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Some pictures are "thumbnails" - please click on them to enlarge (they have an orange border)

BIG BOYS (oooops.... BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY )

Relates to a window and siding project further further down

the page. The man's son WHHHHAH and WHINEDDDDD and got

to the point of literally raising his father's cane & flinged it in anger. And threatening to return next day and send the workmen home!!

Dmitry, author of IconEdit2, and his new Subaru Impreza. Way to go! See my "new" car further down!

From my friend Carol who, like me, is going through some medical drama!

The Crosswalk (a PDF document - please allow time for it to open)

And I would like to share a Power Point slide show that my friend Bo sent me:

Where God Wants Me (Please give it time to download)

And you think your feet hurt???

As my kitties would say: MEEEE-OUCH (pdf document)

For Dmitry: A Picture of My New Car (not to be outdone!) ☺ (Apr. 2008)

How to ID a Persian Cat

The New $5.00 Bill

Electrical Spaghetti in INDIA

Yikes!

For the hobbyists:

Boys and their toys

The Ultimate Peep Show!!!

(please click on picture to enlarge)

Photos from NASA - Space Shuttle Endeavor

endeavor

A new paint job on a Sheriff's patrol car done by a person's last day on the job

Sheriff's Car

Many, many cars found in a welded shut barn in Portugal

INCREDIBLE

The picture below is self-explanatory

mobile radio gone too far

It is a small world. While selling tickets for Post 24's annual fundraiser, Dave Ahearn and I entered into a discussion with a very nice lady. When I told her where I lived, she said that her brother had lived in the same town as I. Then she asked if we remembered the truck that rolled off the ferry a few years ago. We told her yes. Then she said the driver who died in that bizarre accident was her brother, Mike Zuber. (Mike's tractor-trailer rolled off the stern of the passenger ferry SUSAN ANN while crossing from New London, CT to Orient Point, L.I. on November 19, 2002). And we stunned her when we told her that we had spent a few days with Mike at a hunting lodge in Vermont about 6 years or so ago!

I told her that I had at least one picture of her brother from that hunting trip. The picture below is one that I had scanned into my computer on November 27, 2002 which shows Mike on the left, sitting with Dave. I will search thru my photo albums and packs of pictures to see if I can find any more pictures for her.

R. I. P.

Mike Zuber

A loving father to 3 children who often rode with him during school vacations and in the summer; a proud veteran who served 3 tours in Vietnam with the 182nd Airborne.

My friend Dave Ahearn caught a 30 1/2" rainbow trout in Paw Paw, West Virginia in May 2005 and it now adorns my wall! By the way, it had weighed in at 14.5 lbs. Dave had it stuffed and I am sure the taxidermist got "stuffed" as well after eating the meat of the fish!

I have been the proud owner of a 1942 Ford GPW since 1996

I think of it as a rolling museum. I enjoy giving people of all ages rides and doing short parade runs. Pictured below are some photos taken on Memorial Day 2004 prior to the Milford, CT's parade.

Lt. Ed Obert (Parade Marshall) and Dave Ahearn

And some earlier pictures

Dave and his mom 9/1/2004, 3 days prior to her 90th birthday with my '42 Ford GPW

Dave and brother Bob with their mom on her 91st birthday

Other family photos

For a great website regarding a great military vehicles collectors club, please visit COMVEC (there is a link to it on my Links page). You do not have to be an owner of a military vehicle to join. COMVEC is affiliated with the international organization MVPA (Military Vehicle Preservation Association). I am proud to be a member of both these very fine organizations.

Just for fun: The Wheels of Life

* * * For my friend Dave Ahearn * * *

In memory of his uncle, Maxium Symbol.

Max was a T/5 in the U.S. Army Tank Regiment. Max was from Shelton CT and served from January 1944 thru January 1946.

The photo below shows Max with Hitler's staff car.

Stuggart, Germany - - 1945.

The rightmost picture above shows Max on the left, and Nick Valentino. Nick is from Derby, CT. Nick used to drive for the lumber company.

And below is some information pertaining to Hitler's staff car

Heavy Equipment

More Heavy Equipment - Beloved Bantam Iron Worker

This piece of equipment still functions - it survived a tip-over fall and the pulley wobbles

but she gets the job done... A big time saver and indeed is worthy of the name Iron Worker

The art of being a pack rat

1346 LBS stuffed into SUV - use of trays, buckets & boxes!

Photos taken in Yemen - early 90's

In the desert with an AK-47 and a roadside stop to buy QAT

Church Scanner Project - ready to reassemble

(pdf documents - please be patient while they download)

Patient in OR

Patient O.K. and Released!

The Rev. Lee Forshaw held a service at 10:00AM - 10/04/08 - at Christ Episcopal Church, Stratford CT

"The Blessing of the Animals" in honor of Saint Francis, Patron Saint of animals

Karl's 90th Birthday Celebration at Monday Lunch Bunch

Christ Episcopal Church Stratford CT

http://www.christchurchstratford.org

R.I.P. Trixie August 1994 - October 3, 2008

More pictures of cats to be added

Custom Lead Bars - shown here, bar is approx. 25 pounds

A little bit of information regarding my lead ingots.

They melt like butter and are very clean.

Mikenbarb from the Cast Boolit forum tested the lead.

RESULTS:

Range lead: 7 to 8 BHN

Wheel Weight lead: 9 BHN

Lead Bar / Ingot: approx. 7 pounds:

Lead Bar / Ingot: approx. 3.5 pounds:

4 cavity aluminum cast mold for the 3.5 pounders

More Stuff

And more stuff from 02-28-2009 for Rich and Marty

(PICTURES TAKEN WITH CELL PHONE)

Weighting down the portable fence and setting up mold:

Cylindrical Mold - My first pour - pictures prior to trimming

(I believe I had an air bubble - thus only 7.5 inches of lead instead of 12 inches)

Cylindrical lead weight after trimming:

Weighing in at 5.2 pounds - approx 7-1/4 inches long by 1-1/2 inches in diameter

Ingots from 27th of Feb 2009:

"bullet lead" various weights due to the pour:

My friend John who operates a motorcycle repair shop is quite the welder.

Pictured below is a steel plate with angle iron that John fashioned.

I provided the muffler clamps and bought wing nuts for E-Z on-off.

AND MANY THANKS TO MY FRIEND RICH WHO FASHIONED THE PIPE MOLDS!

More pictures to follow - I took the above picture with the cell phone.

Also John modifies my spoons! Pic taken 3-6-2009

And some more stuff for Marty and Rich:

Before and After Pictures (framing project)

Miscellaneous

Mittens at age 14 had skin cancer and lump removed 1-2-09 She is doing fine.

Mittens and Friendly in their beds

Mittens and Lamont 03-10-2009

Patio and Fencing

Portable Fencing:

The Portable Fence is now at my house due to moving back to the shop in Oct. 2009

Other

"Before Pictures"

(Make-shift table top surface for cutting cardboard):

"After Pictures"

Decided to buy a 6 foot fold-up table to use as a work surface instead

of using 2 saw horses and a sheet of plywood. The table works super !!!!

Packing supplies

Amy's Going Away Party at Curves Feb. 20, 2009

Bikes at AL Post 24 - 04-16-2009 Ham Dinner

Stormy Weather - June 26, 2009

Please note: Hitting escape should exit you from the slide show.

However, if hitting the escape key does not take you out of the slide show, please hit the

back arrow button on your browser. Thanks!

If you don't have PowerPoint software on your computer, you can go to

www.microsoft.com and download a free viewer. A cautionary note:

After downloading the viewer software, close your browser prior to doing the install.

Click on the sentence below to load the slide show:

My first-ever PowerPoint show

And for those who do not have PowerPoint, I converted the show to a PDF document

Please give it time to download - - - THANKS

Stormy Weather (without the music!) - PDF document

Another storm did brew!

If the escape key does not stop the slide show, please hit the "back arrow" button of your browser

Take a look at what a son does to his own parents

And for those who do not have PowerPoint, I converted the show to a PDF document

Please give it time to download - - - THANKS

Take a look at what a son does to his own parents - PDF document

House Repair Project - Before and After Pictures:

A note: in order to fix the poor workmanship and to do the job right, it was decided

to re-side the house in conjunction with doing the repairs. Rainhandlers will be

used in lieu of gutters (a proven technology) ... I have them on my house.

To learn more about Rainhandlers, please visit: www.rainhandler.com

BACK TO THE HOUSE PROJECT!!!!

And I would like to note that the son attempted years ago to paint the siding on the right side of the house - what a mess!!!

Pictures of the house on August 8, 2009 - "BEFORE" repairs!

Pictures of the house on August 10, 2009 - "Day 1" - Repairs

Pictures of the house on August 11, 2009 - "Day 2" - Repairs

As previously mentioned, the first of the storm waves arrived 08-12-09 at approx. 21:00

and it ain't over yet. Can't say here what transpired other than someone's drawers got in a bunch.

Pictures of the house on August 12, 2009 - "Day 3" and the 1st ugly wave....

No drama occurred on "Day 4" - we are nearing completion - Rainhandlers due to arrive soon...

Pictures of the house on August 13, 2009 - A replacement sign in place.....

"Day 5" Sign removed but it found its way back. Someone's drawers are still in a twist.

Some comments: There was nothing wrong with the aluminum siding

I am going to the town hall on Monday to see if a permit was pulled.

I could have done the job cheaper

Reminds me of the 4 season's song: Big Boys (ooops) Girls, Don't cry

Pictures of the house on August 14, 2009 - complete except the doorbells.

And the sign disappeared again, but it was found (9/5/09) in a shambles. It was straightened out and put back onto the front lawn .... for how long??? Who knows!!!! WAAAAAAAAH

For Rich (8/11/09):

I found a squatty dehumidifier to place atop a storage cabinet in the basement.

I cut a 1x3 to size, drilled 1/2 hole (and reamed larger to accommodate 5/8" drain hose)

Brushed on white stain to protect, and installed (held in place simply by the close of the window).

Weather was very hot and humid and I got bit up by the mosquitoes along the way.

But I am glad I got this project done for this second side of the cellar.

The casters were easily removed by depressing plastic tab and sliding out of the track.

I have a few inches of clearance with the above floor joists - just the perfect size!

My other dehumidifier would not shut off when the container was full.... Uggggh - what a mess!

On my to-do list was to get a dehumidifier that was more compact and could drain easily outside.

I went to Lowes on another mission and saw this one on an end-cap quite by accident!

Just PURRRRRRR-fect.

For Chuck - 2 types of "nuggets"

In the beginning of October 2009, I encountered another cry-baby.

I set up my operation at a friend's house after I gave up the machine shop in the fall of 2007.

I had no problems casting for 2 years, but things got crunchy with one of his neighbors.

Although I had things cleared with the town, it was easier to move my casting operation back to my previous shop location.

Not a big deal for me to cast elsewhere!

So, I am now a mobile casting operation!

Lead storage:

End of the day.... casting was done outside of the "shop" - burner is off in this picture.

10-13-2009 First Day Back at my previous shop location after 2 years.

In the process of getting things ironed out.

Pictures taken with my cell phone.

Found some cinder blocks for my spoon rest and dross cans

First 2 Ingots Poured

First 4 ingots poured

More ingots on the first day!

Day 2 - Oct 14, 2009

I had a roll-around made to exact height of the Remington cart . I have a roll of aluminum sheet and

had that put atop the roll-around. I added the handles due to it being heavy and bulky.

I have added a piece of wood that rests underneath the saw horses (not pictured, yet!) to serve as a shelf

As I cast ingots, and flip my molds, I eventually move the ingots to the make-shift shelf that spans the sawhorses.

With the help of Marcel of M.G. Enterprises, we made 2 trips to the dump to clean off the loading dock.

Unfortunately, I don't have before pictures. However, about 1/2 the dock was covered with "stuff".

I also have to see about removing grafitti that is on the overhead door, I edited it out on my pics.

I now have my set-up away from the overhead door. Moved it 90 degrees so that the door is to my right.

Stay tuned for more pictures!

FOR DON:

Lead Sheet

Lead Pipe

Lead Sheet and Pipe - Camera fired off prematurely... sorry for the blur

Due to spambots, I have disabled link to my email address and put spaces in it.

If you wish to send an email, I think you will be smarter than the spambots and will be able to figure it out!

(Simply copy and paste into your email program and remove the spaces)

Thanks for your understanding.

Kathie @ captainenterprises . com

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