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[bruce_the_loon]

Follow-up post-script: who the hell puts a used spark plug in a nuts and bolts collection??!! Everybody knows that goes in an entirely different, even more diverse and jumbled, but equally unusable, collection!!

That is not a nuts and bolts collection, it is the repair kit for a British Leyland single-cylinder Best Bitter engine from 1964. Granted a Best Bitter engine only ran once, during assembly, and was usually put together on a Friday afternoon around quitting time from the leftover parts from the other engines assembled on the line that week. The name derives from what the assembler was drinking at the time.

 

[NickTheGreat]

This sums up my late father's collection, my late father in law's collection, both of which are added to my collection:

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My wife's grandfather died many years ago, before we ever met. And when her grandmother died 10 years ago, I got his little drawer organizer set, with a bunch of odds and ends in it. Mainly for the drawers themselves, but I've kept his stuff in it.

There's been at least 3 times I've been desperate enough for a nut/bolt that I've rummaged through that thing and found what I needed. Not that I couldn't have gone to Home Depot the next day, but I like to think it's Grandpa D looking out for me.

 

[balrog]

My wife's grandfather died many years ago, before we ever met. And when her grandmother died 10 years ago, I got his little drawer organizer set, with a bunch of odds and ends in it. Mainly for the drawers themselves, but I've kept his stuff in it.

There's been at least 3 times I've been desperate enough for a nut/bolt that I've rummaged through that thing and found what I needed. Not that I couldn't have gone to Home Depot the next day, but I like to think it's Grandpa D looking out for me.

I do the same thing with my collection; a link to the past. A frustrating, hours long, oft times unfruitful link, but a link nonetheless.

 

[balrog]

there was a day I could tear down & rebuild my Chevy ('72 Chevelle) or Ford ('73 Galaxy 500, '73 Gran Torino s/w) engines with my eyes closed

nowadays, I'm pretty sure I'm putting the oil, anti-freeze & windshield washer fluid in the right places in my '12 Focus

had a '67 Chevelle for a spell. You could open the hood, climb in, either side, and stand in the engine compartment with the straight 6. Then "progress" happened.

 

[corkybstewart]

Storks of Munster France

 

[balrog]

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And “Storks of Munster” would be a great name for a rock band

 

[ba-brewer]

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Does the metal base have some other function or was it created for the storks to build their nests?

 

[day_trippr]

If you Google Storks of Munster you'll find lots of pics that suggest the storks don't need much help finding nesting bases but there are clearly some folks that have provided enhanced bases such as the metal one pictured...

Cheers!

 

[corkybstewart]

If you Google Storks of Munster you'll find lots of pics that suggest the storks don't need much help finding nesting bases but there are clearly some folks that have provided enhanced bases such as the metal one pictured...

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Cheers!

The town goes out of its way to provide nesting sites, and if the storks decide they like something better they build there, on the church or on a house.

Does the metal base have some other function or was it created for the storks to build their nests?

 

[balrog]

If you Google Storks of Munster

I was really hoping there'd be a Norwegian death metal band...

 

[BongoYodeler]

 

[corkybstewart]

If you Google Storks of Munster you'll find lots of pics that suggest the storks don't need much help finding nesting bases but there are clearly some folks that have provided enhanced bases such as the metal one pictured...

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Cheers!

If you don't like your roof dripping with bird crap this may not be the town for you.

 

[BongoYodeler]

 

[GrogNerd]

IMMEDIATELY rocket riding (swidt?) to the top of MY Christmas wish list

& would look AWESOME in my living room!

 

[day_trippr]

Seen at The Barking Crab restaurant in Bahstan Hahbah this afternoon

 

[DBhomebrew]

Seen at The Barking Crab restaurant in Bahstan Hahbah this afternoon

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Glad to see the Crab survived the development of that area.

 

[day_trippr]

We would be very sad if they were disappeared by development. We make a few putts down the Charles and out to the islands each year and stop at The Barking Crab for late lunch/early dinner.

It's interesting - they're actually fortunate to be hemmed in so tight to Fort Point Channel by adjacent buildings. A developer would have to buy much more than just the restaurant property to do much of anything.

Anyway, the Crab was in fine form this afternoon - 3pm mid week and still mobbed up, but they gave us seats within sight of our boat out back in short order and had drinks in front of us quickly. Gotta love the Crab!

Cheers!

 

[DBhomebrew]

3pm midweek. That's right about when we'd saunter over from the ICA a few times each summer. That was 10-15 years ago when you had the pick of 3-4 different $10/day parking lots. That's right, $10/d.

 

[balrog]

That was 10-15 years ago when you had the pick of 3-4 different $10/day parking lots. That's right, $10/d.

And Fenway bleacher seats were $8.
Oh wait.
That was 40 years ago.
Never mind.

 

[DBhomebrew]

And Fenway bleacher seats were $8.
Oh wait.
That was 40 years ago.
Never mind.

Fair 'nough. But at that time parking in Boston was typically >$25/d. The Seaport District was capital-A typical.

 

[Konadog]

 

[balrog]

Ghetto Multitap Keezer when having a party (pre-Covid, and when I used to entertain) Just ran into this pic whilst perusing old photos

 

[Leezer]

Those were some great parties @balrog

 

[ehall]

love the setup! must have been very tame, the carpet is sooooo clean!

 

[balrog]

love the setup! must have been very tame, the carpet is sooooo clean!

Clearly that pic is "before" and doesn't show the root beer set up for kids to the right. Even with bunjie cord on tap handle for auto-close, it was an exciting time for the ants.

 

[corkybstewart]

How I spent my summer vacation

 

[day_trippr]

What type of tool does that? Can't quite make it out...

 

[corkybstewart]

What type of tool does that? Can't quite make it out...

Bosch hammer drill. It kicked my butt today but I finished the first wall. it's whisky thirty and just about bedtime over here.

 

[doug293cz]

Bosch hammer drill. It kicked my butt today but I finished the first wall. it's whisky thirty and just about bedtime over here.

So, you're removing the surface coating from the stone? What's the plan after that?

Brew on

 

[corkybstewart]

So, you're removing the surface coating from the stone? What's the plan after that?

Brew on

The native limestone is somewhat chalky but when it dries out it is very hard. Unfortunately somebody, before WWII, put a layer of cement on the stones, sealing in the moisture and causing thick blossoms of saltpeter to coat the walls. The original stonework was grouted with lime and sand, and that's the proper way to build here, it allows the stone to stay "healthy" Ever since I came here 41 years ago her brothers have all said "something needs to be done" so I'm doing it. I should have all the walls done by the end of the week. Once "we" have removed all the cement I'll let the stones dry until next summer, then we'll put new grout in the seams and it will be done forever and the interior walls will match the exterior. This room is the original farmhouse built in 1830. This was the kitchen, the living quarters were upstairs and now it's basically an attic with remnants of French farm life.