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General Scroll Saw Talk / "The PLAQUE".....Sunday UPDATE......

« on: January 23, 2011, 08:55:00 pm »

Just heard from the 'ex' and the PLAQUE arrived on Thursday afternoon, Mic didn't open it so grandmother got to wrap it and give it to him AFTER the ceremony.

Bill...everyone thought it was beautiful and that you did an amazing job! Arrived safely and UN-BROKEN!
A tribute to a great scroller.

I should be receiving pictures in the next 48 hours and will post them when they arrive.

Mic 'graduated' at the top of the class, AGAIN! Been doing that all his young life.
He will be stationed at Bremerton, WA and will be flying the "Growler"! The only one in his squadron to be assigned to that aircraft!

Thanks to EVERYONE for all the help and good wishes!

Mic is in the air and we can all sleep a bit safer now!

~~~GrayBeard~~~

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The Coffee Shop / Something to think about!

« on: January 22, 2011, 12:58:53 pm »

This excerpt was in my morning mail and it sure made ME stop and think!
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>     Our marvelous diversity: These facts and thoughts succinctly describe our country and are ones we should remember as we go through our everyday lives. Although not mentioned, our President is a Protestant.
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>     On the Jim Lehrer News Hour, one of the contributors, Mark Shields, shared this observation about the tragedy in Tucson:
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>     "There was one observation that was made by a friend of mine this week that I just have to pass on to you.  Allen Ginsberg, who is an historian up in Maine, said this week, we saw a white, Catholic, Republican federal judge murdered on his way to greet a Democratic woman, member of Congress, who was his friend and was Jewish. Her life was saved initially by a 20-year-old Mexican-American college student and eventually by a Korean-American combat surgeon.  And then it was all eulogized and explained by an  African-American president. In a tragic event, that's a remarkable statement about our country."
>     In his eulogy, one of the things the President Obama said was that this tragedy reminds us who we are and how we depend on one another.

FOOD for serious thought!

GrayBeard

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The Coffee Shop / One of my Lunch Guests yesterday....

« on: January 21, 2011, 02:51:51 pm »

One of the many visitors I had at lunchtime yesterday!

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General Scroll Saw Talk / WoodCraft....

« on: January 21, 2011, 02:38:25 pm »

Received an email flyer from WoodCraft this a.m. for a DeWalt 788 with stand and light for $549.99.

Are they trying to move them out so they can make room for the new Blue/Gray model?

Curious.....

~~~GB~~~

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The Coffee Shop / Some Good "one-Liners"...

« on: January 21, 2011, 01:47:56 pm »

~ A child's greatest period of growth is the month after you've purchased new school clothes.
~ A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.
~ A friend is someone who reaches for your hand, but touches your heart.
~ All that wander are not lost...but most of the rest of us need a GPS just to find our pants.
~ Anyone who says "Easy as taking candy from a baby" has never tried it.
~ As for me and my mouse, we will serve the Lord!
~ Be moderate where pleasure is concerned -- avoid fatigue.
~ Before entering a battle of wits, check your ammunition.
~ Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.
~ Children are natural mimics who act like their parents, despite every effort to teach them good manners.
~ Children seldom misquote you. In fact, they usually repeat word for word what you shouldn't have said.
~ Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing is like shoveling the drive before it has stopped snowing.
~ Even under ideal conditions people have trouble locating their car keys in a pocket, finding their cell phone, and Pinning the Tail on the Donkey -- but I'd bet everyone can find and push the snooze button from 3 feet away, in about 1.7 seconds, eyes closed, first time, every time.
~ Experience is that thing you have just after you need it.
~ Football is not a contact sport; it is a collision sport. Dancing is a contact sport.
~ Forgive your enemies. It messes with their heads.
~ Genius is perseverance in disguise.
~ Grandchildren are God's reward for not killing your kids.

~~~GB~~~

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The Coffee Shop / Interesting 'observations'....

« on: January 21, 2011, 01:45:14 pm »

~ Experience is that thing you have just after you need it.
~ Football is not a contact sport; it is a collision sport. Dancing is a contact sport.
~ Forgive your enemies. It messes with their heads.
~ Genius is perseverance in disguise.
~ Grandchildren are God's reward for not killing your kids.
~ Have you ever seen anyone actually laughing all the way to the bank?
~ Having abs like a six-pack is nothing. I have abs like a barrel.
~ He who has no Christmas in his heart will never find Christmas under a tree.
~ He who hesitates is not only lost, but probably several miles from the next freeway exit.
~ He who hesitates is probably right.
~ He who laughs last thinks slowest.
~ He who lives in a glass house should change his clothes in the basement.
~ He who lives in a glass house should not invite in he who is without sin.
~ He who sees only half the problem will be buried by the other half.
~ He who throws mud loses ground.
~ Health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.
~ HELP WANTED: Telepath. You know where to apply.
~ History does not repeat itself; historians merely repeat each other.
~ Home is where you hang your @
~ Honesty is the best policy, but insanity is a better defense.
~ Honk if you love peace and quiet.
~ Hospitality is making your guests feel at home, even if you wish they were.
~ How can I miss you if you won't go away?
~ How can someone "draw a blank"?
~ How can there be self-help groups?
~ How come Superman could stop bullets with his chest, but always ducked when someone threw a gun at him?
~ How come you never hear about gruntled employees?
~ How do you throw away your old garbage cans?
~ How is it one careless match can start a forest fire when you can't start a camp fire with a whole book of matches?
~ How is it that when you eat a 1 pound bag of M&M's you can gain more than 1 pound?
~ How many mimes have died because no one believed they were choking?
~ How many times is it appropriate to say "What?" before you just nod and smile because you still didn't hear or understand a word they said?
~ How would we measure hail without golf balls?

~~~GB~~~

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The Coffee Shop / Interesting 'thoughts'....

« on: January 21, 2011, 01:42:41 pm »

~ I am a bomb squad technician. If you see me running, try to keep up.
~ I am a mental tourist. My mind wanders.
~ I am a Nobody. Nobody is perfect. Therefore I am perfect.
~ I am grateful that I am not as judgmental as all those censorious self-righteous people around me.
~ I am having an out-of-money experience.
~ I AM in shape. Round is a shape.
~ I am learning that criticism is not nearly as effective as sabotage.
~ I am not a vegetarian because I love animals. I am a vegetarian because I hate plants.
~ I am not evil. Just divinely challenged.
~ I did NOT escape. They gave me a day pass.
~ I didn't say it was your fault. I said I was going to blame you.
~ I didn't trip. I was testing gravity. It still works.
~ I don't mind going to work. But that 8-hour wait to go home is awful!
~ I eat my coffee straight from the can. Why dilute it?
~ I had a life once... traded it for a bigger flash drive.
~ I have a firm grip on reality. Now I can strangle it.
~ I have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and hunger.
~ I have a mind like a steel ... you know ... doohicky.
~ I have a super power. I can read my own thoughts.
~ I have kleptomania, but when it gets bad, I take something for it.
~ I have to power walk early in the morning, before my brain figures out what I'm doing.
~ I keep some people's phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call.
~ I know a guy who does the work of three men...Moe, Larry & Curly.
~ I know. I know. People say, "It's the thought that counts, not the gift," but couldn't people think a bit bigger?!

~~~GB~~~

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The Coffee Shop / For the Dog Lovers.....

« on: January 21, 2011, 03:00:26 am »

Special on the counter at the Wood store....

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The Coffee Shop / Irish Burial....

« on: January 21, 2011, 02:26:38 am »

Mick and Paddy had promised their uncle Seamus, who had been a seafaring gent, all his life, to Bury him at sea when he died.. Of course, in due time, he did pass away and the Boys kept their promise. They set off with Uncle Seamus all stitched up in A burial bag and loaded onto their rowboat. After a while Mick says, 'Do yer tink dis is fer Enuff out, Paddy?' Without a word Paddy slips over the side only to Find himself standing

in water up to his knees. 'Dis'll never do, Mick. Let's row some more.' After a bit more rowing Paddy slips over the side Again but the water is only up to his belly, so They row on. Again Mick asks Paddy, 'Do yer tink dis is fer Enuff out Paddy?' Once again Paddy slips over the side and almost Immediately says, 'No dis'll neva do.' The water was only up to his chest. So on they row and row and row and finally Paddy Slips over the side and disappears. Quite a bit of time goes by and poor Mick is Really getting himself into a state when suddenly Paddy breaks the surface gasping for breath. 'Well is it deep enuff yet, Paddy?' .'Aye it 'tis,' said Paddy, 'now hand me de Shovel.'

Thanks, jimbo!

~~~GB~~~

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General Scroll Saw Talk / "The PLAQUE".....

« on: January 20, 2011, 04:13:21 pm »

FedEx tracking just confirmed it was delivered this afternoon at 1:54 p.m. EST ! ! !

WheeeeeeW!

~~~GB~~~

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Holy Crap!

« on: January 20, 2011, 04:11:15 pm »

I gotta get on the saw!!!

I just found 2 EMPTY 8 x 10 frames I thought I had already used!!!!!

~~GB~~~

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General Scroll Saw Talk / The Story of a 'Super Scroller'!

« on: January 19, 2011, 11:42:21 pm »

Here is the story of one of our SUPER Members!

Graybeard has a grandson studying and training to be a U.S. Navy fighter pilot.

Early in December it is determined that Mic will finally receive his wings on January 21, 2011.
Being the helpful guy he is GrayBeard , in mid-December, contacts Mic's grandmother with the idea that they go together and give Mic a scrolled plaque with the Naval seal and "AVIATOR" at the bottom which is the official Naval designation for ALL pilots.
She says she will 'think about it'! (per usual)

The first week of January she calls and says "what did YOU do about the plaque?", to which he responds in the way any 'ex' would and says, "I am still waiting on your decision!"
So the decision is immediately made and GB contacts a fellow forum member who displays said plaques on his website. The wording is agreed upon and the 'Super Scroller' gets busy and starts on the plaque.

The SECOND week of January 'Super Scroller' gets plaque almost complete, takes part of it to work and is complimented by his coworkers on the great job and is asked if he 'used a laser'! 'Super Scroller' tries valiantly to keep his head from swelling so big he can't get through the door and re-examines the main section and decides to re-do that part. We are tough 'self critics'!

The THIRD week of January arrives. The plaque is completed, wrapped and packed and taken to be sent to Mic's grandmother so she can deliver it to him at the "Winging" ceremony on the 21st.

PANIC Time!!!
On Monday, January 17th the infamous 'plaque' was given to 'Super Scroller's' shipping department to go out that day. The plaque is sent out with the normal business shipping for the day and all seems well.
HOWEVER...since it is MLK Day the package is not handled and put on the plane by FedEx and is still in Bedford, Oregon and needs to be in St. Louis on Wednesday!

GrayBeard and 'Super Scroller' communicate frantically and furiously by email and GB determines that the package CAN be "re-routed" in shipment to be sent directly to Mic's home address and will arrive in time. BUT the re-routing MUST be handled by the shipper and GB cannot do this. So GB again emails 'Super Scroller' who then talks to his boss, who approves the extra charge for re-routing, and 'Super Scroller' takes his lunch hour to make a special trip to the FedEx office to arrange re-routing. (HOOOORRRRAH)

'Super Scroller' then emails GB that the package not only will make it to the "Winging" ceremony but it will be delivered to Mic's home on Thursday, January 20th by 3:00 p.m. so grandmother can pick it up and wrap it appropriately!

And that ladies and gentlemen is the way this scrolling family helps each other in time of need!

My sincere and heartfelt THANKS go to our 'Super Scroller'...Bill Purcell!!!

And my 'proudest' CONGRATULATIONS to Lt.jg Michael J. Smith, jr., USN for achieving his lifelong dream!

Bill...you went way above and beyond the 'call of duty' on this one and I am proud to call you my friend!

~~~GrayBeard~~~

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General Scroll Saw Talk / A "Salute" to a Special Member!

« on: January 19, 2011, 03:36:27 pm »

One of the best!

Details at 10:00 CST!

~~~GB~~~

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The Coffee Shop / Everyone should check "Computer Questions" re: Kama Sutra!!!

« on: January 19, 2011, 03:23:21 pm »

It is a nasty bit of malware that can take over your computer!

~~~GB~~~

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Computer questions / Beware of emails...Kama Sutra.pps ! ! ! !

« on: January 19, 2011, 03:20:22 pm »

Kama Sutra presentation is malware!

A nasty email is doing the rounds promising a PowerPoint presentation of the Kama Sutra but includes a program to take control of your computer as well.

Sophos is reporting that an infected email is about to tempt PowerPoint users looking to improve their technique in the ?horizontal folk-dancing? department <g>.

The email uses a common trick in the attachment to deceive the unwary.

The attachment is called Real kamasutra.pps.exe ? notice the twin extension?

The trick is that people see the .pps ending and figure it?s a PowerPoint presentation and overlook the real .exe extension indicating an executable file.

If you do run the attachment, you?ll see the promised presentation unaware that a Trojan called Troj/Bckdr-RFM is installed on your computer to let hackers see files on your computer or use it to run other programs (like sending spam or network attacks).

In short, be careful with any incoming email attachments and delete anything like this immediately.

~~~GrayBeard~~~