[Andy Baker]

LOL!

Rachel wanted to come into the shop that day, and for most of the day she kept asking me to do certain jobs. First, I had her measuring our lovely assortment of drill bits with calipers and putting them back into their rightful homes... but reading the calipers were a bit too much for her.

Then, she was helping me run a mill... and she had safety glasses on (she would turn the crank for the x direction).

Then, she was filing those parts that you see in the pic that DJ took... and I know that she started out with safety glasses on when she started filing... hmmm. Maybe she was looking away, knowing that her eyes were in danger.

Some of you might've seen her pic before. It used to be on the front page of the RCU website.

She has discovered a few games to play with the totes... there is "treasure hunt". Hide a "treasure" in one of the totes and a "bomb" (something that simply represents a bomb, of course) and have someone else search for the treasure. If they find the bomb, they lose... if they find the treasure, they win.

Also, there is the game of finding spare change under the platform/ramp. With the polycarbonate sides mounted, it's pretty much impossible to get anything that falls through the grating.

And, yes... DJ is a good role model. Honestly, if my kids grow up to be like the students on the TechnoKats, then my wife and I will be very pleased.

Andy B.