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Either I'm imagining or I actually replied to your post already. Hmmm....
Anyway, those look great!
Anyway, those look great!
N/A Outdoor Decorations
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Funny! I have a couple rolls of the black landscape fabric.
I have some spotlights I was going to use to light up my evergreens. Maybe with a flasher I can make approach lights with a rabbit!
Woot!
Thanks to Lisa, Santa's plane is taxiing in the front yard. Installation went smoothly - much better and less disastrous than the pumpkin.
Because I thought it was bigger, I waited until the snow had melted down a bit. Even shoveling out a spot was easier than I thought it would be. I should have gotten him out weeks ago.
Santa is stopping traffic out front!
The only problem is due to the way Santa is looking, I had to make the plane pointed into a tree. Owell.
I think I need to make a runway platform for him next year to elevate it over the bushes.
My neighbor wanted me to put him on the roof. I'll have to see if I can figure out how to anchor him up there.
Pics to follow.
Thanks to Lisa, Santa's plane is taxiing in the front yard. Installation went smoothly - much better and less disastrous than the pumpkin.
Because I thought it was bigger, I waited until the snow had melted down a bit. Even shoveling out a spot was easier than I thought it would be. I should have gotten him out weeks ago.
Santa is stopping traffic out front!
The only problem is due to the way Santa is looking, I had to make the plane pointed into a tree. Owell.
I think I need to make a runway platform for him next year to elevate it over the bushes.
My neighbor wanted me to put him on the roof. I'll have to see if I can figure out how to anchor him up there.
Pics to follow.
Lisa!
I came across this at my local Ace. They had it for half-price of the $129, .. for $65. I thought about for quite a while and at the end couldn't pass it up.
Alas, the set wasn't complete. The stakes and sign were missing. I took it back. Then I spotted the sign in the display at Ace. They offered to look for the rest but I was already heartbroken.
From what I saw; The lights are bundles of 4 standard minibulbs inside a plastic lens each red or green. The posts are the kind of fairly brittle plastic. The sign is plastic, too, of course.
There's an electronic controller to vary the "rabbit" speed, but since I didn't set mine up, I dunno how well that worked. We know that it not 'xactly true to life, but it's easier than trying to build something similar from scratch, and certainly costs less than one real runway edge light.
Gotta track down a set for next year. I think I'll try to scrounge up an old ping-pong table to elevate my Santa Plane above the hedges and attach these to the sides.
I found it for $19.99 where it's out of stock. Prolly a price mistake. It's in the $110-$120 range including on Amazon marketplace. I think that's too much.
Maybe if we can get together a big enough group order, we can buy direct from the maker via Hong Kong.
http://sourcing.tdctrade.com/cgi-bi...tDetail.cmd?ProductOID=264330&MemberID=853227
I came across this at my local Ace. They had it for half-price of the $129, .. for $65. I thought about for quite a while and at the end couldn't pass it up.
Alas, the set wasn't complete. The stakes and sign were missing. I took it back. Then I spotted the sign in the display at Ace. They offered to look for the rest but I was already heartbroken.
From what I saw; The lights are bundles of 4 standard minibulbs inside a plastic lens each red or green. The posts are the kind of fairly brittle plastic. The sign is plastic, too, of course.
There's an electronic controller to vary the "rabbit" speed, but since I didn't set mine up, I dunno how well that worked. We know that it not 'xactly true to life, but it's easier than trying to build something similar from scratch, and certainly costs less than one real runway edge light.
Gotta track down a set for next year. I think I'll try to scrounge up an old ping-pong table to elevate my Santa Plane above the hedges and attach these to the sides.
I found it for $19.99 where it's out of stock. Prolly a price mistake. It's in the $110-$120 range including on Amazon marketplace. I think that's too much.
Maybe if we can get together a big enough group order, we can buy direct from the maker via Hong Kong.
http://sourcing.tdctrade.com/cgi-bi...tDetail.cmd?ProductOID=264330&MemberID=853227
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ausrere
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How Cool!
I want to expand the runway idea next year too. Runway lights, maybe a rotating mini airport beacon.. windsock. The works. My neighbors may think I'm nuts, but that shouldn't be news.
Got to do a helipad for the helicopter too. 
I want to expand the runway idea next year too. Runway lights, maybe a rotating mini airport beacon.. windsock. The works. My neighbors may think I'm nuts, but that shouldn't be news.
Got to do a helipad for the helicopter too.
My TiVo got that episode as a suggestion. It's titled "Ulny Ufz."
Mike, yer doomed, man. Yer doomed.
YOUSE GUYS WERE SUPPOSED TA STOP ME!
ME! Lisa sent me her second one!
Lisa!
I came across this at my local Ace. They had it for half-price of the $129, .. for $65. I thought about for quite a while and at the end couldn't pass it up.
Alas, the set wasn't complete. The stakes and sign were missing. I took it back. Then I spotted the sign in the display at Ace. They offered to look for the rest but I was already heartbroken.
From what I saw; The lights are bundles of 4 standard minibulbs inside a plastic lens each red or green. The posts are the kind of fairly brittle plastic. The sign is plastic, too, of course.
There's an electronic controller to vary the "rabbit" speed, but since I didn't set mine up, I dunno how well that worked. We know that it not 'xactly true to life, but it's easier than trying to build something similar from scratch, and certainly costs less than one real runway edge light.
Gotta track down a set for next year. I think I'll try to scrounge up an old ping-pong table to elevate my Santa Plane above the hedges and attach these to the sides.
I found it for $19.99 where it's out of stock. Prolly a price mistake. It's in the $110-$120 range including on Amazon marketplace. I think that's too much.
How Cool!
I want to expand the runway idea next year too. Runway lights, maybe a rotating mini airport beacon.. windsock. The works. My neighbors may think I'm nuts, but that shouldn't be news.
I BOUGHT THE RUNWAY LIGHTS on Amazon! It still cost $105 to get it to me. *sigh*
Being that I know the plastic can break I'm gonna buy some EMT or iron pipe to stick the light poles into, which will also raise them up a bit over my shrubbery and not break when I drive them in if the ground is frozen.
I also bought this Lighter Side set of runway lights which I'm planning to put along side the Santa Plane. My fear there is these will get buried in snow up here where we have the real stuff.
BTW, there is a third set for around $30, above, which my Ace has this year. I might pull the trigger on that set after Christmas.
Santa will have a long, well lighted runway!
Santa will be more visible this year since those two trees he was behind are gone.
My neighbors light our street and driveways with milk jug/candle lights on Christmas eve. It looks pretty cool.
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ausrere
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Oh man... I REALLY wanted to expand the out door display this year, but I got side tracked by vacation...
But...I have managed to do a little "extra" Christmas decorating this year. We have a yearly contest at work between different divisions. Each division can decorate their area of the floor for the holidays and we get judges from other agencies to pick a winning division. It's fun, and participation is purely voluntary, but each year the competition is stiff!
Here's some of what we did this year....ya think I had any input into the theme??? lol
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But...I have managed to do a little "extra" Christmas decorating this year. We have a yearly contest at work between different divisions. Each division can decorate their area of the floor for the holidays and we get judges from other agencies to pick a winning division. It's fun, and participation is purely voluntary, but each year the competition is stiff!
Here's some of what we did this year....ya think I had any input into the theme??? lol
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I don't know Lisa... I'm not sure I approve of government employees being so "Festivus."
Atlantic FBO has a cool inflatable plane with Santa in their lobby. I'd love to have one.
Atlantic FBO has a cool inflatable plane with Santa in their lobby. I'd love to have one.
ausrere
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I don't know Lisa... I'm not sure I approve of government employees being so "Festivus."
But it's a TEAM building exercise!
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I BOUGHT THE RUNWAY LIGHTS on Amazon! It still cost $105 to get it to me. *sigh*
Being that I know the plastic can break I'm gonna buy some EMT or iron pipe to stick the light poles into, which will also raise them up a bit over my shrubbery and not break when I drive them in if the ground is frozen.
I also bought this Lighter Side set of runway lights which I'm planning to put along side the Santa Plane. My fear there is these will get buried in snow up here where we have the real stuff.
...
Santa will have a long, well lighted runway!
Santa will be more visible this year since those two trees he was behind are gone....
I opened the box and figured out that I have to cut SIXTEEN pieces of pipe for the first set. What is wrong with me?
We have ice and 10 inches of snow coming today so I'm wisely gonan wait lest the stuff gets damaged.
If I'm lucky, I'll get this stuff out by Sunday, as in 5 days before Christmasd.
Then I have to work on the luminaries for which I've been saving plastic jugs all year. What is wrong with me?
ausrere
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Don't ask me. I'm the one that spent two weekends building a paper machete biplane to hang in our office for Christmas...everyone thinks I'm a little nuts this time of year. 
(although I've got a small bidding war going on in the office over who's going to get the plane when the holidays are over. :smile
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Yeah! Bid! Send the proceeds to an aviation charity like Lifeline Pilots.
ausrere
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Yeah! Bid! Send the proceeds to an aviation charity like Lifeline Pilots.
That's not a bad idea!
I got the second set. A stake was missing and the lights were lame, but the sign is bigger.
Can Santa land on a grass runway that has 14" of snow on it?
(I'm trying to figure out if I can dig out or blow out the "runway" in my front yard. I don't even have boots.
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Can Santa land on a grass runway that has 14" of snow on it?
(I'm trying to figure out if I can dig out or blow out the "runway" in my front yard. I don't even have boots.
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woodstock
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Update: I bought the THIRD set of lights for the runway.
This one is four more signs Santa - Land - Here and [Toy Drop Zone.]
I have to figure out how to get these tings out there in the frozen ground. My thought was to cut up 1/2 EMT conduit and pound them into the frozen ground. I tried to check but I'm not sure that will fit to repalce the plastic stakes for the mock runway lights.
I was thinking I could use metal garden stakes and nylon tie to those.
*sigh* I have to make an attempt today. Tomorrow we're gonna have dangerous wind-chills.
This one is four more signs Santa - Land - Here and [Toy Drop Zone.]
I have to figure out how to get these tings out there in the frozen ground. My thought was to cut up 1/2 EMT conduit and pound them into the frozen ground. I tried to check but I'm not sure that will fit to repalce the plastic stakes for the mock runway lights.
I was thinking I could use metal garden stakes and nylon tie to those.
*sigh* I have to make an attempt today. Tomorrow we're gonna have dangerous wind-chills.
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Yeah, I was going to mention that when you said you were planning to do it Sunday.
We've done absolutely nothing on decoration. I'm just a big Scrooge. Bah, humbug!
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Yeah, I was going to mention that when you said you were planning to do it Sunday.
We've done absolutely nothing on decoration. I'm just a big Scrooge. Bah, humbug!
Why bother to put up decorations, anyway? You're just going to take them down in March.
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That's my house!
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Take them down?? Don't tell that to my white trash neighbor, he leaves his up year round. In an extra special redneck celebrations this year he put a lite up Santa in the trailer that he parked in his front yard a few months ago.
Yeah, I was going to mention that when you said you were planning to do it Sunday.
We've done absolutely nothing on decoration. I'm just a big Scrooge. Bah, humbug!
I decided to surrender.
I'm not going to deal with shoveling out the yard. I'm sore.
I have one "Merry Christmas" sign out. I'll add a tree I have, and maybe one or two of the "Santa Land Here" signs for the luminaries on Christmas Eve.
Santa in the Plane isn't going to work on 12 inches of snow.
I'll stow the decorations until next year again.
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I've got a few, but right now there's so much snow out there you'd be hard pressed to find them. Well, the fake trees look better covered with snow.
This is Olympia, for crying out loud! It's not supposed to snow like this here. You'd think we were back on the east side of the state. Oh well, looks like we'll have a white Christmas for once.
The second picture is from yesterday. That's not a normal view of our house, there isn't supposed to be all that white stuff on the ground. The first one this morning coming back from running errands before the storm hit. You can see why the Jeep is a necessity. That hill is steep. If it gets icy, all bets are off. We've gotten a number of inches of additional white stuff since noon and more is coming. Oh well, I can get good traction when it's deep.
This is Olympia, for crying out loud! It's not supposed to snow like this here. You'd think we were back on the east side of the state. Oh well, looks like we'll have a white Christmas for once.
The second picture is from yesterday. That's not a normal view of our house, there isn't supposed to be all that white stuff on the ground. The first one this morning coming back from running errands before the storm hit. You can see why the Jeep is a necessity. That hill is steep. If it gets icy, all bets are off. We've gotten a number of inches of additional white stuff since noon and more is coming. Oh well, I can get good traction when it's deep.
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My favorite....
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Am I the only one who can't tell what the heck that is???
That is obviously the remains of santa's sleigh after hitting and hanging up in a tree. The line coming down from the top and going off to the left down past the humming bird feeder is one of the reindeer tow lines. I'm assuming the reindeer are all piled up somewhere left of the photo. I think that's santa laying on the ground under the sleigh.
...or maybe I can't tell what it is either.
Frank Browne
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Hmm, I never saw it that way. Could be I suppose. I see it as an image seen in hunt camps all across this great country of ours every fall and winter.That is obviously the remains of santa's sleigh after hitting and hanging up in a tree. The line coming down from the top and going off to the left down past the humming bird feeder is one of the reindeer tow lines. I'm assuming the reindeer are all piled up somewhere left of the photo. I think that's santa laying on the ground under the sleigh.
...or maybe I can't tell what it is either.
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They are going to expel you from Wisconsin now!Am I the only one who can't tell what the heck that is???
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I'm surprised ... well, ok, not really. I immediately saw "steaks, roasts, sausage and burger" ...
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas!
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I saw it that way immediately, and it's been years since I've been hunting, not to mention the fact that I was a crappy hunter so I never saw it in person...
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I saw it that way immediately, and it's been years since I've been hunting, not to mention the fact that I was a crappy hunter so I never saw it in person...
Ah OK, now I see it. I was looking for something, well, upright.
More notso luck.
The whole neighborhood puts put handmade luminaries, with candles in plastic jugs, as our way of lighting Santa's landing zone. They have done this for years before I got here. Last year it looked pretty cool and we had some people drive by to see it.
So guess who tipped off thr community newspaper to tell folks to come by?
Guess who had three sets of "Santa Land Here" lights?
The paper called and said they would send a photographer.
I put out two sets of the "Santa Land Here" lights and liiterally had to dig out the Merry Christmas sign that got blown down and buried. It had 2-3 feet of snow on it! My neighbor and I were going to put out a lighted tree I have, but I surrendered when it was proving to be too fiddly. Snata and his palne are staying in the hangar.
I had to scramble to get some more candles and dig out my jugs from last year. I saved up jugs all year and have been tripping over them. Of course, I hadn't prepared the lights ahead of time.
Of course, the photog showed up when only one house had put the lights out. I was working on mine and about had it down, but I couldn't keep the candles lit. Teh wind was howling and blew them out. Besides that, the lighter I had stopped working, likely because it got cold. I thought we were supposed to have high 20's degree weather. I see now that it's down to 9 degrees.
I apologized to the photog. So much my "hundreds of luminaries."
I gave up and went inside when my lights kept being blown out and I got cold. I watched the two Futurama Xmas shows.
A few hours later all of the neighbors lights were out and staying lit. Teh wind died down. I lit mine and it looks great.
I expect that we won't get a a story in the paper but maybe. He has shots of my signs, one nice rline at a neighbor, and me lighting the lights.
Bah humbug. I shouldda knowed better.
The whole neighborhood puts put handmade luminaries, with candles in plastic jugs, as our way of lighting Santa's landing zone. They have done this for years before I got here. Last year it looked pretty cool and we had some people drive by to see it.
So guess who tipped off thr community newspaper to tell folks to come by?
Guess who had three sets of "Santa Land Here" lights?
The paper called and said they would send a photographer.
I put out two sets of the "Santa Land Here" lights and liiterally had to dig out the Merry Christmas sign that got blown down and buried. It had 2-3 feet of snow on it! My neighbor and I were going to put out a lighted tree I have, but I surrendered when it was proving to be too fiddly. Snata and his palne are staying in the hangar.
I had to scramble to get some more candles and dig out my jugs from last year. I saved up jugs all year and have been tripping over them. Of course, I hadn't prepared the lights ahead of time.
Of course, the photog showed up when only one house had put the lights out. I was working on mine and about had it down, but I couldn't keep the candles lit. Teh wind was howling and blew them out. Besides that, the lighter I had stopped working, likely because it got cold. I thought we were supposed to have high 20's degree weather. I see now that it's down to 9 degrees.
I apologized to the photog. So much my "hundreds of luminaries."
I gave up and went inside when my lights kept being blown out and I got cold. I watched the two Futurama Xmas shows.
A few hours later all of the neighbors lights were out and staying lit. Teh wind died down. I lit mine and it looks great.
I expect that we won't get a a story in the paper but maybe. He has shots of my signs, one nice rline at a neighbor, and me lighting the lights.
Bah humbug. I shouldda knowed better.