[SEL] I'm back.... and PORTLAND!

Judge Tommy Turner lcjudge at scrtc.com
Sun May 13 20:33:31 PDT 2007


Tony,
    Good to have you back.  See ya at Portland!

Tommy Turner



Tony & Jackie wrote:

>Hi all,
>I'm back on SEL after an 8 year break... good lord, has it really 
>been 8 YEARS???
>
>Some of you guys will remember me as "Maytag92" from those days.  I 
>sort of lost interest in the old engine hobby after getting my 
>drivers license in 1999 and the old car hobby took over.  After 
>owning about 70-80 cars and trucks in different states of repair (or 
>deterioration, however you wanna look at it!) that hobby just took up 
>too much space.  Time to fall back on my REAL passion: old junk!
>
>I've grown a little in the last 8 years... I got married in 2003, had 
>a daughter in 2005 and will have a son coming soon in early 
>August!  Got out of high-school and tried the college thing... it 
>didn't last.  After having a few different jobs over the years I'm 
>now driving a semi for a local LTL freight company where I've been 
>for the last 3 years.
>
>It's good to be back in the engine hobby.  I had sold all my Maytags, 
>Briggs and other engines that I had, and now I guess the only OLD 
>engine I have is my antique homelite generator.  Although, I have 
>found a decent engine to get me back in the hobby: a 3hp IHC 
>model-M.  It's a low-tension overstrike engine and other than that I 
>know nothing about it at this point.  I am going to pick it up this 
>Wednesday in Avon, IN.
>
>Avon, IN?  Hell, that's only about 2 hours from PORTLAND!  Might as 
>well make a day of it and head to Portland after I pick up the 
>M.  Maybe I can find a little hit-n-miss to go along with my newfound 
>throttler ;-)
>
>Anyways, it's good to be back and I look forward to hearing from 
>anyone who's been here long enough to remember me.  Maybe I'll see 
>some of ya at Portland on Wednesday.
>
>--
>Tony Kimmell
>Bloomington, IL
>
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