Since Friday May 1 is International Labor Day a bunch of contractor buddies decided to go to lunch in style .
There’s enough depressing news around lately about jobs and the economy so I thought some good press coverage of 25 working men going out to network with everyone would be welcome.
Our great daily paper will be there and hopefully a couple of local TV stations too.
Personally I can’t remember being this needed for work , but some other guys will hopefully benefit from some exposure and networking with others on the ride .
Heres our wagon to head to lunch in.
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What is that truck normally used for? Can't read the words on the side.
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My guess would be that it is used for ridding the world of dangerous extra-terrestrials and flashy thingy-ing the public.... a la Men in Black.That or maybe SWAT... lol.Either way, that is one bad looking truck.
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It's a totally custom built limosine that seats 20 or so.
It's built on a big International chassis.
I'll take lots of pictures tomorrow.
It says Hollywood Custom Rides on the side .
It's bullet proofed too.
Walter,Hopefully it's 80 proofed on the inside!Looking forward to a full report and photos.Best,
Steve'Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt man doing it' ~ Chinese proverb
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Steve ,
Thanks for checking in .
No booze on this trip . Just lunch and BS and networking .
Since I haven't drank in 30 years , even bullet proofing wouldn't work should I consume again !!
Getting a sony later today to record the event . Know anything about posting clips to Youtube ???
Walter,Here's a quick rundown. You'll also need to set up an account, but it's free to do so.http://www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=57924If you run into trouble there, let me know.Looks like a fun trip to be sure!Best,
Steve'Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt man doing it' ~ Chinese proverb
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Steve ,
You da man bro.
I'm at work lining up the guest list and using the LT and air card .
Thanks again Steve .
Best regards , Walter
A pity you folks won't be visible from the outside.
Remember to read up on wide angle shots for the inside.
Similar situation several yrs ago. We attended a ballgame in detroit. Organizer got a bus-a black bus. Looked like a big funeral. This one had a keg or two though. Great game it was.
On the way home, someone decided a strip club would finish this trip off.
For the next year the excursion was billed as Hits and #### 's.A Great Place for Information, Comraderie, and a Sucker Punch.
Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
http://www.quittintime.com/
Calvin ,
Only wishing we were bound for the Star Diner !!!
So far nobody has said if they liked the idea !!
Walter
You must be too metro-personal for those folks.
Get a gas card and pick me up. I'm game.
The diner's 2 mi's away and the strip club is up in Romulus, Mi.
That's alot of birds to kill, but what the hey!A Great Place for Information, Comraderie, and a Sucker Punch.
Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
http://www.quittintime.com/
An old childhood buddy owns a limo service. He rounded up about 20 of us and piled us into his luxury coach to attend a Tigers game too. That was a sweet trip. We all chipped in a tip for the driver but the coach was free.
Jim, you'll love this one.
5 Tribe fans and one Tiger guy go up to the old stadium in Detroit.
We're in left field down the line under the overhang. 3rd inning, a pigeon poops on the Tiger guys hat.
Tribe scores.
5th, more falling poop, this time on his knee.
Tribe scores.
Meanwhile the tigers are putting runs on the board. I'm thinking they were ahead going into the 7th.
You got it. Bird poops yet again. This time right smack in his bigbeer. He was pissed, as you know the cost of those cups. Beer vendor was servicing the row behind us and caught the excitement-laughing he asks Tiger boy if he'd like another.
And sure as hell, the Tribe puts up another big inning.
I grew to love those birds up there.A Great Place for Information, Comraderie, and a Sucker Punch.
Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
http://www.quittintime.com/
road trippin' to Alcatraz? :)
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Never been there. A painter I know has an employee that does the sit in the car and watch the lot. Evidently for the protection of the patrons and the girls coming and going. He tells me I should visit Alcatraz, he'll hook me up.......
Actually, haven't visited many (any, other than the ballgame trip) other than the Roxy back in the 60's.
Ahhhhhhhh,
Alexandra the Great-she had the fabulous 48's!
Could get them going round and round-same direction and then change to opposite direction, mid twirl.
She was something.A Great Place for Information, Comraderie, and a Sucker Punch.
Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
http://www.quittintime.com/
Congrats on the 30 yrs. I'm into my 19th.
Congrats to you too !
A rousing good time was had by all the attendees .
We got coverage from our excellent daily paper , but only one of our 3 TV stations.
I forgot my adapter for my fish eye lens for the still camera and need to do some ciphering to get video uploaded to Youtube .
More pics later
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Heading home after lunch .
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I thought you guys lived too far north to look that red necky. all them boys looked like they came straight out of southern ohio or northern kentucky! :)~
I didn't put pictures on of the worst cases !!
We're all Libs up this far North -- no rosy necks here .
Walter, I could have done with more reporter pics and less of those ratty old looking dudes.
thanks.A Great Place for Information, Comraderie, and a Sucker Punch.
Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
http://www.quittintime.com/
Should be a video from that stations website . I'll post the link tonite when it's up.
Liked the look from the rear did ya ??
To be honest, I liked the entire package.
Tho the age difference probably would brand me lecherous.
Nothing better than a pretty reporter to hold my interest in the news.A Great Place for Information, Comraderie, and a Sucker Punch.
Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
http://www.quittintime.com/
She looked really attractive today ! They were the only station of 3 I called to give us any airtime .
She's the Wo-man!A Great Place for Information, Comraderie, and a Sucker Punch.
Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
http://www.quittintime.com/
Walter,
Thanks for sharing. Any lunch pics?
Looking forward to the video link(s).
Chuck Slive, work, build, ...better with wood
Chuck,
I've been too busy to put up any videos yet , but heres the piece the BDN put in our local Daily paper.
http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/105086.html
Best regards , Walter
Walter,
Looks like there's a side to you that has yet to be revealed, here on BT.
This comment from a local friend of yours, posted under the news story that you linked:
"On 5/2/09 at 7:38 AM, fredrogers wrote: How 'dah go Walter!
You do the Brewer Witches proud and too your ole' neighborhood in Great Pond (the one off the Airline).
I remember when you won the Oronoka Halloween custume contest, in nothin but a mink jock strap, and everyone saying, "I know that guy, he's home from Yale! "
The Slate buisness must be doing well for ya. HaHa. "
Actually it was a raccoon skin - my boys are allergic to mink !!!
Ah, Davey Crockett goes native.
Very cool, Walter.
No more info on the halloween costume, please. I need some mental floss.http://www.quittintime.com/ View Image
Grant ,
I was doing Dino while he was still in Brooks Bros .
Alright, I saw your post and the one above while at dinner, cracked up and had to pass the phone to DW so she could see what I was chuckling at.That's QUITE a story my friend. Should I ask if there are photos circulating about that tale?Or is it tail? LOLLooking forward to the video of the lunch outing.'Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt man doing it' ~ Chinese proverb
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Steve ,
No photos that I know of about the raccoon loin cloth . There was one that went AP in the Spring of '70 as a freshman in New Haven with me standing beside Johnny Weismueller .
The invitation said " black tie or loin cloth is the preferred dress " I didn't own a tux so I wore my native patch , grabbed a vine off the side of the dorm ,and away I went.
I can still remember the flash bulbs going off for a long time !
Best , WAlter
Walter,Johnny Weissmuller?! No way! You'll pardon me behaving like a teen girl for a second.He was the swimmer I idolized as a kid and was delighted to finally be able to swim as fast as he did. Of course back then you barely kept your head in the water, had big, floppy, non-hydrodynamic suits, no lane lines to break up the wake and no goggles. No way could I have been able to beat him in the style of his day.Thanks for that trip down memory lane!Best,
Steve'Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt man doing it' ~ Chinese proverb
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Steve ,
I wished I could find the picture that ran in lots of papers back then .
Johnny wearing a tux to meet the adoring crowds and me with a loin cloth and vine off the side of the dorm .
Freshman in college at that time .
Best , Walter
Walter,If you can fill me in on some details about the event / date range, I'll see if my friend at the NYT can run a search for the photo / article.Should I put that on the front of the website? 'Famous slateman and unidentified guest enjoy an afternoon on the New Haven Green':)Best,
Steve'Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt man doing it' ~ Chinese proverb
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Steve ,
It would have been at the start of Feb . vacation in 1970 at one of the venues at Yale .
Tarzan Film Festival was the billing this event was promoted under .
By all means that should grace the home page for sure !!
Maybe I could get more work than just slating .
It was carried by the AP , so it might be able to be found .
Thanks for taking a stab at it .
Best , Walter
Walter,
You are now a star. (As well as the best Slater I have never met) ((In person))
Hope your vid with yor new VC came out.
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Chuck,
I wished that they would have talked to more of the guys there , to give it a broader scope .
Just a little fun on a Friday afternoon .
Thanks , Walter
Walter,
Cool! If I'd caught this earlier I'd a driven to Bangor just to see it. (and the reporter - which station is she on? I'll have to get a TV for the camp this summer!)
But in that ride, the driver shoulda been playin Dick Curliss's singin bout them Hainsville Woods.
oldfred
That lovely lady reports for Channel 7 -- ABC and Fox .
Liked the look from the rear did ya
I didn't see a problem with either side.
jt8
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Nor did I .
Bullet proof?
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Nobody will be packing !!!
Our great daily paper will be there and hopefully a couple of local TV stations too.
Coming shortly after Earth Day, you shouldn't be surprised if you get some shots from the press about your mode of transport. Even without Earth Day, that truck-limo is an easy target for criticism by those who keep track of how businessmen travel.
Remember when the CEO's of our American Automakers flew to D.C., a few months ago, each in his own private jet, to beg for billions in loans from the federal gummint? You and your associates could become the local equivalent.
Discretion being the better part of self promotion, I believe I'd opt for a charter bus (or my own truck/car) instead, just for the sake of appearances.
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I considered that valid point , but bthen thought that we're car pooling band networking to boot so I called it a wash.
Were well known in the area so I don't think criticism is in order , but I'll listen .
Hope they can take the incoming when I'm thru listening and start giving it back.
Best wishes but watch out for loaded questions from suspicious reporters. There seems to be an awful lot of "investigative journalism" being pursued under the guise of human interest stories.
Thanks for the heads up ,but it would be like taking a water pistol to the O. K. Corral I think !!
Spoke with the reporter from the paper yesterday , hopefully TV tomorrow .
Walter
Coming shortly after Earth Day, you shouldn't be surprised if you get some shots from the press about your mode of transport. Even without Earth Day, that truck-limo is an easy target for criticism by those who keep track of how businessmen travel.
Well shoot, that 'limo' burns less gas/diesel than 25 contractor pick-ups would. jt8
"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: It goes on."
-- Robert Frost
Well shoot, that 'limo' burns less gas/diesel than 25 contractor pick-ups would.
No doubt, but it's a question of perception and that limo makes a great target for any reporter who's looking for an angle.
Walter,
Sounds like it will be a great day. Enjoy!
Chuck S
Thank you Chuck ,
We'll all have a great afternoon I'm sure . A little publicity to stir up some work won't hurt either .
Pictures tomorrow evening .
Best , Walter
Lots of room for the "pose" and a few escorts to assist?
Don't forget your shades, a fedora, silk scarf (lavender?) and lots of bling. You wanna' be "stylin" for the U tube spot.
ZZ Tp in the 'Hood...........;)
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Just a pink short sleeved shirt will do the trick I think !!
This ain't Bobbys you're talking to now ! He might pull off the bling thing !
<G>...The unspoken word is capital. We can invest it or we can squander it. -Mark Twain...Be kind to your children....they will choose your nursing home....aim low boys, they're ridin' shetland ponies !!