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Glenn Curtis Trivia: "Although his formal education extended only to eighth grade, his early interest in mechanics and inventions was evident at his first job at the Eastman Dry Plate and Film Company (later Eastman Kodak Company) in Rochester, New York.[3] He invented a stencil machine adopted at the plant and later built a rudimentary camera to study photography.[3]" wikipedia Later known as the mimeograph machine
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You might want to direct him to this thread US Coast Guard amazing stories here on MSW.
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SU-85 WW2 Soviet Tank Destroyer by CDW - MiniArt - 1:35 Scale
Jack12477 replied to CDW's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Same here, except I was newly married, in my late twenties, living in apartment. We had to climb down a lower balcony to get the snow drift away from the building door, then had to dig 2 cars out of a snowdrift. Then went back inside and partied with the other tenants. -
SU-85 WW2 Soviet Tank Destroyer by CDW - MiniArt - 1:35 Scale
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That hurricane nearly bankrupt the two major insurance companies in Florida. Even the offshore reinsurance companies had to struggle to cover the losses. -
SU-85 WW2 Soviet Tank Destroyer by CDW - MiniArt - 1:35 Scale
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After watching that video and the TV NEWS footage of the storm surge flooding, I think I’d rather endure 30 below windchill and 4 feet of snow than even one of those hurricanes. Stay safe ! -
Crumpled newspaper, covered in vinyl mesh window screen strips, or narrow strips of thin cardstock woven into a grid, then covered in standard kitchen paper towels [ use the brand with small tear off strips] soaked in very very runny hydrocal to form the base. Let it set up. Then add more hydrocal over that to build up the terrain. See if you can find any Kalmback publications on model RR scenery, even old issues of Model Railroader or Railroad Model Craftsman magazines.
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Timber-framed outdoor kitchen - Cathead - 1:1 scale
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And don't raise cows for milk or meat. Worst methane producers on planet ! 🤣🤣😇 -
Timber-framed outdoor kitchen - Cathead - 1:1 scale
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As programmers for a major computer manufacturer, a colleague and I used to have a ceramic mushroom on our desks. When asked what it was, we would respond that is a "programmer's flower" .......... -
Timber-framed outdoor kitchen - Cathead - 1:1 scale
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Yep ! Keep 'em in the dark and cover them in s............ -
History of Photography We might have better archives, but then we also didn't have our cities decimated by two World Wars like Europe which might account I suppose for the scarcity of photographs.
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