Stumbled Upon This The Other Day...

 This old Ford was a pleasant surprise the other day while I was looking at timber.  This spot used to be a homesite, and once again, walnut trees were the giveaway as I got close.  The only other clues at this spot were a couple of fence posts and an old rusty hog feeder.

I reached for my camera and realized that it was in my truck, but I did have my cell phone with me to take up the photographic slack.  I gave the old truck a quick once-over, and it appears that one headlight rim, the grill, a few engine parts and the rear end might be of use to a restorer.  Send an e-mail if you  need a part off this truck and I will contact the owner for you.

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Not My Victrola: Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gave To Me

Ted Lewis really lets loose with his clarinet on this old masterpiece.   Critics still make disparaging comments about the clarinet playing of Ted Lewis, but it always makes me smile.  This record was posted by CylinderPhonograph.

Weekend Steam

Click on the pic to enlarge; from the April 1922 American Thresherman and Farm Power magazine.

Crankin' It Up

Ted Lewis lets a saxophone take the lead on this oldie. 2/25/1921

Long Ago And Far Away

We were digging through some old photos recently and found this nice shot of Mrs. True Blue Sam, our Skips, Merky and Cracker, and an abandoned Pattin Brothers Spence oilfield engine somewhere near Oil Springs, Kentucky. One of our Eastern Kentucky friends revisited this engine, and it had been buried during road maintenance. Oh Well, that makes the remaining engines more valuable, I guess.

UPDATE! ASM826 of Random Acts Of Patriotism took pity on my faded photograph, fixed it up and e-mailed it back. Looks just like 1978! Many thanks!

The video below is Tom Geier's Spence engine, courtesy of PileOfIron.

Dave Spaulding Is Back For Another SR1911 Training Session!

Ruger's notes: "Dave Spaulding is back again, this time with the Ruger SR1911™, to show some basic training tips designed to enhance your skills with the Ruger SR1911. In this episode Dave explains how the superior ergonomics of the 1911 evolved and how to use them to the shooters advantage."

Our Plumber Is A Nice Man

 We had some plumbing issues come up that we couldn't handle ourselves, and had to have a plumber come in to do the heavy lifting for us.  This outfit came highly recommended, and they knocked out the work quickly and neatly.  The Mrs. took some photos while they worked so I could see what they had to do.

I  had to ask what this fellow was doing down at the pond.  While they were digging out the problems in the back yard, one of the guys spotted a hibernating frog in the mud.  Work stopped for a minute so they could rescue the little critter and move it to the pond.  Nice guys!  I hope the bookkeeper is this nice when the bill is added up.

Gas Engine Show Prep

Photo Credit: Jim Phillips

Before you load up that Minneapolis to go to a show it will need 14 gallons of:

A. Fuel

B. Motor Oil

C. Coolant

D. Paint

Answer in comments.

Work Three Times As Hard This Week!

Back To The Old Grind!

(This mill has three sets of burrs, and was used to produce corn meal.)