Time to exit the bus.

These photos came out a little blurry.
Bob weir is the one on the stage and I'm the one sitting in my seat.
(just in case you were confussed)

Alot of people ask why do you go to see the same bands over and over again?
Every night the bands we see play a different set list from previous nights. Each night the band has a different energy level. We are always "chasing the dragon" as it were, for that perfect show. The show on friday night is as close to it as we have been in a very long time.

Fridays show was at the Barbara Mann theater of the performing arts in Fort Meyers. It is actually the auditorium at Edison College. A small venue (approx. 900 seats) made just for music. Padding on the ceiling, beautiful and comftobale seats, and alot of very nice elderly attendents to help you to your seats. (5th row tonight).

Set 1
Jam>
The Music Never Stopped>
Maggies Farm,
She Belongs To Me,
Loose Lucy,
Money For Gasoline,
Even So>
October Queen>
The Deep End>
Hell In A Bucket.

Set 2
Stealin>
Freind Of The Devil>
Victim Or The Crime>
Estimated Prophet>
Lady With A Fan>
Terrapin>
STUFF>
Sugaree>
Sugar Magnolia.

Encore:
At A Siding>
Terrapin Fl yer.

First set was an excellent set. Alot of the songs my wife and I enjoy, strong energy and excellent sound in this venue. Crowd was abuzz at intermission saying it was one of the best sets of this Fall tour.

Then came the second set. WOW....WOW....WOW!!
This by far was the best set we have seen in 19 years by ANY band.(We have seen alot of shows in this time). Ratdog blew the roof off of this place, and the crowd blew the doors open with their applause.
It was like listening to a symphony ochestra.
We will Never miss a Ft. Meyers show again.









Saturdays show was in Boca Raton, outdoors to about 5000 people. It was a good fun show, but kind of a letdown after fridays extravaganza.
Still a good solid show.

Set 1
Jam>
Bertha>
Silvio> Tequella> Silvio>
Althea>
Bird Song>
The Golden Road To Unlimited Devotion>
Lazy River Road>
Bird Song>
Big Railroad Blues.

Set 2
Candyman>
Me And My Uncle>
When I Paint My Masterpiece>
Dancing In The Streets>
The Other Ones>
STUFF>
Morning Dew>
China Cat Sunflower>
I Know You Rider.

Encore:
Box Of Rain>
One More Saturday Night.

A very solid show, sound was for an outdoor venue, only second time ever playing Dancing In The Streets, and first time ever playing Box Of Rain.
Had a grate time and will be looking for a summer tour with all the remaining members of the Dead. Rumor has it they will be playing at either the Wannee or at Longarado in Florida.

Till next time,
Tim.

2 down 2 to go.

Picture of Bob Weir guitar
Tuesday November 18, 2008
Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater Florida

Set 1
Jam>
Shakedown Street>
Easy Answers>
Queen Jane>
Looser>
Salt Lake City>
Ramble On Rose>
Playing in the band> (first 2 verses)
Might As Well.

Set 2
Blackbird>
Artificial Flowers>
El Paso>
He's Gone>
Eyes Of The World>
STUFF>
Playing in the Band> (verse 3)
Standing On The Moon>
Foolish Heart.

Encore: Attics Of My Life (no instuments)

Fantastic show, our seats were in the front row dead center. 4-5 feet from the band.
Alot of solos and deep, deep jams. Salt Lake City and Artificial Flowers have not been played in a very long time.
A Very psycodelic show.



Photo of Robin Sylvester Bass Guitar.
He played on the Beatles last album.

Wednesday November 19, 2008
Hard Rock Cafe
Orlando Florida

Set 1
Jam>
Help>Slipknot>
It's all over now,
She Says>
Wrong Way Feeling>
Tennessee Jed>
All Along The Watchtower>
Weater Report Suite Prelude Part 1>
Let It Grow.

Set 2
Big Iron>
Mexicalli Blues>
The Weight>
West LA Fadeaway>
Women Are Smarter>
STUFF>
Stella Blue>
Throwing Stones>
Not Fade Away.

Encore: Not Fade Away> Slipknot> Franklins Tower.

Another grate show! Alot less solos/jams and just straight up Rock and Roll put on your dancing shoes and shake them bones.
Crowed loved this show and were dancing in the streets afterwards.




Photo of Jay Lane drums
Played with Les Claypool and Primus (original Ratdog member)

2 shows are done and we have 2 more to finish the Florida run.
Friday night in Fort Meyers, and Saturday night in Boca Raton.
I have to admit my wife and I are not as young as we used to be. After only 2 shows we are kinda tired and sore. It is going to be good to sleep in our own bed.

Nothing left to due but smile, smile, smile,
Tim

Bobbys comming.

Going to see 4 concerts in 5 days in 4 cities.
Clearwater Tuesday Front row seats.
Orlando Wednesday General Admission.

Fort Meyers Friday 5th row seats.
Boca Raton Saturday General Admission.

Go Bob Weir!!

Stay Cool,
Tim

Fixin up a mess.

Here is a picture of "before" look at the light bulb (not lit) for a reference point.

Here is the after picture. Only a 6-8 foot decked crawl now.

Total count was 5 cut trusses, 6 truck loads of trash, 3 air handlers left behind, and 4 days of work for 3 men.

The customer used to have to run the system at 73 degrees daytime and 70 at night to stay comfortable.

Now she is freezing at 75 day and night and needs to keep it at 76 to 77 degrees to stay "just right".

She will see some electric savings now!

Stay Cool, Tim

Fresh Tour Shirts Are Comming.

Here is a sneak peak of the Thunder and Lightning tour shirts.
I will have them by Halloween.
Tell me what you think.
If you want one....E-mail me and reserve one.
Thanks
Tim

PS. Tomorrow is Ana and My anniversary! 17 years and still counting.

Part 2 of a mess.

I have shown this before. Ducts laying on insulation WILL create water. It is like putting 2 coolers on top of each other, water will create quickly. As you can see with these pictures the ducts are touching everything, and with the high humidity this year my customer has water stains EVERYWHERE in her home.

Also because the unit had a "butt plate" return plenum on it, the air handler sweats too. The installing company thought taking insulation from the ceiling and shoving it in the emergency drain pan and under the air handler unit will help. Again insulation on insulation makes more moisture. The bottom of the air handler is rusted out and the emergency pan its on its way, not to mention the mold growing and a few rodents starting homes and family's in there.

This is were the water is after I moved the duct over a few feet.

Trash....Trash.....Trash.... I don't need to remove any stinkin trash. On top off all this they left all the trash in the attic. A good van or two worth of trash.

The worst part of this whole situation is...........................THIS SYSTEM IS ONLY 3 1/2 YEARS OLD!

Not a very long time for a $8,000. investment.

We need inspections/permits for HVAC change outs in Martin County!!!!!!

Stay cool and have fun

Tim

PS

Less than a month away for the 4 Ratdog shows in Florida!

Water stains Part 1

Alot of pictures this week!!
I'm going to have to make a part II entry today to get all the pictures I want.

This is our journey:
Complaint: Water stains showing up on the ceiling inside.
This first pic is were you climb up into the attic. 33 inch high at the peak.
There is some wood along the way. It is 1/2 inch plywood across 2 feet trusses, not nailed, not a good strong situation for a person to climb on.
Belly crawl through maze here.

This is our 2nd part of our crawl. Keep in mind outside 84 beautiful degrees. Inside attic 95 to 100 degrees. 12 foot crawl here to get to the pull chain light. Note: don't pull the wrong chain, the Tv and wireless computer stuff is plugged into the light too. Last time I was here and made this mistake, the TV shut off and the on line stuff crashed. Customer was stoked on this.

Notice the old abandoned air handler to the left, and all the duct laying on the insulation.

Now part 3 of this nice crawl across the ceiling.

Wrestle 10 feet over and under trusses to this delightful 4 year old air handler. The install of this job is horrendous. The ducts are strapped with old telephone wire. The unit is supported with used old cracking wood. Water dripping off of everything.

Please don't let me step through the ceiling. Plywood ran out a while back.

Well here I am, 4 feet away, Hey what is this? Oh it's just a truss cut out and wedged into an old used duct plenum to keep it from falling off the air handler. Supply duct only 18 inches long, should a minimum of 3 feet, and new.

Note: A TRUSS SHOULD NEVER BE CUT AND REMOVED!!

I counted 3 cut in this house.

This is a picture of the back side of the air handler. This is called the return air side of the unit. This is were clean, non restricted air goes into the machine. It should be in a nice 3 to 4 foot plenum. This one is a piece of flex duct shoved into the back. we call this a butt plate. Hey someone left their gloves with a bucket of trash.

What does this all add up to?

A big mess!