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Years – Bartholomäus Traubeck
Tree trunks turned into music.
Back Bumpers – Quality Ranch Hand Product
Yesterday, my truck was a victim of a rear-end collision in a congested construction zone on an expressway heading north on my trip to Moose River Plains.
Once my truck is rebuilt, I am thinking of having the rear bumpere replaced with an off-road bumper, because the factory Chevy bumpers are magnets for dings and dents -- and the shiny chrome looks awful with the smallest amount of damage. I know most of the oil and gas company trucks in Pennsylvania have those hefty off-road bumpers and the black bumpers hide routine low-speed damage caused by working in heavy construction.
Any suggestions on what brand of off-road (rear) bumper to buy? I'm willing to pay for something durable. I might eventually do a front-bumper too, but that's a few years off. I generally do not run into things in woods. I will be also putting a six-inch suspension lift on my truck next month, although after the accident, I am damn sure I will never do a body lift on a pickup ...
Weathering steel – Steelconstruction.info
I am supposed to be a fan of COR-TEN steel. But 30 years, NY State went and replaced all of it's guardrails in scenic locations with COR-TEN steel. It of course rusted out prematurely, and now is being replaced with stainless steel. But now, they are building bridges with COR-TEN in New York. What could go wrong?
Tradition Will Play On at Clearwater Festival
It certainly will be a different clearwater festival without Pete Seeger ...
Americans Will Burn Less Oil 25 Years From Now
That's actually not surprising, as per capita oil use has been dropping in recent decades, and places with a stable or modestly growing population have seen oil use decline.
NY State, as a whole, uses less oil than it did in 1970. Not because New York stopped driving cars, but because our state's population has only grown modestly since then, while we moved away from oil as a fuel for industrial plants and power generation.
Natural gas, especially in the past 10 years, has largely replaced oil use in NY, for generators that have the option to switch between the two.
Good Morning! Bright and Sunny Morning.
It’s a Thursday, which is often is commonly known as just another weekday that is sandwiched between the weekends. The junk of a time between the good times. One more day closer to spring – actually 28 days to be exact.
Warm enough today to merit just wearing my Carhartt vest to work. Maybe it will be a bit chilly by evening, but so be it. I would rather pretend that it’s spring out, and just hide inside buildings until a minute before my bus comes. I am tired of wearing heavy coats and sweater vests to work.
The sun looks deceivingly warm out there. Certainly if I planned on staying outside for a while, I would have dressed in layers. The sun probably will really warm you up, working outside, but if you stand still, the cold snow will rapidly cool you off, especially if a bit of a breeze picks up by afternoon.
Today is a pretty nice day, warm and sunny. Almost spring-like compared to this winter's harsh weather.