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Originally Posted by dean
Well, if there's anything that sums up the true essence of my character, it's the word "patience". <img src=/lol.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' />' /> I grew up on the coast of Maine where there were still a few of the old, classic wooden shipbuilders in existence. I remember as a kid playing in the huge piles of sawdust they had there. I'd climb up on the roof of the building and jump into the stuff like it was a pile of snow. And I can still remember the smell of the hot pitch that was used as caulking back in those days. So ship models would be an interesting way to reconnect with my childhood, I think. Are there any volatile glues or solvents involved? I have to avoid exposure to anything that might irritate my respiratory tract.
' />' /> I grew up on the coast of Maine where there were still a few of the old, classic wooden shipbuilders in existence. I remember as a kid playing in the huge piles of sawdust they had there. I'd climb up on the roof of the building and jump into the stuff like it was a pile of snow. And I can still remember the smell of the hot pitch that was used as caulking back in those days. So ship models would be an interesting way to reconnect with my childhood, I think. Are there any volatile glues or solvents involved? I have to avoid exposure to anything that might irritate my respiratory tract.http://m.flickr.com/#/photos/toeknee_pix/10780978106/
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As I was having lunch this afternoon I got to thinking that maybe you should do something similar to what Paul Newman did. It could be a sort of "Dean's Own". You could either distribute your favorite cooked items, or form a concern to teach, tutor and mentor. At the end of the day you would give all of the profits to your favorite charity or charities.
I know you've said that you don't care for business, but I firmly believe that someone with your level of intensity would approach this in such a way that you couldn't help but succeed. Business is not rocket science, it just requires a mission, dedication and a goal. The rewards are on two levels. First of all, it's very rewarding to establish and create something on your own, and secondly, its very rewarding to have established something that will benefit others in the way of charity.
I think that you, because of your intelligence and all of your years of teaching, are the perfect person to run a tutoring/mentoring service. You'd be creating something, finding something worthwhile to do, benefiting the students who come to you for help and ultimately giving benefit to the less fortunate by donating the profits. What a nice hobby to have.
I doubt that this would grow to the size of "Newman's Own" but that's fine. You can't do everything, you can only do what you can do, but if you do what you can do, that's enough.
I know you've said that you don't care for business, but I firmly believe that someone with your level of intensity would approach this in such a way that you couldn't help but succeed. Business is not rocket science, it just requires a mission, dedication and a goal. The rewards are on two levels. First of all, it's very rewarding to establish and create something on your own, and secondly, its very rewarding to have established something that will benefit others in the way of charity.
I think that you, because of your intelligence and all of your years of teaching, are the perfect person to run a tutoring/mentoring service. You'd be creating something, finding something worthwhile to do, benefiting the students who come to you for help and ultimately giving benefit to the less fortunate by donating the profits. What a nice hobby to have.
I doubt that this would grow to the size of "Newman's Own" but that's fine. You can't do everything, you can only do what you can do, but if you do what you can do, that's enough.
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Originally Posted by Kyras
Photos, please. Nice to see a post from someone new!! Please continue!
Those are masterpieces!
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I use wood glue and water based products only. I make most of my own parts so there can be sawdust. A mask will prevent inhalation. Here is a Flickr link with three ship examples.
http://m.flickr.com/#/photos/toeknee_pix/10780978106/
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As I was having lunch this afternoon I got to thinking that maybe you should do something similar to what Paul Newman did. It could be a sort of "Dean's Own". You could either distribute your favorite cooked items, or form a concern to teach, tutor and mentor. At the end of the day you would give all of the profits to your favorite charity or charities.
I know you've said that you don't care for business, but I firmly believe that someone with your level of intensity would approach this in such a way that you couldn't help but succeed. Business is not rocket science, it just requires a mission, dedication and a goal. The rewards are on two levels. First of all, it's very rewarding to establish and create something on your own, and secondly, its very rewarding to have established something that will benefit others in the way of charity.
I think that you, because of your intelligence and all of your years of teaching, are the perfect person to run a tutoring/mentoring service. You'd be creating something, finding something worthwhile to do, benefiting the students who come to you for help and ultimately giving benefit to the less fortunate by donating the profits. What a nice hobby to have.
I doubt that this would grow to the size of "Newman's Own" but that's fine. You can't do everything, you can only do what you can do, but if you do what you can do, that's enough.
I know you've said that you don't care for business, but I firmly believe that someone with your level of intensity would approach this in such a way that you couldn't help but succeed. Business is not rocket science, it just requires a mission, dedication and a goal. The rewards are on two levels. First of all, it's very rewarding to establish and create something on your own, and secondly, its very rewarding to have established something that will benefit others in the way of charity.
I think that you, because of your intelligence and all of your years of teaching, are the perfect person to run a tutoring/mentoring service. You'd be creating something, finding something worthwhile to do, benefiting the students who come to you for help and ultimately giving benefit to the less fortunate by donating the profits. What a nice hobby to have.
I doubt that this would grow to the size of "Newman's Own" but that's fine. You can't do everything, you can only do what you can do, but if you do what you can do, that's enough.
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I've managed to have several hobbies over the years and have yet to find a hobby that didn't produce a lot of stuff that I then must find proper storage/display for. I have amassed a fairly decent collection of matroyshka (Russian nesting dolls) which began "by accident" when I received some beautiful pieces as gifts and then after I read a great deal about them, couldn't stop myself from having more. 
Some are religious icons and others are Russian fairy tale dolls and others are just cute and get down to tiny little dolls that have to be inserted with tweezers. Some are considered relics and are quite old, some are new items from Russian artists I stumbled across. I once collected Betty Boop dolls and ended up with a case filled with them along with other Betty Boop stuff (all her movies and cartoons). I have tons of paintings from when I took art classes and loved it so much I couldn't stop doing it. I do intend to take some of the paintings to a consignment shop to unload them. I guess what I'm saying is that hobbies can become quite consuming. I also have dabbled in the world of genealogical research, have a membership in Ancestry.com and have reams and reams and several notebooks of material about my kin that goes back to the middle ages. It too grows. I even sent in my spit so they could test my dna and have found many generations of cousins as a result of that endeavor. One never has enough time to delve into all the fantastical things that one can explore given the time and money. I've enjoyed all the things I've done, still dabble in seeking out special matroyshka and still log in to ancestry.com several times a month. Somehow I also sort of got into china teapots and have a cabinet filled with them. I accidentally got hooked on china dishes and have several sets of them, some antique and some not so antique. Back in the early 1970s I began collecting elephant figurines and have amassed a couple/hundred of them, many gifts with a story and many that just found a home here. It is all fun, enjoyable and I derive pleasure from looking at them and admiring what they represent to me. Whatever you "stumble" upon, I hope it brings as much pleasure as these things have brought to me.
Some are religious icons and others are Russian fairy tale dolls and others are just cute and get down to tiny little dolls that have to be inserted with tweezers. Some are considered relics and are quite old, some are new items from Russian artists I stumbled across. I once collected Betty Boop dolls and ended up with a case filled with them along with other Betty Boop stuff (all her movies and cartoons). I have tons of paintings from when I took art classes and loved it so much I couldn't stop doing it. I do intend to take some of the paintings to a consignment shop to unload them. I guess what I'm saying is that hobbies can become quite consuming. I also have dabbled in the world of genealogical research, have a membership in Ancestry.com and have reams and reams and several notebooks of material about my kin that goes back to the middle ages. It too grows. I even sent in my spit so they could test my dna and have found many generations of cousins as a result of that endeavor. One never has enough time to delve into all the fantastical things that one can explore given the time and money. I've enjoyed all the things I've done, still dabble in seeking out special matroyshka and still log in to ancestry.com several times a month. Somehow I also sort of got into china teapots and have a cabinet filled with them. I accidentally got hooked on china dishes and have several sets of them, some antique and some not so antique. Back in the early 1970s I began collecting elephant figurines and have amassed a couple/hundred of them, many gifts with a story and many that just found a home here. It is all fun, enjoyable and I derive pleasure from looking at them and admiring what they represent to me. Whatever you "stumble" upon, I hope it brings as much pleasure as these things have brought to me.
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No room at the new house to set up a lathe or most of the other tools I'd need. The new place is about half the size of this one, and the same for the garage. My MINI will fit in it, but no room for much else in there. So I'm giving all my tools to my kids.