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JPG40504 wrote:Been mid to upper 80's for the past coupla weeks(except the day it rained). onite high 70's.

Sure wish we could get some of that rain! Our summer will be in "full force" starting this Friday. Temps expected to be 102 on Friday, 104 on Saturday, 107 on Sunday and 108 on Monday.

Since my "workshop" is also my garage, it's gonna be rough to start/finish any projects during this period. No a/c in garage, so it'll be H-O-T !

If only I could get up earlier enough, perhaps I would have a few hours of cranking up the Shopsmith 520. Then again, I have to think of the neighbors who might object to the sawing noise.

Oh well, maybe this would be a good time to plan for Fall/Winter projects.

Jim in Tucson Arizona

jb41339 wrote:Sure wish we could get some of that rain! Our summer ......

If only I could get up earlier enough, perhaps I would have a few hours of cranking up the Shopsmith 520. Then again, I have to think of the neighbors who might object to the sawing noise.

Oh well, maybe this would be a good time to plan for Fall/Winter projects.

Jim in Tucson Arizona

Just play the radio louder. It will drown out the sound of the 520!!!:D

wlhayesmfs wrote: Should have stayed in the shop and made the baby cradle I need to get done

My wife is in the middle of a little family disturbance with her family over a 100+ year old cradle that was made for her grandfather. Her mother has had it for years and put in her will to go to my wife. Her mother had always loaned it out to family members when they had a child but interest had faded out since ladies no longer want the baby down on the floor for several reasons, not the least of which is not wanting to be bending over that much all of the time. Her mother lived with us for 3 years after she had to give up her apartment. Then when she had to go to a nursing home at about age 90 (due to a battle with cancer). When she went into the home she went ahead and gave all of her kids (8 of them) the items that she had listed in the will. She has been really disappointed (she turns 94 this month) that of her 8 kids only my wife will spend any time with her. One brother stops in once a month to handle the bill but is usually only there a short time but does take her out for lunch a few times a year. One daughter lives in FL near Orlando and can't make trips often but does call her once a month. Another daughter who lives closest does drop in for a quick visit if her husband is running errands in that town and she has been the most help to my wife. Some of the others have maybe only been there once or twice in the 4 years and also didn't bother visiting her while she lived with us. My wife goes and spends a day with her at least once a week, handles her clothing, takes her shopping and they eat out often. They also talk on the phone usually once or twice a week.
Back to the cradle. My wife's youngest brother has a son of shaky stability who has a live-in girl friend (he lives in her apartment) who is pregnant and the son wants to borrow the cradle for their baby. My wife would not allow any of our grandkids to borrow the cradle even when her mother still owed it. Now her brother (who has virtually never visited his mother) is painting my wife as a villain because she will not just turn the cradle over to his son to use. As I said this son is rather unstable and did a little time for drug activity. My wife is afraid that the cradle may get sold for a little quick cash or just destroyed out of spite. We would also not be at all surprised if the couple split up and the cradle would just not come home. Her brother claims that the cradle still belongs to his mother since she is still alive but I told my wife that it became hers the day her mother said that she was giving it to her early.
One kind of sad element in all of this is that her mother thought about giving her stuff away so hard and carefully but most of the others didn't want the stuff she valued so highly. Two of them gave the items left to them to my wife because they didn't want them in their houses.
Several of them would have like to have had this cradle and one brother asked to trace a pattern of it which we were more than happy to oblige.
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robinson46176 wrote:My wife is in the middle of a little family disturbance with her family over a 100+ year old cradle that was made for her grandfather. .......

I'm on the wife's side. Prerequisite of craddle loan.....marriage. No marriage, no loan. No marriage, GF decides she wants to keep it and then who owns the craddle.

robinson46176 wrote:My wife is in the middle of a little family disturbance with her family over a 100+ year old cradle that was made for her grandfather. Her mother has had it for years and put in her will to go to my wife. Her mother had always loaned it out to family members when they had a child but interest had faded out since ladies no longer want the baby down on the floor for several reasons, not the least of which is not wanting to be bending over that much all of the time. Her mother lived with us for 3 years after she had to give up her apartment. Then when she had to go to a nursing home at about age 90 (due to a battle with cancer). When she went into the home she went ahead and gave all of her kids (8 of them) the items that she had listed in the will. She has been really disappointed (she turns 94 this month) that of her 8 kids only my wife will spend any time with her. One brother stops in once a month to handle the bill but is usually only there a short time but does take her out for lunch a few times a year. One daughter lives in FL near Orlando and can't make trips often but does call her once a month. Another daughter who lives closest does drop in for a quick visit if her husband is running errands in that town and she has been the most help to my wife. Some of the others have maybe only been there once or twice in the 4 years and also didn't bother visiting her while she lived with us. My wife goes and spends a day with her at least once a week, handles her clothing, takes her shopping and they eat out often. They also talk on the phone usually once or twice a week.
Back to the cradle. My wife's youngest brother has a son of shaky stability who has a live-in girl friend (he lives in her apartment) who is pregnant and the son wants to borrow the cradle for their baby. My wife would not allow any of our grandkids to borrow the cradle even when her mother still owed it. Now her brother (who has virtually never visited his mother) is painting my wife as a villain because she will not just turn the cradle over to his son to use. As I said this son is rather unstable and did a little time for drug activity. My wife is afraid that the cradle may get sold for a little quick cash or just destroyed out of spite. We would also not be at all surprised if the couple split up and the cradle would just not come home. Her brother claims that the cradle still belongs to his mother since she is still alive but I told my wife that it became hers the day her mother said that she was giving it to her early.
One kind of sad element in all of this is that her mother thought about giving her stuff away so hard and carefully but most of the others didn't want the stuff she valued so highly. Two of them gave the items left to them to my wife because they didn't want them in their houses.
Several of them would have like to have had this cradle and one brother asked to trace a pattern of it which we were more than happy to oblige.
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God gives us our relatives, but, Thank God we can Choose our friends!;)

Nothing flushes out the bad sides of some folks like a family funeral!:(

JPG40504 wrote:God gives us our relatives, but, Thank God we can Choose our friends!] bad sides of some folks[/color] like a family funeral!:(

Amen to that!! LOML's frail mom tried getting in a fist fight!!!

mickyd wrote:Amen to that!! LOML's frail mom tried getting in a fist fight!!!

HMMMM! WHERE did you meet yer LOML?:D The Bronx?????:p

JPG40504 wrote:HMMMM! WHERE did you meet yer LOML?:D The Bronx?????:p

I thought that was just a REDNECK southern thing!

Have you ever gotten a saw blade stuck?

Have you ever gotten a saw blade stuck while working at 5000' under water.

I'm sorry, but I am loosing confidence in this BP recovery crew. They must have know that the vertical riser pipe would tend to grab the saw blade at about half way through (if not sooner).

Well so much for a nice clean cut. Now it becomes doubtful that the top hat will fit down over that riser pipe stub. It is especially unlikely that they will get a good seal.

HOPE I AM DEAD WRONG.

dusty wrote:Have you ever gotten a saw blade stuck?

Have you ever gotten a saw blade stuck while working at 5000' under water.

I'm sorry, but I am loosing confidence in this BP recovery crew. They must have know that the vertical riser pipe would tend to grab the saw blade at about half way through (if not sooner).

Well so much for a nice clean cut. Now it becomes doubtful that the top hat will fit down over that riser pipe stub. It is especially unlikely that they will get a good seal.

HOPE I AM DEAD WRONG.

And it just seems to go on, and on, and on, and on........What a DISASTER!!!