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The NEW! ESV English-Hebrew-English-Greek Reverse Interlinear Journaling Bible

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I was thinking of the ultimate Bible I would love to have. Think of the ESV English-Greek Reverse Interlinear New Testament with the ESV English-Hebrew Reverse Interlinear Old Testament and the Journaling Bibleall wrapped into a single volume.

My bookshelf already drooling has a spot for it...........

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  • ESV English-Greek Reverse Interlinear New Testament with the ESV English-Hebrew Reverse Interlinear Old Testament and the Journaling Bibleall wrapped into a single volume. My bookshelf already drooling has a spot for it........... Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting (the Picture is of my own creation)...." >The NEW! ESV English-Hebrew-English-Greek Reverse Interlinear Journaling Bible
  • Strongest Dad in the World You normally have to register and pay to see the article, but I have been able to post it below (HT: Tim Theulle). As Tim says, "get the Kleenex...."" title="Published on June 15, 2006, Rick Reilly tells a true story of a father and son who saved each other's life- Strongest Dad in the World You normally have to register and pay to see the article, but I have...">Father of the Century
    I try to be a good father. Give my kids mulligans. Work nights to pay For their text messaging. Take them to swimsuit shoots. But compared with Dick Hoyt, I suck. Eighty-five times he's pushed his disabled son, Rick, 26.2 miles in Marathons. Eight times he's not only pushed him 26.2 miles in a Wheelchair but also towed him 2.4 miles in a dinghy while swimming and Pedaled him 112 miles in a seat on the handlebars--all in the same day. Dick's also pulled him cross-country skiing, taken him on his back Mountain climbing and once hauled him across the U.S. On a bike. Makes Taking your son bowling look a little lame, right? And what has Rick done for his father? Not much--except save his life. This love story began in Winchester , Mass. , 43 years ago, when Rick Was strangled by the umbilical cord during birth, leaving him Brain-damaged and unable to control his limbs. "He'll be a vegetable the rest of his life;'' Dick says doctors told him And his wife, Judy, when Rick was nine months old. ``Put him in an Institution.'' But the Hoyts weren't buying it. They noticed the way Rick's eyes Followed them around the room. When Rick was 11 they took him to the Engineering department at Tufts University and asked if there was Anything to help the boy communicate. ``No way,'' Dick says he was told. ``There's nothing going on in his brain.'' "Tell him a joke,'' Dick countered. They did. Rick laughed. Turns out a Lot was going on in his brain. Rigged up with a computer that allowed Him to control the cursor by touching a switch with the side of his Head, Rick was finally able to communicate. First words? ``Go Bruins!'' And after a high school classmate was paralyzed in an accident and the School organized a charity run for him, Rick pecked out, ``Dad, I want To do that.'' Yeah, right. How was Dick, a self-described ``porker'' who never ran More than a mile at a time, going to push his son five miles? Still, he Tried. ``Then it was me who was handicapped,'' Dick says. ``I was sore For two weeks.'' That day changed Rick's life. ``Dad,'' he typed, ``when we were running, It felt like I wasn't disabled anymore!'' And that sentence changed Dick's life. He became obsessed with giving Rick that feeling as often as he could. He got into such hard-belly Shape that he and Rick were ready to try the 1979 Boston Marathon. ``No way,'' Dick was told by a race official. The Hoyts weren't quite a Single runner, and they weren't quite a wheelchair competitor. For a few Years Dick and Rick just joined the massive field and ran anyway, then They found a way to get into the race Officially: In 1983 they ran another marathon so fast they made the Qualifying time for Boston the following year. Then somebody said, ``Hey, Dick, why not a triathlon?'' How's a guy who never learned to swim and hadn't ridden a bike since he Was six going to haul his 110-pound kid through a triathlon? Still, Dick Tried. Now they've done 212 triathlons, including four grueling 15-hour Ironmans in Hawaii . It must be a buzzkill to be a 25-year-old stud Getting passed by an old guy towing a grown man in a dinghy, don't you Think? Hey, Dick, why not see how you'd do on your own? ``No way,'' he says. Dick does it purely for ``the awesome feeling'' he gets seeing Rick with A cantaloupe smile as they run, swim and ride together. This year, at ages 65 and 43, Dick and Rick finished their 24th Boston Marathon, in 5,083rd place out of more than 20,000 starters. Their best Time? Two hours, 40 minutes in 1992--only 35 minutes off the world Record, which, in case you don't keep track of these things, happens to Be held by a guy who was not pushing another man in a wheelchair at the Time. ``No question about it,'' Rick types. ``My dad is the Father of the Century.'' And Dick got something else out of all this too. Two years ago he had a Mild heart attack during a race. Doctors found that one of his arteries Was 95% clogged. ``If you hadn't been in such great shape,'' One doctor told him, ``you probably would've died 15 years ago.'' So, in a way, Dick and Rick saved each other's life. Rick, who has his own apartment (he gets home care) and works in Boston, and Dick, retired from the military and living in Holland, Mass. , always find ways to be together. They give speeches around the country and compete in some backbreaking race every weekend, including this Father's Day. That night, Rick will buy his dad dinner, but the thing he really wants to give him is a gift he can never buy. ``The thing I'd most like,'' Rick types, ``is that my dad sit in the chair and I push him once.''
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  • cruver-6029prem4x7-thumb.jpgDear Mr. Atherly:- Your letter of April 5th has been received and we are glad that Mr. Johnson of the F.S. Carr Company is interested in N-109 Promo Books, however, we have no samples that we can send him. You have the only sample that we can get our hands on. Our Leather Department has been so busy making bona fide leather orders for the last ninety days that we have not been able to get through a single order for samples and there are about ten or twelve of our salesmen very anxious for even two or three [Mission] Leather samples. We cannot give them to them, because some convention order would suffer and we do not want this to occur. We hope you can sell some one else our leather goods and await your further favors. Yours very truly, Cruver Manufacturing Co. I have found a few pictures with brief descriptions relating to a company called Cruver Manufacturing. It's just super swell!! Enjoy!" title="Dear Mr. Atherly:- Your letter of April 5th has been received and we are glad that Mr. Johnson of the F.S. Carr Company is interested in N-109 Promo Books, however, we have no samples that we can send him. You...">Friday's "Familial" Frivolous Farrago (aka. Cruver Nostalgia)
    cruver-b25id.jpgDuring the early to mid-20th century, a company called Cruver Manufacturing was full of life and has now become a part of Americana. Items, as pictured right, were popular particularly during World War II. Cellulose acetate plastic recognition model in 1:72 scale of the B-25 dated July 1942 and manufactured by Cruver of Chicago (2456-60 Jackson Blvd, Curtis L. Cruver, pres/tres, and Curtis L. Cruver Jr., secretary). Most recognition models were made from injection-molded cellulose acetate plastic. At one point, the plastic model planes were so popular, they were featured on the Kix cereal box. They were super swell!! cruver-kixtest.jpg Portions of a General Mills ad from May 1946 are shown below; the Kix cereal airplane premiums were 1:432 scale models made from the wartime Cruver recognition model molds - see Friend or Foe? Museum page or Display Model page for more information. Presented here just for fun. cruver-kixplanes.jpg (picture below)Cruver-made P-39 with sprue still attached. Each model was hand worked to remove molding sprue and flash. From a 1944 Cruver ad. CRUVERP-39.jpg cruverusset.jpg Pictured immediately above and below are two sets of 1:432 plastic "pocket" recognition models. These models were manufactured by Cruver ... Most collectors assume that the military issue, wartime models (both metal and plastic) had a hole located at the c.g. - each of these models has a hole. The U.S. set is at the top with the British set below. Only a few models in each set actually have the Cruver identity mark, ©, but all have a date and airplane type marked on the underside of the wing or fuselage (the identity mark was only used on a single model of a "tree" as multiple models were molded at once. Comet Metal Products also made 1:432 models in white metal - these were usually painted olive drab and had a hanging or mounting hole (see below). Both of these types were sold to the public following WWII and in some cases were used as premiums for cereal etc. The "civilian" models came in different colors (grey plastic for example although the metal models were sold in olive drab as "Authenticast" models) and did not usually have the "hanging hole" although some are pictured in the Authenticast catalog mounted on a wire from a stand. Molds for the metal models have been used by various companies to make (cheaply molded with stiffened surfaces) pieces for wargamers, and more recently, a line of beautifully cast pewter models on stands (by DFC) which are no longer being made. These 1:432 models are arguably the longest used production airplane model molds ever used - 1943 to around 1993. cruverbritishset.jpg cruver-p80.jpg Cruver models were molded from various mixes of cellulose acetate. This particular P-80 had black paint over silver when I received it; many of the P-80 were painted silver and I'm not certain that this was limited to the Aristo-Craft line or not. After removing the paint, the basic plastic is not the usual shiny black but rather a somewhat striated buff color, a not unusual condition. It is shown here to demonstrate the variations to be found in the ID models. Cruver11.jpg This pictures the Cruver Mfg registered trademark symbol. CRUVER.jpg Cruver (and the Design Center) was dependent upon suppliers to furnish the cellulose acetate powder (granular) used in their injection molding machines. It is doubtful that any real quality control was used on the incoming powder in that it was being primarily used for a product that was basically expendable - the recognition models. Cruver also made many other plastic products during WWII; see the four-page ad below which is in the above catalog. CRUVER2.jpg cruver-aircraft-collection.jpg Classic Aircraft Collection, Ju87, GR-4, 1 part, price 110US$ Remake of the Cruver WWII aircraft recognition model, about 2000 cruver-aristo-craft.jpg SOURCE OF RECOGNITION MODELS How did the collectible recognition models get into civilian hands? Numerous avenues. Some were "liberated" during the war, many were sold surplus at military surplus stores (25 cents each in a barrel), and many were sold by model shops through the wholesale source, Polk's Model Craft Hobbies in New York and Chicago, who called the surplus Cruver models the "Aristo-Craft" line. Ads for these models began appearing in model airplane magazines in 1944 and continued for about three years. Initially the models were quite expensive for the time, particularly for a marketplace that was inexperienced with all-plastic models of any kind. The models must not have sold well as the price kept dropping the ads into 1947. Obviously Polk's had a glut of the Aristo-Craft models by the 1947-48 period and tried to move them out of inventory by having an "auction" for dealers. A wholesale flyer was sent out with the details of the "By-Mail Auction" for lots of the Aristo-Craft plastic models (Cruver IDs). One page of the flyer is shown below. cruver-caterpillar-d7-tractor.jpg CRUVER--ID-Planes-bombers.jpg cruver-playing-cards.jpg The Cruver Mfg also made playing cards. US-Maritime-Commission-Cruver-MFG.jpg cruver_ju87x.jpg
  • The Weekender (A Review)
    As Mark Dever referenced the Weekender here, I want to say, the Weekender was a smashing success. I did not know what to expect so I intentionally did not set any expectations; well, as best as I could. We arrived Thursday evening at the airport, took the Washington Flyer, and finally took the Metro to Capitol South - our final stop. Roughly 250 feet from the Capitol South Metro stop stood our housing accommodations which was roughly 5 to 6 blocks away from Capitol Hill Baptist Church. On the way to the first meeting, we stopped by Burrito Brothers of Capitol Hill. In the words of Brad, "This burrito makes Moe's Homewrecker look wimpy." We finally made it to the openning session and the blast of refreshment began. Elder's Meeting Once the group was settled down and seated, the Elder's began their meeting in prayer. Over two hours later, they began to get into the business of the church. Two hours!! of prayer; prayer for each other and prayer for the people of CHBC. They openned their directory, which is updated every 1 to 2 weeks!!, and prayed over and for, I would say, 70-75% of the people. These men are serious about spending their time in the ministry of the Word and prayer, and the time of prayer was not a mere 10-15 minutes of filler. Their prayer time was sincere and earnest with the expectation for God to move upon the people over whom they have been called to "undershepherd". So the stage was set for the rest of the weekend. I could tell this was going to be a special weekend. As a sidenote, they do not have a policy to have an Elder per X number of people (i.e. 1 Elder per 50 people). They do not want to put themselves in a position in which they require an Elder yet do not have a man qualified enough to fulfill the role. They would rather have no Elder than to have someone who barely (if at all) meets the qualifications. They currently have 10 Elders with 6 of them Layelders. They do have a guideline which requires that the majority of the Elders must be Layelders (non-paid Elders). This, in my mind, places more emphasis upon the people's responsibility instead of the people expecting the "professionals" to do the work of the ministry. As Brad mentions, "I also add that these men, like all other lay elders, were working anywhere from 55-65 hrs a week in the fast paced world of DC, but it was obvious that their passion was caring for the members of CHBC. Many of them have two or three children under ten years old." Sacrifice The leadership of CHBC served the 50 Weekenders from around the world sacrificially - giving of their time, resources, knowledge, wisdom, experience, and passion to point us all to our Lord. Everything they did and taught was solely based on Scripture and nothing more. One of that last things they said to us was (my paraphrase), "When you go back to your people, do not talk up CHBC. Share what God is doing and can do for them and through them." In his sermon on March 19, Dever discusses the individual mentioned in 2 Corinthians 8:16-9:5 who was famous for the Gospel. Although this man may have been well known by the people of Corinth, his identity is a mystery to us. But the point is do what is right whether you are recognized for it or not. He then said something that struck me, "a day you show up for work should be a bad day for Satan." We should have a work ethic of high quality, yet at the same time, we should strive to be unknown. We should not be famous for who we are but that we have sold everything for the Gospel. Let me just say that God is doing a tremendous work in Washington DC in a small church called Capitol Hill Baptist Church. The leadership and people of CHBC are a sacrificial people and God is blessing them for it. Membership The leadership of CHBC places a high priority of membership to the church; so much so that people are not allowed to attend the small groups without being a member. In some ways, I think this is slightly over the top, but I understand their thinking and passion behind it. But the most profound reason behind church membership they mentioned hit home with me. This profound reason is based on Hebrews 13:17, "Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you." The primary point from this passage they brought out was, "I want to know exactly for whom I am giving an account before God. If you do not want to be a member of CHBC, there are several other good churches in the area you can attend" (my paraphrase). I will let that sink in. Transcultural Christianity Fifty men from around the world came specifically for the Weekender weekend. Two men came from the UK, and another man came from Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. There was a common bond with these men. It is called the Gospel. What stuck out to me is that I am so wrapped up in a Christianity that has been Americanized. I get so focussed on specific trees within Christianity (and more specifically American Christianity) that I forget to take a step back look at the forest of Christianity; a transcultural Christianity which does not care which version of Scripture I use as long as I adhere vehemently to the Gospel alone. One "foreign" man said, "You Americans pick strange hills upon which to die." What a super reminder that the Gospel is transcultural and that America is not the only place in the world where God is working mightily. Sunday Worship From what I can remember, I can not think of one congregation of which I have been a part (500 +/- attendees) that sang so wonderfully loud with their whole being as the congregation of CHBC. The excitement of God's work is evident! They sang songs written in the 1700s as if they were penned only yesterday. It was magnicient! Of course, there is most likely other things I can say about the Weekender and the Elders of CHBC, but I would rather strongly suggest you get in on a Weekender whenever they have one. You will be most glad you did; not because of CHBC or because it's Mark Dever, but because God is doing wonderful things there, and it is evident. I am not writing all of this to promote McDever churches - nothing of the sort. I am writing all of this to praise God Who is doing incredible things in the heart of downtown Washington DC, and He let me be a part of it - for a weekend. It was refreshing/rebuking to be reminded that my sphere of Christianity does not have the corner of truth nor of its practice. And I thank God for that. Pictures! The first three pictures show a little part of the inside of the church building. The next few pictures show the area around the church building, and the last picture is the mounted deer head over the fireplace which stared at Brad while he was sleeping. The eyes followed him everywhere he stepped. Fortunately I never heard any screaming or yelling during the night; so I think ultimately the deer head didn't bother him as I thought it might.... CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006-1.jpg CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006-2.jpg CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006-3.jpg CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006 003.jpg CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006 004.jpg CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006 007.jpg CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006 018.jpg CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006 022.jpg CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006 025.jpg
  • Some Humor - A Full Edition
  • Dave Needs
    I Googled - "Dave needs" (with quotes) and below is the list: 1) Dave needs a time out 2) Dave needs to know 3) Dave needs Firefox and BugMeNot 4) Dave needs some advice 5) Dave needs plywood 6) Dave needs a vacation 7) Dave needs help walking through doors 8) Dave needs to share from his own experience 9) DAVE NEEDS VACATION FROM CARRYING HIS FIANCEE'S BAGS 10) I think Dave needs to work one of these into his live appearances What do you need? :)
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  • ESV English-Greek Reverse Interlinear New Testament with the ESV English-Hebrew Reverse Interlinear Old Testament and the Journaling Bibleall wrapped into a single volume. My bookshelf already drooling has a spot for it........... Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting (the Picture is of my own creation)...." >The NEW! ESV English-Hebrew-English-Greek Reverse Interlinear Journaling Bible
  • Strongest Dad in the World You normally have to register and pay to see the article, but I have been able to post it below (HT: Tim Theulle). As Tim says, "get the Kleenex...."" title="Published on June 15, 2006, Rick Reilly tells a true story of a father and son who saved each other's life- Strongest Dad in the World You normally have to register and pay to see the article, but I have...">Father of the Century
    I try to be a good father. Give my kids mulligans. Work nights to pay For their text messaging. Take them to swimsuit shoots. But compared with Dick Hoyt, I suck. Eighty-five times he's pushed his disabled son, Rick, 26.2 miles in Marathons. Eight times he's not only pushed him 26.2 miles in a Wheelchair but also towed him 2.4 miles in a dinghy while swimming and Pedaled him 112 miles in a seat on the handlebars--all in the same day. Dick's also pulled him cross-country skiing, taken him on his back Mountain climbing and once hauled him across the U.S. On a bike. Makes Taking your son bowling look a little lame, right? And what has Rick done for his father? Not much--except save his life. This love story began in Winchester , Mass. , 43 years ago, when Rick Was strangled by the umbilical cord during birth, leaving him Brain-damaged and unable to control his limbs. "He'll be a vegetable the rest of his life;'' Dick says doctors told him And his wife, Judy, when Rick was nine months old. ``Put him in an Institution.'' But the Hoyts weren't buying it. They noticed the way Rick's eyes Followed them around the room. When Rick was 11 they took him to the Engineering department at Tufts University and asked if there was Anything to help the boy communicate. ``No way,'' Dick says he was told. ``There's nothing going on in his brain.'' "Tell him a joke,'' Dick countered. They did. Rick laughed. Turns out a Lot was going on in his brain. Rigged up with a computer that allowed Him to control the cursor by touching a switch with the side of his Head, Rick was finally able to communicate. First words? ``Go Bruins!'' And after a high school classmate was paralyzed in an accident and the School organized a charity run for him, Rick pecked out, ``Dad, I want To do that.'' Yeah, right. How was Dick, a self-described ``porker'' who never ran More than a mile at a time, going to push his son five miles? Still, he Tried. ``Then it was me who was handicapped,'' Dick says. ``I was sore For two weeks.'' That day changed Rick's life. ``Dad,'' he typed, ``when we were running, It felt like I wasn't disabled anymore!'' And that sentence changed Dick's life. He became obsessed with giving Rick that feeling as often as he could. He got into such hard-belly Shape that he and Rick were ready to try the 1979 Boston Marathon. ``No way,'' Dick was told by a race official. The Hoyts weren't quite a Single runner, and they weren't quite a wheelchair competitor. For a few Years Dick and Rick just joined the massive field and ran anyway, then They found a way to get into the race Officially: In 1983 they ran another marathon so fast they made the Qualifying time for Boston the following year. Then somebody said, ``Hey, Dick, why not a triathlon?'' How's a guy who never learned to swim and hadn't ridden a bike since he Was six going to haul his 110-pound kid through a triathlon? Still, Dick Tried. Now they've done 212 triathlons, including four grueling 15-hour Ironmans in Hawaii . It must be a buzzkill to be a 25-year-old stud Getting passed by an old guy towing a grown man in a dinghy, don't you Think? Hey, Dick, why not see how you'd do on your own? ``No way,'' he says. Dick does it purely for ``the awesome feeling'' he gets seeing Rick with A cantaloupe smile as they run, swim and ride together. This year, at ages 65 and 43, Dick and Rick finished their 24th Boston Marathon, in 5,083rd place out of more than 20,000 starters. Their best Time? Two hours, 40 minutes in 1992--only 35 minutes off the world Record, which, in case you don't keep track of these things, happens to Be held by a guy who was not pushing another man in a wheelchair at the Time. ``No question about it,'' Rick types. ``My dad is the Father of the Century.'' And Dick got something else out of all this too. Two years ago he had a Mild heart attack during a race. Doctors found that one of his arteries Was 95% clogged. ``If you hadn't been in such great shape,'' One doctor told him, ``you probably would've died 15 years ago.'' So, in a way, Dick and Rick saved each other's life. Rick, who has his own apartment (he gets home care) and works in Boston, and Dick, retired from the military and living in Holland, Mass. , always find ways to be together. They give speeches around the country and compete in some backbreaking race every weekend, including this Father's Day. That night, Rick will buy his dad dinner, but the thing he really wants to give him is a gift he can never buy. ``The thing I'd most like,'' Rick types, ``is that my dad sit in the chair and I push him once.''
    And the video is below....
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  • cruver-6029prem4x7-thumb.jpgDear Mr. Atherly:- Your letter of April 5th has been received and we are glad that Mr. Johnson of the F.S. Carr Company is interested in N-109 Promo Books, however, we have no samples that we can send him. You have the only sample that we can get our hands on. Our Leather Department has been so busy making bona fide leather orders for the last ninety days that we have not been able to get through a single order for samples and there are about ten or twelve of our salesmen very anxious for even two or three [Mission] Leather samples. We cannot give them to them, because some convention order would suffer and we do not want this to occur. We hope you can sell some one else our leather goods and await your further favors. Yours very truly, Cruver Manufacturing Co. I have found a few pictures with brief descriptions relating to a company called Cruver Manufacturing. It's just super swell!! Enjoy!" title="Dear Mr. Atherly:- Your letter of April 5th has been received and we are glad that Mr. Johnson of the F.S. Carr Company is interested in N-109 Promo Books, however, we have no samples that we can send him. You...">Friday's "Familial" Frivolous Farrago (aka. Cruver Nostalgia)
    cruver-b25id.jpgDuring the early to mid-20th century, a company called Cruver Manufacturing was full of life and has now become a part of Americana. Items, as pictured right, were popular particularly during World War II. Cellulose acetate plastic recognition model in 1:72 scale of the B-25 dated July 1942 and manufactured by Cruver of Chicago (2456-60 Jackson Blvd, Curtis L. Cruver, pres/tres, and Curtis L. Cruver Jr., secretary). Most recognition models were made from injection-molded cellulose acetate plastic. At one point, the plastic model planes were so popular, they were featured on the Kix cereal box. They were super swell!! cruver-kixtest.jpg Portions of a General Mills ad from May 1946 are shown below; the Kix cereal airplane premiums were 1:432 scale models made from the wartime Cruver recognition model molds - see Friend or Foe? Museum page or Display Model page for more information. Presented here just for fun. cruver-kixplanes.jpg (picture below)Cruver-made P-39 with sprue still attached. Each model was hand worked to remove molding sprue and flash. From a 1944 Cruver ad. CRUVERP-39.jpg cruverusset.jpg Pictured immediately above and below are two sets of 1:432 plastic "pocket" recognition models. These models were manufactured by Cruver ... Most collectors assume that the military issue, wartime models (both metal and plastic) had a hole located at the c.g. - each of these models has a hole. The U.S. set is at the top with the British set below. Only a few models in each set actually have the Cruver identity mark, ©, but all have a date and airplane type marked on the underside of the wing or fuselage (the identity mark was only used on a single model of a "tree" as multiple models were molded at once. Comet Metal Products also made 1:432 models in white metal - these were usually painted olive drab and had a hanging or mounting hole (see below). Both of these types were sold to the public following WWII and in some cases were used as premiums for cereal etc. The "civilian" models came in different colors (grey plastic for example although the metal models were sold in olive drab as "Authenticast" models) and did not usually have the "hanging hole" although some are pictured in the Authenticast catalog mounted on a wire from a stand. Molds for the metal models have been used by various companies to make (cheaply molded with stiffened surfaces) pieces for wargamers, and more recently, a line of beautifully cast pewter models on stands (by DFC) which are no longer being made. These 1:432 models are arguably the longest used production airplane model molds ever used - 1943 to around 1993. cruverbritishset.jpg cruver-p80.jpg Cruver models were molded from various mixes of cellulose acetate. This particular P-80 had black paint over silver when I received it; many of the P-80 were painted silver and I'm not certain that this was limited to the Aristo-Craft line or not. After removing the paint, the basic plastic is not the usual shiny black but rather a somewhat striated buff color, a not unusual condition. It is shown here to demonstrate the variations to be found in the ID models. Cruver11.jpg This pictures the Cruver Mfg registered trademark symbol. CRUVER.jpg Cruver (and the Design Center) was dependent upon suppliers to furnish the cellulose acetate powder (granular) used in their injection molding machines. It is doubtful that any real quality control was used on the incoming powder in that it was being primarily used for a product that was basically expendable - the recognition models. Cruver also made many other plastic products during WWII; see the four-page ad below which is in the above catalog. CRUVER2.jpg cruver-aircraft-collection.jpg Classic Aircraft Collection, Ju87, GR-4, 1 part, price 110US$ Remake of the Cruver WWII aircraft recognition model, about 2000 cruver-aristo-craft.jpg SOURCE OF RECOGNITION MODELS How did the collectible recognition models get into civilian hands? Numerous avenues. Some were "liberated" during the war, many were sold surplus at military surplus stores (25 cents each in a barrel), and many were sold by model shops through the wholesale source, Polk's Model Craft Hobbies in New York and Chicago, who called the surplus Cruver models the "Aristo-Craft" line. Ads for these models began appearing in model airplane magazines in 1944 and continued for about three years. Initially the models were quite expensive for the time, particularly for a marketplace that was inexperienced with all-plastic models of any kind. The models must not have sold well as the price kept dropping the ads into 1947. Obviously Polk's had a glut of the Aristo-Craft models by the 1947-48 period and tried to move them out of inventory by having an "auction" for dealers. A wholesale flyer was sent out with the details of the "By-Mail Auction" for lots of the Aristo-Craft plastic models (Cruver IDs). One page of the flyer is shown below. cruver-caterpillar-d7-tractor.jpg CRUVER--ID-Planes-bombers.jpg cruver-playing-cards.jpg The Cruver Mfg also made playing cards. US-Maritime-Commission-Cruver-MFG.jpg cruver_ju87x.jpg
  • The Weekender (A Review)
    As Mark Dever referenced the Weekender here, I want to say, the Weekender was a smashing success. I did not know what to expect so I intentionally did not set any expectations; well, as best as I could. We arrived Thursday evening at the airport, took the Washington Flyer, and finally took the Metro to Capitol South - our final stop. Roughly 250 feet from the Capitol South Metro stop stood our housing accommodations which was roughly 5 to 6 blocks away from Capitol Hill Baptist Church. On the way to the first meeting, we stopped by Burrito Brothers of Capitol Hill. In the words of Brad, "This burrito makes Moe's Homewrecker look wimpy." We finally made it to the openning session and the blast of refreshment began. Elder's Meeting Once the group was settled down and seated, the Elder's began their meeting in prayer. Over two hours later, they began to get into the business of the church. Two hours!! of prayer; prayer for each other and prayer for the people of CHBC. They openned their directory, which is updated every 1 to 2 weeks!!, and prayed over and for, I would say, 70-75% of the people. These men are serious about spending their time in the ministry of the Word and prayer, and the time of prayer was not a mere 10-15 minutes of filler. Their prayer time was sincere and earnest with the expectation for God to move upon the people over whom they have been called to "undershepherd". So the stage was set for the rest of the weekend. I could tell this was going to be a special weekend. As a sidenote, they do not have a policy to have an Elder per X number of people (i.e. 1 Elder per 50 people). They do not want to put themselves in a position in which they require an Elder yet do not have a man qualified enough to fulfill the role. They would rather have no Elder than to have someone who barely (if at all) meets the qualifications. They currently have 10 Elders with 6 of them Layelders. They do have a guideline which requires that the majority of the Elders must be Layelders (non-paid Elders). This, in my mind, places more emphasis upon the people's responsibility instead of the people expecting the "professionals" to do the work of the ministry. As Brad mentions, "I also add that these men, like all other lay elders, were working anywhere from 55-65 hrs a week in the fast paced world of DC, but it was obvious that their passion was caring for the members of CHBC. Many of them have two or three children under ten years old." Sacrifice The leadership of CHBC served the 50 Weekenders from around the world sacrificially - giving of their time, resources, knowledge, wisdom, experience, and passion to point us all to our Lord. Everything they did and taught was solely based on Scripture and nothing more. One of that last things they said to us was (my paraphrase), "When you go back to your people, do not talk up CHBC. Share what God is doing and can do for them and through them." In his sermon on March 19, Dever discusses the individual mentioned in 2 Corinthians 8:16-9:5 who was famous for the Gospel. Although this man may have been well known by the people of Corinth, his identity is a mystery to us. But the point is do what is right whether you are recognized for it or not. He then said something that struck me, "a day you show up for work should be a bad day for Satan." We should have a work ethic of high quality, yet at the same time, we should strive to be unknown. We should not be famous for who we are but that we have sold everything for the Gospel. Let me just say that God is doing a tremendous work in Washington DC in a small church called Capitol Hill Baptist Church. The leadership and people of CHBC are a sacrificial people and God is blessing them for it. Membership The leadership of CHBC places a high priority of membership to the church; so much so that people are not allowed to attend the small groups without being a member. In some ways, I think this is slightly over the top, but I understand their thinking and passion behind it. But the most profound reason behind church membership they mentioned hit home with me. This profound reason is based on Hebrews 13:17, "Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you." The primary point from this passage they brought out was, "I want to know exactly for whom I am giving an account before God. If you do not want to be a member of CHBC, there are several other good churches in the area you can attend" (my paraphrase). I will let that sink in. Transcultural Christianity Fifty men from around the world came specifically for the Weekender weekend. Two men came from the UK, and another man came from Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. There was a common bond with these men. It is called the Gospel. What stuck out to me is that I am so wrapped up in a Christianity that has been Americanized. I get so focussed on specific trees within Christianity (and more specifically American Christianity) that I forget to take a step back look at the forest of Christianity; a transcultural Christianity which does not care which version of Scripture I use as long as I adhere vehemently to the Gospel alone. One "foreign" man said, "You Americans pick strange hills upon which to die." What a super reminder that the Gospel is transcultural and that America is not the only place in the world where God is working mightily. Sunday Worship From what I can remember, I can not think of one congregation of which I have been a part (500 +/- attendees) that sang so wonderfully loud with their whole being as the congregation of CHBC. The excitement of God's work is evident! They sang songs written in the 1700s as if they were penned only yesterday. It was magnicient! Of course, there is most likely other things I can say about the Weekender and the Elders of CHBC, but I would rather strongly suggest you get in on a Weekender whenever they have one. You will be most glad you did; not because of CHBC or because it's Mark Dever, but because God is doing wonderful things there, and it is evident. I am not writing all of this to promote McDever churches - nothing of the sort. I am writing all of this to praise God Who is doing incredible things in the heart of downtown Washington DC, and He let me be a part of it - for a weekend. It was refreshing/rebuking to be reminded that my sphere of Christianity does not have the corner of truth nor of its practice. And I thank God for that. Pictures! The first three pictures show a little part of the inside of the church building. The next few pictures show the area around the church building, and the last picture is the mounted deer head over the fireplace which stared at Brad while he was sleeping. The eyes followed him everywhere he stepped. Fortunately I never heard any screaming or yelling during the night; so I think ultimately the deer head didn't bother him as I thought it might.... CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006-1.jpg CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006-2.jpg CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006-3.jpg CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006 003.jpg CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006 004.jpg CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006 007.jpg CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006 018.jpg CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006 022.jpg CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006 025.jpg
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    I Googled - "Dave needs" (with quotes) and below is the list: 1) Dave needs a time out 2) Dave needs to know 3) Dave needs Firefox and BugMeNot 4) Dave needs some advice 5) Dave needs plywood 6) Dave needs a vacation 7) Dave needs help walking through doors 8) Dave needs to share from his own experience 9) DAVE NEEDS VACATION FROM CARRYING HIS FIANCEE'S BAGS 10) I think Dave needs to work one of these into his live appearances What do you need? :)
Biblical Resources
  • ESV English-Greek Reverse Interlinear New Testament with the ESV English-Hebrew Reverse Interlinear Old Testament and the Journaling Bibleall wrapped into a single volume. My bookshelf already drooling has a spot for it........... Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting (the Picture is of my own creation)...." >The NEW! ESV English-Hebrew-English-Greek Reverse Interlinear Journaling Bible
  • Strongest Dad in the World You normally have to register and pay to see the article, but I have been able to post it below (HT: Tim Theulle). As Tim says, "get the Kleenex...."" title="Published on June 15, 2006, Rick Reilly tells a true story of a father and son who saved each other's life- Strongest Dad in the World You normally have to register and pay to see the article, but I have...">Father of the Century
    I try to be a good father. Give my kids mulligans. Work nights to pay For their text messaging. Take them to swimsuit shoots. But compared with Dick Hoyt, I suck. Eighty-five times he's pushed his disabled son, Rick, 26.2 miles in Marathons. Eight times he's not only pushed him 26.2 miles in a Wheelchair but also towed him 2.4 miles in a dinghy while swimming and Pedaled him 112 miles in a seat on the handlebars--all in the same day. Dick's also pulled him cross-country skiing, taken him on his back Mountain climbing and once hauled him across the U.S. On a bike. Makes Taking your son bowling look a little lame, right? And what has Rick done for his father? Not much--except save his life. This love story began in Winchester , Mass. , 43 years ago, when Rick Was strangled by the umbilical cord during birth, leaving him Brain-damaged and unable to control his limbs. "He'll be a vegetable the rest of his life;'' Dick says doctors told him And his wife, Judy, when Rick was nine months old. ``Put him in an Institution.'' But the Hoyts weren't buying it. They noticed the way Rick's eyes Followed them around the room. When Rick was 11 they took him to the Engineering department at Tufts University and asked if there was Anything to help the boy communicate. ``No way,'' Dick says he was told. ``There's nothing going on in his brain.'' "Tell him a joke,'' Dick countered. They did. Rick laughed. Turns out a Lot was going on in his brain. Rigged up with a computer that allowed Him to control the cursor by touching a switch with the side of his Head, Rick was finally able to communicate. First words? ``Go Bruins!'' And after a high school classmate was paralyzed in an accident and the School organized a charity run for him, Rick pecked out, ``Dad, I want To do that.'' Yeah, right. How was Dick, a self-described ``porker'' who never ran More than a mile at a time, going to push his son five miles? Still, he Tried. ``Then it was me who was handicapped,'' Dick says. ``I was sore For two weeks.'' That day changed Rick's life. ``Dad,'' he typed, ``when we were running, It felt like I wasn't disabled anymore!'' And that sentence changed Dick's life. He became obsessed with giving Rick that feeling as often as he could. He got into such hard-belly Shape that he and Rick were ready to try the 1979 Boston Marathon. ``No way,'' Dick was told by a race official. The Hoyts weren't quite a Single runner, and they weren't quite a wheelchair competitor. For a few Years Dick and Rick just joined the massive field and ran anyway, then They found a way to get into the race Officially: In 1983 they ran another marathon so fast they made the Qualifying time for Boston the following year. Then somebody said, ``Hey, Dick, why not a triathlon?'' How's a guy who never learned to swim and hadn't ridden a bike since he Was six going to haul his 110-pound kid through a triathlon? Still, Dick Tried. Now they've done 212 triathlons, including four grueling 15-hour Ironmans in Hawaii . It must be a buzzkill to be a 25-year-old stud Getting passed by an old guy towing a grown man in a dinghy, don't you Think? Hey, Dick, why not see how you'd do on your own? ``No way,'' he says. Dick does it purely for ``the awesome feeling'' he gets seeing Rick with A cantaloupe smile as they run, swim and ride together. This year, at ages 65 and 43, Dick and Rick finished their 24th Boston Marathon, in 5,083rd place out of more than 20,000 starters. Their best Time? Two hours, 40 minutes in 1992--only 35 minutes off the world Record, which, in case you don't keep track of these things, happens to Be held by a guy who was not pushing another man in a wheelchair at the Time. ``No question about it,'' Rick types. ``My dad is the Father of the Century.'' And Dick got something else out of all this too. Two years ago he had a Mild heart attack during a race. Doctors found that one of his arteries Was 95% clogged. ``If you hadn't been in such great shape,'' One doctor told him, ``you probably would've died 15 years ago.'' So, in a way, Dick and Rick saved each other's life. Rick, who has his own apartment (he gets home care) and works in Boston, and Dick, retired from the military and living in Holland, Mass. , always find ways to be together. They give speeches around the country and compete in some backbreaking race every weekend, including this Father's Day. That night, Rick will buy his dad dinner, but the thing he really wants to give him is a gift he can never buy. ``The thing I'd most like,'' Rick types, ``is that my dad sit in the chair and I push him once.''
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  • cruver-6029prem4x7-thumb.jpgDear Mr. Atherly:- Your letter of April 5th has been received and we are glad that Mr. Johnson of the F.S. Carr Company is interested in N-109 Promo Books, however, we have no samples that we can send him. You have the only sample that we can get our hands on. Our Leather Department has been so busy making bona fide leather orders for the last ninety days that we have not been able to get through a single order for samples and there are about ten or twelve of our salesmen very anxious for even two or three [Mission] Leather samples. We cannot give them to them, because some convention order would suffer and we do not want this to occur. We hope you can sell some one else our leather goods and await your further favors. Yours very truly, Cruver Manufacturing Co. I have found a few pictures with brief descriptions relating to a company called Cruver Manufacturing. It's just super swell!! Enjoy!" title="Dear Mr. Atherly:- Your letter of April 5th has been received and we are glad that Mr. Johnson of the F.S. Carr Company is interested in N-109 Promo Books, however, we have no samples that we can send him. You...">Friday's "Familial" Frivolous Farrago (aka. Cruver Nostalgia)
    cruver-b25id.jpgDuring the early to mid-20th century, a company called Cruver Manufacturing was full of life and has now become a part of Americana. Items, as pictured right, were popular particularly during World War II. Cellulose acetate plastic recognition model in 1:72 scale of the B-25 dated July 1942 and manufactured by Cruver of Chicago (2456-60 Jackson Blvd, Curtis L. Cruver, pres/tres, and Curtis L. Cruver Jr., secretary). Most recognition models were made from injection-molded cellulose acetate plastic. At one point, the plastic model planes were so popular, they were featured on the Kix cereal box. They were super swell!! cruver-kixtest.jpg Portions of a General Mills ad from May 1946 are shown below; the Kix cereal airplane premiums were 1:432 scale models made from the wartime Cruver recognition model molds - see Friend or Foe? Museum page or Display Model page for more information. Presented here just for fun. cruver-kixplanes.jpg (picture below)Cruver-made P-39 with sprue still attached. Each model was hand worked to remove molding sprue and flash. From a 1944 Cruver ad. CRUVERP-39.jpg cruverusset.jpg Pictured immediately above and below are two sets of 1:432 plastic "pocket" recognition models. These models were manufactured by Cruver ... Most collectors assume that the military issue, wartime models (both metal and plastic) had a hole located at the c.g. - each of these models has a hole. The U.S. set is at the top with the British set below. Only a few models in each set actually have the Cruver identity mark, ©, but all have a date and airplane type marked on the underside of the wing or fuselage (the identity mark was only used on a single model of a "tree" as multiple models were molded at once. Comet Metal Products also made 1:432 models in white metal - these were usually painted olive drab and had a hanging or mounting hole (see below). Both of these types were sold to the public following WWII and in some cases were used as premiums for cereal etc. The "civilian" models came in different colors (grey plastic for example although the metal models were sold in olive drab as "Authenticast" models) and did not usually have the "hanging hole" although some are pictured in the Authenticast catalog mounted on a wire from a stand. Molds for the metal models have been used by various companies to make (cheaply molded with stiffened surfaces) pieces for wargamers, and more recently, a line of beautifully cast pewter models on stands (by DFC) which are no longer being made. These 1:432 models are arguably the longest used production airplane model molds ever used - 1943 to around 1993. cruverbritishset.jpg cruver-p80.jpg Cruver models were molded from various mixes of cellulose acetate. This particular P-80 had black paint over silver when I received it; many of the P-80 were painted silver and I'm not certain that this was limited to the Aristo-Craft line or not. After removing the paint, the basic plastic is not the usual shiny black but rather a somewhat striated buff color, a not unusual condition. It is shown here to demonstrate the variations to be found in the ID models. Cruver11.jpg This pictures the Cruver Mfg registered trademark symbol. CRUVER.jpg Cruver (and the Design Center) was dependent upon suppliers to furnish the cellulose acetate powder (granular) used in their injection molding machines. It is doubtful that any real quality control was used on the incoming powder in that it was being primarily used for a product that was basically expendable - the recognition models. Cruver also made many other plastic products during WWII; see the four-page ad below which is in the above catalog. CRUVER2.jpg cruver-aircraft-collection.jpg Classic Aircraft Collection, Ju87, GR-4, 1 part, price 110US$ Remake of the Cruver WWII aircraft recognition model, about 2000 cruver-aristo-craft.jpg SOURCE OF RECOGNITION MODELS How did the collectible recognition models get into civilian hands? Numerous avenues. Some were "liberated" during the war, many were sold surplus at military surplus stores (25 cents each in a barrel), and many were sold by model shops through the wholesale source, Polk's Model Craft Hobbies in New York and Chicago, who called the surplus Cruver models the "Aristo-Craft" line. Ads for these models began appearing in model airplane magazines in 1944 and continued for about three years. Initially the models were quite expensive for the time, particularly for a marketplace that was inexperienced with all-plastic models of any kind. The models must not have sold well as the price kept dropping the ads into 1947. Obviously Polk's had a glut of the Aristo-Craft models by the 1947-48 period and tried to move them out of inventory by having an "auction" for dealers. A wholesale flyer was sent out with the details of the "By-Mail Auction" for lots of the Aristo-Craft plastic models (Cruver IDs). One page of the flyer is shown below. cruver-caterpillar-d7-tractor.jpg CRUVER--ID-Planes-bombers.jpg cruver-playing-cards.jpg The Cruver Mfg also made playing cards. US-Maritime-Commission-Cruver-MFG.jpg cruver_ju87x.jpg
  • The Weekender (A Review)
    As Mark Dever referenced the Weekender here, I want to say, the Weekender was a smashing success. I did not know what to expect so I intentionally did not set any expectations; well, as best as I could. We arrived Thursday evening at the airport, took the Washington Flyer, and finally took the Metro to Capitol South - our final stop. Roughly 250 feet from the Capitol South Metro stop stood our housing accommodations which was roughly 5 to 6 blocks away from Capitol Hill Baptist Church. On the way to the first meeting, we stopped by Burrito Brothers of Capitol Hill. In the words of Brad, "This burrito makes Moe's Homewrecker look wimpy." We finally made it to the openning session and the blast of refreshment began. Elder's Meeting Once the group was settled down and seated, the Elder's began their meeting in prayer. Over two hours later, they began to get into the business of the church. Two hours!! of prayer; prayer for each other and prayer for the people of CHBC. They openned their directory, which is updated every 1 to 2 weeks!!, and prayed over and for, I would say, 70-75% of the people. These men are serious about spending their time in the ministry of the Word and prayer, and the time of prayer was not a mere 10-15 minutes of filler. Their prayer time was sincere and earnest with the expectation for God to move upon the people over whom they have been called to "undershepherd". So the stage was set for the rest of the weekend. I could tell this was going to be a special weekend. As a sidenote, they do not have a policy to have an Elder per X number of people (i.e. 1 Elder per 50 people). They do not want to put themselves in a position in which they require an Elder yet do not have a man qualified enough to fulfill the role. They would rather have no Elder than to have someone who barely (if at all) meets the qualifications. They currently have 10 Elders with 6 of them Layelders. They do have a guideline which requires that the majority of the Elders must be Layelders (non-paid Elders). This, in my mind, places more emphasis upon the people's responsibility instead of the people expecting the "professionals" to do the work of the ministry. As Brad mentions, "I also add that these men, like all other lay elders, were working anywhere from 55-65 hrs a week in the fast paced world of DC, but it was obvious that their passion was caring for the members of CHBC. Many of them have two or three children under ten years old." Sacrifice The leadership of CHBC served the 50 Weekenders from around the world sacrificially - giving of their time, resources, knowledge, wisdom, experience, and passion to point us all to our Lord. Everything they did and taught was solely based on Scripture and nothing more. One of that last things they said to us was (my paraphrase), "When you go back to your people, do not talk up CHBC. Share what God is doing and can do for them and through them." In his sermon on March 19, Dever discusses the individual mentioned in 2 Corinthians 8:16-9:5 who was famous for the Gospel. Although this man may have been well known by the people of Corinth, his identity is a mystery to us. But the point is do what is right whether you are recognized for it or not. He then said something that struck me, "a day you show up for work should be a bad day for Satan." We should have a work ethic of high quality, yet at the same time, we should strive to be unknown. We should not be famous for who we are but that we have sold everything for the Gospel. Let me just say that God is doing a tremendous work in Washington DC in a small church called Capitol Hill Baptist Church. The leadership and people of CHBC are a sacrificial people and God is blessing them for it. Membership The leadership of CHBC places a high priority of membership to the church; so much so that people are not allowed to attend the small groups without being a member. In some ways, I think this is slightly over the top, but I understand their thinking and passion behind it. But the most profound reason behind church membership they mentioned hit home with me. This profound reason is based on Hebrews 13:17, "Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you." The primary point from this passage they brought out was, "I want to know exactly for whom I am giving an account before God. If you do not want to be a member of CHBC, there are several other good churches in the area you can attend" (my paraphrase). I will let that sink in. Transcultural Christianity Fifty men from around the world came specifically for the Weekender weekend. Two men came from the UK, and another man came from Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. There was a common bond with these men. It is called the Gospel. What stuck out to me is that I am so wrapped up in a Christianity that has been Americanized. I get so focussed on specific trees within Christianity (and more specifically American Christianity) that I forget to take a step back look at the forest of Christianity; a transcultural Christianity which does not care which version of Scripture I use as long as I adhere vehemently to the Gospel alone. One "foreign" man said, "You Americans pick strange hills upon which to die." What a super reminder that the Gospel is transcultural and that America is not the only place in the world where God is working mightily. Sunday Worship From what I can remember, I can not think of one congregation of which I have been a part (500 +/- attendees) that sang so wonderfully loud with their whole being as the congregation of CHBC. The excitement of God's work is evident! They sang songs written in the 1700s as if they were penned only yesterday. It was magnicient! Of course, there is most likely other things I can say about the Weekender and the Elders of CHBC, but I would rather strongly suggest you get in on a Weekender whenever they have one. You will be most glad you did; not because of CHBC or because it's Mark Dever, but because God is doing wonderful things there, and it is evident. I am not writing all of this to promote McDever churches - nothing of the sort. I am writing all of this to praise God Who is doing incredible things in the heart of downtown Washington DC, and He let me be a part of it - for a weekend. It was refreshing/rebuking to be reminded that my sphere of Christianity does not have the corner of truth nor of its practice. And I thank God for that. Pictures! The first three pictures show a little part of the inside of the church building. The next few pictures show the area around the church building, and the last picture is the mounted deer head over the fireplace which stared at Brad while he was sleeping. The eyes followed him everywhere he stepped. Fortunately I never heard any screaming or yelling during the night; so I think ultimately the deer head didn't bother him as I thought it might.... CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006-1.jpg CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006-2.jpg CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006-3.jpg CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006 003.jpg CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006 004.jpg CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006 007.jpg CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006 018.jpg CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006 022.jpg CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006 025.jpg
  • Some Humor - A Full Edition
  • Dave Needs
    I Googled - "Dave needs" (with quotes) and below is the list: 1) Dave needs a time out 2) Dave needs to know 3) Dave needs Firefox and BugMeNot 4) Dave needs some advice 5) Dave needs plywood 6) Dave needs a vacation 7) Dave needs help walking through doors 8) Dave needs to share from his own experience 9) DAVE NEEDS VACATION FROM CARRYING HIS FIANCEE'S BAGS 10) I think Dave needs to work one of these into his live appearances What do you need? :)
Christian Worldview
  • ESV English-Greek Reverse Interlinear New Testament with the ESV English-Hebrew Reverse Interlinear Old Testament and the Journaling Bibleall wrapped into a single volume. My bookshelf already drooling has a spot for it........... Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting (the Picture is of my own creation)...." >The NEW! ESV English-Hebrew-English-Greek Reverse Interlinear Journaling Bible
  • Strongest Dad in the World You normally have to register and pay to see the article, but I have been able to post it below (HT: Tim Theulle). As Tim says, "get the Kleenex...."" title="Published on June 15, 2006, Rick Reilly tells a true story of a father and son who saved each other's life- Strongest Dad in the World You normally have to register and pay to see the article, but I have...">Father of the Century
    I try to be a good father. Give my kids mulligans. Work nights to pay For their text messaging. Take them to swimsuit shoots. But compared with Dick Hoyt, I suck. Eighty-five times he's pushed his disabled son, Rick, 26.2 miles in Marathons. Eight times he's not only pushed him 26.2 miles in a Wheelchair but also towed him 2.4 miles in a dinghy while swimming and Pedaled him 112 miles in a seat on the handlebars--all in the same day. Dick's also pulled him cross-country skiing, taken him on his back Mountain climbing and once hauled him across the U.S. On a bike. Makes Taking your son bowling look a little lame, right? And what has Rick done for his father? Not much--except save his life. This love story began in Winchester , Mass. , 43 years ago, when Rick Was strangled by the umbilical cord during birth, leaving him Brain-damaged and unable to control his limbs. "He'll be a vegetable the rest of his life;'' Dick says doctors told him And his wife, Judy, when Rick was nine months old. ``Put him in an Institution.'' But the Hoyts weren't buying it. They noticed the way Rick's eyes Followed them around the room. When Rick was 11 they took him to the Engineering department at Tufts University and asked if there was Anything to help the boy communicate. ``No way,'' Dick says he was told. ``There's nothing going on in his brain.'' "Tell him a joke,'' Dick countered. They did. Rick laughed. Turns out a Lot was going on in his brain. Rigged up with a computer that allowed Him to control the cursor by touching a switch with the side of his Head, Rick was finally able to communicate. First words? ``Go Bruins!'' And after a high school classmate was paralyzed in an accident and the School organized a charity run for him, Rick pecked out, ``Dad, I want To do that.'' Yeah, right. How was Dick, a self-described ``porker'' who never ran More than a mile at a time, going to push his son five miles? Still, he Tried. ``Then it was me who was handicapped,'' Dick says. ``I was sore For two weeks.'' That day changed Rick's life. ``Dad,'' he typed, ``when we were running, It felt like I wasn't disabled anymore!'' And that sentence changed Dick's life. He became obsessed with giving Rick that feeling as often as he could. He got into such hard-belly Shape that he and Rick were ready to try the 1979 Boston Marathon. ``No way,'' Dick was told by a race official. The Hoyts weren't quite a Single runner, and they weren't quite a wheelchair competitor. For a few Years Dick and Rick just joined the massive field and ran anyway, then They found a way to get into the race Officially: In 1983 they ran another marathon so fast they made the Qualifying time for Boston the following year. Then somebody said, ``Hey, Dick, why not a triathlon?'' How's a guy who never learned to swim and hadn't ridden a bike since he Was six going to haul his 110-pound kid through a triathlon? Still, Dick Tried. Now they've done 212 triathlons, including four grueling 15-hour Ironmans in Hawaii . It must be a buzzkill to be a 25-year-old stud Getting passed by an old guy towing a grown man in a dinghy, don't you Think? Hey, Dick, why not see how you'd do on your own? ``No way,'' he says. Dick does it purely for ``the awesome feeling'' he gets seeing Rick with A cantaloupe smile as they run, swim and ride together. This year, at ages 65 and 43, Dick and Rick finished their 24th Boston Marathon, in 5,083rd place out of more than 20,000 starters. Their best Time? Two hours, 40 minutes in 1992--only 35 minutes off the world Record, which, in case you don't keep track of these things, happens to Be held by a guy who was not pushing another man in a wheelchair at the Time. ``No question about it,'' Rick types. ``My dad is the Father of the Century.'' And Dick got something else out of all this too. Two years ago he had a Mild heart attack during a race. Doctors found that one of his arteries Was 95% clogged. ``If you hadn't been in such great shape,'' One doctor told him, ``you probably would've died 15 years ago.'' So, in a way, Dick and Rick saved each other's life. Rick, who has his own apartment (he gets home care) and works in Boston, and Dick, retired from the military and living in Holland, Mass. , always find ways to be together. They give speeches around the country and compete in some backbreaking race every weekend, including this Father's Day. That night, Rick will buy his dad dinner, but the thing he really wants to give him is a gift he can never buy. ``The thing I'd most like,'' Rick types, ``is that my dad sit in the chair and I push him once.''
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  • cruver-6029prem4x7-thumb.jpgDear Mr. Atherly:- Your letter of April 5th has been received and we are glad that Mr. Johnson of the F.S. Carr Company is interested in N-109 Promo Books, however, we have no samples that we can send him. You have the only sample that we can get our hands on. Our Leather Department has been so busy making bona fide leather orders for the last ninety days that we have not been able to get through a single order for samples and there are about ten or twelve of our salesmen very anxious for even two or three [Mission] Leather samples. We cannot give them to them, because some convention order would suffer and we do not want this to occur. We hope you can sell some one else our leather goods and await your further favors. Yours very truly, Cruver Manufacturing Co. I have found a few pictures with brief descriptions relating to a company called Cruver Manufacturing. It's just super swell!! Enjoy!" title="Dear Mr. Atherly:- Your letter of April 5th has been received and we are glad that Mr. Johnson of the F.S. Carr Company is interested in N-109 Promo Books, however, we have no samples that we can send him. You...">Friday's "Familial" Frivolous Farrago (aka. Cruver Nostalgia)
    cruver-b25id.jpgDuring the early to mid-20th century, a company called Cruver Manufacturing was full of life and has now become a part of Americana. Items, as pictured right, were popular particularly during World War II. Cellulose acetate plastic recognition model in 1:72 scale of the B-25 dated July 1942 and manufactured by Cruver of Chicago (2456-60 Jackson Blvd, Curtis L. Cruver, pres/tres, and Curtis L. Cruver Jr., secretary). Most recognition models were made from injection-molded cellulose acetate plastic. At one point, the plastic model planes were so popular, they were featured on the Kix cereal box. They were super swell!! cruver-kixtest.jpg Portions of a General Mills ad from May 1946 are shown below; the Kix cereal airplane premiums were 1:432 scale models made from the wartime Cruver recognition model molds - see Friend or Foe? Museum page or Display Model page for more information. Presented here just for fun. cruver-kixplanes.jpg (picture below)Cruver-made P-39 with sprue still attached. Each model was hand worked to remove molding sprue and flash. From a 1944 Cruver ad. CRUVERP-39.jpg cruverusset.jpg Pictured immediately above and below are two sets of 1:432 plastic "pocket" recognition models. These models were manufactured by Cruver ... Most collectors assume that the military issue, wartime models (both metal and plastic) had a hole located at the c.g. - each of these models has a hole. The U.S. set is at the top with the British set below. Only a few models in each set actually have the Cruver identity mark, ©, but all have a date and airplane type marked on the underside of the wing or fuselage (the identity mark was only used on a single model of a "tree" as multiple models were molded at once. Comet Metal Products also made 1:432 models in white metal - these were usually painted olive drab and had a hanging or mounting hole (see below). Both of these types were sold to the public following WWII and in some cases were used as premiums for cereal etc. The "civilian" models came in different colors (grey plastic for example although the metal models were sold in olive drab as "Authenticast" models) and did not usually have the "hanging hole" although some are pictured in the Authenticast catalog mounted on a wire from a stand. Molds for the metal models have been used by various companies to make (cheaply molded with stiffened surfaces) pieces for wargamers, and more recently, a line of beautifully cast pewter models on stands (by DFC) which are no longer being made. These 1:432 models are arguably the longest used production airplane model molds ever used - 1943 to around 1993. cruverbritishset.jpg cruver-p80.jpg Cruver models were molded from various mixes of cellulose acetate. This particular P-80 had black paint over silver when I received it; many of the P-80 were painted silver and I'm not certain that this was limited to the Aristo-Craft line or not. After removing the paint, the basic plastic is not the usual shiny black but rather a somewhat striated buff color, a not unusual condition. It is shown here to demonstrate the variations to be found in the ID models. Cruver11.jpg This pictures the Cruver Mfg registered trademark symbol. CRUVER.jpg Cruver (and the Design Center) was dependent upon suppliers to furnish the cellulose acetate powder (granular) used in their injection molding machines. It is doubtful that any real quality control was used on the incoming powder in that it was being primarily used for a product that was basically expendable - the recognition models. Cruver also made many other plastic products during WWII; see the four-page ad below which is in the above catalog. CRUVER2.jpg cruver-aircraft-collection.jpg Classic Aircraft Collection, Ju87, GR-4, 1 part, price 110US$ Remake of the Cruver WWII aircraft recognition model, about 2000 cruver-aristo-craft.jpg SOURCE OF RECOGNITION MODELS How did the collectible recognition models get into civilian hands? Numerous avenues. Some were "liberated" during the war, many were sold surplus at military surplus stores (25 cents each in a barrel), and many were sold by model shops through the wholesale source, Polk's Model Craft Hobbies in New York and Chicago, who called the surplus Cruver models the "Aristo-Craft" line. Ads for these models began appearing in model airplane magazines in 1944 and continued for about three years. Initially the models were quite expensive for the time, particularly for a marketplace that was inexperienced with all-plastic models of any kind. The models must not have sold well as the price kept dropping the ads into 1947. Obviously Polk's had a glut of the Aristo-Craft models by the 1947-48 period and tried to move them out of inventory by having an "auction" for dealers. A wholesale flyer was sent out with the details of the "By-Mail Auction" for lots of the Aristo-Craft plastic models (Cruver IDs). One page of the flyer is shown below. cruver-caterpillar-d7-tractor.jpg CRUVER--ID-Planes-bombers.jpg cruver-playing-cards.jpg The Cruver Mfg also made playing cards. US-Maritime-Commission-Cruver-MFG.jpg cruver_ju87x.jpg
  • The Weekender (A Review)
    As Mark Dever referenced the Weekender here, I want to say, the Weekender was a smashing success. I did not know what to expect so I intentionally did not set any expectations; well, as best as I could. We arrived Thursday evening at the airport, took the Washington Flyer, and finally took the Metro to Capitol South - our final stop. Roughly 250 feet from the Capitol South Metro stop stood our housing accommodations which was roughly 5 to 6 blocks away from Capitol Hill Baptist Church. On the way to the first meeting, we stopped by Burrito Brothers of Capitol Hill. In the words of Brad, "This burrito makes Moe's Homewrecker look wimpy." We finally made it to the openning session and the blast of refreshment began. Elder's Meeting Once the group was settled down and seated, the Elder's began their meeting in prayer. Over two hours later, they began to get into the business of the church. Two hours!! of prayer; prayer for each other and prayer for the people of CHBC. They openned their directory, which is updated every 1 to 2 weeks!!, and prayed over and for, I would say, 70-75% of the people. These men are serious about spending their time in the ministry of the Word and prayer, and the time of prayer was not a mere 10-15 minutes of filler. Their prayer time was sincere and earnest with the expectation for God to move upon the people over whom they have been called to "undershepherd". So the stage was set for the rest of the weekend. I could tell this was going to be a special weekend. As a sidenote, they do not have a policy to have an Elder per X number of people (i.e. 1 Elder per 50 people). They do not want to put themselves in a position in which they require an Elder yet do not have a man qualified enough to fulfill the role. They would rather have no Elder than to have someone who barely (if at all) meets the qualifications. They currently have 10 Elders with 6 of them Layelders. They do have a guideline which requires that the majority of the Elders must be Layelders (non-paid Elders). This, in my mind, places more emphasis upon the people's responsibility instead of the people expecting the "professionals" to do the work of the ministry. As Brad mentions, "I also add that these men, like all other lay elders, were working anywhere from 55-65 hrs a week in the fast paced world of DC, but it was obvious that their passion was caring for the members of CHBC. Many of them have two or three children under ten years old." Sacrifice The leadership of CHBC served the 50 Weekenders from around the world sacrificially - giving of their time, resources, knowledge, wisdom, experience, and passion to point us all to our Lord. Everything they did and taught was solely based on Scripture and nothing more. One of that last things they said to us was (my paraphrase), "When you go back to your people, do not talk up CHBC. Share what God is doing and can do for them and through them." In his sermon on March 19, Dever discusses the individual mentioned in 2 Corinthians 8:16-9:5 who was famous for the Gospel. Although this man may have been well known by the people of Corinth, his identity is a mystery to us. But the point is do what is right whether you are recognized for it or not. He then said something that struck me, "a day you show up for work should be a bad day for Satan." We should have a work ethic of high quality, yet at the same time, we should strive to be unknown. We should not be famous for who we are but that we have sold everything for the Gospel. Let me just say that God is doing a tremendous work in Washington DC in a small church called Capitol Hill Baptist Church. The leadership and people of CHBC are a sacrificial people and God is blessing them for it. Membership The leadership of CHBC places a high priority of membership to the church; so much so that people are not allowed to attend the small groups without being a member. In some ways, I think this is slightly over the top, but I understand their thinking and passion behind it. But the most profound reason behind church membership they mentioned hit home with me. This profound reason is based on Hebrews 13:17, "Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you." The primary point from this passage they brought out was, "I want to know exactly for whom I am giving an account before God. If you do not want to be a member of CHBC, there are several other good churches in the area you can attend" (my paraphrase). I will let that sink in. Transcultural Christianity Fifty men from around the world came specifically for the Weekender weekend. Two men came from the UK, and another man came from Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. There was a common bond with these men. It is called the Gospel. What stuck out to me is that I am so wrapped up in a Christianity that has been Americanized. I get so focussed on specific trees within Christianity (and more specifically American Christianity) that I forget to take a step back look at the forest of Christianity; a transcultural Christianity which does not care which version of Scripture I use as long as I adhere vehemently to the Gospel alone. One "foreign" man said, "You Americans pick strange hills upon which to die." What a super reminder that the Gospel is transcultural and that America is not the only place in the world where God is working mightily. Sunday Worship From what I can remember, I can not think of one congregation of which I have been a part (500 +/- attendees) that sang so wonderfully loud with their whole being as the congregation of CHBC. The excitement of God's work is evident! They sang songs written in the 1700s as if they were penned only yesterday. It was magnicient! Of course, there is most likely other things I can say about the Weekender and the Elders of CHBC, but I would rather strongly suggest you get in on a Weekender whenever they have one. You will be most glad you did; not because of CHBC or because it's Mark Dever, but because God is doing wonderful things there, and it is evident. I am not writing all of this to promote McDever churches - nothing of the sort. I am writing all of this to praise God Who is doing incredible things in the heart of downtown Washington DC, and He let me be a part of it - for a weekend. It was refreshing/rebuking to be reminded that my sphere of Christianity does not have the corner of truth nor of its practice. And I thank God for that. Pictures! The first three pictures show a little part of the inside of the church building. The next few pictures show the area around the church building, and the last picture is the mounted deer head over the fireplace which stared at Brad while he was sleeping. The eyes followed him everywhere he stepped. Fortunately I never heard any screaming or yelling during the night; so I think ultimately the deer head didn't bother him as I thought it might.... CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006-1.jpg CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006-2.jpg CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006-3.jpg CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006 003.jpg CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006 004.jpg CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006 007.jpg CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006 018.jpg CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006 022.jpg CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006 025.jpg
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  • Dave Needs
    I Googled - "Dave needs" (with quotes) and below is the list: 1) Dave needs a time out 2) Dave needs to know 3) Dave needs Firefox and BugMeNot 4) Dave needs some advice 5) Dave needs plywood 6) Dave needs a vacation 7) Dave needs help walking through doors 8) Dave needs to share from his own experience 9) DAVE NEEDS VACATION FROM CARRYING HIS FIANCEE'S BAGS 10) I think Dave needs to work one of these into his live appearances What do you need? :)
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  • ESV English-Greek Reverse Interlinear New Testament with the ESV English-Hebrew Reverse Interlinear Old Testament and the Journaling Bibleall wrapped into a single volume. My bookshelf already drooling has a spot for it........... Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting (the Picture is of my own creation)...." >The NEW! ESV English-Hebrew-English-Greek Reverse Interlinear Journaling Bible
  • Strongest Dad in the World You normally have to register and pay to see the article, but I have been able to post it below (HT: Tim Theulle). As Tim says, "get the Kleenex...."" title="Published on June 15, 2006, Rick Reilly tells a true story of a father and son who saved each other's life- Strongest Dad in the World You normally have to register and pay to see the article, but I have...">Father of the Century
    I try to be a good father. Give my kids mulligans. Work nights to pay For their text messaging. Take them to swimsuit shoots. But compared with Dick Hoyt, I suck. Eighty-five times he's pushed his disabled son, Rick, 26.2 miles in Marathons. Eight times he's not only pushed him 26.2 miles in a Wheelchair but also towed him 2.4 miles in a dinghy while swimming and Pedaled him 112 miles in a seat on the handlebars--all in the same day. Dick's also pulled him cross-country skiing, taken him on his back Mountain climbing and once hauled him across the U.S. On a bike. Makes Taking your son bowling look a little lame, right? And what has Rick done for his father? Not much--except save his life. This love story began in Winchester , Mass. , 43 years ago, when Rick Was strangled by the umbilical cord during birth, leaving him Brain-damaged and unable to control his limbs. "He'll be a vegetable the rest of his life;'' Dick says doctors told him And his wife, Judy, when Rick was nine months old. ``Put him in an Institution.'' But the Hoyts weren't buying it. They noticed the way Rick's eyes Followed them around the room. When Rick was 11 they took him to the Engineering department at Tufts University and asked if there was Anything to help the boy communicate. ``No way,'' Dick says he was told. ``There's nothing going on in his brain.'' "Tell him a joke,'' Dick countered. They did. Rick laughed. Turns out a Lot was going on in his brain. Rigged up with a computer that allowed Him to control the cursor by touching a switch with the side of his Head, Rick was finally able to communicate. First words? ``Go Bruins!'' And after a high school classmate was paralyzed in an accident and the School organized a charity run for him, Rick pecked out, ``Dad, I want To do that.'' Yeah, right. How was Dick, a self-described ``porker'' who never ran More than a mile at a time, going to push his son five miles? Still, he Tried. ``Then it was me who was handicapped,'' Dick says. ``I was sore For two weeks.'' That day changed Rick's life. ``Dad,'' he typed, ``when we were running, It felt like I wasn't disabled anymore!'' And that sentence changed Dick's life. He became obsessed with giving Rick that feeling as often as he could. He got into such hard-belly Shape that he and Rick were ready to try the 1979 Boston Marathon. ``No way,'' Dick was told by a race official. The Hoyts weren't quite a Single runner, and they weren't quite a wheelchair competitor. For a few Years Dick and Rick just joined the massive field and ran anyway, then They found a way to get into the race Officially: In 1983 they ran another marathon so fast they made the Qualifying time for Boston the following year. Then somebody said, ``Hey, Dick, why not a triathlon?'' How's a guy who never learned to swim and hadn't ridden a bike since he Was six going to haul his 110-pound kid through a triathlon? Still, Dick Tried. Now they've done 212 triathlons, including four grueling 15-hour Ironmans in Hawaii . It must be a buzzkill to be a 25-year-old stud Getting passed by an old guy towing a grown man in a dinghy, don't you Think? Hey, Dick, why not see how you'd do on your own? ``No way,'' he says. Dick does it purely for ``the awesome feeling'' he gets seeing Rick with A cantaloupe smile as they run, swim and ride together. This year, at ages 65 and 43, Dick and Rick finished their 24th Boston Marathon, in 5,083rd place out of more than 20,000 starters. Their best Time? Two hours, 40 minutes in 1992--only 35 minutes off the world Record, which, in case you don't keep track of these things, happens to Be held by a guy who was not pushing another man in a wheelchair at the Time. ``No question about it,'' Rick types. ``My dad is the Father of the Century.'' And Dick got something else out of all this too. Two years ago he had a Mild heart attack during a race. Doctors found that one of his arteries Was 95% clogged. ``If you hadn't been in such great shape,'' One doctor told him, ``you probably would've died 15 years ago.'' So, in a way, Dick and Rick saved each other's life. Rick, who has his own apartment (he gets home care) and works in Boston, and Dick, retired from the military and living in Holland, Mass. , always find ways to be together. They give speeches around the country and compete in some backbreaking race every weekend, including this Father's Day. That night, Rick will buy his dad dinner, but the thing he really wants to give him is a gift he can never buy. ``The thing I'd most like,'' Rick types, ``is that my dad sit in the chair and I push him once.''
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  • cruver-6029prem4x7-thumb.jpgDear Mr. Atherly:- Your letter of April 5th has been received and we are glad that Mr. Johnson of the F.S. Carr Company is interested in N-109 Promo Books, however, we have no samples that we can send him. You have the only sample that we can get our hands on. Our Leather Department has been so busy making bona fide leather orders for the last ninety days that we have not been able to get through a single order for samples and there are about ten or twelve of our salesmen very anxious for even two or three [Mission] Leather samples. We cannot give them to them, because some convention order would suffer and we do not want this to occur. We hope you can sell some one else our leather goods and await your further favors. Yours very truly, Cruver Manufacturing Co. I have found a few pictures with brief descriptions relating to a company called Cruver Manufacturing. It's just super swell!! Enjoy!" title="Dear Mr. Atherly:- Your letter of April 5th has been received and we are glad that Mr. Johnson of the F.S. Carr Company is interested in N-109 Promo Books, however, we have no samples that we can send him. You...">Friday's "Familial" Frivolous Farrago (aka. Cruver Nostalgia)
    cruver-b25id.jpgDuring the early to mid-20th century, a company called Cruver Manufacturing was full of life and has now become a part of Americana. Items, as pictured right, were popular particularly during World War II. Cellulose acetate plastic recognition model in 1:72 scale of the B-25 dated July 1942 and manufactured by Cruver of Chicago (2456-60 Jackson Blvd, Curtis L. Cruver, pres/tres, and Curtis L. Cruver Jr., secretary). Most recognition models were made from injection-molded cellulose acetate plastic. At one point, the plastic model planes were so popular, they were featured on the Kix cereal box. They were super swell!! cruver-kixtest.jpg Portions of a General Mills ad from May 1946 are shown below; the Kix cereal airplane premiums were 1:432 scale models made from the wartime Cruver recognition model molds - see Friend or Foe? Museum page or Display Model page for more information. Presented here just for fun. cruver-kixplanes.jpg (picture below)Cruver-made P-39 with sprue still attached. Each model was hand worked to remove molding sprue and flash. From a 1944 Cruver ad. CRUVERP-39.jpg cruverusset.jpg Pictured immediately above and below are two sets of 1:432 plastic "pocket" recognition models. These models were manufactured by Cruver ... Most collectors assume that the military issue, wartime models (both metal and plastic) had a hole located at the c.g. - each of these models has a hole. The U.S. set is at the top with the British set below. Only a few models in each set actually have the Cruver identity mark, ©, but all have a date and airplane type marked on the underside of the wing or fuselage (the identity mark was only used on a single model of a "tree" as multiple models were molded at once. Comet Metal Products also made 1:432 models in white metal - these were usually painted olive drab and had a hanging or mounting hole (see below). Both of these types were sold to the public following WWII and in some cases were used as premiums for cereal etc. The "civilian" models came in different colors (grey plastic for example although the metal models were sold in olive drab as "Authenticast" models) and did not usually have the "hanging hole" although some are pictured in the Authenticast catalog mounted on a wire from a stand. Molds for the metal models have been used by various companies to make (cheaply molded with stiffened surfaces) pieces for wargamers, and more recently, a line of beautifully cast pewter models on stands (by DFC) which are no longer being made. These 1:432 models are arguably the longest used production airplane model molds ever used - 1943 to around 1993. cruverbritishset.jpg cruver-p80.jpg Cruver models were molded from various mixes of cellulose acetate. This particular P-80 had black paint over silver when I received it; many of the P-80 were painted silver and I'm not certain that this was limited to the Aristo-Craft line or not. After removing the paint, the basic plastic is not the usual shiny black but rather a somewhat striated buff color, a not unusual condition. It is shown here to demonstrate the variations to be found in the ID models. Cruver11.jpg This pictures the Cruver Mfg registered trademark symbol. CRUVER.jpg Cruver (and the Design Center) was dependent upon suppliers to furnish the cellulose acetate powder (granular) used in their injection molding machines. It is doubtful that any real quality control was used on the incoming powder in that it was being primarily used for a product that was basically expendable - the recognition models. Cruver also made many other plastic products during WWII; see the four-page ad below which is in the above catalog. CRUVER2.jpg cruver-aircraft-collection.jpg Classic Aircraft Collection, Ju87, GR-4, 1 part, price 110US$ Remake of the Cruver WWII aircraft recognition model, about 2000 cruver-aristo-craft.jpg SOURCE OF RECOGNITION MODELS How did the collectible recognition models get into civilian hands? Numerous avenues. Some were "liberated" during the war, many were sold surplus at military surplus stores (25 cents each in a barrel), and many were sold by model shops through the wholesale source, Polk's Model Craft Hobbies in New York and Chicago, who called the surplus Cruver models the "Aristo-Craft" line. Ads for these models began appearing in model airplane magazines in 1944 and continued for about three years. Initially the models were quite expensive for the time, particularly for a marketplace that was inexperienced with all-plastic models of any kind. The models must not have sold well as the price kept dropping the ads into 1947. Obviously Polk's had a glut of the Aristo-Craft models by the 1947-48 period and tried to move them out of inventory by having an "auction" for dealers. A wholesale flyer was sent out with the details of the "By-Mail Auction" for lots of the Aristo-Craft plastic models (Cruver IDs). One page of the flyer is shown below. cruver-caterpillar-d7-tractor.jpg CRUVER--ID-Planes-bombers.jpg cruver-playing-cards.jpg The Cruver Mfg also made playing cards. US-Maritime-Commission-Cruver-MFG.jpg cruver_ju87x.jpg
  • The Weekender (A Review)
    As Mark Dever referenced the Weekender here, I want to say, the Weekender was a smashing success. I did not know what to expect so I intentionally did not set any expectations; well, as best as I could. We arrived Thursday evening at the airport, took the Washington Flyer, and finally took the Metro to Capitol South - our final stop. Roughly 250 feet from the Capitol South Metro stop stood our housing accommodations which was roughly 5 to 6 blocks away from Capitol Hill Baptist Church. On the way to the first meeting, we stopped by Burrito Brothers of Capitol Hill. In the words of Brad, "This burrito makes Moe's Homewrecker look wimpy." We finally made it to the openning session and the blast of refreshment began. Elder's Meeting Once the group was settled down and seated, the Elder's began their meeting in prayer. Over two hours later, they began to get into the business of the church. Two hours!! of prayer; prayer for each other and prayer for the people of CHBC. They openned their directory, which is updated every 1 to 2 weeks!!, and prayed over and for, I would say, 70-75% of the people. These men are serious about spending their time in the ministry of the Word and prayer, and the time of prayer was not a mere 10-15 minutes of filler. Their prayer time was sincere and earnest with the expectation for God to move upon the people over whom they have been called to "undershepherd". So the stage was set for the rest of the weekend. I could tell this was going to be a special weekend. As a sidenote, they do not have a policy to have an Elder per X number of people (i.e. 1 Elder per 50 people). They do not want to put themselves in a position in which they require an Elder yet do not have a man qualified enough to fulfill the role. They would rather have no Elder than to have someone who barely (if at all) meets the qualifications. They currently have 10 Elders with 6 of them Layelders. They do have a guideline which requires that the majority of the Elders must be Layelders (non-paid Elders). This, in my mind, places more emphasis upon the people's responsibility instead of the people expecting the "professionals" to do the work of the ministry. As Brad mentions, "I also add that these men, like all other lay elders, were working anywhere from 55-65 hrs a week in the fast paced world of DC, but it was obvious that their passion was caring for the members of CHBC. Many of them have two or three children under ten years old." Sacrifice The leadership of CHBC served the 50 Weekenders from around the world sacrificially - giving of their time, resources, knowledge, wisdom, experience, and passion to point us all to our Lord. Everything they did and taught was solely based on Scripture and nothing more. One of that last things they said to us was (my paraphrase), "When you go back to your people, do not talk up CHBC. Share what God is doing and can do for them and through them." In his sermon on March 19, Dever discusses the individual mentioned in 2 Corinthians 8:16-9:5 who was famous for the Gospel. Although this man may have been well known by the people of Corinth, his identity is a mystery to us. But the point is do what is right whether you are recognized for it or not. He then said something that struck me, "a day you show up for work should be a bad day for Satan." We should have a work ethic of high quality, yet at the same time, we should strive to be unknown. We should not be famous for who we are but that we have sold everything for the Gospel. Let me just say that God is doing a tremendous work in Washington DC in a small church called Capitol Hill Baptist Church. The leadership and people of CHBC are a sacrificial people and God is blessing them for it. Membership The leadership of CHBC places a high priority of membership to the church; so much so that people are not allowed to attend the small groups without being a member. In some ways, I think this is slightly over the top, but I understand their thinking and passion behind it. But the most profound reason behind church membership they mentioned hit home with me. This profound reason is based on Hebrews 13:17, "Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you." The primary point from this passage they brought out was, "I want to know exactly for whom I am giving an account before God. If you do not want to be a member of CHBC, there are several other good churches in the area you can attend" (my paraphrase). I will let that sink in. Transcultural Christianity Fifty men from around the world came specifically for the Weekender weekend. Two men came from the UK, and another man came from Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. There was a common bond with these men. It is called the Gospel. What stuck out to me is that I am so wrapped up in a Christianity that has been Americanized. I get so focussed on specific trees within Christianity (and more specifically American Christianity) that I forget to take a step back look at the forest of Christianity; a transcultural Christianity which does not care which version of Scripture I use as long as I adhere vehemently to the Gospel alone. One "foreign" man said, "You Americans pick strange hills upon which to die." What a super reminder that the Gospel is transcultural and that America is not the only place in the world where God is working mightily. Sunday Worship From what I can remember, I can not think of one congregation of which I have been a part (500 +/- attendees) that sang so wonderfully loud with their whole being as the congregation of CHBC. The excitement of God's work is evident! They sang songs written in the 1700s as if they were penned only yesterday. It was magnicient! Of course, there is most likely other things I can say about the Weekender and the Elders of CHBC, but I would rather strongly suggest you get in on a Weekender whenever they have one. You will be most glad you did; not because of CHBC or because it's Mark Dever, but because God is doing wonderful things there, and it is evident. I am not writing all of this to promote McDever churches - nothing of the sort. I am writing all of this to praise God Who is doing incredible things in the heart of downtown Washington DC, and He let me be a part of it - for a weekend. It was refreshing/rebuking to be reminded that my sphere of Christianity does not have the corner of truth nor of its practice. And I thank God for that. Pictures! The first three pictures show a little part of the inside of the church building. The next few pictures show the area around the church building, and the last picture is the mounted deer head over the fireplace which stared at Brad while he was sleeping. The eyes followed him everywhere he stepped. Fortunately I never heard any screaming or yelling during the night; so I think ultimately the deer head didn't bother him as I thought it might.... CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006-1.jpg CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006-2.jpg CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006-3.jpg CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006 003.jpg CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006 004.jpg CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006 007.jpg CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006 018.jpg CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006 022.jpg CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006 025.jpg
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  • Dave Needs
    I Googled - "Dave needs" (with quotes) and below is the list: 1) Dave needs a time out 2) Dave needs to know 3) Dave needs Firefox and BugMeNot 4) Dave needs some advice 5) Dave needs plywood 6) Dave needs a vacation 7) Dave needs help walking through doors 8) Dave needs to share from his own experience 9) DAVE NEEDS VACATION FROM CARRYING HIS FIANCEE'S BAGS 10) I think Dave needs to work one of these into his live appearances What do you need? :)
Gospel Blogs
  • ESV English-Greek Reverse Interlinear New Testament with the ESV English-Hebrew Reverse Interlinear Old Testament and the Journaling Bibleall wrapped into a single volume. My bookshelf already drooling has a spot for it........... Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting (the Picture is of my own creation)...." >The NEW! ESV English-Hebrew-English-Greek Reverse Interlinear Journaling Bible
  • Strongest Dad in the World You normally have to register and pay to see the article, but I have been able to post it below (HT: Tim Theulle). As Tim says, "get the Kleenex...."" title="Published on June 15, 2006, Rick Reilly tells a true story of a father and son who saved each other's life- Strongest Dad in the World You normally have to register and pay to see the article, but I have...">Father of the Century
    I try to be a good father. Give my kids mulligans. Work nights to pay For their text messaging. Take them to swimsuit shoots. But compared with Dick Hoyt, I suck. Eighty-five times he's pushed his disabled son, Rick, 26.2 miles in Marathons. Eight times he's not only pushed him 26.2 miles in a Wheelchair but also towed him 2.4 miles in a dinghy while swimming and Pedaled him 112 miles in a seat on the handlebars--all in the same day. Dick's also pulled him cross-country skiing, taken him on his back Mountain climbing and once hauled him across the U.S. On a bike. Makes Taking your son bowling look a little lame, right? And what has Rick done for his father? Not much--except save his life. This love story began in Winchester , Mass. , 43 years ago, when Rick Was strangled by the umbilical cord during birth, leaving him Brain-damaged and unable to control his limbs. "He'll be a vegetable the rest of his life;'' Dick says doctors told him And his wife, Judy, when Rick was nine months old. ``Put him in an Institution.'' But the Hoyts weren't buying it. They noticed the way Rick's eyes Followed them around the room. When Rick was 11 they took him to the Engineering department at Tufts University and asked if there was Anything to help the boy communicate. ``No way,'' Dick says he was told. ``There's nothing going on in his brain.'' "Tell him a joke,'' Dick countered. They did. Rick laughed. Turns out a Lot was going on in his brain. Rigged up with a computer that allowed Him to control the cursor by touching a switch with the side of his Head, Rick was finally able to communicate. First words? ``Go Bruins!'' And after a high school classmate was paralyzed in an accident and the School organized a charity run for him, Rick pecked out, ``Dad, I want To do that.'' Yeah, right. How was Dick, a self-described ``porker'' who never ran More than a mile at a time, going to push his son five miles? Still, he Tried. ``Then it was me who was handicapped,'' Dick says. ``I was sore For two weeks.'' That day changed Rick's life. ``Dad,'' he typed, ``when we were running, It felt like I wasn't disabled anymore!'' And that sentence changed Dick's life. He became obsessed with giving Rick that feeling as often as he could. He got into such hard-belly Shape that he and Rick were ready to try the 1979 Boston Marathon. ``No way,'' Dick was told by a race official. The Hoyts weren't quite a Single runner, and they weren't quite a wheelchair competitor. For a few Years Dick and Rick just joined the massive field and ran anyway, then They found a way to get into the race Officially: In 1983 they ran another marathon so fast they made the Qualifying time for Boston the following year. Then somebody said, ``Hey, Dick, why not a triathlon?'' How's a guy who never learned to swim and hadn't ridden a bike since he Was six going to haul his 110-pound kid through a triathlon? Still, Dick Tried. Now they've done 212 triathlons, including four grueling 15-hour Ironmans in Hawaii . It must be a buzzkill to be a 25-year-old stud Getting passed by an old guy towing a grown man in a dinghy, don't you Think? Hey, Dick, why not see how you'd do on your own? ``No way,'' he says. Dick does it purely for ``the awesome feeling'' he gets seeing Rick with A cantaloupe smile as they run, swim and ride together. This year, at ages 65 and 43, Dick and Rick finished their 24th Boston Marathon, in 5,083rd place out of more than 20,000 starters. Their best Time? Two hours, 40 minutes in 1992--only 35 minutes off the world Record, which, in case you don't keep track of these things, happens to Be held by a guy who was not pushing another man in a wheelchair at the Time. ``No question about it,'' Rick types. ``My dad is the Father of the Century.'' And Dick got something else out of all this too. Two years ago he had a Mild heart attack during a race. Doctors found that one of his arteries Was 95% clogged. ``If you hadn't been in such great shape,'' One doctor told him, ``you probably would've died 15 years ago.'' So, in a way, Dick and Rick saved each other's life. Rick, who has his own apartment (he gets home care) and works in Boston, and Dick, retired from the military and living in Holland, Mass. , always find ways to be together. They give speeches around the country and compete in some backbreaking race every weekend, including this Father's Day. That night, Rick will buy his dad dinner, but the thing he really wants to give him is a gift he can never buy. ``The thing I'd most like,'' Rick types, ``is that my dad sit in the chair and I push him once.''
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  • cruver-6029prem4x7-thumb.jpgDear Mr. Atherly:- Your letter of April 5th has been received and we are glad that Mr. Johnson of the F.S. Carr Company is interested in N-109 Promo Books, however, we have no samples that we can send him. You have the only sample that we can get our hands on. Our Leather Department has been so busy making bona fide leather orders for the last ninety days that we have not been able to get through a single order for samples and there are about ten or twelve of our salesmen very anxious for even two or three [Mission] Leather samples. We cannot give them to them, because some convention order would suffer and we do not want this to occur. We hope you can sell some one else our leather goods and await your further favors. Yours very truly, Cruver Manufacturing Co. I have found a few pictures with brief descriptions relating to a company called Cruver Manufacturing. It's just super swell!! Enjoy!" title="Dear Mr. Atherly:- Your letter of April 5th has been received and we are glad that Mr. Johnson of the F.S. Carr Company is interested in N-109 Promo Books, however, we have no samples that we can send him. You...">Friday's "Familial" Frivolous Farrago (aka. Cruver Nostalgia)
    cruver-b25id.jpgDuring the early to mid-20th century, a company called Cruver Manufacturing was full of life and has now become a part of Americana. Items, as pictured right, were popular particularly during World War II. Cellulose acetate plastic recognition model in 1:72 scale of the B-25 dated July 1942 and manufactured by Cruver of Chicago (2456-60 Jackson Blvd, Curtis L. Cruver, pres/tres, and Curtis L. Cruver Jr., secretary). Most recognition models were made from injection-molded cellulose acetate plastic. At one point, the plastic model planes were so popular, they were featured on the Kix cereal box. They were super swell!! cruver-kixtest.jpg Portions of a General Mills ad from May 1946 are shown below; the Kix cereal airplane premiums were 1:432 scale models made from the wartime Cruver recognition model molds - see Friend or Foe? Museum page or Display Model page for more information. Presented here just for fun. cruver-kixplanes.jpg (picture below)Cruver-made P-39 with sprue still attached. Each model was hand worked to remove molding sprue and flash. From a 1944 Cruver ad. CRUVERP-39.jpg cruverusset.jpg Pictured immediately above and below are two sets of 1:432 plastic "pocket" recognition models. These models were manufactured by Cruver ... Most collectors assume that the military issue, wartime models (both metal and plastic) had a hole located at the c.g. - each of these models has a hole. The U.S. set is at the top with the British set below. Only a few models in each set actually have the Cruver identity mark, ©, but all have a date and airplane type marked on the underside of the wing or fuselage (the identity mark was only used on a single model of a "tree" as multiple models were molded at once. Comet Metal Products also made 1:432 models in white metal - these were usually painted olive drab and had a hanging or mounting hole (see below). Both of these types were sold to the public following WWII and in some cases were used as premiums for cereal etc. The "civilian" models came in different colors (grey plastic for example although the metal models were sold in olive drab as "Authenticast" models) and did not usually have the "hanging hole" although some are pictured in the Authenticast catalog mounted on a wire from a stand. Molds for the metal models have been used by various companies to make (cheaply molded with stiffened surfaces) pieces for wargamers, and more recently, a line of beautifully cast pewter models on stands (by DFC) which are no longer being made. These 1:432 models are arguably the longest used production airplane model molds ever used - 1943 to around 1993. cruverbritishset.jpg cruver-p80.jpg Cruver models were molded from various mixes of cellulose acetate. This particular P-80 had black paint over silver when I received it; many of the P-80 were painted silver and I'm not certain that this was limited to the Aristo-Craft line or not. After removing the paint, the basic plastic is not the usual shiny black but rather a somewhat striated buff color, a not unusual condition. It is shown here to demonstrate the variations to be found in the ID models. Cruver11.jpg This pictures the Cruver Mfg registered trademark symbol. CRUVER.jpg Cruver (and the Design Center) was dependent upon suppliers to furnish the cellulose acetate powder (granular) used in their injection molding machines. It is doubtful that any real quality control was used on the incoming powder in that it was being primarily used for a product that was basically expendable - the recognition models. Cruver also made many other plastic products during WWII; see the four-page ad below which is in the above catalog. CRUVER2.jpg cruver-aircraft-collection.jpg Classic Aircraft Collection, Ju87, GR-4, 1 part, price 110US$ Remake of the Cruver WWII aircraft recognition model, about 2000 cruver-aristo-craft.jpg SOURCE OF RECOGNITION MODELS How did the collectible recognition models get into civilian hands? Numerous avenues. Some were "liberated" during the war, many were sold surplus at military surplus stores (25 cents each in a barrel), and many were sold by model shops through the wholesale source, Polk's Model Craft Hobbies in New York and Chicago, who called the surplus Cruver models the "Aristo-Craft" line. Ads for these models began appearing in model airplane magazines in 1944 and continued for about three years. Initially the models were quite expensive for the time, particularly for a marketplace that was inexperienced with all-plastic models of any kind. The models must not have sold well as the price kept dropping the ads into 1947. Obviously Polk's had a glut of the Aristo-Craft models by the 1947-48 period and tried to move them out of inventory by having an "auction" for dealers. A wholesale flyer was sent out with the details of the "By-Mail Auction" for lots of the Aristo-Craft plastic models (Cruver IDs). One page of the flyer is shown below. cruver-caterpillar-d7-tractor.jpg CRUVER--ID-Planes-bombers.jpg cruver-playing-cards.jpg The Cruver Mfg also made playing cards. US-Maritime-Commission-Cruver-MFG.jpg cruver_ju87x.jpg
  • The Weekender (A Review)
    As Mark Dever referenced the Weekender here, I want to say, the Weekender was a smashing success. I did not know what to expect so I intentionally did not set any expectations; well, as best as I could. We arrived Thursday evening at the airport, took the Washington Flyer, and finally took the Metro to Capitol South - our final stop. Roughly 250 feet from the Capitol South Metro stop stood our housing accommodations which was roughly 5 to 6 blocks away from Capitol Hill Baptist Church. On the way to the first meeting, we stopped by Burrito Brothers of Capitol Hill. In the words of Brad, "This burrito makes Moe's Homewrecker look wimpy." We finally made it to the openning session and the blast of refreshment began. Elder's Meeting Once the group was settled down and seated, the Elder's began their meeting in prayer. Over two hours later, they began to get into the business of the church. Two hours!! of prayer; prayer for each other and prayer for the people of CHBC. They openned their directory, which is updated every 1 to 2 weeks!!, and prayed over and for, I would say, 70-75% of the people. These men are serious about spending their time in the ministry of the Word and prayer, and the time of prayer was not a mere 10-15 minutes of filler. Their prayer time was sincere and earnest with the expectation for God to move upon the people over whom they have been called to "undershepherd". So the stage was set for the rest of the weekend. I could tell this was going to be a special weekend. As a sidenote, they do not have a policy to have an Elder per X number of people (i.e. 1 Elder per 50 people). They do not want to put themselves in a position in which they require an Elder yet do not have a man qualified enough to fulfill the role. They would rather have no Elder than to have someone who barely (if at all) meets the qualifications. They currently have 10 Elders with 6 of them Layelders. They do have a guideline which requires that the majority of the Elders must be Layelders (non-paid Elders). This, in my mind, places more emphasis upon the people's responsibility instead of the people expecting the "professionals" to do the work of the ministry. As Brad mentions, "I also add that these men, like all other lay elders, were working anywhere from 55-65 hrs a week in the fast paced world of DC, but it was obvious that their passion was caring for the members of CHBC. Many of them have two or three children under ten years old." Sacrifice The leadership of CHBC served the 50 Weekenders from around the world sacrificially - giving of their time, resources, knowledge, wisdom, experience, and passion to point us all to our Lord. Everything they did and taught was solely based on Scripture and nothing more. One of that last things they said to us was (my paraphrase), "When you go back to your people, do not talk up CHBC. Share what God is doing and can do for them and through them." In his sermon on March 19, Dever discusses the individual mentioned in 2 Corinthians 8:16-9:5 who was famous for the Gospel. Although this man may have been well known by the people of Corinth, his identity is a mystery to us. But the point is do what is right whether you are recognized for it or not. He then said something that struck me, "a day you show up for work should be a bad day for Satan." We should have a work ethic of high quality, yet at the same time, we should strive to be unknown. We should not be famous for who we are but that we have sold everything for the Gospel. Let me just say that God is doing a tremendous work in Washington DC in a small church called Capitol Hill Baptist Church. The leadership and people of CHBC are a sacrificial people and God is blessing them for it. Membership The leadership of CHBC places a high priority of membership to the church; so much so that people are not allowed to attend the small groups without being a member. In some ways, I think this is slightly over the top, but I understand their thinking and passion behind it. But the most profound reason behind church membership they mentioned hit home with me. This profound reason is based on Hebrews 13:17, "Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you." The primary point from this passage they brought out was, "I want to know exactly for whom I am giving an account before God. If you do not want to be a member of CHBC, there are several other good churches in the area you can attend" (my paraphrase). I will let that sink in. Transcultural Christianity Fifty men from around the world came specifically for the Weekender weekend. Two men came from the UK, and another man came from Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. There was a common bond with these men. It is called the Gospel. What stuck out to me is that I am so wrapped up in a Christianity that has been Americanized. I get so focussed on specific trees within Christianity (and more specifically American Christianity) that I forget to take a step back look at the forest of Christianity; a transcultural Christianity which does not care which version of Scripture I use as long as I adhere vehemently to the Gospel alone. One "foreign" man said, "You Americans pick strange hills upon which to die." What a super reminder that the Gospel is transcultural and that America is not the only place in the world where God is working mightily. Sunday Worship From what I can remember, I can not think of one congregation of which I have been a part (500 +/- attendees) that sang so wonderfully loud with their whole being as the congregation of CHBC. The excitement of God's work is evident! They sang songs written in the 1700s as if they were penned only yesterday. It was magnicient! Of course, there is most likely other things I can say about the Weekender and the Elders of CHBC, but I would rather strongly suggest you get in on a Weekender whenever they have one. You will be most glad you did; not because of CHBC or because it's Mark Dever, but because God is doing wonderful things there, and it is evident. I am not writing all of this to promote McDever churches - nothing of the sort. I am writing all of this to praise God Who is doing incredible things in the heart of downtown Washington DC, and He let me be a part of it - for a weekend. It was refreshing/rebuking to be reminded that my sphere of Christianity does not have the corner of truth nor of its practice. And I thank God for that. Pictures! The first three pictures show a little part of the inside of the church building. The next few pictures show the area around the church building, and the last picture is the mounted deer head over the fireplace which stared at Brad while he was sleeping. The eyes followed him everywhere he stepped. Fortunately I never heard any screaming or yelling during the night; so I think ultimately the deer head didn't bother him as I thought it might.... CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006-1.jpg CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006-2.jpg CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006-3.jpg CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006 003.jpg CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006 004.jpg CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006 007.jpg CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006 018.jpg CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006 022.jpg CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006 025.jpg
  • Some Humor - A Full Edition
  • Dave Needs
    I Googled - "Dave needs" (with quotes) and below is the list: 1) Dave needs a time out 2) Dave needs to know 3) Dave needs Firefox and BugMeNot 4) Dave needs some advice 5) Dave needs plywood 6) Dave needs a vacation 7) Dave needs help walking through doors 8) Dave needs to share from his own experience 9) DAVE NEEDS VACATION FROM CARRYING HIS FIANCEE'S BAGS 10) I think Dave needs to work one of these into his live appearances What do you need? :)
Gospel-Centered Audio Sermons
  • ESV English-Greek Reverse Interlinear New Testament with the ESV English-Hebrew Reverse Interlinear Old Testament and the Journaling Bibleall wrapped into a single volume. My bookshelf already drooling has a spot for it........... Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting (the Picture is of my own creation)...." >The NEW! ESV English-Hebrew-English-Greek Reverse Interlinear Journaling Bible
  • Strongest Dad in the World You normally have to register and pay to see the article, but I have been able to post it below (HT: Tim Theulle). As Tim says, "get the Kleenex...."" title="Published on June 15, 2006, Rick Reilly tells a true story of a father and son who saved each other's life- Strongest Dad in the World You normally have to register and pay to see the article, but I have...">Father of the Century
    I try to be a good father. Give my kids mulligans. Work nights to pay For their text messaging. Take them to swimsuit shoots. But compared with Dick Hoyt, I suck. Eighty-five times he's pushed his disabled son, Rick, 26.2 miles in Marathons. Eight times he's not only pushed him 26.2 miles in a Wheelchair but also towed him 2.4 miles in a dinghy while swimming and Pedaled him 112 miles in a seat on the handlebars--all in the same day. Dick's also pulled him cross-country skiing, taken him on his back Mountain climbing and once hauled him across the U.S. On a bike. Makes Taking your son bowling look a little lame, right? And what has Rick done for his father? Not much--except save his life. This love story began in Winchester , Mass. , 43 years ago, when Rick Was strangled by the umbilical cord during birth, leaving him Brain-damaged and unable to control his limbs. "He'll be a vegetable the rest of his life;'' Dick says doctors told him And his wife, Judy, when Rick was nine months old. ``Put him in an Institution.'' But the Hoyts weren't buying it. They noticed the way Rick's eyes Followed them around the room. When Rick was 11 they took him to the Engineering department at Tufts University and asked if there was Anything to help the boy communicate. ``No way,'' Dick says he was told. ``There's nothing going on in his brain.'' "Tell him a joke,'' Dick countered. They did. Rick laughed. Turns out a Lot was going on in his brain. Rigged up with a computer that allowed Him to control the cursor by touching a switch with the side of his Head, Rick was finally able to communicate. First words? ``Go Bruins!'' And after a high school classmate was paralyzed in an accident and the School organized a charity run for him, Rick pecked out, ``Dad, I want To do that.'' Yeah, right. How was Dick, a self-described ``porker'' who never ran More than a mile at a time, going to push his son five miles? Still, he Tried. ``Then it was me who was handicapped,'' Dick says. ``I was sore For two weeks.'' That day changed Rick's life. ``Dad,'' he typed, ``when we were running, It felt like I wasn't disabled anymore!'' And that sentence changed Dick's life. He became obsessed with giving Rick that feeling as often as he could. He got into such hard-belly Shape that he and Rick were ready to try the 1979 Boston Marathon. ``No way,'' Dick was told by a race official. The Hoyts weren't quite a Single runner, and they weren't quite a wheelchair competitor. For a few Years Dick and Rick just joined the massive field and ran anyway, then They found a way to get into the race Officially: In 1983 they ran another marathon so fast they made the Qualifying time for Boston the following year. Then somebody said, ``Hey, Dick, why not a triathlon?'' How's a guy who never learned to swim and hadn't ridden a bike since he Was six going to haul his 110-pound kid through a triathlon? Still, Dick Tried. Now they've done 212 triathlons, including four grueling 15-hour Ironmans in Hawaii . It must be a buzzkill to be a 25-year-old stud Getting passed by an old guy towing a grown man in a dinghy, don't you Think? Hey, Dick, why not see how you'd do on your own? ``No way,'' he says. Dick does it purely for ``the awesome feeling'' he gets seeing Rick with A cantaloupe smile as they run, swim and ride together. This year, at ages 65 and 43, Dick and Rick finished their 24th Boston Marathon, in 5,083rd place out of more than 20,000 starters. Their best Time? Two hours, 40 minutes in 1992--only 35 minutes off the world Record, which, in case you don't keep track of these things, happens to Be held by a guy who was not pushing another man in a wheelchair at the Time. ``No question about it,'' Rick types. ``My dad is the Father of the Century.'' And Dick got something else out of all this too. Two years ago he had a Mild heart attack during a race. Doctors found that one of his arteries Was 95% clogged. ``If you hadn't been in such great shape,'' One doctor told him, ``you probably would've died 15 years ago.'' So, in a way, Dick and Rick saved each other's life. Rick, who has his own apartment (he gets home care) and works in Boston, and Dick, retired from the military and living in Holland, Mass. , always find ways to be together. They give speeches around the country and compete in some backbreaking race every weekend, including this Father's Day. That night, Rick will buy his dad dinner, but the thing he really wants to give him is a gift he can never buy. ``The thing I'd most like,'' Rick types, ``is that my dad sit in the chair and I push him once.''
    And the video is below....
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  • cruver-6029prem4x7-thumb.jpgDear Mr. Atherly:- Your letter of April 5th has been received and we are glad that Mr. Johnson of the F.S. Carr Company is interested in N-109 Promo Books, however, we have no samples that we can send him. You have the only sample that we can get our hands on. Our Leather Department has been so busy making bona fide leather orders for the last ninety days that we have not been able to get through a single order for samples and there are about ten or twelve of our salesmen very anxious for even two or three [Mission] Leather samples. We cannot give them to them, because some convention order would suffer and we do not want this to occur. We hope you can sell some one else our leather goods and await your further favors. Yours very truly, Cruver Manufacturing Co. I have found a few pictures with brief descriptions relating to a company called Cruver Manufacturing. It's just super swell!! Enjoy!" title="Dear Mr. Atherly:- Your letter of April 5th has been received and we are glad that Mr. Johnson of the F.S. Carr Company is interested in N-109 Promo Books, however, we have no samples that we can send him. You...">Friday's "Familial" Frivolous Farrago (aka. Cruver Nostalgia)
    cruver-b25id.jpgDuring the early to mid-20th century, a company called Cruver Manufacturing was full of life and has now become a part of Americana. Items, as pictured right, were popular particularly during World War II. Cellulose acetate plastic recognition model in 1:72 scale of the B-25 dated July 1942 and manufactured by Cruver of Chicago (2456-60 Jackson Blvd, Curtis L. Cruver, pres/tres, and Curtis L. Cruver Jr., secretary). Most recognition models were made from injection-molded cellulose acetate plastic. At one point, the plastic model planes were so popular, they were featured on the Kix cereal box. They were super swell!! cruver-kixtest.jpg Portions of a General Mills ad from May 1946 are shown below; the Kix cereal airplane premiums were 1:432 scale models made from the wartime Cruver recognition model molds - see Friend or Foe? Museum page or Display Model page for more information. Presented here just for fun. cruver-kixplanes.jpg (picture below)Cruver-made P-39 with sprue still attached. Each model was hand worked to remove molding sprue and flash. From a 1944 Cruver ad. CRUVERP-39.jpg cruverusset.jpg Pictured immediately above and below are two sets of 1:432 plastic "pocket" recognition models. These models were manufactured by Cruver ... Most collectors assume that the military issue, wartime models (both metal and plastic) had a hole located at the c.g. - each of these models has a hole. The U.S. set is at the top with the British set below. Only a few models in each set actually have the Cruver identity mark, ©, but all have a date and airplane type marked on the underside of the wing or fuselage (the identity mark was only used on a single model of a "tree" as multiple models were molded at once. Comet Metal Products also made 1:432 models in white metal - these were usually painted olive drab and had a hanging or mounting hole (see below). Both of these types were sold to the public following WWII and in some cases were used as premiums for cereal etc. The "civilian" models came in different colors (grey plastic for example although the metal models were sold in olive drab as "Authenticast" models) and did not usually have the "hanging hole" although some are pictured in the Authenticast catalog mounted on a wire from a stand. Molds for the metal models have been used by various companies to make (cheaply molded with stiffened surfaces) pieces for wargamers, and more recently, a line of beautifully cast pewter models on stands (by DFC) which are no longer being made. These 1:432 models are arguably the longest used production airplane model molds ever used - 1943 to around 1993. cruverbritishset.jpg cruver-p80.jpg Cruver models were molded from various mixes of cellulose acetate. This particular P-80 had black paint over silver when I received it; many of the P-80 were painted silver and I'm not certain that this was limited to the Aristo-Craft line or not. After removing the paint, the basic plastic is not the usual shiny black but rather a somewhat striated buff color, a not unusual condition. It is shown here to demonstrate the variations to be found in the ID models. Cruver11.jpg This pictures the Cruver Mfg registered trademark symbol. CRUVER.jpg Cruver (and the Design Center) was dependent upon suppliers to furnish the cellulose acetate powder (granular) used in their injection molding machines. It is doubtful that any real quality control was used on the incoming powder in that it was being primarily used for a product that was basically expendable - the recognition models. Cruver also made many other plastic products during WWII; see the four-page ad below which is in the above catalog. CRUVER2.jpg cruver-aircraft-collection.jpg Classic Aircraft Collection, Ju87, GR-4, 1 part, price 110US$ Remake of the Cruver WWII aircraft recognition model, about 2000 cruver-aristo-craft.jpg SOURCE OF RECOGNITION MODELS How did the collectible recognition models get into civilian hands? Numerous avenues. Some were "liberated" during the war, many were sold surplus at military surplus stores (25 cents each in a barrel), and many were sold by model shops through the wholesale source, Polk's Model Craft Hobbies in New York and Chicago, who called the surplus Cruver models the "Aristo-Craft" line. Ads for these models began appearing in model airplane magazines in 1944 and continued for about three years. Initially the models were quite expensive for the time, particularly for a marketplace that was inexperienced with all-plastic models of any kind. The models must not have sold well as the price kept dropping the ads into 1947. Obviously Polk's had a glut of the Aristo-Craft models by the 1947-48 period and tried to move them out of inventory by having an "auction" for dealers. A wholesale flyer was sent out with the details of the "By-Mail Auction" for lots of the Aristo-Craft plastic models (Cruver IDs). One page of the flyer is shown below. cruver-caterpillar-d7-tractor.jpg CRUVER--ID-Planes-bombers.jpg cruver-playing-cards.jpg The Cruver Mfg also made playing cards. US-Maritime-Commission-Cruver-MFG.jpg cruver_ju87x.jpg
  • The Weekender (A Review)
    As Mark Dever referenced the Weekender here, I want to say, the Weekender was a smashing success. I did not know what to expect so I intentionally did not set any expectations; well, as best as I could. We arrived Thursday evening at the airport, took the Washington Flyer, and finally took the Metro to Capitol South - our final stop. Roughly 250 feet from the Capitol South Metro stop stood our housing accommodations which was roughly 5 to 6 blocks away from Capitol Hill Baptist Church. On the way to the first meeting, we stopped by Burrito Brothers of Capitol Hill. In the words of Brad, "This burrito makes Moe's Homewrecker look wimpy." We finally made it to the openning session and the blast of refreshment began. Elder's Meeting Once the group was settled down and seated, the Elder's began their meeting in prayer. Over two hours later, they began to get into the business of the church. Two hours!! of prayer; prayer for each other and prayer for the people of CHBC. They openned their directory, which is updated every 1 to 2 weeks!!, and prayed over and for, I would say, 70-75% of the people. These men are serious about spending their time in the ministry of the Word and prayer, and the time of prayer was not a mere 10-15 minutes of filler. Their prayer time was sincere and earnest with the expectation for God to move upon the people over whom they have been called to "undershepherd". So the stage was set for the rest of the weekend. I could tell this was going to be a special weekend. As a sidenote, they do not have a policy to have an Elder per X number of people (i.e. 1 Elder per 50 people). They do not want to put themselves in a position in which they require an Elder yet do not have a man qualified enough to fulfill the role. They would rather have no Elder than to have someone who barely (if at all) meets the qualifications. They currently have 10 Elders with 6 of them Layelders. They do have a guideline which requires that the majority of the Elders must be Layelders (non-paid Elders). This, in my mind, places more emphasis upon the people's responsibility instead of the people expecting the "professionals" to do the work of the ministry. As Brad mentions, "I also add that these men, like all other lay elders, were working anywhere from 55-65 hrs a week in the fast paced world of DC, but it was obvious that their passion was caring for the members of CHBC. Many of them have two or three children under ten years old." Sacrifice The leadership of CHBC served the 50 Weekenders from around the world sacrificially - giving of their time, resources, knowledge, wisdom, experience, and passion to point us all to our Lord. Everything they did and taught was solely based on Scripture and nothing more. One of that last things they said to us was (my paraphrase), "When you go back to your people, do not talk up CHBC. Share what God is doing and can do for them and through them." In his sermon on March 19, Dever discusses the individual mentioned in 2 Corinthians 8:16-9:5 who was famous for the Gospel. Although this man may have been well known by the people of Corinth, his identity is a mystery to us. But the point is do what is right whether you are recognized for it or not. He then said something that struck me, "a day you show up for work should be a bad day for Satan." We should have a work ethic of high quality, yet at the same time, we should strive to be unknown. We should not be famous for who we are but that we have sold everything for the Gospel. Let me just say that God is doing a tremendous work in Washington DC in a small church called Capitol Hill Baptist Church. The leadership and people of CHBC are a sacrificial people and God is blessing them for it. Membership The leadership of CHBC places a high priority of membership to the church; so much so that people are not allowed to attend the small groups without being a member. In some ways, I think this is slightly over the top, but I understand their thinking and passion behind it. But the most profound reason behind church membership they mentioned hit home with me. This profound reason is based on Hebrews 13:17, "Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you." The primary point from this passage they brought out was, "I want to know exactly for whom I am giving an account before God. If you do not want to be a member of CHBC, there are several other good churches in the area you can attend" (my paraphrase). I will let that sink in. Transcultural Christianity Fifty men from around the world came specifically for the Weekender weekend. Two men came from the UK, and another man came from Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. There was a common bond with these men. It is called the Gospel. What stuck out to me is that I am so wrapped up in a Christianity that has been Americanized. I get so focussed on specific trees within Christianity (and more specifically American Christianity) that I forget to take a step back look at the forest of Christianity; a transcultural Christianity which does not care which version of Scripture I use as long as I adhere vehemently to the Gospel alone. One "foreign" man said, "You Americans pick strange hills upon which to die." What a super reminder that the Gospel is transcultural and that America is not the only place in the world where God is working mightily. Sunday Worship From what I can remember, I can not think of one congregation of which I have been a part (500 +/- attendees) that sang so wonderfully loud with their whole being as the congregation of CHBC. The excitement of God's work is evident! They sang songs written in the 1700s as if they were penned only yesterday. It was magnicient! Of course, there is most likely other things I can say about the Weekender and the Elders of CHBC, but I would rather strongly suggest you get in on a Weekender whenever they have one. You will be most glad you did; not because of CHBC or because it's Mark Dever, but because God is doing wonderful things there, and it is evident. I am not writing all of this to promote McDever churches - nothing of the sort. I am writing all of this to praise God Who is doing incredible things in the heart of downtown Washington DC, and He let me be a part of it - for a weekend. It was refreshing/rebuking to be reminded that my sphere of Christianity does not have the corner of truth nor of its practice. And I thank God for that. Pictures! The first three pictures show a little part of the inside of the church building. The next few pictures show the area around the church building, and the last picture is the mounted deer head over the fireplace which stared at Brad while he was sleeping. The eyes followed him everywhere he stepped. Fortunately I never heard any screaming or yelling during the night; so I think ultimately the deer head didn't bother him as I thought it might.... CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006-1.jpg CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006-2.jpg CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006-3.jpg CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006 003.jpg CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006 004.jpg CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006 007.jpg CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006 018.jpg CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006 022.jpg CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006 025.jpg
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    I Googled - "Dave needs" (with quotes) and below is the list: 1) Dave needs a time out 2) Dave needs to know 3) Dave needs Firefox and BugMeNot 4) Dave needs some advice 5) Dave needs plywood 6) Dave needs a vacation 7) Dave needs help walking through doors 8) Dave needs to share from his own experience 9) DAVE NEEDS VACATION FROM CARRYING HIS FIANCEE'S BAGS 10) I think Dave needs to work one of these into his live appearances What do you need? :)
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  • Strongest Dad in the World You normally have to register and pay to see the article, but I have been able to post it below (HT: Tim Theulle). As Tim says, "get the Kleenex...."" title="Published on June 15, 2006, Rick Reilly tells a true story of a father and son who saved each other's life- Strongest Dad in the World You normally have to register and pay to see the article, but I have...">Father of the Century
    I try to be a good father. Give my kids mulligans. Work nights to pay For their text messaging. Take them to swimsuit shoots. But compared with Dick Hoyt, I suck. Eighty-five times he's pushed his disabled son, Rick, 26.2 miles in Marathons. Eight times he's not only pushed him 26.2 miles in a Wheelchair but also towed him 2.4 miles in a dinghy while swimming and Pedaled him 112 miles in a seat on the handlebars--all in the same day. Dick's also pulled him cross-country skiing, taken him on his back Mountain climbing and once hauled him across the U.S. On a bike. Makes Taking your son bowling look a little lame, right? And what has Rick done for his father? Not much--except save his life. This love story began in Winchester , Mass. , 43 years ago, when Rick Was strangled by the umbilical cord during birth, leaving him Brain-damaged and unable to control his limbs. "He'll be a vegetable the rest of his life;'' Dick says doctors told him And his wife, Judy, when Rick was nine months old. ``Put him in an Institution.'' But the Hoyts weren't buying it. They noticed the way Rick's eyes Followed them around the room. When Rick was 11 they took him to the Engineering department at Tufts University and asked if there was Anything to help the boy communicate. ``No way,'' Dick says he was told. ``There's nothing going on in his brain.'' "Tell him a joke,'' Dick countered. They did. Rick laughed. Turns out a Lot was going on in his brain. Rigged up with a computer that allowed Him to control the cursor by touching a switch with the side of his Head, Rick was finally able to communicate. First words? ``Go Bruins!'' And after a high school classmate was paralyzed in an accident and the School organized a charity run for him, Rick pecked out, ``Dad, I want To do that.'' Yeah, right. How was Dick, a self-described ``porker'' who never ran More than a mile at a time, going to push his son five miles? Still, he Tried. ``Then it was me who was handicapped,'' Dick says. ``I was sore For two weeks.'' That day changed Rick's life. ``Dad,'' he typed, ``when we were running, It felt like I wasn't disabled anymore!'' And that sentence changed Dick's life. He became obsessed with giving Rick that feeling as often as he could. He got into such hard-belly Shape that he and Rick were ready to try the 1979 Boston Marathon. ``No way,'' Dick was told by a race official. The Hoyts weren't quite a Single runner, and they weren't quite a wheelchair competitor. For a few Years Dick and Rick just joined the massive field and ran anyway, then They found a way to get into the race Officially: In 1983 they ran another marathon so fast they made the Qualifying time for Boston the following year. Then somebody said, ``Hey, Dick, why not a triathlon?'' How's a guy who never learned to swim and hadn't ridden a bike since he Was six going to haul his 110-pound kid through a triathlon? Still, Dick Tried. Now they've done 212 triathlons, including four grueling 15-hour Ironmans in Hawaii . It must be a buzzkill to be a 25-year-old stud Getting passed by an old guy towing a grown man in a dinghy, don't you Think? Hey, Dick, why not see how you'd do on your own? ``No way,'' he says. Dick does it purely for ``the awesome feeling'' he gets seeing Rick with A cantaloupe smile as they run, swim and ride together. This year, at ages 65 and 43, Dick and Rick finished their 24th Boston Marathon, in 5,083rd place out of more than 20,000 starters. Their best Time? Two hours, 40 minutes in 1992--only 35 minutes off the world Record, which, in case you don't keep track of these things, happens to Be held by a guy who was not pushing another man in a wheelchair at the Time. ``No question about it,'' Rick types. ``My dad is the Father of the Century.'' And Dick got something else out of all this too. Two years ago he had a Mild heart attack during a race. Doctors found that one of his arteries Was 95% clogged. ``If you hadn't been in such great shape,'' One doctor told him, ``you probably would've died 15 years ago.'' So, in a way, Dick and Rick saved each other's life. Rick, who has his own apartment (he gets home care) and works in Boston, and Dick, retired from the military and living in Holland, Mass. , always find ways to be together. They give speeches around the country and compete in some backbreaking race every weekend, including this Father's Day. That night, Rick will buy his dad dinner, but the thing he really wants to give him is a gift he can never buy. ``The thing I'd most like,'' Rick types, ``is that my dad sit in the chair and I push him once.''
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  • cruver-6029prem4x7-thumb.jpgDear Mr. Atherly:- Your letter of April 5th has been received and we are glad that Mr. Johnson of the F.S. Carr Company is interested in N-109 Promo Books, however, we have no samples that we can send him. You have the only sample that we can get our hands on. Our Leather Department has been so busy making bona fide leather orders for the last ninety days that we have not been able to get through a single order for samples and there are about ten or twelve of our salesmen very anxious for even two or three [Mission] Leather samples. We cannot give them to them, because some convention order would suffer and we do not want this to occur. We hope you can sell some one else our leather goods and await your further favors. Yours very truly, Cruver Manufacturing Co. I have found a few pictures with brief descriptions relating to a company called Cruver Manufacturing. It's just super swell!! Enjoy!" title="Dear Mr. Atherly:- Your letter of April 5th has been received and we are glad that Mr. Johnson of the F.S. Carr Company is interested in N-109 Promo Books, however, we have no samples that we can send him. You...">Friday's "Familial" Frivolous Farrago (aka. Cruver Nostalgia)
    cruver-b25id.jpgDuring the early to mid-20th century, a company called Cruver Manufacturing was full of life and has now become a part of Americana. Items, as pictured right, were popular particularly during World War II. Cellulose acetate plastic recognition model in 1:72 scale of the B-25 dated July 1942 and manufactured by Cruver of Chicago (2456-60 Jackson Blvd, Curtis L. Cruver, pres/tres, and Curtis L. Cruver Jr., secretary). Most recognition models were made from injection-molded cellulose acetate plastic. At one point, the plastic model planes were so popular, they were featured on the Kix cereal box. They were super swell!! cruver-kixtest.jpg Portions of a General Mills ad from May 1946 are shown below; the Kix cereal airplane premiums were 1:432 scale models made from the wartime Cruver recognition model molds - see Friend or Foe? Museum page or Display Model page for more information. Presented here just for fun. cruver-kixplanes.jpg (picture below)Cruver-made P-39 with sprue still attached. Each model was hand worked to remove molding sprue and flash. From a 1944 Cruver ad. CRUVERP-39.jpg cruverusset.jpg Pictured immediately above and below are two sets of 1:432 plastic "pocket" recognition models. These models were manufactured by Cruver ... Most collectors assume that the military issue, wartime models (both metal and plastic) had a hole located at the c.g. - each of these models has a hole. The U.S. set is at the top with the British set below. Only a few models in each set actually have the Cruver identity mark, ©, but all have a date and airplane type marked on the underside of the wing or fuselage (the identity mark was only used on a single model of a "tree" as multiple models were molded at once. Comet Metal Products also made 1:432 models in white metal - these were usually painted olive drab and had a hanging or mounting hole (see below). Both of these types were sold to the public following WWII and in some cases were used as premiums for cereal etc. The "civilian" models came in different colors (grey plastic for example although the metal models were sold in olive drab as "Authenticast" models) and did not usually have the "hanging hole" although some are pictured in the Authenticast catalog mounted on a wire from a stand. Molds for the metal models have been used by various companies to make (cheaply molded with stiffened surfaces) pieces for wargamers, and more recently, a line of beautifully cast pewter models on stands (by DFC) which are no longer being made. These 1:432 models are arguably the longest used production airplane model molds ever used - 1943 to around 1993. cruverbritishset.jpg cruver-p80.jpg Cruver models were molded from various mixes of cellulose acetate. This particular P-80 had black paint over silver when I received it; many of the P-80 were painted silver and I'm not certain that this was limited to the Aristo-Craft line or not. After removing the paint, the basic plastic is not the usual shiny black but rather a somewhat striated buff color, a not unusual condition. It is shown here to demonstrate the variations to be found in the ID models. Cruver11.jpg This pictures the Cruver Mfg registered trademark symbol. CRUVER.jpg Cruver (and the Design Center) was dependent upon suppliers to furnish the cellulose acetate powder (granular) used in their injection molding machines. It is doubtful that any real quality control was used on the incoming powder in that it was being primarily used for a product that was basically expendable - the recognition models. Cruver also made many other plastic products during WWII; see the four-page ad below which is in the above catalog. CRUVER2.jpg cruver-aircraft-collection.jpg Classic Aircraft Collection, Ju87, GR-4, 1 part, price 110US$ Remake of the Cruver WWII aircraft recognition model, about 2000 cruver-aristo-craft.jpg SOURCE OF RECOGNITION MODELS How did the collectible recognition models get into civilian hands? Numerous avenues. Some were "liberated" during the war, many were sold surplus at military surplus stores (25 cents each in a barrel), and many were sold by model shops through the wholesale source, Polk's Model Craft Hobbies in New York and Chicago, who called the surplus Cruver models the "Aristo-Craft" line. Ads for these models began appearing in model airplane magazines in 1944 and continued for about three years. Initially the models were quite expensive for the time, particularly for a marketplace that was inexperienced with all-plastic models of any kind. The models must not have sold well as the price kept dropping the ads into 1947. Obviously Polk's had a glut of the Aristo-Craft models by the 1947-48 period and tried to move them out of inventory by having an "auction" for dealers. A wholesale flyer was sent out with the details of the "By-Mail Auction" for lots of the Aristo-Craft plastic models (Cruver IDs). One page of the flyer is shown below. cruver-caterpillar-d7-tractor.jpg CRUVER--ID-Planes-bombers.jpg cruver-playing-cards.jpg The Cruver Mfg also made playing cards. US-Maritime-Commission-Cruver-MFG.jpg cruver_ju87x.jpg
  • The Weekender (A Review)
    As Mark Dever referenced the Weekender here, I want to say, the Weekender was a smashing success. I did not know what to expect so I intentionally did not set any expectations; well, as best as I could. We arrived Thursday evening at the airport, took the Washington Flyer, and finally took the Metro to Capitol South - our final stop. Roughly 250 feet from the Capitol South Metro stop stood our housing accommodations which was roughly 5 to 6 blocks away from Capitol Hill Baptist Church. On the way to the first meeting, we stopped by Burrito Brothers of Capitol Hill. In the words of Brad, "This burrito makes Moe's Homewrecker look wimpy." We finally made it to the openning session and the blast of refreshment began. Elder's Meeting Once the group was settled down and seated, the Elder's began their meeting in prayer. Over two hours later, they began to get into the business of the church. Two hours!! of prayer; prayer for each other and prayer for the people of CHBC. They openned their directory, which is updated every 1 to 2 weeks!!, and prayed over and for, I would say, 70-75% of the people. These men are serious about spending their time in the ministry of the Word and prayer, and the time of prayer was not a mere 10-15 minutes of filler. Their prayer time was sincere and earnest with the expectation for God to move upon the people over whom they have been called to "undershepherd". So the stage was set for the rest of the weekend. I could tell this was going to be a special weekend. As a sidenote, they do not have a policy to have an Elder per X number of people (i.e. 1 Elder per 50 people). They do not want to put themselves in a position in which they require an Elder yet do not have a man qualified enough to fulfill the role. They would rather have no Elder than to have someone who barely (if at all) meets the qualifications. They currently have 10 Elders with 6 of them Layelders. They do have a guideline which requires that the majority of the Elders must be Layelders (non-paid Elders). This, in my mind, places more emphasis upon the people's responsibility instead of the people expecting the "professionals" to do the work of the ministry. As Brad mentions, "I also add that these men, like all other lay elders, were working anywhere from 55-65 hrs a week in the fast paced world of DC, but it was obvious that their passion was caring for the members of CHBC. Many of them have two or three children under ten years old." Sacrifice The leadership of CHBC served the 50 Weekenders from around the world sacrificially - giving of their time, resources, knowledge, wisdom, experience, and passion to point us all to our Lord. Everything they did and taught was solely based on Scripture and nothing more. One of that last things they said to us was (my paraphrase), "When you go back to your people, do not talk up CHBC. Share what God is doing and can do for them and through them." In his sermon on March 19, Dever discusses the individual mentioned in 2 Corinthians 8:16-9:5 who was famous for the Gospel. Although this man may have been well known by the people of Corinth, his identity is a mystery to us. But the point is do what is right whether you are recognized for it or not. He then said something that struck me, "a day you show up for work should be a bad day for Satan." We should have a work ethic of high quality, yet at the same time, we should strive to be unknown. We should not be famous for who we are but that we have sold everything for the Gospel. Let me just say that God is doing a tremendous work in Washington DC in a small church called Capitol Hill Baptist Church. The leadership and people of CHBC are a sacrificial people and God is blessing them for it. Membership The leadership of CHBC places a high priority of membership to the church; so much so that people are not allowed to attend the small groups without being a member. In some ways, I think this is slightly over the top, but I understand their thinking and passion behind it. But the most profound reason behind church membership they mentioned hit home with me. This profound reason is based on Hebrews 13:17, "Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you." The primary point from this passage they brought out was, "I want to know exactly for whom I am giving an account before God. If you do not want to be a member of CHBC, there are several other good churches in the area you can attend" (my paraphrase). I will let that sink in. Transcultural Christianity Fifty men from around the world came specifically for the Weekender weekend. Two men came from the UK, and another man came from Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. There was a common bond with these men. It is called the Gospel. What stuck out to me is that I am so wrapped up in a Christianity that has been Americanized. I get so focussed on specific trees within Christianity (and more specifically American Christianity) that I forget to take a step back look at the forest of Christianity; a transcultural Christianity which does not care which version of Scripture I use as long as I adhere vehemently to the Gospel alone. One "foreign" man said, "You Americans pick strange hills upon which to die." What a super reminder that the Gospel is transcultural and that America is not the only place in the world where God is working mightily. Sunday Worship From what I can remember, I can not think of one congregation of which I have been a part (500 +/- attendees) that sang so wonderfully loud with their whole being as the congregation of CHBC. The excitement of God's work is evident! They sang songs written in the 1700s as if they were penned only yesterday. It was magnicient! Of course, there is most likely other things I can say about the Weekender and the Elders of CHBC, but I would rather strongly suggest you get in on a Weekender whenever they have one. You will be most glad you did; not because of CHBC or because it's Mark Dever, but because God is doing wonderful things there, and it is evident. I am not writing all of this to promote McDever churches - nothing of the sort. I am writing all of this to praise God Who is doing incredible things in the heart of downtown Washington DC, and He let me be a part of it - for a weekend. It was refreshing/rebuking to be reminded that my sphere of Christianity does not have the corner of truth nor of its practice. And I thank God for that. Pictures! The first three pictures show a little part of the inside of the church building. The next few pictures show the area around the church building, and the last picture is the mounted deer head over the fireplace which stared at Brad while he was sleeping. The eyes followed him everywhere he stepped. Fortunately I never heard any screaming or yelling during the night; so I think ultimately the deer head didn't bother him as I thought it might.... CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006-1.jpg CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006-2.jpg CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006-3.jpg CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006 003.jpg CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006 004.jpg CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006 007.jpg CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006 018.jpg CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006 022.jpg CHBC Weekender March 16-20 2006 025.jpg
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    I Googled - "Dave needs" (with quotes) and below is the list: 1) Dave needs a time out 2) Dave needs to know 3) Dave needs Firefox and BugMeNot 4) Dave needs some advice 5) Dave needs plywood 6) Dave needs a vacation 7) Dave needs help walking through doors 8) Dave needs to share from his own experience 9) DAVE NEEDS VACATION FROM CARRYING HIS FIANCEE'S BAGS 10) I think Dave needs to work one of these into his live appearances What do you need? :)
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