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'round the pot-bellied stove / Western Ohio Update

« on: March 15, 2015, 09:33:58 PM »

That Victrola looks to be in great shape, Charlie.  I still have the one that I referred to in my previous post but it's in poor shape.  It was made by the World Phonograph Company, in Chicago.  It had belonged to a granddaddy of mine who died in 1942, two years before I was born. My mother had it stored in her garage and when she passed away in 1991, my younger sister took it and stored it in her garage for several years.  Unfortunately, a leak developed in her garage roof and some of the phonograph's veneer was damaged.  Somewhere along the way, the pot metal tone arm got broken as well.  I've had an eBay search going on for years but I haven't been able to find another tone arm like I need.

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'round the pot-bellied stove / Western Ohio Update

« on: March 15, 2015, 12:13:17 PM »

When I was a kid, we had one of those wind-up record players, like a Victrola but a different brand.  We only had two records for it: "Mule Train" by Frankie Laine, and "Tennessee Waltz" by Patti Page.  I was one happy kid when they got me "Frosty the Snowman" to play on it one Christmas!  But Patti Page remains one of my favorite singers of all time and "Mockingbird Hill" is one of my all-time favorite songs as well.

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Allis-Chalmers / Pic of my shiny (protect your eyes) Allis Chalmers WC

« on: March 11, 2015, 06:03:47 PM »

Just air up the tires and it will be good to go...

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Tools, Trades and Engineering / Portable welding/grinding table.

« on: March 11, 2015, 12:38:04 PM »

I've got one of the HF tables too.  It's all I need for what I do.  My back just doesn't allow me to bend over to work on the floor any more.

Alan

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'round the pot-bellied stove / OK, I got here, now what?

« on: March 10, 2015, 05:48:58 PM »

Welcome, Farmer!  Was that made into a Double Deere so that it would be equal to one Farmall?

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'round the pot-bellied stove / Western Ohio Update

« on: March 10, 2015, 01:50:30 PM »

Alan,

After reading this I did a little touring around central Louisiana with Google maps street view.  I was in and South of of one of the national forests, but now I am not sure which one.  Looks like nice rural living with some very nice homes once out of the forest.    Also looks very flat with small towns.  No doubt nice living.

Charlie V.

Charlie, you were probably looking at the Kisatchie National Forest.  I'm close to it, being a few miles east of Alexandria/Pineville.  There are some hills here and it's mostly wooded area.  A few miles further to the east the elevation drops and the land flattens out as you get closer to the Mississippi River.  Lots of cotton continues to be grown there.  Other crops grown in central Louisiana are soybeans, corn, milo, a few sweet potatoes, and a little further south, sugar cane.  And let's not forget crawfish!

Alan

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'round the pot-bellied stove / Western Ohio Update

« on: March 09, 2015, 01:30:18 AM »

Gene, the landscape around here is rather boring with all the bare ground but that sure beats shoveling snow!  All of my tractor-related discussions take place online these days since I no longer have any neighbors with an interest in old tractors.

Charlie, I've called central Louisiana home for better than 40 years now.  It's not a bad place to live: taxes are low, the climate is mild, hunting and fishing are good, and the air is still clean enough to breath.  The area I live in was pretty rural when I moved out here but there have been lots of people move out this way in the past 40 years - too many to suit me.

I've never farmed, I'm a retired electronics technician, but I've had a love for old iron since I was a kid in a small farming community in Tennessee.  My older sister married a farmer back there.  My back has gotten so bad that I don't even try to have a garden any more.

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'round the pot-bellied stove / Western Ohio Update

« on: March 08, 2015, 01:02:16 AM »

What,? Where are all the rest of the ATIS guys? I thought for sure by now after the discussions on the list re: facebook and forums that some more of them might show up here. Guess not yet.

Ralph, I checked in here last night for the first time in ages after reading all the ATIS discussions.  I got cold just from looking at all the snow pictures that you, Charlie V., and others have posted.  That stuff is beautiful to look at but I'm sure glad I don't have to deal with it down here where I live in central Louisiana.

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ATIS General Tractor Discussion / AT list a spam source?

« on: May 09, 2012, 10:44:20 AM »

Thanks, Charlie.

I just tried replying to you on the list and it wouldn't go through again this morning..

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ATIS General Tractor Discussion / AT list a spam source?

« on: May 08, 2012, 11:02:52 PM »

I've been trying to post to the email list tonght but the messages keep getting bounced due to TrendMicro saying that the list IP address has been identified as a spam source and has been blocked.  Anybody else having this problem?

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'round the pot-bellied stove / 2010

« on: January 11, 2010, 10:19:16 PM »

It is much nicer to just live where a snowblower isn't necessary!!:)

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'round the pot-bellied stove / 8000 Contest!

« on: December 28, 2009, 01:11:11 PM »

Looks like then next day or two and we'll reach the 8000 mark.

Yep, shows 7923 right now.  I wonder how they dream up all those user names.

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ATIS General Tractor Discussion / First tractor YOU bought

« on: December 25, 2009, 10:29:46 PM »

Mine was a 1949 Farmall Cub that I bought around 1976.  To say that it was in poor shape is an understatement.  I restored it and sold it in 1980.

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ATIS General Tractor Discussion / Case 900 series

« on: December 25, 2009, 10:24:23 PM »

That's a nice looking tractor, George.  You don't see too many Case tractors down here.  I don't think there ever was a local Case dealer.

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'round the pot-bellied stove / December 25, 2009

« on: December 25, 2009, 12:34:45 PM »

Merry Christmas, Charlie, and to everyone else on the forum as well.

Alan