What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend? (51 Viewers)

[M0untaineer]

Logged 500 miles over 4 days across the heart of Appalachia in WV and VA. Dirt, gravel, two track and seasonal forest service roads aplenty. We hit the weather lottery and the leaves were near peak.

Great Photos! Looks like a fun trip...

 

[LS1FJ40]

Ha! The build quality is worlds apart - but at least they both share straight sixes and solid axles. Here was a mid trip mod - we were about to lend up dragging the rear muffler on the next rock on the road. Gotta love small towns - impromptu muffler replacement in an hour for $150 bucks TOTAL.

That minivan has more plastic that a 45 year old Laguna divorcé...

 

[DangerCl0se]

Went down to little sahara with 19 boy scouts ... had a blast:

 

[landcruiser80]

Here's some weird questions:
Why do y'all celebrate Thanksgiving in October?
Do y'all celebrate it the same as we do in USA?

ETA: found my answers!
Today is the Canadian Thanksgiving holiday, which is sort of like American Thanksgiving but not nearly as big a deal, and with none of that New England Plymouth pilgrim backstory. It’s barely celebrated in Eastern Canada and in Quebec it's just a day off; most Canadians have their big family get-togethers at Christmas, which is a two-day holiday here with Boxing Day tacked on. For Thanksgiving, there are no Black Friday sales (although the stores really try) and for most people, it's pretty low-key.
This has a lot to do with the holiday's history, which is muddy; some say the holiday dates back to Martin Frobisher giving thanks for surviving a tough voyage to the Arctic in 1578. Others ascribe it to Samuel de Champlain and his Order of Good Cheer in 1604, a clever idea that kept the gang happy through the very long winters. The reality (and the reason it is such a big deal in Ontario) is probably more prosaic; thousands of Americans who supported the Crown in the American Revolution moved north and brought their traditions with them, including turkey and pumpkin on Thanksgiving.

Nobody quite knew when to celebrate it, either. It bounced around late October and early November until 1921, when it was decided to celebrate it with Armistice Day, the solemn holiday honoring the dead of the Great War. This was not a good idea because Canada, which fought for four years, lost a disproportionately large number of soldiers in the trenches, so Nov. 11 is a somber remembrance while Thanksgiving is a happy holiday. In 1931, the two were separated. It took until 1957 for Parliament to fix Thanksgiving as the second Monday in October. All the farmers still bringing in the crops thought it ridiculously early to be having a harvest holiday, as they were still working, but Canada was already predominantly urban, and the government didn’t want to have yet another day off work too close to Nov. 11 and Christmas. One politician noted that “the farmers’ own holiday has been stolen by the towns” to give them a long weekend when the weather was better.”

Wow, I am actually impressed that you took the time to look it all up. There is a stigma up here that Americans don't know anything about us and our holidays, whereas we know all about yours. @#% USA.

 

[hamishpotter]

lol. I have celebrated several Canadian Thanksgivings. I also thought it was in October due to the higher latitude and so earlier harvests

 

[landcruiser80]

I also thought it was in October due to the higher latitude and so earlier harvests

Everyone has there own theory's as to why it is in Oct but no one really knows who is right. I personally think it is because Canadians liked the idea of the holiday, but didn't want to be copycats. Thus they moved it to Oct.

 

[Dragos80]

What are "Canadians" and what do they do?

 

[LS1FJ40]

What are "Canadians" and what do they do?

Beat me to it...

 

[Dragos80]

Maybe they come from Texas

 

[Mission80]

L

 

[NLXTACY]

What are "Canadians" and what do they do?

Mexicans with sweaters. Everyone knows that.

 

[Dragos80]

Never been to that part of Mexico.

 

[landcruiser80]

What are "Canadians" and what do they do?

lol. We supply your lumber and you pay us big $$$ to come up here and hunt.

 

[Dragos80]

I got it!!!
Oregon.
What do I win?

 

[landcruiser80]

Water. Got plenty of that.

 

[NLXTACY]

Water. Got plenty of that.

What's that?

 

[LS1FJ40]

Not the weekend but my 80 won't start. Stranded in the parking lot at work...

 

[NLXTACY]

Not the weekend but my 80 won't start. Stranded in the parking lot at work...

Hmm, 3FE right? Hmm.

 

[ewillis]

Not the weekend but my 80 won't start. Stranded in the parking lot at work...

Never heard of such a thing with the 1FZ-FE...oh wait...just read your sig (might wanna fix that "going strong" part)

 

[LS1FJ40]

She's running. She actually fired right up when I tried her again. If I hadn't been in a hurry I would've figured it out. Fusible link. Got it to replicate. Fixed. 3FE POWA!!

Yeah, never hear of such things with the 1FZ-FE because there are so many bigger problems with the 1FZ-FE than to waste time talking about a fusible link. Usually when they won't run it is a melted wire harness or a blown head gasket. Minor problems...

Back to chugging along slowly and reliably.