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Post by jimmie on Dec 20, 2021 13:17:29 GMT -5
Drummond island rocks
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LazerFlash
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Post by LazerFlash on Dec 20, 2021 23:51:58 GMT -5
Jeez, so many but since we both got new horses, they have dominated most our time. Love wildlife photography too. My daughter and grand-daughter up in Michigan would love their own horses. But, until she gets her own farm, their hobby is to get their "Horsey Therapy" helping our dear family friend Ronica with her herd (the little horses) in her therapy charity, "Little Horses Big Smiles":
The white guy on the right, George, is so in love with my grand-daughter that they refer to her as his girlfriend.
Oh, I forgot to mention that they have a famous TV personality who is their vet:
Oh, and did I mention that my grand-daughter and George are in love with each other? (Doesn't every little girl needs to have a unicorn as her bestie.)
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Post by LazerFlash on Dec 21, 2021 1:12:35 GMT -5
My recent hobby is to tinker with new electronic technology. Most of them involve gadgets paired to a cell phone. Drones being the favored one. My wife bought me a drone for my last birthday. Being a kinda low-end one, it was a bit difficult to control. But, I hard fun with it -- right up until I crashed it into my neighbor's fence. I'm hoping to try a better one sometime in the next year. (Although I think another tumbler or two may be higher up the chain now.)
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Post by jamesp on Dec 21, 2021 7:01:34 GMT -5
My recent hobby is to tinker with new electronic technology. Most of them involve gadgets paired to a cell phone. Drones being the favored one. My wife bought me a drone for my last birthday. Being a kinda low-end one, it was a bit difficult to control. But, I hard fun with it -- right up until I crashed it into my neighbor's fence. I'm hoping to try a better one sometime in the next year. (Although I think another tumbler or two may be higher up the chain now.)The DJI Mavic Mini 2 has a lot to offer LazerFlash. It is also under 250 grams which requires no licensing hoops to jump thru. Easy to fly unlike some of the low enders. Sorry about your crash, they say it happens to the best . It takes great photos and video. DJI has the best software in the business which is important with drones. DJI may come out with a Mavic Mini 3. It may be worth waiting for.
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Dec 21, 2021 8:23:19 GMT -5
Drummond Island Rocks Thanks for sharing your latest! Your penchant for perfection really shines through. Woodworking is soooo exacting. I tried it. I didn't have the budget for good tools. DOH! The display area for your son is super nice... and really full. Thanks Tela. My woodworking hobby started much like my rock hobby and was funded the same way. I took woodshop in middle school and then all 4 years of high school. I was selling items and buying my own tools with the profits. After high school I got my LLC and started selling stuff in a couple consignment shops and did pretty well with it. For the most part my tools are outdated now. If I were to ever get back into it seriously it would require a pretty big investment to upgrade to some of the awesome modern tools available. Before I got my own tools my uncle let me borrow his Shopsmith. Those things are really cool and I actually bought one a few years back to keep up at my cabin. Very small foot print and can be used as a table saw, band saw, lathe, drill press, joiner,jigsaw and disc sander all using one motor just by changing out attachments. They have been around a really long time. The one I borrowed was from the 1960's some stock photo examples of how it transforms table saw joiner lathe drill press Chuck
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Post by rockjunquie on Dec 21, 2021 8:39:15 GMT -5
Drummond Island Rocks Thanks for sharing your latest! Your penchant for perfection really shines through. Woodworking is soooo exacting. I tried it. I didn't have the budget for good tools. DOH! The display area for your son is super nice... and really full. Thanks Tela. My woodworking hobby started much like my rock hobby and was funded the same way. I took woodshop in middle school and then all 4 years of high school. I was selling items and buying my own tools with the profits. After high school I got my LLC and started selling stuff in a couple consignment shops and did pretty well with it. For the most part my tools are outdated now. If I were to ever get back into it seriously it would require a pretty big investment to upgrade to some of the awesome modern tools available. Before I got my own tools my uncle let me borrow his Shopsmith. Those things are really cool and I actually bought one a few years back to keep up at my cabin. Very small foot print and can be used as a table saw, band saw, lathe, drill press, joiner,jigsaw and disc sander all using one motor just by changing out attachments. They have been around a really long time. The one I borrowed was from the 1960's some stock photo examples of how it transforms table saw joiner lathe drill press Chuck I like that shopsmith!
OMG, you should have seen what I tried to work with. LOL! You would shake your head. Needless to say, I didn't get too many projects done, but I did make some nice endtables. I think my brother has them now. I was really poor at the time and was using reclaimed wood from whatever I could get my hands on.
I do admire your attention to detail and overall precision.
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Post by Brian on Dec 21, 2021 14:19:20 GMT -5
Jeez, so many but since we both got new horses, they have dominated most our time. Love wildlife photography too. My daughter and grand-daughter up in Michigan would love their own horses. But, until she gets her own farm, their hobby is to get their "Horsey Therapy" helping our dear family friend Ronica with her herd (the little horses) in her therapy charity, "Little Horses Big Smiles":
The white guy on the right, George, is so in love with my grand-daughter that they refer to her as his girlfriend.
Oh, I forgot to mention that they have a famous TV personality who is their vet:
Oh, and did I mention that my grand-daughter and George are in love with each other? (Doesn't every little girl needs to have a unicorn as her bestie.)
LazerFlash, that last picture is enough to blow my daughter’s mind. She’s in the unicorn-obsessed stage and would not give me a minutes rest if she ever saw that. It’s a beautiful picture and very special for your granddaughter to have such a bond with George.
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Post by Brian on Dec 21, 2021 14:23:27 GMT -5
brian Do not let jamesp see those, you will end up with a lot of broken ones!!! Nice work Henry Thanks, Henry! I wish I knew about tumbling glass when we were still glassblowing. We had more than our fair share of broken pieces and probably generated years of tumbling material. Not to mention the cast offs from the rest of the studio.
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Post by brybry on Dec 21, 2021 19:24:21 GMT -5
Drummond Island Rocks Thanks for sharing your latest! Your penchant for perfection really shines through. Woodworking is soooo exacting. I tried it. I didn't have the budget for good tools. DOH! The display area for your son is super nice... and really full. Thanks Tela. My woodworking hobby started much like my rock hobby and was funded the same way. I took woodshop in middle school and then all 4 years of high school. I was selling items and buying my own tools with the profits. After high school I got my LLC and started selling stuff in a couple consignment shops and did pretty well with it. For the most part my tools are outdated now. If I were to ever get back into it seriously it would require a pretty big investment to upgrade to some of the awesome modern tools available. Before I got my own tools my uncle let me borrow his Shopsmith. Those things are really cool and I actually bought one a few years back to keep up at my cabin. Very small foot print and can be used as a table saw, band saw, lathe, drill press, joiner,jigsaw and disc sander all using one motor just by changing out attachments. They have been around a really long time. The one I borrowed was from the 1960's some stock photo examples of how it transforms table saw joiner lathe drill press Chuck Oh. My. God. It's a freaking woodshop transformer....... YUS!
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Post by MsAli on Dec 21, 2021 19:47:13 GMT -5
Jeez, so many but since we both got new horses, they have dominated most our time. Love wildlife photography too. My daughter and grand-daughter up in Michigan would love their own horses. But, until she gets her own farm, their hobby is to get their "Horsey Therapy" helping our dear family friend Ronica with her herd (the little horses) in her therapy charity, "Little Horses Big Smiles":
The white guy on the right, George, is so in love with my grand-daughter that they refer to her as his girlfriend.
Oh, I forgot to mention that they have a famous TV personality who is their vet:
Oh, and did I mention that my grand-daughter and George are in love with each other? (Doesn't every little girl needs to have a unicorn as her bestie.)
This is beautiful. I grew up wanting a horse so bad but had to "settle" for my cousins horses. Then I got really lucky and a local QH breeder/trainer took me under his wing and I got to break colts until I went into the Navy. Years later, I met a doctor that had 13 horses including 2 Arabs that she let me ride whenever I wanted then I was lucky enough when I was going through my divorce to meet a woman that owned/bred & showed Morgan's in California. She let me house sit and take care of the horses while they traveled.. She gave me a 2 year old filly to break which really tested my rusty skills. These were really a blessing because your mind can't be on other things when you are with horses. They are therapy and I hope they get to continue with it.
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Dec 21, 2021 20:58:10 GMT -5
Thanks Tela. My woodworking hobby started much like my rock hobby and was funded the same way. I took woodshop in middle school and then all 4 years of high school. I was selling items and buying my own tools with the profits. After high school I got my LLC and started selling stuff in a couple consignment shops and did pretty well with it. For the most part my tools are outdated now. If I were to ever get back into it seriously it would require a pretty big investment to upgrade to some of the awesome modern tools available. Before I got my own tools my uncle let me borrow his Shopsmith. Those things are really cool and I actually bought one a few years back to keep up at my cabin. Very small foot print and can be used as a table saw, band saw, lathe, drill press, joiner,jigsaw and disc sander all using one motor just by changing out attachments. They have been around a really long time. The one I borrowed was from the 1960's some stock photo examples of how it transforms table saw joiner lathe drill press Chuck Oh. My. God. It's a freaking woodshop transformer....... YUS! To purchase one new is really not any cheaper then all the stand alone tools but it takes up so much less room and all of the attachments are really good quality. When I started I just had a small 10x12 workshop space so it worked perfect. Much faster to work in a larger shop and not have to "transform" between operations now. Chuck
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LazerFlash
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Post by LazerFlash on Dec 29, 2021 21:53:15 GMT -5
As to the OP's question, right now my main hobbies are probably reading, watching TV with my wife, and keeping the local wildlife happily feed. Over the years I have had several hobbies including model railroading (initially Lionel O-27 and later N scale), to model rocketry, to U.S. philately, to international numismatics (which I still have a small interest in - right now I'm fascinated with bimetal coins). I realized today, after making a major breakthrough on a family genealogy branch late last night, that I forgot all about what many would likely consider a "hobby". My wife, bless her incredibly patient soul, considers it an "obsession". My late father considered it a "total and complete waste of time". I, OTOH, consider it a mechanism to keep my researching skills sharpened and force my mind to stay focused for long periods of time: "Hi, my pseudonym is LazerFlash and I am an amateur genealogist."
My current, (and longest-running), project is to create as complete and accurate a family tree of our extended, combined/blended families to pass down to our grand-children. Right now, I have two branches that go back to the early 1700's and includes direct ancestors who fought on either side of the Civil War - at least one died in Andersonville and another whose regiment fought in several major battles/skirmishes, including Gettysburg; his regiment was at Appomatix when Lee surrendered. Several other branches go back to 15th and 16th century Ireland. Yet another branch goes way back to 12th century England. There's even a possible branch that leads to royalty in Wales, although that "branch" is more a twig at this time. I've even found that it is highly likely that my Scottish ancestors knew my wife's Scottish ancestors back in the very late 1600's!
LOL In case you can't tell, I am passionate and fascinated and obsessed with this stuff. I guess the good thing is that it gives me something to do while I'm waiting for my tumbling stages to finish.
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Dec 29, 2021 21:58:19 GMT -5
As to the OP's question, right now my main hobbies are probably reading, watching TV with my wife, and keeping the local wildlife happily feed. Over the years I have had several hobbies including model railroading (initially Lionel O-27 and later N scale), to model rocketry, to U.S. philately, to international numismatics (which I still have a small interest in - right now I'm fascinated with bimetal coins). I realized today, after making a major breakthrough on a family genealogy branch late last night, that I forgot all about what many would likely consider a "hobby". My wife, bless her incredibly patient soul, considers it an "obsession". My late father considered it a "total and complete waste of time". I, OTOH, consider it a mechanism to keep my researching skills sharpened and force my mind to stay focused for long periods of time: "Hi, my pseudonym is LazerFlash and I am an amateur genealogist."
My current, (and longest-running), project is to create as complete and accurate a family tree of our extended, combined/blended families to pass down to our grand-children. Right now, I have two branches that go back to the early 1700's and includes direct ancestors who fought on either side of the Civil War - at least one died in Andersonville and another whose regiment fought in several major battles/skirmishes, including Gettysburg; his regiment was at Appomatix when Lee surrendered. Several other branches go back to 15th and 16th century Ireland. Yet another branch goes way back to 12th century England. There's even a possible branch that leads to royalty in Wales, although that "branch" is more a twig at this time. I've even found that it is highly likely that my Scottish ancestors knew my wife's Scottish ancestors back in the very late 1600's!
LOL In case you can't tell, I am passionate and fascinated and obsessed with this stuff. I guess the good thing is that it gives me something to do while I'm waiting for my tumbling stages to finish.
My sister is in to our family genealogy. I told her when she got to Jesus on the family tree to stop.
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Post by brybry on Dec 29, 2021 22:05:13 GMT -5
As to the OP's question, right now my main hobbies are probably reading, watching TV with my wife, and keeping the local wildlife happily feed. Over the years I have had several hobbies including model railroading (initially Lionel O-27 and later N scale), to model rocketry, to U.S. philately, to international numismatics (which I still have a small interest in - right now I'm fascinated with bimetal coins). I realized today, after making a major breakthrough on a family genealogy branch late last night, that I forgot all about what many would likely consider a "hobby". My wife, bless her incredibly patient soul, considers it an "obsession". My late father considered it a "total and complete waste of time". I, OTOH, consider it a mechanism to keep my researching skills sharpened and force my mind to stay focused for long periods of time: "Hi, my pseudonym is LazerFlash and I am an amateur genealogist."
My current, (and longest-running), project is to create as complete and accurate a family tree of our extended, combined/blended families to pass down to our grand-children. Right now, I have two branches that go back to the early 1700's and includes direct ancestors who fought on either side of the Civil War - at least one died in Andersonville and another whose regiment fought in several major battles/skirmishes, including Gettysburg; his regiment was at Appomatix when Lee surrendered. Several other branches go back to 15th and 16th century Ireland. Yet another branch goes way back to 12th century England. There's even a possible branch that leads to royalty in Wales, although that "branch" is more a twig at this time. I've even found that it is highly likely that my Scottish ancestors knew my wife's Scottish ancestors back in the very late 1600's!
LOL In case you can't tell, I am passionate and fascinated and obsessed with this stuff. I guess the good thing is that it gives me something to do while I'm waiting for my tumbling stages to finish.
That's pretty cool actually. At one point we had our family tree back to when the forefathers landed here. Story goes 4 french brothers on the run from French authorities made their way to the New Americas. When they landed, they changed their last name from Cartier to Carter and went their separate ways. It's rumored we are related to June Carter Cash.
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Post by rockjunquie on Dec 29, 2021 22:31:43 GMT -5
LazerFlash Like you, I just had a lazerflash! I do genealogy, too! I should have listed that as a hobby because I am way into it. I have found 17 bona fide Revolutionary War veterans between my mom and my dad's sides. For one of them, I sent off for all the vital records and have plenty enough to join the DAR. I haven't gotten to it, yet, though. Takes a lot of volunteer time and I'm just not down for that right now. Maybe when DH retires it will be something to get involved in. I have several books written about ancestors, too. Interesting stuff! I love Colonial America. I'm really lucky that so many records still exist for the lines that I research. On my German side, my dad's father's side, we go way back. My dad's cousin went to Germany, did the research and wrote a couple books- which I have. I have a LOT of books! A lot of them history, records, autobiographies and genealogies.
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Dec 29, 2021 23:02:42 GMT -5
LazerFlash Like you, I just had a lazerflash! I do genealogy, too! I should have listed that as a hobby because I am way into it. I have found 17 bona fide Revolutionary War veterans between my mom and my dad's sides. For one of them, I sent off for all the vital records and have plenty enough to join the DAR. I haven't gotten to it, yet, though. Takes a lot of volunteer time and I'm just not down for that right now. Maybe when DH retires it will be something to get involved in. I have several books written about ancestors, too. Interesting stuff! I love Colonial America. I'm really lucky that so many records still exist for the lines that I research. On my German side, my dad's father's side, we go way back. My dad's cousin went to Germany, did the research and wrote a couple books- which I have. I have a LOT of books! A lot of them history, records, autobiographies and genealogies. You and Vince are probably related in some way. His 5th great-grandfather fought in the Revolutionary War. His grandfather came from Germany in 1709. Vince is an SAR member.
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Post by rockjunquie on Dec 29, 2021 23:13:23 GMT -5
LazerFlash Like you, I just had a lazerflash! I do genealogy, too! I should have listed that as a hobby because I am way into it. I have found 17 bona fide Revolutionary War veterans between my mom and my dad's sides. For one of them, I sent off for all the vital records and have plenty enough to join the DAR. I haven't gotten to it, yet, though. Takes a lot of volunteer time and I'm just not down for that right now. Maybe when DH retires it will be something to get involved in. I have several books written about ancestors, too. Interesting stuff! I love Colonial America. I'm really lucky that so many records still exist for the lines that I research. On my German side, my dad's father's side, we go way back. My dad's cousin went to Germany, did the research and wrote a couple books- which I have. I have a LOT of books! A lot of them history, records, autobiographies and genealogies. You and Vince are probably related in some way. His 5th great-grandfather fought in the Revolutionary War. His grandfather came from Germany in 1709. Vince is an SAR member. Awesome!!! My Colonial roots are almost all Scots Irish and English. I did the DNA thing with Ancestry and it is exactly on the nose with my research. No mysteries. I jumped for joy when I got the results because it backed up decades of research.
My German side came over right after the Civil War. He was a Reverend who sent over to minister to the German population in the Plain States. My grandfather married into very old Colonial families- the Griffins and Colemans. (My father's mother's side.) My grandmother died young and we never knew much about her. I was asking questions at Rootsweb and got in touch with some long lost family who sent me books - huge books- written about the families. I was so blessed!
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Post by Rockoonz on Dec 30, 2021 0:34:09 GMT -5
LazerFlash rockjunquie On my very first serious rockhounding trip with the oregon club one of the trip leaders brought his wife who had no interest in rocks, but she was very into genealogy. At dinner one evening, upon learning she was going to a nearby town to look at death records, a quite vocal club member said something like "so tomorrow when we're looking for rocks, you're going to go look for dead people?" Guess you had to be there. Elizabeth is pretty into learning more family history, but no idea what the best way is to search.
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Post by rockjunquie on Dec 30, 2021 6:10:32 GMT -5
LazerFlash rockjunquie On my very first serious rockhounding trip with the oregon club one of the trip leaders brought his wife who had no interest in rocks, but she was very into genealogy. At dinner one evening, upon learning she was going to a nearby town to look at death records, a quite vocal club member said something like "so tomorrow when we're looking for rocks, you're going to go look for dead people?" Guess you had to be there. Elizabeth is pretty into learning more family history, but no idea what the best way is to search. LOL! I have heard something to that effect a few times. I like graveyards, too.
Elizabeth can start on Rootsweb and Ancestry.com. At certain points, you have to venture offline, but Ancestry, in particular, has a lot of records. Start with your parents and go backwards. Trust, but verify.
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hummingbirdstones2
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Post by hummingbirdstones2 on Dec 30, 2021 8:58:39 GMT -5
For records searches, I think the LDS church database is one of the largest anywhere.
It includes the records of anyone's family who has joined the church, since that is one of the requirements. A relative from one branch of our family back east joined the LDS many years ago, and had to do all that research. Another more distant relative wrote a book after retiring from the USAF.
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