tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60124987568948471292024-02-19T18:30:52.369-08:00CoraleeThe rebirth of my 1960 ShastaDiamondrelicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03385464934010995953noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6012498756894847129.post-72977696731370687012012-07-29T06:54:00.000-07:002012-07-29T06:54:35.478-07:00Ah, the smell of new wood paneling...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix2ByfR7FvPKRHUQUOJp7Yt639yISXtJfBlMpA3GzGqNBqcYz__e2naYzctK5Xrp79OnJdcXlE0B6OuToYLqGyJKiFJ3v56vjpp46Z6cpKwQOKoUYhoe_yn6EuKtp6WqC3P7YLpcrE21I/s1600/coralee+7282012+001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix2ByfR7FvPKRHUQUOJp7Yt639yISXtJfBlMpA3GzGqNBqcYz__e2naYzctK5Xrp79OnJdcXlE0B6OuToYLqGyJKiFJ3v56vjpp46Z6cpKwQOKoUYhoe_yn6EuKtp6WqC3P7YLpcrE21I/s320/coralee+7282012+001.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQfGxOLCpGjo0mv7wbASLxvCVwEvuEO9fwlPM0MtpPT3z5_tQJDnJKXDbYQ09_gDpJPTQMOAEDMsoFkKxomxWl-jE_sHMLJSqP-ljBHHDtZ13QC0YcAJ0DTCDosOc7j3YvZxzvM-N5gpM/s1600/coralee+7282012+017.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQfGxOLCpGjo0mv7wbASLxvCVwEvuEO9fwlPM0MtpPT3z5_tQJDnJKXDbYQ09_gDpJPTQMOAEDMsoFkKxomxWl-jE_sHMLJSqP-ljBHHDtZ13QC0YcAJ0DTCDosOc7j3YvZxzvM-N5gpM/s320/coralee+7282012+017.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Well</span></i> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">my dad finally got all of Coralee's paneling finished. She looks beautiful, and the smell of new wood is awesome. We ended up using 3/16 birch for the majority of the interior and 1/8 inch for the ceiling. She is a lot stronger than she use to be. Yes she will weigh more but I'd rather have that than have her blow apart in a strong wind. Being as she was made originally on a Friday afternoon or first thing Monday morning</span>, <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">she was really flimsy. I ordered some new handles from Rejuvenation Hardware and they are sweet! They are a little bit different than the originals but a person would have to look real close to tell. If someone is going to be that knit picky they don't belong in my old girl</span>. <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I only had to get 3 for the new closet that we made. You'll notice the new closet door opens the wrong way. We didn't have an old one to go by since to PO had ripped all that out . The new one was installed before I had a chance to say it was backwards, but it looks fine and will be easy to get into. He also built in little hidden storage compartments in the closet, for those things nobody needs to know I have. Next will be laying down the flooring and getting the dinette cushions back from Jeremiah my upholstery guy. Oh and I guess I better get stared on the curtains also. Well ciao for now....</span><br />
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Well we have been productive this winter. I sent the frame out and had it powder coated cream color. We painted the wheels coral, than started on the floor. We decided to use plywood coated with a special coating make for decking to seal it up. It worked great. The floor is down and the sides are up.. See how pretty the new paneling is:) Now my dad has had to make alot of new pieces for Coralee. Thank God the man is a genius with wood. He only stapled his finger once and didn't cut any off..lol...family joke..you would have had to have been there. So as you see by the pics we are cruising along. I will get more pics up as I get them taken...CaioDiamondrelicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03385464934010995953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6012498756894847129.post-67301650693220467602011-12-05T14:59:00.000-08:002011-12-05T14:59:47.366-08:00One big implosion!What a mess I have. There are Coralee parts everywhere! A pile of aluminum here, a pile of cabinets there. Today I took Coralee's frame to get it powdercoated. He's is only charging me $300 to sandblast her and coat her a cream color. I could have had it done in coral but it was special order and $100 more. So back to the implosion. Coralee has been completely disassembled. We have been working on the wood framing all fall, redoing the bad and adding a little extra here and there for support. I have also been sanding her cabinets. I went down to my local independent lumber supply and found I can get 1/8" birch for $19.00 a sheet. I'm thinking 15 sheets should do all I need to do inside with a little left over. She is alot of work but my Dad (Good ol Dad) is retired and its giving something to do. He's an awesome wood worker so ahe's right up his alley.I will try to post pics soon!Diamondrelicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03385464934010995953noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6012498756894847129.post-88649299819157191292011-02-22T13:15:00.000-08:002011-02-22T13:15:52.482-08:00Looks like an implosion happened here!Well slowly but surely Coralee is getting tore apart. It looks like shes been imploded, poor thing. We now have all her aluminum off her. Removing and replacing rotten wood ( boy is there alot of it) and adding extra for support. There must have been alot of drinking going on at the ole Shasta factory. I am amazed at how nothing lines up. "Close enough" must have been the motto of the day...LOL. We have had a small set back. My Uncle Bob passed away two weeks ago. He was helping my dad with the woodwork. Soon we will be back at it, going strong. Uncle Bob loved to travel and he liked Coralee, so I have decided that as soon as she is done my dad and I are going to see about taking her to Bodie, Calif. Unc loved that old ghost town and wanted to go back there. We will be taking some of his ashes with us. Wanderlust runs in the family so the 1000 mile trip wont be a problem. Lots of ghost towns along the way...Will try to some pics up soon!Diamondrelicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03385464934010995953noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6012498756894847129.post-81019179897512296462011-01-03T10:03:00.000-08:002011-01-03T10:03:21.632-08:00Coralee's Christmas gifts<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRT_YSZ8Hyx-_-Jh_5nwY4C3oxVmEFJF6NfkZ04qqutU8qdrmNYoCk54sUt3WQgBC-c53UK6suwrfWHIv3XBGRg4GCDe9yN3B6ytKrgg84-vNGRWucB8bLNaRNN3oC_WcYP_NEhiZwjEY/s1600/Coralee+Christmas+gifts+004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRT_YSZ8Hyx-_-Jh_5nwY4C3oxVmEFJF6NfkZ04qqutU8qdrmNYoCk54sUt3WQgBC-c53UK6suwrfWHIv3XBGRg4GCDe9yN3B6ytKrgg84-vNGRWucB8bLNaRNN3oC_WcYP_NEhiZwjEY/s320/Coralee+Christmas+gifts+004.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><em><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Coralee was so happy that everyone thought about her for Christmas. She got some neat new vintage stuff. Her Grandma Kathy got her a couple of vintage confettie Melmac Bowls, Grandma Bobbie and Grandpa Art got her a percolator clock, sugar dispensor, and a cool set of plastic glasses NOS. I got her and couple of burlap coffee cups, chicken timer (couldn't help myself) and ketchsup and mustard bottles. I love vintage so there will be alot more to come. Antique store are my best friends!</span></em>Diamondrelicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03385464934010995953noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6012498756894847129.post-9107776322809253482010-12-20T18:52:00.000-08:002010-12-20T18:52:08.787-08:00Wierd looks from the people at Home DepotWell my coral boomerang formica came in. When the lady called she wanted to know just what I was using it for. I guess it's not everyday someone orders such a finely colored countertop. When I told her it was for Coralee she understood...I think. I did have to explain what Coralee was. She wasn't impressed. Some people just don't get it. I'm sure they're all waiting to see if I have orange colored hair and look a little freaky...lol. We'll find out tomorrow.Diamondrelicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03385464934010995953noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6012498756894847129.post-36680808666084664762010-12-07T10:34:00.000-08:002010-12-07T10:34:29.003-08:00Buying, buying and more buying<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinr4asUOYFkcVbn7gvhrCt5TuoMnj_e0BdJ6TFDslG9iS6HREtOoStaVJrrkyj6uJY4mFYQWFBm8gP8ipbgCbtgkT77Er-gnL8cLXIRPBbItWv795iQrn3KHLQ5j0fO6iFr76MDWSA9Zg/s1600/coral+boomerang.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinr4asUOYFkcVbn7gvhrCt5TuoMnj_e0BdJ6TFDslG9iS6HREtOoStaVJrrkyj6uJY4mFYQWFBm8gP8ipbgCbtgkT77Er-gnL8cLXIRPBbItWv795iQrn3KHLQ5j0fO6iFr76MDWSA9Zg/s1600/coral+boomerang.jpg" /></a></div>Well yesterday I ordered the formica for Coralee 's countertop and dinnette table. She will be Coral colored boomerang. I was lucky to get it since I read a couple weeks back they were discontinuing it. Called Formica and they still had a few sheets in stock at the factory..Yea!!! She'll be soooo pretty. Can't wait to get to the point I can put her all back together again. It's been hard to work on her recently since it hasn't been above 30 in a couple weeks. I guess it's time to invest in some long johns.Diamondrelicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03385464934010995953noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6012498756894847129.post-65793039916290836102010-11-14T19:35:00.000-08:002010-11-14T19:35:56.126-08:00What the hell was I thinking! Oh yeah it was love at first sight....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN0HJtbQBWCzElqSqP3Wal1FoyP1zbjLKACr_AkrDGTAwTMtywyWRiBybiephTnBpHjJMhgsH0x7fO9cBRAmp8OGIRO_vLJ5cWl1ZRqexXEQxOWvtEt2r2LjZF2sMSaxJTesuL2VTfqno/s1600/coralee+11-13-10+035.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN0HJtbQBWCzElqSqP3Wal1FoyP1zbjLKACr_AkrDGTAwTMtywyWRiBybiephTnBpHjJMhgsH0x7fO9cBRAmp8OGIRO_vLJ5cWl1ZRqexXEQxOWvtEt2r2LjZF2sMSaxJTesuL2VTfqno/s320/coralee+11-13-10+035.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX_iJ7SvVavNPb9TDPxBhXvR4w4Px-Hl5J_ExqgnOPqI6vhF9lRdct7K1nAtpky_YKugpta-GB57cxdvfSijVY03OZTWmHqR4ZrS9CRo7oMiQcA3w8wxuW_TploliTqwVE_OHxN99uMjk/s1600/coralee+11-13-10+036.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX_iJ7SvVavNPb9TDPxBhXvR4w4Px-Hl5J_ExqgnOPqI6vhF9lRdct7K1nAtpky_YKugpta-GB57cxdvfSijVY03OZTWmHqR4ZrS9CRo7oMiQcA3w8wxuW_TploliTqwVE_OHxN99uMjk/s320/coralee+11-13-10+036.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwu0K88k23WYl6UmXuuNBC3mFOpSidP-hBOEP8-Ga-ZWEGeE4zPdYx1g0qblbIgOPiCcWnjrTPzPf7AetgFxT8LBouNxjTwosj2fTo5vXUc2xweZM6jR1AKgqWs3UXavTCqapTGHHMq-I/s1600/coralee+11-13-10+038.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwu0K88k23WYl6UmXuuNBC3mFOpSidP-hBOEP8-Ga-ZWEGeE4zPdYx1g0qblbIgOPiCcWnjrTPzPf7AetgFxT8LBouNxjTwosj2fTo5vXUc2xweZM6jR1AKgqWs3UXavTCqapTGHHMq-I/s320/coralee+11-13-10+038.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Well as we started to take Coralee apart it has now become apparent that the old girl needs most of her wood replaced. She was definitely built very late in the day on a Friday. What the hell were they thinking! I don't do wood, but even I know that corners and joints need to match up. And what the hell is with using strips of particle board as a spacer. Someone must have needed a beer bad. She has been jack knifed in the front and somewhere along the line hit in the rear lightly. Most of her wood below her windows is rotted. I'm not real sure what held her together. Must have been dumb luck.It's a very good thing my dad is a patient man, and very good with wood. All he can do is look at Coralee, shake his head and say " This is going to take a while". Yep she's going to take a while. I was prepared for that, but I think I was the only one.Diamondrelicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03385464934010995953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6012498756894847129.post-82491865106268215012010-11-08T06:56:00.000-08:002010-11-08T06:56:19.699-08:00EWWWWW! Bugs! Stink bugs that isWell we thought we would see just what we got ourselves into today. Dad and I each grabbed a screwdriver and went to town. We decided we would start curbside and work our way around. First off let me say whoever had Coralee before was a baaaad person. I don't think there was 2 screws alike in her. I think they grabbed whatever was next to them and put in her no matter what the size or head. No wonder she hung her head low. We took her vent covers, drip rails, storage door, and windows off. The door was in real bad condition and will have to be rebuilt. For the most part everything was good but the wood underneath. Most of the wood around the door and diner window will have to be replaced. The door mostly because the PO took it upon themselves to "remodel" where the closet was and took most of it out. This resulted in a weakening of the frame next to the door. You can literally move it back and forth. Bad, bad, bad. The closet will be going back in. We did find where all the stink bugs were living. They crawl into the damnedest places. My poor dad. All he can do is look at her and say "boy is she going to be alot of work". Duh, I knew that when I brought her home. I look at her and know that its going to be ok and she will be beautiful in coral and cream.Diamondrelicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03385464934010995953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6012498756894847129.post-44321700519153860102010-10-31T18:59:00.000-07:002010-11-01T06:46:45.354-07:00Coralee- The rebirth of my 1960 Shasta<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxjo3Mw1FeMlGuYHMVFa1Z_NklwYdtJy5ag7j6aD6BFuupjmHQa5ASuVWcaCgVxnCnCJjUSJD927CE3OAD33FqduSyy_G0gzhvz2XZsF60HR2YHrHFB1jsbt6L-Kj2s55ozQ6qNRizSUI/s1600/shasta+007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxjo3Mw1FeMlGuYHMVFa1Z_NklwYdtJy5ag7j6aD6BFuupjmHQa5ASuVWcaCgVxnCnCJjUSJD927CE3OAD33FqduSyy_G0gzhvz2XZsF60HR2YHrHFB1jsbt6L-Kj2s55ozQ6qNRizSUI/s320/shasta+007.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Finding The Right Camper</strong></span></em></div> <em><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is the story of Coralee. She is a 1960 Shasta Airflyte. </span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> To start at the beginning I love old stuff. It doesn't matter what it is cars, furniture, people, Campers, I love old stuff. For years I have wanted a camper to pull behind my 1960 Ford Starliner. You see I like to road trip in the old girl and don't really care to stay in hotels. For me a camper would be perfect and of course it had to be a canned ham. I looked for a long time to find just what I wanted. It was that whole thing of " I'll know it when I see it". So that is how I found Coralee.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Sept. 2010</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> A friend of mine (Dave) knew that I wanted a canned ham trailer. One day he came into my shop to tell me he had seen a couple in a storage yard a few miles from where I was. He didn't know what they were but they were old. So the following week I had a meeting in the next town over and on the way back I decided to stop and take a look.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> There she was. Lonesome. Sitting by herself, out in the weather. It was love at first sight. I still didn't know anything about her, but I knew I wanted her. I stopped in at the office to find out if she was for sale. She had been there a few years, the man said. He took my number and said he would pass it on.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: Verdana;">A couple weeks later I <span style="background-color: yellow;">received </span>a call from the elderly lady who owned her. She said she loved the old girl and had lots of great memories in her, but couldn't use her anymore due to her health. Turned out she was a 1960 just like my car. That was fate. We struck a bargain and $300 later she was mine.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> I called my Dad ( isn't that what dad's are for) to please come help me get her home. Out he came, we hooked her up and away we went. She towed great. No problems getting her home. Once at home we tucked her into her spot and waited for my hubby to come home. He came home took one look at her and shook his head. Luckily he said he knew I was nuts years ago. He opened her door, took a deep breath and said "Boy do I love the smell of these old trailers" That was it, he was hooked.</span></em><br />
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Coming Up With A Name</span></em></strong><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> Every camper needs a name. Kind of like an old car, finding the right name takes time since you have to find out their personality. When We got Coralee home and started to try and clean her, we called her Dirtball. She had been used as a hunting camper and for huckleberry picking. They would drag her out into the woods and leave her for sometimes months on end. I'm not sure if she ever had a good cleaning until we started in on her. So Dirtball it was. Than as I started to strip the paint off her , her real colors came through. Under all the baby blue and white paint she was really Coral on the bottom and Cream on top. I could envision her repainted Coral and Cream with her polished Z stripe. How beautiful. This is when we changed her name to Coralee. A beautiful name for a beautiful girl.</span></em><br />
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">The Rebirth of Coralee</span></em></strong><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Sept. 2010</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> Well I started to strip the paint off her. It looks like shes only been repainted once. With a brush! Poor thing. They even painted a new Z stripe. Of course its totally in the wrong spot. It took me about 3 days to strip it off the sides. I wonder how she'd look polished.....</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I started cleaning the insides. There for a minute I had that "What the hell am I thinking" thought running through my head. I put that thought aside and went back to work. She cleaned up fine inside and it didn't take as long as I thought. I did find that she needs pretty much all her paneling replaced. I was actually ready for that.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Oct. 31, 2010</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Took Coralee over to my Mom and Dads today. My Dad gets the honor of redoing the woodwork on her. This serves a dual purpose. I get my wood done and Dad has something to do. He's retired and doesn't like to sit around. Winters here can be tough so a project is a must. Plus my Mom gets tired of watching the Discovery Channel and needs him out of the house. He's awesome with wood and is the perfect person for the job. Getting her in their shop was another thing. It took a couple days to clean a spot and move his Mustang so we'd have room. As we were pushing her in the shop we notice her chimney for the furnace was going to hit. We let the air out of the tires and in she made it. Now shes in her new home for the winter. Can't wait to get to work!</span></em><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLtrPFgFxD3rdrZqDt_Z5aconMfN8tsxJ6YHpUPovY0hq8_PaGUEV06oBxml__EYIwJ7ogYs2b6w4RitH-CvfLpf7x15wmbm86Un7jOwpDPqcu9Zea-is3n537tLOfaUglxXr5nRM_v34/s1600/coralee.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLtrPFgFxD3rdrZqDt_Z5aconMfN8tsxJ6YHpUPovY0hq8_PaGUEV06oBxml__EYIwJ7ogYs2b6w4RitH-CvfLpf7x15wmbm86Un7jOwpDPqcu9Zea-is3n537tLOfaUglxXr5nRM_v34/s320/coralee.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is Coralee on her way to my Mom and Dads to start her renovation.</span></em></div><em><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> </span></em>Diamondrelicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03385464934010995953noreply@blogger.com2