(5/11/24)The Weekend Hobby Thread

Nothing like spending $100 bill at your favorite Mom & Pop Sport Shop.

Welcome to The Weekend Hobby Thread. So what has been you keeping you busy with your hobbies and/or projects? We would love to hear about them.

So feel free to join in about the wide world of hobbies.

Please leave politics and current events outside at the curb. Preferably by the garbage cans.

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Hobbies also include projects around the home front as well. Our pal Jim submitted the following:

Another project at Casa Sunk New Dawn
Herself wanted to eliminate all possible Comcast. We have to keep 'em for internet, but ditching their TV altogether.
My trusty I.T. expert has installed a lot of OTA antennas, and told me to mount mine 20 ft. up, for best effect, to better "see" the transmitters up in the 50 mile distant Houston locations.
This is the result. 20 ft. length of 1-1/4" I.D., galvanized, Schedule 40 steel pipe. The three upper "radials" are 3/4" I.D., galvanized, Schedule 40 steel pipe. The base plate and round guy-wire retaining plate at top, are 3/16" plate steel.
Base plate is hinged, and bolted to 3/8" steel rebar in 12" deep concrete foundation.
At present, the tower carries an OTA TV antenna, which can be turned a full 360 degrees, electric motor driven, via remote controller which is inline with the coax, at the TV entertainment center. The other device is a bluetooth connected Weather Station, and it's readout/display is pictured in the series.
The juncture box is where the aerials and house cabling are joined. Breaking these connections, un-hooking the guy wires and unbolting the soffit brace collars, allow the tower to be lowered for maintenance or upgrades. Mounts (not pictured) for a 3:1 block and tackle are affixed and used for lowering and raising the tower.
The guy wires have mounts fabricated from 3/16" plate, at two (reinforced) points at the fascia level, and one on a 7 ft. tall, 2-1/2" I.D. black steel pipe, set 3 ft. deep via 2 bags of concrete, out by the back fence. Guy wires are 1/8" dia. galvanized, turning at stainless thimbles and stainless turnbuckles. Swaged at three points at each connection. 3rd swaging lug is slightly out of pic, as it also covers the cut end of the wire.
The center-top of the main pole and the empty 3rd radial, can/might/eventually will be used to carry some kind of HAM radio antenna(s).
Am reading up for Technician and General licenses, and will earn same and work with experienced Radio Operators, before deciding on Transceiver and Antenna hardware options.
This build performed by your humble servant:
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

I would appreciate it if our humble servant Jim would gallivant his way up this way for help with a project like this. Great project Jim, it really looks solid down there in Hurricane Lane.

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Last weekend's Hobby Thread hosted by TRex focused on tools. This then encouraged Kindlot to submit the following video. Pretty interesting after all these years. Thank you Kindlot.

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You have probably heard by now that I underwent surgery earlier in the week. Now that I'm laid up I have to find something to keep my busy. And fishing and painting are out of the question, so says Dr. The Fabulous.

So here is what I'm going to try:

This should be interesting. I can't sketch or draw to save my life.

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To be honest with you folks, I would rather be doing this. This particular river runs through our cabin property. However, it's a pretty small stream in that section.

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Well, this wraps up another Weekend Hobby Thread. I'm not sure who will be here next week. But, I know all of you will be on your best behavior with bright, shiny faces. Until we meet again, Keep On Hobbying!

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at 05:33 PM

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1 Wow a first.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 11, 2024 05:34 PM (QNSds)

2 And I am working on some Team Yankee Israeli's, 15mm modern wargame stuff.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 11, 2024 05:35 PM (QNSds)

3 Welcome Hobbiests
Been working on a medallion all week, not finished but have to show it.
I think you all will recognize it
https://tinyurl.com/46emhwbn

Posted by: Skip at May 11, 2024 05:36 PM (fwDg9)

4 3 Welcome Hobbiests
Been working on a medallion all week, not finished but have to show it.
I think you all will recognize it
https://tinyurl.com/46emhwbn
Posted by: Skip at May 11, 2024 05:36 PM (fwDg9)

The Bulwark emblem? That's harsh Skip

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, with new wheel at May 11, 2024 05:37 PM (QXQ4l)

5 Yo... Jim NSD

What weather sensor suite is that?

I have an Ambient WS-2000 with add-ons.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 11, 2024 05:39 PM (Q4IgG)

6 Sorry if I missed it but what is this antennas main purpose? Are you doing short wave?

Posted by: polynikes at May 11, 2024 05:40 PM (MNhXM)

7 Jim, with that fancy antenna, aliens from Planet Gork will come to your house first. Beware the probe!

It's a lovely job, though. If a chick had put it up would they still be called "guy" wires?

Posted by: Low Profile, Here at May 11, 2024 05:42 PM (V5BDR)

8 "Nothing like spending $100 bill at your favorite Mom & Pop Sport Shop. "

Thanks to Joeconomics my last stop at the local fishing store was $600.

Posted by: Next2Nothing at May 11, 2024 05:42 PM (tA1/w)

9 8 "Nothing like spending $100 bill at your favorite Mom & Pop Sport Shop. "

Thanks to Joeconomics my last stop at the local fishing store was $600.
Posted by: Next2Nothing at May 11, 2024 05:42 PM (tA1/w)

So what rod and reel combo did you purchase?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, with new wheel at May 11, 2024 05:45 PM (QXQ4l)

10 This morning was car, truck, and big truck morning.
Oil drained all 3, new filter on the first 2 and new synthetic added to them, on the third, after draining the oil, and draining the filter (love the guy that tightened the oil pan bolt: NOT, and the guy that installed the filter drain cover: NOT) I found that my existing tools were no match for the tundra filter housing.
New one on order and it will arrive at the end of next week.
The tundra is grounded until I find out if I bought a filter wrench strong enough to beat the gorilla that installed it the last time.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 11, 2024 05:48 PM (ehYHJ)

11 Thanks for the Hobby Thread, Mis Hum!

I bet you are back to fishing and painting in no time.

Prayers up for Nurse Ratched as she undergoes and recovers from an appendectomy.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at May 11, 2024 05:49 PM (U3L4U)

12 https://tinyurl.com/46emhwbn

Really cool Skip !

Posted by: polynikes at May 11, 2024 05:51 PM (MNhXM)

13 Great WW vid. Spring high water makes anything runnable.

Posted by: RS at May 11, 2024 05:51 PM (E7m29)

14 Ordered and received pressure vacuum brake bleeding tool for $60 because they wanted $160 to flush and bleed the Santa Fe, and I have the other 2 to do after that that one is completed.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 11, 2024 05:51 PM (ehYHJ)

15 No, Brandon is not in the room with us now.

Posted by: Deplorable Minion at May 11, 2024 05:52 PM (AMayx)

16 "So what rod and reel combo did you purchase? "

That would have involved a mortgage thus spousal approval,
all I got was a new pair of wading boots.

Posted by: Next2Nothing at May 11, 2024 05:52 PM (tA1/w)

17 That pic is lovely, until you enhance and enlarge and see the skeeters

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at May 11, 2024 05:52 PM (bw8/v)

18 Impressive work Jim.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 11, 2024 05:53 PM (ehYHJ)

19 AZdeplorable, AOP is a good influence.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 11, 2024 05:53 PM (D/6Qm)

20 Nice antenna hook up there Jim!

When I cut the cord I went out and got one of those new fangled antennas from Wally World you hang out the back door and voila! Got all kinds of free local and even distant TV channels with the olde tyme TV shows like "Gunsmoke" and "Gilligan's Island" and lots of Preacher Man shows...like a time machine back to the 60's and 70's before the sodomites overran television programming.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at May 11, 2024 05:54 PM (R/m4+)

21 all I got was a new pair of wading boots.
Posted by: Next2Nothing

Luxury!

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at May 11, 2024 05:54 PM (bw8/v)

22

Thanks to Joeconomics my last stop at the local fishing store was $600.
Posted by: Next2Nothing

That would have involved a mortgage thus spousal approval,
all I got was a new pair of wading boots.
Posted by: Next2Nothing

Gold plated?

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 11, 2024 05:55 PM (ehYHJ)

23 I haven’t gone fishing in years but every time I go to Academy I peruse the fishing section.

Posted by: polynikes at May 11, 2024 05:55 PM (MNhXM)

24 AZdeplorable, AOP is a good influence.
Posted by: Ben Had

I concur!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 11, 2024 05:55 PM (ehYHJ)

25 Was hoping it would come out better. The problem is you have to make a reverse molding. And carving it out in a plaster paris block. I will paint it up.

Posted by: Skip at May 11, 2024 05:56 PM (fwDg9)

26 Remember the fishing tackle box you could order from the back of a comic book? 1001 pieces.

I ordered one when I was a kid and wasn’t disappointed like with most stuff from comic book ads.

Posted by: polynikes at May 11, 2024 05:58 PM (MNhXM)

27 Skip, can you not sandcast that?

Posted by: Ben Had at May 11, 2024 05:58 PM (D/6Qm)

28 Glad to hear your surgery went well, hopefully your recovery follows suit. I did alot of pastels and charcoal in my teenage years....don't go for precision or you'll be totally frustrated. People have different preferences, but I always used my fingers to blend and blur. Can be very rewarding in a very different sort of way. Oh, and once you're finished, spraying it prevents unintentional further blending and blurring. Have fun with it!

Posted by: Grateful at May 11, 2024 05:58 PM (IQ6Gq)

29 22 "Gold plated? "

No. Trying to economize on footwear, both fishing and hiking, results in a short lifespan of ~2 years. That is expensive too.

Posted by: Next2Nothing at May 11, 2024 05:59 PM (tA1/w)

30 The Lego guitar looked pretty neat. And timely. For the past couple weekends I've been spending a couple hours disassembling some of my old Lego sets. Partly to add the pieces to 'the boneyard' for use in future MOCs, and partially just so I have room on my shelves for the new sets I plan to build.

Sadly, I broke a lot of pieces while disassembling The Old Fishing Store set. Well, not really 'a lot' but I broke more pieces in one sitting that usually break in a year. I don't know if Lego had some quality control issues when manufacturing the pieces for that set, or if too much time on display (and possibly in the sun) just left them brittle...

Posted by: Castle Guy at May 11, 2024 05:59 PM (Lhaco)

31 I was bleeding brakes also this week. Been working on VW Bus doing punch list items. Drove it on a couple short rides, but it could be better. Going to adjust carburetor tomorrow, maybe adjust timing again too. Got involved in some needed weeding and planting, so no mechanic work today.

I will take/send some pics of bus hopefully soon.

Posted by: Air-cooled Al at May 11, 2024 06:00 PM (V5BDR)

32 16 "So what rod and reel combo did you purchase? "

That would have involved a mortgage thus spousal approval,
all I got was a new pair of wading boots.
Posted by: Next2Nothing at May 11, 2024 05:52 PM (tA1/w)

You must have had a fun stash to play with.
No way I spend $600 without Nurse Hard Ass not knowing. Errr I mean The Fabulous.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, with new wheel at May 11, 2024 06:01 PM (QXQ4l)

33 I went shopping today. Bought a dress and shoes to wear to the boy spawn wedding also got a skirt and blouse with shoes for the girl spawn graduation. I hate shopping and have not worn an actual dress in decades. Skirts yes, dresses no. Found good pieces quickly and easily.
Yesterday I had to parallel park twice and nailed it both times. I haven't done that in decades either.

Is the world about to end?

I will never understand why some women consider shopping to be a fun hobby.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at May 11, 2024 06:01 PM (4XwPj)

34 I started on a new painting. I decided to go old school and will do a religious painting based on a Bible verse. I tried to think of something that hasn’t been done. And yes finding something was as hard as you would think it would be.

Posted by: polynikes at May 11, 2024 06:01 PM (MNhXM)

35 I think you all will recognize it
https://tinyurl.com/46emhwbn
Posted by: Skip

I think I see what it resembles!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 11, 2024 06:02 PM (ehYHJ)

36 Hey, all,

Best wishes & thoughts for Nurse Ratched, who, it was said on the Pet Thread, has had to visit a hospital not for work but for appendicitis.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 11, 2024 06:02 PM (omVj0)

37 "You must have had a fun stash to play with. "

The budget has his & her personal decision set-asides to keep things even and fair.

Posted by: Next2Nothing at May 11, 2024 06:04 PM (tA1/w)

38 spraying it prevents unintentional further blending and blurring. Have fun with it!
Posted by: Grateful at May 11, 2024 05:58 PM (IQ6Gq)

The girl spawn uses cheap hair spray. It works like a charm!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at May 11, 2024 06:04 PM (4XwPj)

39 I tried to think of something that hasn’t been done. And yes finding something was as hard as you would think it would be.

Posted by: polynikes

Go with the Wedding at Cana and make sure you do a lot research on the subject...

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 11, 2024 06:05 PM (ehYHJ)

40 37 "You must have had a fun stash to play with. "

The budget has his & her personal decision set-asides to keep things even and fair.
Posted by: Next2Nothing at May 11, 2024 06:04 PM (tA1/w)

Good on you

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, with new wheel at May 11, 2024 06:06 PM (QXQ4l)

41 As for my pipe smoking and pipe collecting hobby: I ordered samples of two blends new to me this week. And Miss Linda is dragging me to a neighborhood event tonight, a kind of street fair where many of the merchants stay open late and offer free samples of cheese and wine. I mention it because one vendor on the route is a local pipe-and-cigar shop.

I don't *need* anything for my pipe stash. Well, if they have pipe freshener fluid, I'll get some . . . but buying a half pint of cheap vodka at Walmart would be cheaper and work just as well.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 11, 2024 06:06 PM (omVj0)

42 As with my shako castings, have to figure out what to use for the casting.
Could try again, other than Dremel ,Exacto knives and files not sure what else I can carve with

Posted by: Skip at May 11, 2024 06:07 PM (fwDg9)

43 First off, Nice work, Jim SND! Well thought out and built.

Madamemayhem, I guess it depends on what you're shopping for. As a kid, toy shopping wasn't a chore, but clothes shopping was.

I've been working on building a 1/72 scale DeHavilland Mosquito night fighter from WWII. The paint scene is really complex - all black exterior!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 11, 2024 06:08 PM (VNX3d)

44 "I tried to think of something that hasn’t been done. "

I'm fond of Job, how about: Curse God and die ?

Posted by: Next2Nothing at May 11, 2024 06:08 PM (tA1/w)

45 Hey, all,

Best wishes & thoughts for Nurse Ratched, who, it was said on the Pet Thread, has had to visit a hospital not for work but for appendicitis.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Wow, talk about working hard to get out of a date!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 11, 2024 06:09 PM (VNX3d)

46 Picked up a push lawn mower today to mow some side yards and ancillary grassy areas that the lawn tractor is not able to navigate.

Discovered that Honda is discontinuing all gas powered lawn mowers and moving to all electric, picked up a 21 inch self propelled gas jobby.

Looks like EV cars are not the only thing being crammed down our throat.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 11, 2024 06:09 PM (XV/Pl)

47 When I cut the cord I went out and got one of those new fangled antennas from Wally World you hang out the back door and voila! Got all kinds of free local and even distant TV channels with the olde tyme TV shows like "Gunsmoke" and "Gilligan's Island" and lots of Preacher Man shows...like a time machine back to the 60's and 70's before the sodomites overran television programming.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at May 11, 2024

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Same here with my modern Vizio digital TV. MeTV, H & I, Comet, and Grit channels are all standbys for me. I don't have a back door and can't hang the antenna outside at all or it might get stolen. But the indoor one I have brings in all of the above.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 11, 2024 06:10 PM (omVj0)

48 not sure what else I can carve with
Posted by: Skip

Dental tools are used when doing lost wax casting.
They do a really good job and you can ask dentists and/or hygienists to see if they old tools. You can also buy cheap sets but, where is the fun in that?!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 11, 2024 06:10 PM (ehYHJ)

49 Any shopping is hated. Clothes, shoes, Christmas, groceries... I seriously hate it. I don't like being around other people.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at May 11, 2024 06:10 PM (4XwPj)

50 34 I started on a new painting. I decided to go old school and will do a religious painting based on a Bible verse. I tried to think of something that hasn’t been done. And yes finding something was as hard as you would think it would be.

Posted by: polynikes at May 11, 2024 06:01 PM (MNhXM)

Headless Goliath is always a popular favorite.

Posted by: If it bleeds, it leads at May 11, 2024 06:11 PM (V5BDR)

51 A former boss, hospitalized for very high blood pressure, learned to craft jewelry as a way of passing his time peacefully. This guy had these big hands -- he was built like a pro linebacker -- but he made it work for him. Best of luck to you

Posted by: JM in Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at May 11, 2024 06:11 PM (HRRQP)

52 T -3:00 _Trump

Posted by: Braenyard at May 11, 2024 06:12 PM (lCWOD)

53 Madamemayhem, I guess it depends on what you're shopping for. As a kid, toy shopping wasn't a chore, but clothes shopping was. . . .

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 11, 2024

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For my brother and me, a trip to the department store annex where they sold the clearance items was torture. No toys or models or books. And "Shoe Town" was another swear word to us. As I grew up, I liked shopping for clothes on occasion. But now I seem to have just about everything I need or want. Maybe some older shirts need to go and be replaced eventually, but I don't make shopping expeditions very often any more. (Too much $$$ unless they're on sale -- which is not often enough.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 11, 2024 06:14 PM (omVj0)

54 Where?

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at May 11, 2024 06:17 PM (4XwPj)

55 I'm in a house with an antenna structure that's probably 60 feet tall. I'm about 50 miles from downtown Chicago and the unused TV antenna at the top just stands way up there, mocking me. Aren't you going to put me to use? Well, I sure don't want to climb you.

Posted by: JM in Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at May 11, 2024 06:19 PM (vVZeX)

56 ***Great project Jim, it really looks solid down there in Hurricane Lane.***
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It looks gorgeous. He's daring the weatherman, Idn't he?

Posted by: Braenyard at May 11, 2024 06:20 PM (lCWOD)

57 All three of those tongue in cheek suggestions have been dozens of times. The Job paintings are really depressing.

Posted by: polynikes at May 11, 2024 06:21 PM (MNhXM)

58 My hobbies are limited right now. I strained the heck out of my left wrist and hand. (My mind forgets I'm no longer in my 50s or 60s, but my body reminds me.) Major annoyance. So no shooting, fishing or whittling. But art has come to the rescue. I can prop up a smallish pad and sketch. It is saving my sanity.

Posted by: JTB at May 11, 2024 06:22 PM (zudum)

59 Jim takes after that great legend Meticulous.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 11, 2024 06:22 PM (D/6Qm)

60 I have never seen a religious painting depicting the Psalms. Perhaps I have been sheltered.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at May 11, 2024 06:23 PM (4XwPj)

61 polynikes, you could always paint the interior of the tomb where Jesus lay for three days, before the stone was rolled back.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 11, 2024 06:23 PM (VNX3d)

62 I had an artist professor who did a very large mural of the life of Job in several panels. It was installed in a temple in Spring Valley, NY until that congregation merged with another and sold the building. It was moved to the Yeshiva Museum where it now resides. There were 3 panels each 6'X16'.

Hugh Mesibov was the artist and he was a cool guy who lived to be just short of 100.

Posted by: The Life of Job at May 11, 2024 06:26 PM (V5BDR)

63 >>>Pliers and screw drivers and rust:

Someone here sometime back mentioned rust vs. CocaCola.
Well, digging through the garage I came across two chain hooks
that looked like red chicken fried - lotta rust. Hoarder here put the
hooks in an empty soup can and poured a bottle of flat Coke to the top. Yes,

Coke will eat the rust off your metal objects. Worked on several drill bits I found also.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 11, 2024 06:27 PM (lCWOD)

64 polynikes, you could always paint the interior of the tomb where Jesus lay for three days, before the stone was rolled back.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 11, 2024 06:23 PM (VNX3d)

It’s been done believe it or not.

I chose to do a painting based on John 8:58. It also allows me make up my own composition from my imagination.

Posted by: polynikes at May 11, 2024 06:27 PM (MNhXM)

65 That antenna looks incredible.

"This is the voice of world control. I bring you peace. It may be the peace of plenty and content, or the peace of unburied death...."

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 11, 2024 06:28 PM (CHHv1)

66 I predict a fun hobby thread next week - especially for those wise in the way of working with wood...

Posted by: TRex at May 11, 2024 06:29 PM (IQ6Gq)

67 Prayers up for a continued speedy recovery, MisHum.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 11, 2024 06:29 PM (mH6SG)

68 Job had horrible things happen to him, but he was restored and his life was redeemed. Jonah didn't stay in the fish belly, either.

Posted by: Look On the Sunny Side at May 11, 2024 06:30 PM (V5BDR)

69 Interesting tool video, ok quite simple, but one shouldn't presumed any level of common sense or respect for tools that are owned by someone else. But, to my point, how many folks can identify the rifle in the video ?

Posted by: Edward at May 11, 2024 06:30 PM (bno6p)

70 TRex working on a 300 thread count!

Posted by: Ben Had at May 11, 2024 06:30 PM (D/6Qm)

71 Put down the deposit money this week for the house a bunch of us are going to rent to go false albacore fishing this September. Perfect way to end the fishing season around here.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 11, 2024 06:30 PM (LkLld)

72 Coke will eat the rust off your metal objects. Worked on several drill bits I found also.
Posted by: Braenyard

It's just the phosphoric acid, originally, IIRC. There's nothing magic about a diabetes bomb for freeing up metal. I suppose the sugar is some kind of buffer, butt still*.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 11, 2024 06:31 PM (IG4Id)

73 Prayers up for a continued speedy recovery, MisHum.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 11, 2024 06:29 PM (mH6SG)

Seconded !

Posted by: JT at May 11, 2024 06:31 PM (T4tVD)

74 had an artist professor who did a very large mural of the life of Job in several panels. It was installed in a temple in Spring Valley, NY until that congregation merged with another and sold the building. It was moved to the Yeshiva Museum where it now resides. There were 3 panels each 6'X16'.

Hugh Mesibov was the artist and he was a cool guy who lived to be just short of 100.
Posted by: The Life of Job at May 11, 2024 06:26 PM (V5BDR)

Very cool but he was an abstract artist? Were the Job panels an abstract interpretation?

Posted by: polynikes at May 11, 2024 06:31 PM (MNhXM)

75 70 TRex working on a 300 thread count!

Posted by: Ben Had at May 11, 2024 06:30 PM
***
You betcha!!

Posted by: TRex at May 11, 2024 06:33 PM (IQ6Gq)

76 Hey, All!

What kind of shitshow have I stumbled into now?

(Just kidding, it’s the early evening booze talking.)

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 11, 2024 06:36 PM (9yWhg)

77 Some progress. The last few sketches I tried were the best first attempts so far. They aren't good but are recognizable which is a big step forward. One value is I can see a bunch of ways to improve them which means I'm learning to see. Glad I have so much inexpensive drawing paper as it will take a LOT of practice to work out the details I want to improve. Capturing the delicate curls of a peony flower is difficult. But I'm enjoying the learning process.

Posted by: JTB at May 11, 2024 06:36 PM (zudum)

78 Mesibov did a lot of abstract work but the mural is figurative. I will never forget going to see it. It can be easily found by searching Hugh Mesibov Job mural or some variation.

Posted by: Look On the Sunny Side at May 11, 2024 06:38 PM (V5BDR)

79 Mis Hum,

I've seen a lot of the YT videos about pastels on her Monet Cafe channel. The lady does a good job explaining and demonstrating the materials and techniques.

Posted by: JTB at May 11, 2024 06:40 PM (zudum)

80 Thanks for the tool video from the archives Kindlot!

Posted by: TRex at May 11, 2024 06:40 PM (IQ6Gq)

81 Posted by: Look On the Sunny Side at May 11, 2024 06:38 PM (V5BDR

I will look for it. And for what’s worth I like his abstract work ( colorful is requirement for me) .

Posted by: polynikes at May 11, 2024 06:40 PM (MNhXM)

82 Mis Hum, how many hot irons have you tried slapping on your surgical scare?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 11, 2024 06:41 PM (9yWhg)

83 Mesibov has a Wikipedia page, too.

Posted by: Look On the Sunny Side at May 11, 2024 06:42 PM (V5BDR)

84 Classicclothingstore.com. I wear tiered denim skirts as my regular dress. She makes them here in the US. It's mostly for women and children, and is what would be called "plain" dress. She remembers how long I like my skirts and what size I ordered. I have ordered a couple pf other items from her. It's not fancy but holds up well and is reasonably priced.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 11, 2024 06:42 PM (yeEu9)

85 Mesibov has a Wikipedia page, too.
Posted by: Look On the Sunny Side at May 11, 2024 06:42 PM (V5BDR)

Yes and the Job panels are on it. I like it very much because again his use of color is exactly what I like,

Posted by: polynikes at May 11, 2024 06:44 PM (MNhXM)

86 41 ... Wolfus,

If you get a chance, try the new C and D Steamworks blend. It is a very pleasant smoke. The steaming process they used really brings out the qualities of the tobaccos they incorporated.

Posted by: JTB at May 11, 2024 06:44 PM (zudum)

87 33
Clothes shopping fun? Hardly.....

Posted by: Grateful at May 11, 2024 06:45 PM (IQ6Gq)

88 82 Mis Hum, how many hot irons have you tried slapping on your surgical scare?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 11, 2024 06:41 PM (9yWhg)

Several

Although I prefer the ice packs over the hot iron.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, with new wheel at May 11, 2024 06:45 PM (QXQ4l)

89 84 I love skirts on women, especially long ones.

But short ones work, too, on the right gal. But long skirts work more often then short ones.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 11, 2024 06:45 PM (9yWhg)

90 38
Precisely, hairspray. That's what I used. Meant to include that, so thanks for doing so!

Posted by: Grateful at May 11, 2024 06:46 PM (IQ6Gq)

91 73 Prayers up for a continued speedy recovery, MisHum.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 11, 2024 06:29 PM (mH6SG)

Seconded !
Posted by: JT at May 11, 2024 06:31 PM (T4tVD)

Thank you.

God always answers prayers. Just not the way we want though at times. So far, His will and my knee are on the same page. Thanks to all for the well wishes.

We have the greatest community here at AoS

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, with new wheel at May 11, 2024 06:47 PM (QXQ4l)

92 Afternoon, Hobby Horde. Packing up the 'burb to migrate north to Alberta for the glorious Alberta Summer. Hobby-related, too, since I just got done breaking down and loading my bought-in-Canada mini-mill for the trip home. The hobby-related projects for which I brought it here have been done.

Any word yet from Nurse Ratched?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 11, 2024 06:48 PM (8zz6B)

93 Wishes for a speedy recovery for Mis Hum and Nurse.

Posted by: JTB at May 11, 2024 06:49 PM (zudum)

94
"This is the voice of world control. I bring you peace. It may be the peace of plenty and content, or the peace of unburied death...."
Posted by: BeckoningChasm

Colossal!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 11, 2024 06:49 PM (63Dwl)

95 Painting?

Blessed be the Lord my strength which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:

Posted by: Braenyard at May 11, 2024 06:49 PM (lCWOD)

96 I donated one of my paintings for a charity fundraiser auction for Strake Jesuit last month. Unlike last year when I had donated a different painting , this one did sell .

Posted by: polynikes at May 11, 2024 06:50 PM (MNhXM)

97 AZdeplorable, AOP is a good influence.
Posted by: Ben Had

I concur!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 11, 2024 05:55 PM (ehYHJ)

I am going to meet our friend Osprey at the Lochiel taproom about 6:00 P.M. It would be great if you could join us.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 11, 2024 06:50 PM (8zz6B)

98 First part of making the AoSHq medallion was drawing it, first on paper then cutting it out and transferring it onto the plaster.

Posted by: Skip at May 11, 2024 06:51 PM (fwDg9)

99 Prayers up for a continued speedy recovery, MisHum.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 11, 2024 06:29 PM (mH6SG)

Seconded !
Posted by: JT at May 11, 2024 06:31 PM (T4tVD)

Thirded!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 11, 2024 06:52 PM (8zz6B)

100 88 Mis Hum, one of the favorite injunctions of my late father-in-law, retired Army and WWII and Korean War vet, in response to injury was:

Rub snow on it and move out.

May you, psychologically, at least, do likewise.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 11, 2024 06:52 PM (9yWhg)

101 Short skirt and a long jacket...

https://youtu.be/85zV1fpSJQ0

Posted by: Cake at May 11, 2024 06:52 PM (dg+HA)

102 I got tired of wearing jeans. These are comfortable work skirts. I had her make me flannel petticoats for winter wear which works out well.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 11, 2024 06:53 PM (yeEu9)

103 Painting?

Blessed be the Lord my strength which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:
Posted by: Braenyard at May 11, 2024 06:49 PM (lCWOD)

Psalm 144. Also has been done but not as many as other Bible scenes or verses.

Posted by: polynikes at May 11, 2024 06:54 PM (MNhXM)

104 102 Petticoats are still a thing?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 11, 2024 06:54 PM (9yWhg)

105 The project today was going drawer by drawer and cleaning a lot of the tools in the monster box in the garage. They were starting to get a cloudy haze on the chrome. Basically all the ratchet handles, wrenches, and extensions. Not doing the sockets, screw that. I was trying to make room for a few things I picked up recently. Yeah, thats not happening. Its as consolidated as it will ever be. There is no room at the Inn. I would upgrade but I hate the layouts of the newer boxes, too much wasted space with their idiot drawer configurations.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 11, 2024 06:55 PM (VwHCD)

106 48/ Dental tools seem to have many useful purposes, other than torturing those of us sitting in the chair. We used them frequently in the framing shop...

Posted by: Grateful at May 11, 2024 06:55 PM (IQ6Gq)

107 Polynikes that's makes you a starving artist, right?

Posted by: Skip at May 11, 2024 06:56 PM (fwDg9)

108 I never got fishing.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 11, 2024 06:56 PM (9yWhg)

109 And part of it is that it was made for me. I didn't go to the store and try it on. I can pick from the fabric she uses, like the cotton/linen skirt I got. Elastic waistbands so it fits. I have been getting tops from LL Bean but I may order a few of her blouses to try.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 11, 2024 06:56 PM (yeEu9)

110 I was bleeding brakes also this week. Been working on VW Bus doing punch list items. Drove it on a couple short rides, but it could be better. Going to adjust carburetor tomorrow, maybe adjust timing again too. Got involved in some needed weeding and planting, so no mechanic work today.

I will take/send some pics of bus hopefully soon.
Posted by: Air-cooled Al at May 11, 2024 06:00 PM (V5BDR)

I added brake fluid to the master cylinder in the Studebaker yard car, the one-time drag racer. Pumped a bunch of air out, and got some hint of a pedal. Good enough to protect the inside of the master cylinder. Full bleeding will await service on the rear brakes. Fronts are done.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 11, 2024 06:56 PM (8zz6B)

111 Where would one find Dental tools?
I have carving files for wood but it's small I am missing

Posted by: Skip at May 11, 2024 06:57 PM (fwDg9)

112 Oh and that's right. i am the owner of two 10mm sockets! I bought one of those DeWalt tool sets. I'm tired of not having the right tool. I need to finish assembling the Mantis.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 11, 2024 06:58 PM (yeEu9)

113 111
Just search online, there are all kinds of options. Or, as was suggested before, ask a dentist if he/she has any old ones.

Posted by: Grateful at May 11, 2024 06:59 PM (IQ6Gq)

114 105 The project today was going drawer by drawer and cleaning a lot of the tools in the monster box in the garage.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 11, 2024 06:55 PM
***
Nice. Did you find any tools you forgot you had? Those count as "new" in my book.

Posted by: TRex at May 11, 2024 06:59 PM (IQ6Gq)

115 I am going to meet our friend Osprey at the Lochiel taproom about 6:00 P.M. It would be great if you could join us.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

That is an excellent hobby topic!
We'll be there.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 11, 2024 06:59 PM (ehYHJ)

116 “Ouch! Please stop using your dental tools on me!”
— AOC’s soiboi boytoy

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 11, 2024 06:59 PM (9yWhg)

117 Wonder how far the Honda deal goes. Are they going to stop making gas generators and tillers?

Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 11, 2024 07:01 PM (yeEu9)

118 Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 11, 2024 06:55 PM (VwHCD

That’s your mechanical tools location right? Where to you keep your carpentry tools?

Posted by: polynikes at May 11, 2024 07:01 PM (MNhXM)

119 Local gun show usually has sumdude there with dental and other small tools.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 11, 2024 07:02 PM (cOq4q)

120 Corporate dental offices probably go through a lot of tools.
A dental school if there's one in your area.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 11, 2024 07:04 PM (lCWOD)

121 119
That's a brilliant suggestion. And large swap meets.

Posted by: Grateful at May 11, 2024 07:04 PM (IQ6Gq)

122 Put down the deposit money this week for the house a bunch of us are going to rent to go false albacore fishing this September. Perfect way to end the fishing season around here.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 11, 2024 06:30 PM (LkLld)
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If you're putting all that money down, why don't you go for the real albacore instead?

Posted by: bluebell - NoVaMoMe24 registration now open! at May 11, 2024 07:06 PM (bS+DD)

123 Put down the deposit money this week for the house a bunch of us are going to rent to go false albacore fishing this September. Perfect way to end the fishing season around here.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 11, 2024 06:30 PM (LkLld)
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If you're putting all that money down, why don't you go for the real albacore instead?
Posted by: bluebell - NoVaMoMe24 registration now open!

Or are you fishing for false albacore to use as bait for real albacore?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 11, 2024 07:07 PM (VNX3d)

124 Posted by: bluebell - NoVaMoMe24 registration now open! at May 11, 2024 07:06 PM (bS+DD)

Heh.

Posted by: polynikes at May 11, 2024 07:07 PM (MNhXM)

125 MisHum, glad you are healing but why can't you paint? Or do you only paint standing up, a la Bob Ross?

Posted by: bluebell - NoVaMoMe24 registration now open! at May 11, 2024 07:07 PM (bS+DD)

126 I suppose MisHum's painting is all from the Honey Do list - paint the kitchen, paint the bathroom...

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 11, 2024 07:08 PM (VNX3d)

127 I have no hobbies - Too busy fixing stuff or figuring out how to fix it because too cheap to just pay others to do it.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 11, 2024 07:08 PM (cOq4q)

128 Good thing MisHum doesn't insist on the wearing of the trousers on this thread.

Posted by: Ciampino - Vitreous Humour is funny glass #58 at May 11, 2024 07:08 PM (qfLjt)

129 Michelangelo painted on his back
At least I assume he did painting a ceiling

Posted by: Skip at May 11, 2024 07:09 PM (fwDg9)

130 Where would one find Dental tools?
I have carving files for wood but it's small I am missing
Posted by: Skip at May 11, 2024 06:57 PM (fwDg9)

Harbor Freight and most hobby stores.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 11, 2024 07:10 PM (D7oie)

131 129 Michelangelo painted on his back
At least I assume he did painting a ceiling

Posted by: Skip at May 11, 2024 07:09 PM
***
Yeah, but was he wearing pants?

Posted by: TRex at May 11, 2024 07:10 PM (IQ6Gq)

132 69 ... "how many folks can identify the rifle in the video?"

Based on the rear sight, pretty sure the rifle is a 1917 Enfield. It was developed because there weren't enough '03 Springfields for WW I. Still 30-06.

Posted by: JTB at May 11, 2024 07:10 PM (zudum)

133 He climbed scaffold every night, maybe painted in his pjs

Posted by: Skip at May 11, 2024 07:11 PM (fwDg9)

134 I suppose MisHum's painting is all from the Honey Do list - paint the kitchen, paint the bathroom...
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 11, 2024 07:08 PM (VNX3d)
----------/

Not at all. He paints honest-to-goodness pictures, among other things. I am lucky enough to have a MisHum original.

Posted by: bluebell - NoVaMoMe24 registration now open! at May 11, 2024 07:11 PM (bS+DD)

135 Full bleeding will await service on the rear brakes. Fronts are done.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

When you need to do the bleed I have the compressor and bleeding setup now.
Nice winter project for here!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 11, 2024 07:11 PM (ehYHJ)

136 I suppose MisHum's painting is all from the Honey Do list - paint the kitchen, paint the bathroom...
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 11, 2024 07:08 PM (VNX3d)
----------/

Not at all. He paints honest-to-goodness pictures, among other things. I am lucky enough to have a MisHum original.
Posted by: bluebell - NoVaMoMe24 registration now open!

I'm happy to hear that. It's good to find out you're wrong, that there's more to learn and discover.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 11, 2024 07:15 PM (VNX3d)

137 The tundra is grounded until I find out if I bought a filter wrench strong enough to beat the gorilla that installed it the last time.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron

If you have the space you could drive a screwdriver through the filter and tap it with a hammer to loosen it or get leverage another way. This works everytime... unless you plan on reusing the filter.
Most new cars lack space to do this but a truck may have enough room to do it.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 11, 2024 07:16 PM (cOq4q)

138 I'm sure he does plenty of the other kind of painting too, Wolf 😉.

Posted by: bluebell - NoVaMoMe24 registration now open! at May 11, 2024 07:17 PM (bS+DD)

139

Harbor Freight test probes (dental tools)

https://tinyurl.com/2deo747j

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 11, 2024 07:20 PM (63Dwl)

140 If you have the space you could drive a screwdriver through the filter
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

I have used that trick more than once on VWs, and motorcycles. It usually worked; sometimes it just tore the filter's can apart.

The Tundra has a reusable exterior, you just replace the paper filter.
The design is new to me.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 11, 2024 07:22 PM (ehYHJ)

141 139 Harbor Freight test probes (dental tools)

https://tinyurl.com/2deo747j

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 11, 2024 07:20 PM
****

*shudder*

Posted by: TRex at May 11, 2024 07:22 PM (IQ6Gq)

142 That is an excellent hobby topic!
We'll be there.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 11, 2024 06:59 PM (ehYHJ)

Got all the heavy-iron phase of my load-out done. Going to hit the showers pretty soon now. Just some sweep-up, tidy up, and put-away to be done now.

I will do the brake bleeding on the Stude old-school. Have a helper work the pedal, while I move from wheel to wheel cracking bleeder screws. Ten minutes, tops.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 11, 2024 07:23 PM (8zz6B)

143 I have fine files I use on my miniatures, that's what I used in small areas

Posted by: Skip at May 11, 2024 07:23 PM (fwDg9)

144 Where would one find Dental tools?

American Science & Surplus always has them, usually several different price and quality levels. There's a set on sale now.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at May 11, 2024 07:23 PM (zdLoL)

145 *shudder*
Posted by: TRex at May 11, 2024 07:22 PM (IQ6Gq)

Don't worry, it's safe.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 11, 2024 07:24 PM (D7oie)

146 Need better skull work

Posted by: Skip at May 11, 2024 07:24 PM (fwDg9)

147 >>If you're putting all that money down, why don't you go for the real albacore instead?

Women.

Honestly, these are some of the most fun fish to catch. They are very fast and very strong. They are only here in the early fall and we look forward to it every yerar.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 11, 2024 07:25 PM (LkLld)

148 Harbor Freight test probes (dental tools)
https://tinyurl.com/2deo747j
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

*shudder*
Posted by: TRex

Memories of "Marathon Man"?
(IIRC)

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 11, 2024 07:25 PM (ehYHJ)

149 The Tundra has a reusable exterior, you just replace the paper filter.
The design is new to me.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 11, 2024 07:22 PM (ehYHJ)

Just like Chevy V8's from about 1955 to mid '60's. Were a PITA to change, and you had to wash out the canister with solvent. The spin-on filters were seen as a great boon, back in the day.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 11, 2024 07:25 PM (8zz6B)

150 Honestly, these are some of the most fun fish to catch. They are very fast and very strong. They are only here in the early fall and we look forward to it every yerar.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 11, 2024 07:25 PM (LkLld)

Are they tasty eating?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 11, 2024 07:26 PM (8zz6B)

151 American Science & Surplus also has a set of dog butt magnets on sale.

I thought the name sounded familiar, so I had to look it up. I'd been in one of their stores a lo-o-o-o-o-o-ng time ago, when I was still a cub.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 11, 2024 07:26 PM (VNX3d)

152 The Tundra has a reusable exterior, you just replace the paper filter.
The design is new to me.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron

One of my cars has something like that -
positive - just a cap near top of engine and filter drops in so minimal dripping oil.
negative - paper filter costs significantly more than the standard metal can types.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 11, 2024 07:27 PM (cOq4q)

153 144 Where would one find Dental tools?

American Science & Surplus always has them, usually several different price and quality levels. There's a set on sale now.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at May 11, 2024 07:23 PM
***
Holy crap. Have never looked at their website before. What an assortment of madness. The first thing I see?

42.5% Discounts On Dog Bottoms!
5 ASSORTED DOG BUTT MAGNETS PLUS HYDRANT

What a country!

Posted by: TRex at May 11, 2024 07:27 PM (IQ6Gq)

154 The spin-on filters were seen as a great boon, back in the day.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

You need a pleated filter cylinder, 2 o-rings, and a filter-draining-tool.
They don't seem to have saved any money with these for their customers.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 11, 2024 07:28 PM (ehYHJ)

155 >>Are they tasty eating?

No. Not to most anyway. Very oily and bony. They are good for bait if you are going sharking but other than that it's catch and release.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 11, 2024 07:29 PM (LkLld)

156 They Got Magnetic Butts, and they Cannot Lie...
6 ASSORTED CAT BUTT MAGNETS

Posted by: TRex at May 11, 2024 07:30 PM (IQ6Gq)

157 Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 11, 2024 06:55 PM (VwHCD

That’s your mechanical tools location right? Where to you keep your carpentry tools?

Posted by: polynikes at May 11, 2024 07:01 PM (MNhXM)

In the basement on shelve units.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 11, 2024 07:31 PM (VwHCD)

158 They Got Magnetic Butts, and they Cannot Lie...
6 ASSORTED CAT BUTT MAGNETS
Posted by: TRex

They also have a roomba for your desk.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 11, 2024 07:31 PM (VNX3d)

159 71 ... "Put down the deposit money this week for the house a bunch of us are going to rent to go false albacore fishing this September."

Jackstraw,

Out of curiosity, where is the house located? Don't recall a false albacore season around Newport when growing up.

Posted by: JTB at May 11, 2024 07:31 PM (zudum)

160 Nood Pete Bog!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 11, 2024 07:32 PM (ehYHJ)

161 you just replace the paper filter. The design is new to me.

"Central fixing bolt."
Chev small block through 1968 IIRC. Mercedes long enough to make me say "They're no better than a Chevrolet."

You will never get rust in your armpit, because there will always be a light residue of the oil that ran up your sleeve and set there. Make sure you use something like a dental pick to clear the groove that the cover gasket nests in. If part of the old one cooks and separates, that's a mystifying leak to track down.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at May 11, 2024 07:32 PM (zdLoL)

162 No. Not to most anyway. Very oily and bony. They are good for bait if you are going sharking but other than that it's catch and release.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 11, 2024 07:29 PM (LkLld)

Will mackerel take a lure? They are pretty tasty. To me, fishing ain't fishing if I have to throw them all back. Grew up fishing for salmon and other yummy fish in Howe Sound near Vancouver.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 11, 2024 07:34 PM (8zz6B)

163 >>Out of curiosity, where is the house located? Don't recall a false albacore season around Newport when growing up.

There is now, JTB. They are all over the Sound and guys actually surf cast for them in spots. But we are going to Block, fishing nirvana.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 11, 2024 07:34 PM (LkLld)

164 Sorry to hear about Nurse's sudden need for surgery ... Glad, though, the need held off until after her son's wedding.

Posted by: Kathy at May 11, 2024 07:35 PM (p69D5)

165 >>Will mackerel take a lure? They are pretty tasty. To me, fishing ain't fishing if I have to throw them all back. Grew up fishing for salmon and other yummy fish in Howe Sound near Vancouver.

Bonito run around here at the same time as the falsies and they will hit on the same lures. Not as much fun to catch but not bad. They are ok eating.

Both are small, inshore cousins of more common eating tuna like blue fin, yellow fin, etc..

Posted by: JackStraw at May 11, 2024 07:40 PM (LkLld)

166 Actually, bonito are in the mackerel family. I meant to say figthing cousins of more common yada, yada.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 11, 2024 07:43 PM (LkLld)

167 Actually, bonito are in the mackerel family.
Posted by: JackStraw

I liked smoked mackerel and bonito, when the bonito were running in the Santa Barbara channel the 1/2 day boats would have fun with them.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 11, 2024 07:49 PM (ehYHJ)

168 >>I liked smoked mackerel and bonito, when the bonito were running in the Santa Barbara channel the 1/2 day boats would have fun with them.

They're a bunch of fun. We go with light tackle which makes it even more fun.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 11, 2024 07:54 PM (LkLld)

169 The false albacore fishing makes me think of ladyfish in the St. Pete Beach area. They are like little silver torpedos, maybe a foot or 18 inches, no good to eat but fun to catch on light tackle. They move fast and hit the bait or lure a ton for such small fish. People usually went for them from seawalls or causeways. I saw more than one unattended rod pulled into the water when they hit, followed by some colorful exclamations.

Posted by: JTB at May 11, 2024 07:54 PM (zudum)

170
Prayers up for Nurse Ratched as she undergoes and recovers from an appendectomy.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at May 11, 2024 05:49 PM (U3L4U)

Last I checked in, Nurse was trying to decide to accept a date or not for Saturday....I guess this answers that question - unless I have my Saturdays mixed up...

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 11, 2024 08:00 PM (jXbZc)

171 137 The tundra is grounded until I find out if I bought a filter wrench strong enough to beat the gorilla that installed it the last time.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron
----------------------

That was the last time I used one of those services.
Had to drive a screwdriver through the walls of the filter and lever it off.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 11, 2024 08:03 PM (lCWOD)

172 The only filter wrench you will ever need.

Scamazon link
https://tinyurl.com/4yyw9e8w

Posted by: Reforger at May 11, 2024 08:53 PM (B705c)

173 I know the Tyler Forks river very well. Grew up close and fished there a lot...mostly brook trout. Was up there last summer and fished for those same brookies--headwaters at Moore Park, it is at the end of the road.

Posted by: rocdoctom at May 11, 2024 09:35 PM (CjPxH)

174 In early, from work.

Thank you all, for your kind words as regards the tower, antenna and weather station.

And prayers up for nurse, as well. Bet her date never heard THAT as a reason before, right?

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at May 11, 2024 09:43 PM (e6UQI)

175 " Posted by: JTB at May 11, 2024 07:10 PM (zudum "
Could be a P17 or a P14, but since the film is American it most likely is a P17.

Posted by: Edward at May 11, 2024 11:33 PM (bno6p)

176 I have been an ocean fisherman since 8 years old in SoCal.
Going out on the party boats out of San Pedro with my dad and then, years later, taking my sons out also from San Pedro to fish the waters off Catalina for Yellow Tail, Rock Fish and White Sea Bass. I have always wanted to acquire the rigs that the known boat "spoilers" bring aboard (Captain's friends) (to boost the fish totals on a trip) yet they always seemed get the coveted back rail positions which always pissed me off especially when we arrived at "O-Dark 30" before them.

Just free forming a rant of little value tonight...but still.

Posted by: Nightwatch at May 12, 2024 12:02 AM (TDvv2)

177 Wut? (I guess Google and Youtube are unavailable in Ireland)

Drugs, guns, street gangs and the accidental death of Josh Itseli
https://tinyurl.com/3hmd65hb
"...they secured a firearm they did not know how to use.
The AR-15 is a military weapon, an assault rifle, for use in combat zones and war. The semi-automatic weapon can fire hundreds of rounds a minute, but is not designed for an urban criminal setting.
Young criminals armed with such lethal weapons often end up doing as much, if not more harm to themselves, than others.
It is not easy to handle firearms, particularly complex military grade weapons.
The gang even put out a request on social media for information or instructions on how to use the AR-15.
"Anyone know how to use this thing", or words to that effect, were posted the night before.

Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at May 12, 2024 02:50 AM (9aVck)

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