Not My Victrola

Here is a nice fox trot courtesy of FuzzBear6240 over at YouTube. You should be able to go tripping out the door after you hear this one. I had Victrola like this one and a stack of records in 1970 in my dorm room. I had to stuff a towel in the horn because the floor monitor said it was too loud. This was back when students had humongous stereo speakers playing heavy metal.

Monday Again!

Back To The Old Grind!

Weekend Steam

We have company this weekend, so blogging time is limited. This is a nice video I saw over on YouTube.

Crankin' It Up

The fall of 1918 saw the passage of the Volstead Act, a veto by President Wilson, and the immediate override of his veto by Congress. Prohibition was coming, like it or not. Billy Muray made out all right selling songs about it, and I think this record, "How Are You Going To Wet Your Whistle? (When The Whole Darn World Goes Dry)" was his first song on the subject. This was played on our old Brunswick, as usual.

Range Report/E-Postal Reminder

Mom tried out her new Ruger Single Six today. We put in some Wolf springs to reduce the trigger pull and make the hammer easier to cycle, then sighted it in. After a few cylinders she shot the November E-Postal target. We didn't have a proper support, but she was able to use a makeshift rest for her arms, and she shot a pretty darn good target. She nailed six out of the nine balls, and in the proper sequence. If my 77 year old mother can do it, so can you! Go over to Mr. Completely, click on the E-Postal link at the top of his blog to get your target and the rules, and send a scan of your targets in by midnight Sunday. Thank You, Curt, for hosting a very challenging contest this month!

Give Thanks For Our Heroes

Don't forget our troops around the world on Thanksgiving. Click the link for the rest of the photos in this series from Boston.com Big Picture.

And over at SondraK...

George Washington's 1789 Thanksgiving Proclamation

"Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor; and Whereas both Houses of Congress have, by their joint committee, requested me to "recommend to the people of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer, to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many and signal favors of Almighty God, especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness:"Now, therefore, I do recommend and assign Thursday, the 26th day of November next, to be devoted by the people of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being who is the beneficent author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be; that we may then all unite in rendering unto Him our sincere and humble thanks for His kind care and protection of the people of this country previous to their becoming a nation; for the signal and manifold mercies and the favorable interpositions of His providence in the course and conclusion of the late war; for the great degree of tranquility, union, and plenty which we have since enjoyed; for the peaceable and rational manner in which we have been enable to establish constitutions of government for our safety and happiness, and particularly the national one now lately instituted for the civil and religious liberty with which we are blessed, and the means we have of acquiring and diffusing useful knowledge; and, in general, for all the great and various favors which He has been pleased to confer upon us.And also that we may then unite in most humbly offering our prayers and supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of Nations and beseech Him to pardon our national and other transgressions; to enable us all, whether in public or private stations, to perform our several and relative duties properly and punctually; to render our National Government a blessing to all the people by constantly being a Government of wise, just, and constitutional laws, discreetly and faithfully executed and obeyed; to protect and guide all sovereigns and nations (especially such as have shown kindness to us), and to bless them with good governments, peace, and concord; to promote the knowledge and practice of true religion and virtue, and the increase of science among them and us; and, generally to grant unto all mankind such a degree of temporal prosperity as He alone knows to be best.Given under my hand, at the city of New York, the 3d day of October, A.D. 1789." G. Washington

Pot Party

 Mrs. True Blue Sam started looking for a pot in the cupboard the other day and it was kind of like a clown car. I guess we have enough of these now; I count twenty iron skillets in this photo. She won't let me go to auctions anymore.

Over the River and Through the Woods

You all are probably getting ready to hit the road on Wednesday to visit family for Thanksgiving. If your T has been chattering in low gear, or the clutch has been slipping in high gear, you better continue reading the pages from 'Dyke's Ford Supplement.' I don't want your flivver dying on the side of the road.

Cartoon from "Model T Memories" by Floyd Clymer

These pages are jpg images scanned at 100 lines per inch, and you can copy them to your hard drive for future reference. Click on each image to en-biggify, then right click and save picture as. These four pages complete the section on the Model T transmission. The previous posts can be found by clicking on the T's label at the end of the post, or in the label list on the right side of the page.

Not My Victrola

'Hello Cutie' is guaranteed to lift your spirits for Monday morning. I have had this song running through my head for forty years and never get tired of it. The version I heard has a different line in the chorus: "Sweet as tutti-fruiti, you're a little beauty, Hello Cutie, Hello!" It's a long shot trying to find records pressed eighty years ago.

Monday Again!

Back To The Old Grind!

BONUS GRINDING! This week we have a twofer, courtesy of COUNTRYDRIVE, who has posted this corn sheller and buhr mill powered first by a tractor, and below by a horse. Thank You, COUNTRYDRIVE!

Weekend Steam

Now that winter weather has arrived, a steam powerhouse would be a great place to sit and relax. This is a cross-compound Corliss engine that used to pump water for the city of Marshalltown, Iowa. It is on permanent display at Midwest Old Threshers.