Hobby Thread - February 1, 2025 [TRex]

Welcome hobbyists! Pull up a chair and sit a spell with the Horde in this little corner of the interweb. This is the mighty, mighty officially sanctioned Ace of Spades Hobby Thread and we are rolling out the red carpet.

We gave the Ace of Spades Wheel of Hobbies(TM) a spin and apparently it was feeling seasonal and recreational. It said WINTER SPORTS. Here we go!

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Winter hobbies and interests can take many forms. Are you or were you a skier? Downhill? Cross country? Where did you ski? Every skier has a favorite hill or mountain. Did you or do you ice skate? Figure skate? Speed skate? Just trying to avoid falling over? Did you skate or play hockey on a frozen lake? Did you sled down a hill on a toboggan, flexible flyer or an intertube? Do you cut a hole through perfectly good ice and sit in a temporary tiny house in an effort to find fish? Maybe you just lay on the ground and make snow angels.

Long shot, but have you tried Olympic winter sports like bobsled, curling or biathalon? Even if you have not competed, have you been close to the winter sports as a helper, crew member, official or Russian judge?

What winter sports do you enjoy participating in or watching?

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What are you hobbying these days? As per usual Hobby Thread etiquette, keep this thread limited to hobbying. Your participation does not need to limited to the theme. All hobbying is welcome. However, politics, current events and religious debates can live in threads elsewhere. Play nice. Do not be a troll and do not feed the trolls. Pants, as always, are optional (but you might be a little chilly given the theme). Just make a restroom stop BEFORE you put on your snowsuit.

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From the mouths of babes:

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Biggest ski jump...in the world.

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Bolero with Torville and Dean:

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If you followed Olympic figure skating, you know Dick Button. He passed away on January 30 at 95 years old. Press release from US Figure Skating.

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Shovel racing needs a better marketing campaign than "Break every bone in your body," but maybe it is true:

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This is a Hobby Thread where we like building and making things, right? Has anyone made their own snow?

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Terminology question: this past weekend, I heard two people from North Carolina reference a tasseled stocking hat as a toboggan. Say what? Apparently in Appalachia, a knitted cap used when people would go tobogganing was called a toboggan hat. Somewhere along the line, the term was shortened to just call it a toboggan. TRex only knows a toboggan as the long narrow wooden sled rather than as an article of clothing. What say you, Horde?

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How to build a toboggan. At some point, TRex will learn how to bend wood. Has anyone mastered the art of bending wood (whether to make a toboggan or not)?

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I could not resist including this:

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Ice sculpture carving:

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Suppose this could go in the Hobby Thread or the Gun Thread, but we will keep it here given the ammunition and targets involved:

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From the (phantom) Hobby Thread emailbox: "TRex, I like meat and beer. I also like model railroads. Are there any restaurants that serve burgers and beer via model railroad? Are there any in Prague?"

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Did you miss the Hobby Thread last week with a theme of handmade jewelry? The comments may be closed, but you can re-live the content.

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Words of wisdom:

"Because despite all our troubles, when things are grim out in that wide round world of ours, that's when it's really important to have a good hobby." Posted by: tankascribe at June 22, 2024 07:41 PM (HWxAD).

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If you have trouble finding something in the content or comments that resonates with you, hijack the thread for your hobbying as you see fit. We will feature a different theme next time. Send thoughts, suggestions and photos of your hobbying to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com. Do mighty things.

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1 Nooded.

Posted by: tankdemon at February 01, 2025 05:31 PM (jfvTO)

2 Last week we had eight inches of snow. The first snow that has fallen at my house since I moved here in 1989.

Winter sports are not something I am familiar with.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 01, 2025 05:32 PM (OfsDL)

3 Somewhere along the line, the term was shortened to just call it a toboggan.

Alabama shortens it even further to just Boggan.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 01, 2025 05:34 PM (OfsDL)

4 If it weren't tankdemon, I would think I was alone.

Like the last living cell in a dead body.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 01, 2025 05:35 PM (OfsDL)

5 All you need is a way to generate steam and a frame to bend around. Wood is very pliable when steamed

Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 01, 2025 05:35 PM (EV2jz)

6 Eh, the posting times are a little loose on the HT, Grump.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 01, 2025 05:36 PM (0eaVi)

7 In one of the rare Texas snows we pulled the removable muck wheelbarrow liners and used them for sleds. Much fun and mulled wine afterwards.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 01, 2025 05:36 PM (mB6WH)

8 Don't do winter sports much because there's not much to do in the sand.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 01, 2025 05:37 PM (0eaVi)

9 That mixed up little girl is adorable.

Posted by: tankdemon at February 01, 2025 05:37 PM (jfvTO)

10 6 Eh, the posting times are a little loose on the HT, Grump.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 01, 2025 05:36 PM
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Beg your pardon?

Posted by: TRex at February 01, 2025 05:38 PM (IQ6Gq)

11 You got good form despite your short arms, TRex.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 01, 2025 05:38 PM (OfsDL)

12 Notsothoreau, A piece of pvc pipe and a hat steamer works to make a great chamber to steam wood. I have done it a bunch

Posted by: Ben Had at February 01, 2025 05:39 PM (mB6WH)

13 Winter sport.... snowball fights

Posted by: Ben Had at February 01, 2025 05:41 PM (mB6WH)

14 I've actually been to the top of that ski jump at Lake Placid.
I could clearly see that the people who went down that thing and jumped had way bigger balls than I do.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at February 01, 2025 05:41 PM (Lo97M)

15 I just want to understand exactly how 2-person luge became a thing.

Posted by: Captain Ned at February 01, 2025 05:44 PM (nADdg)

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Tee Rex, do you or any of you Other People do 3D-Printers? I do not, but would like to learn about them.

Maybe some week we can do a 3D Printer thread and others can share tips, tricks, experiences, and advice on what to buy or avoid.

Posted by: Soothsayer likes gladiators at February 01, 2025 05:46 PM (lxWss)

17 Captain Ned, it's a Scandi thing.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 01, 2025 05:46 PM (mB6WH)

18 8 Don't do winter sports much because there's not much to do in the sand.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 01, 2025 05:37 PM (0eaVi)

They sell sleds at the gift shop at White Sands National Monument so you can sleds down the dunes. Lots of fun and no risk of frostbite, though you will get sand down your shorts when you wipe out.

Posted by: tankdemon at February 01, 2025 05:46 PM (jfvTO)

19 You do it! No, you do it! Ok, we'll both go.

Posted by: From about That Time at February 01, 2025 05:47 PM (4780s)

20 Beg your pardon?
Posted by: TRex at February 01, 2025 05:38 PM (IQ6Gq)

When others post, the times aren't always exact. I've come on a 2:15 and one's up, and other times at 2:40 there isn't.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 01, 2025 05:48 PM (0eaVi)

21 9 That mixed up little girl is adorable.
Posted by: tankdemon at February 01, 2025 05:37 PM (jfvTO)

Mic, not mix. The copy editor is being lashed with undercooked fettuccine for his betrayal of the srylebook.

Posted by: tankdemon at February 01, 2025 05:49 PM (jfvTO)

22 Nice thread, TRex. Winter sports always look fun, but I never lived anywhere that was cold or snowy enough to participate.

Growing up in upstate South Carolina, we also used the word toboggan for a winter hat, and I still use the term.

Posted by: Scarymary at February 01, 2025 05:50 PM (ytIDq)

23 16 Tee Rex, do you or any of you Other People do 3D-Printers? I do not, but would like to learn about them.

Posted by: Soothsayer likes gladiators at February 01, 2025 05:46 PM
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You are in the right place. We did a 3D printing theme in November: https://tinyurl.com/3k88unsn

Many among the Horde are wise in the ways of 3D printers, so ask anything you would like in the comments. Odds are good someone will have thoughts.

Posted by: TRex at February 01, 2025 05:50 PM (IQ6Gq)

24 Winter is my favorite time of year because of all the things I like to do outside. We are skiiers, both downhill and cross country, but mu personal favorite is snowshoeing. Our mid-Atlantic winters are generally too mild nowadays but whenever I return to Ohio I generally can get some day hiking with snowshoes and I relish those days.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 01, 2025 05:51 PM (yLpxX)

25 In truth it was really skiing that killed off the dinosaurs.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 01, 2025 05:51 PM (hY4dx)

26 Have such nice memories of my dad teaching me to skate and the great time going sledding with our son. Fortunately he got to enjoy one of the really nice hills before the township closed it off to sledding.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 01, 2025 05:51 PM (hDBOA)

27 I just want to understand exactly how 2-person luge became a thing.
Posted by: Captain Ned

Well, when a luger and a lugist are very cold and don't hate each other that thoroughly...

Posted by: FeatherBlade at February 01, 2025 05:52 PM (B4OJl)

28 We ski out here. We put our little ones on skis around 18 mos to 2 years old. By 4th grade, They go to ski school and take the bus with their friends after school on Fridays.

I skied on the 4th of July up at Mt Rainier when I was pregnant with Marine.

It's a thing.

Now? Cross country is just fine. My downhill days are past.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 01, 2025 05:52 PM (mT+6a)

29 There's also snow camping and snow shoeing and sled dog racing.

So much fun to be had in the snow!

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 01, 2025 05:53 PM (mT+6a)

30 In truth it was really skiing that killed off the dinosaurs.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 01, 2025 05:51 PM (hY4dx)

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I thought it was cigarettes...

Posted by: Life of Wryly at February 01, 2025 05:54 PM (1FWWQ)

31 We used to sled on our local "Dead Man's Hill" in Riverside Drive on ash can lids. Only one person could go down at a time because the others had to line up and make sure you didn't end up on the West Side Highway. Who says city kids can't have fun!

Posted by: IrishEi at February 01, 2025 05:58 PM (3ImbR)

32 I love the dinosaur everywhere I see him. Took a boosted ride once at the olympics village in Innsbruck. Thought it would be fast and exciting. Nope. Boring

Posted by: JM in Illinois at February 01, 2025 05:58 PM (5TAdl)

33 Afternoon, hobby folken,

When I lived in Denver I had snow every month or so, and it was readily available for the cooler months in the nearby mountains. But I never went to take skiing lessons, even cross-country skiing. Going downhill at such speeds makes me nervous. Plus the highway, I-70, to the "high country" and the ski places was always jammed on weekends.

Our Snow Surprise on Jan. 21 provided a rare chance to go plodding about in the white crunchy stuff, but I don't have boots with traction -- just running shoes, and they got damp pretty fast in the snow.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2025 05:59 PM (omVj0)

34 I've been to the Sarajevo Olympics site. Really creepy, since it's surrounded by landmines and is effectively a ruin

Posted by: In Exile at February 01, 2025 06:00 PM (kzzyk)

35 People do 3D-Printers? I do not, but would like to learn about them.

NSA Bob: red flag this guy for making gubs.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle for festive little hats at February 01, 2025 06:00 PM (utRVu)

36 Pretty sure I have been in a pub that had a model railroad running around inside. As a child I had a British book about model trains, and it made mention of an Indian Maharajah who had a solid Sterling silver model train set to bring food to his table.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 01, 2025 06:00 PM (8zz6B)

37 - Yea! I got here fairly early in thread.

Been wanting to ask if any coin collectors here 'bouts.
I'm not but run across some at auctions at times.
Could use a good go to site for current values and such.
Picked up a couple old ones awhile back. Checked a site after and it seems the Lord was looking after me.
The fools and drunks thing? 🤣

Posted by: TeeJ at February 01, 2025 06:00 PM (hht4k)

38 Thank God my parents never mic'd me up at 3 years old. I had a much older brother who thought it his duty to make sure his little bro had an adequate vocabulary....and a colorful one at that.

Posted by: Orson at February 01, 2025 06:01 PM (dIske)

39 Aside from sledding down some fairly steep hills as a kid my involvement in actual winter sports was limited. There was only one rink on the island and that is where I learned that my head is (or was) marginally harder than the ice. On my one attempt I spent more time getting off my ass than on my skates. That's one reason I'm so amazed at figure skaters and what they can do. I remember watching that Torvill and Dean performance at the 84 Olympics. It was magical. Plus, I always loved Ravel's Bolero.

Posted by: JTB at February 01, 2025 06:01 PM (yTvNw)

40 Welcome Hobbiests
My grandfather when wascyoung, though not sure when, a kid or young man lost a couple bits of his fingers in a toboggan accident, always heard they got caught under the board.

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2025 06:01 PM (fwDg9)

41 Still, I wouldn't mind learning to cross-country ski. Sounds like quite the workout.

JTB, if you're here: This morning I smoked some Mac Baren Mixture Scottish, which I've had before and enjoyed (I got a faint whiff of a mild whiskey highball after I finished), and this afternoon Amphora Original Blend, which is new to me. A mild but interesting aroma for that one too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2025 06:02 PM (omVj0)

42 3-d printing is tons of fun. Cheap hobby to enter

Posted by: In Exile at February 01, 2025 06:02 PM (kzzyk)

43 Winter is too cold for outside time

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at February 01, 2025 06:03 PM (Wx316)

44 Ice fishing, now there is a winter hobby!

Posted by: Ben Had at February 01, 2025 06:03 PM (mB6WH)

45 43 Winter is too cold for outside time

Fax

Posted by: In Exile at February 01, 2025 06:03 PM (kzzyk)

46 The only thing I really liked to do in the snow was ride a snowmobile.

Posted by: Ronster at February 01, 2025 06:05 PM (YRUoc)

47 During the Snow Surprise, too, local tV stations had video of kids using the lids of big camping coolers as sleds.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2025 06:05 PM (omVj0)

48 I was loaded on a toboggan as a little kid with several cousins and then sent hurtling down Mount-Royal.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 01, 2025 06:06 PM (RIvkX)

49 37 Been wanting to ask if any coin collectors here 'bouts.
I'm not but run across some at auctions at times.
Could use a good go to site for current values and such.

Posted by: TeeJ at February 01, 2025 06:00 PM (hht4k)
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We did a coin collecting theme in Nov 2024. There are a few links in the content and comments. Hope they're helpful. Good luck!
https://tinyurl.com/bdb6bbar

Posted by: TRex at February 01, 2025 06:06 PM (IQ6Gq)

50 I've watched videos of Mongolians bending the roof poles for yurts. It's not complicated.

And I'm not a coin collector but I got some from my uncle's collection. I haven't looked at them but seem to be dimes and nickels.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 01, 2025 06:07 PM (EV2jz)

51 I got to ice skate many times in Wollman Rink in Central Park because we could walk there, and it was really cheap to skate there for hours--unlike Rockefeller Center Rink where all the rich people went.

I was ecstatic when Trump rebuilt the rink in the '80s because we had so many great memories of the place. About 10 years ago my kids got me a print of Kincaid's "Skating in the Park" and it's my favorite piece. I know, I know "painter of light!"--but I love it!

Posted by: IrishEi at February 01, 2025 06:08 PM (3ImbR)

52 I lurrrrve Winter Sports so much, I bought a house in Arizona to escape to in Winter. So my "sport" today is priming the ceiling in the front room with a roller on a long handle. Almost done. Then it is ceiling texture time.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 01, 2025 06:08 PM (8zz6B)

53 SanFranpsycho, and then what happened?

Posted by: Ben Had at February 01, 2025 06:08 PM (mB6WH)

54 Don't know if last snow in town if they closed off a big hill street for sledding or not. When I was a kid 2 streets were closed off, 1 on each end of the town.

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2025 06:08 PM (fwDg9)

55 Astrophotography

Anyone?

Posted by: pawn at February 01, 2025 06:08 PM (WGxsy)

56 I skied plenty in my younger days and some later with my kids. It's all out of my system now. I don't like being cold, and I'm afraid I might get too enthusiastic and break something. So far I've been lucky and have not had to replace any parts.

Posted by: fd at February 01, 2025 06:10 PM (vFG9F)

57 - Thanks TRex!
Will do!
Can't remember exactly what those two were. One was 1888 and the other 1929. Also got 10, 64 JFK half dollars for 9 and change each.
Take care all!

Posted by: TeeJ at February 01, 2025 06:12 PM (hht4k)

58 Skiing and hockey. Lots of both.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 01, 2025 06:15 PM (LkLld)

59 Grew up in an area with way too much snow for far too many months, so did the skiing, sledding, snow shoeing, building snow forts for epic snow ball fights (I was the queen of the street at this!), etc....but I never enjoyed them. I survived the winter and eventually moved to warmer climates. As a single, I vacationed with the other singles who went to the islands in the Gulf of America, not with those who favored winter sports. But I do enjoy watching others do it on the telly!

Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at February 01, 2025 06:15 PM (IQ6Gq)

60 Frozen creeks were great until you found that one thin spot.

Posted by: SFGoth at February 01, 2025 06:16 PM (KAi1n)

61 Back in the day, it was hockey and downhill skiing for me.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at February 01, 2025 06:17 PM (mH6SG)

62 "Has anyone mastered the art of bending wood"

Uhh, huh huh. He said wood.

Posted by: Butthead at February 01, 2025 06:17 PM (Ez4HR)

63 I say now, I won't be happy until May

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2025 06:17 PM (fwDg9)

64 SanFranpsycho, and then what happened?
Posted by: Ben Had

The murders began, duh.

Posted by: SFGoth at February 01, 2025 06:19 PM (KAi1n)

65 Did y'all enjoy the mystery click up top?

Posted by: TRex at February 01, 2025 06:22 PM (IQ6Gq)

66 The agony of de feet.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 01, 2025 06:22 PM (63Dwl)

67 Right now my hobby is Buffalo Trace.
And I'm getting really good at it.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 01, 2025 06:22 PM (W/lyH)

68 I recall as a yute waiting with great anticipation for the nearby lake to freeze so that we could play.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at February 01, 2025 06:22 PM (mH6SG)

69 41 ... "This morning I smoked some Mac Baren Mixture Scottish, which I've had before and enjoyed (I got a faint whiff of a mild whiskey highball after I finished), and this afternoon Amphora Original Blend, which is new to me. A mild but interesting aroma for that one too."

Hi Wolfus,
I've enjoyed Scottish Blend for decades, with and without the booze, and usually get it in bulk. Always liked Amphora as well and missed it when it was discontinued in the USA. The Mac Baren version was very close to the original. I've found that both blends do better with a slow smoke, they can give some tongue bite if puffed too quickly.

Enjoy them while you can. Those SOBs that bought out Sutliff and Mac Baren are probably going to discontinue both.

Posted by: JTB at February 01, 2025 06:25 PM (yTvNw)

70 There was and maybe still is a sushi place in Old Town Pasadena that had a moat the small plates would circle on and you could pick out what looked good. Afloat Sushi.

Posted by: InZona at February 01, 2025 06:26 PM (qz1Fg)

71 Torville and Dean, while good for their time, would be blown out of the water these days by even Junior ice dancers. Compare their technical difficulty to that of a Free Dance by Chock and Bates, the current world champions. Night and day difference.

The big change came about after the Pairs controversy from the Vancouver Olympics. ISU finally got rid of the ordinal based 6.0 system, where many disciplines did not even have a rational set of criteria as to what was good and what was not. Pairs, Synchro, and Ice Dancing were particularly bad for this. My wife was a low level judge who trialed at Pairs and she could never get a straight answer as to which lifts were hard and by how much. The French judging scandal finally put the nail in the 6.0 coffin. The ISU finally was forced to codify how difficult various elements were and the element based judging system (IJS) has put in a tremendous incentive to boost the difficulty levels of all aspects of figure skating. There's still "Kansas City Chiefs" style biased judging, but now it leaves fingerprints and repercussions can follow.

Posted by: MichiCanuck at February 01, 2025 06:26 PM (r4F4k)

72 There's a restaurant a few miles from me that delivered to tables with a train. Don't know if they still do it.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 01, 2025 06:27 PM (63Dwl)

73 Re: Torvill and Dean's Bolero. In 1984 it was revolutionary for ice dancing, even somewhat controversial. Ten years later, ice dancing had changed so much in terms of what skaters were permitted to do that when they performed it at the Olympics in 1994 it looked like a relic from a bygone era.

Posted by: Vendette at February 01, 2025 06:29 PM (ZwWhn)

74 Hi Wolfus,
I've enjoyed Scottish Blend for decades, with and without the booze, and usually get it in bulk. Always liked Amphora as well and missed it when it was discontinued in the USA. The Mac Baren version was very close to the original. I've found that both blends do better with a slow smoke, they can give some tongue bite if puffed too quickly.

Enjoy them while you can. Those SOBs that bought out Sutliff and Mac Baren are probably going to discontinue both.
Posted by: JTB at February 01, 2025

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Maybe I'll buy more of each. Though I already have quite the cellar, albeit nearly all in plastic bags or the original tins. The Amphora bids fair (except for the price!) to be a standard for me like Sir Walter Raleigh.

True, we will probably lose a lot of old favorites. But new blenders will step up with new combos, and we'll come to like those.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2025 06:29 PM (omVj0)

75 Living in Colorado's Front Range, I've been fortunate to be downhill skiing for a long time. Putting aside the fun of skiing, the views when you above the tree line on a clear sunny day are worth the price of a lift ticket.

Also am a hockey player and had a chunk of years where when we went to the mountains during winter, it was with hockey sticks in our ski rack to go play on the rink they'd put on the lake up at Keystone. There is something about playing hockey outside that makes more fun and more exhausting. They used to charge $5/day for a pass. Absolute best deal around to get six hours of drop-in for five bucks.

As Wolfus says - if you're here try really hard to avoid coming home from the mountains via I-70 on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon. Or pack a lunch... and dinner.

Posted by: Fritz (not Fritz) at February 01, 2025 06:29 PM (UHLZS)

76 "... the art of bending wood ..."?

I have mastered it. All I have to do is buy it and put it in my garage. Even 4"x4" posts warp and crack.

Posted by: setnaffa at February 01, 2025 06:30 PM (dKSNq)

77 I've never skated on a frozen lake. I bet it's awesome.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 01, 2025 06:30 PM (mT+6a)

78 >67 Right now my hobby is Buffalo Trace.
And I'm getting really good at it.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 01, 2025 06:22 PM (W/lyH)

Cannot find any Buffalo Trace in PA. I have a bit of Eagle Rare that I am doling out judiciously. An Elmer T Lee which I only sampled. A wee dram of George T Stagg left...which is my favorite bourbon hands down. And about a third of a bottle of Pappy's 20 year which is highly overrated. My go to is Weller green label which I have been able to find. Great distillery!

Posted by: Heavy Meta at February 01, 2025 06:30 PM (GTqXr)

79 I've never skated on a frozen lake. I bet it's awesome.

It really is.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at February 01, 2025 06:32 PM (mH6SG)

80 Not exactly a sport for winter. I threw shot put in high school and we trained outdoors. Nothing like picking up a 16 pound ball of iron from a few inches of snow in 10 degree weather and putting it by your jaw. A beard would have helped but we were too young and it wasn't allowed in the dress code. (Couldn't wear jeans to school either. I'm surprised we survived such horrible restrictions.)

Posted by: JTB at February 01, 2025 06:33 PM (yTvNw)

81 Ben Had, how you doing? I sent you a text earlier about my hobby of smoking meat.

Long time down hill skier until kids, job etc. got in the way. Might be fun to reengage but in the interceding twenty years the ground got harder. Fact.

Posted by: Pete Bog at February 01, 2025 06:33 PM (kq/Qu)

82 Right now my hobby is Buffalo Trace.
And I'm getting really good at it.
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Fucking Hero!

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 01, 2025 06:34 PM (Q4IgG)

83 Torville and Dean's choreography was unbelievable. I loved to watch them.
The Pasadena sushi place is closed, has been for about 5 years.

Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at February 01, 2025 06:36 PM (IQ6Gq)

84 As Wolfus says - if you're here try really hard to avoid coming home from the mountains via I-70 on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon. Or pack a lunch... and dinner.
Posted by: Fritz (not Fritz) at February 01, 2025

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On the day after Thanksgiving, 1998, I drove my then- current Mercedes, a Euro-model 280CE gas-engine coupe, up I-70 to the pass where U.S. 6, the old highway, crossed the mountains. The view was indeed spectacular.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2025 06:36 PM (omVj0)

85 74 ... "True, we will probably lose a lot of old favorites. But new blenders will step up with new combos, and we'll come to like those."

That's what I'm hoping. I would love to have some American company take over the HH blends. If things get too restricted, there is always Granger or Carter Hall. For my taste they are the best of the burley codger blends.

I think an order with Boswells is in the near future. His Northwoods blend, a mid-strength English, is supposed to be excellent.

Posted by: JTB at February 01, 2025 06:40 PM (yTvNw)

86 Somehow getting Buffalo into a draft team can't be a easy task

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2025 06:43 PM (fwDg9)

87
Lake Placid? Hop in, the water's fine!

Posted by: Betty White at February 01, 2025 06:43 PM (XeU6L)

88 Winter sports!

(Puffs cigar in 70 degree California sunshine)

I got nothin...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 01, 2025 06:44 PM (bA75n)

89 Long time down hill skier until kids, job etc. got in the way. Might be fun to reengage but in the interceding twenty years the ground got harder. Fact.
Posted by: Pete Bog at February 01, 2025 06:33 PM (kq/Qu)

And my reaction time seems to have slowed significantly

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 01, 2025 06:45 PM (mT+6a)

90 Right now my hobby is Buffalo Trace.
And I'm getting really good at it.
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Fucking Hero!
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 01, 2025 06:34 PM (Q4IgG)
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Funny you should mention that, but I am a natural helper so I'm helping

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 01, 2025 06:46 PM (ty63H)

91 Even though I grew up only 90 miles from Boston, Bruins hockey was never a big deal for us. The Red Sox, Celtics, Patriots, yes, but not hockey. Always seemed a strange omission.

Posted by: JTB at February 01, 2025 06:47 PM (yTvNw)

92 Right now my hobby is Buffalo Trace.
And I'm getting really good at it.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 01, 2025 06:22 PM

You, sir, are a great American.

*raises glass*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 01, 2025 06:48 PM (Wnv9h)

93 A man's got to know his limits.

Posted by: fd at February 01, 2025 06:48 PM (vFG9F)

94 I had a friend whose dad had a steam box for steaming wood to bend it. His dads hobby was building wooden canoes and small boats. I remember him once telling us he built houses to be able to afford to build boats.
We used it several times to make death trap snow boards.
As far as snow sports go the one time I tried sitz skiing was a kick in the pants. Sitz skiing is for handicapped people. Full suspension wheel chairs on skis. Your poles are skis too.
Word to the wise. A flathead shovel to the nuts while sliding down a hill is something to avoid.

Current storm coming through is probably wrecking the ski year for Tahoe right now. It's 70° here on the Eastern side of the mountains that contain it. It's traditionally 10° cooler up there so I'd bet it's all just rain.

Posted by: Reforger at February 01, 2025 06:49 PM (xcIvR)

95 Trump must be doing Trumpy things tonight because my news feed is blowing up with paniky headlines. These floks need to learn to enjoy Saturday nights.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 01, 2025 06:50 PM (ty63H)

96
Nice view of Venus close to the thin crescent moon right after sunset. Saturn, getting dimmer is lower.

Mars and Jupiter are up as well, and right after sunset, and civil twilight, you'll get a nice arc of the planets across the ecliptic from east to west.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 01, 2025 06:51 PM (w6EFb)

97 I guess I could have just checked the DOT cams like it just occured to me to do.
Yep. It's all rain.

Posted by: Reforger at February 01, 2025 06:51 PM (xcIvR)

98 Woot! Ceiling has a coat of primer (well, el-cheapo flat wall paint) on its entire surface. Passed the roller over some roll-on texture I did a few days ago that had yellowed from the yellow of the sun-struck drywall bleeding through. If it bleeds through again, i will spray it with some Kilz.

I am going to buy an el-cheapo hopper gun from Hazard Fraught, and some sprayable texture mix from Lowes. Cheaper overall than rolling the stuff on.

I guess this counts as a hobby. If I were doing it for pay, my belly button would be bouncing off my backbone.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 01, 2025 06:51 PM (8zz6B)

99 A man's got to know his limits.
Posted by: fd at February 01, 2025 06:48 PM (vFG9F)
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But exploring limits can make for an interesting evening

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 01, 2025 06:52 PM (ty63H)

100 There’s a winter sport in the mountains that is coming to town next week. skijoring!

https://tinyurl.com/2rxd24se

A horse rider tows a skier through a slalom course for time and obstacles. The video is a Birds Eye view. Maybe this could become a winter MoMe activity.

Posted by: Pete Bog at February 01, 2025 06:52 PM (kq/Qu)

101 I went to college in Vermont, so did a thing at Lake Placid once. Pretty cool. Back before the Olympics were a huge grift

Posted by: In Exile at February 01, 2025 06:53 PM (kzzyk)

102 My brother abandoned downhill thirty years ago for telemarking and I just want to say he is a shitload stronger than I am. But he's slowly catching up.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 01, 2025 06:54 PM (ty63H)

103 A horse rider tows a skier through a slalom course for time and obstacles. The video is a Birds Eye view. Maybe this could become a winter MoMe activity.
Posted by: Pete Bog

You go first.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 01, 2025 06:57 PM (mT+6a)

104 My Brother snow skied but after he chucked me off a pier to teach me to swim I wasn't about to ask him about skiing.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 01, 2025 06:58 PM (mB6WH)

105 104 My Brother snow skied but after he chucked me off a pier to teach me to swim I wasn't about to ask him about skiing.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 01, 2025 06:58 PM
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I hesitate to ask how you learned about horses.

Posted by: TRex at February 01, 2025 07:01 PM (IQ6Gq)

106 The Navy used A-10's, everyone's favorite helper, to take out sone ISIS bad guys in Somalia. Have A-10's used aircraft carriers before? Probably, but it seemed unusual to me.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 01, 2025 07:02 PM (YJCBM)

107 Not a winter sport, at least not for me, but I've been thinking about the perch run in the Potomac River in a few months. Fun to try for with a light weight fly rod and I've read that Wooly Buggers are effective and even I can tie those. There's a park fairly close with a pier that goes out on the river to fish from. No wading needed.

Posted by: JTB at February 01, 2025 07:02 PM (yTvNw)

108 Proposition:
Canadian Curling rinks have nicer bars than U.S. bowling alleys.

Yea or nay?

Posted by: buddhaha at February 01, 2025 07:02 PM (EVyYf)

109 My Brother snow skied but after he chucked me off a pier to teach me to swim I wasn't about to ask him about skiing.
Posted by: Ben Had at February 01, 2025 06:58 PM (mB6WH)
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My poor wife had her first ski lesson from me. Similar.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 01, 2025 07:03 PM (YJCBM)

110 Ah Ben Had, your brother and my friends had the same approach...that's how I learned to ice skate - one moron pulling me by my scarf, the other pushing me from behind, only for both to "step" aside when they thought I was going fast enough....this was on a lake that thankfully was completely frozen....

Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at February 01, 2025 07:04 PM (IQ6Gq)

111 A knitted cap worn in the winter is obviously called a tocque.

Posted by: MichiCanuck at February 01, 2025 07:04 PM (r4F4k)

112 104 My Brother snow skied but after he chucked me off a pier to teach me to swim I wasn't about to ask him about skiing.
Posted by: Ben Had at February 01, 2025 06:58 PM (mB6WH)

I can tell you that MANY people will do the equivalent on snow and take someone up to the top of the highest lift.
I've evacuated hundreds on my snowmobile when I was a lift mechanic.
I would make sure to scare the hell out of them too.
"Just hold on. This is kind of a hairball run. You probably would be safer just doing a wedge all the way down."

Posted by: Reforger at February 01, 2025 07:06 PM (xcIvR)

113 A man's got to know his limits.
Posted by: fd at February 01, 2025 06:48 PM (vFG9F)
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But exploring limits can make for an interesting evening
Posted by: Huck Follywood
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Yeah, people watching at the Emergency Room on Friday nights can be... interesting. Especially when some of the interactions involve the cops

Posted by: buddhaha at February 01, 2025 07:08 PM (EVyYf)

114 Northern VA boy here. Yeah, "toboggan" is a name for a knit hat with a poof ball on top.

Posted by: Semper Why at February 01, 2025 07:09 PM (nKug+)

115 TRex, I did that on my own. He did give me one of the greatest pieces of advice I ever got being" maybe the horse doesn't want to do that". Everytime I have ever had to tell a customer that their horse wasn't suited for that his advice comes back to me.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 01, 2025 07:09 PM (mB6WH)

116 https://youtu.be/_0VrDnlPhTI?si=PkyhTs_OuTjl0nK3

I did enjoy watching Olympic downhill skiing and this is still the best run I ever witnessed. Great call too by the announcer, too

Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 01, 2025 07:09 PM (bA75n)

117 We lived in Lake Placid '01 thru '14, and have been up at the top of that ski jump a few times.

I skiied all winter every winter, and we got ski mountain guest passes for volunteering to work at winter sports events. We've done landing spotting at the jumps, drug test escorting at the jumps, slipping the steeps on the ski mountain for downhill events, badge-checking at the bob run up at the starter hut and at the finish line, and seating at ice synchro team events at the arena, and for figure skating events.

Up at the starter house at Van Ho for bobsled, I'd get a chance to chat with sled team guys and gals and skeleton racers from all over the world. I learned to say "How you doin" in about ten languages, and can only remember it for Russian and Polish.

Posted by: Mr Gaga at February 01, 2025 07:10 PM (KiBMU)

118 106 The Navy used A-10's, everyone's favorite helper, to take out sone ISIS bad guys in Somalia. Have A-10's used aircraft carriers before? Probably, but it seemed unusual to me.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 01, 2025 07:02 PM
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Very skeptical that A-10s were used, especially off aircraft carriers. DoD is saying F-18s from USS Harry Truman were used.
https://tinyurl.com/yjx5bkaj

Posted by: TRex at February 01, 2025 07:11 PM (IQ6Gq)

119 I restacked the woodshed today, that is not necessarily a winter sport, but I seem to do it a lot.
I had to make room for fresh wood that I was splitting, and I figured getting it under cover was better than letting it soak in the rain for the rest of the winter.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 01, 2025 07:11 PM (D7oie)

120 I wanna see skiing T-Rex's dueling it out with snowball machine guns while flying off the ski jump.

OK, maybe the ski jump is a bit much.

Posted by: Ian Phlegming at February 01, 2025 07:12 PM (MB784)

121 Fondly recall skating on the waterways in the Dutch countryside. Still have my skates but can’t find them. I would totally go to the rink downtown!

Not too fond of watching any kind of winter sport except skijoring - it looks like such fun!

Posted by: SnailRacer at February 01, 2025 07:12 PM (Dpoak)

122 Cannot find any Buffalo Trace in PA. I have a bit of Eagle Rare that I am doling out judiciously. An Elmer T Lee which I only sampled. A wee dram of George T Stagg left...which is my favorite bourbon hands down. And about a third of a bottle of Pappy's 20 year which is highly overrated. My go to is Weller green label which I have been able to find. Great distillery!
Posted by: Heavy Meta at February 01, 2025 06:30 PM (GTqXr)

I am jealous. I'm not even familiar with a couple of those names and I helped out in a liquor store one Xmas season. I feel uneducated.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 01, 2025 07:14 PM (W/lyH)

123 119 I restacked the woodshed today, that is not necessarily a winter sport, but I seem to do it a lot.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 01, 2025 07:11 PM
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That counts as a winter activity, but needs a stopwatch or judge on quality of the stack to make it a sport.

Posted by: TRex at February 01, 2025 07:14 PM (IQ6Gq)

124 SnailRacer, October can't come soon enough to see you again

Posted by: Ben Had at February 01, 2025 07:14 PM (mB6WH)

125 118 106 The Navy used A-10's, everyone's favorite helper, to take out sone ISIS bad guys in Somalia. Have A-10's used aircraft carriers before? Probably, but it seemed unusual to me.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 01, 2025 07:02 PM
***
Very skeptical that A-10s were used, especially off aircraft carriers. DoD is saying F-18s from USS Harry Truman were used.
https://tinyurl.com/yjx5bkaj
Posted by: TRex
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Is it this?

@realDonaldTrump 2h

This morning I ordered precision Military air strikes on the Senior ISIS Attack Planner and other terrorists he recruited and led in Somalia. These killers, who we found hiding in caves, threatened the United States and our Allies. The strikes destroyed the caves they live in, and killed many terrorists without, in any way, harming civilians. Our Military has targeted this ISIS Attack Planner for years, but Biden and his cronies wouldn’t act quickly enough to get the job done. I did!

The message to ISIS and all others who would attack Americans is that “WE WILL FIND YOU, AND WE WILL KILL YOU!” _Feb 1, 2025 · 5:20 PM UTC

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 01, 2025 07:15 PM (94zWv)

126 123 119 I restacked the woodshed today, that is not necessarily a winter sport, but I seem to do it a lot.

Posted by: Kindltot
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Stacked wood and sssssnakes seem to go together.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 01, 2025 07:16 PM (94zWv)

127 Top picture. Don't people know there's an alligator big enough to swallow a cow in Lake Placid?

Posted by: Eromero at February 01, 2025 07:16 PM (LHPAg)

128 >Very skeptical that A-10s were used, especially off aircraft carriers. DoD is saying F-18s from USS Harry Truman were used.
https://tinyurl.com/yjx5bkaj

Posted by: TRex at February 01, 2025 07:11 PM (IQ6Gq)

A few years ago sitting on a beach overlooking the Delaware Bay, two A-10s came screaming overhead maybe 500 feet off the deck. One did a slow barrel roll. Would not want to be on the receiving end of brrrrrrrt.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at February 01, 2025 07:16 PM (GTqXr)

129 I think the problem with shovel racing is that the primary means of decelerating involves ramming a shovel handle into, maybe through one's nuts. That is very suboptimal. To be frank, I don't think any means of transportation should involve my nuts.

Posted by: banana Dream at February 01, 2025 07:17 PM (Y6IkP)

130 120 I wanna see skiing T-Rex's dueling it out with snowball machine guns while flying off the ski jump.

Posted by: Ian Phlegming at February 01, 2025 07:12 PM
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I put this into Grok (AI) and asked it to create pictures of the scene. The results are fantastic.

Posted by: TRex at February 01, 2025 07:17 PM (IQ6Gq)

131 This is a winter camping trip in the Upper Pennisula. It's a couple I follow on You Tube.

https://tinyurl.com/u5sx5ay2

And another I follow, rebuilt homesteader's cabin in Montana.

https://tinyurl.com/5dfwbbdx

Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 01, 2025 07:17 PM (EV2jz)

132 130

YES!!!

Posted by: Ian Phlegming at February 01, 2025 07:19 PM (MB784)

133 The knit caps we wore as kids were called either 'knit caps' (guess we were unimaginative Rhode Islanders) or watch caps because of the navy connection.

Posted by: JTB at February 01, 2025 07:19 PM (yTvNw)

134 That Somalia raid has probably been on the Navy’s to-do list for a long time, and I’ll Biden wouldn’t let them do it . There have been a lot of small signs that the military has been pissed off at the engagement restrictions that were placed on them for some time. (Especially with the Houthi)
Somalia is kind of off the wall, which is why I think it’s old unfinished business.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 01, 2025 07:20 PM (Md44Z)

135 Luge, baby.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at February 01, 2025 07:20 PM (QfvaV)

136 Kindltot,

Have you read Norwegian Wood by Lars Mytting? It's about cutting and stacking firewood. I was honestly amazed that they stacked wood like that. There were some good stories too.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 01, 2025 07:21 PM (EV2jz)

137 124 SnailRacer, October can't come soon enough to see you again
Posted by: Ben Had at February 01, 2025 07:14 PM (mB6WH)

Ditto my friend! Will do some traveling in between but the yearly trip to the ranch is always the much anticipated one to cap our travel for the year.

Posted by: SnailRacer at February 01, 2025 07:21 PM (Dpoak)

138 Time to say thank you and good night before the next act takes the Ace of Spades thread. Thanks for being here and jumping in. Thanks to the lurkers for reading. The emailbox is always open. Back next week with a different theme. Stay warm, my friends.

Posted by: TRex at February 01, 2025 07:23 PM (IQ6Gq)

139 131 This is a winter camping trip in the Upper Pennisula. It's a couple I follow on You Tube.

https://tinyurl.com/u5sx5ay2
...
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Excellent photography. I got cold and hungry watching that.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 01, 2025 07:23 PM (94zWv)

140 Notsothorough - We’ll be in your and Sally’s neck of the woods in April - we’ll hopefully be doing some bidding at the Kansas Mennonite Relief Sale.

Posted by: SnailRacer at February 01, 2025 07:24 PM (Dpoak)

141 TRex, thank you. Your choices are such fun.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 01, 2025 07:24 PM (mB6WH)

142 141 TRex, thank you. Your choices are such fun.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 01, 2025 07:24 PM
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Thank you! {{clink}}

Posted by: TRex at February 01, 2025 07:25 PM (IQ6Gq)

143 TRex, thank you.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 01, 2025 07:25 PM (94zWv)

144 I never read anything about stacking wood, I just did it. The goal is that it won't fall down, but I got good at it since I have been doing it since I was about 8

Posted by: Kindltot at February 01, 2025 07:26 PM (D7oie)

145 >I am jealous. I'm not even familiar with a couple of those names and I helped out in a liquor store one Xmas season. I feel uneducated.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 01, 2025 07:14 PM (W/lyH)

There is a lot to learn. Mrs. Meta thinks I have a problem. Not drinking, just collecting rando bottles I likely won't open. I enjoy Buffalo Trace as a distiller and the many types of whiskey they produce. I also have quite a few bottles of rye which is my whiskey of choice for cocktails. But I am a Scotch whisky man at heart. Perhaps Mrs. Meta is correct...I may have a problem!

Posted by: Heavy Meta at February 01, 2025 07:27 PM (GTqXr)

146 136 Kindltot,

Have you read Norwegian Wood by...

youtube.com/watch?v=B_RQv7OMJFI

> couldn't resist

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 01, 2025 07:28 PM (94zWv)

147 136 ... "Have you read Norwegian Wood by Lars Mytting? It's about cutting and stacking firewood. I was honestly amazed that they stacked wood like that. There were some good stories too."

I have that book and while my wood chopping and stacking days are over, the book is great. Even if you are just interested in such skills, it is worth the read.

Posted by: JTB at February 01, 2025 07:28 PM (yTvNw)

148 I was on a ski bus once in Canada, and we drove by the high jumps. Suddenly the bus went silent. You have to see those babies up close--terrifying.

Posted by: PJ at February 01, 2025 07:28 PM (RRCAT)

149 Stacked wood and sssssnakes seem to go together.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 01, 2025 07:16 PM (94zWv)

Around here this time of year a snake in the woodpile would just be frozen stick

Posted by: Pete Bog at February 01, 2025 07:30 PM (kq/Qu)

150 Come to the TXMOME in October and meet TRex and Grateful. You will forever be enriched.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 01, 2025 07:31 PM (mB6WH)

151 A knitted cap worn in the winter is obviously called a tocque.
Posted by: MichiCanuck at February 01, 2025 07:04 PM (r4F4k)

I don't know that we had a specific name for it in Ohio. it was just a winter hat. Maybe stocking cap.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 01, 2025 07:31 PM (asFox)

152 >>>Somalia is kind of off the wall, which is why I think it’s old unfinished business.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 01, 2025 07:20 PM (Md44Z)
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The message to ISIS and all others who would attack Americans is that “WE WILL FIND YOU, AND WE WILL KILL YOU!”
--

It's so refreshing, isn't it?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 01, 2025 07:32 PM (94zWv)

153 Let me know when your plans firm up and we'll do a get together. That would be fun!

Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 01, 2025 07:33 PM (EV2jz)

154 PDT, we find you, we kill you and we go home. Best foreign policy ever.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 01, 2025 07:34 PM (mB6WH)

155 A aircraft to launch and recover from a aircraft carrier takes some extra equipment on it. Not sure a A-10 could use the launch, catapult, and needs a hook to catch the arresting cable.

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2025 07:35 PM (fwDg9)

156 Great DX over the past week, esp last weekend. I worked 40 countries.

Posted by: gp at February 01, 2025 07:36 PM (7D76Q)

157

Posted by: gp at February 01, 2025 07:36 PM (7D76Q)

158 Notso - will do!

Posted by: SnailRacer at February 01, 2025 07:37 PM (Dpoak)

159 150 Come to the TXMOME in October and meet TRex and Grateful. You will forever be enriched.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 01, 2025 07:31 PM
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You're very kind. Grateful would be happy to meet everyone, but even happier meeting without medical attention being involved.

I'm just happy to say hello to George and eat some bacon.

Posted by: TRex at February 01, 2025 07:37 PM (IQ6Gq)

160 158 Fixed? Sorry.

Posted by: gp at February 01, 2025 07:37 PM (7D76Q)

161 knitted cap worn in the winter is obviously called a tocque.
Posted by: MichiCanuck

A knitted cap worn in the summer is called hipster douchebaggery.

Posted by: Josephistan at February 01, 2025 07:38 PM (5CHgD)

162 145
Local Vons has Buffalo Trace for about $27. Might need to score a bottle to go with their churchills I recently picked up...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 01, 2025 07:38 PM (bA75n)

163 Ski jumps are scary as hell. Anyone willing to ski down one of those things and fly without a chute is nutso and has my great respect. I don't even like bridges.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 01, 2025 07:38 PM (/m2vu)

164 Thanks, TRex and grateful! I especially enjoyed the itty bitty ones, narrating their ski adventures. So cute.

Posted by: SnailRacer at February 01, 2025 07:39 PM (Dpoak)

165 Thanks, TRex and grateful! I especially enjoyed the itty bitty ones, narrating their ski adventures. So cute.

Posted by: SnailRacer at February 01, 2025 07:39 PM (Dpoak)

166 Joe Kidd, still hoping to share some Bibb and Tucker with you in October.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 01, 2025 07:40 PM (mB6WH)

167 I'm guessing that "we" have known and still know where many of the bad guys are, but "we" haven't had the authority to reduce them to room temperature. That has changed.

Posted by: TRex at February 01, 2025 07:40 PM (IQ6Gq)

168 Maybe the A-10's used in flight refueling?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 01, 2025 07:40 PM (/m2vu)

169
lol, I missed the 3D thread?

I must be getting senile.

Posted by: Soothsayer likes gladiators at February 01, 2025 07:41 PM (lxWss)

170 164 Thanks, TRex and grateful! I especially enjoyed the itty bitty ones, narrating their ski adventures. So cute.

Posted by: SnailRacer at February 01, 2025 07:39 PM
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Aren't those the best? "I'm a stuck-a-saurus!"
"Wheee wooo, wheee wooo!"

Posted by: TRex at February 01, 2025 07:42 PM (IQ6Gq)

171 I was born and raised in the Rocky Mountain West. I have never skied.

At first I was a Poor.

Then I was a "damn long way to drive surrounded by idiots" guy.

Now I am an Old.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Packing to leave CO at February 01, 2025 07:42 PM (Ad8y9)

172 A-10s do have air to air refueling capability

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2025 07:43 PM (fwDg9)

173 169
lol, I missed the 3D thread?

Posted by: Soothsayer likes gladiators at February 01, 2025 07:41 PM
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Maybe we'll do another one someday. All depends on the Wheel of Hobbies.

Posted by: TRex at February 01, 2025 07:44 PM (IQ6Gq)

174 Thanks much for the thread, Sir TRex.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at February 01, 2025 07:45 PM (mH6SG)

175 TRex, another thank-you for last week.Apprecited more than we will ever know.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 01, 2025 07:46 PM (mB6WH)

176 knitted ski cap? In our house it was known as "your hat" as in, where is your hat?????

Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at February 01, 2025 07:49 PM (IQ6Gq)

177 174 Thanks much for the thread, Sir TRex.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at February 01, 2025 07:45 PM
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You are welcome Sir Deal.

Now get outta here. Nood.

Posted by: TRex at February 01, 2025 07:50 PM (IQ6Gq)

178 2A-10s do have air to air refueling capability
Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2025 07:43 PM (fwDg9)
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What can't they do?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 01, 2025 08:16 PM (kygCJ)

179 Snow and ice? Grew up with them and shook them off many years ago by moving south.
Snowmen, snow forts, snow tunnels, snowball fights in the neighborhood. $ for shoveling.
Skating, jumping over garbage cans on skates and hockey with no pads, just skates, sticks and a puck.
Have sledded the "suicide hill" in our county park (every county park had one. A big steep hill and one pick tree that could kill you.)
Bobsled run at an Olympic site. Scary, fun and you get banged around.
Never ski jumped, but would be a great way to go out of this world.
As they almost said on Ted Lasso, "Curling is life!"
Have a club near us, it is for those who are the true athletes, looking scornfully on pickle ballers.
And Dick Button was straight. Who knew? Great announcer, but his bitchy asides reminded me of Paul Lynde, not Paul Maguire.

Posted by: jimmymcnulty at February 01, 2025 08:35 PM (/l23u)

180 Skiing....well, snowboarding....is why I sometimes have to leave the Sunday book thread early. If there's fresh snow, you have to get on the mount bright and early (or at least as early as the lifts open) in order to enjoy it to its fullest. It's currently up in the air how long I'll be able to stick around for tomorrow's thread...

Posted by: Castle Guy at February 01, 2025 08:48 PM (Lhaco)

181 When I was young we went deep into the woods with our mini-boggans (pieces of heavy plastic) and saucers to Toboggan Hill (now covered with expensive homes, the rat bastards). It was a good long ride and if you weren't paying attention and bail out at the end you could find yourself going out onto Lake Delta. Sometimes we would walk even farther to get to Glass Hill outside of the next housing development over, which was a steeper run but not so long, so you could get more runs in. We had this really great hard plastic toboggan that my Dad had bought for ice-fishing, but he didn't want us kids to use it too much because it was for ice-fishing, dammit. But boy was that sled FAST, could outrun all those expensive wooden toboggans the rich kids were using LOL. Ice-fishing with my Dad was like a frozen purgatory, no shelter just WIND and COLD, and for what, perch!

Posted by: Nancy@7000ft at February 01, 2025 09:32 PM (qFnnL)

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