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Well the first offer on the house came in at full price after less than 4 days. Hopefully a few more come in after the open house today.

Sweet brushed finish! Maybe the best one so far.

Shop happened to have the hard to find battery grip for the D750 so I bought it and a new Nikon branded Black Rapid Sport strap. Of course I just got the L Bracket for the D750 w/out battery grip this week.

Yeah, I'd been away too long.

I've been out of the scene for years so I have no idea what current reliability is like for Trumpets but in the early years of the return of the brand (mid 90s through mid 00s) they couldn't afford major issues so they overbuilt everything. My RS had zero issues in my ownership other than a fuel fitting recall that never caused a problem and was fixed proactively. I thought the early 1050s were pretty well thought of but I checked out long before those got into the higher miles. All I know is I can still find relatively low mile RS/ST's around here for stupidly short $$ (sub $3k). A couple other thoughts in the last few hours: Yamaha FJ, Honda VFR (older is better as far as I'm concerned), and I'm sure there are others like the Ducati ST. Bottom line, coming up with a list of bikes I'd like to ride would never be a problem. Convincing myself it's a good idea to get one again, that'd definitely be an issue.

Food truck sliders and sea salt fries.

Damn sorry we missed your big days Dominic and Adrian, and I hope they were otherwise excellent for each of you! Cheers!

Some from the restoration and back of house area. The next large exhibit the Flak-Bait during resto.

Last Tuesday we attended this very same concert by the Simon Bolívar Orchestra conducted by Gustavo Dudamel, playing Beethoven's 5th and Wagner excerpts from the Ring: http://live.philharmoniedeparis.fr/concert/1029288.html Now live from Paris in 18 minutes.

Not today, but at a recent fencing tournament. Heh

Shelly ... no worries re: Super Bowl. Not much suspense, as my Patriots will be playing with customized footballs, and smashmouth the Seahawks like they never saw before. My only complaint is that the game is in effing Arizona ... please, can't we go back to the day when the NFL championship was at the home stadium of the team with the best record? I fear there will never be another Ice Bowl or Miracle in the Snow at Foxborough. Who's with me?

Stop being poor.