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Album:2008:10-14 Gramps-90th Birthday
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My gramps just turned 90, and I didn't get to see him during his
birthday party (because of Burning Man), so I made a special trip
out to spend some time with him. We checked out some museums around
town which are actually loaded with Ljung family history, and he
wore me out. :-)
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An ice boat,
I didn't know these existed, but they do, and they make sense in the world of fun-ness.
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Looking at a big motor,
trying to figure out the electrical
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Big Ole,
the viking statue, has many memories for me as a kid. He's shrunk a bit, though.
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This fish trap
was in a native american exhibit, but had actually come from regular old scandinavian folks. I think it came from my family, but can't quite remember.
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An interesting board game
that I want to find the rules for and convince someone to play.
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Gramps talking to
some museum folks.
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The legendary nailing machine.
We sneak behind the rope and go touch it.
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My great-great-grand..her was an inventor,
and patented a few things, including this nailing machine.
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And a "saw vise" for sharpening saws.
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We monkey around with the nailing machine,
to figure out how it works. It was a little damaged, so we needed to fix it first.
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Nailing machine, in action.
[Video, 2.2M]
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His saw vise patent.
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His modified suspension and transmission.
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Some history.
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This machine was beautiful,
and now I can't remember what it did exactly, some sort of turbine.
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And after a long day,
chilling at the Martinson house.
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