Why I Support President Bush and the ZOT!

To: Irish_Thatcherite; Genesis defender

Ooops, November = October.

1,361 posted on 04/08/2006 10:16:29 AM PDT by Irish_Thatcherite (~A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!~| IRA supporters on FR are trolls, end of story!)

To: NicknamedBob

HEHE, the Eurocrats trying to stop global warming!!

1,362 posted on 04/08/2006 10:17:35 AM PDT by Irish_Thatcherite (~A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!~| IRA supporters on FR are trolls, end of story!)

To: NicknamedBob

"... the EU tried to stop Summer Time here."

Oh, that's cold.

(groan...)

1,363 posted on 04/08/2006 10:17:53 AM PDT by Genesis defender (Lurker mode -off)

To: NicknamedBob

Plus we can get breakfast anytime, or dinner, just by moving between habitats. It's a good system.

Do we have waitstaff that delivers the meals?

1,364 posted on 04/08/2006 10:20:55 AM PDT by Genesis defender (Lurker mode -off)

To: Genesis defender

No waitstaff, but most "residences" in the castle have an automated delivery system for small packages.

How it works is described in "Chapter Seventeen" on my home page.

Something like a bank pneumatic tube system, but electric.

1,365 posted on 04/08/2006 10:34:05 AM PDT by NicknamedBob (I don't want a World with empty dreams ... Dump the 1967 Outer Space Treaty Now! ... Farm Mars!)

To: Irish_Thatcherite; NicknamedBob; Harmless Teddy Bear

Fascinating. I'm off with my son to the library and then out to eat. We'll be back!

Maybe when we return I'll get my son type his very first FR post. He's only 5 so be merciful. See you guys!

1,366 posted on 04/08/2006 10:42:42 AM PDT by Genesis defender (Lurker mode -off)

To: Genesis defender

1,367 posted on 04/08/2006 11:03:24 AM PDT by rzeznikj at stout (This Space For Rent. Call 555-1212 for more info.)

To: Irish_Thatcherite

1,368 posted on 04/08/2006 11:04:08 AM PDT by rzeznikj at stout (This Space For Rent. Call 555-1212 for more info.)

To: Genesis defender

Seeya Gen!!

We better mind our language when you son posts here!

1,369 posted on 04/08/2006 11:08:34 AM PDT by Irish_Thatcherite (~A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!~| IRA supporters on FR are trolls, end of story!)

To: rzeznikj at stout

1,370 posted on 04/08/2006 11:09:02 AM PDT by Irish_Thatcherite (~A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!~| IRA supporters on FR are trolls, end of story!)

To: Irish_Thatcherite

Not too shabby. You?

1,371 posted on 04/08/2006 11:09:39 AM PDT by rzeznikj at stout (This Space For Rent. Call 555-1212 for more info.)

To: Darksheare; scott0347; timpad; Conspiracy Guy; NYC GOP Chick; MeekOneGOP; Fedora; OSHA; cyborg; ...

rounds one, two, and three of the Spawn of the Mad Bastard came and went today.

the kids came by at 8am and woke me... after a late night spending some time with tWoI, so I was a little grumpy to be roused from slumber so early ;)

none of them brought the signed written permission slips I had required them to bring, so they got their first taste of Da Rulz:

No Obey, No Play.

I sent them home, telling them I'd go harvest some bamboo on my own, and that they should return WITH PARENTAL PERMISSION IN HAND at noon, when I would teach them the basic principles of how to split bamboo with a hookblade and mallet.

end round one.

I slugged a pot of mud and traipsed off into the woods, selected two 3" diameter beauties to harvest, sawed them down, and sectioned them into three 6foot+ lengths each.

toting them out of the woods was less fun than it would have been had I a pack-frame (or 3 apprenticed pack mules) for the purpose, but...

end round two.

Harvesting took far less time than I had anticipated, so I actually sought out their parents after cutting down the bamboo.

Found 'em.

Let them know the score, and left them to sort out the kids.

At noon, three extremely contrite would-be bowyers showed up at my gate, ready to sit down, shut up, and take instruction.

which they got.

I didn't think it would be wise to hand them the blade I use to split bamboo - it is an evil, big, and wicked sharp incurved blade, but...

- I let them participate in examining the bamboo to find the straightest "sides" of the bamboo.
- I showed them how to find those straight sides
- I explained why nothing organic of any size is really straight
- I showed them how to brace and split the bamboo, using mallet and blade, bracing with the knife-foot (you'd have to see this to grok what I mean)
- I spent quite some time showing and explaining to them the bamboo's inner structure, showing them and letting them see for themselves how and why bamboo is both light and strong.
- I explained why quartering while fresh is required, and why curing is required before any further woodwork is done
- I explained that the months in which the bamboo cures shall be spent in designing and building the bending forms out of 2x8 pine... that they shall be doing some of the math math and drafting, and all of the hand-sawing, planing, filing, and sanding to make these forms.

I took their names, ages, heights, and draw lengths:
Kris, 9 yrs, 53.5" tall, 23" draw
Willie, 10 yrs, 54.25" tall, 21.5" draw
Wilson, 7 yrs, 51" tall, 21" draw

as they all have very similar draw lengths, and as they shall all outgrow these bows soon enough, and as these bows are certainly never intended to be used for competitive targetry or hunting, this fact is convenient - it allows me to have each kid make exactly the same form, and to actually use the best one to make all three bows.

this will keep the disastrous-mess potential of the glue-up to a minimum.

1,372 posted on 04/08/2006 11:14:20 AM PDT by King Prout (The UN 1967 Outer Space Treaty is bad for America and bad for humanity - DUMP IT.)

To: rzeznikj at stout

Not very shabby either...

1,373 posted on 04/08/2006 11:19:06 AM PDT by Irish_Thatcherite (~A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!~| IRA supporters on FR are trolls, end of story!)

- I explained why nothing organic of any size is really straight

True.

1,374 posted on 04/08/2006 11:21:23 AM PDT by Irish_Thatcherite (~A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!~| IRA supporters on FR are trolls, end of story!)

To: Irish_Thatcherite

Went over to The Thread to get my daily laughs. The 1d10T still doesn't know when to quit...

Between here and there, I'm sufficiently occupied on FR for the monement ;)

1,375 posted on 04/08/2006 11:23:56 AM PDT by rzeznikj at stout (This Space For Rent. Call 555-1212 for more info.)

To: rzeznikj at stout

More Copyleftists? LOL

1,376 posted on 04/08/2006 11:26:40 AM PDT by Irish_Thatcherite (~A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!~| IRA supporters on FR are trolls, end of story!)

To: Irish_Thatcherite

if even one of these kids sticks to the process to the end, I'll be well pleased to have so well spent my time. we'll see what happens when the drudgery begins... hand-sawing across the grain of the forms' wood, hand-planing, hand-filing, hand-sanding... we'll see.
I have hopes, but we'll see.

1,377 posted on 04/08/2006 11:29:12 AM PDT by King Prout (The UN 1967 Outer Space Treaty is bad for America and bad for humanity - DUMP IT.)

To: Irish_Thatcherite

It's us the copyleftists versus The Resident Troll. Still.

He won't admit that about fifteen of us almost literally PWN3D him into next week ;)

1,378 posted on 04/08/2006 11:31:27 AM PDT by rzeznikj at stout (This Space For Rent. Call 555-1212 for more info.)

To: rzeznikj at stout

He won't admit that about fifteen of us almost literally PWN3D him into next week ;)

The same thing happens on threads relating to the IRA!!

1,379 posted on 04/08/2006 11:34:29 AM PDT by Irish_Thatcherite (~A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!~| IRA supporters on FR are trolls, end of story!)

BRAVO!!!!

I am duly impressed, KP! It sounds as if you have a good group of students and some parents who care. I suspect you are also an excellent instructor.

I would like to have been a fly on a wall, then...better yet, one of your students. :o]

1,380 posted on 04/08/2006 11:34:48 AM PDT by Monkey Face (Annoy a liberal: Work hard, spend money and fly the flag.)

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