Just thought I'd share a nice photo.

[redneck joe]

out the front door, shelbyville tn

 

[aspeck]

I'm not sure how you got pictures while this was going on ?

I was kicking myself that I didn't take pictures before I took the cowling off and then before I hit the flames with the fire extinguisher. But the "fire fighter" in me took precedence over the photographer in me ... Now I just replay the brown and white smoke billowing out of every possible place of the cowling and moving across the water with Deep Purple singing "Smoke on the Water" in my head.

 

[flashback]

I was kicking myself that I didn't take pictures before I took the cowling off and then before I hit the flames with the fire extinguisher. But the "fire fighter" in me took precedence over the photographer in me ... Now I just replay the brown and white smoke billowing out of every possible place of the cowling and moving across the water with Deep Purple singing "Smoke on the Water" in my head.

I'm glad you didn't!

 

[Mc Tool]

out the front door, shelbyville tn

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" No rhododendrons Joe ? " ..........." no Hamish , the coyotes ate them all "

 

[dingbat]

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[Mc Tool]

Lake Wanaka


Lake Hawea

Real windy , tried to cast a lure but it nearly hit me in the face .

 

[metalchewy]

On the Colorado early this morning between willow bay and hoover dam.

 

[Mc Tool]

On the Colorado early this morning between willow bay and hoover dam.

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yeah , that looks better than the blustery places I had this (labour ) weekend . Lakes Wakatipu , Wanaka and Hawea were all real windy until about 6pm.
My Parents live in Wanaka so we had to go past the Lakes Wakatipu ( thats Queenstown ) and Wanaka and to escape my (just think what the moderators would def not allow ) of a sis in law I drove to Lake Hawea ( not far ) .....actually they were both there ...dunno which ones worse . Pleased to be home , Hey my car sits on 3 grand at 100mph all the way from Mossburn to Otautau .....and it didnt even foam the oil

 

[metalchewy]

yeah , that looks better than the blustery places I had this (labour ) weekend . Lakes Wakatipu , Wanaka and Hawea were all real windy until about 6pm.
My Parents live in Wanaka so we had to go past the Lakes Wakatipu ( thats Queenstown ) and Wanaka and to escape my (just think what the moderators would def not allow ) of a sis in law I drove to Lake Hawea ( not far ) .....actually they were both there ...dunno which ones worse . Pleased to be home , Hey my car sits on 3 grand at 100mph all the way from Mossburn to Otautau .....and it didnt even foam the oil

The oil here doesn't foam like it used to in the 80s/90s. My old 4spd dart is the only one I run non synthetic. It'd be pushing 4000 or more at 100 with the 355s in it. When I had the 391s in it, it ran at 3200 at 70. The price of gas thes days it sees a lot less road than a couple years ago.

 

[Mc Tool]

The oil here doesn't foam like it used to in the 80s/90s. My old 4spd dart is the only one I run non synthetic. It'd be pushing 4000 or more at 100 with the 355s in it. When I had the 391s in it, it ran at 3200 at 70. The price of gas thes days it sees a lot less road than a couple years ago.

Oil, Yeah I think some of the old boys dont realise things have changed since the war .
Petrol was $3.91 a litre at Wanaka yesterday .....not much you can do about it . We dont drive around for the hell of it , we used to , but if we want to go somewhere for a reason we still do . Old story ....as soon as we get back from town we remember something else we need Huh , doesnt seen that long ago that I said " peeps just wont pay more than a dollar a litre "