Pellet heads!! What's up today?

something that's not geek talk! great

 

Didn't ski today. cloudy till about 1pm so the light was flat and...well i'm spoiled!

took a couple of video's of grandson Landon at ski school. 3.5 years old. he says he skies 'super fast'. he's starting to get it and loves being out in the snow. i'll post something.

 

Ah, an old Thiokol packmaster!

 

Calling for -28*F tonight wind chill of -44*F
We Canadian's love to talk about the weather
bogieb stay home to work and whine to yourself and make it a long weekend with wine to boot, wine bottles are good listener's

 

Well, that would be great except the work network is not allowing my computer in from home (had connectivity for about an hour yesterday, then it booted me off). Was able to attend a couple of webex meetings via my home computer, but gotta go in to work today and get IT to do some magic - I have to be at work for them to do anything.

 

Happy B Day ivanhoe

 

X2

 

X3 !

 

x5 OM!

 

X6!

 

Yes indeed.
The Packmasters are not wanted by the private sector much....they are simply way too wide.

I can fix that little problem.

Going to narrow the tub by 4 inches, then the frame and axles by 26"

Currently 92" on center of the idler tires....knock it down to 66"

Cut the tracks down too.
Remove the outer bands, shorten the grousers....cut the outer bands and add them right along side of the inner ones to get a total symmetrical track at 36" wide

Total cat width at 102"
Street legal, trailering legal.

The Astro van is 77 inches wide (Without mirrors)
Tracks will extend 12-1/2" beyond the body on each side.

The Packmaster was a great machine in it's day.. Actually state of the art.

Then came the Hydromaster...

Same basic size, just hydrostatic drive.

These are nice...but repairs can cost in the mega $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ if the hydraulics die..

The Sunstrand swash pumps and motors are spendy.

The Packmaster still uses the OC12 planetary diffy... Nothing is cheap...but at least the OC12 is not national debt spendy.

 

My current computer lashup.

Thermaltake..CORE P5 Open style case
Asus maximus Extreme Mother board
Intel 9770 processor
Corsair RM750i Power supply
HIS HD 6870 Graphics card
(2) 500 gig HDD
(2) DVD Drives
Added a 4 slot 5-1/4 bay (Cannibalized an old junk case)
Articulating TV wall mount
Added the liquid cooling radiator with fans (Future build maybe)
ZORIN OS9 LTS Operating system (Feels like Win7) does not give me any static, and pretty much immune to the viruses and other junk ya don't want

55 inch Sharp wall mounted screen
Wireless Keyboard and mouse.
Comfy office chair to lean back in
Table for Coffee cup and my Kitty to lay on

 

Damm, hope you got a Snuggle Bunny readily available. Happy birthday ivanhoe !

 

X9

 

Canadian Temp. ratings:

50 F (10 C)
Californians shiver uncontrollably.
Canadians plant gardens.

35 F (1.6 C)
Italian Cars won't start.
Canadians drive with the windows down.

32 F (0 C)
American water freezes.
Canadian water gets thicker.

0 F (-17.9 C)
New York City landlords finally turn on the heat.
Canadians have the last cookout of the season.

-60 F (-51 C)
Mt. St. Helens freezes.
Canadian Girl Guides sell cookies door-to-door.

-100 F (-73 C)
Santa Claus abandons the North Pole.
Canadians pull down their ear flaps.

-173 F (-114 C)
Ethyl alcohol Freezes.
Canadians get frustrated when they can't thaw the keg.

-460 F (-273 C)
Absolute zero; all atomic motion stops.
Canadians start saying "cold, eh?"

-500 F (-295 C)
Hell freezes over.
The Toronto Maple Leafs win the Stanley Cup.

 

X10!