Busy Weekend

Yesterday was Younger Daughter-the-Chef's 19th birthday, so we took her to a new-ish restaurant in town ... but that's a topic for a separate post, still to come.

Here's a hint:

Today my wife and I brought home a load of lumber, to build a 4' x 11', 5' high, shelf - okay, a table -  in the back of the garage. Now we're both going to sit down and watch yesterday's episode of Doctor Who, and eat a pizza.

No, it's not on the list of approved dietary foods, but we've earned it. :)

Pics and restaurant story will have to wait. I have some aches and pains in places I'd almost forgotten about.

Historic 1905 Car Rides Again

In a story from the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner:

One of the most important cars in Alaska history, built out of odds and ends, is set to roll across town Tuesday afternoon in a heated van.

Bobby Sheldon’s handmade 1905 car is to be transported to the Fountainhead Antique Auto Museum, where it will be on loan for the next five years. Sheldon built the car in Skagway, using magazine drawings, as he had never seen a car. He used a two-cycle boat engine and other parts that he scavenged.

Read the rest here. This is from a time when Americans still believed in hard work, ingenuity, and standing on their own ... no government bailouts or loans. If you wanted something, you did it yourself.

It's what being an American used to mean.