Coop Posted May 25, 2019 Report Share Posted May 25, 2019 Ain’t nothing wrong with that, that a little sanding can’t refine! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chestnut Posted May 25, 2019 Popular Post Report Share Posted May 25, 2019 Hit up the Renwick gallery in DC. Ghost clock was my favorite. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JohnG Posted May 25, 2019 Popular Post Report Share Posted May 25, 2019 I saw the ghost clock in a museum as a kid. Very impressive. I remember that while I was looking at it, several people walked up to the nearest worker and asked if it would be uncovered soon. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Coop Posted May 26, 2019 Popular Post Report Share Posted May 26, 2019 We went to watch our twin grandchildren graduate from hs. Dang those were quick 12 years. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chet Posted May 26, 2019 Popular Post Report Share Posted May 26, 2019 We also went to our grandson's graduation. It was actually pretty emotional day. When he was a sophomore with a 1.4 GPA, his counselor told him and his parents that some kids just don't have what it takes to be good students. After wanting to strangle the counselor they started the process to move him to a different school and a faculty that cared about the kids. Today, after a lot of hard work and extra hours making up classes, he graduated with honors and a 4.0 GPA and through it all he still found time to run on the track team and excel there also. Kathy and I are pretty damn proud of him. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnG Posted May 26, 2019 Report Share Posted May 26, 2019 6 hours ago, Chet said: We also went to our grandson's graduation. It was actually pretty emotional day. When he was a sophomore with a 1.4 GPA, his counselor told him and his parents that some kids just don't have what it takes to be good students. After wanting to strangle the counselor they started the process to move him to a different school and a faculty that cared about the kids. Today, after a lot of hard work and extra hours making up classes, he graduated with honors and a 4.0 GPA and through it all he still found time to run on the track team and excel there also. Kathy and I are pretty damn proud of him. And some people just don’t have what it takes to be good counselors. Glad he proved the counselor wrong! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tpt life Posted May 26, 2019 Report Share Posted May 26, 2019 I’d send that back to the counselor. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted May 26, 2019 Report Share Posted May 26, 2019 15 hours ago, Chet said: We also went to our grandson's graduation. It was actually pretty emotional day. When he was a sophomore with a 1.4 GPA, his counselor told him and his parents that some kids just don't have what it takes to be good students. After wanting to strangle the counselor they started the process to move him to a different school and a faculty that cared about the kids. Today, after a lot of hard work and extra hours making up classes, he graduated with honors and a 4.0 GPA and through it all he still found time to run on the track team and excel there also. Kathy and I are pretty damn proud of him. That's awesome Chet!! Having you and your wife in his corner never giving up most assuredly helped immensely! Pretty unbelievable that someone in education would ever say that but we went through the same thing with our son. 2.0, not wanting to go to school, etc moved him from a school of 1400 to 400 and he graduated with honors. Went on to graduate college with honors its amazing what a change and some awesome people who really wanted to teach can do! Unfortunately there are a lot of people teaching and working in schools that really don't want to be there or get disenchanted with the hole situation. My wife was a teacher for many years and now creates curriculum for the before and after programs. Some of the stories she brings home i'm like I thought you worked in the grade school not the high school 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post wtnhighlander Posted May 27, 2019 Popular Post Report Share Posted May 27, 2019 There is a lot to be said for lower student to teacher ratios. And even more for truly individualized learning plans. Public schools in my area do what they can, but there typically just aren't enough teachers to get the job done as it needs to be. My own son was back and forth between public school and home school, primarily for medical reasons. My wife is not a trained teacher, but when the yearly progress testing came around, he scored about 10 IQ points higher after a year of home school, than after a year of public school. And although our county boasts 3 large K-12 private schools, and a host of smaller ones, none of them have significant resources for special education, if they have a program at all. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chestnut Posted May 27, 2019 Popular Post Report Share Posted May 27, 2019 I accidentally got to see a ceremony. I found out after it was three VP that placed the wreath. I'd bet that's why there was so much security. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post treeslayer Posted May 27, 2019 Popular Post Report Share Posted May 27, 2019 One of my best friends was a guard at the tomb of the unknown soldier, he always said it was his greatest honor of his life to guard the tomb, he was one if the best people I know and I think of him often, miss you Bill, Rest In Peace. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted May 28, 2019 Report Share Posted May 28, 2019 I have a lot of respect for the guards for the tomb. It was 90 humid and sunny and they were out there in a uniform that looks like it would be uncomfortably warm. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmac Posted May 28, 2019 Report Share Posted May 28, 2019 On 5/25/2019 at 6:49 PM, Chestnut said: Hit up the Renwick gallery in DC. Ghost clock was my favorite. I plan to hit the Renwick also when I go in July, thanks for the pics! Now I know what to look forward to. Where all those pieces on the same floor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted May 28, 2019 Report Share Posted May 28, 2019 40 minutes ago, Bmac said: I plan to hit the Renwick also when I go in July, thanks for the pics! Now I know what to look forward to. Where all those pieces on the same floor? Yes the upstairs floor. The lower level is being setup for another exhibit to open June 8th so we missed it. There are other pieces i didn't photograph. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Coop Posted May 28, 2019 Popular Post Report Share Posted May 28, 2019 And it looks like the exhibit to the right and behind the ghost clock could be titled "urinal with no walls". 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted May 28, 2019 Report Share Posted May 28, 2019 On 5/25/2019 at 5:49 PM, Chestnut said: Hit up the Renwick gallery in DC. My daughter is likely to be in that area for several months starting later this year i'll have to check that out when I go to see her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tom King Posted May 30, 2019 Popular Post Report Share Posted May 30, 2019 Today we finished the tile on the front screened porch. This is the one I put a standing seam roof on last week. It was a greenhouse years ago, so has a concrete floor that slopes to a drain in the middle. I didn't take a lot of pains with laying it. Used no spacers, or levelers, but it didn't come out too bad. I snapped a chalk line down the middle over the drain, and everything else was done by eye. 12x12's are easy, after the fight with the 12x24's a while back. These were some 46 cents a piece tiles from Home Depot, but they seem to be okay. The field tiles took about three hours to get down, and cutting all the ones around the edges, and drain took five the next morning. I've quit working outside when it gets to 95, so needed something to do early in the mornings. Today we grouted it, so it's done. I thought we'd have to take a few boards up on the deck, and jack it up a bit to get it level at the door, but with that black rubber door mat, it came out fine. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeslayer Posted May 30, 2019 Report Share Posted May 30, 2019 Looks great Tom, I did the same thing in our basement, big box tiles not much money, 600+ SQ ft of tile down there, laid 100 12X12 tiles in one day by myself that was a big day for me 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom King Posted May 30, 2019 Report Share Posted May 30, 2019 I had a helper mixing thinset, and grout, shuffling buckets of clean water for sponges, and humping tile. It works me to death if I try to do it all myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted May 31, 2019 Report Share Posted May 31, 2019 The grout cleanup on a project like this is almost as hard as the prep and laying the tile. Glad you had some help. Good looking job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom King Posted May 31, 2019 Report Share Posted May 31, 2019 Yeah, the cleaning is the worst part. What made this the worst ever was that Pam picked some grout that is supposed to be waterproof, and impervious to staining. Looked like two bags would be enough. I had Mike mix both bags, because grouting usually goes pretty fast. I clean first pass right after floating grout in a couple of rows that I can reach. I was about half way to the drain in the middle, and the grout started kicking like epoxy does. It wasn't epoxy grout, but sure acted like it. I called Pam to help by handing me clean sponges as I floated the grout in the joints, as MIke shuffled buckets with clean water. We had to pause by the time we got to the drain because more than half of it kicked hard in the bucket. She went to town, and bought two more bags. We mixed one, and made it to the last three tiles at the other door, and had to open the fourth bag. If I ever use that stuff again, it will be inside with an extra air conditioner in a window to cool it down to 60 degrees. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legenddc Posted May 31, 2019 Report Share Posted May 31, 2019 As always, nice work Tom. Was hoping to buy some plywood and start on a lathe cart and/or outfeed table but instead I'll be replacing the rear brakes on my wife's car. Hopefully I'll be able to fix the windshield washer fluid leak too. Maybe next weekend I'll get to the carts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jim DaddyO Posted May 31, 2019 Popular Post Report Share Posted May 31, 2019 A year and a half ago I milled up an ash log. Today I completed the build. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeslayer Posted May 31, 2019 Report Share Posted May 31, 2019 Looks great Jim, and a nice view out those windows to boot 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark J Posted June 1, 2019 Report Share Posted June 1, 2019 That's a beauty. Almost too pretty to use. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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