I got it from the guy that my dad buys feed from for his pigeons. He provided the barrel and kit. All I had to do was cut the gutter downspout to the right height and add the elbows to route it to the top of the barrel. Installing the spout was drill hole, rubber seal and stick in the spout. Easy peazy. With Tropical Storm Debbie yesterday we got over 6" of rain so it's already full! You shouldn't have a problem finding one online or at your local hardware store though, it's a very basic item. Get some water purification tablets too. Good Luck!

Ditch Witch vs. 900 pair telephone cable. At least I know what i'll be doing for the next couple of days.
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Debbie Does St. Petersburg

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This is a parking lot: the sea wall is behind that line of palm trees
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Dayum - those are some sobering pictures...

Here's hoping you didn't lose anything to the storm :)

DD

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View from school last night.

Both my new guitar and the last of the parts for the Jack Taylor tandem showed up today. Luckily i commuted on the xtracycle today!

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Temporary pump mount until I put one under the rear rack...

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Visiting the baby bobber birds...

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It was a day for folding bikes here... Bubba and I are going on a road trip in a few days so I was test fitting things.

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Swapped my vintage "Schwinn Approved" rack from the Le Tour and threw it on the Continental.

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1946 CCM Lady's Roadster... a one owner bike I just gave to my friend who also owns the gorgeous French built Mercier on the other rack.

She loves her loop frames and is as good a mechanic I know so expect this bike to be shining like a new penny really soon.

Finished my CX bike (well, mostly) finally :)

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Didn't get in but 13 miles today but thought this setting was a good one for vintage Uni mtb with drop bars.


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Picked up some blue Neubaum's to put over the black cork tape I pulled out of the BoC. After wrapping it, I thought it needed some shellac so I parked the bike on the back porch.

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Spent the day with Drillium Dude at the Sovren vintage races at Pacific Raceways south of Seattle. Had a couple of hard rain showers come through which put a real damper on the afternoon racing. Didn't matter - we still had a blast. Lots of C&V material

MGB GT - powered by a Ford V8 - this was a really sweet car despite the color:

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Lotus Elan

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Pantera

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Alain Prost McLaren F1 - 1980

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1970 Datsun 240Z

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Class 4 afternoon race - 1st lap

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For the Francophiles:

The largest gathering of Citroens I've seen in awhile:

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And even a Vintage French ride to boot:

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40 miler today it was HOT!
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THAT is an awesome shot. The reflection of the spokes take on an almost architectural form and the shadows on the bottom of the image look like two figures. Its as if there are two people standing at the alter of 3 speed lol. Or it may be just me ha ha

Had a great 3/4 day out at Pacific Raceway on Saturday at the vintage races with scozim and some of his brood. More pics later, but check out what was in the parking lot:

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And...wait for it...

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:D

DD

We require pictures for both, unboxed.

Finally uploaded some of the more than 150 photos I took at Pacific Raceway's vintage event.


Porsche 914-6:

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Ferrari Dino 308 GT4:

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Lola T280:

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1967 BMW 2002:

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1968 BMW 2002:

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1972 Alfa Romeo GTV:

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1967 Porsche 911:

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1964 Jaguar E-type:

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1966 Ford GT40:

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GT40 cockpit:

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More to come!

DD

That's so cool! I didn't know such events existed...

I love that E type. There was a coupe like that in a junkyard in the small (less than 1000 people) town I grew up in. It was 90% complete but beat up/rusty. My dad and I tried talking the owner into selling it to us multiple times but he insisted he was keeping it to restore himself someday. Finally gave up on the thing but last we checked it was still there. Someday...

Here are some more shots of Group 4 (Historic Mid-Bore):

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1980 McLaren M29 - ex-Alain Prost:

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M29 cockpit:

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M29 footwell - tiny feet only (and check out all the Drillium!):

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For you fans of trivia, the M29 was actually designed and raced in the latter half of 1979. However, Alain Prost did not join the team until 1980. The chassis was developed during the 1980 season.

This car bears chassis number M29-4, quite possibly denoting it as the car Prost drove to 5th place in the 1980 Brazilian Grand Prix - only his second-ever Grand Prix.

DD

Yeah, I really have to thank Scozim for tipping me to this event - he'd shown me pics last year while I was out staying with him and his family the night prior to the Manastash Metric Century. He made the invite months ago, and after seeing his pics I wasn't going to miss it.

The sound is the best thing - well, other than seeing these cars driven to their limits! But that sound - wow!!

The Jag was one of the best - hard to believe that rumble-and-roar came from a straight-six :)

DD