Paul's Journal

08/02/2008 19:05 #45230

What is this about?
Category: gym

I decided to go to the gym to excercise and sauna and see if it would
get rid if my migraine, so far so good.

Saw (e:James) and made possible dancing plans depending on the headache.

On the way home I saw this pile if random stuff. Records, an army
canteen and shoes. What is it about?

P.S. (e:James) - that was the grocest banana I ever saw someone eat. You just swallowed it whole with total disregard fir the blackness of it, yuk, LOL.

metalpeter - 08/03/08 10:31
Well the real question is what music is on the records. Maybe a dj tripped dropped his water then went walking with out his shoes. Is it possible that is some performance art statement. Maybe there is an infringement festival piece going on of somekind?

james - 08/02/08 21:52
Your street is full of classy drunkenness. To which I hope to contribute this evening.

And that banana was gross. But I need to restore my glycogen for tomorrows workout.

tinypliny - 08/02/08 19:12
Ooohhh, I know!! They were playing the frisbee-bong game!!!

But someone got so totally drunk they forgot to put their shoes back on?

08/02/2008 15:22 #45229

Yummy, yum, pork

I love the grill and I love organic pork chops with home grown
rosemary. I wish I could use the grill in the winter too. Maybe I
should build a grill hut.

tinypliny - 08/03/08 13:42
Oops. That is the entire planet not plant. And just to clarify, the 7 plants that died comprised 7/8ths of the entire population of plants I have ever been given/gifted or owned. Earlier this year, in a spurt of valentine love, (e:imk2) (hereby called the orchidkeeper) gave me the one lucky freak (with an unpronounceable name) that survived. Since she threatened me with dire consequences if she found it dead, I tried hard the first few months (even put a spell on it) but inevitably the leaves started shriveling. In desperation, I gradually and quite stealthily, I might add, transferred its responsibility to my former officemate (who has miraculously kept a dingy cactus alive for a whole 3 years and is thus qualified for the risky enterprise of keeping a plant-with-the-death-threat alive). *hehehehe*

tinypliny - 08/03/08 13:29
Probably a good idea except for the fact that I have quite possibly the blackest thumb in the entire plant. I have killed no less than 7 plants over these past 3 years!

paul - 08/03/08 10:49
Just buy a little plant of it at the grocery store or coop. They are easy to grow.

tinypliny - 08/02/08 19:16
Rosemary makes everything rosy! And that reminds me that I need to make that rosemary flavoured veggie dish soon! Someone at the office party made it and I dream of it every once in a while. I wake up and realize that I don't have rosemary in my fridge. Come to think of it, I never have.

08/02/2008 15:15 #45228

Tile cutter

We finally bought a tile cutter. It makes doing tile possible. I
never sucessfully was able to score and crack small tile which made me
give up on tiling till today.

dcoffee - 08/05/08 17:04
I'm going too need one of those tile crackers soon, if things go according to plan.

tinypliny - 08/02/08 19:18
Wow. My parents would be over the moon if they knew such a contraption existed! I need to get one for them! Is this electric-powered or manual?

08/02/2008 10:26 #45226

Diesel Power at Twentieth Century Club
Category: allentown

The Twentieth Century club

- I can't find their real site if they have one - has been using a really loud and obnoxious diesel generator to power something at their club for over a month now. My friend (e:holly) once said it was some women's society but really I have don't know the details. They are located on Deleware around the 590s and have another entrance in the back on Franklin across from Fugazi. Here are some pics of the property from google maps to give you an idea.

This is the front entrance on Delaware

The back entrance I am about to talk about

So for like the last month they have had a huge diesel guzzling power generator running 24/7 in their driveway on Franklin.

I can't understand what they can't fix that requires constant diesel based power generation. One day, a weekend, even a week, okay but when it stretches to a month and more you have to wonder what the heck is going on. While the machine uses some form of noise reduction, I would be livid if it was my neighbor.

Imagine, in the summer with your windows open next to a giant SUV sized diesel generator. I also think it trashes up the neighborhood and find it surprising that a club that has such a beautiful building and grounds is okay with this running all the time. Its probably to power air conditioning, lol (e:zobar,45203) If it is that I thinki it should be illegal to to make that much noise on an extended basis.

It seems so environmentally unfriendly.

At least they should really be required to bring it into the walled property which you can see the gate of right in front of the diesel generator.

dcoffee - 08/05/08 17:10
I've been to the 20th century club many times as a wedding photographer. cool building, it's always been a womens social club since it was founded in the late 1800s. Definitely the high society womens club in Buffalo. Not sure how they stay afloat, they do weddings and member events, their membership fees must be hefty though. The building has no AC just some fans, not modernized much. I hope this generator isn't just a temporary AC power source for the summer, if they need extra power they should be building something permanent.

tinypliny - 08/02/08 19:20
Ooh, how aptly named! I can bet that they are powering the creation of the rich-lady-Frankenstein!!!
Get ready for the terror atak on Buffalo!

jim - 08/02/08 14:49
20th Century Club: :::link:::

They forbid interior photography, but the inside is a replica of the US Capitol Building's dome apparently, from what I've heard I've people who've been inside.

joshua - 08/02/08 11:43
I'm guessing that it is supplemental power, although that is a good sized generator so who knows? Maybe it is powering much of the building until a more permanent solution is being worked on inside. You are right that they should be required to put it inside the property - I bet if the neighbor complained to the city they would be compelled to do so. I'd be driven with rage if it were me! That would make the neighbor shouting incident pale in comparison.

08/01/2008 21:17 #45223

Gutters

Who would have thought so much crap could get in gutters. I think
broken mortar crumbles plus moss = dirt.

tinypliny - 08/02/08 10:03
Mortar Crumbles + Moss = Dirt.
M + M = D
2M = D
E = MC^2
E = D/2 * C^2
Just imagine! If you travel at the speed of light and take half of that dirt with you, you might be more powerful than all superheroes that humanity has ever created!