You may be thankful that you did not go. Those that went with tools and equipment very often left broke and in debt. There were several interviews with those that came to help, not because of the work that they were doing but because of their stolen equipment. Tractor trailers and all.
| You may be thankful that you did not go. Those that went with | tools and equipment very often left broke and in debt. There were | several interviews with those that came to help, not because of | the work that they were doing but because of their stolen | equipment. Tractor trailers and all.
I'm not - and in fact I'm more than a little ashamed that I didn't just load up and go anyway. There was (as in every disaster) a very real need for communications. I'd already had enough experience with tornado and flood operations to know that.
There's always a danger that equipment can "grow legs" and vanish, but my entire station can (almost) easily tuck into a car trunk, and I've discovered that "Danger - High Voltage" stickers work wonders as a deterrent to the casual laying on of hands. :-)
FWIW, I've never had a piece of equipment stolen at an emergency operation site - and I've never owned any that was more precious a human. It was an acceptable risk.
-- Morris Dovey DeSoto Solar DeSoto, Iowa USA
Good for you Morris, your heart is in the right place.
Since long before Huey Long, Louisiana has been known for great food, great music, and rampant corruption.
Fortunately, none of that has anything to do with the necessity of saving human life in an emergency, a job which unfortunately fell to FEMA, which had been systematically stripped of it's resources since 2000.
Lew
| your heart is in the right place.
There were a lot of hearts in the right place. Entire /countries/ all over the world were poised to help in any way they could - including some whose help we could not possibly deserve - if we but gave the nod. I doubt the Washington crowd gave their offers a second thought either - but /this/ person won't forget.
If it shook me to see the Mexican military arrive to deliver much-needed humanitarian assistance (Gracias, Amigos y Amigas!), I was proud beyond words of our men and women of the Coast Guard who weren't just ready, but willing, able, and effective.
There were many who opened not only their hearts, but their homes, their places of worship, and their places of business to provide for a virtual tsunami of refugees - and I hope that the people of the gulf coast treasure them and their memory.
-- Morris Dovey DeSoto Solar DeSoto, Iowa USA
| Fortunately, none of that has anything to do with the necessity of | saving human life in an emergency, a job which unfortunately fell to | FEMA, which had been systematically stripped of it's resources | since 2000.
Before that, even. During the floods of '93 I spent several days as the volunteer operator of the FEMA communications center in the Hoover Federal Building in Des Moines. It was a particularly easy job since there was zero traffic in and zero traffic out.
-- Morris Dovey DeSoto Solar DeSoto, Iowa USA
Indeed, they often have good deals on odd lots plus have a very good selection of regular stuff. My only complaint is that they are not open on Sundays. I also haunt Mr. Plywood in NE Portland.
Bob the Tomato
I finished sanding and staining my entertainment center yesterday, and I'm happy to report it all worked out OK in the end. I managed to not sand through the thin veneer in any place critical (I did expose the veneer in one small spot on the back, but thankfully it won't normally be seen.).
The chipout that is still exposed (mostly on the ends of the shelves) is barely visible once sanded and stained.
Thankfully, whatever the core ply's are made of, it seems to stain the same color as the surface veneer. Both the chipouts and the exposed veneer on the back almost disappear when the stain is applied. That was a huge relief.
Since all of the plywood edges are covered or hidden, this turned out to be not much of an issue.
I still think the 1/4 panel I bought is probably oak, but it seemed to stain up the same color as the rest of the project. So unless someone goes up and compares the grain pattern on the shelves, I don't think anyone will ever know. If it bugs me too much, it would be easy to make a couple of new shelves, but once the shelves have "stuff" on them, I doubt I'll even notice what the grain is like.
So, today I'm going to start applying the finish coats of polyurethane. That will probably take a few days to complete. I'll try to post some pictures in the binaries newsgroup when I'm finished.
Take care,
Anthony
will probably take a few days to >complete. I'll try to post some
Sounds like you got it licked. Good for you! I for one would like to see your work and hope you post some pics.
Robert
I buy solid wood and hardwoodplywoods at
Your "testimonial" might have more credibility had you told us you were the same Mike Williams who OWNS Creative Woodworks and that rather than buying solid and plywood FROM them you buy it FOR the business and sell it.
Your posts aren't exactly truthful now, are they? They are, IMNSHO, rather tacky.
BTW, fire your web designer (or hire one), for a commercial establishment such as yours the site sucks!
At least now I know a place NOT to buy from :-).
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