Grumble Takes Cleveland
 

The delightful guy from OZ is here and has charmed everyone. We have a busy day coming up and will be back with pics later. For now I’ll let you see Grumbles looking at Canada from the end of may daughter’s street. Shame it was so hazy.:( I told him that on a clear day ………. you still can’t see it, but it’s out there!:D


(and he didn’t even have Canada on his itinerary. ;) )

LOL. I'm glad he made it there just fine--hope you both have a great time!

*waves*



oh wait. You're looking in the wrong direction. Look waaaaaaay over this way!!!


:p


Hope you guys have an awesome visit!

glad yall r having fun so far!!!!!!!!


nikki

Grumble,

Have a good time!

Welcome to the lovely land of Cleves, my good man. It's a nice town. Enjoy yourself!

I hope you guys have a great time! Keep us posted!

<---------- waves back at ya!

PF, did you take that picture? very well composed. i hope ya'll have fun.

Of course! :)






















what is "composed"? :confused:

Re: Grumble Takes Cleveland
 

Tell him to put it back ;)

will you be taking him to Ceder Point to ride the worlds tallest coaster :D

I hope you all have a wonderful visit!!!

Having a great time here with PF, naturally we get along fine.

Last night his family got together and we all had dinner together.
PF's son, daughter, their spouses and children.

We had a magnificent Turkey pie with all the trimmings and some venison as well as a warm family atmosphere made it a very special occassion for me. I really am into people things and there is nothing more special than family.

There is nowhere I have been where I have not been treated by my Pixie friends as someone special and looked after magnificently. I doubt if anyone could have a better and more richly rewarding vacation than I am having.

On Sunday I am leaving for Montana to meet my girlfriend curyredhead and she is very excited. I am too and have the butterflies in the tummy and nervous expectation. Will soon know if my dreams will come true

Sharni,
Can ya keep that ^^^ AV forever?!?

That pic is just mmmmmmm...........

Damn, I follow you around the board to see what you posted but mainly to look at 'HIM'! Truth be, I didn't see much in him til this pic. Ekkkkkkkk, terrible thing to say. Pretend ya didn't hear it. LOL.

teddy :D

Wow, Grumble. I'm really happy for you and that your trip is going so well. Hope you continue to stay safe, healthy and happy! God bless ya', feller!!

DB

Yay! I'm so happy you are having a good time as you continue your journey! Now...get that vegemite out and MAKE PF have a bite (like you did for me and Mr. Lixy)!

Oh...and DON'T thow the cow over the fence....................some hay...while you're in Cleveland, hun! They just may not understand! TeeHee!

I know you must have butterflies at this point Ian! It's normal...even if we now know you are anything but normal! *giggle* JK hun...you're as close to normal as they come!

Hug PF for me (like I showed ya...lol!)!

Don't hit him PF! Just close your eyes and think of me!

And...when you are done smooching and what not (*wink*) with curvy...give her and the kids a hug from me and hubby as well!

Keep us posted on your trip! Love ya! *hugs*

what is "composed"? :confused: [/B][/QUOTE]

i just meant it was very well framed and made not only a nice shot of grumble but was also quite artistic... you have an eye for what makes a nice picture is all.:)

Glad you're having a wonderful time, Grumble. I hope PF is keeping you busy! ;)

TY Osuche, he is and I have got all those aircraft pics onto disc now. I had a nice time with you sweetie. Take it easy LOL

To other pixies that is near impossible, Osuche is abnormally and impossibly busy, it mkes you tired to read her schedule. I have said before she is gorgeous and the face to face reality just reinforces that opinion.

<blushing profusely>

I enjoyed my time with Grumble -- but it was unfortunately brief due to the aforementioned schedule.

Well Grumble I am glad to hear you are having a great time!!!!! Hope it gets even better ;)

The Great Grumble has moved on to more pleasant company. ;) While his visit seem too short, I was happy to dispatch him to the more “receptive” Pixie that he is SO elated to be changing from anticipation into reality. :)

I can’t tell you what a pleasant and enlightening visit we had. Once the reality of meeting a true Pixie you become aware that it is unlike meeting a stranger in the normal sense. As Grumble reasonably puts it, we have come to know one another from the inside out. It’s true that the attitudes and intimate openness that characterizes a bond that even our individual personalities and perspectives do not diminish.

The man is a witty and intelligent person with an open mind that removes pretense and implore sharing. We actually only had a true 3 days (71 hours) that was so event filled it bordered on over load for us both. After our rendezvous at a Bob Evens outside of the city, we first set about disposing of the rental car that was taking FULL advantage of a traveling foreigner. They DID shamefully put to bricks to him with the add-ons. :mad:

Grumble and I had been in contact and having mutual technical working backgrounds and experience, discussed topics of insight and interest. We have some pics for the FEW people left that actually are involved with producing the tangible items used in our existence. The others among us may find this quite boring. We beg your forgivness.:)

After we dumped the car at the plane-port ( ;) ), the logistics let us visit the company of a personal friend involved with some rather hi-tech processing of cutting tool coatings. It is owned by a Russian-Hungarian doctor of physics I became aquatinted with years back while involved with a research and development program at a local university and have been doing consulting work for since the founding of his company 10 years ago. All of his staff are Russian immigrants and perhaps the most intelligent and best educated group of a small hands-on organization I know.

Here is a pic of Grumble watching the charging of a plasma field used for standard Titanium Nitride coating. The company is doing some interesting development of ion beam implantation as time and cash flow permits.

Here Grumbles is discussing a processes system developed for the cleaning preparation of parts to be coated. The gentleman he is talking with is a medal holder of the Order of the Russian Federation for his development of a single stage purification process to 0.5 ppm.

We left there for a quick visit the other extreme of industry at a wire brush manufacturer. Here Grumbles “tries” to pretend he is looking a the finished product of a process he just studied.

Grumbles stands with Tom, the owner of the 126 year old, family owned company, looking at a proprietary machine that processes material for use in wire wheels.

Tom explains the modifications to a machine that will produce a new product.

We finished our whirlwind afternoon with a quick stop a one of the local (and not the largest) used machinery dealers with three acres of machinery under roof. Grumbles found it worthy of recording. :)

My daughter and son had looked forward to meeting my “Pixie friend" and we all spent the evening with the families at her house and a fine dinner. I’m going to have to get more Pixies to visit. ;)

The next morning I was able to arrange a guided visit to the ASM International Headquarters located in Cleveland.

Besides being the global authority of the latest specification and processing of metals, it has an archive of historic documents back to the 1500’s including hand written notes of Thomas Edison that Grumbles is looking at.

Our private guide was willing to snap a pic of us at one of the legs of 103 ft. high geodesic dome designed by R. Buckminster Fuller. It really is a symbol of man’s mastery of his metal resources.

We then visited an old friend and customer/vendor in the steel fabricating business from the 13 years I operated my own company and which Grumbles is now involved with. Here he stands next to a 1,000 ton x 20 ft. pressbrake.

Custom steel fabrication involves the forming and assembly of materials to the customers specification. This company leans toward the heavy side with equipment like this one Grumbles is standing next to and able to roll a 1” thick x 8 ft. wide, steel plate into a cylinder.

Here Grumbles stands next to a roll able to form a 4in. x 4in. solid steel bar, or a 15 in. I-beam into a ring. The machine occupies a space of 12 ft. x 18 ft. x 10 ft. below the floor with only the rolls above.

We finished our opportunities to explore some work related interests with a visit to Lincoln Electric that has its world headquarters and manufacturing facilities here. Lincoln is the worlds largest maker of welding equipment and supplies.

The next day was much more leisurely and one we spent with a personal interest of Grumbles. I’ll be back soon with some pics of that. :D

WOW, terrific stuff PF! I bet Grumbles enjoyed it all.

I can't wait for the next batch of pics. :)

You have a nice looking family. I know the grandkids captured Grumbles attention. He loves family gatherings.

TY for sharing PF. :D

Wonderful pictures, PF. You guys took in a lot in the time he was there. Thanks for sharing them.