Tom Watson wrote:
> get flowers
>
> get chocolate
>
> get lucky
Or if she's fat...
get flowers
get floppy eared stuffed dog
get lucky
I hope. Or maybe I should have just bought her the damn chocolate.
--
Michael McIntyre ---- Silvan <[email protected]>
Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/
On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 21:08:00 GMT, "Edwin Pawlowski" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Have a lathe? Silvan made a derby car that sounds like any woman would
>like. No batteries needed.
Now there's a good use for polyurethane that no one would complain
about! <G>
Barry
Get a piece of scrap (4/4 or so) of a softwood (redwood, cedar, or
something with some grain/color to it). Bandsaw out a heart and round
the edges with sandpaper. Then put "Bupkus loves Trixie" or somesuch on
it(a woodburning tool does it nicest and a Sharpie is a make-do), coat
with Watco, let dry, and tie a ribbon on it. You might want to
personalize the "Bupkus..." part to save questions and add the date on
the back if you have time.
mahalo,
jo4hn
p.s. Did this for my kids 20 some years ago. Amazed to find that all
three have kept these things. Amazed and pleased. Got me all misty inside.
On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 15:34:29 GMT, "Jerry Gilreath"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>What if her name aint Trixie???
go down to the courthouse and change it.
sheesh... the questions some people ask.......
Just make any old thing and route/carve a heart in it. If it has a heart,
it can't lose. Women can't get enough of that crap.
--
********
Bill Pounds
http://www.billpounds.com
"Frank" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:NEOWb.162807$U%5.726762@attbi_s03...
> Hi,
> I think if I make my new girlfriend a little present for Valentine's Day
> I'll score some big points. Any plans online for something fairly simple
> (3-6 hours?), like a heart or something?
>
> Thanks!
> Frank
>
>
"Mark Jerde" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> Mark Jerde wrote:
>
> >> get lucky
> >
> > "Luck" has nothing to do with it. <g>
>
> Really ugly things our children made with my help are held by SWMBO in high
> esteem. ("It's not the thing, it's the time spent with the children working
> on the thing.")
>
> I have high expectations for this piece of heart-shaped pine with "Mark
> Loves Mary Jane" woodburned on the front and "(Heart) '04" woodburned on the
> back. The woodburned lettering isn't great, since all I did was trace my
> handwriting. It's a faithful reproduction of my handwriting. My dad is a
> retired M.D. I have the heridity for illegible handwriting. (*) In school
> if I didn't know whether a word was "ie" or "ei" I just naturally made it so
> either was the logical choice. The "i" could really be an "e", and the "e"
> could be an "i". With the dot in the middle, I usually got full credit for
> words I couldn't spell if my life depended on it. If I didn't know if a
> word needed an "i" or an "e" I made it so it could be either, with a smudge
> above that was either a dot if "i" was correct or an errant pencil mark if
> "e" was correct. The system was successful: I have both a high school
> diploma and a college degree. <g>
In Jr. High I had a real bit*h for an english teacher, really bad
handwriting and an extremely hard head. She assigned spelling drills -
write each word 20 times kinda thing. Each time you misspelled a word
on the drill you got the enjoyment of re-writing it 50 times. If she
could not read it, it was misspelled. Do the math. Worst case was 20
words, "missspelled" 20 times and re-written 50 times each could equal
20,000 words. I refused, she said detention until you do it. Thus
detention for almost the entire 8th grade.
>
> This semi-symmetric pine heart shows obvious signs of hand crafting. I'm
> expecting it will be duly appreciated... <g>
>
> -- Mark
>
> (*) When I was in college my dad often wrote me. I could never make out
> more than 1/3 of the words: "... cousin ... died... pickup ... branding
> ... slid ... Ford ... mother ... holiday ... funeral ... birthday ... love
> ... children ... baloon ... sanded ..." It made for some interesting
> hypothesis of what was going on.
What if her name aint Trixie???
--
"Cartoons don't have any deep meaning.
They're just stupid drawings that give you a cheap laugh."
Homer Simpson
Jerry© The Phoneman®
"jo4hn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Get a piece of scrap (4/4 or so) of a softwood (redwood, cedar, or
> something with some grain/color to it). Bandsaw out a heart and round
> the edges with sandpaper. Then put "Bupkus loves Trixie" or somesuch on
> it(a woodburning tool does it nicest and a Sharpie is a make-do), coat
> with Watco, let dry, and tie a ribbon on it. You might want to
> personalize the "Bupkus..." part to save questions and add the date on
> the back if you have time.
> mahalo,
> jo4hn
>
> p.s. Did this for my kids 20 some years ago. Amazed to find that all
> three have kept these things. Amazed and pleased. Got me all misty
inside.
>
Tom Watson wrote:
> get flowers
SWMBO doesn't like to see "frivolous" things bought when the credit card
balances aren't zero. My finances have sucked since the .com crash but this
year looks better.........
> get chocolate
SWMBO was commenting this evening at dinner about trying to get back to her
pre-Thanksgiving weight. Anything with any calories for this V's day is a
Bad Idea (tm). ;-) A *really* Bad Idea (tm).
> get lucky
"Luck" has nothing to do with it. <g>
-- Mark
My hasty implementation of your idea is posted on abpw. My lousy
handwriting burned in wood -- what a concept. ;-) Thanks for the idea.
-- Mark
jo4hn wrote:
> Get a piece of scrap (4/4 or so) of a softwood (redwood, cedar, or
> something with some grain/color to it). Bandsaw out a heart and round
> the edges with sandpaper. Then put "Bupkus loves Trixie" or somesuch
> on it(a woodburning tool does it nicest and a Sharpie is a make-do),
> coat
> with Watco, let dry, and tie a ribbon on it. You might want to
> personalize the "Bupkus..." part to save questions and add the date on
> the back if you have time.
> mahalo,
> jo4hn
>
> p.s. Did this for my kids 20 some years ago. Amazed to find that all
> three have kept these things. Amazed and pleased. Got me all misty
> inside.
Mark Jerde wrote:
>> get lucky
>
> "Luck" has nothing to do with it. <g>
Really ugly things our children made with my help are held by SWMBO in high
esteem. ("It's not the thing, it's the time spent with the children working
on the thing.")
I have high expectations for this piece of heart-shaped pine with "Mark
Loves Mary Jane" woodburned on the front and "(Heart) '04" woodburned on the
back. The woodburned lettering isn't great, since all I did was trace my
handwriting. It's a faithful reproduction of my handwriting. My dad is a
retired M.D. I have the heridity for illegible handwriting. (*) In school
if I didn't know whether a word was "ie" or "ei" I just naturally made it so
either was the logical choice. The "i" could really be an "e", and the "e"
could be an "i". With the dot in the middle, I usually got full credit for
words I couldn't spell if my life depended on it. If I didn't know if a
word needed an "i" or an "e" I made it so it could be either, with a smudge
above that was either a dot if "i" was correct or an errant pencil mark if
"e" was correct. The system was successful: I have both a high school
diploma and a college degree. <g>
This semi-symmetric pine heart shows obvious signs of hand crafting. I'm
expecting it will be duly appreciated... <g>
-- Mark
(*) When I was in college my dad often wrote me. I could never make out
more than 1/3 of the words: "... cousin ... died... pickup ... branding
... slid ... Ford ... mother ... holiday ... funeral ... birthday ... love
... children ... baloon ... sanded ..." It made for some interesting
hypothesis of what was going on.
Just a thought.......
If you possess the sort of woodworking talents I suspect and have turned out
some pieces in the past that you were proud of, your wife/girlfriend noticed
how you presented the finished product when it came time to show it. She
watched you touch it and speak of how you did this or that to it to achieve
the end results. She noticed the time spent and the pride you felt etc.
etc.
Now you plan to hand her something you whipped out with little effort and
time spent....She might receive it well because that's what she is suppose
to do, she might be touched that you made her something and she might even
place it on display.....She might also at some point in the future look at
it and realize what it really was....a half-hearted attempt to play up on
her sentimentality.
Now here's the thought......
When you give this to her, tell her quite honestly that this isn't your best
work. She knows what you are capable of. This is to represent the fact that
you yourself haven't been what you are capable of and when she looks at this
she's to be reminded that this year you plan to ___________.
Hey, I don't have much time. V-day is in two days! ;-) Thanks!
"Ron Magen" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> If you have a ton of sea shells from your youth, do a 'google search' for
> "Sailors Valentine'.
>
> Personally, I think you are a cheap B*****D . . . 'only 3-6 hours . . .'.
>
> Ron Magen
> Backyard Boatshop
> {The 'Boat Planter' was simple . . . took about 6 days . . . 3 just for
the
> varnishing, but then we've been married for 30+ years}
>
> "Frank" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:NEOWb.162807$U%5.726762@attbi_s03...
> > Hi,
> > I think if I make my new girlfriend a little present for Valentine's Day
> > I'll score some big points. Any plans online for something fairly simple
> > (3-6 hours?), like a heart or something?
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Frank
> >
> >
>
>
Mark Jerde wrote:
> Frank wrote:
>> Cool. Do hardware stores sell cheap wood-burning tools for text?
>
> I'm going to try my soldering iron. If that isn't hot enough maybe a
> nail heated with a propane torch would work. Last option, sharpie.
My soldering iron for electronics worked, though quite slowly compared to
the wood burning iron I had as a kid in the 1960's. I'm off to put a finish
on it while SWMBO is off to a meeting. ;-)
-- Mark
"Frank" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:NEOWb.162807$U%5.726762@attbi_s03...
> Hi,
> I think if I make my new girlfriend a little present for Valentine's Day
> I'll score some big points. Any plans online for something fairly simple
> (3-6 hours?), like a heart or something?
>
> Thanks!
> Frank
Have a lathe? Silvan made a derby car that sounds like any woman would
like. No batteries needed.
Now that I think of it, I remember in high school I made a keepsake box, and
put my initials on it by tapping on a nail. Then after the stain was put on,
it brought out the letters nice and dark. Maybe there's a better tool to use
than a nail for this though?
"Mark Jerde" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Frank wrote:
> > Cool. Do hardware stores sell cheap wood-burning tools for text?
>
> I'm going to try my soldering iron. If that isn't hot enough maybe a nail
> heated with a propane torch would work. Last option, sharpie.
>
> -- Mark
>
>
If you have a ton of sea shells from your youth, do a 'google search' for
"Sailors Valentine'.
Personally, I think you are a cheap B*****D . . . 'only 3-6 hours . . .'.
Ron Magen
Backyard Boatshop
{The 'Boat Planter' was simple . . . took about 6 days . . . 3 just for the
varnishing, but then we've been married for 30+ years}
"Frank" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:NEOWb.162807$U%5.726762@attbi_s03...
> Hi,
> I think if I make my new girlfriend a little present for Valentine's Day
> I'll score some big points. Any plans online for something fairly simple
> (3-6 hours?), like a heart or something?
>
> Thanks!
> Frank
>
>
Take a look at the "stupid finishing blunder" thread below.
"Frank" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:NEOWb.162807$U%5.726762@attbi_s03...
> Hi,
> I think if I make my new girlfriend a little present for Valentine's Day
> I'll score some big points. Any plans online for something fairly simple
> (3-6 hours?), like a heart or something?
>
> Thanks!
> Frank
>
>
Mark Jerde wrote:
> "e" was correct. The system was successful: I have both a high school
> diploma and a college degree. <g>
So YOU'RE the reason why we were getting the "I before E except after C"
lecture in English 202, to my complete amazement and disgust.
--
Michael McIntyre ---- Silvan <[email protected]>
Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/
On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 20:23:41 GMT, "Frank"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Cool. Do hardware stores sell cheap wood-burning tools for text?
>
>Thanks!
nah. they make you pay money for them....
Bridger
>
>"jo4hn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> Get a piece of scrap (4/4 or so) of a softwood (redwood, cedar, or
>> something with some grain/color to it). Bandsaw out a heart and round
>> the edges with sandpaper. Then put "Bupkus loves Trixie" or somesuch on
>> it(a woodburning tool does it nicest and a Sharpie is a make-do), coat
>> with Watco, let dry, and tie a ribbon on it. You might want to
>> personalize the "Bupkus..." part to save questions and add the date on
>> the back if you have time.
>> mahalo,
>> jo4hn
>>
>> p.s. Did this for my kids 20 some years ago. Amazed to find that all
>> three have kept these things. Amazed and pleased. Got me all misty
>inside.
>>
>
Cool. Do hardware stores sell cheap wood-burning tools for text?
Thanks!
"jo4hn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Get a piece of scrap (4/4 or so) of a softwood (redwood, cedar, or
> something with some grain/color to it). Bandsaw out a heart and round
> the edges with sandpaper. Then put "Bupkus loves Trixie" or somesuch on
> it(a woodburning tool does it nicest and a Sharpie is a make-do), coat
> with Watco, let dry, and tie a ribbon on it. You might want to
> personalize the "Bupkus..." part to save questions and add the date on
> the back if you have time.
> mahalo,
> jo4hn
>
> p.s. Did this for my kids 20 some years ago. Amazed to find that all
> three have kept these things. Amazed and pleased. Got me all misty
inside.
>
jo4hn wrote:
> Get a piece of scrap (4/4 or so) of a softwood (redwood, cedar, or
> something with some grain/color to it). Bandsaw out a heart and round
> the edges with sandpaper. Then put "Bupkus loves Trixie" or somesuch
> on it(a woodburning tool does it nicest and a Sharpie is a make-do),
> coat
> with Watco, let dry, and tie a ribbon on it. You might want to
> personalize the "Bupkus..." part to save questions and add the date on
> the back if you have time.
> mahalo,
> jo4hn
>
> p.s. Did this for my kids 20 some years ago. Amazed to find that all
> three have kept these things. Amazed and pleased. Got me all misty
> inside.
I like this idea. Thanks!
-- Mark
I received this from my brother today, seemed fitting if you fail to make
wooden hearts!
EJ
At a minimum, get your wife/mother/ girl friend/significant other (as
appropriate) flowers and a card. This is mandatory, no matter what they
have said in the past. Failure to comply will result in severe dose of
frostbite, possibly fatal.
Avoid becoming an emergency room legend, make sure the right card goes to
the right wife/girlfriend, if there are multiples.
The easiest time to get flowers is on the way home Friday night; it also
sets a good mood for the following day.
Despite irrefutable proof complied by auditors on how inexpensive Valentine
flowers are on 15 Feb, the true cost is cost is unacceptably high.
Tips on presents:
Red is good, camouflage is bad.
She does not have enough jewelry.
Gift certificates are OK, but not to the places you shop at.
Nothing says it's over like appliances.