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What's New? Other than March coming in like a lion we've just been busy getting our projects ready for this newsletter. We really hope you enjoy the projects we bring you each month and would like to have any feedback on other things you like to see us make or build.One thing we really appreciate are the donations that we get from people that really appreciate our efforts. If you've never made a donation now might be a good time :-) We actually take the money that you send us and buy more materials for new projects. It helps keep us going and it allows us to bring more projects to you. Just click on the "Donation" button towards the top right side of this page. Again, thanks to those of you who have already donated! Here's a recent example of a donation we received:
This is the most amazing site on the internet... I love you guys. I love wood working, cooking, gardening and sell at festivals and flea markets. Thanks for all the free stuff you give people like me. I will make a donation each time I print out a plan. Is that cool or what?
DigiTalkOther pieces of digital equipment that you may need to pay attention to are VCR's, DVD recorders and alarm clocks that automatically update. All of these devices were preprogrammed with the old daylight savings time rules. You will need to go into these devices and make the appropriate changes. Unfortunately we can not tell you how to do that here since there are so many different types but just be aware that you will probably have to do something to get the time set correctly come March 11th and November 4th. SITE OF THE MONTH
Have you ever stumbled onto a web site that just won't let you go? We're not talking about not letting you log off or anything like that but one that captures your interest so hard that you just can't quit digging in it. This weeks Site of the Month was discovered by Ken's brother Ron and since he sent it to us we've spent many hours checking out all the interesting photos that it has to offer.
The subject matter is extremely broad and covers everything from cars to robots to animals to Presidential airplanes to ... well you get the idea.
The web site can be a little slow to load but that's because of all the pictures that you get to browse through. For a truly different web experience set aside some quality time and start surfing http://thrillingwonder.blogspot.com/, we don't think you'll be disappointed!
MARILYN'S CORNERShuffler
By now you are asking what the heck is a Shuffler? Well it's a combination Shawl and Muffler! These are wonderfully warm and make great gifts. It requires a little sewing skill but nothing that I'd call difficult. They are a lot of fun to make and functional too.
Here's what you'll need:
 On both long sides turn the edges in 1/4" and top stitch. That's it, now go find a comfy chair by the fire and wrap up in your new Shuffler. Be sure to put your hands in the pockets for extra warmth. Remember we have all of our past projects archived on our web site at www.runnerduck.com. Just click on the Craft Egg.
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We've been receiving some pretty good jokes. If you've sent any keep them coming if you haven't then add us to your list. We love a good laugh.
These were sent to us by Michelle and they address our aging population.
FAMILY
LITTLE LADY
OLD FRIENDS
SENIOR DRIVING
Three sisters, ages 92, 94 and 96, live in a house together.
One night the 96-year-old draws a bath. She puts her foot in and pauses. She yells to the other sisters, "Was I getting in or out of the bath?"
The 94-year-old yells back, "I don't know - I'll come up and see." She starts up the stairs and pauses, "Was I going up the stairs or down?"
The 92-year-old is sitting at the kitchen table having tea - listening to her sisters.
She shakes her head and says, "I sure hope I never get that forgetful - knock on wood."
She then yells, "I'll come up and help both of you ... as soon as I see who's at the door."
A little old lady was running up and down the halls in a nursing home. As she walked, she would flip up the hem of her nightgown and say "Supersex."
She walked up to an elderly man in a wheelchair. Flipping her gown at him, she said, "Supersex."
He sat silently for a moment or two and finally answered, "I'll take the soup."
Two elderly ladies had been friends for many decades. Over the years, they had shared all kinds of
activities and adventures. Lately, their activities had been limited to meeting a few times a week to
play cards.
One day, they were playing cards when one looked at the other and said, "Now don't get mad at me .. I know we've been friends for a long time, but I just can't think of your name! I've thought and thought, but I can't
remember it. Please tell me what your name is."
Her friend glared at her. For at least three minutes she just stared and glared at her. Finally she said, "How soon do you need to know?"
As a senior citizen was driving down the freeway, his car phone rang. Answering, he heard his wife's voice urgently warning him, "Herman, I just heard on the news that there's a car going the wrong way on Interstate 77. Please be careful!"
"Heck," said Herman, "It's not just one car. It's hundreds of them!"
THIS WEEK'S FREE RECIPE
CARAMEL:
Serve with an orange rind spiral and mint leaves. Not only does it taste wonderful it looks really good too.
Remember, if you have a recipe you'd like to share please send it to Marilyn at runnerduck.com. We'd be happy to post your favorite recipe on our Kitchen site or in our newsletter and give you credit.
Every month we post a new recipe on our web page. Be sure and check out the New recipe at the RunnerDuck Kitchen Store.
As if
our Orange Custard weren't sweet enough how about 400 more desserts? We think that you'll find this dessert recipe book one of the best ones out there.
One reader who reviewed this cookbook wrote: "After cutting back on dessert for health reasons, this book has inspired me to make dessert more often. The desserts I've made from this book turned out great. Of course, you can get classic American recipes from many sources, but after presenting the simple versions, the author often includes a few versions with more "razzle-dazzle."
There is a wide variety of desserts represented, so anyone should be able to find something to suit their palate, from light to rich, gelatin to pastry, and anything in between. The historical and descriptive anecdotes about ingredients and desserts are interesting and inspiring. You can tell that the author really enjoys dessert. The reason I didn't give this book 5 stars is that the organization could be better."
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Storage Stool
We have a small 5th wheel camper and storage is always a problem. I thought that if I had a small foot stool to prop my feet on when I watch TV it would also make another place to store stuff. It's a pretty simple design and it gave me the opportunity to use the biscuit cutter I got for Christmas.
Here's what you'll need:
Align the biscuit joiner with the marks and make your cuts. Now glue the panels together with biscuits. I used #10 biscuits. Put glue on one half of the biscuit and insert it into the slot. Apply glue all along the edge. Apply glue to the other half of the wood and apply additional glue to the biscuits. Put the pieces together and clamp them. Not only clamp them from the edges but add a couple of pieces of scrap wood across the top and clamp them to help keep the surface flat during the drying. Once all the pieces are dry we'll start cutting them to size.
Depending on the number of clamps you have the first step of this project can take a while. There is a lot of gluing and clamping to get all the panels ready to cut and assemble.
I start out my cutting the pieces to length plus about 3", that gives me room for the snipe from my planer when I run them through. I'm really big on machine tools and use my planer to even out the boards after they are glued, but I'm getting ahead of myself.
Here are the dimensions of the stool as a guide.
FreudŽ LM74R Glue Line Rip Blade
This rest of this project is posted on our web site at www.runnerduck.com/storage_stool/storage_stool.htm
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