Re: International Green Jacket Day - 03/17 . . .

Russo Loco Wrote:
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> bonefish Wrote (on another thread):
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> > Let's not forget that today is National 3/16th
> Day
> > as well, for all the S gaugers out there . . .
>
> . . .  Which is the same as
> 1:64 Day, for all of you young
> whippersnappers getting ready to retire.
>    
>
> > And there's something goin' on tomorrow as
> well,
> > tho it escapes me at the moment . . .
>
>
> Ye wouldna' be thinkin' o' Saint Patrick's Day
> would ya, Mike?
>
> IIRC, St. Paddy's day is - or at least used to be
> - a MUCH bigger deal here in the States than
> across the pond in Ireland.  Is it also a big
> deal in other lands with relatively large numbers
> of Irish immy-Grants, such as Odds-Trailya,
> Kiwi-Vania and (Gnu) Mexi-Maco?? *
>
> IMHO, in honor of Shamrocks everywhere, each of us
> should post a photo or two of his or her favorite
> Green-Jacketed Loco.**
> My choice is pretty obvious, so I'll start with
> this one:
> [attachment 40316 100525-440.jpg]
>
> I've seen a Model-A Ford here in Ventura painted
> much the same - dark olive green hood and shiny
> black body & fenders - VERY classy!!
>
> - Rhyuss O'Lauceaugh, El Greengo y
> Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y
> Verdes,
> aka Der
> DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHaben
> der Grossväterchen
>
>   * Walt Kelly's spelling, per Pogo. 
> IIRC, nearly as many Irish migrated to Mexico
> during the mid-1800's as to the U.S.; one of my
> friends in high school was an exchange student
> from a village near Ixtaccíhuatl named Eduardo
> Miguel O'Rourke.
>
> ** Steam Locos, that is - not crazy green-jacketed
> winners of the golf championships.


The light is just right' she is nice and clean looks great. Will have to do it again.

Bill from up north.