The Weekend Hobby Thread (4/6/24) Rerun Edition

January 29, 2022
Weekend Hobby Thread and Crafting Too
Merriam-Webster
hobby noun (2)
plural hobbies
Definition of hobby (Entry 2 of 2)
: a pursuit outside one's regular occupation engaged in especially for relaxation
Writing is just a hobby of his.
Her hobbies include gardening and bird-watching.

Definition of craft

2a: an occupation, trade, or activity requiring manual dexterity or artistic skill
the carpenter's craft
the craft of writing plays
crafts such as pottery, carpentry, and sewing
He learned the craft as an apprentice.
b: crafts plural : articles made by craftspeople
a store selling crafts
a crafts fair

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According to Webster-Miriam Dictionary my feeding of wildlife constitutes a "hobby". My father was an avid bird feeder while I was a kid growing up. After the Fabulous Mrs. Mis. Hum and I were married and bought our first starter home I've been feeding birds.

It is a very easy hobby to get into without spending oodles of money. Bird feeders have evolved over the years from wooden units to plastic, glass, metal and composite feeders. I attempt to go as squirrel proof as humanly possible.

The nice thing about bird feeding is that anyone can do it. Unless you live in a skyscraper in downtown NYC. It doesn't take a lot of effort. If you have been doing it for a number of years you probably have your feeders, feeding sites and routine down.

If you are new to it or are thinking about doing it there are a number of great books out along with the YouTube Channel. There are a number of stores that have popped up over the years which cater to the avian enthusiast.

Since moving from the semi-frozen tundra to the frozen tundra not only have we attracted song birds using Niger seed and Black Oil Sunflower seed we have attracted these visitors as well:

Turkeys are messy and I really don't care to have them around. They eat just about anything and are not as tasty as that Butter Ball from the local store.

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Yes deer love the Sunflower Seed. I've moved feeders away from this station during the winter because these guys will clean out any feeder they can reach.

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Bears will eat Niger Seed out of a Finch Feeder. Who knew? If you are in bear country best to take your feeders down every night before dusk. This particular photo was taken at approximately 5:45AM in June.

This is a homemade platform feeder for squirrels and Bluejays. This bear seems to enjoy it to.

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Squirrels are one of most common nuisances with feeders. However, they do provide entertainment as well.

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Chickadees are so cute and easy to feed.

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As many of you know I dabble with paint and brushes. In future threads we will get into "Crafts". This looks like a joyful instructional video.

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So this is my inaugural Hobby/Craft thread. And of course I'll be sharing my pastimes with you. However, the Morons and I also want to hear from you about your hobbies and/or crafts. You can reach me at petmorons at gmail dot com.

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New Content

So underneath the feeders this winter was Sylvester the Bobcat.

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That wraps up this weekend's Hobby Thread. I'll be covering for Mr. J.J. Sefton until he's back in the saddle again. So if you have any bodging material you wish to submit. Please do so at petmorons at the g mail thingy dot com.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at 05:30 PM

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1 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 06, 2024 05:33 PM (Q4IgG)

2 I'll fetch 'em

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 06, 2024 05:33 PM (Q4IgG)

3 Thanks for filling in, MH!

Posted by: mrp at April 06, 2024 05:33 PM (rj6Yv)

4 Top 10?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 06, 2024 05:34 PM (omVj0)

5 Welcome Hobbiests
With terrible weather all week got nothing done I wanted to do.
Am still working on a metal medallion

Posted by: Skip at April 06, 2024 05:34 PM (fwDg9)

6 Good to see you, MH!

Perhaps a bird feeder would be a good thing to put up, once I have a house and a yard.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 06, 2024 05:35 PM (omVj0)

7 hiya

Posted by: JT at April 06, 2024 05:35 PM (T4tVD)

8 Thanks for filling in, MH!
Posted by: mrp at April 06, 2024 05:33 PM (rj6Yv)

Seconded !

Posted by: JT at April 06, 2024 05:36 PM (T4tVD)

9 Does shorting through shit and shredding shit count as hobbies, if I'm doing them in my spare time (as well as most of the time)?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 06, 2024 05:36 PM (ynpvh)

10 I've made a good deal of progress on the Truck Camper front. The DC to DC charging system has been completed and tested. The alternator is now sending around 39.5 amps at 14.4v DC to the house battery.

I can now charge my 200AH LIFPO battery with the DC-DC charger AND with the 300w solar array installed on the truck cap's roof while driving down the road. The 2K pure-sine-wave inverter is the cherry on top.

Posted by: mrp at April 06, 2024 05:37 PM (rj6Yv)

11 Today's hobby... tractoring...

Making ready to deal with the "stuff" around here. Took off the FEL (front end loader) or "bucket" on the tractor and got the mower prepped to mow grass. My Kubota has a FEL with the arms attached, so it's a delicate process to let it down somewhere it can be reattached without much aggravation.

Did about 4 acres.

Saw a family of wood ducks, so that was cool.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 06, 2024 05:37 PM (Q4IgG)

12 11 Today's hobby... tractoring...

Making ready to deal with the "stuff" around here. Took off the FEL (front end loader) or "bucket" on the tractor and got the mower prepped to mow grass. My Kubota has a FEL with the arms attached, so it's a delicate process to let it down somewhere it can be reattached without much aggravation.

Did about 4 acres.

Saw a family of wood ducks, so that was cool.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 06, 2024 05:37 PM (Q4IgG)

::: sees wood, ducks :::

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 06, 2024 05:38 PM (ynpvh)

13 Today I am support staff for hubby's ikea assembly hobby

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at April 06, 2024 05:39 PM (fPaY0)

14 off to do more of my "Hobby"...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 06, 2024 05:40 PM (ynpvh)

15 Just remember, those animals that eat that Niger seed can all be eaten. Except for Sylvester the bobcat. Him too if you’re really famished.

Posted by: Eromero at April 06, 2024 05:40 PM (o2ZRX)

16 I hate those damn squirrels. Hate ‘em; hate ‘em and yes I hate those damn squirrels.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at April 06, 2024 05:40 PM (o5xMZ)

17 10 I've made a good deal of progress on the Truck Camper front. The DC to DC charging system has been completed and tested. The alternator is now sending around 39.5 amps at 14.4v DC to the house battery.

I can now charge my 200AH LIFPO battery with the DC-DC charger AND with the 300w solar array installed on the truck cap's roof while driving down the road. The 2K pure-sine-wave inverter is the cherry on top.
Posted by: mrp at April 06, 2024 05:37 PM (rj6Yv)

Sounds like a neat rig.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at April 06, 2024 05:42 PM (QXQ4l)

18 Thank you for the rerun!

How did I miss this squirrel trebuchet?
An outstanding project and I've never thought I needed a trebuchet before today!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 06, 2024 05:43 PM (Fg/tA)

19 Saw a family of wood ducks, so that was cool.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 06, 2024 05:37 PM (Q4IgG)

Are they really made of wood ?

Posted by: JT at April 06, 2024 05:43 PM (T4tVD)

20 A bobcat! I'm jealous, MisHum.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at April 06, 2024 05:44 PM (3e3hy)

21 Oh, it is. The next steps are to construct the removable furniture for the bed platform and storage, and the wiring for the lights, diesel heater, and the window unit AC.

Posted by: mrp at April 06, 2024 05:45 PM (rj6Yv)

22 (shrugs) I just pulled weeds today and watered plants.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 06, 2024 05:45 PM (0eaVi)

23 I took a wolf to a bar in my pajamas.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 06, 2024 05:45 PM (ENQN6)

24 20 A bobcat! I'm jealous, MisHum.
Posted by: All Hail Eris at April 06, 2024 05:44 PM (3e3hy)

The past 3 winters I have seen them at least once if not on multiple occasions.

This guy enjoyed walking our sidewalk overnight.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at April 06, 2024 05:46 PM (QXQ4l)

25 I donated my landscape painting , Walking the Beach in Puerto Vallarta for a charity auction next week. They started pre on-line bidding yesterday.

So far no bid at the minimum starting bid. Monetary feedback is real feedback and not the polite praise from your friends feedback. It’s good to know.

Posted by: polynikes at April 06, 2024 05:46 PM (MNhXM)

26 23 I took a bobcat to a bar in my pajamas.
Posted by: rhennigantx at April 06, 2024 05:45 PM (ENQN6)

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 06, 2024 05:47 PM (ENQN6)

27 23

I took my pajamas to a wolf in a bar.

Posted by: LenNeal at April 06, 2024 05:47 PM (43xH1)

28 Are they really made of wood ?
Posted by: JT
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I have some of my grandfather's duck decoys-- yes, they are made of wood LOL

Posted by: JQ at April 06, 2024 05:47 PM (njWTi)

29 Bird feeders? I'd rather have squirrels than grackles. I'll have a flock of about 40 in the yard. They hang on the bird feeder and clean it out. Same with the suet cakes. And they'll hang out around the house waiting till I come out.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 06, 2024 05:48 PM (yeEu9)

30 Assholes.... 🤣

https://tinyurl.com/mryyy36x

"Wood Duck"

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 06, 2024 05:48 PM (Q4IgG)

31 I’m in Houston . I spotted two thugs and a hoodlum staking around my yard.

Posted by: polynikes at April 06, 2024 05:49 PM (MNhXM)

32 16 I hate those damn squirrels. Hate ‘em; hate ‘em and yes I hate those damn squirrels.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at April 06, 2024 05:40 PM (o5xMZ)

Use to have chippy monks I fed. Then 1 day about 200 cats were at my front door begging me to feed the chippies.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 06, 2024 05:50 PM (ENQN6)

33 Today I am support staff for hubby's ikea assembly hobby
Posted by: vmom

You need to help him keep hydrated!
Supply him with an open beer!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 06, 2024 05:50 PM (Fg/tA)

34 31 I’m in Houston . I spotted two thugs and a hoodlum staking around my yard.
Posted by: polynikes at April 06, 2024 05:49 PM (MNhXM)

If you see one with a mineral grey tailgate please shoot him in the dick.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 06, 2024 05:50 PM (ENQN6)

35 I did do something, I designed and built a phone/tablet stand from a Dollar Tree bamboo cutting board and 3/8" dowel pieces I had laying around. It's actually really elegant and cool.

Posted by: LenNeal. at April 06, 2024 05:52 PM (43xH1)

36 27 23

I took my pajamas to a wolf in a bar.
Posted by: LenNeal at April 06, 2024 05:47 PM (43xH1)

I crossed thread from another site where a dude had caught a wolf, tape his mouth shut and took him to the local watering hole as a semi pet.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 06, 2024 05:52 PM (ENQN6)

37 Assholes.... 🤣

"Wood Duck"
Posted by: Martini Farmer

I've always thought that type of comment indicates a win...

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 06, 2024 05:53 PM (Fg/tA)

38 Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 06, 2024 05:48 PM
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Huh. My wooden ducks' paint is faded, but they aren't Wood Ducks. Mallards, probably.

(thanks for the link!)

Posted by: JQ at April 06, 2024 05:54 PM (njWTi)

39 I spotted two thugs and a hoodlum staking around my yard.
Posted by: polynikes

How do they stake?
Wood, metal, plastic?

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 06, 2024 05:54 PM (Fg/tA)

40 Love the bobcat. Is there a billcat or suecat?

Posted by: Ciampino - Update #263 at April 06, 2024 05:55 PM (qfLjt)

41 Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 06, 2024 05:54 PM (Fg/tA)

You’ll have to ask auto crap😀

Posted by: polynikes at April 06, 2024 05:55 PM (MNhXM)

42 39 I spotted two thugs and a hoodlum staking around my yard.
Posted by: polynikes

How do they stake?
Wood, metal, plastic?
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 06, 2024 05:54 PM (Fg/tA)

I want to know the difference between a hoodlum and a thug. I've might having been using the wrong adjective for years and years and years.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at April 06, 2024 05:56 PM (QXQ4l)

43 I want to know the difference between a hoodlum and a thug. I've might having been using the wrong adjective for years and years and years.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at April 06, 2024 05:56 PM (QXQ4l)

It’s like the difference between a jaguar and a panther. 😀

Posted by: polynikes at April 06, 2024 05:57 PM (MNhXM)

44 Haven't done any bird feeding for a couple of years but we want to get back into it. In the past we had best results with safflower seed and sunflower seed for the small song birds we like to attract: chickadees, titmice, gold finches and, in the winter, juncos. Plus the fun of never knowing what might show up. We've had northern flickers and, one special day, a huge pileated woodpecker. BTW, any seed that spills on the ground gets gobbled up by the mourning doves that have decided our house roof is the stylish, chic place to roost.

I do put up a cage feeder that holds suet and seed balls we get at the local Southern States. It gets the attention of the small woodpeckers and similar that cavort up and down the trees in the yard.

Posted by: JTB at April 06, 2024 05:57 PM (zudum)

45 I want to know the difference between a hoodlum and a thug. I've might having been using the wrong adjective for years and years and years.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at April 06, 2024 05:56 PM (QXQ4l)

Kill them all and let Jesus sort it out.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 06, 2024 05:58 PM (ENQN6)

46 I spotted two thugs and a hoodlum staking around my yard.
Posted by: polynikes

How do they stake?
Wood, metal, plastic?
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 06, 2024 05:54 PM (Fg/tA)

I want to know the difference between a hoodlum and a thug. I've might having been using the wrong adjective for years and years and years.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at April 06, 2024 05:56 PM (QXQ4l)
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N'er-do-wells have entered the conversation.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 06, 2024 05:58 PM (W/lyH)

47 Birdfeeding.
We had 3 hummingbird feeders in the last place. It was great watching them try and dominate all three, especially at dusk and dawn when they can't see well so the interlopers get to eat their fill. We can't keep the hummingbird feeders filled here. The woodpeckers land on them and suck them dry in about an hour (yes we had 4 out and they finished all of them).

Now we put out quail/dove blocks. The ground squirrels and some other type of squirrel like them; but, the quail!!!
We've have 3 scattered in the yard and counted over 50 in the yard last week. We should start seeing coveys of babies in the next 2 weeks.
SHTF food for sure!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 06, 2024 06:00 PM (Fg/tA)

48 Now...soak those sunflower seed feders in beer for about two to three months before deer season.
You'll thank me later.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 06, 2024 06:00 PM (W/lyH)

49 https://belovic.blogspot.com/2024/04/tablet-stand.html

There is the tablet stand, it is simply a bamboo cutting board from Dollar Tree and a few dowels. I keep it at the office and it's actually pretty cool.

Posted by: LenNeal. at April 06, 2024 06:00 PM (43xH1)

50 I'd rather have squirrels than grackles.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 06, 2024 05:48 PM (yeEu9)

Huh?! Hershey's Grackle is one of the best candy bars made!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 06, 2024 06:00 PM (0eaVi)

51 I spotted two thugs and a hoodlum staking around my yard.
Posted by: polynikes'

No self-respecting bandit would wipe his shoes on a hoodlum or a thug.

Posted by: LenNeal. at April 06, 2024 06:01 PM (43xH1)

52 N'er-do-wells have entered the conversation.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 06, 2024 05:58 PM (W/lyH)

pimps hos and players

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKIwj1TQmFs

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 06, 2024 06:02 PM (ENQN6)

53 Good evening horde.

Posted by: TRex at April 06, 2024 06:02 PM (IQ6Gq)

54 Thank you, MisHum, for covering for JJ! Just finished a stint of under-the-car work on the relic Studebaker race car at my buddy's place, where I had it on the hoist. Just got done towing back here on the car trailer. New engine is in. Clutch linkage hooked up. Transmission installed and the floor shift is hooked up. Brand new second-hand brake master cylinder installed, and the hill holder freed up. Drive shaft installed, with one used U-joint replacing the worn-out one at the front. This qualifies as a hobby.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 06, 2024 06:03 PM (tkR6S)

55 We have started bird-feeding recently and didn't know it was a "thing" but we now have local bird guides and field glasses and go through about 10 lbs of birdseed every 3-4 weeks

Posted by: Lucy the Fink at April 06, 2024 06:03 PM (RIvkX)

56 If I put out the bird blocks with sunflower seeds embedded the woodpeckers and curved billed thrashers peck through the block until all the sunflower seeds are gone. The blocks disappear to quickly to afford feeding those voracious peckers.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 06, 2024 06:03 PM (Fg/tA)

57 I’m in Houston . I spotted two thugs and a hoodlum staking around my yard.
Posted by: polynikes at April 06, 2024 05:49 PM (MNhXM)

Proud grandpa moment.
Granddaughter of Diogenes #2 was in San Antonio today scoring goals and taking her high school team to the Texas State finals. And she loves baking.
(See how I linked back to the thread these?)

Posted by: Diogenes at April 06, 2024 06:05 PM (W/lyH)

58 Definition of craft

2a: an occupation, trade, or activity requiring manual dexterity or artistic skill

So spycraft, skullduggery are crafts?
See the CIA is just practicing its hobby and it is obviously good at colors (like color revolutions) but not so good at not screwing up.

Posted by: Ciampino - crafty buggers at April 06, 2024 06:05 PM (qfLjt)

59 There is a pair of downey woodpeckers in the backyard. I've seen flickers and a larger woodpecker at the suet cakes. We get cardinals and Baltimore orioles among less colorful birds. Grackles chase all of them off.

I have some bird houses to put up. I'd like to do it myself but will probably have to hire someone.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 06, 2024 06:05 PM (yeEu9)

60 Elk will eat the seeds out of a bird feeder. They'll break it if they can to get the seeds faster. They'll also tilt a hummingbird feeder and drink all the sugar water out of it.

Elk are jerks.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at April 06, 2024 06:06 PM (dZVON)

61 My other hobby is playing tennis. Was able to go to the ATP Houston tournament on Thursday at the River Oaks Country club. You could smell the money and snobbery.

Posted by: polynikes at April 06, 2024 06:06 PM (MNhXM)

62 AOP, what is a hill holder?

Posted by: Ronster at April 06, 2024 06:07 PM (1g7kI)

63 To make my tablet stand, referred above, is simple: buy a bamboo cutting board at Dollar Tree (in fact about USD$1.26), then hide glue a solid block onto the reverse (You be the judge) with clamps you clearly already have along with bamboo-compatible glue that you already have. Also, rough up the surfaces with sandpaper you have already.
Then, use Forstner bits with depth gauges in your drill press (You don't have that? What are you, an Eskimo?) to drill halfway into the bamboo, then wet both dowels and sockets (you have water, right?) to glue them properly.
See?
Easy Peasy.

Posted by: LenNeal. at April 06, 2024 06:07 PM (43xH1)

64 Elk are jerks.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at April 06, 2024 06:06 PM (dZVON)

You got that right!

Posted by: Lions Club at April 06, 2024 06:08 PM (0eaVi)

65 Elk will eat the seeds out of a bird feeder. They'll break it if they can to get the seeds faster. They'll also tilt a hummingbird feeder and drink all the sugar water out of it.

Elk are jerks.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at April 06, 2024 06:06 PM (dZVON)

2 Legged or 4 legged ?

Posted by: JT at April 06, 2024 06:08 PM (T4tVD)

66 /kitteh sock off

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 06, 2024 06:08 PM (RIvkX)

67 Elk are jerks.
Posted by: Blanco Basura

However they are really good SHTF fare!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 06, 2024 06:08 PM (Fg/tA)

68 A hoodlum is a junior thug-in-training.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 06, 2024 06:09 PM (RIvkX)

69 AOP, what is a hill holder?
Posted by: Ronster'

(Insert VW joke here)

Posted by: LenNeal. at April 06, 2024 06:09 PM (43xH1)

70 2 Legged or 4 legged ?

4 legged. The two legged ones are more interested in alcohol than seeds and sugar water.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at April 06, 2024 06:09 PM (dZVON)

71 Elk will eat the seeds out of a bird feeder. They'll break it if they can to get the seeds faster. They'll also tilt a hummingbird feeder and drink all the sugar water out of it.

Elk are jerks.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at April 06, 2024 06:06 PM (dZVON)

Perhaps, but those tenderloins....!!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at April 06, 2024 06:09 PM (W/lyH)

72 Upgrading hurricane protection for the house. Brevard County Florida.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 06, 2024 06:09 PM (3vcct)

73 30 Assholes.... 🤣

https://tinyurl.com/mryyy36x

"Wood Duck"

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 06, 2024 05:48 PM (Q4IgG)

Reading it...
diagram with "inlet pipe with beaver guard"...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 06, 2024 06:10 PM (ynpvh)

74 . This qualifies as a hobby.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 06, 2024 06:03 PM (tkR6S)

And then some!!!

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at April 06, 2024 06:11 PM (QXQ4l)

75 MisHum you are absolutely spot-on about wild turkeys. They do not taste as good as the good ones from the market!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 06, 2024 06:11 PM (gSZYf)

76 I should put out my bird feeders

Posted by: Skip at April 06, 2024 06:11 PM (fwDg9)

77 Good evening all you crafty people.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 06, 2024 06:12 PM (R7l+6)

78 Learned a new, or at least better, technique for my pencil sketches. I knew various types of erasers could help create highlights and define areas as well as clean up stray lines. I saw a video about using a small electric eraser to do highlights. It uses the white vinyl erasers and comes in two sizes for larger areas or small sections like hair or whiskers. To my surprise it works better than hand held erasers for those purposes. Even just experimenting with it has been fun.

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

79 Feeding birds...

We have two feeders... a tube and a sock. The tube is your typical bird feeder with 4 perches. The "sock" is a exactly what is sounds like.. a sock for thistle seed for finches. Here, those finches are gold, blue and green.

And, yea, once word gets out the birds rape the shit out of them in a day. Except for the sock. That lasts for a few days.

Francis of Assisi is pleased.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 06, 2024 06:13 PM (Q4IgG)

80 Naysayers! You just haven't cooked those turkeys right.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 06, 2024 06:14 PM (R7l+6)

81 You could smell the money and snobbery.
Posted by: polynikes'

I love.. well, neither of those.

Posted by: LenNeal. at April 06, 2024 06:14 PM (43xH1)

82 You need a crank-up telescoping bird feeder that you can elevate to a height unreachable by deer.

Posted by: Bob the Sylvester cat at April 06, 2024 06:14 PM (63Dwl)

83 Francis of Assisi is pleased.'

Schopenhauer says he was influenced by a bird feeder and then in his negative afterlife made Einstein build The Bomb.

I made all of that up just now.

Posted by: LenNeal. at April 06, 2024 06:16 PM (43xH1)

84 80 Naysayers! You just haven't cooked those turkeys right.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 06, 2024 06:14 PM (R7l+6)

Hey if Mr. Sous Vide can't get the damn bird to be tasty.........

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at April 06, 2024 06:16 PM (QXQ4l)

85 AOP, what is a hill holder?
Posted by: Ronster at April 06, 2024 06:07 PM (1g7kI)

AKA "No-Rol unit". It is a gravity-operated check valve in the brake hydraulic line. A steel ball rolls to and fro inside a housing, and when rolls all the way back, it seats on a rubber ring and traps hydraulic pressure in the line going to the rear brakes, thus holding the rear brakes on until the ball is lifted off the seat by a cage which is connected to the clutch pedal. Eliminates the need to heel&toe the brake and throttle when starting out from stop on an upgrade. Subaru used a similar system for years.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 06, 2024 06:16 PM (tkR6S)

86 Went to our small town art show, wine and cheese at the Art League for the first time. Yikes. You would think they were exhibiting at the Guggenhiem. Egos through the roof. Volunteers very snobby. Heidi did buy a coupla pieces though. A rooster and an owl painted on partical board of all things. Gave it such a natural texture. Thank you MisHum for jumping in. Love this thread.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob - its not art unless it has a kettle at April 06, 2024 06:17 PM (48ARe)

87 Hey if Mr. Sous Vide can't get the damn bird to be tasty.........

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at April 06, 2024 06:16 PM (QXQ4l)

Cook the turkey in a big garbage bag, in a big kettle.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob - its not art unless it has a kettle at April 06, 2024 06:18 PM (48ARe)

88 We have started bird-feeding recently and didn't know it was a "thing" but we now have local bird guides and field glasses and go through about 10 lbs of birdseed every 3-4 weeks
Posted by: Lucy the Fink'

At the supermarket I estimate we sell at least 500 pounds of bird seed every day. Huge hobby.

Posted by: LenNeal. at April 06, 2024 06:19 PM (43xH1)

89 Sort of related to using erasers in comment 78. I learned about using a stylus to indent the paper enough to show contours when a pencil is rubbed over it. The styluses come with different size tips. It's a great, sometimes subtle, way to create texture in a sketch.

So much to learn and have fun with.

Posted by: JTB at April 06, 2024 06:19 PM (zudum)

90 AOP, thanks. I learned something.

Posted by: Ronster at April 06, 2024 06:20 PM (1g7kI)

91 AKA "No-Rol unit"'

And it's Studebaker for The Win.

Posted by: LenNeal. at April 06, 2024 06:21 PM (43xH1)

92 JTB, using your thumb is a great shading tool.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 06, 2024 06:21 PM (R7l+6)

93 It Squirrels that have been the robbers of my bird feeders

Posted by: Skip at April 06, 2024 06:21 PM (fwDg9)

94 Went to our small town art show, wine and cheese at the Art League for the first time. Yikes. You would think they were exhibiting at the Guggenhiem. Egos through the roof. Volunteers very snobby. Heidi did buy a coupla pieces though. A rooster and an owl painted on partical board of all things. Gave it such a natural texture. Thank you MisHum for jumping in. Love this thread.
Posted by: Cannibal Bob - its not art unless it has a kettle at April 06, 2024 06:17 PM (48ARe)
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Over the years I have collected a variety of art. From military these Stiver's prints to seascapes by Sue Parkhill. Bought them because I liked them. They spoke to me. And I enjoy them to this day. Daughters of Diogenes are gonna hate it when they have to unload it all.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 06, 2024 06:22 PM (W/lyH)

95 I bought a new pipe about a week ago: an Orlik, a long-time English brand. Not sure they are still around. It's what the company called a "Large Chimney," a straight billiard with a slightly taller bowl than the usual. Lovely grain, and it's about 45 years old or so. This morning I loaded and puffed an English tobacco, Peterson's Early Morning Pipe. The Orlik is a good smoker and a very handsome piece of briar.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 06, 2024 06:23 PM (omVj0)

96 I want to know the difference between a hoodlum and a thug. I've might having been using the wrong adjective for years and years and years.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at April 06, 2024 05:56 PM (QXQ4l)
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Well a hoodlum would be a bad guy such as a burglar or thief, even a gangster. A thug? Same but with physical violence, up to murder, included.

Posted by: Ciampino - crafty thuggering hoodlums at April 06, 2024 06:23 PM (qfLjt)

97 On the bird riff....

We're seeing more (or more of the same) Bald Eagles here. They've been around a lot more than before. Fort Knox, which is up north, has a population they claim to take care of.

But, several times I've seen them in trees out at the edge of our property.

I've got photos on my Flixer account.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 06, 2024 06:24 PM (Q4IgG)

98 I would go with ciampino's definition

Posted by: Skip at April 06, 2024 06:24 PM (fwDg9)

99 Don’t know if this is a hobby or food thread question, but any recommendations for a good knife sharpener for kitchen and other knives? TIA

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at April 06, 2024 06:25 PM (o5xMZ)

100 I guess the thing I don't like about technology people is how it is propelled ultimately by cosmology, religion, and/or philosophy. Any innovation will not be used unless it is matched with a propulsive Thought that can accept it.
I deal with mechanical engineers all the time and my big problem is how they genuinely think mechanics will change the world, when without a belief to put it into motion, nothing is going to happen and it's a dead end.
I'm still dealing with a NASA guy who thinks his engineering technology is self-evident and that anyone who sees it will see what he sees. His work is stellar, really, but he will die in ignomony.

Posted by: LenNeal. at April 06, 2024 06:27 PM (43xH1)

101 AOP, thanks. I learned something.
Posted by: Ronster at April 06, 2024 06:20 PM (1g7kI)

It's completely transparent in its operation, in that you don't have to do anything to invoke it, other than drive normally. About the only time you might find its action annoying is when you have to back down a hill. Then you must shift to neutral, and release the clutch.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 06, 2024 06:27 PM (tkR6S)

102 Don’t know if this is a hobby or food thread question, but any recommendations for a good knife sharpener for kitchen and other knives? TIA
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly'

Sharpening knives is in the same category of cleaning guns.

Posted by: LenNeal. at April 06, 2024 06:28 PM (43xH1)

103 Naysayers! You just haven't cooked those turkeys right.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 06, 2024 06:14 PM

Gotta sous vide that shit! 😉

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 06, 2024 06:28 PM (Wnv9h)

104 Still have the two Robyn SB-510D's on the bench. The audio chip I needed for one showed up this week so I got that installed. I did quickly check that it works on receive and transmit. Which means I now have two nominally "working" radios with bad ribbon cables that could cause them to be "broken" again at any time. Still waiting on the reverse polarity protection diode. I found some originals, they're just taking their sweet time getting here.

I've mostly written the Arduino code I intend to use. I need to go through and figure out which pins will connect to what. I also need to map out the channel display pins. Otherwise instead of, say, "36" you might see "FU".

I also have to figure out how to mount all the new bits in the radios. Arduino, two MCP23017's, probably some resistors, and some interconnect cabling. Don't want all that just flopping around and shorting out to stuff.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at April 06, 2024 06:29 PM (dZVON)

105 Don’t know if this is a hobby or food thread question, but any recommendations for a good knife sharpener for kitchen and other knives? TIA
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly'

I like my AccuSharp.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 06, 2024 06:30 PM (Wnv9h)

106 Well a hoodlum would be a bad guy such as a burglar or thief, even a gangster. A thug? Same but with physical violence, up to murder, included.
Posted by: Ciampino - crafty thuggering hoodlums at April 06, 2024 06:23 PM (qfLjt)

I was going suggest that hoodlums comprise the muscle in organized crime, and are usually disciplined enough to leave the normies alone, unless the normies are targeted by the crime bosses.

Thugs are violent by nature, and attack whomever they please.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 06, 2024 06:31 PM (tkR6S)

107 Between the squirrels and the deer I couldn’t keep bird seed in our feeders. We came out one morning and all of our feeders were on the ground empty.

Posted by: Megthered at April 06, 2024 06:32 PM (BolxK)

108 92 ... "using your thumb is a great shading tool."

Hi BH,
I'm trying to learn that, especially when using charcoal. (It blends in so well with the ink stains from filling fountain pens.) The variations in shading that way are surprising. I do use my little finger for it. I have very large hands and my thumb covers too much area on a typical page.

Posted by: JTB at April 06, 2024 06:33 PM (zudum)

109 Who collects the protection money, hoodlums or thugs?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 06, 2024 06:34 PM (3vcct)

110 Hoodlums collect,
Thugs break legs if the bill isn't paid?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 06, 2024 06:36 PM (3vcct)

111 I deal with mechanical engineers all the time and my big problem is how they genuinely think mechanics will change the world, when without a belief to put it into motion, nothing is going to happen and it's a dead end

=====

Most mechanical engineering concepts could be summarized as elegantly banging rocks against each other. So simple a caveman could understand. Electricity required hundreds of thousands of years of improvement to the human mind.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at April 06, 2024 06:36 PM (8AONa)

112 I like my AccuSharp.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 06, 2024 06:30 PM (Wnv9h)

Thanks, I’ll check that out

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at April 06, 2024 06:36 PM (o5xMZ)

113 recommendations for a good knife sharpener for kitchen and other knives? TIA
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly

Number 1 son gave us one with 3 rollers and the handle/base holds water. It sharpens kitchen knives nicely.
I use a ceramic-steel in-between using the stones.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 06, 2024 06:37 PM (OhLlG)

114 Don’t know if this is a hobby or food thread question, but any recommendations for a good knife sharpener for kitchen and other knives? TIA
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly'

Sharpening knives is in the same category of cleaning guns.
Posted by: LenNeal. at April 06, 2024 06:28 PM (43xH1)

Pretty much. I have Japanese water stones and for quick work, I freehand using a modified multi-pulley 1"x42" belt sander armed with 3M Trizact belts and 1x42 leather stropping belts with diamond or CBN paste. The important thing is to practice, practic practice.

Posted by: mrp at April 06, 2024 06:37 PM (rj6Yv)

115 Most mechanical engineering concepts could be summarized as elegantly banging rocks against each other. So simple a caveman could understand.
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Banging rocks is old school engineering.
Build rock wall, build machine to throw rocks at wall.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 06, 2024 06:39 PM (3vcct)

116 It's completely transparent in its operation'

I'm still dealing with a NASA guy who thinks his engineering technology is self-evident'

I will apologize for being rude and crude to you but it has to do with this exact problem. This goes beyond 'hobbies' which most physics began as. You are retired, this other guy is not. But your engineering is not transparent or obvious to others who are not you. To train service ability to others it takes a sales effort which most engineers find repellent.
To you, it is obvious. You can do it. But in making things happen it is not one person that can do it, it is mass-producing. If one cannot reproduce knowledge to a lowest-common-denominator, then one's knowledge is occult; one is an occultist.

If that occultism is lost, then all is lost. The knowledge and wisdom is vanished and gone. Hence, Greek mechanisms.
And then all that knowledge is lost for millennia.

Posted by: LenNeal at April 06, 2024 06:39 PM (43xH1)

117 34 31 I’m in Houston . I spotted two thugs and a hoodlum staking around my yard.
Posted by: polynikes at April 06, 2024 05:49 PM (MNhXM)

If you see one with a mineral grey tailgate please shoot him in the dick.
Posted by: rhennigantx at April 06, 2024 05:50 PM (ENQN6)
F150, right? Mine locks when the doors lock, and I didn’t realize that it does. I backed up to load some pallets and could not open it. Cussed, beat on it, was reaching for a crowbar. Took me while.

Posted by: Eromero at April 06, 2024 06:40 PM (o2ZRX)

118 Maybe I'll send in some photos of my urban hobo feeders. And we do have a pack of marauding turkeys that are somewhat famous in the area. Primary habitat is the local cemetery, but they wander far and wide. They even climb stairs from time to time.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at April 06, 2024 06:41 PM (S3GjU)

119 95 ... "I bought a new pipe about a week ago: an Orlik, a long-time English brand."

Orlik makes a line of pipe tobaccos under that name but I wasn't aware they were a long time pipe maker. Probably sold to another company and the name for pipes was discontinued. Your 'new' pipe must be vintage.

Posted by: JTB at April 06, 2024 06:41 PM (zudum)

120 109 Who collects the protection money, hoodlums or thugs'

Goons.

Posted by: LenNeal at April 06, 2024 06:42 PM (43xH1)

121 73 30 Assholes.... 🤣

https://tinyurl.com/mryyy36x

"Wood Duck"

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 06, 2024 05:48 PM (Q4IgG)

Reading it...
diagram with "inlet pipe with beaver guard"...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 06, 2024 06:10 PM (ynpvh)
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Okay we have assholes and beaver guards, specially beaver guards ...... does The Paolo know about this?

Posted by: Concerned Castor Society Scrivener at April 06, 2024 06:43 PM (qfLjt)

122 I have bern working on my hobby of drinking wine and working on my great-grandson's blanket. I finished the cross stitch wall hanging without a major problem so I thought it would work fine for the blanket. If it ain't broke…

Posted by: Megthered at April 06, 2024 06:44 PM (BolxK)

123 I do not sharpen my own knives. I'm far too inept.

Posted by: LenNeal at April 06, 2024 06:44 PM (43xH1)

124 Had to go through the kitchen drawers to find it: The Minosharp plus 3.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 06, 2024 06:46 PM (OhLlG)

125 About the only time you might find its action annoying is when you have to back down a hill. Then you must shift to neutral, and release the clutch.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 06, 2024 06:27 PM (tkR6S)

In this example, if you engage the clutch will the hill stop function again and bring the vehicle to a stop?

Posted by: Ronster at April 06, 2024 06:46 PM (1g7kI)

126 Thanks for the Hobby Thread, Mis Hum!

Re-runs are great! Good to revisit old postings from time to time. We do it for television shows, right?

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 06, 2024 06:47 PM (U3L4U)

127 I was in the back yard once when i noticed a squirrel running along the top of the back fence. He was watching me and failed to see the hawk that swooped down and snatched him off of the fence. I didn't see him either, until the strike. I was close enough to feel the hawk's down daft.

Posted by: javems at April 06, 2024 06:48 PM (vs7JI)

128 I use a fish knife more than any other and sharpen it on Arkansas stone.

Posted by: Eromero at April 06, 2024 06:48 PM (o2ZRX)

129 Admission: for my now-long-failed marriage, 25 years ago, I went to a kitchen outlet store at an outlet mall and bought steak knives for the reception. I am still using them. They are from Taiwan, have that micro-serration but on both sides of the blade, and I am still using all of them and they are still just as useful as 25 years ago. The only things that have worn out is the cheap plastic handles and I've had to work pretty hard to drill through the stubs on the blades as they are so hard as to be nearly impossible to drill with anything.

Posted by: LenNeal at April 06, 2024 06:48 PM (43xH1)

130 "I bought a new pipe about a week ago: an Orlik, a long-time English brand."

Orlik makes a line of pipe tobaccos under that name but I wasn't aware they were a long time pipe maker. Probably sold to another company and the name for pipes was discontinued. Your 'new' pipe must be vintage.
Posted by: JTB at April 06, 2024

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Orlik, the original pipe company, was taken over by some conglomerate called Cadogan in about 1980, so this pipe is prior to that. It looks new, and is new to me, at least. Maybe sometime I will try Orlik's Golden Sliced tobacco; it's supposed to be very popular with Virginia lovers, and I do like that leaf as a change from my usual burleys.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 06, 2024 06:48 PM (omVj0)

131 Posted by: javems

Wish I could train falcons... my brother-in-law in Montana does. (You have to be federally licensed I believe.)

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 06, 2024 06:49 PM (OhLlG)

132 Had to go through the kitchen drawers to find it: The Minosharp plus 3.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 06, 2024 06:46 PM (OhLlG)

Thanks

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at April 06, 2024 06:49 PM (o5xMZ)

133 I do not sharpen my own knives. I'm far too inept.
Posted by: LenNeal at April 06, 2024 06:44 PM (43xH1)

I make housecalls.

Posted by: Mack at April 06, 2024 06:50 PM (0eaVi)

134 Knife sharpener--I have a Spyderco Gauntlet that I bought based on advice on AoS. It works great and is not difficult for an undisciplined person like me.

I REALLY need to get back to it though because a lot of my knives are getting dull.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at April 06, 2024 06:50 PM (FEVMW)

135 I have a knife I use everyday that is 54 years old and I drag it through one of those chef's sharpeners and it will still slice a tomato paper thin.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 06, 2024 06:51 PM (R7l+6)

136 I always assumed that a thug was big and strong but very stupid. The muscle. Whereas a hood was someone slightly smarter, who could be in charge of hoods.

Moe would have been a hood, while Larry would have been a thug. Curley would be the unpredictable psycho.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 06, 2024 06:53 PM (CHHv1)

137 I took the birdfeeders down several years ago, hubs would become enraged at the squirrels stealing all of the birdseed. It was just easier to remove the source of his frustration.

Thanks MisHum for stepping in here in JJ's absence, so much for retirement, right?

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 06, 2024 06:55 PM (Sgq8y)

138 The only knives I really feel anything about are really good, back-swept paring knives. I learned it from my mother who would not have a knife that was too sharp as she would pare into her thumb.
But, she also hand-sewed so her thumbs were pure callous. She could stick a needle 1/4 inch into either of her thumbs and not hit flesh.
She didn't want anything TOO sharp she wanted a knife sharp enough to cut an apple, etc, into whichever thumb (she was ambidextrous).

Posted by: LenNeal at April 06, 2024 06:56 PM (43xH1)

139 I make housecalls.
Posted by: Mack'

I'll get back to you when the shark bites.

Posted by: LenNeal at April 06, 2024 06:56 PM (43xH1)

140 Thanks MisHum for stepping in here in JJ's absence, so much for retirement, right?
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz'

JJ is having a stress issue moving to Janesville, WI. He's lived in NYC his whole life and he thought it wouldn't be a shock. I tried to tell him it was going to be a problem, he didn't listen. He could have visited and I could have helped him, but no. I live not even 5 miles away from him and he just 'had to be ME'.

Posted by: LenNeal at April 06, 2024 06:59 PM (43xH1)

141 I'm still loving watercolor painting; just tooling around on YT for different tutorials. today I painted some fat robins (pretty bad), a butterfly and some dragoon flys. There's so much to learn but it's satisfying to do, even as a beginner.

Posted by: LASue at April 06, 2024 06:59 PM (llS7k)

142 I do not sharpen my own knives. I'm far too inept.
Posted by: LenNeal at April 06, 2024 06:44 PM (43xH1)

I make housecalls.
Posted by: Mack at April 06, 2024 06:50 PM (0eaVi)

The funny thing is, I can take my knife sharpening system (the custom 1x42 belt sharpner) and with my trucks new electrical charging system (comment #10 above), I can make house calls.

Posted by: mrp at April 06, 2024 06:59 PM (rj6Yv)

143 On Dailytimewaster.blogspot.com saw this 3 way Square, thought it could come in handy for work but also making woodworking so ordered it, supposed to come Monday.

Posted by: Skip at April 06, 2024 07:00 PM (fwDg9)

144 When it comes to knife sharpening I like the diamond impregnated steel 'stones' I got from Pinewood Forge. Del makes my favorite whittling knives and he uses them. I use them for wood carving as well as kitchen knives. It was worth the effort to get the touch. I practiced on cheap second hand store blades until I got it right. I keep a good steel for stropping hanging in the kitchen. I use it every time after I wash the knife. Don't have to use the stones very often as the steel keeps the edge fresh.

I'm one of those odd people who like cleaning my guns and sharpening knives There is a satisfaction in maintaining such tools in good condition.

Posted by: JTB at April 06, 2024 07:00 PM (zudum)

145 I'm one of those odd people who like cleaning my guns and sharpening knives There is a satisfaction in maintaining such tools in good condition.
Posted by: JTB'

I obsessed over the J Dewey Phosphor Bronze Brushes after reading on sites, and then finally realized, if J Dewey is selling them, one should just shut up and use them.
Sharpening knives?
To me that is a Dark Art.

Posted by: LenNeal at April 06, 2024 07:02 PM (43xH1)

146 136 I always assumed that a thug was big and strong but very stupid. The muscle. Whereas a hood was someone slightly smarter, who could be in charge of hoods.

Moe would have been a hood, while Larry would have been a thug. Curley would be the unpredictable psycho.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 06, 2024 06:53 PM (CHHv1)
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So they were also 'marks' then?
What about Groucho and Harpo? Marx too?

Posted by: Ciampino - poking fingers in eyes is a hobby? at April 06, 2024 07:04 PM (qfLjt)

147 I always assumed that a thug was big and strong but very stupid. The muscle. Whereas a hood was someone slightly smarter, who could be in charge of hoods.'

Goons.
Hired Goons.

Posted by: Frank Sinatra at April 06, 2024 07:06 PM (43xH1)

148 Most mechanical engineering concepts could be summarized as elegantly banging rocks against each other. So simple a caveman could understand.
Posted by: 2009Refugee

Banging rocks is old school engineering.
Build rock wall, build machine to throw rocks at wall.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

You're combining mechanical and civil engineering, there.

Mechanical engineers make weapons. Civil engineers make targets.

Posted by: mikeski at April 06, 2024 07:06 PM (DgGvY)

149 The hardest knife I have to sharpen is my hoof knife . Bevel on only one side and C shaped curve on the end. You definitely know when it starts getting dull.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 06, 2024 07:06 PM (R7l+6)

150 Dad hated squirrels w a particular passion and used to set all sorts of booby traps and pitfalls around his garage in Michigan. Never understood it but boy was that battle comical. Quite often the squirrels won.

Posted by: Son of Dad at April 06, 2024 07:07 PM (8JB5s)

151 I keep a good steel for stropping hanging in the kitchen. I use it every time after I wash the knife. Don't have to use the stones very often as the steel keeps the edge fresh.

I'm one of those odd people who like cleaning my guns and sharpening knives There is a satisfaction in maintaining such tools in good condition.
Posted by: JTB at April 06, 2024 07:00 PM (zudum)

I'm sure JTB knows this, but a steel re-aligns the knife's micro-edge after use. Sharpening and honing remove metal from the knife in order to create a new edge. And the joy of a new edge - when your knife slides through a thick cut of meat like drawing a line with a pencil.

Posted by: mrp at April 06, 2024 07:07 PM (rj6Yv)

152 >>Dad hated squirrels w a particular passion and used to set all sorts of booby traps and pitfalls around his garage in Michigan. Never understood it but boy was that battle comical. Quite often the squirrels won.
Posted by: Son of Dad at April 06, 2024 07:07 PM (8JB5s)
———-
Your Dad was right, squirrels are the devils minions.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at April 06, 2024 07:09 PM (o5xMZ)

153 I loaded my bird feeders last week. Thus far, I haven't had much business. I've seen zero hummingbirds but it may be too early for them.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at April 06, 2024 07:10 PM (FVME7)

154 I should go at sharpening lots of tools with my sharpening stone

Posted by: Skip at April 06, 2024 07:10 PM (fwDg9)

155 The hardest knife I have to sharpen is my hoof knife . Bevel on only one side and C shaped curve on the end. You definitely know when it starts getting dull.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 06, 2024 07:06 PM (R7l+6)

I've never sharpened one, but I've seen them used on YT videos by farriers and hoof repair guys who use cutting tools to heal dairy cows.

Posted by: mrp at April 06, 2024 07:10 PM (rj6Yv)

156 19 Saw a family of wood ducks, so that was cool.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 06, 2024 05:37 PM (Q4IgG)

Are they really made of wood ?

Posted by: JT at April 06, 2024 05:43 PM (T4tVD)
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You mean they're witches?

Posted by: Ciampino - warts and all at April 06, 2024 07:11 PM (qfLjt)

157 I'm sure JTB knows this, but a steel re-aligns the knife's micro-edge after use. Sharpening and honing remove metal from the knife in order to create a new edge. And the joy of a new edge - when your knife slides through a thick cut of meat like drawing a line with a pencil.
Posted by: mrp'

I'm not sure I like the sound of this.

Posted by: Clarice Starling at April 06, 2024 07:11 PM (43xH1)

158 Dad hated squirrels w a particular passion and used to set all sorts of booby traps and pitfalls around his garage in Michigan. Never understood it but boy was that battle comical. Quite often the squirrels won.
Posted by: Son of Dad at April 06, 2024 07:07 PM (8JB5s)
———-
Your Dad was right, squirrels are the devils minions.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at April 06, 2024 07:09 PM (o5xMZ)
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***Takes bow***

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 06, 2024 07:12 PM (BpYfr)

159 Posted by: LenNeal at April 06, 2024 06:59 PM (43xH1)

Might want to update your info.

Posted by: polynikes at April 06, 2024 07:13 PM (MNhXM)

160 The three sins in horse shoeing, a dull knife , dull nippers and a dull rasp.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 06, 2024 07:13 PM (R7l+6)

161 Best doll house thing I've ever heard of was a rug in front of a dollhouse fireplace made from a trimmed squirrel skin given to a grade-school girl from a boy who had a crush on her.

Posted by: Len Neal at April 06, 2024 07:14 PM (43xH1)

162 Burning times come you might look at those squirrels differently.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 06, 2024 07:15 PM (R7l+6)

163 Dad hated squirrels w a particular passion and used to set all sorts of booby traps and pitfalls around his garage in Michigan. Never understood it but boy was that battle comical. Quite often the squirrels won.
Posted by: Son of Dad at April 06, 2024 07:07 PM (8JB5s)
———-
Your Dad was right, squirrels are the devils minions.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at April 06, 2024 07:09 PM (o5xMZ)
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***Takes bow***
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 06, 2024 07:12 PM (BpYfr)
———-
Well, except them that wear a purple Fedora.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at April 06, 2024 07:15 PM (o5xMZ)

164 162 Burning times come you might look at those squirrels differently.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 06, 2024 07:15 PM
***
And the yaks. Don't forget about the yaks.

Posted by: TRex at April 06, 2024 07:16 PM (IQ6Gq)

165 he three sins in horse shoeing, a dull knife , dull nippers and a dull rasp.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 06, 2024 07:13 PM (R7l+6)

If I was a guy who showed horses for a living I’d petition they change the profession’s name. 😀

Posted by: polynikes at April 06, 2024 07:16 PM (MNhXM)

166 The three sins in horse shoeing, a dull knife , dull nippers and a dull rasp.
Posted by: Ben Had'

I'd say the first sin is the dull knife.

Posted by: Len Neal at April 06, 2024 07:17 PM (43xH1)

167 Shoed = Showed

Ruined the snark auto crap.

Posted by: polynikes at April 06, 2024 07:17 PM (MNhXM)

168 TRex, A Yak in every yurt ! Yaks are like your seed stock

Posted by: Ben Had at April 06, 2024 07:18 PM (R7l+6)

169 Dad hated squirrels w a particular passion and used to set all sorts of booby traps and pitfalls around his garage in Michigan. Never understood it but boy was that battle comical. Quite often the squirrels won.
Posted by: Son of Dad at April 06, 2024 07:07 PM (8JB5s)

My Dad felt the same. The tree rats would skitter out on an exposed joist and flick their tails at him.

Posted by: mrp at April 06, 2024 07:19 PM (rj6Yv)

170 SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink Group 8-1 - SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB - Space Affairs Live

SpaceX is targeting a Falcon 9 launch of 22 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
New T-Zero: Liftoff is targeted for Saturday, April 6, 7:25 p.m. PDT, (02:25 UTC, 04:25 CEST April 7).

Following stage separation, the first stage will land on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship, which will be stationed in the Pacific Ocean.

https://www.youtube.com/live/-TEiQGiff_w

Posted by: Ciampino - ROCKET SCIENCE it is you know at April 06, 2024 07:19 PM (qfLjt)

171 I admit I hate horses, when I got married my now ex-wife's family had a huge horse farm. I was terrified of those things. They seem really stupid and will just hurt you by accident.

Posted by: Len Neal at April 06, 2024 07:19 PM (43xH1)

172 Yardwork done, car is loaded for Rallycross tomorrow.

Thanks MisHum for doing double duty. I've got an idea for a hobby thread I'm going to send you.

Posted by: fd at April 06, 2024 07:20 PM (vFG9F)

173 Len Neal, you would be absolutely right about that.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 06, 2024 07:20 PM (R7l+6)

174 The three sins in horse shoeing, a dull knife , dull nippers and a dull rasp.
Posted by: Ben Had

Just do it! Nike sneakers for horses.

https://shorturl.at/vyORT

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at April 06, 2024 07:20 PM (FVME7)

175 The three sins in horse shoeing, a dull knife , dull nippers and a dull rasp.
Posted by: Ben Had'

That's okay polyknickers.

Posted by: Len Neal at April 06, 2024 07:20 PM (43xH1)

176 I was terrified of those things. They seem really stupid and will just hurt you by accident.
Posted by: Len Neal at April 06, 2024 07:19 PM (43xH1)

I think they do it on purpose.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 06, 2024 07:20 PM (0eaVi)

177 There are tapered sharpening rod stones for those curved knives

Posted by: Skip at April 06, 2024 07:21 PM (fwDg9)

178 172 Yardwork done, car is loaded for Rallycross tomorrow.

Posted by: fd at April 06, 2024 07:20 PM
***
Rallycross? Fun! Best wishes.

Posted by: TRex at April 06, 2024 07:23 PM (IQ6Gq)

179 I was terrified of those things. They seem really stupid and will just hurt you by accident.
Posted by: Len Neal at April 06, 2024 07:19 PM (43xH1)

I think they do it on purpose.
Posted by: OrangeEnt'

They got me to ride a horse once. It was this enormous thing, gelding, named Patrick. I was not okay with it and putting me on that thing in a ring where I did not know it was totally unfair.

Posted by: Len Neal at April 06, 2024 07:23 PM (43xH1)

180 62 years dealing with horses everyday and never been hurt by one.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 06, 2024 07:23 PM (R7l+6)

181 There are tapered sharpening rod stones for those curved knives
Posted by: Skip at April 06, 2024 07:21 PM (fwDg9)

I bet there's a Tormek jig that would do the job, too.

Posted by: mrp at April 06, 2024 07:24 PM (rj6Yv)

182 The first time I ever had gumbo, it was made by a lady from Louisiana. Delicious! One spoonful dredged up a squirrel skull. Apparently, her husband and boys had been squirrel hunting and she used the bounty in her gumbo. It was good, but I've not had squirrel gumbo since, nor have I looked for it.

We throw out seed and dried bread for the birds, mostly for the Mexican bluebirds. Not quite time to haul out the multiple hummingbird feeders. Snow still on the plateau.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 06, 2024 07:24 PM (U3L4U)

183 62 years dealing with horses everyday and never been hurt by one.
Posted by: Ben Had'

I was told, 'You have to be confident'.
I was not.

Posted by: Len Neal at April 06, 2024 07:26 PM (43xH1)

184 Boots for horses.

https://shorturl.at/opCRT

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at April 06, 2024 07:26 PM (FVME7)

185 Then, when I knew nothing at all about horses, I got mocked by my now ex-wife's family about that.
That did not eventually turn out well for them. I do not like being humiliated as a prank.

Posted by: Len Neal at April 06, 2024 07:28 PM (43xH1)

186 They got me to ride a horse once. It was this enormous thing, gelding, named Patrick. I was not okay with it and putting me on that thing in a ring where I did not know it was totally unfair.
Posted by: Len Neal at April 06, 2024 07:23 PM (43xH1)

Only once as well. No saddle. It was huge. No interest in doing it again. But, I like Westerns....

Thanks for the thread, MisHum. See you on the ONT.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 06, 2024 07:28 PM (0eaVi)

187 Len Neal, that was wrong of them.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 06, 2024 07:28 PM (R7l+6)

188 Boots for horses.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Here they have to have booties for the dogs if they walk them on cement or asphalt.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 06, 2024 07:29 PM (OhLlG)

189 "Rallycross? Fun! Best wishes.
Posted by: TRex&

Almost as much fun in the front seat of a car as you could have with Sydney Sweeney in the back seat.

Posted by: fd at April 06, 2024 07:30 PM (vFG9F)

190 Never owned a horse. Been in the saddle with more than a few. Some treated me nice, most did not. I think those which were bad with me knew I was a novice and treated me accordingly.

Posted by: Ronster at April 06, 2024 07:30 PM (1g7kI)

191 Speaking of guns and horses, I consider people who put inexperienced people on horses, in the same category of people who hand powerful guns to people who don't know what they are.
It is not a moral move.

Posted by: Len Neal at April 06, 2024 07:30 PM (43xH1)

192 They got me to ride a horse once. It was this enormous thing, gelding, named Patrick. I was not okay with it and putting me on that thing in a ring where I did not know it was totally unfair.
Posted by: Len Neal at April 06, 2024 07:23 PM (43xH1)

Reminds me of the time at Boy Scout summer camp when the troop signed up for a breakfast ride. i was given a rather active horse named Satan, or maybe the name was Chocolate, I don't clearly recall. I remember looking him in the eye and thinking "this critter is gonna try and eff me up". Well, the handler must have been on the horse's side, because Mr. Satan/Chocolate puffed up and the handler tied the cinch loose, so one can imagine the results when the horses started to canter ...

Posted by: mrp at April 06, 2024 07:31 PM (rj6Yv)

193 >>>Boots for horses.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
———-
Beer for my horses;
Whiskey for my men;

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at April 06, 2024 07:32 PM (o5xMZ)

194 {{{Ben Had}}}

I have several squirrel meat recipes. Hav to clean them myself, as that would lead to my sudden homelessness if ask my wife.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 06, 2024 07:32 PM (u82oZ)

195 Ronster, we have a term for horses that take care of novice riders. They are called Green Bay Packers. They are good for anybody.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 06, 2024 07:32 PM (R7l+6)

196 I've ridden a few horses and it's a lot of fun. My sister when she was little wanted a pony of course and one time in Arizona or New Mexico I don't really remember we rode some donkeys and it scared the crap out of her. Shut her up about the damn pony. After that she wanted a dolphin.

Posted by: fd at April 06, 2024 07:34 PM (vFG9F)

197 I'm a sweetheart - and funny too. Just ask Wilbur.

Posted by: Mr. Ed at April 06, 2024 07:37 PM (IQ6Gq)

198 I have an admitted bias. Horses have kept me fed , housed and employed .

Posted by: Ben Had at April 06, 2024 07:37 PM (R7l+6)

199 The last time I rode a horse it was on a tour around an island and I didn't have to do anything. The horse knew where and how fast to go and I don't think it would have listened to me anyway.

Posted by: fd at April 06, 2024 07:38 PM (vFG9F)

200 Would have liked to been around horses, but never was so I do best commanding infantry and artillery

Posted by: Skip at April 06, 2024 07:40 PM (fwDg9)

201 Do you have a favorite right now Ben Had?

Posted by: fd at April 06, 2024 07:40 PM (vFG9F)

202 >>62 years dealing with horses everyday and never been hurt by one.

Your record is better than mine, Ben Had.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 06, 2024 07:43 PM (LkLld)

203 In this example, if you engage the clutch will the hill stop function again and bring the vehicle to a stop?
Posted by: Ronster at April 06, 2024 06:46 PM (1g7kI)

Was outside, so pardon my lateness. No, pressing the clutch merely retains what pressure is in the brake line at the time the pedal is depressed, provided the car is facing up hill on a grade.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 06, 2024 07:43 PM (tkR6S)

204 fd, I find each one I have here now or deal with are so intriguing. My delight is watching how their minds work.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 06, 2024 07:44 PM (R7l+6)

205 JackStraw, you were conscripted! I do this by choice

Posted by: Ben Had at April 06, 2024 07:45 PM (R7l+6)

206 I read "Black Beauty" years ago but what stuck with me was how different people treated their horses, much like people treat their vehicles today. Some horses were work trucks, or tractors, or daily drivers for the carriage, or race cars, or just pulling a trolly. Some people would take very good care of their horses and maintain them like a fine automobile, others would treat their horses terribly, neglect maintenance, and treat them like an appliance.

Posted by: fd at April 06, 2024 07:46 PM (vFG9F)

207 fd, holds true to this day. As a trainer I never own a horse. My job is making good horses for other people. A really good horse today is worth $100,000 as a starting point.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 06, 2024 07:50 PM (R7l+6)

208 Ben Had, Senior class went on an outing to a dude ranch or some such. I assumed all the horses were green bay packer horses. Most of the class went off by themselves. I wanted to go off by myself in a different direction. Horse did not like that idea, and after a bit we were headed back to the rest of the horses at what seemed to me at a very high rate of speed. Scared the crap out of me. That was the end of my solo trip.

Posted by: Ronster at April 06, 2024 07:50 PM (1g7kI)

209 I think most horses have a good sense of the people around them. If they think they can trust you or know you're in charge, they defer. If you're angry, stressed, or treat them poorly, they get skiddish. If you're weak or not confident, they take over (for better or worse).

I've never worked with purely raw and untamed animals. Might be different story there.

Posted by: TRex at April 06, 2024 07:51 PM (IQ6Gq)

210 My cousin's daughter works with horses, she says they have quite the personalities

Posted by: Skip at April 06, 2024 07:52 PM (fwDg9)

211 189 "Rallycross? Fun! Best wishes.
Posted by: TRex

Almost as much fun in the front seat of a car as you could have with Sydney Sweeney in the back seat.

Posted by: fd at April 06, 2024 07:30 PM
***
If you're willing to share, what's your geography? Where are you running?

Posted by: TRex at April 06, 2024 07:53 PM (IQ6Gq)

212 When my sis turned 14, my pop sprang for a horse for her. It was all she could ever talk about when we were growing up. Turned out to be such a cool beast and I learned to ride him halfway-decently. RIP, Nugget.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 06, 2024 07:54 PM (V8he0)

213 Ronster, that is called herd bound. Those horses know one thing and one thing only and they don't do change.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 06, 2024 07:56 PM (R7l+6)

214 TRex, Georgia.

Posted by: fd at April 06, 2024 07:57 PM (vFG9F)

215 It is amazing to watch horses with PTSD Veterans. Don't ask my how they know but they do.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 06, 2024 07:59 PM (R7l+6)

216 I’ve been stomped by a horse and a motorcycle but not on the same day.

Posted by: Eromero at April 06, 2024 07:59 PM (NxC5+)

217 Oh gross, Don Lemon got married.

Posted by: fd at April 06, 2024 08:01 PM (vFG9F)

218 214 TRex, Georgia.

Posted by: fd at April 06, 2024 07:57 PM
***
Gotcha. Not my neighborhood. Was trackside in Braselton for 10 hours once but that's the extent of my motorsport time in GA.

Posted by: TRex at April 06, 2024 08:01 PM (IQ6Gq)

219 I've been to Braselton many times. Lots of stories there. Like when the future Mrs fd and I camped in a tent in the infield.

Posted by: fd at April 06, 2024 08:04 PM (vFG9F)

220 As a trainer I never own a horse. My job is making good horses for other people. A really good horse today is worth $100,000 as a starting point.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 06, 2024 07:50 PM (R7l+6)

JEEPERS !

Posted by: JT at April 06, 2024 08:05 PM (T4tVD)

221 >>I’ve been stomped by a horse and a motorcycle but not on the same day.

My mom and a friend of hers were sitting on their horses after a ride on a hot summer day years ago. Friend's horse was being bothered by some flies so he kicked out, caught my mom on her left leg and snapped it.

Strong buggers.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 06, 2024 08:06 PM (LkLld)

222 Oh gross, Don Lemon got married.
Posted by: fd at April 06, 2024 08:01 PM (vFG9F)

To a woman?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 06, 2024 08:06 PM (tkR6S)

223 Oh no, AOP. To another sodomite.

Posted by: fd at April 06, 2024 08:07 PM (vFG9F)

224 Thank you all for sharing your horse stories.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 06, 2024 08:10 PM (R7l+6)

225 Oh gross, Don Lemon got married.
Posted by: fd at April 06, 2024 08:01 PM (vFG9F)

To a woman?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 06, 2024 08:06 PM (tkR6S
Well, it’s hard to tell without throwing the hood up

Posted by: Eromero at April 06, 2024 08:10 PM (NxC5+)

226 Oh no, AOP. To another sodomite.
Posted by: fd at April 06, 2024 08:07 PM (vFG9F)

Well, that's not really "married" is it? Just a sham.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 06, 2024 08:11 PM (tkR6S)

227 Well, my new immediate hobby is clearing and landscaping.

Getting a new tractor delivered next week, but took delivery of a Hasegawa Tripod ladder and a 27ft pole saw and various other hand saws.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 06, 2024 08:12 PM (XV/Pl)

228 https://tinyurl.com/28uxxybh
20 Tweets from Bad Blue
Watch #16, earthquake in Taiwan

Posted by: Skip at April 06, 2024 08:17 PM (fwDg9)

229 Thomas Bender, wow. 27 feet . How unwieldy is that?

Posted by: Ben Had at April 06, 2024 08:17 PM (R7l+6)

230 "Well, that's not really "married" is it?"

No, not really.

What kind of tractor Thomas? I can vouch for Kubota making the workinest little tractor you've ever seen. I am really surprised I have not managed to break it yet.

Posted by: fd at April 06, 2024 08:22 PM (vFG9F)

231 @229

>>Thomas Bender, wow. 27 feet . How unwieldy is that?

Not as unwieldy as you might imagine.

It comes in segments you extend, and as long as you extend straight up to the limb and then move away, it insane.

I've only extended to the max to test so far, I haven't cut anything that high, mostly limbs at 12 ft height or there abouts.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 06, 2024 08:24 PM (XV/Pl)

232 Last time I was on a horse after several bad experiences was in New Mexico because of a woman. She was a very small chick and after about 30 minutes she asked me to take her horse because she couldn't control it. (She was hot so, OK.) Well the stirrups wereadjusted for her height. I got on the fucking horse and my knees were in my chest like a jockey and that horse headed for the barn at breakneck (mine) speed. "Whoa" did not work. Never again.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob - its not art unless it has a kettle at April 06, 2024 08:24 PM (48ARe)

233 Got thrown by my Harley once. It wasn't fun.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 06, 2024 08:26 PM (V8he0)

234 Cannibal Bob, unfortunately too many people have had that same experience.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 06, 2024 08:27 PM (R7l+6)

235 I'm going to try and get a few hours sleep, the Japanese Grand Prix is on at 1am.
Have a great evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at April 06, 2024 08:28 PM (fwDg9)

236 G'nite, Skip.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 06, 2024 08:28 PM (V8he0)

237 I knew a girl that had horse and an Austin Marina. I got to drive the car and ride the horse, but struck out otherwise.

Posted by: fd at April 06, 2024 08:29 PM (vFG9F)

238 @230

>>What kind of tractor Thomas? I can vouch for Kubota making the workinest little tractor you've ever seen. I am really surprised I have not managed to break it yet.

I went the safe route and got a John Deere 1025r, got a good deal on it, didn't get too nuts with accessories, so that's that.

I stopped by the Kubota dealer but was not impressed by the salesmen. He seemed more annoyed with me than anything.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 06, 2024 08:29 PM (XV/Pl)

239 Does Don Lemon qualify as a hobby?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 06, 2024 08:29 PM (bo7UB)

240 >>Cannibal Bob, unfortunately too many people have had that same experience

Some of us more than once.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 06, 2024 08:29 PM (LkLld)

241 Cannibal Bob, unfortunately too many people have had that same experience.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 06, 2024 08:27 PM (R7l+6)

The things men do for women. Ben my dear, you are on my bucket list.... wait, In a totally platonic way of course.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob - its not art unless it has a kettle at April 06, 2024 08:30 PM (48ARe)

242 Cannibal Bob, I am counting on it. A real life hug would make my year.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 06, 2024 08:32 PM (R7l+6)

243 Thanks Skip !

Posted by: JT at April 06, 2024 08:32 PM (T4tVD)

244 "Does Don Lemon qualify as a hobby?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)"

Current events, hobby or obsession?

Posted by: fd at April 06, 2024 08:33 PM (vFG9F)

245 Ben, mine too. Truly. It WILL happen.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob - its not art unless it has a kettle at April 06, 2024 08:33 PM (48ARe)

246 Reminds me of the time at Boy Scout summer camp when the troop signed up for a breakfast ride. i was given a rather active horse named Satan, or maybe the name was Chocolate, I don't clearly recall.

--------

People who offer you a horse named Satan just can't suppress their grin when you say OK.

Ditto for horses named Buzzsaw, Widowmaker and Deathride.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 06, 2024 08:34 PM (bo7UB)

247 I thought the thread was about over or I wouldn't have brought up DL. Usually we are into a movie or music thread by now.

Posted by: fd at April 06, 2024 08:35 PM (vFG9F)

248 JackStraw , at least you and I can laugh over stall cleaning stories. I have a great one for you about a friend, mules and running back to the barn.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 06, 2024 08:35 PM (R7l+6)

249 if anyone would know, it would be BenHad. flat rate.

just a general *clink* to all of us here ...

imonnabe up so early for a hike tomorrow, innitawful?

- no not really, with hot coffee & cold electrolytes n.o.s.

actually it's kind of a living prayer for allofus; for the sheer joy of waking up in the morning with this wide world all before us ...

not everyone will get this unique privilege; amirite? enjoy it, every day, while it lasts ... and / but ...

do NOT neglect NaCly's strictures:
- ALWAYS carry (something)
- have a plan
- never never never forget OPSEC

And in the midst of all of the madness never lose track of love ...

pernear bedtime for the pre-dawn hiking demographic;
g'night everyone!

(subject to the usual contingencies ... lol ...)

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying to us for decades at April 06, 2024 08:35 PM (PFYt9)

250 fd, this may be the longest hobby thread in a good long time.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 06, 2024 08:37 PM (R7l+6)

251 >> JackStraw , at least you and I can laugh over stall cleaning stories.

That's one job I do not miss.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 06, 2024 08:39 PM (LkLld)

252 a final (few) note(s):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuArjGK7-PA

dead playin' howlin' wolf - winterland, 1974

whooo -oohh, smokestack lightnin' ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying to us for decades at April 06, 2024 08:39 PM (PFYt9)

253 sock_rat , Happy hiking.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 06, 2024 08:39 PM (R7l+6)

254 247 I thought the thread was about over or I wouldn't have brought up DL.

-----------

I wouldn't worry. Since Don has never made a profit for anyone in his life, the IRS regs considers him a hobby.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 06, 2024 08:41 PM (bo7UB)

255 thx, BH! I will!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying to us for decades at April 06, 2024 08:41 PM (PFYt9)

256 JackStraw, I do laugh that you, as a person that has been all over the world started out shoveling shit .

Posted by: Ben Had at April 06, 2024 08:42 PM (R7l+6)

257 "The Time Travelers" is on Svengoolie. I wonder why I've never seen this movie. Pretty cool so far, but the androids look like they are made of silly putty.

Posted by: fd at April 06, 2024 08:45 PM (vFG9F)

258

don't we all start out shoveling shit ... metaphorically or otherwise?

or is that just "Oldthinkers unbellyfeel INGSOC" ?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying to us for decades at April 06, 2024 08:46 PM (PFYt9)

259 121 73 30 Assholes.... 🤣

https://tinyurl.com/mryyy36x

"Wood Duck"

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 06, 2024 05:48 PM (Q4IgG)

Reading it...
diagram with "inlet pipe with beaver guard"...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 06, 2024 06:10 PM (ynpvh)
----
Okay we have assholes and beaver guards, specially beaver guards ...... does The Paolo know about this?

Posted by: Concerned Castor Society Scrivener at April 06, 2024 06:43 PM (qfLjt)

Brochure also has "discharge pipe with beaver guard".
That one is suspicious...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 06, 2024 08:47 PM (ynpvh)

260 >>don't we all start out shoveling shit ... metaphorically or otherwise?

Still doing it. Just bigger assholes now.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 06, 2024 08:48 PM (LkLld)

261 sock_rat, I just never quit !

Posted by: Ben Had at April 06, 2024 08:48 PM (R7l+6)

262 260 >>don't we all start out shoveling shit ... metaphorically or otherwise?

Still doing it. Just bigger assholes now.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 06, 2024 08:48 PM (LkLld)

I've done septic tank stuff and unclogged sewers for my folks. Worst was when it was near freezing and...well, I'll stop just there.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 06, 2024 08:50 PM (ynpvh)

263 ONT up!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 06, 2024 08:51 PM (ynpvh)

264 My sister was once bitten by a guard beaver.

Posted by: They can leave a nasty bite at April 06, 2024 08:52 PM (vFG9F)

265 ONT up!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Whoa, dude! We're in the time slip!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at April 06, 2024 08:56 PM (FVME7)

266 I'm'a hafta put up an OTA antenna if we ever hope to see Svengoolie ever again ...

ok, charging the ipod fulla grateful dead for the morning ... coffee & brawndo i do inna mornin' ...

oatmeal & hardboiled egg +/- for breakfast ...
(still under 200, yay&woohoo !)

& of course check in with the Horde on the techthread;

so that's it then for tonight, innit? so to speak ..

g'night everyone!

g'night EVERYONE !

{{{ }}} you know who you are!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying to us for decades at April 06, 2024 09:10 PM (PFYt9)

267 never quit is the whole thing inna nutshell, innit?

{{{ }}}

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying to us for decades at April 06, 2024 09:13 PM (PFYt9)

268 willowed, innit? LOL!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying to us for decades at April 06, 2024 09:14 PM (PFYt9)

269 By the way, Jewells, HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I’m on my second Wild Turkey 101.

Posted by: Eromero at April 06, 2024 09:23 PM (NxC5+)

270 Trump raises record $50.5m at Florida fundraiser - double the amount netted by Biden at bash with Obama and Clinton.

Maybe there is a chance?

Posted by: fd at April 06, 2024 10:31 PM (vFG9F)

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