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Re: Islander Freeport 36
Decision, our Freeport 36 has both the Western and Eastern Caribbean under her keel from the Gulf of Mexico. Yes, she has no bridgedeck. So when she goes "bluewater" her two companionway drop boards are caulked in place. This leaves a step-over through her companionway doors. Never had a problem with the cockpit drains. Two drain holes plus the openning under the dropdown stern. Large windows concern some. They install plexi sheet over the windows when going blue. We just don't push it and wait for weather. Previous owner spent a few days sailing her in a hurricane in the Gulf. The side decks ended up with a couple of spider cracks from that one.
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My buddy Ed broke his arm at the elbow. He was in the hospital for a few days. I know that kind of break can be quite serious. Hope it won't hold up your guitar playing for too long.
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Thanks!, Bob.. That means a lot, coming from you.
I thought my dog would be more understanding and solicitous (see picture), but no, just comes around when we're eating dinner, looking for handouts.
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I feel your pain pal.
No that's not what happened to me.
I was 30 years old and bringing one of the very first Valiant 40's trhrough the locks in Ballard. The small locks were under repair so we had to wait for the big locks. It was pouring down rain. We waited and waited. All the while a puddle grew at my feet because I had placed the drains forward in the cockpit and I was standing aft, behind the wheel.
A light went on in my 30 year old pea brain. Hey!
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I prefer forward and aft cockpit drains because you never know how the boat is going to be trimmed. I generally slope the cockpit sole down away from the wheel so that when it is wet there is no puddle of water at the helmsman's feet. Guess how I learned that.
Is that what happened to you?
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The Islander Freeport 36 was designed as a couple's coastal cruiser (I think that's what Bob Perry mentioned once), but many people over the years have taken this boat to blue water conditions. The longest voyage I've kept track of in 7 years of an IF-36, was a boat called Aquilla owned my a Michael Rafferty. He sailed the boat on a Baha Ha Ha, then did a Pacific Puddle Jump. He made it as far as 80 miles off New Caladonia (On his way to New Zealand) before it sank because of the old style shaft seal leaked extensively, and his bilge pumps could not keep up with the leak. He experience a broken mast I believe on his way to Fiji, but was able to make repairs to continue on. Other than those two items he did not report any other problems with the IF-36 on his voyage.
Tom and Jeanne of s/v Eagle that was mentioned earlier, did experience very rough conditions coming down the coast of the PNW on their way to San Francisco a few years back (Bad NOAA weather report). They reported their IF-36 handled the conditions well, even though the large seas were cause for concern.
Another IF-36 owner in Florida has sailed his boat all over the Gulf of Mexico for several years, and reported often his boat did well in many conditions.
To date there is at least 124 IF-36s (13 A plans & 111 B plans) , 19 IF38Cs (Same hull as the 36), and 6 IF-36CCs (These were a very limited production) still operating that I know of, but the total number of these boats still in service may never be known. One was found being sold as far as the Canary Islands, one in England, and one in South America. The highest hull number for IF-36s found is #156, for IF-38Cs is #23, and for IF36CCs is #148.
What I can say about these boats is everyone that owns one appears to love them, and usually never sell them except for health or financial reasons.
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The black boat is the 70' LOA 24,000 lb., MERIDIAN, a very fast and docile cruising boat that lives in Seattle. I designed this boat about 25 years ago. Tis photo was taken right after it was fitted witth the Leisure Furl system on the mainsail.
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Nice pool it should have two drains. Both connected this so a person can not be held to the drain buy serving as a drain stopper. Yes' I might think a drain is fundamental to life. I make a living with pipe. Water gas and air WOG Another drain The propane locker drain on some of the larger boats need to be reworked. propane will not run uphill or drain thru water. Unlike water it can go boom. Boats heel and this changes the angle of the drain. I hope I can keep this in mind when I shop for a bigger boat. I am not sure I would feel safe with the any gas that is not lighter than air. Might have to be all diesel ? Thanks for answers about the cockpit drains on my little boat.
What boat is in the Picture ? It looks nice and solid at the dock. Any pictures of it sailing ? I do not know a lot about boat types. I am learning. I was trying to find it on sailboat Data but keep getting this full keel and one other that I am sure is not it.
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Bob, as'long as you are the Maestro, you can be anyone you want. :-)
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For the record I am an old looking really nice guy. I may come off being rude and arrogant but that just because I am rude and arrogant. Underneath that facade you will find a nice, old rude and arrogant guy. I am happy top help in any way I can.
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Strasburg has short night as Phils roll past Nats
It seems only fitting, then, that Tuesday night's 8-0 loss to the Phillies at Nationals Park was a reminder of what can happen when everything goes wrong.
Stephen Strasburg had perhaps the worst start of his young career, giving up eight hits and six runs in only four innings. Opposing baserunners -- even Cliff Lee -- continued to run roughshod. The Nationals made mistakes in the field. And a lineup decimated by injuries only put together one real threat as Washington was shut out for the second time in four days.
Or, as catcher Jesus Flores summed up the evening, Strasburg "kind of started forcing himself to make perfect pitches, but it seemed like it didn't work out. I think we didn't play very good tonight, either."
Strasburg gave up two singles in the first inning but escaped thanks to a double play, then gave up a career-high-tying six earned runs over the next three innings. He was leaving pitches up in the zone, and his offspeed pitches were bouncing several feet in front of the mound. He said he could tell in his pregame bullpen session that he was elevating his pitches, but it's happened before and been easily corrected in the game.
Strasburg has only made two shorter starts in his career, and those were both due to physical issues. One was June 30, when the Atlanta heat got the best of him, and the other was last September, when he was coming back from Tommy John surgery.
"I think I threw one fastball down the way I wanted to, and that was the first pitch of the game," Strasburg said. "I feel like I'd get through a couple guys and feel like I'm getting in a groove, then all of a sudden go back to leaving pitches up and getting beat on them."
That was evident in the second inning, when Strasburg struck out two in a row then served up a first-pitch 95-mph fastball that Kevin Frandsen launched to center for a two-run homer. The third inning wasn't much better. Juan Pierre singled, stole second and third base then scored as Flores' throw sailed into left field. Strasburg admitted he was probably too focused on trying to throw the perfect pitch and lost track of the runner, but it's been an ongoing problem for the Nationals.
"That's one of the things that we haven't done well the whole season," Flores said.
Strasburg recorded one out in the fourth before things unraveled. John Mayberry doubled to left field and scored on a two-out single by Lee. Even worse, Lee went on steal second -- the second stolen base of his career.
Three pitches later, Jimmy Rollins bashed a fastball off the right-field fence. Bryce Harper tried to make the leaping grab but crashed into the wall and tumbled to the grass, and the ball bounded back toward center field. By the time center fielder Roger Bernadina came over to assist, Rollins had rounded the bases for his fourth career inside-the-park home run.
"It's tough," Strasburg said. "When you're always falling behind and they're aggressive like that, you've got to really fight yourself and just try to keep on trying to pitch and just let it happen. I had a tough time trying to get back into a groove."
Strasburg faced questions after the game about whether some of his recent inconsistency might be a product of that procedure, as it's completely normal for pitchers returning from Tommy John surgery to struggle with their location from time to time. But Strasburg didn't even entertain that idea.
Instead, Nationals manager Davey Johnson said starts like Tuesday's were just part of the learning process for a young pitcher like Strasburg, noting that the right-hander lost his poise when he realized he didn't have his stuff and couldn't locate the way he wanted to.
"It's a long ride. You can't be totally dominant every time you go out there, even if he expects it of himself," Johnson said. "It's just experience. He's a smart pitcher, he'll realize that."
Lee, meanwhile, was dominant. The Nationals loaded the bases in the third, but Lee and three Phillies relievers sat them down in order from the fifth inning on. Lee struck out seven and walked only one over seven innings.
Philadelphia went on to add two insurance runs charged to Nats reliever Henry Rodriguez. For all the Phillies' trades and signs of giving up on this season, they didn't look like a team that entered the night 16 1/2 games behind the division-leading Nationals. Then again, on this night, Washington didn't look like the team that came back home with the best record in baseball.
"We beat a good pitcher," Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said. "We played a good game."
Adam Berry is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter at @adamdberry. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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I'd agree with your friend's idea. You should be able to find .44 Special ammunition in most well-stocked gun stores. It will be expensive, as it is not as popular as the .44 Magnum, so not as much of it is manufactured and sold every year, which drives up the price. One thing that might help you in your search is the sport of Cowboy Action Shooting. Some of the folks who compete in these matches use lightly-loaded .44 Special ammo, so if you can find any Cowboy Action Shooting .44 Special ammo/loads, they will be loaded to low velocity, and might even be a bit less expensive.
If you can't find any .44 Special ammo in your local area, many of the online retailers should carry it; just look for the caliber's name in their listings.


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|Interesting discussion as I just docked for the first time at a public marina this past week, and went in stern-to. Why? My lifeline gate made it easier to board since the finger is short, our dock floats so not so much a privacy issue, and most importantly, the boat next to us goes in bow-to and has a 6' bowsprit that nearly extends across the pier. Really irritating! It seems friendlier this way, but we may rethink it later.
I tried the outgo method the other day, worked well, considering it was only blowing about 5 knots!
Coming in so far, as not been as big a deal, but havining a long line in the front, that I can throw around the front cleat as I go past with the stern seems to help. I will usually get in the slip 1/2 to 3/4 of the way and get out, pull the boat the rest of the way in. Then again, I still have some strength to do this,ask me in 20 yrs if this still works!
My primary reasons for backing in are loading and ease of loading arthritic guests (VERY important to me).
However, daily practice is also very handy when visiting unfamiliar locations; it keep your boat handling sharp. More than once I have been directed to a slip that did not fit only to find that an adverse current made retreat complicated. It's good to know how to slide her around against wind and current.
Thanks for your reply regarding slip departure in 30+ winds. Everyone's dock and wind/wave exposure is a bit different. With my own home slip, I believe, if necessary, using one of two different techniques, that I could get the boat underway singlehanded in such conditions provided I'm stern first into the slip...bow first in would be more problematic. One technique would use long bow lines (port and starboard), that can be lenghtened and released from the boat helm station, and power against these as they are gradually lengthened by paying out line from the helm station to allow the boat to move forward out of the slip while using rudder to keep the boat centered until out of the slip.
The other would be a long amidships spring line doubled on the windward outer piling, again handled as to length (gradually feed out line while keeping the line sufficiently snubbed on winch while allowing boat to move forward, simultaneous with spring line holding boat close to windward piling) and release from the helm station. Winches would definitely be used in either technique, and I have my boat set up for such a situation, including 2 75' float lines to avoid prop fouling.
But I would go only if absolute necessity, because, for me, at least, the real problem comes in getting back into the slip successfully without damage in choppy wave conditions and cross wind. (Under these conditions, I get one shot, without ability to abort if things go wrong due to configuration of the marina.)
How do/did you handle the docking under these high wind conditions singlehanded?
The HARDER wind days are when it comes out of the north, then it is pretty direct at the boat equal to open water. When I have 30+ out of the south, I am sheltered to the south and east a slip by the covered area. Either way, much easier with another person or two.
By myself, yes twice at least it was blowing 30+ out of the north. Yes, the bow goes towards the boat to the SE of me and I have to run and release the rear line and hit the throttle forward and turn to the right/west to not hit the boat next to me. I also have one of the wider 30-32' slips in my marina at 15' or 30' total between the two piers. There are some that are 12.5' total 25. those slips would be way harder!
With this in mind, and what I learned if you will the two times I have done this............ NEXT TIME. I will use my "lock lines" basically 50' 3/8 lines with an 18" loop required to go thru the locks south of me into Lake washington from Puget sound. ANY long line would do! I would attach to the bow, pt a single wrap if that around a dock cleat, run it and hopefully me only walk per say to the back, release the rear line, and hold this line such that the bow will not go away from the dock into the boat next to me, as I go forward under power, I would then hopefully flip this line out of the way of the cleat, pull on to the boat away from the prop, turn west at the end of the pier and out to the main waterway north to the main entry, ie 180 from my slip, and into the main bay. The main goal for this line, is to operate I want to say as a reverse spring line. Not sure if this is the correct terminology.........best I can say and or type at this time.
Both days I only need fuel the 2nd time, a bit less than the first, about 35-30, when I did a better figure out how to do this. the first was 30-45 at times for a haul out over presidents day weekend locally. I'm in the water 24/7/365 for the most part, with haul outs every 2-3 yrs for paint etc.
Hopefully this strategy will work the next time I need to do this. The idea seems reasonably sound from others doing something similar in lighter winds. The south winds blow me into the finger pier, so not a big deal, in higher winds. North is the issue be it single handed or with my kids/race crew etc. as I get blown into the boat next to me. The dock, it will not be damaged, just my boat.......boat next to me we damage it and me, hence why the More NW to N winds are the worst.
Sorry about the couple of day later on the reply.
I dock stern in. When our boat was launched by the marina after repairs, they put us bow in and my son and I had the devil of a time getting on and off the boat to prepare to motor to our current marina. Plus, my wife isn't very confident boarding the boat at the stern as it is: I am sure she would be even less confident trying to board near the bow.
Fortunately, our relatively small boat is pretty maneuverable in forward or reverse.
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What is kind of funny about the bow in for privacy..... at a recent YC get together, granted about 80-90% PB's vs SB's, most are backed in, so one can get into the boat, see who is on the back deck, talk to them etc. So backing in could also be "more Friendly" if in a YC away from home port get together too!
In the end, as I think I alluded in my first post, no real right or wrong in reality, ALL the points given must be accounted for.
If I was in the situation you described above visiting a YC, we'd more than likely back in and party with the crowd. But our marina is very small with only about four seasonal slip holders (all in a row) on our dock who are there every weekend. The two 30-footers go stern in and we chat quite nicely across our cockpits. The larger sailboats in the next two slips back in (mostly because of ease of boarding) and we go visiting, chat on the dock over beer, etc. The configuration hasn't hindered us from making anchoring playdates and getting to know each other.
The Island Packet dealer uses our marina so the rest of the boats are charters or for sale (some for sale so long that I've never seen them leave the slip except for winter storage) and we get quite a few "dockwalkers" just looking. Because our dock is not gated, bow in is also a weak attempt at security.
|With a wheel and inboard no problem backing in, winds favorable. With an outboard and tiller I wouldn't attempt it with mine. I have a 25 Searay powerboat, too and always back in. Big difference in maneuverability. I banged my outboard on a spile backing out of my well with my C&C 24 sailboat and since then don't trust the lack of power shifting from reverse.
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Going out when I solo is also easier to go out forward, backing in or forward in while solo, with practice, both have become a 6 and 1/2 dozen or another! Altho in HIGH winds ie 30+, backing out is easier solo, as the wind pushes me into the dock, vs a northerly, the bow moves to the east and into the boat next to me. Altho if I had a really long line from front to stern to pull in as I go out, this would help.......
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Both my current and prior slips each required stern first docking. In the last, it was exposed to fetch, which the bow would split as opposed to the transom, which would just get slammed.
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NHIAA Girls' Indoor Track preview: Bishop Guertin favored again
Led by speedster Betsy Garnick who bolted to gold in a pair of events last year, the Cardinals return seeded athletes in five running events and one field event to make them the division's preseason envy.
As a junior last winter, Garnick won the 55-meter dash and the 55-meter hurdles. Her short sprint time of 7.37 was just 0.06 seconds off the 2006 D-I record of 7.31 held by Manchester West's Shaniece Benson.
During the spring season, Garnick shared the New Hampshire Union Leader's Athlete of the Year award as she set the state record in the 100-meter hurdles in three consecutive championship meets, blurring from a New Hampshire best 14.48 to 14.27 to 14.09.
Her indoor 8.21 in the 55-meter hurdles is the state standard, and she is the top-seed in the long jump after finishing second last season.
Complementing Garnick's individual efforts will be returning indoor champions Sarah Burke in the 600-meter run and Molly McCabe in the 1,000. Burke's 1:35.17 makes her the D-I 600 record holder, and McCabe added a bronze medal to BG's swag in the 1,500.
All three athletes are seniors.
Newcomer Bedford, which steps up to D-I this season, will stage the best challenge for gold. Among its athletes are high jumper Jenny Mara who tied the D-II record at 5-feet, 4-inches last winter, and fleet Johanna Celli who raced to podium finishes in both the 55- and 300-meter dashes.
Teammate Anika Hibbard was two inches lower in the high jump than champion Mara in 2011-12, and Brenna Williams' bronze in the long jump was less than two inches shy of gold.
Defending 300-meter dash champion Julia Perry of Merrimack, a sophomore, will be tested by juniors Sydney Peterson of Exeter and Margaret Barrie of Derry's Pinketon. Both joined Perry on the podium last winter.
In the long distance events, a pair of seniors from Plaistow's Timberlane Regional return as defending champions. Hannah Kimball won the 1,500 in 4:53.06, nearly 10 full seconds ahead of her closest rival, while Katherine Estep outkicked Nashua North's Mia Eisenhandler, 10:49.80-10:51.93 in the 3,000.
Sophomore Adaeze Obinelo of Nashua South tops the shot put lineup.
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A number of cross country stalwarts headline the list of athletes gearing to win laurels in the 1,000-, 1,500- and 3,000-meter runs.
Laconia's Sami Hicks won the Division III cross country meet several weeks ago, and she is the defending D-II indoor champion in the 1,000-meter run. Meghan Philpot and Emma Newton of Hollis/Brookline run the track and the trails equally well and make this a camera finish.
Last winter the trio posted podium times of 3:08.50, 3:08.85 and 3:09.98 respectively.
Courtney Hawkins, a former cross country Meet of Champions winner, brings the best times to the 3,000, where she is the defending champion, and the 1,500, but Newton was less than a second behind in the 1,500 last year.
Sisters Michaela and Jenna Athanasopoulos of Swanzey's Monadnock have a hold on the long jump. Michaela is the top seed, entering with a mark of 16-feet, 3.75 inches, while Jenna is less than two inches back at 16-2.
The 55 hurdles is a rematch of last year's finals, pitting gold medalist Kelly Ludew of Lebanon (8.55), silver medalist Jenna Athanasopoulos (8.61) and bronze medalist Nancy Taban of Penacook's Merrimack Valley (8.86).
Conant of Jaffrey senior Kathareeya Tonyai is the top seed in the 55 and 300 dashes, but Hanover's Melanie Subbiah could upset in the short race (7.51-7.54) and Milford's Jessica Krafft seeks the top step in the long dash (42.13-42.76).
The 600 is a close contest between defending champ Aidan Bardos of Hanover and Cindy Fanny of Merrimack Valley. The two sported times of 1:39.81 and 1:40.24 at this meet last year.
Merrimack Valley's Julianah Adejuyigbe is headed to her first division crown in the shot put, and Brooke Simmons of Goffstown brings a 5-2 high jump into the season.


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So I've been here on We Make Zines for like a week, active for like a couple hours maybe. And I've already received my first zine! "When Deadlines Become Zombies" vol. 4 arrived to my house yesterday to my delight and surprise (Thanks Z.F.!) I read and thoroughly enjoyed the various poems, one-liners, and anecdotes. You guys should all check out When Deadlines Become Zombies if you appreciate some good word play or some zany stories and fun. (I'm sorry Z.F., I will send you my copy of Pimpkillah tomorrow. I PROMISE.)
I'm hoping this is the start of many trades, so I am very excited to see some more zines from you guys! And I hope you will want to trade with me. Again my books are the beginning of Sloane Stone's epic revenge saga, Pimpkillah. It really is the start of it all, so don't get left behind and trade your zine with me!
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With today being Star Wars Day, we thought we'd continue to honor the Star Wars nerds out there with a little tribute to the man in black. Darth Vader gets a lot of flack for all that killing Jedis and taking over the universe stuff, but the guy likes to relax in his free time and do things like go fishing and practice the violin, too. So, without further ado, let's take a look at Vader's 20 Awesomest Photos.
Even the King got a little star struck
For only 75 cents a day, the cost of a cup of coffee, you can support a dark lord
It helps him relax and forget about all the rebel scum
After the Death Star was no more the boys had to improvise
A Vader Vacation
It's nice to see the guy can cut loose and enjoy himself once in awhile
Somebody's in for a surprise
"Oh Harry Potter, why couldn't Luke have been more like you?"
"Darth… you are the father!"
Like a boss
There's been Rebel scum throughout history – and Vader was there
This actually seems perfectly appropriate
About to blow the roof off of this Death Star
Only in Japan
"Eat my Galactic dust, losers!"
Vader groupies
Don't ask him to play the score from Return of the Jedi
Vader always admires a nice cloak when he sees one
Sure, he's an intergalactic dark lord, but the guy has normal chores just like everyone else
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text: Just purchased my 2012 Chev Silverado 3500 last June. It is a single rear axle 4X4, crew cab long bed. When reading the owner's manual, I noticed that GM does not recommend the use of tire chains on my tires (265/70-R18 Michelins). Current tires are M&S all season. I drive over the Cascade passes during the winter to visit family and even though I never used chains on my last truck (1998 Dodge 4X4), there is always a possibility of a conditional road closure in Oregon when they require either chains or traction tires even though you have a 4X4. So I am looking at my options. If chains cannot be used because of potential damage if they come loose, then is my only option purchasing winter traction tires? Don't like storing tires in my garage either. Looking for suggestions (if there are any) before I pour out over a $1000 for winter tires. Thanks. Bob


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The Reinland Mennonite congregation at Rainy River, ON began services in 1960s. The congregation originated through emigration from Mexico and is of Old Colony Mennonite background.
The church is located near Stratton. The congregation has been affiliated with the Reinlander Mennonite Church of Manitoba. The language of worship is German.
Union, Communion, Reunion 1967-1977. Stratton, ON, 1977, 36 pp.
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I love an opportunity to treat a sweet potato right. I love sweet potatoes. I would happily eat a baked sweet potato with a healthy heap of melted butter and a generous sprinkling of salt every day.
But sweet potatoes are complimented so well by so many different ingredients that it would be a shame not to mix it up. I mean, this root vegetable goes well with both kale AND marshmallows? It's hard to deny how special that is.
While there are no marshmallows involved here, adding some good quality cheese and a bit of dried fruit can do wonders to a normal, upstanding mix of vegetables and healthy proteins. Because not all salads should be completely virtuous. Sometimes you need a salad to feel like a treat.
Soft sweet potato with crunchy walnuts and sunflower seeds, tart dried cranberries and a little bit of rich, salty blue cheese is simple, but all kinds of perfect.
If you're not a blue cheese fan, I totally understand. I think this would be great with some goats cheese too.
Serve it over some greens or wilted spinach to make it a meal.
Sweet Potato Treat Salad
(serves 1-2)
– 1 sweet potato, scrubbed well and cut into 1 inch/2.5cm wedges
– 1 tablespoon of walnut pieces, toasted
– 1 tablespoon of sunflower seeds, toasted
– 1 tablespoon dried cranberries
– 1-2 tablespoons crumbled blue cheese such as Roquefort, Gorgonzola, or Stilton to taste (the flavor is strong, so a little can go a long way)
– 1 tablespoon of olive oil, plus more for oiling the baking pan
– 1 tablespoon of fresh lemon juice
– Salt & pepper
Place potato wedges on an oiled baking sheet and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Put in a 200 C/400 F oven and bake for 10-15 minutes, tossing half-way through, until golden but soft. Remove from oven and let cool.
Combine cooled sweet potato, nuts, seeds, cranberries and cheese in a bowl. Drizzle on olive oil, lemon juice and additional salt and pepper and toss well to combine. Serve at room temperature.
To toast walnuts and sunflower seeds, place in a dry pan over a medium-low heat for about 5 minutes until golden and fragrant.


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2010: Wikileaks publishes classified documents about the War in Afghanistan, one of the largest leaks in U.S. military history. The leak revealed information on the deaths of civilians, increased Taliban attacks and involvement by Pakistan and Iran in the insurgency. [ + - ]
2003: Filmmaker John Schlesinger, the Oscar-winning director of "Midnight Cowboy," dies at age 77 in Palm Springs, California. He suffered a debilitating stroke in December 2000 and his condition had deteriorated significantly the weeks before his death. He was taken off life support the day before his death. Schlesinger was also known for directing movies such as "Daring," "Sunday Bloody Sunday," "Marathon Man" and "Pacific Heights." [ + - ]
2000: Air France Flight 4590, a Concorde supersonic passenger jet, crashes just after takeoff from Paris, killing all 109 aboard and four on the ground. The crash was the only fatal accident in Concorde's history and helped speed the retirement of the jet, which came three years later. [ + - ]
2000: Texas Gov. George W. Bush selects Dick Cheney to be his running mate on the Republican presidential ticket. [ + - ]
1997: Ben Hogan, considered one of the greatest players in the history of golf, dies at age 84 in Fort Worth, Texas. His nine career professional major championships tie him for fourth all-time, trailing only Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods and Walter Hagen. He's pictured here during his homecoming parade in New York City after his victory at the 1953 British Open. [ + - ]
1995: Country music singer-songwriter and musician Charlie Rich, best known for his pair of 1973 hits "Behind Closed Doors" and "The Most Beautiful Girl," dies in his sleep from a pulmonary embolism at age 62 in Hammond, Louisiana. [ + - ]
1992: The 25th Olympic Summer games open in Barcelona, Spain. [ + - ]
1990: Controversy arises after comedian Roseanne Barr sings an off-key version of "The Star-Spangled Banner" at a San Diego Padres game and follows it by spitting and grabbing her crotch. Barr's actions offended many, including President George H.W. Bush, who called her rendition "disgraceful." [ + - ]
1986: Stage and film director Vincente Minnelli, famous for directing such classic movie musicals as "Meet Me in St. Louis," "The Band Wagon," "An American in Paris" and "Gigi," dies of emphysema and pneumonia at age 83 in Beverly Hills, California. He was married to Judy Garland from 1945 until 1951 and they were the parents of Liza Minnelli. He won an Academy Award for Best Director for "Gigi" and was also nominated for "An American in Paris." [ + - ]
1985: While in Paris for treatment, actor Rock Hudson issues a press release announcing that he is dying of AIDS. Less than three months later he would become the first major celebrity to die from an AIDS-related illness. [ + - ]
1984: Soviet cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya becomes the first woman to walk in space, carrying out more than three hours of experiments outside the orbiting space station Salyut Seven. [ + - ]
1984: Rhythm and blues singer-songwriter Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton, dies of heart attack at the age of 57 in Los Angeles, California. She was the first to record the song "Hound Dog" in 1952, which spent seven weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard R&B charts and sold almost two million copies, but was overshadowed by Elvis Presley's version three years later. She wrote "Ball 'n' Chain," which later became a hit for Janis Joplin, "They Call Me Big Mama" and 20 other blues songs, and is an inductee of the Blues Hall of Fame. [ + - ]
1982: Actor Brad Renfro, who made his film debut at the age of 11 in the lead role of "The Client," is born in Knoxville, Tennessee. Renfro, seen here in 2001, also appeared in movies such as "Sleepers," "Apt Pupil" and "Deuces Wild," before his Jan. 15, 2008, death from a heroin overdose at age 25. [ + - ]
1980: The movie comedy "Caddyshack," starring Chevy Chase, Bill Murray, Ted Knight and Rodney Dangerfield, premieres in theaters. [ + - ]
1978: Louise Brown, the world's first "test tube baby," is born in Oldham, England. Despite the nickname, the in vitro fertilization that led to Brown's conception actually took place in a petri dish. [ + - ]
1976: The Viking 1 orbiter takes the famous "Face on Mars" photo. [ + - ]
1970: Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Lookin' Out My Back Door" is released. The song, with "Long as I Can See the Light" as the flip-side, eventually climbed to No. 2 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart. [ + - ]
1969: Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young perform together for the first time, at Fillmore East in New York City. [ + - ]
1969: During a press conference in Guam, President Richard Nixon puts forth the Nixon Doctrine, stating that the United States now expects its Asian allies to take care of their own military defense, but that the U.S. would aid in defense as requested. This is the start of the "Vietnamization" of the war. [ + - ]
1967: Actor Matt LeBlanc, best known for playing Joey Tribbiani on the sitcom "Friends" and for playing a fictional version of himself in the Showtime series "Episodes," is born in Newton, Massachusetts. [ + - ]
1966: The Supremes release "You Can't Hurry Love." The song would go on to top the United States Billboard pop singles chart. [ + - ]
1966: Rolling Stones founding member Brian Jones makes his final public concert performance with the band. Due to Jones' legal problems, mood swings and substance abuse, he was asked to leave the band in June 1969 and would be found dead in his swimming pool on July 3, 1969. [ + - ]
1965: Bob Dylan goes electric as he plugs in at the Newport Folk Festival, signaling a major change in folk and rock music. Met with a mix of cheering and booing, he left the stage after only three songs. [ + - ]
1959: The SR-N1, the world's first practical hovercraft, crosses the English Channel from Calais to Dover in just over two hours. [ + - ]
1956: The Italian ocean liner Andrea Doria, carrying 1,134 passengers and 572 crew, collides with the Swedish ship Stockholm off the New England coast, killing 46 on the Andrea Doria and five on the Stockholm. The larger Andrea Doria would capsize and sink the following morning. [ + - ]
1955: Supermodel Iman is born Iman Mohamed Abdulmajid in Mogadishu, Somalia. [ + - ]
1954: Pro Football Hall of Fame running back Walter Payton, a nine-time Pro Bowler who once held the NFL records for most career rushing yards, touchdowns, carries, yards from scrimmage, all-purpose yards, and many other categories, is born in Columbia, Mississippi. The Chicago Bears great, seen here in 1977, won two NFL Most Valuable Player Awards and a championship in Super Bowl XX during his 12-year career. He died from cholangiocarcinoma at age 45 on Nov. 1, 1999, after having struggled with the rare liver disease primary sclerosing cholangitis for several months. [ + - ]
1946: The United States detonates an atomic bomb underwater in the lagoon of Bikini atoll as part of a series of nuclear weapon tests known as Operation Crossroads. [ + - ]
1943: Benito Mussolini is forced out of office by his own Italian Grand Council and is replaced by Pietro Badoglio. [ + - ]
1941: Emmett Till is born in Chicago, Illinois. His name would become known 14 years later when he was murdered on Aug. 28, 1955, while visiting relatives in the Mississippi Delta region after reportedly flirting with a white woman. The woman's husband, Roy Bryant, and his half-brother J.W. Milam were eventually acquitted of Till's kidnapping and murder, but months later, protected against double jeopardy, they admitted to killing him in a magazine interview. Till's murder is noted as a pivotal event motivating the Civil Rights Movement in America. [ + - ]
1934: The Nazis assassinate Austrian Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss in a failed coup attempt. [ + - ]
1923: Actress Estelle Getty, best known for playing Sophia Petrillo on the sitcom "The Golden Girls," is born Estelle Scher in New York City. She died at age 84 on July 22, 2008. [ + - ]
1915: Royal Flying Corps Capt. Lanoe Hawker becomes the first British military aviator, and third overall, to earn the Victoria Cross, for defeating three German two-seat observation aircraft in one day, over the Western Front during World War I. [ + - ]
1909: Louis Bl������riot makes the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine from Calais to Dover in 37 minutes. [ + - ]
1898: During the Spanish-American War, the United States invades Puerto Rico with a landing at Gu������nica. As an outcome of the war, Spain ceded Puerto Rico, along with the Philippines and Guam, that were under Spanish sovereignty, to the U.S. under the Treaty of Paris. Fifty-four years later, on the same day, Puerto Rico would officially be declared a self-governing commonwealth of the U.S. [ + - ]
1894: Actor Walter Brennan (right), a three-time Oscar-winner for his roles in "Come and Get It," "Kentucky" and "The Westerner," and also known for his roles in other movies such as "Rio Bravo," "Red River" (as pictured here with John Wayne) and "Sergeant York," is born in Lynn, Massachusetts. [ + - ]
1871: Wilhelm Schneider of Davenport, Iowa, is granted the first carousel patent. [ + - ]
1866: The United States Congress passes legislation authorizing the five-star rank of general of the Army. Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant was the first to be promoted to this rank. [ + - ]
1861: The United States Congress passes the Crittenden-Johnson Resolution, stating that the Civil War is being fought to preserve the Union and not to end slavery. [ + - ]
1837: The first commercial use of an electric telegraph is successfully demonstrated by William Cooke and Charles Wheatstone between Euston and Camden Town in London. [ + - ]
1788: Wolfgang Mozart completes his Symphony No. 40 in G minor. [ + - ]
1783: The American Revolutionary War's last action, the Siege of Cuddalore in present-day India, is ended by preliminary peace agreement. [ + - ]
A.D. 315: The Arch of Constantine is completed near the Colosseum at Rome to commemorate Constantine's victory over Maxentius at the Milvian Bridge. [ + - ]


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Adrienne Shearer's UST graduation story could not have been more heroically imagined if it were one of the productions in which she has starred or choreographed. Having overcome one obstacle after another, the talented Shearer will take her cues on May 18 as one of the 350 undergraduates and 793 graduate students who will participate in the University's 63rd Commencement Ceremony.
The first-generation college grad is on her way to achieving dreams she never even considered when growing up.
Among the string of boulders placed in the road to Shearer's college degree was emerging from high school in Beaumont with only a fifth grade knowledge of math, a serious skin condition that has hospitalized her at times, and no money for higher education.
"No one in my family ever went to college," Shearer said. "My mom is single and works very hard cleaning houses, and we always lived paycheck to paycheck."
So after high school, Shearer worked in a daycare.
If this story were a short movie, it would fade to black here and be over. But this is a full-length feature film. The story line is engaging and the spectacular lighting all emanates from Shearer herself. The delightful young woman positively shines.
With a lifelong love of the performing arts, the young dancer and actress spent her spare time participating in community theatre where her light was spied by a drama professor from a two-year community college. He offered her a scholarship on the spot.
"I couldn't even multiply and didn't have a car to get back and forth," Shearer said.
Determined, she took on multiple jobs and helped her mom clean houses to earn extra money and got a math tutor so she could qualify for college classes. She ultimately earned an A in algebra while she acted, danced and choreographed her heart out.
With her two-year degree and new confidence, Shearer set her eyes on Houston. Armed with grants and scholarships plus tuition money donated by Ryan Foster, a member of her church, she secured a car and entered the drama program at UST.
Still, neither obstacles, nor their solutions had disappeared. She worked multiple jobs and often overcame lodging challenges by sleeping on the sofa of sympathetic, long-time UST employee Patricia LeBlanc. Shearer's chronic eczema condition, which can flare to a dangerous degree and has required hospitalization and chemo drugs in the past, is a constant companion. In spite of it all, she focuses on her dream of a career that marries performing arts and giving back.
"A long-time dream is to have my own theater company to be about self-discovery and healing through the creative arts," Shearer said. "One part of my company would serve adults with Down Syndrome."
While planning her future, she looks with gratitude at how she got here.
"God knew that UST was where I needed to be and He has blessed me above and beyond what I ever knew to ask for," Shearer said. "He showed me how important an education is."
UST's Fine Arts and Drama Department provides students with an extensive background in dramatic thought and theory and prepares them for performance through theoretical and technical aspects of the theatre arts. The Drama Program maintains an active production schedule each semester, where students get hands-on experience on stage and behind the scenes.
Since being at UST, Shearer was invited to participate in the stage reading of an original work alongside Equity actors from the Alley Theatre.
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I don't understand what is meant by "a good way."
My dogs can be handled by a vet whether I am there or not, and sometimes the vet is going to put a needle in their leg and put them to sleep to do x-rays or surgery.
While this is not torture, it is hard to say what a dog understands. They are people we don't live with, they may be people we haven't met before.
Given the opportunity, they will most likely run away and not get close to a stranger, especially if they have evil purposes brewing and are giving off nasty pheramones. But if they do not have the opportunity for flight, I think most of them will try to appease or do what the person wants and it will take some doing to get them to fight back.
That dog on the soccer field was an accident waiting to happen.
We rescued a dog that laid down/rolled over on his back like that when you'd try to do anything with him. Every time you wanted him to do anything, he'd do that, then he'd nip and bite when you'd try to get him back up.
It's kind of passive/aggressive (if dogs can be such) because he'd act passive/submissive but if you reached down there he'd bite.
That dog on the soccer field reminded me just of that and I thought I saw nipping/biting behavior at one point although they finally got him up and away, but not by his collar, only by picking him bodily up and toting him off.
|I know some of my rescue dogs would run and some would definitely fight back if pushed to that point.My Cattle Dog would try to run or cower if she were being attacked and couldn't get away. I don't think a dog who chose to fight back and didn't back down would be 'wrong' though.
yeah i think every dog has a breaking point
some will just do it much quicker than others some will take a serious serious beating before they bite back
it is so sad how sweet dogs are to people
Will a dog protect itself?
I know we have had the discussion if a dog would protect its owner from danger, but how about the dog protecting itself if its cornered, getting abused, or attacked in any way? I'm not talking about the owner of the dog, but a stranger? What if your dog got away and some kids found it and started kicking it, would your dog attack or run the other way? I watched the video of the GSD that got on the soccer field and even though it wasn't getting attacked, there was a lot going on and the dog did well. How many of our dogs would react in a good way?
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text: Being I live in the "great" state of New Jersey, I can now buy my final handgun on the 3 permits I was approved for. (you can only buy 1 every 30 days). So I've been looking on the internet for a couple of days on what I may be interested in, so many 9mm's & 45's out there. Then this morning I read DJ niners most recent blog on( The World of Handguns in the 80's), the juices started to flow again. A nice 2&1/2" or 4" barreled wheel gun in 45 acp or 357,38+P would be mighty fine especially if it wasn't your typical 5 or 6 rounder. So I'm thinking on the lines of the S&W Nightguard M325(45acp 6 rd.) or a 386 in 7 or 8 rd. configuration. Any thoughts, pro's & con's? Thanks DJ niner.


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Fish Tacos with Salsa Verde and Radish Salad
Fish tacos often involve deep-frying and heavy sauces. But here, broiled tilapia is topped with a crunchy radish salad and zingy cilantro-lime sauce -- fresher and tastier!
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- Servings: 4
Source: Everyday Food, April 2008
- 1 bunch fresh cilantro (roots and thick stems removed)
- 4 tablespoons fresh lime juice (from 2 limes)
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- Coarse salt and ground pepper
- 1/2 bunch radishes (about 4 ounces), trimmed, halved, and thinly sliced
- 3 scallions, thinly sliced
- 1/2 jalapeno chile (ribs and seeds removed, for less heat), minced
- 1 1/2 pounds skinless tilapia fillets (about 4)
- 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander
- 12 corn tortillas (6-inch)
Heat broiler, with rack set 4 inches from heat. In a blender, combine cilantro, 2 tablespoons lime juice, 2 tablespoons oil, and 2 tablespoons water; season with salt and pepper. Blend until pureed. Set salsa aside.
In a small bowl, mix together remaining 2 tablespoons lime juice, remaining tablespoon oil, radishes, scallions, and jalapeno; season with salt and pepper. Set radish salad aside.
Place tilapia on a rimmed baking sheet; season with coriander, salt, and pepper. Broil until opaque throughout, 4 to 5 minutes; break up into chunks.
Meanwhile, using tongs, hold tortillas over a gas flame until lightly toasted, about 30 seconds per side (or wrap stacked tortillas in damp paper towels, and microwave on high until warm and soft, about 1 minute). To assemble, fill tortillas with fish and radish salad; top with salsa verde and fold.


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Thanks again for helping out with this bro. This is some really great info on this new plastic. Definitely making the decision easier with every update :thumbsup
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Thanks again for helping out with this bro. This is some really great info on this new plastic. Definitely making the decision easier with every update :thumbsup
Made some pretty quick progress on the flamethrower last night so I thought I'd share. Here's some pics (I know it looks weird because of the necessary flares for the pulls, but once I trim them out they'll match up forming the flamethrower box). Take a look:
Up next: Right gaunt tube connector housing assembly:
Made a little more progress today...slow going though. These are a little more difficult to pull than I originally anticipated. Here's the pics -
So, they paint up real nice, but how do they hold up for trooping. Well...
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Unfortunately the flamethrower box didn't make it before our troop at EpCon last weekend, but the gaunts performed admirably without it. I banged them around a bit after they were on, no issues whatsoever. The magnet method had me a bit cautious but once they snapped in place they stayed put, even with the weight of my MR blaster bouncing around on them. I had folks knocking into me (as per usual trooping) and again no issues. I even had a guy get his zombie bandages get caught on the darts and try too pull away and the gaunts stayed put.
Now on to finishing the flamethrower and installing it...
Again, I can't say enough good stuff about the IOA product; it finishes and troops well, has more than enough room for electronics (LEDs, helmet servo controls, more LEDs, etc.) and use of magnets for closure worked fantastic. If I had to change anything I would maybe add one more set of magnets per gauntlet, just in case...maybe I'll try it on the ESB gaunts, as soon as Will gets them finished :duim:
That is a SWEET paintjob brother!! I'm gonna have to commission you to do a set for me :P Thanks again for beta testing these for me bro!
Another quick update:
Flamethrower for left gaunt
And with left gaunt for reference
Still working on the right gaunt tube connector housing...stay tuned!
Finally got around to doing the knees. Take a look -
And here are some pics of the pieces assembled
And some shots of the inside
Inner shell knee molds
Kneecap molds
And finally the side parts for the darts, etc.
I think your doing a really good job on this one thing you may want to look at doing is on the knees they should have a beveled edge running around them...making them appear thicker than the plastic theyre made out of. Same on the chest and other armor pieces. But great work non the less
Great catch, thanks for the advice!
what paint did u use for the silver it looks like its not taking to well to the material or the primer? Or did u not smooth out the primer enough? Its got a texture thing going on...
It's light reflection...any other nitpicky comments to add?????
I was simply trying to help you get the best results, maybe try not being so sensitive and take it at face value. If you didnt want people to comment why bother posting the pics up on a public forum? I think your doing a great job with this and would like the same craftsmanship that went into sculpting the armor be seen in the painting of the armor.
OK, fair enough. Guess I might have overreacted a little...I apologize. It's just that I've put a LOT of hours, blood, sweat and tears (not to mention much swearing and throwing of things) in trying to make this a reality. I pride myself on having done all of it from start to finish. My original intention in posting this thread was to show others another approach at making your own armor and to show that anyone can sculpt given they take the time to do it.
As far as the paint goes, so far I sanded the plastic, primed it, sanded the primer, and then hit it with the metallic silver aluminum. The appearance of the texture is just a weird reflection from the way it dried...I can assure you that the finish is completely smooth. I just hit it all with a matte clear coat and it seems to have taken care of that issue. I'll post pics later, thanks
well good hope to see it with some yellow here soon
Anyone got any good links to good paint WIP's that I can check out?? Bueller?? Anyone?? :P
Best thing to do is get as many pictures from whichever armor u like the art of starwars or myth of magic etc...one set and try to mimic that...run to michaels look for liquid frisket or liquid mask...or use toothpaste get your mask down and either spray it green and add the zinc chromate (or bauhaus gold krylon) later with a brush...The yellow on the real thing is topical...depends on your taste...I went layered but its purely personal preference. You'll want to mist gray in certain spots browns and flat black spritz...yeh I said it...where it comes out kinda in a bad way when u dont push the button on the can all the way on certain areas mind you but use the pics and all if your not comfortable get your buddy to help you he seems to be able to paint pretty well, if I was still out there Id help but been gone for 4 months now...missing flying star most of all
Thanks for the advice and tips bro. I'll get cracking on hunting down some of these colors. Went looking for the chromate yellow today, but only found it in the bottle. Still also not sure which green I want to go with yet...leaning towards Testors MM medium green but I need to research it a bit further.
Flying Star is awesome but they sure are proud of their food as it's a bit pricey...really tasty though
if u want rattle cans bauhaus gold from krylon is the yellow to use
That's what I'm now leaning towards. I've seen a few pics of it and am really liking that color as well. Thanks a ton for your help F4R
Cool and the colors are readily available at Homedepot and walmart...home depot for the rusto colors and wally world for the krylon.
Thanks again bro!
The Bauhaus Gold is a good choice. I don't want to post my pics in your thread but if you look on my Helmet WIP thread over on the Headhunter Squad forum you can see the colors. I used it for my generic Mandalorian Protector helmet.
Quick question - When do you all apply the clear dullcoat after finishing the paint job....at the very end AFTER weathering? or right before weathering? Thanks!
I do it at the VERY end...wont hurt in the middle though and at the end


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Don't you have two knees Tim?
Nice work Eric! Cool to see a Scirocco's skeleton....perhaps?
Don't you have two knees Tim?
Nice work Eric! Cool to see a Scirocco's skeleton....perhaps?
Thank you sir.
Today I did the other arch. It took a little longer due to rust and accident damage.
What was left after I cut out the worst of it:
After building up the outer skin:
After repairing the inner skin and welding it to the outer panel:
You can see how thick the edge is after adding the welding rod as a lip. It's super stiff this way, and there are no overlapping metal layers to trap moisture
Here's where the shell is at now, the bottom is ready for touchup sandblasting and refinishing:
You can see that the rear jack points have never been used. Someone used the rear valence to jack the car and caved it in. I did my best to straighten it, but it's gonna need some filler when I do the aesthetic bodywork.
Tomorrow I'll lay the car flat and try to fix the cowl, and after that the rear tower.
Happy Easter
I ordered a new gas tank from Rockauto and it arrived within 48 hours :
My GTI's isn't painted and is still shiny after 25+ years , but unless somebody knows for sure this tank is made of the same alloy, I think I'll put seam sealer along the pinch weld, and prime/paint it.
I fixed the cowl today, this is how it started, apparently a hood latch failure in the past:
I made five steel bits using paper templates from the other side:
I first tacked and then stitch welded it all together:
Welds ground down and primed:
This is the panel gap without any filler, I'll clean it up as needed:
I have to go to work and tomorrow we're away, so hopefully more work next week.
Use this on the bare metal:
Loving this thread. Great work!!!
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@Dan: I used tin snips for the cowl parts, but usually I use an angle grinder with a cuttoff wheel, which explains why the car looks like it was chewed up by a shark
@ Jim, good to know. I'll soon be blasting everything to get rid of any last areas of brown, so I need to start gathering refinishing supplies. Is it available locally or is it an Internet specialty thing?
@ Brendan: Thank you sir
After work today I'm hoping to get the rear shock tower buttoned up, so I'll see y'all later
Most hardware store have that. I have a gallon of something similar made by CIL.
It's phosphoric acid, and it will etch bare steel, turn rust into an inert residue.
Then you can paint the whole car with your favorite brand of epoxy primer / hardener to seal everything from your next top coat.
Originally Posted by Mk1MadnessOriginally Posted by Tavarish
Thanks, I didn't realize that's what that was. I already have some, then.
As of today I've had the car a month, and today I declare the shell structurally sound. *Waves hand in official fashion*
The shock tower is done and way stronger than stock, since to debride it I only had to remove 7 spot welds. I once again fixed it so there's no overlapping metal to trap moisture.
The initial repair; you can see the hole up top that started it all, where the gravity valve bracket was:
The completed repair:
At the base of the tower you can see where I "biopsied" the joints between the floor, the rear frame rail and the tower, to check how far the rust went. The are numerous stitch welds piled on top of each other because there are three layers of steel that meet there. These welds will be "dressed" all right. With abundant seam sealer, that is
I left gaps to stuff primer and paint in the joints, and primed the rest also:
The repair as seen from within the wheel well:
You can see more of the "biopsy" scars at the level of the frame rail. "This won't hurt a bit, just some pressure" (another one of those little lies we say in this dirty business of ours )
Tomorrow I hope to get the shell outside and sandblast any remaining surface rust before applying any seam sealer.
Sleep tight, don't let the bedbugs bite.
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What a fun thread to read. If not for HIPAA, I would ask you to document some of your procedures. I can only imagine that they would be as detailed and interesting. Better to leave the photography to one of your assistants, though. Wouldn't want the patient to bleed out while you got a macro shot of the titanium joints!
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2010 Sportwagen TDI
Philadelphia, PA
YouTube has lots of videos of total hip and total knee replacements, if you want to look. It's not bloody like people think, so even if you're a bit squeamish, it does make for interesting viewing.
I was fixing a PC in one of the OR's at our Bone and Joint center during a procedure. Not sure what was going on but it involved a long bar and a big hammer. My co-worker had to step out, he was about to loose his cookies!
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I did some shopping today for various things I'll need for the project, but I was able to get the shell outside to sandblast any remaining surface rust. It's such filthy and miserable work that I didn't take a lot of pictures, but it amounts to finding and blasting all the myriad hard-to-get areas that would be difficult by other means.
The junction of the rear wheel well with the floor and the rear beam:
The pinch welds:
I should have taken a picture of the outer surface of the pinch rail, where the layers of sheetmetal overlap, but it's already in primer, so I blew that one. It looked really nice.
There was one spot of "surface rust" in the gas tank recess that blew through, so I had to weld it shut:
I was pleased to note that by sweeping the driveway and screening the pile of debris, the bucket of abrasive was nearly full again, thereby saving a few bucks ............
..........which I now have to spend on a new garage door spring
Actually, I was glad it was a broken spring because when I first pushed the garage door opener and nothing happened, I feared that Petra (my wife) had finally had enough and changed the door code and the front door lock, and was on eHarmony looking for a more suitable spouse
Keep up the good work Eric. I might actually have some time this weekend to work on mine - some of which time will be spent going through boxes of parts to refesh my memory of what I have!
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Craig, I think you just like your car in its naked state
I got a lot done today, starting with shopping:
I got all the other stuff I'll need too, total $750
Then I spent a few hours applying seam sealer everywhere.
No. Really: I mean EVERYWHERE! This stuff is as close as you can get to working with "cartoon glue"!
Here's the underside ready for finishing:
I'm really happy with the way the beams look:
The tower:
When you weld like I do, you apply seam sealer like cake frosting
The brackets took a lot of time, but hopefully they'll last:
The rear of the exhaust tunnel:
The lip at the rear of the floor where a blasted through yesterday:
I patched the hole by feeding MIG wire into it with a piece of thick aluminum as a backing. Worked great, not much grinding to get it to look good.
The rear arches:
The firewall and associated brackets:
And finally the cowl repair:
I also sealed the pinch weld on the new gas tank. I noticed the tank is covered with Cosmoline, so I figure that means it's the rusting kind of steel. I'll clean it thoroughly, and prime/paint it:
Then FedEx arrived with the new garage door spring, so that's that: now I have to go do something useful
Nice work.
Which paint did you end up buying?
Very nice work echassin!!
The paint looks like PPG shopline to me- a very good paint for the money..
That's what it is, it was $110 a gallon.
I bought two gallons that I'll intermix so that I can paint pieces as I go and avoid running out of it midway and risking a remix that doesn't quite match.
Tomorrow I'll paint the bottom, the wheel wells, and the bottom half of the engine bay and rad support.
After that I'll install the hard lines, cover the newly painted areas, and put the car flat on jack stands sans tiptissery to do the rest of the body work.
BTW, I found the correct Cosmoline in aerosol form, to protect the inside of the beams and the inner surfaces of the rear arches
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Just to put it out there, red is the most expensive color to produce (paint-wise), and you get what you pay for (quality-wise) so that number doesn't surprise me at all. I painted an ex's car 20 years ago and spent about that on material, so you got away cheap!
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1 gallon of viper green = $800 just for the paint alone. Color me jealous.
At this rate, you'll be driving her to Cincy this year?
Including taxes, I paid 170$ for a gallon of Dupont 2k primer this month.
Originally Posted by Mk1MadnessOriginally Posted by Tavarish
You guys are making me feel cheap
I got the bottom of the car, the wheel wells, and the lower half of the engine bay painted today. the spraying took about an hour, the scuffing took about 6 hours :
The reconstructed tower:
I didn't take a zillion close-ups, but just to illustrate, the job isn't show-worthy, but it's a heck of a lot better than what VW did:
Tomorrow I plan to scuff and spray the upper half of the engine bay (I debated touching it up but it wouldn't be good enough).
Happy TGIF
Looks great to me! Anymore and you may be afraid to actually drive the car once you finish it! Save the details for the upside!
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So, I know I need either a TEFL or a CELTA, but other than that how do I get to NAPLES?
I have a BFA and I can think of no better way to spend a year than by teaching English during the day and studying renaissance art at night and during the weekends.
Right now I do have a resource of sorts: A very nice Italian doctor who is friends with our family.
So do I start contacting language schools in Naples and just asking around? What's the process? Are they going to look at my CELTA/TEFL and just laugh?
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When in doubt, and when one is subject to attack, the best defense is an offense. Berlusconi told a rally in Milan "it seems as if one is not in an Italian or European city, but in an African city." He has decided to play the hate immigrant card in order to deflect attacks. It most probably will work. It apparently is working in the Netherlands.


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For her present, Ella and I took a trip to Greenwich Village. It turned out to be a fun date. The stores we found are all on Christopher Street. Here's what we did:
1. The Greenwich Letterpress, 39th Christopher St.
This is one of those stores with ironic letterpress cards, decorative owls, twine, striped paper straws, and notebooks for sale with tiny bikes on the cover. I would love to hate this place for being so obviously cute and vintage and campy, but I don't. Instead, I love everything about it. It's the perfect store to buy something small, like a stationary set with French words on the packaging or kitchy buttons that say "Happy Birthday! Today is your Day!" or "One Year Wiser". Even the guy behind the counter was so nice, helpful, and normal. He wrapped the present for Madeline. I could have spent some more time exploring this tiny store. Shamelessly, I'll be back.
2. Corrado Bread and Pastry. 35 Christopher St.
We bought homemade lemonade and Ella got a yogurt. Nothing fancy, but it's next to the letterpress store and had nice people inside. I'm sure there is a fabulous bakery nearby with better food, but this one suited our needs for a quick snack.
Le Petit Puppy NYC. 18 Christopher St.
Ella found a French Bulldog that she called her best friend (below, left). Then named it Penny. She kept saying, "Jump! Penny, jump! Roll over! Penny! Roll over!" She said it would be the perfect dog for our family and it would make Dad so happy. Ha. It was the craziest dog in the store and over $2,000. Obviously, we didn't take it home. It's still there and probably still jumping.
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text: [spoiler alert, for those who have not yet watched Worlds 2013, or the preceding 5 years] It was a dark day at Worlds 2008 when three US ladies failed to finish in the combined 13th spot (you know what I mean) and lost the right to send three US ladies to the upcoming Olympics, and next Worlds. Kimmie Meissner (7th), Beatrisa Liang (10th), and Ashley Wagner (16th) dropped the torch, ushering in the Dark Age of US Ladies skating. With their top finisher at 7th, there was no way to get under the 13 wire. At Worlds 2009, Flatt (5th: respectable) and Czisny (11th: my turn to bomb) continued the dry spell. At Worlds 2010, Nagasu (7th: impossible to make 13 when your best is 7th) and Flatt (9th: flat) could not get the ball bouncing. At Worlds 2011, Czisny (5th: respectable) and Flatt (12th: my turn to bomb worse than your bomb) could not light the fuse. At Worlds 2012, Wagner (4th: nicely done) and Czisny (22nd: my bomb will never be surpassed!!) missed the mark. And then, at Worlds 2013, with the Olympics coming around the corner, chanting "3 spots! 3 spots!," the new dawn of US Ladies' skating, veteran Ashley Wagner (5th: respectable) and the child of destiny, Gracie Gold (6th: not bad for a rookie) shattered the curse and gained 3 spots at the Olympics and Worlds for the next team of US Ladies! Can I get an Amen? Can I get an Amen? Well done, Ashley and Gracie! May the US Ladies always hang on to three spots! And while we have them, lets sweep the podium like in 1991 Yamaguchi (1), Harding (2), Kerrigan (3).