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Uncle Mike's Thoughts Of The Day / Pictures of the Covered Bridge 10/28/12

« on: October 28, 2012, 10:23:25 AM »

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Current News & Events / Team Photo after "Battle of the Bonnet" Win

« on: October 26, 2012, 10:35:31 PM »

BFA-Fairfax Athletic Director Geri-Lyn Witalec took team photo after the Bullets beat Winooski, 35-7, to win the annual Battle of the Bonnet.

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Current News & Events / Photos from the Georogia Mountain Wind Project

« on: October 26, 2012, 01:06:03 PM »

Chris Santee and I were given a tour of a couple of tower site at the Georgia Mountain Wind Tower Project. Very impressive.


The base of one of the towers. The blue-tarped unit closest to the camera is what the propellers hook onto. The thing in back is the hub that sits on top of the tower.


Another shot of the foundation. The tower will sit on the round cement and be held in place by all the threaded rod sticking up.




Nine of the twelve propellor blades are on the job site. The remaining three should be coming through Fairfax Saturday morning between 5 and 6am.


Again, pictures do not do justice as to how big these things are. Reminds me of a whale's fin.


Chris Santee in the foreground. A photographer from the County Courier next to the propeller.

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Current News & Events / Missing Political Signs

« on: October 24, 2012, 10:45:02 AM »

Ummm.....strange. There had been political signs here on the corner of 104 and 128. Both parties. Now they are GONE. Why?

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Current News & Events / Photos from Browns River Bridge and of the Wind Turbine Blades

« on: October 24, 2012, 10:31:43 AM »

Many, many thanks to Katrina Antonovich for alerting me to the damage on the bridge and giving me a ride to the Milton-Westford Road to get these pictures. All pictures shot with my iPhone.


Apparently something went wrong with the rear sterring and the back end almost ended up in the river, according to a conversation Katrina had with a sheriff on duty at the bridge.


Shot on the fly through the windshield of Katrina's vehicle.


This photo does not do justice as to how big these things are. Very impressive.


The three blades side by side on the new access road built on the corner of the Milton-Westford Road.

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Uncle Mike's Thoughts Of The Day / CHOM-FM's TOP 500 Rock Songs-The Complete List

« on: October 11, 2012, 07:43:59 AM »

CHOM-FM's Top 500 Rock Songs

1. Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
 2. Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven
 3. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
 4. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
 5. Pearl Jam - Alive
 6. The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again
 7. U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday
 8. AC/DC - Hells Bells
 9. Metallica - Enter Sandman
 10. The Beatles - A Day In The Life
 11. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under The Bridge
 12. Aerosmith - Dream On
 13. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
 14. Metallica - Nothing Else Matters
 15. Guns And Roses - Sweet Child O Mine
 16. The Who - Baba O'Reilly
 17. The Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil
 18. Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall
 19. Rush - Tom Sawyer
 20. Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
 21. Green Day - American Idiot
 22. The Police - Roxanne
 23. John Lennon - Imagine
 24. Led Zeppelin - Rock And Roll
 25. Nirvana - Come As You Are
 26. The Beatles - Hey Jude
 27. U2 - New Year's Day
 28. The Eagles - Hotel California
 29. Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
 30. Metallica - The Unforgiven
 31. Foo Fighters - Everlong
 32. Led Leppelin - Whole Lotta Love
 33. Aerosmith - Sweet Emotion
 34. Pink Floyd - Time
 35. U2 - Where The Streets Have No Name
 36. The Rolling Stones - Paint It Black
 37. Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water
 38. Led Zeppelin - Black Dog
 39. Aerosmith - Walk This Way
 40. The Rolling Stones - Gimmee Shelter
 41. Derek And The Dominoes - Layla
 42. Pink Floyd - Money
 43. Green Day - When I Come Around
 44. The Rolling Stones - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
 45. Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Child
 46. Styx - Prelude/Suite Madame Blue
 47. The Who - Who Are You
 48. Neil Young - Rockin' In The Free World
 49. AC/DC - Highway To Hell
 50. Queen - We Will Rock You/We Are The Champions
 51. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird
 52. Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower
 53. Bon Jovi - Living On A Prayer
 54. Guns And Roses - Paradise City
 55. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama
 56. The Tragically Hip - My Music At Work
 57. Led Zeppelin - Ramble On
 58. AC/DC - Back In Black
 59. Green Day - Good Riddance(Time Of Your Life)
 60. The Beatles - Let It Be
 61. Pink Floyd - Hey You
 62. Pearl Jam - Black
 63. Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing
 64. Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond
 65. The Doors - Light My Fire
 66. AC/DC - Thunderstruck
 67. Guns And Roses - Welcome To The Jungle
 68. Van Halen - You Really Got Me
 69. Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze
 70. U2 - Pride (In The Name Of Love)
 71. Supertramp - School
 72. Muse - Uprising
 73. Van Halen - Running With The Devil
 74. Rush - Spirit Of The Radio
 75. Nickelback - Burn It To The Ground
 76. Guns And Roses - November Rain
 77. Queen - Under Pressure
 78. Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road
 79. Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear The Reaper
 80. The Doors - LA Woman
 81. Neil Young - Cinnamon Girl
 82. Green Day - Basketcase
 83. Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song
 84. David Bowie - Rebel Rebel
 85. AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long
 86. Pink Floyd - Brain Damage/Eclipse
 87. The Rolling Stones - Jumpin' Jack Flash
 88. U2 - One
 89. Pearl Jam - Jeremy
 90. U2 - With Or Without You
 91. Queen - Someone To Love
 92. The Who - Behind Blue Eyes
 93. Foo Fighters - Learn To Fly
 94. R.E.M. - It's The End Of The World(And I Feel Fine)
 95. The Clash - London Calling
 96. The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
 97. The Guess Who - American Woman
 98. Van Halen - Panama
 99. Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar On Me
 100. Deep Purple - Space Truckin'
 

101. Dire Straits - Money For Nothing
 102. Guns And Roses - Patience
 103. Radiohead - Creep
 104. David Bowie - Space Oddity
 105. Nirvana - Lithium
 106. Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
 107. Yes - Roundabout
 108. The Beatles - Revolution
 109. Foo Fighters - Walk
 110. The Kinks - Lola
 111. Radiohead - Paranoid Android
 112. Live - Lightning Crashes
 113. Van Halen - Ain't Talking 'Bout Love
 114. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Give It Away
 115. Rush - Freewill
116. The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever
 117. Boston - Foreplay/Longtime
 118. The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary
 119. Led Zeppelin - Heartbreaker/Living Loving Maid
 120. Supertramp - Fool's Overture
 121. The Police - Message In A Bottle
 122. Van Halen - Jump
 123. The Who - Pinball Wizard
 124. Stone Temple Pilots - Plush
 125. Motley Crue - Kickstart My Heart
 126. Jet - Are You Gonna Be My Girl
 127. BTO - Taking Care Of Business
 128. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
 129. Deep Purple - Highway Star
 130. Foo Fighters - My Hero
 131. AC/DC - Whole Lotta Rosie
 132. Pink Floyd - Great Gig In The Sky
 133. The Tragically Hip - New Orleans Is Sinking
 134. Foo Fighters - Monkey Wrench
 135. Nirvana - In Bloom
 136. R.E.M. - Losing My Religion
 137. Supertramp - Breakfast In America
 138. The Doors - Break On Through
 139. Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA
 140. The Beatles - SGT. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
 141. KISS - Rock And Roll All Night
 142. Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild
 143. Jon And Vangelis - Friends Of Mr. Cairo
 144. The Doors - Roadhouse Blues
 145. U2 - Bad
 146. David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
 147. The Tragically Hip - At The Hundredth Meridian
 148. Nickelback - Too Bad
 149. Foreigner - Juke Box Hero
 150. Blur - Song 2
 
151. Cream - White Room
152. Alice In Chains - Man In The Box
 153. Pearl Jam - Better Man
 154. Rush - Subdivisions
 155. Thin Lizzy - Whisky In The Jar
 156. Genesis - Ripples
 157. The Band - The Weight
 158. BTO - You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet
 159. Pearl Jam - Even Flow
 160. Heart - Barracuda
 161. Boston - More Than A Feeling
 162. Crosby, Stills and Nash Suite - Judy Blue Eyes
 163. Fleetwood Mac - Dreams
 164. U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
 165. Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes
 166. Golden Earring - Radar Love
 167. Guns And Roses - Knockin' On Heaven's Door
 168. Supertramp - Crime Of The Century
 169. David Bowie - Changes
 170. The Doors - People Are Strange
 171. Pink Floyd - Learning To Fly
 172. The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby
 173. Peter Frampton - Do You Feel Like We Do
 174. McCartney And Wings - Band On The Run
 175. KISS - Detroit Rock City
 176. Genesis - Carpet Crawlers
 177. AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
 178. The Beatles - (I Want You) She's So Heavy
 179. Alice In Chains - Rooster
 180. Neil Young - The River
 181. Thin Lizzy - Boys Are Back In Town
 182. Pink Floyd - On The Turning Away
 183. George Thoroughgood - Who Do You Love?
 184. Boston - Rock And Roll Band
 185. Muse - Resistance
 186. Queen - Keep Yourself Alive
 187. Bob Seger - Turn The Page
 188. Oasis - Wonderwall
 189. Led Zeppelin - Since I've Been Loving You
 190. Guns And Roses - You Could Be Mine
 191. Nirvana - All Apologies
 192. Muse - Starlight
 193. Arcade Fire - Wake Up
 194. U2 - Angel Of Harlem
 195. Rush - The Trees
 196. The Rolling Stones - Ruby Tuesday
 197. The Clash - Should I Stay Or Should I Go
 198. Bruce Springsteen - Jungleland
 199. Green Day - Longview
 200. The Tragically Hip - Blow At High Dough
 

201. The Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want
 202. ZZ Top - La Grange
 203. The Police - When The World Is Running Down
 204. Styx - Lady
 205. Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced?
 206. Pearl Jam - Daughter
 207. The Animals - House Of The Rising Sun
 208. Fleetwood Mac - The Chain
 209. Mott The Hoople - All The Young Dudes
 210. Billy Idol - Rebel Yell
 211. Led Zeppelin - Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You
 212. Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
 213. Ozzy Osborne - Crazy Train
214. Alice Cooper - School's Out
 215. Foo Fighters - Times Like These
 216. Our Lady Peace - Superman's Dead
 217. David Bowie - Suffragette City
 218. Arcade Fire - Rebellion
 219. Genesis - Abacab
 220. Peter Gabriel - Games Without Frontiers
 221. Tom Petty - Free Fallin'
222. Lynyrd Skynryd - That Smell
 223. Jimi Hendrix - Hey Joe
 224. David Bowie - Fame
 225. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Otherside
 226. The Beatles - Day Tripper
 227. Free - All Right Now
 228. AC/DC - For Those About To Rock
 229. Van Halen - Jamie's Crying
 230. Bon Jovi - Bad Medicine
 231. Supertramp - Take The Long Way Home
 232. Nirvana - About A Girl
 233. Oasis - Champagne Supernova
 234. Neil Young - Needle And The Damage Done
 235. Led Zeppelin - All My Love
 236. The Rolling Stones - Start Me Up
 237. Jimi Hendrix - Foxy Lady
 238. Stevie Wright - Evie
 239. Aerosmith - Love In An Elevator
 240. Rush - Fly By Night
 241. ZZ Top - Tush
 242. The Black Keys - Gold On The Ceiling
 243. Bruce Springsteen - Backstreets
 244. The Who - Love Reign O'er Me
 245. Bon Jovi - You Give Love A Bad Name
 246. Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way?
 247. Radiohead - Just
 248. Matthew Good - Hello Time Bomb
 249. David Bowie - Heroes
 250. Pink Floyd - Have A Cigar
 
251. Steely Dan - Do It Again
 252. The Police - Every Breath You Take
 253. Don Henley - Boys Of Summer
 254. Nickelback - How You Remind Me
 255. Led Zeppelin - Going To California
 256. Coldplay - Clocks
 257. Genesis - Follow You, Follow Me
 258. The Tragically Hip - Fifty Mission Cap
 259. The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour
 260. Led Zeppelin - The Rain Song
 261. The Black Crowes - Hard To Handle
 262. Led Zeppelin - Good Times, Bad Times
 263. The Scorpions - Rock You Like A Hurricane
 264. Mountain - Mississippi Queen
 265. Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle
 266. Bush - Glycerine
 267. Neil Young - Old Man
 268. George Thoroughgood - On Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer
 269. Ram Jam - Black Betty
 270. Rod Stewart - Hot Legs
 271. Aerosmith - Back In The Saddle
 272. Rush - Closer To The Heart
 273. ZZ Top - Legs
 274. David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes
 275. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Scar Tissue
 276. The Beatles - Yesterday
 277. Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill
 278. Stone Temple Pilots - Interstate Love Song
 279. The Clash - Train In Vain
 280. The Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar
 281. CCR - Fortunate Son
 282. Sweet - Ballroom Blitz
 283. Van Halen - Unchained
 284. Billy Idol - White Wedding
 285. Metallica - Until It Sleeps
 286. Bad Company - Bad Company
 287. Nirvana - Heartshaped Box
 288. Bob Dylan - Subterranian Homesick Blues
 289. Stevie Ray Vaughn - Couldn't Stand The Weather
 290. The Beatles - Help
 291. The Cars - You're All I've Got Tonight
 292. Foreigner - Double Vision
 293. Def Leppard - Rock Of Ages
 294. Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Blinded By The Light
 295. Bruce Springsteen - Rosalita
 296. Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer
 297. Genesis - Squonk
 298. Heart - Magic Man
 299. Judas Priest - You've Got Another Thing Coming
 300. Rush - Red Barchetta



301. Pat Benatar - Hit Me With Your Best Shot
 302. Rage Against The Machine - In The Name
 303. Metallica - Hero Of The Day
 304. Green Day - Brainstew
305. Cream - Sunshine Of Your Love
 306. Jethro Tull - Aqualung
 307. Twisted Sister - I Wanna Rock
 308. Led Zeppelin - Trampled Under Foot
 309. Nickelback - Rockstar
 310. Metallica - Fade To Black
 311. The Cult - Firewoman
 312. Green Day - Holiday
 313. Guns And Roses - Civil War
 314. The Who - Eminence Front
315. Bruce Springsteen - The River
 316. U2 - All I Want Is You
 317. Pink Floyd - Young Lust
 318. Nazareth - This Flight Tonight
319. The Scorpions - Still Lovin' You
 320. ZZ Top - Sharp Dressed Man
 321. Bad Company - Shooting Star
 322. Peter Gabriel - Red Rain
 323. CSNY - Ohio
 324. R.E.M. - The One I Love
 325. The Tragically Hip - Locked In The Trunk Of A Car
 326. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication
 327. Stone Temple Pilots - Sour Girl
 328. Elton John - Funeral For A Friend
 329. Pink Floyd - Mother
 330. Radiohead - Karma Police
331. The Beatles - Helter Skelter
 332. Arcade Fire - Ready To Start
 333. Queen - Another Bites The Dust
 334. Genesis - Mama
 335. Steve Miller Band - The Joker
 336. Janis Joplin - Me & Bobby McGee
 337. The Beatles - Back In The USSR
 338. George Thoroughgood - Bad To The Bone
 339. Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky
 340. Aerosmith - Come Together
341. Smashing Pumpkins - 1979
 342. Coldplay - Yellow
 343. The Cars - Good Times Roll
 344. Tom Petty - Refugee
 345. The Tragically Hip - Ahead By A Century
 346. The Allman Brothers - Whipping Post
 347. The Black Crowes - Jealous Again
 348. The Guess Who - These Eyes
 349. AC/DC - TNT
 350. Alice In Chains - Would
 
351. Lenny Kravitz - Fly Away
 352. Van Halen - Eruption
 353. KISS - Love Gun
 354. Oasis - Live Forever
 355. Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark
 356. Journey - Don't Stop Believing
 357. The Black Keys - Howlin' For You
 358. Chicago - 25 Or 6 To 4
 359. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Monarchy Of Roses
 360. April Wine - I Like To Rock
 361. Aerosmith - Dude Looks Like A Lady
 362. Offenbach - Ayoye
 363. Boston - Piece Of Mind
 364. Tom Petty - Don't Do Me Like That
 365. Babe Ruth - The Mexican
 366. Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side
 367. Audioslave - Like A Stone
 368. Rush - Distant Early Warning
 369. Foo Fighters - Pretender
 370. The Scorpions - The Zoo
 371. Joe Walsh - Rocky Mountain Way
 372. CSN - Woodstock
 373. Pink Floyd - Speak To Me/Breathe
 374. The Doors - The End
 375. Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees
 376. The Tragically Hip - 38 Years Old
 377. Led Zeppelin - Over The Hills And Far Away
 378. Neil Young - Like A Hurricane
 379. The Police - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
 380. Muse - Hysteria
 381. Black Sabbath - War Pigs/Luke's Wall
 382. The Black Crowes - Twice As Hard
 383. Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone
 384. The Rolling Stones - Wild Horses
 385. April Wine - Sign Of The Gypsy Queen
 386. Simple Minds - Someone, Somewhere In Summertime
 387. Van Halen - Hot For Teacher
 388. Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet For Butterfly Wings
 389. Heart - Crazy For You
 390. The Moody Blues - Nights In White Satin
 391. The Killers - Mr. Brightside
 392. The Offspring - Come Out And Play
 393. The Doors - Riders On A Storm
 394. Iron Maiden - Run To The Hills
 395. Stevie Ray Vaughn - Pride And Joy
 396. The Rolling Stones - Miss You
 397. The Beatles - Get Back
 398. Linkin Park - In The End
 399. Motley Crue - Dr. Feelgood
400. Joan Jett - I Love Rock And Roll
 



401. Van Halen - Ice Cream Man
 402. Great White - Once Bitten, Twice Shy
 403. Heart - Heartless
 404. The Travelling Willbury's - Handle With Care
 405. Rush - La Villa Strangiato
 406. Black Sabbath - Iron Man
 407. Led Zeppelin - Nobody's Fault But Mine
 408. Bush - Everything Zen
 409. The Tragically Hip - Nautical Disaster
 410. The Beatles - I Saw Her Standing There
 411. Our Lady Peace - One Man Army
 412. Lynryrd Skynryrd - Simple Man
 413. The Rolling Stones - Can't You Hear Me Knocking
 414. Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way
 415. Genesis - The Musical Box
 416. David Bowie - Modern Love
 417. Pink Floyd - Us And Them
 418. John Cougar - Jack And Diane
 419. The Marshall Tucker Band - Can't You See
 420. Jackson Browne - The Load Out/Stay
 421. The Who - My Generation
 422. Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight
 423. Young The Giant - Cough Syrup
 424. The Beatles - Golden Slumbers Melody
 425. Bob Seger - Night Moves
 426. Nickelback - Photograph
 427. Tesla - Signs
 428. Don Henley - Dirty Laundry
 429. Rush - Lakeside Park
430. Green Day - Jesus Of Suburbia
 431. Moist - Push
 432. Bruce Springsteen - Badlands
 433. The Black Keys - Lonely Boy
 434. The Rolling Stones - Emotional Rescue
 435. Jane's Addiction - Jane Says
 436. Bad Company - Can't Get Enough Of Your Love
 437. Jethro Tull - Locomotive Breath
 438. Janis Joplin - Piece Of My Heart
 439. Poison - Every Rose Has It's Thorn
 440. Led Zeppelin - Fool In The Rain
 441. ZZ Top - Cheap Sunglasses
 442. Whitesnake - Here I Go Again
 443. Trooper - Oh Pretty Lady
 444. Foo Fighters - Best Of You
 445. Beastie Boys - Fight For Your Right
 446. The Who - We're Not Gonna Take It
 447. Bob Dylan - Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
 448. The Pixies - Where Is My Mind?
 449. Neil Young - Southern Man
 
450. XTC - Making Plans For Nigel
 451. Queen - Don't Stop Me Now
 452. David Bowie - Starman
 453. Muse - Knights Of Cydonia
 454. The Cranberries - Zombie
 455. Sam Roberts - I Feel You
 456. Guns And Roses - Mr. Brownstone
 457. April Wine - Cum Hear The Band
 458. The Rolling Stones - Under My Thumb
 459. Bob Marley - No Woman, No Cry
 460. The Beatles - Yellow Submarine
 461. Arcade Fire - Keep The Car Running
 462. The Clash - Rock The Casbah
 463. The Cult - Love Removal Machine
 464. Motley Crue - Girls, Girls, Girls
 465. Bon Jovi - Had A Bad Day
 466. Talking Heads - Burning Down The House
 467. Metric - Youth Without Youth
 468. The Who - Happy Jack
 469. AC/DC - Girls Got Rhythm
 470. Aerosmith - Rag Doll
 471. The Black Keys - Tighten Up
 472. The Tragically Hip - Bobcaygeon
 473. Coldplay - Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall
 474. CSN - Carry On
 475. Bad Company - Rock & Roll Fantasy
 476. Tom Cochrane - Lunatic Fringe
 477. Blue Oyster Cult - Godzilla
 478. R.E.M. - What's The Frequency, Kenneth?
 479. CCR - Proud Mary
 480. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California
 481. Stone Temple Pilots - Big Empty
 482. Peter Gabriel - Biko
 483. Phil Collins - I Don't Care Anymore
 484. The Beatles - I Am The Walrus
 485. The Eagles - Heartbreak Tonight
 486. The Kinks - You Really Got Me
 487. Harmonium - Pour Un Instant
488. Neil Young - Hey Hey, My My
 489. The Rolling Stones - It's Only Rock And Roll
 490. The Police - King Of Pain
 491. U2 - Mysterious Ways
 492. The Killers - Somebody Told Me
 493. Led Zeppelin - Thank You
 494. Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
 495. Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
 496. Pearl Jam - Last Kiss
 497. Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends
 498. Tom Cochrane - White Hot
 499. Nazareth - Love Hurts
 500. Green Day - Wake Me Up When September Ends

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Uncle Mike's Thoughts Of The Day / CHOM-FM's Top 30 of the Top 500 Rock Songs

« on: October 09, 2012, 04:40:30 PM »

Here's the Top 30 of CHOM-FM's Top 500 Rock Songs of all time. I will try to post a link to all 500 when I can.


1. "COMFORTABLY NUMB" - PINK FLOYD

2."STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN" - LED ZEPPELIN

3."SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT" - NIRVANA

4. "BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY" - QUEEN

5. "ALIVE" - PEARL JAM 

6."SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY" - U2

7. "WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN" - THE WHO 

8. "HELLS BELLS" - AC/DC

9. "ENTER SANDMAN" - METALLICA 

10."A DAY IN THE LIFE" - THE BEATLES

11."UNDER THE BRIDGE" - RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS

12. "DREAM ON" - AEROSMITH

13. "WISH YOU WERE HERE" - PINK FLOYD

14. "NOTHING ELSE MATTERS" - METALLICA

15."SWEET CHILD O' MINE" - GUNS N' ROSES

16."BABA O'REILLY [liVE AT KILBURN]" - THE WHO 

17. "SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL" - THE ROLLING STONES

18."ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL, PT. 2" - PINK FLOYD

 19. "TOM SAWYER" - RUSH

20. "BORN TO RUN" - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

21. "AMERICAN IDIOT" - GREEN DAY 

22. "ROXANNE" - THE POLICE 

23. "IMAGINE" - JOHN LENNON 

24. "ROCK AND ROLL" - LED ZEPPELIN 

25."COME AS YOU ARE" - NIRVANA

26. "HEY JUDE" - THE BEATLES

27."NEW YEAR'S DAY" - U2

28. "HOTEL CALIFORNIA" - EAGLES 

29. "KASHMIR" - LED ZEPPELIN 

30."THE UNFORGIVEN" - METALLICA

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Uncle Mike's Thoughts Of The Day / Top 5 Rock Songs of All Time- My Opinion

« on: October 01, 2012, 11:03:50 PM »

CHOM-FM in Montreal is having a poll and will announce the Top 500 Rock Songs of All Time according to it's listeners. The DJs weighed in with their Top 5, so I got to thinking....
And came up with my Top 5. I also came up with the 5 songs that didn't make it and 5 Honorable Mentions.

So here we go with the 5 Honorable Mentions (Technically 11-15).
In no particular order-

Ballroom Blitz-The Sweet I was so fond of this song, that I used to leave my transister radio on CKGM during the night while I was sleeping. Whenever the song came on, my brain would wake me up so I could listen to it.

Dream On-Aerosmith Back in the day when Steve Tyler could hit the high notes. A classic.

Don't Look Back-Boston Whenever I think of that band, that's the song I think of.

Bad Case of Loving You-Robert Palmer Took Moon Martin's song and made it his own. The version you want to hear is the one off his Greatest Hits album. They played with the instrumentation and improved it.

Roxanne-The Police The song that started it all. A love story of a lady of the night and the man who wants to change her ways.

And now the ones that didn't make the Top 5 (6-10)

10. Gimmie Shelter-Rolling Stones This song does not sound like it's from 1969. My favorite Stones song.

9. Who Are You- The Who It could have been this or Pinball Wizard. Or Baba O'Reilly. But had to be one before Keith Moon's death.

8.New Year's Day-U2 Back when the boys were young.

7. While My Guitar Gently Weeps- The Concert for George Harrison All Star tribute to the silent Beatle. Eric Clapton at his best.

6. Rock and Roll Dreams Come True-Jim Steinman Steinman's choral classic about how music can always be the savior. "Remember everything that I told you/and I'm telling you again that is true/You're never alone/cause you can put on the 'phones/ and let the drummer tell your heart what to do."

And Now.......The Top 5 Rock Songs of All Time

5. Born to Run-Bruce Springsteen Bruce and the band at their youth...and rawest.

4. Money-Pink Floyd Roger Water's timeless classic who's lyrics are just as relevent today as they were 40 years ago.

3. London Calling-The Clash Needed some punk here and it also represents one the greatest album covers ever:


2. We Will Rock You/ We Are The Champions-Queen Origionally I had Bohemien Rhapsody here but I changed my mind. Back in the spring of 1978, when the BFA baseball team was making our championship run, this combo, which were new on the charts, proved to be our inspiration.

And now the Number 1 Rock Song Ever(according to me)

1. Layla-Derek and the Dominoes 42 years later, this song still inspires air guitarists to try to emulate the one and only, Eric Clapton.

And so.....let the debate begin

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Current News & Events / FXFD Auxiliary Presents Zumbathon!- Photos

« on: September 30, 2012, 10:01:16 PM »

The Fairfax Fire Department Auxiliary held a fundraiser at BFA-Fairfax Sunday afternoon- a Zumbathon. Zumba is a exercise workout that is set to Latino and salsa music. It's a lot of dancing and arm motion and is really a workout. About 30 people, including instructers, danced for a good hour and a half or more. They were joined by 6 FXFD firefighters. The plan was to have the firefighters join in for a dance. We joined in for the first dance, then the fourth one, and most of us ending up dancing to most of them.
It really is a workout. My arms got tired. I did stop and take some pictures and posted them on Facebook.









I took a one minute video of some of the dancing and posted it on Facebook. I am trying to figure out how to post the link here so you can see it.

I had a really good time. When they have it again, I encourage everyone to come down and have a really good time.

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Uncle Mike's Thoughts Of The Day / Tragedy in Brantford, Ontaio, Canada Over the weekend-RACECAR FOUND!!

« on: September 16, 2012, 09:53:18 PM »

Okay, no one got killed or anything but if you knew these people, you would understand that this is a tragedy.

I have talked about Matt Tanner from New York State, and how he races with ESS. We've known Matt and his family for a while and they have bought some parts from Lonnie and Anthony, including an engine, I think, over the years.
Saturday night, Matt and family had raced at the Canadian Sprint Car Nationals in Ohsweken, Ont. Afterwards, they stopped in to the Days Inn in Brantford to stay the night.
During the night, their rig was stolen. As in, the truck, the trailer with the race car and everything in it. It happened between 1am and 2:30 am.
Here's some pics from Facebook:









The #90 is a family race team and are really good people respected in the pit area. everything they had for a racing operation is gone.

Matt posted this on his Facebook page Sunday night:
''By now everyone knows my entire racing operation was stolen from the Days Inn in Brantford ON. Everything from motors and my car to tools and firesuit are gone, along with the truck and trailer and alot of my crews personal items. Glenn Styres has posted a reward and him and the Brantford Police are doing the best they can to find everything. If anyone has any information on it please let me know, me and my family put everything we have into that race team and really would like to salvage anything we can. I would like to thank everyone for everything they have done for me today. The outpouring of generosity from the racing community has been overwhelming. I would like to give a special thanks to everyone from ESS, PST, Glenn Styres and Oshweken Speedway, Angel Taber for posting on the social media, Anthony Cain, Lonnie Lacillade and my family and friends for all the help they have provided today."

This is not the first time a racing operation was stolen at a motel. A couple years ago a DIRT Modified hauler from New York was stolen from a motel in Drummondville. The trailer with a partial modified was found a couple weeks later in a wooded area.

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Current News & Events / FXFD Training Photos from Ovitt's Pond Tuesday night

« on: August 21, 2012, 09:46:22 PM »

We were training at Ovitt's Pond, at the base of Buck Hill on Buck Hollow Road.


Aaron Sanders pumping water out of the pond into Engine 2.


Sending water from Engine 2 to Tanker 1.


Flushing out the dry hydrant. This is done by pumping water through the hydrant BACK INTO the pond. This is to clean out any sediment in the pipe. The end of the pipe in the pond is the swirls you see to the left of the firefighter about hip level between the two weeds.


Once cleaned out, Aaron pumps water from the pond into Engine 2 using the dry hydrant.

Clarification about a dry hydrant: There is no water pressure in the hydrant. It is located near a body of water, but no pressure is in the pipe. Here in the village, if you were to open a hydrant and unscrew the top, you would get water from the gravity fed lines. There is enough pressure in the town system, that you can fill a truck without the use of a pump. Whereas with a dry hydrant, the only way to get the water out, is to pump it out.

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Current News & Events / Fairfax Fire Training with Westford 8/14/12-Photos

« on: August 14, 2012, 09:54:53 PM »

Emptying Tanker 3 into a porta-pond that is hooked to Engine 2.


Westford Rescue 714


Jesse Fleming empties Tanker 1 as driver D.J. Leach looks on.


Setting two porta-ponds side by side. With a suction connecting them, when the level of the truck closest to the pumper gets down, the water is siphoned from the second pond.








Water is pulled into the pumper by way of the black suction hose, then pumped out the 4" yellow hose on the left......


..around in back of the Engine.....


...runs along the parking area.....


....and towards the ladder truck......


...and then up the ladder and out.


The ladder is extended to 80 feet and is placed at a 70 degree angle. 80 feet is the highest you can go to push water. If you are not pushing water, the ladder can extend to 100 feet. Plus the fact that the base of the ladder is about 7 feet off the ground, the actual height of the ladder to the top in this picture is 87 feet.


Firefighter Eric "Hillbilly" Smith climbs to the top of the ladder and adjusts the nozzle.


Standing on the ground, looking up between Jordan Hayes and Eric Smith with the ladder in the center and water coming out. I. LOVE. THIS. PICTURE.

MEANWHILE...AT THE WATER SOURCE...


Dry Hydrant. Pipe goes underground and over with the end at the bottom of the river. Hook up a pumper to the hydrant and start suctioning water through the pipe.


Black suction hose goes to the pump and water comes out through the 4" yellow hose...


...to a relief valve. When a tanker is finished filling, the valve for the smaller hose is opened, relieving pressure in the big hose so the end may be disconnected from the tanker.


From the relief valve, to Tanker 3.


Tanker 3 has a gauge to see how full the tank is filling. Notice the two elongated white objects. You can see the water rise as the tank is filling and can stop the process before the water overfills the tank and start splashing all over the road. Notice the bottom part is darker than the top. The tank is half full.




Jim Hogan hooking up Tanker 1.

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Current News & Events / Sights and Sounds Festival, Aug. 12, 2012-Photos

« on: August 12, 2012, 08:51:55 PM »

Rosie Newton of St. Albans opened the show. An 11 year old girl with the singing voice of a 30 year old. Has done the National Anthem and God Bless America at Fenway Park.


The crowd on hand.


Jaylin Seaman of Fairfax.


April Reynolds of Waterville.


Banner.


Beth McMurray of Fairfax. She won the Talent Contest at the Lamoille County Field Days.


The Flat Top Duo. Normally, they are the Flat Top Trio, but their bass player was in Maine.


Tiffany Couture of Colchester. She won an American Idol challenge in Florida.


Your host for the show, Troy Millette of Fairfax, did a set of comedy and song.


Alana Freeman of Highgate.


Tom Schmidt of Westford.


Keeghan Nolan and her Band of Fairfield.


Troy and Alana formed a duo called A Hometown Dream.


Keegan Farara of Cambridge.


"Sam's Sister" of Fairfax. Sam Donohue on drums with his sister Scout on guitar.


Peyton Kerekes and Neil Kaiser of "Crimson Cove" of Fairfax did a intrumental set.


Abby Grimmer and her father, Jack of St. Albans closed the show.

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Uncle Mike's Thoughts Of The Day / And Now, A Word From Our Sponsors.....Photos

« on: July 25, 2012, 08:25:13 PM »

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Uncle Mike's Thoughts Of The Day / Photos from Mohawk Raceway 7/20/12

« on: July 25, 2012, 08:21:22 PM »

Apologies for getting these up. Been right out straight last few days. Anthony finished 17th last Friday night at Mohawk Raceway. 23 cars were scheduled to start. One had a motor lock up and wouldn't fire. One dropped out during the 25 lap, caution free race.


hanging out visitin'- from left. clockwise- Carl, Lance Yonge, Henry Tanner(Matt's Dad), Mike Mallet(The Voice of the ESS),
Anthony, and Lonnie.


I LOVE THIS PICTURE!! I was sitting on the edge of the ramp leading into the trailer, looked at the car, leaned over for a lower shot, and this is what I got.


More shooting the bull. Carl, Lonnie and Anthony talking with Tyler Rand from Ontario, Canada.


One of the guys that runs ESS is Lee Ladouceur. Here's Lee's brother, Joey, getting ready for the ProStock feature. He won. Joey is one of the top ProStock drivers in the Northeast.