Thread: Happy Friday Everybody!!!! ---- Whatcha got planned for the weekend?

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Originally Posted by 53 Chevy5

thanks, I hope I can make it there but not sure yet.

If you didn't make it, you didn't miss much! Waste of time. Craig and I wound up over at my pal Lyle's and brought home some of his front end parts of his '57 Chevy, got to do a bit of work on them and put some primer on them. Did manage to talk Lyle out of a pair of wheels so the whole day wasn't wasted, anyway.....

Yeah... Guess I went into the phonetic mode for a second. Why even use spell checker if you guys can figure it out that quick? LOL I went back and edited the post and fixed the damage.

Well, I got an extra day handed to me this afternoon: our girls crashed and burned in the first two rounds of a double elimination tourney. Two games back to back, the second one immediately after the first, against a fresh team, in 90 plus degree heat and dry wind. They were good games, though; ten - eleven year old girls can sometimes do some pretty amazing things with a softball and an aluminum bat; if only they were consistent. It will come with experience, though. So, their season is over; they will start back again in August as 12 - 13 year old section of the league. During the summer off season, a bunch of us parents/grandparents have arranged for batting cage sessions for those who want to participate individually, and will work on their conditioning and skills with them; they can't practice formally as a team according to league by-laws, but this will keep most of them sort of on and in their game. This is a pretty hard on me now, with my granddaughter, but I still am enjoying it. Thirty years ago, with her dad and uncle, it didn't even faze me, but age and fast, hard living do ultimately take their toll on a body, and i can't do anything with her as it relates to softball that requires me to move very much; i walk with a cane, now, and shagging balls or doing anything that will throw me off balance is simply out of the question. But I can feed a pitching machine, and sit on a stool behind a net and pitch, and I can throw, so I suppose I can get her some workouts in.

Originally Posted by M.T.

Yeah... Guess I went into the phonetic mode for a second. Why even use spell checker if you guys can figure it out that quick? LOL I went back and edited the post and fixed the damage.

I meant no direspect nor was I trying to pick on you! It just didn't "look right" and I was making an assumption after seeing pictures of your shop. But then I didn't know if you were trying to have a play on words....

You didn't need to do the editting... but thanks for the effort! 8-)

Gee,pro.. I hope you took some mice with ya,as a gift.. Those owls didn't look too happy with being stared at by that big one eyed thing.. hehehe

Wow, amazing being able to get reasonably close enough to get such awesome shoots. One of my all time favourite birds too, so thanks for posting.

Those pics are amazing.. especially the 3rd one down.. those eyes are just cutting right through you! Thanks for sharing them Pro!

Thanks (owl shots). They were up in the trees a ways 50-60 ft. or so. 500mm lens & heavy on the crop to get them to look close. They were nice enough to not move much though, that helped.

Sounds like everyone had great plans for their weekend. Those owl shots are great! I can't believe there were so many there to be seen. They stay pretty secluded around here it seems. I spent part of my weekend at a show called Torque Fest and the rest doing family stuff.

How about resurrecting a thread?

Today's going to be busy, but not a good play day. Got a 9am appointment with a guy who wants me to submit a MediGap application to a different company and maybe cut my premiums in half, which would be good (he represents both); and will run by to get some dog food for Bones while in town to save a trip later... Also need to deliver a turned wood shaft to a friend, to see if it works for his computer desk. Then back home, and taking my wife to an early afternoon appointment with two grandkids in tow. They spent the night last night for the first time in more than six months. By the time we get home it'll be 3:30 or 4pm, too late to do much before it's time to come in and get dinner going, and Kev will come get the kids when he gets off work. Saturday is soccer games for the twins & a grand daughter, and Sunday the whole crew comes for a cookout lunch, then the two of us have dinner with friends. No shop time.....

Blessed to be busy!

My nephew and two neices are coming over tonight to carve pumpkins and my fiancée and I are trying to decide what we want to carve on our daughters pumpkin, thinking maybe her feet lol we will see. As for Saturday I will be working on the Buick in the morning buttoning up the rocker panel and rear wheel well on the pass side, and Sunday will hopefully be one of those lazy days with the family. Hope you all have an excellent weekend as well! Maybe I'll make a jack-o-lantern build log with the kids lol.

We buried a good mate Friday.
The last thing he asked of me was to give him a ride in our bus.
So we did.
We used the bus as a hearse for him, taking him from his daughter's home to the church, and after the funeral service we used it to take him to the cemetery.

There's now an empty chair in my circle of friends that can never be filled.

Rest in peace Ronald (Ronnie/Gunny) Arthur Davy 8th January 1940 - 18th October 2016.

You're going to be missed mate.

Today, Saturday, we take the same bus to Cambridge for the NZ NSRA Nationals.

And life goes on.

Originally Posted by johnboy

We buried a good mate Friday.
The last thing he asked of me was to give him a ride in our bus.
So we did.
We used the bus as a hearse for him, taking him from his daughter's home to the church, and after the funeral service we used it to take him to the cemetery.

There's now an empty chair in my circle of friends that can never be filled.

Rest in peace Ronald (Ronnie/Gunny) Arthur Davy 8th January 1940 - 18th October 2016.

You're going to be missed mate.

Today, Saturday, we take the same bus to Cambridge for the NZ NSRA Nationals.

And life goes on.

Sorry for your loss, jb. Hoping that the Nationals remain dry, and filled to the brim with good fellowship. For those who've never had the opportunity to be a part of the NZ NSRA events they're almost like a family reunion, where every family member brings a hot rod of some type. They break bread together, enjoy an adult beverage or two or three (dredge, to cure what ail's ya!), catch up on what's happened since they last visited, and generally have a great time. There is almost no similarity to our US NSRA, other than the name.

So sorry for your loss, johnboy-I lost a Classmate (and my best friends' ex-wife) last week-these things are never easy or fun-it set me back, and I reflected on just how mortal we all are-

As for me, we are having 5 Grandkids (of 10) come over to spend the night with us tonight (Grandma's ecstatic!)-there's a Pillow fight to be had, and I'm the main target-

Tomorrow I am going pull the front sheet metal off of my Car (for the 6th, and hopefully, last time)-I have an original '35 Grille that I fitted for mock up, however I purchased a new Alumacraft Grille a few Years ago to give it more of a custom look-

I bought it with their Grille surround (it's fiberglass, and thank goodness that the quality on their Grille is good, for the surround took 3 rounds of Bondo and Epoxy Primer to get it up to my standards--I wasn't a happy camper when I received it (for what it cost), but it's the only Game in town so you make do)-

After I get that done, I have to re-do my Radiator support Rods-I bought the Vintique long stainless ones, and, after figuring out the best way to bend them to fit around my Hilborn (without marring them up-a tubing bender works well that's greased, using heat shrink tubing-I buy it in 4' lengths), I cut the first set about an inch too short, so, I bought another set and will re-bend and shorten-

I have to start planning exactly where to put my Stereo and Speakers next, as I have some of that stuff on the way-

Well we have nice sunny weather over the top half of New Zealand this morning (our Saturday) and it is suppose to remain like this through to Monday ( Our Labour Day Holiday ) so hopefully the guys and gals enjoy the nationals at Cambridge. As for me, well I will be home here doing the basic chores around home taking care of Mum. My brother who now lives here out the back in a caravan will be going out to my sisters later to look after her pets while she goes into hospital for some tests so that will be good for Mum and I to have some peace and quiet.
Hope you all enjoy yourselves in whatever you and the family do.