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The ship is either the Aurora or the Potemkin. Both players in the 1917 Revolution. Like to visit them but probably will never get to. Paul

Any smoke? Any valve or engine noises? Coolant loss? With out any clues it could be anything from a bad injector, bad lifter or any one of a dozen things.

welcome to mine and grayhairs world of selective censorship

(Here's something to think about.) My brother in law had to choose a new primary care doctor. After two visits and exhaustive lab tests, she said he was doing fairly well for his age.(he's past seventy). A little concerned about that comment my brother in law couldn't resist asking her, 'Do you think I'll live to be 90?' She asked, 'Do you smoke tobacco, or drink beer, wine or hard liquor?' 'Oh no,' he replied. 'I'm not doing drugs, either!' Then she asked, 'Do you eat steaks and barbecued ribs and french fries?' ' he said, 'Not much... My former doctor said that all red meat is very unhealthy!' 'Do you spend a lot of time in the sun, like playing golf, boating, sailing, hiking, or bicycling?' 'No, I don't,' He said. She asked, 'Do you gamble, drive fast cars, or have a lot of sex?' 'No,' He said......... She looked at him and said, 'Then, why do you even give a darn?

Was that the Corwin Amendment?

AMEN! The "welcome" continued at most every stop on the ride back east too. Amazing she defends her relative and attacks those of us who obeyed our country and fought in Vietnam. Good American Patriot she is...selectively

This is the man from my war, who had the record before this.I can't imagine what he would have done with a modern rifle and optics. His first sniper rifle was a Winchester Model 70 .30-06 with an 8-power Unertl scope His last was a M-2 on a tri pod that he made a scope mount for. http://www.military.com/marine-corps-birthday/carlos-hathcock-famous-marine-corps-sniper.html

I'll be retiring my DM, it's worked hard for 48 years and deserves a rest. I need all wheel drive and the lift axle to clear the back 200 acres in Va. The DM as good as it is, just can't work in that acreage with out constant nudging from our machine. Plus my wife can drive it.

MSNBC, CNN, HLN all had great shows today, Particularly the "Morning Joe" Both Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski had 45 minutes debating over of their unnamed sources leaking "secret data" about the Trump/Russian interference in the Georgia and South Carolina special election this week. dillrods need a life.

She sacrificed many days in the 60's coming down to Oakland just to spit on us when we came home. rather than a dew day with her bong She's been pissing on the country for 50 years now...ought to get a gold watch

Wonder if it's a Uni-shift?

Any of the mittary vehicle collector people on here have any thoughts on a 1979 AM General M917AO with Stecco dump, Allison and 400 Big cam and 30,000 miles. First time I ever saw duals on the lift axle.

Take it from the sourse. They told me my Marmon is a piece of crap just by reading the word in a post.

He did build the Hillary Campaign bus pretty cheaply.

NO serial 6549 set up as a heavy armored recovery/ transporter

Originally designed to tow the 155mm long tom and carry it;s full crew and ammunition in WWII.

Mecum from a friend who transports Reliable's ocean race boat said Mecoum offered the drivers more money to come to them. They are all Wisconsin based.Most are leased to operators. The trailers are all personalized with images of Mecums top sale vehicles.

Happy Birthday!! Paul

Unfortunately no, but much of his photos and some info are one Hanks. here is the link. http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/weatherstone.htm

Yes he did, There is a valid threat in his view as a Marine, as opposed to the desk jockey at the Dept of Army. The Army is the only branch specified in the regulation for non carry. Not the Marines, Air Force or Navy. Stupid regulation with no validity in most commanders with any back bone.

I called him early evening but didn't get an answer. I'll try again tomorrow.

Regulation #190-14 issued by the Department of the Army in March 1993, just two months after President Clinton assumed office is still in effect in 2016. That change in regulations applied only to the Army, not other branches of the U.S. armed forces restricted the authorization to carry firearms to personnel engaged in law enforcement / security duties, and to limited personnel stationed at facilities where there was “a large expectation that Army assets would be jeopardized if firearms were not carried”: a. The authorization to carry firearms will be issued only to qualified personnel when there is a reasonable expectation that life or Department of the Army (DA) assets will be jeopardized if firearms are not carried. Evaluation of the necessity to carry a firearm will be made considering this expectation weighed against the possible consequences of accidental or indiscriminate use of firearms. b. DA personnel regularly engaged in law enforcement or security duties will be armed. c. DA personnel are authorized to carry firearms while engaged in security duties, protecting personnel and vital Government assets, or guarding prisoners.

He's a wealth of stories of what we no longer have to deal with, now that we have all the modern conveniences in our units. A shot of life when the B was king of the road. Paul

Today is William (Diesel Gypsy) Weatherstone's 82nd birthday. For those who don't know him, he is an old time trucker from Canada who life on the road is amazing. He's is aside from my Dad one of my few hero's. Here is one of his recollections from his early days. Paul The first one is by William (Diesel Gypsy) Weatherstone, now retired and living in Elliot Lake, Ont. He’s a self-taught writer with a great stockpile of trucking lore. Those interested in reading more would do well to check out his website www.thedieselgypsy.com Bill Weatherstone: THE MONTREAL DOCKS (PIERS) 1964 While at my time as one of Izzie’s Gypsies I used to haul bandit loads from Toronto to the docks in Montreal. It was a whole different ballgame than in today’s day and age. First, in the early 1960’s Izzie had a scrap yard in the old industrial section in Toronto’s east side. There he would buy and sell scrap metals of all kinds. He had a couple of B-61 Mack’s and 36’ flat deck trailers with 36” racks; one of which was my honeymoon chariot. His specialty was to buy up old used car batteries and scrap them for their lead plates. He had a set of rollers that when the battery was set on and started to roll down into the plant, they would pass trough a box oven (home made) and the gas flames above the battery would melt the top of the casing, and when it reached the end of the conveyer rollers a couple men would take the battery and turn it upside down and dump the guts from the casing (Lead plates & posts) into a steel bin; discarding the Bakelite casing into a pile for the dump. Now Izzie was a pretty shrewd character and worshiped the all mighty dollar as much as any man in business, perhaps even more so. He had a few regular customers that he would gypsy loads down to Montreal for them, and then reload scrap batteries for the return load which was the only legal part of the trip. One of those customers was a chemical company down in the Niagara region that manufactured Aluminum Chloride, and shipped in 45 gallon drums. I would pick up a load during the day and deliver to the docks in Montréal before 6am the next morning. We received $10 dollars to hire a dock worker to unload by hand. The tarp was pulled back and the side racks were removed. The lift truck would set a couple stacks of seaway pallets up against the trailer so the loader could hand roll each drum onto them. If I unloaded myself I could keep the fee. In my case I had hired the dock foreman to unload for me while I grabbed a bit of sleep, while other drivers would keep ½ the fee for themselves and short change the un-loaders. By doing so, 2 or 3 trucks would have to wait for unloading for as much as ½ a day. In my case I was always unloaded and on my way for a pick-up order within an hour. On one particular trip, the outside temperature was pushing 90 and the inside of the steel storage shed was over 100. The drums started to swell and white smoke began leaking out the top of the drum. The crew immediately took off expecting an explosion. I was approached to see what should be done to prevent a disaster. I borrowed a screwdriver from the foreman, wrapped a towel around my face and went into the shed. There were 72 drums, and one at a time I backed off the closed vent on top of the drum, releasing the pressure in a cloud of Aluminum chloride fumes. I did all 72 drums before the crew would return to work. All went pretty good for most of the summer stocking up a boatload of product. I was early for one load and the foreman came to me and told me to get off the docks right away and wait a couple hours as they were expecting an uprising this day. He did not bother warning the other 2 drivers when they came in (retaliation for cutting the unloading rate) I went about 6 blocks away and parked in front of a Tavern. (In Quebec, they open at 7am) I sat for an hour & ½ then called to Toronto, getting an OK to drop the load at another storage facility. The other trucks did not get out till late that night, but got out without damage. The problem was contained at the other end of the pier. After that episode, the other drivers had to pay the full $10 fee, or do it themselves, taking almost all day, and keep looking over their shoulder for possible retaliation. At another Pier # was a different type of incident. One of Izzie’s regular winter customers was a hide dealer, who got fresh hides from the abattoirs in Toronto. They dried, scraped, folded and salted, and then tied and tagged each in a bundle. The trailer was dropped at the shed and loaded by hand. In the early evening we would go and pick up the loaded trailer and be on the docks by 6 am the following morning. This particular shed was filled with thousands of hides (a boatload) for shipment to Russia. These were the last days before the introduction of the container system. My first load was quite an eye opening experience….. While waiting to get into the shed, a dock worker stopped beside a pallet of figs in wooded boxes. He took his hook and smashed open a case, removed a package, ate one fig and threw the rest away, leaving the damaged stock on the ground. That was one good reason that containers were introduced. Most companies wanted the product rather than an insurance claim. The lead hand came to each driver and offered $35 a hide (up to 10) if they left them on the nose of the trailer covered over with the tarp. Leaving the docks as empty and delivering them to a drop point where the cash was paid. The receiver would then remove the coloured tag and replace it with his own and deliver it back to the ship as his. NOTE; at that time 3 hides were worth close to a weeks pay for a driver. Just near the end of the ship loading, the Mounties raided the docks and shut down that little enterprise. Fortunately, I was 1500 miles west of Montreal at the time. This is just a couple more memorable incidents from ½ a century ago when trucking was real trucking without the dreaded computers.”