Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Monday, May 11, 2009
Green Pastures by Nuyttens
An original oil by Josef Nuyttens
Painting has been in the family since approximately 1940.
If interested in this oil contact:
Terry Daoust at 970-596-0760
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Whats with all this stuff?
We all save all these heirlooms and all kinds of stuff that just sits there that we never use or are going to do something with one of these days, but never do. WE build things or restore things that down the road we will do something with, but never do. A friend of mine and myself were talking about this, we discovered that we use all the things that we have bought or restored over the years and when we were tired of them we sold it. Everybody around us is telling us we should have kept these things as how much they are worth now. In actuality how much is something worth if it is sitting in storage or garage or a safe deposit box if it is not used or enjoyed by someone. After you are gone from the physical world you will not enjoy it and the people that inherit it will sell it off and not enjoy it.
We buy stuff that we use and enjoy it because we want to and if it gets boring and we find something new we go for it. Enjoy life and do what feels right and never go beyond your means and get rid of things you don't use.
If you get something to restore or new and you reach a point where it is just going to set around for years and no one enjoys it or works with it, let someone else have it.
In case you wonder about what brought this about, its has to do with all the different vehicles we have owned, raced, flown, built and restored. It does apply to other things in life also.
We buy stuff that we use and enjoy it because we want to and if it gets boring and we find something new we go for it. Enjoy life and do what feels right and never go beyond your means and get rid of things you don't use.
If you get something to restore or new and you reach a point where it is just going to set around for years and no one enjoys it or works with it, let someone else have it.
In case you wonder about what brought this about, its has to do with all the different vehicles we have owned, raced, flown, built and restored. It does apply to other things in life also.
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Life
Live life today for there may never be a tomorrow, do things now and what feels the best in your life.
Richard Schlee
Richard Schlee
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Romanian Newspaper Article
WOW! How refreshing to read something positive about the American people for a change. And by a foreigner yet.
Romanian Newspaper (If you only read one post today, make it this one!)
We rarely get a chance to see another country's editorial about the USA .
Read this excerpt from a Romanian Newspaper. The article was written by Mr. Cornel Nistorescu and published under the title 'C'ntarea Americii, meaning 'Ode To America ' in the Romanian newspaper Eveniment ulzilei 'The Daily Event' or 'News of the Day'< /I>
~An Ode to America ~
Why are Americans so united? They would not resemble one another even if you painted them all one color! They speak all the languages of the world and form an astonishing mixture of civilizations and religious beliefs.
Still, the American tragedy turned three hundred million people into a hand put on the heart.
Nobody rushed to accuse the White House, the Army, or the Secret Service that they are only a bunch of losers. Nobody rushed to empty their bank accounts. Nobody rushed out onto the streets nearby to gape about. Instead the Americans volunteered to donate blood and to give a helping hand.
After the first moments of panic, they raised their flag over the smoking ruins, putting on T-shirts, caps and ties in the colors of the national flag. They placed flags on bu ildings and cars as if in every place and on every car a government official or the president was passing. On every occasion, they started singing: ' God Bless America !'
I watched the live broadcast and rerun after rerun for hours listening to the story of the guy who went down one hundred floors with a woman in a wheelchair without knowing who she was, or of the Californian hockey player, who gave his life fighting with the terrorists and prevented the plane from hitting a target that could have killed other hundre ds or thousands of people.
How on earth were they able to respond united as one human being? Imperceptibly, with every word and musical note, the memory of some turned into a modern myth of tragic heroes. And with every phone call, millions and millions of dollars were put into a collection aimed at rewarding not a man or a family, but a spirit, which no money can buy.
What on earth can unite the Americans in such a way?
Their land? Their history? Their economic
Power? Money? I tried for hours to find an answer, humming songs and murmuring phrases with the risk of sounding commonplace, I thought things over, I reached but only one conclusion... Only freedom can work such miracles.
Cornel Nistorescu
(This deserves to be passed around the Internet forever.) It took a person on the outside - looking in - to see what we take for granted ! GOD BLESS AMERICA ! ! AMEN!!!!
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Romanian Newspaper (If you only read one post today, make it this one!)
We rarely get a chance to see another country's editorial about the USA .
Read this excerpt from a Romanian Newspaper. The article was written by Mr. Cornel Nistorescu and published under the title 'C'ntarea Americii, meaning 'Ode To America ' in the Romanian newspaper Eveniment ulzilei 'The Daily Event' or 'News of the Day'< /I>
~An Ode to America ~
Why are Americans so united? They would not resemble one another even if you painted them all one color! They speak all the languages of the world and form an astonishing mixture of civilizations and religious beliefs.
Still, the American tragedy turned three hundred million people into a hand put on the heart.
Nobody rushed to accuse the White House, the Army, or the Secret Service that they are only a bunch of losers. Nobody rushed to empty their bank accounts. Nobody rushed out onto the streets nearby to gape about. Instead the Americans volunteered to donate blood and to give a helping hand.
After the first moments of panic, they raised their flag over the smoking ruins, putting on T-shirts, caps and ties in the colors of the national flag. They placed flags on bu ildings and cars as if in every place and on every car a government official or the president was passing. On every occasion, they started singing: ' God Bless America !'
I watched the live broadcast and rerun after rerun for hours listening to the story of the guy who went down one hundred floors with a woman in a wheelchair without knowing who she was, or of the Californian hockey player, who gave his life fighting with the terrorists and prevented the plane from hitting a target that could have killed other hundre ds or thousands of people.
How on earth were they able to respond united as one human being? Imperceptibly, with every word and musical note, the memory of some turned into a modern myth of tragic heroes. And with every phone call, millions and millions of dollars were put into a collection aimed at rewarding not a man or a family, but a spirit, which no money can buy.
What on earth can unite the Americans in such a way?
Their land? Their history? Their economic
Power? Money? I tried for hours to find an answer, humming songs and murmuring phrases with the risk of sounding commonplace, I thought things over, I reached but only one conclusion... Only freedom can work such miracles.
Cornel Nistorescu
(This deserves to be passed around the Internet forever.) It took a person on the outside - looking in - to see what we take for granted ! GOD BLESS AMERICA ! ! AMEN!!!!
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Monday, July 21, 2008
By the warmth of the sun: Montrose man building first-of-its-kind “green” home
By Lisa Huynh
Daily Press Writer
Published/Last Modified on Thursday, July 17, 2008 3:31 PM MDT
Correction Appended
MONTROSE — On a side street off Main, Montrose-native Sven Krebs is deep in an experiment involving sunlight, recycled materials and loads of concrete.
A construction worker by trade, Krebs has been more of a scientist lately. He’s piecing together “green” ideas in the building of his home — a 1,100-square-foot, two-bedroom, two-bath abode— on an unlikely plot in the middle of town.
The house that Montrose resident Sven Krebs is building is designed to use less energy using concrete walls and foam insulation. (William Woody / Daily Press)
“It’s an experimental house,” he said. “I tried all the different things I wanted to try out.”
Krebs, working with Lynn Baird of Wildcat Construction, hopes the project will be finished by Thanksgiving. He estimates it costing roughly $100 per square foot.
The biggest experimental leap in the project is the use of a relatively new thermal wall system (introduced a few years ago) using forms from Missouri-based company Western Forms.
“It’s the reverse of the foam block,” Krebs said. “It’s really thermally efficient ... It improves the function of the insulation by encasing it in the concrete.”
Four-inch foam boards are suspended between aluminum forms on either side. These forms create pockets into which concrete is poured. The forms are removed the next day leaving just the concrete walls.
These walls provide a more continuous layer of insulation, rather than being separated with structural studs, which draws heat in and out of homes. In the end, the masonry material will save Krebs money on finishing products. Except for a bit of earth-colored stain, he plans to leave the walls bare, giving them an industrial, modern look.
Krebs’ home will probably be the first in the city to use the method; poured-in-place basement walls and tilt-up panels, also using concrete, have been previously used, said Montrose chief building official Frank Mesaric. The most challenging thing about building the home from this method is ensuring vent locations are correct, he said.
Locating the right equipment for the project also proved difficult. Forms used in this particular system weren’t readily available for use. Krebs lucked out and found a contractor in Rifle to rent them from. Baird said the wall system’s method is time consuming but relatively easy to do.
Although passive solar wasn’t perfectly suited for Krebs’ parcel, it did drive the home’s design.
A long and skinny, south-facing building is ideal for passive solar but wasn’t possible on the site. Krebs made best use of the space and concept with an L-shaped home that makes room for windows and solar gain.
“It’s gonna work very well for him (Krebs) because he’s thought long and hard about sun angles,” said Mesaric.
Structural Insulated Panels or SIPs, which would add to the energy efficiency of the home, are being used for the roof.
“Everyone is starting to pay attention to energy costs,” said Krebs. “I designed this house to be used with as little energy as possible. This new wall system was really compatible with passive solar and the two together are going to create a house that will both heat and cool without much energy at all.”
Passive solar is a home design method based on a fundamental law: heat moves from warmer materials to cooler ones until there is no longer a temperature difference between the two, the U.S. Department of Energy noted.
Using heat-storing and heat-moving mechanisms, homeowners can make use of solar heat to keep the temperature of a building relatively constant, improving comfort and energy efficiency.
Sunlight comes through windows and is absorbed and stored by masonry floors and/ or walls. At night, as the room cools, the heat stored in the thermal mass (in this case concrete) convects (heat circulates) and radiates into the room.
“We would certainly encourage people to try to use more solar, especially passive solar and we try not to discourage that,” said Mesaric. The city hasn’t had an increase in people using passive solar but has seen more conversions of patios into sun rooms.
Blaine Nye is concrete home product manager at Western Forms. He said more people are using above-grade-cast-in-place-concrete-wall systems because of their energy efficiency and disaster resistance, which lowers insurance costs, especially in places like Florida.
When asked about the product’s drawbacks, Nye said, “The challenge is just the fact that it’s new,” which requires the education of contractors involved in the project.
Costs are comparable to conventional home building materials but depend on a number of factors, such as site location and needs, Nye said. There are also the added benefits of insurance and energy cost savings.
Another notable perk is the system’s green building method.
“We’re not using trees. This is a sustainable material. They’re (walls) going to be around for generations,” he said. If the concrete walls were torn down, they could be crushed and recycled back into aggregate for use in new concrete.
As Krebs began working on his home, he also constructed a piecemeal workshop made of salvaged wood from the adobe home that used to be on the property. The metal roof sheltering the workshop came from nearby Recla Metals.
Krebs said he wants others to know about his project because energy issues are changing perspectives on living and consuming.
Contact Lisa Huynh via email at lisah@montrosepress.com
View this article plus pictures
This article has been revised to reflect the following correction:
In Wednesday's article about green home design, SIPs panels are Structural Insulated Panels, not Solar Insulated Panels as incorrectly stated in the story. The Daily Press regrets the error.
Daily Press Writer
Published/Last Modified on Thursday, July 17, 2008 3:31 PM MDT
Correction Appended
MONTROSE — On a side street off Main, Montrose-native Sven Krebs is deep in an experiment involving sunlight, recycled materials and loads of concrete.
A construction worker by trade, Krebs has been more of a scientist lately. He’s piecing together “green” ideas in the building of his home — a 1,100-square-foot, two-bedroom, two-bath abode— on an unlikely plot in the middle of town.
The house that Montrose resident Sven Krebs is building is designed to use less energy using concrete walls and foam insulation. (William Woody / Daily Press)
“It’s an experimental house,” he said. “I tried all the different things I wanted to try out.”
Krebs, working with Lynn Baird of Wildcat Construction, hopes the project will be finished by Thanksgiving. He estimates it costing roughly $100 per square foot.
The biggest experimental leap in the project is the use of a relatively new thermal wall system (introduced a few years ago) using forms from Missouri-based company Western Forms.
“It’s the reverse of the foam block,” Krebs said. “It’s really thermally efficient ... It improves the function of the insulation by encasing it in the concrete.”
Four-inch foam boards are suspended between aluminum forms on either side. These forms create pockets into which concrete is poured. The forms are removed the next day leaving just the concrete walls.
These walls provide a more continuous layer of insulation, rather than being separated with structural studs, which draws heat in and out of homes. In the end, the masonry material will save Krebs money on finishing products. Except for a bit of earth-colored stain, he plans to leave the walls bare, giving them an industrial, modern look.
Krebs’ home will probably be the first in the city to use the method; poured-in-place basement walls and tilt-up panels, also using concrete, have been previously used, said Montrose chief building official Frank Mesaric. The most challenging thing about building the home from this method is ensuring vent locations are correct, he said.
Locating the right equipment for the project also proved difficult. Forms used in this particular system weren’t readily available for use. Krebs lucked out and found a contractor in Rifle to rent them from. Baird said the wall system’s method is time consuming but relatively easy to do.
Although passive solar wasn’t perfectly suited for Krebs’ parcel, it did drive the home’s design.
A long and skinny, south-facing building is ideal for passive solar but wasn’t possible on the site. Krebs made best use of the space and concept with an L-shaped home that makes room for windows and solar gain.
“It’s gonna work very well for him (Krebs) because he’s thought long and hard about sun angles,” said Mesaric.
Structural Insulated Panels or SIPs, which would add to the energy efficiency of the home, are being used for the roof.
“Everyone is starting to pay attention to energy costs,” said Krebs. “I designed this house to be used with as little energy as possible. This new wall system was really compatible with passive solar and the two together are going to create a house that will both heat and cool without much energy at all.”
Passive solar is a home design method based on a fundamental law: heat moves from warmer materials to cooler ones until there is no longer a temperature difference between the two, the U.S. Department of Energy noted.
Using heat-storing and heat-moving mechanisms, homeowners can make use of solar heat to keep the temperature of a building relatively constant, improving comfort and energy efficiency.
Sunlight comes through windows and is absorbed and stored by masonry floors and/ or walls. At night, as the room cools, the heat stored in the thermal mass (in this case concrete) convects (heat circulates) and radiates into the room.
“We would certainly encourage people to try to use more solar, especially passive solar and we try not to discourage that,” said Mesaric. The city hasn’t had an increase in people using passive solar but has seen more conversions of patios into sun rooms.
Blaine Nye is concrete home product manager at Western Forms. He said more people are using above-grade-cast-in-place-concrete-wall systems because of their energy efficiency and disaster resistance, which lowers insurance costs, especially in places like Florida.
When asked about the product’s drawbacks, Nye said, “The challenge is just the fact that it’s new,” which requires the education of contractors involved in the project.
Costs are comparable to conventional home building materials but depend on a number of factors, such as site location and needs, Nye said. There are also the added benefits of insurance and energy cost savings.
Another notable perk is the system’s green building method.
“We’re not using trees. This is a sustainable material. They’re (walls) going to be around for generations,” he said. If the concrete walls were torn down, they could be crushed and recycled back into aggregate for use in new concrete.
As Krebs began working on his home, he also constructed a piecemeal workshop made of salvaged wood from the adobe home that used to be on the property. The metal roof sheltering the workshop came from nearby Recla Metals.
Krebs said he wants others to know about his project because energy issues are changing perspectives on living and consuming.
Contact Lisa Huynh via email at lisah@montrosepress.com
View this article plus pictures
This article has been revised to reflect the following correction:
In Wednesday's article about green home design, SIPs panels are Structural Insulated Panels, not Solar Insulated Panels as incorrectly stated in the story. The Daily Press regrets the error.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
This is a true story
This is a true story
AS COMMANDER OF THE APOLLO 11 LUNAR MODULE, NEIL ARMSTRONG WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO SET FOOT ON THE MOON. HIS FIRST WORDS AFTER STEPPING ON THE MOON, 'THAT'S ONE SMALL STEP FOR MAN, ONE GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND,' WERE TELEVISED TO EARTH AND HEARD BY MILLIONS.
BUT JUST BEFORE HE RE-ENTERED THE LANDER, HE MADE THE ENIGMATIC REMARK, 'GOOD LUCK, MR. GORSKY.' MANY PEOPLE AT NASA THOUGHT IT WAS A CASUAL REMARK CONCERNING SOME RIVAL SOVIET COSMONAUT. HOWEVER, UPON CHECKING, THERE WAS NO GORSKY IN EITHER THE RUSSIAN OR AMERICAN SPACE PROGRAMS.
OVER THE YEARS MANY PEOPLE QUESTIONED ARMSTRONG AS TO WHAT THE 'GOOD LUCK, MR. GORSKY... STATEMENT MEANT, BUT ARMSTRONG ALWAYS JUST SMILED.
ON JULY 5, 1995, IN TAMPA BAY, FLORIDA, WHILE ANSWERING QUESTIONS FOLLOWING A SPEECH, A REPORTER BROUGHT UP THE 26-YEAR-OLD QUESTION TO ARMSTRONG. THIS TIME HE FINALLY RESPONDED. MR. GORSKY HAD DIED, SO NEIL ARMSTRONG FELT HE COULD ANSWER THE QUESTION.
IN 1938 WHEN HE WAS A KID IN A SMALL MIDWEST TOWN, HE WAS PLAYING BASEBALL WITH A FRIEND IN THE BACKYARD. HIS FRIEND HIT THE BALL, WHICH LANDED IN HIS NEIGHBOR'S YARD BY THE BEDROOM WINDOWS HIS NEIGHBORS WERE MR. AND MRS. GORSKY.
AS HE LEANED DOWN TO PICK UP THE BALL, YOUNG ARMSTRONG HEARD MRS. GORSKY SHOUTING AT MR. GORSKY, "SEX! YOU WANT SEX?! YOU'LL GET SEX WHEN THE KID NEXT DOOR WALKS ON THE MOON!"
TRUE Story
AS COMMANDER OF THE APOLLO 11 LUNAR MODULE, NEIL ARMSTRONG WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO SET FOOT ON THE MOON. HIS FIRST WORDS AFTER STEPPING ON THE MOON, 'THAT'S ONE SMALL STEP FOR MAN, ONE GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND,' WERE TELEVISED TO EARTH AND HEARD BY MILLIONS.
BUT JUST BEFORE HE RE-ENTERED THE LANDER, HE MADE THE ENIGMATIC REMARK, 'GOOD LUCK, MR. GORSKY.' MANY PEOPLE AT NASA THOUGHT IT WAS A CASUAL REMARK CONCERNING SOME RIVAL SOVIET COSMONAUT. HOWEVER, UPON CHECKING, THERE WAS NO GORSKY IN EITHER THE RUSSIAN OR AMERICAN SPACE PROGRAMS.
OVER THE YEARS MANY PEOPLE QUESTIONED ARMSTRONG AS TO WHAT THE 'GOOD LUCK, MR. GORSKY... STATEMENT MEANT, BUT ARMSTRONG ALWAYS JUST SMILED.
ON JULY 5, 1995, IN TAMPA BAY, FLORIDA, WHILE ANSWERING QUESTIONS FOLLOWING A SPEECH, A REPORTER BROUGHT UP THE 26-YEAR-OLD QUESTION TO ARMSTRONG. THIS TIME HE FINALLY RESPONDED. MR. GORSKY HAD DIED, SO NEIL ARMSTRONG FELT HE COULD ANSWER THE QUESTION.
IN 1938 WHEN HE WAS A KID IN A SMALL MIDWEST TOWN, HE WAS PLAYING BASEBALL WITH A FRIEND IN THE BACKYARD. HIS FRIEND HIT THE BALL, WHICH LANDED IN HIS NEIGHBOR'S YARD BY THE BEDROOM WINDOWS HIS NEIGHBORS WERE MR. AND MRS. GORSKY.
AS HE LEANED DOWN TO PICK UP THE BALL, YOUNG ARMSTRONG HEARD MRS. GORSKY SHOUTING AT MR. GORSKY, "SEX! YOU WANT SEX?! YOU'LL GET SEX WHEN THE KID NEXT DOOR WALKS ON THE MOON!"
TRUE Story
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