Sunday, October 26, 2008
Now Boarding
If you ever listen to Harry Shearer's radio program, you've heard his songs that pay tribute to the fine statesmen and women of the Bush Administration. this one. Here's the video for one of the best from his latest album - enjoy! (thanks to Beef)
Monday, October 6, 2008
New Look
The weekend wasn't all spent riding trains and rubbing elbows with other train geeks...
Since we bought the house, I've wanted to do something, anything, with the back porch. It was sort of fenced in with plastic lattice panels, and was pretty dated looking. Shaunn painted them a few years ago, but that just made them more obvious. It just needed a new look.
I knew that they had some large bamboo rolls at Home Depot - I'd seen them earlier this summer when garden shopping. I thought they'd be perfect to replace the lattice and update the look. The nice weather gave me no excuses to stay indoors, so sunday was the day.
I bought them and was pleasantly suprised that they were cheaper than they were in June. ($17 each instead of $25) They each measure 16 by 6 feet, so I could cut them in half and make it double-sided.
We took down the old lattice, and then cut them to hang in their place. The panels are pretty light, so they don't need heavy duty mounting. I secured them with some cable ties.
The result is much better, and more open feeling, while offering more privacy. Not bad for $50 and about 2 hours of work! Now to do something about that tin roof.
Since we bought the house, I've wanted to do something, anything, with the back porch. It was sort of fenced in with plastic lattice panels, and was pretty dated looking. Shaunn painted them a few years ago, but that just made them more obvious. It just needed a new look.
I knew that they had some large bamboo rolls at Home Depot - I'd seen them earlier this summer when garden shopping. I thought they'd be perfect to replace the lattice and update the look. The nice weather gave me no excuses to stay indoors, so sunday was the day.
I bought them and was pleasantly suprised that they were cheaper than they were in June. ($17 each instead of $25) They each measure 16 by 6 feet, so I could cut them in half and make it double-sided.
We took down the old lattice, and then cut them to hang in their place. The panels are pretty light, so they don't need heavy duty mounting. I secured them with some cable ties.
The result is much better, and more open feeling, while offering more privacy. Not bad for $50 and about 2 hours of work! Now to do something about that tin roof.
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Steam Festival
We took advantage of the nice weather and made a day trip out to Byesville (near Hellotown) for their annual Steam and Mining festival today. We were both noobs there, but we fit in all right. It was fun - an hour long train ride, with narrators in the cars who told the story of the railiroad and the mines that operated in the area in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
The fun thing is everything there is hands on - you can even get up into the engineer's cab (I didn't have time to before they were stoking the boiler for the next run). They hold it every year, but I figured with the economy the way it is, a volunteer run operation might have to cut back after this season. But who cares? It's a big goddamn steam engine!
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