On Fri, 24 Oct 2008 17:54:11 -0700, Zz Yzx
wrote:

I understand well as I had a beautiful box with fine handcut dovetails go
for $30 at a charity auction. The high bidder then had the nerve to ask me
to make her another one for $30 for her other daughter!

For my daughter's school project, I put a ton of hours and a lot of
materials into a trebuchet to throw a marshmellow for a contest.

We got beat by a 12 year old girl with a spoon and a rat trap.

Sometimes, you just gotta' grin and bear it.

-Zz

Well...aahh...hemm I helped my youngest daughter build a tooth pick
bridge that had to support a 9 lb paver brick for three minutes (can't
remember the span). We won first place BUT she didn't tell me about
the project til 8:00pm the night before. Walmart ran outa toothpicks
and model glue and dad was up til the wee hours with a hair dryer for
the glue to cure. Geez how I wish the girls were kids again!!!!

Kenneth