Good Morning Shipwrights. It's Monday, February 25, 2008.
I hope that everyone had a good weekend.

Make Your Own Rope Rigging
In case you missed it Friday, crew member Den Holmes (densships) shares his technique of making rope rigging with a "rope-walk", in the MSW SBS feature.
Make Your Own Rope Rigging

Navy Tech ~ Absalon Class, Denmark
Mark Smith (Gunny) is here with our next installment of "MSW Naval Technology". This time we look at the Danish Navy's, Absalon Class Combat / Flexible Support Ship.
Absalon Class, Denmark

MSW Naval Trivia Contest
Bruce Miller’s (grayghost666) MSW Naval Trivia Contest is still going strong. Rules are simple, be the first to answer the question and you get to ask the next one. Please surf on over and join the fun!
MSW Naval Trivia Contest.

"Navy Word of the Day”
In case you haven’t seen this, Jim Adams (goldenpony) has been sharing Navy lingo with his “Word of the Day” thread. This is a great and more times than not humorous look at the language of the US Navy.
"Navy Word of the Day”

Crewmate Sound Off
Now is the time in which you can share your news and views. Give us the poop on you latest builds and future projects. Share with us your weekend adventures. We all what to know what you did this weekend. So, sound off mates!

That's all for now from the news desk. Remember, if you can't get to your bench and build, at least you can talk about it.

Gator

No benchtime for me, thumb/hand still stitched and bandaged I do miss having two opposable thumbs! Stitches should come out this week, hope to be back at the bench and the PT boat next weekend!

Greetings all,

Got my Commandos pretty much finished, ordered up the new Wee Friends figures and I'm off work for a couple of day so trying to get some modelling done.

Went to visit some relatives on Sunday had a nice meal and a walk down the canal and that's about it.

Al

To be honest this weekend was totally messed up. The only good point was the Rabun County Sportsman Dinner Saturday night. Deer, Mule deer, bear, wild hog, rabbit dumplings, and all the sides you could eat. Top notch food. The remainder of the weekend was in the pits.


But is over and now its time to move along.

I may have lived down south most of my life, but I still can't get ahold of game animals. I'll stick to a slab of pork ribs myself. NOw grits and greens are all fine by me, but fried okra hits the spot most of the tme for me. I am weird though, I prefer Pumpkin to Sweet Potatoe and I hate yams especially with marshmellows....in fact I despise marshmellows but we're off topic here.

Very little bench time. Left the old job that had me working 6 - 7 hour nights and started with a new one that has me on 2 - 8's and 2 - 12's and a $2 an hour pay increase. The PE is pretty much done, just need to attach props and rudder then photo and I'll have the Yukikaze up next to the Yamato where she belongs.

Didnt get any bench time for myself but did some work on my sons Warhammer "Space Marines" LOL Dont ask.

Cheers

Sean