Very Important Day In History

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Leo Tanner

#940
December 17, 2008, 04:56:41 PM
Yep, a year ahead of em, steam powered an all.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyman_Gilmore


Leo
"When you have to shoot, shoot.  Don't talk."
     Tuco--The Good the Bad and the Ugly

"First comes smiles, then lies.  Last is gunfire."
     Roland Deschain

"Every man steps in the manure now an again, trick is not ta stick yer foot in yer mouth afterward"

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Trinity

#941
December 17, 2008, 06:17:39 PM
All I know about the Gilmores is that them gals shore is good lookin'!. ;D
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Russ T Chambers

#942
December 17, 2008, 06:28:14 PM
Leo
If  you take a look at that contraption in the picture, do you really believe it could lift itself and a steam boiler and steam engine into the air????  :o ::) :o

We all know about the reliability of the source material posted on Wiki.   ;)
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Leo Tanner

#943
December 17, 2008, 07:03:25 PM
I'll have ta alert the local middle school.  Mebbe I kin get em ta change the name ta Leo Tanner Jr High.  They can keep their school pride that way. ;D


Leo
"When you have to shoot, shoot.  Don't talk."
     Tuco--The Good the Bad and the Ugly

"First comes smiles, then lies.  Last is gunfire."
     Roland Deschain

"Every man steps in the manure now an again, trick is not ta stick yer foot in yer mouth afterward"

religio SENIOR est exordium of scientia : tamen fossor contemno sapientia quod instruction.

litl rooster

#944
December 17, 2008, 11:07:40 PM
  I see the Hippies were move into Grass Valley even back in ought and 2
Mathew 5.9

Arcey

#945
December 18, 2008, 08:22:07 AM
'Grass' Valley.... Don't cut yer hair er beard.... Steam powered aircraft....

Couldn't be nowhere other thin Kalifornia.....
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All I did was name it 'n get it started. The posse made it great. A debt I can never repay. Thank you, mi amigos.

Texas Lawdog

#946
December 18, 2008, 08:27:20 AM
Arcey, Maybe they're tryin' to curb the smog problem.
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Leo Tanner

#947
December 18, 2008, 01:04:47 PM
See, ya got it all wrong.  Nevada City 4 miles north is hippie town.  Grass valley should be called Crank Valley.
     They invented the tooth brush here.  Anywhere else it woulda been called a teeth brush ;D


Leo
"When you have to shoot, shoot.  Don't talk."
     Tuco--The Good the Bad and the Ugly

"First comes smiles, then lies.  Last is gunfire."
     Roland Deschain

"Every man steps in the manure now an again, trick is not ta stick yer foot in yer mouth afterward"

religio SENIOR est exordium of scientia : tamen fossor contemno sapientia quod instruction.

Texas Lawdog

#948
December 18, 2008, 02:58:52 PM
Sounds like a they need a place that sells dentures cheap.
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   Col.  CAF  NRA  TSRA   BOA  Dooley Gang  BOPP  ROWSS  Scarlet Mask Vigilance Society Great Lakes Freight and Mining Company  Cow Cracker Cavalry   Berger Sharpshooters "I had no Irons in the Fire". "Are you gonna pull those pistols or whistle Dixie"?

Leo Tanner

#949
December 18, 2008, 04:00:59 PM
They'd prolly only wear em on days they had ta go ta court.  Might innerfere with their whistlin on off days.


Leo
"When you have to shoot, shoot.  Don't talk."
     Tuco--The Good the Bad and the Ugly

"First comes smiles, then lies.  Last is gunfire."
     Roland Deschain

"Every man steps in the manure now an again, trick is not ta stick yer foot in yer mouth afterward"

religio SENIOR est exordium of scientia : tamen fossor contemno sapientia quod instruction.

Texas Lawdog

#950
December 18, 2008, 05:48:49 PM
Them Bad fittin' dentures make you whistle all the time when you talk.
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Russ T Chambers

#951
January 05, 2009, 06:28:45 PM
Construction began, this day in 1833, on the Golden Gate Bridge!
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Delmonico

#952
January 05, 2009, 06:30:33 PM
Quote from: Russ T Chambers on January 05, 2009, 06:28:45 PM
Construction began, this day in 1833, on the Golden Gate Bridge!

Funny, I always thought it was about a 100 years later. ;D
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Leo Tanner

#953
January 05, 2009, 06:37:27 PM
Quote from: Delmonico on January 05, 2009, 06:30:33 PM
Funny, I always thought it was about a 100 years later. ;D

Del would know, he was there ;D ;D ;D
"When you have to shoot, shoot.  Don't talk."
     Tuco--The Good the Bad and the Ugly

"First comes smiles, then lies.  Last is gunfire."
     Roland Deschain

"Every man steps in the manure now an again, trick is not ta stick yer foot in yer mouth afterward"

religio SENIOR est exordium of scientia : tamen fossor contemno sapientia quod instruction.

Delmonico

#954
January 05, 2009, 06:45:49 PM
Well no matter, at least they did better with that one than they did this one: ;D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-zczJXSxnw&feature=related
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Always get the water for the coffee upstream from the herd.

Ab Ovo Usque ad Mala

The time has passed so quick, the years all run together now.

Texas Lawdog

#955
January 05, 2009, 07:12:27 PM
As I remember, that bridge collasped in 1940.
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Delmonico

#956
January 05, 2009, 07:18:23 PM
Quote from: Texas Lawdog on January 05, 2009, 07:12:27 PM
As I remember, that bridge collasped in 1940.

Yep, Tacoma Narrows bridge, also known as Galloping Gertie, nice that someone got it on film.  I think all budding bridge engineers have to watch that one, or at least I've heard that. ;D
Mongrel Historian


Always get the water for the coffee upstream from the herd.

Ab Ovo Usque ad Mala

The time has passed so quick, the years all run together now.

Texas Lawdog

#957
January 05, 2009, 07:26:05 PM
How would you liked to have been in that lone car stuck on the bridge?
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   Col.  CAF  NRA  TSRA   BOA  Dooley Gang  BOPP  ROWSS  Scarlet Mask Vigilance Society Great Lakes Freight and Mining Company  Cow Cracker Cavalry   Berger Sharpshooters "I had no Irons in the Fire". "Are you gonna pull those pistols or whistle Dixie"?

Delmonico

#958
January 05, 2009, 07:29:37 PM
Quote from: Texas Lawdog on January 05, 2009, 07:26:05 PM
How would you liked to have been in that lone car stuck on the bridge?

The guy and his dog bailed and the guy ran, the dog chickened out and jumped back in the car and went down. :'(
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Always get the water for the coffee upstream from the herd.

Ab Ovo Usque ad Mala

The time has passed so quick, the years all run together now.

Russ T Chambers

#959
January 06, 2009, 02:55:57 AM
Quote from: Delmonico on January 05, 2009, 06:30:33 PM
Funny, I always thought it was about a 100 years later. ;D

Del was right!   :o ;D ;D  I guess my eyes are aging faster than I am!!! ::) ::) ::)
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