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It took me a lot of time
but it did n't ,
Oh , yeah .
but if it cost me 20 dollars , you know ,
and then I ,
And your time ,
then you 're that much farther ahead
Yeah .
Then I saw a , one of these country looking wood watermelons .
It was a solid watermelon with a wedge cut out of it .
Right .
I 've seen them
and then the watermelon , the red with the , with the seeds painted in
and ,
Oh , yeah .
Uh - huh .
That 's neat .
I went there ,
we have Home Depot out here .
I do n't know if you 've heard of it .
I went
and I got 2 6 foot inch thick boards turned into a watermelon .
Yes .
We have one .
I had to cut into slabs and build up this big square and turn it on the lath
and cutting that wedge out was no joke
Huh .
Oh , I 'm , I 'm sure .
We did it on a , I had a , uh , I did it through Adult Ed again .
A band saw ?
What ?
I did it through Adult Ed again .
Uh - huh .
And the teacher was one of these negative people ,
oh that 's dangerous ,
we ca n't do that ,
we just ca n't do that .
And I 'm going well how about this way ?
I , I want to do that ,
that was the plan here
Right .
So we did get the wedge cut out by building some kind of a cradle for it .
A cradle for it .
Yeah ,
so you can steady it
and then , you used a handsaw or a backsaw ?
Well , it , the instructions in the book I had said use a coping saw
but there 's no coping saw big enough to , for a 14 inch wide watermelon < laughter > that
Right ,
right .
and he wanted me to do it by hand with a regular saw .
I said I 'm not that steady ,
it 's not going to happen .
Yeah .
So we built a cradle for it
and we got once it was turned , we got one one cut out on the table saw , on the radial saw ,
by getting the other one out without the slice now flying in your face was something you had to think about
Right .
So ,
Now did you cut a quarter wedge in this ?
Uh , I 'd say it 's about an eighth .
You know
Well , I , I 'm envisioning , uh , uh , a a watermelon like a log
and then , uh , what I 've seen of this kind before is you have the , uh , the , uh ,
it 's , uh ,
if you 're looking at adding on you have ,
Up here in Rochester , uh , we 're the second cleanest metropolitan city as far as air pollution .
I think Grand Rapids was number 1 .
Uh , we really do n't have too much of a problem as far as , uh , industry since we 're pretty technologically based as far as our industry in the city here .
But we do have the same problem a lot of other areas up here in the northeast have
and that is the effects of acid rain .
coming basically from coal plants in Ohio and Illinois and Indiana .
Right .
Well , that 's true .
Actually down here we do n't have a big problem with , uh , with air pollution .
Mainly because we do n't have anybody to to either side of us .
Uh , which helps out a lot as far as that goes .
I would n't even necessarily thought of that except when I lived up in Boston and up in , uh , you know ,
debates would come up up there in Massachusetts and , you know , in that area over , uh , air pollution
and their attitude 's , basically , well , prevailing ins , winds are to the east
so why should we have to worry .
Yeah .
I 've , I 've , uh , was in Los Angeles once
and that was quite a difference as far as pollution goes .
I mean you could n't really see that much
Every once in a while we have these air inversions , the weather inversions
Oh , yes
nothing ,
and then it gets hazy around here
but they 're really ,
we do n't have a big problem with it .
I think that , uh , what most of the people here in New York state are going after right now is ,
it 's , it 's the , uh , ongoing acid rain problem .
Especially out in the , uh , uh , Adirondack areas where , you know , the lakes are becoming , uh , changing the acidity of the lakes
and we 're having problems now because the fish are dying and certain acidic loving plants , uh , or alkaline liking plants are not lasting anymore because the soil levels , the p H is changing as this acid rain continues to fall .
Right .
And I know that there 's been battles over the states up here .
Uh , you know , Governor Mario going after , you know , governors of Ohio and and Indiana to fix what 's going on down there .
I remember when I was in Florida ,
the only problem was that it seemed like it may ,

It took me a lot of time

but it did n't ,

Oh , yeah .

but if it cost me 20 dollars , you know ,

and then I ,

And your time ,

then you 're that much farther ahead

Yeah .

Then I saw a , one of these country looking wood watermelons .

It was a solid watermelon with a wedge cut out of it .

Right .

I 've seen them

and then the watermelon , the red with the , with the seeds painted in

and ,

Oh , yeah .

Uh - huh .

That 's neat .

I went there ,

we have Home Depot out here .

I do n't know if you 've heard of it .

I went

and I got 2 6 foot inch thick boards turned into a watermelon .

Yes .

We have one .

I had to cut into slabs and build up this big square and turn it on the lath

and cutting that wedge out was no joke

Huh .

Oh , I 'm , I 'm sure .

We did it on a , I had a , uh , I did it through Adult Ed again .

A band saw ?

What ?

I did it through Adult Ed again .

Uh - huh .

And the teacher was one of these negative people ,

oh that 's dangerous ,

we ca n't do that ,

we just ca n't do that .

And I 'm going well how about this way ?

I , I want to do that ,

that was the plan here

Right .

So we did get the wedge cut out by building some kind of a cradle for it .

A cradle for it .

Yeah ,

so you can steady it

and then , you used a handsaw or a backsaw ?

Well , it , the instructions in the book I had said use a coping saw

but there 's no coping saw big enough to , for a 14 inch wide watermelon < laughter > that

Right ,

right .

and he wanted me to do it by hand with a regular saw .

I said I 'm not that steady ,

it 's not going to happen .

Yeah .

So we built a cradle for it

and we got once it was turned , we got one one cut out on the table saw , on the radial saw ,

by getting the other one out without the slice now flying in your face was something you had to think about

Right .

So ,

Now did you cut a quarter wedge in this ?

Uh , I 'd say it 's about an eighth .

You know

Well , I , I 'm envisioning , uh , uh , a a watermelon like a log

and then , uh , what I 've seen of this kind before is you have the , uh , the , uh ,

it 's , uh ,

if you 're looking at adding on you have ,

Up here in Rochester , uh , we 're the second cleanest metropolitan city as far as air pollution .

I think Grand Rapids was number 1 .

Uh , we really do n't have too much of a problem as far as , uh , industry since we 're pretty technologically based as far as our industry in the city here .

But we do have the same problem a lot of other areas up here in the northeast have

and that is the effects of acid rain .

coming basically from coal plants in Ohio and Illinois and Indiana .

Right .

Well , that 's true .

Actually down here we do n't have a big problem with , uh , with air pollution .

Mainly because we do n't have anybody to to either side of us .

Uh , which helps out a lot as far as that goes .

I would n't even necessarily thought of that except when I lived up in Boston and up in , uh , you know ,

debates would come up up there in Massachusetts and , you know , in that area over , uh , air pollution

and their attitude 's , basically , well , prevailing ins , winds are to the east

so why should we have to worry .

Yeah .

I 've , I 've , uh , was in Los Angeles once

and that was quite a difference as far as pollution goes .

I mean you could n't really see that much

Every once in a while we have these air inversions , the weather inversions

Oh , yes

nothing ,

and then it gets hazy around here

but they 're really ,

we do n't have a big problem with it .

I think that , uh , what most of the people here in New York state are going after right now is ,

it 's , it 's the , uh , ongoing acid rain problem .

Especially out in the , uh , uh , Adirondack areas where , you know , the lakes are becoming , uh , changing the acidity of the lakes

and we 're having problems now because the fish are dying and certain acidic loving plants , uh , or alkaline liking plants are not lasting anymore because the soil levels , the p H is changing as this acid rain continues to fall .

Right .

And I know that there 's been battles over the states up here .

Uh , you know , Governor Mario going after , you know , governors of Ohio and and Indiana to fix what 's going on down there .

I remember when I was in Florida ,

the only problem was that it seemed like it may ,