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The Coffee Shop / What's In A Name?
« on: April 08, 2015, 02:02:43 am »
Instead of John, I call my bathroom Jim. It justs sounds better when I tell my friends that I went to the Jim first thing in the morning!
John
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News: Had a couple issues with the forum today. 1/19/2017. I believe I have them corrected now. Let me know if you have any trouble. Thanks.
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The Coffee Shop / The New Will
« on: February 09, 2014, 01:12:23 am »
A man was telling his buddy "You won't believe what happened last night.
My daughter walked into the living room and said, "Dad, cancel my allowance immediately, forget my college tuition loan, rent my room out, throw all my clothes out the window, take my TV and my laptop. Please take any of my jewelry to the Salvation Army or Cash Converters. Then, sell my car, take my front door key away from me and throw me out of the house. Then, disown me and never talk to me again. Don't forget to write me out of your will and leave my share to any charity you choose."
"Holy Smokes," replied the friend, "she actually said that?"
"Well, she didn't put it quite like that. She actually said,
'Dad, meet my new boyfriend-- Mohammed. We're going to work together on Hillary's election campaign!'"
My daughter walked into the living room and said, "Dad, cancel my allowance immediately, forget my college tuition loan, rent my room out, throw all my clothes out the window, take my TV and my laptop. Please take any of my jewelry to the Salvation Army or Cash Converters. Then, sell my car, take my front door key away from me and throw me out of the house. Then, disown me and never talk to me again. Don't forget to write me out of your will and leave my share to any charity you choose."
"Holy Smokes," replied the friend, "she actually said that?"
"Well, she didn't put it quite like that. She actually said,
'Dad, meet my new boyfriend-- Mohammed. We're going to work together on Hillary's election campaign!'"
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Computer questions / Windows 8
« on: January 02, 2014, 11:42:11 am »
My wife and I would like to buy new laptops, but they all come with Windows 8 today. We've tried this and it was just too confusing to us "old" folks. Is there a way to substitute Windows 7 instead?
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The Coffee Shop / Travel Warning
« on: December 01, 2013, 08:14:32 pm »
The federal government has issued a travel warning due to the cold weather.
Anyone traveling in the current blizzard conditions should carry the following:
Shovel
Blankets or sleeping bag
Extra clothing, including hat and gloves
24 hours' worth of food
De-icer
Rock salt
Flashlight with spare batteries
Road flares or reflective triangles
Full spare gas can
First aid kit
Booster cables
I looked like an idiot on the bus this morning
Anyone traveling in the current blizzard conditions should carry the following:
Shovel
Blankets or sleeping bag
Extra clothing, including hat and gloves
24 hours' worth of food
De-icer
Rock salt
Flashlight with spare batteries
Road flares or reflective triangles
Full spare gas can
First aid kit
Booster cables
I looked like an idiot on the bus this morning
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The Coffee Shop / Mouse Hunt
« on: November 20, 2013, 02:11:02 am »
A BB gun in hand . . . . . the target spotted . . . . . . suddenly it is time to decide the fate of the ?beast? . . . . . . slowly squeeze the trigger . . . . . .
You have got to watch this one minute video!
.... The one that got away: Mouse Hunt..
https://www.facebook.com/video/embed?video_id=10151823097153841
You have got to watch this one minute video!
.... The one that got away: Mouse Hunt..
https://www.facebook.com/video/embed?video_id=10151823097153841
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The Coffee Shop / Flag Day
« on: June 14, 2013, 10:47:59 pm »
A Word From Jack Tobin, National President Of The Special Forces Association
Tomorrow June 14th, is not only Flag Day, but also celebrates the 238 Birthday of the US Army. As has become custom, below are my feeble attempts to verbalize tributes to each of these occasions.
The Star Spangled Banner
When I stand at attention, salute the flag and hear the "Star Spangled Banner" I can see the "rockets red glare", the rugged determination of that little group of soldiers at Ft McHenry who refused to surrender. As the flag flies unfurled I can visualize the men on Bataan, who would check every morning to see if the flag on the Rock was still there, and the empty feeling as they started the Death March when it was gone.
My step father, a retired Marine, said that when he saw that flag raised on Iwo it was like a jolt of electricity (he saw the second raising, not the first), he could hear National Anthem in his mind. I can remember returning from a operation, arriving at Nha Trang AFB at 1800, as we were sorting out the 'Yards, and trying to get them on the trucks, they played the Star Spangled Banner, and four very dirty, smelly Americans in ripped uniforms stood there with tears streaming down their dirty faces, saluted the flag.
As we Americans do not swear allegiance to a President, a King, or a Parliament, but to a document that provides the basis for our Freedoms, our Constitution. The flag represents that document and the spirit of the men that wrote those immortal words, The flag is a banner that symbolizes what this country was built on, the white stripes of truth, the red stripes for our patriot?s blood, the blue of our free skies, the stars representing the states of our republic, e pluribus Unum, "from many, one." Today, many people wonder each morning if ?our flag is still there" but regardless of any actions taken by those who want to destroy the nation and principles it represents, by each "dawn's early light" it is still proudly waving, an inspiration to all who refuse to let the dream die.
Army Day
Soon I will be going home to PA to see family, and on my way out, real early in the morning, I will stop by Valley Forge stand in front of the chapel and watch the sun rise. While many claim the US Army was founded 238 years ago, with the actions at Lexington and Concord, I maintain the US Army was forged during that terrible winter at Valley Forge.
I have walked and stayed on many battlefields, but at Valley Forge where no shot was fired in anger, one tall determined Virginian, a group of talented amateurs and a ragtag bunch of men who realized that Freedom and Liberty were not just words, but were principles worth dying for, and even more important, worth living for. While they suffered near starvation and deprivation for their dream, two German expatriates, DeKalb and Von Steuben drilled them unmercifully converting a rabble into what became the Army of the United States.
By this time the "Summer Soldiers and Sunshine Patriots" were gone, the men left had pledged their "lives, liberty and sacred Honor" to be free. Honor, a unique concept, it will bring you neither wealth, fame, nor comfort, but rather can bring the opposite, many who will not abandon principles and just go along are those who are attacked and reviled by politicians, press and peers, to whom power is not responsibility, but a narcotic. Many of these men lost their homes and families, but continued for they yearned to be free of an oppressive government.
Over the last two centuries, Americans have gone into battle with cries of "Remember the Alamo", "Remember the Maine", "Remember Pearl Harbor", maybe in the battle today for the soul of America, our battle cry should be "Remember Valley Forge" where men quietly starved to death, or slipped into the final frozen sleep rather than abandon the cause of freedom.
I believe Jack has stated what many of us feel. Happy Birthday to all that have worn the uniform.
De Oppresso Liber
Tomorrow June 14th, is not only Flag Day, but also celebrates the 238 Birthday of the US Army. As has become custom, below are my feeble attempts to verbalize tributes to each of these occasions.
The Star Spangled Banner
When I stand at attention, salute the flag and hear the "Star Spangled Banner" I can see the "rockets red glare", the rugged determination of that little group of soldiers at Ft McHenry who refused to surrender. As the flag flies unfurled I can visualize the men on Bataan, who would check every morning to see if the flag on the Rock was still there, and the empty feeling as they started the Death March when it was gone.
My step father, a retired Marine, said that when he saw that flag raised on Iwo it was like a jolt of electricity (he saw the second raising, not the first), he could hear National Anthem in his mind. I can remember returning from a operation, arriving at Nha Trang AFB at 1800, as we were sorting out the 'Yards, and trying to get them on the trucks, they played the Star Spangled Banner, and four very dirty, smelly Americans in ripped uniforms stood there with tears streaming down their dirty faces, saluted the flag.
As we Americans do not swear allegiance to a President, a King, or a Parliament, but to a document that provides the basis for our Freedoms, our Constitution. The flag represents that document and the spirit of the men that wrote those immortal words, The flag is a banner that symbolizes what this country was built on, the white stripes of truth, the red stripes for our patriot?s blood, the blue of our free skies, the stars representing the states of our republic, e pluribus Unum, "from many, one." Today, many people wonder each morning if ?our flag is still there" but regardless of any actions taken by those who want to destroy the nation and principles it represents, by each "dawn's early light" it is still proudly waving, an inspiration to all who refuse to let the dream die.
Army Day
Soon I will be going home to PA to see family, and on my way out, real early in the morning, I will stop by Valley Forge stand in front of the chapel and watch the sun rise. While many claim the US Army was founded 238 years ago, with the actions at Lexington and Concord, I maintain the US Army was forged during that terrible winter at Valley Forge.
I have walked and stayed on many battlefields, but at Valley Forge where no shot was fired in anger, one tall determined Virginian, a group of talented amateurs and a ragtag bunch of men who realized that Freedom and Liberty were not just words, but were principles worth dying for, and even more important, worth living for. While they suffered near starvation and deprivation for their dream, two German expatriates, DeKalb and Von Steuben drilled them unmercifully converting a rabble into what became the Army of the United States.
By this time the "Summer Soldiers and Sunshine Patriots" were gone, the men left had pledged their "lives, liberty and sacred Honor" to be free. Honor, a unique concept, it will bring you neither wealth, fame, nor comfort, but rather can bring the opposite, many who will not abandon principles and just go along are those who are attacked and reviled by politicians, press and peers, to whom power is not responsibility, but a narcotic. Many of these men lost their homes and families, but continued for they yearned to be free of an oppressive government.
Over the last two centuries, Americans have gone into battle with cries of "Remember the Alamo", "Remember the Maine", "Remember Pearl Harbor", maybe in the battle today for the soul of America, our battle cry should be "Remember Valley Forge" where men quietly starved to death, or slipped into the final frozen sleep rather than abandon the cause of freedom.
I believe Jack has stated what many of us feel. Happy Birthday to all that have worn the uniform.
De Oppresso Liber
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General Scroll Saw Talk / Steam Powered Wooden Box Factory
« on: May 21, 2013, 01:06:10 pm »
Well, it's not scroll sawing, but I think you'll find it interesting to watch this. But maybe that's because I'm one of those "Old guys".
http://www.youtube.com/v/_mKSKZau9qs# <http://www.youtube.com/v/_mKSKZau9qs>
http://www.youtube.com/v/_mKSKZau9qs# <http://www.youtube.com/v/_mKSKZau9qs>
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The Coffee Shop / Snowstorm
« on: January 24, 2013, 06:03:09 pm »
I just got off of the phone with an old friend who lives in North Dakota near the
Canadian border.
He said, The snow has been falling since early morning. It's waist high and still falling.
The temperature has dropped below zero and a north wind our of Canada is increasing to near gale force.
His wife does nothing but just look through the kitchen window and stare.
He said, if it gets much worse, he may have to let her in....
Canadian border.
He said, The snow has been falling since early morning. It's waist high and still falling.
The temperature has dropped below zero and a north wind our of Canada is increasing to near gale force.
His wife does nothing but just look through the kitchen window and stare.
He said, if it gets much worse, he may have to let her in....
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The Coffee Shop / Two Elderly Couples
« on: December 06, 2012, 12:25:14 pm »
Two elderly couples were riding in a car one day, the men in front,
the women in the back. One man asked the other, "Have you been to
any great restaurants lately?"
"Oh, yes", the other man replied.
"Just last night we had a great meal at, uh..., uh..., well, my
memory isn't as sharp as it used to be. What's the name of that
long stemmed flower with thorns on it?"
"A rose?", the first man offered.
"Yea, that's it." Looking over his shoulder, he asked
his wife, "Say Rose, what's the name of that restaurant..."
the women in the back. One man asked the other, "Have you been to
any great restaurants lately?"
"Oh, yes", the other man replied.
"Just last night we had a great meal at, uh..., uh..., well, my
memory isn't as sharp as it used to be. What's the name of that
long stemmed flower with thorns on it?"
"A rose?", the first man offered.
"Yea, that's it." Looking over his shoulder, he asked
his wife, "Say Rose, what's the name of that restaurant..."
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The Coffee Shop / The Fishing Trip
« on: December 06, 2012, 12:02:52 pm »
A man phones home from his office and tells his wife: "Something has just come up. I have a chance to go fishing for a week. It's the opportunity of a lifetime. We leave right away. So pack my clothes, my fishing equipment, and especially my blue silk pajamas. I'll be home in an hour to pick them up."
He goes home in a hurry and grabs everything and rushes off.
A week later he returns.
His wife asks: "Did you have a good trip, dear?" He says: " Oh yes, great! But you forgot to pack my blue silk pajamas." His wife smiles and says, "Oh no I didn't. I put them in your tackle box!"
He goes home in a hurry and grabs everything and rushes off.
A week later he returns.
His wife asks: "Did you have a good trip, dear?" He says: " Oh yes, great! But you forgot to pack my blue silk pajamas." His wife smiles and says, "Oh no I didn't. I put them in your tackle box!"
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The Coffee Shop / Husband Shopping
« on: December 03, 2012, 03:39:38 pm »
A wife asks her husband, "Could you please go shopping for me and buy
one carton of milk and if they have avocados, get 6."
A short time later the husband comes back with 6 cartons of milk.
The wife asks him, "Why did you buy 6 cartons of milk?"
He replied, "They had avocados."
one carton of milk and if they have avocados, get 6."
A short time later the husband comes back with 6 cartons of milk.
The wife asks him, "Why did you buy 6 cartons of milk?"
He replied, "They had avocados."
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The Coffee Shop / Common Sense
« on: November 03, 2012, 01:13:26 am »
Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Mr. Common Sense. Mr. Sense had been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape.
He will be remembered as having cultivated such value lessons as knowing when to come in out of the rain, why the early bird gets the worm and that life isn't always fair. Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies (don't spend more than you earn) and reliable parenting strategies (adults, not kids, are in charge).
His health began to rapidly deteriorate when well intentioned but overbearing regulations were set in place. - Reports of a six-year-old boy charged with sexual harassment for kissing a classmate; teens suspended from school for using mouthwash after lunch; and a teacher fired for reprimanding an unruly student, only worsened his condition.
Mr. Sense declined even further when schools were required to get parental consent to administer aspirin to a student; but, could not inform the parents when a student became pregnant and wanted to have an abortion.
Finally, Common Sense lost the will to live as the Ten Commandments became contraband; churches became businesses; and criminals received better treatment than their victims.
Common Sense finally gave up the ghost after a woman failed to realize that a steaming cup of coffee was hot, she spilled a bit in her lap, and was awarded a huge financial settlement.
Common Sense was preceded in death by his parents, Truth and Trust, his wife, Discretion; his daughter, Responsibility; and his son, Reason. He is survived by two stepbrothers; My Rights and Ima Whiner.
Not many attended his funeral because so few realized he was gone.
He will be remembered as having cultivated such value lessons as knowing when to come in out of the rain, why the early bird gets the worm and that life isn't always fair. Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies (don't spend more than you earn) and reliable parenting strategies (adults, not kids, are in charge).
His health began to rapidly deteriorate when well intentioned but overbearing regulations were set in place. - Reports of a six-year-old boy charged with sexual harassment for kissing a classmate; teens suspended from school for using mouthwash after lunch; and a teacher fired for reprimanding an unruly student, only worsened his condition.
Mr. Sense declined even further when schools were required to get parental consent to administer aspirin to a student; but, could not inform the parents when a student became pregnant and wanted to have an abortion.
Finally, Common Sense lost the will to live as the Ten Commandments became contraband; churches became businesses; and criminals received better treatment than their victims.
Common Sense finally gave up the ghost after a woman failed to realize that a steaming cup of coffee was hot, she spilled a bit in her lap, and was awarded a huge financial settlement.
Common Sense was preceded in death by his parents, Truth and Trust, his wife, Discretion; his daughter, Responsibility; and his son, Reason. He is survived by two stepbrothers; My Rights and Ima Whiner.
Not many attended his funeral because so few realized he was gone.
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General Scroll Saw Talk / Question: How do I Color 3 Dimensional Ornaments?
« on: October 08, 2012, 11:45:49 pm »
I'm cutting some 3D Christmas ornaments, using both red oak and poplar. Wife wants them to be colored (red, green, yellow, etc) and I don't know how to do this. There are many inside components, so spray painting just doesn't get to everything. I've tried BLO, but she wants more color. Went back on the threads and saw what MrsN did with food coloring, but she used 2D cuttings from BB plywood. I can try the food colorings, but worry about raising the grain and maybe warping.
So do I worry too much? Or is there some other way to color by dipping the whole ornament into the solution?
Thanks for any help you can offer...
John
So do I worry too much? Or is there some other way to color by dipping the whole ornament into the solution?
Thanks for any help you can offer...
John
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General Scroll Saw Talk / Excalibur Blower Problem
« on: September 18, 2012, 01:22:08 am »
I've had my EX-21 less than two years, and now the blower isn't functioning. I heard a dull "pop" while sawing, and that was it. I called Ray, who felt it could be a blocked hose or a ruptured bellows, so I took the bottom plate off under the bellows and inspected the rubber bellows and the blower tube. Can't find anything wrong and the bellows does pump up and down. If there is a tear in the bellows I couldn't see it with my inspection mirror.
I bought and installed a 100 gal aquarium pump and fastened the tube right alongside the segmented original tube. It works fine, but I'd still like to get the original blower going. Have any of you had a similar problem or have any suggestions?
I bought and installed a 100 gal aquarium pump and fastened the tube right alongside the segmented original tube. It works fine, but I'd still like to get the original blower going. Have any of you had a similar problem or have any suggestions?
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The Coffee Shop / Wives Don't Forget Old Boyfriends
« on: July 23, 2012, 11:07:50 pm »
Wives don't forget old boyfriends!
Husband took the wife to a disco on the weekend.
There was a guy on the dance floor giving it large - breakdancing, moonwalking, back flips, the works.
The wife turned to husband and said: "See that guy? 25 years ago he
proposed to me and I turned him down."
Husband says: "Looks like he's still celebrating!!!
Husband took the wife to a disco on the weekend.
There was a guy on the dance floor giving it large - breakdancing, moonwalking, back flips, the works.
The wife turned to husband and said: "See that guy? 25 years ago he
proposed to me and I turned him down."
Husband says: "Looks like he's still celebrating!!!
