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Schucker.org News!!! -- CNN Top News -- Todo
August 2010
We went to Talulas Table for dinner. It was amazing! We also celebrated Amber's Birthday.On the 11th my PT Cruiser crossed the 100,000 mile mark. Not quite as impressive as the Geo Prizm making 250,000 miles, but it is still pretty cool.
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There is also a calendar with all of the events
July 2010
Dave turns much older this month, robot doings in Baltimore and at IRI and off to a few days at the beach. July 4th fireworks were amazing this year. Pam and I went to Clearfield during the last week to see my father.
June 2010
More robot stuff, but the new big project is working on Wedding planning.
May 2010
The Geo Prizm suffers a transmission failure, so it's back to Transplant Transmissions in Downingtown for some work.
Boating has started. See TripsIn2010 to see this years boating activity.
April 2010
Started out with a great day of kite flying at The Great Delaware Kite Festival. There had been super heavy rain the prior week but the winds were good.I won the VEX Mentor of the Year at the VEX World Championships. At that point I had been a VEX mentor for 4 years and had gone from 1 team to 9 teams along with starting an additonal 6 teams in the area. I was super pleased, it is a great award to win.
March 2010
Robots, robots and more robots. Spent the first weekend in Rochester playing robots with my sister. We had a great time and the weather was super warm (for Rochester in March).Mid-March was the Eastern Pennsylvania VEX Regional - the VEX contest held by my teams. A great day of 28 teams. Out guys did very well and Team 80 won the Champion of Champions Award.
End of March was three days of robots in Philadelphia with FRC. We had our best regional ever and won the Xerox Creativity Award.
Dave is on the road driving the Geo Prizm
February 2010
A busy month. First was seeing a really cool "Steam Punk" circus, Cirque Mechanics: Birdhouse Factory Very cool acrobats and we were in the eight row. It was a very nice family outing. Dinner and the Circus and a huge snow storm in the same night.
Second was the private showing of 200 Characters or Less a movie that Jen is in. It was a very nice movie about trying to find love in the Internet Age. It should be released to the public in 2010.
January 2010
A new year and the start of a new FRC Robot Season. So for the next 6 weeks it's All Robots All the Time!
I was a producer of a robot event on the 23rd that had 34 teams compete, a new record for us. One of my teams from Downingtown Robotics won the Excelence Award and an invitation to the World Championship in April.
December
I helped run a robot event at PennState Abington. We had 23 robots and over 100 roboteers. A great day of robot challenges and fun.We baked cookies for Christmas, not as many as usual but a decent number. Cookie 2009
November
We went to Jacksonville and Beaufort for a week of family visits. We did a ton of stuff like the Jacksonville Zoo, a Segway tour of St John's Island and a day of fishing with Big River Fishing ChartersMy sister came to Ramp Riot to play robots. It's a one day event, so it will be good to see her and play with her team.
Thanksgiving this year is at Jen's house.
October
Another month of rain, rain and more rain. Lots of robots and packing the Quo Vadimus so it could be pulled out of the water.Celebrated Pam's and Debbie's birthday
September
Celebrated Jim and Lorie's birthday across the Labor day weekend.Robots started in the school! One night we had over 100 kids and parents for both the FRC and VEX teams. We have 9 VEX teams for 45 roboteers.
August
Took the last week in August off from robot. Susan was thrilled!We did a short trip to the home of the Upper Chesapeake Yacht Club for their annual Crab Fest. About 30 boats stayed over, another 100 people came by car. Best parts were free crabs, great friends and an hour of free running Mr Softy.
Pam was busy renovating the Moo House, she got rid if a ton of junk, removed and rearranged some big furniture. She painted the upper hall a very nice light cranberry color. She put up a wall of pictures of all of us that's very nice.
July
Beach week! We had a super weather, super food and a super time. Even though we had a full house, it was very quiet and layed back.June
Schools out, we start our summer robot program. Dave is off to Connecticut for the summer! We held the first Shimel/Schucker family reunion. A ton of food, swimming on a bright summer weekend. Dad and Betty came down from Clearfield and we came from Delaware and Eastern PA to descend on the Shimel house.At the end of June I purchased a Nissan Cube to replace the Prizm.
May
A ton of birthdays and events.
March
Robots Robots Robots! We held the Vex Eastern Pennsylvania Regionals and it was a blast. 20 Teams came and participated.
At the end of the month we went to the FRC Chesapeake Regional where our team won the Rockwell Automation’s Innovation in Control Award. Very cool!
Equally cool is my sisters FRC Team 1511 win of the Chairmans Award!
February
Working with robots, robots and more robots. The Vex teams are doing well, we won an Award at the Christopher Dock Scrimmage. Nice article with some pictures
January 2009
Start of the big robot season!The Prism rolls past 260,000 miles but the rattles are becoming louder.
December
Birthday's for David, Tom, Jesse and me this month.We also celebrated Sue's 100th birthday. It was a great day, about 100 of her friends and relatives were there.
This was the first Christmas without Mom and while it was sad, there were bright spots. We baked over 80 dozen cookies and gave them out to friends and family. We had fun opening gifts that she had purchased and opening some of her yard sale finds. We were surrounded by family and friends, it was a good holiday.
November
The Quo Vadimus has been put away for winter, the 2008 boating season is over.
Be a hero, be a blood donor article by my brother.
October
Looking for boat replacements at a number of show.A major birthday occured this month! Spam turned 21!
September
Robots have started again see VEX Team 2008 for this seasons activities.
August
Some boating, not as much as I'd likeMy sister was in town for her birthday
Robot activities were high, but I'm sad that the Newtown Square office of STEMRobotics closed.
July
Birthday dinner for Jen and the family was fun
The robot team created a "Twitch" drive that turns by turning the wheel axis. Very cool.
Beach week was a blast. Lots of food, lots of fun and it was very relaxing.
We did a second memorial service for my mother in Clearfield, PA
June
My mother, Jane Schucker was killed instantly in a car crash on 13 June 2008
May
A big birthday month with Susan, Heather and my father's birtday. Happy birthday to all!
Robot picnic was at the Pennsylvania Live Steamers , a very cool place to visit.
National Electrical Safety Month!
April
Boating has started, the Quo Vadimus made it into the water on 24 April, so summer has officially started.Participated in two different robot challenges, the Firefighting and MiniDARPA events. Did not do well in either event, but learned a lot for next year.
March
Lingerawhile Resucue People that I know had their Adventurecraft sink, a reminder to always check safety equipment.
The FRC Robotics team went to the Philadelphia regionals. My sister was there too with Rolling Thunder , it was a great three days of fun.
The annual Great Delaware Kite Festival was a hit, and I was the person that made the paper this year.
February
25 February -- History was made at 12:43 PM, my Geo Prizm went to 250,000 miles!Ready!
Set!
Go!
In August of 2006 it had passed the milestone of 228,000 miles which is the distance to the moon.
January 2008
Robots, robots, robots: very busy month with the robots. Working on both the FTC (VEX) robots and the bigger FRC robots.
December
Big birthday month with David, Tom, Jesse, Sue Shimel is 99. Hazel, Michele and Foster.Christmas Cookie Bake 2007 is done! 118 dozen and a ton of pretzels
Pam graduated from massage school.
Another great Christmas this year, with lots of food, fun, gifts and no family drama.
November
More robot activity, we did Robo-hoops.A good Thankgiving with the family, all three girls were together for the first time in years.
October
Dave placed third overall and was in the top winning alliance at the Harriton High School VEX event. The contest was filmed for MTV ''Made'', look for it in November.
What would October be without a trip to the boat show? Found some things that I liked, but once again about a million dollars short of cash.
Did our annual trip to Dorney Park. The weather was wonderful and Pam, Marissa, Dave and I had a great time.
Went to see my father, Betty, and aunts / uncles in Clearfield.
September
Renfaire, start of school and the slow end to summer.We did a home improvement: new carpets, hardwood flooring, paint and a new stacking washer / dryer. We dumped the house into a POD, did the improvement, and unloaded the POD; we were done in 3 weeks.
August
Visitors from out of town to the Quo Vadimus, see Trips in 2007Dave went to London with his grandmother.
July
BEACH week! We had our annual week in Ocean City and it was a blast. Heather and Pam were able to come, it was like the old times.
June
Went to the Roger Waters concert, it was a great time with dinner at the Continental. They played his newer stuff and most of 'Dark Side of the Moon'. The encore was the center section of 'The Wall'.Went to Rochester to the graduation for my neice.
May
The Quo Vadimus is floating, stories are at Trips in 2007. Summer has officially started!Pam graduated from Massage School!!
Jennifer graduation from the University of Delaware was on the same day as my father's birthday.
April
Good Friday was another great flying day, but it was very cold. This years teeshirt had long sleeves, a very good thing.Susan took fifth place in the 11th Annual Corporate Spelling Bee, our friend Rodney took first place for the second year in a row.
Boat has been washed and waxed and cleaned, waiting on bottom painting and to have the fuel tank drained and cleaned. Splash should be early in May
March
The last of the robot activity! Starting preparations for the 2007 boating season. Over all the VEX team did very well at the two events we attended. The FIRST robot placed 22nd at Drexel (at one point the team was 8th) so it was a pretty good year.Sorry to say we are still at war for George's Dad's Oil.
This is more than the number of students that graduated from Delaware high schools in the last four years. It is twice the entire student bodies of all the Universities and Colleges in Delaware.
This Iraq Calendar of Death
gives a day by day list of who died in Iraq. In going through the list I know of three of the dead servicemen.
February
More VEX Robot activity, the annual trip to the car show and the wedding of my niece Pam to Gunter. We flew down for a few days, soaked up some sun and had a very nice time at the wedding.
January 2007
Started working with the Downingtown High School FIRST Robotics Team 1640 and the VEX Team 3150. We did our first event on 27 in Newark DE. We got to the quarterfinals, a great showing for a rookie group!
December
A busy month with a major birthday for me, a great Christmas with trips to Dover and Beaufort.
November
Heather did her first public show. She did a great job with the merges, no train wrecks!
October
Did a cruise to Bermuda with a group of friends. It was one of the best vacations ever.
September
The annual Lewes Fishing trip - The weather started out bad (small craft warnings), but improved during the day. We were supposed to go out on the Lewestown Lady (45 feet), but with bad weather they sent us out on a 85 footer. Our group of nine caught 47 croakers, a dozen sharks and I caught a starfish! The mate is going to a Marine College and was very knowledgeable about the fish and the area. All in all a great day fishing! It was also the weekend for the Tall Ship Festival so we got to see five different tall ships. I imagine crossing the ocean in one of them would be a feat.
August
I've driven the Geo Prizm to the moon! The average distance from earth to the moon is 228,000 miles and the Prizm has passed that mark! This distance is the longest that I've driven any car.
July
Another great beach week in Ocean City Maryland!
June
Boating every weekend
May
Early in May we did the Bay Bridge Walk, you walk from the Eastern Shore to the Western Shore. Mom and I had a great day.Spent most of the Memorial day weekend on the boat, summer has officially started
Birthdays were Heather and my father!
April
Susan won Second Place in the 10th annual Corporate Spelling Bee.
Getting ready for 38th annual The Great Delaware Kite Festival on 14 April. We had a great time, Dave won first place for highest kite.
March
Starting planning for trips in 2006
The News Journal had the boat picture from 2004 in their Best Bets for April .
The original Good Friday page has other pictures.
February
Lots of events, but the best was when close friends got married on Valentines Day. Wedding Photo Article about all the weddings
This incantation of Schucker.org is now three!
January 2006
Off to a great start for 2006, hope your 2006 is better than your 2005.Only 3 1/2 months to the start of boating season!
Time to become a Wiccan Spiral Scout Blessed Be!
- Delaware Chapter
- No chapter in SE Pennsylvania
December 2005
Big birthday month with David, Tom, Jesse, Hazel, Michele and Foster.Christmas Cookie Bake 2005 is done! 127 dozen and 1 cookies!
Pam completed her first term of college with great grades!
Another great Christmas this year, with lots of food, fun, gifts and no family drama.
November 2005
Still taking trips in the boat, three in November since the weather has been so nice.Thanksgiving was great with most of the kids and grandkids at grandmother's house. We ate most of a huge 21 pound turkey.
October 2005
Big birthdays this month are Pam and Debbie Schucker. Pam turns 18!We did our annual fall trip to Dorney Park. It was wet, but the lines were short.
September 2005
Everyone is back in school. The summer of boating is not over yet, September and October on the bay are great times to be out floating around.Big event this month was the American Kite Association annual conference in Ocean City Maryland. I spent four days there with my father. The weather was warm but too windy some days to fly anything. It was nice to visit with him and get a chance to fly like we did in our younger days.
August 2005
Birthdays this month are my Mother and Sister!!Pam moved to Dover to start school!
July 2005
Fourth of JulyDave's Birthday
June 2005
Annual visit with my sister in Rochester. Pam got to go to the Senior Ball with her cousins, the three of them looked fabulous! I hit the Ham fest for some good bargains. We also went to the Greek Festival and had a wonderful time. OPA!!!Pam returns to Tennessee, but hopefully she'll be back soon!
May 2005
Busy month coming up:- Pam and Tommy graduate from High School
- Birthdays - Susan, Heather, Dad
- Yet more boating!
April 2005
Ready for the boat season, we are in the water! See 2005 boating season.
March 2005
Spring should arrive any day. The Quo Vadimus is scheduled to splash in on 9 April to start our 2005 boating season.
Easter is early this year, the Good Friday Kite Contest is 25 March. I have some new cool kites from Christmas and a giant parafoil that I picked up for a song. (I got two, one for me, one for my father) They are huge so it will be interesting to see how well we do.
Birthdays this month are Marty, my uncle Ron and my nephew Tommy.
February 2005
My friend Dave Greenberg is sailing from Wellington New Zealand to Sydney from 6 February until about the 13th. You can follow his trip on the boat Imagine It Done. The Firm website has daily details as does the Global Challenge site.
10 Feb - Tory's 16th birthday, another family member hits the highways!
February marks only two months to go until the boating season starts! It's been a long cold winter, I can't wait to get back on the water.
Well it's be a good second year now for Schucker.org. We've gone from the base 20 pages you get with JSP Wiki to over 666 pages. I don't think the new page rate will be that high, I'd expect to level off at 1000 pages.
January 2005
Interesting article from Paul Graham on things you wish you knew in high school
12 Jan Horoscope - Your thinking is usually so outside the box that you forget what it's like on the inside. Maybe it's time to open it up and expose yourself to some old-school ideas.
Did the annual tour of all the model train layouts in the area. The time and effort that goes into these things is amazing!
I've always wondered what hiccups were, and this short film explains it all.
December 2004
Great Christmas with everyone, we made 102 dozen cookies and had our traditional Christmas Feasts.
Words of the month:
Aliterate means "doesn't read", Illiterate means "can't read".
Do you know what iltheistic means?
Birthday season with David, Jesse, Tom and ME!!!
Boating season is over, and the Quo Vadimus is put away for the winter
Cool holiday parties are coming up.
November 2004
A very exciting election, at least I live in a blue state.Mike's birthday is this month!
November is also the start of new robot season.
We had a Thanksgiving like the Pilgrims would have had with Lobster as the main course. Who said they had it rough back then :-)
October 2004
Debbie's birthday is in October, she is so much older than me. Spam's birthday this month!!!
The have figured out the math formula for calculating how Murphy's Law works. An interesting look at bad luck.
September 2004
Longwood Gardens Kite Fly was a great time, we are planning to go next year.
Quo Vadimus is repaired and back in the water. I'm looking forward to end of the season trips
August 2004
Getting ready for the 31st anniversary party of Mom's 39th birthday.
Coming soon is the Longwood Gardens Kite Fly, bring you kites and come fly with us!
Spent the weekend at Earth Moon Earth 2004 a uber geek meeting of ham radio people that bounce stuff off the moon. Learned lots, but it was like drinking from a firehose.
12 August - My sister's birtday!
1 August - Tim's Birthday
July 2004
30 July - Don't forget to say Happy Birthday to Jennifer Schucker
Great fireworks display for your PC. Hope your 4th is a good and safe one.
thanks to everything burns
June 2004
A great article on how to seem to be smarter. Oddly, rule one is say less.
Drexel teachers rated. Someone is running a site to rate Drexel professors. My teaching rating isn't too bad.
Size does matter! Interesting look at our universe
Heading north to see my father, my sister and her family, and some family friends.
Lots of furor over Open Source and Samizdat.
May 2004
Class news about assignments
Sorry to report the death of Bella Ward , I've known her since I was doing theater in the 70's
Drexel Classes Drexel Info 638 and Drexel Isys 420
- A new reading: A Fable of Software Development
- I got asked about using Excel as a project management tool. The best article is Joel on Software - Painless Software Schedules Using Excel
Very cool game called Mandala , just draw with your mouse. Button in the lower left clears the screen.
How to pronounce my name
2 May 2004 - Walk across the Bay Bridge
15-15 May Air Show at Dover Air Force Base
April 2004
2004 Boating season starts!! Trips In 2004 has all the details
New Drexel Classes Drexel Info 638 and Drexel Isys 420
Good Friday Kite Contest (9 April) David makes the front page of the Delaware State News!!
Quatloos! -- Cyber-Museum of Scams and Frauds... has some new scam information.
March 2004
New version of JSPWiki software with printer friendly pages!!Philadelphia flower show was great, lots of good Orchids!
Time to get started on your kites for the Good Friday Kite Contest (9 April)
Happy Birthday to Tommy(20th) and Marty (25th)!
February 2004
Face to face meeting with Janne in New York!Annual trip to the car show was a great time with lots of Cool Cars.
One year anniversary of the Wiki site!
January 2004
Time to start thinking about the new boating season. Looking forward to the first boat show in February. Biff is on Mars, the Mars Spirit Rover landed!!
Emunds article on how to buy a car is a very interesting look at car buying from the inside.
December 2003
Happy Birthday to David Eisenberg!!and my brother David
and to Jesse
and of course to me!
Christmas was wonderful, we all had a good time at Grandma Jane's house.
Looking forward to First Night in Dover
November 2003
Thanksgiving is over, Christmas is on the way. Gift ideas have been posted.Feb 1 2003
The new site is up and running. It's a little rough around the edges but it is working. The next thing on the list is to put all the information from the old website
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