POTW Week 7

Watching the Olympics and getting a bit annoyed at the Bobsled competition.  I really like the speed skating, kind of like the nordic and alpine skiing, tolerate the figure skating, but sorry.  The Luge and the Bobsled just seems to be a bit on the stupid side. 

Announcing....
Nanepashemet Peeps of the Week for the Seventh Week of 2010

Pat Piscatelli
Maria Rowen
The Sudanese Lumber Clerk at Home Depot
Brendt D'Orio
Michael "Murph" Murphy
Emily Angardia

Even Curling is better than the Luge.

Shelving Update

Both shleving units were finished by 4:15PM today and by 5 O'clock I had finished a refreshing Guinness and was mixing a Classic Winter Cocktail.
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The key to the successful completion was a big break that I caught at Home Depot, when a guy with a thick accent asked me if I needed any help with the plywood.   I had just seen him aiding a customer with a cut at the panel saw, so I asked him if he could cut 4 panels into thirds at 16 inches a piece.  He said sure and then noticed that I was pulling plywood from the $33 pile and that the $25 stock was just as good.  Man... this guy saved me big time so I gave him the last ten dollar bill that I had as a tip.  He almost didn't take it.  
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I asked him where he was from, and he said he came here from Sudan, 8 years ago.   What a great guy.
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Then when I was struggling to get the plywood into the truck, an old guy who said he was a lobsterman from Nahant gave me a hand.
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These two guys made a huge difference.  I didn't have to drag out my table saw and wrestle with ripping the plywood to size.  It was already done by the time I got back from Home Depot.
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The only drawback was that they didn't have any Kreg System Screws.  This jig system is a huge time saver to make strong butt joints, so I called Gilbert and Cole in Marbleheadto see if they had the screws and picked up two boxes there.   Exactly the amount of screws that I ended up using.
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So here I am.... finishing the first of a couple or three Classic Winter Cocktails, having completed a very functional shelving system for Nanepashemet Telecom.   Hope you had a good day too.

Tuna Lips said...

Hire yerself some Mexicans and git strait to the drinkin'. Jeez ahmighty, does I has to do everything round here?

Warehouse Shelving Saturday

It's 8:30 Saturday Morning.  We've already been to FreshAyer yesterday afternoon, and the grandkids aren't over this weekend, so  I've pretty much mapped out the Day with my plan to make two 4'x8' Utility shelving systems to try to organize some of the clutter in the Nanepashmet Telecom warehouse.

If you know where the warehouse is, don't think that you can be dropping by to say hello, because I'll be way too freaking busy  from 9:00AM to about 11:30 tonight.

Heavy Duty Warehouse Plywood Shelves.  Self Contained and Movable

Work Breakdown Structure  /Hours

1 Buy and transport 6 - 3/4 plywood sheets  /  1.
2 Set up Table Saw and Radial Arm  /1
3 Rip 4 Sheets into 16" wide 96 long  /1
4 Cut tops and Bottoms on radial Arm  /0.5
5 Assemble Sides and Tops with Kreg  / 1
6 Angle clamps
7 Set up Compressed Air Nailer  / 0.5
8 Nail Back Panels to sides and tops   /0.5
9 Measure and Cut internal shelves /0.5
10 Measure and Cut Spacers from leftovers / 0.5
11 Assemble Shelves and Spacers with Kreg /1
12 Transport Shelving to warehouse /0.5
13 Load Shelves /1
14 Shower and have a few Winter Cocktails / 5
Total Hours 14.5

Apology Accepted

Tiger Woods apologized to me today.
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I accepted.
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Not sure why he had to apologize anyway.  So what if he was wayward with his Putter.
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Don't care if he is a good Buddhist.
Don't care if he divorces his wife.
Don't care if he screws 100 hot models a day.
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I will only be pissed if he stops showing us what perfection with a golf club looks like.
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Who cares about anything else!!  I mean, Tiger.... get over yourself.  People have their own problems.  Nobody really cares Jack about your personal issues.  So Stop acting like your hornyness is so freaking important.
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I accept your apology, Tiger.  Now... Cut the shit and start swinging a club.

Business Acumen

Sometimes in business, you make money by refusing jobs.
I think I just made some money today.

Tuna Lips said...
Likes sometimes ye save yerself a penersillen shot by downin'' them last three er four tekilla shooters. Good on ye, Cooter!

Maria Rowen said...
Then sometimes...when you mix business with tequila...you end up needing a shot of penicillin...no lime required.

Execellent exchange between the two Mega-Peeps.

Seal Sighting

Joanne and I saw a seal today in Marblehead Harbor down on the floats at the Boston Yacht Club.  He (or she... it's so hard to determine with seals) was just hanging around the float, then struggled to get on and lie in the snow for awhile.  Just stretching and yawning.
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If I was an Eskimo, I'd have a hard time slaughtering seals.  They are just so friendly looking, and move so gracefully in the water.   I suppose if my kids were hungry, and I had a handy harpoon, I'd get over that.
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I took a picture with my Blackberry, which I'll upload later.

Maria Rowen said...

How lucky for you and Joanne! According to the Native American legend of animal totems, the seal is a symbol of balance, intuition and discovery of inner voice (crystal-cure.com). Native Americans believe all animals we encounter are physical and spiritual guides enhancing our essence and existence. Next time you see a skunk, hold your nose but don’t run away...Well maybe you should run...

Lucky for the seal too.... that we weren't Eskimos.

Maria Rowen said...


Lucky for us all you weren't Mr. and Mrs. 'Beppe' Bigazzi...

Go Figure

OK.
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I'm not going to make a big deal out of this.
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But why do Men's Figure Skaters always Flame away in their outfits????  
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And don't be calling me a Gay Bashing Homophobe or anything. 
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Those who know me best, know that I have no problem with you based upon which side you putt from.  That's your personal business and it doesn't bother me as long as you don't make a big freaking exposition out of your preference.
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I just don't see why you wouldn't wear athletic clothing in an athletic event.   The sequins and satins are a distraction.  I want to see you do a triple loop SowCow, and I'd rather see you do it in sweats or a gym suit.

Yesterday is Here

I've been spending a bit of time on Facebook lately.  Lots of contacts from long lost classmates, neighbors etc.  Tons of nostalgia.  Maybe the Internet will ultimately bend time.  Keep the past constantly in the present. 
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I look at pictures of my classmates in the 1959 1st grade class of Highland School, Lynn, MA and I recognize each and every one.   Like it was yesterday and fifty years never happened.

Stupid Sexist Luge

Do you know what is even stupider than the Men's Luge????  That would be the Women's Luge.   There is a different starting point for the Women's version, so they go a little slower.
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So, not only is the Luge Stupid, it is also Sexist.  Stupid, Sexist Luge.  Maybe they have a special woman's luge sled, with strategic seat padding or something.
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Why shouldn't the women be allowed to hurtle themselves down the ice track as fast as the men?

Maria Rowen said...
We women don't usually need extra padding in the seat area. The rest must just be physics…you know P=F*v… and the men lugers weigh more…Where is Georgia again? *_*

Cool Dream

The other day, I was taking a nap, and dreamed that everything was good.  Everything that happened had an underlying foundation of joyfullness.  Bad things were good things in disguise.  There was no judgement, only an observation of goodness and joy in all things.   Even if I tried to think to things that annoyed or disturbed me, they all seemed to be for the good.
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Then I woke up.
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But I can't forget that dream.   I continue to remember a feeling of contentment and rightfulness. 
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So my question is... was that dream the reality, and me sitting here Blogging to the Peeps really a dream?  Was the dream a type of Zen Satori?  Not sure.  But it was a really cool dream.

15 KM Nordic Skiing

Not that you wanted my opinion, but I agree with my son, Mike, that X-Country ski racing in the Olympics just doesn't seem like too much fun.
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Maybe you have to be there.

Cool Biathlon... Stupid Luge

The Luge is stupid, but the Nordic Biathlon is cool.

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Cross Country skiers race around a loop and stop at a rifle station, take the 22 caliper rifle that they have been carrying on their back, and shoot at targets.  For every miss, they have to take an additional lap.

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Now you have to admit that this is pretty cool..  You are skiing your ass off, then you have to get really calm and steady while you load, aim and fire your rifle.  When the competitors ski over the finish line they collapse in exhaustion.
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How tiring is it when you have sat on your luge sled for less than a minute and risked your life sliding 90 mph down a mountain in an ice track?

Tuna Lips said...
yer slip is showin', Sally.