It's June 12th

I have been waiting for this day for a couple of weeks now. It is for only one reason, today is the day of the release of "The Traveling Wilbury's" it is actually a re-release of two albums that were released in the early 90's.

You may have heard of them, but if not they are probably the most understate "super" group ever. The group consists of the 5 Wilbury brothers: Nelson, Clayton, Lefty, Lucky and Otis. Better known as George Harrison, Roy Orbison, Jeff Lynn, Bob Dylan, and Tom Petty.

Personally, I was trying to figure out how Tom Petty got into the group, but apparently he is really good friends with Jeff Lynn and were working on an album together. I won't get into the rest of the story of how they got together, you can research that on your own. I do believe it is one of those albums that is just fun to listen to, because the musicians were really just having fun making music.

I cannot wait until I get home to listen to it.

Jon

Grilling in Norway

Last night I was talking with one of my co-workers about weekend plans. We each had other things going on, but decided to go out and cook out last night. So we met up in Oslo to head to an area park and cook dinner.

On our way to the park we stopped off and picked up our groceries. We talked about a few of the differences, and he asked me what size of grills we used. I told him that what ever size was available at the park, or we brought the grill from home. He looked at me kind funny, and asked if we had the disposable kind. I returned his look.

Apparently here in Norway, the parks don't have any grills; which makes some since. No grills - no maintenance, up keep, or replacement costs.

So for about two dollars we got a 8x10 tinfoil pan, with charcoal, grill top, and a stand. I wish I would have known about this last September/October when I was here. It would have been one more option for eating, and it is pretty cheap. Something that is always a bonus in Norway.

Anyway it was fun. The park was very full and it was kind of funny to see everyone facing the same direction. Everyone was facing the sun and watching it, like some sort of deity. We finally left a little after 11 the sun had gone down, but it was still light enough you could read a news paper unassisted.

I'll definitely going to cook out a few more times while I'm here.

Jon

The coolest tool at work

That is a Plasma Cutter, by far the coolest tool/toy/piece of equipment on board our boat. I mean I could spend hours just making big pieces of metal into little pieces of metal. I wish I would have gotten another video of us cutting a 4x8 sheet of stainless steel. It literally is like drawing a hot knife through butter. It is sooooooo cool.

When I was putting together my Christmas idea list 6 months ago, I added a plasma cutter onto the list, half kidding. My mother sees it and promptly asks, "Why do you want a plasma cutter?" I think the video speaks for itself. Or better yet, "Why wouldn't you want a plasma cutter?" I mean other than the $1500+.

Just for a few stats about the video, the chain was a 19mm, or 3/4 in. for those that have problems with the metric system, and the plasma jet is in the ball park of 50,000 F. I've said it once I'll say it again, It is soooooo cool.

Jon

Ya, I know I can be a geek sometimes.