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Jason H asked:
I’m looking for a traditional looking rang - just the basic shape. I don’t want to spend a fortune on a competition one. I just want something basic that has a decent flight distance and will return to me. I would prefer wooden unless those have a tendency to break. I would like to spend less than $20. And yes, I’ve been to boomerangs.com but they have so many and I know nothing about them really, just interested out of curiosity.
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MrSandman asked:
I remember a scene from a science fiction film/TV show that I must have watched when I was a very young child and yet I am not sure of the name of the show which has been bothering me for the past 20 years. Please somebody help me!! I would love to know where this comes from, not a year has gone by when I haven’t thought about this scene.
These two soldiers rescue this old man from a spaceship in the midst of some kind of battle on a barren planet. They take the old man to the top of a crater when he signals for them to stop, removing a wooden ring from underneath his clothes, he continues to the top without them. The two soldiers look on, confused.
Holding the wooden ring straight above his head with both hands, he vanishes, surprising the soldiers. The old man have been wounded but he looked very weak!
My only thoughts are a cheesy science fiction film or the orginal battlestar galatica. I may have even dreamed it up!
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Will Slug For Food * asked:
I’m watching wearing Orange underwear, wooden shoes and ****** rings!
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as a woodworker, am looking for a better way to sand the inside of a segmented, ringed bowl
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Arundhati Mahanata asked:
Antonio – You never told me you want pearls!!
Catherine – Do I have to mention that women love jewelries? Its like asking for an approval that the sun rises in the east!!
A discourse from “The Legend of Zorro”, that re-establishes a well known fact once again, that jewelries are close to every feminine heart.
Reshuffling and reversing the pages of history would lead us to the origin of the traditional Indian fashion jewelry. But the right point of start is still a mere blur. The story of Indian fashion jewelry can be dated back to the Vedic era. The holy Ramayana and the Mahabharata are replete with descriptions of ornaments worn by both men and women of that age. Infact even before the discovery of metals Indians are said to have adorned themselves with wooden jewelries and other materials which are easily available. To talk about civilization, Harappa and Mohenjodaro civilization bears evidence of Indian fashion jewelry. By the 3rd century B.C. India became the leading exporter of gemstones, and that was a benchmark in the history of Indian jewelry.
During the ancient ages Indian Gods and Goddesses are crafted with rich and ornate temple jewelry, a trend still existent. Eventually those intricate filigree designs of Indian jewelry were being sported with by the women folk and it got absorbed into the bridal trousseau and worn on special occasions. The traditional Indian jewelry could be branched into three categories – spiritual, bridal wear and temple jewelry. But with the flow of time all of them merged into one and took the form of Indian fashion jewelry.
Indian fashion jewelry was given a royal patronage from the ancient times. But it reached its highest peak during the Mughal era. Men usually are the goldsmiths in India, traditionally, and a variety of names were given to them as per the region they belong to.
Fashion jewelry in India is being made for almost every part of the body, ranging from the ‘tika’ for the forehead to the ring for the toe, a testimony to the love of jewelry and to the splendid skills of the Indian jewelers. In a broader aspect, jewelry in India was being handcrafted not only for humans but also for the ceremonial elephants and horses.
In the modern era Indian fashion jewelry is creating a new history for itself. Indian fashion jewelry is a rage among the recent generation and despite the tag of ‘feminine’ being attached to jewelry, both guys and gals are sporting with funky and traditional Indian jewelry. Be it the bold thumb rings or the sleek ear and nose rings, be it purely ethnic or purely funky Indian fashion jewelry is gearing its speed, expanding its domain at its best.
The common motifs in the traditional Indian jewelry were inspired by mythology and despite the fickle dictates fashion they remain essentially the same today. However, modern Indian jewelers are experimenting with a wide range of design, representing many things – love of nature and animals, spiritual beings, history, humor…..imagination at its best.
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Beverly Sugarman asked:
A wedding anniversary is a joyous occasion in a couple’s life as a celebration of the love and commitment that they have for each other. An anniversary gift basket is an ideal gift which is much more personal than a store-bought item. You can incorporate all the symbols that are associated with each anniversary to create a gift basket that conveys your best wishes to the happy couple.
The fourth wedding anniversary traditional gift is fruit or flowers to symbolize the prosperity and health of the union and the contemporary is appliances. This anniversary’s color is blue or green, while the flower is the geranium, which symbolizes comfort and gentility. The violet is also associated with this anniversary, a symbol of faithfulness and modesty.
You could make a fruit or bouquet anniversary basket, or you might want to make a gardener’s gift basket, including seeds, a handheld hoe, and a small shovel. You can also make a traditional basket that includes fruit- and flower-scented items, such as candles or bath accessories. You can incorporate blue or green colored items throughout the basket or trim it with blue or green ribbon. For an appliance gift basket, you might purchase an electric mixer with mixing bowls and include measuring cups, measuring spoons, and some cake mix as well as some recipes. This can also be trimmed in blue or green. You can scatter violets throughout your basket and a single geranium blossom can be added as a nice final touch.
To celebrate the fifth wedding anniversary, the traditional gift is wood that symbolizes that marriage is strong and enduring. The contemporary gift is silverware to symbolize the bonds that have been made by sharing meals together as a couple and as a family. This anniversary’s color is blue, pink, or turquoise. The daisy is the flower for this anniversary and symbolizes innocence, loyal love and purity. The pansy is also associated with the fifth anniversary and represents love.
For a traditional gift basket, you can include wooden items such as wall decorations, an antique-looking bread box or potato bin, or other wooden furnishings for the couple’s home. You could also create a gift basket based on trees, such as a sapling, gardening utensils, and an art print of a tree or a forest. You can trim the basket with whichever one of the three colors blends with the items inside. For a contemporary basket, you could include silverware as well as other silver items, such as shakers, napkin rings, and candlestick holders to add a touch of elegance to any dining room table. You can also include blue, pink, or turquoise napkins and a daisy or pansy centerpiece that includes smaller flowers that match the color of these napkins to complete your dining gift basket.
The sixth anniversary traditional gift is candy, which symbolizes the sweetness of the union, or iron, which represents the sturdiness of the relationship. The contemporary gift is wood, which also represents durability. The flowers associated with this anniversary are the Calla lily, which represents purity and happiness, and the tulip, which symbolizes love and charity. White is the color for the sixth anniversary.
For a traditional gift basket, you could create a candy lover’s dream with a wide assortment of chocolates and other types of candy, or purchase small iron-cased figurines. There are many wooden items that you could include, such as wooden figurines, a cutting board, wooden spoons, or a wood etching. You could also base your wood gift basket on trees, including a picture of a tree or a forest. Choosing a wooden basket, trimming it with bright white ribbon, and adding a combination of different colored lilies and tulips can make your basket colorful and vibrant.
These are just a few of the many ways that you can create your own anniversary gift basket. Have fun and do not be afraid of combining the traditional with the contemporary, as well as mixing the different colors and flowers. Let your imagination be your guide.
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osgoodsaves asked:
I don’t understand the different purposes or meanings behind the engagement ring vs. the wedding band. Do I really need both? We’re shopping for engagement rings now. I found one I like and it’s not too flashy: I want to wear THAT for the rest of my life. Can I just use it for an engagement ring then have him put it back on my finger during the ceremony? Or am I really supposed to have another seperate wedding band?
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Terry Buddell asked:
One of the most fascinating aspects of Marine Surveying is that on the day of inspection you never really know what you are in for. I have been involved, one way or another, with all kinds of boats for over thirty years and I reckon the motto of the surveyor should be “expect the unexpected”. In a deadly serious business where people’s lives and tens of thousands of other people’s dollars are at risk, it pays to develop a few necessary skills, patience and diplomacy amongst them, when dealing with often tense and sometimes downright hostile situations.
My early associations with boats began on the River Thames where my boat building life was in the mud and freezing mists of various boatyards. The figure of the surveyor was different then. He wore a tie, clean clothes and was treated with that rare commodity, respect. His word was law, you didn’t argue with him, he had knowledge and even the crusty old shipwrights nodded to him and scuttled about when ‘the surveyor’ came to visit. That these venerable figures had anything so outlandish a thing as a sense of humour was inconceivable. One drizzly grey morning, an important customer was having his pride and joy up on the slips and the pompous owner was giving everyone a hard time. The surveyor was expected and it was clear the owner was on edge and determined to appear in charge.
When the surveyor arrived the owner made a beeline straight for him and in a condescending manner bellowed,
“Where have you been, I am in a hurry and can’t hang about all day. There’s nothing wrong with this boat, it’s perfect everywhere and doesn’t even need a survey, we just need it re-insured.”
The surveyor said nothing, proceeded immediately and carried out a long and thorough inspection. Finally, he finished and slowly screwed the top onto his Parker Fountain pen. A hush fell over the yard as the surveyor and owner faced each other.
“Well, what’s the verdict, eh, Mister surveyor?” snorted the owner.
The surveyor looked him in the eye and loudly but slowly replied,
“The garboards rotted, the frames are cracked and the only thing holding that bloody thing afloat is the worms holding hands, get it fixed….ten quid please!”
He handed the gob smacked owner his invoice, turned on his heel and swept off back to his old black Morris! Fantastic! I never forgot that and I never dreamed in those days I would actually end up being a surveyor but here I am and I must admit there can be some funny things every now and then.
Another instance, involved me going off with my boss who was a surveyor, diver, salvage and boat repairman, to an old decrepit houseboat to check out a serious leak. Irvine, my boss, had pulled up a hatch in the floor and shone his torch into the flooded bilges.
“Where’s your automatic bilge pumps?” said Irvine.
“Haven’t got none,” shrugged the man.
“Just turn the pump on by hand when it gits t’ the level of the floorboards.”
Suddenly the man’s wife piped up behind him,
“Why dontcha tell ‘im the truth, he’s bin sleeping wiv his arm out the bed for years. When ‘is hand gets wet, ‘e gets up and turns the pump on. ‘Cept the other night he came back from the pub drunk, the water level crept up ‘is arm, he peed the bed, woke ‘imself up and if he hadn’t of, we would ‘ave sunk…that’s why your ‘ere.”
Priceless stuff …. How could you keep a straight face.
However, I must admit I have had my moments and a classic, which I think about often, is the houseboat for sale on the Gold Coast. The client had seen the advert in the local paper “Houseboat for sale, $7,000, needs a handyman.” Agreeing to meet him at the beach location we were soon both pretty speechless. It needed a handyman all right, there it was just the cabin top poking out of the water…sunk! The owner even rang later to see how the survey had gone…what a nerve!
Many great moments on surveys arrive unexpectedly. I was at Hope Harbor on a very smart, large ‘Taiwan Trawler’ vessel, in beautiful condition for its year. The owner was very trim, smart and wore large gold rings on his fingers and incessantly smoked large cigars, although always out on deck. Once again, he was a fearsomely proud owner and was airily proclaiming how much he had spent on maintenance and upkeep of his smart boat. Truly, he had spent thousands and he was most eager when I asked to inspect the chain locker and winch. I removed the hatch and was amazed to see a gleaming new pile of shiny 3/8 stainless steel anchor chain.
He was beside himself with pride and he puffed himself up when he said,
“Three grand that were….plus fifteen hundred for the stainless anchor, up top.”
I wasn’t just impressed but amazed when my searching fingers found the loose end of the chain and the loose shackle next to it. Quickly realizing he must have forgotten to attach the brand new chain to the boat, I seized the moment, withdrew the shiny shackle and said seriously,
“Mm, well if you ever do put this nice new chain into that dirty old water, you’d better remember to tie it on with this!” and I dropped it into his hand.
Realisation dawning, he sagged visibly.
“Ooh, bloody hell” with a trace of a Yorkshire accent, “Ooh, you won’t tell the wife about this, will ya?”
You’d give a grand in cash to relive a moment like that, wouldn’t you? He was very quiet for the rest of the survey.
Disaster is always lurking for the unwary and is never far away. One awful day a couple of years ago I had a survey on a large powerboat for a Doctor client. From the moment we met my client had largely ignored me and brought along some posh mates for the survey day. It was clear from minute one he had his own agenda and when I had tried to explain the vessel was now considered a workplace and all through the pre-inspection drill I was talked down and ignored.
Finally, he grandly stood up and handed everyone a sheet of paper and said,
“Right ho, you do your survey, we’ll do ours and we will meet on the bridge in an hour to compare notes.”
With that, off he rushed and fell immediately down the engine hatch and disappeared. Thunderstruck, we hauled him out after his doctor yachtie mates pronounced him unhurt apart from severe winding and bruises. He was extremely lucky not to have been severely hurt and was shaken enough to meekly hand over the reigns to me once more.
“Well,” I murmured consolingly, “this really is what I am here to do in the first place.”
Secretly, I had been terrified he had broken his back in the fall….phew, what a day!
In many cases, surveyors encounter total hostility from the boat owner and if the broker conspires with him, God help you. I was at Manly and had to inspect a beautiful timber Halvorsen Cruiser. The owner, a German was glaring at me and wouldn’t even return my greeting. The broker, someone I hadn’t met before, clearly was the spokesman for them.
“Don’t take too long, don’t touch or damage anything and don’t expect to find anything wrong with the boat, he is a retired boat builder and he won’t appreciate any meddling!”
We hauled the boat on the slip and I was about to sound the bottom with the wooden hammer end when the bristling owner confronted me….
“Vot choo gonna do vis dat?”
“…Well, I am going to…”
“Don’t choo bloody toucha zis boat vis dat hammer, no knife, no bloody spike, doan go near it!”
“Ok then, tell me how I am supposed to sound the timber, you are a boat builder aren’t you?”
“OK mate, you test ze boat vis your knuckle like zis!” and he rapped on the boats bottom. “Like zis, get it!”
“Ok” I said handing him the hammer, “You survey the boat and I’ll learn how you do it!”
Angrily, he snatched my little toffee hammer, threw it on the ground and started to rap on the boat with his knuckles. After he’d done that for about two feet he’d hurt his hand enough to stop.
“Now you..come on, you are ze clever surveyor!”
“No, no,” I said, “You are going a good job, only another thirty feet left.”
After another two knuckle bruising minutes he’d really had enough.
“Now I gotta go to ze toilet, now you finish it off!”
“OK,” I said and started to tap the hull with my knuckles. He waited until he was satisfied and then rushed off. I grabbed my wooden mallet and said to the client. “Keep a look out and call me when he’s back!”
Sure enough within a couple of moments I found what our little man had been trying to conceal all along, the whole keel had been hastily and recently replaced with softwood and rotted out. When he returned I said,
“It’s a good method the knuckle rap, I don’t think I would have discovered this rotted keel without it,” and smiled sweetly.
He knew… I knew… he was mad… I was relieved… game over! I could live to fight another day!!
One of the worst things for a surveyor is when a client brings ‘learned friends’ along to ‘help out the surveyor’. It is something you really don’t need and you have to put your foot down with a firm hand. What folks don’t realise is that it is a very nerve wracking and often an emotional time for the selling owner. They often don’t want to sell their pride and joy and the last thing they need is an army of strangers willfully vandalizing their boat. One horrible day this happened and the client who had requested the survey was accompanied by at least four burly boaties armed with pointy things and all encompassing knowledge. As the boat was slipped, my client and his mates all charged forward and started chipping and hacking away at the exposed rudder, props and bottom. I was left standing next to a man that was clearly the owner. He was red with rage and shouted at me,
“Which one of those bastards is the surveyor?”
Silently, I pointed to my chest, “Me, actually.”
He charged off swearing horribly and dispersed the mob with threats too horrible to hear, ripping knives out of their hands and with fierce shoves. Needless to say, they all sloped off to the pub somewhere and thankfully stayed out of sight. You just don’t do that sort of thing do you?
Now, all this stuff doesn’t happen every day but you can bet your boots something’s always around the corner. Often it is scary, other times embarrassing but every now and again something pops up and brings a bit of sunshine into the life of a poor downtrodden, much maligned old dog of a surveyor!! Who knows, one day I might even write a book about it all when the mental scars have finally healed over!
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George Meszaros asked:
Wedding rings may or may not be selected the same time the engagement ring is purchased. The bride and groom usually mutually select wedding rings. Buying the wedding rings is a serious purchase, and it should be done with careful consideration. While the engagement ring is often a surprise purchase, the bride and groom make the purchase of the wedding rings together.
Brides and grooms often choose matching wedding rings. The groom’s ring is usually wider and heavier than the bride’s. Wedding bands are mostly made of yellow or white gold, but platinum is also popular. Platinum is very durable, but heavier than gold. If you want to have a platinum ring, be ready that it will be heavier than a gold ring.
Rings can take many different shapes and designs. A narrow ring is better fitting for a small hand than wider ring. A wide wedding band would be great for someone with longer fingers and a larger hand. You won’t know until you see it. Make sure you try several different thicknesses. The most important characteristic of a wedding ring is comfort. Since you will be wearing it most of the time, you should make sure that it is comfortable. If you buy a ring that is too wide or too narrow or too heavy, you will not enjoy wearing it.
In an attempt to personalize them, wedding rings are often engraved with dates and names. In addition, wedding rings are often engraved with inscriptions such as “Truly, Madly, Deeply” and “Love Always.” Before you decide on the inscription, make sure you understand how many characters will fit on the rings.
While wedding rings were usually simple gold bands in the past, they have become more ornate jewels in the present. Wedding rings can be any carat. In some countries wedding bands are mostly 22 carat, while other countries favor 18-carat gold.
If you are more adventurous, you and your fiancée may opt for a tattooed wedding ring. As it is true with tattoos in general, they are permanent, So, if there is any chance of you outgrowing the need to have a ring tattooed on your finger, you may want to pass on this one.
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