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On a Trip to Vermont

Jerry
edited November 2019 in Off-Topic Forum
This is for you Ed. To bad you couldn't get out of the sunshine state to join us.

His house and the weather it was a winter wonderland.
Had a great time with a great friend.

Jerry

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  • adminadmin
    edited November 2019
    Great pics! What a beautiful home. btw, that's Carl on the left and Jerry on the right.

    Notice Carl has shorts on! One bad azz mf!!!
  • kebmokebmo
    so cool. and yeah, mr. laskey's a bad ass.....
  • CarlLaskeyCarlLaskey
    Not a bad ass just smart ass Ha.
  • Dave_SDave_S
    edited November 2019
    Pictures of Jerry's house are like looking at a Christmas card.

    As a transplant to the Tucson area, after 63 years living in the Chicago area, I can't help but notice the steeply pitched steel roof on Jerry's house. Beats having to shovel that white stuff off the roof after a foot or more of snow. Been there done that!, We don't have to shovel heat in Tucson, right Steve?

    Later, Dave S. Tucson, AZ
  • sdrees
    Right on Dave. Our modeling time is in the summer when we hibernate from the heat under the AC.
  • Jerry
    Dave not my house that's Carl's place. And he built it himself. Here's a picture looking up from the living room to the ceiling above.




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  • Dave_SDave_S
    edited November 2019
    Carl has a magnificent home and is quite the craftsman. I have been a long time fan of the TV program Barnwood Builders and Carl's work is among the best completed projects I have seen aired on the programs. Over a span of about 55 years I have done some building and have a reverence for the kind of craftsmanship displayed by Carl and other timber frame builders. There are some very complex joints on display in that photograph (well above my pay grade to be sure). These types of joints require an engineering background and the ability to make complex, precise mortise and tenon joints then hoist into place with an experienced crane operator. It is a labor of love to be sure.

    Steve,
    I couldn't agree more about summer being our modeling/building time. Out here in Tucson we don't have the luxury of a basement to build in either.

    Later, Dave S. Tucson, AZ
  • kebmokebmo
    edited November 2019
    [...no wonder he's such a great modeler...]
    don't tell him i said that.
  • Jerry
    engine909 said:

    Wish I was there. To meet Carl and Jerry in person would be quite an honor.
    I wear cargo pants year round. What's the big deal?

    But yours have legs!!

    We might go back up in March get your snow shoes and join us!!!

    Jerry

  • Jerry
    March to cold for your shorts??

    Jerry
  • Jerry
    engine909 said:

    No month is too cold in Florida. Vermont outside in April may prompt long pants.
    I love to shovel by hand. I do miss that.

    Shovel by hand!! I'll pass that on to Carl.. Have you seen his driveway!!

    Jerry

  • CarlLaskeyCarlLaskey
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  • kebmokebmo
    yuk. i hate snow.
  • CarlLaskeyCarlLaskey
    kebmo said:

    yuk. i hate snow.

    Sissy.

  • sdrees
    Same here, I agree
  • Dave_SDave_S
    edited November 2019
    Every time I see this topic I hear Willie Nelson singing "Moonlight In Vermont", one of my all time favorite vocals, and sing and resing certain phrases over and over in my head:
    Pennies in a stream
    Fallen leaves of sycamore
    Moonlight in Vermont.
    Incredible lyrics and poetry by John Blackburn. Music composed by Karl Suessdorf around 1944.
    Link to Willie's rendition of Moonlight In Vermont from Willie's album Stardust. Click on the arrow for the song.


    Pennies in a stream
    Falling leaves the sycamore
    Moonlight in Vermont

    Icy finger waves
    Ski trails down the mountain side
    Snow light in Vermont

    Telegraph cables, they sing down the highway
    And travel each bend and the road
    People who meet in this romantic setting
    Are so hypnotized by the lovely

    Evening summer breeze
    Evening summer breeze
    Warbling of the meadowlark
    The sweet warbling of the meadowlark
    Moonlight in Vermont

    Icy finger waves
    Ski trails on a mountain side
    Snow light in Vermont

    Telegraph cables, how they sing down the highway
    As they make every bend in the road
    People who meet, in this romantic setting
    Are so hypnotized by the lovely

    Evening summer breeze
    Evening summer breeze
    The sweet warbling of the meadowlark
    Moonlight in Vermont, snow light in Vermont
    Moonlight in Vermont
    Evening and moonlight in Vermont



    Enjoy, Later, Dave S. Tucson, AZ
  • Dave_SDave_S
    Carl's photo above
    http://www.craftsmankituniversity.com/vanforum/uploads/imageupload/224/1WJQNFFWPLTL.jpg
    brings to mind these particular lines of Moonlight In Vermont...

    People who meet, in this romantic setting are
    Are so hypnotized by the lovely
    Evening Summer breeze...

    ... snow light in Vermont..

    Evening and moonlight in Vermont.

    Later, Dave S.
  • CarlLaskeyCarlLaskey
    No moon light just some sunset P1010062

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  • kebmokebmo
    nice!!
  • Dave_SDave_S
    Willie is a great story teller for sure. One gets to believe he truly knows what he is singing or telling a story about.

    Later, Dave S.
  • sdrees
    the pictures are very nice looking at them from my warm house.
  • Jerry
    Great song. Thanks Dave.

    Now I know why you moved to Vermont!!

    Jerry
  • CarlLaskeyCarlLaskey
    Steve. A cool summer day in Vt and a Winter day just so warm.
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  • kebmokebmo
    what a gorgeous home. i'm envious....
    green even.
  • sdrees
    Now I can deal with that
  • Robert.GRobert.G
    Beautiful !
  • kebmokebmo
    carl, your home is like a christmas card. it's absolutely beautiful.
  • CarlLaskeyCarlLaskey
    Thank You Kevin for the kind words now time to shovel the white stuff away...Carl....
  • Jerry
    Let's see is that about a foot you got. Manchester its still snowing so you must be...

    Jerry
  • CarlLaskeyCarlLaskey
    Only 3in.
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