[rescue] Thanks, yall.

[Bill Bradford]

It's been a hell of a year. My cancer surgery six months ago, my ongoing
chemo daily (pills) that have messed with my appetite, caused ALL of my
hair to turn bright white, and make me take anti-nausea meds every eight
hours just to be able to function.. and then getting in a fender bender
last week which means my car won't be back until NEXT Thursday, which
means I've been relying on the kindness of a coworker to get to the office
and back.

So right now the only "fun" thing going on for me is trying to rebuild and
upgrade this '09 Mac Pro that work gave me last week, and y'all have come
out of the woodwork to contribute and sell me bits and parts to get those
upgrades done. It's literally the only reason I've enjoyed life at all the
past week or so, getting to tinker again.

Thanks, so much.

Bill

[Dave McGuire]

It's been a hell of a year.B My cancer surgery six months ago, my ongoing
chemo daily (pills) that have messed with my appetite, caused ALL of my
hair to turn bright white, and make me take anti-nausea meds every eight
hours just to be able to function.. and then getting in a fender bender
last week which means my car won't be back until NEXT Thursday, which
means I've been relying on the kindness of a coworker to get to the office
and back.
So right now the only "fun" thing going on for me is trying to rebuild and
upgrade this '09 Mac Pro that work gave me last week, and y'all have come
out of the woodwork to contribute and sell me bits and parts to get those
upgrades done.B It's literally the only reason I've enjoyed life at all the
past week or so, getting to tinker again.
Thanks, so much.

Hang in there, old friend.

-Dave

[William Enestvedt]

Dude, that white hair looks awesome...especially behind the wheel of the DIY
cop car!

- Will
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[Bill Bradford]

Post by William Enestvedt
Dude, that white hair looks awesome...especially behind the wheel of the DIY
cop car!

It's not a DIY cop car.. it IS a cop car :) Ex-TXDPS highway patrol cruiser.
I got a police center console installed two weekends ago, and the drivers-
side spotlight will go in as soon as I get it back from the body shop.

I'm turning into Kris Kirby (we used to give him so much hell for driving
P71s. When I got mine I emailed him to apologize...)

Bill

[Dave McGuire]

Post by William Enestvedt
Dude, that white hair looks awesome...especially behind the wheel of the DIY
cop car!

It's not a DIY cop car.. it IS a cop car :)B Ex-TXDPS highway patrol
cruiser.
I got a police center console installed two weekends ago, and the drivers-
side spotlight will go in as soon as I get it back from the body shop.
I'm turning into Kris Kirby (we used to give him so much hell for driving
P71s.B When I got mine I emailed him to apologize...)

Yeah, I wasn't gonna say anything, but.. ;)

So you've drank the cop-car k00l-aid? ;)

-Dave

[Bill Bradford]

Post by Dave McGuire
Yeah, I wasn't gonna say anything, but.. ;)
So you've drank the cop-car k00l-aid? ;)

Yeah, but I've not turned into THAT GUY yet. I don't pretend to be private
security, etc. I just enjoy the car.

THere's a pretty active local "Panther platform" car club too. Guys with
P71s, regular CVs, Mercury Grand Marquis, one guy with a Marauder, some Town
Cars.. etc.

Bill

[Phil Stracchino]

Post by Bill Bradford

Post by William Enestvedt
Dude, that white hair looks awesome...especially behind the wheel of the DIY
cop car!

It's not a DIY cop car.. it IS a cop car :) Ex-TXDPS highway patrol cruiser.
I got a police center console installed two weekends ago, and the drivers-
side spotlight will go in as soon as I get it back from the body shop.

"It's got a cop motor, a 440-cubic-inch plant. It's got cop tires, cop
suspension, cop shocks. It's a model made before catalytic converters so
it'll run good on regular gas."

[Carl R. Friend]

Post by Phil Stracchino
"It's got a cop motor, a 440-cubic-inch plant. It's got cop tires, cop
suspension, cop shocks. It's a model made before catalytic converters so
it'll run good on regular gas."

Thanks for the Blues Brothers reference. That one made my day.

But, "Fix the cigarette lighter."

Cheers!

[Steve Sandau]

Post by Phil Stracchino
"It's got a cop motor, a 440-cubic-inch plant. It's got cop tires, cop
suspension, cop shocks. It's a model made before catalytic converters so
it'll run good on regular gas."

B B Thanks for the Blues Brothers reference.B That one made my day.
B B But, "Fix the cigarette lighter."

Love it. The lighter part makes it that much better. :-)

And, back to Bill's original message about this list, it's nice to know
we're good for something! Over the past decade and a half that I have
participated here, it seems that Mr. Bill has put in a lot of effort,
and I am glad that something comes back for all that.

Thanks, Bill.

Steve

(I still have my subscription confirmation email from 2001. Why? I
suppose I'm just a digital hoarder.)//
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[Michael-John Turner]

Post by Steve Sandau
(I still have my subscription confirmation email from 2001. Why? I
suppose I'm just a digital hoarder.)//

Made me wonder if could find mine. No such luck, although I did find a
resubscribe request from March 2000. The earliest rescue mail I could find
was from January 1, 2000 (a list membership reminder!). My mail archives
from the 90s are a bit of a mess :(

To add to the chorus - thanks for everything Bill :)

Cheers, MJ

[Mike Spooner]

Here, here: in Bill's debt. Glad he is getting excited over his
middle-aged Mac, it can be lots of fun to "max out"
less-than-cutting-edge hardware to see what it can do against the babies!

-- Mike Spooner

--------- Original Message ---------
From: Steve Sandau
To: ***@sunhelp.org
Date: Tue Apr 03 22:41:59 GMT+01:00 2018
Subject: Re: [rescue] Thanks, yall.

Post by Phil Stracchino
"It's got a cop motor, a 440-cubic-inch plant. It's got cop tires, cop
suspension, cop shocks. It's a model made before catalytic converters so
it'll run good on regular gas."

B B Thanks for the Blues Brothers reference.B That one made my day.
B B But, "Fix the cigarette lighter."

Love it. The lighter part makes it that much better. :-)

And, back to Bill's original message about this list, it's nice to know
we're good for something! Over the past decade and a half that I have
participated here, it seems that Mr. Bill has put in a lot of effort,
and I am glad that something comes back for all that.

Thanks, Bill.

Steve

(I still have my subscription confirmation email from 2001. Why? I
suppose I'm just a digital hoarder.)//
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[William Enestvedt]

bFix the cigarette lighter.b

- Will
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Post by Phil Stracchino
"It's got a cop motor, a 440-cubic-inch plant. It's got cop tires, cop
suspension, cop shocks. It's a model made before catalytic converters so
it'll run good on regular gas."

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[Bill Bradford]

Post by Phil Stracchino
"It's got a cop motor, a 440-cubic-inch plant. It's got cop tires, cop
suspension, cop shocks. It's a model made before catalytic converters so
it'll run good on regular gas."

The very first song I played on the drive home when I picked it up was
"She Caught the Katy".

And the car's name is "Elwood".

Pics:

(from auction): http://www.mrbill.net/cv/pics/
http://www.mrbill.net/cv/pics2/
Got a push bar installed: http://www.mrbill.net/cv/pics3/

Bill

[Bill Bradford]

Post by Bill Bradford
(from auction): http://www.mrbill.net/cv/pics/
http://www.mrbill.net/cv/pics2/
Got a push bar installed: http://www.mrbill.net/cv/pics3/

And the police center console I got installed two weekends ago
after an eBay score:

http://www.mrbill.net/cv/pics4/

Next will be to install the driver-side spotlight that TXDPS removed
when they sold the car, and then I have a Whelen PAP112 airhorn (w/PA)
to get installed, which sounds like this:

Currently I just have the little 10W PA that runs off the CB radio,
but I'm taking that out when I put the Whelen in.

Bill

[William Enestvedt]

Post by Bill Bradford
The very first song I played on the drive home when I picked it up was
"She Caught the Katy".

Oh, so perfect!! *kisses fingers like a chef*

- Will
b
Will Enestvedt
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[Carl R. Friend]

Post by Bill Bradford
The very first song I played on the drive home when I picked it up was
"She Caught the Katy".

How could it be anything but?

Post by Bill Bradford
And the car's name is "Elwood".

For the win!

It's great to see you on the mend, Bill. Thanks for all you
do!

Cheers!

[Bill Bradford]

Post by Carl R. Friend
It's great to see you on the mend, Bill. Thanks for all you
do!

Thank YOU, Carl. Your collection pages are some of the earliest
"retrocomputing" sites I remember looking at on my SS1 on my desk at
ioNET in '95-96...

Bill

[Lincoln Fessenden]

Well, I drive a retired police motorcycle and enjoy the hell outa it ;)
Best commuter bike in the world.

Post by Bill Bradford

Post by William Enestvedt
Dude, that white hair looks awesome...especially behind the wheel of the DIY
cop car!

It's not a DIY cop car.. it IS a cop car :) Ex-TXDPS highway patrol cruiser.
I got a police center console installed two weekends ago, and the drivers-
side spotlight will go in as soon as I get it back from the body shop.
I'm turning into Kris Kirby (we used to give him so much hell for driving
P71s. When I got mine I emailed him to apologize...)
Bill
--
Bill Bradford
Houston, Texas USA
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[Sandwich Maker]

" From: Steve Sandau <***@gwi.net>
"
"
" (I still have my subscription confirmation email from 2001. Why? I
" suppose I'm just a digital hoarder.)//
" _______________________________________________

mine's from '03. thanks, bill.
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internet rambler is to see what all have seen
***@an.bradford.ma.us and think what none thought
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[Arno Kletzander]

Post by Carl R. Friend
It's great to see you on the mend, Bill.
Thanks for all you do!
Cheers!

2^n - edB :-^)

My thoughts were with you every once in a while.

All the best once again.


Regards,

Arno // DO4NAK
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[Bill Bradford]

Post by Bill Bradford
So right now the only "fun" thing going on for me is trying to rebuild and
upgrade this '09 Mac Pro that work gave me last week, and y'all have come
out of the woodwork to contribute and sell me bits and parts to get those
upgrades done. It's literally the only reason I've enjoyed life at all the
past week or so, getting to tinker again.

And, I finished the upgrades today.

Mac Pro (2009) with the 4,1 -> 5,1 firmware hack
CPU: 3.2Ghz quad-core Xeon (upgraded from 2.66Ghz quad-core.. I still have
Arctic Silver thermal paste on my fingertips..)
RAM: 32G of nice Dell ECC server RAM in place of the original 16G
Primary Boot: Samsung 830 128G SSD, on an OWC PCIe controller card.
Other drives: Two Intel 710 100G SSDs in primary drive bays,
One Sun-branded 1TB 7200rpm HD in primary drive bay
Video card: Radeon HD5770 (I also ended up with a NV800GT, but the
Radeon arrived today, a week earlier than expected, so
the NV was only in for about two hours).
OS: High Sierra OSX 10.13.4

Thanks, y'all, for all the help and parts and such.

Bill