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AM64 said:
Don't tell me that's yellow water running down the leg.
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lol

My best friend in high school, who became a plumber and all around handy man, when in his mid 20s, bought a few acres towards Farragut and built about a 1500 ft2 “round house” with exterior walls he fashioned from plywood and insulating materials and laminated with the right curvature using a home made jig. It was impressive but weird. He lived in it for a few years and then he and his wife split up and sold the place. I wonder what happened to that house.
 
#28,963
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RavinDave said:
lol

My best friend in high school, who became a plumber and all around handy man, when in his mid 20s, bought a few acres towards Farragut and built about a 1500 ft2 “round house” with exterior walls he fashioned from plywood and insulating materials and laminated with the right curvature using a home made jig. It was impressive but weird. He lived in it for a few years and then he and his wife split up and sold the place. I wonder what happened to that house.
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That must have taken some doing - wonder if he experimented with the plywood to see how far he could warp it and let that be his guide to the size.

I actually lived in a sort of round house once, but I was a little too young to remember. My dad was in the Air Force and we were at Kimpo, Korea for something like a year - we had half a Quonset hut. I know he flew P-51s and occasionally C-47s to Japan, but I don't know what really went on there at the time. I did find a very interesting set of pictures that he took of a Soviet C-47 with an honor guard and obviously a higher lever Soviet officer and entourage. When thing started heating up with the N Koreans, they moved us to Japan. I knew the Japanese maids would tie me on normal Japanese style and carry me around as they did housework - apparently my dad told my son I was bilingual at one time - something I don't remember. In late spring 1950 my dad was RIFed - and then recalled in the summer. By Aug he was Korea again; and following the Inchon landing, right back at Kimpo.
 
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AM64 said:
That must have taken some doing - wonder if he experimented with the plywood to see how far he could warp it and let that be his guide to the size.

I actually lived in a sort of round house once, but I was a little too young to remember. My dad was in the Air Force and we were at Kimpo, Korea for something like a year - we had half a Quonset hut. I know he flew P-51s and occasionally C-47s to Japan, but I don't know what really went on there at the time. I did find a very interesting set of pictures that he took of a Soviet C-47 with an honor guard and obviously a higher lever Soviet officer and entourage. When thing started heating up with the N Koreans, they moved us to Japan. I knew the Japanese maids would tie me on normal Japanese style and carry me around as they did housework - apparently my dad told my son I was bilingual at one time - something I don't remember. In late spring 1950 my dad was RIFed - and then recalled in the summer. By Aug he was Korea again; and following the Inchon landing, right back at Kimpo.
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You had quite an upbringing.
 
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AM64 said:
That must have taken some doing - wonder if he experimented with the plywood to see how far he could warp it and let that be his guide to the size.

I actually lived in a sort of round house once, but I was a little too young to remember. My dad was in the Air Force and we were at Kimpo, Korea for something like a year - we had half a Quonset hut. I know he flew P-51s and occasionally C-47s to Japan, but I don't know what really went on there at the time. I did find a very interesting set of pictures that he took of a Soviet C-47 with an honor guard and obviously a higher lever Soviet officer and entourage. When thing started heating up with the N Koreans, they moved us to Japan. I knew the Japanese maids would tie me on normal Japanese style and carry me around as they did housework - apparently my dad told my son I was bilingual at one time - something I don't remember. In late spring 1950 my dad was RIFed - and then recalled in the summer. By Aug he was Korea again; and following the Inchon landing, right back at Kimpo.
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I did a start-up at a refinery in Kashima in 2006 but I have never been to Korea.
 
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AM64 said:
How long were you there? What did you think of Japan?
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About 3 weeks for the start-up and a previous shorter trip for a meeting with the refinery folks. The start-up was in January and it was pretty cold there, northern part of the country. Did not have much opportunity to explore away from Kashima but we did work in a quick train trip to Yokohama to meet with their management. Of all the overseas start ups I did (Taiwan, China, Saudi Arabia come to mind) the folks at Kashima were the best engineers. Also got to know Narita airport quite well in 2008-2009 as I took the Houston-Narita flight with Continental 5 or 6 times en route to China.
 
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1972 Grad said:
Our place is near the 4900 block of the same road. That one is 3775.
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Unrelated.
I'm gonna try for another BMW X6. The one in Nashville sold for too much money. There is one for sale on Wednesday in Tanner, Al. I drove down there and checked it out on Friday. Wish me luck.
 
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RavinDave said:
About 3 weeks for the start-up and a previous shorter trip for a meeting with the refinery folks. The start-up was in January and it was pretty cold there, northern part of the country. Did not have much opportunity to explore away from Kashima but we did work in a quick train trip to Yokohama to meet with their management. Of all the overseas start ups I did (Taiwan, China, Saudi Arabia come to mind) the folks at Kashima were the best engineers. Also got to know Narita airport quite well in 2008-2009 as I took the Houston-Narita flight with Continental 5 or 6 times en route to China.
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I spent several months in Japan 76-77 - mostly on the other side - Tsuruga installing monitoring systems in nuclear plants. We assembled them at the Babcock-Hitachi plant in Kure, so I commuted between those places and our Tokyo office. Almost no one spoke English in Tsuruga, so I'd go to Kyoto for long weekends - and stay at the Holiday Inn - they had a Col Sanders and a Dunkin Donuts! My wife got a couple of trips out of the deal - company policy was to fly her over for a couple of weeks if you were in a foreign country for over 3 months. I liked Japan a lot. I took my vacation to coincide with a lull in the schedule and we flew down to Okinawa - I got to see how it had changed from when I was stationed there in in 69 and 70. Continental Airlines ran Air Micronesia, so on one trip we island hopped across the Pacific in a 727 - spent a few days on Guam and Truk. Something about Pacific islands for me; I'd happily be Robinson Crusoe on one in the S Pacific.
 
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McDad said:
Unrelated.
I'm gonna try for another BMW X6. The one in Nashville sold for too much money. There is one for sale on Wednesday in Tanner, Al. I drove down there and checked it out on Friday. Wish me luck.
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Looks like a very interesting car - with power and handling.
 
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1972 Grad said:
Is this a rebuilder?
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Of course. I think rebuilds will be all I ever buy as long as I am able-bodied.
This one has no unibody frame issues that I can see. The adaptive cruise module was untouched in the accident. needs a hood, fender, grill, headlight, fog light, crash bar, bumper cover, wheel bag, knee bag, and side curtain bag, and a bunch of plastic bits on the front.
 
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AM64 said:
Looks like a very interesting car - with power and handling.
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I've liked the style ever since I saw my first one about 10 years ago. It's one of those love em or hate em styles, but I like it. I prefer the 6 cylinder all wheel drive model.
 
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McDad said:
Of course. I think rebuilds will be all I ever buy as long as I am able-bodied.
This one has no unibody frame issues that I can see. The adaptive cruise module was untouched in the accident. needs a hood, fender, grill, headlight, fog light, crash bar, bumper cover, wheel bag, knee bag, and side curtain bag, and a bunch of plastic bits on the front.
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Do you do body work yourself, or replace some pieces, and let somebody else straighten and paint?
 
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#28,975
McDad said:
I've liked the style ever since I saw my first one about 10 years ago. It's one of those love em or hate em styles, but I like it. I prefer the 6 cylinder all wheel drive model.
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That is the one that looks like a tall car, right? Not SUV looking.
 
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