Enjoying ourselves at the Pier at Santa Monica Beach.
The bus ride from the Hotel in downtown L.A. to the beach took just over an hour. (I got the “Senior Discount”) to get to the Pier. It took over two hours to get back to the Hotel because of the traffic. Don’t think I’d like to have to deal with the traffic every day.It’s bad enough to drive through Shawano sometimes.
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| 1996 Durben Family Reunion Group Photo taken at Wa-Mor Park, Wayside |
This year the Reunion ran from May 17th to May 20th in Albany, WI. (South of Madison) at Mona’s brother’s house. Mona and I arrived on Saturday the 19th. The above photo is a group shot of everyone sitting on the famous “Hill” with their favorite hats.
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White Bass caught at Winneconne early this Spring with a
friend who said he was going to take me out for Walleye
for almost 20 years. Had a great time.
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As of tomorrow, I’ll be retired for one week. I sure didn’t get much done during my first week off from work. Can’t say the weather wasn’t cooperative, Mona had off yesterday and we had temperatures in the 50’s.
Went to the Sandbar for lunch after we got groceries. Mona wanted to make sure we got $100.00 worth of groceries so she could get a few cents of on some shredded cheese.
I said: “A $100.00 – looks closer to $250.00 to me.” Ended up to be $244.00 and change. Didn’t even need two carts.
We ended up getting there late but Fire on Ice is happening again this year. They switched from Cecil Bay to the County Park area on Shawano Lake I assume to coincide with the famous Figure 8 Musky Club Fishing Tournament this weekend. The landing to access the contest appears to be better on the other side of the lake. The Fishing Tournament has a pretty good draw by itself.
As you can see – the number of cars in the races that were left when we finally arrived was slim but they still gave it there all.
Races took place at the Red River area just North of Dykesville on the Bay of Green Bay on February 11. The temperatures were in the low single digits and and the wind chill was minus digits (Sub-zero). There was a nip in the air…
Granddaughter Miranda on sled # 65 participated in her first snowmobile races over the weekend. Her friend Nick posed for a shot on a classic sled # 19.
Miranda’s first run hit 61 mile per hour while her last run topped out at 91. Nick, I assume not on the vintage sled but on his racing sled had a high speed of 101 which was the fastest speed of the day. Nick’s parents run Simonar Sports Inc. in Luxemburg, WI. There was a little bit of tragedy that followed the race when Miranda and Nick decided to take a run after the race had ended. For some reason Nick wiped out his sled and ended up in the hospital over night. At this time everything appears to be OK.
Corey, Tracy and Miranda came up for Christmas Supper and the exchange of gifts at our house on Christmas Eve again this year. Since John normally has the camera in his hands he took some pictures for our photo albums. He had the tripod ready but forgot to get a shot of the entire group at once. (Maybe next time?)
I had a couple requests from people to see some of the pens I’ve made over the last several months. This is most of what I’ve done so far. I would guess there should be over 40 different types of wood.
| # | Type of Wood | Origin |
| 1 | Teak (1816) | India or Malaysia |
| 2 | Taboti | S African Lowveld or Swaziland |
| 3 | Rosewood (1832) | Honduras |
| 4 | Zebra Wood (1828) | Africa |
| 5 | Curly Cherry (1806) | USA |
| 6 | Purple Heart (1809) | South Africa |
| 7 | Bloodwood | Rockwell |
| 8 | Bocote (1831) | South America |
| 9 | Red Oak | From Eugene L. Durben |
| 10 | Yellow Heart (1829) | South America |
| 11 | Bloodwood (1826) | Sourth America |
| 12 | Coyate (1813) | Central America |
| 13 | Koa Wood | Hawaii (Harvey Neverman Sr. 1982?) |
| 14 | Iroko (1800) | West Africa |
| 15 | Zebra Wood (1828) | Africa |
| 16 | Paduck Wood (1808) | Africa |
| 17 | Pink Ivory | Mozambique, Zimbabwe and South Africa |
| 18 | Swiss Pear Wood (1830) | USA & Europe |
| 19 | Shedua (1833) | Western Equatorial Africa |
| 20 | Olive Wood | East Africa |
| 21 | Honduras Mahogany (1821) | Honduras |
| 22 | Koa Wood | Hawaii (Harvey Neverman Sr. 1982?) |
| 23 | Wenge (1823) | Africa |
| 24 | Afromosia (1804) | Mozambique |
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| # | Type of Wood | Origin |
| 25 | Paduck Wood | Central Africa |
| 26 | Zebra Wood | West Africa |
| 27 | Hedge Apple | from a line fence in Central Illinois |
| 28 | Mopani | Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Northern Province of South Africa |
| 29 | Curly Pyinma | Indochina and extending into Indonesia and the Philippines |
| 30 | Butternut | from Eugene L. Durben |
| 31 | Walnut | Harv Neverman Jr |
| 32 | Olive Wood | East Africa |
| 33 | Dark Walnut Burl | GRB |
| 34 | Imbuya | (Brazil) |
| 35 | Black Wood | Africa or Australia |
| 36 | Cherry | Eugene L. Durben |
| 37 | Spanish Cedar (1815) | Spain |
| 38 | Spalted Maple | Eugene L. Durben |
| 39 | Maple Burl | Eugene L. Durben |
| 40 | Mahogany | GRB |
| 41 | Sapele (1810) | (Central Africa) |
| 42 | Goncalo Alives 1803 | Central Africa |
| 43 | Lacewood (1827) | Australia |
| 44 | Bubinga (1805) | South America |
| 45 | Grenadillo (1802) | South America |
| 46 | Antique Heart Pine (1818) | USA This Antique Heart Pine was cut from a support beam removed from a 150 year old barn in Vermont. |
| 47 | Aromatic Cedar (1819) | USA |
| 48 | Koa Wood | Hawaii (Harvey Neverman Sr. 1982?) |
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| # | Type of Wood | Origin |
| 49 | Hedge Apple | From Harv Neverman Jr (ILL) |
| 50 | Oak | Habitat for Humanity Resale Shop |
| 51 | Blood Wood (1826) | South America |
| 52 | Paduck (1808) | Africa |
| 53 | Rosewood | Honduras? |
| 54 | Rosewood | Honduras? |
| 55 | Cocobolo | Central America (Rockwell Lg pc) |
| 56 | Wormy Chestnut (1817) | USA |
| 57 | Cherry | Eugene L. Durben |
| 58 | Maple Burl | from E.L. Durben |
| 59 | Paduck Wood | Central Africa |
| 60 | Mesquite | Mike Durben (TX) |
| 61 | Red Oak | E.L. Durben |
| 62 | Curly Maple (1807) | USA |
| 63 | Santos Mahogany (1814) | (Brazil) |
| 64 | Cherry | E.L. Durben |
| 65 | Aromatic Cedar | Woodcrafters GRB |
| 66 | Butternut | E.L. Durben |
| 67 | Apple Wood | From the Green Bay Post Office before employee parking lot was put in - 1984 |
| 68 | Aromatic Cedar | Woodcrafters GRB |
| 69 | Oak | Habitat for Humanity Resale Shop |
| 70 | Koa Wood | Hawaii (Harvey Neverman Sr. 1982?) |
| 71 | Oak | Habitat for Humanity Resale Shop |
| 72 | Walnut | Harv Jr. ILL? |
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| # | Type of Wood | Origin |
| 73 | Teak? | Wood from the trim off our old Charbroil gas grill |
| 74 | Walnut | Habitat for Humanity Resale Shop |
| 75 | Rosewood (Predrilled 9/16) |
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| 76 | Honduras Mahogany (1821) | Honduras |
| 77 | Cherry (1820) | USA |
| 78 | Goncalo Alives 1803 | Central Africa |
| 79 | Mesquite | Mike Durben (TX) |
| 80 | Lacewood (1827) | Australia |
| 81 | Lacewood (1827) | Australia |
| 82 | Bloodwood (1826) | South America |
| 83 | Bloodwood (1826) | South America |
| 84 | Red Heart Wood | ? Rockler |
| 85 | Peruvian Walnut (1822) | Peru |
| 86 | Rockler | |
| 87 | Rockler | |
| 88 | Guatemala | |
| 89 | Central & South America |
