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donaldtoo

donaldtoo

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figmentfan423 said:
The leopard one was just to see if I could draft a pattern myself that would fit. It was actually pretty easy but then again nothing fancy schmancy like what you design. As for the shirt no prob as soon as I'm caught up here, not that that's ever going to happen as long as my boys are here:banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead:
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Hahaaa...!!! :hilarious:
Believe me, to me anyway, what you do is very impressive and fancy schmancy...! :)
I could never do what you do.
But, yes, after about 35+ years, in totum, of doing what I do, I better have it down, even allowing for client architectural design preference changes over the years, and, of course, technology changes in how we do what we do.
I sometimes get into discussions with our newer/younger staff (I don't initiate it...I'm generally not the "Back in my day...!" type), because they will see me sketching old school and become curious, so start a conversation. I have no problem with any of that...they help me as much as I help them...teamwork...! :)
Sometimes, I have no clue how we even made money back in the day doing everything on a drafting table...there were no stretch, move, etc. CAD commands. We had to erase and redraw all changes on vellum, or make sepia copies, and do the changes on those. Sometimes, we had to redraw entire sets of plans because we had so many changes the vellum was erased through. Just nuts...! :confused:
Anyway, I'm rambling now... :rolleyes: :oops:

Always impressed by what you do for your family, and your various projects...!!! :)
 
Figgy1

Figgy1

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donaldtoo said:
Hahaaa...!!! :hilarious:
Believe me, to me anyway, what you do is very impressive and fancy schmancy...! :)
I could never do what you do.
But, yes, after about 35+ years, in totum, of doing what I do, I better have it down, even allowing for client architectural design preference changes over the years, and, of course, technology changes in how we do what we do.
I sometimes get into discussions with our newer/younger staff (I don't initiate it...I'm generally not the "Back in my day...!" type), because they will see me sketching old school and become curious, so start a conversation. I have no problem with any of that...they help me as much as I help them...teamwork...! :)
Sometimes, I have no clue how we even made money back in the day doing everything on a drafting table...there were no stretch, move, etc. CAD commands. We had to erase and redraw all changes on vellum, or make sepia copies, and do the changes on those. Sometimes, we had to redraw entire sets of plans because we had so many changes the vellum was erased through. Just nuts...! :confused:
Anyway, I'm rambling now... :rolleyes: :oops:

Always impressed by what you do for your family, and your various projects...!!! :)
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Thank you
 
donaldtoo

donaldtoo

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figmentfan423 said:
Morning, and there's not much good about it except we have power as some not far from me are out. With the wind I'm knocking on wood, crossing my fingers and toes and lighting candles. It's a balmy 14 and a windchill below zero:eek::bored::cautious::rolleyes::p:brb::brb::brb::cold::coldfeet::cry::cry::cry::cry: Tonight's dinner groundhog tempura with sake for me and plum wine for @StarWarsGirl
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Oh my. Another sympathy like.
Again, hope all is much better, by now...!
 
donaldtoo

donaldtoo

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MySmallWorldof4 said:
I was just about to write that too! How many times a day do I type a location and then zoooooooom, I am there! It helps with history and geography lessons for kids too. When we are missing Disney though we will zoom in on WDW and see what we can make out from way up high and then choose a road to "fall" into and start "driving" there. Such FUN!:):):cool::p
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Hahaaa...!!!!! :hilarious:
We use google earth often at the office to zoom in on various project sites.
After I've found what I needed, I tend to mosey :oops: on over to Central Florida for a bit, sometimes...!!! :D :oops: :cautious: ;) :)
 
donaldtoo

donaldtoo

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MySmallWorldof4 said:
That is insane!! We got plowed before lunch yesterday. Guess they are way more organized and prepared here then by you. With the hoopla the forecasters made you would have thought they would have done better. It will be even harder today to clear things then yesterday because now a lot of it has iced over.
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Yuck!
Sympathy like.
So glad we live in Central Texas...! ;)
 
donaldtoo

donaldtoo

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figmentfan423 said:
I can't really fault our road crews, about 15 inches is our breaking point between getting right out and it's going to be a while. Our heavy snow didn't end until after dinner time last night and we had snow on and off all night:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: I stopped measuring when we hit 2 feet:banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead: The storm also shifted farther north and west we got more than double what was predicted originally:cautious: Maybe I should stop picking on the groundhog and start picking on the paid humans:hilarious:
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:oops: ;)
 
ajrwdwgirl

ajrwdwgirl

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MinnieM123 said:
Haven't a clue about Disneyland--never been there. But I'm thinking that Disneyland is much smaller than WDW, and the chances of them having on-site services there are probably slim, since WDW did away with (at least the Catholic services) years ago. (Yet, WDW "might" still have some services on Christmas and Easter only--but not sure which denominations are covered.)

Also, I'm not familiar with the area around Disneyland either, but it may be that there is a church from your religious denomination (I know you're not Catholic--I was just using that as an example only, above) that may be close by--unlike my outside "travel" experience with WDW (below).

In WDW, I know that in the past on Easter and Christmas, they'd have (Catholic) services at the Contemporary; and they used to have weekly Mass at the Polynesian (luau area). I'm not sure they offer services at all on even the 2 major feast days anymore on site. For some years now, they've been telling people to go to the large church up in Orlando. I did that on two separate vacations, if I was at WDW on a weekend, but it was pricey with the taxi round-trip. Funny, I recall all the fare money and tips I paid to the taxi drivers; but then I'd toss just a buck into the collection plate at church--somehow, the whole scene seemed a bit lopsided, you know?! :p
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Yeah, I think it a pretty slim chance that Disneyland will offer a service, but that's okay. Hubby usually posts most of the service on You Tube and Facebook, so I'll just watch when I'm waiting in line or before bed.

Do you remember the Crystal Catherdral and Robert Schuller with his Hour of Power, it used to be on tv? That is located about 5 minutes away from Disneyland, but he is gone now and the church is now a Catholic church. But I considered going there, I remember it was so pretty on tv.

I was in WDW last year around Easter, I left two days before Easter Sunday and there was going to be an Easter service at the Contemporary. I think it was non-denominational and in the afternoon. But like you said it isn't a weekly thing anymore.
 
ajrwdwgirl

ajrwdwgirl

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So we saw Beauty and the Beast this afternoon, it was hub, me and a friend of mine. It was pretty fantastic. I think I liked it better than the remake of Cinderella. It was pretty true to the animated feature but there were quite a few differences as well, there was even a reference to a version of the Beauty and the Beast story I read as a child before the Disney version was even made. My friend is not as up on her Disney movies (although I try through movie nights) really liked it as well, she said she was in suspense for a lot of it. She hadn't watched the animated one before.:eek: So I highly recommend it!

A funny thing though, before the movie started there was a preview for Pirates coming out in May and my friend turned to me and said "Pirates is a Disney movie?" I was like :eek:! How are we even friends!?!?!
 

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