ROY X CONE contest, 1.1.11 - 2.1.12

[pepper davies]

Hi guys. My car broke down on the way home from my music festival. Instead of 6 hours it took 12.5. I had hoped to put up a nice big post, but here's a little teaser to start.

Me with the great Yo-Yo Ma. No surprise, he was really one of the nicest guys I've ever met.

[zissou]

^So cool!

Well, I have no photographic evidence, but I enjoyed today, my birthday, in my Roys! It turned out to mostly be a crazy day because I am packing for a fun adventure with my daughter over the next week, but it ended with a great dinner with friends. I won't have cell reception for the next week, so I'll catch up with you all (with photos!) when I get back...

[ranonranonarat]

great pic ADH92, can't wait to see the rest of the updates

happy birthday Mark! have a great vacation with your daughter!!

[robbie]

Happy Birthday Zissou, enjoy it to it's fullest!

[beatle]

Happy Birthday, Sir

[dr.house]

...and congratulations from me too, Zissou.

[mikecch]

Went walking on day off:

The old Mint was open:

Good decision:

And bad decision:

Someone asked me why we have emu farms...

And a boredom macro:

[cash]

Looking good, boys. Work is kicking my ass right now, so once again I've fallen off on posting.

I'm throwing up a post, however, for PaulT. I hope you, your family and you property are all still intact.

[ThinFinn]

Stunning shots Sansome - had to quote this one again.

Thanks TF - pm sent

thanks riff...got it, could not answer yet. sry! will do asap

[Sansome1877]

Mike,

Be careful you don't catch rabies from a fox!

BTW, what shoes are you wearing in the mines?

Thanks for the warning, I was told by one other person the same thing. After the fox came close, he went over about 10 feet and laid down, like a dog? The shoes are from my favorite thrift store, they have the Good Year tire symbol on the bottom, they look old? Happy birthday Zissou, thanks for the kind words and rep all:)

[ThinFinn]

Oh i forgot, sry!

Happy Birthday mate

btw. you`ve already send the items we`ve pm`ed about?...

[mikecch]

Sorry about awkward angle...it's getting there:

[dkatz]

Yessssss! Finally caught up courtesy of free wifi and iPhone! Zissou: congrats on the house sale and happy bday; Sansome: beautiful pics; ADH92: effing amazing, I woulda been quaking in my boots; riff: beautiful photos as always and I'm still loving the novelty of seeing you in broken-in jeans; TG: thanks for the out-of-Africa cheers and I'm excited to see how you reimagine the jeans; joseph hill: I love me some shenanigans and hope you post photos of how those tiles are given a new life; Paul T: loved reading the review, and when's the All Things Considered piece gonna air?

Plenty of photos over here, but not uploaded! Currently in the lower Himalayas at the Dalai Lama's stomping-grounds-in-exile.

[ThinFinn]

damn jealous right now d.

[entertainment!]

We intended to spend the day in riff-land but we forgot our passports so we had to placate ourselves with a very short visit.

This is the library and opera house in Derby Line, Vermont and Stansted, Quebec. The border is to the left of the zebra pedestrian crossing.

It was purposely built over the international border as a sign of international cooperation. Needless to say, it is a source of great headaches now. The entrance is in the United States, but most of the building is in Canada. Canadians are allowed to walk into the United States to enter the building without going through customs, but are not allowed to go anywhere else.

Welcome to northern North America:

Welcome to central North America:

Here I am in my RxC straddling the international border in the reading room.

The second floor is a theater. The stage and some of the seating is in Canada, but most of the seating is in the United States. We have visited the auditorium before, but didn't have time for the tour this time.

On the way up to the border, we passed through an area where the smell of manure was very strong and I took some deep breaths as if I enjoyed the smell, so my daughter drew this picture:

[entertainment!]

Art Store.

Entrance.

The Barn.

The barn is filled chock-a-block on two levels with old puppets and props.

[entertainment!]

The Papier-Mache Cathedral and Dirt Floor Theater.

The necessary.

[Max Power]

Am I the only one who feels that this place and museum looks like there were massmurderers just waiting for you?

[almostnice]

a quick hello after a 8 km (nordic) walk to the next point of civilisation,Bad Staffelstein.advantage of nordic walking compared to running:you can wear your Roys.will be back to Hamburg on 23. august with a huge amount of pics.and off to the post office,see you!

[leyori]

creeepyyyy

[robbie]

Glad to hear you are awright Almostnice , looking

forward to your return!

[ThinFinn]

almostnice - hau rein alter Mann ...

[Christmas In A Submarine.]

Art Store.

Fantastic photos of B&P!

One of my very good friend's father was one of the founders.

Did you head out back and check out the treehouse? It's a treat. The whole place is.

[riff]

Entertainment - great stuff! That house is amazing! Next time, remember your passports - Montreal is a blast!

Almostnice - can't wait to see you back!

Well, here's my weekly round-up…. In smaller photos - just for you, Roy6!

We're back to hosting visiting family & friends, after a week "off" the previous week. Lot's of BBQ's!

My sister goofing off, wearing a necklace made by the kids!

Summertime means major construction everywhere, and for months now, our neighbourhood - like many others - has been ripped up, with workers laying pipes, cable & whatnot.

One afternoon, we get home and see this:

My first reaction was - better check the phone lines. Sure enough, no dial-tone. I called our service provider right away… It took them 3 days to get it fixed. I also called the construction company and gave them shit for not even bothering to let us know that they had cut the cable.

After I got off the phone, I told my wife that it could have been worse, at least they didn't hit a gas line….

The next morning, our doorbell rings at 7 in the morning - I'm glad I was home & not out on a training ride. It was one of the workers. They had - you guessed it - hit a gas line, and were telling all the nearby residents to evacuate.

I pulled on my Roys, grabbed the family, the pups and my camera bag and we vacated the place. We were lucky that they allowed us to start the car. We dropped our daughter off at camp, then circled back to keep an eye on things.

By this point, the street had been closed off, the police & firemen were there, and somewhat stunned residents were standing around at a safe distance.

It starts to pour - of course. So we took the pups for a brief walk, then came back & I continued to snap photos.

The cop was really something… He bullied a couple of neighbours and demanded that they not take cell phone pics. He spent a good deal of time glaring at me (I had my Canon "cannon" pointed right at him) but was too intimidated to pick on me

The fire crew was great - hoses and canisters were out, in case of an explosion or fire, and everyone was awaiting the arrival of the gas crew to cap the leak.

They finally arrived - an hour later - and got to work. Fortunately, it wasn't one of the main lines that had been ruptured, but the smell was everywhere. It only took them about 5 minutes to cap it.

Once all that was over, one of the guys came in to the house with us to check for any remnants of gas. We got a clean bill of health. So we got our sopping wet selves dried off. By then the rain had stopped, so we took the pups for a longer walk.

[riff]

Post rain goodness:

After all that excitement, we decided that a relaxing day at the beach was in order! Jeans were left in the car, and we headed for the water

Beachy scenes

Pups had a blast…

And made new friends!

Just for you Ordo!

And that's… The End!

[entertainment!]

Fantastic photos of B&P!

One of my very good friend's father was one of the founders.

Did you head out back and check out the treehouse? It's a treat. The whole place is.

Missed the tree house. Definitely want to go back, so will check it out next time.

riff - great photos as always!

[tg76]

finally got time, thanks to crap weather, to finish down sizing my ROYs

used my shitty old domestic machine for the straight seams

mega train tracks... and the train will derail

hemmed up using industrial and fat as thread

didnt change shape much, mostly de frumped, sorry crappy pics to match my mood

just noticed i forgot to re topstitch the top of the side seams, ooops, they are in the bath now, will do that later when i put new mismatched rivets in

[roy6]

Well, here's my weekly round-up…. In smaller photos - just for you, Roy6!

Thank you for humoring me in my myopic dotage. Now that I can actually see your pics in their entirety, I guess they aren't nearly so blurry and poorly composed as I had thought.

Especially nice one of the dog frolicking in the surf.

[ThisSunday]

Birthday fit

Off to have a couple sazeracs to celebrate another year.

Happy Belated B-Day to my fellow leo, Zissou

Nice posts riffs & entertainment

Great job tg.

[rnrswitch]

How do you like them now TG?