Hobo Jungle

[healey36]

I agree with you Roger. Maryland adopted this pole-mounting system probably fifteen-twenty years ago and have gradually replaced most intersection signals using these steel poles. I can't for the life of me imagine how they manage to hold the weight that they do. Occasionally in heavy winds you will see them begin to sway but never too precariously. They are usually bolted to a concrete footer and are designed to break away if a vehicle hits it at the base. I don't know how much one of these modern three-light signal boxes weigh, but they can't be too light. Throw in the street names and directional signage and I would think you are talking some significant weight. Need a structural engineer to explain it...

Healey

[rogruth]

This might be another for Murph.

I always refer these things that I think would look
good on a layout to him because Murph can make it.

I can put together the AmeriTown type kits,
four walls and a roof, but anything that needs
talent is beyond me.

[healey36]

Nothin' but rain today...Baltimore Sun confirmed that we've had more rain in June 2015 than in June 1972 when Hurricane Agnes rolled through:

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/weather/weather-blog/bal-wx-june-breaks-agnes-rainfall-record-heavy-weekend-rain-forecast-20150626-story.html

However, the daylillies are loving it:



Healey

[rogruth]

Nice photo.

We have a day lily "farm" near us.
I think orchids are cheaper.

[robert.]

Hurricane Agnes started my o gauge hobby. My grandparents lived in Kingston pa . During the hurricane their basement had flooded covering all the trains with 2 foot of river silt. Neither of my father's brothers wanted the trains at the time so he took them for repair. I was 4 years old at the time. I cant remember the trains covered in mud but i can remember standing on their dock at Harvey's lake and seeing the water touch top of it. Every now and them some silt falls out of a boxcar or engine. What is the chance for a vision line challenger to live through that?

[sarge]

The several inches of global warming from yesterday has ceased here, so about to hit the road and go down to see Healey and whatever number of little British cars (LBC's) gather at the Farm Museum in Westminster.

Wish me luck we don't break and Piddles has to take the Flatbed Ride of Shame.

Updates as the situation degrades...

[healey36]

I'm just hoping we don't sink up to the axles in the field...

See you in a bit Sarge.

Healey

[E7]

Healey,

Great stuff as usual! Hope you and Sarge have a good day of it!

Rich

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I'm just hoping we don't sink up to the axles in the field...

See you in a bit Sarge.

Healey

Pack your entrenching tools in case you have to excavate an escape ramp from the bog....and do take pictures!

[healey36]

Here's a few pic's from the TRAC meet "Brits by the Bay" today:

MGA's


Healey 3000


MGB-GT V8


Triumph Row


Model A Good Humor

The ice cream was cold, or so they tell me.

Triumph 250


Don't remember what this was...some 1958 (?) sedan from the austerity period...


BSA Royal Star and Triumph Bonneville


Best of Show Rolls Royce


Things were going great 'til this guy showed up...FV101 Scorpion


Best looking guys on the field... Sarge and Healey


No rain...whew! Thanks for coming down Sarge...I'll work on making it up to Gettysburg for the next round...

Healey

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Wait, no tweeds with patches on the elbows whilst smoking a pipe?

Harrumph!

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Damn!!

Found another yellow-jacket nest! Enough pruning the big boxwood for today............

[sarge]

Healey and his lovely daughter (later joined by his wife and brother) were the most gracious of hosts, putting up brave smiles as I monopolised the conversation and pinged around the field like an excited little boy. What a brilliant day!

Next to me in the field was this little blast from the past, about the same vintage Mini as I had in the UK:




Proving we made it there, the Brave and Valiant "Piddles":




Healey's Sprite showed very well, a handsome little guy:




Here's the "Moggie" that we've seen in some of Healey's photostudies, a Morris Traveller almost identical to the one my dad drove when I was very young. Had to feature it again if only for the memories.




Another shot at the Scorpion. These are powered with a Jaguar engine.



The owner drove it from Glen Burnie to Westminster. Any of us that got directions off Google were misdirected off to some area with residential streets and a shopping centre, pretty much on the other side of town. As I was buzzing around trying to get reoriented, there was a brilliant yellow Morgan coming the other way in the process of getting lost as I was getting found. Then suddenly this thing came roaring out from some residential road, tracks just singing away as I remember them doing. It was funny as hell, wondering what the residents must have been thinking.


Moving on, a lovely green Morgan; as classic as they come.




The ever delightful and lovely E type:




Triumph sedans aren't usually what you think about at a Brit car show; there was a nice range actually. The Triumph Sedan, a fifties icon and one of many little cars that the average bloke drove after the war.




A 1200:




and a 2000




Back to the practical cars, a Lotus Esprit...




...Elise...




...and a Seven (for John Webster), actually a Westfield. I want it.




A Triumph Bonney. Lots of memories with this one, too.




Someone painted up a flat-face Morgan with a tartan bonnet.




Finally, another view of the big Roller.



It's funny watching the two cultures at these things. Many of us just drive these old crocks, enjoying what they are, getting dirty and greasy and buzzing around. Others dress for the occasion, lunch in a big wicker basket, goggles and leather helmets, and sitting in folding chairs wearing big floppy hats pretending to be toffs at the Grand National. Fun to watch!


Finally, a couple views on a lovely drive back:






and a view of the poor idiot tourists in Gettysburg who have no idea what fun I'm having!




Thanks Healey, and to your family and your community, for a truly wonderful day.


PS: for those who might be wondering, the B didn't miss a beat going down or back. The drive was as brilliant as the meet. Hooray for Piddles!

[rogruth]

I have just three words to say about the show.

BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL

Questions.
What's a "Moggie"?
Was this a judged show?
Did anybody care who won?
If judged, were the "practical" ones included?

We had a small judged [I know there is a better word] show where I last lived in Ohio every summer
with @ 150 cars on display. It was great. Never see anything like that in this area. Shows in this area
seem to be either Mustang or muscle cars. There are some things, not many, about the north I miss.

I really enjoyed the photos.

[robert.]

Here's a few pic's from the TRAC meet "Brits by the Bay" today:













Best looking guys on the field... Sarge and Healey


No rain...whew! Thanks for coming down Sarge...I'll work on making it up to Gettysburg for the next round...

Healey

i would pay to see these two sit in that car