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UAHparrothead wrote:

SMLCHNG wrote:

oph wrote: only 3..they are constantly in the skies here...but then the 153d Airlift Wing is stationed here

Yes, Eric. Just 3. We get a lot of different jets/helicopters/planes here all the time with Buckley AFB across the street.

I had one of those things fly about 500 feet over my apartment in reverse thrust, I almost wet myself

I live near McCord AFB here in Tacoma... where all the huge C17 transport planes fly in and out of. They constantly fly over our neighborhood, but one of my neighbors, whose husband is a C17 pilot, said that her husband specifically makes a point of coming in low right down our street as a way of telling her that he's on his way home!! Often, when I lie in bed at night I think those planes are going to scrape the top of our roof!

My latest art project. 1121 magnets mounted on plywood. It's destined to be an interactive art piece. 1121 bottle caps, each one easily removable to allow people to take them off and rearrange or add others. I've hung it in the hallway from the tiki bar to the hobby and graphics rooms.









The beginning of the installation. I'm starting with a gradient effect. Silver at the bottom fading to black at the very top.



The bucket of caps that I've saved

COOL PROJECT!!!
The most creative thing I have done for the drunks to play with at parties is spray paint a bunch of old cookie trays black and stuck all of my word magnets on them so people could make 'poetry'.
I got sick of having them on my fridge.

This is the low spot in the neighbourhood. It is my next door neighbours house.

This is another neighbour draining it with his sump pump. Last year we had ours running and so did this guy and it still took hours to drain.
Ya gotta love lazy people. We both do all his work for him or it doesn't get done.

Here's the latest on the project. I got the first round of caps completely installed. I've gone originally for a sort of gradient look, but being interactive, I expect that to change pretty quickly. I still have about 2-3,000 caps, and on any given Friday more are added to the collection. I'm also trying to get connections with bartenders who will save their caps for me.

You can click on the pictures, then click "all sizes" to see larger versions and download anything you might want.







I need to cut the trim for the edging and paint it.

Way too cool!!!

Mottola-Buffett wrote:

UAHparrothead wrote:

SMLCHNG wrote:

oph wrote: only 3..they are constantly in the skies here...but then the 153d Airlift Wing is stationed here

Yes, Eric. Just 3. We get a lot of different jets/helicopters/planes here all the time with Buckley AFB across the street.

I had one of those things fly about 500 feet over my apartment in reverse thrust, I almost wet myself

I live near McCord AFB here in Tacoma... where all the huge C17 transport planes fly in and out of. They constantly fly over our neighborhood, but one of my neighbors, whose husband is a C17 pilot, said that her husband specifically makes a point of coming in low right down our street as a way of telling her that he's on his way home!! Often, when I lie in bed at night I think those planes are going to scrape the top of our roof!

We do casino tactical approaches...... shake the casinos!!!!!!! One of the pilots wife works at the casino as a programs director and she lets us know ahead of time when the parties move outside Keesler AFB is also 2 blocks off the beach... we get plenty of tourists that take pictures of us flying in

From the roof of my warehouse you can see right down the runway of Palm Springs International Airport. This is a shot I got of Air Force One when it was taking off from Palm Springs back in December of 06. Although I was excited that the wind had changed and they were taking off in my direction, it was sad knowing it was the last time President Ford would take off from Palm Springs.
BBQMonster

That's an awesome picture!!!!!!

This was sent to me in an email.. not sure of it's authenticity, but it looked great.

Each year, I challenge Mrs. TTG's baking ability in regards to my Birthday Cake.

This year, I wanted a cake with a palm tree, a pirate ship, and a shark on it. I later added a request that it be a rum cake.

Although she had to substitute a fish for a shark, she did a great job. Here's this year's cake:

A few photos from our backyard:

Tarheel Tail-Gator wrote:Each year, I challenge Mrs. TTG's baking ability in regards to my Birthday Cake.

This year, I wanted a cake with a palm tree, a pirate ship, and a shark on it. I later added a request that it be a rum cake.

Although she had to substitute a fish for a shark, she did a great job. Here's this year's cake:

Looks tasty!!!

Nice photo's TTG. Mrs. TTG did a great job...

gingerbreadman wrote:

Tarheel Tail-Gator wrote:Each year, I challenge Mrs. TTG's baking ability in regards to my Birthday Cake.

This year, I wanted a cake with a palm tree, a pirate ship, and a shark on it. I later added a request that it be a rum cake.

Although she had to substitute a fish for a shark, she did a great job. Here's this year's cake:

Looks tasty!!!

Yeah, even though the alcohol in the rum is supposed to "bake out". The top was pretty moist. We had to "filet" pieces for our son to give him the drier section of the cake.

Tarheel Tail-Gator wrote:Yeah, even though the alcohol in the rum is supposed to "bake out". The top was pretty moist. We had to "filet" pieces for our son to give him the drier section of the cake.

I hear ya!

You're backyard looks pretty much like our yard too! But hey... that's the great part about living in NC!!

mrmiata wrote:My latest art project. 1121 magnets mounted on plywood. It's destined to be an interactive art piece. 1121 bottle caps, each one easily removable to allow people to take them off and rearrange or add others. I've hung it in the hallway from the tiki bar to the hobby and graphics rooms.

This is VERY COOL!!!!

Care to share how you are attaching the magnets (and where you found them)? I'd love to build a smaller version for the basement.

Creative Idea

Tarheel Tail-Gator wrote: This is VERY COOL!!!!

Care to share how you are attaching the magnets (and where you found them)? I'd love to build a smaller version for the basement.

Creative Idea

Thanks.

I used a standard hot glue gun to attach the magnets. That's it laying on the left in the picture. I laid out a grid pattern (it doesn't have to be perfect, but it needs to be centered) with a drywall square and then hot glued each magnet. The tall pieces you see are multiple magnets stacked. I discovered, after burning myself a few times on the hot glue while trying to put down single magnets, that the best way to do it would be to use multiple magnets to keep my fingers high and dry (and unburned). Put a big glob of glue down, stick the magnet in it and hold it for a second until the glue starts to cool. Move on to another stacked magnet set and do the same, coming back to the original after it has completely set.

I then painted the whole thing with Mars Black Liquitex. The trim will most likely be red.

I picked up the magnets off of eBay. $10 for 460 of them, $7.55 shipping for as many sets as you decide to order. They're just strong enough to hold the caps firmly, without being so strong that you can't remove them readily.

This guy looks familiar.