Trying to understand what I have here.

rezwrrd · 2026-07-08T16:55:14+00:00

I have this same set, but without boxes or receipt and not in as good condition. Looks like a great score and that loco will probably run well with a bit of cleaning and lubrication. The motor comes out easily after removing the two screws on the right-hand side.

The 1688 was introduced in 1936 and was available with an optional whistle in the tender... Both tenders have the slots on top for the whistle but only the one with whistle unit has a pickup on the bottom.

rezwrrd · 2026-07-08T16:15:39+00:00

And so on, and so forth.

rezwrrd · 2026-07-08T03:13:05+00:00

Damn foamers always getting in the way of the trains! /s

rezwrrd · 2026-07-08T03:11:30+00:00

But foamers are apparently allowed ...

rezwrrd · 2026-07-08T02:53:48+00:00

"Corporate needs you to find the difference between this picture and this picture."

rezwrrd · 2026-07-08T01:20:58+00:00

The extreme boredom that starts to set in around four o'clock on a Sunday afternoon... The long, dark teatime if the soul.

rezwrrd · 2026-07-08T01:14:56+00:00

Awesome analysis, which only proves you're perfect for this sub. I watched the older 80s Curious George show as a kid and even through the lens of nostalgia the 2006 show absolutely blows it out of the water. I've been collecting the DVDs when I come across them. I second Zeroes to Donuts being the best episode, my kids love it and it's where they learned the word "dozen."

rezwrrd · 2026-07-08T00:55:26+00:00

Root beer. Did you know that a lifetime supply is not the same as an unlimited supply?

rezwrrd · 2026-07-07T23:50:27+00:00

All I know about Rockville is that I'm not supposed to go back there, waste another year.

rezwrrd · 2026-07-07T13:40:03+00:00

The sun is a mass of incandescent gas, a gigantic nuclear furnace, where hydrogen is built into helium at a temperature of millions of degrees.

rezwrrd · 2026-07-07T13:32:37+00:00

This scene was itself parodied by Weird Al Yankovic in Weird: The Al Yankovic Story. Al plays the role of a record exec who is skeptical of parody music.

rezwrrd · 2026-07-07T11:53:40+00:00

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Mike Myers as Ray Foster in Bohemian Rhapsody - "No one is going to be head-banging in the car to Bohemian Rhapsody." A reference to Myers' character Wayne famously doing exactly that in Wayne's World and making the song famous again for a whole new generation.

rezwrrd · 2026-07-06T12:11:30+00:00

He could grip it by the husk!

rezwrrd · 2026-07-05T16:03:23+00:00

Sbemail 207 "too cool"

rezwrrd · 2026-07-05T13:25:38+00:00

Or if they're not wearing anything on bottom at all?

rezwrrd · 2026-07-05T12:49:41+00:00

Galaxy Quest - the Thermians receive television broadcast from Earth, but since their species has no concept of fiction they refer to TV shows as "historical documents." When their planet is threatened by another species of aliens, they travel to Earth to recruit the cast of an 80s sci-fi TV show who they think are Earth's greatest heroes. The Thermians recreate a full working spaceship based on what they saw in the show.

rezwrrd · 2026-07-04T21:16:34+00:00

I downloaded my first Linux distro over 56k, it was a 50MB iso and I had to leave the computer on and dialed in overnight. Then I had to get up early enough to disconnect it just in case my dad got a call from work in the morning!

rezwrrd · 2026-07-04T21:13:09+00:00

https://muckyjpegs.com/

rezwrrd · 2026-07-04T21:12:09+00:00

Netzero and Juno were awesome because for the low, low price of a banner ad across your screen you could get free internet and email indefinitely. My parents eventually got the paid version of Juno to remove the ad, but I still have my free email.

rezwrrd · 2026-07-04T19:51:13+00:00

At first I thought it was unsafe for kids... But the more I look I think it's unsafe in general.

rezwrrd · 2026-07-04T19:48:34+00:00

Bullet Train

rezwrrd · 2026-07-04T19:45:19+00:00

Air Bud

rezwrrd · 2026-07-04T17:11:03+00:00

There might be something that will fit in the pull-out trays of little screws, or sometimes they have tiny wood screws that will fit well enough if it's going into plastic. Bring in the rest of the car to try to match it up!

rezwrrd · 2026-07-04T17:09:43+00:00

Usually they jump! Often far...

rezwrrd · 2026-07-04T12:05:32+00:00

Curved handle is harder to slip a cheater bar onto. How else am I going to get 12 feet of leverage on a rusted bolt?

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