TCM. You can search the TCM site (do a "library search") for it and see some (or all?) of it online. It's a comedy:
Earthworm Tractors (1936)
CAST: Joe E. Brown, June Travis, Guy Kibbee.
Director: Ray Enright.
At the urging of his ambitious girlfriend, a salesman starts hawking tractors.BW-69m
It's based on the Alexander Botts stories by William Hazlett Upson that appeared in the Saturday Evening Post back in the 20's-50's
Anyway it primed the pump for us to head out to the Brooks Steam up. Here's Henry and Me, sweating in the heat (Eric and Marcel to the right) That big flywheel is whizzing around behind us:
It was a fun day and Henry had a meltdown when we left all the trains, tractors and engines. We didn't take a lot of pics as it took all of our energy to manhandle Henry in the (high 90's) heat.
At the flea market I found a Whitworth thread gage, which I'll never use but love to have just in case. Joseph Whitworth is one of those men who had an incredible impact on human history yet remain largely unknown (outside of their field) due people's ignorance of engineering history.
There was a cool woodworking multimachine there, lathe, tablesaw, bandsaw and? all powered by a big old engine:
Later on when we got home Henry discovered some boxes:
So it was another fun weekend for all.
I've been communicating with a long lost relative, related through my Great-great-grandfather Aaron Carter (click link for larger)
So I had my dad send me a picture of him. I threaten Felice that I'm going to grow sideburns like that someday...
Now it's Monday and I have to work....
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Twat.
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