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Regular Building Hours
Mondays – Thursdays: 5:30 a.m. – 10 p.m.
Fridays: 5:30 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Saturdays: 7:30 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Sundays: 7:30 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Administrative offices close at 4 p.m. on Fridays and are closed on Saturdays and Sundays.
Holiday Hours
Shabbat and the Jewish Holidays
The Stamford JCC fosters an inclusive Jewish environment that helps build community and allows for people to find multiple paths for connection within our Jewish community. We welcome diversity of belief, practice, and observance while recognizing shared common values that are integral to Judaism. We encourage the use of the JCC as a special place for families to be together. In that spirit, the JCC observes the following Shabbat (Sabbath) hours and Jewish holiday closings:
The JCC is open on Saturdays from 7:30 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Jewish Holidays
The JCC is closed to all business on the following holidays, regardless of the day of the week on which they fall:
• Erev Rosh Hashanah Early closing at 4 p.m.
• Rosh Hashanah – First Day Closed all day
• Rosh Hashanah – Second Day Closed all day
• Erev Yom Kippur (Kol Nidre) Early closing at 4 p.m.
• Yom Kippur Closed all day
• Erev Passover (First Seder) Early closing at 4 p.m.
The JCC is open on the following Jewish holidays:
• Sukkot
• Intermediate Days of Sukkot
• Shemini Atzeret
• Simchat Torah
• Passover
• Intermediate Days of Passover
• Shavuot
No business involving the exchange of money will be conducted on Shabbat or Jewish holidays. Regular JCC enrichment classes will not be scheduled or conducted on Saturdays or Jewish holidays so as not to exclude those individuals who could not participate. Additionally the JCC Sara Walker Nursery School will remain closed on all Jewish holidays.
Personal training, private swim instruction and group exercise classes may be available; however, financial arrangements for those activities will need to have been made prior to the start of Shabbat or the holiday. As a service to those families who depend upon them, the JCC's KinderPlace and KidsPlace child care programs will be open.
Holiday Hours 2013-2014
Erev Passover | Monday, April 14
JCC closes at 4 p.m.
Passover | Tuesday & Wednesday, April 15 & 16
Monday & Tuesday, April 21 & 22
JCC open regular hours, for casual use.* KinderPlace & KidsPlace open. JCC administrative offices closed.
Sunday, April 20
JCC open regular hours. After 4 p.m., casual use only.*
Memorial Day | Monday, May 26
JCC fitness center, gym & pool open 7:30 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Erev Shavuot | Tuesday, June 3
JCC open regular hours. After 7 p.m., casual use only.*
Shavuot | Wednesday, June 4
Yitzkor Shavuot | Thursday, June 5
JCC open regular hours, for casual use.* KinderPlace & KidsPlace open. JCC administrative offices closed.
Independence Day | Friday, July 4
JCC fitness center, gym & pool open 7:30 a.m. – 2 p.m.
*Regular enrichment classes are not scheduled on Jewish holidays so as not to exclude those individuals who cannot participate.
Private swimming lessons, drop-in group fitness classes and personal training will run on their regular schedules, however no business involving the exchange of money will be conducted on Jewish holidays, so be sure to pre-purchase your classes as necessary.
Closings due to inclement weather
The JCC will make every effort to stay open throughout the winter. In case of extremely inclement weather, closings will be posted on WSTC Radio 1400 AM, Cablevision News12, and on our website. Click here to see our complete policy on snow closings.
The JCC is conveniently located in Stamford, Connecticut, at the corner of Newfield Avenue and Vine Road, with easy accessibility to both the Merritt Parkway and the Connecticut Turnpike. Call us at 203.322.7900 if you need assistance, or click here for driving directions.
Jewish Community Center
1035 Newfield Avenue
Stamford, CT 06905
Phone 203.322.7900
Fax 203.329.7546


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A nice, six drawer mid century dresser or credenza. This came from a one owner house with a date stamp of 1958. The bottom drawer is lined with newpaper from the same year which I kept in place.
The piece has nice sculptural details, tapered legs, and a pretty dovetailing on the top of the piece. This is a versitile piece that you can use for an entryway, to hold a flatscreen, in a dining room, in a bedroom, or anywhere you need attrative storage.
Some wear on the dresser, especially on the top, but otherwise in good to very good vintage condition.
Mirror that came with the piece is included. The piece needs a new screw, but it is yours free with purchase of the dresser.
Approximate dimensions: 54" length, 18.5" width, 30.5"tall
Cash only, please. Thanks for looking.

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RNC threat to networks over Hillary Clinton programs: Is it wise? Is it real?
Reince Priebus, the RNC chairman, warned CNN and NBC that if they don't cancel plans for programs on Hillary Clinton they could lose out on GOP primary debate coverage.
Vox News Why Obama, Romney gravitate to '60 Minutes' and 'The View' (+video)
Audiences don't trust the news media in general, polls show, but do trust the coverage of shows they like. That is steering Obama and Romney toward softer, 'friendlier' shows to a level unprecedented in a presidential campaign.


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Tonight's black bear at the dinner moose carcass was bigger, maybe 500#. Have experienced the aftermath of running with the bulls, Arcos de la Frontera, Spain, 1990. U. S. Navy reserve navigator got gored. Horn entered just above the inside of the knee. Inserted about 14". Rapid violent head thrust to remove burst the guys thigh wide open. Nasty bloody shock inducing mess. Luckily it missed the femoral artery and it happened a few feet from in front of me. 45 minutes of bolas IV fluids, direct pressure, pressure points and shock management to the ER, and right into the OR. No, no longer Interetested in the running of the bulls and the fools that think they are invincible. I will tell the full version at the next campfire if you'd like.
Grizzly bear, black bear, elk, bighorn sheep, mountain goats, deer, marmots, fox, a million square acres and we saw maybe 5-10% of it in a full week. This place really is the crown of the continent.
Glacier is one of those parks that can only be fully appreciated with a backpack and plenty of time. Glad you had a great experience. It is a jewel, indeed!
Planning our return with a commitment to see more with packs on our backs carrying all that we may need.
With Builders permission I can send forward the book he sent to me on fishing the park. I wish I had brought a float tube! A lightweight one to hike in to several lakes down nice trails.
Thanks Chris. I will share it and I will also send you another copy! Maybe the WFF Gear Program will get a copy too!
True! Next time I will have my flytepacker raft in my pack. Lots of shore access, but everyone can fish there. Being out and fishing the rocky drops would be ideal.


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Leave it to the creative writing of Jerrod Niemann to take his alcohol-happy single âOne More Drinkinâ Songâ and turn it into an alcohol-happy festive holiday tune complete with sleigh bells.
Niemannâs âOne More Drinkinâ Song (the Mistletoe Mix)â is now at country radio.
âOne of the reasons I originally wrote âOne More Drinkinâ Songâ was to put a smile on your face when youâre not having a good day, and I just made a Christmas version for fun, because even with traffic and weather and shopping lines, the holidays are definitely a time to be smiling,â Niemann says.
And thatâs not all thatâs been keeping the âLover, Loverâ singer busy. Heâs recently logged time in the studio on his second album for Sony, which is due out next year.
âIâm very excited,â Niemann says of making the album. âItâs not the same exact concept. Itâs more instrument driven. Iâve been studying hard on a lot of music from many, many decades ago and trying hard to be a good student of music and challenge myself artistically as an artist, songwriter and producer on this record.â
Niemannâs single âOne More Drinkinâ Song (the Mistletoe Mix)â will be available for digital purchase Dec. 6.


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Was concerned about the condition of an ice cream product after 5 days of shipping time from WI to CA--product arrived in great shape with dry ice to spare!
We cannot find BLUE MOON ice cream in PA, so we now are repeat customers to Wisconsin Made. Ordering is easy. Customer Service is consistently friendly and helpful. Product Quality is really good. Shipping is timely, especially the quick turnaround during the holidays.
I ordered the Blue Moon sampler for my daughter's birthday and it arrived on exactly the right day in perfect condition. When I placed my order via phone, your customer service was fantastic! I will be ordering again.
Great products and great service!
Person who handled my telephone order was great! Product has been lots of fun to try
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menards customer service
- by Madashelltoo Aug 09, 2011
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- Review #: 254333
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5101 Menard Drive
Eau Claire WI
Product / Service | Menards Homes |
Location | Rochester, New York |
Category | Supermarkets and Malls |
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Menards has a "Strict Corporate Policy" that prevents consumers of their products to complain to an actual person when concerns arise.We just purchased a Menards (stick built)home.
We worked with incompetent, dishonest, ignorant and chauvinistic people who raised the price of the package $15,000 for every $12,000 we eliminated. Sale prices guaranteed by one store were denied by another closer to our building site. One guy had us stand in the store for 2 hours, while he fixed the problem by adding more to the cost. He didn't even try to listen and kept his back to my wife the entire time.
Another, told us a certain stock sized window would do, when the invoice clearly stated they were not egress windows for the bedrooms. Hello Corporate! Listen to the people.
Don't hide behind your corporate walls thinking all is well because you get paid the "Big Bucks".I know this won't change what is happening in your stores, but you guys suck by insulating yourselves from consumers. 2271532
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Auto racing, NASCAR & Sprint Car racing news, results, forums & more
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Date Range: September 30, 2010 - September 1, 2010
NASCAR turns down Richard Childress and Clint Bowyer appeal
September 29, 2010, 9:30PM
A NASCAR appointed panel that was made up of former driver Lynn St. James, former crew chief Waddell Wilson and USAC champion John Capels voted unanimously to uphold Clint Bowyer's penalty for the rear end tolerance infraction from what NASCAR says is improper mounting of the body on the frame. Full story »
Local auto racing: Big money on the (finish) line at Williams Grove Speedway
September 29, 2010, 9:00PM
Williams Grove Speedway will be the site of the 48th Annual Morgan Hughes National Open this weekend, and there's well over $100,000 up for grabs. Full story »
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Roush/Fenway fail in Dover mission
September 26, 2010, 11:18PM
It's understandable that Roush/Fenway drivers struggled a bit at New Hampshire, but not at Dover International Speedway, a place that has traditionally been a safe haven for Jack Rousch drivers. So you can understand why Carl Edwards, Greg Biffle and Matt Kenseth, as well as Captain Jack, were expecting a big day in what turned out to be a AAA 400 snooze fest. When the final lap was turned on the Delaware concrete, Edwards finished fifth, which on the surface looks respectable. Kenseth limped home 18th, with Biffle trailing right behind in 19th. Full story »
Jimmie Johnson gets back on track at Dover
September 26, 2010, 11:13PM
The rest of The Chase drivers got a glimmer of hope a week ago, when Jimmie Johnson fell to 25th in the final running order at New Hampshire. A lot of eyes got big at the thought of the four-time defending champion falling to seventh in the points standings. Finally, the door was wide open for someone else to take over that spot at NASCAR's head table. But Sunday at Dover International Speedway, Johnson, at least for the time being, slammed that door shut. He swatted each challenge and deflated some Chasers egos in dominating the AAA 400 and taking his sixth trip to Victory Lane at the Delaware facility. Full story »
Dewease wins Kenny Weld Memorial at Lincoln Speedway
September 25, 2010, 11:15PM
ABBOTTSTOWN – Lance Dewease passed four cars in three laps and then drove away to win the Kenny Weld Memorial for sprint cars at Lincoln Speedway on Saturday night. Dewease's fourth Lincoln victory of the season was worth $5,000, plus lap money. Dewease, who is in his 25th season of driving a sprint-car, was running fifth on a lap 21... Full story »
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Hamlin's words have consequences in championship chase
September 25, 2010, 5:50PM
After saying that Bowyer was saving face and that he should be lucky to be in The Chase, Hamlin took it a step further. "The more they reel the other teams in, the better off our team's going to be," Hamlin said. "It's going to affect the 29 [Kevin Harvick], the 31 [Jeff Burton] and the 33 [Bowyer]. I think the only difference is Bowyer won the race, so he went to the tech center. "It's just one of those things where I think our team is very strong, and we do it, I feel, the right way. Sometimes that makes to where our performance is behind at times but you know what, we're going to be green all the time." Hamlin may want to shut up. Full story »
McMurray flourishing under Earnhardt/Ganassi banner
September 25, 2010, 5:31PM
A lot has changed this year. Jamie McMurray is having his best season since joining the circuit full time in 200. Driving for Earnhardt/Ganassi Racing, McMurray is doing it his way. Entering today's AAA 400 at Dover International Speedway, which can be seen at 1 p.m. on ESPN, McMurray has two wins to his credit, which is better than all four Roush/Fenway drivers put together, and eight top five finishes. Full story »
Bowyer will have appeal hearing Wednesday
September 25, 2010, 5:13PM
Clint Bowyer and Richard Childress Racing will have their day in court on Wednesday. Time of the meeting with an appeals board was not release. Bowyer captured last weeks Chase race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. He passed two inspections at the track but it was later determined that his rear end tolerance was off by 60,000th of an inch. Full story »
Harvick and Hamlin called to NASCAR hauler
September 25, 2010, 5:04PM
Denny Hamlin can't get away from Kevin Harvick. After Harvick bumped and side-swiped Hamlin before a Saturday practice session went green and the two exchanged harsh words in the garage, NASCAR called both drivers to the NASCAR hauler. Full story »
Tempers flare between Harvick and Hamlin during Dover practice
September 25, 2010, 1:39PM
Kevin Harvick wasn't too pleased with what Denny Hamlin said about Richard Childress Racing cheating during Friday's press conference at Dover International Speedway. So he took care of it during Saturday's practice round. Full story »
Smith ends back luck with sprint win at Williams Grove
September 24, 2010, 11:34PM
Luck is a big part of sprint car racing and bad luck has been finding Mark Smith a lot this season. Smith, in a car owned by Brian Scandle, finally got some good luck at Williams Grove Speedway on Friday night and turned it into a victory. Smith, of Tower City, earned $4,000 in the final tune-up before next weekend's... Full story »
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Typical NASCAR: Plenty of confusion and not many answers
September 24, 2010, 10:14PM
After the win at New Hampshire, Clint Bowyer passed inspection and was 2nd in the points standings, 35 behind leader Denny Hamlin. After Wednesday, he dropped all the way to 12th, 185 in arrears and in dire straits with nine races to go. Richard Childress Racing is appealing the decision. Stayed tuned. This thing could change again. In a sport as big and with so many resources at its disposal, one has to wonder how a car can be legal twice in one weekend, including raceday, and then turn up illegal three days later? Full story »
Johnson nabs pole for Sunday's Dover race
September 24, 2010, 10:09PM
Despite going out late on a hot and sticky Delaware afternoon, Jimmie Johnson, who is seventh in points, turned a lap of 23.116 (155.736 mph) to sit on the pole for Sunday's AAA 400. Full story »
Local auto racing: Owners Gary and Patty Beam call it quits
September 22, 2010, 6:59PM
Gary and Patty Beam of Gardners finally took the last lap and retired after owning sprint cars in central Pennsylvania for 30 years. Full story »
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Sprint car driver Chad Layton
September 19, 2010, 2:18PM
Standing in the Middleswarth Racing Team trailer sprint car driver Chad Layton applies strips of tape to his helmet during preparation for race night at Williams Grove Speedway in Monroe Township. PAUL CHAPLIN, The Patriot-News Full story »


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Writing in the long formWisconsin prediction for tonite
Predicting that in the recall election in the land of cheese tonite, Scott Walker will win, with an 8 to 10 percentage margin over Barrett.
Before another whiny liberal incorrectly accuses me of being a Republican*, I shouldn't have to spell this out but that is not the result I want; it's the one I think will happen. There is a difference.
And on a similar note, to liberal bloggers on social media who think that if they write about the big bad nasty Walker losing enough times then it will happen – it doesn't work like that. For similar reasons as to why Romney is likely to win in November.
Do consider voting, if you live there. A vote is more useful than a whine. Sorry you're in the hell that seems to be election number one billion in the last few years.
I'm weary of the enclaved, impotent hysteria and arm-waving of the left against the corrupted money and prejudiced, incoherent anger of the right. Hence the usual long and rambling post stops here.
Update Walker won, by 7 percent.
On the plus side, this could do a lot for the Democrats and nationally be more useful than a narrow win. It's an unavoidable wake-up call time for them. They'll have to work out where they went badly wrong, and how they can learn for this for the November elections, including the presidency. Raising, between themselves and their friendly SuperPACs, another several hundred million more dollars, and starting the campaign as soon as possible, will also help.
Though am sticking with the prediction from exactly seven months ago, and am increasingly thinking that Hillary Clinton may have more chance of winning in 2016 than Barack Obama in 2012.
(* Personal US political alignment is about 2 parts Democrat, 2 parts Libertarian, 1 part Socialist.)
Storms over Lake Michigan
It was a few years ago, now. More recent than many of the other adventures I'd had in America, but still disappearing into the cognitively dusty corner of things done in the past. Some memories, most memories, fade, but some memories are sharp enough to endure.
I'd been dating H. It wasn't good. The hot summer in the rust belt, and the previous baggage we'd both brought to the relationship, had stifled it pretty quickly. She was coming back to England with me. We both knew this was a mistake, but neither of us wanted to say. Eventually, we were both proved right.*
Her mom and her partner had a trailer. No, they weren't the stereotypical rednecks – they also had a house – but this was a trailer in some kind of middle class holiday park, in northern Indiana. It was ridiculously big; and comfortable, with "all mod cons" and places to sleep, and a large TV on which reruns of Top Gear could be watched by Americans easily amused at the comedic value of British men. Back in my own country, I've lived in smaller apartments.
As I said, it wasn't good between me and H. That's in the past – the receeding past, thankfully – and it's unlikely we'll ever speak again, especially when I've published all of the memories that are emerging, some years in the future when it's more appropriate. And speaking was something we weren't good at doing anyway, even when we were together.
In the trailer park, I'd increasingly go off on my own to avoid talking. One evening I took the golf cart out, something I enjoyed doing on my own, less so with other people. It had cup holders, meant I didn't have to exercise in any way, and therefore made me feel a little bit American.
The air was oppressive; hot and still that evening. The heat had been nudging 100 in the daytime, and the insects were feasting on my slowly cooking skin that week. Driving the golf cart gave a little relief; a slight and silent breeze.
I drove it to the entrance to the trailer park, on a few yards more, to the top of a rise. Not a big rise, but in Indiana, a rise is a rise. Feeling … something … I turned around.
To the northwest, the view swept over the border into Michigan. In the distance, far far into the distance, huge storm clouds, impossibly large thunder clouds, moved imperceptibly across the sky, like silent buffalo in great numbers, on the move. Lighting lit up random clouds, but no thunder rolled across Michigan and Indiana to where I sat in the golf cart, the storm was so distant.
I tried to work out where the clouds were, and realised that, with the distance, the storms were likely to be over Lake Michigan, moving out of Chicago, trundling towards Canada. But here I was, in Indiana, close to the border with Ohio, watching storms sweep across a lake so vast that you sail on it and soon lose sight of the shore from where you came. A lake larger than countries such as Denmark, Switzerland, Belgium or the Netherlands. A lake which I'd swam in several times, watched fireworks fall into, and pottered around on, in boats. To an Englishman, used to tiny lakes not much bigger than ponds, and a gap from his birth country to continental Europe much narrower than Lake Michigan, the scale of this unobstructed panorama woke me from my evening heat slumber. And woke me from the place I'd retreated to, inside myself, that summer.
I watched the silent lightning and wondered; were there boats on the lake? Under the storm? Being battered by large waves, and worked desperately like Truman Burbank trying to keep the Santa Maria afloat? Ships heading for safe harbour, in Grand Haven, Muskegon, Benton or Evanston?
That was the America I was looking for. The big sky; the big country; liberty defined in a thousand ways, but an important one being that with wheels and cheap gasoline, you can drive in the same direction for hours, days, and still be in the same country. Where a quick trip to your favorite restaurant for dinner can be a hundred miles or more. And train journeys between major cities are sometimes measured, not in minutes or hours, but in days and nights. A landmass so big, many people go a lifetime and never see the edges.
Only a third of Americans have passports, I'd read in the paper. True or not, it suddenly seemed plausible; the place was so big, endless, rolling, why go elsewhere when there's much still to see here? I'd only experienced this feeling of scale before in Scandinavia, the overwhelming size of the fjords of Norway, the coastline that seems unimaginably long, the hundreds of thousands of islands, and the endless roads through the snowy northern European landscape. Nowhere else, apart from here in America, had a landscape this epic.
I drove back to the trailer before the golf cart battery drained completely. No-one had noticed that I'd gone; symbolic, obviously, of the dying relationship that would unfortunately stagger on for another half year.
And that is my most vivid, persistent and positive memory of that relationship (for even out of the worst ones, some good things usually come). Ironically, an event in which I'd found a near-perfect moment, but in solitude. Watching lightning and storms, from an American state away, move slowly across an inland sea. And understanding a mixture of emotions of calmness, liberty and freedom that come with watching a natural display of this scale, this distance and this grandeur.
* Update: August 28th 2012
Having said that, things did work out well – eventually – several years down the line, though in odd ways involving social media, patience, mistakes and regret, cheese and other things. If I hadn't been tweeting, blogging and whatever else that summer from Ohio and Indiana, they may not have. Guess social media has its upsides, after all.
From above
As the pale blue dot endlessly rushes beneath the International Space Station, completing a whole orbit every 91 minutes, one of the pictures taken and put up on Flickr, the social media site, by NASA:
Sitting 4,000 miles away in nighttime England, I've identified the dots, pools of light that mark the places that are important to me. I can do this, thanks to NASA and thanks to the Internet and the Web. Here's the related video:
Perhaps that's what the web (21 years old this Sunday, Christmas Day) is ultimately meant to be – if it's meant to be something. A thing which makes us more aware of the rock we live on; that rock which is not quite as large or vast as we sometimes think it is.
244 weeks on from Finland, I'm still asking myself the question of "What is home?". Hopefully, I'm a little closer to the answer, now.
Where liberty is, there is my country
You know an image affects you when you keep returning to look at it "one more time". And wandering around on Flickr, there's one image I keep returning to. The photographer has given permission for it to be used here; you can find it yourself on Flickr, or click on the image for the larger version:
Chatting to the photographer, and looking around her Flickr pictures, reveals some connections. Maryann is a school librarian in the midwest, currently "teaching my students how to find material in the library and how to use the online catalog". The picture was taken in Iowa, while she was cycling RAGBRAI. That's an annual cross-state biking event that stops overnight in Grinnell, which (from my non-cyclist, resident, perspective) results in lots of temporary new food options.
The picture is pure Iowa, a US state to be enjoyed for the wide open prairie outside. It's filled, as Iowa seems to be, with sky and corn – tall corn. A barn emerges from the corn, the symbol of western European-immigrant rural settlement, work, and living off the land. Outside the barn, the unmistakably potent identity marker of the country, the stars and stripes, an emblem I've been obsessed with since touching the earliest surviving incarnation of it in the village church before being old enough to speak. Christened John after JFK, and with a thousand cultural references and influences permeating every aspect of living for the last 43 years, America feels like its run through my veins since birth. A complex picture of why I "feel" more American than British/English is starting to come clear.
Benjamin Franklin was one of the cooler founding fathers. He advocated tolerance for all churches, freed "his" slaves and became an abolitionist. He was interested in, well, just about everything, but specialised in science, diplomacy and nationality. Benjamin formed the first public lending library in America through his book donation, and was the first US postmaster general, helping to form the first national communication infrastructure. Benjamin was pretty much the Tim Berners-Lee of the age, 200 years before the Internet.
The phrase "Where liberty is, there is my country" is interesting, liberty being an ever-debated principle that underpins the USA, from Lincoln's "Conceived in liberty" Gettysburg address and before, through to the current 2012 presidential race. The concept weaves its way through many of the books I've been reading these last three year on American politics, society, history and rural culture, as well as what's being said when listening to American politicians, Democrat and Republican, speak. It's a strange country, when the European immigrant history and national formation is so very recent but is still so argued over. A quarter of that time has been spent travelling through, and living, there; three years ago today was spent on an Amtrak train heading up the west coast towards Seattle, as part of a 7,000 loop around the western half of the country.
When Becky and myself buy our first place together (hopefully something like this), this picture, large and framed, will be going on the wall. It's good to see, a reminder of the personally important things in life. (Looks again) yeah; time to do some more writing and work my way back to the place that feels like home…
Iowa is beautiful
Pastries of the night
There's a bakery and shop here in Grinnell which, as bakeries do, bakes stuff in the night and the early hours. Breads, cookies, cakes, pastries and all manner of things. It's small, but rather good, and we've bought stuff from there several times before.
This bakery is a little different in that if you go round the back from 2am onwards, and the owner is in there baking, he'll sell you stuff that's hot, or warm, out of the oven. Students (old enough to drink) especially take advantage of this, as the bakery is on the way back to campus from several of the bars. So I gave it a try tonight.
Grinnell isn't the busiest of places in the middle of the day. In fact there's only one stretch of one road where you sometimes have to wait to cross, and that during the rush hour. Downtown, which is a thriving four block business area, is quiet in the daytime – and deserted at night:
2am rolled around, and the shop front of the bakery was unlit. Went round the back and bingo; the baker was happily rolling dough. He remembered me from six weeks ago; he was the first Grinnell person I'd met and spoken to, which was cool. And he had various racks of pastries and cakes ready, some of them warm and therefore recently out of the oven.
Purchases were made, and pleasantries exchanged. And if Becky looks inside the kitchen breadbin before she leaves for work in four and a half hours, she'll find her present of:
American Gothic reimagined
And as the summer draws to a close, we continued our trips around the awesome state of Iowa. First impressions were of several thousand square miles of corn and precious little else, but perceptions are deceptive. There's a lot in Iowa, if you look for it; more on this in future posts.
The best thing we've done here so far? Visited the house that Grant Wood painted in the iconic, and much parodied, American Gothic. The original painting…
…hangs in Chicago, but the actual house is in the town of Eldon, in the south of Iowa. Eldon has … not very much else, publicising the house in some way or other in two signs out of three around the place. From the main roads, follow the signs down various back streets, until the house comes into view.
Things we noticed when we turned up:
- The house is surprisingly small
- The visitor center nearby is several time larger
- It doesn't get visited much; just a few other people there, on a Saturday, when we were.
The house itself is lived in, rented out to someone who occasionally makes and sells pies. No tours inside, and signs to respect privacy, but you can get pretty close up to it.
The visitor center has a heap of exhibitions and a lot of contextual history about the house. But, best of all, they have friendly staff and a bunch of clothes you can put on to dress up like the folk (actually the painters dentist and sister) in the picture. Right down to the pitchfork, and the rather strong 1930s glasses.
So it was on with the clothes, and outside with our respective cameras.
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If its not too much to ask, kindly update me on my boot situation via PM.
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If its not too much to ask, kindly update me on my boot situation via PM.
I'd like to know as well...
I would like to know when you get a chance Wes, and thanks for your help on all of this, we really do appreciate it. just gettin antsy as Halloween nears:lol
Hey Wes,
Sorry to be a pain man....
just curious as to any word
on the boot orders?
Thanks! :)
OK, I'm in a flat spin and a major panic now!
Wes/Scott, you'll recall my recent mails and PM's on this, trying to get info on whether mine are in the 1st seven etc. and my reasons for wanting/needing to know.
Well. the reason just got a whole lot more urgent!
Over here in the UK, we have an event called Memorabilia (known as Mem). It is our version of Dragon con and is without a shadow of doubt, THE biggest Sci Fi convention in the UK.
Mem happens on 29 & 30 of November and as you are both aware from my recent PM's/mails, I have been aiming for this particular event all year.
We are slightly different over here, in that people don't tend to attend these events in costume, unless they are part of the UK Garrison of the 501st. In order to wear the costume, I have to put my name on the sign up list (only 1 Boba allowed for each day). In order to put my name on the sign up list, I have to be a 501st UK Garrison member. In order to be a UKG member, I have to have my costume approved. In order to have my costume approved I have to have it finished so I can take photo's and send for approval (this approval process can take up to a couple of weeks, sometimes longer). The only thing I'm waiting on for the main costume is the boots.
The extra panic has come from the fact that I thought I had another week before the sign up list went up, but it went up yesterday!
I have sent mails to both of you, but one reply told me to speak to the other guy, and the other guy said " we're getting them done as soon as we can". Neither of which really answered my specific question of whether mine were in the 7 pairs apparently ready to ship.
I appreciate the work done so far, and I also appreciate the fact that the delay in manufacture was out of anyone's control (down to emergency surgery).
I'm not bashing, but I need to know a specific answer to a specific question. I need your help to go to the one event I have been building this whole costume for. Am I going to make it, or should I get ready for the disappointment now.
A while back you (Wes) were kind enough to ask if anyone was in a hurry, getting ready for D.con, etc and you would try to push their orders through. Robert (DV1) was, and his order was pushed to the top of the pile of 40 or so, in commendable fashion, and due to some great teamwork, Robert got his boots and was able to go, for which I was really pleased for him.
My situation now is currently identical to what Robert's was then (although I haven't yet started getting the shotgun out as mentioned by DV1 back then (;)).
I would dearly love to go to Mem as Boba, but I can't sign up and therefore can't go as Boba unless I get the boots within the next 7 days or so, realistically. After that, I may have an outside chance, but the odds get smaller with each passing hour.
If it's impossible to get the boots to me, I'd rather know now and get the disappointment over with, rather than mug the postman every day, as I have been doing for the last few weeks, and searching him for boots!
Not knowing is worse than being told it's a no go! And being told "we're going as fast as we can" is the same as not knowing. I assume that you'll be going as fast as you can anyway, from previous info given in this thread.
So, to re-cap. We have been told that there are 7 pairs ready to go. I *think* I was one of the first few to pay, so I *think* I have a chance of being in that 7. Please confirm if that is the case or whether my need, which has now become urgent, can be met from those 7 pairs. If there is a difficulty in telling who's those 7 are, LMK if I can help clarify in any way.
If it helps, I can put my own spikes on!
For clarification, I DO need these to be shipped airmail!
If I'm way out of line, I apologise. Someone let me know and shoot me down. My intention is not to start trouble, and I am not yet angry :). I'm just panicking about whether I can make Mem, and trying to get specific answers to the specific questions I am asking.
If it's a "no", then so be it, I'll stop staying up until the wee small hours every night and sacrificing weekends with my family, trying to get the rest of the costume finished, and put it away until the next Mem.
A posted, PM'ed, or Mailed response would be most gratefully appreciated.
Many thanks guys.
::Edited for spelling::
In case anyone thought I was being melodramatic, the spot for Boba on Saturday has gone, less than 4 hours after my post, above. Only sunday left, and at least 3 other Boba's in the Garrison.Quote:
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After that, I may have an outside chance, but the odds get smaller with each passing hour.
Please respond as soon as you can. Even if I can get confirmation that the boots are on the way I may be able to get a provisional hold on the Sunday place pending sight of the boots on the costume by the UKG staff.
This really is quite urgent now guys!
Hey Si,
You can borrow my boots. They are a size 11 (with thin socks)
Send me your addy, and I can ship them off to you.
take care,
Rex, you are such a lifesaver, dude.
11 with thin sock = 10 with thick socks in my books! That'll do nicely.
PM sent!
Still want my own, though if poss, in time for Mem.
Just checkin in for updates, is our down and out bootmaker recovering nicely? I understand that this has slowed production greatly and hope he recovers fully but do you have any news?
I'm chimming in too. Halloween being a week or so away I've got the jitters.
Let me know.
Any new news on the boots? My mannequin is almost done and I will be getting to redress it fully in the next few weeks and I hate like heck to strip it all down again to put the new boots on.
Guys, I haven't sent the "shotgun blast" in this threat yet, cause NOW I understand your impatience in this thread.
As mentioned by Han Hunter, my set of boots were the ones used as a "test prototype" and used for the pics you've seen as well, but I don't see the delay reason now (except for the fact that one of the shoe-makers was in surgery).
Now is more than a month since then and I have no clue of the situation after that. Now, like I did before, I'll try to smooth the situation and to see the reason of the delay, the progress so far and the updates.
As of people who ordered after the first list (one or two months after the first list ended)...PLEASE, DO NOT EXPECT YOUR BOOTS TO BE DONE UNTIL THE FIRST LIST IS DONE FIRST. Your name is not included yet, until this list is finished.
I'll keep you guys posted of the progress as soon as I get news of what's going on.
Robert :fettrotj
If anyone is desperate for some cash, I'll buy their place on this list! :D
no chance (you're not getting mine!)
good luck though.
Any info you can come up with is much appreciated. I was one of the first people to pay for the first batch of boots. I held up my end of the deal in a more than timely fashion. I can understand that it would take a long time to make the boots but this is getting crazy. I have already assumed for the last two weeks that I would not have the boots by this coming Friday. It has messed up my plans a great deal. I don't mind waiting a little longer so that they are done to perfection but it seems as if that amount of time has passed already. Thanks again and I look forward to hearing any news on the topic.
So has anybody even got these yet besides the two we definatly know of? Roberts and Mardons.
There were supposidly 7 pairs being picked up on 10/7 to get the spikes put on and shipped, that was weeks ago, those should have been done and out the door long ago.
That list has not been updated to show who boots have been shipped/recieved as asked. :(
Communication is sooooooo important with this stuff.
I'm just glad I havn't sold my MC's yet.....
I don't mean to be a pain ''at all' but I would also like to know something.
I am really sorry to jump on this bandwagon,
but a heads up is definitely needed at this
point I think. One way or another, please just
give us definite word as to availability.
Thanks dude! ;)
OK, guys, I understand your fustration. I've posted updates as I've gotten them in. But first and foremost, as much as I have appreciated Robert (darthvader1) stepping in from time to time, he is in no way associated with the boots project.
Secondly, I am still waiting to hear from Scott (mandaloriangear1) in regards to whose boots have shipped, as he is the one making the spikes, attaching them and shipping out the boots. If I may add, the spikes have cost him a sh*tload more than he originally expected and has taken a bath on them. As soon as he updates me, I'll update the list.
If a second run of these are done, I'd like to get on the second list. Thanks.
Just be in the lookout for this thread everytime as possible, so you'll know the status.
Robert :fettrotj
Thanks for the update Wes!! I'll let you know when mine arrive.
So if I understand the thread right I may be getting my boots sooner than expected because they are a size 12?
Outstanding!!!! Please postal service god, let them be here by Friday.
I asked Wes when they shipped and by what method, without asking Scott, he thinks they went out Sat. or Mon by regular mail. So depending on where you live from where they were shipped, you may get luckly, he told me probably not until Mon.Quote:
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Outstanding!!!! Please postal service god, let them be here by Friday.
I'm very glad to see some progress and the fact that the list has been updated to show which ones have shipped.
Just a quick question. Could it be explained how it was decided who would receive theirs first? We've been told it wasn't who paid first (as we were originally told it would be).
Again, not bashing, or angry, as I have a pair of MC's to use while I'm waiting for these (Thanks again Rex!), just wondering.
As someone said a little way above, communication is really important.
The boot maker decided on which ones get made first, and I understand his reasoning. He has patterns for the different sizes which he lays on the material, traces, then cuts out. It saves time, money, effort and material to trace and cut all of one size rather than lay out a 9, 11, 12, 10 then cut them out. With the sheer number of 10s, it was way more cost effective to make them in a lot. That way there is minimal wasted material.
Makes absolute sense.
Thanks for clarifying.
so how did he decide which size 10 would be shipped first? I'm assuming it isn't by who paid first after looking at the new list. I could be wrong, sure. I just noticed that the shipped list was all over the place, even within the same size.
So if 10 was first whats next?
The list here on the board was the original interest thread list, not a list of who paid first. Scott and I have the list of order paid, so yes, you were wrong.
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so how did he decide which size 10 would be shipped first? I'm assuming it isn't by who paid first after looking at the new list. I could be wrong, sure. I just noticed that the shipped list was all over the place, even within the same size.
I'll be honest with you my friend, I honestly don't know.
My last conversation with the boot maker 2 days ago consisted of him telling me that since there were so many 10s, that he had been trying to split his time up cutting material and making lasts (frames) so he could pump out more 10s.
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So if 10 was first whats next?
even with being wrong, it's getting out of line. I'm not so sure that is the order of who paid first since I remember the list as it was being updated. It doesn't matter anyway. It is just nice to know that they should be here before next Halloween, I hope.
I have been trying to stay patient on these,I understand there was an unforeseen complication. I don't understand however on the order the first 6-8 pairs were made. These sizes were all over the place and not all 10's so that can't be the reasoning. So if they weren't going by size, I know they weren't going by as paid since mine would have been in the top 4-5.Just curious on this.
Also, since it was done before on the first 2 pair, I NEED mine before Thanksgiving.Thanks:)
Hi Wes,
As a means to helping with the communication, would it be possible to sort the list into sizes and also the first payers at the top, i.e (made up names, obviously):
1. Boba - shipped (paid 1st of the sized 10 people)
2. Zam - shipped (Paid 2nd of the sized 10 people - etc)
3. Bossk - paid
1. Fett - shipped
2. Wessell - paid
3. Dengar - paid
1. Jango - shipped
2. Clawdite - Paid
3. 4-Lom - paid
That would help keep people updated and give them an idea of where they were in the queue for each size. At the moment people can check back on the thread to see when they paid (I seem to have paid on July 9th), but not everyone posted when they paid, or those posts may have been lost when the thread was cleaned up by BF so it's not clear. This idea would introduce some transparency and save some frayed tempers.
People are getting understandable frustrated now. I don't think anyone is mad at you. I'm certainly not! You've done a great job in even starting this project, and we all owe you.
I'm sure people are intelligent enough to see the delays are not of your doing and that you are stuck in the middle, having to listen to idiots like me and then try to convey that urgency to the maker. I'm sure we also all understand that there's only so much you can do, but at the same time, we're all super keen to get these great boots (as I know you are aware).
Just thought something like the above suggestion would be a fairly easy way to keep people in the picture. We know that maker has control of which sizes he works on at any given time so no one is going to set their watch by the list, but a split list as above would help, I think.
If you are pressed for time, I'd be happy to sort through the list if you PM or mail me the list of people, sizes and dates they paid. Not trying to steal your thunder, just trying to help out.
On the other hand, it may be a rubbish idea. It just came to me and I've written it down before thinking of it from every angle, so I may have missed some important facts.
Also, if it helps Scott (who we haven't heard from in some considerable time) I'd be happy to assemble and attatch the spikes this end. Just chuck them in the box and Airmail it to me!
LMK what you think and if I can be of any assistance.
Yeah, that is a good idea Simon, I'll do that.
I'm not mad at an individual, it's just the situation that sucks. It has greatly changed some of the plans I had. I am sure it has done the same for others.
For you guys who's boots have shipped, has anyone gotten theirs yet? I havn't got anything today, but It should be any day now.
Thanks Wes, that's great.
Especially great as I appear to be next in line on the size 10's :)
Yeah, thanks for the updates Wes!
Han Hunter: I'm peeing my pants as well, seeing as I'm next in line for the size 12's :D
Han Hunter wrote:
Thanks Wes, that's great.
Especially great as I appear to be next in line on the size 10's :)
I talked to the boot guy yesterday. He said around 10 pair of 10s should be ready for pick up next week.
Also, Ruffkintoy, please check your PMs.
What about the 12's? ;) *wink* *nudge*
(since you mentioned in the updated 1st post that some 12's were completed)
Jango_Wes wrote:
I talked to the boot guy yesterday. He said around 10 pair of 10s should be ready for pick up next week.
Nevermind!!! Got your PM Wes...I appreciate it alot, and thank you for this again :)
Sorry Bobo, that was bad communication on mine and Scott's part. He was making the lass for the 12, not the 12s.
Aaaaah, that explains it :)
I'll be waiting patiently!
Got you PM Wes, PM sent
Oh man! I am gettin so stoked to see these puppies! Thanks so much for keeping us updated as much as you can Wes:) I appreciate all the info.:D
Thanks for the fix on the list buddy. :)
I would love to know why my name came off the list. I was paid and size 11. Any thoughts gentlemen?
I emailed Scott as to the status of my shipped boots as to when they exactly were shipped.
I can't vouch for everyones shipped boots, but he told me he has injured his back and has been moving very slowely and he is sorry for the delays and that my boots should arrive in few days.
So I'm guessing they didn't go out when Wes thought they did almost two weeks ago this coming Sat./Mon.
Probably a simple error. I'm sure there's nothing sinister going on Geoff. Same thing happened to Defiler. Easily done when you move a list round the way it has been.
Having just checked, it is actually back on there now :).
No harm done.
Geoffett wrote:
I would love to know why my name came off the list. I was paid and size 11. Any thoughts gentlemen?
hey, i forgot i had ordered these things! maybe when i get mine that will jumpstart my enthusiasm on this costume again.....im in a stalemate now, gotta house mortgage on the horizon soon so i might have to sell al my stuff :(
I got my boots today, thanks.
They are nice, BUT a big BUT, I was VERY VERY highly disappointed that there was NO toe plate or spikes on the boots??????
I got a note in the box saying they would be here in the week or so because of a revison..?...
I was under the assumption these were done and put on according to your post..?..
Why wasn't this mentioned?
I'm very disappointed in the lack of communication on this to say the least.... :facepalm
I, *again*, have to apologize. I knew absolutely nothing about a "revision" on the spikes. Believe me, this is starting to **** me off as much as y'all. It is starting to make me look bad and give me a bad rep since it's my name that's attached to this project, and the last thing I want to do is lose credibility with the people on this board. I have emailed Scott to inquire about the revision on the spikes.
The note in the box reads as follows....Quote:
Jango_Wes wrote:
I, *again*, have to apologize. I knew absolutely nothing about a "revision" on the spikes. I have emailed Scott to inquire about the revision on the spikes.
"Product insert: Due to a revision in design and shortage of base plate material, your spikes kits will arrive in approximatly 1 week.
We thank you for your business. And we are sure you will enjoy your boots."
I'm not a happy camper........
I don't understand the situation with the boot spikes. I thought that there were to many made becuase they were being sold off not to long ago? So how can there be a shortage?
I don't know about the spikes, but the note I posted above referrs to a toe plate material shortage....?....Quote:
Ruffkintoy wrote:
I don't understand the situation with the boot spikes. I thought that there were to many made becuase they were being sold off not to long ago? So how can there be a shortage?
I don't get it either....
Well, I just found the thread where they were being sold and it says there were 10 extra sets with the plates for sale. So again, why would you be selling off extras when you don't have enought to begin with?
I forgot about thread. That dosn't make any sence.Quote:
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Well, I just found the thread where they were being sold and it says there were 10 extra sets with the plates for sale. So again, why would you be selling off extras when you don't have enought to begin with?
For those who don't know, Wes is my husband and I have to come to his defense about the boots. Scott took it upon himself to offer the extra spikes. Wes doesn't and never has had possession of the spikes, and I offer my apologies to those who didn't receive theirs.
I'm in no way involved with the boot project, but I do have to see how Wes gets upset because things are not going smoothly. All he wants to do is contribute to the board in some way. He will continue to get answers for you and try to make the wrong things right. He loves this board (I know, he spends a lot of time on here) and wants to stay in good standing with everyone.
I'm not attacking anyone, but I just want to make sure that everyone is informed.
Fett Girl
Here's what Scott said regarding the plates:
"The holes in the Spike themselves have the wrong angle...I set them on the boots and they stuck out. all the spike have been redrilled each set by hand"
Hey Wes, I just want to say that I really appreciate the time and effort you have put in making this project possible.
If it werent for you, we who dont have the other boots would have had an incomplete costume.
Thanks buddy. :thumbsup
Ditto Defiler's sentiments.
Wes & Brandy, Speaking for myself (and I hope the others) it seems clear where the source of the delays/errors/slow communication (call it what you will) lays, and it's not with you mate.
Your input in this project was to do the legwork and arrange the whole thing in the first place. You couldn't have see how it was going to develop and can't be blamed.
I've said it before, but the hobby owes you a debt for arranging this, otherwise loads of Fett costumers would have bare feet!
Looking forward to geting mine. Any news following the mix up over mine you told me of? No pressure or immediate rush. :)
I agree with Defiler & Si. It seems like you're doin the best you can Wes. Thats all we can ask, :) I was pretty discouraged when the last MC run fell through, but You've given alot of us hope of getting a good pair of boots. Thanx for all you have done, & are trying to do!
Same here Wes, I just thought it was odd that there was a shortage on spikes/plates when I had seen them being sold earlier.
I agree with HH that you are doing a GREAT job with all this and all the mishaps have not been your fault.
I am glad you took it upon yourself to get this project going and stuck to it, thats more than alot of people would do. I wasn't even planning on buying professionally made boots until I saw these:)
Thanks Wes
P.S. Si, I haven't recieved the boots yet but will let you know when I do and forward them asap.
I would also like to thank you again for all that you have done for us! In was really worried when I found out I didnt have enough funds to afford the last pair of MC's, then when the run fell through I was really worried, but you came through for all 0of us by doing all of this leg work. Thanks a lot. I owe you one :D
Thanks Wes- I may speak for myself here, but I would prefer to get my boots completed, with the spikes on them... (if possible) Rather than getting the boots and spikes separately, and have to put them on myself... I'm completely willing to wait longer for that to happen. (My fett is nowhere near complete, and I'm not on any timeline whatsoever. thanks
Bobo joins in....
Thanks guys!!!!!! :D
[sings]"One of these days these fett boots are gonna walk all over me!"[/sings]
I know this thread is becoming a big
pain in your a$$...so this is what I
would like. I want to know the contact
info of the person who is actually
holding my money in their hand so I
can go ahead and get on their case to
either start making these **** boots
and ship them out or give me my money
back! I don't mean to come off as being
mad at you Wes...it's this boot maker
of yours that's really giving me a bad
feeling. Please PM me with the info.
There are 16 pairs to be picked up this week. That will finish up the 10s. I don't know what the other sizes are.
I know your frustration, Sean. After we are done with this run, I will be finding another boot maker.
Hi Wes,
I hate to be a pain, but could you ask Scott about our spikes and plates that he told me were to be shipped on Mon. the 9th.?
I emailed him the the other day to ask, but I havn't heard back yet from him.
You're not being a pain. I'll get on it.
Looks to me like the original spikes were made from dead-centers used on a machinists lathe.
No matter what the spikes look like on these boots, Ill take a pair from the next run! Size 12 please!! :)
Any new on the spikes yet? I've had the boots for two weeks and no spikes. I'm not complaining by any means, just wondering...
I talked to Scott the other day. He had to re-drill every toe plate by hand. He said he has shipped them out. Something had happened to/with his daughter's mom (ex-wife, not current) so he was kind of rushed. I didn't get details, but he said we are still on track. He was supposed to pick up the last group Saturday afternoon after we talked.
For some good news... the boot run should be complete and shipped for Christmas. There are 3 guys working on the run right now, whereas it had been one. Vic (the boot maker) assured me that he would have it done... considering how it's been so far.... I'm... cautiously optimistic.
Thanks for the update.
I'm still waiting for my spikes as well.Quote:
mindphunk wrote:
Any new on the spikes yet? I've had the boots for two weeks and no spikes. I'm not complaining by any means, just wondering...
Mail must be getting slow again because of the holidays, I hate this time of year for mail.
Thanks Wes for the updates, glad to hear that things are working out the way it should. (from your point of view) ;)
Robert :fettrotj
just to let you guys know..I saw DV1's boots at WizCon last weekend and they are SWEET! I think everyone will be pleased when they finally come in. I know I"m anxiously looking forward to getting mine.
I can't wait! :D wooooohooo!
I went to check my p.o. box today to find out I had a package
waiting for me.I said to myself ''YEEAAAAH'' at last they are here. Instead the package was the mohair girth I have also been waiting for. I do beleive this is the week of size 10's to be shipped out to us, ''yes,''no''maybe?..
You win the kupie doll. This is the week the 10s are supposed, (emphasis on supposed) to ship out. I will update the board once I get word. Keep your fingers crossed.
Anything new with the spikes? It'll be 3 weeks mid week since you told me that Scott shipped them and they still havn't arrived. I know mail is slow at times this time of year... but....
Any news on the shipping of the lasts boots that where supposed to be picked up?? :)
Unfortunately, no news yet. The boot guy told me the run would be done by Christmas. If they are not done by then, we'll discuss what needs to be done to fix the situation, whatever that might be. I'll continue to do things on my end, but after Christmas, I'll start a new post on everything, seeing as how this will hit a fourth page soon.
Yeah, this will make the 286th or so post in the thread, even after we cleared out about 50 or so posts from the original thread. :lol Let me know if you need any help streamlining this one or merging parts into the new thread when you are ready.
I got my boots today - woohoo!!:thumbsup
....and it even came with spikes! :)
The quality & the materials are top notch and I think all it needs is some weathering as it looks too brand new.
One thing that I need to comment on are those aluminum spikes as I think they're positioned forward too much. Are these the revised ones Wes?
The spikes are really VERY pointed and I almost cut myself on one of 'em checking out how pointed it is. Literally, these boots could be lethal weapons and I dont know about the legality of wearing this in public places. Watch out as you can hurt others or yourself if you're not careful.
Going by some references, I would say that the accurate spikes looks similar to Boba's lone dart on his right knee armor. Since I make those in fiberglass, I'll attempt to replace the aluminum pointed ones with my version so it wont stick out way too much.....and ofcourse lessen the point.
If I have to replace the aluminum 3 sided toe armor to integrate my fiberglass darts on which could be molded as one, then I'll do it.
Folks, my boots were one of the first ones shipped out early September and Scott accidentally shipped it out via "surface" mail....so it literally took the looooooong boat across the pacific to get here. Rest assured that your boots would be coming in pretty soon :)
Has anyone else received their boots/ and or spikes? Mine supposedly shipped out a month ago... at least that's what Wes was told by Scott..(I don't believe that they were ever shipped...but anyways...) has anyone else heard anything?
Got the boots... still no spikes.
Nothing, still waiting for my spikes as well.Quote:
aaronfett77 wrote:
Has anyone else received their boots/ and or spikes? Mine supposedly shipped out a month ago... at least that's what Wes was told by Scott..(I don't believe that they were ever shipped...but anyways...) has anyone else heard anything?
You can't trust or believe anything that Scott says from the way the things are looking at this point, It is unfortunate.
No nothing yet. It has also been more than a week since the so called 10's sizes were suppose to be shipped.It has been a veeeeery long time. Still waiting and waiting and waiting.
No Spikes here yet and its been well over a month. Any of the other size elevens got there spikes yet?
****, any word on the boots yet? the size 10s I thought were supposed to go out like almost 3 weeks ago, weren't they? I've got a couple of big 501st events coming up in Jan.(one particularlly BIG event), it would be nice to have em for that. We just had our annual toy drive up here for 501st, it was an awesome event
No info yet. I post whatever information I get within 5 minutes of getting it. I am in the process of moving into a new house and I will be on sporadically for the next couple of days. Please read a few posts up on how I am wanting to handle the boot situation.
Anything new with the spikes Wes?
To be honest, I'm really starting to think Scott got in over his head with these spikes and he dosn't even have these done to begin with or even have them period.
That is the only thing I can think of why he is being so neglagent on this matter.
Just my .02 credits.....
My goodness has anyone received their boots size (10)yet? The week they were suppose to be shipped has been way overdue. I'd
even asked the post office if by any chance they are holding any package for me the answer was ''no'' they never even seened one. It''s been a very long time I mean how many more incidents can occur.
What is the possibility of a refund?
I'd think you have a much better chance of selling them to someone else on the boards (or someone else taking your order).... that is if we ever get them.
Ok I'd like to put in my $.02. And Wes, not all these comments are aimed at you. I have been very patient with the complications on the boots, because I know that things happen. But when people are being lied to about the status of their boots/spikes, I draw the line. If he said that the spikes were shipped, then comes back and says they are not done yet, I get angry. Granted, they aren't my spikes, but the same could very well happen to me at a later date. The reason I have been so patient to this point is because I have not needed the boots for any certain event. Others, though have things planned and they need them by a certain date.
Another thing, to me it looks as if this new completion date of Christmas is going to work out just about as well as the Halloween one did. There are still many pairs left to be shipped out and unless all of them are ready to be done in 2 days time, it won't happen. And consdering that its been about 2 months since the last boots shipped and the next shipment has not been finished in that amount of time, it looks like they will not all be done.
Now personally I paid to have my boots sent to me complete, I dont want to be sent the boots and spikes separatley, thats like buying a computer and being sent the individual parts instead. I do not have any experience in boot making or anything similar, so I dont want to put my own spikes on and have then come off because I didn't know what I was doing.
Again, I am not trying to tear down anyone on this board, I would just like to voice my opinion on this subject.
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Seasonal Math Activities - Winter (Enhanced eBook)
Use these fun, creative ideas to make math more interesting for your students. The hands-on activities help students learn and review important math concepts such as: liquid measurement, addition and subtraction, perimeters and areas, skip counting, geometric shapes, showing time on a clock, ordinal numbers and much more. Activity ideas include games, holiday fun, popular children's literature and even food! Each activity has a list of materials needed and clear, concise directions as well as the skills students will learn or practice by doing the activity. Math doesn't have to be ho-hum, not when you can plug in supplementary ideas like these!This enhanced eBook gives you the freedom to copy and paste the content of each page into the format that fits your needs. You can post lessons on your class website, make student copies, and more.
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