Ohio Chapter Picnic

[mark james]

What a GREAT day!!!

I thought I'd start a separate thread instead of going on the back page of the initial chapter thread.

- Thank you to Bob Jackson and his bride for being such gracious hosts. Joanne (Bob's bride) celebrated her "32" birthday today and graciously allowed a bunch of old bald guys in flannel and blue jeans to invade her homestead!

- Thank you to Magicbob for the grill mastery so we had no want of food.

- Thank you to Bob Jackson who displayed his polymer clay mastery and did not do a simple demo - he did a demo then had everyone who wanted to, to make a complete PC blank from start to finish including the bake time in his beautiful toaster oven.

Lots of freebies, lots of jokes, lots of great conversation.

Welcome to Thad - a newer IAP member from Painesville, OH. And a great welcome to Ernie Borraga who travelled from Louisville, KY; Jim 15 from Hamilton, OH; and Tom and Becky Bell (M4skinner) who travelled from Zanesville, OH.

Magicbob's burgers were good enough to lure folks from 200-300 miles away!!!

To all who missed the party - pictures to prove it did happen!

Some names for faces:

#1: Tom Bell, Bob Jackson, Jim15, Thad, Becky Bell
#2: Magicbob, Jeff, Argo13, Eborraga

#3: Bob Jackson's pens
#4: Freebies
#5: Notice the EMPTY containers...

To all who attended - It was a great day! Joanne, Happy Birthday!!! Bob and Bob - Thanks for all you do!
Great day in I-A-P O-H-I-O!

PS: I think Bob Jackson needs more tools hanging from his walls! :wink:

 

[m4skinner]

It was a great time.

and yes a fee more tools on the wall would be good but not sure where he would put them.

 

[EBorraga]

i had a wonderful time. The food was great and so were the stories. I made it home around 10:30 this morning. It was just shy of 700 miles round trip for me.

 

[bobjackson]

Joanne thanks everyone for the birthday cards and wishes. She had the best birthday surrounded by good looking men. By the way, I have more tools on order.

 

[Jim15]

I also would like to thank Bob and Joanne for hosting this for us. Also MagicBob did a great job of slaving over a hot grill for us. It was really great to meet some people that i just know from the site. Great to talk to all the other people that I have a privilege of meeting before.

 

[Marmotjr]

Again, I had a blast. Thanks for hosting and inviting me.

But it may be your downfall. You guys have created a monster!

Upon arriving home, I immediately turned round the segmented blank Mark gave me, and realized I somehow ended up with another prefab segmented blank, which became a cigar pen (both in same pic). And then I finished up the blank I had been putzing around with for a while (solo blank pic). And I ordered a pack of Sierra pens, as they seemed to be a favorite for turners and they look pretty nice too.

Thanks again!

 

[mark james]

Hi Thad:

The prefab segmented blank was in the "Welcome to IAP" box that I burdened you with!!! It is a commercially made blank that I bought several years ago - not sure where I got it from. Since I have drank the cool-ade and make my own now I thought someone else might enjoy it. :wink:

Great job on your own blank!!!

Nice to have met you.

 

[Magicbob]

Thanks to Bob & JoAnne, it is always great to visit them
Thanks to Ernie for the gifts, Can't wait to try them
Thanks to Argo and Mark for the blanks
Welcome to our new friends and we hope they come back.
I really love getting together with you guys, you make me feel normal, what does that say about our group?