You work in a hovel....I work in a pigsty. At least I will be for an hour or two this afternoon....attached is a picture of some of my "colleagues" for the afternoon....
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10-25-2007, 03:29 AM #1
Mmmmm.....chocolate
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Pigsty
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10-25-2007, 03:33 AM #2
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Aaaww. Pigs are cute!
(Have you read "Berlinerpoplene" by the way? It's been televised and is showing on Norwegian tv these days, speaking of pigs...lots of cute piglets and a very introverted pig farmer...)Winter riding is much less about badassery and much more about bundle-uppery. - malkin
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10-25-2007, 04:08 AM #3
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Silver - Love your work space...cool drill press!!
UK - Were you involved with the Swine Research Facility here at UI?? I once did a rescue on a grad student who went into the tank without an air pack...I smelled so bad afterwards the guys made me ride the tailboard of the fire truck back to the station.
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10-25-2007, 05:56 AM #4
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okay, i'll play. this is the inside of our lowspeed wind tunnel. Along the bottom of the picture you see a row of microphones (mine) they are 12 feet high.
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10-25-2007, 07:27 AM #5
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Ooooooh COOL!!!!
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10-25-2007, 07:31 AM #6
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the down side to this cool looking huge room is there is so much particulate garbage in there that if I am down there for 5 minutes my nose and eyes start to run. We had hazmat folks come out and they tested it and they said it was safe enough to eat... a kind of fire retardant salt. salt irritates the eyes too...
sigh.. so it's kind of like outer space, cool looking, but not safe to be there.
I mostly sit in a beige cube like everyone else though.
it took me 20 years to get a window.. I have a nice window now.. i love it.
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10-25-2007, 10:10 AM #7
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Mimi - I aspire to a window some day. As it is now I have to check the weather website to see if I need an umbrella.
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10-25-2007, 06:00 PM #8
Head up. Shoulders down.
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I work in boring cubicle-land on the 13th floor (yeah, I know, an unlucky floor - but it's really the 16th story, if you count the plaza and 2 mezzanine levels below the 1st, so it sort of confounds the bad juju of 13!) in the middle of a city. Nothing worth taking a picture of. Think "Dilbert".
But....I had this cute visitor outside my window today. I think it's a kestrel, but it was all wet from the rain, and busy preening. This was taken with my cell phone through a triple-pane window, so it's not great....2007 Seven ID8 - Bontrager InForm
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10-26-2007, 12:47 AM #9
Nemesiiis!
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Woah, SILVER! Back up a minute... Are you a jeweler? I'm a Metalsmithing and Jewelry major at the University of North Texas under Harlan Butt! Crazy coincidences... I wish I had half the setup you do at home...
Perhaps if I can find someone's digital camera to borrow I can post some pics of the metals lab at my university...
/hijack (sorry, girls!)
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10-26-2007, 02:40 AM #10
listen to the bees
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Adding to the hijack....my younger daughter (26) is in her last semester of her masters degree in metalsmithing and jewelry at the U.of Ma at Dartmouth, MA. She teaching college freshmen metalsmithing now....I'm so proud of her! Originally Posted by steinspinne
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10-26-2007, 03:28 AM #11
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Yes, I am! That's wonderful that you are studying Metalsmithing. I would have loved the opportunity to study. I'm mostly self taught. I did take a course at the Memphis College of Art. My work is very hand made looking and borders on folk art (I'd say) Most of my work is custom make. People who can't find what they are looking for come to me and ask me to make it. Originally Posted by steinspinne
here's an example of a shield that I made for a father to give to his sons:
(my picture taking leaves something to be desired)
I started with a very few tools and have added little by little. There are always more tools and equipment that I'd like to get. I don't have a polishing cabinet and have a little dremel set up. I've burned through 4 dremels this way.
My website is http://www.etsterling.com/
steinspinne, do you have pictures of your work?
Lisa S. H. You must be really proud of your daughter. Having a masters will be great! I'm envious of those who have the opportunity to study the craft/art/science. I wish I'd known it was my calling when I was younger and not wasted my education on that accounting degree.
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10-26-2007, 02:10 AM #12
Mmmmm.....chocolate
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I have read it. A friend sent it to me for my birthday. A very good book, especially since I recognize the places described and can identify with the incredible smell of pig-farms. Could be interesting to see the tv adaptation. And I'm looking forward to reading the next two books. Originally Posted by lph
Aaaww. Pigs are cute!
(Have you read "Berlinerpoplene" by the way? It's been televised and is showing on Norwegian tv these days, speaking of pigs...lots of cute piglets and a very introverted pig farmer...)
Queen -- I had no involvement with farm animals at UofI. My degree is in ecology. I can understand making you ride on the back of the truck after being infused with pig smells. I have the pleasure of annoying a train full of commuters after my afternoons in the pig-house Luckily they haven't make me ride on the outside of the train yet....
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