Marge and I had the occasion last week to watch the neighbors' two-year-old for a couple hours while they had some kind of real-estate meeting to go to. The parents had left the TV on, but tuned to some old movie that was of absolutely no interest to the young'un or us.

I started flipping through channels and arrived at some old Hanna-Barbara Tom and Jerry cartoons. We watched them for about an hour when I realized just how much violence there was in those old shows. I mentioned it to Marge, but she simply said, "We watched that stuff, and didn't turn out so bad."

After the neighbors got home I mentioned it to them. They are both from rural Southern Illinois, and pretty home-spun. Dad says to me, "Audrey LOVES Tom and Jerry!"

After that, I didn't feel quite so guilty about exposing a two-year-old to so much violence.

Shows to go ya'...........

Pop

 

don't want to derail the thread here!

looking forward to the G2G!!! been meaning to be a bit more active in the real world than just the internet land!

anyways off to bed... need some shut eye, tomorrow, er today (currently 00:08 local time) new adventures for me tomorrow on a 80' boom lift out here in Bakersfield! P.S. i love operating equipment ive never operated before

 

1. Sean and Aidric (no swim meet or scouts on Sunday).
2. Marv & Marge (nothing going on for us Washington's Birthday, and I remember they had a great breakfast!)
3. Bill P.
4. Justin (definite Maybe)
5. Vince (There will be 4 of us)
6.

I haven't been to anything yet but look forward to meeting you all

 

Looking forward to meeting you, Vince! This was a fun outing the last time we did it.

Pop

 

Would love to make it,but we have a previous commitment.

 

See y'all tomorrow at 8. Bring a lantern for a chat / comparison after the meal.

If you don't have one, plan to leave with one!

 

see y'all in the morning!

 

Everybody up yet?

Stomach's growlin', and only the dogs have been fed so far.

Pop

 

Good to see old FTE friends, and to meet new ones. Welcome Vince and (sorry, please prompt with wife's name again), this is a good bunch of people.

Pretty-good grub, too. Good choice of venues, Sean.

Good light-up of Justin's military lantern!

Always good to see Bill and Carol!

Got some good-sized grapefruit at Orcutt Park's annual pick-n-sack event on the way home. Marge has already gone through half of one.

Two parties went home with new restoration projects courtesy of Sean's recent over-purchase.

Pop

 

What a great G2G and breakfast. A few pics... (Bill, Carol, Marv, (Marge), Aidie, (Sean), Cynthia, Vince, Justin).

Had a nice hike (Corriganville and Rocky Peak) with 80 cal (Aidric) after the lantern show.
http://www.corriganville.net/
http://www.hikespeak.com/trails/rock...k-simi-valley/

Here is a great resource for understanding how the lanterns work and working on them.
http://www.oldcolemanparts.com/resources/re_2lant.php
To dive deeper, visit http://www.colemancollectorsforum.com/

Thanks all for a great Sunday!

 

Had a nice breakfast with you all. Thanks for coming.

We look like we were spelunking, or something, but really it was only a nice breakfast. Thank you Sean for the lantern. That was nice of you.

Pop, weird thing about your double post. Vbulletin dated one of them at 6:31, and the second at the correct time. Don't understand how that could happen. (never mind, now it is corrected. somethin weird going on in my browser I guess)

 

Yes breakfast was great and thanks Sean for the lantern and setting up the morning. My wife's name is Cynthia. I was supposed to bring 2 if my kids (third is in south Africa in school) but it was too early for them after an over night event with the youth group.

 

Good morning, Vince, and all who drop by here today.

I'll see if Cynthia's name can stick into my old memory this time. I'm bad with catching names the first time, but sometimes when I see it in print it "takes".

Pop

 

Pop, I used that check valve removal tool yesterday and you've gone over the top! It's improved over the original design with more meat on those ears. Fit's like a glove into the check valve groove. You the man!


Can be loaned out for anyone who needs it.

 

I was able to check the performance after grinding by removing my 228's valve. It's the only only one of my four that have a large valve.

Glad it worked out for you, and sorry it took SOOOOO long to get it back to you!

Maybe someday I'll have you change the 228 over to a small one. But.... "if it isn't broken, don't fix it!"

Good seeing you two yesterday! It's been a while since we've seen 80. Looks like you guys really had some fun later on.

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