Just a Reminder

A Reminder to take care on the roads out there,

accidents aren't fun,

people get hurt,

emergency service personnel are usually needed,

property gets damaged or destroyed,

what a waste time, resources, property and LIVES.

Slow down and pay attention, especially in the snow!

Ice on my pond

Well temperatures are getting lower as we head towards February, my pond was frozen over this morning, makes me think of this song by Pete Harris:

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One of Pete's popular songs

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Half way there

This is about half way to where I want to be about now with the colder weather coming this way.

New River Gorge Bridge near Fayetteville, West Virginia was for many years the longest arch bridge in the world.

(still just as long, someone just made a longer one)


Anyway, I'm just not ready for the snow yet



and I'm definitely not looking forward to driving around in the stuff


Ah . . . . . . . . . . . That's better.



Where ever there are palm trees, they probably don't sell snow shovels.


I'm not a biker but it's a cool place to go


Earl's Hideaway in Sebastian Florida, one of the best places around to just hang out with a "cold one" on their sand bar listening to the band, or there's Captain Hiram's just a couple of blocks up the river with a nice sand bar and beach on the river to enjoy a cold one and listen to their band.

Captain Hiram's incidentally is where Pete Harris played for years.




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Pedestrian target practice

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Ready, set, RUN!!!!!!!

I wonder how many points that driver got.

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Friday the 13th bikers gathering

Friday the 13th is rolling by again, watch out for the bikers they will be heading to and from Port Dover Ontario by the thousands for the next few days.





Since 1981, there has been a tradition of bikers gathering in Port Dover for Friday the 13th. Chris Simons and a bunch of freinds, through word of mouth, got together at the old Commercial Hotel. It was Friday the 13th of November. They had such a good time they decided to do it every Friday the 13th. On Friday, June 13, 2008 an estimated 150,000 bikers and spectators converged on Port Dover.

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My first mistake was walking into Home Depot

So back in September, I met my wife at Home Depot to pick out some paint for the kitchen.

I painted the walls, Cieling and cabinets inside and out.

replaced the knobs, hinges and light fixtures

built in a new dishwasher and over the range microwave to go along with the new fridge and stove we had to get to match the paint

added a new "breakfast bar" to make use of empty space under the cupboards.

Just had to replace the dated kitchen floor, sink and countertop.

The carpet in the dining room, living room, hall and stairs just had to go.

the stairs were so ugly they had to be covered so, the handrail had to go too

new stairs, new rail

now I'm taking advantage of a couple of warm days to tile my front steps


more to come, it never ends . . .

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New traffic lights

It seems like just about everywhere in Brevard County and Indian River County (perhaps the rest of Florida too) old traffic lights are being replaced by a new breed of presumably hurricane resistant green monster poles reaching out over the road where lights were once hanging on cables to sway wildly in a good wind.

I am just guessing about the reason but I know that when strong hurricanes hit many traffic lights get blown away or just end up dangling where they aren't supposed to be.

Even the old style mounted on smaller poles are being replaced with the monster poles

I've actually been seeing them in Florida for a number of years with lights hanging perpendicular to the poles on the newer roadways

But the new poles have lights mounted parallel to the poles which will further prevent wind from affecting the lights.

I also noticed they all have cameras conveniently mounted on them as well, hmmm, wonder what they are for.



I also wonder what happens when a car hits one of the poles, are they break-away like the old ones, and if so what about the guy under the falling pole?

Looking at the size of the poles, I imagine it will be more like hitting a concrete abutment than a break-away pole.



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Listen to Pete Harris while you surf.

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