Here are a few items "I designed" and made that might give me 'creds' for my moniker. Maybe more another time.

If you download the jewelry box and magnify the view, you can see that I hand-carved the sides of the box with a knife to give the appearance of being woven. The main parts are Mahogany from the Philippines. The wood was salvaged from High School gymnasium bleachers (that wood was an amazing find). It is 13" wide. The top center of the box is Birdseye Maple. The insides are felt lined (second picture). (Unfortunately, when these images were taken some time ago, they were quite dark. But the photography is not my focus here. The woodworking is.)

The "oak stool" top is "book matched" that I cut from a single piece of oak that was quite thick. The legs and stretchers are secured with Ebony pegs (no metal fasteners). The stool is extremely comfortable and we have used it many times as an extra chair at the table when many were eating. The seat is the same height as a normal dining room chair.

Hope you enjoyed my work. Now you know why I call myself "Woodworkerman."

New HP Envy 17 laptop. Was using it and went to shut it off. Screen went black but power button stays lit. Holding power button down does not do anything. Unable to restart. Screen stays black. Tried plugging charger in to see if that did anything. Nope. Google search suggesting removal of battery not helpful. I cannot find an accessible battery compartment. I am going to let the battery run down and see if a restart works when plugged in. Has anyone encountered this or know why it happens? Could it be in the process of updating? I will go back to vendor and have it looked at but I was wondering if this was a known issue or if it was preventable. Thanks, YNY.

Original B17 909
Nine-O-Nine was a Boeing B-17G-30-BO Flying Fortress heavy bomber, of the 323rd Bomb Squadron, 91st Bomb Group, that completed 140 combat missions during World War II, believed to be the Eighth Air Force record for most missions, without loss to the crews that flew it.

Service history
The original aircraft, a block 30 B-17G manufactured by Boeing, was nicknamed after the last three digits of her serial number: 42-31909. Nine-0-Nine was added to the USAAF inventory on December 15, 1943, and flown overseas on February 5, 1944. After depot modifications, she was delivered to the 91st BG at RAF Bassingbourn, England, on February 24, 1944, as a replacement aircraft, one of the last B-17s received in factory-applied camouflage paint.

A former navigator of the 91st BG, Marion Havelaar, reported in his history of the group that Nine-O-Nine completed either 126 or 132 consecutive missions without aborting for mechanical reasons, also believed to be a record. M/Sgt. Rollin L. Davis, maintenance line chief of the bomber, received the Bronze Star for his role in achieving the record.

Her first bombing raid was on Augsburg, Germany, on February 25, 1944. She made 18 bombing raids on Berlin. In all she flew 1,129 hours and dropped 562,000 pounds of bombs. She had 21 engine changes, four wing panel changes, 15 main gas tank changes, and 18 changes of Tokyo tanks (long-range fuel tanks).

After the hostilities ceased in Europe, Nine-O-Nine was returned to the United States on June 8, 1945, and was consigned to the RFC facility at Kingman, Arizona on December 7, 1945, and eventually scrapped.
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I had the good fortune to take a short flight on the Nine-O-Nine yesterday.

A couple of days ago, I got a splinter under the nail of my pinky. Actually, I didn't realize it was a splinter. I just thought that something poked me under the nail. I tried several techniques to remove it, but nothing worked. Then I remembered that when I was a kid, we always had something called drawing salve. I went to the drug store and bought a tube of it under its modern name - ichthammol. I put it on my finger, covered it with a couple of band-aids, and waited a day.

My finger stopped hurting shortly after applying it. I removed the band-aids just now, and was able to pull the splinter out with a pair of tweezers. There was barely any wood sticking out from under the nail, but it came out easily, and it didn't hurt at all.

Wikipedia:

Pensacola (/ˌpɛnsəˈkoʊlə/) is the westernmost city in the Florida Panhandle, approximately 13 miles (21 km) from the border with Alabama, and the county seat of Escambia County, in the U.S. state of Florida.[9] As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 51,923,[10] down from 56,255 at the 2000 census. Pensacola is the principal city of the Pensacola metropolitan area, which had an estimated 494,883 residents as of 2018.[11]

Pensacola is the site of the first Spanish settlement within the borders of the continental United States in 1559, predating the establishment of St. Augustine by 6 years, although the settlement was abandoned due to a hurricane and re-established in 1698. Pensacola is a sea port on Pensacola Bay, which is protected by the barrier island of Santa Rosa and connects to the Gulf of Mexico. A large United States Naval Air Station, the first in the United States, is located southwest of Pensacola near Warrington; it is the base of the Blue Angels flight demonstration team and the National Naval Aviation Museum. The main campus of the University of West Florida is situated north of the city center.

The area was originally inhabited by Muskogean language peoples. The Pensacola people lived there at the time of European contact, and Creek people frequently visited and traded from present-day southern Alabama. Spanish explorer Tristán de Luna founded a short-lived settlement in 1559.[12] In 1698 the Spanish established a presidio in the area, from which the modern city gradually developed. The area changed hands several times as European powers competed in North America. During Florida's British rule (1763–1781), fortifications were strengthened.

It is nicknamed "The City of Five Flags", due to the five governments that have ruled it during its history: the flags of Spain (Castile), France, Great Britain, the United States of America, and the Confederate States of America. Other nicknames include "World's Whitest Beaches" (due to the white sand of Florida panhandle beaches), "Cradle of Naval Aviation", "Western Gate to the Sunshine State", "America's First Settlement", "Emerald Coast", "Red Snapper Capital of the World", and "P-Cola".


Hi,

I just want to change the scenery a bit. I've taken these pictures in the last couple of years. We love Pensacola, a little bit less tourists comparing to Dustin or Panama City Beach - It is around 5 plus hours ride from Atlanta.

Hope you enjoy