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The Coffee Shop / Fisherman name
« on: April 09, 2014, 07:09:57 pm »
Find your fisherman mane
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The Coffee Shop / First show of the season
« on: April 04, 2014, 08:08:19 pm »
Tomorrow the misses and I will go to our first craft fair of the year. There will be about 60 vendors, we will be the only woodworking display. Wish us luck, I need to buy supplies soon and $$$$$ are tight right now. I will let you know how it went tomorrow night. 
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The Coffee Shop / More snow
« on: April 01, 2014, 09:55:04 am »
There is no end to this. Everything shut down since yesterday noon. and it is still snowing. I don't want to complain but, enough is enough. On the bright side my wife and I did see our first robin this morning during the snow storm. Go figure?
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Brag Forum / Some of my recent work
« on: March 26, 2014, 08:02:33 pm »
I have made a lot of sawdust since christmas. 
Tell me what you thinks.
The wolf by the tree was the most challenging I have ever tackled.
Tell me what you thinks. The wolf by the tree was the most challenging I have ever tackled.
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Intarsia / lighthouse
« on: March 26, 2014, 07:56:56 pm »
This is a simple lighthouse I started on Saturday and finished on Monday. I used western red cedar and popular, I had to use stain to add color to the bushes and windows/door.
I got the pattern at
http://www.sg-patterns.com/free-stained-glass-patterns120.html
Thousands of patterns that are also good for woodworking.
I got the pattern at
http://www.sg-patterns.com/free-stained-glass-patterns120.html
Thousands of patterns that are also good for woodworking.
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The Coffee Shop / Someone
« on: March 24, 2014, 07:32:12 pm »
Is going to get themselves in trouble with this. I am thinking about Gabby, Keefie and Rob Roy, Todd and Travis and Russ and maybe even Marg and Judy. Darn it the whole family might. Don't get yourselves in trouble.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=654042201299921&set=vb.610915188945956&type=2&theater
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=654042201299921&set=vb.610915188945956&type=2&theater
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General Scroll Saw Talk / A great day in the shed
« on: March 22, 2014, 07:20:19 pm »
Today was a good day. I was in the shed at 9:00am with a nice wood fire going in the stove. I laid out an intarsia piece of a lighthouse. I have wanted to do one for some time now. Used popular and western red cedar. Got all the pieces cut. Then sprayed some fretwork I had finished. Then not wanting to create dust I laid out another intarsia of a beagle pup and got these pieces cut from western red cedar.
Yes today was a great day in da shed. Come on spring.
Yes today was a great day in da shed. Come on spring.
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The Coffee Shop / For goat lovers
« on: March 21, 2014, 07:43:22 pm »
Most be animal night, well I enjoyed this short video.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=712969538753665&set=vb.491750840875537&type=2&theater
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=712969538753665&set=vb.491750840875537&type=2&theater
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The Coffee Shop / To be a Newfie
« on: March 15, 2014, 07:06:59 pm »
You know you're from Newfoundland when...
- You only know three spices - salt, pepper and ketchup.
- You design your Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
- The mosquitoes have landing lights.
- You have more miles on your snowblower than your car.
- You have 10 favourite recipes for bottled moose.
- Canadian Tire on any Saturday is busier than the toy stores at Christmas.
- You live in a house that has no front step, yet the door is one meter above the ground.
- You've taken your kids trick-or-treating in a blizzard.
- Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled in with snow.
- You think sexy lingerie is tube-socks and a flannel nightie with only 8 buttons.
- You owe more money on your snowmobile than your car.
- The local paper covers national and international headlines on 1/4 page, but requires 6 pages for local softball scores.
- At least twice a year, the kitchen doubles as a meat processing plant.
- The most effective mosquito repellent is a shotgun.
- Your snowblower gets stuck on the roof.
- You think the start of salmon fishing season is a national holiday.
- You frequently clean grease off your barbeque so the bears won't prowl on your deck.
- You know which leaves make good toilet paper.
- You find -40C a little nippy.
- The trunk of your car doubles as a deep freeze.
- You can play road hockey on skates.
- You know 4 seasons - Winter, Still Winter, almost Winter and Construction.
- The municipality buys a Zamboni before a bus.
Did I make you smile?
Important note: you cannot respond to any of these unless you are a Newfie, because only Newfies can make fun at other Newfies. Unless, of course, you are a Newfie at heart.
- You only know three spices - salt, pepper and ketchup.
- You design your Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
- The mosquitoes have landing lights.
- You have more miles on your snowblower than your car.
- You have 10 favourite recipes for bottled moose.
- Canadian Tire on any Saturday is busier than the toy stores at Christmas.
- You live in a house that has no front step, yet the door is one meter above the ground.
- You've taken your kids trick-or-treating in a blizzard.
- Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled in with snow.
- You think sexy lingerie is tube-socks and a flannel nightie with only 8 buttons.
- You owe more money on your snowmobile than your car.
- The local paper covers national and international headlines on 1/4 page, but requires 6 pages for local softball scores.
- At least twice a year, the kitchen doubles as a meat processing plant.
- The most effective mosquito repellent is a shotgun.
- Your snowblower gets stuck on the roof.
- You think the start of salmon fishing season is a national holiday.
- You frequently clean grease off your barbeque so the bears won't prowl on your deck.
- You know which leaves make good toilet paper.
- You find -40C a little nippy.
- The trunk of your car doubles as a deep freeze.
- You can play road hockey on skates.
- You know 4 seasons - Winter, Still Winter, almost Winter and Construction.
- The municipality buys a Zamboni before a bus.
Did I make you smile?
Important note: you cannot respond to any of these unless you are a Newfie, because only Newfies can make fun at other Newfies. Unless, of course, you are a Newfie at heart.
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The Coffee Shop / The Middle Wife
« on: February 25, 2014, 08:02:26 pm »
A true story, I know because teachers don't tell lies. enjoy
The 'Middle Wife' by an Anonymous 2nd grade teacher
I've been teaching now for about fifteen years. I have two kids myself, but the best birth story I know is the one I saw in my own second grade classroom a few years back.
When I was a kid, I loved show-and-tell. So I always have a few sessions with my students. It helps them get over shyness and usually, show-and-tell is pretty tame. Kids bring in pet turtles, model airplanes, pictures of fish they catch, stuff like that. And I never, ever place any boundaries or limitations on them. If they want to lug it in to school and talk about it, they're welcome.
Well, one day this little girl, Erica, a very bright, very outgoing kid, takes her turn and waddles up to the front of the class with a pillow stuffed under her sweater.
She holds up a snapshot of an infant. 'This is Luke, my baby brother, and I'm going to tell you about his birthday.'
'First, Mom and Dad made him as a symbol of their love, and then Dad put a seed in my Mom's stomach, and Luke grew in there. He ate for nine months through an umbrella cord.'
She's standing there with her hands on the pillow, and I'm trying not to laugh and wishing I had my camcorder with me. The kids are watching her in amazement.
'Then, about two Saturdays ago, my Mom starts going, 'Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh!' Erica puts a hand behind her back and groans. 'She walked around the house for, like an hour, 'Oh, oh, oh!' (Now this kid is doing a hysterical duck walk and groaning.)
'My Dad called the middle wife. She delivers babies, but she doesn't have a sign on the car like the Domino's man. They got my Mom to lie down in bed like this.' (Then Erica lies down with her back against the wall.)
'And then, pop! My Mom had this bag of water she kept in there in case he got thirsty, and it just blew up and spilled all over the bed, like psshhheew!' (This kid has her legs spread with her little hands miming water flowing away. It was too much!)
'Then the middle wife starts saying 'push, push,' and 'breathe, breathe.
They started counting, but never even got past ten. Then, all of a sudden, out comes my brother. He was covered in yucky stuff that they all said it was from Mom's play-center, so there must be a lot of toys inside there. When he got out, the middle wife spanked him for crawling up in there in the first place.'
Then Erica stood up, took a big theatrical bow and returned to her seat.
I'm sure I applauded the loudest. Ever since then, when it's Show-and-tell day, I bring my camcorder, just in case another 'Middle Wife' comes along.
Live every day as if it is your LAST chance to make someone happy!
"Laugh uncontrollably, it clears the mind."
enjoyThe 'Middle Wife' by an Anonymous 2nd grade teacher
I've been teaching now for about fifteen years. I have two kids myself, but the best birth story I know is the one I saw in my own second grade classroom a few years back.
When I was a kid, I loved show-and-tell. So I always have a few sessions with my students. It helps them get over shyness and usually, show-and-tell is pretty tame. Kids bring in pet turtles, model airplanes, pictures of fish they catch, stuff like that. And I never, ever place any boundaries or limitations on them. If they want to lug it in to school and talk about it, they're welcome.
Well, one day this little girl, Erica, a very bright, very outgoing kid, takes her turn and waddles up to the front of the class with a pillow stuffed under her sweater.
She holds up a snapshot of an infant. 'This is Luke, my baby brother, and I'm going to tell you about his birthday.'
'First, Mom and Dad made him as a symbol of their love, and then Dad put a seed in my Mom's stomach, and Luke grew in there. He ate for nine months through an umbrella cord.'
She's standing there with her hands on the pillow, and I'm trying not to laugh and wishing I had my camcorder with me. The kids are watching her in amazement.
'Then, about two Saturdays ago, my Mom starts going, 'Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh!' Erica puts a hand behind her back and groans. 'She walked around the house for, like an hour, 'Oh, oh, oh!' (Now this kid is doing a hysterical duck walk and groaning.)
'My Dad called the middle wife. She delivers babies, but she doesn't have a sign on the car like the Domino's man. They got my Mom to lie down in bed like this.' (Then Erica lies down with her back against the wall.)
'And then, pop! My Mom had this bag of water she kept in there in case he got thirsty, and it just blew up and spilled all over the bed, like psshhheew!' (This kid has her legs spread with her little hands miming water flowing away. It was too much!)
'Then the middle wife starts saying 'push, push,' and 'breathe, breathe.
They started counting, but never even got past ten. Then, all of a sudden, out comes my brother. He was covered in yucky stuff that they all said it was from Mom's play-center, so there must be a lot of toys inside there. When he got out, the middle wife spanked him for crawling up in there in the first place.'
Then Erica stood up, took a big theatrical bow and returned to her seat.
I'm sure I applauded the loudest. Ever since then, when it's Show-and-tell day, I bring my camcorder, just in case another 'Middle Wife' comes along.
Live every day as if it is your LAST chance to make someone happy!
"Laugh uncontrollably, it clears the mind."
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The Coffee Shop / A sad day in our history
« on: February 15, 2014, 10:25:42 am »
Today marks the 32nd anniversary of the sinking of the Ocean Ranger. I remember the event as if it was only yesterday. A sever winter storm that lasted several days, the news reports, the waiting. Lessons to be learned: Respect nature, Respect the North Atlantic, Don't trust government or large cooperations
A tranquil fishing village, on the rock bound coast of Newfoundland
Friends and loved ones gathered, to try and lend a helping hand
In the bleak forbidding quiet, of a peaceful funeral home
Sitting there with memories, their thoughts can only roam
Senses dulled to blankness, by deeply saddened heart
Eyes burned red from crying, their souls feel torn apart
Hearing but not really listening, no words seem to be right
They had waited, hoped and prayed throughout the lonely night
Survivors not the victims, though still victims all the same
They lost far more then money, when Neptune played his game
Now they say the matters over, the Ocean Rangers put to rest
To cover up this tragedy they all did their very best
The government couldn?t be at fault, or the mighty Mobil Oil so big
They just said it?s just the chance you take, working on their oil rig
Too bad the execs couldn?t see, a lonely widow in vain wait
Waiting so forlornly forever, in a damaged mental state
I wish they would face, a little child of only four
To have to say your father, won?t be coming home no more.
Ocean Ranger was a semi-submersible mobile offshore drilling unit that sank in Canadian waters on 15 February 1982. It was drilling an exploration well on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, 267 kilometres east of St. John's, Newfoundland, for Mobil Oil of Canada, Ltd. with 84 crew members on board when it sank. There were no survivors.
A tranquil fishing village, on the rock bound coast of Newfoundland
Friends and loved ones gathered, to try and lend a helping hand
In the bleak forbidding quiet, of a peaceful funeral home
Sitting there with memories, their thoughts can only roam
Senses dulled to blankness, by deeply saddened heart
Eyes burned red from crying, their souls feel torn apart
Hearing but not really listening, no words seem to be right
They had waited, hoped and prayed throughout the lonely night
Survivors not the victims, though still victims all the same
They lost far more then money, when Neptune played his game
Now they say the matters over, the Ocean Rangers put to rest
To cover up this tragedy they all did their very best
The government couldn?t be at fault, or the mighty Mobil Oil so big
They just said it?s just the chance you take, working on their oil rig
Too bad the execs couldn?t see, a lonely widow in vain wait
Waiting so forlornly forever, in a damaged mental state
I wish they would face, a little child of only four
To have to say your father, won?t be coming home no more.
Ocean Ranger was a semi-submersible mobile offshore drilling unit that sank in Canadian waters on 15 February 1982. It was drilling an exploration well on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, 267 kilometres east of St. John's, Newfoundland, for Mobil Oil of Canada, Ltd. with 84 crew members on board when it sank. There were no survivors.
