Last year's car...
First place for Fastest Looking.
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Posted on 12/01/2006 12:55:15 PM PST by ecurbh
teehee. Are you keeping track of how many days it's been?
It was a week yesterday.
Hey, you know Matthew got 3rd prize in the pinewood derby at TCDTS? He was pretty disappointed, because he felt like his design was good and he should've done better. (A bus beat him, for cryin' out loud!)
So Steve sat down with him at the table a couple of times last week and they just putzed with it.
Now the Tulsa metro regional derby was this past weekend and Matthew got 1st place!!! (Joshua didn't place at all but he was so happy for Matthew he didn't care.)
We're goin' to Norman!
Last year's car...
First place for Fastest Looking.
the science of pinewood derby has always mystified me...
great job Matthew!!! Steve, yer a gooddad...
It has been quite a year! Heh... you weren't all that impressed with that place, I wasn't sure you were going to stay :~)
whoa... sweet...
just goes tuh show yuh what an engineer assistant can do...
I have more of an "eliminate the competition" strategy...
Yay 2J! And what a valuable lesson about perseverance and good design that Matthew must have learned.
Morning!
~sip~
Am I the only one working today?
Nope, OB's at work, too :(
I R working.
I am... really...
I think this is probably the last pinewood Matthew will do. So going to the state level this year with him is going to be fun.
They also have an open race so Joshua can try again.
The fence made a hugh difference in how I perceived the place. So did Cisco. ;-) Among other things.
Ungh...I'm supposed to drop the car off to be worked on in a tiny bit here. Was kind of thinking of trying to walk home, so of course it's raining.
On the bright side, I think I can hear chickadees whistling their spring call. They're probably just being optimistic, but... Unless chickadees out here don't actually drop the whistle for winter.
Still no birds coming to my feeder. I think it's Cisco's fault.
Joseph won 3rd place in his Pack's Derby one year, and was able to go to the Tri-Pack Derby for all three Cub Scout Packs in town. His car did well on his first run, but one of the kids catching the cars at the bottom of the track pushed down on the car to stop it. That caused the undercarriage to get smooshed, and it didn't run right again. We were disappointed for him, but frankly, he wasn't that upset about it. He had his trophy from the Pack Derby, and he'd made it to the larger one, so he was satisfied.
Wow! Those are great Derby cars; I like the tank! Joseph always enjoyed the decorating of the cars more than the actual building of them!
You have smarter birds than we do, the pups have eaten two little birds and they still come down...
I have a bad feeling about the prospects of baby bunnies this spring.
Sadly, so is my wacky customer.
<sigh> I'll have to tell him we can't do what he wants. I wish I could deal with his daughter exclusively; she's more rational ...
Doll.... why don't you just ask for a ride home? :~) We're right here!
"I can't break the laws of physics, Captain!"
What does your goofball customer want, anyway? Artificial intelligence in a toaster?
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