My stepmother, me and my sister in my wild days
Photography 2
- Thread starter Floorist
- Start date
Help Support Flooring Forum:
POLAROID oh ya you could get wild with them
Somewhere there are pictures of my ex-wife.
I know that's a real antique photo p Rusty.
I have three or four hard drives from different computers. Everything from Windows 98, Windows XP and Vista.
My computers are all dead.
Today on Amazon I ordered an adapter which will hopefully allow me to recover at least some of the images that were on each of those computers.
I have some of my father and my grandfather and my uncle that I had cleaned up via photoshop.
It would be pretty cool to see those photos again because they're quite similar emotionally and personally like this one that you just showed.
The adapter that I bought ideally, wood this transfer or at least let me view data from the old hard drives
The adapter was just shipped via Amazonjust shipped via Amazon. Supposedly, it should be able to transfer data from an IDI or a SATA drive.
it should be here midweek and it'll be interesting to see how well it works.
Last edited:
You don't say much about your father. Was he an installer?
He worked at a body shop and a parts store about the time I was born. Like my uncle, he did a very short stint working with grandpa. My dad and uncle were wise men.
My only memories are him driving trucks. He drove truck routes for Coke untill 1970, then Blue Bell, then Grandma's Cookies. He died in a car accident when I was 22. He was 49. Dad taught me about car stuff. He could do everything from replacing the rear main seal in a 55 Chevy 4 banger, to brakes, setting points, but he didn't ever rebuild an engine. He made floor to ceiling cabinets for the laundry room.
He had a Craftsman radial arm saw but not a tablesaw. He's the one that sparked my automotive interest and 'handyman' abilities.
Grandpa greatly enhanced what I can do with my hands because us floor rats do a lot of measuring and fitting.
Work forced dad to move out 275 miles of town. My brother and his wife were about to pay him a visit to tell him he was going to be a grandpa. He never found out...
![MORE Luxury Vinyl Floor Cleaner for Vinyl Plank Flooring - Ready to Use, Daily Cleaning Formula for Tile, Vinyl Surfaces [Gallon / 128oz]](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/413LZHZiqCL._SL500_.jpg)
That is sad. I really like being a grandpa. My grandads both died when I was two. My dad was a GC, He did everything except floors. Now I know why. Mom died the day before my 39th birthday, dad two years later.He worked at a body shop and a parts store about the time I was born. Like my uncle, he did a very short stint working with grandpa. My dad and uncle were wise men.
My only memories are him driving trucks. He drove truck routes for Coke untill 1970, then Blue Bell, then Grandma's Cookies. He died in a car accident when I was 22. He was 49. Dad taught me about car stuff. He could do everything from replacing the rear main seal in a 55 Chevy 4 banger, to brakes, setting points, but he didn't ever rebuild an engine. He made floor to ceiling cabinets for the laundry room.
He had a Craftsman radial arm saw but not a tablesaw. He's the one that sparked my automotive interest and 'handyman' abilities.
Grandpa greatly enhanced what I can do with my hands because us floor rats do a lot of measuring and fitting.
Work forced dad to move out 275 miles of town. My brother and his wife were about to pay him a visit to tell him he was going to be a grandpa. He never found out...
And what kind of pictures would they be?
Not those kind.
I think dad would have loved grandkids. Neither of my sister nor myself had kids. My brother has two boys. One has two boys of his own, so dad would be a great grandfather now.
There's one in my area dubbed "the honey wagon". It has a beehive and little honey bees all over it.
Satisfaction guaranteed, or double your load back.
My wife's guard dog.
That is a killer for sure, you can see it in the eyes.
She is ferocious
Went to look at a repair tonight. Her dog looked about the same, but light colored. It was less frightening by far. The slightly larger do barked a little but we became bestust buddies before I left.
Here's a photo I took on the 9th.
Driving north along the highway through town is our Bay.
The towboat companies had put a pilot on this ship in order to bring it through the bar and bring it into the bay which is about a 10 mile cruise.
The width of the Bay is deceptive because when you see water you think it's deeper than it is. They keep the channel dredged from the ocean entrance all the way into the bay and its wide enough for a ship to pass through with assistance of the pilots and the tow boats. I doubt up as much more than 150 ft wide. The ships that come in are between 560 and 660 ft long. This one loads logs so it's probably on the shorter side.
The bay is not dredged deep enough to turn a ship around so it can face the other direction on its way back out after being loaded. To turn a ship around hey dredge out a much wider area in a few selected locations which are called turning basins.
How lucky for our local casino to have one of those turning bases right out in front so guests from out of town can observe the process for the towboats slowly spinning the ship around 180° it's a slow process but it's fun to watch.
Anyway driving down the highway and a week and a half ago and the weather was fantastic. I pulled into the casino parking lot and walked out on the huge boardwalk to take this photo.
The thing you will notice is the boat is just sitting there with its anchor down. No towboats to be seen. It's just sitting there all by it's lonesome. I've never seen an unattended ship anchored in the bay.
I looked to the north and about a mile away another ship that was fully loaded was pulled away from the dock ready to head back out to sea. The tow boats were assisting that ship and helping it maneuver its way through the bay. I guess they just left the ship sitting here till they came back a couple hours later to put it in the same place the other ship had just left from.
Normally the water isn't quite this shiny. The ships that come in with the words Pacific Basin painted on the sides, are slowly being replaced by newer models. When the ships last days or years are within sight they stop maintaining them, especially so with the paint. With all the rust you can see on this one, you know it doesn't have many more years to go before it gets recycled into a new refrigerator, lawnmower or railroad car.
I'll have to type in the name and see if I can find out when it was built.
Driving north along the highway through town is our Bay.
The towboat companies had put a pilot on this ship in order to bring it through the bar and bring it into the bay which is about a 10 mile cruise.
The width of the Bay is deceptive because when you see water you think it's deeper than it is. They keep the channel dredged from the ocean entrance all the way into the bay and its wide enough for a ship to pass through with assistance of the pilots and the tow boats. I doubt up as much more than 150 ft wide. The ships that come in are between 560 and 660 ft long. This one loads logs so it's probably on the shorter side.
The bay is not dredged deep enough to turn a ship around so it can face the other direction on its way back out after being loaded. To turn a ship around hey dredge out a much wider area in a few selected locations which are called turning basins.
How lucky for our local casino to have one of those turning bases right out in front so guests from out of town can observe the process for the towboats slowly spinning the ship around 180° it's a slow process but it's fun to watch.
Anyway driving down the highway and a week and a half ago and the weather was fantastic. I pulled into the casino parking lot and walked out on the huge boardwalk to take this photo.
The thing you will notice is the boat is just sitting there with its anchor down. No towboats to be seen. It's just sitting there all by it's lonesome. I've never seen an unattended ship anchored in the bay.
I looked to the north and about a mile away another ship that was fully loaded was pulled away from the dock ready to head back out to sea. The tow boats were assisting that ship and helping it maneuver its way through the bay. I guess they just left the ship sitting here till they came back a couple hours later to put it in the same place the other ship had just left from.
Normally the water isn't quite this shiny. The ships that come in with the words Pacific Basin painted on the sides, are slowly being replaced by newer models. When the ships last days or years are within sight they stop maintaining them, especially so with the paint. With all the rust you can see on this one, you know it doesn't have many more years to go before it gets recycled into a new refrigerator, lawnmower or railroad car.
I'll have to type in the name and see if I can find out when it was built.
Attachments
Says it was built in 2004
It's 580 ft long on 93 ft wide.
Remember years ago when we were talking about all of us flooring guys getting together to buy a big ship to party on.........
....... I'm betting this would be quite a bargain. I think it will buff out really nice.
Wish Nick was still around, 'cause we'd need a Captain.
It's 580 ft long on 93 ft wide.
Remember years ago when we were talking about all of us flooring guys getting together to buy a big ship to party on.........
....... I'm betting this would be quite a bargain. I think it will buff out really nice.
Wish Nick was still around, 'cause we'd need a Captain.
My younger great granddaughter
