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Yeah, Roger Dean. Anything by Yes at the time. I remember looking at those albums and wondering how anybody could have such an imagination. "I want candy"....yes I do. I remember that album cover. Blue Oyster Cult - On your feet or on your knees. I played that album until I wore it out...

Home! There is no place like it! Yes I can smoke with the top down, but it blows the ashes all over.... FatKen - You gotta convince your wife to go. It's the best car for that kind of driving. We had a blast. We didn't do the whole the BRP. It's over 400 miles and we drove about 1/2 of...

I've always wanted to take a week to go 500 hundred miles and this year was the year. We just got a new car (the wife's): Which turned out to be the perfect car for touring the mountain roads. The speed limits are 35 and 45, with lots to see and many stops. We kept the top down most of the...

Yes, I do. @jgohlke Since we switched our family plan to ATT and all got iPhones, we twitter as a family. Mostly we just follow each other, but the kids follow other people too. It's an easy way to keep in touch.

Thanks guys. I look forward to some herf time when we come back this way. It was a very quick trip this time, just 2 days in Enfield, CT. for a visit with the in-laws, 1 day of which, I spent at the farm. Merry (my wife) and I are working our way home as I write this. We zigged and zagged...

What Moki said. A friend of mine who is a musician and also a programmer put together a program for himself where he ripped several songs at different bit rates and using different codecs and then played them back unidentified. He listened and rated them. He listened to each version 10 times...

Most of the land they use for farming is leased and they have to pay for the right to farm it. They use the land 3 years in a row and then let it sit for at least 1 year, sometimes 2. During the off years they plant rye, which they plow under at the end of the season. The cost for leasing is...

If you've been around a while you might remember my previous visits to the farm. If not, here are the links of the previous posts: Winter on the farm Harvest time I just finished a visit to the farm during planting, so this pretty much completes the full season. The plants start out as...

The new pictures are nice. Looks like you are doing a really nice job, Andy. A framing nailer is the only way to go. On my first framing job, I used a regular hammer. I remember going to HD and asking the tool guy, "What am I doing wrong? I'm hitting the nail (16p) 12-15 times!" He...

Nice garage Gonz. Very sweet! Nail gun or framing hammer? Shingles delivered to the roof or did you carry them up a ladder? Manufactured roof trusses or built on site? That picture of you measuring....That's my favorite build day! A nice stack of 2x4's, some plywood, a concrete pad...

In the trash! That was actually the main goal of the change. Since about the 3rd day of being an iPod owner, I can't take the radio. I switched my truck over to be able to play my iPod about a year ago and although I had a pretty nice radio in the shop, I found that I just wasn't listening to...

I've been a watch guy for a while and the deal on Invicta is: ok watch, good price, lots of styles and choices, not easily repaired. Most watch repair places won't touch them. At that price point, they are cheaper to replace than repair. You can find them for sale on the shopping channels...

A while back I posted a thread asking for advice about some stereo equipment. Specifically I was trying to outfit my workshop with some new tunes and I wanted to be able to play my iPod. (Link to that thread). It started off pretty simply, but with some good advice from everybody, the stuff I...

Interesting that a few of us are former riders and have recently been thinking about it. I've had a few motorcycles (5, all rice-burners) and have 6 years of "no car" motorcycle-only transportation in my past (2 sets of 3 years each). I've ridden in all kinds of weather from 27 degrees with 2...

Seiko also makes some very nice watches. Many of their dive watches have their "hardlex" crystals. They are very tough and will tolerate an active life. They are very scratch resistant, so your watch will look brand new even after after years of wear. I bought my son one and he wore it daily...

Looks like I'll be in town that weekend, but for work not fun. Not sure how much working I'll be doing so I may or may not be able to stop by. I was in town for the Fuente event but had to work most of the day. My wife and I did stop by the Outlaw later in the afternoon when the party was...

No, you're an idiot if you don't protect yourself. I've watched this go down a couple of times in my own immediate and extended family. The "stand-up guy/gal" at the center of the family trying to keep the peace and make everybody happy ends up with a royal screwing. Seen it happen. More...

I've been on both sides where I've switched roles with people, we've each worked for the other one. This has happened to me more than once in a series of jobs across a couple of companies. It's usually the result of somebody getting a good job and getting some other folks to come join them...

This information is a little dated. Itunes is now DRM-free, the music bought in iTunes is encoded as an AAC formatted music file, but many players support that format. An iPod or iPhone will also play MP3 music files.

Got home last night, grabbed the wife and planted one on her. Held her face, told her I loved her and appreciated everything she did, then kissed her like I meant it. She looked at me and said, "What are you dying or something?"