The Official 4th ToO Birthday Present Construction Thread
Yes, I know it's still two months away...
You *always* get to ride in the Lemo.
Alright everybody, if you want good spots, start gathering for the fourth birthday celebration!
Alright everybody, if you want good spots, start gathering for the fourth birthday celebration!
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The "show" starts at 12 midnight, which is also when this is unveiled.
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Sometimes I choose the midnight of the most convenient time zone, depending on my schedule! It works out best for me that way.Trent DeWhite wrote:Of course... just another excuse for Catspaw to impose her agenda upon us by making us wait for midnight Central.
If you want to see the big "show"/unveiling, please click here to see the thread celebrating the ToO's fourth anniversary!
Thank you all for liking my cake. I would like to thank Arkman Construction, CAT, Waste Management, The Frosting Company, and Cake Block Productions.
Before moving out, I took this picture of all the helpers and equipment:
Smilies from left: 4 rock band members, myself, Catspaw, the FOH engineer, the monitor engineer, SCC's drummer, Steven Curtis Chapman, SCC's other guitarist, the contractor, the forklift driver, the truck director, and 6 workers.
Equipment from left to right, top row: Building mover caterpillar treads (on top of treads: walkie talkie, blueprint, block carts, glow sticks, megaphone, air compressor, 3 paint spray guns, 3 face masks), 2007 trailer, 2007 Hummer, 2008 Airstream trailer, 2008 pickup, contractor's fifth wheel trailer, contractor's pickup, 2 CAT mini excavators, CAT forklift.
2nd row: Rock band bus, Waste Management dumpster, larger-tired pickup, pickup with replaced door and truck cap, smashed car, flatbed (on flatbed: Gatorade cooler, toolbox, Igloo cooler), 2 dump trucks.
3rd row: 2 cement trucks, SCC's VW bus, SUV, 2 car transporter flatbeds, 4 flatbed semi trucks.
4th row: Frosting Company tanker semi truck, mini frosting trailer, Frosting Company spray truck, Lemo.
Before moving out, I took this picture of all the helpers and equipment:
Smilies from left: 4 rock band members, myself, Catspaw, the FOH engineer, the monitor engineer, SCC's drummer, Steven Curtis Chapman, SCC's other guitarist, the contractor, the forklift driver, the truck director, and 6 workers.
Equipment from left to right, top row: Building mover caterpillar treads (on top of treads: walkie talkie, blueprint, block carts, glow sticks, megaphone, air compressor, 3 paint spray guns, 3 face masks), 2007 trailer, 2007 Hummer, 2008 Airstream trailer, 2008 pickup, contractor's fifth wheel trailer, contractor's pickup, 2 CAT mini excavators, CAT forklift.
2nd row: Rock band bus, Waste Management dumpster, larger-tired pickup, pickup with replaced door and truck cap, smashed car, flatbed (on flatbed: Gatorade cooler, toolbox, Igloo cooler), 2 dump trucks.
3rd row: 2 cement trucks, SCC's VW bus, SUV, 2 car transporter flatbeds, 4 flatbed semi trucks.
4th row: Frosting Company tanker semi truck, mini frosting trailer, Frosting Company spray truck, Lemo.
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Yes, it's being eaten right now.
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We didn't exactly use boxes of cake mix, we just bought the chocolate and vanilla blocks from Cake Block Productions. For anyone interested, here is the total budget for the project:
Now that we've moved the excess cake to the cafeteria in City Hall and jackhammered the concrete, we've put the buildings and vehicles back, now completely restored, and a family has moved in:
Now that we've moved the excess cake to the cafeteria in City Hall and jackhammered the concrete, we've put the buildings and vehicles back, now completely restored, and a family has moved in:
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