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Joined: May 2003 Gender: Male Posts: 1,377 Location: Beaverton, Oregon USA
Re: Happy Thanksgiving, Vintage Divers! « Result #2 Yesterday at 2:04pm »
Linda,
What a great way to enjoy life while doing some good. You probably get some inspiration for your art at the same time! I can picture the area in my mind, even though I have never been there. Thanks for sharing.
I've been working on some new technology for our bed over this weekend. We bought a Sleep Number bed, and I've been installing it and working through the different numbers to make it work like our old one. I think I'm about there now.
Joined: May 2003 Gender: Female Posts: 623 Location: Southern Oregon
Re: Happy Thanksgiving, Vintage Divers! « Result #3 Yesterday at 11:42am »
Well, it's probably not that exciting, ha, but I grew up in this area and my dad had a few sheep. This other sheep rancher lived down the road a few miles, so I've known him since I was a kid. I was visiting him a couple years ago and he mentioned he was between caretakers. I used to feed his sheep for him once in awhile way back when I was in high school. So when I heard he needed someone, I told him I'd like to do it, so here I am. I always loved his place. It's very remote, quiet, with a beautiful river curving around it. I'm only here when he travels to sheep shows/sales or when he vacations. He owns a place in Mexico and that's where he is now, for four weeks! Sometimes I am only here for a few days... I go back and forth from my home in s. Oregon to here. Because I do web work and art, I can bring my work with me, so it works out. There are between 75-125 sheep here, depending on the time of year. This rancher is nationally "famous" in the sheep world... There are ribbons and trophies all over the house. This year one of his rams was the national champion and he sold for thousands of dollars. So these aren't just your run of the mill sheep. My duties around here mostly include feeding them all in the morning and evening. In between, I occasionally have to chase someone that got out, fix a gate or what have you... Usually when something goes wrong, it's a plumbing problem, I might have to prime the pump or repair a broken automatic waterer... stuff like that. But for the most part, I just feed everybody and then have the rest of the day to myself. It's pretty great!
Joined: May 2003 Gender: Male Posts: 956 Location: Florida
Re: Hello to all members « Result #5 on Nov 27, 2009, 11:28pm »
Welcome john!.
Thank you for introducing yourself. You have definitely come to the right place for Vintage Diving.
It's great that you have decided to become a part of this community. I think you'll find that the members are friendly, extremely helpful and very knowledgeable.
Welcome aboard and remember to stay connected, post often and dive safe!
Joined: May 2003 Gender: Female Posts: 623 Location: Southern Oregon
Re: Happy Thanksgiving, Vintage Divers! « Result #6 on Nov 27, 2009, 9:33pm »
Hi, John, yeah I went to one of the Wazee things once, I think it was in 2005, and I was so impressed with the vintage diving group as a whole... Many of you guys are actual engineers, and most of those who are not certainly have the intelligence level of an engineer. I was really impressed by that... It's really neat to see how you can all invent, reinvent, and sometimes just "make do". Very admirable.
Wow, I am impressed! With everyone! You all know how to have fun, that's for sure. The dedication to vintage diving in your everyday life is obvious and also to other pursuits that make life rewarding and satisfying. It's neat to see people enjoying their lives!
I'm just sitting here with a bunch of sheep. Ha. But I do somehow find it rewarding and satisfying, although probably not many people would, ha.
Linda,
Interest in how vintage diving equipment work has some direct applications to me. As you know, I have been rehabbing regulators, masks, hose/mouthpiece systems and their non-returns for years.
Well, a few months back I took on a brand new job with a chemical company as their EHS Manager. In doing so, I began looking at their respiratory protection program, as the production workers use full-face respirators every day. Some had come to me about problems with their face pieces fogging, so I starting looking at everyone's respirator. What I found is that the non-return valve in the mouth masks was warping and then leaking air. These are much the same as the vintage diving non-returns we work with all the time. I had a bunch of masks from employees who were no longer with the company, and as an interim measure (until I get new non-returns) I took the non-returns out of these masks and put them into the production worker's masks. These are non-critical to the air purification process, as they simply keep the breath off the face piece from the inside. But being able to recognize that these are replaceable (none of the workers realized this), and replace them easily to make their masks functional again has helped them out.
So our fiddling around with these old regulators gives us knowledge that indeed does spill over into other areas.
Luis, the drawings are great. Glad to see others have been learning through classwork.
Joined: May 2003 Gender: Female Posts: 623 Location: Southern Oregon
Re: Happy Thanksgiving, Vintage Divers! « Result #10 on Nov 27, 2009, 8:26pm »
Wow, I am impressed! With everyone! You all know how to have fun, that's for sure. The dedication to vintage diving in your everyday life is obvious and also to other pursuits that make life rewarding and satisfying. It's neat to see people enjoying their lives!
I'm just sitting here with a bunch of sheep. Ha. But I do somehow find it rewarding and satisfying, although probably not many people would, ha.
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My duties around here mostly include feeding them all in the morning and evening. In between, I occasionally have to chase someone that got out, fix a gate or what have you... Usually when something goes wrong, it's a plumbing problem, I might have to prime the pump or repair a broken automatic waterer... stuff like that. But for the most part, I just feed everybody and then have the rest of the day to myself. It's pretty great! 
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