Nice n Easy

We conducted some business in the AM, spoke a bit of shop and headed for Burlington. The drive was going well till we hit the fog, what was an hour and a half drive turned into a 3 hour drive thanks to the visibility. We made it in one piece and all was good.


After uploading some software and more shop talk we waited for the DS crew to shutdown. I took a stroll through the shop and found these two huge search light looking lamps, circa 1960. Turns out they are actually old Morse code lights used on old school destroyer ships. The owner had 3 of them scattered throughout the building, he got them from a ship that was being decommissioned. I asked him what he planned on doing with with them, he simply shrugged his shoulders and said "nothing". I guess one government's trash is another man's treasure.


Look Mom! the world's biggest iris. Amazingly, the shutter technology found in this lamp is still used in today's automated lamps.


We left the shop for a little Green Mountain fun. Burlington is a pretty cool town, a college town mostly. It has a lot of old architecture and is filled with the occasional weather station.














I've been there a few times but mainly in the warmer seasons. As we were walking the street a big huge cement truck turned the corner. Apparently the local concrete company is heavy into the holiday spirit.


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In closing