Congrats BrianR - Aside from that how are things?

:cool:

Thats awesome ... How does that impact the roadway situation, if at all?

They'll move the road closer so people can read the plaque. :haha:

Wouldn't surprise me, the jerkholes.
No further words on roadage or lightage. Must be in committee...

I don't think we have buildings that old in Colorado. I lived in one from the 1860s once...and the one I live in now was built in 1903...but we are pretty far West. I always wanted to live in one of those historic sites, though. Pretty cool, jinxy

And congrats to you, Brian!

Cool. Did George Washington ever sleep there? :D

Hey, wait, what?
Why hasn't anyone else posted the contents of their fridge?!

C'mon people.
Historical plaques happen everywhere, only special people have fridges.

Yea, but does that mean you have to get their permission to paint or make any changes to the outside. We have tons of historic homes around here and you can't touch them without approval even though you own them.

Here are pic's of the new place.

Here are more.

And now the best part, the backyard.

very nice, fargon!

schweeeeeeeet!

I thought for moment that you had used a showercap on the bike seat.

Them's sharks on the shower curtain. :haha:

them're dolphins.

Naw them's sharks. :p:

Oh, and the plastic bag on the bicycle seat is because you've be riding around the neighborhood naked again, isn't it. :yesnod:

Nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congrats on the new place fargon/keryx, it looks so nice. The back yard is brilliant.

Nope. They're not that organized here.

Yet! If they form a local historical commission/committee, be sure to get on it.

Looks really great, Fargon!

Wow, Fargon. That place is beautiful!

I can see you spending a lot of time gazing out over that river, fargon.. I'm really glad to see you in such a bucolic locale. You deserve it. I hope it brings inner peace and quietude along with it.

:)

Fargon, make sure your renter's insurance includes flooding.

Not bad at all Fargon. Most excellent.

It won't, it's a completely separate policy... and getting to be an expensive one. My premium jumped 500% this year.:mad:

So. Fucking. Jealous. Right. Now.:mad2:

Some of you may remember when I posted pics of the huge limb of a Douglas fir fell on our house.
It was one limb of a "candelabra" that grew out at the top after a storm.

Well, 2 evenings ago I was standing in the driveway, and heard a "crack".
Then another "crack".
The a much louder "CRACK CRACK"

I didn't even look up, but started running to get to the protection of the porch.
Just as I reached the first step, slipped and fell, the sister to the first limb hit the ground.
I knew I wasn't hurt, but scared beyond anything in my life before.

It's taken a couple of days to clean up and cut off the sections so far.
The butt end of the limb on the ground is about 3 ft in diameter,
and the sawed end now is at 16 inches.

As the situation is now, I think it could not have landed in a better place,
and with what is remaining at the top of the tree will probably go
on to reach new heights.

Hope,
Hope,
Hope...

Yikes!

Whoa! Glad you made it to the porch!

Why, do you have a death wish? :eyebrow:

There are times when the best course is to stand and confront the danger; there are times when the best course is to :bolt: ; the trick is getting the right response to each type. GOOD CALL!

Holy guacamole, Lamp.
Bucking the trend of Dwellar bad luck in 2013. Survival instincts, you got them.

Not sure why you left the tree standing after the first incident.

Glad your hearing is still good!

What feetz said ,
Dont leave an accident waiting to happen

They don't call 'em 'widowmakers' fer nothing.

Didn't you say you were moving to a different place LL?

That tree will be someone else's problem then.

I'm glad you're OK. The butt end of the LIMB is three feet across, holy crabcakes.

Today a tree service company removed the "widow-makers" left on the trunk.
We now have a new living sculpture on the property.
The family consensus is that this Douglas Fir shall hereafter be:

"Dougie, the Startled Dragon"

So you've given Tyhee Saghalie a huge war club with which he might smite you at his leisure. Good luck, white man. :facepalm:

Excellent reference there, xoB !

What I see here is death by strangulation; and the murderer is English Motherfucking Ivy. Look how high up those vines climbed on the trunk. They could only do that if they were well rooted at the base, and well rooted ivy strangles the roots of its host.

RIP Douglas Fir.

The ivy vines you see on the trunk have been dead for 20+years
But, point taken.

Eventually this 200 yr-old tree, like all firs, will have to come down,
but for now it's another example of "not on my watch" cowardice.

That's based on a belief that the killing efficiency of ivy
is no where near that of the chain saw.

" Long live Dougie ! "

If he lives very long with no head, you may have to change Dougie's name to Mike.