David Balch

There's a Snoopy on the local Craigslist - they want $300

Yes, funny thing is I've never been on any other forum where that has happened. Despite some very argumentative posts & threads on some of the sites. And one thread on one site was actually allowed to run so that people could vent about a bad event & get it out of their system The reason for that is that it is a stupid thing to run without GFCI's Someone will get killed one day, probably a small child

No, not in the plans We have a Vacation planned to see a Mouse & that's all the cheese we have to spend on travel this year. Larger items will probably be Pre-Order only this year. It all depends upon job, how work on the house progresses etc. I think the wife is getting sick of the boxes, so have to see how the garage works in changing her mind I have decided to shut down sales from approx Dec 11th thru Jan 11th for 2009 so I can enjoy the Holidays. I shut down in 2008 - plan was Dec 23rd - Jan 5th, but it ended up being earlier & longer due to being sick. I'm still sick & lucky if I can be on the PC for an hour a day

I wouldn't use speaker wire for an extension cord, even light duty Especially not outside

I can see the flicker in 1/2 wave I saw the TV news about the Plasma/LCD, its more about energy use then any specific TV type. My old 35" CRT used about 100 watts My new 42" LCD used 225 watts out of the box. I adjusted it down to about 105 watts. I ruled out Plasma TV's as the ones I looked at used 400-500 watts. That would be like running a small heater in the summer

The bottom will be a garage 24x36 I want to have nets on pulleys to bring molds up against the ceiling Then cabinets on the walls & shelving to hold more The shelves will go on top of the cabinets, then molds I also want to build lite-weight shelves over the garage doors for molds The attic (3rd floor) will be walk-up & will be all storage Valentines, Easter, odd Holiday items will go up there All inflatables, then older molds w/boxes that are harder to store I may not need a lot of the garage, have to see But considering the way they keep multiplying........

That's without the roof on I think it will be too small, but I'll manage The middle floor will be a great room, cathedral at the back (South) The attic & most of the garage will be mine...all mine!!! (don't tell the wife)

Also the wire will corrode somewhat - probably not much I like the liquid tape

I don't look for cheap when it comes to electrical components I have 4 Square D panels

New storage area I'm building

Here is the pic - General Foam train & tender I wish they would change the colors on items every few years

Here's my new storage area The walk up attic will be 19x20, with additional area over the stairs Smaller molds, inflatables & small items will go up there As well as a work area & older molds w/boxes In the garage I am planning on "nets" with pulleys to hold molds up against the ceiling out of the way. Then shelves/cabinets around the perimeter. I also want to build a light weight shelf over the 2 garage doors for blow molds

I know there were rumors that this would be discontinued for 2009 My sales rep indicates it will be produced for 2009 No special colors on tender cars - or anything else - I tried I've been out of commission since approx Dec 12th with one bug or another. I'm feeling better today, but have said that before in the past month. I also "shut down" for the Holidays (posted on my site) I will be shutting down for Christmas 2009 around Dec 11th as the last day I will ship, resuming in January - maybe Jan 11th It just takes too much time away from the Holidays to continue to ship right thru the Holidays. And shipping is slower. This year Fedex driver didn't want to take more then 5-7 boxes a day . So only UPS & USPS from now on Due to the fact I couldn't ship between being sick & snowstorms I've issued 3 refunds to people who didn't want to wait or were upset. Can't blame them, 3 of my storage areas are still frozen over with snow. Normally I go out & shovel - but that was a problem Snow, then layer of freezing rain/sleet sealed up the doors I am SO looking forward to the new garage for storage next year It will make my life much easier I have 200 e-mails I'm working my way thru Hopefully caught up by the end of the week - can only look at a PC screen for so long before my eyes start to bother me

My lights go on until I can break it down Right now still a bit of snow out there Plus I've been sick - just feeling better

This is the Union one I don't know of another I used 2 sets of the "shiny metallic paper" w/minis for my sleigh