partscounterman
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I was told by several members at the convention that they really enjoy my posts, so now I got a really big head and think i'm some hot sh*t and I got a POG MaiTai (or two) in me in gonna tell you all about convention 2005.
I got a bunch of Pictures in my cheep disposable camera, and yes I am going to get those developed on both prints and disk which works really cool. I have pictures of the Ohana (cottage or apartment) we live in here in Hawaii, on the island of Maui (Not Oahu, where the Dog lives)
My trip over was pretty uneventful-One cool thing was an exhibit at O'Hare airport called "Material World" I featured pictures of families sitting outside of their homes with all or most of thier worldly goods. It was really cool. The Japanese family had a cool little washer with a little dryer stacked above on a stand, sorta like some of the '70's import macines we saw here in the US. They were a groovy shade of green, sort of like Avocado. The family from Texas, that represent a " typical American family" was pictured outside of their Rambler style home with the Sears Kenmore appliances. Two enourmous gas guzzlers were in the driveway and Mom was standing there holding the family bible open to the page with the picture of Jesus. It was a bit too much. I wish they would have called on the Wilder Family of Bellville to parade all to the world on the front lawn. Can you imagine? One family in Africa somewhere only seemed to own a bunch of rugs. One of the first appliances people in emerging contries get is a sewing machine, followed by refrigeration. It seem almost 1/2 the people on this planet do NOT have washers. I don't think we need to sing "God Bless America" anymore because he or she already has! One family in Romainia I think had only this big cool plastic vacuum-no washer there though. The British family they featured had a cool frontloading set, as did the German family. The Italians only had a washer, no dryer.
Got to Omaha, ended up renting a car. I was way too shagged after flying all night to deal with cabs, buses or shutttles. I went straight to my motel, as I really had no business doing anymore driving than necessary with so little sleep. I had flown all night and couldn't sleep on the plane too much.
I stayed at the "Sattelite Motel". I found it in the e-yellow. It turned out to be a cool little retro motel, shaped like a wedding cake on the fringe of town, between two used car dealers. It was way cool-I have pics. The lobby was freshly painted pink (a good sign) with cool orange plastic hanging lamps from the fiftys. My room was immaculate, with a huge blue ceramic tile shower stall and wood beam ceilings. When I made the reservation I envisioned a crack house or "hourly rates" since I did it sight unseen. They didn't have a pool, but whatheheck do I care? I don't need to go into any silly pool, when I play in the ocean nearly every weekend (thats a big "RRREEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRR-FFFFFFFFFFTTTTTTTT FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFTTTTTTTTTTTTT to you Mainland folks)
Anyway I flopped at the motel awhile, went out to get some dental floss that I forgot and stopped at a Lutheran junk store I happended by and got some vintage '70's tupperware, as Dennis said some of our Tupperware is going to pot.
Well kids, Dennis is telling me dinners ready so I must continue my drunken ramblings later. I do have so much more to tell you all about
I got a bunch of Pictures in my cheep disposable camera, and yes I am going to get those developed on both prints and disk which works really cool. I have pictures of the Ohana (cottage or apartment) we live in here in Hawaii, on the island of Maui (Not Oahu, where the Dog lives)
My trip over was pretty uneventful-One cool thing was an exhibit at O'Hare airport called "Material World" I featured pictures of families sitting outside of their homes with all or most of thier worldly goods. It was really cool. The Japanese family had a cool little washer with a little dryer stacked above on a stand, sorta like some of the '70's import macines we saw here in the US. They were a groovy shade of green, sort of like Avocado. The family from Texas, that represent a " typical American family" was pictured outside of their Rambler style home with the Sears Kenmore appliances. Two enourmous gas guzzlers were in the driveway and Mom was standing there holding the family bible open to the page with the picture of Jesus. It was a bit too much. I wish they would have called on the Wilder Family of Bellville to parade all to the world on the front lawn. Can you imagine? One family in Africa somewhere only seemed to own a bunch of rugs. One of the first appliances people in emerging contries get is a sewing machine, followed by refrigeration. It seem almost 1/2 the people on this planet do NOT have washers. I don't think we need to sing "God Bless America" anymore because he or she already has! One family in Romainia I think had only this big cool plastic vacuum-no washer there though. The British family they featured had a cool frontloading set, as did the German family. The Italians only had a washer, no dryer.
Got to Omaha, ended up renting a car. I was way too shagged after flying all night to deal with cabs, buses or shutttles. I went straight to my motel, as I really had no business doing anymore driving than necessary with so little sleep. I had flown all night and couldn't sleep on the plane too much.
I stayed at the "Sattelite Motel". I found it in the e-yellow. It turned out to be a cool little retro motel, shaped like a wedding cake on the fringe of town, between two used car dealers. It was way cool-I have pics. The lobby was freshly painted pink (a good sign) with cool orange plastic hanging lamps from the fiftys. My room was immaculate, with a huge blue ceramic tile shower stall and wood beam ceilings. When I made the reservation I envisioned a crack house or "hourly rates" since I did it sight unseen. They didn't have a pool, but whatheheck do I care? I don't need to go into any silly pool, when I play in the ocean nearly every weekend (thats a big "RRREEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRR-FFFFFFFFFFTTTTTTTT FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFTTTTTTTTTTTTT to you Mainland folks)
Anyway I flopped at the motel awhile, went out to get some dental floss that I forgot and stopped at a Lutheran junk store I happended by and got some vintage '70's tupperware, as Dennis said some of our Tupperware is going to pot.
Well kids, Dennis is telling me dinners ready so I must continue my drunken ramblings later. I do have so much more to tell you all about
