Comments on: Municipal Voting and Sub-Municipal Construction

By: Tash

Tash — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 05:32:31 +0000

as HighlyRefinedPirate suggested, yes, there absolutely is a tool for scoring/cutting acrylic. OLFA makes a blade for acrylic (comes up as PB-800 or P-800 on their website). it works infinitely better than trying to use a standard razor knife. I’ve never tried the dremel, so can’t say how it compares to that.

By: Shannon

Shannon — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 02:41:28 +0000

Plexiglass is just a brand name, yeah.

You can’t put this stuff into the CNC machine because it melts when you machine it. To machine it you need to work with cast rather than extruded plastic, because it “powders” rather than melts and doesn’t gum up your machine.

By: Jennie

Jennie — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 19:26:29 +0000

What a lucky kid!! That’s an amazing dollhouse, I’m sure she will have a lot of fun with it.

By: Carmen

Carmen — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 23:38:29 +0000

Sabriel was great (and the 2 sequels too) definitely a strong female protagonist and excellent read.

But I am completely dismayed, depressed, disheartened, disgusted by the bigoted, facile buffoon that won the election, I couldn’t look at random people in the face today knowing many of them voted for manhog.

By: starbadger

starbadger — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 12:24:44 +0000

Dearest Kathleen

I would have voted for you.

Yours truly

Richard

——-Original Message——-

From: Kathy Vowinckel
Date: 10/26/10 07:00:59
To: starbadger
Subject: Re: hope you win

Thank you for your good wishes. However … vox populi has spoken. A lot of good people went down to defeat. What is the statement? It is better to have run and lost than never run at all.

Kathy

By: HighlyRefinedPirate

HighlyRefinedPirate — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 06:53:54 +0000

Is this acrylic similar to plexiglass? If so, there is actually a tool made for scoring and snapping it (I worked at a Home Depot in Metro Detroit for the better part of 5 years). I don’t think you would have a problem with a Dremel tool, though. Also a thought – depending on the thickness you could use your tabletop CNC to create a grid pattern to look like it’s a bunch of panes of glass like a real greenhouse. I suppose that may be a bit ambitious, but I think that’s a fitting description of the project to begin with. I had a class in middle school where we carved logos into sheets of acrylic and it turned out very well.

By: Gracie

Gracie — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 03:46:43 +0000

Garth Nix is great. I remember really enjoying “Sabriel” growing up, although it’s definitely more fantasy-oriented and has some very dark material. Still, I loved it when I read it–I think I was ten or so.

By: starbadger

starbadger — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 01:24:44 +0000

From: starbadger
Date: 10/25/2010 7:52:33 PM
To: Kathy VOWINCKEL
Subject: hope you win

given there is only one incumbent i have my fingers crossed for you

trusting you do win send me a picton paper of your adverts –

Out of the last five Governors General, fully four have been former CBC journos. Eighty percent, in other words. Is prior experience at the Ceeb literally a requirement for the job?

It seems hard to believe, but it’s true. Check out the list:

Michaelle Jean, served 2005-present: Began working for French-language Radio Canada in 1988 and moved over to English programming for the CBC by 1992.

Adrienne Clarkson, served 2000-2005: Starting working for the CBC first in 1964 as a freelance book reviewer, quickly rose through the ranks and became host of The Fifth Estate in 1975. She left the network for some time but returned to host her own show again in 1988.

Roméo LeBlanc, served 1995-1999: Worked as a journalist for Radio-Canada for seven years in the 1960s.

Ray Hnatyshyn, served 1990-1995: The exception that proves the rule, was a lawyer and politician before becoming the Governor General.

Jeanne Sauvé, served 1984-1989: French-language radio host for Radio-Canada over a career spanning 20 years.

i won’t say it but damn

i am sorry it cost you so much

richard