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Old 09-14-2010, 11:19 AM   #101
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Progress on the doors is at http://yankeflyer.com/Mobilestudio.aspx

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Old 09-24-2010, 06:19 PM   #102
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Just before this web site went down, I had posted that the place next door to me is for sale. A couple of things compelled me to present that information to this august body of school bus conversion enthusiasts.

First and foremost, it is simply put, for sale. And since it is zoned commercial and the former home of the city's ambulance service and fire Department, this former high-end residents has many possibilities. I'll post the pictures again, in hopes that I can still influence who purchases this property next door to me and hopefully they'll have some interest in school bus conversion's and the arts.

Dr. Lulu posted her pictures of her trip into the Rockies with her girlfriends. I took a look around her locations on google earth and was very impressed with the destinations and distance traveled. I spent most of my adult life in and about the Rocky Mountains a specially the northern Rockies. And then there was a picture of the girlfriends on the trip and I thought yup that's who I want as my neighbors.

But the web site went down, my post disappeared and a little voice that has seemed to have settled in to this old man's head -- said -- careful what you wish for.

Wise counsel is so hard to come by these days, though skoolies by virtue of their skill set, for the most part seemed to have retained much of what made the middle-class in America great.

You can buy your bus, strip out the seats and move-in. From there, you can head to North Carolina or Wyoming or for brief visit to Quartzsite Arizona. I was only going to be there for two months and it turned into two years. Sometimes I go through time like I have all that I want and there is always more from where that (time) came from.

Or you can build a bus like Smitty did, sort of like forcing a square peg into a not so round hole. Sort of like being all dressed up with nowhere to go. The Brown Crown is my favorite but there are at least a top 10 of equals.

The property next door to mine has been divided up with the city keeping the four -- stall shop building that housed the fire trucks and ambulances from the main house residents. The place I have was a onetime part of the complex sort of a small guest house. If I produce the body of work that I hope to and have a small start on, this place will be an art gallery/studio.

Politics these days is like our weather, extreme swings from mild to wild, drought to flood, everyone is affected by the uncertainty and polarizing rhetoric.

The less I see of it, on this web site the better.

But if I have to make a political statement relative to the skoolies web site-what this country needs is inexpensive 22.5 tires for our buses. Here Here

Ok for some reaso I can`t put pics up - they will be at my website http://yankeflyer.com/default.aspx
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Old 09-24-2010, 10:46 PM   #103
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Politics these days is like our weather, extreme swings from mild to wild, drought to flood, everyone is affected by the uncertainty and polarizing rhetoric.

The less I see of it, on this web site the better.

But if I have to make a political statement relative to the skoolies web site-what this country needs is inexpensive 22.5 tires for our buses. Here Here

Ok for some reaso I can`t put pics up - they will be at my website http://yankeflyer.com/default.aspx
yeah the weather is one reasen why i stay out of the flat lands east of the rocky's!

and hell yes th the 22.5's i want to get rid of my 900-20 split rimes
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Old 10-05-2010, 02:51 PM   #104
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still an error message after trying to attach pic
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Old 10-05-2010, 03:05 PM   #105
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I had same problem, file too big
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Old 10-05-2010, 03:20 PM   #106
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error message in red - Could not upload attachment to ./files/1163_b5f9f1586a61e8d888aa4a096f3c21a0.
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Old 10-05-2010, 05:42 PM   #107
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error message in red - Could not upload attachment to ./files/1163_b5f9f1586a61e8d888aa4a096f3c21a0.

i get the same thing and i can't upload my avatar ether!!!!
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Old 10-05-2010, 07:28 PM   #108
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Re: 84 Thomas - The Yankeflyer

I'm having the same problem uploading pics. Size is not the problem either. I tried shrinking them down way smaller than my usual size and it still would not take them. I get the same kind of error message.
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Old 10-05-2010, 08:12 PM   #109
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I gave up on posting pics through this web site server. Too much hassle. Best thing to do is a photo hosting service.
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Old 10-05-2010, 09:02 PM   #110
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I put mine on Flickr.com
for what its worth
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Old 10-05-2010, 10:24 PM   #111
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Photo gallerie still works and I just uploaded a pic-http://www.skoolie.net/gallery2/v/Sk...T6487.JPG.html
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Old 10-06-2010, 01:15 AM   #112
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Photo gallerie still works and I just uploaded a pic-http://www.skoolie.net/gallery2/v/Sk...T6487.JPG.html
not if you can't get one to start for you!!!!
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Old 10-13-2010, 11:14 AM   #113
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I thought I was hitting a patch of rough road on I-80 just east of North Platt Nebraska when suddenly the CB blasted out a loud trucker voice " Hey skoolie you lost a tire. Right ahead of me was an exit sign to a rest area so I pulled in and sure enough the inside drivers side tire was completly shreaded and only the side walls were still on the rim. http://www.skoolie.net/gallery2/v/Sk...mas/?g2_page=2 Though I had the tools to take off the wheel, I did not have a spare tire.

Everything around that wheel well was too hot to touch, after about an hour, I drove the last few miles into N.Platt and went to the first truck stop. They had one used tire and for 250 bucks it could be mine. Crap they had me and there was no way I was going to drive the bus with out the tire, I could just see the bus with the other tire failling and the rim setting on the pavement. So the old credit card takes a hit and I`m back on the road again.

The tire that blew was a recap and the rough road I though I was hitting was acually the tread coming off.
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Old 10-13-2010, 11:47 AM   #114
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Photo gallerie still works and I just uploaded a pic-http://www.skoolie.net/gallery2/v/Sk...T6487.JPG.html
I emailed Steve (webmaster) and he did not know there were problems posting pics. He changed some setting and fixed the problem. I am now able to load pics from my hard drive into my discussion threads.
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Old 10-13-2010, 01:12 PM   #115
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Ya well still not loading a pic for me - posting an img just shows the file address in my hard drive and trying the attachment up load - the screen just goes white after I click on add file - Hey Steve
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Old 10-18-2010, 08:28 AM   #116
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Hi Doc, good to hear from you. The CB on a low setting enables short range communication so you don`t have to hear all the babbel on channel 19.

The art website is new and very interesting with its world wide reach and membership. http://fineartamerica.com/featured/j...es-mulloy.html
I own a lot in Colorado City just south of Pueblo and hope to put an A frame on it some day and spend my summers there. It was so hot here in Oklahoma this summer but sure is nice now.

Most locomotive engineers in the U.S. are union members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen and I`m still an active member, though now retired from the Railroad http://www.ble-t.org/ , I guess that makes me the opposite of tea party republicans - But hey going camping with the girls sounds like fun and the fishing in those high mt lakes in the Rockies is a great time. Elk camp is going on right now for my old buds there in NE Wyoming.

My bus is on the back burner for now and is tucked away behind the house for now .

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Old 11-05-2010, 07:03 PM   #117
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Has any body put 24" wheels and tires on their bus
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Old 11-27-2010, 01:24 PM   #118
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ok I guess thats a no - it does appear I`ve uploaded a picture - have`nt been able to do that for awhile.
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For sale 3500 great start on your bus project - got too many projects.

http://www.skoolie.net/gallery2/v/Skoolies/84+Thomas/

Might let the car hauler go with it if sells for more than the asking price - goes on craigs list in a couple days


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Ok its on craigslist and in the local paper - started it up today - runs great - still need to move the last of my stuff out.
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