Hello to all laid off, terminated, fired and otherwise made redundant members,
I have probably been fired more times than all of you put together. I finally made a career of it by moving to Chicago and registering with all the job shops I could find. One problem was that temporaries are the first to go in a down economy and the last to be recalled when it recovers. One thing you have going for you is the ability to design and build card stock display models that might be easier to sell if they were turned into working models. James Hairston's fat little monitor- or somebody's fat ironclad- could be converted into a working model by a bit of waterproofing and the addition of something to make it go. The cheapest something would be an engine made from a piece of brass or copper tubing. Go to http://tinyurl.com/4s9hmx for video showing construction and operation of a rotating steam candle similar to the engines of pop-pop boats that were some of the favorite toys for small boys before WW2 when I was a kid. A more popular something might be concocted from LEGO Power Functions Components at http://tinyurl.com/davcgr to provide propulsion under remote control for models with wheels, or paddle wheels. Go to The Great LEGO Boat Race at http://tinyurl.com/dapdo8 for evidence that LEGO stuff is actually fairly waterproof! Best wishes, Frank McNeill On Apr 17, 12:05 pm, Christine <[email protected]> wrote: > Friends, > > Well, I expect I will have some time to build some of the many paper > models in my collection now. I was laid off, terminated, fired, > whatever on Wednesday. I am fortunate to have some cash in reserve and > a decent severance, but things are likely to get interesting. Wish me > luck, please. > > Thanks, Christine --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Papermodels II" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Papermodels?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
