Claudia Chalfa

Hi Josh! 
I support it, as long as they remain peaceful.  I’m glad they have sorted out a general common vision now, in the beginning they really did look like a disorganized bunch of deadheads – not credible at all. 
I work in a government job right now so obviously I can’t participate, but they get a thumbs up from me. 
As for giving up on my…[Read more]

I know that down here in SC/zone 8, wax myrtles and live oaks would do pretty well in that environment.  But I agree with the others who have suggested you see what is doing well already and add to it.  Nature knows best.

The website I referred to has been incredibly helpful, that link again is
http://www.we-r-here.com/cad/tutorials/level_1/1-1.htm
 
I have a residential design project right now, and I measured the yard the other day, came home and drew it in autocad.  It’s nothing fancy, I still have to change the line widths and figure out how to create a title b…[Read more]

I really can’t say enough nice things about this free tutorial.  I have only been working on it for a week and already I know all the basic commands.

No big deal, but actually I’m a “Mrs.”  🙂
You can actually just call me Claudia.

Ach well, I’ll cross that bridge if I come to it!

Really good idea, thanks Wes.

three trillion dollars.

Sorry, I will comment now on what you actually asked for!
 
First of all, I think for anyone besides the people who supported him to erect any sort of memorial would be crass, like rubbing salt into the wound.  Perhaps mention of the timeline could be made at the Ground Zero memorial, but it would need to be carefully worded to not enflame r…[Read more]

They did take DNA samples of the body before they buried him at sea, anyway.  That’s what they said on NPR this morning.

It would be a tough thing to lie about, I am sure that Al Qaeda would immediately produce him and call us on it.

Excellent point, I hadn’t thought of that.

I also found a website I really like:  http://www.we-r-here.com/cad/tutorials/level_1/1-1.htm
 

I ordered a book, the one they were using for the course at the local tech school, and I am going to try to do some of the bookwork on my own.  I work around a lot of engineers who can answer questions if I get stuck. 
 
Wish me luck, and thanks for all your advice!!  If anyone thinks of other good tips keep ’em coming, I will check back.

I actually looked into a class at the local tech school, and decided it was too expensive but that is exactly how the instructor said he teaches it.  I think I will start that way too. 
 
 

Hmmm…I already have a job, so if I am doing design work for the other 70 hours a week that I’m not at work, that still leaves me about 58 hours a week to sleep, divide that by 7 and that’s more than 8 a night…
 
That just might work! 

I do know there are other programs out there, that are modified CAD LT programs.  But like Andrew says, I want to be competitive so I need to know the real deal.