I make stuff. I built my studio in 1983 and have been a self supporting artist/craftman ever since. Right now i am turning bowls, carving a series of masks and making wood long bows. I spend every day in my studio and let my galleries handle the sales of my work. After serving as a Marine grunt in Vietnam I was lost for a number of years but found my salvation in making stuff. My work saved my life. It ain't work, it is just what I do.
Retired Army Traffic Management Specialist for a 4 star joint service command. US SOUTHERN COMMAND. Arrange house hold goods moves, oversee official travel and ship freight.
Logistics cannot win a war, but its absence or inadequacy can cause defeat. FM100-5
From the pics, I assume you are a Captain? If so, do you captain ships around the world or just through dangerous channels?
I'm a towboat captain on the inland rivers here in the US. Mississippi , Ohio and Illinois rivers.
I too was a towboat captain, actually worked for the same company as you, I am now in maritime education. Worked as an instructor for Houston Marine in Kenner, LA. Now I do curriculum development. I started in the New Orleans harbor back in 1972.
Nice. What prompted that change? They have a couple places up here. I've toyed with the idea seeing if they need instructors. It's just not as enjoyable as it used to be. Especially with all the new regulations that are coming.
Hit me up if you need any advise, I'm happy to help. Attitudes toward marijuana, across the country have shifted in the last decade. They still call it a gateway drug, and perhaps that's accurate, it was a gateway drug for me. I took my first hit, and realized I had been lied to about it all my life. It wasn't anything like I'd been told. The true problem came with my next thought. I wonder what else they've lied to me about? The other drugs are the life takers, and they ARE deadly. I sure wish I could go back in time to correct a few mistakes.
Here are acouple of images. the first is a handle on a laminated recurve. the second is a couple of bows showing profile. The bows pull around 55-6-pounds at 28".
"I drink a great deal. I sleep a little, and I smoke cigar after cigar. That is why I am in two-hundred-percent form." -- Winston Churchill "LET'S GO FRANCIS" Peter
I was a Sheetmetal Journeyman for 16 years. After the economy tanked in 2009 I joined my wife as a dog groomer. We have our own shop and although I miss fabricating, I'm pretty happy with where I am.........that is, until they make me King.
Assistant CEO- in charge of Health & Welfare via: Communications Maintenance, Rations, Housing, Scheduling, Transportation, Safety and Regulations Compliance; As well as fulfilling obligatory duties concerning mental and emotional disorders...
.... Oh. Nope. The titles are wrong. I'm a wife, mom and disabled vet...
“I come in peace. I didn’t bring artillery. But I’m pleading with you, with tears in my eyes: If you f@$# with me, I’ll kill you all.” -Gen. James Mattis, USMC
Here are acouple of images. the first is a handle on a laminated recurve. the second is a couple of bows showing profile. The bows pull around 55-6-pounds at 28".
Those are absolutely gorgeous! I know you said a friend does your sales for you, but PM me with a price. I will start sweet talking the wife now.
"Cooking isn't about struggling; It's about pleasure. It's like sǝx, with a wider variety of sauces."
At any given time the urge to sing "In The Jungle" is just a whim away... A whim away... A whim away...
Attitudes toward marijuana, across the country have shifted in the last decade. They still call it a gateway drug, and perhaps that's accurate, it was a gateway drug for me. I took my first hit, and realized I had been lied to about it all my life. It wasn't anything like I'd been told. The true problem came with my next thought. I wonder what else they've lied to me about? The other drugs are the life takers, and they ARE deadly. I sure wish I could go back in time to correct a few mistakes.
I've tried to make this point many times over the last 40 years. OF COURSE it's a gateway drug. Because, and only because the corrupt bahstids put it on the wrong side of the fence. And all kids are born Lawyers, and as soon as they find out they've been LIED to about marijuana, they then turn to their supplier to find out what else is out there that they've been lied to about.
That's when the real problems start.
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"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
@Amos_Umwhat Well said. it was all caused by the Reefer Madness days. I once counseled my 15 year old niece about it. I told her marijuana by itself is relatively harmless, but it never walks alone, and it's friends are killers
@Amos_Umwhat Well said. it was all caused by the Reefer Madness days. I once counseled my 15 year old niece about it. I told her marijuana by itself is relatively harmless, but it never walks alone, and it's friends are killers
This is an excellent description. Sharing.
“There’ll be two dates on your tombstone and all your friends will read ’em but all that’s gonna matter is that little dash between ’em.” -Kevin Welch
@Amos_Umwhat Well said. it was all caused by the Reefer Madness days. I once counseled my 15 year old niece about it. I told her marijuana by itself is relatively harmless, but it never walks alone, and it's friends are killers
Did you know that the cotton and timber industry lobbied hard to have it banned? Hemp industry was killing the pulp and cotton industries. Hemp can grow almost anywhere in almost any conditions and cost a third to grow and harvest than pulp.
The timber industry dump a lot of money into lobbying against it.
In Fumo Pax Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
“I come in peace. I didn’t bring artillery. But I’m pleading with you, with tears in my eyes: If you f@$# with me, I’ll kill you all.” -Gen. James Mattis, USMC
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At any given time the urge to sing "In The Jungle" is just a whim away... A whim away... A whim away...
Traffic Management Specialist for a 4 star joint service command. US SOUTHERN COMMAND. Arrange house hold goods moves, oversee official travel and ship freight.
2 warehouses, love Colorado.
What you can't forgive......you will become.
At any given time the urge to sing "In The Jungle" is just a whim away... A whim away... A whim away...
Attitudes toward marijuana, across the country have shifted in the last decade.
They still call it a gateway drug, and perhaps that's accurate, it was a gateway drug for me.
I took my first hit, and realized I had been lied to about it all my life. It wasn't anything like I'd been told.
The true problem came with my next thought.
I wonder what else they've lied to me about?
The other drugs are the life takers, and they ARE deadly.
I sure wish I could go back in time to correct a few mistakes.
What you can't forgive......you will become.
I'm down
And yes, I will provide lol
I bet we could even pry Brett from the front range
What you can't forgive......you will become.
-- Winston Churchill
"LET'S GO FRANCIS" Peter
You got a bigger picture?
Old eyes and all, you know.
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
Roland
.... Oh. Nope. The titles are wrong. I'm a wife, mom and disabled vet...
Yep. That's me.
Footnote: Highly skilled in sarcasm
“I come in peace. I didn’t bring artillery. But I’m pleading with you, with tears in my eyes: If you f@$# with me, I’ll kill you all.” -Gen. James Mattis, USMC
At any given time the urge to sing "In The Jungle" is just a whim away... A whim away... A whim away...
That's when the real problems start.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
Well said. it was all caused by the Reefer Madness days.
I once counseled my 15 year old niece about it.
I told her marijuana by itself is relatively harmless, but it never walks alone, and it's friends are killers
What you can't forgive......you will become.
Hemp industry was killing the pulp and cotton industries.
Hemp can grow almost anywhere in almost any conditions and cost a third to grow and harvest than pulp.
The timber industry dump a lot of money into lobbying against it.
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
This is my rolling office.
When the highway looks like this, I'm the one who has to get to the machines to fix them to clear it.
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
“I come in peace. I didn’t bring artillery. But I’m pleading with you, with tears in my eyes: If you f@$# with me, I’ll kill you all.” -Gen. James Mattis, USMC