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@GaryE I always marvel when people think that resealing an aquarium is such a daunting task . The very same people have probably caulked around a bathtub or shower and have done caulking on painting projects . Both jobs are the same . False efficiency , I like that . Why do people feel the need to work fast ? Take your time and watch what you’re doing and do a good job . The difference between a good job and a half assed job is only a half hour at most . Nobody will do as good a job on your stuff as you so relax and enjoy the work l

 

[anewbie]

@GaryE I always marvel when people think that resealing an aquarium is such a daunting task . The very same people have probably caulked around a bathtub or shower and have done caulking on painting projects . Both jobs are the same . False efficiency , I like that . Why do people feel the need to work fast ? Take your time and watch what you’re doing and do a good job . The difference between a good job and a half assed job is only a half hour at most . Nobody will do as good a job on your stuff as you so relax and enjoy the work l

I have NEVER caulked around a bathtub or shower or done painting projects though did use to paint model rockets i made when i was a kid. My sister lost my favorite one

 

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though did use to paint model rockets i made when i was a kid. My sister lost my favorite one

Model rockets ! Now we’re talking ! Did you build the Estes and Centuri kits that had balsa fins ? You had to fillet the fin to body tube joint and that’s similar to caulking . Did you let your sister fly your rockets or was she the recovery crew and fail in her mission ? Look up Apogee Components and marvel at the high power kits . They’re flying fast and high these days . Not any little C6-5 stuff these days.

 

[anewbie]

Model rockets ! Now we’re talking ! Did you build the Estes and Centuri kits that had balsa fins ? You had to fillet the fin to body tube joint and that’s similar to caulking . Did you let your sister fly your rockets or was she the recovery crew and fail in her mission ? Look up Apogee Components and marvel at the high power kits . They’re flying fast and high these days . Not any little C6-5 stuff these days.

Estes with balsa wood; some were precut but most required you to draw the outline and cut it with a razor blade. My Mom really laid into me after i cut a few pairs of jeans. She was suppose to watch one that we had just launched while i was putting things away. She said it was boring and had no clue where it went after i finished packing things up.

Many years later i saw the kits in stores but they used plastic pre moulded fins and they was a real turn off - no way.

 

[jaylach]

I read a LOT! I finished a series and decided to read some old stuff instead of buying a new e-book. I have well over 500 e-books on my 2in1 MS Surface that I use for reading.

One of my all time favorite authors is Robert Heinlein so I went with that. Am well into "The Moon Is A cruel Mistress" and will probably follow with "Fear No Evil". After that I don't know but may go with "Stranger In A Strange Land".

Ya, I like Sci-fi and fantasy.

 

[WhistlingBadger]

Just got back from a trail run/bow-wood hunting expedition to the mountains. A few weeks ago I spotted what appeared to be the holy grail of Rocky Mountain self-bow making: A big stand of straight, tall Rocky Mountain Maple...only about 100 yards from the road! They were just barely starting to leaf out, but they definitely had those unmistakable mini-maple leaves. I have long wanted a bow of RMM, so I was excited to get up there and cut some (with the proper permits, of course, this being USFS land where you can't wipe your nose without a permit).

Well, shoulda known...Turns out all the tall, straight bits were willow, with just enough scraggly maple scattered through it to get my hopes all up. Rather inconsiderate, if you ask me. I did some wandering, considerable more than 100 yards from the road, and found a few pieces that might make bows...but I don't know. They're pretty crooked. Oh well, it's always nice to get up on the mountain.

 

[GaryE]

I was just standing in the kitchen waiting for the toast to pop up and I saw a fawn being born in the backyard. Wow. Momma deer was standing, and suddenly, there it was, all wobbly. She cleaned it up, gave it a drink and off they went, toward the tree line.

Quick as a guppy. It was a beautiful moment, though that fawn is probably destined to eat my entire garden. We live on their turf, they live on ours.

 

[WhistlingBadger]

My fourth graders were dissecting squid today, wearing goggles and aprons and rubber gloves and who knows what else, precisely cutting up their carefully packaged, preserved squid, with numerous adults in the room keeping an extremely close eye on things.

I was reminded of my high school biology class, in which our teacher walked us down to the river with nets and seines. A few lucky people got waders; the rest of us just took off our shoes and socks. We then proceeded to splash around in the filthy water, catch a bunch of minnows, bonk them on the head, carry them back to class, and cut them up according to the diagram in our book. No protective gear, minimal teacher oversight until it came time to grade us on our dissecting job.

Yes, it was high school not fourth grade, but...things were just different in the 80s.

 

[bgarthe]

Yes indeed. The 80’s were a different time and one I was glad to have been a part of as a biology teacher. We did fetal pigs for a few years and then to frogs for dissection. When, however, the sources for preserved frogs could not provide proof of frog farming, I dropped actual dissection for a fantastic computer dissection program. I was NOT going to support the slaughter of wild caught frogs for our 8th grade anatomy unit. And…..the real bonus (and what I feel taught the students most about anatomy) was the program required the students to reassemble the frog entrails correctly (sequentially and spatially) knowing the function of each.

 

[GaryE]

Now, back in the seventies, we were given giant grasshoppers. Mine had been crushed. I distinctly remember feeling like I was dissecting an egg roll.

There was a teacher in the room, but she was 7 months pregnant and was staying away from the preservatives. No one got killed, not even the druggies.

 

[bgarthe]

2 1/2 days until my Muzel Red Cherry Tetras arrive. I am SO waiting……

 

[WhistlingBadger]

Yes indeed. The 80’s were a different time and one I was glad to have been a part of as a biology teacher. We did fetal pigs for a few years and then to frogs for dissection. When, however, the sources for preserved frogs could not provide proof of frog farming, I dropped actual dissection for a fantastic computer dissection program. I was NOT going to support the slaughter of wild caught frogs for our 8th grade anatomy unit. And…..the real bonus (and what I feel taught the students most about anatomy) was the program required the students to reassemble the frog entrails correctly (sequentially and spatially) knowing the function of each.

That's not dissection; it's surgery.

 

[gwand]

In the 70s I was in medical school dissecting a human cadaver.

 

[GaryE]

In the 70s I was in medical school dissecting a human cadaver.

Yeah, but if a giant African grasshopper were crushed, would you be able to save it??? I dissected that in Grade 10!

I've never dissected a fish to be able to prove tb or any such disease, and it has occurred to me that dissection is one of those skills I thought were without value at the time, but that I should have paid attention to. Like languages and chemistry.

 

[WhistlingBadger]

In the 70s I was in medical school dissecting a human cadaver.

Gee, I miss out on all the interesting stuff.