Hobby Thread - August 1, 2026 [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. For this week, the Wheel of Hobbies (TM) is feeling lucky and decided on a hobby shed theme for this Hobby Thread.

A what? A shed theme?

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The backyard shed is not unique to England, but it is an uncommonly large part of British culture. Grok says "the sheer numbers, the affectionate cultural mythology around them, media attention, competitions, and the specific stereotype of the solitary (often male) shed-dweller" make it unique. "It is treated as a recognizable part of national identity in a way that is less common elsewhere."

Why? Grok says:

1) Housing and garden patterns - Dense terraced housing and relatively small private gardens (especially in towns and suburbs) made a compact outbuilding practical. Unlike larger American yards with detached garages, British gardens often had just enough space for a modest shed at the end of the plot.

2) Gardening and allotment culture - Britain has a long, intense tradition of gardening. Sheds naturally developed as places to store tools, pot plants, and escape the weather while still being close to the garden.

3) Weather - Frequent rain makes an outdoor but covered retreat useful year-round - something less necessary in sunnier climates.

4) Post-war DIY boom and class culture - After World War II there was a surge in home ownership, DIY, and self-reliance. The shed became the affordable workshop for ordinary people. It also fitted a certain British preference for understated, private hobbies over more ostentatious leisure.

5) Cultural psychology of retreat - The word "shed" itself has Anglo-Saxon roots linked to shade, separation, or a place of quiet. Commentators often describe it as a modern equivalent of the hermit's cell or cave - a small, controllable space of solitude and concentration amid busy family or working life.

6) Media and humor - British comedy, literature, and journalism have long celebrated (and gently mocked) the shed, reinforcing the tradition.

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As the intro says, sheds are not limited to England. Sheds are also not limited to structures where you store your yard tools and outdoor furniture. For many, they are a usable living space that just happens to be separate from a main house.

Do you have a hobby shed? How do you use it? Is it a workshop? potting shed? craft shed? bar? gaming room? Did you build it?

If you don't have a hobby shed, what kind of shed would you have?

I wasn't planning on greenhouse content but many of the interweb sites on garden sheds seem to also include small greenhouses. Are greenhouses of interest to the Horde?

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What are you hobbying?

Sheds may not be everyone's favorite but give the content a chance before you judge. Any hobbying space is in scope, so jump in with your basement, spare room or garage project space. In any event, the thread is not limited to to the theme. Anything (legal) you are hobbying is welcome. Even if the theme does not speak to you, you might learn something or be entertained. If not, find something else or offer something else relating to hobbying. If all of that fails, just check in and say hello.

As per usual Hobby Thread etiquette, keep this thread limited to hobbying. Leave politics and religion to threads elsewhere (unless your hobby is building or restoring churches). Pants? Nope. As always, puns are welcome and encouraged.

Play nice and do not be rude. Do not be a troll and do not feed the trolls.

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Otty won Shed of the Year for 2026!

Backstory:

Otty's Hobby Shed 2.0 is a wargaming shed built by Chris Otterburn and his friends in 2024. After the pandemic we would regularly convene in his original hobby shed to play wargames. Ranging from Middle Earth Strategy Battle Game, to World War 2 Bolt Action, Warhammer 40k, Star Wars Legion and many more.
As time went on Chris realised we had begun to outgrow shed 1.0 and he set about planning to build a new shed - one that would not only be big enough to play the scale of games we'd dreamt of but also provide comfort and surroundings so we could enjoy meeting up to its fullest. Around this time one of our friends Scott Forrest had been undertaking his own real-life battle with cancer and when Chris started the Shed 2.0 build on his own we all started to help out in getting the shed completed so Scott could get to hang out and play. Sadly, as the shed neared completion, Scott was too unwell to visit and passed away in November 2024.
Since then the shed has become a place where we go to hang out, play games, have fun and remember our friend! We continue to play wargames, drink copious amounts of tea, laugh at the ridiculous misfortune when rolling dice. Alongside that we have grown our miniature and terrain collections. Recreating the forest moon of Endor for Star Wars, the desert battles and the battle of Foy from World War 2.

Impressive DIY project!

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I know what you're thinking: "Who won Shed of the year in 2025 in the Workshop/Studio category?" Glad you asked. Mike Robinson lives in London but doesn't have much space. He built this tiny workshop on his back patio that opens and unfolds for use.

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I'm impressed by people that make the most out of small spaces. As a dinosaur, I prefer more elbow room and space to spread out, but I am impressed.

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Every three year old needs a garage of their own:

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Now THIS is a backyard shed...

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Don't want to build a pub in your backyard yourself? No worries. Just order one and have it delivered (if you live in New Zealand). The company is called My Little Pub.

Pick from several options, design and customize, and they deliver the pub on the back of a truck to your backyard. Think of it like delivering a nicer shipping container. The best part? If you move, you can take your pub with you!

Disclaimer: Ace of Spades does not endorse any specific tiny pub provider.

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Origin stories like the Tyrrell Formula One team have built the lore and legend around great things coming from sheds. In this case, Ken Tyrrell bought a military surplus building and put it in his family's lumberyard. He successfully ran his racing team for years out of the small building. The shed was recently dismantled and moved to preserve it.

The story of the Tyrrell shed that began a Formula 1 championship-winning dynasty

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I put this in a recent ONT, but re-posting here in case you missed it in light of the craftsmanship involved.

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A tour of a bucket list tank museum visit qualifies for hobby thread material:

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Did you miss the Hobby Thread last week? We did a Las Vegas travel theme. The comments may be closed, but you can re-live the content.

Notable comments from last week:

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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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Reminder: if you put links in the comments, use a URL shortener and describe what you're linking to. Failing to do either or both makes you barrel-eligible. Don't make people click to find out what you're linking.

Send thoughts, suggestions and photos of your hobbying to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com. Or just email to say hello. Do mighty things.

Posted by: Open Blogger at 05:30 PM

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1 Welcome Hobbiests

Posted by: Skip at August 01, 2026 05:30 PM (Ia/+0)

2 My hobby shed
https://tinyurl.com/44kw8ceu
My miniature collection in the game room
https://tinyurl.com/mr27f9jm

Posted by: Skip at August 01, 2026 05:37 PM (Ia/+0)

3 Photo at the top. It's a cool shed, but I wouldn't be able to let it sit like that. If that were mine, I'd have a new coat of paint on that thing before sundown (or maybe by sundown tomorrow for the necessary power wash to dry).

Posted by: Orson at August 01, 2026 05:40 PM (dIske)

4 At the ending of "Shawn of the Dead" Simon Pegg's zombie friend lives in his shed.

Just saying.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 01, 2026 05:41 PM (qFwJc)

5 Skip, it may be me (probably me), but couldn't get the top link to work. But impressive organization in the second link!

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at August 01, 2026 05:42 PM (XfIK1)

6 A 30 minute painting of a shed in West Texas. See nic.

Posted by: polynikes at August 01, 2026 05:42 PM (KC5Lt)

7 No, no. Look. This shed business -- it doesn't really matter. The sheds aren't important. A few friends call me Two Sheds and that's all there is to it. I wish you'd ask me about the music. Everybody talks about the sheds. They've got it out of proportion -- I'm a composer. I'm going to get rid of the shed. I'm fed up with it!

Posted by: Arthur "Two Sheds" Jackson at August 01, 2026 05:43 PM (FZ29D)

8 Posted by: Skip at August 01, 2026 05:37 PM (Ia/+0)

I couldn't open first link either. Would like to see your shed.

Posted by: polynikes at August 01, 2026 05:44 PM (KC5Lt)

9 Question ... and I LOVE the Game Shed. What is different in the UK where you just don't pour a slab, or a footer, or especially the footer to put the block up to build and level up the footprint to a "shed" like this ?

Is it permits ?

Posted by: Hello Again at August 01, 2026 05:44 PM (swwNP)

10 I saw something nasty in the woodshed!

Posted by: Ada Starkadder of Cold Comfort Farm at August 01, 2026 05:48 PM (Y9Vvl)

11 Otty's puts mine to shame

Posted by: Skip at August 01, 2026 05:48 PM (Ia/+0)

12 I have a shed. It's a 20x40x16 straight sided Quonset that came unassembled on a truck. I had a pad poured and my boys and I put it the 20 sections together and then stood them up and bolted them together using a scaffold I built for the purpose. Total cost with pad was about $12k in 2010.

I also have another pretty big storage building full of parts and stuff and then my shop/office.

And there's still not enough space.

Posted by: fd at August 01, 2026 05:48 PM (MWfyi)

13 And a Bar Shed, hauled in ? Hell, if I could get one of those ? I'd never leave the house, other to flag the Beer Truck in.

I need to frame up a slab ... I have the room ... to make a Pool Hall Shed. Seriously, great videos.

Posted by: Hello Again at August 01, 2026 05:49 PM (swwNP)

14 I used the toolshed for smoking and chewing tobacco at age 12, and thought I was getting away with it.

Posted by: Eromero at August 01, 2026 05:51 PM (LHPAg)

15 I always thought of having a shed but just as a cover for my underground lair. Unless I win the lottery it will just be another unfulfilled plan of what a young me was going to do as an adult

Posted by: polynikes at August 01, 2026 05:51 PM (KC5Lt)

16 9 Question.. What is different in the UK where you just don't pour a slab, or a footer, or especially the footer to put the block up to build and level up the footprint to a "shed" like this ?

Posted by: Hello Again at August 01, 2026 05:44 PM
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I don't have personal knowledge, but Grok says it is cost rather than permits.

Posted by: TRex- construction supervisor dino at August 01, 2026 05:52 PM (jnBG1)

17 On the Pet Thread, I happened to comment that we were going out to a Chik-Fil-A tonight to eat indoors. Yeah, I don't do drive-up, and it's too hot for walk-up. Besides, if you walk up to one that is drive-up, aren't you risking being run over?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 01, 2026 05:52 PM (wzUl9)

18 Try again on winter picture of my outbuilding
https://tinyurl.com/amcpxnk4

Posted by: Skip at August 01, 2026 05:54 PM (Ia/+0)

19 I know I want a garage when I buy my house, and a two-car garage would be nice so that there is room to work on my vehicle. Any other hobbies I plan to do indoors, like pipe smoking. If I did go back to painting and building plastic models, a separate room that I can close the cats out of would be essential. So maybe the two-car garage could be a place for that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 01, 2026 05:55 PM (wzUl9)

20 I don't have personal knowledge, but Grok says it is cost rather than permits.
Posted by: TRex- construction supervisor dino at August 01, 2026 05:52 PM (jnBG1)

My interest is hooked. Because these "sheds" are excellent.

Posted by: Hello Again at August 01, 2026 05:55 PM (swwNP)

21 My what I call outbuilding is 16x30 and has loft with staircase to it

Posted by: Skip at August 01, 2026 05:56 PM (Ia/+0)

22 If the house I buy has a deck, I'd like to be sure I could put a roof or a retractable awning on it for shade. The backyard bar is very welcoming.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 01, 2026 05:58 PM (wzUl9)

23 I recently got hooked watching a TV series on Baumgarten Restoration. It's a series that show the restoration of old paintings. It's really amazing what a real professional can do. It streams free on Tubi.

Posted by: polynikes at August 01, 2026 05:58 PM (KC5Lt)

24 My interest is hooked. Because these "sheds" are excellent.

Posted by: Hello Again at August 01, 2026 05:55 PM
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Go forth. Design and build thy shed. Send photos and I'll post them.

Fwiw, I didn't go down the rabbit hole in the content, but there are a lot of people out there building sheds out of reclaimed and recycled materials to keep costs down (and add patina). A shed doesn't have to be new or fancy.

Posted by: TRex- shed architect dino at August 01, 2026 05:59 PM (jnBG1)

25 No, Wolfus. The walk-up is on the other side of the building from the drive- thru.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 01, 2026 06:00 PM (qFwJc)

26 Try again on winter picture of my outbuilding
https://tinyurl.com/amcpxnk4
Posted by: Skip at August 01, 2026 05:54 PM (Ia/+0)

Wow that's a nice 'shed' .

Posted by: polynikes at August 01, 2026 06:00 PM (KC5Lt)

27 You can buy some really nice prebuilt wood sheds that they will bring in on a truck and plop down most anywhere on some concrete blocks, no foundation needed. Finish it inside however you want. When you figure the cost of building, painting, and roofing one, plus the time involved, it's a pretty good deal.

Posted by: fd at August 01, 2026 06:00 PM (MWfyi)

28 This theme is interesting on a lot of levels. The idea of a relatively small space for a specific purpose immediately made me think of Michel de Montaingne and his room for thinking and writing his essays. Malcolm Guite has a shed in his backyard in England he calls his Temple of Peace where he does much of his writing. The term radio shack is well known and understood. How many gardeners have a potting shed, enclosed or not? Would a monk's cell qualify? Our attached garage has served as a woodworking space and for reloading ammo and bullet casting.

The idea of a (hopefully) peaceful and comfortable place for a specific activity, where effort can be uniterrupted goes back a long ways.

Posted by: JTB at August 01, 2026 06:01 PM (yTvNw)

29 Oh, by the way.
You can see To Kill A Mockingbird performed in the courthouse by local residents of Harper Lee's hometown of Monroeville, Alabama. It's quite good.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 01, 2026 06:01 PM (2Ez/1)

30 But here in SC, it's still too hot to eat outside.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 01, 2026 06:01 PM (qFwJc)

31 Posted by: TRex- shed architect dino at August 01, 2026 05:59 PM (jnBG1)

You can definitely build a usable shed out of pallets.

Posted by: polynikes at August 01, 2026 06:01 PM (KC5Lt)

32 I wish we had room for a garden shed! I think they can be super cute.

Posted by: Piper at August 01, 2026 06:02 PM (Wmg4n)

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You know, I don't think I've ever known anyone who had a shed,

I don't mean a shed like the equivalent of a closet where tools and gardening stuff is kept.

I mean, a proper shed with enough room to come outside and work a hobby or some such thing.

although...

During the Cuban Missile Crisis, our next door neighbor made an underground bomb shelter behind his garage.

It was supposed to be a secret but his kid blabbed about it. He'd always shoo us away when we kids'd come to watch him making it.

I guess he wanted it to be secret so when the Bombs started falling, no one would come beating on his shelter door like that Twilight Zone episode.

It was awfully small though. Like just enough room for everyone to sit in a line of chairs. I figure 30 minutes inside that and they all be stabbing each other with sporks and sharpened lids from canned fruit cocktail salad.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 01, 2026 06:02 PM (iJfKG)

34 Go forth. Design and build thy shed. Send photos and I'll post them.

I'll be thinking about this tonite. Such a clever use of materials and space.

Its an expression of what matters to the man that builds it. OK - now I'm sounding like an Artsy Fartsy Faggot.

That shit is interesting.

Posted by: Hello Again at August 01, 2026 06:03 PM (swwNP)

35 Doesn't Grrrrrlll Power dictate at least an obligatory mention of the Almighty She Shed?

Posted by: I gotta ask at August 01, 2026 06:04 PM (2Ez/1)

36 No, Wolfus. The walk-up is on the other side of the building from the drive- thru.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 01, 2026

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Ah. Sensible. I had no idea, since I don't use those options.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 01, 2026 06:05 PM (wzUl9)

37 You can definitely build a usable shed out of pallets.

Posted by: polynikes at August 01, 2026 06:01 PM
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I'm convinced you can build almost anything out of pallets. The universal lego piece for adult projects. Of course, if your project doesn't turn out, either disassemble and try again or throw the whole thing on the bonfire and start over.

Posted by: TRex- palletized dino at August 01, 2026 06:05 PM (jnBG1)

38 27 ... "You can buy some really nice prebuilt wood sheds that they will bring in on a truck and plop down most anywhere on some concrete blocks, no foundation needed. Finish it inside however you want. When you figure the cost of building, painting, and roofing one, plus the time involved, it's a pretty good deal."

We have one of those. When my FIL had to move in with us we had to make room. That shed became a library, radio shack, and sitting room.

Posted by: JTB at August 01, 2026 06:05 PM (yTvNw)

39 You can see To Kill A Mockingbird performed in the courthouse by local residents of Harper Lee's hometown of Monroeville, Alabama. It's quite good.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 01, 2026

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I've always wanted to take a road trip up there. When do they perform it, only once a year, or seasonally, or what?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 01, 2026 06:06 PM (wzUl9)

40 I saw one prebuilt shed paneled inside with pallet wood. It looked pretty good, rustic. I saw another paneled inside with tongue and groove, all over including the ceiling. It looked nice and cozy but kind of elaborate and expensive for a shed. Cedar would be cool though.

Posted by: fd at August 01, 2026 06:06 PM (MWfyi)

41 Doesn't Grrrrrlll Power dictate at least an obligatory mention of the Almighty She Shed?

Sure. About five minutes after they get off their ass and build one.

Hence the difference. You know how builds a She Shed ? A Man.

I'm really thinking about a Billiard Shed now.

Posted by: Hello Again at August 01, 2026 06:06 PM (swwNP)

42 I got luck , saving quite of bit of materials
The windows came from a church we installed then just a couple years later took out for further renovations.
And building it myself, with some help certainly saved a lot.

Posted by: Skip at August 01, 2026 06:07 PM (Ia/+0)

43 My 'shed' is extra bedrooms I've turned into a media room and an art studio.

Posted by: polynikes at August 01, 2026 06:07 PM (KC5Lt)

44 Try again on winter picture of my outbuilding
https://tinyurl.com/amcpxnk4
Posted by: Skip at August 01, 2026 05:54 PM (Ia/+0)

Wow that's a nice 'shed' .
Posted by: polynikes at August 01, 2026

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Looks snug. Is there a potbellied stove inside?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 01, 2026 06:07 PM (wzUl9)

45 Try again on winter picture of my outbuilding
https://tinyurl.com/amcpxnk4
Posted by: Skip

My what I call outbuilding is 16x30 and has loft with staircase to it
Posted by: Skip

So that's where you put the relatives who drop in to visit unannounced?

Posted by: mikeski at August 01, 2026 06:08 PM (VHUov)

46 fd - when you attend the nurburgring 24 hour race, you'll see people bringing in pallets on trailers. They build lodging, viewing platforms, showers, etc. Everything goes on the bonfire eventually so you don't have to take it home.

Posted by: TRex- nordschleife dino at August 01, 2026 06:08 PM (jnBG1)

47 Try again on winter picture of my outbuilding
https://tinyurl.com/amcpxnk4
Posted by: Skip

My what I call outbuilding is 16x30 and has loft with staircase to it
Posted by: Skip

Looks kind of like an old-fashioned "Mother-in-Law" room.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 01, 2026 06:10 PM (iJfKG)

48 And there's still not enough space.
Posted by: fd
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I'm frequently reminded that you can never have enough space...

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at August 01, 2026 06:10 PM (XfIK1)

49 "Everything goes on the bonfire eventually so you don't have to take it home."

That's perfect. The human urge to build, counterbalanced by the human urge to destroy.

Posted by: fd at August 01, 2026 06:11 PM (MWfyi)

50 You can buy some really nice prebuilt wood sheds that they will bring in on a truck and plop down most anywhere on some concrete blocks, no foundation needed. Finish it inside however you want. When you figure the cost of building, painting, and roofing one, plus the time involved, it's a pretty good deal.
Posted by: fd
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I have a "Tuff Shed," which they sell at Home Depot. It was built on-site and painted in less than a day by one dude. To a girl with no skillz, that was astounding. My yard is very sloped and there was just enough flat space to put it next to my patio with no digging/grading. My little shed is just for storage, but I love it so much. Sometimes I wish I had room for a riding mower, but I can't afford one anyway.

I have surprised myself by slowly collecting various small yard tools and actually using many of them, including a battery powered chainsaw.

Posted by: screaming in digital at August 01, 2026 06:11 PM (PcoR0)

51 I have a commercial shed (8' x 12') in the backyard that I just love.
Finally, some place to put all my gardening stuff! It also doubles as a storage unit- Christmas bins and extra linens. I have a small work table from my grandmother's and a big IKEA pine utility shelving unit. He put batten across some of the wall joists, to store rebar, bamboo, stakes, and plastic pipe- I make a lot of PVC irrigation units for the raised beds- and hangers for the big tools.

We ordered it in the same colors as the house, so it fits in nicely.

He is not a gardener himself- far from it- but indulges me by building me whatever I ask for. Raised beds, leaf bins, compost sifters, etc. I'm a lucky girl.

Posted by: sal at August 01, 2026 06:12 PM (f+FmA)

52 1) Housing and garden patterns - Dense terraced housing and relatively small private gardens (especially in towns and suburbs) made a compact outbuilding practical. Unlike larger American yards with detached garages, British gardens often had just enough space for a modest shed at the end of the plot.

That's why I don't have a "shed." My 3rd garage stall is my shed. The HOA nazis don't allow a shed if you have 3 stalls.

Though one guy in the neighborhood cheated by building a "playhouse" for his kids. Fancy fascia and little windows and stuff. Looks cute on the outside. But it's a shed on the inside. I'm not even sure that he has kids.....

Posted by: mikeski at August 01, 2026 06:13 PM (VHUov)

53 As for my pipe smoking, no new purchases until today. I've been using a nice little coffee saucer as an ashtray -- until I dropped it yesterday and chipped a neat half-moon out of one edge. That's not something I want to handle. So I've bought a vintage glass ashtray on eBay, and am looking for some corks that I can fasten into it, with glue or tape, to tap my pipe out onto.

After I bought this one, I discovered there were vintage ashtrays available with a cork already installed. Oh, well.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 01, 2026 06:13 PM (wzUl9)

54 Try again on winter picture of my outbuilding
https://tinyurl.com/amcpxnk4
Posted by: Skip
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That's your hobby shed? It looks like a house! That is absolutely fantastic!

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at August 01, 2026 06:14 PM (XfIK1)

55 With my movie vault/plex replacement complete, I've added some metrics pages and was shocked to learn that I have more films from 2000-2010 than any other decade, owing to all of the Super Hero and Sequel films.

I also have no films categorized as horror films in my library and the top five actors in my collection are Hanks, SLJackson, ScarJo, Vin Diesel, and Harrison Ford.

And I only have 4 films from the 30's in my collection.

I’m going to add some more graphs for other personnel like cinematographer, writer, etc.

Also going to add a credit roll feature where when you click on the movie info you can see a simulated end credit crawl.

I discovered there is no api that captures a films end credits but they do have credit list data.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 01, 2026 06:16 PM (XV/Pl)

56 I"ve got sheds.
A smoke shed, attached to the pole barn shed.
The wood shed.
The garden shed (houses garden tools, irrigation crap and what-not). The last has a half moon above the door cause the neighbors can see it.

Posted by: MkY at August 01, 2026 06:16 PM (q6tQZ)

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Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 01, 2026 06:16 PM (XV/Pl)

If I were to do that, I'd have a fairly large category of horror films.

As a general proposition, I think horror films retain their rewatchability better than most other genres.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 01, 2026 06:19 PM (iJfKG)

58 39 You can see To Kill A Mockingbird performed in the courthouse by local residents of Harper Lee's hometown of Monroeville, Alabama. It's quite good.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 01, 2026

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I've always wanted to take a road trip up there. When do they perform it, only once a year, or seasonally, or what?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 01, 2026 06:06

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Yes. Tickets go on sale in November for next April.

https://tinyurl.com/npcvr7tt

Posted by: I gotta ask at August 01, 2026 06:19 PM (2Ez/1)

59 We did paint the interior, including the floor, so it is nicely finished.
Over the decades, we have worked on enough projects together that I can tackle small ones from scratch successfully by myself.

Posted by: sal at August 01, 2026 06:22 PM (f+FmA)

60 I don't recall seeing too many sheds back in the day. Unless it was a miniature barn kind of thing.

What got the ball rolling was Sears or K-mart started selling these sheet metal shed panel kits with sliding doors. Maybe 10x10 or something like that, perfect for lawnmowers and garden supplies, and teenagers up to no good.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 01, 2026 06:23 PM (/5hFq)

61 I'd like to have a shed with a wall dormer. I've always liked wall dormers. Maybe even an eyebrow dormer just to make it unique.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 01, 2026 06:24 PM (2Ez/1)

62 No running water, there is a gas fireplace that needs TLC, can't keep it going, but has a thermostat.
https://tinyurl.com/39bcypcb

Its 3 parts, room , shop with stairs to loft and open between loft and shop area.

Posted by: Skip at August 01, 2026 06:24 PM (Ia/+0)

63 Skip, your shed is gorgeous!

Posted by: sal at August 01, 2026 06:24 PM (f+FmA)

64 My shed came with the house. So far I have kept my hobbying to the garage and used the shed for storage, but it would be a decent hobby place if I ran some lighting out there on an extension cord. The shed in the top pic needs some hobbyist restoration work fast!

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 01, 2026 06:25 PM (aJQbY)

65 We had a shed, we called it the shed, that was attached to the back of our old farmhouse. My dad, the original Tommy Tool Time, turned it into his workshop and we used it as a base of operations to restore the farm.

He had every tool known and unknown to man in that place. It wasn't fancy, ironically it was the one place we left standing we didn't rehab, but it was awesome. Big, wide pine floors that were 200+ years old, huge sliding door on the side you could drive a truck through, a loft area were the feral cats reigned and at the far end a two seat, attached outhouse. It was very old and didn't smell, hadn't been used in forever, so we decided to leave it because two seat outhouse.

Great shed.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 01, 2026 06:27 PM (viF8m)

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Welcome Hobbiests
Posted by: Skip at August 01, 2026 05:30 PM (Ia/+0)

*polite cough*

The correct term is "Hobbyoids".

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 01, 2026 06:27 PM (O0L8i)

67 For Wolfus and the other pipe smokers. Most of the blends I've been smoking lately have been flake style or coarse cut. I'm finding that packing the bowl with them a bit looser leads to a cooler smoke that lets more of the flavors come through. There's still some resistance in the draw, just less than I usually do.

Also, I got out a couple of large bowl corn cob pipes, the MM Mark Twain and the MacArthur. They work especially well with with flavored blends like Sutliff Rum and Maple.

Posted by: JTB at August 01, 2026 06:27 PM (yTvNw)

68 Wow, Skip, that's practically a tinyhome!

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 01, 2026 06:28 PM (aJQbY)

69 That's one hell of a "shed" Skip. Wow.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 01, 2026 06:29 PM (viF8m)

70 perfect for lawnmowers and garden supplies, and teenagers up to no good.
Posted by: Common Tater

And groundhogs!

Posted by: Fred at August 01, 2026 06:31 PM (M8n4Y)

71
From the Pet Thread

There were several standard poodles in the dog show today. A gray one who had been clipped into that "tufts on the legs and tail" style, and a couple of black ones who had not been clipped like that and just looked as if they had thick curly Sicilian hair.

Wolfus, there are two clips, the saddle clip (the first you described) and the puppy clip (the second). Any poodle in any of the three varieties (Standard, Miniature or Toy) must be in a saddle clip after the age of one.

I am accustomed when working as a steward in a ring with poodles to be asked by the judge for the age of the dog when one in a puppy clip is being shown in a non-puppy class.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 01, 2026 06:34 PM (O0L8i)

72 Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 01, 2026 06:16 PM (XV/Pl)

You need to add the Thin Men series. Also you should have all the famous movie's from 1939 which many call the greatest movie year.

Posted by: polynikes at August 01, 2026 06:34 PM (KC5Lt)

73 and teenagers up to no good.
Posted by: Common Tater

My dad, who went on hobby binges, built a small houseboat in our backyard and had it towed out to Lake Travis, where it became a party boat for several of my younger siblings. They still talk about it fifty years on.

Posted by: sal at August 01, 2026 06:40 PM (f+FmA)

74
Wow, Skip, that's practically a tinyhome!
Posted by: RandomDave

It's too big to be tiny.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 01, 2026 06:41 PM (Cqx++)

75 For those who do needle work, especially needle felting, I came across an amazing YT channel: Milin Woolfelt. The lady uses needle felting to make Brambly Hedge scenes for stop motion videos. Everything in the videos is felted: the mouse figures, the rooms and everything in them. If she breaks an egg the yolk and white are felted. Cut a strawberry and the interior is felted. The damn fire on the hearth is felted. The attention to detail is beyond belief and wonderfully creative. I don't do needle felting and certainly don't have the patience for such detailed work in the videos. I just watch in amazement.

Found out there are other YT channels that do similar but the Brambly Hedge connection won my heart. I think those books are the best children's books since Beatrix Potter.

Posted by: JTB at August 01, 2026 06:41 PM (yTvNw)

76 How much elbow room do those little arms need? 🤔

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 01, 2026 06:41 PM (5LIEJ)

77 My other hobby is pizza making, hope its a good one

Posted by: Skip at August 01, 2026 06:42 PM (Ia/+0)

78 You need to add the Thin Men series. Also you should have all the famous movie's from 1939 which many call the greatest movie year.
Posted by: polynikes at August 01, 2026 06:34 PM (KC5Lt)

Gangster movies- anything with Edward G. Robinson or James Cagney.

Posted by: sal at August 01, 2026 06:42 PM (f+FmA)

79 fyi - Actor Vincent Pastore from The Sopranos dies at the age of 80

Posted by: TRex- show biz news dino at August 01, 2026 06:44 PM (jnBG1)

80 76 How much elbow room do those little arms need? 🤔

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 01, 2026 06:41 PM
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Ample.

Posted by: TRex- agoraphobic dino at August 01, 2026 06:48 PM (jnBG1)

81 I do most other kinds of needlework, but needle felting just didn't click. I think it was the effort/result ratio, plus those needles are SHARP!

But her work is amazing.

Posted by: sal at August 01, 2026 06:49 PM (f+FmA)

82 JTB: re felt:

That answers a question for me. I keep getting email addresses for felt in my mail, and I keep muttering, who could possibly want that much felt?

Now I know. Thanks.

Posted by: Wenda at August 01, 2026 06:53 PM (7m/2p)

83 My little shed is just for storage, but I love it so much. Sometimes I wish I had room for a riding mower, but I can't afford one anyway.

I have surprised myself by slowly collecting various small yard tools and actually using many of them, including a battery powered chainsaw.
Posted by: screaming in digital at August 01, 2026 06:11 PM (PcoR0)
Next you will be wanting a backhoe.

Posted by: Eromero at August 01, 2026 06:54 PM (LHPAg)

84 35 Doesn't Grrrrrlll Power dictate at least an obligatory mention of the Almighty She Shed?
Posted by: I gotta ask at August 01, 2026 06:04 PM (2Ez

I am not sure if it counts as a she shed, but I am currently trying to convince J to buy me what used to be a 1960s gas station for $1.5m that is currently pretty much cement inside. But it is across the street from the water! I could turn it into my studio and stop paying rent! It’s brilliant. But he is no longer responding to me….

Posted by: Piper at August 01, 2026 06:56 PM (OoFl2)

85 "Next you will be wanting a backhoe.
Posted by: Eromero"

And a shed to keep it in.

Posted by: fd at August 01, 2026 06:59 PM (MWfyi)

86 Next you will be wanting a backhoe.
Posted by: Eromero at August 01, 2026 06:54 PM (LHPAg)
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What's wrong with wanting a backhoe?

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 01, 2026 06:59 PM (5ExGj)

87 I have surprised myself by slowly collecting various small yard tools and actually using many of them, including a battery powered chainsaw.
Posted by: screaming in digital at August 01, 2026 06:11 PM (PcoR0)
Next you will be wanting a backhoe.
Posted by: Erome
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TRex has entered the conversation....

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at August 01, 2026 07:00 PM (XfIK1)

88 I need a hobby pole barn.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 01, 2026 07:04 PM (S41Gd)

89 When I downsized my business and moved everything home I saved a bunch every month on rent, which went to pay for a storage building to keep my parts inventory in. I don't miss that power bill either. One window AC unit handles that building.

Posted by: fd at August 01, 2026 07:05 PM (MWfyi)

90 "I need a hobby pole barn."

40x100x20 ought to do it.

Posted by: fd at August 01, 2026 07:07 PM (MWfyi)

91 TRex has entered the conversation....

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at August 01, 2026 07:00 PM
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Sorry - missed your post. Was busy shopping for used backhoes. 604 currently up for auction.
https://tinyurl.com/bdffsnce

Posted by: TRex- digger dino at August 01, 2026 07:07 PM (jnBG1)

92 "I need a hobby pole barn."

40x100x20 ought to do it.

Posted by: fd at August 01, 2026 07:07 PM (MWfyi)

Yes, yes it would.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 01, 2026 07:09 PM (S41Gd)

93 Derksen sheds. They are nice quality, delivered to your place. I had a smaller one put in this year, so that I could get some of the junk out of the house. The garage here was converted to a room years ago. And everyone in town has sheds. Most have the backyard covered with one, like my neighbor.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 01, 2026 07:11 PM (bkuEU)

94 92
Yes, yes it would.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 01, 2026 07:09 PM
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Presumably with power outlets for amps??

Posted by: TRex- guitar tech dino at August 01, 2026 07:11 PM (jnBG1)

95 "I need a hobby pole barn."

40x100x20 ought to do it.
Posted by: fd at August 01, 2026 07:07 PM (MWfyi)
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I'm pretty sure that's bigger than my entire backyard.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 01, 2026 07:11 PM (FZ29D)

96 And everyone in town has sheds. Most have the backyard covered with one, like my neighbor.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 01, 2026 07:11 PM (bkuEU)

Word. I know everyone on our block, at least, has one.

Posted by: sal at August 01, 2026 07:13 PM (f+FmA)

97 "I need a hobby pole barn."

40x100x20 ought to do it.

Posted by: fd at August 01, 2026 07:07 PM (MWfyi)

Yes, yes it would.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 01, 2026 07:09 PM (S41Gd)

My wife would love that. She's the handyman in our family.

I'm cool with that. I still lift heavy stuff for her.

She also wants Scottish cows.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide Gen X at August 01, 2026 07:13 PM (0aYVJ)

98 It always amazed me how these backyard taverns get away with serving beer, wine, and liquor. I guess the understanding is it's a BYOB situation.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 01, 2026 07:16 PM (8E0Ba)

99 33 I guess he wanted it to be secret so when the Bombs started falling, no one would come beating on his shelter door like that Twilight Zone episode.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 01, 2026 06:02 PM (iJfKG)
I was halfway through reading this and my mind went to the same episode. Without googling, I think the man who played the grandfather in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was in it. Same one in Chico and the Man.

Posted by: TxAnn at August 01, 2026 07:17 PM (SjAWL)

100 I have a woodshed. It is made from salvaged poles, saplings I cut and shaped with a chainsaw, and salvaged metal roofing.
It holds firewood, and the cats hunt mice and rats there.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 01, 2026 07:18 PM (rbvCR)

101 "She also wants Scottish cows."

What makes them special?

I learned something about cow branding today. Some folks figured out how to make their brands so that they could not be branded over by rustlers.

Posted by: fd at August 01, 2026 07:19 PM (MWfyi)

102 Next you will be wanting a backhoe.
Posted by: Eromero
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Actually, I kinda sorta want a flamethrower. But I'm already enough of a terror with the tools I have.

Posted by: screaming in digital at August 01, 2026 07:21 PM (PcoR0)

103 I've had one shed for some time, but a few years ago I said I was thinking of getting another.

Posted by: Arthur "Two Sheds" Jackson at August 01, 2026 07:21 PM (5YmYl)

104 Yes, yes it would.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 01, 2026 07:09 PM
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Presumably with power outlets for amps??

Posted by: TRex- guitar tech dino at August 01, 2026 07:11 PM (jnBG1)

No, it would be for harley world. One of the shops I work out of will eventually close, so I need to set up all my stuff so the better customers don't get tossed out into the cold.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 01, 2026 07:22 PM (S41Gd)

105 Aw, damn, I should have checked for a Two Sheds joke first...

Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at August 01, 2026 07:22 PM (5YmYl)

106 The flamethrower would be for the kudzu. Yes, that's it, the kudzu...

Posted by: screaming in digital at August 01, 2026 07:23 PM (PcoR0)

107 Do Scottish cows produce Scotch?

Posted by: Skip at August 01, 2026 07:23 PM (Ia/+0)

108 Off topic, sorry TRex, but this was funny. Getting dinner going and realized I only have lettuce for a salad, which is very bizarre in this house. My daughter said “Mom. We eat vegetables every day of our lives. Our cookies have hidden vegetables in them. I think we will be okay just this once.”

Posted by: Piper at August 01, 2026 07:23 PM (OoFl2)

109 Time to say thank you before the next act takes the Ace of Spades stage. Thanks for being here. Come back next week for another hobby thread with a different theme.

You're welcome to hang out in the Hobby Thread shed for a while if you'd like. Don't forget to stop by Club ONT later tonight.

On a separate note, seeing pretty serious fire activity near Spokane, WA. Lots of airborne assets involved. Best wishes to any morons in the area.

Posted by: TRex- shedtastic dino at August 01, 2026 07:23 PM (jnBG1)

110 I got my second electric spinning wheel today. Both are by Dreaming Robots and this one just finished its kickstarter. I really like the guy's philosophy. He is tring to make affordable spinning equipment to get people interested in it. Wooden spinning wheels are up around a thousand dollars now. People seem tothink they need a dual treadle, which the older wheels didn't have. Anyway, this spinner is more like a production wheel. Very quiet and works well.

There are some 3D printed parts that he designed and doesn't make. It's just not profitable so he makes them available for others to use. He has one called the Purr Protector. It's a cage to go around the machine, so the cat can't stick their foot into the flyer when it's running.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 01, 2026 07:25 PM (bkuEU)

111 What is the defining line between needing a liquor license and having a party pub in your back yard? Parking? Access? Currency?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 01, 2026 07:26 PM (8E0Ba)

112 We went by a place today I call "Kudzu Plantation". They have a driveway cut thru a 20' high wall of kudzu that extends 1/4 mile in both directions from the driveway. Whatever is behind there is protected by a Great Wall of Kudzu.

Posted by: fd at August 01, 2026 07:27 PM (MWfyi)

113 I have 2 sheds. I call them shacks. The little shack and the big shack.

Posted by: Ronster at August 01, 2026 07:27 PM (kM+80)

114 "The little shack and the big shack."

I do that too!

Posted by: Shaq at August 01, 2026 07:29 PM (MWfyi)

115 What makes them special?

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Posted by: fd at August 01, 2026 07:19 PM (MWfyi)

She thinks they're cute.

Simple as that.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide Gen X at August 01, 2026 07:29 PM (0aYVJ)

116 "She thinks they're cute.

Simple as that.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide Gen X"

So are chinchillas. And they are easier to ranch.

Posted by: fd at August 01, 2026 07:31 PM (MWfyi)

117 Piper - at least your daughter knows your scheming health-food ways!

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 01, 2026 07:31 PM (aJQbY)

118 I don't know about cute cows. The ugly ones are easier to eat.

Posted by: fd at August 01, 2026 07:32 PM (MWfyi)

119 What is the defining line between needing a liquor license and having a party pub in your back yard?
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Dickheads in your local government, mostly

Posted by: Common Tater at August 01, 2026 07:35 PM (8NnWU)

120 Bovington looks spectacular. If only I could Star Trek transporter into a few places in England. This museum, the Imperial War Museum, the Battle of Britain museum in Kent and of course the Beatles stuff in Liverpool. Current England, I dont want to deal with it or support it financially in any way or conventionally travel to or thru it. But there is some special stuff from the bettrr days there.

Posted by: Azjaeger at August 01, 2026 07:36 PM (3/XaG)

121
At least 3 dead in shooting at In and Out in Idaho Falls.

WTH is with people?

Posted by: four seasons at August 01, 2026 07:38 PM (/QHx4)

122 I thought In N Out was just in CA?

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at August 01, 2026 07:39 PM (XfIK1)

123 In south Georgia, we don’t have sheds, we have back houses. You can use it as a shed, and many men do, but it’s real raison d’être is to have a place to get away from the womenfolk. When I was working I used mine as an office and library. I would often grade papers and work on lessons there, or read, or whatever. I have all my math and physics texts that I used in my education and also my science fiction collection there. Now that I am retired, and my wife has died, I find I spend less time there.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 01, 2026 07:39 PM (ZVgZ4)

124
Grateful,

They have expanded.

Posted by: four seasons at August 01, 2026 07:40 PM (/QHx4)

125 At least 3 dead in shooting at In and Out in Idaho Falls.

WTH is with people?

Posted by: four seasons at August 01, 2026 07:38 PM (/QHx4)

Twin Falls, not Idaho Falls. Twin has a rather rich ethnic diversity.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide Gen X at August 01, 2026 07:41 PM (0aYVJ)

126 There's space in my back yard for a shed, but it's occupied by an elevated deck with a sporadically-used table, six chairs, and a gas fire feature. I don't think I can persuade the wife to give up the deck.

Posted by: PabloD at August 01, 2026 07:42 PM (OygQN)

127 >>What is the defining line between needing a liquor license and having a party pub in your back yard?

Sale of beer/wine/liquor.

BYOB is fine. Give-away, such as hosting a party, is fine.

Also-- dickheads in local govt.

Posted by: JQ at August 01, 2026 07:42 PM (rdVOm)

128 Grateful,

They have expanded.
Posted by: four seasons
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The things one learns on the mighty mighty hobby thread....

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at August 01, 2026 07:44 PM (XfIK1)

129 Shot houses have been a thing around here for a long time. Even more so when Sunday alcohol sales was not allowed. Lots of people been shot in a shot house.

Posted by: fd at August 01, 2026 07:45 PM (MWfyi)

130
Pug

Sorry. Son daughter inlaw and four grandchildren are travelling through Idaho today on their way to Washington state.

Knowing that we immediately got nervous.

Posted by: four seasons at August 01, 2026 07:47 PM (/QHx4)

131 There's a Hammer movie on Svengoolie tonight.

Posted by: fd at August 01, 2026 07:48 PM (MWfyi)

132 Pug
Sorry. Son daughter inlaw and four grandchildren are travelling through Idaho today on their way to Washington state.
Knowing that we immediately got nervous.
Posted by: four seasons
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Prayers that they were no where near either Falls.....

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at August 01, 2026 07:48 PM (XfIK1)

133 I have 2 sheds. I call them shacks. The little shack and the big shack.
Posted by: Ronster at August 01, 2026 07:27 PM (kM+80)
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Which one is the love shack?

Posted by: The B-52s at August 01, 2026 07:48 PM (FZ29D)

134
I learned something about cow branding today. Some folks figured out how to make their brands so that they could not be branded over by rustlers.
Posted by: fd

The Platner method.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 01, 2026 07:50 PM (Cqx++)

135 Pug,
Scottish cows first of all are adorable, short legged, like pull toys. But they have an undercoat underneath that long outer coat, which means they keep themselves warmer. I forget the particulars, but it means they can be less fatty, and their meat is healthier. There are people who seek it out.

Also they're not fussy eaters, so easy to keep. Not sure I would say hobby-easy. But definitely rancher-easier.

Posted by: Wenda at August 01, 2026 07:50 PM (7m/2p)

136 Also they're not fussy eaters, so easy to keep. Not sure I would say hobby-easy. But definitely rancher-easier.
Posted by: Wenda
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It never ceases to amaze me the collective brain trust of the Horde....

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at August 01, 2026 07:52 PM (XfIK1)

137 WE HAZ A MOVIE MARQUE

Posted by: Skip at August 01, 2026 07:53 PM (Ia/+0)

138 I love sheds and hate movies.

Posted by: Ronster at August 01, 2026 07:56 PM (kM+80)

139 There are 4 outbuildings here.

The Shop-- 24 x 30 insulated pole building. Hubby's woodworking area, tool & equipment storage plus some of my tools & late BF's crap.

The Woodshed-- 8 x 16 pre-built shed, full of various lumber & scrap wood, and some miscellaneous crap.

The Barn-- 12 x 16 with loft (we took pics of HDepot units for the construction details, then built our own.) Storage for Christmas decor & all kinds of other crap, plus lawn tractor.

The Garage-- 12 x 16 with 8ft rollup door & ramp to street. No, car won't fit inside. LOL. Mostly car maintenance stuff inside, plus more crap.

Posted by: JQ at August 01, 2026 07:56 PM (rdVOm)

140 JQ, you have your own nation-state!

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at August 01, 2026 07:58 PM (XfIK1)

141 JQ, you have your own nation-state!
Posted by: The Grateful

Lol, yes. And it's full of crap!

Posted by: JQ at August 01, 2026 07:59 PM (rdVOm)

142 OK Ronster, which is your favorite: the large shack or the small shack?

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at August 01, 2026 07:59 PM (XfIK1)

143 REALLY, THERE IS A NOOD

Posted by: Skip at August 01, 2026 08:00 PM (Ia/+0)

144 Pity, after all of that, there's still over 1/4 acre that needs mowing.

Posted by: JQ at August 01, 2026 08:00 PM (rdVOm)

145 REALLY, not interested in movies! Thanks anyway.

Posted by: JQ at August 01, 2026 08:00 PM (rdVOm)

146 Pity, after all of that, there's still over 1/4 acre that needs mowing.
Posted by: JQ
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Wow, you have quite the spread to care for. Impressive

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at August 01, 2026 08:02 PM (XfIK1)

147 Skip, this is the non movie HT afterparty, or pre Club ONT party. No disrespect to any of the movie COBS, but there are those of us who do not care for movies, and for very good reasons....

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at August 01, 2026 08:03 PM (XfIK1)

148 Grateful, the big one is my favorite

Posted by: Ronster at August 01, 2026 08:06 PM (kM+80)

149 Thing here is-- there's a 200 sq ft limit on a single shed's "footprint" before permit is required. Over 1000 sq ft, one must have a fire access road to it. Hence the 30 x 33 models.

It's common to see many sheds in a single yard, as a work around. (Bet many also have power, either with- or without- any permit.)

Posted by: JQ at August 01, 2026 08:06 PM (rdVOm)

150 REALLY, THERE IS A NOOD

Maybe we don't give a shit.

Posted by: Ronster at August 01, 2026 08:08 PM (kM+80)

151 TRex is having an extra "garage" on the new property, and I wouldn't be surprised to see one or more shed/shacks/other building too down the line.

Hey JQ, is the bar open early or do you have the keys so I can get us some liquid refreshments?

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at August 01, 2026 08:09 PM (XfIK1)

152 Bar's always open! LOL

Posted by: JQ at August 01, 2026 08:11 PM (rdVOm)

153 152 Bar's always open! LOL

Posted by: JQ at August 01, 2026 08:11 PM
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'murica!

Posted by: TRex- bar restocking dino at August 01, 2026 08:13 PM (jnBG1)

154 OK Ronster, what'll you have on this fine Sat night?

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at August 01, 2026 08:15 PM (XfIK1)

155 The story on the big shack. Maybe it was a grainery at one time or maybe someone lived in it during hard times. It had newspaper glued to the walls on the inside and a place for a chimney though the roof. It was in bad shape and free, so I hauled it here and resurrected it.

Posted by: Ronster at August 01, 2026 08:18 PM (kM+80)

156 The usual. a Margarita.

Posted by: Ronster at August 01, 2026 08:19 PM (kM+80)

157 It was in bad shape and free, so I hauled it here and resurrected it.

Posted by: Ronster at August 01, 2026 08:18 PM
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Jacked it up from the bottom and rolled it on a flatbed? That's a project.

Posted by: TRex - building mover dino at August 01, 2026 08:20 PM (jnBG1)

158 >>TRex is having an extra "garage" on the new property, and I wouldn't be surprised to see one or more shed/shacks/other building too down the line.

That's awesome.

When/if you trench for adding power, just be ***certain*** you know where all the other stuff is!

Yes, we called 811, but even they don't always know where all the old water pipes may be... Hit our domestic pipe at 2ft depth. It should've been 3 ft down, but was not. And the expanding "patch" we placed back then (2007), gave up & leaked underground last year.

If I could stand being around people, I'd move to an apartment so not to have all this shyte to do.

Posted by: JQ at August 01, 2026 08:21 PM (rdVOm)

159 TRex. It was lifted on an old 2 ton Ford flatbed with some help with jacks and a backhoe.

Posted by: Ronster at August 01, 2026 08:25 PM (kM+80)

160 159 TRex. It was lifted on an old 2 ton Ford flatbed with some help with jacks and a backhoe.

Posted by: Ronster at August 01, 2026 08:25 PM
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And thus why it makes sense for everyone to own a backhoe (or have a friend with a backhoe).

Posted by: TRex - john deere dino at August 01, 2026 08:27 PM (jnBG1)

161 It was lifted on an old 2 ton Ford flatbed with some help with jacks and a backhoe.
Posted by: Ronster

Did you back it up rapidly & then slam on the brakes to dismount it?

Lie to me if you must...

Posted by: JQ at August 01, 2026 08:28 PM (rdVOm)

162 JQ, I don't think it would have stayed in one piece with that type of unloading.

Posted by: Ronster at August 01, 2026 08:32 PM (kM+80)

163 Oh. Heh. Of course...

Posted by: JQ at August 01, 2026 08:33 PM (rdVOm)

164 TRex, I ran my old mans backhoe for many hours. It's fun for about 5 minutes and that is all. The loader is the best part.

Posted by: Ronster at August 01, 2026 08:35 PM (kM+80)

165 164 TRex, I ran my old mans backhoe for many hours. It's fun for about 5 minutes and that is all. The loader is the best part.

Posted by: Ronster at August 01, 2026 08:35 PM
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Hmmm... maybe I'll settle for a Bobcat.

Posted by: TRex - digging in circles dino at August 01, 2026 08:38 PM (jnBG1)

166 TRex, good thinking. And there are many attachments available for the Bobcat.

Posted by: Ronster at August 01, 2026 08:42 PM (kM+80)

167 I am not a Bobcat salesman. Maybe find a John Deere.

Posted by: Ronster at August 01, 2026 08:46 PM (kM+80)

168 Evening, TRex and Hobby Horde. Avoiding the Movie Thread, as per usual. Don't have a "hobby shed" per se, but I have hobby-related shops. I was working on the big shop today, shuffling contents around (and cleaning) so that I can bring in my rolling warehouse ladder and hang some roofing sheet metal as upper wall cladding in the interior. Job #1 was to get the car in the bay next to the hoist outside, so the hoist could be moved. Jack up rear end, shift sideways, roll back, rinse and repeat about 3 times, until rear end was clear of tire machine, and pointed at open door. Got it started, no problem, happy, happy! But it sure doesn't want to move; seems to have a brake dragging. But got it outside, parked where I wanted to park it.

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Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 01, 2026 08:48 PM (1z8ji)

169 Evening, TRex and Hobby Horde. Avoiding the Movie Thread, as per usual. Don't have a "hobby shed" per se, but I have hobby-related shops. I was working on the big shop today, shuffling contents around (and cleaning) so that I can bring in my rolling warehouse ladder and hang some roofing sheet metal as upper wall cladding in the interior. Job #1 was to get the car in the bay next to the hoist outside, so the hoist could be moved. Jack up rear end, shift sideways, roll back, rinse and repeat about 3 times, until rear end was clear of tire machine, and pointed at open door. Got it started, no problem, happy, happy! But it sure doesn't want to move; seems to have a brake dragging. But got it outside, parked where I wanted to park it.

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Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 01, 2026 08:48 PM (1z8ji)

170 167 I am not a Bobcat salesman. Maybe find a John Deere.

Posted by: Ronster at August 01, 2026 08:46 PM
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Decades of Deere history here, so that would align with the ancestral stars.

Posted by: TRex - nothing runs like a dino at August 01, 2026 08:48 PM (jnBG1)

171 Wow! double post, sorry about that!
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Job #2: sweep and vacuum where car was sitting. Done.
Job #3: put hoist onto its traveling caster wheels (which came with it), and roll it sideways to where the car used to be. Easily done, yay!
Job #4: sweep and vacuum, and scrape grease blobs off floor where hoist had been. Done

Job #5: move small stuff placed along east wall, vacuum, take large objects off wall. Clean bird nest and mummified bird out of plastic vapor barrier over insulation, staple vapor barrier back.

Job #6: drag out pressure washer, hook it to water, and pressure wash dust and bird shit off the poor car I drove outside.

Done for the day. Didn't hang a single sheet of tin, but the way is now clear to finish the the east wall, and turn the corner onto the north wall. I will be able to do maybe 20 feet of the north wall before major moving of "stuff" must be done.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 01, 2026 08:56 PM (1z8ji)

172 AOP, you have the most consistent work ethic of anyone I know...AND you can do stuff!

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at August 01, 2026 08:59 PM (XfIK1)

173 AOP knows a lot of stuff and he applies his knowledge very well.

Posted by: Ronster at August 01, 2026 09:02 PM (kM+80)

174 How's the drink Ronster, want another one?

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at August 01, 2026 09:04 PM (XfIK1)

175 Grateful, Sure I'll take another, but don't make it as strong as the last one.

Posted by: Ronster at August 01, 2026 09:08 PM (kM+80)

176 It's windy & hot outside, with poor air quality. All I managed was to secure gazebo frame to a couple of deck pillars, using ratchet straps. Thing was rocking with the gusts, only held down by a few screws at each corner, and I don't want it to tear out of the decking!

Posted by: JQ at August 01, 2026 09:08 PM (rdVOm)

177 JQ, are you getting any of the smoke from the fires in Spokane?

Apologies Ronster, sometimes I get a tad excited making mixed drinks....hope this one is better.

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at August 01, 2026 09:11 PM (XfIK1)

178 JQ, hope you get the gazebo under control.

Posted by: Ronster at August 01, 2026 09:15 PM (kM+80)

179 Yes, Grateful. Well, we've been getting smoke from *somewhere* (likely several locations) for about a week. Strong smell of it this morning, and stung my eyes a bit. Hope this wind blows it out of the valley, at least for a while!

So dry here that my sinuses are aching. Heat water & breathe steam for relief at night. Ugh.

Posted by: JQ at August 01, 2026 09:16 PM (rdVOm)

180 Heading to my TV chair to watch Jimmy Failah(sp)

Posted by: Ronster at August 01, 2026 09:17 PM (kM+80)

181 Done deal, Ronster! It's not wobbly now. Current gusts are ~30mph & predicted stronger overnight. I'm as ready as possible.

Posted by: JQ at August 01, 2026 09:18 PM (rdVOm)

182 JQ - are you preparing to sling drinks for patrons in Club ONT? Always appreciate you taking good care of the Horde.

Posted by: TRex - secret ingredient dino at August 01, 2026 09:22 PM (jnBG1)

183 Time to begin preparing supper. Going to grill a steak.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 01, 2026 09:24 PM (1z8ji)

184 I'll be here for a while, TRex.

I have a drink recipe for you. Will send. Needs some editing for privacy, though... and I don't have a decent program for that.

Posted by: JQ at August 01, 2026 09:25 PM (rdVOm)

185 184 I'll be here for a while, TRex.

I have a drink recipe for you. Will send. Needs some editing for privacy, though... and I don't have a decent program for that.

Posted by: JQ at August 01, 2026 09:25 PM
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Gotcha. Operators are standing by.

Posted by: TRex - recipie box dino at August 01, 2026 09:28 PM (jnBG1)

186 *Pictorial* drink recipe, TRex. LOL.

Posted by: JQ at August 01, 2026 09:28 PM (rdVOm)

187 TRex-- Email sent!

Posted by: JQ at August 01, 2026 09:40 PM (rdVOm)

188 There should be a bunny rabbit near those bushes by that shed!

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 03:41 AM (odBC9)

189 Arthur "2 sheds" Jackson

Posted by: Baronov GrayMatter at August 02, 2026 07:01 AM (1kUDb)

190 thinking of a third shed.

Posted by: arthur jackson at August 02, 2026 10:02 AM (Bep7s)

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