327 000 board feet and Twinkies

I just got back from a mini-vacation with the family. We went down to Santa Cruz, mainly to go to the Beach Boardwalk and ride the Giant Dipper roller coaster which we havent experienced in a couple of years.

Now, the question is, how can this relate to a woodworking blog? Well I thought about that and came up with this: the Giant Dipper uses 327,000 board feet of lumber. Yeah, thats a lot of wood. At least more than I have in my shop.

Lets see...oh yeah, I was able to use my non-tape measure, measuring skills to determine that they make donuts that are about 6" in diameter.

And speaking of the food pyramid,  I ate a Deep Fried Twinkie! Yeah man, a Twinkie dipped in batter, deep fried, sprinkled with powdered sugar, then dipped in chocolate. If only they could deep fry it in beer and wrap it in beef jerky: now there youd have something!

Lastly, I thought it would be really cool to do a chorus line with a Brazilian showgirl while wearing a Mere Mortal tee-shirt. Strangely, she never once asked me about Bandsaw Hero or this web site.

Well, thats what Ive been up to. More woodworking tomorrow!