Andy M.
Certified Pretend Chef
Andy, glad to read that your laptop is salvageable. How long do you plan to keep it? You might want to ask them to make you a bootable DVD for emergencies.
Thanks for the tip, TL. I'll do that.
Andy, glad to read that your laptop is salvageable. How long do you plan to keep it? You might want to ask them to make you a bootable DVD for emergencies.
I wouldn't get much done if I lived that close to an airport......I like watching the planes. Some of the larger planes fly right over my house and I usually head to the back porch for a look when I hear one........they fly low and slow. MedFlight is another frequent flyer in my area with a major trauma center nearby.
If I vented I could keep this thread going for a long time......I better hadn't get started.....
I am so tired of folks asking me "how can you stand to live to close to the airport?" I live at the service end. I can walk to the end of my street, find myself standing on airport property and never hear an airplane.
Over the years we have fought back at Massport and won a lot of battles. Our building along with hundreds of others such as all our schools have been soundproofed by Massport. And only for severe wind conditions do planes fly over East Boston.
I will admit that private planes fly over. And they are so high, you can barely hear them. So now I need to find a polite answer to anyone else asking me "How can you stand living so close to the airport?"
I am so tired of folks asking me "how can you stand to live to close to the airport?" I live at the service end. I can walk to the end of my street, find myself standing on airport property and never hear an airplane.
Over the years we have fought back at Massport and won a lot of battles. Our building along with hundreds of others such as all our schools have been soundproofed by Massport. And only for severe wind conditions do planes fly over East Boston.
I will admit that private planes fly over. And they are so high, you can barely hear them. So now I need to find a polite answer to anyone else asking me "How can you stand living so close to the airport?"
I can't imagine anyone asking such a rude question, but if they did I would probably just respond with a blank stare and ask them why they would like to know. People live where they live, and sometimes there are few choices.
Sounds like you love your area though, Addie, and that's a good thing!
Just tell em "Ya grow where you're planted!"
Just tell em "Ya grow where you're planted!"
We have an all-glass sunroom off the back of our house - three walls and a ceiling of clear views (well, except for the support structures). When my bat-ears hearing picks up the sound of the LifeFlight chopper I usually head to the sunroom to look straight up and watch him fly overhead, saying a little prayer for the crew and passengers. However, when the wack-a-doodle a few streets over starts flying his little silver bumble bee (personal helicopter) in circles around and around and around our neighborhood, I kinda wish looks could kill - or at least ground his danged flying noisebox.... I usually head to the back porch for a look when I hear one........they fly low and slow. MedFlight is another frequent flyer in my area with a major trauma center nearby...
Glad to hear you'll be back among the easily wired soon, Andy. However did we survive before computer and internet? I seriously don't know...
There is one runway that was closed many years ago after a long fight between the citizens and Massport. The only time it is used is when the President comes to Boston. One afternoon my son was standing on top of the bridge that brings you over to the beach. He heard a loud plane and looked up. It was Air Force One flying overhead just about 500 feet or less over him. Today, when he knows the President is coming, he makes it a point to be there waiting for that plane to come in.
Glad to hear you'll be back among the easily wired soon, Andy. However did we survive before computer and internet? I seriously don't know...
We have an all-glass sunroom off the back of our house - three walls and a ceiling of clear views (well, except for the support structures). When my bat-ears hearing picks up the sound of the LifeFlight chopper I usually head to the sunroom to look straight up and watch him fly overhead, saying a little prayer for the crew and passengers. However, when the wack-a-doodle a few streets over starts flying his little silver bumble bee (personal helicopter) in circles around and around and around our neighborhood, I kinda wish looks could kill - or at least ground his danged flying noisebox.
VENT
I just restocked the bathroom vanity with a roll of toilet paper.....main supply is in the hall closet but I make sure there is a spare roll available for those who do not check the holder before having a seat. The girls have no problem retrieving the extra roll that is stocked in a strategic location but always fail to restock one for others. I guess they know grumpa has that pretty much under control........sometimes I am a nice guy.
It has been my experience that people learn quicker if you allow them to run out every once in a while.
I can't stand the forlorn cries emanating from the bathroom......... I constantly remind the g-kids of self reliance and thinking ahead but get 0 support from the parents.......I sound like a broken record. Getting them to keep their dirty laundry in a specific location is impossible......unless one considers the entire house and the yard as a specific location.....
Beautiful farmland you live in, Kay and Souschef. I love that coastal area of SoCal.