Sara and I finished painting the boat last night. Some places need a little bit of touch up, the paint came off of the PL construction adhesive when it had been taped over.
Other that that, I am thinking of a test on Saturday because the weather will mostly cooperate.
Let's see if this baby floats!
The boat now has the masking tape applied before the next coat of paint. It is really close to being done.
We are unveiling the name of the boat here, enjoy! It will be painted on the bottom and sides with blue, so it will basically be opposite colored from what you see there.
Oh yeah. and I had some extra help with this. Nic came over and helped Sara and I get it taped up and ready to go.
Charles and I were talking about problems in Michigan related to retraining people. As jobs are moved around you end up having to close factories or relocate offices. When this occurs you get a significant number of unemployed in one area. It spills over into other industries that depend on the income from the fired workers.
As globalization continues, we are going to see more and more people needing to be flexible on their career. Even without globalization, we would see the same closings and relocations between the states.
The problem becomes that the workers need to find new jobs. Often they can not do the existing job that they have training for. They may need to move. They may need new training. I feel that many of the government programs are misplaced. You can foster an environment where you create jobs. This can not be accomplished by an edict from the government. You also need to empower the people to find new jobs. When a car factory that makes sheet metal side panels shuts down in a town, the replacement jobs are not likely to be sheet metal work.
What we need is a trampoline. (and here)
How do we make the trampoline?
The boat has the yellow coat painted on.
Tomorrow or so we will mask off certain parts and finish up the painting in blue. Then we are off to test the boat.
Does anyone know of a good way to add a music to a video (avi)?
Also, who wants to see the launch? I think I have a fairly complete list, but everyone is welcome. The real question is if it should be on the weekend or after work one day. It might depend on the available lighting.
Interesting headline from fark."Exxon Mobil pays as much in taxes ($27 billion) as the entire bottom 50% of individual taxpayers, which is 65,000,000 people. The tax rate for the bottom 50% is only 3% of adjusted gross income; the tax rate for Exxon was 41%."
Link to Article.
I find it interesting that everyone seems to hate the fat-cats, but look at the impact of one company.
Many of my friends started getting this flu. I am one of them.
It goes like this:
The boat now has two coats of primer.
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