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Sinclair
self confessed troll now has stooped to a new low. He wants to destroy this
NG for some sick perverted reason.
Ignore him and his alter ego
Sinclair
Sinclair
"Sinclair" <labeh...@wanadoo.fr> wrote in message
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Sinclair
>
> "Sinclair" <labehotiere.@wanadoo.fr> wrote in message
> news:p_t6e.7172$8Z6.2193@attbi_s21...
>
> Group: rec.pets.dogs.health Date: Sun, Mar 6, 2005, 5:46pm (EST-3) From:
> hard...@wowway.com (Eddie)
> Hello. I am a first time poster to this group. March 6, 2005 I started a
> new message board to act as a tribute to pets that have passed on.
> It is self explanatory if you care to visit.
> http://groups-beta.google.com/group/PET-CEMETARY Eddie
>
>
> I want to join but not if I have to put my real password in from one of
> the email addys I would use? Looks like I have to. I check it again
>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
Sinclair
Pet cemetery.......
**Dalin**
Yes, it's the best way. :-)
Dalin
>
Kelly
Just ignore and click by, we can see at once who's been posting.
--
Kelly
Sinclair
"Kelly" <yl...@no.spam> wrote in message
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Sinclair
1/2 c. bread crumbs
1/2 c. milk
1 pkg. onion soup mix
1 c. water
1 tsp. butter
Mix ground beef, bread crumbs and milk and shape into bite-size balls.
Brown in butter in skillet. Drain fat and add onion soup mix and water.
Mix gently and simmer until sauce thickens.
"Anne Jackson" <amyg...@zetnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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> That's what I'VE been telling YOU for weeks!
>
> --
> AnneJ
Vickie
> Anne Jackson wrote:
[..]
>>That's what I'VE been telling YOU for weeks!
>
>
> We should have listened to you in the firts place, Anne!
> But I get very good at clicking on the following post now!!
>
We must carry on as if nothing is wrong. I have tried to do that this
morning. Come on AFPF-ers .. everyone should make at least 10 new
posts...personal stories, what you're cooking, something about movies,
books...your pet peeve, sleep problems.. news articles that interest
you. We need to talk of other things.
v
**Dalin**
wrote:
I agree with you. I think I'll talk about painting. I hope I never
hear that word again. David painted the walls in a small back
bedroom. The original color (picked by our son) was a very deep dark
green. The new color is a soft pale yellow. It went on fine in two
coats and David's job was done. I do the fine detail work, the trim.
And I'm about to throw the paint can through the window! The
baseboard only took two coats but for some reason I just finished the
fourth coat on the trim around the door. The paint just keeps sinking
into the wood. Now I realize I probably should have used a primer,
but this door trim has been painted before at least three times that
we've lived here. And the baseboard didn't need it. Same wood.
I am ready to call it quits! The darned trim can stay the way it is.
<g> I have bruised knees and a stiff neck. Next time I told him we
hire a professional!
Dalin - in a grumpy mood, be forewarned! <g>
Kelly
We should have listened to you in the firts place, Anne!
But I get very good at clicking on the following post now!!
--
Kelly
Kelly
Yes, good idea, Vickie. maybe I should finish off my trip to Windsor!! I
have some time tonight as I've finished all my prep work for tomorrow.
It's easy after all to click on the following post-:)
--
Kelly
Sinclair
1/2 c. bread crumbs
1/2 c. milk
1 pkg. onion soup mix
1 c. water
1 tsp. butter
Mix ground beef, bread crumbs and milk and shape into bite-size balls.
Brown in butter in skillet. Drain fat and add onion soup mix and water.
Mix gently and simmer until sauce thickens.
"Sinclair" <labehotiere.@wanadoo.fr> wrote in message
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**Dalin**
>**Dalin** wrote:
>
>> I agree with you. I think I'll talk about painting. I hope I never
>> hear that word again. David painted the walls in a small back
>> bedroom. The original color (picked by our son) was a very deep dark
>> green. The new color is a soft pale yellow. It went on fine in two
>> coats and David's job was done. I do the fine detail work, the trim.
>> And I'm about to throw the paint can through the window! The
>> baseboard only took two coats but for some reason I just finished the
>> fourth coat on the trim around the door. The paint just keeps sinking
>> into the wood. Now I realize I probably should have used a primer,
>> but this door trim has been painted before at least three times that
>> we've lived here. And the baseboard didn't need it. Same wood.
>>
>> I am ready to call it quits! The darned trim can stay the way it is.
>> <g> I have bruised knees and a stiff neck. Next time I told him we
>> hire a professional!
>>
>> Dalin - in a grumpy mood, be forewarned! <g>
>
>LOL
>The pleasures of having wood!
>It's been long since last time I painted. Then it was the ceiling in my
>eldest son's bedroom. I did have problems with my neck after that and as I
>hadn't thought of covering my hair, I also had white streaks there!
>
>But 21 years ago, when we built our chalet, I put some varnish on the walls
>in the bedrooms (if they can be called bedrooms, they're so tiny!!) I didn't
>need to do it in the living-room as there we have wood that just turns
>"soft-yellowish" with the years. That's the most beautiful one, but it's
>more expensive. So for the other rooms, I'd chosen some material that needed
>a coat of varnish.
>Well, the weather was bad, rainy and cold, so I did it with the windows
>closed. Suddenly I felt all akward and almost fainted. I got a terrible
>headache and had to stop everything. My father said I'd been foolish to do
>it with the windows closed in such tiny rooms, I was kind of poisoned and
>was sick for three days!!
>
>If I ever paint now, doors and windows are open-:)
And it's a very good thing that you didn't smoke a cigarette while
taking a varnish break in that room!
We haven't been able to open the window except for an hour or so in
mid-afternoon as it has been so cold here. There has been frost on
the ground twice in the past few days.
We only have one room left to paint, and I think we will wait a couple
of months. <g>
Dalin
Phxbrd
"Vickie" <vict...@privacy.net> wrote in message
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Like ships and sails, and puppy dog tails,
and cabbages and kings....
>
Kelly
> I agree with you. I think I'll talk about painting. I hope I never
> hear that word again. David painted the walls in a small back
> bedroom. The original color (picked by our son) was a very deep dark
> green. The new color is a soft pale yellow. It went on fine in two
> coats and David's job was done. I do the fine detail work, the trim.
> And I'm about to throw the paint can through the window! The
> baseboard only took two coats but for some reason I just finished the
> fourth coat on the trim around the door. The paint just keeps sinking
> into the wood. Now I realize I probably should have used a primer,
> but this door trim has been painted before at least three times that
> we've lived here. And the baseboard didn't need it. Same wood.
>
> I am ready to call it quits! The darned trim can stay the way it is.
> <g> I have bruised knees and a stiff neck. Next time I told him we
> hire a professional!
>
> Dalin - in a grumpy mood, be forewarned! <g>
LOL
The pleasures of having wood!
It's been long since last time I painted. Then it was the ceiling in my
eldest son's bedroom. I did have problems with my neck after that and as I
hadn't thought of covering my hair, I also had white streaks there!
But 21 years ago, when we built our chalet, I put some varnish on the walls
in the bedrooms (if they can be called bedrooms, they're so tiny!!) I didn't
need to do it in the living-room as there we have wood that just turns
"soft-yellowish" with the years. That's the most beautiful one, but it's
more expensive. So for the other rooms, I'd chosen some material that needed
a coat of varnish.
Well, the weather was bad, rainy and cold, so I did it with the windows
closed. Suddenly I felt all akward and almost fainted. I got a terrible
headache and had to stop everything. My father said I'd been foolish to do
it with the windows closed in such tiny rooms, I was kind of poisoned and
was sick for three days!!
If I ever paint now, doors and windows are open-:)
--
Kelly
Kelly
> And it's a very good thing that you didn't smoke a cigarette while
> taking a varnish break in that room!
>
> We haven't been able to open the window except for an hour or so in
> mid-afternoon as it has been so cold here. There has been frost on
> the ground twice in the past few days.
>
> We only have one room left to paint, and I think we will wait a couple
> of months. <g>
>
> Dalin
Gosh!
That would probably have been the end of both me and the chalet!!!
Wise decision-:)
I'm all for not doing today what you can do 'maniana' <g>
I'm glad we don't have to paint much here. We do have to paint the wooden
beams around the windows outside though.
--
Kelly
Kelly
> Phxbrd wrote:
>> Like ships and sails, and puppy dog tails,
>> and cabbages and kings....
>>
> ----
> No shoes ?
> No sealing wax ?
>
> Patricia
LOL
Why didn't I think of that??
--
Kelly
rschade
Kelly
Yes, exactly!
Don't forget the Chesire cat! I love that cat!
--
Kelly
**Dalin**
<amyg...@zetnet.co.uk> wrote:
>Did you know that if you cut an onion in half, and leave it in a room that
>has been painted, it'll absorb the paint smell.....it's a handy tip if, like
>me, you're allergic to the smell of paint.
>
>--
>AnneJ
Done! Thanks. I never heard that, hope it works.
Dalin
**Dalin**
<amyg...@zetnet.co.uk> wrote:
>I've got a whole house to paint....the outside, that is! (Thinks to self: I
>wonder if any of the grandsons would like to earn some extra pocket money?)
How neat are they? You wouldn't want your windows partially painted
over. <g>
Dalin
Bob Shirk
the job he did a couple of years ago on my shop and wanted to kill him.,
Not only did he manage to put glossy paint on some areas, and flat on
others. He evidently didn't think it was necessary for him to paint
areas that were the slightest bit difficult to reach, and when it came
to painting the contrasting trim he figured approximate was good enough.
It looked as if there was more paint spilled on the ground than
applied and when he was finished he just threw the unused paint, and the
uncleaned brushes and rollers in the trash. He left for the Air Force
the next day before I could confront him. Bob.
Jean B.
>
> I agree with you. I think I'll talk about painting. I hope I never
> hear that word again. David painted the walls in a small back
> bedroom. The original color (picked by our son) was a very deep dark
> green. The new color is a soft pale yellow. It went on fine in two
> coats and David's job was done. I do the fine detail work, the trim.
> And I'm about to throw the paint can through the window! The
> baseboard only took two coats but for some reason I just finished the
> fourth coat on the trim around the door. The paint just keeps sinking
> into the wood. Now I realize I probably should have used a primer,
> but this door trim has been painted before at least three times that
> we've lived here. And the baseboard didn't need it. Same wood.
>
> I am ready to call it quits! The darned trim can stay the way it is.
> <g> I have bruised knees and a stiff neck. Next time I told him we
> hire a professional!
>
> Dalin - in a grumpy mood, be forewarned! <g>
>
myself painting. I sort-of enjoyed painting my room a few years
ago. The main drawback is that I was aware of every tiny little
thing that was not totally perfect. I was sort-of bummed out
until I started looking around the rest of the house and saw hose
much sloppier those pain jobs were.
--
Jean B.
Jean B.
>
> LOL
> The pleasures of having wood!
> It's been long since last time I painted. Then it was the ceiling in my
> eldest son's bedroom. I did have problems with my neck after that and as I
> hadn't thought of covering my hair, I also had white streaks there!
>
> But 21 years ago, when we built our chalet, I put some varnish on the walls
> in the bedrooms (if they can be called bedrooms, they're so tiny!!) I didn't
> need to do it in the living-room as there we have wood that just turns
> "soft-yellowish" with the years. That's the most beautiful one, but it's
> more expensive. So for the other rooms, I'd chosen some material that needed
> a coat of varnish.
> Well, the weather was bad, rainy and cold, so I did it with the windows
> closed. Suddenly I felt all akward and almost fainted. I got a terrible
> headache and had to stop everything. My father said I'd been foolish to do
> it with the windows closed in such tiny rooms, I was kind of poisoned and
> was sick for three days!!
>
> If I ever paint now, doors and windows are open-:)
>
>
kept my door and windows closed. Well, lo and behold, I now
cannot use turpentine or even expose myself to gas fumes or I get
a horrible headache. :-(
--
Jean B.
**Dalin**
I enjoy painting a room and making it all new and pretty when the room
is empty. When everything is shoved in the center and covered with a
tarp and I keep crawling around the edge and banging my feet into
freshly painted woodwork I hate it! <g>
Dalin
**Dalin**
I did too Jean. And I like the smell of turpentine. But still, it
would give me a terrible headache so I had to stop painting. :-(
Dalin
Jean B.
> If your grandson paints like mine did, forget it. I went out to inspect
> the job he did a couple of years ago on my shop and wanted to kill him.,
> Not only did he manage to put glossy paint on some areas, and flat on
> others. He evidently didn't think it was necessary for him to paint
> areas that were the slightest bit difficult to reach, and when it came
> to painting the contrasting trim he figured approximate was good enough.
> It looked as if there was more paint spilled on the ground than applied
> and when he was finished he just threw the unused paint, and the
> uncleaned brushes and rollers in the trash. He left for the Air Force
> the next day before I could confront him. Bob.
>
Yikes! I hope you didn't pay him!
--
Jean B.
Jean B.
>
> I enjoy painting a room and making it all new and pretty when the room
> is empty. When everything is shoved in the center and covered with a
> tarp and I keep crawling around the edge and banging my feet into
> freshly painted woodwork I hate it! <g>
>
> Dalin
>
confess that I have not attempted a ceiling. The thought it
rather off-putting.
--
Jean B.
Jean B.
Now why have neither of us gotten into acrylics? I didn't like
them back when I was in my teens, but maybe they wouldn't be so
bad....
Oh yes, when I was a kid, I liked the smell of gas....... I guess
it's just as well I don't breathe those fumes though.
--
Jean B.
Bob Shirk
clean up his credit record. He left still owing me $3200.00. Bob.
Sinclair
>>
>>Did you know that if you cut an onion in half, and leave it in a room that
>>has been painted, it'll absorb the paint smell.....it's a handy tip if,
>>like
>>me, you're allergic to the smell of paint.
>>
>>--
>>AnneJ
>
> Done! Thanks. I never heard that, hope it works.
>
> Dalin
>
Did it?
Sinclair
Toddy
Perhaps you can tell tales of this as he starts to need to paint his
own place...or warn prospective wife/girlfriend<g>
Toddy
"Bob Shirk" <bobs...@tds.net> wrote in message
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Kelly
I think it must have been something similar as it was only to be done once.
It didn't have any colour, it was just to protect the wood!
--
Kelly
Kelly
>
> I've got a whole house to paint....the outside, that is! (Thinks to
> self: I wonder if any of the grandsons would like to earn some extra
> pocket money?)
Lucky yoou are to have grandsons so close and old enough to paint-:)
--
Kelly
Jean B.
> Pay him, hell! He owed $3500.00 on credit card charges which I paid to
> clean up his credit record. He left still owing me $3200.00. Bob.
>
Ahhhhhhhhh. I hope he is paying............
--
Jean B.
Marian
You're lucky you didn't fall off the ladder!
Jean B.
> Jean B. wrote:
>>What kinds of paint was that? I used to do oil painting, and I
>>kept my door and windows closed. Well, lo and behold, I now
>>cannot use turpentine or even expose myself to gas fumes or I get
>>a horrible headache. :-(
>
>
> I think it must have been something similar as it was only to be done once.
> It didn't have any colour, it was just to protect the wood!
>
Oh, :-( And good thing that all of us folks who ignored the
precaations did not fare worse as a result.
--
Jean B.
**Dalin**
I don't know. I can't smell anything but I could also be used to the
smell now. I CAN smell the onion when I go in the room though. <g>
Dalin
>
Vickie
> On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 10:59:10 -0500, Vickie <vict...@privacy.net>
> wrote:
> [..] We need to talk of other things.
>>v
>
>
> I agree with you. I think I'll talk about painting. I hope I never
> hear that word again. David painted the walls in a small back
> bedroom. The original color (picked by our son) was a very deep dark
> green. The new color is a soft pale yellow. It went on fine in two
> coats and David's job was done. I do the fine detail work, the trim.
> And I'm about to throw the paint can through the window! The
> baseboard only took two coats but for some reason I just finished the
> fourth coat on the trim around the door. The paint just keeps sinking
> into the wood. Now I realize I probably should have used a primer,
> but this door trim has been painted before at least three times that
> we've lived here. And the baseboard didn't need it. Same wood.
>
> I am ready to call it quits! The darned trim can stay the way it is.
> <g> I have bruised knees and a stiff neck. Next time I told him we
> hire a professional!
>
> Dalin - in a grumpy mood, be forewarned! <g>
>
Welp, grumpy or not, you are braver than I. And it looks so easy on
those home improvement shows. Does the pale yellow make the room seem
larger?
About the only things I've painted have been the insides of closets. I
was so proud of my work though.. kept opening the door and standing
there, admiring it.
v
Kelly
I didn't really have to stand on a ladder, our chalet is so tiny that a
stool was enough.
I did fall off a ladder (3 - 4m) some 20 years ago though!!
--
Kelly
Kelly
> need to borrow money.....I warned them, when they bought them, that
> cars run away with all your money....but did they listen? Did they
> hell!!
LOL
You're lucky all the same-:)
--
Kelly
**Dalin**
wrote:
Larger and so much brighter! There are a few bugs stuck to the wall
though that I am scraping off and then retouching the paint. <g>
There is a bunch of little flying bugs in the house that I keep
sucking up in the vacuum cleaner but some got on the walls before we
notice them. :-(
Vickie I can just clean a room and then stand and admire it. <vbg>
There are many small rooms in this house and they get cluttered very
quickly by a couple of pack rats.
Dalin
Bob Shirk
is dry. <g>
**Dalin**
Especially when you didn't open the windows. So there! <g>
On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 10:57:46 -0700, Bob Shirk <bobs...@tds.net>
wrote:
**Dalin**
Acrylics are for people who can draw. I like oils because you can
smear everything together and call it modern art. <g>
Dalin
Jean B.
>
> Acrylics are for people who can draw. I like oils because you can
> smear everything together and call it modern art. <g>
>
> Dalin
>
--
Jean B.
**Dalin**
I really don't know, I've never seen it done with acrylics. I *took*
oil lessons on PBS. <g> You whitewashed the canvas with a thin white
oil paint mixed with turp then painted over that and we were taught
how to use different brushes to stab the canvas to make tree leaves
and ocean swells, etc. it was fun and messy and I had a couple of
nice pictures. One hangs in our living room that David had framed
because he liked it so much, but I just couldn't take the smell of the
turp. :-( This was big, bold painting and you used a one pound
coffee canister filled with turpentine for the brushes.
Dalin
rschade
Yes, easily.
The upside of acrylics is that they can be "watered" and
move nicely (no turps) and the clean up is both easy and
smell free.
Patricia
faith
"rschade" <rsc...@tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
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Umm....then there is something more in the acrylics - asthma goes crazy
even though there is very little fumes....there is a definite smell that is
bothersome.
faith
Crusher
Acrylics can be thinned enough to use in an airbrush or a glaze and made
thick enough with mediums tro be used impasto. Because acrylics are also a
glue they can be used to cement collages together. About the only thing you
can't do with acrylics is keep them wet as long as oils for rework.
--Bob--
rschade
-------------
That's too bad, Faith.
There is a scent when you open the tubes but clean up in
warm soapy water I find very easy and smell free (as
compared to using turps) .... I do find that bothersome.
Guess you will need to be an al fresco painter.... ;-)
Patricia
faith
just got hold of a digital camera....now to learn about
exposures.........<grin> and the different icons on the camera.
faithnews:MMY6e.60485$Fz....@tornado.tampabay.rr.com...
**Dalin**
to take a picture of that anyone would be interested in. So far we
still just have dead grass. <g> Exposures? I just point and
shoot. The photo editor takes care of most anything I would want to
do. <g> Does your camera have an owner's manual?
Dalin
On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 18:33:10 -0500, "faith" <whis...@hotmail.com>
wrote:
rschade
------
You can use and extender....but, you're right....not as long
as oils.
Patricia
Jean B.
>
> I really don't know, I've never seen it done with acrylics. I *took*
> oil lessons on PBS. <g> You whitewashed the canvas with a thin white
> oil paint mixed with turp then painted over that and we were taught
> how to use different brushes to stab the canvas to make tree leaves
> and ocean swells, etc. it was fun and messy and I had a couple of
> nice pictures. One hangs in our living room that David had framed
> because he liked it so much, but I just couldn't take the smell of the
> turp. :-( This was big, bold painting and you used a one pound
> coffee canister filled with turpentine for the brushes.
>
> Dalin
>
courses on PBS.
--
Jean B.
**Dalin**
But acrylics dry too quickly.
rschade
> Yes, any kind of chemical does the trick now......but the brighter side,
> just got hold of a digital camera....now to learn about
> exposures.........<grin> and the different icons on the camera.
> faith
--------
I have one, actually two...(g) One is a large Sony and the
other a small Canon that I can carry in my purse...
There is lots to learn.... ;-)
Patricia
Jean B.
> Yes, easily.
>
> The upside of acrylics is that they can be "watered" and move nicely (no
> turps) and the clean up is both easy and smell free.
>
> Patricia
One thing I disliked about acrylics was that they were shiny. How
do you make them less so?
--
Jean B.
Jean B.
>
> Umm....then there is something more in the acrylics - asthma goes crazy
> even though there is very little fumes....there is a definite smell that is
> bothersome.
> faith
>
>
use acrylics. Perhaps one should do a little experiment before
buying lots of paints.
--
Jean B.
Jean B.
>
> Acrylics can be thinned enough to use in an airbrush or a glaze and made
> thick enough with mediums tro be used impasto. Because acrylics are also a
> glue they can be used to cement collages together. About the only thing you
> can't do with acrylics is keep them wet as long as oils for rework.
>
> --Bob--
>
Do you paint, Bob?
--
Jean B.
rschade
-------
Hum.....more than oils ? I guess I never noticed that.
To me oils (because of the linseed, etc.) always seemed glossy.
I went to look at some I have and they have been sealed so I
can't tell if the shine is from the paint or the finish.
I will pay more attention next time. ;-)
Patricia
rschade
--------
Black, white, red, blue, yellow and white.... ?
Mixing your own colors is fun.
Patricia
rschade
Extender fixes that.
Patricia
>
faith
making the book larger then the Websters' Dictionary. I walk along with
book opened and clipped to the right page of the icons, and then I have to
decide how to use the different settings. Yes, it can be set for
automactic, but if I am catching a bird taking off in flight, wouldn't I
want the shutter speed to be faster or slower to get a clear picture? See
what I mean..............all those settings...........all those things to
remember :-)
faith
"**Dalin**" <lj...@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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faith
I want to be able to learn to take really great shots, so this one is set up
more like a 35 mm camera....so lots of learning to do.news:SkZ6e.40581$Pc....@tornado.tampabay.rr.com...
Jane
>>
>>> Anne Jackson wrote:
>> [..]
>>>> That's what I'VE been telling YOU for weeks!
>>>
>>>
>>> We should have listened to you in the firts place, Anne!
>>> But I get very good at clicking on the following post now!!
>>>
>>
>> We must carry on as if nothing is wrong. I have tried to do that this
>> morning. Come on AFPF-ers .. everyone should make at least 10 new
>> posts...personal stories, what you're cooking, something about
>> movies, books...your pet peeve, sleep problems.. news articles that
>> interest you. We need to talk of other things.
>> v
>
> I agree with you. I think I'll talk about painting. I hope I never
> hear that word again. David painted the walls in a small back
> bedroom. The original color (picked by our son) was a very deep dark
> green. The new color is a soft pale yellow. It went on fine in two
> coats and David's job was done. I do the fine detail work, the trim.
> And I'm about to throw the paint can through the window! The
> baseboard only took two coats but for some reason I just finished the
> fourth coat on the trim around the door. The paint just keeps sinking
> into the wood. Now I realize I probably should have used a primer,
> but this door trim has been painted before at least three times that
> we've lived here. And the baseboard didn't need it. Same wood.
>
> I am ready to call it quits! The darned trim can stay the way it is.
> <g> I have bruised knees and a stiff neck. Next time I told him we
> hire a professional!
>
> Dalin - in a grumpy mood, be forewarned! <g>
I know just how you must feel, Dalin.
Last summer, I decided to paint the trim on one side of the cottage, along
with a new screen door my cousin had made, and the inside door next to it.
I scraped off all the loose paint, exposing a rather alarming amount of bare
wood outside, so I used a primer. On everything except the inside door,
which has probably been painted about 20 times in its 70 year history. I got
the primer covered in just two coats of paint, but that d****d inside door,
which had been only a slightly lighter green, took three coats, and I still
wasn't completely happy with it. But I had to leave to come home for work,
so decided to leave it to another summer.
However, finding someone to come over to the island to paint can be rather
expensive, so I think I'm stuck with doing the rest of the painting, myself.
Jane
"@charter.net > <westco"@charter.net>
Vickie wrote:
> Kelly wrote:
>
>> Anne Jackson wrote:
>
> [..]
>
>>> That's what I'VE been telling YOU for weeks!
>>
>>
>>
>> We should have listened to you in the firts place, Anne!
>> But I get very good at clicking on the following post now!!
>>
>
> We must carry on as if nothing is wrong. I have tried to do that this
> morning. Come on AFPF-ers .. everyone should make at least 10 new
> posts...personal stories, what you're cooking, something about movies,
> books...your pet peeve, sleep problems.. news articles that interest
> you. We need to talk of other things.
> v
I be reading "Sorrow's River" by Larry McMurtry, my "Pet Peeve" is dumb
asses standing in the grocery line wating until the total is rang up and
then they start searchin for their damn check book! I plan to grill 5
lbs of pork ribs this weekend using Sammie's BBQ Rub. I got a personal
story I will be postin later. News Article....The Texas Rangers Might
Need Pitchers....Hell, they have Always Needed Pitchers, so they go out
and pay Zillions of Dollars for a non- speaky the English First Baseman!
Movies? We have "Patton","Top Gun","Giant","Anne Green Gables","Lonesome
Dove","Bridges at Toko Ri","High Noon" and "The Yearling" on DVD, what
more do we need? Sleep Problems? I get a bowl of Blue Bell "Tin Roof"
nightly and read about 12 pages in the current book I am enjoying. I
barely get in bed and go thru my "prayer List" and am sound asleep.
News Articles are better than lookin at cartoons.
Robert(Tx)
"@charter.net > <westco"@charter.net>
**Dalin** wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 10:59:10 -0500, Vickie <vict...@privacy.net>
> wrote:
>
>
>>Kelly wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Anne Jackson wrote:
>>
>>[..]
>>
>>>>That's what I'VE been telling YOU for weeks!
>>>
>>>
>>>We should have listened to you in the firts place, Anne!
>>>But I get very good at clicking on the following post now!!
>>>
>>
>>We must carry on as if nothing is wrong. I have tried to do that this
>>morning. Come on AFPF-ers .. everyone should make at least 10 new
>>posts...personal stories, what you're cooking, something about movies,
>>books...your pet peeve, sleep problems.. news articles that interest
>>you. We need to talk of other things.
>>v
>
>
> I agree with you. I think I'll talk about painting. I hope I never
> hear that word again. David painted the walls in a small back
> bedroom. The original color (picked by our son) was a very deep dark
> green. The new color is a soft pale yellow. It went on fine in two
> coats and David's job was done. I do the fine detail work, the trim.
> And I'm about to throw the paint can through the window! The
> baseboard only took two coats but for some reason I just finished the
> fourth coat on the trim around the door. The paint just keeps sinking
> into the wood. Now I realize I probably should have used a primer,
> but this door trim has been painted before at least three times that
> we've lived here. And the baseboard didn't need it. Same wood.
>
> I am ready to call it quits! The darned trim can stay the way it is.
> <g> I have bruised knees and a stiff neck. Next time I told him we
> hire a professional!
>
> Dalin - in a grumpy mood, be forewarned! <g>
Have ya tried "closin" the door afore ya paint it?
Robert(Tx) Duckin....
**Dalin**
distance, closeups, one for moving objects (speed) one for night, one
for distance, etc. I suppose that changes the shutter speed for me.
Basically it is a point and shoot. It has stuff like white light
balance that I just ignore. <g>
Dalin
On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 20:36:58 -0500, "faith" <whis...@hotmail.com>
**Dalin**
wrote:
It doesn't make any sense to me to use a primer on something that has
been painted so many times either. I think the woodwork around my
door needs another coat, but it can wait a while. At least I don't
have to tear the room apart to do that.
Did you finish painting the cottage trim and you are just waiting to
do the door? Or do you have to do the other sides? Painting is very
expensive if you hire it done. We had our living room/dining room,
hall and entryway painted last year and it was $1200! The painting
was done while we were away on vacation, and they did a nice job,
except they left some fingerprints on some of the furniture they moved
back into place and the stair bannister. I think I was gently
removing paint from things as I discovered it for a week.
Dalin
>
Vickie
> Vickie wrote:
We need to talk of other things.
>> v
>
> I be reading "Sorrow's River" by Larry McMurtry, my "Pet Peeve" is dumb
> asses standing in the grocery line wating until the total is rang up and
> then they start searchin for their damn check book! I plan to grill 5
> lbs of pork ribs this weekend using Sammie's BBQ Rub. I got a personal
> story I will be postin later. News Article....The Texas Rangers Might
> Need Pitchers....Hell, they have Always Needed Pitchers, so they go out
> and pay Zillions of Dollars for a non- speaky the English First Baseman!
> Movies? We have "Patton","Top Gun","Giant","Anne Green Gables","Lonesome
> Dove","Bridges at Toko Ri","High Noon" and "The Yearling" on DVD, what
> more do we need? Sleep Problems? I get a bowl of Blue Bell "Tin Roof"
> nightly and read about 12 pages in the current book I am enjoying. I
> barely get in bed and go thru my "prayer List" and am sound asleep.
> News Articles are better than lookin at cartoons.
> Robert(Tx)
>
That's what I'm talking about! Interesting post Robert.
BTW--I am also a McMurtry fan. Have I bragged that I met him briefly in
Wichita Falls, through a mutual friend? I was tounge-tied, barely said
hello...
v
**Dalin**
LOL! But what's that got to do with the trim?
Dalin
Crusher
"Jean B." <jb...@rcn.com> wrote in message
news:3c38afF...@individual.net...
Not in the last couple of years . Prefer pencil and ink drawing now but
keep thinking about returning to watercolors. Have dabbled in acrylics but
prefer watercolors.
--Bob--
Crusher
> One thing I disliked about acrylics was that they were shiny. How
> do you make them less so?
>
> --
> Jean B.
Mix them with matte medium. There are a number of mediums available that
can dramatically change ther appearance and texture of acrylics.
--Bob--
Jean B.
> "Jean B." <jb...@rcn.com> wrote:
>>Do you paint, Bob?
>>Jean B.
>
>
> Not in the last couple of years . Prefer pencil and ink drawing now but
> keep thinking about returning to watercolors. Have dabbled in acrylics but
> prefer watercolors.
>
> --Bob--
>
Well, you are ahead of me. I have not yet even returned to
drawing, even though I have collected pencils, paper, etc. I
REALLY want to learn how to do woodworking (making bowls etc.) but
haven't found a class. Watercolors scare me, because you have to
be more of a perfectionist (I think).
--
Jean B.
Jean B.
>
> Mix them with matte medium. There are a number of mediums available that
> can dramatically change ther appearance and texture of acrylics.
>
> --Bob--
>
am at the art supply store. Maybe, too, I can find some sites
connected with the materials. Thanks.
--
Jean B.
Sinclair
> On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 11:40:03 -0500, Vickie <vict...@privacy.net>
> wrote:
>
>>**Dalin** wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 10:59:10 -0500, Vickie <vict...@privacy.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>>v
>>>
>>>
>>> I agree with you. I think I'll talk about painting. I hope I never
>>> hear that word again. David painted the walls in a small back
>>> bedroom. The original color (picked by our son) was a very deep dark
>>> green. The new color is a soft pale yellow. It went on fine in two
>>> coats and David's job was done. I do the fine detail work, the trim.
>>> And I'm about to throw the paint can through the window! The
>>> baseboard only took two coats but for some reason I just finished the
>>> fourth coat on the trim around the door. The paint just keeps sinking
>>> into the wood. Now I realize I probably should have used a primer,
>>> but this door trim has been painted before at least three times that
>>> we've lived here. And the baseboard didn't need it. Same wood.
>>>
>>> I am ready to call it quits! The darned trim can stay the way it is.
>>> <g> I have bruised knees and a stiff neck. Next time I told him we
>>> hire a professional!
>>>
>>> Dalin - in a grumpy mood, be forewarned! <g>
>>>
>>
you see Happy I will not tell.
Sinclair
**Dalin**
I'm too Bashful and Dopey to care. <g>
Dalin
>
Sinclair
It must the early sure you are not Sleepy and need a Doc?
Sinclair
>>
>
**Dalin**
<labeh...@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
What I need is the Brothers Grimm to add a few more names!
Let's just say I feel like Snow White waiting for her prince to come
and kiss her. I bet she didn't have to paint walls. <g>
Dalin
Sinclair
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>I am telling David on you, Dalin. Grumpy huh! Next it will be Sneezy,
>>>>if
>>>>you see Happy I will not tell.
>>>>
>>>>Sinclair
>>>
>>> I'm too Bashful and Dopey to care. <g>
>>>
>>> Dalin
>>
>>It must the early sure you are not Sleepy and need a Doc?
>>
>>Sinclair
>>>>
> What I need is the Brothers Grimm to add a few more names!
>
> Let's just say I feel like Snow White waiting for her prince to come
> and kiss her. I bet she didn't have to paint walls. <g>
>
> Dalin
There is an easy way for you not to paint walls-----------DAVID!
Sinclair
**Dalin**
LOL! That is the hard way! He did roll the walls , I just don't
trust him with the trim. He likes to slap it on. :-( Last time he
did trim I had to go around with sandpaper and sand all the drips.
Dalin
faith
SUMMONS:
<horns bugle can be heard in distance>
We Hereby Summons "Prince Charming" for a rescue of the "Princess Dalin"
from her dismal dismay in her castle.
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**Dalin**
wrote:
Oh darn!!! He'll just wake me up so I can cook for him. Probably
want me to rub down his horse too. <g>
Dalin
faith
Doesn't "SingaSong of SixPence and Pocket fullof Rye" do those things?
You need to delegate :-)
faith
**Dalin**
wrote:
But I don't need four and twenty blackbirds flying around my house.
That's just more stuff to clean, you know! Then the stupid maid got
her nose chopped off. She probably got blood all over the floor and
that's more to clean up! <g> Then she probably ran off to a lawyer
so she could sue me.
Dalin
>
Sinclair
>>>
>>> Oh darn!!! He'll just wake me up so I can cook for him. Probably
>>> want me to rub down his horse too. <g>
>>>
>>> Dalin
>>
>>Doesn't "SingaSong of SixPence and Pocket fullof Rye" do those things?
>>You need to delegate :-)
>>faith
>
> But I don't need four and twenty blackbirds flying around my house.
> That's just more stuff to clean, you know! Then the stupid maid got
> her nose chopped off. She probably got blood all over the floor and
> that's more to clean up! <g> Then she probably ran off to a lawyer
> so she could sue me.
>
> Dalin
>>
But hark! the cry is a Painter:
And lo! the ranks divide;
And the great Lord of Luna
Comes with his stately stride.
Upon his ample shoulders
Clangs loud the painter's shield,
And in his hand he shakes the brush
Which none but he can wield.
He smiles on that boldly painted room
A smile serene and high;
He eyes the walls in the darking gloom
And scorn was in his eye.
Quoth he, ``Dalin can find no knight to paint"
And her fair David stands sliently at bay:
But will he dare to follow,
If Painter clears the way?''
DittyDu...@webtv.net
After my mother retired from teaching --- (she had been teaching art in
high school and community college for 10 or 15 years, and had entered
her work in some shows.) --- she moved here. She wanted to get
acquainted with the local art community, so she signed up for a
"continuing ed." course in oil still life, at the (by then) university
she had previously been the Womens PE Dept of, many years before..
I warned her that she would be disappointed, , as I had previously had
some experience with that art. dept. The college had changed and had
been ruined when the fed. govt. took over education. Standards lowered.
No requirement to attend class. Turn in someone else's work and get a
grade. Students became a number instead of a person. My mother was
surprised, as she had been out of the south for so many years, and had
been in art communities a lot of the time..
So after a few classes, she told me about her experience. She said the
"teacher" threw out on the table some veges, including the cartons they
were bought in at the grocery. No special arrangement. Just dumped
them out and scattered like the first ball struck on a pool table. Not
especially pleasing to the eye, as some were not fresh, and theatened to
rot or turn moldy before they got painted. Guess the teach hit the
bargain basket.
Well, she said she was putting a wash on her canvas just like she always
did, and along came the young man instructor. He looked at her wash and
began going overboard with praise for what an eye she had, and how white
on white was very creative, and wondered if she had had an art course
before, or if she was just an all natural talent. Why she could be the
new Grandma Moses!
My mother was a quiet person who didn't talk much, and was as easily
overwhelmed by aggressive praise as she was by aggressive criticism.
She said she just smiled and thanked him. She kept going, and
eventually painted the "arrangement". I still have it. WIsh I still
had her, as she could tell it better than I.
Anyway, she didn't go back any more.
Only persons who have had a little experience with oils will understand
or appreciate how she felt.
Blake
-----------------------------
snip . . . . . . .
I *took* oil lessons on PBS. <g> You whitewashed the canvas with a thin
white oil paint mixed with turp then painted over that and we were
taught how to use different brushes to stab the canvas to make tree
leaves and ocean swells, etc. it was fun and messy and I had a couple of
nice pictures.
snip . . . .
Dalin
**Dalin**
mother was doing. Your mother must have had a good internal laugh.
I wonder how he finagled the job?
Dalin
**Dalin**
Oh send me the Painter, he's better than a prince! And a poet too.
:-)
Dalin <swooning>
>
Crusher
Try these:
rexart.com
danielsmith.com
cheapjoes.com (my favorite)
dickblick.com
dixieart.com - cheapest and best informed airbrush supplier on the net.
--Bob--
Crusher
In the late 60's my hobby was woodworking. I made replicas of antiques
clocks. Still have a complete woodworking shop in the basement which I last
used to make a full set of deck furniture. I have a big, old Walker Turner
gap bed lathe with a 3/4hp motor and an outboard shaft that would be great
for turning bowls, or anything else.
Go to woodcraft.com and see if they have a store near you. They conduct
woodworking classes by the dozen. They are a premier seller of high end
woodworking tools and materials.
--Bob--
Jean B.
Thanks again, Bob!
--
Jean B.
Jean B.
I think I looked there, alas. But maybe something new has come up?
BTW, my dad collected and repaired antique clocks--including
making various wooden and metal parts for them when need be. I
still have quite a few of his clocks. What clocks did you make
replicas of? Oooh, since you paint, did you also do the reverse
painting on the glass?
--
Jean B.