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@Deb... THAT is priceless!!!
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Yeah I sort of love it because of the clear genuine feelings of the father, so easy to relate to. And I sort of hate it because she gets no voice and I don't like that ritual of her dad passing her off to her husband. Like she's just an asset.
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Deb, that was lovely! Glad I had a tissue handy!
Today was so incredibly gorgeous and tonight is beautiful, with every star in the sky and a soft warm breeze. I had a wonderful day here by myself, except I wasn't by myself...I had the Father, who was with me all day long as I worked and walked over this land. I stopped this evening to sing some praises to Him and the animals all listened like they always do. I think they worship along with me sometimes. The meaty chicks seemed soothed and nodded off in a pool of sunlight in the coop and the new dog, Ben, was glad to attend the service too, except he wanted me to pet him all the way through it.
I hope you all had a blessedly peaceful day like the one I had. I can't begin to describe how beautiful it was or how the breeze felt like a kiss from the Father each time it caressed my face, but suffice to say that it was like walking on a cushion of air all day long. I don't think my feet ever touched the ground. I'm going to go look at the stars a bit before I go to bed and talk to Him again before I lay down my head. I hope you all pause in your evening to speak to the Father and tell Him what a good job He is doing in your life, because He is praiseworthy indeed!
'nite, all!
Today was so incredibly gorgeous and tonight is beautiful, with every star in the sky and a soft warm breeze. I had a wonderful day here by myself, except I wasn't by myself...I had the Father, who was with me all day long as I worked and walked over this land. I stopped this evening to sing some praises to Him and the animals all listened like they always do. I think they worship along with me sometimes. The meaty chicks seemed soothed and nodded off in a pool of sunlight in the coop and the new dog, Ben, was glad to attend the service too, except he wanted me to pet him all the way through it.
I hope you all had a blessedly peaceful day like the one I had. I can't begin to describe how beautiful it was or how the breeze felt like a kiss from the Father each time it caressed my face, but suffice to say that it was like walking on a cushion of air all day long. I don't think my feet ever touched the ground. I'm going to go look at the stars a bit before I go to bed and talk to Him again before I lay down my head. I hope you all pause in your evening to speak to the Father and tell Him what a good job He is doing in your life, because He is praiseworthy indeed!
'nite, all!
perchie.girl
RIP 1953-2021
Melanie, I got a letter off to Jason this week.
Yea!! I wish I could see his face when he gets it! Bless you
oh Bee that was awesome! So glad you had a wonnnnnderful day rejoicing. Praying a lot these days myself because so many people need prayers.Deb, that was lovely! Glad I had a tissue handy!
Today was so incredibly gorgeous and tonight is beautiful, with every star in the sky and a soft warm breeze. I had a wonderful day here by myself, except I wasn't by myself...I had the Father, who was with me all day long as I worked and walked over this land. I stopped this evening to sing some praises to Him and the animals all listened like they always do. I think they worship along with me sometimes. The meaty chicks seemed soothed and nodded off in a pool of sunlight in the coop and the new dog, Ben, was glad to attend the service too, except he wanted me to pet him all the way through it.
I hope you all had a blessedly peaceful day like the one I had. I can't begin to describe how beautiful it was or how the breeze felt like a kiss from the Father each time it caressed my face, but suffice to say that it was like walking on a cushion of air all day long. I don't think my feet ever touched the ground. I'm going to go look at the stars a bit before I go to bed and talk to Him again before I lay down my head. I hope you all pause in your evening to speak to the Father and tell Him what a good job He is doing in your life, because He is praiseworthy indeed!
'nite, all!
soooooo cute. congrats on your chicks!!I attempted broccoli but I found out after I planted seeds that I should have planted transplants. I have carrots, onions, rutabaga and parsnips along with squashes, tomatoes and 3 kinds of bush beans. All heirloom seeds (except the tomatoes-bought those) I got from Baker Creek Seeds.
I tried Mortgage lifter. They don't do well here. It gets too hot for them. I need the smaller fruiting kind. The one Mortgage Lifter I got sure was good. I like the Homely Homer tomato too.
What is white Dutch clover?
I wish I could grow rhubarb. I really miss that.
Yeah!
absolutely, Here's a nice big brownie, you deserve it. I can't wait until I can get into my garden.
perchie.girl
RIP 1953-2021
Listening to the news today I was stunned to hear that Boeing is shutting down their Long Beach plant that builds C-17s... Sniff sniff they have built their last one.
Back when I was about 24-25 I was part of a design team that built the Assembly Jig for the Aft one third of the C-17. The tool was a foot ball field long and three stories tall. Mostly work platforms for access but it also held in place the fuselage and the cargo door and the tail for assembly. Gawd that was 35 years ago. Only female in an aircraft hanger full of Men who specialized in building airplanes.... Scared to death they wouln't find out how much I didnt know and excited to be working in history.
Teledyne Ryan had a fabrication plant that was part of the Lindbergh hanger for Charles Lindbergh himself. It used to be situated at the end of the runway for the Big International Airport Lindbergh Field. Old buildings tell such tales when you wander about. This was no exception.... HUGE design room that once held Aviation History being made. We had a portion of that room for our drafting tables. Oh design was being done on computer but Drafting by hand was quicker still is if you have a designer that knows what is is doing.
Everyone had two drafting tables clamped together with C-clamps and each table had two drafting machines. Because our drawings were seventeen feet long. 1/20th scale.... for drawings that represented the whole tool. the rest were 1/10th and 1/4 especially for details.
My dad was part of the design team who designed the tooling to hold the Cargo door. The aft one third of the plane had to be completely structurally sound wether the door was open or closed. We used tooling balls for presice locations of componets... Just a ball on a screw that is very very precise... machined to 1/1000 of an inch.... Even temperature changes could change its accuracy... Most times wed use them for small Jigs and fixtures to make sure things would assmble to the next component.... those were a quarter inch in diameter. The ones dad used were Three inches in diameter.
I learned quick how to fill a niche in that group. The were drawing so fast to meet deadlines they ddint have time to actually read the design specifications that McDonnel Douglas required for Boeings tools. So I read the manual cover to cover and by the end of the first month. The Old timers were coming to ME to answer questions about drawing format....
So I did that and alot of detail drawings.... Detail Drafting is the grunt work of most Design fields. It has to be done but its time consuming. They were essentially drawings of little areas so the fabrication people would know how they go together. I remember one time I did a cut list for the wing join area Painstakinly filled out.... because the work platform had to belevel for the workers but the floor sloped 1 inch in 12 feet. And the specifications were that we were not allowed to make adjustable legs. Each leg had to be drawn to within an inch of the floor.
The wing join area was long enough to cause a foot and a half difference between legs on each end. Those drawings were checked by a fellow whose sole job was to check form fit and function. He called me over to take me to task for my bad work. Red pen marks on your drawing are "mistakes" Yellow was good and green over red ment you had made the changes correctly. I saw my drawing was Covered in red marks. I double checked them and he was wrong.
So I went back to the "Checker" he looked like a used car salesman... Black hair slicked back and a black mustache but not enough lip to carry one.... His name was Lloyd Moberly. I told him he was wrong and I got a sarcastic stare down his nose... "Really" he said. And then I told him why. and showed him my calculations. He took the drawing and calculations and went back to his desk. He came back about an hour later and told me in NO uncertain terms so that the rest of the Designers could hear....
"I have NEVER been shown HOW Wrong I was so profoundly.... I apologize..." HE showed me some normal mistakes to be corrected.... Whew. The deal was I was only making a few dollars an hour.... The rest of those guys were the cream of the cream and they were making three figures per year.
When the contract ended for most of them they moved on to the next tool design job. Loyd Started his own company designing tools for repairing Jet Engine components. He hired me away as a sort of apprentice.
It was an exciting time in my life...
deb
Back when I was about 24-25 I was part of a design team that built the Assembly Jig for the Aft one third of the C-17. The tool was a foot ball field long and three stories tall. Mostly work platforms for access but it also held in place the fuselage and the cargo door and the tail for assembly. Gawd that was 35 years ago. Only female in an aircraft hanger full of Men who specialized in building airplanes.... Scared to death they wouln't find out how much I didnt know and excited to be working in history.
Teledyne Ryan had a fabrication plant that was part of the Lindbergh hanger for Charles Lindbergh himself. It used to be situated at the end of the runway for the Big International Airport Lindbergh Field. Old buildings tell such tales when you wander about. This was no exception.... HUGE design room that once held Aviation History being made. We had a portion of that room for our drafting tables. Oh design was being done on computer but Drafting by hand was quicker still is if you have a designer that knows what is is doing.
Everyone had two drafting tables clamped together with C-clamps and each table had two drafting machines. Because our drawings were seventeen feet long. 1/20th scale.... for drawings that represented the whole tool. the rest were 1/10th and 1/4 especially for details.
My dad was part of the design team who designed the tooling to hold the Cargo door. The aft one third of the plane had to be completely structurally sound wether the door was open or closed. We used tooling balls for presice locations of componets... Just a ball on a screw that is very very precise... machined to 1/1000 of an inch.... Even temperature changes could change its accuracy... Most times wed use them for small Jigs and fixtures to make sure things would assmble to the next component.... those were a quarter inch in diameter. The ones dad used were Three inches in diameter.
I learned quick how to fill a niche in that group. The were drawing so fast to meet deadlines they ddint have time to actually read the design specifications that McDonnel Douglas required for Boeings tools. So I read the manual cover to cover and by the end of the first month. The Old timers were coming to ME to answer questions about drawing format....
So I did that and alot of detail drawings.... Detail Drafting is the grunt work of most Design fields. It has to be done but its time consuming. They were essentially drawings of little areas so the fabrication people would know how they go together. I remember one time I did a cut list for the wing join area Painstakinly filled out.... because the work platform had to belevel for the workers but the floor sloped 1 inch in 12 feet. And the specifications were that we were not allowed to make adjustable legs. Each leg had to be drawn to within an inch of the floor.
The wing join area was long enough to cause a foot and a half difference between legs on each end. Those drawings were checked by a fellow whose sole job was to check form fit and function. He called me over to take me to task for my bad work. Red pen marks on your drawing are "mistakes" Yellow was good and green over red ment you had made the changes correctly. I saw my drawing was Covered in red marks. I double checked them and he was wrong.
So I went back to the "Checker" he looked like a used car salesman... Black hair slicked back and a black mustache but not enough lip to carry one.... His name was Lloyd Moberly. I told him he was wrong and I got a sarcastic stare down his nose... "Really" he said. And then I told him why. and showed him my calculations. He took the drawing and calculations and went back to his desk. He came back about an hour later and told me in NO uncertain terms so that the rest of the Designers could hear....
"I have NEVER been shown HOW Wrong I was so profoundly.... I apologize..." HE showed me some normal mistakes to be corrected.... Whew. The deal was I was only making a few dollars an hour.... The rest of those guys were the cream of the cream and they were making three figures per year.
When the contract ended for most of them they moved on to the next tool design job. Loyd Started his own company designing tools for repairing Jet Engine components. He hired me away as a sort of apprentice.
It was an exciting time in my life...
deb
Deb, you would be welcome in my cafe anytime! I'm sure when you come the conversation would be lively
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