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[ParadiseFoundFarm]

Hi everyone

Been out sick with the flu since my last post. Still sick but work needed me.

At least no one is coming close and leaving me alone in my misery.

AND one more thing!!!! I went without a smoke or a craving for a smoke for 3 days!!!!! I'm going to keep it up! I was smoking 1-2 packs a day.

Gargoyle: Thanks for the info. Yes there are plenty of limestone quarries here in Joliet Illinois, You may have heard we built a big prison out of it. ( Think The Blues Brothers Movie, Al Capone, etc.) Yep you do it the hard way and the right way. I'm not even going there with you. It just looked so perfect and smooth I thought it was some kind of fabrication process with a liquid that hardens. That they are made in the old school manner blows my mind. You and your skills are very impressive.

Karl: I thought we were about the same generation but your talk leaves me wondering if we even speak the same language. I tried looking up some of those terms in my Encyclopedia Britannica circa 1965 and those terms are not in there. Of course in that same encyclopedia it says that estrogen protects women from getting lung cancer from smoking cigarettes. Hmm

Stay well,
Denise

 

[Gargoyle]

Gargoyle: Thanks for the info. Yes there are plenty of limestone quarries here in Joliet Illinois,

The Joliet quarries were actually the largest supplier of architectural stone in the country before the Chicago fire. After the fire a couple things happened- the Indiana stone industry had been scaling up at the right time, and were better set up to provide the volume of cut stone needed to rebuild Chicago. Also, a key quality that differed in the two stones made a huge difference. Joliet stone has very strong bedding planes (the natural strata from the formation of the beds of stone). As a result it is very strong in one direction, but weak in another. It splits easily with the grain, its very hard to split or cut against the grain. Indiana limestone is much more even in all directions. Therefore Indiana is more suited for carving and cutting into complex shapes. It also is more heat resistant- the Joliet limestone would delaminate (split along the layers or grain) under extreme heat conditions, and that was evident after the fire.

I'm about an hour north of you.

 

[ParadiseFoundFarm]

The Joliet quarries were actually the largest supplier of architectural stone in the country before the Chicago fire. After the fire a couple things happened- the Indiana stone industry had been scaling up at the right time, and were better set up to provide the volume of cut stone needed to rebuild Chicago. Also, a key quality that differed in the two stones made a huge difference. Joliet stone has very strong bedding planes (the natural strata from the formation of the beds of stone). As a result it is very strong in one direction, but weak in another. It splits easily with the grain, its very hard to split or cut against the grain. Indiana limestone is much more even in all directions. Therefore Indiana is more suited for carving and cutting into complex shapes. It also is more heat resistant- the Joliet limestone would delaminate (split along the layers or grain) under extreme heat conditions, and that was evident after the fire.

I'm about an hour north of you.

HMMMMMMMMMMMMMM oh really????
Sounds like you're close enough to commission a piece for me? Do you do that? Can you e-mail me info?

And if you're so close, why didn't you come to our first annual Chicken People meet which was heal at my farm last year?

 

[Gargoyle]

Sorry I missed the meet at your farm; are you holding it again this year? If so, when?

Yes, I do commissions, I'm a bit backed up on lead time right now but if you're patient I'd love to carve something. Come visit some time.
Meantime, check out my site at stonecarver.com to see the range of what I do.

 

[quercus21]

Good morning people,
Off to play out in the woods today. Mid 40's and looks like a sunny day. If we have time, we might go looking for a B17 crash site. Both rats and their entourage are stopping over for supper tonight. I told them, pizza night, kitchen is closed. One is staying for the weekend.......

Chicks: Good luck with your swap. What kind of vendors are you having? There is going to be one "local" April 1.We are thinking about heading to it.

Enjoy your day
Kaj

 

[rngrbill]

Paradise:

Congrats on the no smoke think keep up the good work! Prayer really helped me.

Headed out to feed a Habitat crew work on a house and a couple of other projects today.

Have a good one. starting to feel like spring here I know she is only teasing us though

 

[chics in the sun]

My swap went well. I sold two hens and a pullet and bought two Buckeyes and one Russian Orloff ( all three for a deep swap-host discount). I'm so excited about the Buckeyes. I've wanted one of those for a long time. I also sold some eating eggs and duck hatching eggs, and took two pre-orders for ducklings. Some of my vendors couldn't make it at the last minute, and one lady brought about 100 chicks she had ordered from a hatchery and was re- selling. I'd prefer the swap to be just people that hatch and raise their own chicks and chickens, and if I had know that that is what this lady does, I wouldn't have called her to invite her. It turned out okay, as she ended up being the only vendor with chicks, and she certainly did well.

 

[oesdog]

Morning you guys

Thought I would drop in for a nice coffee and share a bit of cake with you all. DH just finished it for Dds birthday so here goes grab a slice all!!!!!!!



It is mint chocolate and really really yummy and morrish!!!!!

Oesdog - getting Fat !!!!!!!

 

[rngrbill]

Oes: yummy that was good. but weren't you the one who started the weight loss thread.. Today I strat the official appeals process to keep my chicks. wish me luck. file a lot of paperwork and a couple of large checks.

 

[jeepguy982001]

that cake looks good and i dont even eat sweets. yea i know i'm strange