That makes sense

We could have used glass plates but they were cost-prohibitive for us. The spindles meet the code for spacing but we won't mention the climbable part to the local inspector. No need to add more regs. Besides, I've had enough of those. The electrical boxes I was required to put in are so deep you can't see the receptacle without you lay on your belly and lift the cover. Then I had to put weather resistant/tamper proof receptacles in the boxes at $5 each instead of the standard sort at $1 each and which I already had from an earlier project. I think some of the regulations are alright but there's too many.

I agree, with Google taking on Apple and Microsoft the only winners will be the consumers. I look forward to my future Motorola Android phone.

I plan to start this week or next. I have ordered about 10 models from Shapeways, and plan to open my shop to start selling the first design I think is ready for marketing (just got the first test prints last week - more on that later, in another thread). I think their business model is great - for those who don't know, Shapeways allow anyone to sell things via a shop on the Shapeways site. It works like this: a designer models something, uploads the file to his/her shop, sets the price (cost from Shapeways plus markup), and promotes their product(via social marketing, blogs, etc). Customers come to the shop, place an order, pay Shapeways, Shapeways fulfills the order and pays the designer (the markup amount). Some pros: -zero cost to the designer -designer never has to stock inventory -Shapeways handles the money processing and any customer service issues Some cons: -Customer has to wait 2-4 weeks to receive the order while Shapeways makes it -Material selection is somewhat limited -Marketing is up to the designer, if you don't let people know about your product, nobody will buy it (this could also be seen as a pro...)

I just realized why these fire graphic resonate in my memory. The line work and the tonalities are very reminiscent of the Lascaux cave drawings.

We used to use Humbrol. Great memories! Still available I believe, at least in the UK.

I hear you on that one. I've been called many things, but Savant has never been used in reference to me. . .

Cheers, All...

Fixed! Yay!

I have been using it on my PC for a while now (love it, beats Facebook by a mile). I'll have to look for an iPhone app then, could be regional, but doubt it as here in Dallas we get everything first.

Easiest is to find some place in Paris, but instead of going to restaurants, you can just as people there where to find a market, and wander around to chose your pieces of food. Anywhere in Paris will have its own place ...

Chris thanks, but I am a retired old fart who is desperate to find something interesting to engage me. Ninety-five percent of the time I am very boring. However the other 5 percent of the time can be interesting. Following me around would either consist of watching me nap or make me very paranoid. Still, thanks for the kind words.

Found something about the tecnique. http://www.tentimesone.com/the-art-of-ultra-long-exposure-photography/

...... he should have stuck to the fish fingers

Evidently from these images the ant's stomach can expand to the walls of the abdomen, compressing everything else?

I've inadvertently stumbled onto the correct identity for this chair and solved the mystery. It was a bit weird really as I was looking for something completely different - I was searching for interesting 70s and 80s gadgets for the latest speed modelling challenge and an image of the chair popped up during a Google images search: [image: Rdh2_ChairF978.jpg] @unknownuser said: Chair F978 Geoffrey Harcourt, 1935, London, United Kingdom Year of design - 1968 Manufacturer - Artifort, Netherlands Materials - Structure polyurethane foam upholstered in Super Bultex, base consists of a painted aluminum disc Dimensions - L70 x A69 x C75 cm The F978 chair was designed by Geoffrey Harcourt em1968. The structure of polyurethane brown and round base in lacquered aluminum in brown are the main features of this model. The chair is upholstered in woven wool-colored orange. Harcourt has won many awards during his career and in 1978 received the title of 'Royal Designer for Industry.'' Source: www.zeppelinvintage.com Best of all, it still appears to be in production: www.artifort.com/en-gb/collection/fauteuils/page_product.aspx?id=1424

@escapeartist said: The tables have turned, eh? I'd say that MS had it's share of greed; charging half the price of a new computer for the retail price of a MS OS was pretty steep, then needing multiple patches and service packs to make the OS work properly added to the irritation. Apple's quality is excellent overall, for me and many of the people that have the same concern about Apple is the tight fisted control over the whole package and thelack of free software options like Windows has. Wicked expensive, too. I'll keep my PC freedoms, thanks That said, I hated my win 6.1 mobile phone and my iPhone is great! Adam, yep, OS X is one flavor and cheap .... worth at least x10 if compared to Win OS prices IMO I also find that there are a lot of Mac apps that are good value for the money also and I notice this more with the recent launch of the App Store.

She was Fry'd.

I'm not very familiar with the pied noir of Algeria, Chris. I was expecting something in Wyoming or Montana.

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