Construction Kid Photos-pets allowed too
GoldenWreckedAngle
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How about a few shots of your favorite munchkin sized helper (or job site pet).
Here’s my son Sterling grading our driveway- he just turned 2.
Love the look of concentration on his face… Picked up the electric powered “skid loader” at a flea market for $40. Best money I ever spent!
Kevin Halliburton
“I believe that architecture is a pragmatic art. To become art it must be built on a foundation of necessity.” – I.M. Pei –
Edited 7/7/2003 1:03:49 PM ET by wrecked angle
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Oh, yeah, he looks totally intent... think of what's going on in his imagination!
This should be a good thread!
"There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love, the only survival, the only meaning."
--???
Theodora wrote, "This should be a good thread!" Hmmm, that's what I thought but... you gotta have particapents to have a good thread.
Well, Boss and I are brawling for the braggin' record here, though I think he has me against the ropes at the moment. :-)> (I gotta get my kid a bigger skid steer)
Come on folks! Surely one or two of you have a munchkin sized contractor we would all get a kick out of... anti up!Kevin Halliburton
"I believe that architecture is a pragmatic art. To become art it must be built on a foundation of necessity." - I.M. Pei -
Sorry, Kevin--
I would have posted earlier but I've been on the Roofing Job From Hell for a week--and today I lost my lead carp for the next two weeks....
Considering the number of pictures of my little guy I've already posted here'n'there on BT, I'll only post a few. We'll take them in order:
Six months old and already helping Papa cut and split the firewood for the winter; he didn't like the noise from the chainsaw, so....
Eight months old, and supervising the furniture shop: No, Papa--you're gonna have to plane those edges, like it or not.
If you're gonna drive a pick-up, drive a classic
He didn't like the noise from the power mower, either, so....
Three years old here: a leather tool belt with an axe-handled, 24-oz. framer....
He's almost five now, and soon, he's gonna have to duck when he helps me load and unload the tools from the truck....
(Oops--my mouse finger slipped. 'ryanmower' got uploaded twice and I can't figure out how to delete one of them. So only open one....)
Dinosaur
'Y-a-tu de la justice dans ce maudit monde?
Looks like you've got a pretty solid hand there Dinosaur. Clearly a proud father and rightly so! Ryan is a great looking kid.
There can't be anything in life more rewarding than being a dad. Raise him right and keep posting those pics so the rest of us can enjoy him too.Kevin Halliburton
"I believe that architecture is a pragmatic art. To become art it must be built on a foundation of necessity." - I.M. Pei -
Couple of weeks ago I had an order for two custom screen doors, and when it came time to stain them nothing would do but that Ryan had to help--"And give me some REAL paint this time, Papa!"
Okay, so I loaded up an old tobacco can with an inch of two of Sikkens Cetol 23, gave him a 2" brush, and laid a 4'-long scrap of 2x10 on a couple of concrete blocks. "Buddy," I said, "You've got to paint this scaffolding board for me; I'm going to be too busy painting Mrs. _______'s doors." And I started putting the top coat on the doors.
About 5 minutes later, "I'm done, Papa! Can I help you with the doors, now?" Okaaaayyyy.... "Um, buddy, what about the duck house? Do you want to paint that?" "Yup!"
To make a long story short, there's not a lot of naked wood left anywhere in our yard, and it's all stained the same colour as Mrs. _____'s doors. And the duck house is beautiful. He even stained the asphalt shingles.
Too bad I didn't have a roll of film in the camera that day. But just picture Ryan wearing his 'work shorts' and his 'work shirt' and his rain boots (big, black ones, now that he's five), with Sikkens Cetol 23 #005 pretty much from the tip of his nose to his knee caps and back up to his elbows, with a golden smile beaming off his face that outshone the golden colour of the stain....
Here he is on Father's Day, proudly posing with his proud Papa, on top of the highest mountain peak in the Laurentian Mountains, Johanson Peak.
Dinosaur
'Y-a-tu de la justice dans ce maudit monde?
PS--I forgot to mention; the patch he's wearing on his eye in the photo is just for 'lazy eye'--nothing to worry about. I'm so used to it I forget it's there. He's so used to it it doesn't even slow him down....
Edited 7/15/2003 8:01:55 PM ET by Dinosaur
Sounds like you may well be as sold out on this fatherhood thing as I am. What happened to Ryan's eye there?Kevin Halliburton
"I believe that architecture is a pragmatic art. To become art it must be built on a foundation of necessity." - I.M. Pei -
Kevin--
I was editing the post to explain that while you were posting your reply!
Dinosaur
'Y-a-tu de la justice dans ce maudit monde?
Glad ta see someone else is posting pics in this thread.
Ya need ta get that kid his own tool belt and safety glasses, though.Appeasers believe that if you keep on throwing steaks to a tiger, the tiger will turn into a vegeterian [Heywood Broun]
Well she may be older'n yer kids but shes still my kid...Niko.
Be well
andy
In his first interview since the stroke, Ram Dass, 66, spoke with great difficulty about how his brush with death has changed his ideas about aging, and how the recent loss of two old friends, Timothy Leary and Allen Ginsberg, has convinced him that now, more than ever, is the time to ``Be Here Now.''
http://CLIFFORDRENOVATIONS.COM
Heres a cpl with my older and younger ones.....
Andy
In his first interview since the stroke, Ram Dass, 66, spoke with great difficulty about how his brush with death has changed his ideas about aging, and how the recent loss of two old friends, Timothy Leary and Allen Ginsberg, has convinced him that now, more than ever, is the time to ``Be Here Now.''
http://CLIFFORDRENOVATIONS.COM
Edited 7/15/2003 7:55:49 AM ET by Andy Clifford(Andybuildz)
Purty purty girls...better teach em to swing a hammer so they can stay in shape for all those modeling gigs...
Jen
This was way back when we were putting up the concrete forms for our foundation. Kera was pretty old even then, so she couldn't come to the jobsite all that much.
We had to put this sweet and beautiful animal down last summer. I cried almost every day for 6 months.
That dog had an instinct for watching over us. It was truly in her genes. If we were working outside, she would determine where she thought our "weak" side was and lay in such a way that her back was to us while she watched our backs. She was really intense about it if we were working on the ground, like on our hands and knees or something and she thought we were vulnerable.
Akitas are amazing animals. Nothing else like them.
Sorry to hear about your Akita, Kera. Our faithful, uncomplaining pooch is getting on, and for the last three or four years, each autumn I've looked at her and said to myself, 'she'll never make the winter...', but she always has, somehow.
She's 13 now, and has lived outside all her life. And that's here in the Laurentians, where the temp goes down to minus 40 in the winter. Of course, I spoiled her rotten when she was just a pup: look at the pic of her 'niche' (doghouse in French). Those walls are solid 4x4's. It's built in traditional pièce sur pièce style (log-on-log) with dovetail corner joints: there's not a nail in the whole thing.
Her name is Souris, which means mouse in French. The story is, when my about-to-be-X-wife first moved in with me, she wanted to adopt a pup from a litter a friend's Akita had had. I said, jeez, a dog is so much trouble--why don't we just get a mouse? She said, why don't we get a dog and name it Souris? Eh bien, voilà ! You can't fight city hall....
Souris (pronounced SOO-REE) isn't purebred Akita--and she was the runt of the litter, too. Her mum was the purebred; she got out one night and had a few beers with a local rake, who happened to be a purebred G. Shepherd. The other pups in the litter, especially the males, were much bigger and more yaller. I thought this one looked more like my idea of a dog-dog, so she's the one we picked. Here's a few pics of her; one when she was just about 8 weeks old; another when she was about a year old, 'helping' me change a tire (she found that bit of tire in the woods when she was no bigger than it was, and dragged it all the way home. She lost it each year but always found it again, year after year, right up until we dug up the whole house and moved it about twenty feet; I figure it got buried under the new foundation); finally there's a pic when she was about two or three, in her element, out in the woods in the snow....
I don't know how much longer she'll last, the poor old bitch. She's nothing but hair and skin and bones now, no matter how much I feed her. But she still runs around like a young pup, and now she plays with my son, Ryan, whatever game he's invented on any particular day, still with a big, panting smile on her face, and a never-ending wagging of her tail....
Dinosaur
'Y-a-tu de la justice dans ce maudit monde?
Souris is beautiful. What a magnificent animal. Kera was 13. She was an escape artist, even to the end. She could hardly walk, but one day near the end she managed to rip the gate off and get out. What a nut she was. She wouldn't go anywhere, she just loved to escape. Can't wait to get another one, but there will never be another like her.
It sucks watching such a regal thing as an akita lose its dignity. I hope Souris manages to hang in there for a while.
Here is her webpage
Kera's Page
That's a nice memorial to your pooch, Paula. Thanks for posting the link.
Dinosaur
'Y-a-tu de la justice dans ce maudit monde?
Thanks Jen but Niko (the older one 27) wouldnt ever do modeling. She started, "Girls For A Change" Niko CliffordGirls For A Change Executive Director415.285.5584www.girlsforachange.orgGirls For A Change is catalyzing women to promote girls' innovative spirit and entrepreneurial skills by engaging them in designing, leading, funding and implementing social change projects.Girls For A Change is committed to giving all girls the opportunity to fly, the opportunity to invent, and the opportunity to experience the spark that comes with seeing your own idea take form and make a difference.outta S.F.....shes recruits advocates from inner cities and trains them to gather other girls to turn them onto all the programs that are available to them. Non profit of course.
She raises tons of money to keep her dream alive from groups such as The Body Shop, Microsoft.etc etc....
And Jolie is an inspiring actress (12) who attends an acting camp every summer.....MAybe next year I might send her to Wavy Gravey's camp in Northern California.
PS.....they both have been use to living through relentless and intense renovations.......yet have their own goals in life with Katrina and my support.
Be well Jen,
andy
In his first interview since the stroke, Ram Dass, 66, spoke with great difficulty about how his brush with death has changed his ideas about aging, and how the recent loss of two old friends, Timothy Leary and Allen Ginsberg, has convinced him that now, more than ever, is the time to ``Be Here Now.''
http://CLIFFORDRENOVATIONS.COM
Girls for a Change...WAY COOL! I've heard of that organization..SOMEONE who gave you flack for not posting construction pictures should apologize...mebbe you should start a "My kid is a catalyst for social change" thread...
Congratulations...to you and your daughter!
Jen :)
Thanks Jen.....Was Boss Hog but we allow him to say anthing he wants.....he rocks no matter what.
And I should have mentioned to Ron that Niko is building probably a whole lot more n most people in her own way.
Be passionate
andy
In his first interview since the stroke, Ram Dass, 66, spoke with great difficulty about how his brush with death has changed his ideas about aging, and how the recent loss of two old friends, Timothy Leary and Allen Ginsberg, has convinced him that now, more than ever, is the time to ``Be Here Now.''
http://CLIFFORDRENOVATIONS.COM
"...Was Boss Hog but we allow him to say anthing he wants....."
Well, maybe YOU do. But others make some attempt to keep me in line........(-:
"And I should have mentioned to Ron that Niko is building probably a whole lot more n most people in her own way."
I guess somewhere in that kidding around I should have said that I find what your daughter does to be admirable.
Actually, I envy people like that a bit. I'm good at working with my hands, but not as good at working with people. Niko obviously is.I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers. [Ralph Nader]
Ron
Yer one stand up person to me....far and few between are as consious as you are.
I could cae less about political views or where yer from or the clothes you wear....What I care most about are how you love yer kids and how you feel about youre family.
Far as you go....youre probably the best stand up guy I ever encountered.
Sorry bout the hog fest.next year maybe.
Was so lookin' forward to MF rides.....C'mon.....ol Jew Hindu outta NY bro.
Smiley faces
: )
a
In his first interview since the stroke, Ram Dass, 66, spoke with great difficulty about how his brush with death has changed his ideas about aging, and how the recent loss of two old friends, Timothy Leary and Allen Ginsberg, has convinced him that now, more than ever, is the time to ``Be Here Now.''
http://CLIFFORDRENOVATIONS.COM
Dang, with you butterin' me up like that, it makes me wonder if you're gonna want to borrow some money or something......................(-:Everything goes over your head. You should go to Jamaica and become a limbo dancer.
Well, they look a dang sight better 'n your dog...........................(-: (Or you, for that matter)
But these are STILL supposed to be construction pics. The Breaktime thread police are gonna be after you.
Here's a much, much, smaller cropped version of the second picture. You gotta learn to use Ifranview. (or else)
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Boss,
I actually got Ryan his own tool belt (leather, of course!) for the Christmas following the shot of him in the truck wearing mine (he was three and a half at the time). And a 'real hammer' (a Lee Valley 4oz, wood-handled, octagonal-faced claw hammer) and a screwdriver, and a 12' Lee Valley "Blindman's" tape with big black numbers on it. And I gave him one of my old tool boxes to keep it all in, along with his toy tools. And then I bought him a little tin of cigar-box nails. Every kid's gotta have a tin of cigar-box nails--it says so right here in my 1923 copy of Fun Projects a Boy Can Build....
Dinosaur
'Y-a-tu de la justice dans ce maudit monde?
I also have that book you mention. Haven't done any of that stuff yet, but it's interesting reading.
When my youngest Son was 6, he gave me his first toolbox - He had so many tools they didn't all fit in it, and he got a new one for Christmas.
I think I've told this story before, but what the heck. I got an old wood shipping crate and put it in my basement. When I was working in my shop the boys would come down and want something to do. So I gave 'em some roofing nails and let 'em drive them in the shipping crate. They filled that thing solid with nails along the top edge - You can't hardly see any wood. I gotta get a picture of that one of these days.
Sounds like our boys have a lot in common?A government that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it all away. [Barry Goldwater]
Yup, sounds like.
Hey, Boss--did you get your copy of that book from Lee Valley, or do you have an original?
And have you seen this one...?
Dinosaur
'Y-a-tu de la justice dans ce maudit monde?
The book I have was bought from Lee Valley.
I haven't seen the other one you show a picture of. For three days after death, hair and fingernails continue to grow, but phone calls taper off. [Johnny Carson]
Also available from Lee Valley. It's hysterically funny and a trip into another era when people really believed anything they saw in print. If you've ever seen and giggled over one of those wacky articles in an old issue of PM, this collection could keep you laughing--or trying to build, say, an ice-boat, in your basement--for a good stretch....
Dinosaur
'Y-a-tu de la justice dans ce maudit monde?
My Son's got a bigger skid steer than Your Son.................(-:
This was taken when we were getting ready to pour the slab we did in the "Three generation" pic I posted a while back. Carl wanted to back the skid steer out so I could get the tractor out. I assumed he would then get out of the skid steer while I was moving dirt for the pour. But he didn't.
Instead he sat there in the skid steer while I was working with this really forlorn look on his face. I could tell he really wanted to operate the thing and move some dirt. I finally relented and let him move some of the loose dirt around behind the building.
He had a good time with the thing. It was hard for him to push the pedals, though - They were pretty stiff and he doesn't weigh that much.
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Dip me in honey and throw me to the lesbians.
Now that would be a cool toy for a kid to play with! Carl's got about the same intense look on his face that Sterling had on his.
Must be a "skid stare?"Kevin Halliburton
"I believe that architecture is a pragmatic art. To become art it must be built on a foundation of necessity." - I.M. Pei -
"skid stare"
I like that.
Carl is smart and talented - He's been driving since he was 9. (In safe places in the country) He can handle just about anything that's thrown at him.
He looked funny when he was small and was driving my one ton truck. He could just peek over the dash and under the steering wheel - Kinda like an old lady...............(-:
Here's another one of him back when he was about 9, helping build my Brother's Garage.
View ImageDon't look now, but there's one too many in this room and I think it's you.
Leather tool belt... treating that kid right Boss. That was Sterling's birthday present. Every time he comes up to the job site with his mother he heads straight for my "pockets", as he calls my bags. He is a sneaky little guy too. I can't tell you how many times I've reached into my bag for a tool only to look up in bewilderment as to why it's missing to see him playing with it across the room. Kind of cute but it sure would make it easy for me to step on him. I hardly make a move without looking around to find him first.
Slows me way down and keeps me on pins and needles when he's around on the job site right now but one of these days that boy is gonna make a serious hand!Kevin Halliburton
"I believe that architecture is a pragmatic art. To become art it must be built on a foundation of necessity." - I.M. Pei -
When my 4 yr old was about 20 months old he started wanting my tools. So we took along some toy tools. Huh! Can't fool those kids. So I went down to a cheapo tool store and bought him a complete set of real tools. Cheapos but that did the trick.
Awhile back I got him a Ryobi 9.6 volt drill as payment for extra good help on a job (yeah I know that's child labor. get over it. he enjoys it).
He loves that tool. It sets on his desk (he wanted a desk next to mine so he could do paperwork like Papa) and he uses it well. No problems yet. If I need to borrow it for a moment it makes him swell with pride.
Gotta love them kids huh?
i got my nephew the tool kit on this page http://www.urchin.co.uk/acatalog/ToyTemptations.html#a53518
i think he was about 3 years old
its the real deal but in minature. proper chisel hammer and saw etc....(even a couple of clamps)
he wouldn't go anywhere without it for ages.
i'm not sure if his mother has forgiven me yet?????!!!!!
i think alot of it is monkey see, monkey do.
kids want to do what thier parents do.
the last story i heard about Nicolas is that a couple of months ago (aged 5 1/2) he was building his dad's new computer from scratch.
aleks
ps he knows exactly how everthing works.
Well, I got him the leather kid's tool belt because he was actually doing stuff that was HELPFUL. I told him if he was working he deserved decent tools.
Hope you'll pardon me if I stick just ONE more pic of Carl in here. (Actually 2, but I combined 'em) This was back when he was 3, and wasn't capable of doing a whole lot of productive work. He's hit the nail a couple of times, then sit there and talk and talk. Then hit it a couple more times, then talk a while, etc. I was afraid he was gonna be a politician..................(-:
But you gotta admit - They're great pictures. Note the tongue sticking out on the right half of the picture - The sign of concentration. Maybe an early "skid stare"?
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I hate coffee. It keeps me awake at work.
Maybe an early "skid stare"?
Nope - that is a clear illustration of the "give that nail a Lickin' Lick."
Sterling does that when he is jamming to a tune some times. I call it his "tonguin' groove." Kevin Halliburton
"I believe that architecture is a pragmatic art. To become art it must be built on a foundation of necessity." - I.M. Pei -
Is that OSB sheathing standard for Faux Mid-western Americana?.
Excellence is its own reward!
"Is that OSB sheathing standard for Faux Mid-western Americana?"
Yup.
Haven't seen anything else on the outside of a house around here for 15 to 20 years. Bumpersticker: If you can read this, I've lost my boat.
"I'm all done with the urethane dad, can we leave all the furniture out for a while?"
Mike
Looks like it was a big job... bet "she" was dog tired after that project. :-)>
I've had several dogs that were "staining" experts, including the one in my profile picture.
Edit: Changed "he" to "she" - Jasmine... should have been obvious. Duh!
Kevin Halliburton
"I believe that architecture is a pragmatic art. To become art it must be built on a foundation of necessity." - I.M. Pei -
Edited 7/7/2003 5:40:40 PM ET by wrecked angle
Kevin
Just saw your picture of your son, my 2 1/2 year old son was watching with me, he started laughing and said, "lookie he has a builder Bob hat on" , got to go cause Jonah says that he has to see that little boy again.
$40, seems like a bargin to me.
Doug
Kid in parts bag from IKEA furniture...kids and dog under IKEA loft bed we put together (Sam wasn't much help)...kid painting...and a bonus pic of kids at Rennaissance Faire...
Have a pic of my 21 yo driving nails when she was 2, can't figgur out how to scan it...maybe couple of years from now ;)
Jen
Hey Jen, cute kids and cute dogs but that puppy in the big Al and Mallory photo looks like he could use a drink!
Was that bagged mal photo a vapor barrier installation gone awry or something?Kevin Halliburton
"I believe that architecture is a pragmatic art. To become art it must be built on a foundation of necessity." - I.M. Pei -
"a vapor barrier installation gone horribly awry..." ROFL!
It was an anti-aging experiment but we ended it when she started to turn blue.
Jen :)
LOL! That could certainly prevent her from getting any older I suppose...Kevin Halliburton
"I believe that architecture is a pragmatic art. To become art it must be built on a foundation of necessity." - I.M. Pei -
"It was an anti-aging experiment but we ended it when she started to turn blue."
Well, I guess if you'd left it on long enough she would've stopped aging..........(-:If the Bible has taught us anything.......it's that girls should stick to girl's sports like hot oil wrestling. [Homer Simpson]
Ha! Finally beat you to a punchline...
By the way - you didn't hijack the thread - post some more pics of those monkeys of yours will ya?Kevin Halliburton
"I believe that architecture is a pragmatic art. To become art it must be built on a foundation of necessity." - I.M. Pei -
Well, I ain't sure I got any more of 'em. But I'll have a look around and see what I can come up with. Those are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others.
""
Well, you asked for it. But I still hope others will post pics of their kids. I don't want to "hog" the thread, since I'm not the "boss" of it................(-:
The first is Carl plowing with my tractor. It's a Massey Ferguson, of course.
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This one is Carl helping put the engine back in my old truck.
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This last one is Carl helping place concrete when we poured a big slab back when he was about 5 years old. I posted this once before, but thought it was worth posting again.
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There is only one way to find out if a man is honest ask him. If he says "yes," you know he is crooked.
Thanks for posting the pics - I kinda felt like I had taken over Kevin's thread with so many of mine.
Q: Why do so many women fake orgasm? A: Because so many men fake foreplay.
Looks like sam is part collie. A good heart embiggins even the smallest person.
Quittin' Time
Nope...100% big stupid Golden Retriever with a pedigree...want another dog?
My first and last pure (in)bred. :)
Maybe he's so smart that he just plays stupid.
Jen
I actualy prefer a mix. The golden is usualy a good mix with a collie.
Rufus is half black lab, and half cocker spaniel. VERY good mix. The spaniel part of him makes him extremely protective of home. The lab part of him makes him very friendly. So... he goes running out to the road acting like he is going to take someone's leg off... (Very convincing, by the way. LOL) And when he gets there, he wags his whole body, and wonders why they aren't immediately petting him.
he he he
I would actualy kind of like to see a golden/lab/spaniel mix.
One of the best dogs I ever had was a collie, sheperd mix.
I had a paper route when I was 12. I was attacked about 5 am one morning by 6 sheperd/wolf mixes as I was riding my bike through the local junk yard. (I had ridden through there at least 100 times before that, and never had a problem. The road was a part of the route, and just happened to go through the middle of the junkyard.)
I hadn't seen lassie at all that day. Thought she hadn't follwed me. When those dogs attacked, they nearly had me down off the bike, when lassie barreled in like a bowling ball, and knocked them all back.
She was about half their average size, but man, she tore into them like I have never seen before or since. She actualy killed two of them outright. Another was so wounded it never reached the side of the road before it died. She blinded a fourth. (It was put down the same day, by the owner.) And the other two, just ran for the boonies.
It was all over before I fully realized what was going on.
They tore my pants, and cut my leg, but that was the worst of it for me. Lassie didn't have a scratch on her.
Only way I can figure it is that she was so much smaller than them, and moving so much faster... Add the surprize attack... Plus, they were sporting, she was protecting. They didn't expect any resistance. To her, it was life or death.
The junk yard owner was buying them from a neighbor who had wolves in a pen, and would breed them with sheperds.
Within a month, the remaining two dogs were put down, and the wolf guy was shut down and fined.
Lassie could run after a squirrel... The squirrel would be about two feet from the tree. She would start from thirty feet or more away, run straight at the squirrel. By the time the squirrel would react, and start up the tree, she would be almost on it. She would go straight up the side of the tree without slowing down. In-fricken-credible ! I watched her, at least 4 times, grab a squirrel, at least 10 or 12 feet up the trunk of a tree. I'm sure she did it regularly. We could not afford to feed her much of anything at all.
A good heart embiggins even the smallest person.
Quittin' Time
sorry to hear that man, that really sucks
Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark, Professionals built the Titanic.
Thanks, it was real lonely on the jobsite today but its part of owning a dog
Lost my Shadow two years ago this month. Solid liver colored German Shorthaired Pointer. Still miss her. I feel your pain.
Had to put my best hunting buddy down today. Shadow ol boy keep on chasin patridge and draggin offcuts to me.
Gunns Shadow Dancer
2/22/94-7/10/03
So sorry, man. He's in the land of slow squirrels and giant chewies now.
Mike
Whew, that took a while. SYSOP doesn't like messages "from beyond" but I finally got through...
I just couldn't go without a final farewell. Take care my friend.
thanks to whom ever
Had the city, county and state inspectors all three show up to insure that I had my SIP base plates adequately attached to the slab a few weeks ago. Tough critics, but they finally signed off on it!Kevin Halliburton
"I believe that architecture is a pragmatic art. To become art it must be built on a foundation of necessity." - I.M. Pei -
You can almost feel the concentration...
http://www.home-addition.com/framing_main.htm
Charlie
http://www.home-addition.com
Edited 8/19/2003 2:16:13 PM ET by CSMART01
That is a good site, nice work as well. Oh, and the kids are real nice too. :) Justus Koshiol
Running Pug Construction
I like the slide shows very much.
Don't worry, it's just dirt...Kevin Halliburton
"I believe that architecture is a pragmatic art. To become art it must be built on a foundation of necessity." - I.M. Pei -
Nice lookin' kid.
Hope you're teacjing him good ethics - Like what kind of farm tractors are appropriate and such..................(-:If toast always lands butter-side down, and cats always land on their feet, what happen if you strap toast on the back of a cat and drop it?
guess I've missed something...
I know you don't like JD, any particular reason and what started all this?Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark, Professionals built the Titanic.
"I know you don't like JD, any particular reason and what started all this?"
Well, tractor brands are defended/made fun of by farmers just like tool guys pick on Craftsman or Dewalt and brag about the kind they like.
All of my Uncles and Grandpas had Massey Ferguson equipment. I probably cut teeth on the steering wheel of those tractors. Started riding them when I was a baby, and driving them when I was 6. They're as much a part of my life as shoes.
My best friend when I was a kid was a "green tractor" guy. (Can't bring myself to type the name) So all my life he and I have been trading good-natured insults back and forth.
My youngest Son picked up on it pretty quickly. When he was 2 or 3 we took him to the state fair. They had a pedal tractor track set up there. The kids could pedal around the track, and then they'd get a prize. But he refused to get on the tractor because it was green. The staff thought it was hilarious. At least the kid sticks to his principals........(-:
Maybe I should point out that I don't take this TOO seriously - It's just good natured fun. That which does not kill me pisses me off.
Boss
I havent seen a post from you in a while, been on vacation or sumpin?
By the way, I grew up riding the "green ones"
Doug
"I havent seen a post from you in a while, been on vacation or sumpin?"
Yup - Sort of. I took vacation last week. But it was a "working vacation". We had a huge carnival in town the 5th and 6th, and I took the week off ahead of it. I was out of the house a lot and not near the computer, so I haven't been here much.
"By the way, I grew up riding the "green ones""
Dang! Now I'm gonna have to put you on my ignore list......................(-:
Q: Know why JD tractors are green?A: So they can hide in the grass when the REAL tractors come around.
My favorite tractor story is about the Montana farmer who kept having problems with the Minnesota hunters shooting his livestock. So one year he got some white paint and painted COW in big letters on both sides of all his cows and HORSE on all his horses. And it worked, sort of. He didn't lose any livestock, but somebody shot his tractor. It was a Deere.
"...but somebody shot his tractor. It was a Deere."
Well, normally I'm against vandilism. But I'm willing to make exceptions in special circumstances....................(-:If you can't change your mind, are you sure you still have one?
Hope these work with out Irfanview...my puters a mess......
Edit: Sorry..my puters a mess and I can't get into a whole lot of sites since the lighting storm and my PC gone for repair for two weeks...just don't want to send it out again...grrrrr....
sorry...gonna try geting back into Irfanview....seems to be a problem.
Be well anyway unlike my puter
andy
The way we regard death is critical to the way we experiance life.
When your fear of death changes, the way you live your life changes.
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Edited 9/7/2003 6:45:59 PM ET by Andy Clifford(Andybuildz)
I have a few more oversized pic....sorry!!!!!
The way we regard death is critical to the way we experiance life.
When your fear of death changes, the way you live your life changes.
http://CLIFFORDRENOVATIONS.COM
Guess you didn't like the out building to much eh?
cute dog and kid.
Whats with the Jeep in the drive, you don't strike me as the Grand Cherokee type ?Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark, Professionals built the Titanic.
Neil
Don't blame me..I told "her" to get the electric jap car...... The way we regard death is critical to the way we experiance life.
When your fear of death changes, the way you live your life changes.
http://CLIFFORDRENOVATIONS.COM
Andy
Nice looking kid and the dog aint bad either.
At first I thought you were tearing the whole place down! Then I looked at more pics, whewww.
I do like the setting though.
Doug
I like that Cat Dozer. Feel free to post more pics of it.................(-:Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion. [Ambrose Bierce]
Finally got the attachent thing to work. Such focus...Charlie
http://www.home-addition.com
Excellent photography.
Who ever invented work didn't know how to fish....
Nice picture.
Nice lookin' kid.
And a nice tool belt to boot.
Thanks for sharing it. But why a B&W pic?I worked myself up from nothing to a state of extreme poverty.
I posted this pict a while back in another thread 27256.1 - it kinda neat, so I'll repost it here - the kid is my grandfather...
Very cool picture David.I love the door entrance. did they have apple trees?
Be William Tell,
andyMy life is my practice!
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did they have apple trees?
ya - family has been growing apples commercially for 110 years now...
Art / image message
Who ever invented work didn't know how to fish....
you just can't explain "art" to a an old farm boy...
sheesh, what are you thinking
J/K Boss, I'm sure you are really one sophisticated tux wearing, art gallery going gentleman...
Let's leave it at "farm boy" and not rub anything else..
Who ever invented work didn't know how to fish....
"But why a B&W pic?" I love shooting B&W film. I think it captures the subject much better. I think this shot in color would be much more "ordinary" (not to say it's particularly extraordinary right now... but it's a decent shot). I'll go out on a limb and say you're an "older" gentleman. I say this only because for our wedding we had the photog shoot a lot of B&W film and the pictures are amazing and almost everyone commented the same... except "older" folks (my mother especially) who commented "why B&W" I think that generation saw the advent of color film and to use B&W film is just plain crazy :-)
Charlie
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Tri-X film rocks!
Be sepiatoned as well
andyMy life is my practice!
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An "older gentleman", huh ??? Just how old do ya think I am!
I understand that people have personal preferences on stuff like this. I wasn't questioning your reasoning - Was just curious what it was.
Personally I don't like B&W. Since we don't SEE in B&W, I don't like my pics that way."Come to the edge," he said. They said, "We are afraid." "Come to the edge," he said. They came. He pushed them, And they flew. [Guillaume Apollinaire]
We also don’t SEE like this… but that doesn’t mean it’s not pleasing to the eye ;-)
As for the age guess... no comment.Charlie
http://www.home-addition.com
Well, it might be pleasing to your eye, but not mine.
Besides, we were talking about pictures, not painting........"A newspaper should be the maximum of information, and the minimum of comment." [Richard Cobden]
I'll go out on a limb and say you're an "older" gentleman
I think the limb broke... Save your self and add stick in the mud...
Who ever invented work didn't know how to fish....
Boss Hog has a point.
I've been doing photography since I joined a club back in 6th grade. I prefer black and white for shooting architecture, and I've been doing a lot of child portraits in black & white and sepia. I recently shot portraits for my sister of her family that she had blown up to 8x10's to hang in old fashioned frames going up her staircase. Black and white has a 'formality' that color just doesn't have. If you do digital photography you can get some really stunning pictures by shooting in sepia and playing with the tone adjustment in a photo editing program.
If you really like color all the time try this: On your digital camera shoot your pics in 'negative' mode. When you download them to your photo editing program, 'reverse' the image to get the colors back. I find that depending on the camera's on board software, you can get more vivid colors this way. (But it depends on the camera)
I put a few sepia pics here for ya. (Sorry, not construction related)I don't understand! I cut it twice and it's still too short!
Nice photo work.. You have the eye.. Talent too.
Who ever invented work didn't know how to fish....
Thanks for the tip on shooting in negative mode. I'm going to do a little investigating and experimenting with that one. You do have the eye... nice work.
Oh yea, great looking subject too. :-)>Kevin Halliburton
"I believe that architecture is a pragmatic art. To become art it must be built on a foundation of necessity." - I.M. Pei -
Thank You :)I don't understand! I cut it twice and it's still too short!
Here is my little helper, his name is Joshua.
Stormy, Bijon-Frisé, a little over 1 year.
Phill Giles
The Unionville Woodwright
Unionville, Ontario
My grandson and his first set of bags......."Rather be a hammer than a nail"
Bob
Nice lookin' kid there.
And it seems that he likes the tools.
Back when I was about 3 years old, I got a sort of workbench thing with some tools. The saw quickly got taken away from me when I tried to cut the workbench in half, though.................(-:Nonconformists are all alike.
Thanks!- Boss Hog-
He really acts like his new tools are the best. "Hey PaPa, after I get through chewing on these can I exchange them for new ones?"
I wonder what the return policy is on these Craftsman tools..........:-)
"Rather be a hammer than a nail"
Bob
What no Stilletto!!!???Mr T
Do not try this at home!
I am an Experienced Professional!
LOL! Mr T
No Stiletto till he stops chewwing on the hammer head..........
The kid's going to have some stong teeth though."Rather be a hammer than a nail"
Bob
Great looking grandson you have there. I assume he gets his looks from Grandpa, right. ;-)
I bought my son Joey The Home Depot Electronic Work Bench last year and he loves it. He's already cutting rafters for me....lol and when my nephews come over they have a blast.
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Joe Carola
That's pretty cool Joe. The problem with toys like that is they start taking up ALOT of room then you have to add on to your house to hold all the toys. :-)
Sears had some of the most annoying "noisy" toys for kids.
Chain saw, skill saw, hand saw, drill, .................
Listen to about 2 seconds of that and you will take out the batteries........
They are great gifts to buy your kids if you are trying to pay them back for all the napless days of the noisy big wheel in the driveway."Rather be a hammer than a nail"
Bob
Those tools dont say Craftsman do they???????????LOL
Well, since Craftsman is a lifetime guarentee you'd get yer monies worth if he doesnt loose them first.
Be well bro,,,,,,
andyMy life is my practice!
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the little guy is famous at Breaktime!
I like his "shoes" for interior work
At least you got him the top of the line Crapsman stuff!
Tell me about the chewing!!!
We have a whole collection of DIE CAST Thomas the tank trains with the paint chewed off !!!!!Mr T
Do not try this at home!
I am an Experienced Professional!
Was the hammer from your own collection...Did you get those tools to match the color of his eyes..lol..Pretty cute picture.
Your a grandfather??? Wow...we're gettin' old!
Be well
andyMy life is my practice!
http://CLIFFORDRENOVATIONS.COM
LOL Andy-
I really need to work on that red eye thing...........
He doesn't get to hold any of my hammers till he gets a better grip on this one.
I'm guessing he will be building things before we know it.
He was walking at
"10 months."
"Rather be a hammer than a nail"
Bob
That's a great shot! And I think the B&W does enhance it."Our whole American way of life is a great war of ideas, and librarians are the arms dealers selling weapons to both sides."-James Quinn
Great shot !
This is my one year old grandson, I think he's trying to figure out why the washer is out of balance........Hehehee"Rather be a hammer than a nail"
Bob
Oooooooh, I just wanna pick that one up and give him a good cuddle. Nothing sweeter than chubby babies all bundled up in coveralls, running around doing important things."Our whole American way of life is a great war of ideas, and librarians are the arms dealers selling weapons to both sides."-James Quinn
You gotta be kidding me! That is one of the cutest babies I've ever seen but I'm not buying the story that he's your grandson for a minute. No hammer loop on the right pant leg of those overalls. I can't imagine that any grandson of yours would be lacking for a place to hang his midget sized nail smacker. :-)>Kevin Halliburton
"I believe that architecture is a pragmatic art. To become art it must be built on a foundation of necessity." - I.M. Pei -
Maybe I should point out that I don't take this TOO seriously - It's just good natured fun.
Boss!!!
You are NEVER!!! supposed to admit this!Mr T
Do not try this at home!
I am an Experienced Professional!
Anymore we have to go with the dealer that is nearest, for parts and service, as they are many miles away from each other.
We started with Farmalls, had a Massey-Ferguson, a JD, a Ford, an International and latest another JD.
Each trade at that time was determined by other than the brand.
A neighbor has a father in law that owns the JD dealership but lives and farms mostly closer to another brand so that is what he drives. There is not that much difference from one to the other in price, features or quality and they all get around the field.:-)
JD has the longest dealership around here so that is what most of us have now.
Remember that tractors seem to last forever.
The Boss admits to shoes...
See I told you he was civilized.. of sorts.
Who ever invented work didn't know how to fish....
Mogswilliam the McPussy, who, despite his name, is English. It is thought that he may have some American ancestry as he comes from an area close to an American air base. I made the box seat a few years ago before I started doing kitchens full time
John
Another attempt!
I give up, what am I doing wrong?
John
I'm not sure, Is this the right tractor color? This piece of equipment saw some heavy use before we acquired it at a fund raiser for $1. It's not much to look at but you would have thought we bought Sterling a $20,000 sports car for all the excitement over it.
Gotta love a kid like that... that attitude doesn't change as they get older does it?Kevin Halliburton
"I believe that architecture is a pragmatic art. To become art it must be built on a foundation of necessity." - I.M. Pei -
The caption for the picture should be
"I hate these new hangers, what happened to the good ole LUP 28's with the tabs?"
Cute boy and it looks like he takes his play seriously."Rather be a hammer than a nail"
Bob
Thanks, had to downsize that file hope it works
My pup......geezzzzz.is it still snowing??
In his first interview since the stroke, Ram Dass, 66, spoke with great difficulty about how his brush with death has changed his ideas about aging, and how the recent loss of two old friends, Timothy Leary and Allen Ginsberg, has convinced him that now, more than ever, is the time to ``Be Here Now.''
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Sorry Andy -
You can only post pics of pets in this thread if they're HELPING you build something. A classic is something that everybody wants to have read, and nobody wants to read. [Mark Twain]
Ron...there for no pic of anyone will be posted other than of me,,,,,ugh
You sure NY s too crowded for you?
In his first interview since the stroke, Ram Dass, 66, spoke with great difficulty about how his brush with death has changed his ideas about aging, and how the recent loss of two old friends, Timothy Leary and Allen Ginsberg, has convinced him that now, more than ever, is the time to ``Be Here Now.''
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"You sure NY s too crowded for you?"
Yup. Bigtime too crowded. The hardest thing to understand in the world is the income tax. [Albert Einstein]
wrong Ron.....I could show you and yours a great time here.
Stay at my house and lets go into NYC....only 45 min away......
Promise you a wonderful time.
andy.....PS....Andy E keeps writing me about that open invitation into the FHB building tour.....Waitin' on ya dude!
a
In his first interview since the stroke, Ram Dass, 66, spoke with great difficulty about how his brush with death has changed his ideas about aging, and how the recent loss of two old friends, Timothy Leary and Allen Ginsberg, has convinced him that now, more than ever, is the time to ``Be Here Now.''
http://CLIFFORDRENOVATIONS.COM
Ok, Kevin, Haha is for you, I imagine she was saying, "You don't really draw all that stuff by hand, do you?".
Rocker is self explainatory.
And if that loader isn't big enough for ya, I should have a pix around here on a 24 ton excavator. I had to help her with them, she couldn't reach the pedals.
(and there is a duplicate of this post floating around Prospero somewhere, let me know if you see it, lol)
Nice loader you got there. I really like the Dresser brand.
Can I come out and play for a few days ???I didn't like the play, but then I saw it under adverse conditions - the curtain was up.
Sorry, I just borrow. ;-) That thing is a hoot tho, 3 yd bucket with teeth.
I do have an old Allis Chalmers dozer that only goes in circles, you shouldn't be able to get into too much trouble with that.
Alright dagnabit!! I didn't want to pull this photo out on you guys but you forced my hand. Between Boss and Qtrmeg upping the anti with every post I decided to show the picture of Sterling driving a piece of heavy equipment when he was 15 months old.
As you can clearly see, this is the biggest load posted yet. :-)>Kevin Halliburton
"I believe that architecture is a pragmatic art. To become art it must be built on a foundation of necessity." - I.M. Pei -
Lol, ok, I give, that thing is bigger than my house.
Hey, you aren't cheating, are ya?
I see you got one of those little rocker models that you have to plug into the wall. You know you can get them cordless now?"There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love, the only survival, the only meaning."--???
LOL!! I had to go back and look at that picture twice before I got that wise crack. You are such a clever girl!
By the way, did you get that Thornton Wilder quote off the latest box of Kellogs Rasin Bran or are you an opera fan? If I'm not mistaken that is the last line from his novel turned opera "The Bridge of San Luis Rey." Timeless!
Here I thought you were all childish and innocent quoting Milne then you up and show your "Wilder" side. Hmmm, deep and mysterious that one... can't wait to see what you'll come up with next.Kevin Halliburton
"I believe that architecture is a pragmatic art. To become art it must be built on a foundation of necessity." - I.M. Pei -
I have secret sources for my quotations. That one's been quessed correctly twice now, so it's time to find another one. They are always important to me, I guess, and sometimes reflect my mood.
Go back and read some of the Milne again sometime. There's some incredibly subtle and funny stuff in there.
Me, childish and innocent. Wa hahhahahh. (I hope you meant child-like. Unfortunately, I AM childish.)"There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love, the only survival, the only meaning."--???