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Kilbey · May 18, 2003, 05:41 PM

http://homepage.mac.com/tejohnson/PhotoAlbum10.html

Here are a few pictures of my house, my parent's house and the Church I am a member of, taken during a helicopter ride.

It is interesting seeing my house and the town I live in from this angle.

The pilot just kept circling and circling so I could take pictures. I took my Pentax k-1000 up and took better pictures with that. I don't have a scanner though, so the crappy digital pictures will have to do.

Swiss Bob · May 18, 2003, 05:54 PM

Woah. Your part of the planet is flat!

fhoubi · May 18, 2003, 06:46 PM

Funny houses, compared to where I live. Your streets are as twice as wide

Nice pics though.

willed · May 18, 2003, 06:52 PM

Cool stuff. Why were you having a helicopter ride though?

TeknoTurd · May 18, 2003, 07:40 PM

yeeehaww!! nice trailer! is that a 2001 model?

Face Ache · May 18, 2003, 08:24 PM

That's a cute town and a nice guitar you've got there Tom.

MikeM33 · May 18, 2003, 08:43 PM

wow very "rural" where I live the buildings are so close together you can't even walk between 'em.

MikeM

Kilbey · May 18, 2003, 10:37 PM

Originally posted by Swiss Bob:
Woah. Your part of the planet is flat!

Yes, VERY flat. Most of the Lower Penninsula of Michigan is VERY flat. The part of the state I live in doesn't even have "hills". The nearest ski hill, Mt. Holly, brags about a vertical drop of 350 ft.!!!

http://www.skimtholly.com/aboutus.asp

Kilbey · May 18, 2003, 10:39 PM

Originally posted by fhoubi:
Funny houses, compared to where I live. Your streets are as twice as wide

Nice pics though.

There is a former High School across the street from our house and the street is wider for that reason. So they could park the busses there and stil have two-way traffic. But in other parts of the city the streets are just as wide, and in other parts it's no more than a single car street.

Kilbey · May 18, 2003, 10:41 PM

Originally posted by willed:
Cool stuff. Why were you having a helicopter ride though?

We are having our town festival, Railroad Days, and there was a guy offering helicopter rides for $25US. It was about a 15 minute trip and I loved every minute of it. He went every where I asked him to go so I could take pictures.

Kilbey · May 18, 2003, 10:47 PM

Originally posted by TeknoTurd:
yeeehaww!! nice trailer! is that a 2001 model?

Thanks for the compliment, I think.

Here's our camper:
http://www.palominorv.com/y-pony-17.shtml

It's a 2002 Palomino Colt 17'. We bought it because our dogs were chewing through the tent and escaping during the night. It's the cheapest pop-up camper I could find and we bought it with no options at all to keep costs down. We also bought it in the winter during a cmaper show and saved about 25%. Basically, it is a deluxe tent for us. I do like sleeping on the cushions instead of on the ground in a tent, but don't tell my wife that.

If you are implying with the "yeeehaww!!" comment that I am a redneck 'causin' I likes to go campin'... all I can say is: "Yes I am".

Kilbey · May 18, 2003, 10:48 PM

Originally posted by Face Ache:
That's a cute town and a nice guitar you've got there Tom.

Thanks and thanks. Most guitar snobs sneer at my Ibanez, but I think it has a great sound. not as nice a a Martin that costs more than 4 times as much, but in my opinion, for the money you can't beat it.

Kilbey · May 18, 2003, 10:55 PM

Originally posted by MikeM33:
wow very "rural" where I live the buildings are so close together you can't even walk between 'em.

MikeM

I'd like a larger lawn really. With a half-greyhound/half-labrador retreiver and a collie you want as much yard as you can afford. And where I come from, this is considered cramped land and city folk territory. My neighbor on my East side has nearly no lawn whatsoever. He has just enough to require the owning of a lawn mower.

I'd love to own about 40 acres of wooded land with about 1 acre of clear lawn. Our plan is to move out side of town in a few years and build our final home (I HATE MOVING). I grew up playing in the woods, and I want my children to have the same opportunity

Swiss Bob · May 19, 2003, 04:07 AM

Originally posted by Kilbey:
Thanks and thanks. Most guitar snobs sneer at my Ibanez, but I think it has a great sound. not as nice a a Martin that costs more than 4 times as much, but in my opinion, for the money you can't beat it.

You're not wrong Thomas, Ibanez rock! The master (http://www.vai.com) and his teacher (http://www.satriani.com) seem to agree !

dencamp · May 19, 2003, 10:03 AM

Reminds me of my former michigander status. Flat indeed. Nice Pics.

Mars_Attacks · May 19, 2003, 10:27 AM

Here's mine
from the air.

Its about dead center in the last few frames.

Kinda hard to shoot vid and fly at the same time.

wdlove · May 19, 2003, 11:47 AM

Thank you, Kilbey very nice pictures! Looks like a very nice area in which to live. How near are you to the Ohio border? I no longer live there, but I'm a native Buckeye!

That was a geat price for a helicopter ride!

wdlove · May 19, 2003, 11:51 AM

Originally posted by Mars_Attacks:
Here's mine
from the air.

Its about dead center in the last few frames.

Kinda hard to shoot vid and fly at the same time.

Your QuickTime movie brought back fond memories. I remember flying with my cousin. Do you fly professionaly or is it a hobby? For my cousin it was a hobby! It's such a feeling of freedom!

Mars_Attacks · May 19, 2003, 11:54 AM

I fly as a hobby, but I volunteer as a bush medivac pilot in Honduras every summer.

wdlove · May 19, 2003, 05:43 PM

Originally posted by Mars_Attacks:
I fly as a hobby, but I volunteer as a bush medivac pilot in Honduras every summer.

Do you do it as short term missionary work? Sounds like a real worth while summer! I'm sure tjhat you have alot of great stories!

Demonhood · May 19, 2003, 06:33 PM

Originally posted by Swiss Bob:

Woah. Your part of the planet is flat!

what he said.
if i don't see mountains or the ocean i start to panic.

nice pix though. i'd take a helicopter tour around here except i'm in the path of an airport and i don't think the copter would win in a game of chicken with a passenger jet.

philzilla · May 19, 2003, 06:58 PM

Originally posted by Face Ache:
That's a cute town and a nice guitar you've got there Tom.

yeah yeah, great. now where's the nakie pics?

Face Ache · May 19, 2003, 08:53 PM

Originally posted by Kilbey:
Thanks and thanks. Most guitar snobs sneer at my Ibanez, but I think it has a great sound. not as nice a a Martin that costs more than 4 times as much, but in my opinion, for the money you can't beat it.

Whooosh!

Kilbey · May 20, 2003, 12:49 AM

Originally posted by philzilla:
yeah yeah, great. now where's the nakie pics?

Ya know, I thought about posting them. But I thought and thought and thought about it, and came to the conclusion: Those are for me.

We only took some taseful nudes, but man was it fun.

Kilbey · May 20, 2003, 12:57 AM

Originally posted by wdlove:
Thank you, Kilbey very nice pictures! Looks like a very nice area in which to live. How near are you to the Ohio border? I no longer live there, but I'm a native Buckeye!
That was a geat price for a helicopter ride!

I am about an hour and 45 minutes from Toledo. Durand is between Flint and Lansing along I-69.

I am not a U of Michigan fan, but when they play OSU I cheer "Go Blue"!

More of a MSU Spartans fan than a UM fan.

My wife is an alumni of Western Michigan University (WMU) and that's where we met. I went there, but took a job before I had a chance to graduate. Studied to be a wood/metal shop & drafting teacher, but took a job doing testing of experimental and concept engines and cars.

Mars_Attacks · May 20, 2003, 08:58 AM

Originally posted by wdlove:
Do you do it as short term missionary work? Sounds like a real worth while summer! I'm sure tjhat you have alot of great stories!

shhhhhhhhhhhh.
Don't let them here know I'm a missionary.
The pirahnas will will be all over me.

Got lots of great stories and pics too.
I've seen macaws in the wild.
I've been to the mosquito coast. Now THERE'S a different culture. n'awlins ain't got no voodoo. These guys are the real deal.