Things that are AWESOME...

[Eleven]

 

We are getting this. Maybe two of them. "Heavy flow" is all we'll have to say.

[Weave]

2nd interview next week for a position that would be a complete career change. Different industry, different line of work. I'm intrigued but more than a bit nervous.

[darksabre]

So I stumbled across some pretty cool youtube channels recently. If you're into (or vaguely recall having been into) that late 60s early 70s psychadelic rock/metal, these two users are loaded with full albums of cool stuff. Enjoy!

 

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=PfL8vABvmlc

 

http://www.youtube.c...dikhoras/videos

 

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=_zyWwGleUcU

 

http://www.youtube.c.../Piwtoad/videos

 

 

 

edit: not sure why it wont let the videos embed. weird.

Edited July 19, 2013 by d4rksabre

[.55.]

So I stumbled across some pretty cool youtube channels recently. If you're into (or vaguely recall having been into) that late 60s early 70s psychadelic rock/metal, these two users are loaded with full albums of cool stuff. Enjoy!

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zyWwGleUcU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfL8vABvmlc

Channels

https://www.youtube..../Piwtoad/videos

http://www.youtube.c...dikhoras/videos

[darksabre]

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zyWwGleUcU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfL8vABvmlc

Channels

https://www.youtube..../Piwtoad/videos

http://www.youtube.c...dikhoras/videos

 

Thanks! Usually this stuff auto embeds but didn't want to yesterday.

[darksabre]

So ever since I moved to Rochester in 2007 I've been living right next to a little gem of a museum and never checked it out until today.

 

The New York Transportation Museum in Henrietta is well worth the admission fee, especially if you have kids. There's a good selection of old train cars, and you can take a trolley ride about two miles down to the old Industry depot and see some more.

 

I felt just like a little kid again and the volunteers working there are more than happy to chew your ear off about anything and everything train related.

 

It's a low key little operation that is open only on Sundays year round, and they do special events every other weekend or two, so there's always something to bring you back.

 

It stirred something from my Thomas the Tank Engine days and I immediately asked if they needed any help, to which they said we could use anyone under 50 to help in the restoration shop, special events, etc. Sign me up!

 

 

 

Josie 914 with a diesel cutaway.

 

 

 

[Andrew Amerk]

So ever since I moved to Rochester in 2007 I've been living right next to a little gem of a museum and never checked it out until today.

 

The New York Transportation Museum in Henrietta is well worth the admission fee, especially if you have kids. There's a good selection of old train cars, and you can take a trolley ride about two miles down to the old Industry depot and see some more.

 

I felt just like a little kid again and the volunteers working there are more than happy to chew your ear off about anything and everything train related.

 

It's a low key little operation that is open only on Sundays year round, and they do special events every other weekend or two, so there's always something to bring you back.

 

It stirred something from my Thomas the Tank Engine days and I immediately asked if they needed any help, to which they said we could use anyone under 50 to help in the restoration shop, special events, etc. Sign me up!

 

 

 

Josie 914 with a diesel cutaway.

 

Wow...I have lived in Rochester my entire life, and have never even heard of this place!

 

Sounds pretty cool...

[JJFIVEOH]

So ever since I moved to Rochester in 2007 I've been living right next to a little gem of a museum and never checked it out until today.

 

The New York Transportation Museum in Henrietta is well worth the admission fee, especially if you have kids. There's a good selection of old train cars, and you can take a trolley ride about two miles down to the old Industry depot and see some more.

 

I felt just like a little kid again and the volunteers working there are more than happy to chew your ear off about anything and everything train related.

 

It's a low key little operation that is open only on Sundays year round, and they do special events every other weekend or two, so there's always something to bring you back.

 

It stirred something from my Thomas the Tank Engine days and I immediately asked if they needed any help, to which they said we could use anyone under 50 to help in the restoration shop, special events, etc. Sign me up!

 

 

 

Josie 914 with a diesel cutaway.

 

That's an ALCO Model 244 V-12 diesel.

 

[Stoner]

The Pennsylvania Little League championship is in my town starting today. Talk about a big old slice of America.

[darksabre]

 

 

That's an ALCO Model 244 V-12 diesel.

 

 

Nailed it. Are you a train man JJ?

[Trettioåtta]

Got a keg and played beer pong for the first time on Saturday. I felt very American (only thing missing were those red and white cups) :P

[shrader]

I think my brother took his son to that museum earlier this year. It sounds a lot like the pictures I've seen.

[JJFIVEOH]

Nailed it. Are you a train man JJ?

 

Not trains, but different types of engines intrigue me. I remember seeing one of those down here, a modified version of that engine was once used at a pumping station. I remember looking it up when I saw it, the turbo setup is a giveaway. Especially around Lake Okeechobee, you used to be able to see some really cool, old style diesels at pumping stations. Most of them have been decommissioned, but a lot of them they kept in their location and on display. Here's a few I have handy.

 

Edited July 22, 2013 by JJFIVEOH

[JJFIVEOH]

[MattPie]

I have an acquaintance that's a Marine Engineer, the scale of those diesels is astonishing. Hatchways to climb inside the cylinders for maintenance...

[darksabre]

I have an acquaintance that's a Marine Engineer, the scale of those diesels is astonishing. Hatchways to climb inside the cylinders for maintenance...

 

Big engines are stupid cool.

[LGR4GM]

TIM HORTONS MAN TO THE RESCUE

[spndnchz]

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mattbellassai/the-40-greatest-dog-gifs-of-2012-6z51

[shrader]

 

TIM HORTONS MAN TO THE RESCUE

 

The internet scares me sometimes.

[frissonic]

fixing our sprinkler lines ourselves and saving $350-400. pretty proud of this one. main line was leaking right at the shut-off valve. it just so happened that the pipe was directly under the edge of the valve box. worked around it anyway, and no more leak. took 2 days of on-and-off working (95 degrees by noon requires 30 minutes of grunt work, 30 minutes of air conditioning, or i end up with a debilitating headache), but it's done.

[biodork]

http://www.buzzfeed....fs-of-2012-6z51

 

lol nice

[Sabre Dance]

TIM HORTONS MAN TO THE RESCUE

 

I highly recommend that this fellow switch to decaf....immediately.

[IKnowPhysics]

So uh, "Drunk History" on Comedy Central's pretty ###### funny.

[LGR4GM]

Toby Keith met with a quadrapalegic man at Darien Lake. The man paints portraits with his mouth and gave Toby Keith one. Toby posted about it on his FB

https://www.facebook.com/tobykeith?hc_location=stream

[nfreeman]

2 entertainment items:

 

"Pacific Rim" -- pretty entertaining summer action thriller.

 

"The Shield" -- very good cop show -- not as good as "The Wire" but in the neighborhood in subject matter and quality -- all 7 seasons available free on Amazon Prime.