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  1. 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
  2. You might want to direct him to this thread US Coast Guard amazing stories here on MSW.
  3. 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.
  4. That hurricane nearly bankrupt the two major insurance companies in Florida. Even the offshore reinsurance companies had to struggle to cover the losses.
  5. 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 !
  6. Chris, just consider the source and ignore it. I think if he had half a brain it would be lonesome. Congrats on another great model
  7. LBI is Long Beach Island New Jersey, Barnegat Lighthouse is located at the northern tip. PNW is Pacific Northwest, Oregon, Washington State, maybe Northern California
  8. As long as you are upright, ventilating, mobile, and consuming nourishment you're doing good Denis
  9. Alan see photos of my 1:35 figures with bases. I just glued them to the diorama base then covered them with Woodlands Scenics material, hides them well
  10. 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.
  11. You could add some 1/16 or 1/8 inch square stock to the inside 4 corners of each tower for extra rigidity. I can't tell from the photos which size would be suitable. But glue them vertically inside each tower in each corner.
  12. And don't raise cows for milk or meat. Worst methane producers on planet ! 🤣🤣😇
  13. 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" ..........
  14. Yep ! Keep 'em in the dark and cover them in s............
  15. 6 C! Is that all ? 😉😉😉 Now if that was negative 6 C, we'd be sailing 😁😊😊. It's 90F (32.8 C) here 🥵🥵 P.S. beautiful model and diorama.
  16. 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.
  17. Use the voice recorder app on your phone or buy a cheap digital pocket size "tape recorder". I have one (micro cassette) in my camera bag.
  18. Denis, just remember to genuflect, kiss the ring, and say "yes, Your Highness". And all will be well. 😊😇
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