Why I like this forum

yes! But what color is your hair?

 

The first Polaroid cameras we had were large and only took black and white, or greyish pictures. Had to rub some waxy stuff on the photos to preserve them---for awhile! Everyone had sort of grey hair then. Even Smirfs like Xavier!

 

KODAK just filed bankruptcy today. A very, very sad day for me. I relied on them heavily for great info and products throughout my career. A very sad day.

 

Your right, it truely is a Kodak moment!

 

I read it this morning on Yahoo news. But I think I also heard this months ago someplace. Still don't understand. Don't they also make digital cameras now?
Makes me also wonder what's gonna happen to all these people learning how to work on and program computers when they switch to those flat glass things.

 

I sure hope Kodak in particular is able to turn around. They are THE icon in photography, hopefully they still have patents, etc. that have value.

 

They do. But they waited to long holding onto the film end. They relied on the residuals from patents but it wasn't enough to keep them afloat. They are going to concentrate on printers along with the patents now. I hope that's enough to hold them until they can enter the new market with new thinking. Not much profit in home printers but a lot more in the larger printing presses. George Eastman was a genius in the photog field IMHO....it would be a shame to see his company go down because of the incompetence of others.

 

Aren't they on like Round 3 or so with the printers? Tough market to gain a toe hold in with HP etc dominating. What about the commercial photo printing biz?

 

I haven't been here for quite a while, but every now and then, between my many tasks on the house reno, I wondered about you guys, and when I'd get a chance to chime in for a bit.

Sure is nice to see the warm friendship around here is alive, strong, and growing.

I found a plain text website (in Russia) that somebody has been 'stocking up' with books and magazines on everything to do with WOOD: wood -working, carving, turning, finishing, finding, furniture, toys, cabinets, jigs, and even History. So what?

Well, after downloading almost every issue of every magazine, and some 100 or more books, I realized that people who work with their hands and find solutions to tricky problems are most generous with the treasures that they find. Like the folks in this forum.

My wife has 5 sisters and her mother, and she works with about 20 other women, and until she chased down some English (she's Mexican) Recipe Sites, she wondered why so many women prepare a favourite recipe, offer you a sample, and WON'T give you all the ingredients or their 'little secret'. I mean, she'd get so mad and frustrated, that she'd call her kid-sister (30-something), in Mexico, and whine and froth, and wonder why she didn't like women, outside her family! LMAO!

Finding the Recipe sites, like this one, http://allrecipes.com/, changed her attitude. She saw women posting other tips and openly, but without 'attitude', offering optional ideas for somebody else's recipes, just like we do here. It restored her faith in womanhood, at least among women.

BTW, this Russian site, for any who like sawdust, is a huge resource for all kinds of projects around the house, the garage, even... refinishing REAL WOODIES. I'll have to redo my wood vinyl on the wagon in the next year or maybe this summer, but like others have posted, I'll roll my own, and now, I'll know which tools and materials to use (and post my secrets )

Love this place! The WELCOME MAT is always ready here. Thanks to u'all!!!

Fannie, do I still have the most posts?

EDIT: My Russian Website Secret!

This is the main site:
http://woodtools.10gb.ru/index.htm

and this is the Mirror Site:
http://mirror.woodtools.nov.ru/index.htm

Move your move mouse over the Russian links and you'll usually find an english link keyword.

Some of these magazines and books are out-of-print.

The magazines like ShopNotes or Shopsmith or WoodSmith are FULL of jigs and shopmade tools (scrollsaws, edge jointers, using the router like a planer, etc., etc.) and tips on all things SHOP! Awesome resource! Shhh, the copyright marshals are watching.


PPS!:: Some of the books are in French, German, Spanish, Chzech?, and date back to the 1800s (more handmade tools and tips - like sharpening an old File, repairing a bandsaw blade, Woodworking lathes using bicylce frames and gears, etc.)

 

Norm said...."Sure is nice to see the warm friendship around here is alive, strong, and growing. "

You said it, Norm. I am happy to see that the many new members that keep joining up have the same love for wagons and stick around because we aren't a typical flamer car site. It seems that our new members are just as comfortable, friendly and respectful as our original family members. I just love wagon people. They have a great mind-set and are a great bunch of people. Our wagon family just keeps growing with quality people that have fun here and share their experiences with wagons and life. A great place made great by great people.

 

Amen Fox! Nicely said my friend.

 

Hi Normy, sorry I missed you earlier. Glad to here you happy and healthy. I do believe you have the most posts...so far! The wood/tool sites you found sound like they're right up you alley, but I can't believe you spent that much time downloading books from the 1800's and didn't even pop by to say hello, you really need to pop by more often. It's good to hear from you. back.

 

I have to agree, I am glad this is my first experience with a forum and have had nothing but good experience here.