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2018 F-150 SuperCrew Cab 4x4, Pickup (Stock #F407)
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New Price! Shadow Black 2018 Ford F-150 SCA Premium Raptor Package 4WD 10-Speed Automatic EcoBoost 3.5L V6 GTDi DOHC 24V Twin Turbocharged All-Weather… Mats, Locking Lugs, Spray-In Bedliner, SCA Engine Management Calibration, 4 Inch Suspension Lift System (w/ Factory Fox Shocks), 37 Inch Nitto Ridge Grappler Tires, Rigid Industries LED Lighting, 20 Inch Matte Black Fuel Wheels, Addictive Desert Designs Front Bumper, Addictive Desert Designs Rear Bumper, Painted Fender Vents & Bumper Accents, F-150 SCA Premium Raptor Package, 4D SuperCrew, EcoBoost 3.5L V6 GTDi DOHC 24V Twin Turbocharged, 10-Speed Automatic, 4WD, Shadow Black, Black w/Leather-Trimmed Bucket Seats, 10-Way Power Driver & Passenger Seats, 360 Degree Camera, 4.10 Front Axle w/Torsen Differential, 8" Productivity Screen, ABS brakes, Adaptive Cruise Control w/Collision Mitigation, Advanced Security Pack, Ambient Lighting - Ice Blue Color Only, Auto High Beam, BLIS Blind Spot Information System, Compass, Dual-Zone Electronic Automatic Temperature Control, Electronic Stability Control, Equipment Group 802A Luxury, Heated & Ventilated Leather 40/Console/40 Front Seats, Heated Steering Wheel, Illuminated entry, Inflatable Rear Safety Belts, Integrated Trailer Brake Controller, Intelligent Access w/Push-Button Start, Lane-Keeping System, LED Box Lighting, LED Sideview Mirror Spotlights, Low tire pressure warning, Memory System (Seat, Pedal, Exterior Mirror), Navigation System, Power Glass Heated Sideview Mirrors, Power Tilt/Telescoping Steering Column w/Memory, Power-Adjustable Pedals, Power-Sliding Rear Window, Pro Trailer Backup Assist, Radio: B&O Play Premium Audio System, Raptor Technology Package, Remote keyless entry, Remote Start System w/Remote Tailgate Release, Spray-In Bedliner (Pre-Installed), SYNC 3, SYNC Connect, Tailgate Applique FORD, Tailgate Step w/Tailgate Lift Assist, Traction control, Twin Panel Moonroof, Universal Garage Door Opener, Voice-Activated Touchscreen Navigation System.Awards: * Motor Trend Automobiles of the yearBayou Ford owners Ben Gaiennie and Brian Stewart believe in a no-hassle, transparent car buying experience. Whether you are in the market for a new Expedition, Ford F-150 or shopping our pre-owned inventory, our goal is to put you behind the wheel of the right vehicle for you, at a fair price, and on the best possible terms. We have a strong and committed sales staff with many years of experience satisfying our customers' needs. Feel free to browse our inventory online, request more information about vehicles, set up a test drive or inquire about financing! https://www.bayouford.net/dealership/directions.htm.
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JAL and JAS Integration
Japan Airlines
and Japan Air System
integrated their operations on Wednesday under a new holding company dubbed Japan Airlines System Corp., becoming the sixth-largest airline group in the world in terms of passenger miles.
JAL President Isao Kaneko became president and chief executive officer of the new holding company the same day, with the presidents of both carriers greeting passengers at boarding gates at Tokyo`s Haneda airport.
JAL has a large network of international routes but has not done well in the domestic market, where rival All Nippon Airways has a dominant share. By integrating its operations with JAS, which has a large domestic web, JAL hopes to compete domestically with ANA on an equal footing and boost its profits.
In the first phase of their management integration, JAL and JAS will maintain their current flight services, becoming subsidiaries of Japan Airlines System with JAS Sales, a new company formed under the new holding firm, has taken over their ticket sales. The carriers have also set up a system that allows customers to book flights on either airline at their reservation centers.
In the second integration phase, beginning in April 2004, the two companies will completely merge their operations into three group firms with integrated computer systems.

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Events for April 1, 2017
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Catch a ride behind one of the Museum's steam or diesel locomotives in passenger cars from different eras in Colorado railroad history or on one of the unique Rio Grande Southern "Galloping Goose" Motorcars. Rides operate 10:00AM to 4:00PM. Admission: Museum Members and Children under 2 are free, Children $5, Adults $10, and Seniors $8. […]Find out more »


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Game of Thrones returned for its 7th season this week with a better than expected showing. After the messes the previous few seasons made, I thought this episode was great at properly reintroducing the characters of the show and additionally progress the plot. That's why this season's premier is to me far superior to Season 6's, every scene was largely interesting, with a notable closing exception, whereas last season episode 1 was so forgettable and was just a recap of where everyone had been the previous season. This review will cover all the aspects of the episode that were worth discussing!
The Cold opener of the episode depicted Arya Stark murdering every Fray that has any power, and even though this was a 'badass moment', it was incredibly dumb and that's not what this should be about. This plan was so impractical and takes so many leaps of faith that this scene detracts from the episode. But this theme of implausibility has been a recurring aspect of the last few seasons and it's something that we will probably be forced to accept. How were they able to get every Fray in one place? There must be at least some conflict within the family, especially because of how big the Fray family is. Does Arya just walk out the front door? The Twins is massive, I doubt none of the guards would realise everyone at the feast was dead and chase her at least. Plus, she announces to all the girls in the room who she is so there should be a rumour in Westeros that a female Stark sympathiser murdered all the Fray's however none of these questions were answer and a massive plot whole lurked over the entire episode right at the beginning.
All the scenes set in The North were clear highlights in this episode. These scenes included great acting, clad story elements and progression as well as clear moral and ethical dilemmas for the audience to wrestle with. The aspects of underlying complications between Sansa and Jon were handled better than your average TV Show. In a lesser TV show this entire plotline would revolve around Sansa being manipulated like a dumbass by Little Figure because it's the simplest way to create tension in this plotline. So, it was refreshing that the show addressed all these issues in the first episode. I also thought this was the best acting performance Sophie Turner has done as Sansa. She and Kit Harington have seemingly created quite a bit of chemistry on scene and they successfully carried the scenes they were in. Another aspect that was handled well was the way they handled Jon's announcement about women and girls being forced to join the standing army against the White Walkers. This could have been overly preachy and ultra-feminist or SJW (which isn't inherently a terrible thing) but it was uniquely handled. This was displayed especially with Lord Glover, who called have easily been written as an awful misogynist caricature who would never train a woman who is inherently of lower class than him, but was instead portrayed as a man worried about the well-being of his granddaughter. I have some questions resulting questions because of this revelation, will Sansa and Lady Mormont also be trained? If Lady Mormont is trained then when Arya inevitably shows up in Winterfell they will have an interaction or fight. If this prediction is somehow true I could also see in the next episode Sansa commenting that Lady Mormont reminds her of Arya. (subtle foreshadowing)
The Cersei and Jamie relationship in the show, is one of the series weakest aspect. Despite displaying her brutal ways multiple times Jamie doesn't attempt to stop her or separate himself from her as he has in the books. There entire relationship seems to repeat and repeat and repeat. Therefore, in the show you really can't argue that Jamie is a morally sound individual, unlike in the book were he clearly acts independently and by his own accord. Euron and Cersei were obviously going to become aligned, otherwise Dany would stand undoubtedly victorious. But to achieve this alignment Euron has promised a 'gift' for Cersei. There are two unlikely but fun options I initially thought of as possibilities for this 'gift,' but then I realised what it was most likely going to be. One of the fun options I thought of was Gendry, back in Season 5 when a gift was promised everyone theorised that it could have possibly been Gendry, but that really wouldn't make any sense. The other fun and unlikely option I thought of was a Dragon Horn, like Euron claims to have in the books. But the probable possibility is that Euron is going to capture the Sand Snakes and offer them to Cersei as the murderers of her daughter. They haven't entirely ruined Euron's character yet and I like the actor, so I'll remain optimistic about this plotline moving forward this Season.
The Sam plotline was decent in this episode, but the montage was incredibly disgusting but necessary. It shows the grind and that Sam truly must work from the bottom to end up as a Maester. However, this must stop here, next episode I don't want any sort of montage with Sam repeating the same activities over and over because I'll start getting flashbacks to the plotline from Season 5 with Arya. The revelation about Dragon Strone shouldn't have been a revelation and shows the lack of consistency and the poor writing the show has adapted over the previous few seasons. The Jorah aspect of this plotline was very predictable but it has potential. These two are the side-kicks of both our predominant main characters so cooperation between these two could lead to cooperation between the main duo of main characters.
The interesting and worth-while scene with Arya was defiantly the scene with the Lannister soldiers at the campfire. Firstly, the cameo from Ed Sheeran caught me off guard event though I had heard somewhere that he was making a cameo this season, and what can I say he's good at singing. That's all he really did and it was fine he really didn't add or subtract from the episode. But this group of Lannister soldiers came across as the most likeable characters in the show and I love the tension that was created through this scene. They perfectly manipulated the audience's expectations, everyone thought initially that someone was going to attack someone in this scene especially because of the way the guy with the black hair was looking at Arya. But eventually they gained the trust if the audience and Arya and it was overall a great piece of writing and made Arya more grounded whereas the first scene helped her alienate from the audience. The scene ended with some dramatically ironic comedy and was the first time I think we have heard Maisie William's laugh as Arya and her laugh really doesn't fit the character.
Rory McCann, in my opinion, has officially joined Charles Dance and Dianna Rigg in the upper-echelon of actor that have appeared in Game of Thrones. Everything these three actors touch turn to gold and that's why there three characters are my three favourites. The Hound and Thoros' back and forth dialogue is the type of writing and acting that we have been missing in the previous two seasons. Not only was the dialogue superb in this scene but The Hound's character had further development. Revisiting the small cottage, he previously visited with Arya, back in season 2, was a neat little call-back and displayed the effect the events in season 6 had on his character. There has also a clever little nod to book readers as he dug graves. The most monumental element in this scene was when The Hound saw visions in the flame, but even more interesting than that the audience didn't see anything. I hope the Lord of Light is explained in the time we have left and we don't have to wait until the books are realised for a cogent explanation because I seriously doubt that Gods exist in this world.
The final scene in this episode was Dany landing on Dragon Stone and her first steps onto Westeros land. Then she makes her way up to the throne on Dragon Stone in a laughably terrible scene were everyone awkwardly walks up thousands on steps in silence. Why? For dramatic effect, instead of grounded storytelling like the show was built on we had a melodramatic scene that tried to hard. This was easily my least favourite scene in the episode and was even more infuriating than the opening scene with Arya. I really dislike the Dany character. She is incredibly boring and the show runner have missed the boat completely on her character. She is supposed to be a walking, talking contradiction of herself and the show has made no effort to point this out. She is portrayed as another one-note boring protagonist just like Jon Snow. Nothing of substance happened in this episode they just landed in a completely useless location.
Ultimately, Episode 1 of Season 7 of Game of Thrones gets a 6. The episode showed hopes of returning to the quality of the first three seasons in this episode with the scenes with The Hound and in The North, but then fell back into the same traps as the previous two seasons with terrible scene including both the opening and concluding scenes.


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Wednesday again and, as you can see, I'm still playing with inks.
I felt a bit of a fraud last week when you were saying my desk looked tidy.That's only because I'd posted a cropped shot of the 12 x 12 square I manage to keep clear by sweeping stuff to one side. So I'll come clean this week and show you a longer shot!
Off to visit some more desks from What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday.
Thanks for visiting.
Sue x
ETA Prompted by Sue's WOYWW post (#51) I thought I'd share my jar of peggies with you. At least something is organised in my craftroom. LOL


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Clay County
Big Otter School. 1906. Front row, left to right: Leo Boggs, Ernest Hyer, ? Belknap, Margaret Boggs, Carrie Anne Boggs, George Boggs, Earle Boggs, Andrew Boggs, Walter Boggs. Second row: Grace Boggs, Halcie Hyer, Hugh Boggs, Gertrude Boggs, Irene Ball, Margaret Ball. Third row: Russell Boggs, John Sutton and teacher Mr Hite.
Brown School. Indore, September 12, 1945. Teacher June Reedy.
Clay County High School. Clay County High School home economics sophomore class, 1948. Evalina Truman, Clarice Shamblin, Neva Hill, Lenora Durham, Jaunite Hart, Keora Friend, Bertha Wilfong, Vivienne Perrine, Janet Samples, Libby Smith, ?, Janet Burdette, Jeanie Hart, Divie Samples, Jackie Burdette, ?
Clay County High School. Clay County High School vocational/agricultural building, circa 1950.
Clay County High School. Clay County High School students, 1927. Ferrell Friend, front row, sixth from left.
Clay County High School. Clay County High School football team.
Ivydale School. Ivydale school, built pre-1900, circa 1989.
Ivydale School.
Lilly School. Front row,sitting, left to right: Tommy Adkins, Loretta Hamrick, Eleanor Hamrick. Second row, sitting: Pauline Nicholas, Fonda Adkins, Zora Adkins, Beulah Adkins, June Hamrick. First row, standing: Jean Nicholas, Deloris Nicholas, Max Nicholas. Back row, standing: Buby Adkins, Mary Hamrick, Redith Nicholas, Fredith Nicholas.
Low Gap School. Subscription School, Low Gap, 1916, taught by Howard White. Front row ? White, ? White, Alvah Boggs, Cecil Boggs, ? White, Conda White; 2nd row Kate Daugherty, ? White, Herbert King, Robert King, Sadie Samples, Myrtle Samples; 3rd row Cornelius Boggs, Ethel Jones, Lina White, Effie White, Russell Schoonover, ? Roberts; back row Howard E. White
Maben Grade School. African-American school, Widen.
Rogers Fork School. October 10, 1902.
Swandale School. Students group posing outside school, Swandale.
Unidentified School. Unidentified school group.
Widen School. African-American students outside school, Widen.
Clay County Teachers. Teachers gathered for a meeting at the Clay County courthouse, Clay.
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Ants could never know that the earthquake in their colony occurred due to a visit by a man near their colony.
A continent on earth faced an earth quake. Human measured the earthquake at 7.9 on Richter scale. Human proved that there was a fault line and two big stones were forcing each other, and earthquake came because of release of this energy.
Human never knew that someone walked nearby.
Science has proved that human cannot hear many sounds. In the same way there are so many things which are impossible for human to see or know.
There are many more colors in cosmos and universe and on earth which human cannot see.
Human is a very very minute part of this cosmos / universe.


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Friday, August 19, 2011
Garden Rose Collection by Rachel Ashwell for Treasures by Shabby Chic
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They really are beautiful and I've been looking at the purple set ! Not like I need more fabric or anything, but these are just way too gorgeous not to have something of them!!ReplyDelete
I'm loving the wedding set neutrals.ReplyDelete
I like the pinks, lavenders, and blues. SO dainty and pretty. I'd love to make a girly quilt out of these fabrics. :)ReplyDelete
I love the colors in this set of fabbies. Purple, green, pink, and blue are my fave colors, lol, so it's perfect!!ReplyDelete
What a beautiful collection! I love the pastels. Hugs...ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 25, 2011 at 4:17 AM
Hi....I have been waiting for what seems like an eternity for this collection! I have 2 girls, and I would like to make them bedding that coordinates (they share a room), but that is individual as well. While my color prefence is the pink set, my 4 year old loves the purple!ReplyDelete
I was thinking it would be cute to do purple/green for my 4 year old and blue/green for the baby's bed. Do you think the colors would coordinate enough, or would they clash and be too busy? I don't have a fabric store nearby and its so hard to tell online!!
I personally think the Purple/Green is darling, and the Blue/Green coordinates really well together. The FQ images above give an idea of how these color combinations work together. Because they are all pastel shades they blend together nicely.ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousFebruary 27, 2014 at 6:42 PM
Are these ever coming back in stock??ReplyDeleteReplies
No, these won't be coming back into stock. But Rachel Ashwell's collection Ballet Rose has similar colors and styles, and you can see it here: http://www.shabbyfabrics.com/Ballet-Rose-C1315.aspxDelete
- AnonymousMay 3, 2016 at 9:07 AM
Where can I purchase Garden Rose Wedding Collection? I cannot locate it anywhere.ReplyDeleteReplies
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French international Paul Pogba rejected a move to Chelsea in the summer transfer window after Italian giants Juventus had accepted a mega-money €85 million bid for his services.
This has been reported by Italian newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport, who claim that the former Manchester United midfielder discussed the prospect of moving to Stamford Bridge with his agent between August 24 and 25, before ultimately deciding to stay on in Turin.
It appears, then, that despite the west London outfit seemingly ready to majorly increase the player's salary at the Bridge, the midfielder opted to remain at last year's Champions League finalists for the immediate future.
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Juventus, of course, lost the likes of Carlos Tevez, Andrea Pirlo and Arturo Vidal in the summer window, however it appears that they just about managed to keep hold of Pogba, who is recognised as one of the leading young midfielders in European football.
Chelsea, on the other hand, will have to make do without the Frenchman, as they go in search of retaining the Premier League title this season.
Ideal Pogba
Let's be honest, if the report from Gazzetta is true, then missing out on Pogba really is a huge blow for the Blues. At the end of the day, the signing of the Frenchman would have been a massive one for Jose Mourinho and Co. for a number of reasons.
Ultimately, a midfield trio of Nemanja Matic, Cesc Fabregas and, of course, Pogba would have no doubt been one of the best in Europe. In fact, the signing of the Frenchman would have changed dynamics of Mourinho's squad and handed them a great opportunity of securing success on both the domestic and European scene this term.
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This is DBA bread and butter - not being a DBA and having no will whatsoever to become one (I am too weak) I always forget the syntax for this procedure, so here we go.
In order to be able to query an excel spreadsheet we need to enable ad hoc distributed queries, to do so follow the procedure in this other post.
Once that's sorted - assuming you have an excel spreadsheet with column names (in the example I have Column1, Column2, Column3, Column4) in the first row - this is how you go about selecting the spreadsheet content into a temporary table:
USE myDB
-- drop temp table
DROP TABLE #tempTable
-- select spreadsheet content into #tempTable
SELECT S.[Column1], S.[Column2], S.[Column3], S.[Column4]
INTO #tempTable
'Excel 8.0;Database=C:\mtSpreadsheet.xls;HDR=YES',
'select * from [Query1$]') AS S;
-- check if the stuff is there
select *
from #tempTable
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Amazon commissioned a set of pilot episodes of potential TV shows and got feedback from viewers. Several kids shows were included and they have announced the successful shows. I'm pleased to see that two out of the three kids shows are science shows.
You can still watch the pilot episodes to find out about the shows, but they will now go into full production. The pilots were just concept pieces without the budget of a full TV show. Now they have Amazon's backing the shows will be fully developed - there are videos you can watch to find out more about the ideas behind the shows (see below.)
First there's Tumbleaf for little kids. Tumbleaf is about Fig, a blue fox who investigates his world to learn how objects work. It looks very cute and will appeal to preschoolers and younger kids. The goal is to teach science through play. I really like the pilot for this show, it's full of explainations of Fig's thought process as he figures things out. It's also nice and gentle. So much modern kids TV is fast, noisy and bright. My kids loved the animal characters and the science. Looks like this will be a winner in our house.
And for bigger kids there's Annebots which features a young girl who makes robots and the boy who befriends her. The show will feature lots of different branches of science including nature, robotics, space and more. And there will be a tie-in website and Kindle (and other tablet?) apps that allow kids to recreate the science experiments from the show, either in real life or online.
My kids are a little younger that the target audience for this Annebots but I can see us watching it as a family and discussing the science.
You can watch the previews at Amazon: Annebots Live Action Preview and Tumbleaf Pilot
And you can also find out more about the plans for the shows in these videos:
The first seasons of these shows are coming soon to Amazon Prime instant video.
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Supported by the European Centre for Architecture, the series metamorphosis was shot for the 2013 edition of the Days of Architecture in Strasbourg. Theme : Transfiguration of architecture.
Color, B & W, analogue photography.
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Planned cities are always represented in a fully finished and coherent manner. These projections are idealized snapshots, ignoring wasteland, building sites and obsolete or intermediary states.
Our dynamic experience of urban environments means that such changes and
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A state appellate court panel has upheld the conviction of a man who caused the deadly Metrolink train derailment in 2005 in Glendale.
A Los Angeles County Superior Court jury convicted Juan Manuel Alvarez in 2008 of 11 counts of first-degree murder and one count of arson for drenching his Jeep Cherokee with gasoline and parking it on the train tracks near the border with Atwater in January 2005, causing the massive derailment.
Eleven people died and nearly 200 were injured.
Attorneys for Alvarez, who was sentenced to serve 11 consecutive life sentences in prison, had sought to overturn the convictions, arguing in the California 2nd District Court of Appeal last week that her client only intended to kill himself when he parked his gasoline-drenched SUV on the tracks.


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Facebook has updated its promotions guidelines to allow brands to run Facebook contests on their Fan Page Timelines.
With these new Facebook promotion guidelines, brands can now accept "contest entries" by asking fans to like, comment, or message the page.
While this is a huge opportunity to drive brand engagement, many businesses are struggling to come up with Facebook contest ideas for their fan page timelines.
Several Facebook app companies launched the ability to export a .csv of likes and comments to help business owners take advantage of these changes.
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These new guidelines though have raised the following question.
"With many great tools to manage likes and comments, how do you go about ensuring that Facebook Timeline Contest you post actually gets engagement?"
The status updates below are meant to inspire you with ideas that take advantage of the new Facebook changes and create and drive engagement.
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Veggie Love
So sorry about my lapse in posting recently!
Yesterday evening was the first in a week when I was able to just relax at home after a very long day at work. All other evenings have been filled with yoga classes and grocery shopping. I'm enjoying a two-week Inner Bliss Yoga Studio immersion, which means daily yoga practice and only whole, unprocessed foods (to make a long story short). It's a little tricky trying to find foods without added sugar, salt, preservatives, etc. in our local market, but I've had success so far! And have been happily experimenting with lots of new recipes.
I sure am missing my beloved pasta and bread. And would love a slice of cheese! But I'm feeling fabulous and light and cheerful, and am enjoying the challenge.
Sunday, I spent the day hanging a gallery show, so I've been taking a break from artwork during my spare time. I'll post photos of the show soon...
Happy, happy Friday, my friends!
Monday, February 16, 2009
These Boots Were Made for Walkin
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Spread the Love!
One of my prints is currently featured on Etsy's Season of Love Poll. Vote for me here!
There sure is some stiff competition :)
And a cheerful thank you to Alyssa of Penguin & Fish for a most generous nod on her blog!
There sure is some stiff competition :)
And a cheerful thank you to Alyssa of Penguin & Fish for a most generous nod on her blog!
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Mushy Mush
I've had a few people ask which Valentine's cards of mine are out there, so here are a few. I think there might be more, but these are the only ones I've been able to find so far. Unfortunately, they're pretty specific - so unless you're married, you'll have to cross out "wife" and write in "friend" or "mom," and that could get a little awkward...
Friday, February 6, 2009
Super Awesome Skate Deck for Sale!
My skate deck is up for grabs!
If you're interested, please email me for more information or additional images.
I named it: "The Contest!"
Thursday, February 5, 2009
New Arrivals in the Shop!
Four new prints - just in time for Valentine's Day!
All are themed "True Love"... tee hee.
The dogs are my favorite.
All are themed "True Love"... tee hee.
The dogs are my favorite.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
She Loves Me...
This is a bit late, but I wanted to say "Many thanks!" to Melissa from Melissa Loves for her little blurb about me earlier this month.
She's the sweetest and you should check out all her tempting posts here!
She's the sweetest and you should check out all her tempting posts here!
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
A Cow Says What?
Yesterday, I ordered a bunch of tiny business cards from Moo. I can't wait to see how they turn out! I had too much fun cropping my images on their website.And here's the front design for some new postcards. Not sure if it's finished yet, but it's pretty much there.I'm thinking fancy rounded corners... Mmm.
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Hip to be Foursquare: A night out with CEO Dennis Crowley
An intermittent stream of well-wishers greets Crowley, who receives each compliment with a low-key smile and slight wave of his signature shaggy bangs. In addition to co-founding the five-month old startup, Crowley is also, as they say, a client, not to mention a bit of a man about town. In fact, he's probably the most influential "Foursquarer" in existence, so the stream of quite comely friends who have seen his "check in" and stopped by to say hello isn't exactly surprising.
Welcome to Dennis Crowley's life.
Foursquare, which allows users to "check in" at locations around town using their phones and find friends, is the 33-year-old Crowley's latest venture, following a less-than-satisfying two years at Google New York, which he joined after the search empire bought Dodgeball, Foursquare's predecessor, from Crowley in 2005. "We described Dodgeball as Friendster for mobile phones," Crowley tells me. "With Foursquare, users explain it to each other as Twitter with location."
It's a bold claim, but to see the speed at which Foursquare is taking root among the coastal digerati is to become something of a believer. (I will admit, I have "checked in" occasionally.) Since launching the service at this year's South By Southwest Interactive confab -- something of a rite of passage for new social startups including Twitter -- Crowley says Foursquare has expanded into 20 cities, including New York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles; as well as Minneapolis, Portland, and Atlanta. And Amsterdam.
Now, Crowley is leaning forward amid the chatter of the tavern, about to break some news: the latest version of Foursquare's popular iPhone application -- version 1.4 -- is about to be submitted to Apple for review, which means it could be available in two weeks. On Wednesday, Foursquare's long-awaited Google Android mobile app is being released -- Crowley says it's even cooler than the iPhone app -- and Blackberry users, ahem, can finally look forward to a native client in about a month. "I've seen the demo and it looks good," Crowley tells me.
With the new Foursquare iPhone app, Crowley says there will be several improvements: First, the ability to see who is at the same venue as you. "If you see someone you're interested in, you can reach out to them," he says. Second, a new feature incorporating promotions for local merchants -- whom Crowley sees as central to Foursquare's success. "There are probably about twenty venues in ten different cities that have reached out to us, and they give out free drinks and free appetizers or whatever," Crowley says.
Brooklyn bars Cornelius, in Prospect Heights, and Union Hall in Park Slope are giving out a free whiskey shots to each venue's "mayor" -- a highly coveted designation used in Foursquare to denote the person with the most "check ins" at a given venue over a 60-day period. Bowery Wine Company is offering a free glass of wine to its mayor during happy hour. And out in San Francisco, The Marsh Cafe will give you a free drink or two bucks off at the door. Good Hurt in Los Angeles will give you a round of drinks if you're its mayor. And so on.
Titles like "mayor" are examples of the types of "game dynamics" Crowley has introduced into the service to encourage certain types of activity -- others include badges for certain accomplishments like, say, checking in with three members of the opposite sex, a feat Crowley has managed in multiple cities.
"It's not just that people are more apt to check in, they're more apt to go somewhere because they want to regain a mayor title," Crowley says. "So we hear stories about people who were going to stay in on a Monday, but they go out because someone stole their mayorship. And I've been guilty of it myself. I've gotten emails saying I've just been ousted as mayor, and I was like 'Shit, I've got to go back there,'" he says. "I still get pissed when someone ousts me as mayor. People get very defensive about it."
For Crowley and his two employees, Foursquare's mission is simple: "We're trying to make cities easier and more interesting for people to explore," he says. "It's about helping you find where your friends are, exposing you to new places you may like, and rewarding you for being adventurous either in your neighborhood or in your city."
For now, Crowley says Foursquare is targeting niche demographics -- "people in dense, urban environments, people who socialize, and people who share with social media" -- but he isn't ruling out eventually "growing up" and embracing "the world" as his intended audience, like Google and Facebook, and for that matter, Twitter. And aside from being surrounded by very attractive people nightly, Crowley isn't simply running Foursquare for fun. He wants to make money, and he's focused on "connecting local merchants like coffee-shops, restaurants and bars with the people who frequent them the most."
There was some controversy after Crowley left Google, which had bought Dodgeball, Foursquare's predecessor, in 2005 for under $10 million in a combination of cash and stock -- some of which Crowley still holds -- in one of its first post-IPO acquisitions. But after messing around with Dodgeball, Google eventually shut it down to focus on its own -- and now competing -- geo-locational product, Google Latitude. Crowley wasn't about to stick around. He walked in May 2007, took one Google engineer with him, and began devising Foursquare. Despite gossip to the contrary, Crowley tells me there is no ill-will between him and Google. "I believe in Google and what they're doing in the mobile space," he says, pointing out that his favorite mobile Foursquare app is built for Android, Google's open-source mobile OS.
Now, five months after launch, Crowley says he is "close to figuring out what we're doing financially" and preparing to announce an initial round of seed funding. He says he's met with "everyone," but declines to name the VC firms he's been huddling with. "This is going to be a good September for us," he says with a smile
Update: Friday, Sept. 4, 2009, 6:00 p.m. EST: DailyFinance agreed to withhold the names of Foursquare's forthcoming seed round funders at Crowley's request, but thanks to a SEC filing, it is now public information that the five-month-old startup has raised $1.35 million in venture capital funding in a seed round led by Union Square Ventures. O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures is also participating in the raise, which the company plans to officially announce next Tuesday, according to Business Insider, which noted that USV honcho Fred Wilson telegraphed the investment weeks ago when he confessed his infatuation with the mobile networking service.


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A professional jewelry artist for over twenty years, Hart's jewelry has been shown nationwide in galleries and museums including the Cleveland Museum of Art, Butler Art Institute and the Monterey Art Museum. She is an internationally published author of technical articles in her field. Hart's design background is diverse and includes designing jewelry, illustrations and logos for such clients as Royal Viking Cruise Lines as well as commercial interior design. Hart's interest in three dimensional form has been expressed in her jewelry, which the New York Times calls "Sculptural and Light catching".
During her eleven years at Folsom Lake College, Hart created a comprehensive metal arts program that has been enthusiastically received by the community and students.
"Through my personal creative experience, and that of my students as a college art professor, I became convinced of the importance of art in expressing and enhancing the life experience. Each one of us can use art as a personal language to express something that is going on in our lives, and we can communicate with each other through the language of color, line and form in a very meaningful way."
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Yes, that skill taught to most toddlers (which few of them would master otherwise), sharing. It seems you never stop learning to do it.
I've come in for some recent lessons on sharing. Not that I have any trouble sharing my toys, my books, or my family. I have learned to do that pretty well. I even share my thoughts, probably more often than people care to hear them. But in the last few months, God has been teaching me to share His music.
I have not made much mention of my music on this blog, and I don't intend to make a big deal of it now. The bare fact is that I sometimes write songs, both lyrics and melodies. As to the quality, I can't say much, although about half of my songs never make it past the first or second listener, while others don't make it out of my notebook. I have a quality control check for my music – if I play it for one of my siblings and they don't "get" it or I don't feel like my message was communicated, then either the song needs major work or it's not worth pursuing.
Sometimes I have a good topic and I just go about writing it the wrong way. Sometimes, though, a song will speak to me and to those preliminary sound boards (pun semi-intentional), and I give it some time to work out the kinks. At that point, I have been willing to play some of my work for larger audiences, such as a coffeehouse kind of setting. But God has been showing me lately that there's more to it than just playing my songs for people.
Because they aren't my songs at all.
The music I write is not mine, but His, and I am beginning to understand that as such, it has to be shared with His people. This month, we attended the Bible Conference that I've written about in previous years. Now two years ago, I wrote a song that, for me, embodied everything I love about the fellowship we share at the Conference. A couple of months ago, I realized that it was time to share the song with everyone else there. So I emailed the conference coordinator and asked if I could sing the song at some point during the weekend. He was very gracious in allowing me to do so.
Now, I get nervous about singing solos, and that only gets worse when I'm singing an original song. But when I stood up to sing, I wasn't nervous. I can't say I was particularly calm either, but the song came out all right anyway! I'm glad now that I was able to share, because although I doubt I'll ever write anything that would hit a Top-40 list, even of Christian music, what God gives me is meant for more than just myself.
I have the privilege of living with the music, playing it over and over as I hunt for the exact wording and melody that it should have, and gaining new insights into Him with each song I write. The least I can do is share the end result with other people, and let them glean what they may from that.
So, what is it that God has given you to do? Perhaps you also write music, or maybe you paint, stitch, write, speak, or carve. Maybe your talent comes in caring for people. Probably your gift is completely different from mine, but the principle remains similar. He means you to share Himself with others, in whatever He has given you to do.


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Thompson/Strickland has always included the most recent research in strategy in a way that students can understand and apply it to business cases and problems. In addition, Thompson offers more coverage of strategy implementation than most other texts, which many instructors think is critical if students are to understand the "how" and not just the "what" and "why". Thompson's coverage of Michael Porter's classic 5-forces model is clearer and more detailed than in other texts, according to reviewers. With this edition the market leader looks better than ever before, offering a new 4-color design, improved writing style, and two new chapters on global and e-commerce strategy.
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Videology Assets are Acquired by Singtel Unit for US$101 Million
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Stories of Hope, Healing & Purpose
Pictured above Reiki providers Elizabeth (Care Ministries Coordinator), Lorraine, Ruth, Robin and Ali. Fifteen years ago, September 11, 2001, Clara* was driving on the New Jersey turnpike when traffic came to a standstill and she watched a tower crumble to the ground. An EMT on the national register and a volunteer first responder with the […]Continue Reading
"I was singing in the church choir–participating in choir has always been a part of my spiritual life–when the elders of the church decided people who were divorced could not sing in the choir or teach Sunday School." Evelyn, divorced at this time, felt the sting of this negative judgment for herself and friends at […]Continue Reading
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On March 30, 2014 First Presbyterian Church of Bend, Oregon was pleased to have Marcus Borg as our special guest. He was interviewed by Ron Werner.Watch Video
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Yes, it's true, we lived in one room, my two daughters, Josue, in one room, all of us. I had nerve issues, I was suffering from really bad headaches a lot, all through the day and night. Habitat gave me the credit to build this home and pay back little by little and this is […]Continue Reading
SariMy parents, who are in Toronto Canada where I was born and raised, encouraged me to find a church. My dad found the music of the Praise Team and how it was similar to the praise band at my church in Toronto. I came and the first service I was at, I felt so welcome, [...] Continue Reading
Listening to the other caregivers and seeing their faith and strength despite periods when we might want to quit has given me the encouragement to carry on. The invited guests always bring in new insights and offer suggestions for continuing to love a family member even while the relationship changes due to the health of […]Continue Reading


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I was once ambitious. I had the fire. I was willing to explore the highway. I told myself I'd overcome all the obstacles, climb the top of the mountain, and make a difference. But somewhere along the road, I took a detour and never went back to the path I originally wanted for myself. Somewhere along the road, I lost myself.
What happened?
I feel like I no longer have that fiery spirit one needs to succeed. I lost my competitive streak. The sad part? I was aware but I never did anything to bring it back. Or if I ever did, it obviously wasn't enough.
I was an adventurer willing to venture into the unknown. But somewhere along my adventures, I came across a comfortable zone that I didn't know I craved until I was there. Unknowingly, I settled in and the comfort was too great I couldn't get out.
Or maybe I could but deep inside the recesses of my consciousness, I didn't want to resist that pull. Maybe during one of those short intervals wherein my fiery spirit resurfaced, I didn't cooperate. Oh I did try. Many times, in fact. But not enough. It obviously wasn't enough.
Maybe I wasn't the determined adventurer I thought I was. Maybe the failures and mistakes I thought I conquered left wounds I never noticed and wore me out. As the path became more challenging with all its traps and barricades, did doubt in what I'm capable of creep in making detours more tempting? Was the blazing fire I thought I had merely a flame from a candle? Easily lit, but easily extinguished. Was I not good enough for the path I've chosen?
I feel like I'm stranded for a very long time now. From this small haven I call my comfort zone, I observed countless others fighting their own battles. While I was willingly trapped, I watch them take a step forward towards their goals and dreams. Become a beacon of hope and a role model to those who still have a lot of challenges cut out for them. Then I'd think, "Why am I still here? Haven't I over welcomed my leisurely stay? Shouldn't I be out there making my mark in the world too?" Finally, reality is slowly catching up with me.
From someone who detoured and chose to be a spectator as others traveled their paths, I realized that the road I was in isn't even worthy of comparison to the roadblocks that tried to hold others back. I let a few tumbles stop me when others had to jump off a cliff. If their fire remained, why can't mine? If they were able to find joy in every step, why can't I? Why did I choose to be happy in my comfort zone instead of being happy at the sense of accomplishment I'll get if I participated in the race as well?
I let opportunities pass by because I was too comfortable. Why am I settling for less when I can have more? Why did I lose the competitiveness I used to love about myself? Why am I not as driven to better myself anymore? Instead of being a tiny flame that can cause a forest fire, I easily let a little bit of wind put me out.
What happened? I asked.
I happened. Somewhere along the road, I turned myself into my own roadblock. I was the one holding myself back, denying me of the life I wanted. I became the detour that trapped me into a comfort zone of my own creation. Am I the only one suffering from this affliction?
I haven't done anything because what time I was given, I wasted on the senseless while others have made the most out of theirs. Seeking out opportunities and turning obstacles into windows of opportunity. I chose to see my scars in the form of self doubt and insecurities instead of seeing them as a reminder that I can heal from whatever mistakes or failures I've been through. I chose to see a glass as half empty instead of half full. I'm less because I allowed myself to be contented with less. I chose to spend my time on triviality instead of participating in substantial and life changing opportunities. Because of this, I haven't accomplished as much as I initially wanted to. We're a product of our choices and their consequences. In my case, I became a roadblock that I have yet to overcome.
Will knowing that I was at fault make me a better person again? Is wishing that I can escape the lesser self I've become enough? Will planning my escape from this roadblock I've created bring me back the fire I needed to make the escape possible?
What is merely a thought will remain a thought until they are put into action. It's just then that they will start making a difference. It's then that I can finally find again the path I originally planned on pursuing and become the better person I wanted to be.
A roadblock should be seen as an opportunity, not an obstacle. A chance to be better. Stronger. Wiser.
And now, there's a new roadblock a few steps ahead. A new opportunity to prove something for myself. I've been thinking, planning and enjoying long enough.
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Goodness knows, I've pickled just about everything under the sun. Name it and I've pickled it.
Although I gave up full blown pickling and canning a couple of years ago after putting up loads of pickles only to give every last jar away, I still dabble in the pickling biz. Nowadays, I keep vinegar-marinated summer cucumbers in the refrigerator all summer long and whip up small batches of quick pickled what-nots from time to time. Quick pickled red onions, carrots, okra, turnips, and radishes are great to have on hand when bright bites are needed for perky acidity. All in all, I've never met a pickle I didn't like or love. While my love for all things pickled is steadfast, my shameless lust for fermented stuff is unbounded. Merely thinking about the fabulous fermented funk of kimchi. saurkraut, injera bread, fish sauce, gouchujang, or anchovies, pounds my inner drums. To ferment or not to ferment? Sure, some of the heavy hitters (like fermented rotting fish) might be better left to the big guns, but some things are manageable enough to easily and safely throw together on a smaller scale. Case in point? Half sour and full sour pickles. Unlike vinegar-based processed pickles, half and full sours are brined in a simple salt/water solution and left to stew in their own juices. When the natural sugars react with the salty brine, the lactic fermentation transforms the vegetables into lip pursing pucker-tastic jewels. Prio-biotic lacto-fermented treasures.
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Simple pickles. There's no need to drag out a huge enamel canning pot, sterilize a drawer full of lids, dig for tongs, or search for funnels. Sour pickles are very basic. Cucumbers. Salt. Water. The most important thing might be the brining solution or the ratio of salt to water. Some folks swear by a lower ratio (3%) while others stand by a higher ratio (10%). I fall somewhere in the middle with a 5% ratio or 1 tablespoon salt per 1 cup water.
After slicing the blossom ends off of 1 pound smallish Stonehedge Farm kirby cucumbers, I thoroughly washed them in iced water before cramming them into a quart mason jar with 5 sprigs of fresh dill, 4 garlic cloves, 2 bay leaves, 2 tablespoons whole allspice seeds, 2 tablespoons whole coriander seeds, 2 tablespoons whole Tellicherry peppercorns, and 1 sliced Fresno hot pepper.
I dissolved 4 tablespoons of kosher salt in 4 cups of filtered water and filled the jar with enough brine to completely cover the cucumbers. Now, sticky uppy bits are not a great thing. The cucumbers must be covered and submerged in the brine for proper fermentation to occur. If not covered, the wrong kind of bacteria could take over. Not a good thing. I used a small demi-tasse saucer to weigh down the cucumbers and keep them submerged.
Gurgling living food needs to breathe. If sealed too tightly, the gases from the fermentation have nowhere to go and could...well...explode. I've had my share of gaseous brined saurkraut mishaps. After making sure the pickles were submerged in the brine, I covered the mouth of the jar with layers of cheesecloth and secured the cloth with a rubber band. Although hardly high tech, I knew the cheesecloth would keep the bad things out of the pickles while still allowing them to breath and let the gases escape.
Covered and banded, I nestled the quart mason jar into a bowl ( to catch whatever might bubble over) and placed the bowl/jar/cucumbers in a cool dark corner of the garage.
Here's the deal. The great thing about sour pickles is that the process is fairly quick. Saurkraut can take up to 6 weeks to ferment. Depending upon the desired level of rot, kimchi might take months. Half sour pickles might be ready to go in 5 or 6 days. Full sours hit their full pucker punch in about 2 weeks. The level of sourness is totally subjective. Tasting along the way is key.
After 3 days, I peaked under the cheesecloth to see if anything was happening. With some bubbling action going on, I knew the pickles were off to a good start, so I slid them back into their little hide-away and left them alone.
After 8 days, the somewhat shrunken pickles bobbed away in the murky and cloudy brine. It wasn't pretty, but it was normal. I snacked on a few pickles, covered the jar, and decided to let them go for another week. The full monty. Full sours.
After 15 days, I slid the pickles into the refrigerator to chill. Sour pickles can last for a month in the refrigerator before they start to soften. They're fantastic as snacks, piled onto fatty deli sandwiches, or served with anything barbecued. I treated the pickles like big boy cornichons and tumbled them onto a cutting board alongside bourbon-spiked chicken liver pate topped with snipped chives and extra virgin olive oil.
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I'd be showing my years, but the old stand-up comedy joke went like this: Define "Mixed Emotions" ... punchline: Seeing your evil Mother-in-Law drive over a cliff….in your new Ferrari!
Now how do I segue into my story? I was out Saturday, there was a yard sale ad I'd seen previously for "wood, woodworking tools, and other tools, and antique oak furniture."
So I got there 15 minutes early. I always ask how well the sale is doing, and apparently I didn't miss anything due to earlier early birds! BUT… the so-called wood was these salvaged, 3/4"spf plywood, stinky from decades in the garage. The tools were just dump-pickens, really, but what the hey. Then I spotted a box of 20 C-clamps, all nice ancient Brinks and Cottens, and Cincinnatis, just $10.
Then, underneath it, was a sad-looking Stanley 4 1/2. Of course it came home with me, I didn't even look at it, it was $5!!! I felt the wolves gathering, so I paid for my finds and put them in the truck.
Once in the screened porch, coffee in hand, I sat down and looked the plane over for the first time…
Looking over more closely, I noticed… one MAJOR crack in the right cheek…What to do?
so that is the whole story. I do have a couple of planes I bought from an old gent, both had been brazed and resurfaced so well I hardly noticed the job. How do the pros handle such a repair? Or should I just get a replacement body, jeez this one has the patent dates and everything...What to do, guys???
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#1 posted 06-17-2013 12:49 PM
I would look for someone who can braze it, I would think you would still come out ahead in the deal. I would also look at replacing the tote. The tape job is a dead give away for a crack and the busted top would chew up your hand quick.
-- Fumbling and Bumbling Woodworking Todd
#2 posted 06-17-2013 12:59 PM
Thanks, Todd!
-- Einstein: "The intuitive mind is a sacred gift, and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift." I'm Poopiekat!!
#3 posted 06-17-2013 01:04 PM
The one to ask is Dave over at Stumpy Nubs thread. He recently brazed a block plack back together. he also is too bad a blacksmith, either…
-- A Planer? I'M the planer, this is what I use
#4 posted 06-17-2013 01:08 PM
Nice score PK, even in its sad state, especially in the wild like that. I passed over a #10 with a brazed cheek for $50 this weekend. I just didn't have the gear with me to see if the casting had twisted or not during the brazing process and didn't want to roll the dice on it. The other 2 #10's I saw were priced clean out of the market at $200 a piece.
-- Its not a crack, its a casting imperfection.
#5 posted 06-17-2013 01:15 PM
Poopie even better if you can braze it yourself…not something I would try. Christ I have a hard time soldering.
If you can't find a tote to replace yours, let me know and I'm sure I can whip one up for you. I have done several for my planes.
-- Fumbling and Bumbling Woodworking Todd
#6 posted 06-17-2013 01:30 PM
Chrisstef: Thanks for the kind words! Yeah, a #10 would be fragile enough to begin with, and you had a good reason to pass on that one for $50. I just got a mint #10 Parplus from England, was just a bit more than $50 with shipping, but it has that replaceable blade thing which I might end up not liking. But I had a void to fill in my gallery.
Bandit: I try to stay out of the Stumpy thread; in the past I made the observation that if Lumberjocks was a hot water heater, the Stumpy thread would be the sacrificial magnesium anode. Ahhh, no nonsense, just sweet sweet fun? Unless 'Dave' lives in Canada, the CanadaPost rates for 2-way shipping would be up in the Lei-Nielson $$$$$ range. I wouldn't mind buying a welding rig of some kind, but jeez, I got too many toys now than I know what to do with. But.. I will keep all options open, I'll write to that plane guy who breaks up planes and sells parts on eBay. There's no rush on this little orphan.
Todd: I've done lots of soldering, and I did attend a Welding course in Continuing Ed but I only own a helmet and gloves, not sure if I want to open that door…
-- Einstein: "The intuitive mind is a sacred gift, and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift." I'm Poopiekat!!
#7 posted 06-17-2013 01:38 PM
Well, even in a worst case scenario the frog is going to be worth some good change. Does it have a 3 line Bedrock lever cap? if so, that is also worth a nice chunk. The SW blade is too new to be OEM for the plane, correct? but still value there as well. A nice score. No matter what, I think you are ahead of the game.
#8 posted 06-17-2013 01:42 PM
I'd braze it then look for a good base but that's going to be pretty hard to find unless you get really lucky.
-- http://timetestedtools.net - Collecting is an investment in the past, and the future.
#9 posted 06-17-2013 01:48 PM
+1 to Don. A base will be difficult, but if you keep your options open, something might come up. For instance, not that long ago nhplaneparts had a 'Rock roundy 605-1/2 base in their web store (it didn't last very long).
-- In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is.
#10 posted 06-17-2013 01:55 PM
Thanks, Shane, Don and Jay!
-- Einstein: "The intuitive mind is a sacred gift, and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift." I'm Poopiekat!!
#11 posted 06-17-2013 02:09 PM
The frog will also fit a 605-1/2, 606 or 607, types 1-4 (type 1 & 2 bases will not have the "60" prefix, just 5-1/2, 6, etc.) That is what I was referring to by keeping your options open.
-- In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is.
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#12 posted 06-17-2013 02:29 PM
PK, I'd be inclined to sharpen the iron, repair the tote, replace the knob and put it on the 'user' shelf until further notice. Even with that crack I bet it's a solid user, and it'll be standing by for whenever you do get into the brazing business yourself (or find a replacement base, or etc. etc). My .02, and Nice Find!!
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#13 posted 06-17-2013 02:55 PM
Poops said- "I try to stay out of the Stumpy thread; in the past I made the observation that if Lumberjocks was a hot water heater, the Stumpy thread would be the sacrificial magnesium anode. Ahhh, no nonsense, just sweet sweet fun?"
For those who don't know what Poopy is saying- In a water heater the anode rod is what attracts the rust so it doesn't pollute the walls of the heater itself. It's also normally removed if a water treatment system is installed because it will cause the water to have a pungent smell similar to rotten eggs. So he is not only insulting me, he's implying that those who frequent my thread are the crap that would otherwise pollute Lumberjocks.
At least that's how I understand it. But I am clearly a gigantic moron, so what do I know.
My response is that my thread (which really isn't "mine") is inhabited by some very nice people who like to chat about what they do in their shops, what they do outside their shops, and whatever's on their mind. A lot of it is about woodworking, some of it is not. There's the occasional fart joke, but none of the adult humor or profanity you see all over Lumberjocks. Most importantly it has become a place where people have become very good friends, drawn together by their mutual love for woodworking. There's no arguing, no debates. Several have experienced very serious issues (cancer, death of family members, tragic accidents, just to name a few) and the friends made on that thread have helped them through it. I created the thread to hold a contest a long time ago, they took it from there and made it the mini-community it is today.
Meanwhile Lumberjocks is full of arguing, debating, insults, politics, dirty jokes, and all the crap that you never find on our thread.
But Poopy's probably right. It's the Stumpy Nubs thread that is the crap rod of the site.
Personally I like Poopy. This isn't an attack on him personally, he's a good guy. But there's a lot about that thread and the people who frequent it that you don't know, acts of kindness and support for friends that would make you embarrassed to have characterized that thread as you often have, in your comment above, and several other places over the last year or so on Lj's.
The people on that thread aren't the type that are going to come over here and speak up, frankly neither am I. But this had to be said, so I will do it for them. I might be the crap rod of Lumberjocks, but "the Stumpy Nubs thread" is a nice place. So please lay off it.
Now' I've said my peace, and I won't try and hijack this thread. But I am quite sure I will be blocked now anyway.
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#14 posted 06-17-2013 03:44 PM
I am a firm believer that tools are meant to be used, If this plane were mine I would have it commercially brazed or welded, clean it and put it into service. When I pick up a tool that is well used, I feel a connection to the guy who used it to build a house, barn or furniture. New tools are nice but barn finds have history.
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#15 posted 06-17-2013 03:49 PM
As for the hand plane, as long as the bottom is flat, it's repairable. Often a big crack will change the shape of the plane and the bottom will be out of flat more than can be lapped away. Or some other distortion may cause issues with frog alignment. I have a couple like that. If that's not a problem here, I say fix it or get it fixed and give a good plane a second life.
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