OT - NO POLITICS Hazy Days of Winter.

[Gee Wally]

Dude if you went to HS with me and hung out with us you would not believe how crazy and free wheeling it was

We went to concerts all the time ~ I must have seen 50 concerts easy I’m taking big boys

Dazed & Confused was exactly how we rolled back then

Drinking age was 18 and we had open campus in HS and could leave school.

I shit you not

I bet I golfed 3-4 days a week my senior year of HS during school hours in spring. At 2:05 when school was getting out, we would stop where we were on course and have a moment of silence

I cant emphasize how much I agree with this!

Man, we had it all and didn’t realize it. But yeah, the 70s were cool.

 

[Gee Wally]

I was born in 76, but know firmly that the 70’s were when I was meant to live

I always thought the movie dazed and confused captured the vibe of that era so well

You woulda fit right in with me and my crew.

 

[DKH]

Amanda loves the 70s music.

Two bands I saw most in 70’s were CSN (did see CSNY) and did see Neil Young with Crazy Horse, and the Kinks. J Giels probably three.

 

[BMC]

It's cold but probably not as cold as here

 

[Ladyfan]

Two bands I saw most in 70’s were CSN (did see CSNY) and did see Neil Young with Crazy Horse, and the Kinks. J Giels probably three.

Saw all of those. I saw Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young many times in various combinations. They were good. Saw Neil alone a few times too.

I saw the Kinks in Lowell in the 70s. They were great. My friend's uncle got us front row seats. It was Dec....Before the concert a crazy Santa was running around hugging the girls...I got a hug...I realized it was Ray Davies when he came out on the stage and took off the beard and Santa hat.

Saw J Giles at a free Summer concert in Boston.

 

[DKH]

You woulda fit right in with me and my crew.

In HS I’m in a class (teacher was so cool he was at my sisters wedding) and one of my buddies walks in about 10 minutes late and the teacher Mr Farley says, “Gary, class started 10 minutes ago” and Gary says “the Bruins just traded Phil Esposito”. I’m like wtf ? He’s not joking I know this kid. My teacher says something like come on sort of laughing best you could do ?

He says “really. Brad Park & Ratelle and Vadnais in it”

Now I’m thinking this can’t be real and everyone is kind of stunned

The Bruins were monsters then

There was no iPhone or Internet

You read Espo story how he got called in early morning and told by Don Cherry with Orr standing there in his underwear

Well we heard about 2-3 hours later on a radio or cafeteria TV at 11:15 Geography class (do they even have these classes anymore)

This is the 70’s vs today

 

[caz16]

The snow just keeps on coming and we have had no thaw whatsoever, so the snow banks are over 5 ft tall, more in some spots. This is our front yard and that is our emergency number - we have lived here 35 years and it has never happened before. We cannot see traffic go by on the road, which is over that bank.

When it thaws, I hope it is a slow thaw because otherwise everything is going to flood.

Edit to add: Everyone living with this amount of snow must continually check the air intakes, dryer vents, etc., because they can quickly become covered with the high winds.

 

[TD Charlie]

a nice perk of remote work is that sometimes the boss of the house loads a pan with scallops

 

[DarrenBanks56]

Woke up today with no heat in 2/3 zones, which makes up the living room, 3 bedrooms, kitchen, bathroom, and an office. Traced it to the circulators, which are running when called, but not pumping water. I feel hot water coming in, but nothing coming out. I suspect that they are air locked, but it's odd that the third circulator on the same line right beside the two bad ones is still working just fine. I just can't imagine two pumps that are less than 6 months old would fail on the same night. I'm lost.

So I have the heat blasting down in the dungeon for now where my office is. There are space heaters upstairs in the living room and the Queen of the castles office. We will likely bring mattresses down to the basement tonight to sleep unless me smacking the pumps with a hammer fixes the glitch.

Plumber is in Maine for the holiday weekend, returning tomorrow. He insists that both circulators have failed.

thats weird. it was always the check valves with mine. a quick tap with a hammer would unstick em.
i had well water so it would always happen until i got a whole house filter

 

[TD Charlie]

thats weird. it was always the check valves with mine. a quick tap with a hammer would unstick em.
i had well water so it would always happen until i got a whole house filter

Have had those zones off all morning and just went back to check one. It called, and immediately the pump kicked on. My plan was to rap it with a hammer but i didn’t have to.

Have not checked the other zone yet. Scallops were calling my name

 

[Bruinaura]

a nice perk of remote work is that sometimes the boss of the house loads a pan with scallopsView attachment 978471

I haven't had scallops in ages. Send me some!!!

 

[caz16]

A Delta plane from Minnesota just crash landed in Toronto. It is upside down on the runway, how terrifying, fortunately no deaths and just 8 injuries.

 

[Bruinaura]

A Delta plane from Minnesota just crash landed in Toronto. It is upside down on the runway, how terrifying, fortunately no deaths and just 8 injuries.

I saw that. How on earth does a plane end up upside down without tearing off the wings and cartwheeling?

Amazing that there were no fatalities

 

[caz16]

I saw that. How on earth does a plane end up upside down without tearing off the wings and cartwheeling?

Amazing that there were no fatalities

I don't know, I wonder if there will any video.

 

[Bruinaura]

I don't know, I wonder if there will any video.

I'm sure at least one will surface

Reminds me of the first time I flew, when I was little, we went to Disney with my grandparents. I asked my grandfather why one of the planes had a black nose. He said it was because it was made of rubber so if it ran into another plane it would bounce off.

Thanks, granddad

 

[Bruinaura]

I guess a wing did break off after all

 

[BMC]

I guess a wing did break off after all

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Holy shit. And nobody died???? Major props to the crew

 

[Ladyfan]

Holy shit. And nobody died???? Major props to the crew

It is amazing. I hope everyone ends OK. Looks scary. Winds are bad.

 

[caz16]

It is amazing. I hope everyone ends OK. Looks scary. Winds are bad.

One child and two adults are in critical condition. I hope they are going to be okay.

 

[Bruinaura]

Assuming they were all wearing seatbelts, I guess they were left dangling from their seats? Fun getting out of that

Better than being dead though

 

[Ludwig Fell Down]

I cant emphasize how much I agree with this!

Man, we had it all and didn’t realize it. But yeah, the 70s were cool.

80's weren't too shabby either. There was an older kid in our neighborhood, his dad owned The Channel. When I was in High School he used to get us in just before the doors opened for shows, we'd be right up front. A friend had a connection at the Rat as well, saw a bunch of shows there too. Good times.

 

[Gee Wally]

80's weren't too shabby either. There was an older kid in our neighborhood, his dad owned The Channel. When I was in High School he used to get us in just before the doors opened for shows, we'd be right up front. A friend had a connection at the Rat as well, saw a bunch of shows there too. Good times.

80s were different for me. Working my ass off. 3 piece suits. Suspenders. Brief case.
Made a small fortune and pissed it away just as fast. Traveled. Bought my first house at 26.
A guy who worked for me , his dad, owned The Cabaret on route 1. Spent way too many Friday nights there on the house.

By 1990 I finally got my priorities right for me. Found what actually gave me joy. Slower pace. Step back/ down career wise. Having a family.

 

[Alicat]

Everyone survived the crash and CNN just said that while some injuries are serious, they are being told they are not life threatening. I trust Canada will do a thorough investigation.

 

[Kate08]

I cant emphasize how much I agree with this!

Man, we had it all and didn’t realize it. But yeah, the 70s were cool.

I’m so jealous

 

[Ladyfan]

80s were different for me. Working my ass off. 3 piece suits. Suspenders. Brief case.
Made a small fortune and pissed it away just as fast. Traveled. Bought my first house at 26.
A guy who worked for me , his dad, owned The Cabaret on route 1. Spent way too many Friday nights there on the house.

By 1990 I finally got my priorities right for me. Found what actually gave me joy. Slower pace. Step back/ down career wise. Having a family.

Same with me in the 80s. Amanda was born in 1979 and I was working full time at Wang Labs. Lots of OT was needed and I was often exhausted.

I remember Amanda always loved music. MTV was just starting. She loved some of the videos.

She LOVED Tom Petty. I told her if she did well in first grade I would take her to a concert. She got all As and we went to Great Woods with center 3 rows from the stage seats to see Tom and the Heartbreakers. That was the first of many concerts we went to over the years. She took me to see Tom his last tour the year he died.

She loves all the 60s and 70s music as well as much more. She also likes classical music as my Mom was a musician. She did ballet for years, so she danced to lots of music.

I was pretty broke as her father, and I split when she was 2 and he didn't help out much financially. Working at Wang was nice as they had a box at the Wang Center. A VP at Wang saw a photo of Amanda on my desk doing ballet and occasionally gave me tickets for Wang's private box for the ballets. I would not been able to afford them.

Anyway the 70s were a good time for me!