Forum: Model A (1928-31)
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-07-2024, 12:13 PM
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Re: tell a Model A related story
I mow with a 601 Ford tractor and tow a brand X mower. Both are old and worn out, like me, but they still work. I used to maintain our road with the tractor and a 7' blade but a neighbor does most...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-29-2024, 12:10 PM
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Woofa, you speak of the hot weather down under at this time of year, up here in SoCal we are just entering Spring. We've had more rain than usual this year, with more expected over Easter weekend,...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-27-2024, 12:34 PM
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Will do Woofa! Did I tell you that when I got a new card from my credit union, I can now use the ATM! A young friend of mine told me that I am now just like a teenager! ... I don't believe that...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-26-2024, 01:19 PM
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Woofa, unlike you, I am very up to date on electronic gadgets. I have a flip phone, and I turn it on when I leave the house, well, almost every time, which is maybe once a week? I can make and...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-22-2024, 02:08 PM
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That is interesting! The tri-motor's center engine had an inertial starter, you wound up a big spring, and when the pilot released that spring, it rotated the engine and it started! The crank snout...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-21-2024, 01:14 PM
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My Dad worked for Bach Aircraft in 1928, they built tri-motors that, according to Dad, were better than the Fords. They did have more power and carried more people, but were fabric covered. One of...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
12-26-2023, 12:52 PM
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Woofa, you look great to me! Here in SoCal there are a lot more newbie's around, there were about 10,000 when we bought our 2 1/2 acres in 1985, now there are a little North of 100,000! There was...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
12-23-2023, 01:04 PM
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
11-25-2023, 02:05 PM
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Re: tell a Model A related story
We had horses when I was a kid, one at a time of course. I liked them then, and still do, even after having had one run away with me when I was 12 or 13. His name was Colonel, and was an ex army...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
11-07-2023, 12:51 PM
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Woofa, The good thing about having hard times is that as we grow older we tend to forget how tough they were, maybe it's just my memory that starts to fail? Thank for the plug about my book! I can...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
11-05-2023, 12:21 PM
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-24-2023, 11:13 AM
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Re: tell a Model A related story
Woffa, your memory must be getting to be as poor as mine, you sent me an e-mail about this, and I agree with you. I also think that all of this modern technology may be OK, but it takes your eyes...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-11-2023, 10:50 AM
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Some years ago LAX was getting noise complaints from their neighbors, so they bought all of them out West of the airport to the sea and North to the highway, by eminent domain. They also spent a...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
06-09-2023, 11:55 AM
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Woofa, what kind of new car did you get? I'm interested because I certainly DO NOT WANT ONE LIKE IT!!!
I took short naps almost every day during lunch break at work, and always felt god...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-12-2023, 10:45 AM
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-12-2023, 11:50 AM
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Replies: 1,410
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Re: tell a Model A related story
Hey woofa, don't be picking on us modern guys that have cell phones! I have one, it is called a flip phone. It is normally off and sitting on the table or lost somewhere in space. It does all that...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-22-2022, 12:09 PM
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Woofa, lawyers are a breed of their own, rated a bit below used car salesmen! I have had 2 dealings with lawyers, and came out on the short end of the stick both times.
I didn't care much for...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-20-2022, 11:17 AM
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Things are pretty much the same everywhere. We live in a SoCal wine growing area, we are on a short dirt road with 15 homes on our street, plus 2 more across Brierley Creek.
It is a great...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
09-20-2022, 12:42 PM
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Woofa, I have enjoyed your writings for a long time now, and certainly hope you don't run out of gas!
If you think scaffolding held together by clamps is scary, you should visit China where...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
07-31-2022, 11:37 AM
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I only know of 3 brothels up here, if you know of more please forward their location so I can check them out, for educational reasons only, of course.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
07-24-2022, 11:38 AM
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-29-2022, 07:23 PM
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-11-2022, 10:39 AM
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Replies: 1,410
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Gooday Gary my regards and condolences to Patsy! Such things can be very traumatizing.
On the happy side, we drove my late '31 pickup Henry to a Club meeting on Sat., a trip of about 70 miles...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-18-2022, 01:10 PM
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Replies: 1,410
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I’ll share these with my kids and told Fifi I’d give her a couple. But she said she would put her credit card on her telephone. Well that’s all above my head and I don’t carry a telephone. I am not...
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