My name is Douglas T. Skynyrd and I'm a ROThaholic!

[blonddgirl777]

... maybe a friend has some equipment...

As you know already... Franksters is very well connected. I will be using MY cheap guy after all!

[Panamark]

I worked for over 15 years in the fashion industy as a Designer and Product Manager. Recently, I was offered to teach at the same fashion school I graduated from, in 1990. For now, it's a part time job but I could get full time in the fall semester if I chose to.

It is a Bachelor's degree so no kids but still (beleive it or not) SOME discipline to do!

I LOVE it!!! It's a new challenge and I find it pretty easy...

What is PanaMomToBe teaching (or was teaching)?
Soon, she will teach you how to change a diaper and burp a 7 Lbs'ish. humain being!
Lucky you!!!

Hi BG777,

PanaMomToBe has her Masters Degree in Early Childhood Education,
she teaches anything from pre 2k up to grade 5 ? (off the top of my head)
Her last job was as the main teacher at the Preschool section of
an International school in Sydney. She knows a lot of the child
physcology stuff. I have seen her in control of 14 little dudes at
once, so this gives me great hope for our "1"... As I would be as useful
as an ashtray on a motorcycle if it was all left up to me

We saw another ultrasound yesterday and he is almost 8lbs apparently..
The doc seemed very focused on his "frank and beans" for some
reason ?? Told me that all looks good sized, and that its nice that he
wont be the smallest on the ward. (WTF ?? Gyno cracking baby
penis size jokes !!!)

Hey your teaching gig sounds like a great oppurtunity, no offence
but I would hate to go shopping with you !!! I bet you really pick
and chose your stuff...

I bet the Fashion industry provided you with a lot of interesting
tales to tell ! When I watch the parades it all looks like either
Gay men or anorexic chicks on crack !

Im sure you came across a lot of that with your work...

PanaMommy is sleeping a lot now (only 2 weeks to go)
she made me watch Marley and me last night, cried
her eyes out, and I have been giving our puppy
double the cuddles today... lol...

Cheers,

-Mark

[Douglas T.]

Sorry for the insult ! Just wondering if you might know if the frame is
attached to the bricks, or do they just build the brick wall parallel
to the wooden frame ? Logic tells me that they should be hooked
or connected somehow, but I have watched builders build homes
and have never spotted the method. So then Im thinking, maybe
the frame and the brickwalls are their own structure and are really
only kept together by the roof ? I run cables in voids and have
never noticed how/if the bricks are attaached ?

Hows that for a dumbass question ? lol....

You did not insult me because yu didn't call me a carpenter! I was just comparing the two trade as far as talent!

I use Tapcon screws when fastening wood to cement blocks or poured floors. A carpenter might use a .22 cal nail "gun" if they own one. They do get to use those big guns which look fun! For fastening firring strips they usually use Liquid Nail and then run a few cement nails. Put the cement nails into the morter between the blocks!
When framing a wall pressure treated 2x4's are used on the bottom piece(plate).
Those are not dumb questions. Are you an electrician by trade?

[Douglas T.]

So might as well find a "cheap guy" (I'm sure he'd like to here that! L.O.L.)!!!

Everybody should be working cheap these days and counting their blessings they are finding people with money left in tgheir pockets! I know my reply was a little costly and excessive. Most homeowner/ do-it-yourselfers tend to stick with brushing and rolling the paint!

[Douglas T.]

PanaMomToBe !!!

[Douglas T.]

OK ... time to insert some songbird puns!

[blonddgirl777]

Hi BG777,

PanaMomToBe has her Masters Degree in Early Childhood Education,
she teaches anything from pre 2k up to grade 5 ? (off the top of my head)
Her last job was as the main teacher at the Preschool section of
an International school in Sydney. She knows a lot of the child
physcology stuff. I have seen her in control of 14 little dudes at
once, so this gives me great hope for our "1"... As I would be as useful
as an ashtray on a motorcycle if it was all left up to me

We saw another ultrasound yesterday and he is almost 8lbs apparently..
The doc seemed very focused on his "frank and beans" for some
reason ?? Told me that all looks good sized, and that its nice that he
wont be the smallest on the ward. (WTF ?? Gyno cracking baby
penis size jokes !!!) ...


Cheers,

-Mark

You are so lucky that she has a good experience and all that knowledge on kids! There wasn't that many kids around for us to learn dealing with a little 2 years old tornado. When they are little babies all swaddled up, it's easy. I miss that part of my life when he was so small...

Our boy is always smiling, healthy, nice and respectful but sometimes, I could just tie him down to a chair! Still, I look at him and say; Thank God he CAN be that turbulent...

[blonddgirl777]

... PanaMommy is sleeping a lot now (only 2 weeks to go)
she made me watch Marley and me last night, cried
her eyes out, and I have been giving our puppy
double the cuddles today... lol...

Cheers,

-Mark

Sleeping while pregnant... Although sometimes challenging, it's a great previlege.
Soon, PanaJr. will be there in the bed with you 2!
This sounds corny and you probably hear it every days but I will tell you again;
Cherish every single moment of his life, especially when he is very little. Sit there for hours watching his hands and feet, kiss him all you can, take many pictures because (here comes the usual) they do grow fast!

Here, I sound like a Hallmark card Now, I'm the one with the tear in my eye! :0

[blonddgirl777]

Sorry D.T. to highjack your thread but as I know you to be the proud Dad. and Grand-Dad. that you are... You probably don't mind!

[blonddgirl777]

... Hey your teaching gig sounds like a great oppurtunity, no offence
but I would hate to go shopping with you !!! I bet you really pick
and chose your stuff...

I bet the Fashion industry provided you with a lot of interesting
tales to tell ! When I watch the parades it all looks like either
Gay men or anorexic chicks on crack !

Im sure you came across a lot of that with your work...

At my age and with all the efforts I've put into that industry... I worked my ass off (like everybody) but now, I have had enough of that "game". Teaching is much more mellow and I like the students a lot.

I used to shop all the time, dress very sharp and style up my wardrobe but my priorities changed when I had my son. Now I like to dress him up. I was always a smart shopper (knowing where to go for bargains) so now I do it for others. People bring me shopping a lot and I'm always there to help.

Anorexics on runways! Nha ... And EVH is the healthiest man on heart!

I could write a book on models from; picking them up in a portfolio, helping them change... To being obligated to criticize that extra .05 Lbs. on their "hips" etc... Yes models can be crazy but it's the people of the industry that forces them to compete in a very unhealthy way!

If I would have been the one with the la$t word, I could have tried to change that "overly skinny women in magazines" social mess!

[blonddgirl777]

... I know my reply was a little costly and excessive...

I always like to use "inexpensive".

[blonddgirl777]

... Most homeowner/ do-it-yourselfers tend to stick with brushing and rolling the paint!

I will get quotations but probably end up rolling up myself... Paint, that is!

[blonddgirl777]

OK ... time to insert some songbird puns!

Your own "On the othe fuck'n side" in a Christian song?
Doug!!! L.O.L.O.L.

This is so cool...
You will live to be 110 years old!
Yes. Working hard with your hands, wood being a very noble material... Gardening (I printed that Cactus), signing and laughing like you do?
All the ingredients to stay healthy!

You have a very good lifestyle and take great pride in what you do. Keep on listening to CVH and I tell you... You might live to be the oldest poster on this board!

[Dan]

Sticky Douglas T. Skynyrd Thread,Please.

[Panamark]

You did not insult me because yu didn't call me a carpenter! I was just comparing the two trade as far as talent!

I use Tapcon screws when fastening wood to cement blocks or poured floors. A carpenter might use a .22 cal nail "gun" if they own one. They do get to use those big guns which look fun! For fastening firring strips they usually use Liquid Nail and then run a few cement nails. Put the cement nails into the morter between the blocks!
When framing a wall pressure treated 2x4's are used on the bottom piece(plate).
Those are not dumb questions. Are you an electrician by trade?

Thanks for the informative answer mate !

I was originally trained as a Hardware Engineer on Mainframe computers.
(component level fault repair). But a lot of the early training involves
similar components as to what they would teach an Electrician.
I mainly sit on my ass and program now, but I will run data and RF
cabling (and occasionally power) in houses when I cant be fucked
paying someone else... I was formally taught parts of this, the other
parts I picked up from watching tradesmen on building sites where we
would be installing our systems..