Greetings all you chilly willies! I am sure many of you will wake to 70 degree weather and the sound of rainbirds. Do they still sell those? It’s cold here and I thought you may want to know.

It has been quite a while since I have seen anyone using lawn sprinklers. They are not practical in Vermont but I am sure with the right glycol mix, it could be done. I grew up with the fear of running out of water but I didn’t know it bothered me at the time. Today, if I hear a faucet running or see water flowing down the street it bothers me. Somehow I manage to overlook the water flowing by in the two big rivers I could dip my feet in with a 5 min walk.

I realized the whole thing was due to simple aging. I googled myself to see if I looked much older these days. Ones appearance changes so gradually that we often notice others falling apart first and forget about ourselves.

I noticed a photo of Skip while on google images and thought I should mention he has been helping me in the shop for the past couple of weeks. He has good skills and was able to get in the groove pretty quickly. I will put his pic in with the rest at the bottom. He looks like a guy with metal ears. He can be seen elsewhere if you google frank the welder. Is’ that funny you can google a persons image and get 8 million responses and only three are the actual person?

Something else I thought I would share is a photo I found on the internet. I have never borrowed a photo from google before (never-mind, not true). I figured since the original artists name is clearly visible, I may not get hassled. Anyway. I was a little spooked. This is worth putting up right now.

I found it on a blog and may be I should mention that.

Anyway, I am guessing it is Jesus guiding a welder. I don’t think any of us are all that important but forget about that for now.

I have taught a few people to weld and only once or twice have a had to physically address the trainee. It’s not natural to put your fingers near a fire and some people need coaxing and knowing in advance is really important when dealing with machinery. I ask first before touching students also.

I would jump if someone touched my elbow while I was welding. Besides, the guy with the squirt gun is about 5 seconds from burning the end of his finger badly and jump big-time. Granted, Jesus isn’t really there but it would be pretty embarrassing. Jesus is way to far from the puddle to really be able to help. I think this was likely something the artist came up with when positioning the models. The trainee shown in the image is also going to get some serious burns. Sparks will shoot everywhere. We usually wear thick leather but how to you explain you were involved with the death of a cow because you couldn’t take a little pain? Never mind all that. It’s a bit too late for secrets at this point. Sun burn and a Son burn… OK, no more jokes.

What I really wanted to say is this can be avoided by attending my aluminum welding class at Vicious cycles (metal guru). One can only assume who else may show up? LOL

If you can forgive my use of copious amounts of stip-mined bauxite and three-phase foreign produced electricity then please enjoy these pics. I don’t think Jesus would approve of any or this. My jokes or how we treat the earth. Please try to do better. Having nothing but a photo of Jesus can’t be much help if I am ever asked to justify my existence.