tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38327914949585641582024-03-13T20:06:17.947-04:00My Forays into Fiber and other Geeky ThingsIt's quite simple.
I knit, no... spin...no work on computers... I find geeky encompasses lots of areas. This is one of them.ComputerMechanichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08518308908524209225noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3832791494958564158.post-84167239302027798692022-12-04T08:58:00.004-05:002022-12-04T08:58:48.739-05:00Hunter Biden emails<p> Putting the URL to bypass twitter </p><p></p><p><br /></p><p></p><h1 class="firstHeading mw-first-heading" id="firstHeading">https://ddosecrets.com/wiki/Hunter_Biden_emails <br /></h1><h1 class="firstHeading mw-first-heading" id="firstHeading">Hunter Biden emails</h1><h1 class="firstHeading mw-first-heading" id="firstHeading">Approximately 128,500 emails allegedly from the Hunter Biden laptop.
The emails are primarily dated between 2009 and 2019. There are some
anomalies with the dates and the number of emails, in addition to
concerns about the chain of custody. <b>There are considerable issues with this data-set <i>including signs of tampering</i></b>. </h1><h1 class="firstHeading mw-first-heading" id="firstHeading">https://ddosecrets.com/wiki/Distributed_Denial_of_Secrets<br /></h1><h1 class="firstHeading mw-first-heading" id="firstHeading"><br /></h1><p></p>Computer Mechanichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00649096542799114582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3832791494958564158.post-27922618075700978572019-06-20T07:20:00.003-04:002019-06-20T07:27:39.812-04:00The dangers of the world of warcraft. This embedded JPG is not mine, I found it, added it to the collection I forget when; now I repost.<br />
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<br />Computer Mechanichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00649096542799114582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3832791494958564158.post-69120223894577123852017-11-02T19:51:00.000-04:002017-11-02T23:08:55.952-04:00Roadkill on the Information Superhighway.I miss dos, I seriously do.<br />
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Bluewave offline Blue wave packet reader<br />
Qwk Reader and all around best piece of off<br />
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Why you ask<br />
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Siglines<br />
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As you can see, my time on the DOS side of the web was not short,<br />
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So lets start with the list of possible siglines I can use with this?<br />
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Hmm which one to chose to make the sarcasm a bit more pointed?<br />
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OS/2 vs. Windows is a no-Win situation. or<br />
or How do you make Windows faster? Throw it harder!<br />
or Bang on the LEFT side of your computer to restart Windows...<br />
or OS/2 - Half an operating system?<br />
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In an OS discussion group.<br />
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Or<br />
Pure SNARK <br />
"Amazing God would waste skin on trash like that..." -- Crow<br />
"And I say I'm dead and I move." -- The Crow<br />
"And the shadows... my God, the shadows..." -- The Crow <br />
"Mama say stupid is as stupid does." Forrest Gump<br />
"Jenny and me was like peas and carrots." Forrest Gump<br />
"Are you stupid of something?" Jenny<br />
in a movie group<br />
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Emoticon lessons<br />
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Emoticon: !-( Black eye<br />
Emoticon: $-) Alex P. Keaton<br />
Emoticon: %*@:-( Hung over<br />
Emoticon: %-) User has been staring at screen for 15 hours.<br />
Emoticon: %-6 User is braindead<br />
Emoticon: %-<i> Drunk with laughter<br />Emoticon: '-) Wink<br />Emoticon: ((((8-) Marge Simpson<br />Emoticon: (-: User is left handed<br />Emoticon: (8-)= Sent by an owl<br />Emoticon: (8-o It's Mr. Bill!<br />Emoticon: (:-).... Man drooling<br />Emoticon: (:I Egghead<br />Emoticon: (:\/ Sent by a duck<br />Emoticon: )8-) Scuba smiley big-face<br />Emoticon: ):-( Unsmiley big-face<br /><:- a="" br="" claus="" hat="" is="" nbsp="" santa="" user="" wearing="">Emoticon: +:-) Smiley priest<br />Emoticon: ,-) One eyed winking man<br />Emoticon: - -:-¨ Real punk rockers don't smile<br />Emoticon: -::-) User is a punk rocker<br />Emoticon: -O "Omigod!!" (done after "rm -rf *" ?)<br />Emoticon: .-{] One eyed pirate w/ moustache<br />Emoticon: /:-| Mr. Spock<br />Emoticon: 3:[ Mean Pet smilie<br />Emoticon: 3:] Pet smilie<br />Emoticon: 7:^] Ronald Regan?<br />Emoticon: 8 :-) User is a wizard<br />Emoticon: 8-) User wears glasses<br />Emoticon: 8-] "wow, maaan"<br />Emoticon: 8-| Eyes wide with surprise<br />Emoticon: 8:-) Glasses on forehead<br />Emoticon: 8:-) User is a little girl<br />Emoticon: :'-( User is crying<br />Emoticon: :'-) User is so happy, s/he is crying<br />Emoticon: :( Sad<br />Emoticon: :) Happy<br />Emoticon: :) Midget smilie<br />Emoticon: :* Kisses<br />Emoticon: :*) User is drunk<br />Emoticon: :*> cat<br />Emoticon: :+( Punched nose, hurt<br />Emoticon: :,( Crying<br />Emoticon: :-! foot in mouth<br />Emoticon: :-# My lips are sealed<br />Emoticon: :-# User wears braces<br />Emoticon: :-#| Smiley face with bushy mustache<br />Emoticon: :-$ Smiley face with it's mouth wired shut<br />Emoticon: :-% Smiley banker<br />Emoticon: :-& User is tongue tied.<br />Emoticon: :-' Smoker<br />Emoticon: :-( Frowning smilie.<br />Emoticon: :-( ) you backed your car over my toe<br />Emoticon: :-) Your basic smile.<br />Emoticon: :-)( Mixed Emotion Smile<br />Emoticon: :-)-8 User is a Big girl<br />Emoticon: :-)8 Sent by gentleman (bow tie)<br />Emoticon: :-)=--- Man with a tie<br />Emoticon: :-)~ User drools<br />Emoticon: :-* Oops!<br />Emoticon: :-* User just ate something sour<br />Emoticon: :-, "Hmmmm "<br />Emoticon: :--) Jamie Farr (Clinger from M*A*S*H)<br />Emoticon: :-/ User is skeptical<br />Emoticon: :-0 No Yelling! (Quiet Lab)<br />Emoticon: :-1 Smiley bland face<br />Emoticon: :-6 Smiley sticking out Tongue<br />Emoticon: :-7 Smiley after a wry statement<br />Emoticon: :-8( Condescending stare<br />Emoticon: :-9 User is licking his/her lips<br />Emoticon: :-: Mutant Smilie<br />Emoticon: :-< Moustache<br />Emoticon: :-=) Older smiley with mustache<br />Emoticon: :-> Hey, hey!<br />Emoticon: :-> User just made a really biting sarcastic remark<br />Emoticon: :-? Sherlock Holmes with a calabash<br />Emoticon: :-? User smokes a pipe<br />Emoticon: :-@ User is screaming<br />Emoticon: :-C User is really bummed<br />Emoticon: :-d Lefty smiley razzing you<br />Emoticon: :-D User is laughing (at you!)<br />Emoticon: :-E Bucktoothed vampire<br />Emoticon: :-e Disappointed smiley<br />Emoticon: :-F Bucktoothed vampire with one tooth missing<br />Emoticon: :-I Hmm<br />Emoticon: :-I Indifferent smilie.<br />Emoticon: :-j Left smiling smilely<br />Emoticon: :-k Beats me, looks like something, tho.<br />Emoticon: :-l Y. a. s.<br />Emoticon: :-O Shouting.<br />Emoticon: :-o Yawn<br />Emoticon: :-P Nyah, nyah<br />Emoticon: :-p Smiley sticking its tongue out (at you!)<br />Emoticon: :-P Tongue hanging out in anticipation<br />Emoticon: :-q Smiley trying to touch its tongue to its nose<br />Emoticon: :-Q User is a smoker<br />Emoticon: :-s Smiley after a BIZARRE comment<br />Emoticon: :-S User just made an incoherent statement<br />Emoticon: :-t Cross smileù<br />Emoticon: :-x "My lips are sealed" smiley<br />Emoticon: :-x Kiss kiss<br />Emoticon: :-Y A quiet aside<br />Emoticon: :-z Y.a.c.s.<br />Emoticon: :-[ Pouting<br />Emoticon: :-[ User is a Vampire<br />Emoticon: :-\ Undecided smiley<br />Emoticon: :-] Smiley blockhead<br />Emoticon: :-` Smiley spitting out its chewing tobacco<br />Emoticon: :-{ Mustache<br />Emoticon: :-{ Smiley variation on a theme<br />Emoticon: :-{)> User has moustachå & gotee</:-></i><br />
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<br />ComputerMechanichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08518308908524209225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3832791494958564158.post-87849793465779971152015-11-06T08:59:00.001-05:002015-11-06T08:59:08.564-05:00Pict<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Computer Mechanichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00649096542799114582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3832791494958564158.post-74108802752746065502014-06-10T06:49:00.003-04:002014-06-10T06:49:55.662-04:00MPHGLOTR<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Computer Mechanichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00649096542799114582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3832791494958564158.post-17960134294217897822014-02-23T09:50:00.001-05:002018-11-29T08:06:22.322-05:00SKI HICKORY!My last birthday, I went skiing. This is how I always spend my birthday.<br />
However this time I went back to one of my favorite places in the 'Dax<br />
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<a href="http://hickoryskicenter.com/">Hickory Ski Center</a><br />
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For a place that's been around since 1946!; it remains a little known area outside of <a href="http://townofwarrensburg.org/">Warrensburg</a> NY <br />
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They re-opened 2009-2010 after having a hiatus of a few years.<br />
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First things first, there are no chair lifts at this mountain. This fact may turn away most skiers. <br />
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POMA LIFT EXAMPLE<br />
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Don't let the this scare you off.<br />
POMA is one of the faster lifts.<br />
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The only drawback that I found was for every down there is an up.<br />
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You ski the mountain both ways.<br />
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Secondly, in the era of global warming, It's natural snow only...<br />
So you get what you get.<br />
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Ski Report 2-17-2014<br />
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My wife and I got up there around noon, I don't normally ski longer than four hours since I have had broken my right leg back in 1991 at <a href="https://winter.mtbaldyresort.com/" target="_blank">Mt Baldy</a> (long story there)<br />
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She found the place delightful and rustic. I had plans to go with a friend, but he could not make it, so Harriet stepped in to keep me company.<br />
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The lodge had been rebuilt in the 70's after a fire, but they used the original plans to build it they way it looked in the 40's (best I could tell)<br />
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You have to understand, it's not the lodge that makes the experience, it's the people.<br />
It's as if you are part of a small club, the staff are warm and welcoming.<br />
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There were quite a few "this is the first time we've been here." folks also.<br />
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My wife does not ski. So her hanging out in the lodge required us to make sure she had things to do. She packed her knitting, her drop spindle, audio books, comfy chair and lunch; as the lodge just has picnic tables.<br />
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She set up next to the fire place, settled in and I was off to the slopes.<br />
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Three days earlier there was a 15 inch snow fall, but I know the slopes<br />
so I grabbed my rock skis that I had found on the side of the road in May this year.<br />
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I rode Poma 1 to the mid-station to the top of Honey Run to test my legs, the snow and my new to me remounted bindings.<br />
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The snow had been packed down, but there was some "freshies" still on the side of the trail. Don't get me wrong, there is nothing off about fresh powder, but I had been skiing just an average of two outings a winter for the last twelve years.<br />
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I may be an expert skier, but I ain't stupid. Honey Run was kind to my legs so I dropped down to the T-bar as that area of the mountain is the first place to melt off and I had never seen the T-bar run before.<br />
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Let's say I am no fan of the newer t-bars.... I could not get the movable T positioned correctly so I wrapped my arm around the tube and the T and was dragged up-right on my skis up hill. Needless to say that's the last time I went near the T-Bar.<br />
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At the top of the T-bar I headed over to Cotton Tail then traversed to Poma-2<br />
Poma 2 for the uninitiated runs faster than Poma 1. It also runs over a variable landscape of rills and hillocks. Luckily, the snow was forgiving.<br />
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I will not go into details of the rest of my runs, but I took a lunch break around 2 pm to check on Harriet and eat.<br />
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She was engaged in conversation as always and she never got to hear her audio books and barely knit!<br />
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I hit the slope again to poma 1 then went on slope for another hour.<br />
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My legs let me know I was done after I hit Upper Beatnik. My right leg had a cramp, so I took it slowly and actually wound up making fresh tracks in the middle of Upper Beatnik.<br />
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At 3:30 I was done for the day, the lodge was closing down and the last shift for ski patrol had hit the slopes for clearing.<br />
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I advise anyone who is search of a memorable ski area GO HERE!<br />
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More pic's at this <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=hickory+ski+area&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=8v8JU8ffPKmMyQHM7YDQDw&ved=0CAoQ_AUoAg&biw=1024&bih=630" target="_blank">gallery</a>...<br />
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<br />ComputerMechanichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08518308908524209225noreply@blogger.com043 Hickory Hill Road, Warrensburg, NY 12885, USA43.470071 -73.81121643.466615999999995 -73.8162585 43.473526 -73.8061735tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3832791494958564158.post-49809305547018007612013-09-05T07:24:00.000-04:002013-09-05T07:24:00.697-04:00From the ashes, rise.Yes, it's me. After a long hiatus, I decided to dust off my blog and let you know what's happening in my part of the world.<br />
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I have knit some, Kali, the cat in my lap from the last post, has left us and left a hole in my heart.<br />
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One of the most amazing things happened, We,my wife <a href="http://artisanwoman.com/">Harriet</a> and I, bought a house,<br />
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You have to understand that this was one of the most stressful, happy, agonizing four months of my life.<br />
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We found it by accident. We were not looking for it. It happened.<br />
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We were out driving one day along Rosendale/River Road in Niskyuna. <br />
One of the great houses that have been renovated/restored went on the market. Take a minute pull up google maps and query this address:2947 Rosendale Road, Schenectady, United States. Now do a "street view"<br />
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Oh here it is... <br />
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$420,000<br />
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Oops a little out of the price range.<br />
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So, Harriet had Zillow on her Iphone, zoomed out to the wider area of Albany and found something... listed for $127,500 (let that sink in for a minute)<br />
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NOTHING in the area lists under $150,000 unless there is a wet basement, needs a new roof, all new plumbing, has been abandoned, has a tree growing out of the roof, etc.<br />
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Except, This particular house was IN OUR TARGET neighborhood!<br />
Has only two particulars listed.<br />
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1190 sq feet, two baths.<br />
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No other data except for the address.<br />
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This is what we saw when we got there...<br />
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Hmm, does not look all that bad...<br />
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In fact, it was listed entirely wrong.<br />
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particulars from the first walk through.<br />
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Three bed rooms, two full baths and an additional 800 square feet on the first floor<br />
not in the original listing.<br />
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We did something totally unexpected, I put an offer in for asking price.<br />
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and waited for the news.<br />
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Two weeks later and an additional $12,500 on my offer, my bid was accepted.<br />
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Mind you, I went in ONE WEEK, from not having ANY idea what I could get in the way of financing to having a mortgage application in.<br />
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I had to clean up an old paid off debt on TUESDAY that week to having a mortgage<br />
commitment letter on FRIDAY.<br />
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That was the second week of May.<br />
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Then the roller coaster.... of the deal falling apart at any minute to sitting in the living room of said house after closing on August the 7th, I have lived here<br />
now for 1 week and 3 days.<br />
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I now have become a complete adult..<br />
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More later<br />
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CM <br />
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<br />ComputerMechanichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08518308908524209225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3832791494958564158.post-67971631115533054592011-12-25T13:39:00.004-05:002011-12-25T18:35:05.591-05:00Don't know how it feels; to be thick as a brickMy gods, it's been a full year since the last posting and<br />I have no idea why I still keep this active.<br />Let's just say that I need to toss out some at length writing<br />to remind me that I still occasionally write.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyEgKU-gwmWoKvI5qrXZmtTVZ3WXVTGA2gw7Nr5hPNyOHCUPLVYnIorTZKDaCbN_o7aQju_SDaU0AVkZ8fKw72MUZsBbPfppxD3NOikiF0d13p7SSxcHw40GwGDa3-QAu7XTy9-OzTFaQi/s1600/IM000898.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyEgKU-gwmWoKvI5qrXZmtTVZ3WXVTGA2gw7Nr5hPNyOHCUPLVYnIorTZKDaCbN_o7aQju_SDaU0AVkZ8fKw72MUZsBbPfppxD3NOikiF0d13p7SSxcHw40GwGDa3-QAu7XTy9-OzTFaQi/s200/IM000898.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690138480240209746" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />This year's tree... 2011<br /><br />Earlier this evening, found an almost dead<br />cat on the road. Of course I had to stop<br />take her off the street.<br /><br />Another victim of the road...<br />she rests near my outdoor altar.<br /><br />That's not how the day should have gone.<br />but it's almost a wistful wheeze ending of the year,<br />less than a whimper, a petering-out.<br /><br />It's been a roller coaster, a year long slog through<br />the dark side of my soul.<br /><br />Now, at the ending, I rejoice that<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Morgan LeChat</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />The Empress of the Known Universe,</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Queen of the depths beyond ,</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />and Protector of the Outer-Realm</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnbOxfqQ7X0ZsA8YGK6O5NOA5hTRG2XU8xR4IKyVngLtjYf6rVUVaG1A74Ncfe1YwociG-ahrjBJWOY4uFcWjsJfQktvzmCz3OJc5w_wNKgYqVgXgqqnKc9K7IGc8yNYD-sAQDrYTr86R3/s1600/catlump.bmp"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnbOxfqQ7X0ZsA8YGK6O5NOA5hTRG2XU8xR4IKyVngLtjYf6rVUVaG1A74Ncfe1YwociG-ahrjBJWOY4uFcWjsJfQktvzmCz3OJc5w_wNKgYqVgXgqqnKc9K7IGc8yNYD-sAQDrYTr86R3/s200/catlump.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690210826359172930" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Herself when she was feasting on lizards<br />at her winter home in Florida (98-2000)<br /><br />Is now up to her all time high weight<br />since she got sick over the summer.<br /><br />Weighed 6 LBS 3 Oz 8/27/2011<br />Weighed 8 LBS 13 OZ 12/25/2011<br /><br />I have successfully knit a toddler sweater<br />for my Grand-Niece<br /><br />and another year has gone by....<br /><br />I still am in love with my wife, Harriet<br />and I still have the same job I started the year with.<br /><br />I still drive the same car..<br /><br />That's life in the north country.. slow<br />enduring.ComputerMechanichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08518308908524209225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3832791494958564158.post-28253143988351464372010-12-19T09:55:00.011-05:002010-12-19T10:44:12.320-05:00The silver cord lies on the ground...Greetings from the North-Country;<br /><br />It's been far too long, and it's December already.<br /><br />The garden has gone from this<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnr0mKPf2F-H9fQ1iH5q7QmrpESQmQJgsDE7x0HiabQnDhxe6BEOCatk_Rne0VagbjD_p9m93W6cbkHECm_oTbEbjDE5TOMVkLKy53yTRoRHOFBJGGWIwJi_1ldf7Yori_yXwOCK1wvHxh/s1600/im000832.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnr0mKPf2F-H9fQ1iH5q7QmrpESQmQJgsDE7x0HiabQnDhxe6BEOCatk_Rne0VagbjD_p9m93W6cbkHECm_oTbEbjDE5TOMVkLKy53yTRoRHOFBJGGWIwJi_1ldf7Yori_yXwOCK1wvHxh/s320/im000832.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552409874718552770" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />To this....<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7PHN7_2DCuFRp7YdTEXSz_AyOgC6w4zipdfEp3MezSa74BRlDy45zB4-4Gbfdc2gOGTWeBIgDW_9ENB-7Ey9RYyvLrxwi9s6zT1Ju8fYQPvr2fi5OILq5nFkGslA7j1NlZEYLmTVdUCQC/s1600/CIMG0070.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7PHN7_2DCuFRp7YdTEXSz_AyOgC6w4zipdfEp3MezSa74BRlDy45zB4-4Gbfdc2gOGTWeBIgDW_9ENB-7Ey9RYyvLrxwi9s6zT1Ju8fYQPvr2fi5OILq5nFkGslA7j1NlZEYLmTVdUCQC/s320/CIMG0070.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552409312848352002" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />While inside we have<br />decorated the tree..<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmJ4BkMcYhzadYqLPPx_jwfGHjrAf8e6TmaEvtaYIdGOzPzkgnNeCMMDdgwZdHcKUA_IusBE6y_9UpNCzZkUfPy7aChIK9rXCEIF6qUDCYXnIJ9MC4MWb9c2n83uWussLoeR67-9o5S26n/s1600/CIMG0063.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmJ4BkMcYhzadYqLPPx_jwfGHjrAf8e6TmaEvtaYIdGOzPzkgnNeCMMDdgwZdHcKUA_IusBE6y_9UpNCzZkUfPy7aChIK9rXCEIF6qUDCYXnIJ9MC4MWb9c2n83uWussLoeR67-9o5S26n/s320/CIMG0063.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552410422237979858" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />A FO and a project that I have on the needles.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGz4duI_6zoiv4IalAJExBf6df6k8wNFoFTRb_mg5UttNoyoc97A3-D0LNPwPsGPJrozsOd-gO6HR9uklcHw8Qpm1KuGRE8DTGU5dRXukcUsNfk9O79vCKenCi_LCk77ts67K-AeFU60nS/s1600/CIMG0073.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGz4duI_6zoiv4IalAJExBf6df6k8wNFoFTRb_mg5UttNoyoc97A3-D0LNPwPsGPJrozsOd-gO6HR9uklcHw8Qpm1KuGRE8DTGU5dRXukcUsNfk9O79vCKenCi_LCk77ts67K-AeFU60nS/s320/CIMG0073.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552410921594379890" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The hat is to be gifted, the socks are MINE ;-)<br />The hat is out of Bartlett hand spun<br />that I received as two huge balls of roving.<br /><br />I spun it about a year or so ago and got 280 +/- yards<br />out of one of the balls.<br /><br />It languished in "I dunno what to do with it.."<br />and it finally became a hat.<br /><br />Let's take a look out the back, up the valley.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9-Ss3ieSyP8JrZWhUp41APDsQcKXacxuslZsyezYaudV8jR_lyjesGtKJmCxQihsJFBtbSlhlNjd87Krwi95PG-MvUkmnqFX8mjoYGC9FO5p5jFyo7jYW-0BXphZFs21KxTOw-30v5vtn/s1600/CIMG0040.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9-Ss3ieSyP8JrZWhUp41APDsQcKXacxuslZsyezYaudV8jR_lyjesGtKJmCxQihsJFBtbSlhlNjd87Krwi95PG-MvUkmnqFX8mjoYGC9FO5p5jFyo7jYW-0BXphZFs21KxTOw-30v5vtn/s320/CIMG0040.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552414084223708354" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />This was in November.<br /><br />Now we have this sight of the other day.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8_Ah8HVeuebS2ERovHhq5ZJhP_dhYfCsVbwuJohYw03CVUTQvX4tUKvXhXbrXGwrAJ7K80hfeBESHuFPF7_KWlXVCblpVzBa__qGhE31f0oDdDaoa1BXkba5gSi93POUFRYxdDHGPbszT/s1600/CIMG0061.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8_Ah8HVeuebS2ERovHhq5ZJhP_dhYfCsVbwuJohYw03CVUTQvX4tUKvXhXbrXGwrAJ7K80hfeBESHuFPF7_KWlXVCblpVzBa__qGhE31f0oDdDaoa1BXkba5gSi93POUFRYxdDHGPbszT/s320/CIMG0061.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552414972601566882" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />You may see the fog that has settled along the water.<br /><br />As the days grow shorter, remember it's not that<br />far from dancing the Maypole.....<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiDj6V2sSAKwq40L6B3SVba-2G_n1-Gg4_n2g8MtqYqVsIP0uepOi_Tlz3KiS8PqSUzezfYTUjp0Mc5eFO7ghHm-coyuXwOtU6CoZdLa_do623QKV7_oVEe5eXYeISMY4fKkTQNkJ6pOhq/s1600/CIMG0068.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiDj6V2sSAKwq40L6B3SVba-2G_n1-Gg4_n2g8MtqYqVsIP0uepOi_Tlz3KiS8PqSUzezfYTUjp0Mc5eFO7ghHm-coyuXwOtU6CoZdLa_do623QKV7_oVEe5eXYeISMY4fKkTQNkJ6pOhq/s320/CIMG0068.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552415716985273938" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />"When you breathe your last line<br />Will you make your exit stage left/stage right?<br />Well, you might decide while there's still time.<br /><br />You have an angel on your shoulder<br />But you wear the old god's horns.<br />And you dance around the maypole<br />While the vicar makes a toast<br />To the pagan celebration<br />And extends an invitation to us all<br />So he can save us when we fall."<br /><br />Ian Anderson (c)<br /><br />"we light the flame and the sun returns"<br />TMD 1994/Willow Lodge variant<br /><br />Have a blessed holiday seasonComputer Mechanichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00649096542799114582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3832791494958564158.post-31360573267420982592010-10-06T21:40:00.014-04:002010-10-06T22:32:55.305-04:00Knife in a back and more of the same....While out and about at the <a href="http://www.washingtoncountyfair.com/fiber-festival.asp">Southern Adirondacks Fiber Festival at Washington County Fairgrounds</a><br /><br />I took a few pictures<br /><br />Here are the Sisters, the could not bring their goats...<br /><br />Hoot and a half and all smiles<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_-ztsXy-UJ_l_yO-tl8ox8XXf1CjH_KCFtIiXcLE9nuScJ49NfIMRPbBDhWOXhdNVdvN4hjmf3AviwJKBSqaI3lRVuY_XuVa9iLbLnHZTu0IJK7j6zOXTPXGV8p-6RrQbj4u7QUxtn6z6/s1600/IM000858.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_-ztsXy-UJ_l_yO-tl8ox8XXf1CjH_KCFtIiXcLE9nuScJ49NfIMRPbBDhWOXhdNVdvN4hjmf3AviwJKBSqaI3lRVuY_XuVa9iLbLnHZTu0IJK7j6zOXTPXGV8p-6RrQbj4u7QUxtn6z6/s320/IM000858.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525117526587836098" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Bad timing on the part of the vet and the rabies<br />vacine did take. They were hoping to sell a couple.<br /><br />Watch out for evil puppets...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdkbh3BArA3JVWI7a8oowtc8flQ3q25RfWoK4vbp-3n7bPZatPzoC29AfVmjGQjID0hyphenhyphenGhM9bA2HyJnVcmaVRHLTMAuh1Bj4ZfM3CFNYXWqXJORHyDeazpNIbT01xis3ZfGn_zMOaRqykL/s1600/IM000855.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdkbh3BArA3JVWI7a8oowtc8flQ3q25RfWoK4vbp-3n7bPZatPzoC29AfVmjGQjID0hyphenhyphenGhM9bA2HyJnVcmaVRHLTMAuh1Bj4ZfM3CFNYXWqXJORHyDeazpNIbT01xis3ZfGn_zMOaRqykL/s320/IM000855.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525118756641186610" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Yeah, it's a puppet.. unlike this one<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyvaJ-rfGYRw41vDV3TQ38a6RrMjyBOpvlostMbod-xvyl-lxX6Vqr8qrXEo91Iq3XDJkEuaX2fYINVLafpBvjqg4xSUhtt4vuoMeBWQbAMlOTUaX7VQycB8U2IoAs4N2-FChmR4ApF4h7/s1600/IM000840.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyvaJ-rfGYRw41vDV3TQ38a6RrMjyBOpvlostMbod-xvyl-lxX6Vqr8qrXEo91Iq3XDJkEuaX2fYINVLafpBvjqg4xSUhtt4vuoMeBWQbAMlOTUaX7VQycB8U2IoAs4N2-FChmR4ApF4h7/s320/IM000840.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525119227344296674" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Yes there are two there.....<br /><br />My Favorite fiber vendor was there<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpa6CZJHN4Q4sriOlMh5ezDfK-1zPDn6m3a3igxBwBZ6kZkwLHnYwPc-BR46h_HieOOuOgpxbBEc8_NQhV_l-KapwyBTJqpnjdu-b0MioDs9sol8DGlfapIM9UvOHXS6jAvG8utSrEFn7V/s1600/IM000853.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpa6CZJHN4Q4sriOlMh5ezDfK-1zPDn6m3a3igxBwBZ6kZkwLHnYwPc-BR46h_HieOOuOgpxbBEc8_NQhV_l-KapwyBTJqpnjdu-b0MioDs9sol8DGlfapIM9UvOHXS6jAvG8utSrEFn7V/s320/IM000853.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525120132890537122" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I like the curve here<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil0jQM1MB6ya3Eur1rIJHYLqCjnnOgutzZB3QleJWB7rauM9lgDT0V5qTTH724oDj2M32UFbKtMoGct6JI8e7l5zUwLZ75WABoNFqkeCl6CKrzA9hQ78WVHlGRZvNiYAv3T0xlk55efvfw/s1600/IM000860.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil0jQM1MB6ya3Eur1rIJHYLqCjnnOgutzZB3QleJWB7rauM9lgDT0V5qTTH724oDj2M32UFbKtMoGct6JI8e7l5zUwLZ75WABoNFqkeCl6CKrzA9hQ78WVHlGRZvNiYAv3T0xlk55efvfw/s320/IM000860.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525120485459438882" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />This year I actually got to feel the prize<br />winners<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHTGjl3T6r-kcphbTe-Znfh3O4JwQEzVqQjNPgNAmSCyhzSO8deLRgY8CfOXE9rPLu0wO1Ekkgz6_Sa0DdFbC5M7qfcBXEv_BQb05nmkRMNWPsvFyz5RnS8HHUgwvKWpzCZ9FmjtnHe-4z/s1600/IM000862.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHTGjl3T6r-kcphbTe-Znfh3O4JwQEzVqQjNPgNAmSCyhzSO8deLRgY8CfOXE9rPLu0wO1Ekkgz6_Sa0DdFbC5M7qfcBXEv_BQb05nmkRMNWPsvFyz5RnS8HHUgwvKWpzCZ9FmjtnHe-4z/s320/IM000862.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525121207285735218" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Wow!<br /><br />For what it's worth, all the fleece sold on the first day.<br /><br />This being the second year, the organizers did something different.<br />There were more vendors (<a href="http://www.washingtoncountyfair.com/pdf/1/2010%20Fiber%20Festival%20Database%20web.pdf">behind link</a>) this year.<br /><br />In the first barn.....<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivYk0-TEQ4D68IdC2U3ORMbB_cyLB6jroxZ2eq7NXvm6m4Ac8CdLbUCiZD3k5d-MS6w_FkVzHOChczU07TWCEu6YXQ3Cq6gwg6wf-wxaKxW1n4IrGH7KlNIkb0m5TrjtNKPoJqi9eOV-16/s1600/IM000841.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivYk0-TEQ4D68IdC2U3ORMbB_cyLB6jroxZ2eq7NXvm6m4Ac8CdLbUCiZD3k5d-MS6w_FkVzHOChczU07TWCEu6YXQ3Cq6gwg6wf-wxaKxW1n4IrGH7KlNIkb0m5TrjtNKPoJqi9eOV-16/s320/IM000841.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525124301487483346" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Merrrrrinnnnnnoooooo<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjody4W05LIbnKy-rECWDwXj0m26enszvNSZimx78JA0wcz1qel1rxz68sX8ZyaRFOAfsADXGrA7aT9K49tlEqnyxV4K9BOg0Ce8nkmDWNyrypQyzZjPlHTmLbBCSs7PpFiSkemYt_FFqFM/s1600/IM000852.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjody4W05LIbnKy-rECWDwXj0m26enszvNSZimx78JA0wcz1qel1rxz68sX8ZyaRFOAfsADXGrA7aT9K49tlEqnyxV4K9BOg0Ce8nkmDWNyrypQyzZjPlHTmLbBCSs7PpFiSkemYt_FFqFM/s320/IM000852.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525125062109120930" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />A last look up midway<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxReX7mapRD1TT-2bHH1I_UFelhMQ66z4eoZTAjvkLQVrDnUWUHjbLN0zBZVkaXgzpWJ4ZmtLBA-k_lRAqjIcYRZRPighb9y2aT4lSmjEc9LdPMISdi633TqAIy1W1zjx0ibg8MAyeIB7o/s1600/IM000847.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxReX7mapRD1TT-2bHH1I_UFelhMQ66z4eoZTAjvkLQVrDnUWUHjbLN0zBZVkaXgzpWJ4ZmtLBA-k_lRAqjIcYRZRPighb9y2aT4lSmjEc9LdPMISdi633TqAIy1W1zjx0ibg8MAyeIB7o/s320/IM000847.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525125595389962290" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Colorful spindles....<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIZHVptt2QUqXKGflKx-3NSv8FOS14LOMnK0eTrn-pXqdflIQjClQZb75YL2PSoVsGrqP46bLmz2SXXhbNcM8YlXt-GGeAoRdTXQ-6EH0Qb6GD41AHjEvT_14kcID-S6Ixgf8wZVQBzG-v/s1600/IM000845.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIZHVptt2QUqXKGflKx-3NSv8FOS14LOMnK0eTrn-pXqdflIQjClQZb75YL2PSoVsGrqP46bLmz2SXXhbNcM8YlXt-GGeAoRdTXQ-6EH0Qb6GD41AHjEvT_14kcID-S6Ixgf8wZVQBzG-v/s320/IM000845.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525125951273238754" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I have more pictures but not tonight....Computer Mechanichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00649096542799114582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3832791494958564158.post-75899767164275026082010-08-25T07:18:00.006-04:002010-08-25T07:42:45.250-04:00Take all your overgrown infants away somewhere ......Wordless<br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLbFZ94-zoDKdrGSg9dsJt-tZzxy_Np6i6iYt6iKrVyqu_I91JFosXhgt1fccRW9ZvIlLnCDOcjpQbIXnfKgzXdOtJ9gnuVANObGqPT2YOhMwFbQ7cjYm3rd0zrw_KCn1XWfSgDYihZC3q/s1600/tim+camera+august+2010+001.jpg"><img style="float: left; 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<br /></span></div>ComputerMechanichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08518308908524209225noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3832791494958564158.post-27589423597297720012010-06-18T09:16:00.014-04:002010-06-18T10:32:02.443-04:00The paper holds their folded faces to the floor.I don't know what happened to the last two months, they just disappeared.<br /><br />Let's get you all caught up. First things first. I HAVE NOTHING on the needles. The knitting mojo left just about the time I got my surgery date.<br /><br />Let's fix this... like yesterday..<br />I will be down one arm for most of the summer.<br />So, goodbye Sirius Rising, Camping,<br />any heavy lifting and working in the garden.<br /><br />Even Phaedre is down for the summer minus her wheel...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDGR3cs3uaBxp2sCZhz8Q7n4uCuCnzBVEk9_Iq8e4-MVZJtu_UpNlI7ceMVWpVhp9qKDXCuZmxxRDiAG5CP75D0iBAonXk4g6JCtOM49vwqylMxIZHTWp5HmtSVPMPHl3pdsJiA0IdADFR/s1600/hmmpf+038.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDGR3cs3uaBxp2sCZhz8Q7n4uCuCnzBVEk9_Iq8e4-MVZJtu_UpNlI7ceMVWpVhp9qKDXCuZmxxRDiAG5CP75D0iBAonXk4g6JCtOM49vwqylMxIZHTWp5HmtSVPMPHl3pdsJiA0IdADFR/s320/hmmpf+038.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484103441133475058" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />It's a sad time here..<br /><br />Okay, the summer started off great with Clermont.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZw3Cx415Zl6sTK6bL0of28zvvb8e-sXkFZI0nu25vcXK8s5L6Gt3yuA3cwCqkUZTPr3qjq4iNanT4oqeXS_MnVESfVql8q34Ht-QtDmC4rMkPQiHF0Ap8CGUaMLEEu3G-rIRFQM554pJB/s1600/hmmpf+011.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZw3Cx415Zl6sTK6bL0of28zvvb8e-sXkFZI0nu25vcXK8s5L6Gt3yuA3cwCqkUZTPr3qjq4iNanT4oqeXS_MnVESfVql8q34Ht-QtDmC4rMkPQiHF0Ap8CGUaMLEEu3G-rIRFQM554pJB/s320/hmmpf+011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484104985219553250" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Oodles of fluffy goodness.<br /><br />Then proceeded to Memorial Day and<br />Mass Sheep and Wool (Cummington)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD-5uojMChOVnHhwfrYORCJrUdmdeg1xp_2j_XQPYjZ9FAklhmvOsy29kXegGB5Hr3OeDIHBA9GQYJul4FRafHBIEGqq8N5x53SvMM9VS4fRbgflfqJDAznNIlN9X8Mvbsfg6sHS1tOQEX/s1600/hmmpf+030.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD-5uojMChOVnHhwfrYORCJrUdmdeg1xp_2j_XQPYjZ9FAklhmvOsy29kXegGB5Hr3OeDIHBA9GQYJul4FRafHBIEGqq8N5x53SvMM9VS4fRbgflfqJDAznNIlN9X8Mvbsfg6sHS1tOQEX/s320/hmmpf+030.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484105519815440418" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Wait a minute, where's the crowd?<br /><br />Somethings off....<br /><br />But Dave of <a href="http://www.themerlintree.com/">Merlintree </a>was there with his<br /><a href="http://www.themerlintree.com/the_merlin_tree004.htm">CPW</a> wheels on parade.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbpYpuaYu9PwTLRPZthLOS9dppHWf0PG9pskt7IGsbxnFgq4zR14zhLg7L5CQC6rvlmp9-BIYos5tisBf4GbZvqqeal2vbhmmPDpB5qJODCSu7hFsorcbWA0QqF7mSaZFWhIPBr4K8U2G4/s1600/hmmpf+019.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbpYpuaYu9PwTLRPZthLOS9dppHWf0PG9pskt7IGsbxnFgq4zR14zhLg7L5CQC6rvlmp9-BIYos5tisBf4GbZvqqeal2vbhmmPDpB5qJODCSu7hFsorcbWA0QqF7mSaZFWhIPBr4K8U2G4/s320/hmmpf+019.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484106312657052850" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />All of them beautifully restored.<br /><br />That's where Phaedre's Wheel is getting repaired.<br /><br />I ran across the new Kromski there<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsYVyyhVZQcnSW0EqWPNOyrkjcg-4ZNzOoORHZ6UvH7ka7PhpG_9yTFUrG7ZVNNLN9N0NX55GkTC4tRzNInTn1etm59mfzlRrKTv2lBgbR7HsO71eDnj8amh9Apfd8PABDJ_NdwxukOlg6/s1600/hmmpf+024.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsYVyyhVZQcnSW0EqWPNOyrkjcg-4ZNzOoORHZ6UvH7ka7PhpG_9yTFUrG7ZVNNLN9N0NX55GkTC4tRzNInTn1etm59mfzlRrKTv2lBgbR7HsO71eDnj8amh9Apfd8PABDJ_NdwxukOlg6/s320/hmmpf+024.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484108184857404514" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Simple in execution, lovely in design.<br />I know it would spin well<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeWu_W5TE70&feature=player_embedded">But it does not fold</a>. (vid)<br /><br />One of the simplest things<br />that I wish I had purchased was this<br />spindle<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj14XjDe4rAQUY5cuKgrG88hVRnDBi_33x5BZvsU8F0Dy3T_JYPV-iKXfe_eB7WXYFUpt4KbQkBf0l30et3nrysPl0fjjDRk31em1vD_lBdU-AGXIEaTGffp7mYh9SVvJ15J6K-I8o4Ua1o/s1600/hmmpf+012.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 242px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj14XjDe4rAQUY5cuKgrG88hVRnDBi_33x5BZvsU8F0Dy3T_JYPV-iKXfe_eB7WXYFUpt4KbQkBf0l30et3nrysPl0fjjDRk31em1vD_lBdU-AGXIEaTGffp7mYh9SVvJ15J6K-I8o4Ua1o/s320/hmmpf+012.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484109856255071874" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Wow...<br /><br />On the geeky side of the house.<br /><br />Doc, my print/file/music server died<br />horribly. I went to boot it up after a circuit<br />breaker popped and he did not come back on line.<br /><br />Main 40 gb hard drive may be toast.<br /><br />Both of my older P3 form<br />factor boards had <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague">bad capacitors </a><br />so they would not boot past post.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidLPlEy8QgEdzUFV4zv6kPD6ucooY7e3QsKvhdttMrMXRLJ5yRhKjHhZiMev2B2SdLQmMrceJNzlG4OwbnI5v2cRuq_mkJgUf08sbu08yvwWCS5CBTtbnQvXPGDwfvTCmotaNX_R5_IP-y/s1600/Badcaps-tayeh-4.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 238px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidLPlEy8QgEdzUFV4zv6kPD6ucooY7e3QsKvhdttMrMXRLJ5yRhKjHhZiMev2B2SdLQmMrceJNzlG4OwbnI5v2cRuq_mkJgUf08sbu08yvwWCS5CBTtbnQvXPGDwfvTCmotaNX_R5_IP-y/s320/Badcaps-tayeh-4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484121116151029714" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />$40.00 later and a run on the test bench...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY_jvi9q8vY-YJ4B8B8kfDCeofZ1U64iWMOW7BDeUCX9iWgXq-zVGLGqReU6k1P7GZNq64TS96Z17ElfZND85G-TYeNjl5vYiySbJDlHnyYi2W1Aj7bALwPE9r7YSlUYZSLIrKDnGhQ_3P/s1600/hmmpf+037.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY_jvi9q8vY-YJ4B8B8kfDCeofZ1U64iWMOW7BDeUCX9iWgXq-zVGLGqReU6k1P7GZNq64TS96Z17ElfZND85G-TYeNjl5vYiySbJDlHnyYi2W1Aj7bALwPE9r7YSlUYZSLIrKDnGhQ_3P/s320/hmmpf+037.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484111352958953474" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.biostar-usa.com/mbdetails.asp?model=p4m80-m4">Specs</a><br /><br />P4M80-M4 $20.00<br />Socket 478 2.4 Ghz P-4 CPU used $20.00<br />1 GB Ram Free<br />2 each 80 GB IDE Drives Free<br />1 each 60 GB IDE Drive Free<br />Case & Power supply Free<br />CD/RW Free<br />Runs headless XP Pro SP3<br /><br />I did a major overkill here.<br /><br />See the dead mobos on the monitor?<br /><br />Some more eye candy..<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicsWp2ZwIxHZx1bHesG2wn4GNiEd_SWX_IsCRDyTxZrMxxz0rSHI9pXgLHfBss7V6HjZbO0R5ajau8luwx6J2eGtHmZUv-8jqhQZa1A_diPY_oC8bBMIIhJMxCxj_y6eiy0Uua87iv0qQ9/s1600/hmmpf+039.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicsWp2ZwIxHZx1bHesG2wn4GNiEd_SWX_IsCRDyTxZrMxxz0rSHI9pXgLHfBss7V6HjZbO0R5ajau8luwx6J2eGtHmZUv-8jqhQZa1A_diPY_oC8bBMIIhJMxCxj_y6eiy0Uua87iv0qQ9/s320/hmmpf+039.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484114335300737266" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Say hi to Emma, <a href="http://writeknitspin.com/">H's</a> new toy.<br /><br />She spins like a dream.<br /><br />Until next time.<br /><br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /><br /></span>ComputerMechanichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08518308908524209225noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3832791494958564158.post-41850105000750885002010-05-05T20:39:00.006-04:002010-05-05T21:12:22.435-04:00The lunatics are in my hall...<span style="font-size:100%;">Remember America's Job Bank?<br />Something run by public entities?<br /><br /><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20070103142433/www.ajb.org/">America's Job Bank</a><br /><br />I have not used the site since 2006..<br /><br />Fast forward....<br /><br />It's no longer run by public entities<br />In fact, AJB.ORG as we knew it shut down operations in<br />2007 due to cuts in the US Department of Labor of the<br />Bush era, the services were outsourced to something that<br />looked like a company in the US... Until I had<br />to troubleshoot at work today...<br /><br />Behold.... <a href="http://americasjobexchange.com">americasjobexchange.com</a><br /><br />I called and got someone with an Indian accent.<br /><br />Okay, I get this, I too was outsourced in 2004 from <a href="http://bankofamerica.com">BOFA</a><br />to <a href="http://www.eds.com">EDS</a>...<br /><br />Now here comes the part that should anger every tax paying<br />American....<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><pre wrap=""><span style="font-size:100%;">America's Job Exchange is a wholly-owned subsidiary of NaviSite,<br />headquartered in <a href="http://navisite.com/about-navisite/data-centers/andover-data-center.php">Andover, Massachusetts.</a><br /><br />I love the stock photo for ALL of their data-centers<br /><br />So I back track some more..<br />A coupla whois etc... and I hit gold...<br /><br />OrgAbuseName: NaviSite Abuse Team<br />OrgAbusePhone: 1-978-682-8300<br />OrgAbuseEmail: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:abuse@navisite.com">abuse@navisite.com</a><br />1-978-682-3800 NaviSite Inc.<br />+1 508 552 3300, Fax: +1 508 552 3500<br /><br />NaviSite India Private Limited.<br />Vipul Orchid Plaza<br />Golf Course Road,<br />Sector 54, Suncity,<br />Gurgaon 122 002<br />Haryana, India<br />Tel: +91 124 3077700<br />Customer Care Inquiries<br />Tel: 1-888-264-4662<br />Media Inquiries<br />Tel: 1-978-946-8660<br /><br />Okay, I wonder if the US Department of Labor<br />or The New York State Department of Labor<br />knows that it's completely outsourced American jobs<br />to an Indian Corporation to search American Jobs<br />offered electronically via the On line Job search method?<br /><br /></span></pre><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span>Computer Mechanichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00649096542799114582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3832791494958564158.post-87536062622809471502010-04-09T18:45:00.010-04:002010-04-10T13:32:43.886-04:00Got to keep the loonies on the path.I survived April fools day and not having a car for a week.<br /><br />Yeah, one of the axles decided to loose all the<br />roller bearings and start vibrating to beat the band.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBf-2Y4zhD7nI8fOkWfus6boO5s6ofBv0j66SYq19L7woc8QsSuryFibmLBYUz5HNy2hzDzjGKlRP8q2mea8d1cxphLrLfP5LVFHXtOxDo8StF8WRt0g5hWHkYyS3zyXjSm1SuNt62IMJQ/s1600/0407102014a.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBf-2Y4zhD7nI8fOkWfus6boO5s6ofBv0j66SYq19L7woc8QsSuryFibmLBYUz5HNy2hzDzjGKlRP8q2mea8d1cxphLrLfP5LVFHXtOxDo8StF8WRt0g5hWHkYyS3zyXjSm1SuNt62IMJQ/s320/0407102014a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458273690057604850" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />It's dark, and greasy, but you can see the outer<br />race and the lack of roller bearings.<br /><br />I went through/broke exactly 3 1/2" socket drivers<br />with handles (ratchets for the mechanical among the readers)<br />doing the job.<br /><br />So when I don't have a car or am borrowing Harriet's<br />I tend to walk more. While I was out and about I met this fellow<br />hanging out on the HQ bldg of <a href="http://www.suny.edu/">SUNY</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDSb3ozF90hH_PxQQXW2Tc4Pye7CHdbUFhCQfM2xK2u-UKIpNNm8ntTycXLfuAF8TVCFS792KoZue-qy4udSPR3jVtGv4Pb62ASzqS8VuMqGEqY0Mb3gCJZ8uVQBf8iPLLRffx6ydhP7UE/s1600/0322101446.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDSb3ozF90hH_PxQQXW2Tc4Pye7CHdbUFhCQfM2xK2u-UKIpNNm8ntTycXLfuAF8TVCFS792KoZue-qy4udSPR3jVtGv4Pb62ASzqS8VuMqGEqY0Mb3gCJZ8uVQBf8iPLLRffx6ydhP7UE/s320/0322101446.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458277235706723330" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />To give you an idea of the scale of that building<br />here is a pic that was taken off the web.<br /><br />Shot from about 350 yards away on the sidewalk,<br />this building is one of the few publicly<br />owned castles in the U.S.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSvmVwdzG8ezXMwhyphenhyphenQsyJDiqkKIDvpDC2Ekf2UAmpeORBkQs9pC55AOSz9SOgsO_Q90SsYNt6vgH2-a45Xkbaqmi6hsRdrEY8ho5b4Dhk6U4NiA2U9dWxCHJ2z2brzpSH0bZrGciGNSq0X/s1600/1416036.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSvmVwdzG8ezXMwhyphenhyphenQsyJDiqkKIDvpDC2Ekf2UAmpeORBkQs9pC55AOSz9SOgsO_Q90SsYNt6vgH2-a45Xkbaqmi6hsRdrEY8ho5b4Dhk6U4NiA2U9dWxCHJ2z2brzpSH0bZrGciGNSq0X/s320/1416036.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458277994328243522" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />There are two more wings to the right and left.<br /><br />A view of it from the bridge.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHhysWVjhmN0eDUAhqTPdKv6R1h_LE7470rQgpxQmUcZuX49202B60ls6VOzn3B6FkdCzk_Pitr8a2v1FO1CdwUGxO2G3DUqHYSEvyD3hM-YrJc1ryP979IZq9RAYqKWqequ8h5dHwm8t8/s1600/0407100812.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHhysWVjhmN0eDUAhqTPdKv6R1h_LE7470rQgpxQmUcZuX49202B60ls6VOzn3B6FkdCzk_Pitr8a2v1FO1CdwUGxO2G3DUqHYSEvyD3hM-YrJc1ryP979IZq9RAYqKWqequ8h5dHwm8t8/s320/0407100812.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458278746309013266" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Then we can see the post card<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxdgVy9kb-zJIt9kd9SH_6hCa5bqMkPER837ghjhSQR6Q4NgKTWh5VPvuPccLhFHUlRAtWyerA8KkpV7s6lSsgtfut5JZGe5t84NC4Tc_J91SyxoHOYs27J61bIL-C81GZtiK6gtxALPQG/s1600/images.jpeg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 143px; height: 90px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxdgVy9kb-zJIt9kd9SH_6hCa5bqMkPER837ghjhSQR6Q4NgKTWh5VPvuPccLhFHUlRAtWyerA8KkpV7s6lSsgtfut5JZGe5t84NC4Tc_J91SyxoHOYs27J61bIL-C81GZtiK6gtxALPQG/s320/images.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458279400631712866" border="0" /></a>It's not changed<br />much.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />In fact, right across the street is the blacksmith's shop<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzuuTylvk6GLAyu7pFp5qNRjtwIHGPlWN91p_QJDV1fsClpBvEtv5PC_KMrE0OfT1E_SQic-N-Q0j4I76XzN4MQNVEY7DzkTnWzPTx51MSSSmLtXm2Fs3cGXztL3KqrUp57XATXYaHck3f/s1600/0407100821.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzuuTylvk6GLAyu7pFp5qNRjtwIHGPlWN91p_QJDV1fsClpBvEtv5PC_KMrE0OfT1E_SQic-N-Q0j4I76XzN4MQNVEY7DzkTnWzPTx51MSSSmLtXm2Fs3cGXztL3KqrUp57XATXYaHck3f/s320/0407100821.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458280201549726690" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />It's not everyday you see what you are missing<br />by looking up.<br /><br />Or by walking right up to her.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.stpaulsstockbridge.org/"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEDt0Iu5ioSWr_h5DUYipG7AD1nePgmmwUgFVumG8MRkumPW8ajsuk2_ZOYHGf5nfVWGiToYfetF_Udw-dNbjJw6arIdlFRRIoA5rDluqet8TnKgoE_xHG-tATQOTKN8dtIafjAiNRTDUg/s320/Picture+061.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458560997710458066" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Taken at St Pauls<br /><br />Right across the street from<br /><a href="http://www.redlioninn.com/">Red Lion Inn</a>ComputerMechanichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08518308908524209225noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3832791494958564158.post-58358066028704176432010-03-28T11:02:00.006-04:002010-03-28T13:00:29.516-04:00Timothy Leary's dead. No, no, no, no, He's outside looking in.I have been on a Moody Blues kick lately so<br />bear with me.<br /><br />Let's see what we have been up at the Fort's Ferry house.<br /><br />First of all the bedroom is finally painted. Except for the inevitable<br />second coat of paint on the window frames, I can put away the<br />painting supplies.<br /><br />A quick look at the latest sundown.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGSkZ9kakx00lJiiF4vqGj2klv1LwVaqpKDmGCtKC2rGysx14iSmSFmsHbINbjl4g3Y1o3ueKm2foTLUsaCD3Tn8PWLwRD911wI6vRqvoS28TjBXT5YtkGFMr-fnDPzjg730Rspjt1ykT3/s1600/im000691.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGSkZ9kakx00lJiiF4vqGj2klv1LwVaqpKDmGCtKC2rGysx14iSmSFmsHbINbjl4g3Y1o3ueKm2foTLUsaCD3Tn8PWLwRD911wI6vRqvoS28TjBXT5YtkGFMr-fnDPzjg730Rspjt1ykT3/s320/im000691.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453702399488109122" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I can never tire of that view.<br /><br />But as the sun went down on that day, I could also<br />celebrate the fact that our guests can close a door.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU1F5SigSIS8NVdQHzfOv7DLaSDIWNTqdExiF9M5zWGe5R6mwxrqeQHCKWlDMTFJkNBB0RWlA9hu382NoXRt5LbLxUNrYpI_LKL9nP6DqxbJRjafq7b9EB3snszIcZFhOD2dRERTdIE98u/s1600/im000699.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU1F5SigSIS8NVdQHzfOv7DLaSDIWNTqdExiF9M5zWGe5R6mwxrqeQHCKWlDMTFJkNBB0RWlA9hu382NoXRt5LbLxUNrYpI_LKL9nP6DqxbJRjafq7b9EB3snszIcZFhOD2dRERTdIE98u/s320/im000699.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453705242565769090" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />This was the project my Father-in-law<br />Lester and I had done together out on the deck<br />with a circular saw.<br /><br />The interesting thing about working on such an<br />old house is that nothing is square, and nothing<br />is standard.<br /><br />This door had to be cut to fit a doorway 29 inches and 3/8ths<br />so to have the required 1/8" clearance we had<br />to take a 30" 3/8ths wide door (told you nothing is square)<br />down to a 29" and 3/16ths. of an inch<br /><br />Have you ever cut a 16th of an inch using a saw?<br />That is the width of a blade, also a fair thickness of a<br />pencil lead.<br /><br />Behold, the doorway to possibility.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjJpqHnyWBlii_Hv9V6c_H3DkG1CYSgmoDYEw5sDiL5H2OZt1nFJDHk3Na6ABN2cfylVcGe5MyO_DBGuw69Z8bSFt9Q5N9meqRdvTMLux48ggqhsyDbWFP36Cv5kZycVEchaPeVxgFRyQr/s1600/im000697.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjJpqHnyWBlii_Hv9V6c_H3DkG1CYSgmoDYEw5sDiL5H2OZt1nFJDHk3Na6ABN2cfylVcGe5MyO_DBGuw69Z8bSFt9Q5N9meqRdvTMLux48ggqhsyDbWFP36Cv5kZycVEchaPeVxgFRyQr/s320/im000697.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453710231696326946" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Also, we have a window to another world<br /><br /><br />This is one less thing to do and the list is<br />getting shorter. Yeah us.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigu1EM1sm5_q4_8TbAQ8OBGCFs_F2YOUq8OPsowtCrjQ8lOaCXOs97tRUBrGM2jdysiuNmuZkA2Q1vzjAlDyi50q_OphxYX6Gobs6CgtLqOFkF5exv5UtSRbnqZApc9jhZEjfQGeTLa8J1/s1600/im000676.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigu1EM1sm5_q4_8TbAQ8OBGCFs_F2YOUq8OPsowtCrjQ8lOaCXOs97tRUBrGM2jdysiuNmuZkA2Q1vzjAlDyi50q_OphxYX6Gobs6CgtLqOFkF5exv5UtSRbnqZApc9jhZEjfQGeTLa8J1/s320/im000676.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453711687947338082" border="0" /></a>ComputerMechanichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08518308908524209225noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3832791494958564158.post-21897238909450427052010-03-23T23:40:00.002-04:002010-03-23T23:43:01.412-04:00Angel on my shoulder but wear the OLD GOD's horns!Just because<br /><br />Thirty years of progress....<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLEqFhkai7gA0WoAvcSYWegFzw5WmlAxxrd2X0etAgLM7VrG6aq8ab8TGf0wPvcVPVfpkHZjopWrpkadu2r-H2UXKbGZRJO_uFRPBb_pPRn98kvgo3mhOo_Sb4L3ehq91Kezf7JyLe73J_/s1600-h/in.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 174px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLEqFhkai7gA0WoAvcSYWegFzw5WmlAxxrd2X0etAgLM7VrG6aq8ab8TGf0wPvcVPVfpkHZjopWrpkadu2r-H2UXKbGZRJO_uFRPBb_pPRn98kvgo3mhOo_Sb4L3ehq91Kezf7JyLe73J_/s320/in.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452040580974039762" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Need a hard drive?ComputerMechanichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08518308908524209225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3832791494958564158.post-78300088498963425312010-03-13T09:38:00.007-05:002010-03-13T10:09:03.097-05:00Fairies wear boots and you gotta believe meI am debating upgrading dopey again<br /><br />I am currently running Intrepid (8.10)<br />I don't particularly like the way Ibis<br />handles the R30 track-pad<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizD5heO6YDo8XGYuEpgR48JFMx51Znc4uDo-16KkI3ecaIOSOsNg2FL-aSrEGM04rFbBYDCNM3W-N8zctzbz7IUDoZjea9ncNbZ6WWy0IrByC0u9IZbnjCO_KCsh4YTLzA2kDIHd7X859Z/s1600-h/im000683.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizD5heO6YDo8XGYuEpgR48JFMx51Znc4uDo-16KkI3ecaIOSOsNg2FL-aSrEGM04rFbBYDCNM3W-N8zctzbz7IUDoZjea9ncNbZ6WWy0IrByC0u9IZbnjCO_KCsh4YTLzA2kDIHd7X859Z/s320/im000683.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448129658075144754" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />There are great instructions <a href="http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-upgrade-ubuntu-810-intrepid-to-ubuntu-904-jaunty.html">here...</a><br />from Ubuntu Geek.<br /><br />I will think about it a little further.<br /><br />Let's take a closer look of the fiber that I am spinning this month.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqjlifr2W0Z9qeplGadfoELfMgJni8-EYBQXUfWaacSnuK_GtvzNR-kFFDgPjvahHY2rBLHrpytTchyphenhyphenvm_V6zRacbpeuqghU4PvSXMjCwL7shzTfksoeSUx8r4NajVNfkxtghW0neM2-rn/s1600-h/im000669.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqjlifr2W0Z9qeplGadfoELfMgJni8-EYBQXUfWaacSnuK_GtvzNR-kFFDgPjvahHY2rBLHrpytTchyphenhyphenvm_V6zRacbpeuqghU4PvSXMjCwL7shzTfksoeSUx8r4NajVNfkxtghW0neM2-rn/s320/im000669.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448130830502333890" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I will have lots of Corrie to knit this summer.<br /><br />BTW, Phaedre is going to the wheel hospital<br />via <a href="http://www.themerlintree.com/">Dave's</a> at <a href="http://www.friendsofclermont.org/events/sheep10.html">Clermont</a> and get her back at<br /><a href="http://www.masheepwool.org/">Cummington</a> or I can drive from <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=latham,+ny&daddr=Albany,+VT&geocode=FUBEjAIdV4ea-ynR8ZP_uQ3eiTHN62N4gQ35IQ%3BFQOKqgIdSpKv-w&gl=us&hl=en&mra=ls&sll=43.723475,-73.092041&sspn=3.636304,7.064209&ie=UTF8&ll=43.739352,-73.081055&spn=3.643037,7.064209&z=7&layer=c&pw=2">here</a> to there<br />in 4 hours 20 minutes one way, or I can wait a month<br />or he can ship.<br /><br />Watch out, there's this "New Street"<br />that could be confused with "Old Street"<br />it's around the post office.....<br /><br />Cya next week.....ComputerMechanichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08518308908524209225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3832791494958564158.post-1159525066021647912010-03-07T08:54:00.005-05:002010-03-07T09:38:26.582-05:00I may make you feel but I can't make you think.Revisiting last <a href="http://geekyfibernews.blogspot.com/2009/02/okay-its-not-rocket-science.html">years post</a> of it's not rocket science.<br />I forgot to get an action shot of Phaedre in action.<br /><br />She was being all sorts of balky yesterday on the<br />wood floor of the <a href="http://www.rowsred.net/?m=20100115">Athens Cultural Center</a><br />The uprights were bouncing all over the place<br />and it appears that her wheel has gotten<br />even more off center than usual. I think I need to<br />tear her down and straighten her wheel.<br /><br />but she still works.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSPxu0oPxFwnQngjVGAKhWVAvBT_dM-eMbrkY84ExcZ7C7kWckIoC2WSUjcmNRbojskgkqM216Jusd8ZenAJp5FvFkrbQ7p9fy7kPPo5aujyvN2WF7kwG4lonL4eibsaJuOBDIfiyI7iwh/s1600-h/im000687.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSPxu0oPxFwnQngjVGAKhWVAvBT_dM-eMbrkY84ExcZ7C7kWckIoC2WSUjcmNRbojskgkqM216Jusd8ZenAJp5FvFkrbQ7p9fy7kPPo5aujyvN2WF7kwG4lonL4eibsaJuOBDIfiyI7iwh/s320/im000687.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445894043412229090" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I was the only man that was spinning yesterday<br />it's odd, being literally the "odd" man out in a room<br />of 30 +/- Women 4 Men and just 2 of us men-folk<br />actually play with yarn and fiber.<br /><br />Guys, pick up your pointy sticks!!! We are losing the<br />race and the skills.<br /><br />Speaking of skills, on the radar for the last few years<br />has been this little gem from <a href="http://www.instructables.com/id/Multimedia_PC_Low_Power_File_Server_Recycled_/">instructables.com</a><br /><br />Low power media server. Parts?<br />I have two slightly dead laptops<br />one of which could turn into this...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.instructables.com/image/FWWKJ8PFMEGGT37/Multimedia-PC-Low-Power-File-Server-Recycled-.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 378px; height: 560px;" src="http://www.instructables.com/image/FWWKJ8PFMEGGT37/Multimedia-PC-Low-Power-File-Server-Recycled-.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />or this<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://computers-review.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/steampunk-2dlaptop-2d3-resize.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 450px; height: 600px;" src="http://computers-review.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/steampunk-2dlaptop-2d3-resize.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />But, considering were I live and the age of the house<br />I am leaning toward the second of the two.<br /><br />after all it's a Victorian era farmhouse<br /><br />more info on the second project <a href="http://steampunkworkshop.com/">Steampunk workshop</a>ComputerMechanichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08518308908524209225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3832791494958564158.post-76455549085292489552010-03-04T07:15:00.009-05:002010-03-04T08:27:29.377-05:00Swimming in a fish bowl, Year after year<span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span>I went to an event discussing blogging last<br />night, I can say it was excruciatingly long on<br />time and short of content as most blogs are...<br /><br />Then there's mine.. I hope.<br /><br />As you all know out there in the world<br />I have moved into a lovely old house<br />with a commanding view of the Mohawk<a href="http://writeknitspin.com/"><br /></a><br /><a href="http://writeknitspin.com/">Harriet</a> found herself at the Town Hall<br />yesterday with some time to kill<br />and happened onto the <a href="http://www.colonie.org/historian/index.html">town historian</a><br />who gave us the story of our house.<br /><br />and pictures<br /><br />It was the "Fort" house as he knew it.<br /><br />This one may be when they moved in.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVFCdY7dDNTF9KGvfOKaIM1Pi-w8ZUTJrM6irFX9D7hCIDjl0aMftKblygKdPFW-eLcuzcMnKjg60bg-c8vO1RliNEmo51mSn728kSGvK6xV1kquac8AibsH6Qd6k01nhKBBDcj0KtOSoM/s1600-h/Fort+Home+Forts+Ferry+Rd001.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 230px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVFCdY7dDNTF9KGvfOKaIM1Pi-w8ZUTJrM6irFX9D7hCIDjl0aMftKblygKdPFW-eLcuzcMnKjg60bg-c8vO1RliNEmo51mSn728kSGvK6xV1kquac8AibsH6Qd6k01nhKBBDcj0KtOSoM/s320/Fort+Home+Forts+Ferry+Rd001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444757023667617922" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />This one is probably 10-15 years later.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrGC8fgnvsdBqkfEelplCeU6nfJcNVq_qBvPcpZiISDnrMOM6P3eILtXfTBf-qHZNrOueoq-wnek3OKQaPrhQ0y2mD7gEUlf0_EwnQTAWhEl1L6jcDQ8yIdlv1GM0tJSWtnUdbqH3LjJpS/s1600-h/Fort+Home+Forts+Ferry+Rd+No2002.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 242px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrGC8fgnvsdBqkfEelplCeU6nfJcNVq_qBvPcpZiISDnrMOM6P3eILtXfTBf-qHZNrOueoq-wnek3OKQaPrhQ0y2mD7gEUlf0_EwnQTAWhEl1L6jcDQ8yIdlv1GM0tJSWtnUdbqH3LjJpS/s320/Fort+Home+Forts+Ferry+Rd+No2002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444757020848349074" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />It's the same woman, or at least<br />someone related.<br /><br />She also hung her laundry on a line<br />under the porch roof.<br /><br />It's practice that is evidenced in both<br />these old photos<br /><br />just zoom on them.<br /><br />I love a practical woman.<br /><br />Through the magic of Google Street View<br />lets look at circa 2006<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK1F1Av5u97Rp6DeEs-dZ7nYINELU-7NHGosMNcrqc0Aolx-iTBIrSzcrItXmJ5YSZJDlOOz3thWX0jE7B0HKvrAbzCKdYWE-XwHxkOwTl6djdzIsd1Z0rgmDhudATw5-BeFnNR6EbiJP_/s1600-h/home.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 201px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK1F1Av5u97Rp6DeEs-dZ7nYINELU-7NHGosMNcrqc0Aolx-iTBIrSzcrItXmJ5YSZJDlOOz3thWX0jE7B0HKvrAbzCKdYWE-XwHxkOwTl6djdzIsd1Z0rgmDhudATw5-BeFnNR6EbiJP_/s320/home.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444763003773299826" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The first photo dates from around<br />1870, the second from around 1900<br />(Pneumatic tyres on the bicycle)<br /><br />I can just say.. I love this house.<br /><br />Speaking of pictures.<br /><br />My shoulder is messed up<br />I should have not gone skiing<br />in fact, I should be in pain<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSwLp0_nuWZoOVtiy2mTJNof8hg-uA1eQ3J3b2cyqFBnf7Lyz0IsqYYyw39X2r6CwCp5wGLw05VmfXNatmcLeJyfNc13gAYY3GvbIxE0yvcdG7YpSCLupvpxAuoayh66CzcNnlgFyE6Hm3/s1600-h/shoulder.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 156px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSwLp0_nuWZoOVtiy2mTJNof8hg-uA1eQ3J3b2cyqFBnf7Lyz0IsqYYyw39X2r6CwCp5wGLw05VmfXNatmcLeJyfNc13gAYY3GvbIxE0yvcdG7YpSCLupvpxAuoayh66CzcNnlgFyE6Hm3/s320/shoulder.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444768942575249282" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><img src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/tim/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot.png" alt="" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />About twelve o'clock or due north<br />from left to right, that tendon should be<br />all white. As evidenced here, it's not<br /><br />Torn supra-spinatus.<br /><br />Not the worse injury in my life<br />but close.<br /><br />See you all on the flip side.ComputerMechanichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08518308908524209225noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3832791494958564158.post-32004395923498764932010-02-23T20:48:00.008-05:002010-03-06T09:28:49.399-05:00Haven't you heard it's a battle of words....As I sit here in front of my roaring fire<br />and there is a snow storm warning .<br />I want you all to take a quick look around the<br />house and let you all see what we have been up<br />to.<br /><br />A quiet corner of the soon to be fiber studio<br />is Cara and Nick sitting on the guest couch/fold out futon.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh1gdpZAlGoMu-bMLLpCxWt8R5A4aVlos-k5AinVb8Wi_FjxUfS7jhtjHzV0qWr0Zu6yLTlOVHij3fzqNt9vs3OqiA6bhnIm1VvAjfVpaOS6G4IJ36BE0nzvnUvD4TM_TzDGHbsO2nwCXt/s1600-h/im000667.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh1gdpZAlGoMu-bMLLpCxWt8R5A4aVlos-k5AinVb8Wi_FjxUfS7jhtjHzV0qWr0Zu6yLTlOVHij3fzqNt9vs3OqiA6bhnIm1VvAjfVpaOS6G4IJ36BE0nzvnUvD4TM_TzDGHbsO2nwCXt/s320/im000667.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441614533141770226" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />On another side of the room, Phaedre my<br />wheel sits with brown corriedale that I am<br />spinning at 40 WPI.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrDL1q03Il1WjS3BC48ajo66KrLeyIz8LlhN_jAycXuyDY6TZElAzh4M1Co2jdKaxwbjQ3dujLyxD5A3bB-NYFy0kZk8rMcjKkb7CTlenum7lWZZe5dlqZ8bLt_JHFe7Gz2Pn3gG8EmI44/s1600-h/im000668.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrDL1q03Il1WjS3BC48ajo66KrLeyIz8LlhN_jAycXuyDY6TZElAzh4M1Co2jdKaxwbjQ3dujLyxD5A3bB-NYFy0kZk8rMcjKkb7CTlenum7lWZZe5dlqZ8bLt_JHFe7Gz2Pn3gG8EmI44/s320/im000668.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441615700601542178" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I am having so much fun with this<br />fiber when I have time to spin.<br /><br />Because the rest of the house has been eating<br />my life...<br /><br />We had friends over to enjoy dinner<br />in the now finished dining room.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4xlJYFX_1fQyTCyWn8WT_G6_eYYmvCGeuhJJhKZF0C1yhDuUn-KE2_0v-ISb9Kb5sgbisUWPFZr9GmsxnwVZ4uhszycE-aBaouq2tVArEHUQxxY0c3DvpZuCHbIXMClianVSLd9yPC6JJ/s1600-h/im000674.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4xlJYFX_1fQyTCyWn8WT_G6_eYYmvCGeuhJJhKZF0C1yhDuUn-KE2_0v-ISb9Kb5sgbisUWPFZr9GmsxnwVZ4uhszycE-aBaouq2tVArEHUQxxY0c3DvpZuCHbIXMClianVSLd9yPC6JJ/s320/im000674.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441620049957363730" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Or the quiet corner of the living room<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwpZEuW5kYTXfduzu5I_Bzjd3nVUPqdvntsrDWHjVKUQ9EPQcpjngpSxiZhl46xtIAxRXCDrfzhaoNBzZ5A7PHcmvVJntgS4OxQVtuy0cYEQQdWlsYYHWMW_7AZp9L_qVCtABf3-EBbgX7/s1600-h/im000681.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwpZEuW5kYTXfduzu5I_Bzjd3nVUPqdvntsrDWHjVKUQ9EPQcpjngpSxiZhl46xtIAxRXCDrfzhaoNBzZ5A7PHcmvVJntgS4OxQVtuy0cYEQQdWlsYYHWMW_7AZp9L_qVCtABf3-EBbgX7/s320/im000681.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441621618106207394" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />My latest project<br /><br /><a href="http://www.piece-by-piece.net/Knit/men_fingerless_mitts.htm" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtxFuOnAcHpxZr4-m-vsa54f5Wivynd0G5Ke8wWoZFSyFeTURJjdCvA7-JxyTlJDU3Fnju9IkV1-m0D7GTJnHqwkh9PQNTmb5tjhVLwYvoVArlhpKR4Ikxpg0nkuAZuZttrX9DDjS8qqBf/s320/im000680.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441623287473321122" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />And as always<br /><br />Knits on my laptop, Dopey, powered<br />by Ubuntu Hardy Heron.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4mn3CDhQLv3UKXZiWBL_hcZLJnu_XCwcQCwx-MpfosXQZaWayQVIC8NZp7ZP9CkShaZYIZVQZzj4LfBHj3DIjcwlW0aTl0ZAAWHL8kX36kqRfCmAeROrRqlIk3WnLGodYolZuBvkRgL0Z/s1600-h/im000683.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4mn3CDhQLv3UKXZiWBL_hcZLJnu_XCwcQCwx-MpfosXQZaWayQVIC8NZp7ZP9CkShaZYIZVQZzj4LfBHj3DIjcwlW0aTl0ZAAWHL8kX36kqRfCmAeROrRqlIk3WnLGodYolZuBvkRgL0Z/s320/im000683.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441624483536730482" border="0" /></a>ComputerMechanichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08518308908524209225noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3832791494958564158.post-60898124666367995082010-02-18T07:28:00.008-05:002010-02-18T08:04:09.112-05:00And if there is no room upon the hillYesterday was my actual birthday.<br />So I did what I always do..<br />I went skiing....<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.plattekill.com/winter/"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqfC2oq6Y8ivCOSJ1N1CAAqM7Sz3-f_SthDnTS0xj8u4BAcyi5AQM1Bsy5Dg23YEQWlJDXuKYbcXPMB4Np0Mr5qzXVf-2S3VXWqLHAFrEbCnOVuJhIm22dQ54kGnYnPYiUziNQIYImrXo2/s200/Picture5+070.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439560370284708546" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />at this lovely resort way out<br />the back and beyond up Delaware County<br />Road 41 where the head waters of the<br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Branch_Delaware_River">Delaware River</a> come from.<br /><br />Looking down one slope I had the courage<br />to go down....<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEiEEVnJ34zBiLe4oivr9YxpiDKaZDvVKeu84ARi5qkZO4z4BS6oEwgUMG4YRseFPGLPDxyvUG6sY83HhYRQubEeQgHyq_OHl-DZJyCIv_JLxNL-JzxHNISlzeb47DpPJoKf5elQ_vd-Lm/s1600-h/Picture5+060.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEiEEVnJ34zBiLe4oivr9YxpiDKaZDvVKeu84ARi5qkZO4z4BS6oEwgUMG4YRseFPGLPDxyvUG6sY83HhYRQubEeQgHyq_OHl-DZJyCIv_JLxNL-JzxHNISlzeb47DpPJoKf5elQ_vd-Lm/s320/Picture5+060.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439563182523275634" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibEBUVP16Fg_5xQQ2-WnlAlhAH8oSUpxZ6eNAt10BmHa37ggHOljX7z07f95mGvBtNU1HVhNAnBFQT9e0pBNDJ0XvQ20MPEx-f4VWbR-MEcj2U3eGyAO0rWEWx1hqnnyzXy27krvRr9o1g/s1600-h/Picture5+061.jpg"><br /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Don't tell <a href="http://writeknitspin.com/">Harriet</a> but this was a 60-70 degree slope<br />with a double black diamond rating<br />(with the 80 degree surprise thrown in<br />every now and again)<br /><br />oh the buildings down the bottom are the lodge...<br />I took this slope by carving s turns from one side<br />to the other...<br /><br />At my age (49) it's not how fast you go<br />but that you make it down in one piece<br />and that you never go faster than<br />your legs will let you..<br /><br />See the reports of of crashes from<br />the Womens' downhill at the Olympics<br /><br /><a href="http://www.latimes.com/includes/soundslides/olympics_big_picture/olympics37.jpg">Outside link</a> LA TIMES<br /><br />To prove that there is knitting content<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5OkwLPw4_riA9xljqMISTDh9QnH2XLQUwW76chQ4XjpNAmv67UawaXijLIJLUHGNLwaMMbQI6GDsxanovT49mnR7rnaJZuVnQMHz_fPNfDblBUtmluMfJE8vtk7RBcpSd9_W1I_6TG86U/s1600-h/Picture5+067.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5OkwLPw4_riA9xljqMISTDh9QnH2XLQUwW76chQ4XjpNAmv67UawaXijLIJLUHGNLwaMMbQI6GDsxanovT49mnR7rnaJZuVnQMHz_fPNfDblBUtmluMfJE8vtk7RBcpSd9_W1I_6TG86U/s320/Picture5+067.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439565427437212898" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The <a href="http://www.packagesfromhome.org/things-to-donate/knitted-helmet-liner">helmet liner</a> in actionComputerMechanichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08518308908524209225noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3832791494958564158.post-39826568488135118632010-02-07T09:13:00.005-05:002010-02-07T09:25:44.964-05:00By the cold and religious we were taken in hand.I am in a rut,<br /><br />My last two finished objects are repeats of<br />things that I had done before.<br /><br />Example,<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBlBg2i9XcKnkaH0eJVKRr4hTCJFQcM_6uThhJU0ihynzseuravxhXJ7q4Buesg-nLMvVjZoZljiHC_DNL4WZ8B6SF7ayAJ27qffHqZW1hsjFoPcZrW-1RslFQ6oLyjvYtQY7HI9PLgRjN/s1600-h/IM000070_medium.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBlBg2i9XcKnkaH0eJVKRr4hTCJFQcM_6uThhJU0ihynzseuravxhXJ7q4Buesg-nLMvVjZoZljiHC_DNL4WZ8B6SF7ayAJ27qffHqZW1hsjFoPcZrW-1RslFQ6oLyjvYtQY7HI9PLgRjN/s320/IM000070_medium.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435505501799255170" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />This time I fixed the ribbing and closed the face area<br />better.<br /><br />and<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-xLLOTwlaSxJVoVUlDu5f1SGsURFoIlmF9i2P8FgezBW6wcClDLcu2TeMU5illVb7GntyfWPRTR-KvTLA92V546nbVMouSC-q-FeszQqG1qMBI17AvuKwljzBieeIHtew2sH8jmDJy48C/s1600-h/Lesterfest_054_medium.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-xLLOTwlaSxJVoVUlDu5f1SGsURFoIlmF9i2P8FgezBW6wcClDLcu2TeMU5illVb7GntyfWPRTR-KvTLA92V546nbVMouSC-q-FeszQqG1qMBI17AvuKwljzBieeIHtew2sH8jmDJy48C/s200/Lesterfest_054_medium.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435506468850985122" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Ribbed snow hat...<br /><br />Oy..<br /><br />I did not even put these two in my ravelry projects.<br /><br />Today I don't even know what to do except that<br />the studio needs to cleaned up for guests<br />and the temp gizmo says 11 degrees out<br />and I have to stack the rest of the<br />cord of wood that came yesterday.<br /><br />Shiess....<br /><br />at least I have a choice of hats to wear...ComputerMechanichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08518308908524209225noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3832791494958564158.post-85521802303301190042010-01-10T09:36:00.005-05:002010-01-10T09:45:18.049-05:00for a lead role in a cage?Update on the <a href="http://geekyfibernews.blogspot.com/2009/04/mystery-wheel.html">Mystery wheel</a>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ8wLfg9E2B4WCykIeHUCmgcyF6rZhlTow2NmtX2loB1a0KsgjWYB0IBDJShUS5p8Z_3RQGir1pk2J3FFE7H7F4dhWnR3paONtxTFylOt6I1hdJDmgTYrUoBXMKRbbvM5dEYYr5ds3QRto/s1600-h/Picture+060.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ8wLfg9E2B4WCykIeHUCmgcyF6rZhlTow2NmtX2loB1a0KsgjWYB0IBDJShUS5p8Z_3RQGir1pk2J3FFE7H7F4dhWnR3paONtxTFylOt6I1hdJDmgTYrUoBXMKRbbvM5dEYYr5ds3QRto/s320/Picture+060.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425120402056627714" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I saw another almost like it with a smaller wheel<br />when <a href="http://writeknitspin.com/">we</a> went to <a href="http://www.washingtoncountyfair.com/">Adirondack fiber festival</a><br />last year.<br /><br />So I know there are more out there.<br />Even <a href="http://www.themerlintree.com/">Dave</a> is flummoxed on what<br />make it is.<br /><br />So, any takers from the field?<br /><br />Ideas?<br /><br />Buhler?ComputerMechanichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08518308908524209225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3832791494958564158.post-1753329086209706112010-01-09T09:23:00.006-05:002010-01-09T10:52:08.603-05:00Look at the sky, look at the river, isn't good?The longer I live here, the more I love this house.<br /><br />This morning is glorious, albeit a little on the cool side<br />with the temp widget showing 13 degrees F or for those<br />who made the jump to metric -10.5 degrees celsius.<br />(centigrade)<br /><br />Looking out of the skylight in the slowly coming together<br />craft room.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNuZ2l5QsrHC8J1j1MeCMHZGQk5qhQYJYr3pntHuEOgTh9VhePMtZ52pFqHCxxVNo08x1KNAVYaooL6n2x9ZWZxrdyURnf_Z1Bd4n7yq_07qyFnVozqq4bi5UxnUR8d46QCnC6cDT9B9II/s1600-h/Picture041.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNuZ2l5QsrHC8J1j1MeCMHZGQk5qhQYJYr3pntHuEOgTh9VhePMtZ52pFqHCxxVNo08x1KNAVYaooL6n2x9ZWZxrdyURnf_Z1Bd4n7yq_07qyFnVozqq4bi5UxnUR8d46QCnC6cDT9B9II/s320/Picture041.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424751570239416706" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Yet another look out of the upper hallway window<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWwDqPifU0eHZHNKk38eUI903D75NCfAnO0iSvvcQgkPgg3quhSo_Np4wiX4quuPGS8L2avFzXJv6NE2NE89QkAPF-BxcW13nPgqQ3PaePSgYE7K7xMecY7X-yX-affSaA_oSqjgEqIgAC/s1600-h/Picture5+042.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWwDqPifU0eHZHNKk38eUI903D75NCfAnO0iSvvcQgkPgg3quhSo_Np4wiX4quuPGS8L2avFzXJv6NE2NE89QkAPF-BxcW13nPgqQ3PaePSgYE7K7xMecY7X-yX-affSaA_oSqjgEqIgAC/s320/Picture5+042.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424751956845239666" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I really don't get tired of the view.<br /><br />Which reminds me, I did actually knit in December<br /><br />FO Hat for Foster Child, Boy Aged 10<br />Ribbed Snow Hat.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx-89V4M7yTqydTCJPe9VVIlzkapG-UJ0wExPGraRlicFUI0NAjBwbElakpKKoF3ZBySPTB0pmJ21kR8dVXpPUbw-aBhvsgo6FPaNyTcYnxZ_gKTbXvh5J2pVGgKWs1eMkEi1S_vPMHsvW/s1600-h/Lesterfest+054.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx-89V4M7yTqydTCJPe9VVIlzkapG-UJ0wExPGraRlicFUI0NAjBwbElakpKKoF3ZBySPTB0pmJ21kR8dVXpPUbw-aBhvsgo6FPaNyTcYnxZ_gKTbXvh5J2pVGgKWs1eMkEi1S_vPMHsvW/s320/Lesterfest+054.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424752964530794674" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />It came together so fast, that I decided to<br />knit another for myself.<br /><br />Simply because, I don't have hair now.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi19IZcVoEE0vMvZcK1mzn_j5_doZwSnVF_vYwD43K6e5QMCJImmkcXyVh9sAdofdz6K7OuqJXVn5BRE8b3vsNrVPxY5ZNfas6VkEJHjc65hChTRWnxcglnGpqJw4_vAh8YBI5-fu6PJWFs/s1600-h/Lesterfest+187.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi19IZcVoEE0vMvZcK1mzn_j5_doZwSnVF_vYwD43K6e5QMCJImmkcXyVh9sAdofdz6K7OuqJXVn5BRE8b3vsNrVPxY5ZNfas6VkEJHjc65hChTRWnxcglnGpqJw4_vAh8YBI5-fu6PJWFs/s320/Lesterfest+187.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424753628960797762" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Yeah, It's gone.... 3 years in the growing.<br />Oh, the scarf?<br /><br />Harriet knit that for me a buncha years ago<br />and it's still one of my favorites.<br /><br />For what it's worth, the girls<br />won't get out of bed.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUKZk9A2xdkS8X75rYI4KuIffFAqmkoH2vxOxtqQozJ5gthG4vencxTlksEiC_vfmUWrfG4nY5_6tNGD8hx-qmwv1lPfAiLR8I_1Q4V5OjVgXYdxyw7iGk1Yb4n_xd8KqQYQitNJ47I87_/s1600-h/Picture5+046.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUKZk9A2xdkS8X75rYI4KuIffFAqmkoH2vxOxtqQozJ5gthG4vencxTlksEiC_vfmUWrfG4nY5_6tNGD8hx-qmwv1lPfAiLR8I_1Q4V5OjVgXYdxyw7iGk1Yb4n_xd8KqQYQitNJ47I87_/s320/Picture5+046.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424768283491904738" border="0" /></a>ComputerMechanichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08518308908524209225noreply@blogger.com2