Favorite gift this Christmas

[hkestes41]

This is what my wife got me for Christmas. 2010 Lamborghini Gallardo.

All mine for an hour.

[LAKOTA169]

OK, but you have to get it back to me after 1 hour,

[JIPJOBXX]

Here's mine! Can you guess what it is????? only 50 or so built! Marry Christmas!!

[JIPJOBXX]

Tucker!!!!!!!!!!

[RiffRaff]

Santy brought me fender skirts HURRAH!!!

[55 Fargo]

My surprises from Santa

[1950 Special Deluxe]

I got the same GPS.

[thrashingcows]

My surprises from Santa

Hey isn't that one of those fancy engine covers....

Wife got me one of these cool prints off e-bay..after some not so subtle hints....

[Barabbas]

JipJob,

At what museum was the picture taken? I saw a Tucker at the Auburn-Cord-Dusie museum in Auburn IN-very interesting cars If you are even the the Fort Wayne In area make take time to go to the museum, it's well worth the time.

Miike

[WatchingWolf]

I got a set of 3/8 drive SK sockets with a matched 10" SK brand crescent wrench that were purchased for my grandfather by my Dad in 1976.

My folks had just moved back to Wisconsin and were staying with my Mom's parents while they found a house. Grandpa was working on his Allis C one afternoon when my Dad got home from work. Dad offer to help and found Grandpa trying to hang the bolt on style plow using a bent pipe wrench and a vice grips.

The next day he bought the set, wrench and a pair of pliers from the local RedCar auto parts store and brought them home to grandpa. Grandpa died in 1978 and the set took up residence in the basement stairwell and was a staple for bicycle and red wagon repair by us kids for many years as we summered at our now widowed grandmother's house.

After grandma's death a note was found that gave instructions on the distribution of various household items. The tools were to go back to my Dad, who in turn gave them to me today.

[JIPJOBXX]

That is at the Lemay museum in Tacoma Washington. They have an open house on the last weekend of August.

But I'm lucky because I have a women friend who married a man who X wife is the daughter of the Harold Lemay. He is now gone but I got to meet his wife and she said anytime that I want to visit the museum just give her a call and she can arrange it. Really nice lady and she was very interested in my old Blackout.

[Big_John]

Mrs.Big John's niece dropped off a bottle of homemade Irish Creme whiskey. She is now officially my favorite inlaw.

[RobertKB]

Here is my favourite gift for this year. I was given this old chunk of steel by my son-in-law who works for CPR (Canadian Pacific Railway). He works in the bridges and buildings section and sometimes comes across old interesting items. They found an old piece of track and after close inspection found it was made for CPR in 1883. They cut it into sections each showing the manufacturer and the date it was made. CPR was founded in 1881 to help finish the first transcontinental Canadian railway which was completed in 1885. This piece of old rail was therefore made very shortly after the founding of the company and just before the last spike was driven. He knows I like old things and anything to do with the railroad so he gave me this as a present. For himself, he has an even older piece from 1882 but says anything from 1881 is picked up by the company itself as the CPR is very proud of its history. I attached a picture of a 1930 CPR Hudson locomotive, which is operated by the CPR as a travelling promotion for the company, crossing the local rail viaduct. Anyway I had a great Christmas with family and this present was perfect. Not sure if Thomas the Train ever crossed over on it but the grandkids will likely use it for that. LOL I also included a picture of the Lethbridge Viaduct (High Level Bridge) which is over a mile long, 314 feet at its highest, and finished in 1909. My son-in-law works on this bridge several times a year.

Edited December 27, 2010 by RobertKB

[Niel Hoback]

Bob, fantastic pictures! Thanks for posting. Got anymore?

[RobertKB]

Niel, here you go. I always photograph the bridge whenever I can so I do have a lot more of it. One of my favourites is one of my grandsons sitting on the base of the one of the piers. I have included a couple of others also.

On another note, it seems very common, especially with the American members, to call me Bob. That is not my name. Nothing against Bob as we have several great forum members with that name. However, I go by either Rob or Robert. Thanks.

Bridge in Winter

'38 Chrysler with the bridge in the background

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Edited December 27, 2010 by RobertKB

[1940plymouth]

RobertKB,

Thanks for posting the photos, you use the bridge as a backdrop as I do both reservoirs down here:)

By the way, my uncle killed in Normandy in June of 1944 was named Robert, he was called Rob, I have a cousin named Robert, he is also called Rob, but me, my first name is also Robert, and I am called Bob, unless growing up my Mother or Father were mad at me, and the same goes for now with my wife:)

Thanks again,

Bob

[Niel Hoback]

Rob, Sorry about making that assumption and thanks for the correction. With a first name like mine I pay attention to getting names right. I appreciate the effort people go to just to spell it right.

I can take all the pictures you have like that. Your Grandson is a perfect model.

[oldodge41]

Beautiful pictures Robert. Here is a photo of the Kinzua Bridge here in Pennsylvania after a tornado took part of it down. It is now a state park. I hope to visit there this summer.

[rockable]

It snowed and kept my brother and sister in law and their kids from coming for the weekend!! Best Christmas present I could get!!

[55 Fargo]

It snowed and kept my brother and sister in law and their kids from coming for the weekend!! Best Christmas present I could get!!

Okay, that amount of snow might reduce my speed from,( Don C hehehehe) 70 mph to 60 mph, depending on the plow times, or sadning trucks.

That is not much snow by our standards, glad it helped you with a quiet,restful Christmas though.......LOL

Edited December 26, 2010 by Rockwood

[Don Coatney]

reduce my speed from 50 mph to 60 mph,

Reduce?

[55 Fargo]

Reduce?

Ever lose it on a snow covered highway, I have, it almost seems like your picking up seped before you hit the ditch, going sideways at 60 mph on black ice or snow.

On the serious side, I always adjust to the road surface, visibility, and trafffic, I have driven at speeds of only 30 mph a few times on ice overed highways......

[Don Coatney]

Ever lose it on a snow covered highway..

Not possible to lose it until you actually have it:D

[RobertKB]

Beautiful pictures Robert. Here is a photo of the Kinzua Bridge here in Pennsylvania after a tornado took part of it down. It is now a state park. I hope to visit there this summer.

I am surprised that a tornado could do that as these old bridges seem indestructable but Mother Nature can pack a powerful punch. The bridge I posted pictures of still has no weight limit on it even though it is over 100 years old. It takes freight trains longer than the bridge itself loaded with grain, coal, etc. My guess is it will still be in use in another 100 years.

[48P15Annie]

Here is my favourite gift for this year. I was given this old chunk of steel by my son-in-law who works for CPR (Canadian Pacific Railway). He works in the bridges and buildings section and sometimes comes across old interesting items. They found an old piece of track and after close inspection found it was made for CPR in 1883. They cut it into sections each showing the manufacturer and the date it was made. CPR was founded in 1881 to help finish the first transcontinental Canadian railway which was completed in 1885. This piece of old rail was therefore made very shortly after the founding of the company and just before the last spike was driven. He knows I like old things and anything to do with the railroad so he gave me this as a present. For himself, he has an even older piece from 1882 but says anything from 1881 is picked up by the company itself as the CPR is very proud of its history. I attached a picture of a 1930 CPR Hudson locomotive, which is operated by the CPR as a travelling promotion for the company, crossing the local rail viaduct. Anyway I had a great Christmas with family and this present was perfect. Not sure if Thomas the Train every crossed over on it but the grandkids will likely use it for that. LOL I also included a picture of the Lethbridge Viaduct (High Level Bridge) which is over a mile long, 314 feet at its highest, and finished in 1909. My son-in-law works on this bridge several times a year.

WOW!!!! Now THAT is one cool gift! My grandpa would love that..he worked for Norfolk Southern for years...his father also worked on the railroad. Very neat!

Edited December 27, 2010 by 48P15Annie