Official Gramps' Memorial Eternal OT Thread

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RavinDave said:
Speaking of engineering quirks regarding cars. My first "real" car was a 1968 Triumph GT6 that had wire wheels, like a lot of the old British Leyland cars of that era did. Unlike steel or alloy rims which are bolted to the brake drum or axle with a number of studs that transfer the torque, these wire wheels are mounted on a short splined hub about 2 1/2 inches in diameter, which in turn is bolted to the brake drum or axle. This hub has about 50 or 60 shallow grooves that mate with grooves inside the wire wheel, on which the wheel is held in place with a little spinner cap.

Ok, so at the end of the summer a year after I bought this car, a buddy and I set out from Knoxville for a 3-week trip to Montana. Leaving late on a Sunday we decided to drive through the night. Got onto a small back road in Indiana by mistake and almost hit a cow crossing the road, just about dawn on Monday. Braked so hard, one of the front wheels' splined joint gave way and it stripped out the splines and with the car going forward that one wheel unscrewed it's spinner cap and the wheel nearly came off. We soon figured out we were screwed if that wheel wanted to come off every time we used the brakes. At about that time along comes a farmer and offered to help. Rummaging through some spare parts in his truck, we found a machine bolt with the same size and pitch as the threaded tubing connection between the brake master cylinder and the wheel, so we managed to plug the line to that one front brake, and we were back on the road!

We actually drove all the way out to Glacier Park and back, on one front brake.
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I love stories like this
 
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RavinDave said:
Got onto a small back road in Indiana by mistake and almost hit a cow crossing the road, just about dawn on Monday.
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Must of altered yall's Cow Tipping plans


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RavinDave said:
You still in Oklahoma?

I noticed it was around 20F in Amarillo this morning.

Reminded me of the time I was there a few January's ago and skating across town on I-40 in a snowstorm.
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Yes, still in OK. We're under ice storm watch until Wednesday.

The power keeps flickering and my old oak already shed a branch. Probably going to tear up my magnolia tonight as well.

VolStrom said:
My AC is running trying to keep me cool. This ice storm you speak of, why do you live in the land of yankees?
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I'm not sure the word "Yankee" has ever been applied to Oklahoma.

They'd fight you for that out here.
 
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Orangeslice13 said:
Will kayak just beyond surf. Probably some from the beach and definitely in the bay.
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I actually have the best luck with reds in the first trough if it is deep enough. They swim pretty shallow chasing baits. I've never kayaked beyond the surf to target reds.

As far as rigs and bait, I'd use a 2-5 circle hook depending on what bait you're using, on a sliding pyramid weight. If it's just shrimp or sandflea, the size 2 hooks are fine. If you're using cut bait, live mullet, or quartered blue crab (reds love this but just be prepared for smaller fish to pick it clean often, so you'll need a lot of fresh crab) you'll need closer to a size 5. Live mullet may also get you in shark territory so make sure you have a tough leader if you're interested in getting pulled out to sea. From the beach, look for thst first trough and look for cuts where the waves aren't breaking. Fish will be coming in and out of there to the first trough. Best time to fish is imo low incoming first thing in the morning, if that lines up with your schedule.

Reds are not super active that time of the year in the surf (mullet run is over), I'm convinced they just swim by and if a meal happens to be in front of their face, they'll take it.

If you get out into the deep parts of the bay you've got a chance of hooking up to some bull reds using cut bait/half a blue crab. That's a fight that will put some hair on your chest.
 
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Well, my weekend will now be the fun time of clearing downed tree branches from my property.

And...

We have another day of this nonsense.
 
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LouderVol said:
As long as it doesnt involve damage to houses I find that work to be enjoyable. Especially if disposing via fire.
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Oh, it's enjoyable work no doubt, but probably multiple days worth in this case.

Tje fire thing takes a long time in this case.
 
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