10/24/09 Bash on the Boat (I'm With BOB) Thread #11

[captchris]

maybe manny will get his revenge against the red sox eh? :

I am thinking that would be the ultimate irony!

 

[Verandah Man]

Maybe FO Time

Where's Jeff and VM when you need them...

Walt

Just got in for lunch.........

 

[B9erSteve]

I got some good news the other day.

Some of you in the past have asked me about the B9erSteve tagline that I go by on the boards. I'll refresh your memory in case you don't remember.

The name was based upon a hobby that I had started about 6 years ago. I was building a scale model of the Robot from "Lost In Space" While he never had a name in the series, in the pilot to the series he described himself as Robot Model B9. Hence B9erSteve. Well, about a year ago I was approached by a man named Ron who wanted to buy my unfinished Robot. Since, I had been stale on the project for about a year and I had been spending more time with my Christmas decor I decided that I could part with the robot. Well, Ron has been sending me pictures periodically on his progress and he told me that he finished the project this weekend. It was a hectic week because he had to get the Robot finished because a Production company in San Francisco wanted to borrow the Robot for a television show. It is a show on Discovery Channel named "Prototype This!" produced by the same group that does "Mythbusters" and they wanted the Robot for their season finale. So Ron wanted me to see the fruits of both of our labors. I'll share the pic that he sent me last Monday before he had to transport it to the Set.

It just looks fantastic! Ron did a wonderful job. The portions that I personally had a hand in was the Legs (From waist to treadsection, I built from scratch), About 50% of the finish work on the torso, From just below the bubble to the top of the torso is all acrylic work done by me, The Arms/Wrists/Claws, and the programming bay (which you can't really see in this photo).

 

[Dyerneeds]

i still have to put the molding back on the walls today, then i'm done.

i'm still waiting on that smoocher from robin for finishing this project.


cassie's coming home this weekend

 

[captchris]

I got some good news the other day.

Some of you in the past have asked me about the B9erSteve tagline that I go by on the boards. I'll refresh your memory in case you don't remember.

The name was based upon a hobby that I had started about 6 years ago. I was building a scale model of the Robot from "Lost In Space" While he never had a name in the series, in the pilot to the series he described himself as Robot Model B9. Hence B9erSteve. Well, about a year ago I was approached by a man named Ron who wanted to buy my unfinished Robot. Since, I had been stale on the project for about a year and I had been spending more time with my Christmas decor I decided that I could part with the robot. Well, Ron has been sending me pictures periodically on his progress and he told me that he finished the project this weekend. It was a hectic week because he had to get the Robot finished because a Production company in San Francisco wanted to borrow the Robot for a television show. It is a show on Discovery Channel named "Prototype This!" produced by the same group that does "Mythbusters" and they wanted the Robot for their season finale. So Ron wanted me to see the fruits of both of our labors. I'll share the pic that he sent me last Monday before he had to transport it to the Set.

It just looks fantastic! Ron did a wonderful job. The portions that I personally had a hand in was the Legs (From waist to treadsection, I built from scratch), About 50% of the finish work on the torso, From just below the bubble to the top of the torso is all acrylic work done by me, The Arms/Wrists/Claws, and the programming bay (which you can't really see in this photo).

Thats amazing! Thanks for sharing.

 

[Dyerneeds]

DANGER WILL ROBINSON!!

thats a great story and pic steve.

 

[Verandah Man]

i still have to put the molding back on the walls today, then i'm done.

i'm still waiting on that smoocher from robin for finishing this project.


cassie's coming home this weekend

 

[Verandah Man]

Awesome story and job on the robot Steve!!!

 

[Dyerneeds]

question for anyone who's been to hawaii.

is it better to do a cruise or just fly there and hop around the islands?

we've been wanting to go there for ages and IF i retire in 2010 that may be a good retirement trip.
hawaii's been on our "bucket list" and since i dont have much time left (bad heart you know), thought maybe we should check into it.
friends of ours are doing a 1 week hawaii cruise the day we leave for FL.(1 week from sat)
is a week enough time in hawaii??

any advice will be appreciated.

 

[Verandah Man]

question for anyone who's been to hawaii.

is it better to do a cruise or just fly there and hop around the islands?

we've been wanting to go there for ages and IF i retire in 2010 that may be a good retirement trip.
hawaii's been on our "bucket list" and since i dont have much time left (bad heart you know), thought maybe we should check into it.
friends of ours are doing a 1 week hawaii cruise the day we leave for FL.(1 week from sat)
is a week enough time in hawaii??

any advice will be appreciated.

Never been there, but that is my "dream destination" as well Mike. But I wouldn't go there for anything less than 10-14 days. Had friends go the past two April's and they were for 14 days each time.

 

[B9erSteve]

cassie's coming home this weekend

Cool!

Thats amazing! Thanks for sharing.

DANGER WILL ROBINSON!!

thats a great story and pic steve.

Awesome story and job on the robot Steve!!!

Thanks everyone. It was thrilling to see it completed! Like I said Ron did an awesome job.

 

[Verandah Man]

Gotta get back to work..........

 

[B9erSteve]

question for anyone who's been to hawaii.

is it better to do a cruise or just fly there and hop around the islands?

we've been wanting to go there for ages and IF i retire in 2010 that may be a good retirement trip.
hawaii's been on our "bucket list" and since i dont have much time left (bad heart you know), thought maybe we should check into it.
friends of ours are doing a 1 week hawaii cruise the day we leave for FL.(1 week from sat)
is a week enough time in hawaii??

any advice will be appreciated.

I went in my 20's. We stuck to Oahu. I really enjoyed it. Tried to learn to surf... Failed miserably! Did some snorkling that was fun. Visited Pearl Harbor That was amazing! Next time I go I'll probably do Maui. Since the European Cruises are priced incredibly out of my range, we may make Hawaii our next stop.

 

[B9erSteve]

Gotta get back to work..........

cya Andy

 

[Dyerneeds]

anyone heard from shelley and woody??
they should be back from wdw by now.
(unless shes doing the forrest gump thing and jogging across the US)

 

[Dyerneeds]

I went in my 20's. We stuck to Oahu. I really enjoyed it. Tried to learn to surf... Failed miserably! Did some snorkling that was fun. Visited Pearl Harbor That was amazing! Next time I go I'll probably do Maui. Since the European Cruises are priced incredibly out of my range, we may make Hawaii our next stop.

dis meet in hawaii in 2010.

 

[B9erSteve]

dis meet in hawaii in 2010.

Now, that would be fun!

 

[captchris]

I went in my 20's. We stuck to Oahu. I really enjoyed it. Tried to learn to surf... Failed miserably! Did some snorkling that was fun. Visited Pearl Harbor That was amazing! Next time I go I'll probably do Maui. Since the European Cruises are priced incredibly out of my range, we may make Hawaii our next stop.

This is on my list of must see places as well. Maybe when the kids are grown up, Elaine and I can venture there. I would love to go Oahu and Waikiki Beach. Of course, the Arizona Memorial would be a must see as well.

 

[Walt & Di]

Now, that would be fun!

Steve,

Please set me straight, was told never take a cruise to Hawaii, because only US citizens can work on the cruises...

Therefore, service is not a good as foreign servers...

Walt

 

[Walt & Di]

i'm still waiting on that smoocher from robin for finishing this project.

Did she furnish a "workman's hat" for your project?

If so, that should be enough....

Walt