Thursday, September 17, 2015

Getting close.

 Everytime I figure there is one more load to bring to the dump I find a bunch more stuff.  Today I took the bench grinder, drill press, wood lathe, vise and belt sander off the table in the basement. Then I popped the formica off the particle board and put the board in the to go pile. We cut the formica so it will replace the marble top in the dining room. Then I started to remove the stuff from the computer desk. After cleaning the drawers I moved the Sony record player off the table up stairs and brought the table down into the computer room. I slid the computer stuff off the desk onto the table. I found my missing WiFi radio. It's playing again. I found that the desk is a lot heavier than I figured. I removed the drawers and it was still too heavy so I got a pry bar and took the top off. After carrying the pieces into the garage I vacuumed the sawdust and we're back in business. The neighbor is supposed to take the futons tomorrow. That should be the last load of any consequence.

Thursday, September 10, 2015

In the early morning rain.

I brought the last two r/c planes to the club meeting last night.  I donated them to the club to make money or whatever. That left 11 c/l planes to haul south.
  I went out before the temp got too high and found it sprinkling off and on. I put 3 planes in the truck bed and then the cross bars to hold the second layer floor. I cut new ones as the originals were too high. Then I replaced the floor piece with a wider and longer piece. A couple risers for canopy and fin clearance then a hole for a tail wheel to sit in. Then I cut a hole for the fin plus the riser. I got 6 in the bed with room in the back for some 5 gallon jugs of fuel fixins. And I can close the lid without any further mods. Two more planes to go when I noticed the back seat of the car has a lot of space. Just enough for the two planes. Problem solved, still waiting for the other shoe to drop.


Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Load 13 this morning.

I went to the contest at Wrentham, MA on Sunday. More to support the thing than anything else. After the first round I was in second place so I figured it was good enough and passed on the second flight. As it turned out somebody got tangled in my lines so I wouldn't have flown anyway. I ended up second.
  As of today we got the movers and car hauler and a local motel booked for the impending house sale. I'm out $100.00 deposit and if it goes long enough another $225.00.
I read the U-Haul rules for tow dollys and made up a set of tail lights for the car. I didn't realize that the car needed lights. When the next shoe drops, by next Monday afternoon, we will make up another load to the dump and Salvation Army. I got rid of my work bench and other stuff today. The Jet wood lathe has been spoken for and there are some other stuff that would be nice to give away.

Thursday, September 3, 2015

The end of Moosup. Pictures of the demolition of the old Aldrich Bros. mill.

Majestic Metal and Kaman Aerospace also occupied the buildings.