Well done Todd.

way to go Todd!!! (the virtual crowd cheers)

i am procrastinating and need to jump into my oodles of work that is looking me in the face...i just can't bear it...but need to

have a good one and keep on being strong

may i suggest that you spend a few bucks on caller ID and save yourself the grief in the future...

LMAOPMP!!!!

Well done Todd? Way to go Todd? You know it is bad enough I have to put up with his incessant insults but does he really need a cheering section? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />

Well I finally got all the airbrushes working. I thought the airbrush had never been used but the previous owner had used it and never cleaned all the paint from the jar or one of the brushes. At least now I understand the fluid mechanics of an airbrush. It operates as a venturi. Not sure if it is an adiabatic process or not though. I need more research.

The whimpy little compressor it came with has a max pressure of 40 psi and a working pressure of 20-25 psi. I thought hmmmmm.... I am having trouble with the paint because I am stealing the DDs' poster paint and it is very viscous. So all I really need to do is create a more efficient venturi. I decided to hook up the airbrush to my 150 psi working pressure 5 1/2 Hp 50 gallon air compressor and see what happens. Unfortunately it was easier said than done. To get from the 1/2" NPT pipe fittings on my compressor to the tiny threads on my airbrush has taken a total of 27 adapters/reducers and, to finish the job, I had to go out and buy some aircraft grade aluminum bar stock and drill and tap to get the last missing thread. But now I can dip my airbrush feed hose in a 5 gallon paint bucket and paint the side of my house while lying in a hammock 20 feet away! I tried painting on card stock paper but it tends to punch a hole right through it. Maybe I'll paint flames on the golf cart...

Need more power arf arf arf

Tim the toolman is presumably your hero?

Opening my kiln was not like Christmas unless we're talking about a really disappointing one. I found out the power co. was working on a broken wire after my kiln had shut off three times. The third time it shut off it was probably at about 800 degrees. Three pieces were ruined & I don't know if it was because the glaze dried & flaked before it had time to melt or because the glaze stinks Two other pieces, part of a set of 4, had glaze drop off the pot. I'm guessing those fell off before the glaze could melt.

Some pieces were good if not exciting. One piece has a very pretty glaze, the kind of glaze potters like but others typically find not colorful enough. No pics though 'cause nothing was that exciting.

Pio, what effect would you expect manganese in clay to have on a glaze? What in a glaze would not react well with manganese?

I think I figured out a way to make some peace with the fact I don't know for certain infidelity played a part in the brake down of my marriage.

Whether ex was unfaithful or not he made the choice to look outside the M to make himself feel better. He put what he thought would make him happy above our M & our family.

He decided to not put forth the effort required to make our M better & instead decided life for him would be better away from me.

I understand he may have been influenced by either an EA or a PA. However he was the one who, despite lots of information saying we could have a good marriage if we both worked on it, decided he had a better chance for happiness away from me. His own happiness was more important than any commitment he made to me or our family.

Hi Nams,

I think you have developed a healthy way of looking at your sitch. It is immaterial as to the fate of your marriage whether XH had an affair or not. Also, don't let it define you because whatever happened, it is not about you, but him.

Take care.

Thanks Todd.

I came over here to GC11 to try to figure out the role the suspected infidelity of ex played in our M. I did in a way. The choices ex made, whether they included infidelity or no, are what ultimately lead to our D.

What lead up to the point where one person wants out takes two & I've owned my part of that both to ex & myself. From the point of me willing to make things work forward, it was in ex's hands & he decided no. I know I did all I could with the given circumstances & ex was the unwilling participant. I know I can look at myself years from now knowing I did as much as I could have.

Your WW going away for Thanksgiving is probably a good thing. For you the pressure is off to have a family holiday for the sake of DS3. Her going shows she's willing to put herself before your boys. It's those kinds of things that speak very loudly to your boys.

ex & I separated sometime in Oct./Nov. I hadn't told my father because in my mind we were separated with the possibility of a real reconciliation. So, we followed tradition & had Thanksgiving dinner with my family at my father's house. It was quite the dog & pony show. Very, very sad for me & exhausting. Go with your sons & I'll bet you'll have a great time.

What form of manganese?

I bought three new pairs of summer shoes today.

It has rained non stop all day. Torrential rain, but I am ever optimistic that I will get to wear to my new shoes.

Sorry, was that a t/j.

Since it is raining, you should go out and buy new boots. Then you can wear them immediately. Hellooooo? Do I have to think of everything?

I don't need new boots, I need new summer shoes. It's summer, I can't wear boots any more.

I bought a pair of silver sandals, a pair of fabric espadrilles with embroidery on the front and a pair of black flats. They are all very pretty.

My last shoe purchases were a pair of red and ivory floral Converse low-tops and a pair of black leather birkenstocks. They went well with the two pairs of black heels that I bought. Variety. The spice of life.

can't wear heels at the university. Too much running around

I don't make my own clay, I buy it already bagged & ready to use. I imagine the manganese is added in powdered form to the dry ingredients before it's put into a mixer & the water added. If there are different types of manganese then I don't have any idea which form it might be.

I used to love to buy shoes. Not on any grand scale but I'd always browse through the shoe dept. Until I developed some heal problem, don't remember the name, now what I wear most are Dansko clogs. Heal problem solved & they last forever. Don't look so good with skirts though.

Are we talking shoes because the guys were talking air compressors?

I sometimes use an air compressor to put on glazes but it's more trouble than it's worth & I'll bet mine would be considered whimpy.

I just bought a pair of shoes which look like air compressors. In fact, they are air compressors. They shoot a jet of air out the back which allows you to run faster. I almost did not buy them, being Superman and all, but I really like gadgets.

All the men on this thread are so typical. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />