flowers to her work. For whatever reason, she thought they were from her ex, since I didn't have "from Sean" on the card and trashed them.
That was the last time I got her flowers.
timbr
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Is she a red head??
MechanicMatt
Cut Split Stack Burn
I’m dying!!!!
I got, “How much money did you spend on them???”
Can’t please them….
All I know is, if I had forgotten the anniversary all together (like last year) I’d probably be taking up residence at Mustang Mike’s hunting cabin
At least she’s consistent.
Nope, brown hair but acts like a blonde half the time.
the best part, was I never got out of my service truck. Bought them while I was sitting at a red light.I’m dying!!!!
I got, “How much money did you spend on them???”
Can’t please them….
All I know is, if I had forgotten the anniversary all together (like last year) I’d probably be taking up residence at Mustang Mike’s hunting cabin
I 100% forgot about our 5 year wedding anniversary. That didn't go over well. 10 year is coming up this August. Won't forget this one.
a-men!
WoodAbuser
aka WoodchuckAbuser
I’m dying!!!!
I got, “How much money did you spend on them???”
Can’t please them….
All I know is, if I had forgotten the anniversary all together (like last year) I’d probably be taking up residence at Mustang Mike’s hunting cabin
My wife of 29 years that went to be with Jesus last year gave me a boatload of grief when i brought home flowers for her early on. Ok, no more flowers. The first few years I would buy her a present for Christmas, birthday and anniversary. She returned all but one of them. The only one she didn't return was a piece made out of stained glass. It had a bright red cross in the middle of a blue Jewish star. It didn't get returned, but the shopped burned to the ground the day after i picked it up. They made candles also and evidently the vat caught on fire in the middle of the night. No I didn't do it! My wife was a born again Jew if you are wondering why I hade it made.
Someone was asking about train pictures, and I guess I've been sluffing...
Not a picture but 1 of the few remaining Electro Motive SD38's left on the BNSF roster wandered through this past weekend. BNSF 1564 was originally built for the Frisco as SLSF 299 in the late 70's just before BN acquired Frisco in 1980. It is now a RCL (remote control locomotive) unit that was largely used in yard service as a "mother" unit coupled up to a TEBC-6 "slug" unit. One of these days I'll have to tell about the Utah Railway MK50-3/MK5000's I saw out in Kansas a few years ago on vacation.
Not a picture but 1 of the few remaining Electro Motive SD38's left on the BNSF roster wandered through this past weekend. BNSF 1564 was originally built for the Frisco as SLSF 299 in the late 70's just before BN acquired Frisco in 1980. It is now a RCL (remote control locomotive) unit that was largely used in yard service as a "mother" unit coupled up to a TEBC-6 "slug" unit. One of these days I'll have to tell about the Utah Railway MK50-3/MK5000's I saw out in Kansas a few years ago on vacation.
My logging buddy swung by tonight. Had to fix one of his saws, and figure out where his truck was leaking brake fluid. He forgot the new brake handle for his saw. So he ran back to his place and came back with the part and this little model engine. All we know about it is it was locally made, and supposed to be 1/4 hp. Anyone know anything about it? He said you burn kerosene in the wick pot, it's a pain to get started but will run all day one it's running. Says crafted by m m stauffer 1981 on the base plate. I started cleaning it up before he left. I'm super excited to have it. Really want to run it, but wanted to see if the infinite wisdom of my scrouge buddies can tell me any info on it?
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MechanicMatt
Cut Split Stack Burn
Pretty cool
It’s funny, I often think to myself “I wonder what the older fellas in scrounge think about……”
Lot of wisdom in the group of guys in this thread
I couldn't agree more. Figured this was the beast group to ask about something like this. If nothing else, everyone would like seeing a pretty cool model engine.
Looks like a little hit and miss engine to me. Pretty cool. Looks like you could power stuff from the "drive" side. The heavy flywheel should keep it moving.
Yes, there's a pully to run a belt on it opposite the flywheel. I'm assuming it had a purpose at some point, you can see some wear in the groove like a belt was running in it.
I'm having a really hard time figuring out what type of engine it is, it doesn't seem to fit into any one class. There's no carb, no govenor, no hot/glow tube. You light the wick, and slide it under the tin shield, and it's supposed to run after you give it a spin. I'm leaning more towards an odd ball hot air/ stirling engine, but I can see the cylinder is full of soot/ carbon so I'm sure it's some sort of "internal" combustion engine.
It's a hot air engine, called a flame eater or flame licker. Lots of different designs are available. That one looks well made.
Thanks, that clears up a lot of mystery.
It's not the MK5000C, but it's sibling the one and only (that I know of) MPEX 5000 ever built. When there was no interest in the MK5000 locomotives after Morrison-Knudson Rail was acquired by Motive Power, an unused MK5000 cab was grafted onto a former Santa Fe SD45-2B locomotive to create MPEX 5000. The SD45-2B was basically rebuilt into an SD50M-3 with the new cab, diesel prime mover and electronics. The centered front cab door allowed the crew in the cab to see someone standing on the bottom step of the locomotive, even while seated and also had better crash ratings. It was leased by the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad as possible use for coal service as the DME (later CP) was looking to try and get into the Power River coal fields but this never happened and the unit ended up going back to Motive Power after DME was gobbled up by CP and lease later expired as CP had no interest in the unit. It still is out there and I got it in the first picture back when it was visiting the CP shops in St. Paul, MN back in 2021. The other picture is what an SD45-2B would have looked like (photo credit to the listed photographer).
Got it running..
Zinc plating some of the vise parts 
Top clamp is polished with some 0000 steel wool lower is how it comes out of the tank
Both polished
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Top clamp is polished with some 0000 steel wool lower is how it comes out of the tank
Both polished
View attachment IMG_9692.mov
tnflatbed
ArboristSite Operative
Good evening, it's been a few years since I've been on here. I'll save everyone a sob story but the last few years have been trying to say the least. All that aside, I thought I could get back to posting pictures of scrounging firewood. Just put a hydraulic top link on a few months ago and today I figured out I now have a tow truck for logs 
. Don't even have to get off most of the time as the tongs usually fall around the log.
. Don't even have to get off most of the time as the tongs usually fall around the log.
