Spanning the Generations

This is a picture of Ryan Nestor, and a photo of his great great granduncle, Darby Nestor.
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Picture Ryan with a Derby, Clay Pipe and Beard, and the family
resemblance is uncanny.
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I wonder if Darby was a financial planner.

A Bitter Loss

Chris and Will Crawford gave it their all, but they still lost to Kenyan runner Robert K. Cheruiyot, who claimed his third Boston victory, with an unofficial time of 2:14:12.
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Cheruiyot said shortly after his hard won victory," I knew that the Crawford Brothers were in the race and had been training since December. It weighed heavily on my mind and I thank God that I was able to defeat these formidable competitors."
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The Crawfords were uncharacteristically bitter in their remarks.
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"Cheruiyot had a big head start over us, and that was our major impediment to running him down", said Chris. "
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"Yeah, He sucks! If we started when he did, we would have kicked his Ass", Will added.
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Some bystanders were appalled at the lack of sportsmanship exhibited by the talented siblings, but this reporter disagrees.
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They have a right to be bitter.
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The laurel wreath should have been theirs.

Unfortunate Luck

BTW.... I'm glad that the shooter was not a Muslim. Can you believe the hysteria that would have been compounded if this was a terrorist act and not some kind of deranged idiot with an unknown purpose?

Insanity

The Virginia Tech shooting is something out of Hollywood. One guy kills 32 kids. There are all sorts of issues here.
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Gun control. When our Constitution gave citizens the right to bear arms, the technology was such that an expert marksman could fire two rounds in one minute... and accuracy of the firearm was not at issue. The cheapest Saturday night special outperforms this exponentially. You don't need an automatic weapon for protection.
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Time for gun control. Even in the Wild West, the Sheriff used to tell the bad guys to leave their guns out of town.
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Anyone who murders anyone is insane. There are many forms of insanity, and it is unlikely that we will ever be able to prevent insane acts from occuring. Anyone who is intent upon killing himself in the course of killing others is virtually unstoppable.
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Keep access to firearms away from these people by barring them from society. Screw the NRA and the Hunting lobbies. Give them fishing rods and bows and arrows. I'll take an overpopulation of deer over 31 dead Virginia Tech Hokies.

Smokin Server

An incredible amounts of hits on the Blog today.
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What the Hell is going on???
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It was Stacey's bridal shower.... not the latest video of "Girls Gone Wild"!!!
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Jeez.

Shake your Booty

Looks like Katelyn, Mary, and Stace got down and jiggy at Stace's Bridal Shower in Vermont.
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This photo, purported to be taken at 2:00 AM, indicates the three white women, apparently in their late twenties, trying hard to get their groove on.
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Katelyn said that Stacey's Mom and Sister's pulled off an AWESOME event, ending at approximately 3:00 AM with virtually no police intervention.

Marathon Day

Lousy day for the Boston Marathon. A record setting Noreaster with high wind, a coastal storm surge and heavy rains.
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Alison Peabody and the Crawford Brothers are running. Thank God Ryan isn't.
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My own personal marathon today involves a lot of phone calls and a stint of floor tiling.

Rigor Mortis

I'm beat.
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Joanne and Amy worked on the school move today, so I felt obligated to work on the basement tile job. With the constant moving around on your knees, floor tiling is one of the most uncomfortable and tedious jobs. I can't imagine what it must be to do this for a living. There is a great sense of accomplishment though when you see your tile colors and patterns start to emerge on the floor.
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After a few courses of 6x6 quarry tile and a course of 4" patterns, Greg and Dave Bruett dropped by to see if I could rip the width of some stair treads that they were installing at Dave's condo. It was a welcome respite.
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I did a few more courses then established a pattern of accent slate and natural stone tile. When I found myself standing around in a stupor around 2:30, it was clear that the job was done for today.
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I have a long way to go. This is not going to go fast, but if I keep a steady contribution, the job should get done in the short term.

Dream Job

What would you do if you had no need to make a living?.... If money was not a factor?
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I'm pretty sure that I would build boats... take the cedar strip built method to a mass production status and make them affordable. Powered by sail and oar, they would be economical to own and use, and healthy to be around.
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The mass produced stuff that you see today in plastic and fiberglass is so ugly, that people use them only to get to larger boats, which are becoming prohibitive in price.
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Wouldn't it be neat if there were clubs and classes of these beautiful boats? And that families had multiple boats to sail and compete with each other? They could be trailered to all kinds of ocean harbors and inland lakes for fishing, racing, picnicing, and just chilling on them.
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Keep expenses low and fun high. Great rowing exercise and sailing skill using free sources of energy - wind and muscle power.
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My Nanepashemet line of boats will include...

• Herreshoff Columbia 12 1/2' Tender
• Matinicus 14' Peapod
• Nipmuc 17' Canoe
• Alpha 14' Dory
• Haven 16' Day Sailer

All except the Nipmuc will be equiped for sail.

The boats will be available in a turnkey package with oars, sails, fishing options, life preservers, battery powered GPS, and trailers.

Email me for an advance order. I accept Visa, Mastercard and American Express.

Status Update

Ryan and Courtney were moving into their new house today, and Joanne and Amy were doing the Sundance move.
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Tyler Gill helped me to get the computer desk into the new Sundance building and I set up Joanne's computer, then pretty much got out of the way. I finished the taxes for the most part and then headed to Home Depot to get accent tiles for the basement.
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Katelyn is is Burlington, Vermont with her St. Mike's friends for Staci's bachlorette party and Mike is out in Seattle on a business trip. Hillegas called and said he was in Seattle today, so I put his number on Mike's voice-mail, while he was in the air. Bill could show Mike and his friends a good time in Seattle.... maybe too good.

A Crock

If you have never tried slow cooking with an electric crock pot, then you are definitely not keeping up with the latest in haute cuisine.
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Seriously, take chicken or pork frozen from your freezer, put it into the pot, throw in a little garlic, spice, mustard, honey or barbeque sauce as you feel necessary.... set it on low and come back five or six hours later to awesome barbeque.
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Don't forget to take the wrapper off of the meat.
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So get a crock pot, and start eating.
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Do I have to tell you everything???

Stop the Slide

I've been in a major relapse mode ever since my successful visit with Dr. Casale two weeks ago. Ever since he told me that the blood pressure was normal and that my choloresterol count was great, I've been on this carb binge with virtually no exercise.
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I feel freaking horrible.
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My back has a pinched nerve and my pants are tight.
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Tomorrow, the new Spartan, Buff and Bitching Johnny makes an appearance. Counting the Carbs and getting in the Burn.