60+ year old thread.

Morning all! Beautiful day here today. 52 going to 77.
Decided to take the day off today and tomorrow. Just washed and dried the truck and now I think I will take my car in for state inspection. After that who knows? Enjoy all!

 

Morning folks. Cool but humid morning(rain on the way). Took the dog for a long walk and tuckered him out (and me too) so he is taking a nap.

Used to play canasta a lot with friends Carl. Now it's domino's (not the pizza). Not as easy as it looks. Haven't played checkers in ages. Quick question Carl, when you worked at IR did you happen to know a fellow Bob Grantz. He was from New York and him and I joined the USN together. He went in right away and I opted to go in after the summer. Lost touch with him but found his obit. He worked at IR and lived north of Allentown. Small world as it is I wish we had stayed in touch.

Have a great day all.

 

Don't recall that name Ken, I worked at Phillipsburg NJ in the iron foundry, there were other shops on the site and he may have worked in one of them.

 

Thanks Carl. I believe he worked there as well but where in the plant I don't know. Just a shot in the dark that you might have known him. I was surprised to read he moved to PA after he got out of the service as I did the same thing. Best move i ever made. Have a good one sir.

 

My Dad worked in the Phillipsburg plant, as well. He was an electrical engineer and worked on their electric turbine projects.

 

Interesting that 2 other members on the thread knew people that worked there.
I only worked there for 7mo. during a layoff from BS, they hired me because I already had some foundry experience and they figured that I knew what I was getting into and not quit in a day or two. It was a steel foundry and WAY cleaner than an iron foundry, but still involved doing bull work!

 

Good morning, everyone!!!

I had an aunt and an uncle who worked at BS, too. They were both up in the admin offices, though.

 

Good morning all. No yard work today. Just going to relax.

 

Good morning all, went elk scouting as the area I hunt has been burning for months. Wanted to see what I will have to deal with and what migration issues the fires have caused. Lots of abnormal movement - headed back up there in a week after the archery season concludes.



Have a great weekend - headed to the hearing doctor to adjust my bionic hearing..

 

Good morning all, lots of winterizing to do today. The mornings are getting cooler and the snow is just around the corner - fingers crossed we get some sooner than later to help with all the fires. Containment is getting better but there is nothing better than a good snow dump to shut down the hot spots.

Have a great day everyone

 

Afternoon all:
Same here Mike, fuel oil is coming next week and waiting on a call for a coal delivery, it's that time of the year!
Started getting archery gear together today, can't believe the amount of gear that I take with me, if I hunt by the house all I need is the bow and a couple of cigars!

 

Carl, you still burn coal? Interesting. We had a gas regulator leek this past week so we now have a new regulator and meter. Then yesterday the electric company came by and replaced the electric meter (upgrade) I can now monitor usage from my phone. I live in no-where ville why here? Oh well, it took me over two hours to get home from the Springs yesterday due to all the traffic - WTH. Idaho is looking better all the time, getting crowded up here.

 

Evening all:
Yup, still burn coal in addition to the oil furnace, saves me a ton of money especially when oil prices got out of control. The coal stove also keeps the house warm when the power goes out in the dead of winter, no natural gas available where we live. Could be burning wood from my own property, way too much work involved with that!

 

When we bought this house nat gas was just brought to the area. We do burn wood during the winter as we have a plethora of that commodity here (all be it pine & aspen) we have the chimney cleaned every fall before the next season. It took me a long while to get used to burning pine coming from Wisconsin where that was a No-No.

I still have 4 cords to split and several (OK a lot) of new timber to cut up and stack in order to dry for the future. With six acres of wooded land and fire seasons the way they are our battle to get all six acres under control with fire mitigation seems undaunting but we continue.

 

Yep winterizing next week. Have to start closing the windows at night. Might actually light the pilot on the heater in a few months. Oh wait the new one is pilotless. Guess I’m done.

 

Finishing up on the last outside project for the summer/fall. We are putting 1 ft sq pavers around a ladder rack on the side of the house. Soil is broken up and ready to be leveled for the pavers. Still overcast and wet out so this might wait till Monday or the afternoon.

 

Good morning all, got a lot of projects done yesterday, need to finish patching the concrete apron today then back to wood cutting.

Have a great Sunday

 

Happy Monday!!

 

Good morning all, 32 degrees this morning little snow last night (nothing that took). It is fall with cooler days and cold nights - finally.

Have a great day

 

Sing along, you know the words. We’re having a heat...

Supposed the be getting triple digit heat this week. Good thing I winterized. I Guess I changed the air filter just in time.