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[_Rooster]

1973 oil crisis. I remember how upset my folks were when gas went from 21 cents to over 50 cents per gallon. My numbers could be off but should be close.

That is how I remember those days. We had an odd even system. If your tag ended in an odd number you got gas (10 gallon limit) on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. If it was even you were allowed to purchase on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. All stations were closed on Sunday. Lines were literally around the block and tempers were short. Real short. People got shot and beat up all over the place.

It was pure hell. A lot of us car pooled for the first time in our life. We had four in our car pool. I still wonder if there was really a shortage. .

 

[starchief5]

1973 also the year the National speed limit changed to 55.

They also made some crappy US cars during that period, trying desperately to adjust to new smog standards. Gave Japanese cars an opening in the US market and they never looked back.

I bought a beautiful 1973 Caprice a couple of years later, only to discover it got about 8 mpg. I sold it a week later. One poor sucker selling it to another poor sucker.

 

[ymmot31]

Have you tried the other sources to see if the problem persists? Hook up a cd player (if you have one) and see if you get the same problem. If so then it could be the pot (volume control). One simple fix that sometimes works is turning everything off on the receiver and working every knob back and forth. Sometimes the stuff they use to clean can accumulate and needs to be broken up. I learned this trick from the guy at Magnetic Tape and Recorder. You need to isolate the problem somehow to see which component is the problem. If you had another receiver with a phono input then you can try that too but from my recollection you don't.

I don't have anything to hook to it. Only thing I can do is hook up an antenna and check it like that. It's encouraging that it DID play for just a bit.

 

[starchief5]

I'd say that this house is pretty tight.

That ol' boy knows how to build a shanty.

 

[55wildcat]

Huber farm in starlight Indiana is calling it quits....FYI

 

[ymmot31]

That ol' boy knows how to build a shanty.

He's gonna need more coffee.

 

[MdWIldcat55]

Remember those nuclear bomb drills in grade school? Get under your desk and cover your head. Like that would help.

Yep. Did the nuclear war drills in first grade. In third grade the president was assassinated. Grew up with all the boys in the grades ahead of us going to Vietnam, race riots in most major cities and endless protests. During high school the president resigned. During college we had gas rationing. At the time of my first real job, inflation topped 15 percent - your money was worth less every paycheck.

And our lives were a breeze compared to our parents growing up in a Great Depression and a World War. So I'm not overly sweating this ugly moment of political correctness and divisiveness we're being forced to endure.

 

[UK82]

Yep. Did the nuclear war drills in first grade. In third grade the president was assassinated. Grew up with all the boys in the grades ahead of us going to Vietnam, race riots in most major cities and endless protests. During high school the president resigned. During college we had gas rationing. At the time of my first real job, inflation topped 15 percent - your money was worth less every paycheck.

And our lives were a breeze compared to our parents growing up in a Great Depression and a World War. So I'm not overly sweating this ugly moment of political correctness and divisiveness we're being forced to endure.

Every generation has it better than the previous generation when it comes to ease of life. My parents lived in much tougher times than I did and never complained. I feel fortunate living life as a Baby Boomer and wouldn't trade it for the world but at the same time I have more respect for previous generations considering the hardships they endured.

 

[UK82]

Huber farm in starlight Indiana is calling it quits....FYI

Seriously? Didn't know this. Really sad.

 

[AustinTXCat]

1973 oil crisis. I remember how upset my folks were when gas went from 21 cents to over 50 cents per gallon. My numbers could be off but should be close.

Yep. The oil shocks courtesy of the 1973 Arab-Israeli war. I remember waiting in line for hours with my mother for gas. Effects were not felt only here, but also in Western Europe. Driving was forbidden to conserve fuel. Below is a highway in Holland during that time.

 

[AustinTXCat]

Good morning from ATX. Currently 75°F. Looking at mid-90s this afternoon. We hit 95°F yesterday. More beautiful, cooling rain on the way beginning tomorrow.

Happy Hump Day.

Y'all behave.

 

[catfaninsc]

Morning D. Greetings from the shanty.


More coffee...........................

 

[_Rooster]

80°➫ 88°F Partly cloudy, steamy, & ?

Happy Hump D

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

@Bert Higginbotha , hey, I just got an update from Ancestry and I have now been shown to be 82% England and Wales, 15% Ireland and Scotland, and 3% Sweden. They knocked off the stuff that was <1% and said it had been ruled out. Good to know that I only have to change my accent and not learn a whole new language. Or dress differently.

The vikings raped a lot.

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

I love the old ones.

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

68.2° F and the sun is coming up.

Back to the happenings of the 60's & 70's: I first started working for the railroad in May 1968. The riots were going after Martin Luther King was killed. Then they killed Bobby Kennedy. The Democratic convention that fall ended up being a war.

I worked at the L&N at 8th and Broadway. In 1969 I bought a big Olds 98. A wonderful car that like gas. The first time I filled it up out on 3rd street south of down town my gas cost me $0.249 a gallon.

I kept that Olds until the gas war and sold it outright to a friend. I got stupid and bought a VW bug. That was the worst car I ever owned. Two separate times it threw a rod. I traded it back to a big American car and paid for the gas.

The 55 mph speed limit was effective when I lived in Florida, Indiana, Texas and Maryland. Just before I retired in 2000 they started increasing the limit. At 60 mph it took forever to get to moms from Houston.

By the time gasoline settled out at about $1.35 I was comfortable with the price and my comfortable Fords and Buick. Never went back to a little car.

Vietnam was a dark spot on my life. It cost me several friends and it ruined lives of many for no good reason.

But on the good side of that time was the greatest music and some really good fun. Bottom line is that I enjoyed it all.

 

[Sawnee Cat]

They also made some crappy US cars during that period, trying desperately to adjust to new smog standards. Gave Japanese cars an opening in the US market and they never looked back.

I bought a beautiful 1973 Caprice a couple of years later, only to discover it got about 8 mpg. I sold it a week later. One poor sucker selling it to another poor sucker.

I want to second this. It is amazing the auto industry survived. In 1973 I ordered a Monte Carlo and it was a beautiful car. I had a 1969 Chevelle SS that had been one of the best cars I would own in my life but I thought I needed a new car. This Monte Carlo was a lemon from day one. I owned it about a week when it developed a rattle in the right door. Nobody at the dealership could figure it out. I took it in four or five times when they finally pulled the door panel and discovered an empty beer bottle inside. Who ever installed the door was drinking on the job and discarded the bottle in my car door. This car also had a horrible leak that made me get rid of it. Water came from under the right floor board and of course in the Florida heat the car stunk to high heaven. In a period of 12 months I owned 6 different cars trying to find one that was solid and had some pick up. No luck. In fact two of them almost got me killed. A Dodge had a stall problem and when I would accelerate the engine would die. This happened in the middle of a busy intersection and a car had to run into a drainage ditch to avoid me. I got rid of the this piece of junk. The fad in those days was to customize a van and I did. This van was traveling 60 miles an hour when suddenly all four wheels locked up. I almost got killed. So that piece of junk was done away with. How did we get through that decade?

 

[Sawnee Cat]

• Good Wednesday Morning, D-League
• Currently 73º on the Gulf Coast with clear skies and a high of 91
• The heat will take the vinegar out of you but I need to get out there and do some yard work. Weeds are out of control.
• Prayers continue for our friends in the Carolinas.
• Hump day is here and Miss State game is closer. We have to win that one.
• Trust everyone has a safe day and we will be checking in off and on.
• 

 

[Beast Johnson]

Good morning everyone!! Hope you all have a very low-stress day with positive vibes.

 

[Beast Johnson]

I want to second this. It is amazing the auto industry survived. In 1973 I ordered a Monte Carlo and it was a beautiful car. I had a 1969 Chevelle SS that had been one of the best cars I would own in my life but I thought I needed a new car. This Monte Carlo was a lemon from day one. I owned it about a week when it developed a rattle in the right door. Nobody at the dealership could figure it out. I took it in four or five times when they finally pulled the door panel and discovered an empty beer bottle inside. Who ever installed the door was drinking on the job and discarded the bottle in my car door. This car also had a horrible leak that made me get rid of it. Water came from under the right floor board and of course in the Florida heat the car stunk to high heaven. In a period of 12 months I owned 6 different cars trying to find one that was solid and had some pick up. No luck. In fact two of them almost got me killed. A Dodge had a stall problem and when I would accelerate the engine would die. This happened in the middle of a busy intersection and a car had to run into a drainage ditch to avoid me. I got rid of the this piece of junk. The fad in those days was to customize a van and I did. This van was traveling 60 miles an hour when suddenly all four wheels locked up. I almost got killed. So that piece of junk was done away with. How did we get through that decade?

Sawnee Cat, wow, that is scary, especially what you said happened in the Dodge and about the wheels locking up on that van. How in the world could that happen to a vehicle?

Often times, we can look back and see how blessed we were in certain situations. Somebody was praying for you that day...

 

[Sawnee Cat]

The family that fishes together, stays together

 

[Sawnee Cat]

Sawnee Cat, wow, that is scary, especially what you said happened in the Dodge and about the wheels locking up on that van. How in the world could that happen to a vehicle?

Often times, we can look back and see how blessed we were in certain situations. Somebody was praying for you that day...

So true. You look back on your life and wonder how you made it this far. Prayers no doubt.

 

[_Rooster]

 

[_Rooster]

Good morning everyone!! Hope you all have a very low-stress day with positive vibes.

 

[wildcatdonf]

 

[ace on the river]

Hello all, getting ready to go to the airport and pick up the kids. My mother in law bought a brand new 75 Monte Carlo. Bright Red and black leather interior. Beautiful car, and the biggest piece of crap ever. Didn’t have it two months and the fuel pump went out on it. Problem after problem with that thing. I also think she had two or three wiring harnesses put in it.

I bought an 84 cavalier, another piece of junk. I think I went through six valve cover gaskets. So I was done with Chevy for over 30 years. We bought 18 new cars in that time. I finally relented and bought a new Chevrolet Colorado this year. So far, it’s been a great truck. Fingers crossed lol. Hope everyone has a great hump day and GO CATS!

 

[OldEvilleCat]

Hello League peoples....
Lunch time. Cajun catfish sammich & jalapeno kettle chips.
Done a lot of stupid stuff in my life...definitely got a guardian angel.
My brother & I still need adult supervision when we're together.
A little warm today. High of 92 today, 94 tomorrow!
West side Fall Festival starts Oct 1. on Franklin Street

 

[Sawnee Cat]

I think my grandfather was being recruited for the Temperance movement back in 1908. This was my mother's dad because my father's dad would have shot somebody over a jug of liquor. The Pike County Way. The post mark is Turkey Creek, FL where my grandmother was from.

 

[_Rooster]

REAL Chili does not have pasta in it!

True, it's spiced meat. I fix something like this for patriotic events, picnics & festivals. Measurements are guesstimates. It's never the same. Always exciting. I get kick watching folks eat then ten minutes later break into a sweat. Then go back and eat more. I've seen folks wrap into burrito as well. People experiment. Those who enjoy the bourbon straight up seem to fire up the most. I had a Burmese monk praise it as subtle suicide.

Rooster's Chili Meat:

• 8 lbs of bison, elk, venison, or alligator (.5" cubes and ground)
• Last resort beef, pork, ostrich, turkey
• cup or 2 Red onion chopped
• cup or 2 Vadelia onion chopped
• 2 cups crumbled bacon
• 30 freshly chopped jalapenos
• 20 freshly chopped serranos
• 10 freshly chopped frisco reds
• chopped red and orange bell peppers for color.
• all cleaned with seeds removed (use for habanero salsa) & lightly roasted
• 6 oz. of ground Hatch Valley New Mexico dark chili powder.
• dash or two of Worcestershire
• Bass Ale or two
• 2 or 3 cans tomato paste
• 3 or 4 cubes of dark chocolate
• oz ground cumin
• 2 oz fresh oregano
• .5 oz coriander
• .5 oz paprika
• 3 tablespoons of minced Garlic
• oz of freshly ground black pepper
• salt to taste

Ranch style Beans:

• qt dried beans 20% black, 50% kidney, & 30% pinto (hydrate overnight)
• 2 or 3 large cans diced tomatoes
• tomato paste
• Red onion chopped
• Vadelia onion chopped
• cup of chopped cilantro
• cup of chopped celery
• cup of chopped oregano
• 2 tbs of minced garlic
• 1 tbs ground cumin
• 3 or 4 oz. of ground Hatch Valley New Mexico dark chili powder.
• oz of freshly ground black pepper
• hock or knuckle

Warning Label Salsa:

• grind pepper seed discard, rinse with 3 or 4 oz of ever-clear or equivalent, strain & mix into salsa.
• add 12 ea. chopped cayenne red & habanero peppers
• half cup of minced cilantro
• 2 cups of diced yellow tomatoes
• hydrate with 1:4 lime juice and H2O
• chopped red and orange bell peppers for camouflage.
• salt to taste

Fixin options:

• Grated cheese topping (chedder/colby/jack blend)
• Peppered vermicelli with sautéed mushrooms.
• Saltines

 

[wildcatdonf]

True, it's spiced meat. I fix something like this for patriotic events, picnics & festivals. Measurements are guesstimates. It's never the same. Always exciting. I get kick watching folks eat then ten minutes later break into a sweat. Then go back and eat more. I've seen folks wrap into burrito as well. People experiment. Those who enjoy the bourbon straight up seem to fire up the most. I had a Burmese monk praise it as subtle suicide.

Rooster's Chili Meat:

• 8 lbs of bison, elk, venison, or alligator (.5" cubes and ground)
• Last resort beef, pork, ostrich, turkey
• cup Red onion chopped
• cup Vadelia onion chopped
• 2 cups crumbled bacon
• 30 freshly chopped jalapenos
• 20 freshly chopped serranos
• 10 freshly chopped frisco reds
• chopped red and orange bell peppers for color.
• all cleaned with seeds removed (use for habanero salsa) & lightly roasted
• 6 oz. of ground Hatch Valley New Mexico dark chili powder.
• dash or two of Worcestershire
• Bass Ale or two
• 2/3 cans tomato paste
• 3 or 4 cubes of dark chocolate
• oz ground cumin
• 2 oz fresh oregano
• .5 oz coriander
• .5 oz paprika
• 3 tablespoons of minced Garlic
• oz of freshly ground black pepper
• salt to taste

Ranch style Beans:

• qt dried beans 20% black, 50% kidney, & 30% pinto (hydrate overnight)
• 2/3 large cans diced tomatoes
• tomato paste
• Red onion chopped
• Vadelia onion chopped
• cup of chopped cilantro
• cup of chopped celery
• cup of chopped oregano
• 2 tbs of minced garlic
• 1 tbs ground cumin
• 3/4 oz. of ground Hatch Valley New Mexico dark chili powder.
• oz of freshly ground black pepper
• hock or knuckle

Warning Label Salsa:

• grind pepper seed discard, rinse with 3/4 oz of ever-clear or equivalent, strain & mix into salsa.
• add 12 ea. chopped cayenne red & habanero peppers
• half cup of minced cilantro
• 2 cups of diced yellow tomatoes
• hydrate with 1:4 lime juice and H2O
• chopped red and orange bell peppers for camouflage.
• salt to taste

Fixin options:

• Grated cheese topping (chedder\colby\jack blend)
• Peppered vermicelli with sautéed mushrooms.
• Saltines

Arizona has lots of hungry folks. I like that blonde standing with the guy that has his pants down. Is that you?

 

[Sawnee Cat]

True, it's spiced meat. I fix something like this for patriotic events, picnics & festivals. Measurements are guesstimates. It's never the same. Always exciting. I get kick watching folks eat then ten minutes later break into a sweat. Then go back and eat more. I've seen folks wrap into burrito as well. People experiment. Those who enjoy the bourbon straight up seem to fire up the most. I had a Burmese monk praise it as subtle suicide.

Rooster's Chili Meat:

• 8 lbs of bison, elk, venison, or alligator (.5" cubes and ground)
• Last resort beef, pork, ostrich, turkey
• cup Red onion chopped
• cup Vadelia onion chopped
• 2 cups crumbled bacon
• 30 freshly chopped jalapenos
• 20 freshly chopped serranos
• 10 freshly chopped frisco reds
• chopped red and orange bell peppers for color.
• all cleaned with seeds removed (use for habanero salsa) & lightly roasted
• 6 oz. of ground Hatch Valley New Mexico dark chili powder.
• dash or two of Worcestershire
• Bass Ale or two
• 2/3 cans tomato paste
• 3 or 4 cubes of dark chocolate
• oz ground cumin
• 2 oz fresh oregano
• .5 oz coriander
• .5 oz paprika
• 3 tablespoons of minced Garlic
• oz of freshly ground black pepper
• salt to taste

Ranch style Beans:

• qt dried beans 20% black, 50% kidney, & 30% pinto (hydrate overnight)
• 2/3 large cans diced tomatoes
• tomato paste
• Red onion chopped
• Vadelia onion chopped
• cup of chopped cilantro
• cup of chopped celery
• cup of chopped oregano
• 2 tbs of minced garlic
• 1 tbs ground cumin
• 3/4 oz. of ground Hatch Valley New Mexico dark chili powder.
• oz of freshly ground black pepper
• hock or knuckle

Warning Label Salsa:

• grind pepper seed discard, rinse with 3/4 oz of ever-clear or equivalent, strain & mix into salsa.
• add 12 ea. chopped cayenne red & habanero peppers
• half cup of minced cilantro
• 2 cups of diced yellow tomatoes
• hydrate with 1:4 lime juice and H2O
• chopped red and orange bell peppers for camouflage.
• salt to taste

Fixin options:

• Grated cheese topping (chedder\colby\jack blend)
• Peppered vermicelli with sautéed mushrooms.
• Saltines

That is some serious stuff right there.

 

[wildcatdonf]

I visited my 1st cousin in Irmo, SC one time. Irmo is right outside of Columbia. Her husband advised me that the Irmo Navy was cooking Catfish stew and I was coming with him. All men. They cooked it in an iron wash pot. It was a red stew with lots of tomatoes and other spicy items. Then they dumped in about 20 pounds of Catfish. It sounded awful to me, but ......... someone baked several pones of delicious cornbread. They served it in big bowls (stew over cornbread) and it was great. It was in the Fall.

 

[_Rooster]

I visited my 1st cousin in Irmo, SC one time. Irmo is right outside of Columbia. Her husband advised me that the Irmo Navy was cooking Catfish stew and I was coming with him. All men. They cooked it in an iron wash pot. It was a red stew with lots of tomatoes and other spicy items. Then they dumped in about 20 pounds of Catfish. It sounded awful to me, but ......... someone baked several pones of delicious cornbread. They served it in big bowls (stew over cornbread) and it was great. It was in the Fall.

Red Catfish stew. Mmmmm.

 

[ace on the river]

I visited my 1st cousin in Irmo, SC one time. Irmo is right outside of Columbia. Her husband advised me that the Irmo Navy was cooking Catfish stew and I was coming with him. All men. They cooked it in an iron wash pot. It was a red stew with lots of tomatoes and other spicy items. Then they dumped in about 20 pounds of Catfish. It sounded awful to me, but ......... someone baked several pones of delicious cornbread. They served it in big bowls (stew over cornbread) and it was great. It was in the Fall.

That stuff is so good you can’t sit still when you’re eating it

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

you guys are crazy..........

 

[catfaninsc]

you guys are crazy..........

Whadda ya mean you guys? You’r the one setting the example.

 

[ymmot31]

Good evening D. Played golf this morning and shot a 79. Didn't make any long putts.

Dad needs to see the Dr. that put the stent in his arm for dialysis. That Dr. left the hospital he was with and went to another hospital. I wanted Dad to go to the same place we had gone before but the VA said we needed to stay with the same Dr. So, I had to go get a release for the the first place to release his records to the new place. They said it would take two weeks. It's supposed to be done tomorrow now.

We're going out for an adventure tomorrow.

 

[wildcatdonf]

Hump Day is over.

 

[OldEvilleCat]

Hump Day is over.

 

[wildcatdonf]

The 1st cousin that I spoke of was Miss North Carolina in 1958. Jean Edwards.