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Shine a Light On Your Loved One’s Memory with a Candle Lighter

Worldwide Candle Lighting Day
Worldwide Candle Lighting Day

On the second Sunday in December candles worldwide are lit at 7pm to commemorate and honor the memory of a child who has passed. The Compassionate Friends organization established Worldwide Candle Lighting Day in 1997 for family and friends to remember their sweet little ones who left the world too soon.

There are many ways in which to participate in this worldwide holiday:

  • Attend your local candle lighting service at 7:00pm local time & help light everyone’s candles with your electric candle lighter
  • Find a local chapter of Compassionate Friends to support
  • Preserve memory of child by engraving their name on an electric candle lighter
Electric Candle Lighter
Electric Candle Lighter

Why Your Customers Need An Architect Scale Ruler

If you see any of your customers on this list, they need an architect scale ruler.

Not only do they need one, but they will be eternally grateful that you are generous enough to recognize their needs.

  • Architects

    Architect Using an Architect Scale Ruler
    Architect Using an Architect Scale Ruler
  • City Planners
  • Builders
  • Kitchen Designers
  • Carpenters
  • Contractors
  • Construction Estimators
  • Real Estate Developers
  • Draftsmen
  • Homeowners designing their own kitchen
  • Concrete Contractors
  • Electricians
  • HVAC Contractors
  • Structural Engineers
  • Civil Engineers

Start Your Day with Some Bubbles in Your Travel Mug

 

National Carbonated Beverage with Caffeine Day
National Carbonated Beverage with Caffeine Day

Do you like bubbly drinks? Do you like caffeine as well? Then today is your lucky day- it’s National Carbonated Beverage with Caffeine Day. I bet you’re thinking the best drink to fill up your travel mug today is just some good ol’ soda, or perhaps a bubbly energy drink. But did you know that you can buy or make your own coffee soda?

A few companies out there make sparkling coffee, also called coffee soda. They’re basically just coffee infused with CO2, and perhaps a little sugar or citrus juice. Or you can do a little experiment at home today- mix 5 oz seltzer water, 2 oz espresso, and 2 oz of fresh OJ.
Whichever drink you choose today, don’t forget to put it in your trusty travel mug to get you from home to work, and all the places in between.

Hudson Travel Mug
Hudson Travel Mug
Thermos Travel Tumbler
Thermos Travel Tumbler

5 Misunderstood Facts About Tally Books

Pipe Tally Books are normally used by workers in oilfields. They keep track of the

Tally Books in the Field
Using Tally Books in the Field

exact time that a section of pipe is attached to the drilling rig. Also they record the length and diameter of the pipe. These drilling workers need a heavy duty book that can easily fit into their pocket. That’s a short history of tally books. But here are some things you might not have known about these special books:

  1. Anyone who works outdoors and needs to keep records, can use a tally book. Other users are foresters, wind energy inspectors, handymen, carpenters, electricians, plumbers, and waterworks people.
  2. The pages are sewn in, for durability. A little ring binder wouldn’t be as durable.
  3. A new option for the pages is the sewn water-resistant Stone Pad. If you try to tear a sheet, it just stretches a little. You can’t tear it.
  4. The cover is made of high grade vinyl, which comes in colors to coordinate with your company logo. This gives the book a high resistance to rain and abrasion.
  5. Got a favorite pen or pencil? Since these books are custom made, they can have a pen loop built into them.

The Pick-Me-Up You Need for Your Company

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On Sunday September 29 you will wake up thinking it is just an ordinary day. But, in fact, it is not. It is the one day a year where coffee-lovers nationwide get to raise their travel tumblers in celebration of National Coffee Day.
Whether you like it iced, skim, half-caff, or just black, the one thing we can all agree on is that you need a proper insulated beverage bottle in which to drink your favorite coffee.
What better way to reward your employees than with any of these laser-engraved travel tumblers. It could be just the pick-me-up they need to get through the day.

Thermos Stainless King Travel Tumbler
Kona Vacuum Tumbler
Thermos 40oz Vacuum Insulated Beverage Bottle
Thermos Direct Drink Tumbler

What is the Best Material For an Architect Scale Ruler?

Designing an Architect Scale Ruler
Designing an Architect Scale Ruler

If you had all these materials to choose from, and needed to make an architect scale ruler, which would be the best choice?

  • wood. Too thick. The markings wouldn’t be close enough to the drawing. Also, printing fine delicate lines on wood is impossible. Warping and changing of length due to heat and humidity is a big factor to consider.
  • steel.  It would rust in time. Stainless steel would be a better choice, but a little expensive.
  • plastic. Not durable enough for daily use. Plus, how would you put fine markings on it?
  • aluminum. The best choice, because it won’t rust, lasts forever, and you can print fine lines on it using Photo Anodizing.
  • cardboard. Naw. too flimsy.
  • stone. Probably would be too thick for the job.
  • ceramic. Would be too thick or too brittle.
  • fabric. Too variable in length due to stretching.

3331-3130 Architect 6″ Four Bevel Scales 3130

6 Weird Uses For Tally Books

Tally books were originally made for gas and oil field employees. They use them

Tallybook Uses
Tallybook Uses

to keep track of how many pipes they put down the well when they are drilling. It’s important to know how deep they are at any time. The drillers can enter the time, day, size of pipe and length of pipe, plus anything unusual that happens at each depth.

Since tally books are water resistant, and have lined pages, and fit in your pocket, they have been used for other purposes. Here are some unusual ones:

  1. In a running race, you can enter the ID number and finish time of each runner.
  2. In a sailboat race, you can keep track of the times that each boat passes each buoy, and the finish line.
  3. If you are hired to read water meters in a small town, you can use tally books to write down the meter readings.
  4. Keep track of your medicine times.
  5. Keep a record of your gasoline purchases, and the number of miles you drove since the last fill-up.
  6. Use it as a field book to record what birds you have seen at what times and locations.

Can you think of any other uses?