Star Trek Convention 2013

Last weekend we venture South to Nashville, Tennessee to attend the Star Trek Convention at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel. Here are a few pictures from our stay.

 Chekov - Walter Koenig

 Jadzia Dax - Terry Farrell

 Malcolm Reed - Dominic Keating

 Harry Kim - Garret Wang

 Odo and Kira - Rene Auberjonois and Nana Visitor

 K'Ehleyr - Susie Plakson

 Leeta - Chase Masterson

 Quark - Armin Shimerman

 Tasha Yar - Denise Crosby

Tuvok - Tim Russ

 ROM - Max Grodenchik

NOG - Aron Eisenberg

Under the House.

A couple of weekends ago while under the house trying to re level the kitchen floor I noticed a corroded pipe. It was a gas pipe which makes me a little nervous for it to fail and send explosive gas under the house looking for a spark. I wondered about getting someone to replace the pipe but this would undoubtedly cost a few hundred bucks. I did some research and found a product that would encapsulate the pipe and keep it from corroding further. I ordered the product called pipe wrap which cost $40. Since my Mom and Dad came up this weekend I decided to put it off until Monday. Well today is Monday so after shutting off the gas I gathered my tools and crawled under the house. After doing some additional shimming of the floors I moved on the the main project. The pipe was laying on top of an old red brick which allowed the ground moister to move to the pipe and cause the corrosion. First thing was to remove the brink and dig out enough dirt under the pipe to allow me enough room to wrap the pipe. I prepped the pipe with a wire brush and rasp to remove the loose rust and then prepared the epoxy coating. After apply the epoxy I then wet the fiberglass casting material and began to wrap the pipe. After wrapping the pipe you have to smooth the casting material with your hand for a couple of minutes to allow the product to cure. After project was done and a quick check on one of the sticking doors to see if the shimming worked, I was ready to get out from under the house. Total work time approx. 60 minutes. I am glad to get at least one thing that was looming over my head accomplished. I still have several other things that need to be finished up but it seems like I have to wait. Hope everyone had a good three day weekend.