My wife and I chose stationary with somewhat those same characteristics for our business. It looked brown when placed against gray paper and gray when placed against brown paper--a nice combination of the qualities of both..
Somewhat related in an obscure tangential fashion or not, a crowdsource question:
Below is a link to a couple photos of a "thing" I call a wave tube. It's something we have made at our company. In metal fabrication like we do, you often end up with pieces of scrap metal that you just wish you could find a use for because they are such a neat shape and would be much more valuable as a product than as scrap, and they often would be very expensive to create otherwise. This is one of those. We like it, but can't figure out what to make from it other than lamps, which is just too blah.
It's all polished stainless steel and can be any length. The piece pictured is about 44 inches high, but it could be any length created by joining the 5.5" sections.
I just got a call from a dog rescue I work with, and they have a rare space open for a dog in their rescue, so they ask me to go to death row at the local "shelter" and pick out a small dog for them. Nobody in dog rescue wants to go to these places anymore, because even when saving a dog, you have to look in the faces of all the ones you can't save, and you know what that means.
Dog rescue is predominantly women (and unfortunately mostly gay ones), but they ask me to do this, because I'm a guy, and they think that it won't affect me as much. They are wrong about that. It just doesn't show as much.
It is wonderful to be able to save even one anyway, and I'm just gonna keep thinking about that lucky one as I look at the others. I'm leaving work and going right now. I'll let you know who the lucky winner is.
Please donate to a dog rescue, this season. They really do save innocent lives every day, and even a little bit does a huge amount of good.
Oh Bagoh, you're a saint. It makes me sad to see all these ads in the paper for pure-bred dogs and cats. All while the shelters are stuffed with unwanted pets, who are perfectly sweet and loveable. What happens to the small dog on death row that you select?
I just got a call from a dog rescue I work with, and they have a rare space open for a dog in their rescue, so they ask me to go to death row at the local "shelter" and pick out a small dog for them. Nobody in dog rescue wants to go to these places anymore, because even when saving a dog, you have to look in the faces of all the ones you can't save, and you know what that means.
Wow. That would really be tough. Talk about paying your taxes - with grace.
I couldn't do it myself if I tried to figure out which one seemed to "deserve" it more, or was more "valuable". The only way I could do that is if I made it random going in. "The first brown dog" or "The one in the third cage in" or "The one that's been there the longest or shortest."
But that's just me. I wouldn't even pretend to tell anyone who's doing such a job how it should be done. I suppose you got to find your own way of coping with something like that.
Very friendly and happy 7 months old. Sure to get adopted quick. He has already been renamed "Nelson".
"What happens to the small dog on death row that you select? "
Nelson will get all his shots, neutered, and a check up, then go to a foster home until someone adopts him. He'll live with people and other dogs and be happy and safe from now on, no matter how long it takes. I don't think it will take long with this guy though.
The shelter is about 60% Pit bulls, 30% Chihuahuas, and 10% others. Accident of birth is a cruel thing. We already have lots of both Pits and Chihuahuas, so I picked an easy adoption for this rescue.
Imagine being born poor and White in South Africa, or Christian in Iran. That's what it's like to be a Pit Bull in L.A..
Bouncy puppy, proud handsome adult, tired lonely senior - they all have the same fate ahead. I said hi to every one of them. They were all friendly, licked my hand and looked at me with eyes that just say "why am I here." Dude, you don't want to know, but it is definitely not your fault. You live at the mercy of the kindest and cruelest species on the planet, and you just pulled a short straw with us. I'm very sorry.
Yea, we tried making a fountain, but the water doesn't flow like you would want it to. It just kind of jumps off at the top.
This is made from the scrap left over from making high end exhaust tips for power boats. An example of business lost by other American manufacturers to China years ago which we took back with a little innovation and customer service.
There is something about that shape which I find simultaneously fascinating and nearly impossible to make practical use of. Does that make it art?
You could make an interesting outdoor sculpture. Something large and municipal for the city. You could built a platform then take the wavetubes and cut and built them at different heights. Then arrange all the different size wavetubes on the platform in an interesting and random formation. Once you are happy with the arrangement, attach permanently, fill in the tops so rain doesn't get in, & wallah! - a really heavy piece of art for the park.
If you could bend the wavetubes into a perfect circle - a light fixture could emerge.
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My wife and I chose stationary with somewhat those same characteristics for our business. It looked brown when placed against gray paper and gray when placed against brown paper--a nice combination of the qualities of both..
Boycotting youtube for the rest of the night. Too many ads.
Somewhat related in an obscure tangential fashion or not, a crowdsource question:
Below is a link to a couple photos of a "thing" I call a wave tube.
It's something we have made at our company. In metal fabrication like we do, you often end up with pieces of scrap metal that you just wish you could find a use for because they are such a neat shape and would be much more valuable as a product than as scrap, and they often would be very expensive to create otherwise. This is one of those. We like it, but can't figure out what to make from it other than lamps, which is just too blah.
It's all polished stainless steel and can be any length. The piece pictured is about 44 inches high, but it could be any length created by joining the 5.5" sections.
Any royalty free ideas?
Wavetube
Too bad Brancusi is dead.
How about grills for 1950's custom cars?
I just got a call from a dog rescue I work with, and they have a rare space open for a dog in their rescue, so they ask me to go to death row at the local "shelter" and pick out a small dog for them. Nobody in dog rescue wants to go to these places anymore, because even when saving a dog, you have to look in the faces of all the ones you can't save, and you know what that means.
Dog rescue is predominantly women (and unfortunately mostly gay ones), but they ask me to do this, because I'm a guy, and they think that it won't affect me as much. They are wrong about that. It just doesn't show as much.
It is wonderful to be able to save even one anyway, and I'm just gonna keep thinking about that lucky one as I look at the others. I'm leaving work and going right now. I'll let you know who the lucky winner is.
Please donate to a dog rescue, this season. They really do save innocent lives every day, and even a little bit does a huge amount of good.
Oh Bagoh, you're a saint.
It makes me sad to see all these ads in the paper for pure-bred dogs and cats. All while the shelters are stuffed with unwanted pets, who are perfectly sweet and loveable.
What happens to the small dog on death row that you select?
I just got a call from a dog rescue I work with, and they have a rare space open for a dog in their rescue, so they ask me to go to death row at the local "shelter" and pick out a small dog for them. Nobody in dog rescue wants to go to these places anymore, because even when saving a dog, you have to look in the faces of all the ones you can't save, and you know what that means.
Wow. That would really be tough. Talk about paying your taxes - with grace.
I couldn't do it myself if I tried to figure out which one seemed to "deserve" it more, or was more "valuable". The only way I could do that is if I made it random going in. "The first brown dog" or "The one in the third cage in" or "The one that's been there the longest or shortest."
But that's just me. I wouldn't even pretend to tell anyone who's doing such a job how it should be done. I suppose you got to find your own way of coping with something like that.
yeah PHX - I don't think I could do it.
Just got back.
This is the little guy I picked
Very friendly and happy 7 months old. Sure to get adopted quick. He has already been renamed "Nelson".
"What happens to the small dog on death row that you select? "
Nelson will get all his shots, neutered, and a check up, then go to a foster home until someone adopts him. He'll live with people and other dogs and be happy and safe from now on, no matter how long it takes. I don't think it will take long with this guy though.
The shelter is about 60% Pit bulls, 30% Chihuahuas, and 10% others. Accident of birth is a cruel thing. We already have lots of both Pits and Chihuahuas, so I picked an easy adoption for this rescue.
Imagine being born poor and White in South Africa, or Christian in Iran. That's what it's like to be a Pit Bull in L.A..
Bouncy puppy, proud handsome adult, tired lonely senior - they all have the same fate ahead. I said hi to every one of them. They were all friendly, licked my hand and looked at me with eyes that just say "why am I here."
Dude, you don't want to know, but it is definitely not your fault. You live at the mercy of the kindest and cruelest species on the planet, and you just pulled a short straw with us. I'm very sorry.
This link shows all the dogs I just saw. Very tough decision.
http://www.amrt.net/carson.htm
Any royalty free ideas?
That's a beautiful object. I used to love going to surplus and scrap yards and finding high-spec, beautiful and use-unidentifiable things like that.
How about turning it into a fountain?
Yea, we tried making a fountain, but the water doesn't flow like you would want it to. It just kind of jumps off at the top.
This is made from the scrap left over from making high end exhaust tips for power boats. An example of business lost by other American manufacturers to China years ago which we took back with a little innovation and customer service.
There is something about that shape which I find simultaneously fascinating and nearly impossible to make practical use of. Does that make it art?
I could see it as the high rise tailpipe on the 70's version of Batman's chopper, or maybe the Munster's stretched out Harley.
Nelson is one lucky pup. There are shelters like that in every city in every state across this nation, and yet we have puppy mills.
You could make an interesting outdoor sculpture. Something large and municipal for the city. You could built a platform then take the wavetubes and cut and built them at different heights. Then arrange all the different size wavetubes on the platform in an interesting and random formation. Once you are happy with the arrangement, attach permanently, fill in the tops so rain doesn't get in, & wallah! - a really heavy piece of art for the park.
If you could bend the wavetubes into a perfect circle - a light fixture could emerge.
A lot of Lhasa Apsos. They are a mild gentle breed.
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