Making Light :: Old-time Snowmobiles :: comments http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/009764.html#comments Language, fraud, folly, truth, history, and knitting. Et cetera. en Tue, 01 Jan 2008 13:37:36 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.261 Old-time Snowmobiles If you happen to have a stock vintage snowmobile (for our purposes, that means "1973 or earlier"), and have the... If you happen to have a stock vintage snowmobile (for our purposes, that means "1973 or earlier"), and have the... http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/009764.html Old-time Snowmobiles -- comment #1 from Tania comment from Tania on 31.Dec.07 Ooh, sounds fun!

If you plan on being in Interior Alaska in March 2008, with a vintage snowmachine, I recommend the Tired Iron competition. The race is why my husband won't let me get rid of his 5 antique machines, he claims he's going to enter "someday".

Me, I'm packing a sled and getting ready to wrangle a newer machine,as we head out into the woods for the next few days. I'm a few days behind on threads and posts.

Yes, my first aid and wilderness kits, with personal additions, are completed. This year the SIL is bringing the two-year-old, that should be interesting.

Happy New Year! Stay warm and safe.

]]> <p>Posted December 31, 2007 4:58 PM by Tania</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/009764.html#239466 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/009764.html#239466 Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:58:58 -0500 Old-time Snowmobiles -- comment #2 from Serge comment from Serge on 31.Dec.07 Tania @ 1... Happy New Year! Stay warm and safe.

Same to you.

]]> <p>Posted December 31, 2007 5:17 PM by Serge</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/009764.html#239471 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/009764.html#239471 Mon, 31 Dec 2007 17:17:28 -0500 Old-time Snowmobiles -- comment #3 from Serge comment from Serge on 31.Dec.07 My 2007 is ending with a bang, it'd seem. About one hour ago, I helped my neighbor lift his Christmas Tree's box to the garage's ceiling. When I heard a loud pop, I thought "Whatever this is, it's not supposed to be happening." That was confirmed one second later when the shattered neon tube rained glass upon me. This, kids, is what happens when you lift something and you don't pay attention to what you're pushing that something against. Got two tiny cuts on my forehead, but the bleeding stopped almost right away. I'm still finding bits of glass in my hair though.

]]> <p>Posted December 31, 2007 5:24 PM by Serge</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/009764.html#239472 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/009764.html#239472 Mon, 31 Dec 2007 17:24:36 -0500 Old-time Snowmobiles -- comment #4 from Sajia Kabir comment from Sajia Kabir on 31.Dec.07 Ooh, I hope you're ok. Hope the pets give you extra loving as recompense.

]]> <p>Posted December 31, 2007 7:41 PM by Sajia Kabir</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/009764.html#239492 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/009764.html#239492 Mon, 31 Dec 2007 19:41:54 -0500 Old-time Snowmobiles -- comment #5 from Serge comment from Serge on 31.Dec.07 Sajia @ 4... Thanks. I only got two tiny nicks, but on my forehead, which means it looked worse than it was. As for my dogs, alas, they pretty much ignored me until their dinner time.

]]> <p>Posted December 31, 2007 8:04 PM by Serge</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/009764.html#239496 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/009764.html#239496 Mon, 31 Dec 2007 20:04:15 -0500 Old-time Snowmobiles -- comment #6 from Graydon comment from Graydon on 31.Dec.07 Serge @3 --

If that was a fluorescent tube, rather than an actual neon one, you should probably get those cuts looked at. The coating on the inside of fluorescent tubes is nasty, nasty stuff, and if any of said coating is in the wounds (teeny bits of glass optional) it's not unlikely that you'll have trouble getting the cuts to heal.

]]> <p>Posted December 31, 2007 8:11 PM by Graydon</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/009764.html#239499 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/009764.html#239499 Mon, 31 Dec 2007 20:11:40 -0500 Old-time Snowmobiles -- comment #7 from Marilee comment from Marilee on 31.Dec.07 Yes, Serge, I was going to type what Graydon did. It's unusual to find neon in garages, and you should get in to the ER early tonight.

]]> <p>Posted December 31, 2007 8:23 PM by Marilee</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/009764.html#239502 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/009764.html#239502 Mon, 31 Dec 2007 20:23:20 -0500 Old-time Snowmobiles -- comment #8 from Serge comment from Serge on 31.Dec.07 Graydon @ 6... Oops. It was indeed not a neon, but a fluorescent tube. How appropriate. As far as I can tell, the nicks have already healed, but thanks for the tip about the coating. Still, I'll keep an eye on things.

]]> <p>Posted December 31, 2007 8:27 PM by Serge</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/009764.html#239503 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/009764.html#239503 Mon, 31 Dec 2007 20:27:40 -0500 Old-time Snowmobiles -- comment #9 from Serge comment from Serge on 31.Dec.07 Marilee @ 7... Actually, they weren't really cuts, but, like I said to Graydon, two nicks, and very tiny ones at that, and they have healed. Still, if I start feeling weird(*), I will pay a visit to the ER.

(*) Don't say it, ethan.

]]> <p>Posted December 31, 2007 8:33 PM by Serge</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/009764.html#239504 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/009764.html#239504 Mon, 31 Dec 2007 20:33:19 -0500 Old-time Snowmobiles -- comment #10 from Bob Oldendorf comment from Bob Oldendorf on 31.Dec.07 Also in New Hampshire, in a couple of hours:

New Year Brings New Unions in NH

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire is becoming the fourth state to legalize civil unions and about 20 couples decided to be the first to take advantage of the new law with a late-night ceremony on the Statehouse steps.

(A younger me would have thrown the family in the car to drive over to NH to throw rice at the newlyweds, but age and geography have once again conspired to foil my intentions.)

But a "Happy New Year!" to the new couples.

]]> <p>Posted December 31, 2007 8:48 PM by Bob Oldendorf</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/009764.html#239507 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/009764.html#239507 Mon, 31 Dec 2007 20:48:39 -0500 Old-time Snowmobiles -- comment #11 from Mean Dean comment from Mean Dean on 31.Dec.07 I'm sorry, but "... Christians Should Have Nothing To Do With Snowmobiles"

You can click on my URL/name to see why ...

... still ... I'd like to see a picture of the vintage ride (I'm such a backslider).

]]> <p>Posted December 31, 2007 9:16 PM by Mean Dean</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/009764.html#239511 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/009764.html#239511 Mon, 31 Dec 2007 21:16:45 -0500 Old-time Snowmobiles -- comment #12 from Linkmeister comment from Linkmeister on 31.Dec.07 MD @ #11, snowmobiles as gateways to perdition! Good thing the climate precludes them here (well, except for Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa this week)!

]]> <p>Posted December 31, 2007 9:42 PM by Linkmeister</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/009764.html#239514 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/009764.html#239514 Mon, 31 Dec 2007 21:42:10 -0500 Old-time Snowmobiles -- comment #13 from Serge comment from Serge on 31.Dec.07 Linkmeister... Now you got me thinking of the opening credits for Hawaii 5-0, but with snowmobiles. Sick.

]]> <p>Posted December 31, 2007 9:49 PM by Serge</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/009764.html#239516 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/009764.html#239516 Mon, 31 Dec 2007 21:49:32 -0500 Old-time Snowmobiles -- comment #14 from Linkmeister comment from Linkmeister on 1.Jan.08 Or Thomas Magnum driving one instead of that lovely red Ferrari.

]]> <p>Posted January 1, 2008 12:46 AM by Linkmeister</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/009764.html#239547 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/009764.html#239547 Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:46:53 -0500 Old-time Snowmobiles -- comment #15 from dcb comment from dcb on 1.Jan.08 9 ::: Serge @ 9
If they were just nicks in the skin and, as you indicated, bled profusely, it's probable (but not absolutely certain) that the blood washed out any tiny particles.

]]> <p>Posted January 1, 2008 8:19 AM by dcb</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/009764.html#239609 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/009764.html#239609 Tue, 01 Jan 2008 08:19:05 -0500 Old-time Snowmobiles -- comment #16 from Serge comment from Serge on 1.Jan.08 dcb @ 9... Thanks. Also, when I touch the nicks, it doesn't feel like there's any foreign body in there and, this being my forehead, should there be anything, there'd be no flesh for it to have burrowed into. By the way, as soon as this whole thing happened, my neighbor gave me a moistened paper towel so that I could clean things up. What with his being an electrician, I'm sure this has happened to him more than once in his life.

]]> <p>Posted January 1, 2008 9:25 AM by Serge</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/009764.html#239616 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/009764.html#239616 Tue, 01 Jan 2008 09:25:17 -0500 Old-time Snowmobiles -- comment #17 from Terry Karney comment from Terry Karney on 1.Jan.08 OK, I'lll be the one to bite, how does the car roll uphill?

]]> <p>Posted January 1, 2008 11:32 AM by Terry Karney</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/009764.html#239633 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/009764.html#239633 Tue, 01 Jan 2008 11:32:24 -0500 Old-time Snowmobiles -- comment #18 from James D. Macdonald comment from James D. Macdonald on 1.Jan.08 OK, I'lll be the one to bite, how does the car roll uphill?

Beats heck out of me. Go and check it out for yourself.

Meanwhile, it's snowing now. It'll snow every day from now through Friday. Saturday will be clear for the race.

]]> <p>Posted January 1, 2008 11:54 AM by James D. Macdonald</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/009764.html#239638 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/009764.html#239638 Tue, 01 Jan 2008 11:54:23 -0500 Old-time Snowmobiles -- comment #19 from Alan Braggins comment from Alan Braggins on 1.Jan.08 > how does the car roll uphill

I imagine it's one of those places where the terrain fools your eyes so you would swear it's uphill until actually checking with a level.

Happy New Year everyone.

]]> <p>Posted January 1, 2008 1:33 PM by Alan Braggins</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/009764.html#239667 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/009764.html#239667 Tue, 01 Jan 2008 13:33:45 -0500 Old-time Snowmobiles -- comment #20 from Alan Braggins comment from Alan Braggins on 1.Jan.08 P.S. Model-T snowmobiles:
http://www.boingboing.net/2007/01/24/modelt-snowmobile-ha.html
http://www.modeltfordsnowmobile.com/
http://www.winnipesaukee.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1507

]]> <p>Posted January 1, 2008 1:37 PM by Alan Braggins</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/009764.html#239669 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/009764.html#239669 Tue, 01 Jan 2008 13:37:36 -0500