The Weekend Hobby Thread

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Good afternoon Hobbyists. What has been going on in your world? After 2+ weeks of some crud and a Christmas trip out of state, I really haven't done anything since seems like forever.

Enjoy the thread and leave the current events out at the curb. Thank you.

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This video was submitted to us by OrangeEnt. He told me he came across it after Christmas and perhaps I should save for next year. I think now is the time to work on this.

Thanks OrangeEnt.

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I really get the urge to build a cabin. But, if you are going to build one, shouldn't it be bigger than most walk-in closets or small bedrooms?

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Let's look at some Moron photos. Photography remains a popular hobby.

MisHum, submitted for your approval- a pic my wife took near our new place at sunset. I don't know what it is about this place but the sunsets and sunrises are, many times, spectacular. - Tonypete

Thank you Tonypete & Mrs. Tonypete.

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The path of totality was just north of me but we got about 90% of it. It was cloudy but thin enough you could see it. Very cool. - Robert

Thanks Robert. Your description is spot on. It is very cool.

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This photo was submitted to me by Lost In Space. She sent a number of great photos. I've used one before on an ONT and now one here in The Hobby Thread. It was really hard to select.

Thank you so much Lost In Space.

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Hi
Here is a pdf of some of my artwork. I usually do ceramics, but at the end of the file are examples of boxmaking, bookmaking, watercolor, handmade paper vessels, etc.
If you can use any of these images for the hobby thread, great. Hopefully doing a screenshot of the pics you like.
I am retired and take classes at my local university to keep busy in retirement.
I read Ace of Spades everyday but rarely comment since I had problems years ago with not being able to login. I gave up but I think the system works for me now. I usually comment as "brio" on rare occasions, usually in the food thread.
Thanks, Brio

Beautiful work and thank you so much for sharing. PDFs are difficult to work with. I wish there was a way I could show you more of the 100 pages of photos.

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Now that the major holidays are almost passed. We can return to our hobbies and past times. So please forward your tips, photos, stories, Jenkins Green, 20/0 fan brushes and Cad Red to petmorons at gmail dot com.

Until the next time, "Keep on Hobbying". And a Happy New Year to you.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at 05:30 PM

Comments

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1 Welcome Hobbiests

Posted by: Skip at December 30, 2023 05:29 PM (fwDg9)

2 hiya

Posted by: JT at December 30, 2023 05:32 PM (T4tVD)

3 Dutifully called
I need to order some figures just to finish stands working on now for my Napoleonic era army miniatures.

Posted by: Skip at December 30, 2023 05:32 PM (fwDg9)

4 That pottery piece looks awesome, love people sharing their crafts.

Posted by: Skip at December 30, 2023 05:33 PM (fwDg9)

5 A prebuilt shed with insulated walls would be a better investment than that "cabin" IMHO.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO, Bird Law Expert at December 30, 2023 05:35 PM (sql58)

6 Been watching painting vid, both oil and acrylic by different artists. Not doing any, but getting ideas. Sorta feeling gray about it....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 30, 2023 05:35 PM (Angsy)

7 I've seen the small cabin vid. Haven't watched it yet. I've seen a couple of that Asian girl building stuff out in the middle of nowhere. Spoiler: I think she has help on it.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 30, 2023 05:36 PM (Angsy)

8 I guess my plane didn't make the cut. Oh well.

Posted by: Ronster at December 30, 2023 05:36 PM (t1gmd)

9 Ahhh, that's better. Thank you !

Posted by: Next2Nothing at December 30, 2023 05:37 PM (tA1/w)

10 Don't let the gray get you down OrangeEnt. Start painting again.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at December 30, 2023 05:37 PM (SH7v5)

11 Tonypete - when that photo was taken did you happen to notice a lot of people running the other direction?

Posted by: Weasel at December 30, 2023 05:38 PM (JwHpX)

12 Roster did you send in a project?

Posted by: Skip at December 30, 2023 05:40 PM (fwDg9)

13 Don't let the gray get you down OrangeEnt. Start painting again.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at December 30, 2023 05:37 PM (SH7v5)

Kid has a few acrylic sets she's received this year. Might try one just for fun. I'll keep looking for vids first. Do you let it dry before moving to another color, or highlighting?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 30, 2023 05:42 PM (Angsy)

14 Roster did you send in a project?

I tried.

Posted by: Ronster at December 30, 2023 05:45 PM (t1gmd)

15 I finally finished my animation project. After nearly a year. It's almost twenty minutes long and I'm completely drained of ideas for anything else.

It's here if interested. But warning, again, it's almost TWENTY minutes long.

http://tinyurl.com/2y476x8r

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 30, 2023 05:45 PM (CHHv1)

16 The reason for unibomber shacks is that you can legally build a certain size without needing building permits. Even in rural areas, they will hassle you over it and can make you tear it down.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 30, 2023 05:47 PM (L8hCM)

17 The reason for unibomber shacks is that you can legally build a certain size without needing building permits. Even in rural areas, they will hassle you over it and can make you tear it down.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 30, 2023 05:47 PM (L8hCM)

Build a couple next to each other and put a breezeway in between?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 30, 2023 05:49 PM (Angsy)

18 BeckoningChasm I sure am

Posted by: Skip at December 30, 2023 05:51 PM (fwDg9)

19 Tonypete's sunset photo looks like southern Oregon when we get our annual apocalyptic forest fires.

As for my own hobbies, I haven't been on the radio in 2-3 weeks. I have been practicing some with my new paddle key in preparation for getting back on the air. I'm also playing a lot of Twilight Struggle: Red Sea on my iPad so I can be ready for playing a human opponent.

Posted by: PabloD at December 30, 2023 05:51 PM (d9s9O)

20 You can't, legally. We had a neighbor in Spokane that built a small two story. He was told that, if they ever caught him using the top part, they'd have him tear it down. If you have multiple ones, they can't touch or be connected.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 30, 2023 05:52 PM (L8hCM)

21 That is a photo of itinerant preacher and general badass Fenelon, ready to crack skulls and open hearts to Jesus.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at December 30, 2023 05:52 PM (+RQPJ)

22 I'm also playing a lot of Twilight Struggle: Red Sea on my iPad so I can be ready for playing a human opponent.
Posted by: PabloD at December 30, 2023 05:51 PM (d9s9O)

Isn't our navy playing that too?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 30, 2023 05:53 PM (Angsy)

23 All Hail Eris, hahahaha

Posted by: Ben Had at December 30, 2023 05:53 PM (I6hse)

24 I've seen the small cabin vid. Haven't watched it yet.

Oops! I have seen that vid. I thought the same thing, why build it so small?

They're in Utah, but must be north, 'cause southern Utah doesn't look like that.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 30, 2023 05:55 PM (Angsy)

25 After 2+ weeks of some crud

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We've had that here, too. And everyone I know all over the U.S. has been dealing with it. Seems like just three short years ago that the government shut down businesses, schools, etc. over something that didn't get hardly anyone sick.

Posted by: Nikki Haley - I bet you've already forgotten about Maui at December 30, 2023 05:57 PM (9cE5Q)

26 That little Christmas village is beautiful!

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at December 30, 2023 05:58 PM (iODuv)

27 One of the vlogs I follow, Trout and Coffee, built a nice off grid cabin. He doesn't live there full time, but is still being harassed by the local authority about it. I've avoided watching those videos because my advice would be to sell it and be done with it. People always think you should fight legally over things like this. My experience is that, if they want you gone, the courts will back them up.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 30, 2023 05:58 PM (L8hCM)

28 This week, my hobby is fixing my dishwasher. It was leaking water and, now that I've replaced all the gaskets, I have noticed that the hose attached to the diverter assembly is more hole than hose.

Of course, I can't just replace the hose. It says that a new diverter assembly will ship Tuesday.

In other news, I have a brand new Elecraft KX3 built up from a kit and the panadapter as well. The amplifier is backordered, but should get here eventually.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at December 30, 2023 05:59 PM (iZEhM)

29 Kid has a few acrylic sets she's received this year. Might try one just for fun. I'll keep looking for vids first. Do you let it dry before moving to another color, or highlighting?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 30, 2023 05:42 PM (Angsy)

Sometimes I let things dry intentionally. But with acrylic it doesn't take long to dry even without trying.

High lighting is usually applied over dried subject matter.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at December 30, 2023 05:59 PM (SH7v5)

30 I really get the urge to build a cabin. But, if you are going to build one, shouldn't it be bigger than most walk-in closets or small bedrooms?

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Related, I've seen a couple of $1000 polywhatever outbuildings that would go up in an afternoon and make a great hunting or camping shack.

Posted by: Nikki Haley - I bet you've already forgotten about Maui at December 30, 2023 06:00 PM (9cE5Q)

31 15 ... BeckoningChasm,

Congratulations! I haven't watched the while video yet but you should be be pleased and proud. That is amazing. I'm impressed with the result and maybe more impressed with the patience it took to complete it.

PS to those who will watch: have the sound on. It really adds to the effect.

Posted by: JTB at December 30, 2023 06:00 PM (7EjX1)

32 Yeah it's pretty nasty stuff. I am finally starting to feel normal after four weeks. At least I shouldn't be contagious niw.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 30, 2023 06:00 PM (L8hCM)

33 If you have multiple ones, they can't touch or be connected.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 30, 2023 05:52 PM (L8hCM)

Keep them a few feet apart. One cabin for sleeping, one for lounging, one as a kitchen. Maybe that would work.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 30, 2023 06:02 PM (Angsy)

34 Just buy a shipping container and cover it with shiplap.

Posted by: Drive by at December 30, 2023 06:02 PM (MNhXM)

35 One of the vlogs I follow, Trout and Coffee, built a nice off grid cabin. He doesn't live there full time, but is still being harassed by the local authority about it...

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Yeah, seems like there are lots of places that oppose buildings on property without septic. Outbuildings are forbidden since they're "secondary" and there is not a primary structure there.

Posted by: Nikki Haley - I bet you've already forgotten about Maui at December 30, 2023 06:02 PM (9cE5Q)

36 I'm working on a date for Helena Handbasket and I to have a power tool play day. Table saw, skill saw, miter saw, ban saw, biscuit maker, drills, routers and dremels to play with.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 30, 2023 06:02 PM (I6hse)

37 Hobby-wise, I'm thoroughly enjoying watching Georgia vs Florida Man

WE DeSErVE to BE iN thE PlAYofFS!!!

Posted by: Nikki Haley - I bet you've already forgotten about Maui at December 30, 2023 06:05 PM (9cE5Q)

38 Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 30, 2023 05:45 PM (CHHv1)

No sound, BC?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 30, 2023 06:05 PM (Angsy)

39 A reminder to the ham radio folks about Straight Key Night starting tomorrow. I still haven't revived my skills enough to participate but will listen in to the efforts.

... -.- -.

Posted by: JTB at December 30, 2023 06:05 PM (7EjX1)

40 The interesting gotcha are places that allow you to have a composting toilet but insist on a septic tank anyway for grey water.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 30, 2023 06:07 PM (L8hCM)

41 I researched and helped build 2 strawbale homes here in AZ (many years ago).
Without an architect you could build a 30'x30' house out of strawbale (r33 stacked 'flat' or r33 stacked 'on side').
If they touched you need an architect.

The problem is tax related: you use either 2' on each wall or 1.5' and they measure your sqft on the outside so you pay tax on a lot of wall space. 30x30 900sqft becomes 26'x26' 676sqft really quickly.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 30, 2023 06:07 PM (Th1r/)

42 I need to get back into drawing this year. Pencil, paper, occasionally a pen...Used to draw a lot, but fell out of it a couple years ago. I need something to get myself out of my easy chair during the evening....

I gave one of my nieces some painting supplies for Christmas: canvas and (I think) acrylic. She seemed excited for it, so we've got another young hobby-ist in the making.

Posted by: Castle Guy at December 30, 2023 06:08 PM (Lhaco)

43 I didn’t know there were so many roadblocks in building a simple hunting/fishing cabin that is not a primary residence.

Posted by: Drive by at December 30, 2023 06:11 PM (MNhXM)

44 BeckoningChasm that was awesome

Posted by: Skip at December 30, 2023 06:12 PM (fwDg9)

45 AZdeplorable, I have some friends that built a straw bale home.
It is amazing. Dennis Weaver built a home using old tires. Those thick was are sure better insulation than any home built now.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 30, 2023 06:12 PM (I6hse)

46 t is amazing. Dennis Weaver built a home using old tires. Those thick was are sure better insulation than any home built now.

Posted by: Ben Had

I looked into those tool. I have seen them (Taos N.M area); but, haven't been inside one.

The tire-homes are called earthships if you want to see what they look like and how they are built.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 30, 2023 06:16 PM (Th1r/)

47 I uploaded about a dozen more photos to my Flickr site.

http://tinyurl.com/4y5cpsrx

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 30, 2023 06:18 PM (Q4IgG)

48 BC's video has sound

Posted by: Skip at December 30, 2023 06:19 PM (fwDg9)

49 I know a couple that built a straw bale house. It was a failure.

Posted by: Ronster at December 30, 2023 06:20 PM (t1gmd)

50 That's not a cabin, that's a tool shed. Cabins are constructed from logs with axes. Still, pretty nifty.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 30, 2023 06:22 PM (J3ryZ)

51 AZdeplorable, I have looked at them a lot! Another building g material is papercrete. Ground paper and Portland cement. I I poured a slab on this mixture in my feed room and it has held up incredibly well. It is rodent proof also.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 30, 2023 06:22 PM (I6hse)

52 43 I didn’t know there were so many roadblocks in building a simple hunting/fishing cabin that is not a primary residence.
Posted by: Drive by at December 30, 2023 06:11 PM (MNhXM)

Things that are intended to be 'not a primary residence' have a tendency to become 'primary residences' or 'unauthorized secondary dwelling units' or any number of other uses that should have more stingent oversite. Plans change or just fall through, new owners have different plans than the original builder, owners flat-out lie about their intentions... Governments are sort of forced to legislate to the lowest-common-denominator/most-hostile-denominator. It's part of why governments suck--and always will, even under the best of circumstances.

Posted by: Castle Guy at December 30, 2023 06:25 PM (Lhaco)

53 42 ... "I need to get back into drawing this year. Pencil, paper, occasionally a pen...Used to draw a lot, but fell out of it a couple years ago. I need something to get myself out of my easy chair during the evening...."

Castle Guy,
I hope you get back to it. Even though my primary drawing tool is a good eraser, I really enjoy the hobby. wish I had started as a kid instead of waiting for retirement. And I can tell you the kind folks on the thread will offer their experience and encouragement.

Posted by: JTB at December 30, 2023 06:26 PM (7EjX1)

54 49 I know a couple that built a straw bale house. It was a failure.
Posted by: Ronster at December 30, 2023 06:20 PM (t1gmd)

A (big bad) wolf blew the house down?

Posted by: Castle Guy at December 30, 2023 06:26 PM (Lhaco)

55 Roster, do you know why it was a failure?

Posted by: Ben Had at December 30, 2023 06:27 PM (I6hse)

56 There's a town in the Australian outback where all the homes are underground. V

Posted by: Northernlurker at December 30, 2023 06:28 PM (TeAFy)

57 A (big bad) wolf blew the house down?

It destroyed itself before the wolf even got there.

Posted by: Ronster at December 30, 2023 06:30 PM (t1gmd)

58 My coworker has an identicle Harley to Lost in Space's, minus the white walls.

Posted by: Reforger at December 30, 2023 06:32 PM (1gxPK)

59 There's a town in the Australian outback where all the homes are underground. V
Posted by: Northernlurker at December 30, 2023 06:28 PM (TeAFy)

Brings me back to my fantasy when I was I my 20’s of buying and renovating an abandoned missile silo. I imagine the government has no more left to sell. Kansas wasn’t my first choice to live either.

Posted by: Drive by at December 30, 2023 06:32 PM (MNhXM)

60 Roster, do you know why it was a failure?
Posted by: Ben Had at December 30, 2023 06:27 PM (I6hse)

The weight of the roof smooshed the bales. I can't remember the other problems.

Posted by: Ronster at December 30, 2023 06:33 PM (t1gmd)

61 How would a straw house not be a bug apartment?

Posted by: Skip at December 30, 2023 06:33 PM (fwDg9)

62 Skip, is your mom being discharged tomorrow?

Posted by: The Cowz at December 30, 2023 06:33 PM (RIvkX)

63 My coworker has an identicle Harley to Lost in Space's, minus the white walls.
Posted by: Reforger at December 30, 2023 06:32 PM (1gxP

Is that Lost in Space?

Posted by: Drive by at December 30, 2023 06:34 PM (MNhXM)

64 47 ... Martini Farmer,

Those are impressive photos: varied and imaginative. What gear do you use?

Posted by: JTB at December 30, 2023 06:34 PM (7EjX1)

65 There's a town in the Australian outback where all the homes are underground.
Posted by: Northernlurker

Coober Pedy.
Their 'dugouts' are homes, really some elaborate beautiful homes, which when you dig your home you are mining opals.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 30, 2023 06:34 PM (Th1r/)

66 Let's say I'm a Zerowater hobbyist ...

I couldn't get my new replacement filter to stop leaking. After installing the filter in the water dispenser, I kept tightening it almost to the point of overtightening. No dice. Bad filter (after careful examination)? No. Then i checked the lands on the dispenser. Nothing obvious, but there was the -slightest- hint of calcification. Just a little roughness. So I soaked some Cue Tips with distilled white vinegar and went to work. Pro tip: don't use anything abrasive. That worked. No more leaking.

Posted by: mrp at December 30, 2023 06:36 PM (rj6Yv)

67 It destroyed itself before the wolf even got there.
Posted by: Ronster at December 30, 2023 06:30 PM (t1gmd)

In all seriousness, there is a reason straw isn't our primary building material. In my neck of the woods, it isn't even a building material--it's an insulation material, or an in-fill wall material that's placed within a big timber frame.

For all its flaws, timber construction is very flexible, very forgiving, and probably the most new-user-friendly building system we have.

Posted by: Castle Guy at December 30, 2023 06:36 PM (Lhaco)

68 How would a straw house not be a bug apartment?
Posted by: Skip

Lime plaster inside and outside wall surfaces.
Or stucco, or blown on cement.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 30, 2023 06:36 PM (Th1r/)

69 BeckoningChasm's animation was nice. Now I want to see Ronster's plane ?

Posted by: Next2Nothing at December 30, 2023 06:37 PM (tA1/w)

70 I'm a Zerowater hobbyist ...

Posted by: Frank Drebin, Ed Hocken at December 30, 2023 06:37 PM (Angsy)

71 That was the plan she had her last day of therapy today

Posted by: Skip at December 30, 2023 06:37 PM (fwDg9)

72 LOL

Posted by: mrp at December 30, 2023 06:38 PM (rj6Yv)

73 51 AZdeplorable, I have looked at them a lot! Another building g material is papercrete. Ground paper and Portland cement. I I poured a slab on this mixture in my feed room and it has held up incredibly well. It is rodent proof also.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 30, 2023 06:22 PM (I6hse)

I wonder how that would handle earth movement/frost heaves here in the Frozen Tundra.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at December 30, 2023 06:39 PM (SH7v5)

74 Just for the record, the LOL was for #70.

Posted by: mrp at December 30, 2023 06:39 PM (rj6Yv)

75 Castle Guy, the framing is all important. The straw is not the structure. My friends house is now about 25 years old and looks a good as new.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 30, 2023 06:39 PM (I6hse)

76 Straw bale walls have to be 'compressed' before the side treatments are applied. They often have the roof trusses installed (or the entire roof) so that the bales compress due to the weight of the roof.
The side wall (inside and out) should be applied after compression is complete.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 30, 2023 06:41 PM (Th1r/)

77 Does "experimentally testing the differences between various DayQuil and NyQuil formulations based on an average gulp" count as a valid hobby?

Posted by: Walter Freeman at December 30, 2023 06:41 PM (yS+V1)

78 77 Does "experimentally testing the differences between various DayQuil and NyQuil formulations based on an average gulp" count as a valid hobby?
Posted by: Walter Freeman at December 30, 2023 06:41 PM (yS+V1)

Sounds like science and perhaps a little bit of math.
But, since you're a Moron in good standing, it is a valid hobby.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at December 30, 2023 06:42 PM (SH7v5)

79 I wonder how that would handle earth movement/frost heaves here in the Frozen Tundra.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian

There are examples of strawbale homes from the Dakotas to the plantations of the South still standing.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 30, 2023 06:42 PM (Th1r/)

80 /bovine sock off

Good news b"h I hope she continues with outpatient therapy

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 30, 2023 06:42 PM (RIvkX)

81 One of the books on straw bale structures talked about a barn that had been standing for many years. They had to take it down and found that the hay from that time was irresitible to the cattle. The grasses were exitinct.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 30, 2023 06:43 PM (L8hCM)

82 Mis Hum , we get alot of ground shift here but not the temperature extremes. I'm guessing it wouldn't work so well

Posted by: Ben Had at December 30, 2023 06:43 PM (I6hse)

83 Does "experimentally testing the differences between various DayQuil and NyQuil formulations based on an average gulp" count as a valid hobby?
Posted by: Walter Freeman at December 30, 2023 06:41 PM (yS+V1)
===
It's all about flavor.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 30, 2023 06:43 PM (RIvkX)

84 Castle Guy,
I hope you get back to it. Even though my primary drawing tool is a good eraser, I really enjoy the hobby. wish I had started as a kid instead of waiting for retirement. And I can tell you the kind folks on the thread will offer their experience and encouragement.
Posted by: JTB at December 30, 2023 06:26 PM (7EjX1)

An eraser is a very important tool. I even have my preferred brand (stadetler, the white ones) that I won't do without.

One nice thing that I have now that I didn't when I bowed out is a whole lot of comic book omnibuses: oversized hardcover books with sewn binding. The binding is key, because these books stay open on their own: so I can open the book to a particularly cool drawing, lay the book on my desk, and use the comic for reference. (without having to constantly re-open a book)

So I can fill my sketchbook with a lot of Jim Lee poses! Even if I can't ape his style of quality...

Posted by: Castle Guy at December 30, 2023 06:43 PM (Lhaco)

85 Does "experimentally testing the differences between various DayQuil and NyQuil formulations based on an average gulp" count as a valid hobby?
Posted by: Walter Freeman at December 30, 2023 06:41 PM (yS+V1)

Sounds like science and perhaps a little bit of math.
But, since you're a Moron in good standing, it is a valid hobby.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian

If Walter has any grandkids/nephews/nieces they could write it up as a science project for their science fair!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 30, 2023 06:43 PM (Th1r/)

86 77 Does "experimentally testing the differences between various DayQuil and NyQuil formulations based on an average gulp" count as a valid hobby?
Posted by: Walter Freeman at December 30, 2023 06:41 PM (yS+V1)

That depends on your professional status. Are you wearing a lab coat?

Posted by: mrp at December 30, 2023 06:44 PM (rj6Yv)

87 I was picturing bales of hay like out in fields

Posted by: Skip at December 30, 2023 06:44 PM (fwDg9)

88 I've heard about those tire-houses.

IIRC they cost almost twice what stick-built homes cost, and then no one wants it when you're ready to sell because it's literally made of trash.

Posted by: Nikki Haley's verified online persona at December 30, 2023 06:46 PM (33ek6)

89 @86: "Are you wearing a lab coat?"

I was reliably informed that one's professional status should be based on what's worn or not worn under the lab coat.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at December 30, 2023 06:46 PM (yS+V1)

90 "Posted by: BeckoningChasm"

Wow that was cool! You have quite an imagination.

Posted by: fd at December 30, 2023 06:46 PM (vFG9F)

91
Welcome Hobbiests
Posted by: Skip at December 30, 2023 05:29 PM (fwDg9)

________

The correct term is "Hobbyoids"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 30, 2023 06:46 PM (K8W6C)

92 > Those are impressive photos: varied and imaginative. What gear do you use?
Posted by: JTB
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Most are with a simple Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS3. Fiddling with settings. Some, the telephoto helicopters are with a Nikon P900. Both digital. I'm exploring the envelope with my phone camera too.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 30, 2023 06:46 PM (Q4IgG)

93 Good evening, dear Horde.

Posted by: Ladyl at December 30, 2023 06:47 PM (+4oV5)

94 If Walter has any grandkids/nephews/nieces they could write it up as a science project for their science fair!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 30, 2023 06:43 PM (Th1r/)

Wait, aren't science fairs where you come up with a hypothesis, show your work, then prove it??

I've been told that the science is settled. What else is there to investigate?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 30, 2023 06:48 PM (Angsy)

95 An eraser is a very important tool. I even have my preferred brand (stadetler, the white ones) that I won't do without.

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erasers are crucial to my style of drawing, and how I define many if not most of my lines/ shadows/ borders. I like the retractable ones that IIRC Pentel makes. Essentially just a big tube eraser encased in a pencil-shaped container. They're not fancy, but they suit my style very well.

Posted by: Nikki Haley's verified online persona at December 30, 2023 06:48 PM (33ek6)

96 Back in the day, you'd know you were dealing with a competent engineer if the engineer was wearing a pocket protector.

Posted by: mrp at December 30, 2023 06:49 PM (rj6Yv)

97 @94: "I've been told that the science is settled."

Just don't let a cheerleader who investigates paper airplane designs beat you.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at December 30, 2023 06:49 PM (yS+V1)

98 Maybe the bale idea is OK. Possibly the couple that built it were the problem.

Posted by: Ronster at December 30, 2023 06:50 PM (t1gmd)

99 I finally finished my animation project. After nearly a year. It's almost twenty minutes long and I'm completely drained of ideas for anything else.

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I admire the heck out of this.

Posted by: Nikki Haley's verified online persona at December 30, 2023 06:50 PM (33ek6)

100 If I were building a house today it would be poured concrete walls set 10 inches apart with ground plastic filler between the walls and then covered in stucco.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 30, 2023 06:50 PM (I6hse)

101
poured concrete walls set 10 inches apart with ground plastic filler between the walls

__________

Use sand. Passersby can't hear the screams inside.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 30, 2023 06:52 PM (K8W6C)

102 I hope Georgia puts 70 on Florida Man.

Posted by: Nikki Haley's verified online persona at December 30, 2023 06:53 PM (33ek6)

103 Appears the selection committee was proven right not to pick Florida State.

Posted by: Drive by at December 30, 2023 06:54 PM (MNhXM)

104 Maybe the bale idea is OK. Possibly the couple that built it were the problem.
Posted by: Ronster

Texas has some stringent laws about buildings and winds.
Infill (using bales as insulation) was what I read was the building 'norm' there for strawbale homes.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 30, 2023 06:54 PM (Th1r/)

105 I need to get back into drawing this year. Pencil, paper, occasionally a pen...Used to draw a lot, but fell out of it a couple years ago. I need something to get myself out of my easy chair during the evening....
Posted by: Castle Guy at December 30, 2023 06:08 PM (Lhaco)
~~~~~

I would love to be able to draw well. There's a guy I follow on X who is just phenomenal with a pencil. He's been doing a lot of famous people lately. Scroll down for a taste:

https://twitter.com/ChrisHiers

Posted by: IrishEi at December 30, 2023 06:54 PM (BTgIn)

106 I tried a new pipe blend today: The Peter Stokklebye "Proper English". Not bad, not bad at all.

Posted by: mrp at December 30, 2023 06:54 PM (rj6Yv)

107 If I were building a house today it would be poured concrete walls set 10 inches apart with ground plastic filler between the walls and then covered in stucco.
Posted by: Ben Had

I'd be looking at the cement 'bricks' made with polystyrene pellets. They are light and have good insulation values.
One of my friends suggested them when he heard I was researching strawbale.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 30, 2023 06:56 PM (Th1r/)

108 Hadrian, that would be an option but sand is expensive. Ground plastic is almost free.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 30, 2023 06:56 PM (I6hse)

109 As long as the polystyrene pellets never catch fire.

Posted by: mrp at December 30, 2023 06:57 PM (rj6Yv)

110 poured concrete walls set 10 inches apart with ground plastic filler between the walls

__________

Use sand. Passersby can't hear the screams inside.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Triple pane windows might be important for that reason...

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 30, 2023 06:58 PM (Th1r/)

111 When I built my house, I used 2x6 exterior wall studs. Lots of room for high R insulation. Can also space them farther apart than 2x4s

Posted by: Ronster at December 30, 2023 06:59 PM (t1gmd)

112 >>>16 The reason for unibomber shacks is that you can legally build a certain size without needing building permits. Even in rural areas, they will hassle you over it and can make you tear it down.

Posted by: Notsothoreau
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Commies never let up.

Posted by: Braenyard at December 30, 2023 07:00 PM (jg5Rp)

113 AZdeplorable, wow, I hadn't heard of those. Thanks. Would you still use a double wall?

Posted by: Ben Had at December 30, 2023 07:01 PM (I6hse)

114 I don't know if it counts so much as hobbies but bodging. Last couple of weekends, I've been toddler-proofing.

Various locks and latches and things, more to come. Still need to fix one of her gates and do some more cabinets.

She had an idiopathic seizure nobody can explain a few months ago, and now we need to keep a much closer eye on her, so I hooked up a bunch of video cameras by her various haunts around the house. That should should free up me and her mom a lot, since we now don't have to have one of us by her side at all times. She can go play outside with the dog or be in her crib or sit and watch TV "unattended" once more, which she'll appreciate, because she loves outside play, and it's been severely curtailed for a couple months.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 30, 2023 07:03 PM (0FoWg)

115 The arts are a very weird thing . There are tens of thousands of artists out there that are technically better than a lot of the most well known artists dead or alive. In regard to music it’s not as prevalent but almost the same regard to singing , instrument playing , song writing ,etc.

Posted by: Drive by at December 30, 2023 07:04 PM (MNhXM)

116 106 ...mrp,

Love that Stokkebye Proper English blend. Not too strong but plenty of flavor and it burns cool. The oriental leaf really adds to the taste. Enough latakia for flavor without turning it into a lat bomb. I get it a pound at a time.

Posted by: JTB at December 30, 2023 07:04 PM (7EjX1)

117 111 When I built my house, I used 2x6 exterior wall studs. Lots of room for high R insulation. Can also space them farther apart than 2x4s

Posted by: Ronster at December 30,
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Seekret panels?

Posted by: Braenyard at December 30, 2023 07:05 PM (jg5Rp)

118 YD, hugs for Vanessa and your family.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 30, 2023 07:05 PM (I6hse)

119 AZdeplorable, wow, I hadn't heard of those. Thanks. Would you still use a double wall?
Posted by: Ben Had

I don't think so, you'd already have great insulation. You can get them with different mixtures besides polystyrene... perlite for interior walls (not good for structural usage IIRC), and other stuff.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 30, 2023 07:06 PM (Th1r/)

120 My outbuilding I made with 2x6 but still 16oc

Posted by: Skip at December 30, 2023 07:06 PM (fwDg9)

121 IIRC they cost almost twice what stick-built homes cost, and then no one wants it when you're ready to sell because it's literally made of trash.

I would imagine that any kind of unconventional building method might be a problem for insurance companies because they just don't have enough data to run the numbers with any degree of confidence.

Posted by: Oddbob at December 30, 2023 07:07 PM (sNc8Y)

122 I don't care if my sketches are good. I'm trying to learn and I need to make a lot of mistakes to do that.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 30, 2023 07:07 PM (L8hCM)

123 YD, hugs for Vanessa and your family.

-----

Thx. Likewise

And Lady YD told me to send her best if I caught you, as well.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 30, 2023 07:07 PM (0FoWg)

124 My outbuilding I made with 2x6 but still 16oc
Posted by: Skip

You live in the frozen north, right?

J/K!
We use 2x6 here as well and then add pink fiberglass to get r33.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 30, 2023 07:08 PM (Th1r/)

125 Seekret panels?
Posted by: Braenyard

Not in the exterior walls. Those are inside.

Posted by: Ronster at December 30, 2023 07:09 PM (t1gmd)

126 Seekret panels?
Posted by: Braenyard at December 30, 2023 07:05 PM (jg5Rp)

Room for a body.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 30, 2023 07:09 PM (Angsy)

127 Got my King mini-mill bolted to the workbench, and mostly assembled. I have to tram it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 30, 2023 07:10 PM (tkR6S)

128 I don't care if my sketches are good. I'm trying to learn and I need to make a lot of mistakes to do that.
Posted by: Notsothoreau

Digital photography allowed me to get back into taking pictures; because film to slide or photo-paper, even with a proof sheet, just kept adding to my cost of enjoyment.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 30, 2023 07:10 PM (Th1r/)

129 I have to tram it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Baby carriage or lightrail?

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 30, 2023 07:11 PM (Th1r/)

130 At the rate McMaster Carr sends me catalogs Ima build my next house out of them.

Is that Lost in Space?
Posted by: Drive by at December 30, 2023 06:34 PM (MNhXM)

I made an unsuported assumtion...
Apologies.

Posted by: Reforger at December 30, 2023 07:13 PM (ElLB5)

131 I also layer the cinder block foundation, filled the under ground blocks with rocks and poured the floor concrete into the top course of blocks

Posted by: Skip at December 30, 2023 07:13 PM (fwDg9)

132 MisHum...what pic picked! Thank you for feeding my monkey. Most grateful.

Posted by: Lost in Space at December 30, 2023 07:14 PM (NlUuD)

133 If you look on your tape measure, there are little black diamonds every 19.2”. That is for layout with 4 studs/ 8’ as opposed to the more common 5/96 and 3/96.

Posted by: Jamaica at December 30, 2023 07:14 PM (Eeb9P)

134 Finished up three models in this the last month of the year.

One had turned into a 'loss of energy' project so pushed through to completion. Other two had lost interest in earlier in the year but with the 'loss of energy' kit acting like a life force sucking vampire dusted them off and completed them at the same time as the problem kit. Yay me.

Already have two more on the bench being worked on for next year. Go me nyah.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 30, 2023 07:14 PM (I10Bf)

135 *Assumption

Posted by: Reforger at December 30, 2023 07:14 PM (ElLB5)

136 All this talk of heavy insulation... I never used to mind winter in brutal climates. I guess I still wouldn't, if I still lived 9000' up in the Rockies. But I don't. And now that I've experienced a second winter in mountains where *I still have green grass on New Year's Eve,* I don't know if I could ever go back to that crap again.

It's the best of both worlds. Less dramatic alpine environment for sure. And it has seasons. But it's just... the winter here is nice & polite. Visits for awhile, brings in a little snow, pretty fog, etc., and then goes the hell away.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 30, 2023 07:15 PM (0FoWg)

137 http://tinyurl.com/ybj826zd
I hope this is my outbuilding

Posted by: Skip at December 30, 2023 07:17 PM (fwDg9)

138 Georgia is beating FSU by 60 points, and the announcers are lamenting how FSU isn't in the playoffs and how heartbreaking it is for the players.

Posted by: Nikki Haley's verified online persona at December 30, 2023 07:20 PM (33ek6)

139 Still working on the library and now am remaking the guest room to be more elder-friendly.

I just began refurbishing wooden photo frames from various thrift shops. I removed various adornments from them (e.g. faux brass horse-heads) and sanded off a LOT of "live, laugh, love" sorts of sayings.

Next is to fill holes, glue loose joints, and paint with chalk paint (white or blue, depending on which room they're for) and apply sealer.

Parts came in for the non-Ace-approved shelving, which I should complete this coming week.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at December 30, 2023 07:20 PM (fvEW2)

140 Fort hose who's hobby is buying lottery tickets, tonight's Powerball $760 million jackpot annuity should start the New Year off with a definite bang.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 30, 2023 07:20 PM (I10Bf)

141 Thanks, everyone. I appreciate the views!

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 30, 2023 07:20 PM (CHHv1)

142 look on your tape measure, there are little black diamonds every 19.2”. That is for layout with 4 studs/ 8’
Posted by: Jamaica

Never knew, and I thank you!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 30, 2023 07:21 PM (Th1r/)

143 Thanks for the Hobby Thread, Mis Hum!

Beautiful photos taken by the Horde. Love the idea of a Christmas village--it would take all year to get it done! Great ceramics and imaginative designs.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at December 30, 2023 07:22 PM (a8Rgt)

144 Lime plaster inside and outside wall surfaces.
Or stucco, or blown on cement.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 30, 2023 06:36 PM (Th1r/)

Still requires that the coatings have zero flaws, or bugs will find a way in. If they are not in the bales already.

Have you ever seen the chopper guns that are used for blowing bulk fiberglass? I have a similar idea in mind for building structures using straw waste, with a glue binder made by spraying melted-down plastic bottles. Feed straw and/or wood shavings, maybe paper waste into a blower gun, and blend in molten polyethylene. Blow it onto inflated forms until you get about a foot thick.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 30, 2023 07:24 PM (tkR6S)

145 Already have two more on the bench being worked on for next year. Go me nyah.
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 30, 2023 07:14 PM (I10Bf)

I'm a very bad model builder. So I sent two out to a friend so he could build them his way.
They are the two Army vehicles I drove in Germany in the 90's.
An M110A2, 203mm tracked artillery piece with the A2 upgrade scratch built and a M548A3 tracked truck.
I hope to see them someday as it's been 3 years now but I won't rush art.

Posted by: Reforger at December 30, 2023 07:24 PM (ElLB5)

146 I have been playing quite a lot of chess lately on chess.com
I have not managed to get a score above 1400, in spite of coming close several times, getting as high as 1380 or 1385. No more than that, unfortunately.
I miss the chess puzzles.

Posted by: PG at December 30, 2023 07:24 PM (gQbO4)

147 I hope this is my outbuilding
Posted by: Skip

Nice, I especially like the thick layer of snow which indicates either the inside is unheated or the roof space is well insulated.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 30, 2023 07:24 PM (Th1r/)

148 I shot pics in high school and college

https://photos.app.goo.gl/AEJRLWQXXn3PVvt56

I think this looks nice.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 30, 2023 07:26 PM (lwOKI)

149 PS

Chrystal Bridges

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 30, 2023 07:26 PM (lwOKI)

150 Still requires that the coatings have zero flaws, or bugs will find a way in. If they are not in the bales already.

-Yes, yearly inspections and patch as needed.

Blow it onto inflated forms until you get about a foot thick.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

That would be good insulation; but, wouldn't be load bearing, right?

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 30, 2023 07:27 PM (Th1r/)

151 Half of FSU didn’t bother to dress and Georgia embarrassed the rest.

Posted by: Jamaica at December 30, 2023 07:27 PM (Eeb9P)

152 It is fully insulated, stays very cool in summer, it has a gas fireplace but now can't get it started.

Posted by: Skip at December 30, 2023 07:27 PM (fwDg9)

153 Chrystal Bridges
Posted by: rhennigantx

Nice photo.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 30, 2023 07:28 PM (Th1r/)

154 I got the art and the reflection here

https://photos.app.goo.gl/jQRrbZZSyjCHzCXZ9

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 30, 2023 07:28 PM (lwOKI)

155 There is also a chess club in the region. It is interesting to play in person, especially against players much better than myself.

Posted by: PG at December 30, 2023 07:28 PM (gQbO4)

156 I think this looks nice.
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 30, 2023 07:26 PM (lwOKI)

Now your name makes sense. Thought it had something to do with cheesemaking.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 30, 2023 07:28 PM (Angsy)

157 122 ... "I don't care if my sketches are good. I'm trying to learn and I need to make a lot of mistakes to do that."

Absolutely. I take that approach with all my hobbies except for reading and hand loading ammunition. That's why I have so many erasers in my art supplies and why they get used up. They are cheaper than good drawing paper.

Posted by: JTB at December 30, 2023 07:30 PM (7EjX1)

158 Room for a body.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 30, 2023 07:09 PM (Angsy)

the "Fortunato Memorial Basement Hobby Room" in other words.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 30, 2023 07:30 PM (D7oie)

159 https://photos.app.goo.gl/hCwhjvynH3ZhPMDm9

So here we have people and art and art and people

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 30, 2023 07:30 PM (lwOKI)

160 There is also a chess club in the region. It is interesting to play in person, especially against players much better than myself.
Posted by: PG at December 30, 2023 07:28 PM (gQbO4)

Don't forget the anal beads.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 30, 2023 07:30 PM (Angsy)

161 Half of FSU didn’t bother to dress and Georgia embarrassed the rest.

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It was funny, because the first five minutes of the game was "FSU has something to prove!!!"

And then they remembered that they only won the ACC.

Posted by: Nikki Haley's verified online persona at December 30, 2023 07:31 PM (33ek6)

162 the "Fortunato Memorial Basement Hobby Room" in other words.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 30, 2023 07:30 PM (D7oie)

I'll drink to that!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 30, 2023 07:31 PM (Angsy)

163 AZdeplorable, can't wait for October. We have a jillion topics to sit and imbibe over.i

Posted by: Ben Had at December 30, 2023 07:32 PM (I6hse)

164 That would be good insulation; but, wouldn't be load bearing, right?
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 30, 2023 07:27 PM (Th1r/)

I think it would readily support itself in structures like domes or Quonsets. Just like igloos support themselves.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 30, 2023 07:33 PM (tkR6S)

165 Don't believe for a second that FSU didn't enter this game determined to win and trying their hardest:

"DANIA BEACH, Fla. -- Florida State quarterback Brock Glenn said the Seminoles should "absolutely" be considered national champions if they end the season as the only undefeated Power 5 team in college football.

That's a tantalizing prospect for some Seminoles.

"It's only right," linebacker Kalen DeLoach said. "Nothing else needs to be said if we're the only undefeated team."

http://tinyurl.com/ykcbf7c4

The problem is that they're still FSU.

Posted by: Nikki Haley's verified online persona at December 30, 2023 07:34 PM (33ek6)

166 Only thing FSU had to prove was ID when they cashed the check. Norvell can sit next to Salah and chat how losing your QB doesn’t matter.

Posted by: Jamaica at December 30, 2023 07:34 PM (Eeb9P)

167 I helped build one of those tire/rebar/concrete houses in Mexico back when I was a kid. It was pretty much just a giant igloo. But we packed the tires with layers of crushed pop cans and chickenwire before filling them in - so it is fair to say it was literally made of trash.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 30, 2023 07:35 PM (0FoWg)

168 Would a half-Seminole be a "demi-semi-nole"?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 30, 2023 07:35 PM (tkR6S)

169 Now your name makes sense. Thought it had something to do with cheesemaking.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 30, 2023 07:28 PM (Angsy)

my name is my name

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 30, 2023 07:36 PM (lwOKI)

170 146 ... "I miss the chess puzzles."

Ha! I do the daily Chess.com puzzles every morning. Just takes a few minutes but I think of them as Oregon Muse commemorative games.

Posted by: JTB at December 30, 2023 07:36 PM (7EjX1)

171 168 Would a half-Seminole be a "demi-semi-nole"?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 30, 2023 07:35 PM (tkR6S)

pretendindian

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 30, 2023 07:36 PM (lwOKI)

172 I hope it doesn't become a hobby, but I set up a simplisafe home security system in my house today. If my neighborhood is going to go to hell, at least I can watch it from my smartphone.

Posted by: 496 at December 30, 2023 07:36 PM (5KCDZ)

173 168 Would a half-Seminole be a "demi-semi-nole"?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 30, 2023 07:35 PM (tkR6S)

kinda undefeated

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 30, 2023 07:37 PM (lwOKI)

174 my name is my name
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 30, 2023 07:36 PM (lwOKI)

It was the tx at the end. Your name and residence.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 30, 2023 07:38 PM (Angsy)

175 Long Beach Island has a building code that if you do above a %dollar amount, the building has to be raised onto a concrete foundation.

Posted by: Jamaica at December 30, 2023 07:38 PM (Eeb9P)

176 AZdeplorable, can't wait for October. We have a jillion topics to sit and imbibe over.
Posted by: Ben Had

Can't wait!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 30, 2023 07:38 PM (Th1r/)

177 that museum is in Bentonville AR

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 30, 2023 07:39 PM (lwOKI)

178 the closest thing to a hobby recently was when I bought a pound of pine tar, and a pound of beeswax, and mixed up what I hoped would be leather dressing.
I thought I was making Hubberd's shoe grease, but instead I made something closer to Pecard's leather dressing. I only made half a cup, so in the future I will make it with lanolin too.

In good news, it soaks into the leather and makes it good and waterproof, which is what I wanted.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 30, 2023 07:40 PM (D7oie)

179 The problem is that they're still FSU.
Posted by: Nikki Haley's verified online persona at December 30, 2023 07:34 PM (33ek6)

We are not FAMU wont work!

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 30, 2023 07:41 PM (lwOKI)

180 Missed the pet thread because I was jointing a bunch of 9 foot boards for my dining room table top. We are finally getting around to building it. Had it planned then got a puppy last Saturday so we are behind. Now I have to cook dinner...BBL.

Posted by: lin-duh at December 30, 2023 07:42 PM (a5Jsm)

181 I look at photos like the ones in the post and on Martini Farmer's site and marvel at them. Then I start thinking: "OK, JTB, which film, lens and camera body should you use? And where is that exposure meter?"

Posted by: JTB at December 30, 2023 07:44 PM (7EjX1)

182 Half the cargo ships that regularly use the Suez Canal are now avoiding it due to the risk of Iran-backed attacks

half asses 4th world country makes shit bad

kill them all

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 30, 2023 07:45 PM (lwOKI)

183 Had it planned then got a puppy last Saturday so we are behind. Now I have to cook dinner...BBL.
Posted by: lin-duh at December 30, 2023 07:42 PM (a5Jsm)

That puppy is much too cute to cook! Please reconsider.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 30, 2023 07:45 PM (tkR6S)

184 Today with the Grands I went out while Gaga was in the shower and grabbed a kids drum set I have. Set it up, tuned the guitar and plugged in the microphone machine.
We had a blast. Rocking out with the youngest freeform singing.
He is destined for stardom. The kid works a mike like a pro at 3yo.
Gaga stayed in the shower until the water went cold, got dressed and came out. Scowling. Youngest turns around sees her and does the most awesome 'THANK YOU Carson city. Thank you for coming to our show.'
She lightened up after that.

Posted by: Reforger at December 30, 2023 07:45 PM (ElLB5)

185 Pecard's leather dressing. I only made half a cup, so in the future I will make it with lanolin too.

In good news, it soaks into the leather and makes it good and waterproof, which is what I wanted.
Posted by: Kindltot

Pecard's is what I have/use. I never thought of making it.
Well done!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 30, 2023 07:46 PM (Th1r/)

186 181 I look at photos like the ones in the post and on Martini Farmer's site and marvel at them. Then I start thinking: "OK, JTB, which film, lens and camera body should you use? And where is that exposure meter?"
Posted by: JTB at December 30, 2023 07:44 PM (7EjX1)

Do the new cams catch that? I loved tripanx.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 30, 2023 07:46 PM (lwOKI)

187 I was thinking of melting lanolin and Vaseline together to make a leather waterproofer. Lanolin is amazing stuff.

Posted by: Jamaica at December 30, 2023 07:46 PM (Eeb9P)

188 Nood Movie!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 30, 2023 07:49 PM (Th1r/)

189 MOVIIE MARQUEE is showing

Posted by: Skip at December 30, 2023 07:49 PM (fwDg9)

190 The Amazon product description for Pecards says no lanolin or waxes.

Posted by: Jamaica at December 30, 2023 07:49 PM (Eeb9P)

191 Coming to your town

http://tinyurl.com/2npd66jn

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 30, 2023 07:51 PM (lwOKI)

192 186 ... "Do the new cams catch that? I loved tripanx."

I've lost track of which films will produce a certain effect. Been away from photography too long. I read that Tri-X is still out there and is favored for that 'certain' look. Can't recall which color film I used for my projects and competition entries.

Posted by: JTB at December 30, 2023 07:56 PM (7EjX1)

193 I only use Kiwi on boots.
I've walked four sets of soles off my original pair of Jump Boots from 1990 using the polish methods I learned in the Army.
They need soles again but my guy shut down during Covid and I have no idea what happened to him.
I might give it a shot myself.
Become a hobby Cobbler.

Posted by: Reforger at December 30, 2023 07:56 PM (ElLB5)

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