Spring Fever....

**PDXnative** · 03-13-2007, 01:13 PM

It was 73 on Sunday, rained yesterday and was a high in the 50's, 45 right now and cloudy, and it is supposed to be sunny and 70 later this week. The trees are budding leaves, the flowers are blooming. I love Spring!!!!

How is the weather where you are all at?

**Wyody** · 03-13-2007, 01:27 PM

Actually pulled the big John Deere out and mowed most of my 3 1/2 acres yesterday. 'Twas a tad too wet - but was starting to look all "lumpy". Still have some cold winds keeping us off the beach - but looking forward to a mostly dry week.
Funny - first time out with the Deere - and I saw lawn-trolls at every turn!

**PDXnative** · 03-13-2007, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Wyody

Actually pulled the big John Deere out and mowed most of my 3 1/2 acres yesterday. 'Twas a tad too wet - but was starting to look all "lumpy". Still have some cold winds keeping us off the beach - but looking forward to a mostly dry week.
Funny - first time out with the Deere - and I saw lawn-trolls at every turn!

Trolls or gnomes? we have gnomes. If the wife had her way, our yard would be a sea of pink flamingos and lawn gnomes.

Mowed the lawn on saturday. Really wet, but it was way to long.

**MyAzi** · 03-13-2007, 01:34 PM

been surprisingly dry here in the Seattle area. Sunny but still a bit chilly in the 40's and 50's.

But last week for one day it got into the mid 70's and trees started to bud! Spring is coming!!!

**PDXnative** · 03-13-2007, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by MyAzi

been surprisingly dry here in the Seattle area. Sunny but still a bit chilly in the 40's and 50's.

But last week for one day it got into the mid 70's and trees started to bud! Spring is coming!!!

I was talkign to my brother in Southern Idaho, and he said it hit 85 on Sunday. Amazing!!! Heard they are also having record heat in Southern California.

Curious George · 03-13-2007, 01:36 PM

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Trolls or gnomes? we have gnomes. If the wife had her way, our yard would be a sea of pink flamingos and lawn gnomes.

Mowed the lawn on saturday. Really wet, but it was way to long.

The cure for that is run into them a few times an say oops, that or make her mow around all the yard junk.

**PDXnative** · 03-13-2007, 01:37 PM

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The cure for that is run into them a few times an say oops, that or make her mow around all the yard junk.

Actually, she does all the mowing. She LOVES it, which is fine by me.

Curious George · 03-13-2007, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Wyody

Actually pulled the big John Deere out and mowed most of my 3 1/2 acres yesterday. 'Twas a tad too wet - but was starting to look all "lumpy". Still have some cold winds keeping us off the beach - but looking forward to a mostly dry week.
Funny - first time out with the Deere - and I saw lawn-trolls at every turn!

Another john deere man nice thing about a deer is in 20 years you can still get parts for it .

**Sekretgardengal** · 03-13-2007, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Curious George

The cure for that is run into them a few times an say oops, that or make her mow around all the yard junk.

You sound just like my husband, "oops", LOL

**Sekretgardengal** · 03-13-2007, 01:42 PM

We are getting a John Deer snowblower. It's used but works great. We will be prepared for next season's snows.

Curious George · 03-13-2007, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Sekretgardengal

You sound just like my husband, "oops", LOL

A man’s gota do what a man’s gota do

**PDXnative** · 03-13-2007, 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Curious George

A man’s gota do what a man’s gota do

LOL

**Sekretgardengal** · 03-13-2007, 01:55 PM

LOL you really sound like him now !!!!!

Curious George · 03-13-2007, 02:07 PM

Well like my dad always says. it’s easer to ask for forgiveness then permission

**Wyody** · 03-13-2007, 03:27 PM

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Another john deere man nice thing about a deer is in 20 years you can still get parts for it .

I'm thinking 2 3/4 RH brakes on the rear for dirt. 2 1/2 on the left. Sound right? I've already got that motor balanced in the middle like a mod but I'm open-wheeled like a sprint - wonder if there's a class for me at the track?

Curious George · 03-13-2007, 03:44 PM

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I'm thinking 2 3/4 RH brakes on the rear for dirt. 2 1/2 on the left. Sound right? I've already got that motor balanced in the middle like a mod but I'm open-wheeled like a sprint - wonder if there's a class for me at the track?

Woody you a sprinter fan you oughta know they have no right front brake

**Wyody** · 03-13-2007, 06:39 PM

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Woody you a sprinter fan you oughta know they have no right front brake

Actually, that's not one of the things I had room to retain - but feel lucky since I was talking rear brakes. I do like them - 'specially the outlaws. Like the mods tho.

Curious George · 03-13-2007, 07:52 PM

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Actually, that's not one of the things I had room to retain - but feel lucky since I was talking rear brakes. I do like them - 'specially the outlaws. Like the mods tho.

Back when I was 18 I almost sold everything I had to sprint car racing, I wanted to get to Indy, an at the time they they wear picking kid’s from woo an usac so that was wear I was headed .

**Wyody** · 03-13-2007, 08:04 PM

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Back when I was 18 I almost sold everything I had to sprint car racing, I wanted to get to Indy, an at the time they they wear picking kid’s from woo an usac so that was wear I was headed .

And then?

I grew up 100 miles from Indy and listening to the 500 on the radio then watched it in the TV later on.
Dad owned a piece of a track when I was wee. I had pics of me in a racecar before I could talk.
We're talking Jalopy days! Life before Crash Dummies!

So CG, were you in Minnersoda then? Up high or down low? What happened next?

Curious George · 03-13-2007, 08:28 PM

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And then?

I grew up 100 miles from Indy and listening to the 500 on the radio then watched it in the TV later on.
Dad owned a piece of a track when I was wee. I had pics of me in a racecar before I could talk.
We're talking Jalopy days! Life before Crash Dummies!

So CG, were you in Minnersoda then? Up high or down low? What happened next?

Born an raised on the east side of st paul had my first go-kart in 5 grade started racing them at 12 had built or helped build 3 race cars by the time I was 15 in our neighborhood when I had my first hot at 15, there wear 7 race cars with in 4 blocks an 11 with in a mile .We wear a racing neighborhood . was going to go sprint car racing an all set to go get a car , then started figuring out the money side of it an who I had or could get for sponsors an things kinda fell apart from there , a couple years later I quit until 1999 hadn’t been to a race in 15 years I go to one an the next day I’m buying a car
Full blown dirt late model . Every time I think of it I would wonder if I still had a brain or what . well I retired again in 02 had a ton of fun , but I guess the good lord has other plains.

**Wyody** · 03-13-2007, 08:40 PM

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Born an raised on the east side of st paul had my first go-kart in 5 grade started racing them at 12 had built or helped build 3 race cars by the time I was 15 in our neighborhood when I had my first hot at 15, there wear 7 race cars with in 4 blocks an 11 with in a mile .We wear a racing neighborhood . was going to go sprint car racing an all set to go get a car , then started figuring out the money side of it an who I had or could get for sponsors an things kinda fell apart from there , a couple years later I quit until 1999 hadn’t been to a race in 15 years I go to one an the next day I’m buying a car
Full blown dirt late model . Every time I think of it I would wonder if I still had a brain or what . well I retired again in 02 had a ton of fun , but I guess the good lord has other plains.

Curious, Curious, where's the car?

Well, Pop had him a Nascar pin but he somehow lost his piece of the track. Soured him - and he was one of the original Daytona fans - from the old beach/motorcycle racing crowd. I spent the next many years watching it on TV. My son almost went nuts for a car - never got one ... that ran, anyway and me? I just keep racing in my mind. "Da Winnah". Given that particular dream to live, I think I would've raced the LeMans type of thing - liked the idea of being able to get out of the car in the middle of the race and go have a couple of shots while your co-pilot's got the wheel. (Or, that's how they did it in a movie I saw one time).

**kimbercuddles** · 03-13-2007, 08:49 PM

Hey guys...sorry to butt into this conversation...I just have a quick question. My Dad (passed away in '96) was into the Mickey Thompson Off-Road Racing out in California. I was trying to get some info on this specific type and didn't realize there were so many styles of racing. The type of car that he had looked really aerodynamic...I know I'm not much help, but do either one of you know specifically which type of off-road racing this would be called?

Curious George · 03-13-2007, 08:55 PM

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Curious, Curious, where's the car?

Well, Pop had him a Nascar pin but he somehow lost his piece of the track. Soured him - and he was one of the original Daytona fans - from the old beach/motorcycle racing crowd. I spent the next many years watching it on TV. My son almost went nuts for a car - never got one ... that ran, anyway and me? I just keep racing in my mind. "Da Winnah". Given that particular dream to live, I think I would've raced the LeMans type of thing - liked the idea of being able to get out of the car in the middle of the race and go have a couple of shots while your co-pilot's got the wheel. (Or, that's how they did it in a movie I saw one time).

Still have the car 2 ½ of them ,one is up for sail the other ½ of a car is the kids he kinda lost interest been selling the rest of the parts sold a dozen wheels last week have a car an a motor to go yet . I always thought I would have been good at road racing . thought about that to ,but in order to get experience I would have had to race scca for a bit an they pay no money to help offset the cost of racing .

**Wyody** · 03-13-2007, 08:57 PM

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Hey guys...sorry to butt into this conversation...I just have a quick question. My Dad (passed away in '96) was into the Mickey Thompson Off-Road Racing out in California. I was trying to get some info on this specific type and didn't realize there were so many styles of racing. The type of car that he had looked really aerodynamic...I know I'm not much help, but do either one of you know specifically which type of off-road racing this would be called?

Betcha CG will nail this one - but Mickey Thompson raced different styles - and sponsored two more. One is moto-cross racing ... predecessor of monster-trucks. Indoors. Like the dirt-bikes do now.
The other is off-road racing and is called Off Road Racing. The Baja races in Mexico draw a lot of regular folks with tricked-out jeeps, trucks, you name it.

Curious George · 03-13-2007, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by kimbercuddles

Hey guys...sorry to butt into this conversation...I just have a quick question. My Dad (passed away in '96) was into the Mickey Thompson Off-Road Racing out in California. I was trying to get some info on this specific type and didn't realize there were so many styles of racing. The type of car that he had looked really aerodynamic...I know I'm not much help, but do either one of you know specifically which type of off-road racing this would be called?

There’s a couple do you have a picture of the truck or car

Curious George · 03-13-2007, 09:01 PM

Mickey himself whom is dead raced trophy trucks an buggies he also started the stadium races

**kimbercuddles** · 03-13-2007, 09:02 PM

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There’s a couple do you have a picture of the truck or car

I don't have it available to show you...it's in a frame in Minnesota. Not much help, I know. The actual car was worth about $50,000. It had a fin on the back of it. Kind of a looked like those cars with the parachutes that fly out the back.

My brother has it in Yuma, AZ right now.

I know I sound like such a ditz!

**Wyody** · 03-13-2007, 09:05 PM

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Still have the car 2 ½ of them ,one is up for sail the other ½ of a car is the kids he kinda lost interest been selling the rest of the parts sold a dozen wheels last week have a car an a motor to go yet . I always thought I would have been good at road racing . thought about that to ,but in order to get experience I would have had to race scca for a bit an they pay no money to help offset the cost of racing .

Can't talk about it no more. RaceCar for sale! (hey, ever spell it backwards?)
Nope, gotta go put fantasy to rest and regather my groupings. Racecar for Sale!!
AACK:::AAAAACKK:::::::
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Curious George · 03-13-2007, 09:07 PM

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I don't have it available to show you...it's in a frame in Minnesota. Not much help, I know. The actual car was worth about $50,000. It had a fin on the back of it. Kind of a looked like those cars with the parachutes that fly out the back.

My brother has it in Yuma, AZ right now.

I know I sound like such a ditz!

The fin in the back is called a wing , I would guess it is some sorta buggie
Score is the big off road snatching body in ca, they should have a web site

**kimbercuddles** · 03-13-2007, 09:10 PM

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The fin in the back is called a wing , I would guess it is some sorta buggie
Score is the big off road snatching body in ca, they should have a web site

Thanks so much, Curious...I'll check that out. An absolute plethora of intelligence on this site, I tell ya!

03-13-2007, 01:13 PM	#1 (permalink)
PDXnative Omnipotent Join Date: Jan 16th, 2007 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 2,248	Spring Fever.... It was 73 on Sunday, rained yesterday and was a high in the 50's, 45 right now and cloudy, and it is supposed to be sunny and 70 later this week. The trees are budding leaves, the flowers are blooming. I love Spring!!!! How is the weather where you are all at? __________________ Who put the alphabet in alphabetical order?

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Wyody arrgh, me buckoes Join Date: Jan 14th, 2007 Posts: 2,153	Re: Spring Fever.... Actually pulled the big John Deere out and mowed most of my 3 1/2 acres yesterday. 'Twas a tad too wet - but was starting to look all "lumpy". Still have some cold winds keeping us off the beach - but looking forward to a mostly dry week. Funny - first time out with the Deere - and I saw lawn-trolls at every turn! __________________ Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on, or by imbeciles who really mean it. <Mark Twain>

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MyAzi Slave to Sir Azi Join Date: Jan 14th, 2007 Location: Western Washington Posts: 1,303	Re: Spring Fever.... been surprisingly dry here in the Seattle area. Sunny but still a bit chilly in the 40's and 50's. But last week for one day it got into the mid 70's and trees started to bud! Spring is coming!!! __________________ FEEL THE FEAR AND DO IT ANYWAY

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kimbercuddles Cheery Chick Join Date: Jan 02nd, 2007 Location: Navarre, Florida Posts: 1,085	Re: Spring Fever.... Hey guys...sorry to butt into this conversation...I just have a quick question. My Dad (passed away in '96) was into the Mickey Thompson Off-Road Racing out in California. I was trying to get some info on this specific type and didn't realize there were so many styles of racing. The type of car that he had looked really aerodynamic...I know I'm not much help, but do either one of you know specifically which type of off-road racing this would be called? __________________ Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find it out.

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Curious George Banned Join Date: Jan 08th, 2007 Location: Minnesota Posts: 972	Re: Spring Fever.... Mickey himself whom is dead raced trophy trucks an buggies he also started the stadium races