AN Community Service Day - part 2

by gigglingone on Apr 5, 2009 8:14 PM PDT Comment 49 comments

The link from the Newman Center group are here.

This is the collection of photos from the Rebuilding Together Oakland group...

(photos from the cameras of gigglingone and Lynnzgal)

Some of the group was working indoors, tearing down the walls of the living room of the house:

batgirl, Pam5981, and Lynnzgal's son start working on ripping down the walls...

via farm4.static.flickr.com

And then there was the plumbing:

via farm4.static.flickr.com

On top of the shed:

via farm4.static.flickr.com

Wes7 and a hammer.

via farm4.static.flickr.com

Nico and his wench:

via farm4.static.flickr.com

We did a lot of work on the living room:

via farm4.static.flickr.com

Pam5981 and Lynnzgal taking a break for the cameras:

via farm4.static.flickr.com

The whole gang:

via farm4.static.flickr.com

(I would try to name everyone, but I know I would miss at least a few, so I'll let you all name yourself....)

Thanks to Pam 5981 and Nico for setting this all up, and to LongTimeFan for getting the tickets arranged! And thanks to everyone who participated in both of the projects for getting out there and doing some service in the community!!

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Could you move all the photos after the first...

…so they don’t all show up on the frontpage, please?

Last of the Ninth - Photography Site / jamesvenes.com - Blog

by Flashfire on Apr 5, 2009 8:51 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I didn't know that it was going to be on the front page

I’ll try to edit it and move the photos…

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Apr 5, 2009 8:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Someone else must be editting it now....

so I won’t do anything else….

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Apr 5, 2009 9:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think I just did.

Either that or I deleted all the photos. Or authorized an invasion of Guam.

I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal

by Nico on Apr 5, 2009 9:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

(Guam is SO dead.)

"If I told you once, I told you a thousand times: get yourself a hacksaw and a roll of duck tape, and attach your ankle-bracelet monitor to the leg of a gator." -lemurspoker

by Leopold Bloom on Apr 5, 2009 9:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Aside from that, good work you guys

Last of the Ninth - Photography Site / jamesvenes.com - Blog

by Flashfire on Apr 5, 2009 9:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

You guys are hard-working dogs!

Good job.

by IM4Oakgal on Apr 5, 2009 9:02 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

"hard-working dogs"?

I am not hard-working, and demand you take that back.

Woof.

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Apr 5, 2009 9:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

OK Lazy -ass dog then.

;-)

by IM4Oakgal on Apr 5, 2009 9:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

TY

I do have a rep to uphold. ;-)

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Apr 5, 2009 9:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

These are great photos, "Gigs"

Until I saw them, I didn’t realize how hard I worked. A hammer and a ~~wench~~ wrench. And still nothing got screwed.

I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal

by Nico on Apr 5, 2009 9:04 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I don't think you even worked that hard...

I don’t have any pictures of you with a hammer…..

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Apr 5, 2009 9:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh yeah, that's not me

Keep in mind that I rarely see myself, so it’s hard for me to remember what I look like.

I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal

by Nico on Apr 5, 2009 9:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Thanks, gigs!

"You have to score to win"~Rickey Henderson

by lynnzgal on Apr 5, 2009 9:10 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

That was a solid hammer

It made my work ridiculously easy. But then, you can probably see that in the expression on my face. Of course, the pair of gloves helped a lot as well. :-)

Nice pictures, Jenny. Thanks so much for taking them.

In God We Trust....All Others Must Show Data

by Wes7 on Apr 5, 2009 9:32 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Jenny? Who is Jenny?

My name is gigglingone

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There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Apr 5, 2009 9:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

But we call her "Gigs"

I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal

by Nico on Apr 5, 2009 9:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I like the fact

that Gigs shared her cookies.

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Apr 5, 2009 9:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

but I didn't touch Nico's meatballs

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Apr 5, 2009 9:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

or my banana

:-(

I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal

by Nico on Apr 5, 2009 9:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I learned my lesson when I tried your banana in Phoenix

tasty, but you were kind of a grouch about it….

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Apr 5, 2009 9:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well, this took an unexpected turn

My comment, not Nico’s banana.

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Apr 5, 2009 9:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'll share my cookies with you anytime 67M

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Apr 5, 2009 9:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

{melts}

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Apr 5, 2009 9:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Both kind of have a peel

I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal

by Nico on Apr 5, 2009 9:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Most men aren't that grouchy

when a woman is “trying” their banana. Nice to learn new facts about the people here on AN.

by IM4Oakgal on Apr 5, 2009 10:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wes7

Dude, I’ll go to a game with you anytime. You had me laughing. That Buck diddy was classic.

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Apr 5, 2009 9:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Heh, thanks, Marquez

It randomly popped into my head when I was walking out of the coliseum BART station a couple of years ago. (Actually, I think it was when I was heading to AN Day IV. But that’s neither here nor there.) I like to trot it out for Buck’s first AB of any game I’m at. My voice never quite gets all the way through it, but I keep trying.

And forgive me, Madame Who Giggles, I don’t know what happened there. Some of the fumes from the drywall must have passed from my lungs to my brain. Either that or was I just so focused on trying to get you to say something snarky about the gloves that I let my guard down with the other parts of the comment. I’ll let you decide.

In God We Trust....All Others Must Show Data

by Wes7 on Apr 5, 2009 10:11 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I love that you guys did this!!!!!!

"If I was any more warm and fuzzy I’d be lint." -grover

by baseballgirl on Apr 5, 2009 11:49 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

this is cool stuff

I miss Chad God

by ChadGod on Apr 6, 2009 12:20 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Vandals and looters

typical Oaklander behavior!

Nice work all

by Brian in 317 on Apr 6, 2009 7:11 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I can't believe most of you went to the game after that

I had to wash my hair twice when I got home I had so much plaster in it!

That was really fun—can’t wait to do it again :)

"Don't be an ass!" --Bill King

by batgirl on Apr 6, 2009 10:02 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Oh there were a lot of

comments of this variety: “I need a shower in the worse way”.

My usually baby-soft hands were feeling pretty rough (hey, I work at a computer all day).

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Apr 6, 2009 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Right?

67M was picking at mine, like that was going to do it.

We may do it again on the 18th. Stay tuned…

"You have to score to win"~Rickey Henderson

by lynnzgal on Apr 6, 2009 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I can't join you on the 18th

but let me know if the date changes.

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Apr 6, 2009 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm pretty sure the 18th won't be changing

I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal

by Nico on Apr 6, 2009 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I am TOTALLY In for the next one:

I wish I would have known about this.

by saintoakland on Apr 6, 2009 10:26 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Who was the ~~fiddler~~ hard worker on the roof? (pic 5)

The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus

by The Dogfather on Apr 6, 2009 10:36 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I'm gonna say that wasn't me

I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal

by Nico on Apr 6, 2009 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

That was me

The artist formerly known as HigherPie.

by vegAN ryAN on Apr 7, 2009 9:05 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

That looks (even) braver than eating a tofu quiche!

The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus

by The Dogfather on Apr 7, 2009 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm just glad I've dropped a few lbs in recent months

Because I’m pretty sure I was standing on wet cardboard.

The artist formerly known as HigherPie.

by vegAN ryAN on Apr 7, 2009 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

So, you ate it?

The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus

by The Dogfather on Apr 7, 2009 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Um, that was the cat.

I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal

by Nico on Apr 7, 2009 4:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Nice lathe and plaster

Were they planning to keep the rounded ceiling parts too? Those are a real classy bit that they don’t do in modern buildings anymore. But a pain to redo.

by MobiusKlein on Apr 6, 2009 10:37 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Yes, and yes

Most of the lath was in great shape. They were planning to replace the rotted-out parts and keep the rest. And they were planning to keep the curved ceiling. There were some very sweet features in this old house, which has great bones but too much neglect for too many years. It was fun to do a little part in bringing it back to life. And you should’ve seen the sparkly green naugahyde couch! I thought we could use it in our “AN Lounge.” Sorry I didn’t get a picture of it.

Losing this team would be a huge failure for this city and an affront to Oakland’s great sports legacy.

by skigurl on Apr 6, 2009 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs