a photoblog of what i did today..... - Page 18

kerosene · 07-04-2011, 08:34 AM

That's beautiful, Chris!

footfootfoot · 07-04-2011, 02:37 PM

Damn Chris! "Oh, yeah I just knocked out this vanity. Still had time for a few rounds of golf that afternoon"

Great job!

plthijinx · 07-04-2011, 03:19 PM

very nice!!!

i have a project coming up soon. automotive. replacing my a/c in the Fixed Or Repaired Daily again. stay tuned. i'm busy so i have to make time to do this. will be before the end of the month as the warranty expires then.

zippyt · 07-04-2011, 08:04 PM

There's an irony to working your ass off in that heat on your pool and not being able to cool off in it later.

Its later ,
The Pools not Full yet but its deep enough in can float and drink a cold beer

DSCF7368 by zippyt, on Flickr

footfootfoot · 07-04-2011, 09:30 PM

Nice nice nice

Lola Bunny · 07-04-2011, 10:20 PM

Hahah.....Looks like you're enjoying yourself.

Pete Zicato · 07-05-2011, 08:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zippyt

Much Less Filling the 6000 gallon Fucker ( it takes 24 SOLID hrs ) !!!

Yikes. Glad I don't have your water bill.

zippyt · 07-09-2011, 10:25 PM

plthijinx · 07-31-2011, 05:34 PM

sweeet zip!!!

here's a couple vids from flying today....one is landing at cleveland muni (texas y'all not ohio) and the other lake livingston. then later i'll add one of me being a little goofy (but not too much)

flying over lake livingston

plthijinx · 07-31-2011, 05:38 PM

kthxbai!

zippyt · 08-15-2011, 03:14 PM

In a week or so we are headed Back to Fla ,
its a 1/2-3/4 mile walk to the beach from our cabin
I have been looking at carts to carry coolers chairs Etc,,,,
most of them are $2-300 !!!!
So thanks to the wounders of the Net i found some drawings of a cart made from PVC
so fro about $100 worth of Pipe , Pipe fittings, and wheels
I made my own , Check it out !!!!

cart1 by zippyt, on Flickr

This thing will hold 2 full size coolers !!

yes I still need to tighten up the axles and glue a few Pieces on the Handle , But it works Great !!!!

chrisinhouston · 08-15-2011, 04:03 PM

Today I spent several hours scanning pictures from my mother's WWII photo album. Some you may remember I have mentioned that my mother was in the OSS and went out to India and on to China with Julia Child and also worked with Paul Child. In Chungking she met my father who was a major in Britain's MI9 unit.

I just finished reading Jennet Conant's new book, "A Covert Affair, Julia and Paul Child in the OSS". I contributed material for the book from mother's war letters and a diary that she kept, written in shorthand! Anyway, it got me thinking that maybe I will try to put something together as I have hundreds of letters and photographs. Even if is just for me and my family it would be a way of sharing the information.

So here are some of today's images:

1. My mother at her desk where she worked as the secretary to Col. Dick Hepner who was Chief of the OSS Detachment 404. note the barbed wire covering the window for security.

2. Paul Child, another officer and Col Hepner working on war maps.

3. Julia Child with some other OSS staff in Kandy, Ceylon.

4. My mom, the caption on the back says "crossing the Yangtze by ferry." I love the very 40's sheik V-neck sweater, nice permed hair and sunglasses. She grew up on a farm in Minnesota and after the war never moved back, she and my dad moved to NY and loved to travel from then on!

Gravdigr · 08-17-2011, 02:03 PM

In the second picture, w/Mr.'s Child and Hepner, I feel like I know what that is on the table. No, not the bowl! I just can't pull it out of my memory. I want to say it's a radio, but, that doesn't feel right...musta killed that brain cell at some point.

Even the pictures you didn't take are cool.

Rhianne · 08-17-2011, 03:12 PM

It's a telephone.

Gravdigr · 08-18-2011, 02:37 PM

Oh, yeah, I see. Did it take two hands, one for the talking hole and one for the hearing hole? Or what?

I also just now noticed the padlock on the jeep hood.

07-04-2011, 02:37 PM	#257
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Damn Chris! "Oh, yeah I just knocked out this vanity. Still had time for a few rounds of golf that afternoon" Great job! __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

07-04-2011, 03:19 PM	#258
plthijinx Master Dwellar Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,197	very nice!!! i have a project coming up soon. automotive. replacing my a/c in the Fixed Or Repaired Daily again. stay tuned. i'm busy so i have to make time to do this. will be before the end of the month as the warranty expires then. __________________ For your dreams to come true, you must first have a dream.

07-04-2011, 08:04 PM	#259
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	There's an irony to working your ass off in that heat on your pool and not being able to cool off in it later. Its later , The Pools not Full yet but its deep enough in can float and drink a cold beer DSCF7368 by zippyt, on Flickr __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

07-04-2011, 09:30 PM	#260
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Nice nice nice __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

07-09-2011, 10:25 PM	#263
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	__________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

07-04-2011, 08:34 AM	#256
kerosene Touring the facilities Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The plains of Colorado Posts: 3,476	That's beautiful, Chris!

07-04-2011, 10:20 PM	#261
Lola Bunny Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 2,728	Hahah.....Looks like you're enjoying yourself.

07-31-2011, 05:34 PM	#264
plthijinx Master Dwellar Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,197	sweeet zip!!! here's a couple vids from flying today....one is landing at cleveland muni (texas y'all not ohio) and the other lake livingston. then later i'll add one of me being a little goofy (but not too much) flying over lake livingston __________________ For your dreams to come true, you must first have a dream.

07-31-2011, 05:38 PM	#265
plthijinx Master Dwellar Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,197	kthxbai! __________________ For your dreams to come true, you must first have a dream.

08-15-2011, 03:14 PM	#266
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	In a week or so we are headed Back to Fla , its a 1/2-3/4 mile walk to the beach from our cabin I have been looking at carts to carry coolers chairs Etc,,,, most of them are $2-300 !!!! So thanks to the wounders of the Net i found some drawings of a cart made from PVC so fro about $100 worth of Pipe , Pipe fittings, and wheels I made my own , Check it out !!!! cart1 by zippyt, on Flickr This thing will hold 2 full size coolers !! yes I still need to tighten up the axles and glue a few Pieces on the Handle , But it works Great !!!! __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

08-15-2011, 04:03 PM	#267
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	Today I spent several hours scanning pictures from my mother's WWII photo album. Some you may remember I have mentioned that my mother was in the OSS and went out to India and on to China with Julia Child and also worked with Paul Child. In Chungking she met my father who was a major in Britain's MI9 unit. I just finished reading Jennet Conant's new book, "A Covert Affair, Julia and Paul Child in the OSS". I contributed material for the book from mother's war letters and a diary that she kept, written in shorthand! Anyway, it got me thinking that maybe I will try to put something together as I have hundreds of letters and photographs. Even if is just for me and my family it would be a way of sharing the information. So here are some of today's images: 1. My mother at her desk where she worked as the secretary to Col. Dick Hepner who was Chief of the OSS Detachment 404. note the barbed wire covering the window for security. 2. Paul Child, another officer and Col Hepner working on war maps. 3. Julia Child with some other OSS staff in Kandy, Ceylon. 4. My mom, the caption on the back says "crossing the Yangtze by ferry." I love the very 40's sheik V-neck sweater, nice permed hair and sunglasses. She grew up on a farm in Minnesota and after the war never moved back, she and my dad moved to NY and loved to travel from then on! Attached Images

08-17-2011, 02:03 PM	#268
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	In the second picture, w/Mr.'s Child and Hepner, I feel like I know what that is on the table. No, not the bowl! I just can't pull it out of my memory. I want to say it's a radio, but, that doesn't feel right...musta killed that brain cell at some point. Even the pictures you didn't take are cool. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

08-17-2011, 03:12 PM	#269
Rhianne Nearly done. Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Teetering on the edge. Posts: 1,134	It's a telephone.

08-18-2011, 02:37 PM	#270
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Oh, yeah, I see. Did it take two hands, one for the talking hole and one for the hearing hole? Or what? I also just now noticed the padlock on the jeep hood. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

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