Citra47 Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 On 12/12/2018 at 5:21 PM, pipedreams said: During WWII many older railroad employees returned from retirement to replace the young men who had gone into the military. On the wartime “RIP” tracks (“Repair In Place”), this Illinois Central retiree jacked up a gondola to swap out a truck during November, 1942. He did it all by himself. Forgotten men like this made America great. (Photo by Jack Delano) That's one Hell of a jack! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 (edited) When my father bought our house it was then a 100 year old mansion. The house came with some tools. One of the tools was a 100 Ton house jack. A friend at work was doing major repairs on his barn and I gave him the jack to help him raise the barn to repair the foundation. It was a screw jack. Just because they were old doesn't mean they weren't impressive. It was very similar to this picture I found on ebay: Edited December 26, 2018 by janice6 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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deputy tom Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 44 minutes ago, pipedreams said: A neighbor had one of those fifty years ago. We discussed this last week at the old bastage's breakfast. tom. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citra47 Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 On 11/17/2018 at 8:43 PM, Al Czervik said: Can you tell us what is going on in each of these photos? Bottom photo is an Iron Lung for polio victims. Several children could be put in the unit. The Iron Lung was used to oxygenate body tissue. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citra47 Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 On 12/4/2018 at 8:36 AM, gwalchmai said: I get the feeling those gals are not aiming center mass... Well, then, they must be shooting at the Jolly Green Giant's balls …………………………. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Administrators Eric Posted December 27, 2018 Author Administrators Share Posted December 27, 2018 Private Powell (No relation) sharing his breakfast with a puppy, during the Korean War. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Al Czervik Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 On 12/12/2018 at 5:21 PM, pipedreams said: During WWII many older railroad employees returned from retirement to replace the young men who had gone into the military. On the wartime “RIP” tracks (“Repair In Place”), this Illinois Central retiree jacked up a gondola to swap out a truck during November, 1942. He did it all by himself. Forgotten men like this made America great. (Photo by Jack Delano) Wow, I haven't seen one of those in years. We had a couple around the ranch for working on tractors. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norton Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 On 11/19/2018 at 9:33 AM, Brown Hawk said: You forgot to wash the windshield ? Hawk You never asked to wash the windshield. You just did it. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Citra47 Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 6 hours ago, Al Czervik said: Wow, I haven't seen one of those in years. We had a couple around the ranch for working on tractors. I have one on our farm but it's not THAT large. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Czervik Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 12 minutes ago, Citra47 said: I have one on our farm but it's not THAT large. That's what she said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KWalrad Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 On 12/4/2018 at 10:06 PM, AerynSun2 said: I can remember watching Anton driving past us in his green Lotus on his way to and from the War College on Fort McNair in the mid-eighties. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C_Hallbert Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 I can remember watching Anton driving past us in his green Lotus on his way to and from the War College on Fort McNair in the mid-eighties.He resembles ‘Ming the Merciless’.....Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwalchmai Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 2 hours ago, KWalrad said: I can remember watching Anton driving past us in his green Lotus on his way to and from the War College on Fort McNair in the mid-eighties. Yep, and I can remember when Kerry starred on "The Addams Family". 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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