GA_Dave

Obamacare went into effect not long before I retired. At the time, my coverage was provided by my employer and my wife's coverage, on the same plan, was paid by me, around $350/month. When I retired at the end of 2013, I opted to stay on my employer's plan, which was pretty good insurance, but I would pay the whole cost for my wife and I, which had increased to $500/month EACH. The following year, my employer changed carriers to a plan that would not cover my wife's insulin ($750/month) and you had no choice on who your doctor was, you went to their "clinic" and were seen by whoever was available. We dropped that coverage and found our own private policy at BC/BS. It was $1250/month for both of us, but that was still cheaper than $1000/month plus $750/month for her insulin. We stayed with that until the end of 2018, when BC/BS left the private market in Georgia. The premiums had increased to $1700/month and BC/BS was the LAST private health insurance provider in the State. The "Obamacare" policies available on the market were limited to a State-run program designed for the Marketplace and the same insurer available through my employer that didn't cover the insulin. No doctors in my area would accept either. At that point, we were uninsured and stayed that way until I went on Medicare in August, 2024. My wife goes on it in October. Meanwhile, we have stashed the $1700/month in our bank account, paying all health costs from it. During 2024, she had cataracts removed in both eyes and a bunch of dental work (root canals, crowns, etc.), which was paid for out of that account. There is still $30,000 in that account. Back when Obamacare was being legislated, the left claimed that there were millions of uninsured people in the US. There still are!

Not all of that video was shot at the same time. In some shots, that orange Chevy tractor is under the Campbell Express trailer and in others, it is sitting between the two buildings on the other side of the tracks.

You made the statement "Yeah we re doomed.open ur eyes" and I asked a question, yet you never answered the question. I simply expressed my view on the matter, which is the opposite of yours. I never threatened your First Amendment rights! You insinuated that anyone who doesn't agree with you must have their eyes shut. Technically, the First Amendment doesn't even apply here, as it only protects your freedom of speech from Government interference. This is not a Government website. You are free to speak your mind here, but others are also free to speak theirs!

I took a trip there on Google Maps as soon as you said firetrucks! I found five. On the other side of that Campbell Express trailer sits an open cab American LaFrance 700 Series. It saddens me to see this Seagrave just sitting in that town, in the condition it is in now, with junk piled all over it. It was a beautiful rig when I shot it in Masontown, PA.

Who is this "we" you speak of? My eyes are wide open and I am quite pleased at the way things are going right now. Not everything is perfect, but I never had expectations of perfection. I certainly do not feel "doomed". It was like we were in a raging river, being swept closer to the plunging waterfall and we finally managed to get ourselves turned around, and now we are fighting against swift currents to get back to calm waters. It isn't easy, but we are heading in the correct direction. The stock market concerns me little, I have no dependency on it whatsoever. My current financial situation is better than it has ever been. I am not worried about the tariffs as I purchase very little that is not produced in the US. Life is good and getting better. The sky is not falling!

It is possible that they were simply left off the list, like 1218, or maybe they were not pumpers. They could have been aerials built on the B-85F chassis.

B-85F-1218 was a 1957 B-85F 750/500 delivered to Bethany, CT.

Happy Birthday!

He ran two races against women and won both. You would think the democrats would love him!

Any is too much. I don't need it to have any color. I drink it straight, like it comes out of the bottle and sometimes, straight out of the bottle!

I'd never ruin Yukon Jack with Coca-Cola!

Did we have the same Mother?

My solution is to NEVER go to NYC!

That wiki needs a bit more research. The L10 was not built in Jamestown, or it would have been a J10. It was built in nearby Lakewood, NY, hence the L. My BIL worked there for quite a few years. My career FD had two pumpers built on Ford LN-9000 chassis, both with L10 engines, one rated at 280 Hp., the other at 300 Hp. They wouldn't go fast if you drove them off a cliff!

You mean like yours?

I would like to lodge a formal complaint against kscarbel2. His posts outnumber my limit of likes

Happy Birthday!

It only works if you drink it straight!

Yukon Jack, known as"Cough Medicine" back in the day. I coughed a lot!

This is typical behavior for those unhappy with the elimination of DEI - take it to the extreme. The Tuskegee Airmen and the WASP's have nothing to do with DEI and these clowns know it!

We should give Petro a choice - either we land our planes there and unload them or we fly over and drop them off!

Of the five Torpedo's I posted, all but one are still owned by their original FD. While I am sure that repairs have always happened when needed, I don't think any of those four have been restored, but have been taken care of over the years. The exception is the CST from Elizabeth City, NC, which resides at the NC Transportation Museum in Spencer, NC. In the teens and twenties, the Torpedo was a very popular commercial chassis and frequently used by American LaFrance. I don't have info on the total number produced, but the Ligonier rig was the 501st.

Engine 1, Mebane, NC 1923 Brockway Torpedo/American LaFrance 250/40 #B-190

Antique Ladder, Elizabeth City, NC 1917 Brockway Torpedo/ECFD 0/40 City Service Truck