Another shoe hits the floor.

We signed another extension and the closing is set for Nov. 23. The buyers annuities are causing a lot of problems for the bank.
I called the movers and set them up for the two days after the closing and today they called back. They figure it will take 3 days now. The third day being  the 28th, Saturday. It looks like we will have to do some packing so they can get it done in two days.
Kaman is slowly disappearing. The amount of wood is amazing. Beams about 12" x 18" x long are coming out. They are working on the roof taking that apart now . 7 or 8 people just removing nails.

Progress Moosup style.

The tear down of the old mill continues. Picture 4 answers the age old question "what did they use before re-bar"? Why re-pipe of course, The elbow had to be an extra cost item. All of the cement fence posts have split.

Nothing left.

While waiting for the next closing date, probably end of month, we have gotten rid of everything that's not coming with us in the house. The garage is all but empty. I've been pulling nails I used for hanging stuff on and pounding in nails that have worked loose over the years. The toilet is the latest item to act up after the microwave crapping out. I'm having a new flush valve installed today. The more I look around the more I find to fix. The grass is growing in spots and needed mowing this week.

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.

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.

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.

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

Majestic Metal and Kaman Aerospace also occupied the buildings.