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New Years Eve 2006

Chick on Sun December 31, 2006 5:06 PM User is offlineView users profile

Wishing all of you a Very Happy (And safe) New Years,,,,,

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TRB on Sun December 31, 2006 8:15 PM User is offlineView users profile

Thanks pal and same to you and all our members.

This is what I did today.










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Edited: Thu January 18, 2007 at 10:43 AM by TRB

Tony on Mon January 01, 2007 12:02 AM User is offlineView users profile

Happy New Year to all.

Hope this next year is better than the previous year.

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chillin on Mon January 01, 2007 12:31 AM User is offlineView users profile

happy new year!!! what a way to roll into 2007 beautiful pics.

TRB on Mon January 01, 2007 12:35 AM User is offlineView users profile

Couple more.





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Edited: Thu January 18, 2007 at 10:43 AM by TRB

Bigchris on Mon January 01, 2007 5:18 AM User is offline

Happy New Year to all!

NickD on Mon January 01, 2007 7:51 AM User is offline

Slightly different views in WI than Arizona for the Christmas season.





My wife and I have similar dirt poor childhood backgrounds, made up for that this year with our toys we never got as kids, LOL, never too late.





Ha, still frugal though, was you see is all 50-60% off.

Was a fun year for me with my motorhome toy as well, now to get to use it this year.

This is my office, old but nice with a bit of paint.





Let's make for ourselves, a Happy New Year for 2007, ha, if you want done right, have to do it yourself.

MrBillPro on Mon January 01, 2007 12:47 PM User is offlineView users profile

Hey Nick I thought that was that house on Christmas with the Kranks with all those lights, Yaw folks have a Wonderful, Healthy and Prosperous New Year, from old Mr. Bill.

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Karl Hofmann on Mon January 01, 2007 2:03 PM User is offlineView users profile

Happy new year from Karl and Sadie.

Really cracked on this Christmas break, and managed to retile the dining room roof after a run in with the building inspector, finished the diningroom and entrance hall floor with slate tiles amd painted the entire down stairs and landing. Replaced the bannister rail and spindles but couldn't get the extra kitchen cupboards that I wanted delivered in time so I guess that will have to wait till Easter.

We've had a very mild Winter so far but I am looking forwards to it turning very cold and icy now so that all those broken heating systems can take me up to air con season again

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Never knock on deaths door... Ring the doorbell and run away, death really hates that!

NickD on Tue January 02, 2007 8:05 AM User is offline

Had rain most of New Years day, unusual here for this time of the year, no skiing, no snowmobiling so far this year, that industry is really hurting this year. Want to buy a snowmobile? Now is the time, newspaper is loaded with these things for sale with some huge discounts.

Get the urge to buy a boat again, a plane is completely out of the question, would have to sell my home to buy even an old one, but memories come back why I sold my last boat and plane. Could never use them, had to be locked up in a plant when the weather was decent and would rain all weekend. Was lucky to use my last boat two or three times per season, just sat in the garage taking up space. Same reason why I sold my last snowmobile. Ha, not only a snowmobile, but a trailer and a towing vehicle, when it did snow, roads were too bad to go anywhere.

ATV's are more popular, selling those with tire chains now and even a snow plow, but don't want to head out into the deep woods, may not get it back until spring.

Did buy wood flooring for my kitchen, dinette and laundry room when they had a big sale on it, over 420 square feet of the stuff, a job waiting to be done, but then there was Christmas, and now tax time, can't let the government wait, will end up in jail. What is this stuff about fighting for freedom, LOL?

City park has every organization doing a Christmas display, has to be over a million lights, really pretty, we only have about 30 light sets on the outside, made dimmers to help with the electrical bill and extend bulb life.

Karl Hofmann on Tue January 02, 2007 12:35 PM User is offlineView users profile

Ha! the alpine region in Europe has little snow too, seems that the snow is coming later in the year, the Germans and Poles had too much last year and roofs were collapsing. Any more than a light sprinkle cripples the uk as the road and rail system grind to a halt.

I recently sold My Polaris DBat quad due to lack of use and I needed the space in the Garage. I decided that in my hands the thing was a lethal weapon and 250Kg of quad falling on me and pressing me down in to deep mud was a warning that my enthusiasm way outstripped my talent

I bought a couple of sets of ultra bright Blue/ White LED gutter lights that look really pretty and should last a long time compaired to bulb sets but the LEDs are not easilly changed if they do fail but very low wattage to save on my electricity bill

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Never knock on deaths door... Ring the doorbell and run away, death really hates that!

NickD on Tue January 02, 2007 2:17 PM User is offline

Ha, since the stores are now clearing out 150 incandescent 150 bulb sets for 60 cents, hardly pays to pay extra for LED's. A string draws 1.5 amperes, I dim that back to 0.5 amperes, still a nice glow and probably brighter than LED's.

The supporting filament wires in the incandescents are spring loaded and suppose to short out if the tungsten blows making it easy to find a dead bulb. But that seldom happens, what happens is the pigtails get pushed to one side and don't make contact, there you have to remove one bulb at a time and straighten out the pigtails, with 50 bulbs in a string, helps to be lucky.

Ha, a package of five bulbs was on clearance for a buck, but cheaper to buy a 150 string with five extra bulbs for 60 cents. Replacement part costs is going to drive me insane if it hasn't already.

Karl Hofmann on Tue January 02, 2007 4:01 PM User is offlineView users profile

Not sure about that Nick, my LEDs are pretty bright, far brighter than my chain of bulbs that I have down the side of the house, and replacing those bulbs!!!!!! LEDs suffer far less when being dragged down the drive and up a ladder too. I had one chain of bulbs that were so poor that a quarter of them were not lit, gave up on trying to find the fault and tossed them in to the bin. LEDs do produce a lovely blue light too, and with them on the tree in the living room in conjunction with white and silver tree decorations gave a very cold and frosty ambience, just right.

Ho Hum soon be time to take them down again.

Talking of LED lighting, I recently tried using GU10 LED 50mm spot lamps to replace my 50 watt Halogen GU10s in an effort to reduce the horrendous consumption in my kitchen and dining room (14 bulbs in my kitchen and 10 in the dining room) sadly the 2 watt LED bulbs, consisting of 20 individual LEDs were just too directional and gave off a very cold blue white light, these were replaced with Cold Cathode bulbs (5 Watts) which give a far better light and also burn cold, thus not presenting a fire risk when surrounded with 6 inches of PU foam as in the dining room roof, the halogens in the kitchen will be replaced as they fail but are rarely used now since I fitted slimline fluoresent tubes under the pelmet of the kitchen wall cabinets. Also used the cold cathode bulbs on the landing and hall so that they can be left on for sadie without breaking the bank

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Never knock on deaths door... Ring the doorbell and run away, death really hates that!

Edited: Tue January 02, 2007 at 4:18 PM by Karl Hofmann

Tennessee_Timmy on Tue January 02, 2007 5:34 PM User is offlineView users profile

Ho hum. Spent the afternoon "un-decorating" the tree and house. Love the decorations, but i guess it's time they come down ... or maybe the wife "suggested" it .

2006 - what a year, eh? Definitely a year wiser after the cardiac problems in February. Well, somewhat I guess, still enjoying more than I probably should, but I stayed quit off the cigarettes, so that's something anyway.

Thanks to Tim B. for the forum and to all for the informative posts and replies.

Happy 2007 to everyone.


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Good Luck 2 ya,
Timmy

Karl Hofmann on Wed January 03, 2007 4:31 PM User is offlineView users profile

Ha Ha! 2006 left me wiser, poorer and 50 pounds lighter but 2007 presents me with far more options than I could ever imagine and I'm off to a flying start

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Never knock on deaths door... Ring the doorbell and run away, death really hates that!

NickD on Thu January 04, 2007 6:16 AM User is offline

Ha, my wife gained ten pounds in 2006, got real concerned as many of her co-workers are on the heavy side, started exercising, went on a diet and lost it before Christmas, so she is right back where she started.

I can't win trying to find a good German Shepherd dog, I took our last pup back to the breeders yesterday with one too many genetic defects, kind of heartbreaking to have to return a pup after you had him for seven months, but these defects don't show up until they get older. Could spend several thousand for attempted corrective surgery and the dog will die anyway, been there, done that and more heartbreaking than ever. Plus paid top dollar for a healthy pup. As a breeder had to take back pups like that, and didn't have any problems with the breeder taking Morgan back. She did admit that Morgan's mom has had problems like that, wanted to tell her, she shouldn't be breeding a dog with those kind of problems, but was nice instead.

Besides the physical problems, was mental problems as well that with anything I tried, just didn't work, was tough on the wife and daughter and on me too, but is the breeders problem and not ours. Have fond memories of him as a small pup, was a pleasure and lots of fun, but sure turned sour, 2006 was not a good year for us with dogs. Sure miss Dok.

2005Equinox on Thu January 18, 2007 1:31 AM User is offline

I put up some blue LED sets in my room. I like the look of them not to mention saving some electricity whild having a little decoration. I also replaced the light bulbs in my room with the screw in flourescent bulbs. Too bad the 100 watt ones dont fit in my floor lamp so I had to put a 60 watt in there. I like it in my desk lamp too and I am sure the lamp thanks me too for not getting anywhere near so hot.

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