Topic: Joke, or mood lightener of the day.

[Don R]

 Years ago my car club attended a combination car and steam show, there was a hit and miss engine running all day, when we were about to leave, I commented DANG! you'd think that guy would have gotten that Harley started by now. I'd bet his leg is really tired.

 I still get quoted for that one.

[grcamna2]

Years ago my car club attended a combination car and steam show, there was a hit and miss engine running all day, when we were about to leave, I commented DANG! you'd think that guy would have gotten that Harley started by now. I'd bet his leg is really tired.

 I still get quoted for that one.

Lol 

[Don R]

Apologies in advance for those offended.

 JC was originally going to be named Gary until Mary stubbed her toe.

[grcamna2]

Years ago my car club attended a combination car and steam show, there was a hit and miss engine running all day, when we were about to leave, I commented DANG! you'd think that guy would have gotten that Harley started by now. I'd bet his leg is really tired.

 I still get quoted for that one.

Don, have you ever see a person at one of those County Fairs where they have the 'hit or miss' engines;do they ever hook one up to power/turn some resistance,like run a rotortiller or some other type thing. Do they still chug.., then idle? or run full-on ?

[Don R]

 My cousin and her husband make ice cream with them, it takes shafts and gear drives. It looks crazy but it does put a small load on the engine, it does hit more often but still misses too. Maybe a big load would have one hitting every time. The flywheel is the secret.

[Don R]

 I knew my car's engine was turning 5K rpm in 4th gear and I wanted to calculate the mph because I didn't (too scared) look at the speedometer. I googled it and a calculator popped up, but it didn't ask rear gear ratio. It said at 5,000 rpm with 26.5" tall tires I was going 385 mph.
 I divided that by my gear ratio of 3:25/1 and got 118 mph which is a little more likely. It goes 98 in the 1/4 mile but an abysmal 15.1 ET. 

[BenelliSEI]

I knew my car's engine was turning 5K rpm in 4th gear and I wanted to calculate the mph because I didn't (too scared) look at the speedometer. I googled it and a calculator popped up, but it didn't ask rear gear ratio. It said at 5,000 rpm with 26.5" tall tires I was going 385 mph.
 I divided that by my gear ratio of 3:25/1 and got 118 mph which is a little more likely. It goes 98 in the 1/4 mile but an abysmal 15.1 ET.

This calculation assumes that gear is 1:1 ratio?

[Don R]

 Yes, there was no box to add the axle ratio, so If I want to go 385 I need 1 to 1.

[Don R]

  I was in the house and my 40 chevy was out in the driveway, I got up, went out to put it away and when I sat in the seat, I was sitting on something cold and wet. I drove the car into the shop and when I got out, I pulled the phone out of my back pocket, it was also wet. I reached into my pocket and there was an ice cube in it. WTF?
  It turned out as I was closing the door my wife had dropped an ice cube and tossed it outside as I was going out. It went right into my pocket.

[lash]

At least thats her story..!

[ofreen]

there was a hit and miss engine running all day, when we were about to leave, I commented DANG! you'd think that guy would have gotten that Harley started by now. I'd bet his leg is really tired.

I got a chuckle out of that one. My ‘64 Duo Glide was a hard starter until we got it figured out. My dad had a ‘49 Hydra Glide that he always tried to park on an incline so he could bump start it if it didn’t light with the kickstart. You had to use the right routine and hold your mouth just right to get them started when cold. Vary from the routine and you could forget it. Pretty good guarantee that the only way they could be stolen is rolled or carried away.  Still wish I had both of those bikes now.

[dusterdude]

there was a hit and miss engine running all day, when we were about to leave, I commented DANG! you'd think that guy would have gotten that Harley started by now. I'd bet his leg is really tired.

I got a chuckle out of that one. My ‘64 Duo Glide was a hard starter until we got it figured out. My dad had a ‘49 Hydra Glide that he always tried to park on an incline so he could bump start it if it didn’t light with the kickstart. You had to use the right routine and hold your mouth just right to get them started when cold. Vary from the routine and you could forget it. Pretty good guarantee that the only way they could be stolen is rolled or carried away.  Still wish I had both of those bikes now.

You aint lyin

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[Don R]

  My lawn tractor has the 24hp Kohler engine with the choke issues. Sometimes it wants a shot of ether to get started, today I gave it a dose and put the ether can in the cup holder. Next as I was getting on the seat, my foot slipped and I sat on the can shooting ether directly up my, er, back side. I thought it would evaporate quickly and kept going but now wish I had dropped trousers right there.
 Moral of the story: don't do that.

[HondaMan]

  My lawn tractor has the 24hp Kohler engine with the choke issues. Sometimes it wants a shot of ether to get started, today I gave it a dose and put the ether can in the cup holder. Next as I was getting on the seat, my foot slipped and I sat on the can shooting ether directly up my, er, back side. I thought it would evaporate quickly and kept going but now wish I had dropped trousers right there.
 Moral of the story: don't do that.

Ow!

[PeWe]

Ether, old memories of hospital when I was a kid.
It smelled so good!
Ether, it still smells like a hospital.

[Don R]

 When I got off of the tractor 45 minutes later, my wife could still smell ether while sitting on the deck in her lawn chair.

[Don R]

 My grandson graduated from kindergarten yesterday. His Mom took him to a local lake so he could fish. He caught a nice crappie, pulled a hatchet out of his fishing kit and lopped off its head.  Next, he put the hook in the Crappie head and cast it out. A few minutes later he reeled in a 4 lb. Largemouth Bass. Took it off the hook and let it go and took his crappie home.

[Tracksnblades1]

My grandson graduated from kindergarten yesterday. His Mom took him to a local lake so he could fish. He caught a nice crappie, pulled a hatchet out of his fishing kit and lopped off its head.  Next, he put the hook in the Crappie head and cast it out. A few minutes later he reeled in a 4 lb. Largemouth Bass. Took it off the hook and let it go and took his crappie home.

Sounds like the next upcoming Roland Martin or Kevin VanDamn…? 😇

[Don R]

 I told his dad they'll be needing my dually someday to tow the bass boat.

 We had our 45th anniversary car show last Sunday. Someone turned in a money clip with $80 in it. We announced it all day but the owner didn't turn up. Tonight, a guy that was there was paying for his dinner and showed his friend his new paper/money clip that he got because he lost his out at the car show. His friend heard the announcing all day and put him in touch with the club. The guy had been a Chicago cop and never heard of anyone turning in found money. Anyway, got my phone number, described it perfectly and is going to get it from me tomorrow.

[HondaMan]

I told his dad they'll be needing my dually someday to tow the bass boat.

 We had our 45th anniversary car show last Sunday. Someone turned in a money clip with $80 in it. We announced it all day but the owner didn't turn up. Tonight, a guy that was there was paying for his dinner and showed his friend his new paper/money clip that he got because he lost his out at the car show. His friend heard the announcing all day and put him in touch with the club. The guy had been a Chicago cop and never heard of anyone turning in found money. Anyway, got my phone number, described it perfectly and is going to get it from me tomorrow.

Don, you're a cut above the crowd!
A fine move.

[PeWe]

I told his dad they'll be needing my dually someday to tow the bass boat.

 We had our 45th anniversary car show last Sunday. Someone turned in a money clip with $80 in it. We announced it all day but the owner didn't turn up. Tonight, a guy that was there was paying for his dinner and showed his friend his new paper/money clip that he got because he lost his out at the car show. His friend heard the announcing all day and put him in touch with the club. The guy had been a Chicago cop and never heard of anyone turning in found money. Anyway, got my phone number, described it perfectly and is going to get it from me tomorrow.

Don, you're a cut above the crowd!
A fine move.

I'm sure you will have a very good feeling with yourself after the guy has got his money back.
Much better than that amount of money can buy you
A good investment!

[rocket johnny]

and thanks to the person who turned it in !

[Don R]

 The owner of the money donated half to the club scholarship fund. He was happy to get his "black leather magnetic money clip with $80 to $110 in it" back. Described it exactly.

[Don R]

 I spent a day welding in a college swimming pool mechanical room. The arc must have lit up the portholes between the pool and the mechanical room, my fitter said people were swimming down to see what the light was and he was waving them away.
 When I returned to the shop the boss asked how it went, I told him people were watching me weld under water. He asked so, you can weld under water? I said well, people were watching me weld under water. He asked who was? I said the people in the pool looking through the portholes. HA!
  I didn't want him to bid a scuba welding job for me so I had to explain. He had already bid maap gas and acid jobs that I wasn't prepared for, so I needed to be careful.

[grcamna2]

I spent a day welding in a college swimming pool mechanical room. The arc must have lit up the portholes between the pool and the mechanical room, my fitter said people were swimming down to see what the light was and he was waving them away.
 When I returned to the shop the boss asked how it went, I told him people were watching me weld under water. He asked so, you can weld under water? I said well, people were watching me weld under water. He asked who was? I said the people in the pool looking through the portholes. HA!
  I didn't want him to bid a scuba welding job for me so I had to explain. He had already bid maap gas and acid jobs that I wasn't prepared for, so I needed to be careful.

Lol