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

[Mike Royster]

Always glad to welcome back someone into the hobby.  Just stay away from the 
tractors!!!!!!!!


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tony & Jackie" <kimmell at verizon.net>
To: <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2007 11:19 PM
Subject: [SEL] I'm back.... and PORTLAND!


> 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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