Notes to The Inheritance Letter book one in the robbiesadventures.com series
The following are add-ons and explanations to the book, The Inheritance Letter
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A special thank you to Mr. Mike Coombes who was instrumental in setting up a writing space in the garage, lead gaffer and a photographic assistant on a photo shoots, providing lots of inspiration and the main manufacturer of the Koni Dolls and with his help finished off Nick's picture.
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Possibly Book One Cover, What do ya think? IS THAT GREEN HAIR? SORRY IVOR!
Raw Copper
c/o Buddy B.
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Dorothy putting black eye and makeup on Glenny, preparing him for a picture to be the cover in BOOK Two, Robbie's Incarceration. Does Glenn look happy? This is scene setup #39 -costume change/alteration #19, lucky the neighbours weren't home.
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TALENT BIO'S -the pictures that inspired the words!
Robbie Wolfe, played by Mr. Glenn "Stan the Man" Stokoe, is a Peterborough, Ontario native, a father of a 6 year old son, Rowgan, and his two brothers. He is a professional golf teacher and is quite the happy, laid-back individual. Once spending a term as a financial analyst, after a college business degree, he is a cool and suave individual, stoic and thought processing man, easy-going, fun-loving man with women, whiskey, music, fishing and golf his purist pursuits.
With aspirations for continued music education especially guitar and keyboards which he has become quite adept at over the last few years, he likes to settle down for his favorites of pizza and ice cream while falling asleep to Youtube tunes. He may be reached for further photo or video work or golf instruction through Robbiesadventures@gmail.com. ************** All cover photos, original talent photos from which the pencil sketches were derived from were taken by Ralph and the charcoal sketch of the evil Sergeant Percival Devil was done by Ralph G. Ditchburn, All photos/sketches will be included for copyright registration.-- |
Dennis Havinga is a fun loving man who really is big. Bikes, hunting, transport trucks, beer and lots of friends round him out. "We dekken jullie!" He likes to tell his jokes twice and has very deep blue eyes. His unique role is that of Ivor.
The name Ivor Jennings comes from a customer of mine who lived at the end of this street, i snaked his drain, yes i did, we make a living many ways being a student writer, i told him i would use his name because i loved it, i have phoned a few times and they won't answer, can someone tell him for me? Robbie the hero's's first name came about because my dear friend, uncle is my tag) but he also is one of the nicest fellows you will meet, and quite the car guy, first place in enduro racing at ptbo and now thunder car, and he used my crossovers when he won the loudest stereo contest, my ears are still damaged, one of the most likable persons around at six foot tall, i used rob's name and made it robbie, what i always call him, **************** And to Chang Wan Hong who at the last minute provided three interior sketches from the pictures. I changed the interior pictures to drawings with literally two weeks before deadline. |
Lillian Anne Whiltshire played by a friend prefers anonymity. I rented her dress for the shot. Beautiful dress isn't it?
********** The name Wolfe came from my dear friend Donnie Wolfe. A man who was victim to a drunk driver and eventually lost his legs and has led his spirit to drink. He was a good looking Frenchman and a lot of fun to be around in the few years I was single. Pro lines and mugs of whiskey. Alas we move on to greener pastures and I dedicate his name for this reason. He told me they cut off his good leg, his best leg, first. A few years later he lost the other one. Crazy. I have maybe one copy of a song I wrote and recorded called Bad Donnie Saved Tavistock, Ontario, here it is, Donnie loves this song: Soon to be posted. This was played on a nice blue prs electric guitar and I usually fingerpick so I was out of my league here but I put this song down for my old pal who is still alive and .. love ya. ***************** And thanks to Uncle Dave who gave me the necessary encouraging words, "You are eccentric enough to pull this off." I guess I am. |
Michael Howe is the newest member of the robbiesadventures.com series of books. Taking on the role of the evil rogue, Sergeant Percival Devil. He and his wife Laurie live a quiet life east of Toronto with their extended family and love watching their friends race at the local speedway. Fat Mike as he is called by friends can now boast he is proud Mike, for he drives car #4 at the Ptbo Speedway every Saturday night. Way to go Sarge. Michael is a very large lad and with his size could be very intimidating however, we now know he is a very likable fellow. Have you had one of Laurie's cake pops?
NICK LEE / NICK SWEENEY / WALLY McSWEENEY
Nick Lee is introduced as Nick Sweeney in Book One. A minor character, he plays the comic relief role in another small part in book two but is much more instrumental to the plot of the story. Nick Lee in real life is a serious individual who shows his talent in construction activities and he is always willing to help out. He likes to set things right and is a father to a very nice son. Settling down has done the wonders for him.
A nice guy, if you would like a deck built or some handy work in the Peterborough area done, he can be reached at robbiesadventures@gmail.com credits: Thank you to Mr. Rick Harding for the use of the most awesome deerskin jackets. They are so comfortable they should be brought back into fashion. |
Longitude: To determine a position on the Earth's surface it is necessary to know the latitude, longitude and altitude. Altitude considerations can, of course, be ignored for vessels operating at sea level. Until the mid-1770’s accurate navigation at sea when out of sight of land was an unsolved problem due to the difficulty in calculating longitude. The first point to make is the differences between the two major measuring principles of the world so that one can understand the momentous problem of measuring Longitude in the day. Latitude was calculated by observing with a quadrant and measuring the inclination of the sun or of charted stars. The horizontal lines ran parallel with the equator at equal distances of 15 degrees so that when looking at a globe it is child’s play. Longitude presented no such manifest means of study and had variable widths that were wider at the equator shrinking down to a non-existence at the poles. Observation of regular celestial motions, such as the Galileo's method based on observing Jupiter’s natural satellites was the primary method of trying to come up with a solution but there were too many variables and it was usually not possible to measure the heavens at sea due to the ship's motion.
To find their longitude they needed a time standard that would work aboard a ship. Until the late 1760’s the best timekeepers were pendulum clocks. Both the rolling of a ship at sea and the up to 0.2% variation in the gravity of the Earth made a simple gravity-based pendulum useless both in theory and in practice. Pendulum clocks were also affected by the expanding and shrinking of metal parts caused by changing temperature and humidity and were unreliable especially during a long voyage.
The creation of a timepiece which would work reliably at sea was difficult. Longitude measurement requires the use of a time clock and a defined zero grid such as the Greenwich meridian. Once knowing the time a celestial body was overhead at a certain location then a measurement of this time element based on the celestials could be calculated and from there, distances around the world could be established similar to the equator grid based on the Earth rotating every 24 hours. Hearne had no such equipment or calculations. The weight of the Earth and the speed of light were just being discovered.
First marine chronometers were in use just after the Hearne’s celebrated third and final journey, just a few years too late. A Mr. John Harrison invented the H-4 pocket watch chronometer. Without the technology Samuel Hearne could not be faulted for geographical inconsistencies and his personal accomplishments speak for themselves with a large voice.
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To find their longitude they needed a time standard that would work aboard a ship. Until the late 1760’s the best timekeepers were pendulum clocks. Both the rolling of a ship at sea and the up to 0.2% variation in the gravity of the Earth made a simple gravity-based pendulum useless both in theory and in practice. Pendulum clocks were also affected by the expanding and shrinking of metal parts caused by changing temperature and humidity and were unreliable especially during a long voyage.
The creation of a timepiece which would work reliably at sea was difficult. Longitude measurement requires the use of a time clock and a defined zero grid such as the Greenwich meridian. Once knowing the time a celestial body was overhead at a certain location then a measurement of this time element based on the celestials could be calculated and from there, distances around the world could be established similar to the equator grid based on the Earth rotating every 24 hours. Hearne had no such equipment or calculations. The weight of the Earth and the speed of light were just being discovered.
First marine chronometers were in use just after the Hearne’s celebrated third and final journey, just a few years too late. A Mr. John Harrison invented the H-4 pocket watch chronometer. Without the technology Samuel Hearne could not be faulted for geographical inconsistencies and his personal accomplishments speak for themselves with a large voice.
See pics and videos page for more
