Did you suffer any significant damage to your home? I would think after
4 hurricanes you're about ready to move to someplace safe like Michigan?
8-)) Lots of nice lakes for boating and fishing here.
--
Leland C. Scott
KC8LDO
_
Actually, I did take damage this time. How's this for irony,,,I lost a
Hurricane Shutter. I put them down and up twice in the past three weeks.
This one wasn't supposed to come to the bay area, so by the time it did,
it was too late to go outside and try to put them down...again. Thing
was about 5 X 5 and weighed close to 30 pounds, held to the house by
eight anchor bolts. It was ripped off like it was contructed of
cardboard. I lost a gutter downspout, the neighbor took roof damage, and
lots of homes near the beaches, both bay and Gulf sustained damage.
I have good friends in Michigan, one owns a farm in Parma and has been
telling me about his monster deer for years and trying to get me to come
up for all the deer meat I want. My other friend is on the outskirts of
Grand Rapids and has been trying to get us to visit since he and his
wife moved there from here.
I remember the snow from the north, experiencing the Loma Prieta (sp?)
(the earthquakes) from the west, and of course, the hurricanes in the
south. My order of preference hasn't changed. I'll take the hurricanes
(plenty of warning vs. earthquakes) first, earthquakes second, and Jack
Frost last. Only thing I want snow for is hunting/trapping season and
Christmas morning. The sun disappears above Florida in the northern
states for the majority of the winter.....I'm a sun junkie,,I need it
almost every day. The sun on your face right when its coming up over the
horizon out on the clear blue water, all alone, with no sound except the
gulls is practically Heaven on earth.

Moparholic wrote:
We have a bunch of 5.0 Mustangs running around the country roads out
here with nitrous on them..instant asshole's. :P
_
Enthusiastically agree!

"Leland C. Scott" wrote in message ...
"Twistedhed" wrote in message
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From: (Steveo)
Did I ever show you the pic of my Charger winning the burnout contest?
http://img8.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img8&image=mobmain.jpg
_
How did all that white smoke come about with no pavement? Super cool
photo!
Speaking of pics, my buddy was here form West Palm (evacuee from Jeanne)
and when the damn storm came here (we are still without electric and I'm
on a generator so I probably won't be around again until the electric
gets turned on) he took some super pics of the palm trees on my property
during the eye-wall. When he gets back home and sends them to me, I'll
post them.

Did you suffer any significant damage to your home? I would think after 4
hurricanes you're about ready to move to someplace safe like Michigan? 8-))
Lots of nice lakes for boating and fishing here.


Nice places for fishing in Ohio too.... Only problem I would see is
that after all the time in FLA, getting used to the climate in the
northern states might be a problem... My aunt and cousins came up from
Houston to visit a few years back... in the summer time no less... and
they were all complaining because it was cold? I wonder how they would
feel in the winter heheheh.

On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 11:43:37 -0400, (Twistedhed)
wrote in :

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.....I'm going
to buy a quieter (and larger) Honda model in the future, maybe a prtable
A/C unit, too. This Troy-Bilt is way too loud.


Just a suggestion: Shop around carefully for a generator. Most of the
'portables' and many of the commercial gensets on the market are junk.

BTW, did you get my last email?





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On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 11:43:37 -0400, (Twistedhed)
wrote in :

snip
.....I'm going
to buy a quieter (and larger) Honda model in the future, maybe a prtable
A/C unit, too. This Troy-Bilt is way too loud.


Just a suggestion: Shop around carefully for a generator. Most of the
'portables' and many of the commercial gensets on the market are junk.

Why is that Frank? Are they way overrated for continuous duty? Too much
heat? What? I've not maxed one out enough to have a failure, but was
wondering what to watch for.

"Keith Hosman KC8TCQ" wrote in message
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"Leland C. Scott" wrote in message
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"Twistedhed" wrote in message
...
From: (Steveo)
Did I ever show you the pic of my Charger winning the burnout contest?
http://img8.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img8&image=mobmain.jpg
_
How did all that white smoke come about with no pavement? Super cool
photo!
Speaking of pics, my buddy was here form West Palm (evacuee from
Jeanne)
and when the damn storm came here (we are still without electric and
I'm
on a generator so I probably won't be around again until the electric
gets turned on) he took some super pics of the palm trees on my
property
during the eye-wall. When he gets back home and sends them to me, I'll
post them.

Did you suffer any significant damage to your home? I would think after 4
hurricanes you're about ready to move to someplace safe like Michigan?
8-))
Lots of nice lakes for boating and fishing here.


Nice places for fishing in Ohio too.... Only problem I would see is
that after all the time in FLA, getting used to the climate in the
northern states might be a problem... My aunt and cousins came up from
Houston to visit a few years back... in the summer time no less... and
they were all complaining because it was cold? I wonder how they would
feel in the winter heheheh.

Same way you northern folks feel down here in the summer when the temp is 98
and the humidity is two percent above that! ;-)

On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 23:16:11 GMT, "I am not george,
itoldyouiamnotiamnotgeorge are morons!"
wrote in :


"Frank Gilliland" wrote in message
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On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 11:43:37 -0400, (Twistedhed)
wrote in :

snip
.....I'm going
to buy a quieter (and larger) Honda model in the future, maybe a prtable
A/C unit, too. This Troy-Bilt is way too loud.


Just a suggestion: Shop around carefully for a generator. Most of the
'portables' and many of the commercial gensets on the market are junk.

Why is that Frank? Are they way overrated for continuous duty? Too much
heat? What? I've not maxed one out enough to have a failure, but was
wondering what to watch for.


Well, the worst I've seen are some of the Colemans with the plastic
end-bell, which is about as dumb as AMC's plastic valve cover, and
with more destructive results (got a B&S in the garage from a Coleman
with a shattered rod, bent crankshaft and the cam snapped in half).
Some brushless heads have problems due to less-than-robust rectifiers
in the rotors, which are a bitch to replace. Some seemingly high-end
generators are mated to motors that are not designed for such use.
Some have poor regulation, some have proprietary connectors, some have
limited voltage configurations, etc, etc, etc. What I'm saying is that
if you are going to buy a generator, do your homework first or you are
likely to have problems.







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On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 23:16:11 GMT, "I am not george,
itoldyouiamnotiamnotgeorge are morons!"
wrote in :


"Frank Gilliland" wrote in message
news
On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 11:43:37 -0400, (Twistedhed)
wrote in :

snip
.....I'm going
to buy a quieter (and larger) Honda model in the future, maybe a prtable
A/C unit, too. This Troy-Bilt is way too loud.


Just a suggestion: Shop around carefully for a generator. Most of the
'portables' and many of the commercial gensets on the market are junk.

Why is that Frank? Are they way overrated for continuous duty? Too much
heat? What? I've not maxed one out enough to have a failure, but was
wondering what to watch for.


Well, the worst I've seen are some of the Colemans with the plastic
end-bell, which is about as dumb as AMC's plastic valve cover, and
with more destructive results (got a B&S in the garage from a Coleman
with a shattered rod, bent crankshaft and the cam snapped in half).
Some brushless heads have problems due to less-than-robust rectifiers
in the rotors, which are a bitch to replace. Some seemingly high-end
generators are mated to motors that are not designed for such use.
Some have poor regulation, some have proprietary connectors, some have
limited voltage configurations, etc, etc, etc. What I'm saying is that
if you are going to buy a generator, do your homework first or you are
likely to have problems.




Suggestions on better models? I have a really old Pincor with almost no
regulation, and was thinking I may replace it with a better model so that I
can feel a bit more comfortable plugging electronics into it. I always check
this old thing with a voltmeter to make sure it's not overvolting.

Steveo wrote:
jim wrote:

Steveo wrote:

(Keith Hosman KC8TCQ) wrote:


Steveo wrote in message
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Frank Gilliland wrote:


On 26 Sep 2004 01:33:11 GMT, Steveo
wrote in :



Did I ever show you the pic of my Charger winning the burnout
contest?

http://img8.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img8&image=mobmain.jpg

Lime green? Wasn't that a popular color for the AMC Gremlin?


I think it might have been. It's funny you mention the Gremlin, it
was the only car we were sure we didn't see at Woodward but I'm sure
there was at least one there.

Sublime green screams vintage Mopar to me, obviously. I take a lot
of ribbing for painting with that color on purpose but what the
hey.

Heheh my first car was a Plymouth Fury III, it was painted a very loud
green, I called it a combination of babypuke and unripened banannas.
It looked uglier than sin especialoly after my mom took the riding
lawn mower down the side. But damn that thing would boogie.


Hey, here's a 66 in Jersey.

http://www.cars-on-line.com/66ply17498.html

hey steve just got back online after the mucho work on the house.


Man, you should be about ready for a vacation pretty soon.

those
were a good looking group of humans in that picture. where did you light
it up? and how much did it cost to replace the rubber????


It was at a car show in Seville, heh you can only see a few of the fun
bunch in that pic. The DARE vette was there too but just to gander at.
I put some may pop scab tires on just for the occasion and took it there
and home on the trailer..the friggin' cords were sticking out of the tires
when I was done. :P

good for snow traction

didn't know
you had a challenger as well as a belvedere?


That's a Charger! (like the color?)

my bad. i should know as the first car i drove was a dodge.
thank god the car wasn't painted that ugly chevy yellow.

AKC Supreme Being wrote:

"Frank Gilliland" wrote in message
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On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 23:16:11 GMT, "I am not george,
itoldyouiamnotiamnotgeorge are morons!"
wrote in :


"Frank Gilliland" wrote in message
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On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 11:43:37 -0400, (Twistedhed)
wrote in :

snip

.....I'm going
to buy a quieter (and larger) Honda model in the future, maybe a prtable
A/C unit, too. This Troy-Bilt is way too loud.


Just a suggestion: Shop around carefully for a generator. Most of the
'portables' and many of the commercial gensets on the market are junk.

Why is that Frank? Are they way overrated for continuous duty? Too much
heat? What? I've not maxed one out enough to have a failure, but was
wondering what to watch for.


Well, the worst I've seen are some of the Colemans with the plastic
end-bell, which is about as dumb as AMC's plastic valve cover, and
with more destructive results (got a B&S in the garage from a Coleman
with a shattered rod, bent crankshaft and the cam snapped in half).
Some brushless heads have problems due to less-than-robust rectifiers
in the rotors, which are a bitch to replace. Some seemingly high-end
generators are mated to motors that are not designed for such use.
Some have poor regulation, some have proprietary connectors, some have
limited voltage configurations, etc, etc, etc. What I'm saying is that
if you are going to buy a generator, do your homework first or you are
likely to have problems.





Suggestions on better models? I have a really old Pincor with almost no
regulation, and was thinking I may replace it with a better model so that I
can feel a bit more comfortable plugging electronics into it. I always check
this old thing with a voltmeter to make sure it's not overvolting.


just saw consumer reports ratings for generators and their highest
rating for 3-4 kw rigs is a honda eu3000is. 4.5-7 kw is a generac.
the best buy in the latter is the troy built but it does mention the
noise problem. hth...