The Weekend Hobby Thread

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Good afternoon Horde. It is time for the Weekend Hobby Thread. Hope you all have settled into winter, survived the holidays and are now finding time for your hobbies.

Please remember to leave the politics and current events at the curb.

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I've been debating whether or not I should post this link. However, I think is necessary to demonstrate why being on social media is a mistake.

I love to paint. I never intended to be an "Artist". But, I've decided to try and make a buck or two. I still consider painting to be a hobby. I would never give up my hobby as the following baker does. Please do not discuss politics or current events.

Bake Off star suffered ‘bad body image day’ after revealing she’d quit baking

Back in 2020 Laura, 33, appeared on the show and made it all the way to the final, but eventually lost out to the series’ youngest-ever winner Peter Sawkins.
At the time the digital manager from Kent was targeted online, with some cruelly body-shaming her and even going so far as to accuse her of ‘promoting obesity’.
This week Laura, who is a size 26 and avid body positivity advocate, shared the trolls eventually led her to give up baking

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I know there is a brave Moron or two out there who would be willing to try this. If you do please send us photos and your story.

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The following was submitted by Kindlot:
here is a link to an episode of a youtube channel called Clickspring, who is most recently building the antithikera device, while making side videos about the techniques he thinks were used in making the original.
He mostly builds with modern equipment, but he is researching the Greek techniques as well.

This one is not about the machining or calculating (or casting bronze or casehardening home-made files) but about building a type of vice called a Stitching Pony - Kindlot

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Hobbyist Clay shared some good music with us today. Good music a hobby? Yes, just check it out. Thanks Clay.

Happy New Year, everyone!

I was browsing the internet early this year and stumbled across a 2009 video of Bennie Brydern playing swing tunes at some music convention on the earliest commercially made electric violin… a 1935 Rickenbacker Bakelite Electro Violin. I thought it looked wicked cool. So I was inspired to try to design and make a homemade electric violin similar to it.

It is headless… no peg box at the end of the neck. Instead, I used guitar tuners near the tail. I used a magnetic humbucker pickup made for 3 and 4 string guitars (mounted under the fingerboard) instead of the traditional piezo pickup used on all commercially made electric violins today and I am loving the sound of steel violin strings through a humbucker. I designed and printed 3d plastic parts for electronic bay covers, pickup mounts, and wire guide. The hand rest at the end of the body was made from some aluminum strap. As usual, chinrest, neck, and fingerboard came from an online musical instrument parts house. Add poplar wood, glue, and lacquer from Home Depot, bake for 2 months in a Texas summer and you have a fun violin.

I am including a link at the end to a recording so you can year its voice for yourself. No video this time… just audio. It is a simple violin duet arrangement that I put together for The Wexford Carol. It is the oldest known Irish Christmas carol. Possibly the oldest Christmas carol in the world still performed today.

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Well, that wraps up another Weekend Hobby Thread. The In-Box is always open. We look forward to your hobby stories, tips, photos, 20/0 fan brushes, Acrylic Jenkins Green and loose change to petmorons at gmail dot com. Until the next time: Keep on Hobbying!

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at 05:30 PM

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1 Frank and Earnest!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 13, 2024 05:32 PM (Angsy)

2 Did some writing, watched some This Old House Classic with the best host, Bob Vila, and laid around doing nuttin'.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 13, 2024 05:33 PM (Angsy)

3 Bad link to the tubby broad, MisHum. Won't let you look without an adblock. Yeah, like i'm going to let a Brit tabloid access my location.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 13, 2024 05:35 PM (Angsy)

4 2 Did some writing, watched some This Old House Classic with the best host, Bob Vila, and laid around doing nuttin'.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 13, 2024 05:33 PM (Angsy)

Painting watching the snow fly. Looks like winter has finally struck.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at January 13, 2024 05:36 PM (aA3+G)

5 I've seen that vid on YT, haven't gotten around to watching it. It seems it should work.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 13, 2024 05:36 PM (Angsy)

6 Silly Putty! It was packaged in a plastic egg-shaped case.

Posted by: mrp at January 13, 2024 05:36 PM (rj6Yv)

7 Hobbies, yes. Time to pursue them is nill at present.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 13, 2024 05:37 PM (POc8X)

8 Painting watching the snow fly. Looks like winter has finally struck.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at January 13, 2024 05:36 PM (aA3+G)

A bit cloudy here, but high 40s - 50s. Acrylic, or oil?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 13, 2024 05:37 PM (Angsy)

9 Hey that Easy Bake oven is pretty neat.

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at January 13, 2024 05:38 PM (9L4BR)

10 I ain't gonna study no homo greek techniques!

Posted by: Al, The Sinister Minister at January 13, 2024 05:38 PM (Angsy)

11 Is that a cross bow violin?

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at January 13, 2024 05:39 PM (9L4BR)

12 Mis Hum, thank for this thread. Hope you both are well. Scitches for the pups, too

Posted by: Ben Had at January 13, 2024 05:40 PM (POc8X)

13 Nice looking violin. I'd bet money that Weasel could make a gun out of it.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 13, 2024 05:40 PM (Angsy)

14
Sitting on the swing on the porch watching the puppies play.

Hobbies I might have undertaken if I had time, space or money:

Woodworking
Rainfanning

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 13, 2024 05:44 PM (MoZTd)

15 Got the limbers I needed for my Bavarians but they were British, so working on converting then to something that resembles Bavarians.
The crazy stuff I do

Posted by: Skip at January 13, 2024 05:44 PM (fwDg9)

16 Oh and 15mm Napoleonic era

Posted by: Skip at January 13, 2024 05:45 PM (fwDg9)

17 Bakelite is an early type of plastic, no?
I've seen guitars made from it. Jimi Hendrix is pictured playing one iirc.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at January 13, 2024 05:45 PM (MeG8a)

18 We interrupt this Hobby Thread for a Book Thread Update!

I'm less than 200 pages from the end of Malazan Book of the Fallen 3 - Memories of Ice

Shit's about to get real.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled Hobby Thread.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 13, 2024 05:46 PM (BpYfr)

19 Rainfanning
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 13, 2024 05:44 PM (MoZTd)

Rain or rail? All the results when I looked it up were for *railfanning* even when I told the search I only wanted results fir rainfanning.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at January 13, 2024 05:47 PM (nC+QA)

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Rain or rail?

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I'm sorry, railfanning. Bloody autocorrect.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 13, 2024 05:48 PM (MoZTd)

21 Bakelite is an early type of plastic, no?
I've seen guitars made from it. Jimi Hendrix is pictured playing one iirc.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at January 13, 2024 05:45 PM (MeG8a)

Bakelite is highly flammable, IIRC. Right up Hendrix's alley, I'd think.

Posted by: mrp at January 13, 2024 05:48 PM (rj6Yv)

22 Once you can do away with the soundbox, a violin can be any shape convenient. There are some 3D printed ones that look quite odd.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 13, 2024 05:50 PM (D7oie)

23 I checked on drying handmade tiles in the microwave. Can be done. I just need to fabricate the right rack.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 13, 2024 05:51 PM (POc8X)

24 8 Painting watching the snow fly. Looks like winter has finally struck.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at January 13, 2024 05:36 PM (aA3+G)

A bit cloudy here, but high 40s - 50s. Acrylic, or oil?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 13, 2024 05:37 PM (Angsy)

12 Mis Hum, thank for this thread. Hope you both are well. Scitches for the pups, too
Posted by: Ben Had at January 13, 2024 05:40 PM (POc8X)

Still dabbling with the acrylics, soon on the oil.

Thanks Ben Had, doing well, hope you are too.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at January 13, 2024 05:52 PM (aA3+G)

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Bakelite is highly flammable, IIRC.

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*polite cough*

Not so.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 13, 2024 05:52 PM (MoZTd)

26 Saw a pre WW1 miniature German army set of bakelite, it was a awesome collection

Posted by: Skip at January 13, 2024 05:53 PM (fwDg9)

27 Bakelite is highly flammable, IIRC.

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*polite cough*

Not so.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 13, 2024 05:52 PM (MoZTd)

Thanks, I was thinking of celluloid, which is something else.

Posted by: mrp at January 13, 2024 05:55 PM (rj6Yv)

28 Mis Hum, which is the best 20/0 fan brush?

Posted by: Ben Had at January 13, 2024 05:56 PM (POc8X)

29 I don't think Portland cement is well-suited to make a stove. Might spall or crack. Chimney mortar might be better. Steel, better yet. A scrap of well casing, and some rebar, go to town.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 13, 2024 05:57 PM (tkR6S)

30 Top pic brings back memories from a happier and simpler time. Thanks, MisHum.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 13, 2024 05:57 PM (ju2Fy)

31 I have a carbon fiber bass. It has a really nice sound and is easy on the aching back.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at January 13, 2024 05:58 PM (MeG8a)

32 Granddaughters have been here since yesterday, so that's my hobby for today, lol. We made a huge breakfast and then did "art" for hours, which includes pulling just about every medium I have up from the craft room and spreading it all over the dining room.
I'll have to read this thread after they leave.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at January 13, 2024 05:59 PM (JrYM1)

33 Bakelite is highly flammable, IIRC. Right up Hendrix's alley, I'd think.
Posted by: mrp at January 13, 2024 05:48 PM (rj6Yv)

You are thinking of celluloid, which is nitrocellulose, same as smokeless powder. Bakelite is damned hard to set on fire. They still make distributor caps and other electrical hardware from it. Very durable stuff.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 13, 2024 05:59 PM (tkR6S)

34 gourmand, my Dad played bass . I remember how big it was.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 13, 2024 06:02 PM (POc8X)

35 You are thinking of celluloid, which is nitrocellulose, same as smokeless powder. Bakelite is damned hard to set on fire. They still make distributor caps and other electrical hardware from it. Very durable stuff.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 13, 2024 05:59 PM (tkR6S)

I was. I was thinking of exploding billiard balls, and why the heck would you make a guitar out of the stuff.

Posted by: mrp at January 13, 2024 06:03 PM (rj6Yv)

36 I have quite a collection of bakelite and catalin radios. The Philco Boomerang is a favorite. Of course the Catalin radios have the vivid colors and are more valuable. Here are some pics of bakelite radios.

https://t.ly/G9Jva

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 13, 2024 06:04 PM (ju2Fy)

37 Afternoon, all! I missed the Pet Thread due to circumstances beyond my control. Handsome beasts all.

Bakelite is highly flammable, IIRC. Right up Hendrix's alley, I'd think.
Posted by: mrp at January 13, 2024
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You are thinking of celluloid, which is nitrocellulose, same as smokeless powder. Bakelite is damned hard to set on fire. They still make distributor caps and other electrical hardware from it. Very durable stuff.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 13, 2024

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They used to make telephone handsets and units out of it once upon a time. And during WWII, when metal was needed for the war effort, Gillette made many of their razors with bakelite handles. I've been meaning to pick one up on Da Bay.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 13, 2024 06:04 PM (omVj0)

38 Peacock coverage of the sportsball event sucks ass.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 13, 2024 06:06 PM (W/lyH)

39 Fairly certain a German P-38 pistol grips were bakelite

Posted by: Skip at January 13, 2024 06:06 PM (fwDg9)

40 Electric violin is very cool-nice work!

My humble bodging continues on the Corvair. Been priming, painting the underside and wheel wells, suspension parts all week. Today I used a quart of brush on flat black rustoleum and 5 large (15 oz.) cans of same. Also painted 2 coats of high heat (bbq) paint on muffler, tailpipe.
There's a 12"X 7' metal cover that's been missing from the car for who knows how long. It covers cables, shift rod, etc. right in the middle of the car underneath that I will cut and fit out of stock I have. Need to lift car a bit higher to get it done. Had my usual goatee of paint residue. Felt good to scrub it off in shower. Replacing brake master cylinder, voltage regulator, and 4 bushings on front steering on tap this week.

Posted by: Air Cooled at January 13, 2024 06:07 PM (V5BDR)

41 Oh happy day!
Have discovered some.leftover home made hot buttered rum mix in the freezer. I have indeed settled in and it is up to 21* out there...and a 15 knot wind.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 13, 2024 06:07 PM (W/lyH)

42 Oh happy day!
Have discovered some.leftover home made hot buttered rum mix in the freezer. I have indeed settled in and it is up to 21* out there...and a 15 knot wind.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 13, 2024 06:07 PM (W/lyH)

Wheeeeeeeeeee!

Posted by: mrp at January 13, 2024 06:09 PM (rj6Yv)

43 Posted by: Diogenes at January 13, 2024 06:07 PM (W/lyH)

Any chance of you posting the recipe for the hot buttered rum on the Food Thread?

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at January 13, 2024 06:09 PM (nC+QA)

44 Party at the Diogenes house

Posted by: Ben Had at January 13, 2024 06:10 PM (POc8X)

45 Any chance of you posting the recipe for the hot buttered rum on the Food Thread?
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at January 13, 2024 06:09 PM (nC+QA)

Oh! Dang. Had never thought of that. I will do so! My own creation and it's pretty good.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 13, 2024 06:12 PM (W/lyH)

46 Yes, Ben Had, it doesn't hurt to be tall to play the big bass.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at January 13, 2024 06:12 PM (MeG8a)

47 Polliwog, Emmie has a great recipe too.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 13, 2024 06:12 PM (POc8X)

48 Party at the Diogenes house
Posted by: Ben Had at January 13, 2024 06:10 PM (POc8X)

CONGA!!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at January 13, 2024 06:12 PM (W/lyH)

49 Outstanding violin, Clay, both in craftsmanship and sound!

Posted by: JML at January 13, 2024 06:13 PM (fQXjo)

50 Party at the Diogenes house
Posted by: Ben Had at January 13, 2024 06:10
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I'm in if he has subscription to Peacock. Really wanted to watch the Chief's game.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 13, 2024 06:13 PM (ju2Fy)

51 Air Cooled,
What year Corvair?
My second car was a '65 Corvair Corsa.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 13, 2024 06:14 PM (W/lyH)

52 Party at olddog 's house.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 13, 2024 06:14 PM (POc8X)

53 Olddog, see my comment at #38.
When it's on, it is a pretty good game.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 13, 2024 06:16 PM (W/lyH)

54 I'll host tomorrow, Ben Had. I'll have a pot of chili on then.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 13, 2024 06:17 PM (ju2Fy)

55 There's a gun show coming up in my area next Saturday. I may have questions for the Gun Thread people tomorrow night.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 13, 2024 06:17 PM (omVj0)

56 38 Peacock coverage of the sportsball event sucks ass.
Posted by: Diogenes

Yeah. I wanted to watch the game, but I guess NBC doesn't want me to. Oh well.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 13, 2024 06:17 PM (+baEI)

57 Is drinking a hobby or a avocation?

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 13, 2024 06:19 PM (lwOKI)

58 That concrete stove looks nice! When the burning times come your gonna want to know how to make a Hobo Stove.

http://tinyurl.com/3p2z5bcw

Use it to heat water, cook an egg or roast a wayward hobo who ended up coming over for dinner.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 13, 2024 06:19 PM (R/m4+)

59 Bakelite isn’t plastic, it was an early attempt at a material that performed a little bit like plastic.

It worked OK, but the colors were limited to black and brown and similar. Catalin was a different approach, and offered bright primary colors. Swirled patterns were also possible. It is prone to shrinkage and cracking. Some Bakelite radios are collectible, but Catalin radios are a different category.

I don’t know the market now, but certain AM Catalin sets, very basic, were getting into 5 figures sometimes. I wouldn’t buy one at that price but I’d sure sell them.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 13, 2024 06:19 PM (Aoizk)

60 Essentially did nothing hobby-wise. Burnt out after the last animation and have no new ideas. I'm fine with it, though it makes life pretty boring.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 13, 2024 06:19 PM (CHHv1)

61 'Tis 52 here but feels chillier thanks to the damp air. Getting dark outside. The feline thugs have been fed. Miss Linda and I plan to make tacos tonight; we have pepper jack shredded cheese and nice crunchy shells, and various seasonings.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 13, 2024 06:20 PM (omVj0)

62 westwoodonesports.com if you're okay with listening not watching tonight.

Today's hobby? Dayquil.

Posted by: Steck at January 13, 2024 06:21 PM (LlRQB)

63 See it now, Diogenes. NBC/Peacock/NFL suck ass for moving Chief's essentially to PPV. Ain't paying $5.99 to watch, so I called son and got his login. Debating though whether I want to give Peacock the view.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 13, 2024 06:21 PM (ju2Fy)

64 Steck !!!!

Posted by: Ben Had at January 13, 2024 06:22 PM (POc8X)

65 [[ Ben! ]]

Posted by: Steck at January 13, 2024 06:22 PM (LlRQB)

66 Silly Putty! It was packaged in a plastic egg-shaped case. -mrp

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You beat me to it, by a large margin. Somewhere in a dusty box, I think I still have one of the plastic egg cases. A short history (hoping that I don't overrun the margins):
https://www.thoughtco.com/the-history-of-silly-putty-1779330

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 13, 2024 06:23 PM (XeU6L)

67 Had many eggs of Silly Puddy as a kid

Posted by: Skip at January 13, 2024 06:25 PM (fwDg9)

68 Today's hobby? Dayquil.
Posted by: Steck
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[drops 400mg Mucinex]

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 13, 2024 06:25 PM (XeU6L)

69 See it now, Diogenes. NBC/Peacock/NFL suck ass for moving Chief's essentially to PPV. Ain't paying $5.99 to watch, so I called son and got his login. Debating though whether I want to give Peacock the view.
Posted by: olddog in mo at January 13, 2024 06:21 PM (ju2Fy)

May devote the rest of the day to hobby #3...mixed drinks. Mrs.D. has the channel changer and when the game craps out, it is more BBC.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 13, 2024 06:25 PM (W/lyH)

70 Here's a guy who makes models of angels and other creatures based on their actual physical descriptions in the Bible.

http://tinyurl.com/mr4455hf

Posted by: Paco at January 13, 2024 06:27 PM (njExo)

71 I had no idea what electric violin sounded like so I did a search for "electric violin music." Um, despite the nic I'm a female and began wondering why so many electric violin players are hot young women?

Maybe some 'rons can enlighten me--or maybe they'll all be in their bunks.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at January 13, 2024 06:27 PM (FEVMW)

72 I checked on drying handmade tiles in the microwave. Can be done. I just need to fabricate the right rack.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 13, 2024 05:51 PM (POc8X)

You can also buy or rig a kiln to run in your microwave, too. IIRC it needs to be a heat proof ceramic lined with something that will absorb the microwaves and re radiate the heat inwards.
People use them for melting glass to make jewelry and glass plaques. I think using them to cure or glaze tile would also work.
The plan I saw called for a terracotta flower pot lined with graphite paint, but there are other solutions as well.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 13, 2024 06:27 PM (D7oie)

73 One of my hobbies is feeding stray cats at my mom’s old place. In preparation for the low temperatures I decided to get some temporary shelters for the cats. I intended on simply buying some styrofoam ice chests, making a small opening and filling them with straw. I didn’t expect that styrofoam ice chests are no where to found. I thought it was going to be the straw difficult to get ( it was not). I ended up buying some plastic totes and sheets of styrofoam insulation and making my own ‘ice chests’ . Hope the cats are as happy with how they came out as I am.

Posted by: Titanium White at January 13, 2024 06:28 PM (MNhXM)

74 Silly Putty! It was packaged in a plastic egg-shaped case. -mrp

I was 17 when I bought myself an egg of Silky Putty. Always wanted one, never got one. It was cool.
And thanks to my oldest brother shooting out his tooth with his BB gun, I never got one of those. Until last year. Squirrels hate me.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 13, 2024 06:30 PM (W/lyH)

75 Maybe some 'rons can enlighten me--or maybe they'll all be in their bunks.
Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at January 13, 2024 06:27 PM (FEVMW)

Might blame it on Lindsay Sterling,

Posted by: Kindltot at January 13, 2024 06:30 PM (D7oie)

76 I have a carbon fiber bass. It has a really nice sound and is easy on the aching back.
Posted by: gourmand
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One of the muiscians in a local string quartet has a carbon fiber cello. I've been meaning to ask her how she likes it relative to a wooden instrument. I find it a little disorienting/distracting to see it on the stage.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 13, 2024 06:32 PM (XeU6L)

77 I remember Silly Putty. If you copied too many comic strips it turned grey.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 13, 2024 06:33 PM (CHHv1)

78 If I had to guess I think it’s mostly girls who take up the violin these days . And if the happen to be hot when they grow up they try to cash in on their violin skills.

Posted by: Titanium White at January 13, 2024 06:33 PM (MNhXM)

79 Not much on TV tonight. Svengoolie's movie is 1932's The Old Dark House w/ Karloff and Charles Laughton, but Miss L. hates Svengoolie. This new Western channel, Outlaw, has Unforgiven on now, but nothing world-shaking after it.

Maybe we could watch a couple episodes of It Takes a Thief on DVD.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 13, 2024 06:34 PM (omVj0)

80 Talking about Silly Putty just reminded me of the Super Ball made by Wham-O. Those things could bounce.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 13, 2024 06:34 PM (ju2Fy)

81 I was 17 when I bought myself an egg of Silky Putty. Always wanted one, never got one. It was cool.
And thanks to my oldest brother shooting out his tooth with his BB gun, I never got one of those. Until last year. Squirrels hate me.
Posted by: Diogenes
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It's not too late to obtain a Wham-O slingshot. Fulfill those childhood dreams!

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 13, 2024 06:34 PM (XeU6L)

82 Talking about Silly Putty just reminded me of the Super Ball made by Wham-O. Those things could bounce.
Posted by: olddog in mo at January 13, 2024 06:34 PM (ju2Fy)
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"Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 13, 2024 06:35 PM (BpYfr)

83 Talking about Silly Putty just reminded me of the Super Ball made by Wham-O. Those things could bounce.
Posted by: olddog in mo at January 13, 2024

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I had a Super Ball when I was twelve. Are they still around?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 13, 2024 06:35 PM (omVj0)

84 Silly putty and slinkeys when the world was young and imagination thrived

Posted by: Ben Had at January 13, 2024 06:36 PM (POc8X)

85 Here's a guy who makes models of angels and other creatures based on their actual physical descriptions in the Bible.

http://tinyurl.com/mr4455hf
Posted by: Paco at January 13, 2024 06:27 PM (njExo)

Thats really cool..if a bit...freaky.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 13, 2024 06:37 PM (W/lyH)

86 Steck!

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 13, 2024 06:38 PM (V65Dk)

87 Silly putty and slinkeys when the world was young and imagination thrived
Posted by: Ben Had
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Imagine how many nascent engineers were spawned by Lincoln logs, Erector sets, Gilbert Chemistry sets...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 13, 2024 06:39 PM (XeU6L)

88 It's not too late to obtain a Wham-O slingshot. Fulfill those childhood dreams!
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 13, 2024 06:34 PM (XeU6L)

Dude. Wrist Rocket!

Posted by: Diogenes at January 13, 2024 06:39 PM (W/lyH)

89 Talking about Silly Putty just reminded me of the Super Ball made by Wham-O. Those things could bounce.
Posted by: olddog in mo at January 13, 2024 06:34 PM (ju2Fy)

The super ball is where they got the idea to name it the Super Bowl. I think that’s true and not an urban legend. Now I have to double check myself.

Posted by: Titanium White at January 13, 2024 06:39 PM (MNhXM)

90 I don’t know the market now, but certain AM Catalin sets, very basic, were getting into 5 figures sometimes. I wouldn’t buy one at that price but I’d sure sell them.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 13, 2024 06:19

Don't have any 5 figure Catalin radios but do have quite a few of these that I got in various ranges of 4 figures.

https://t.ly/EPyRk

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 13, 2024 06:40 PM (ju2Fy)

91 Yeah, we just don't care anymore

Posted by: The Cleveland Steamers at January 13, 2024 06:40 PM (lbltv)

92 I think I messed up the order of the SpaceX launches. Here is what I've got now:

FIRST LAUNCH live in about 8 minutes
SpaceX Launch
Falcon 9 - Starlink Group 6-37 -
SLC-40 - CCSFS
Launch time: January 13: 7:52 p.m. EST,
(00:52 UTC, and 01:52 CET, January 14)

http://tinyurl.com/4z9aux4k

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SECOND LAUNCH
SpaceX Starlink 7-10
Launch time: January 14th at 12:59 a.m. PST
(3:59 a.m. EST, 0859 UTC)

http://tinyurl.com/4mc3x3ef

Posted by: Ciampino - must do a picture update at January 13, 2024 06:41 PM (qfLjt)

93 [[ nurse ]]

Other hobby today, Winterizing.

Posted by: Steck at January 13, 2024 06:43 PM (LlRQB)

94 I had forgotten about using Silly Putty to pull an image from newspapers. It was especially cool for the comics in color in the Sunday papers.

Posted by: JTB at January 13, 2024 06:43 PM (zudum)

95 The super ball is where they got the idea to name it the Super Bowl. I think that’s true and not an urban legend. Now I have to double check myself.
Posted by: Titanium White at January 13, 2024

***
I guess it's possible. The Super Ball was on the market in '65, as I recall, and the first Super Bowl was, what, 1967? (I'm no football fan.)

Still, it's not likely. There were "bowl" games before that, the Rose Bowl and Sugar Bowl for instance, so the step to "Super" is not that great.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 13, 2024 06:44 PM (omVj0)

96 meh, I got nuffin'. every day has been busy this week, though not much seems to have actually happened from all the agita.

brain dead, shoveled snow all day; boldly ventured out to Kwik-Trip for milk and (white) bread when I was done. We already have a couple dozen Amish eggs, so all good for French Toast if the snowpocalypse seems to require it ... temps dropping pretty rapidly out there, spozed to go subzero for next few nights.

my antenna is still up in the trees, maybe I'll try some ham radio ...
that's hobbylike enough to cover this rambling post.
innit?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at January 13, 2024 06:45 PM (WsTvr)

97 Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 13, 2024 06:35 PM
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How cold is it there, Perfesser. Heard they cancelled the St. Louis Cardinal Caravan there due to weather. Caravan was in Joplin today where son attended.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 13, 2024 06:45 PM (ju2Fy)

98 68 Today's hobby? Dayquil.
Posted by: Steck
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[drops 400mg Mucinex]
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 13, 2024 06:25 PM (XeU6L)

You too ? Husband and I have had covid for a week... Is coughing your lungs out a hobby ?

Posted by: It's me donna at January 13, 2024 06:46 PM (n2vyf)

99 I had a Super Ball when I was twelve. Are they still around?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
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Not sure. Wham-O website is showing a couple but not sure if they're like the 98 cent ball you bought in the 60's.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 13, 2024 06:47 PM (ju2Fy)

100 if it identifies as a hobby, then it's a hobby!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at January 13, 2024 06:47 PM (WsTvr)

101 This is the first thing the intertubes told me when I asked.

“It was Lamar Hunt, the main founder of the American Football League and owner of the Kansas City Chiefs, who came up on the term “Super Bowl.” As his son, Lamar Hunt Jr., explained, the idea came from his “Super Ball” toy.”

Posted by: Titanium White at January 13, 2024 06:47 PM (MNhXM)

102 oh, yeah, very cool link, Paco!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at January 13, 2024 06:48 PM (WsTvr)

103 Those bakelite radios were almost required on every kitchen table or counter when I was a kid. Replace one of the five tubes as needed (the trip to the store with the tube tester and replacements was fun) and don't crack it and it would last forever. Set for WADK 1540 AM, our local station, which gave the weather, high tide times, school lunch menu for the day, local events, and easy listening music. The sound of my childhood. Went off the air at sunset.

Posted by: JTB at January 13, 2024 06:49 PM (zudum)

104 Now I have to double check myself.
Posted by: Titanium White at January 13, 2024 06:39
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Wikipedia credits Lamar Hunt for coining the term Super Bowl after watching his kids play with a Super Ball.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 13, 2024 06:50 PM (ju2Fy)

105 bakelite radios definitely have collector value today as long as they are not cracked.

Posted by: Titanium White at January 13, 2024 06:51 PM (MNhXM)

106 T-60 minutes to launch time

Posted by: Ciampino - must do a picture update at January 13, 2024 06:52 PM (qfLjt)

107 Steck,
Thank you for the Westwood one link. I will use it for sure.

One of my all time MoMe highlights was sharing some bourbon with you and Doof on the grass in the parking lot.

I hope to have the opportunity to do that again sometime.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 13, 2024 06:53 PM (VaV9x)

108 How cold is it there, Perfesser. Heard they cancelled the St. Louis Cardinal Caravan there due to weather. Caravan was in Joplin today where son attended.
Posted by: olddog in mo at January 13, 2024 06:45 PM (ju2Fy)

NBC has the NFC Wild Card game Lions v. Rams scheduled for 8:15 PM Eastern Sunday.

Posted by: mrp at January 13, 2024 06:54 PM (rj6Yv)

109 That rendition of the Wexford Carol, one of the most beautiful for my taste, is wonderful. The simple two violin arrangement lets you focus on the melody. Bet it would sound fantastic on a Hardanger fiddle with its drone function. That's the violin used for the Rohan theme in the LOTR movies.

My favorite version of the Wexford Carol is with Alison Krauss singing and Yo Yo Ma on cello.

Thanks for including it in the post.

Posted by: JTB at January 13, 2024 06:54 PM (zudum)

110 & I hope to join youse one of these years!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at January 13, 2024 06:55 PM (WsTvr)

111
Set for WADK 1540 AM, our local station, which gave the weather, high tide times, school lunch menu for the day, local events, and easy listening music.

_________

WBCB 1490 AM. Can't remember my school cancellation number.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 13, 2024 06:55 PM (MoZTd)

112 sock_rat, please do.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 13, 2024 06:56 PM (POc8X)

113 I diligently avoid knowing about his politics so I can continue to enjoy Yo Yo Ma ... and Alison Kraus too!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at January 13, 2024 06:56 PM (WsTvr)

114 I'll try real hard this year, BenHad!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at January 13, 2024 06:57 PM (WsTvr)

115 Nostalgia, olddog, I never thanked you for all the fashion reporting on the Chess Thread. I loved it.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 13, 2024 06:58 PM (POc8X)

116 Today's hobby? Dayquil.
Posted by: Steck
------
[drops 400mg Mucinex]
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 13, 2024 06:25 PM (XeU6L)

You too ? Husband and I have had covid for a week... Is coughing your lungs out a hobby ?
Posted by: It's me donna at January 13, 2024 06:46 PM (n2vyf)
***

Remember the lowly screwdriver. A double. Cannot be too careful about scurvy.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 13, 2024 07:00 PM (W/lyH)

117 Bourbon, honey and lemon. Best cough relief ever.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 13, 2024 07:02 PM (POc8X)

118 Texans issuing an absolute ass whooping on my Browns. Oh, well...

Posted by: Notorious BFD at January 13, 2024 07:02 PM (V8he0)

119 sock_rat. Hoping all the stars will align. Prepare to be hugged

Posted by: Ben Had at January 13, 2024 07:05 PM (POc8X)

120 113 ... "I diligently avoid knowing about his politics so I can continue to enjoy Yo Yo Ma ... and Alison Kraus too!"

Same here. If they aren't shouting about politics and social crap, like Streisand, it's easier to ignore that stuff and focus on the music. My playing and singing days may be over but listening to music is a hobby I take seriously.

Posted by: JTB at January 13, 2024 07:05 PM (zudum)

121
Texans issuing an absolute ass whooping on my Browns. Oh, well...
Posted by: Notorious BFD

_________

If the Texans won, say, 7 games this season, it would have been thought of as a success.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 13, 2024 07:06 PM (MoZTd)

122 Nostalgia, olddog, I never thanked you for all the fashion reporting on the Chess Thread. I loved it.
Posted by: Ben Had
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Your welcome. I enjoyed it especially since fashion mags wouldn't cover Melania. Such a blatant travesty. I know several of the 'ettes appreciated it.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 13, 2024 07:06 PM (ju2Fy)

123 I had one of those radios as a kid, it was a Motorola (or a Zenith?), WLS, WCFL, WMAQ; all of the now legendary Chicago stations ...

my 1st transistor radio was bought off another kid at camp up in the North Woods of Wisconsin for $2 (in quarters).
laying in my top bunk at night listening to the big "clear channel" AM stations all across the country ... wow.
The Magic of Radio that summer probably was one of the things that brought me to be a ham.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at January 13, 2024 07:06 PM (WsTvr)

124 One of things I enjoy is listening to Renaissance and Baroque "Deep Cuts" on Pandora. The "Les Arts Florissant" channel is outstanding.

Posted by: mrp at January 13, 2024 07:08 PM (rj6Yv)

125 *fingers crossed emoji*

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at January 13, 2024 07:09 PM (WsTvr)

126
Remember the lowly screwdriver. A double. Cannot be too careful about scurvy.
Posted by: Diogenes
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The B1 in OJ also serves to stave off beri-beri. You're right, why take chances?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 13, 2024 07:09 PM (XeU6L)

127 Your welcome = You're welcome.

Need to cutoff my editor. Think he's had enuff today.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 13, 2024 07:10 PM (ju2Fy)

128 October, right?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at January 13, 2024 07:10 PM (WsTvr)

129 Hope the cats are as happy with how they came out as I am.
Posted by: Titanium White

Is it a trap?

Posted by: Admiral Catbar at January 13, 2024 07:11 PM (DgGvY)

130 What's wrong with Svengoolie? I'm all about cheap, cheesy, and corny.

Posted by: fd at January 13, 2024 07:12 PM (vFG9F)

131 sock_rat, yes Around the third weekend. It's a 3 dayer

Posted by: Ben Had at January 13, 2024 07:12 PM (POc8X)

132 scurvy is awful. OJ is a sure preventive!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at January 13, 2024 07:12 PM (WsTvr)

133 My first nic ever (not here) was bakelite. Or bakelight. I think I used both. That would have been back in the bbs days.

Posted by: fd at January 13, 2024 07:14 PM (vFG9F)

134 I was elsewhere, Diogenes, the Corvair is a 63 Monza convertible.

Posted by: Air Cooled at January 13, 2024 07:14 PM (V5BDR)

135 marking it on the calendars now ... also warning notices in Sep & Aug ... though there is ample warning around here anyway ...

I'll try hard this year, might be last chance.

thx for jolly welcome!((( )))

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at January 13, 2024 07:15 PM (WsTvr)

136
H.E.B. has quick heat-and-eat meals for $8-10. I had a chicken mac and cheese carbonara and Her Majesty is having salmon, green beans and potatoes. Mine was almost too much to eat.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 13, 2024 07:15 PM (MoZTd)

137 Looks like Paramount+ and Amazon Prime have combined, they have the exact same shows and even the screen design is the same.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at January 13, 2024 07:16 PM (cMXNt)

138 Dude. Wrist Rocket!
Posted by: Diogenes at January 13, 2024 06:39 PM (W/lyH)

I still have my first one, one of those aluminum ones with the piece of tube for a handle. I was deadly with that thing. I also have about 8 or 10 newer ones now. I tried to get my kid into them way back when but Airsoft.
I buy every weird one I see these days.
Bands sure ain't what they used to be though.
Even the ever coveted surgical bands don't last for shit.

Posted by: Reforger at January 13, 2024 07:17 PM (t2fNN)

139 I would love to meet you in TX Sockrat. You need to do it while you can. Who knows what the future holds?

Posted by: fd at January 13, 2024 07:18 PM (vFG9F)

140 Yellowstone is on in the background. Beth just beat the hell out of the vegan slut.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 13, 2024 07:18 PM (POc8X)

141 Speaking of AM radio: something I haven't done for a long time is AM DXing. I still have an old GE Superadio that I used for that. This is where analog tuning is helpful. AM isn't as popular these days so it would be interesting to see what's still out there. And this is just the time of year to try. No thunderstorms messing up reception.

It was amazing what even a simple AM radio could pull in. I recall getting stations from over 1,000 miles distance. There can be a drawback. One morning a station was reporting about a huge snow storm approaching. It came in so clear I assumed it was local. I started to freak about the morning commute until I discovered it was a station from several hundred miles away three states away.

Posted by: JTB at January 13, 2024 07:19 PM (zudum)

142 Your welcome. I enjoyed it especially since fashion mags wouldn't cover Melania. Such a blatant travesty. I know several of the 'ettes appreciated it.
Posted by: olddog in mo at January 13, 2024 07:06 PM (ju2Fy)

I'd forgotten about that! Yes, it was definitely much appreciated I looked forward to it every week! Let's hope there's an opportunity to revive it.

Posted by: LASue at January 13, 2024 07:19 PM (Kcw7x)

143 "I'll try hard this year, might be last chance.

thx for jolly welcome!((( )))
Posted by: sock_rat_eez"

That's the spirit!

Posted by: fd at January 13, 2024 07:19 PM (vFG9F)

144 fd, ain't that the truth.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 13, 2024 07:20 PM (POc8X)

145 I think the Bakelite brown is the best brown I’ve seen.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at January 13, 2024 07:20 PM (cMXNt)

146 egg - zackley!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at January 13, 2024 07:21 PM (WsTvr)

147 LASue, I am extending a personal invitation to the MoMe now so you can put it on your calendar.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 13, 2024 07:22 PM (POc8X)

148 Silly putty bounced too, didn't it?

Posted by: LASue at January 13, 2024 07:22 PM (Kcw7x)

149 Updated liftoff T-1hr 20mins

Posted by: Ciampino - On the radio, astronauts listen to Nep-tunes at January 13, 2024 07:22 PM (qfLjt)

150 " I think the Bakelite brown is the best brown I’ve seen.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken"

It's a nice brown. Like brownies.

Mmm. Brownies.

Posted by: fd at January 13, 2024 07:22 PM (vFG9F)

151 The B1 in OJ also serves to stave off beri-beri. You're right, why take chances?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 13, 2024 07:09 PM (XeU6L)

The Horde is always a tried and true source for medical advice.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 13, 2024 07:23 PM (W/lyH)

152 36 minutes to the launch from Cape Canaveral. I've been watching launches since the first Mercury missions and it never gets old. Yes, I'm an aging nerd.

Posted by: JTB at January 13, 2024 07:24 PM (zudum)

153 "Silly putty bounced too, didn't it?"

It did. It also had this really weird texture when you bit into it.

Posted by: fd at January 13, 2024 07:24 PM (vFG9F)

154 I need to point out that Clickspring, the channel building a copy of the Antythikera device, also discusses how to make a spiral using simple tools for machining, and how to make a rudimentary vice.

It is like watching someone make a jet engine out of flint points and animal hides.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 13, 2024 07:24 PM (D7oie)

155 Bob’s Burgers Movie is coming on FX at 7:00 PM.

Very good but better if you have seen the TV show.

Posted by: Titanium White at January 13, 2024 07:25 PM (MNhXM)

156 I was elsewhere, Diogenes, the Corvair is a 63 Monza convertible.
Posted by: Air Cooled at January 13, 2024 07:14 PM (V5BDR)

I was rear-ended in mine. Still drove it for another year. A real pain in the butt car but it was cheap and paid for.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 13, 2024 07:26 PM (W/lyH)

157 Gin 'n Tonic, fight malaria and covid.

Posted by: Braenyard at January 13, 2024 07:28 PM (jnt+a)

158
my antenna is still up in the trees, maybe I'll try some ham radio ...
that's hobbylike enough to cover this rambling post.
innit?
Posted by: sock_rat_eez

NAQP CW contest is going on.

https://ncjweb.com/naqp/

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 13, 2024 07:29 PM (63Dwl)

159 It was amazing what even a simple AM radio could pull in. I recall getting stations from over 1,000 miles distance. There can be a drawback. One morning a station was reporting about a huge snow storm approaching. It came in so clear I assumed it was local. I started to freak about the morning commute until I discovered it was a station from several hundred miles away three states away.
Posted by: JTB at January 13, 2024 07:19 PM (zudum)

I live in Oregon, and one summer I was waking up at three in the morning and listening to the AM band, I was getting the morning news from the station in Calgary. It was odd listening to reports on the traffic jam on "Deerfoot Trail"

Posted by: Kindltot at January 13, 2024 07:29 PM (D7oie)

160 152 ... "36 minutes to the launch from Cape Canaveral."

Forget that. The launch is delayed. Hope it still goes tonight.

Posted by: JTB at January 13, 2024 07:30 PM (zudum)

161
"It is like watching someone make a jet engine out of flint points and animal hides.
Posted by: Kindltot

Probably like making a mnemonic memory circuit using stone knives and bearskins.

Posted by: Spock at January 13, 2024 07:31 PM (vFG9F)

162 Silly putty bounced too, didn't it?

Posted by: LASue at January 13, 2024 07:22 PM (Kcw7x)

Why yes it did!

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at January 13, 2024 07:31 PM (ConHt)

163 Cannibal Bob, huge hug,darlin

Posted by: Ben Had at January 13, 2024 07:32 PM (POc8X)

164 Set up a train set this year for Christmas. patch our 18 lb. Main Coon swatted it off the tracks a few times. Great Christmas.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at January 13, 2024 07:32 PM (ConHt)

165 Papa Eez had a little Sony radio (2x2x3/4"maybe) that was the most amazing AM DX radio ever ... I borrowed it once on vacation and was amazed at its reception. took a pair of mercury batteries; when I inherited it in the early oughts they had burst and ruined the works. SAD!

pretty much every Sony radio I have owned over the decades (or any other electronic device) has been a good performer ; the current model: ICFP26 has good reviews but I don't own one right now.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at January 13, 2024 07:33 PM (WsTvr)

166 LASue, I am extending a personal invitation to the MoMe now so you can put it on your calendar.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 13, 2024 07:22 PM (POc8X)

xoxo. Thank you!

Posted by: LASue at January 13, 2024 07:34 PM (YDB6U)

167 I was amazed a couple of weeks ago to pickup WLW in Cincinnati loud and clear in my car. Over 500 miles away.

Posted by: fd at January 13, 2024 07:34 PM (vFG9F)

168 That SpaceX launch that was scheduled to go in about an hour is SCRUBBED.

The second launch, from California, is still on.

SECOND LAUNCH
SpaceX Starlink 7-10
Launch time: January 14th at 12:59 a.m. PST
(3:59 a.m. EST, 0859 UTC)

http://tinyurl.com/4mc3x3ef

Posted by: Ciampino - On the radio, astronauts listen to Nep-tunes at January 13, 2024 07:34 PM (qfLjt)

169 Cannibal Bob!!!!

How are you? Long time no see!

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 13, 2024 07:35 PM (uU94S)

170 Ciampino swearsy I didn't put on the lknk

Posted by: Skip at January 13, 2024 07:36 PM (fwDg9)

171 159 ... "I live in Oregon, and one summer I was waking up at three in the morning and listening to the AM band, I was getting the morning news from the station in Calgary. It was odd listening to reports on the traffic jam on "Deerfoot Trail""

Similar. When I had to get to work at 0 dark thirty (retirement is a joy) I listened to the traffic reports from Chicago which I always enjoyed. First, because I hate Chicago and its traffic. Second, because it was about 900 miles away so I could enjoy hearing about major problems on the Dan Ryan or, even better, Interstate 294. Thoughts of that damn road can still cause nightmares. You could be driving 80 MPH and get passed by school buses driven by nuns.

Posted by: JTB at January 13, 2024 07:39 PM (zudum)

172 Cannibal Bob!!!!

How are you? Long time no see!

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 13, 2024 07:35 PM (uU94S)

NURSE!!! XOXO. Heidi says hello! We are good. We lurk mostly these days. Trying to retire to the mountains and (hobby thread) want to do some woodworking. You good babe?

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at January 13, 2024 07:41 PM (ConHt)

173 http://tinyurl.com/4pmv69kb
A good 20 Tweets Bad Blue

Posted by: Skip at January 13, 2024 07:44 PM (fwDg9)

174 OMG Ben Had! When Heidi talks about getting an RV in retirement, we talk about seeing you. MOME's are too crowded for me so you might have to get a solo visit from us. XO.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at January 13, 2024 07:45 PM (ConHt)

175 That Clickspring YT channel looks to be dangerous. I have limited (I'm being generous) mechanical ability but I'm fascinated by what ancients accomplished with comparatively simple tools. The patience and ingenuity are incredible. Hell, I'm amazed at fiber arts done with a few pieces of wood (knitting needles, spindles, crochet hooks, hand looms, etc) and some sheared sheep or goats. Metal work is even more amazing.

Posted by: JTB at January 13, 2024 07:52 PM (zudum)

176 Cannibal Bob, I have an alternative. We will.talk.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 13, 2024 07:57 PM (POc8X)

177 I have always been interested in the methods used before modern machine tools came along ... it's surprising what you can accomplish with relatively crude tools ... having modern measurement tools like a (mechanical, NOT digital!) dial caliper is incredibly helpful!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at January 13, 2024 07:59 PM (WsTvr)

178 thx Skip!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at January 13, 2024 08:00 PM (WsTvr)

179 sock_rat, I am the same. Ithink about what it took to make chain mail.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 13, 2024 08:02 PM (POc8X)

180 Cannibal Bob, I have an alternative. We will.talk.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 13, 2024 07:57 PM (POc8X)

Well yes we will, dear Ben.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at January 13, 2024 08:02 PM (ConHt)

181 I'm willowing, ain't I ?

LOL

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at January 13, 2024 08:02 PM (WsTvr)

182 oh gosh, no kidding ; specially if the rings were welded ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at January 13, 2024 08:03 PM (WsTvr)

183 Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at January 13, 2024 07:59 PM (WsTvr)

Well Cathedrals were built with hand tools. I've joined some wood working/ whittling groups on Facebook (yes, the devil) and I'm stunned at the talent. I've considered doing bowls with carving tools. A hatchet and some chisels.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at January 13, 2024 08:06 PM (ConHt)

184 but the real benefit is to be able to produce a modern level of accurate piece using what tech is available in the field ... "flint knives and bear skins" to re-use a phrase ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at January 13, 2024 08:06 PM (WsTvr)

185 Papa Eez made a lot of bowls and plaques with a wood lathe made out of an old washing machine motor and an improv tool rest

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at January 13, 2024 08:09 PM (WsTvr)

186 Art Rondeley… Once I decided to try to play the violin again, I started scouring the internet for educational websites. I too was amazed at how much of a female thing that violin playing seemed to have become. Was it always like that and I was too oblivious as a kid to notice? I don’t know. But it still surprises me how MUCH of a chick thing it seems to be. No matter. Making and playing them brings me joy.

Posted by: Clay at January 13, 2024 08:09 PM (2wXRN)

187 Papa Eez made a lot of bowls and plaques with a wood lathe made out of an old washing machine motor and an improv tool rest

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at January 13, 2024 08:09 PM (WsTvr)

That's excellent. Im not mechanically inclined but I looked at plans for a pedal powered wood lathe.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at January 13, 2024 08:11 PM (ConHt)

188 JTB - thank you for the compliment! I had never heard of the Wexford Carol until 2 or 3 weeks ago. I stumbled across it and it seemed that every version I listened to was beautiful in its own way. I just had to try it.

Posted by: Clay at January 13, 2024 08:13 PM (2wXRN)

189 Cannibal Bob, anytime you want some mesquite to work with just holler.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 13, 2024 08:14 PM (POc8X)

190 No matter. Making and playing them brings me joy.

Posted by: Clay at January 13, 2024 08:09 PM (2wXRN)

Exactly. I always loved jazz growing up. Now I'm trying to learn jazz piano. (At my advanced age ;-) Do what brings you joy.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at January 13, 2024 08:15 PM (ConHt)

191 189 Cannibal Bob, anytime you want some mesquite to work with just holler.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 13, 2024 08:14 PM (POc8X)

Wow. Thanks Ben. We have pinion and juniper here on our property, but I understand mesquite is terrific to work with. If you want pinion nuts just holler. We had a banner year and I have vacuum packed in the freezer.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at January 13, 2024 08:18 PM (ConHt)

192 Cannibal Bob, I will must assuredly take you up on that offer.

Mesquite is wonderful,. So much color and warmth in the wood

Posted by: Ben Had at January 13, 2024 08:23 PM (POc8X)

193 Cannibal Bob, I will must assuredly take you up on that offer.

Mesquite is wonderful,. So much color and warmth in the wood

Posted by: Ben Had at January 13, 2024 08:23 PM (POc8X)

We'll drop me your address and nuts will be on their way. So you do woodworking Ben?

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at January 13, 2024 08:35 PM (ConHt)

194 The Born Loser is a classic strip.

It describes every one of my bosses to a perfect "T". Fucking assholes!

Posted by: Dr. Bone at January 13, 2024 08:36 PM (J3ryZ)

195 There's certainly a lot to learn about this topic. I love all of the points you've made.

Posted by: music at January 13, 2024 11:42 PM (HzEhb)

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