Building things like it's a Five Year Plan. 
Yesterday I read the maintenance section of my new bike's instruction manual. Get hype for weekly / monthly / quarterly care. 
I have to squarely give credit to my wife for the retrofit. She filed the paperwork with the City (it's a historic house with connections to the underground railroad), nagged my ass for a year, and was awesome the whole way through. We had to live in a little rental condo for 6 months while the contractors tore down the walls which was rough, but it was well worth it. Shit is pristine.
THE WELLINGTON-OBERLIN SLAVE RESCUE OF 1858
tour_pic1In September of that year, John Price, a fugitive slave living in Oberlin, was tricked by slave hunters and taken by force to the nearby town of Wellington to await a train that would transport him back to Kentucky and slavery. The news of his abduction spread rapidly, and local abolitionists sprung into action. Students from Oberlin College set out for Wellington on foot, only to be overtaken by black and white townspeople speeding past in carriages and on horseback. Vowing no slave would ever be taken from Oberlin, the mob surrounded the Wellington hotel where Price was being held by three slave catchers from Kentucky. The rescuers carried him out a window, shuttled him back to Oberlin and hid him in the basement of James Fairchild's house (Fairchild later became president of Oberlin College). Soon after, Price disappeared. It is assumed that he made it to Canada and freedom.
The "hotel" in wellington they are discussing here, is my house.
Here is a pic. I ran out of lights that day
