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Blackwater 53393
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Love my RCBS stuff!!
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Hard to believe I’ve had my old Harley for 37 years!! It 46 years old now!! The frame, the kickstand, the oil cooler, the rear fender struts, the rocker boxes, nose cone, and the heads are still original. So are the crankshaft wheels and the output shaft.
I have the original engine cases and the original tanks somewhere, but I couldn’t lay hands on them quickly. The cases are worn out, (fatigue/stress cracks) and the tanks are the 3.5 gallon solid mount version. I have the original speedometer too, but it broke many years ago after more than 100,000 miles.We built the new engine on a set of Delkron nitro cases and oversized S&S jugs and replaced the four speed transmission with a hand assembled six speed. We built it before they were available for the Shovelhead frame by judicious use of several parts catalogues and careful parts selection.
It’s been practically trouble free since 2,000 with the exception of a couple of broken drive belts. It’s strong enough to easily snap the belt if you’re too happy with the clutch on takeoff!🤪
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Without doubt or question!!
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All in all, I’ve had far better luck with USPS than I have with FedEx or UPS!! Stuff generally gets delivered quicker and cheaper and is normally in better shape when it arrives.
The incident with the package from Montana was an aberration. I only ever had one other such occurrence.
I’ll add here that UPS and FedEx both depend on USPS to complete MANY of their deliveries!! I had one sloppy, lazy mail person over the last couple of decades and he was dismissed after a short term of employment for being what he was, lazy and indifferent about his work.
I utterly despise FedEx! I get busted up packages with damaged contents, delayed deliveries, total failures to deliver, and repeated lost packages requiring days of tracking and repeated complaints to the company to get the issues resolved!
UPS is a little better, but ONLY a little!
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I’d probably had a 5th that night!!🤪
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I had a recent experience with USPS that was both mildly frustrating and extremely comical!! Another cowboy sent me a package from outside Billings, Montana. It took it two days to reach Nashville! The next morning it was again in transit…. BACK TO BILLINGS! 🙄
It stayed there for a couple of days and was once again on the road, this time to Atlanta!! 😎 It stayed there for another day or so and it was next seen in Aurora, Colorado. 🤣 BUT WAIT!! A few hours later it was BACK IN BILLINGS!!😵💫
It spent another couple of days there and was off again… BACK TO ATLANTA!🤪 It roosted there over the weekend and headed back to Nashville for another try. After being passed through two separate Nashville terminals, it finally arrived at my local post office. It languished there for another day and finally made it to the correct destination!! 🥴
It’s a little over 1,590 miles from door to door, but my package traveled more than 9,000 miles over a nearly three and a half week period!!
The address was absolutely perfect and completely legible. The package was entirely undamaged. There were no irregularities in the postal labeling!
A separate package from Eugene, Oregon left the sender on Wednesday afternoon last week and was in my mailbox on Saturday morning!!
There is NO explanation for the difference in experiences!!
My pard and I had a lively series of PMs following the errant package! Just glad that there was no dire emergency involved!! 🤣🤣🤣
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Again, good riddance to bad rubbish!
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RAPID STOP!!
In 1969, some of my high school buds and I actually DID hook a chain to the rear axle of a local cop’s car!!
He was notorious for giving us grief and for once, he got a little of his own back!! 😎
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1 hour ago, Subdeacon Joe said:
Certain parts of your anatomy might disagree with that the next day, he says as he recalls watching an NFL playoff with a 16 oz jar of
a 16 oz. jar of
An8 oz block of cream cheese, and a sleeve of Ritz crackers.
At the end of the game I had two empty jars, half a block of cheese, and half a sleeve of crackers.
The next day was.....interesting.
ALWAYS eat a quart or so of ice cream after you indulge in seriously hot peppers or especially spicy food!! When you go to the head, just make sure you get to the ice cream!!! 🤪🤣-
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13 hours ago, Tn Tombstone said:
I did not throw that snake at you, I threw it as someone else but I’m a bad shot.
Sorry.
That’s what happens when an old Outlaw fires a wild shot from the hip!!DANG!! Wish I’da been there to see that!! 🤣
Maybe we should make up a new side match!! Or better still!! Let Johnson come up with a new Cowboy ‘Lympics event!! 🤪!! SNAKE TOSSIN’!!!
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Every little bit helps!! It’s the right decision and dismisses the idea that any adult must be “of a certain age” to exercise their rights!! 18 year olds are responsible for their actions and therefore entitled to exercise ALL the rights they naturally have!
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Raining here this morning! Had to put a plastic bag over my cast just to get to the car for the trip to the doctor!!
Stormed pretty heavily early this morning but it’s clearing off now.
Poked, prodded, tapped, and drained by the doc and the vampires!! No news ‘til the tests come back!
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Just eat it!! DON’T OVERANALIZE IT!!
They’re good and good for ya’ at whatever rate of consumption you prefer!!
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3 hours ago, Rye Miles #13621 said:
For example my birthday is in March so my Conception month is June.
That’s not always accurate! My son, Hatfield was born December 1st. However!! Schoolmarm was told by her doctor that she was with child the second week in February!! At least nine months and three weeks!! Probably more like a full ten months or more!!He was just shy of ten pounds, twenty five inches long and had a full head of hair!! The doc kept telling her, “He’s fine!! He’ll join us when he gets the notion!” 🤣
On the other hand, I was born more than a month early!! I weighed just over seven pounds and the dates worked out because dad was was already “overseas” in June and they didn’t meet until May! I was early by a month!!
BESIDES, Rye! WHO NEEDS A REASON TO BUY ONE’S SELF A GUN?? Or a reason for someone else to by one for you?
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Here’s a couple more!
An idea of how crazy it gets around here!!
We DO have traffic control!!
A little Ford pickup we built for a friend down in Atlanta. Corvette front suspension and brakes, 350 Chevy engine, 700 automatic transmission, 9” Ford rear end, A/C, power brakes and rack and pinion power steering.
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I posted a couple of hotrod pictures in the Team SASS forum in response to an Illinois law about license plates. I was asked to post some more, but they really aren’t appropriate for that forum.
SO!
My current Model T project. 1927 all steel coupe.
A new chassis in the early stages of construction. 4 wheel disc brakes, coil over rear suspension, ‘61 Olds rear end.
1958 Chevrolet 348 V8, hand made headers, 2X4bbl intake, modified breather system, the rest I ain’t tellin’!!
A little further along with transmission, (700R4) Corvette power brake system, dual driveshaft loops, and some of the floor structure built.
My 1928 Model A/1924 Dodge/Nissan pickup/ Chevy Nova 4banger rat rod!! It’s name is Lockjaw
Lockjaw’s power plant. 153 cid Chevrolet 4 cylinder. Hand made header and intake manifold with a NASCAR Holley 4bbl carb.
1929 Ford Model A Tudor sedan. Building this one with J. Mark Flint. Another all steel car.
Much farther along now. Full Corvette independent suspension with coil over shocks. 351 Cleveland with much modified internals. Rack and pinion steering with 4 wheel disc brakes.
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Them spike strips work purty good when ya’ dump ‘em outta yer trunk too!!
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Tell a lie!! If it isn’t believed, tell a bigger one!! If that doesn’t work, add more lies and pour on phony statistics!!
If you do it long enough and loud enough, someone will believe it!! They’ll repeat it until someone else does too!! And there is how they push their agenda!!
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Bears watching, but I think it wouldn’t pass SCOTUS on what is already settled law.
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Ya’s kin TRY!!
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2 hours ago, Eyesa Horg said:
Seems lawmakers and their ilk are exempt from violating the Constitution.
So it would appear!! 😡
Tennessee State Championship June 5-7 2025
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Don’t know if I’ll be back on both feet again by then, but I aim ta’ visit, even if I ain’t allowed to play!
This is one of the purtiest ranges in SASS and the banquet and evening events are absolutely astounding!
Whiskey, Randy, Imis, and the gang put on one more fine fandango!!