How I Met Your Mother! Aka My Version

As I recall it was toward the end of of 72. My younger sister was trying to play cupid and was constantly trying to get me to meet her husbands older sister. I always declined and told her I needed no help and declined her match-making goodwill.
Well I had to work on their wedding day and was living at home at the time and came home from work to a wedding reception going on. I was pretty grubby from working and I noticed this hot burd with long legs in a blue dress that looked to me was batting her eyelashes at me. A quick intro to all those at the reception and I headed for a fast shower so I could spend a little more time with that hot chick that was at the home I grew up in. As luck (fate?) would have it I cleaned up and was all set to turn on my charms when she had vanished. Where did your sister go I inquired to my new bro-in-law?
Where is your new sister-in-law I asked my little sister? Oh she had too much to drink and had to go home asap I was told. To say I was bummed out would not be fair.
I was devastated! Naturally my sister gave me an unneeded "I told you so".
The new year was fast approaching and I had nada any plans. So I called her up and asked her if she would like to go to a party at my cousins crib. She answered in the affirmative. We planned a small meeting for coffee so we would not be complete strangers at the big night out.
We attended the party and from there things got rolling pretty regular. We ("dated") for a spell and I was a schmuck. I would call her with no notice and leave her hanging more times than I care to remember but in the long run she was my squeeze.
I proposed whilst driving southbound underneath I-75 and London street in L.P.
She accepted and we wed in a group ceremony in downtown Detroit City County Building on January the 25th 1974. A couple of family members or friends needed to witness the event for legal purposes.
I would do it all again in a heartbeat and consider myself extremely lucky to have a wonderful wife/lover and soulmate/mother of our four children.
Nailbender711 who loves Arial the Font

The big move

Well we knew that the move was going to happen on Tues. Sept 13th. They had no parking signs out. Trouble was Uncle Nail was a late sleeper that Morn and did not rise til pert near 2 pm. Just in time to get a few pics of the house in the middle of 3rd and Maple across from the Yack Arena. But I do take you on the route the house took to get there. A small crowd was already gathered and wiring was taking place on Biddle where the Labidie house had already passed by.
I tried to circle the place and before I knew it the flip cam said ALL FULL UP
The house is a 1894 old Victorian. This is the second time this home has been moved. It used to be on Antoine and Biddle then moved to Spruce St. in 1946. The bloody house has more miles on it than my old 82 Chevy Van.
It took most of the day but they slid it onto the corner of 3rd and Maple after chopping down a few trees. Brick layers were on the scene a couple of days later installing new footers. One shot you will see I was tapeing from Pats backyard and alley area.

Moving a House

Vincent's B-Day bash

Vincent's 1st B'day Bash Elizabeth Park July 17th 2010

Ted & Nail's Big Adventure II

Was a breezy day indeed but zero rain.

Tour de Ted

Roller blade speeder

Defacing Metro park Property

Blader in pain

Ted use to jog

Mosquito eaters

I need a gobo

Y did the mole cross the rd?

Biker in training

Huffing &

Puffing

It's all downhill from here

Wud boilermaker's work

Ted & Nail's big Adventure Minus Ted

Well it was the 1st day in quite a few that the wheaxperts were calling for no rain. Figured it would be a good day to hit the bike path. Called my pal Ted but he was bizzy shuttling pals into metro airport and was tied up. In the meantime I had a big tyme wrassling problem with the downstairs shower drain leakage. A 2 day battle that me and my partner Arial finally solved on day two. A bloody drain fgs (not even under water pressure) We won and decided at 2pm there was still plenty of warm sunshine left for a quick tool out to the park.
The place is a bird watchers paradise. The mayflies were out in force and the birds were hungry w/chicks to feed. When you go during the week the place is normally less crowded. A guid time was had by all............
Nailbender711

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