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chicgeek wrote:Sarge, that's perfect!
Dear god I have finally read *all* of the Wapsi fanfiction here. *falls over* I'd been meaning to ever since the hiatus, where you all hung out at Wapsi Anonymous while Paul was trying to get internet.
I do have a question! Did you all ever do a radio drama? I remember one story thread where it was talked about.
Anyways. *waves hi* I'm not going back to read all of this thread. Yet. Hope just jumping in is okay.

Sgt. Howard wrote:

chicgeek wrote:Sarge, that's perfect!
Dear god I have finally read *all* of the Wapsi fanfiction here. *falls over* I'd been meaning to ever since the hiatus, where you all hung out at Wapsi Anonymous while Paul was trying to get internet.
I do have a question! Did you all ever do a radio drama? I remember one story thread where it was talked about.
Anyways. *waves hi* I'm not going back to read all of this thread. Yet. Hope just jumping in is okay.

As of yet, there has been no Radio Drama- Joe and I are cranking out a possible script that will draw hits every Easter- "the Jerusalem Detail," it will be narration, Radio Drama with illustrations for YOUTUBE. The script is divorces of Paul's universe, using characters that Joe and I have developed with several historical figures.

chicgeek wrote:Sarge, that's perfect!
Dear god I have finally read *all* of the Wapsi fanfiction here. *falls over* I'd been meaning to ever since the hiatus, where you all hung out at Wapsi Anonymous while Paul was trying to get internet.
I do have a question! Did you all ever do a radio drama? I remember one story thread where it was talked about.
Anyways. *waves hi* I'm not going back to read all of this thread. Yet. Hope just jumping in is okay.

chicgeek wrote:Dave, it's a shame you're on the other side of the country from me! I have a flowering cherry tree that has taken over the front yard, and part of my neighbor's yard. And it needs to be cut back to a reasonable size.
It was a pitiful stick of a tree I got for free almost 30 years ago, when the mall I was working at gave them away. Now it's a monster.

Catawampus wrote:Let it grow a bit more, then, and perhaps it will be on his side of the country, too!

Dave wrote:

Catawampus wrote:Let it grow a bit more, then, and perhaps it will be on his side of the country, too!

chicgeek said "flowering cherry", not "kudzu".

Dave wrote:Two of my ham friends just gave me a neat gift. A flowering cherry tree at their house was on its last legs... dying back and leaning. The complex's landscaper was cutting it down, and Scott asked him to cut the bigger parts of the trunk into convenient lengths and set it aside. He painted the ends to slow down the drying and reduce "checking" (splitting) and then called me.

So, now I've got nearly a dozen nice pieces of cherry, stacked in the shade, re-painted with wax, loosely tarped, and starting to dry. Most of them I'll probably let dry for a year and then chainsaw and bandsaw into short boards and spindle-turning stock... good for boxes, knife scales and handles, and so forth. There are some small branch crotches that might have a nice grain pattern.

If I have time next weekend, I think one of the smaller pieces could be made into a nice bowl on the lathe. Scott is curious to know whether this particular cherry will darken in sunlight (as cherry wood often does), and so am I!

EMILY-ERIN ROBINSON/WSET wrote: A dare that landed a spot in a school yearbook is also landing one athlete behind bars.

Police say that Hunter Osborn, 19, a football player at Red Mountain High School in Mesa, Arizona, exposed himself during a team picture.

School officials did not notice the exposure until it was printed in the school yearbook. The picture was also printed in the football program that is sold at games.



Osborn told police that he was 18 when the photo taken and that he was "dared by a football teammate," according to a spokesman for Mesa Police Department.

He admitted to exposing himself in the photo and told detectives that he was "disgusted" for what he had done. That's according to court documents.

Osborn was booked into jail Saturday on 69 counts of indecent exposure, a class 1 misdemeanor, and one count of furnishing harmful items to minors, a class 4 felony. He was subsequently released and ordered to wear an electronic monitor.

In a statement, the district said it was "dismayed" by the student's actions and that it had recalled the yearbook to make a "minor, but critical edit."

Upon learning of the photograph, school administration immediately contacted police and is cooperating fully with the investigation. Disciplinary action will follow policy and may be based on the outcome of the police investigation.

The school and district are conducting an investigation to determine what actions might have prevented the publication of the photograph, so appropriate safeguards can be put in place going forward.

No other details were released.

Hansontoons wrote:If you'd like a piece turned into a walking stick, I'll need a straight piece about 1-1/8" x 1-1/8" x 48" long. And a 2" block for knob. I've worked with oak and walnut, walnut version in picture. And my "lathe".

Dave wrote:

Hansontoons wrote:If you'd like a piece turned into a walking stick, I'll need a straight piece about 1-1/8" x 1-1/8" x 48" long. And a 2" block for knob. I've worked with oak and walnut, walnut version in picture. And my "lathe".

Oh, I'd love to take you up on that - the walnut one looks gorgeous - but it'll have to wait for a different batch of wood. The pieces of cherry I got are limited to around 24" or so in length - I didn't think to ask for any long pieces (and they'd all been cut by the time I heard about the offer).

Thanks anyhow! I like your impromptu lathe!

GlytchMeister wrote:I've always wanted to make a sword cane with lignum vitae.