The Weekend Hobby Thread

One of my oil paintings. Dusk at Cape Cod
I haven't painted in a few years. The hobby thread has me thinking about starting again. Thanks.- Anti doesn't matter

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Just a couple of observations. First of all, I really like this painting. If you are here today, can you comment on the size of this piece.

Secondly, I'm happy that the Hobby Thread encouraged you resume your hobby. If you are like me you can paint and forget about everything except for what is in front of you on your easel. And that's what a hobby is supposed to do.

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The old In-box here at petmorons at gmail was pretty empty this past week. So I found the following link: How To Find A Hobby

Hobbies vs. Interests
When you are thinking about choosing a hobby, it’s important that you don’t confuse having an “interest” with having a “hobby.”
Interests: Interests typically are the desire to learn about something. An interest can spawn from natural curiosity, professional goals or family experiences. For instance, you may have an interest in learning more about hockey or volleyball because your children are involved in those sports. Or you may love reading books on behavior to help you achieve career goals. But unlike hobbies, an interest requires only intellectual action (to learn about something) and doesn’t require physical action.
Hobby: A hobby is usually defined as any enjoyable leisure activity that we engage in voluntarily and consistently when we are free from the demands of work or other responsibilities. A hobby may be inspired by an interest, but it typically requires more commitment and involves taking action, like learning a new skill, or collecting, building or creating something. Hobbies are essentially the active pursuit of a personal interest.

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Carpentry as a hobby..............

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Feel free to talk about your hobbies, your interests, or whatever bakes your cookie. I'm always looking for hobby ideas, stories, pics, etc. Feel free to contact me at petmorons at gmail dot com.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at 05:00 PM

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1 Good afternoon Hobbiests

Posted by: Skip at July 09, 2022 05:00 PM (2JoB8)

2 Anti..lovely, truly lovely painting!

Posted by: jewells45 at July 09, 2022 05:02 PM (nxdel)

3 Working on rust repair on other side of truck, rear wheel area.
Grinder, mesh, body putty, air sander, more putty, sand again next.

Posted by: Skip at July 09, 2022 05:02 PM (2JoB8)

4 I'm amazed by people who can draw and paint. I have zero talent in those areas.

Posted by: Muad'dib at July 09, 2022 05:05 PM (lu7kr)

5 Just got done hiking through a nearby state park. Once it hit 102 I determined that I was done and headed home.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at July 09, 2022 05:06 PM (YuGwe)

6 An....an interest would be the Joe Mannix ladies.
A hobby would be stalking them.
Clarifying for a friend.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 09, 2022 05:07 PM (anj39)

7 4: I am right there with you.

And he who controls the spice controls the universe.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at July 09, 2022 05:07 PM (YuGwe)

8 Hobbies are to me for time out, though music is my usual listening while painting miniatures.
Still waiting for Train N scale cattle which I hope are big cattle because need them for a slight bigger scale as oxen.
Was supposed to be a quick turnaround but they are coming from France and my first printed figures.

Posted by: Skip at July 09, 2022 05:08 PM (2JoB8)

9 I suppose I should read about finding a hobby.
It would be beneficial if yard work would become a hobby.

Posted by: N.L. Urker, my trench is full of chickens at July 09, 2022 05:08 PM (VdGjU)

10 Amusing hobby-related 'news announcement' from one of the 28mm wargame companies (remove the space): https://wargamesatlantic.com/blogs/news/ wargames-atlantic-pricing-announcement-2022

A certain workshop that makes games in the UK should probably seek medical treatment for that BURN.

Posted by: CppThis at July 09, 2022 05:10 PM (UewuT)

11 Strange. The main page is embiggened for me.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at July 09, 2022 05:10 PM (ZSK0i)

12 9 I suppose I should read about finding a hobby.
It would be beneficial if yard work would become a hobby.
Posted by: N.L. Urker, my trench is full of chickens at July 09, 2022 05:08 PM (VdGjU)

You would have to upgrade to "gardening" for it to become a hobby.

Posted by: Fox 2! at July 09, 2022 05:11 PM (qyH+l)

13 Hobbies are to me for time out, though music is my usual listening while painting miniatures.
Still waiting for Train N scale cattle which I hope are big cattle because need them for a slight bigger scale as oxen.
Was supposed to be a quick turnaround but they are coming from France and my first printed figures.
Posted by: Skip at July 09, 2022 05:08 PM (2JoB

When I painted I listen to the 10,000 Maniacs album Our Time in Eden on a loop. Not a particular Maniacs fan but that album somehow was perfect for me as background music .

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 09, 2022 05:11 PM (4+wAL)

14 My current hobby is cleaning out our house. Which is good, but not necessarily fun. We ain't hoarders, but we tend to procrastinate when tending to the cardboard recyclables.

Oh, and avoiding being outside. It's 99 and sunny. Alas, we are heading up to Estes Park to attend a rodeo. Mrs. Mahon has never been to a rodeo. I have, because I grew up in Cody, Wyoming. it was inevitable.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Non-sequitur professional at July 09, 2022 05:12 PM (x8Wzq)

15 Like the painting, anti. The idea I am thinking you are going for is that it is hard to tell where the sea ends and the sky begins. My initial thought was that I would like a hard parting line between the two, but I am often an idiot.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 09, 2022 05:12 PM (dNqv+)

16 Two weeks until Historicon, can't wait and hope those cows come home because plan to get wagons at the convention.

Posted by: Skip at July 09, 2022 05:14 PM (2JoB8)

17 And the painting is 18" x 24" .

The art thread commenters would have fun with most of my other paintings because even though I like to do realistic works most of my stuff is modern / abstract. I'm a big boy so I could take it.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 09, 2022 05:17 PM (4+wAL)

18 Maritime Restoration Update: Safety equipment has now either been replaced or repaired. With a new engine, a recent bottom inspection (shut up), fresh varnish all around and brand new cockpit cushions, I really have no excuse not to back it out of the slip, head out for the bounding main and let her fly.

Except for the really stiff wind today. It's really stiff. And steady. Almost a gale.

I'll have to think about this for a while.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 09, 2022 05:17 PM (2Ra0c)

19 In my anxiety looking at scale differences N scale is 12mm and I need 15mm that train scale manufacturers are not as hell bent on making uniform scale models between themselves.

Posted by: Skip at July 09, 2022 05:18 PM (2JoB8)

20 16 Two weeks until Historicon, can't wait and hope those cows come home because plan to get wagons at the convention.
Posted by: Skip at July 09, 2022 05:14 PM (2JoB

I'm going to try to make it over to Nashville for Nashcon next month. Same idea, but they mix some scifi/fantasy in with the historical so it's more of a big-tent affair. I had wanted to do that last year, but got sick right before the event.

Speaking of farm animals, I really want some in 28mm scale. Supposedly the aforementioned WGA has them in their pipeline but who knows when they'll come out. Others I've seen from boutique vendors don't look so good.

Posted by: CppThis at July 09, 2022 05:19 PM (UewuT)

21 Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 09, 2022 05:12 PM (dNqv+)

I see what you're saying but nature doesn't cooperate sometimes.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 09, 2022 05:19 PM (4+wAL)

22 I consider this tangential at best, but my lifelong friend's dad and uncle were friends with James Bama, who passed away not too long ago. Friend's uncle created Old Trail Town in Cody WY. Friend's Dad is a Western artist who has done oil paintings and bronze sculptures that often featured moments in Wyoming history.

Some folks have a passion that cannot be ignored. I often wonder why I do not have that passion.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Non-sequitur professional at July 09, 2022 05:19 PM (x8Wzq)

23 Mostly lurk, but that painting is fantastic. Would love.to hang it in the chateau. And I usually skip the art stuff.

Posted by: F200 at July 09, 2022 05:21 PM (PWcd9)

24 There is much to do around the house. Is procrastination a hobby?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 09, 2022 05:22 PM (u73oe)

25 Still working on my two knitting projects. I bought more sock yarn on sale. Usually, I put more effort into these projects when cool weather sets in.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 09, 2022 05:22 PM (YynYJ)

26 Anti doesn't matter, I too really like that painting. You should probably share some more with the HQ.

And thanks MisHum, as ever, for the stalwart COB service.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 09, 2022 05:22 PM (OTzUX)

27 ... basicy saying, I have some disposable income and would happily make arrangements for that cape cod painting if the artist is amenable.

Posted by: F200 at July 09, 2022 05:22 PM (PWcd9)

28 Nice painting, anti. Its much better than some of the work of supposedly notable artists that shows up on the morning art thread.

Maybe CBD will pick it it and use it for an upcoming post. There's no critical reaction like the Horde's critical reaction.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 09, 2022 05:23 PM (2Ra0c)

29 One of my oil paintings. Dusk at Cape Cod
I haven't painted in a few years. The hobby thread has me thinking about starting again. Thanks.- Anti doesn't matter

I like it. Really. Oil painting is not something I have ever done. Done some acrylics and watercolor, but it's always been a part of multimedia projects.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Non-sequitur professional at July 09, 2022 05:23 PM (x8Wzq)

30 Week three of not being motivated to paint my Bolt Action 28mm US Marine miniature war game platoon for an upcoming tournament in November.

I did get some early war Italian flamethrowers teams to augment my 1941 Italian Desert list though. Cleaned, primed and base coated the figures this afternoon. They should be done tomorrow or Monday and ready for basing.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at July 09, 2022 05:23 PM (bVYXr)

31 Mis Hum, how do I send you an email?

Posted by: Half Dozen at July 09, 2022 05:24 PM (dJs6r)

32 >>There is much to do around the house. Is procrastination a hobby?

More of an art.

Nice painting, anti.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 09, 2022 05:24 PM (ZLI7S)

33 Abstract art by hordelings sounds like something that might qualify for the cafe thread, too.

Posted by: CppThis at July 09, 2022 05:24 PM (UewuT)

34 I really like the painting, anti. Please pick up your hobby again. The art world is so lacking these days, it's a breath of fresh air to see something like the painting you submitted.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at July 09, 2022 05:24 PM (5pTK/)

35 Cicero, really? 70 miles away and a bit inland, it's just a typical beautiful SoCal summer day, warm and clear, just a light breeze, yesterday was stronger.

Is this craft suitable for going over to Catalina, or too small for that?

My friend with the beautiful cruising catamaran that he tragically sold just as I came back to the area used to do trips this time of year over to the islands. I'd usually just be on for the San Clemente/Catalina portion, then jump off and take the hydrofoil back to Dana Pt. or hop over to my late friend's boat, as he was often over there during summer, and come back to Dana that way.

San Clemente Island is something.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 09, 2022 05:27 PM (OTzUX)

36 basicy saying, I have some disposable income and would happily make arrangements for that cape cod painting if the artist is amenable.
Posted by: F200 at July 09, 2022 05:22 PM (PWcd9)

I am very appreciative but this was a painting I did for my mom that I'll probably hang on too. ( she passed recently) . Can I interest you in a Miro knock off ?

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 09, 2022 05:28 PM (4+wAL)

37 I like the art. I used to dabble but... age. I did pick up a cheap watercolor set and took it to Florida a couple years ago when we vaca'd there. Painted ocean vistas and sunsets. Wife was impressed. Me... not so much.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 09, 2022 05:29 PM (BFigT)

38 I saw Early War Italian Flamethrower Teams open for ....

Nah.

But I love the phrase. Awesome.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 09, 2022 05:29 PM (OTzUX)

39 Here's my personal hobby: https://tinyurl.com/yeykzhxp

I get some camera time in the middle of that video. You might recognize me if you were at the TxMoMe last year.

Posted by: Half Dozen at July 09, 2022 05:29 PM (dJs6r)

40 Notsothoreau, thanks for the tip re Red Land Cotton. Got a sheet set during their July 4th sale. Not shipped yet - I assume fulfillment for a small company like that is pokey, which is fine. No hurry. Anxious to see the quality. Thinking we might gradually migrate to all stuff like that, as things need replacing. Not just grown and made in Amurrica - grown in Ala by gawd bama.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 09, 2022 05:31 PM (OTzUX)

41 I like that piece by "Anti doesn't matter."

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 09, 2022 05:32 PM (XIJ/X)

42 Posted by: Half Dozen at July 09, 2022 05:29 PM (dJs6

Awesome. I like when I get goosebumps.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 09, 2022 05:32 PM (4+wAL)

43 I think that's a lovely painting, anti doesn't matter, and I think it's wonderful that you did it for your mom. I hope you will continue with it as your mom might appreciate that, and I know that doing hobbies is often helpful for people in the process of grieving.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 09, 2022 05:32 PM (FZ2cV)

44 Sorry but this is from the pet thread,
Ciampino - that's quite a story!
Posted by: SFGoth at July 09, 2022 05:13 PM (KAi1n)
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Thank you, I didn't get to finish. Vet did X-ray of Marty and no broken bones so probably just a bruise. Strange that he was dumped even though he had obviously been somebody's pet for a very short while (flea collar). Apparently there were two of them but someone else took the other kitten. I've been wondering about Eva and Wally too. Did they just wander into that carrier or did somebody sneak in and dump them? We've had dumped cats before. All of ours are strays.

Posted by: Ciampino - kittens are beautiful when asleep at July 09, 2022 05:33 PM (qfLjt)

45 Posted by: rhomboid at July 09, 2022 05:27 PM (OTzUX)

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Actually, there's about a 6-8 knot westerly wind here in Dana Point now (my estimate). It's a bit choppy but still doable.

The boat could go to Catalina but it would be a long trip by sail. The accommodations make it more like camping than yachting.

I formerly had a nice 35-ft aft cabin power boat that was very comfortable for weekends. I made a lot of trips to Avalon in it. I doubt that I'll be taking this one over.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 09, 2022 05:33 PM (2Ra0c)

46 Week three of not being motivated to paint my Bolt Action 28mm US Marine miniature war game platoon for an upcoming tournament in November.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at July 09, 2022 05:23 PM (bVYXr)
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All miniatures work cases at Chateau Lloyd during the summer. It will be cold and raining soon enough. Now is the time for outdoors activity.

When I feel the weather change - that's when I start cleaning brushes and checking the paint inventory.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 09, 2022 05:33 PM (llXky)

47 hiya

Posted by: JT at July 09, 2022 05:34 PM (T4tVD)

48 A friend of mine, who also was my pottery teacher, called to let me know there was room in the kiln for finishing two plates. Yesterday I glazed them, and we had a good laugh: They were dated 2019. Pandemic plates.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at July 09, 2022 05:36 PM (/+bwe)

49 When I painted I listen to the 10,000 Maniacs album Our Time in Eden on a loop. Not a particular Maniacs fan but that album somehow was perfect for me as background music .
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 09, 2022 05:11 PM (4+wAL)

I'm not a painter, but when I'm trying to concentrate on a project, it's Dvorjak's New World Symphony for me.

Posted by: Half Dozen at July 09, 2022 05:36 PM (dJs6r)

50 I did not know how popular painting miniatures were until the hobby thread began. Is this mostly a hobby done by conservatives ( if I could use a general term) ?

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 09, 2022 05:36 PM (4+wAL)

51 6 An....an interest would be the Joe Mannix ladies.
A hobby would be stalking them.
Clarifying for a friend.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 09, 2022 05:07 PM (anj39)
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Hmm. I think the Cops have an....interest in nabbing stalkers.

Posted by: Ciampino - corn stalkers? at July 09, 2022 05:36 PM (qfLjt)

52 I really like that painting! It looks chilly but very pleasant and peaceful.
A good hobby is something that makes you suddenly realize that 2 hours have gone by and you didn't even notice. IMO.

Posted by: LASue at July 09, 2022 05:37 PM (5y7pR)

53 Music is my hobby. Any of you live around Nashville area. Let’s form a Moron Band We can play all the MOME’s

Posted by: Big Alfredo at July 09, 2022 05:38 PM (E0BtF)

54 Cicero, thanks. Yeah sailing takes a bit to get there. And there's always the "dodge the super-ship" fun when it's foggy. My friend's cruising cat, which I dubbed "the condo on the water", had a 15-foot beam. Anchoring off the cliffs in Pyramid Cove at San Clemente was fantastic. Sea life jumping and bubbling all around, great spearfishing.

And occasionally entertainment in the form of F-18s flying in low/fast over the nearby coast, or the special boat guys doing their thing up the bay. Only place I know of that has 4 different advisory zones for mariners/et al, from 100s of feet *under* the water to 1,000s of feet above it.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 09, 2022 05:38 PM (OTzUX)

55 Half Dozen wasn't there but that was beautiful

Posted by: Skip at July 09, 2022 05:39 PM (2JoB8)

56 My hobby is board wargames. I figure a lot of guys here are of the age that they played some Avalon Hill and SPI games. Mostly I play solitaire now.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at July 09, 2022 05:40 PM (Spr0s)

57 Love the painting. When I was a kid, my grandfather had a small painting of the ord dock in Marquette, Michigan. Your Cape Cod scene makes me think of that peaceful early-morning feeling... with a foghorn blaring?

Posted by: NaughtyPine at July 09, 2022 05:40 PM (/+bwe)

58 Miniature gaming runs all the way through the political spectrum, at TMP there are lots of Leftists but think there are more conservatives.

Posted by: Skip at July 09, 2022 05:40 PM (2JoB8)

59 One of my oil paintings. Dusk at Cape Cod
I haven't painted in a few years. The hobby thread has me thinking about starting again. Thanks.- Anti doesn't matter

Nice art.
Would hang

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 09, 2022 05:42 PM (kf6Ak)

60 Nice work of art!

Posted by: Floridachick at July 09, 2022 05:44 PM (48gDS)

61 Anti, nice painting. Where on Cape Cod? Rock Harbor?

Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 09, 2022 05:44 PM (XQFx4)

62 50 I did not know how popular painting miniatures were until the hobby thread began. Is this mostly a hobby done by conservatives ( if I could use a general term) ?
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 09, 2022 05:36 PM (4+wAL)

No idea on the ideological distribution but minis and tabletop wargaming have gotten yuge in the last few years due to a combination of factors.

Posted by: CppThis at July 09, 2022 05:45 PM (UewuT)

63 Miniature gaming runs all the way through the political spectrum, at TMP there are lots of Leftists but think there are more conservatives.
Posted by: Skip at July 09, 2022 05:40 PM (2JoB

In my mind I had it limited to historic military miniatures but I see now that it includes fantasy miniatures as well which would appeal to some on the left spectrum. Or am I off base again?

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 09, 2022 05:45 PM (4+wAL)

64 Hi Bandersnatch, how very mice to see you.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 09, 2022 05:47 PM (UDDta)

65 That painting is great. All these damn morons are so talented. I can barely draw a stick figure.

Posted by: BruceWayne at July 09, 2022 05:47 PM (MGB5H)

66 Posted by: rhomboid at July 09, 2022 05:38 PM (OTzUX)

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Yep, having a comfortable boat in a beautiful spot is heaven.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 09, 2022 05:48 PM (2Ra0c)

67 Whatever your hobby is - I've come to believe it is critical to have one. An active mind, well, needs exercise. Be it a ship in a bottle, or a half ass writing. The result doesn't matter. But the effort does.

Active minds without a hobby actively look for things to solve. Solutions looking for problems.

Posted by: My Name Is Mud at July 09, 2022 05:48 PM (UqpE5)

68 Anti, nice painting. Where on Cape Cod? Rock Harbor?
Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 09, 2022 05:44 PM (XQFx4)

I painted it from a photo given to me. I think it was taken in Chatham.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 09, 2022 05:48 PM (4+wAL)

69 *curtsies for Ben Had*

Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 09, 2022 05:48 PM (XQFx4)

70 @Big Alfredo
I'm in the Nashville area and play guitar a little bit. I'm pretty much a bedroom player. I almost went on tour to the living room but then COVID happened.

Posted by: Tennessee Jed at July 09, 2022 05:48 PM (pXkXl)

71 Many play board games, some at the convention, sadly I play solo so getting out a few thousand miniatures isn't something that gets done often . Wanted to do a game early spring and just didn't happen.

Posted by: Skip at July 09, 2022 05:49 PM (2JoB8)

72 64 Hi Bandersnatch, how very mice to see you.
Posted by: Ben Had

As usual Ben Had is there ahead of me!
But Howdy Bandersnatch in spite of that!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at July 09, 2022 05:50 PM (hOUT3)

73 Ted Tor - yep, I wa sone of those Avalon Hil guys, me and my best friend. Drifted away, but now back, using the Combat Mission series (Battlefront.com).

I even won one of AH's 'The General' Magazine contests.

Good on ya, sir.

Posted by: goatexchange at July 09, 2022 05:51 PM (APPN8)

74 I painted it from a photo given to me. I think it was taken in Chatham.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter

It is a great painting, very evocative of the shore and a quiet harbor!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at July 09, 2022 05:51 PM (hOUT3)

75 You know you got serious hobbies when they act like black holes and consume everything near it.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 09, 2022 05:53 PM (VwHCD)

76 Lisa Loeb is adorable.

Fight me:

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 09, 2022 05:54 PM (rzOL9)

77 18 Maritime Restoration Update: Safety equipment has now either been replaced or repaired. With a new engine, a recent bottom inspection (shut up), fresh varnish all around and brand new cockpit cushions, I really have no excuse not to back it out of the slip, head out for the bounding main and let her fly.

Except for the really stiff wind today. It's really stiff. And steady. Almost a gale.

I'll have to think about this for a while.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 09, 2022 05:17 PM (2Ra0c)
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Yeah I'll shutup but that bottom inspection is a really good introduction to colonoscopy puns and related humor. LOL.

Posted by: Ciampino - cornhole stalkers? at July 09, 2022 05:54 PM (qfLjt)

78 You know you got serious hobbies when they act like black holes and consume everything near it.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 09, 2022 05:53 PM (VwHCD)

I know guitars and playing guitars is or were your black hole but are Harleys in that category or just work?

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 09, 2022 05:57 PM (4+wAL)

79 Actually, I think the pecking order is interests, then hobbies, then obsessions.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 09, 2022 05:57 PM (VwHCD)

80 Anti doesn't matter

Very nice!
I can see the sniper though...

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 09, 2022 05:57 PM (SJ++4)

81 Lisa Loeb is adorable.

Why would I fight you over it ? Next, you'll stir up a confrontation about Cynthia Gibb.

Shall we duel at dawn about how attractive Susanna Hoffs looks when making direct eye contact ?

Posted by: My Name Is Mud at July 09, 2022 05:59 PM (UqpE5)

82 79 Actually, I think the pecking order is interests, then hobbies, then obsessions.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 09, 2022 05:57 PM (VwHCD)
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Many here appear obsessed with boobs, without having gone through the interest/hobby phases.

Posted by: Ciampino - wankers perhaps? at July 09, 2022 05:59 PM (qfLjt)

83 Shall we duel at dawn about how attractive Susanna Hoffs looks when making direct eye contact ?
Posted by: My Name Is Mud at July 09, 2022 05:59 PM (UqpE5)

Susanna Hoff side eye look . That's a couple of levels above adorable.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 09, 2022 06:00 PM (4+wAL)

84 Many here appear obsessed with boobs, without having gone through the interest/hobby phases.
Posted by: Ciampino - wankers perhaps?

Interests and hobbies are "learned" behaviors...

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at July 09, 2022 06:01 PM (hOUT3)

85 One of the things I do is mess around with synthesizers and recording software. So I bought a Roland Neova Ring controller. which was exactly what it sounded like--a ring you put on your finger and, when you moved it around in the air, it changed various parameters of what you we're working on.

(Before you ask, I've barely taken it out of the box.)

The reason I refer to it in the past tense is that the company went out of business. You can still get them at Sweetwater, at around $100 which is much less than the original $350 tag.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 09, 2022 06:02 PM (m0zqP)

86 Miniature gaming runs all the way through the political spectrum, at TMP there are lots of Leftists but think there are more conservatives.
Posted by: Skip at July 09, 2022 05:40 PM (2JoB

In my mind I had it limited to historic military miniatures but I see now that it includes fantasy miniatures as well which would appeal to some on the left spectrum. Or am I off base again?

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 09, 2022 05:45

From my observation most young people in the hobby start with fantasy/sci fi miniatures and a small percentage of that group gravitate over to historical miniatures. Politics usually don't enter into the miniature war gaming world too much that I have seen, and I have been playing since the late 70s.

If I had to guess I would say the majority of historical miniature players are conservatives but that's just my own experience.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at July 09, 2022 06:04 PM (bVYXr)

87 >>>Just got done hiking through a nearby state park. Once it hit 102 I determined that I was done and headed home.

>I usually cut my hike short when the bison wander across my path and start feeling froggy.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at July 09, 2022 06:04 PM (0ocXn)

88 I really like Anti's painting. Always loved that point where the ocean and cosmos blend into one entity, from the shore at your feet to Heaven.

Posted by: JTB at July 09, 2022 06:05 PM (7EjX1)

89 Posted by: Ciampino

LOL.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 09, 2022 06:05 PM (FZ2cV)

90 I hope this isn't a hobby but I'm setting up a Blink security cam system. I thought I could use it, whenever I get the new place. I'm not sure I'll be moving in one trip.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 09, 2022 06:06 PM (YynYJ)

91 Sorry, I’m still on Team Lisa. I’m a prisoner of my glasses fetish.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 09, 2022 06:07 PM (rzOL9)

92 If you are here today, can you comment on the size of this piece.

i was told size didn't matter

Posted by: anachronda at July 09, 2022 06:08 PM (I38CQ)

93 89 Posted by: Ciampino

LOL.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 09, 2022 06:05 PM (FZ2cV)
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So which post amused you?

Posted by: Ciampino - always good for a laugh at July 09, 2022 06:08 PM (qfLjt)

94 Many here appear obsessed with boobs, without having gone through the interest/hobby phases.
Posted by: Ciampino - wankers perhaps? at July 09, 2022 05:59 PM (qfLjt)

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With boobs the order is reversed with the age of the hobbyist, I think. They start as an obsession, evolve to a hobby, and then become an interest.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 09, 2022 06:08 PM (2Ra0c)

95 That painting is wonderful! Love Cape Cod, hope to get back there one day. The Kennedy worship was a little unbearable last time I was there, but that was a long, long time ago. Hopefully it has waned.

Posted by: jocon307 at July 09, 2022 06:09 PM (HYa+m)

96 Artfully painted. Wonderful colors. Love the subject. Would hang in the guest bedroom.

Posted by: G. Gnome will not comply at July 09, 2022 06:09 PM (OQcPl)

97 I know guitars and playing guitars is or were your black hole but are Harleys in that category or just work?

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 09, 2022 05:57 PM (4+wAL)

Hmm, long story really. Harleys started as a hobby, basically just putt around town listening to the drag pipes. After some years I knew my way around them to actually build and fix them. That lead me to where I could quit the family business of home improvements because the hours weren't as flexible as I needed them to be, so then the harley thing became my fallback with flexible hours which I needed to pursue my main objective of music/guitar, which started as an interest when I was 7, a serious hobby by age 12, picking up speed by age 15, and a total over the top out of control galactic consuming obsession at age 18, which was/is my main focus in life. I blame that one on an epic set of boobs in a leopard print top, which is a story I have told before.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 09, 2022 06:10 PM (VwHCD)

98 So which post amused you?
Posted by: Ciampino - always good for a laugh at July 09, 2022 06:08 PM (qfLjt)

The one that's reposted in #94.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 09, 2022 06:10 PM (FZ2cV)

99 If ever I am in a position not to work for a living I hope to learn to draw and paint. Right now I read and hike a bit. I like to camp and get outdoors. But that painting of Cape Cod reminds me of a beautiful sunset I photographed last week off the Connecticut coast, just below Rhode Island. I would love to learn to recreate that photo.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 09, 2022 06:10 PM (ZZVmo)

100 I like to have music playing while whittling or woodcarving. But it has to be instrumental. If it involves singing, I start singing along and get distracted. I can let it flow over and through me as I try not to cut myself.

Posted by: JTB at July 09, 2022 06:10 PM (7EjX1)

101 Sorry, I’m still on Team Lisa. I’m a prisoner of my glasses fetish.

You say ... I only hear what I want to.

Posted by: My Name Is Mud at July 09, 2022 06:10 PM (UqpE5)

102 My hobby turned into my profession. I keep trying to turn it back into a hobby but no luck.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 09, 2022 06:10 PM (UDDta)

103 92 If you are here today, can you comment on the size of this piece.

i was told size didn't matter

Posted by: anachronda at July 09, 2022 06:08 PM (I38CQ)
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They always lie to you to make you comfortable.

Posted by: Ciampino - don't be fooled at July 09, 2022 06:12 PM (qfLjt)

104 JTB, I have a woodcarving question but I will ask it in an email.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 09, 2022 06:13 PM (UDDta)

105 Or am I off base again?

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 09, 2022 05:45 PM (4+wAL)
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Try some more Zap-a-gap and see if that helps.

A lot of gamers are personally conservative but political liberal because that's the world they inhabit. Back in 2002-3, I was shocked at how many people who spent their time writing "BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!" on their tanks and building torture chambers were total anti-war lefities.

Then again, Warhammer 40k tends to skew European online so it's part of their culture.

I think the "serious" board gamers (the kind who play Imperivm Romanvm or the Brigade Series) are more conservative than most.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 09, 2022 06:14 PM (llXky)

106 total over the top out of control galactic consuming obsession at age 18, which was/is my main focus in life. I blame that one on an epic set of boobs in a leopard print top, which is a story I have told before.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 09, 2022 06:10 PM (VwHCD)

You just summed up the history of man in two sentences.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 09, 2022 06:14 PM (4+wAL)

107 JTB, I have a woodcarving question but I will ask it in an email.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 09, 2022 06:13 PM (UDDta)

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What makes you think you can't share your woodcarving question with the rest of us?

The Horde is a caring and empathetic group.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 09, 2022 06:14 PM (2Ra0c)

108 Many here appear obsessed with boobs, without having gone through the interest/hobby phases.
Posted by: Ciampino - wankers perhaps? at July 09, 2022 05:59 PM (qfLjt)

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With boobs the order is reversed with the age of the hobbyist, I think. They start as an obsession, evolve to a hobby, and then become an interest.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 09, 2022 06:08 PM (2Ra0c)

I can see I need to tell the story again of how a set of boobs changed my direction in life on a dime. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 09, 2022 06:14 PM (VwHCD)

109 Bandersnatch is here? Well, fishing talk cannot be far behind. I hope your school year went well Mr. B and now you are free to devote your full attention to women, bourbon and fishing.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 09, 2022 06:15 PM (Yawo6)

110 100 I like to have music playing while whittling or woodcarving. But it has to be instrumental. If it involves singing, I start singing along and get distracted. I can let it flow over and through me as I try not to cut myself.

Posted by: JTB at July 09, 2022 06:10 PM (7EjX1)
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Yeah, finger-whittling is not recommended plus the blood stains on the fresh wood are impossible to remove.

Posted by: Ciampino - shave the wood only & avoid bone at July 09, 2022 06:15 PM (qfLjt)

111 With boobs the order is reversed with the age of the hobbyist, I think. They start as an obsession, evolve to a hobby, and then become an interest.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 09, 2022 06:08 PM (2Ra0c)
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If you started gaming young enough, boobs were a distraction, then an interest, then an obsession and then a hobby.

I think back to the amount of focus I had on wargaming and history when I was between 10 and 12 and then - slowly at first - I found other things more interesting.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 09, 2022 06:16 PM (llXky)

112 Cicero, just for you. I need the best way to inlay copper letters into a pistol grip.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 09, 2022 06:17 PM (UDDta)

113 I like to have music playing while whittling or woodcarving. But it has to be instrumental. If it involves singing, I start singing along and get distracted. I can let it flow over and through me as I try not to cut myself.

Posted by: JTB at July 09, 2022 06:10 PM (7EjX1)

I'm even worse. I can't even listen to music when I'm working, because it all distracts me, and thats because the first thing my brain does is try to figure out how its played.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 09, 2022 06:17 PM (VwHCD)

114 I think the "serious" board gamers (the kind who play Imperivm Romanvm or the Brigade Series) are more conservative than most.

Cause and Effect.

But - that's a double edged sword. Because real life isn't a d20 proposition with a chart to reference.

Posted by: My Name Is Mud at July 09, 2022 06:18 PM (UqpE5)

115 BTW, Amazon has been running lightning deals for the last week. To my surprise, there have been a good number of hobby and craft items: painting gear, woodcarving tools, various fiber arts items. At the moment they are offering a Beavercraft (made in Ukraine and pretty good stuff) set that can take a beginner from whittling to more formal efforts. It's their top of the line set and the price is usually $260 on Amazon. The sale price is down to $200. I don't need it as I have accumulated the items over the years. But for someone starting out, it would be a good beginning.

Posted by: JTB at July 09, 2022 06:19 PM (7EjX1)

116 One thing that neat about TMP ( the Miniature Page) is there are many from around the world. So foreigners are often Leftists possibly skewed my vision of percentage of conservatives and Leftists.

Posted by: Skip at July 09, 2022 06:20 PM (2JoB8)

117 Cicero, just for you. I need the best way to inlay copper letters into a pistol grip.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 09, 2022 06:17 PM (UDDta)

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Copper, huh?

Hmmm. I got nothing.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 09, 2022 06:20 PM (2Ra0c)

118 I like to have music playing while whittling or woodcarving. But it has to be instrumental. If it involves singing, I start singing along and get distracted. I can let it flow over and through me as I try not to cut myself.

Posted by: JTB at July 09, 2022 06:10 PM

I prefer listening to Arabic Bedouin instrumental music when I am painting historical miniatures. Some people say I am a bit odd, but I prefer to think of myself as eccentric.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at July 09, 2022 06:20 PM (bVYXr)

119 I like the painting. It really captures still water and reflection.

Posted by: banana Dream at July 09, 2022 06:21 PM (eubJX)

120 104 ... "I have a woodcarving question but I will ask it in an email."

Hi Ben Had,
I'll keep an eye open for the email.

Posted by: JTB at July 09, 2022 06:21 PM (7EjX1)

121 I enjoy feminine pulchritude, which may or may not involve huge boobs. For example, one of my cinematic crushes, Nicole Kidman, can be ethereally beautiful and desirable onscreen, despite not having the proverbial “great tracts of land.” It’s all gestalt.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 09, 2022 06:21 PM (rzOL9)

122 55 Half Dozen wasn't there but that was beautiful
Posted by: Skip at July 09, 2022 05:39 PM (2JoB

Thank you, Skip.

This was our Independence Day program from just last Sunday. I got some camera time in this episode too: https://tinyurl.com/yxkx7fyr

Posted by: Half Dozen at July 09, 2022 06:22 PM (dJs6r)

123 Beautiful painting! Would love it hanging in my wall.

Posted by: Rodney Malin at July 09, 2022 06:22 PM (nCO8l)

124 One think didn't know I had until needed it for my truck repairs is there is air fool for carving and wood bits. My uncle gave it to my years ago and put it away until last week.

Posted by: Skip at July 09, 2022 06:22 PM (2JoB8)

125 Beautiful composition in the painting. I for one am trying to look more for the beauty in the world, wherever I find it

Posted by: JM in Florida at July 09, 2022 06:23 PM (8uHMn)

126 108
I can see I need to tell the story again of how a set of boobs changed my direction in life on a dime. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 09, 2022 06:14 PM (VwHCD)
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We are all agog.

Posted by: Ciampino - turns up hearing aid ... wait don't have one! at July 09, 2022 06:23 PM (qfLjt)

127 Copper, huh?

Hmmm. I got nothing.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 09, 2022 06:20 PM (2Ra0c)
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Maybe stamp out grooves (or use a dremel) for the letters, melt some copper wire (probably a stove can do it, or a blowtorch), though you have to sacrifice a pan, and then pour the copper into the letter grooves?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 09, 2022 06:24 PM (Yawo6)

128 JTB, Cicero wrangled the question out of me at #112.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 09, 2022 06:24 PM (UDDta)

129 76 Lisa Loeb is adorable.

As she lies naked on the floor?

Posted by: Fox 2! at July 09, 2022 06:25 PM (qyH+l)

130 Maybe stamp out grooves (or use a dremel) for the letters, melt some copper wire (probably a stove can do it, or a blowtorch), though you have to sacrifice a pan, and then pour the copper into the letter grooves?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 09, 2022 06:24 PM (Yawo6)

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That's just what I was going to suggest.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 09, 2022 06:25 PM (2Ra0c)

131 Copper, huh?

Hmmm. I got nothing.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 09, 2022 06:20 PM (2Ra0c)
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Maybe stamp out grooves (or use a dremel) for the letters, melt some copper wire (probably a stove can do it, or a blowtorch), though you have to sacrifice a pan, and then pour the copper into the letter grooves?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 09, 2022 06:24 PM (Yawo6)

Why not do gold leaf?

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 09, 2022 06:26 PM (4+wAL)

132 I would have to do a bing search to know who Lisa Loeb is.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 09, 2022 06:26 PM (FZ2cV)

133 Huck I have the letters cut out of very thin copper sheet. Melting copper is a bitch. I have done it as an inlay on some tables filling natural holes in the wood.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 09, 2022 06:28 PM (UDDta)

134 Lisa Loeb did a GEICO commercial a few years ago. I don't know if they did some magic editing or what but she looked exactly the same as she was 20 years ago.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 09, 2022 06:28 PM (4+wAL)

135 copper prices just hit a two year low last week, so the good news is inflation may be receding. The bad news is fear of a recession seems to be the reason why.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 09, 2022 06:29 PM (Yawo6)

136 As she lies naked on the floor?
Posted by: Fox 2!

Natalie Imbruglia

Posted by: BruceWayne at July 09, 2022 06:29 PM (MGB5H)

137 113 ... "I can't even listen to music when I'm working, because it all distracts me, and thats because the first thing my brain does is try to figure out how its played."

Beserker,

Once you get past rhythm guitar my instrumental abilities fall off rapidly. (I'm being very kind to myself.) That's why instrumental music is safe. Humming a bass line, which Mrs. JTB assures me I do, isn't conscious.

Posted by: JTB at July 09, 2022 06:30 PM (7EjX1)

138 I would have to do a bing search to know who Lisa Loeb is.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

90s singer/songwriter. Most well known for "stay"

Posted by: BruceWayne at July 09, 2022 06:30 PM (MGB5H)

139 Have no idea who Natalie Imbruglia is.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 09, 2022 06:30 PM (FZ2cV)

140 Huck I have the letters cut out of very thin copper sheet. Melting copper is a bitch. I have done it as an inlay on some tables filling natural holes in the wood.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 09, 2022 06:28 PM (UDDta)
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Maybe etch with a dremel then, to size, and figure out some way to adhere the letters you've made. But I'm probably no person to talk about this. Beyond my ken.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 09, 2022 06:31 PM (Yawo6)

141 I would have to do a bing search to know who Lisa Loeb is.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 09, 2022 06:26 PM (FZ2cV)
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Emerged in the 90s, very girlish voice - not great, but sincere. Kind of girl-next doorish.

I've got one of her songs on my 90s playist. "Stay" I think it's called.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 09, 2022 06:31 PM (llXky)

142 Posted by: BruceWayne at July 09, 2022 06:30 PM (MGB5H)

I suppose I'd recognize if I heard it again.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 09, 2022 06:31 PM (FZ2cV)

143 Have no idea who Natalie Imbruglia is.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Aughts pop star from Australia (I think) most well known for "torn"

Posted by: BruceWayne at July 09, 2022 06:32 PM (MGB5H)

144 Fen, Lisa Loeb is this really cute singer-songwriter guitar player who rocks glasses, thus triggering the eyeglass fetish that I have regarding women.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 09, 2022 06:32 PM (rzOL9)

145 I'm feeling very old. I think I'll go away now.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 09, 2022 06:33 PM (FZ2cV)

146 When I made my dining table copper was at an all time high. The legs on the table are 2" copper pipe. I joked that if someone broke in they would make a mint off of that table.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 09, 2022 06:33 PM (UDDta)

147 Have no idea who Natalie Imbruglia is.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 09, 2022 06:30 PM (FZ2cV)
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Ah, another one of that era. "Torn." Very evocative.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 09, 2022 06:33 PM (llXky)

148 I have been playing with fiber recently, making cordage by stripping and cleaning the outside of blackberry vines. Those fibers can get very long and clean up quickly with a knife, and have enough mucilage in them to stick to itself when I twist them.
I was playing with the fiber from Jerusalem Artichoke since I have a lot of that, too, but the results are too hit-and-miss
I have been twisting my hand, but I finally realized that a spinner mounted to something sturdy lets me twist faster. I have been playing with making grass ropes as well.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 09, 2022 06:34 PM (xhaym)

149 I'm feeling very old. I think I'll go away now.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 09, 2022 06:33 PM (FZ2cV)
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Fen, these singers are from 20 years ago. You were only 9 in those days, so no reason you would know of them.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 09, 2022 06:34 PM (Yawo6)

150 No Lisa sings lying naked on the floor, she had that librarian look going.

Posted by: Skip at July 09, 2022 06:34 PM (2JoB8)

151 145. And you're probably a chick next to me.

Posted by: CN at July 09, 2022 06:34 PM (ONvIw)

152 127 Copper, huh?

Hmmm. I got nothing.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 09, 2022 06:20 PM (2Ra0c)
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Maybe stamp out grooves (or use a dremel) for the letters, melt some copper wire (probably a stove can do it, or a blowtorch), though you have to sacrifice a pan, and then pour the copper into the letter grooves?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 09, 2022 06:24 PM (Yawo6)
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Now a porcelain crucible from your nearest Chemistry Lab will be great and won't contaminate the copper. Pouring it cleanly in situ and removing the excess is probably more of a problem. Melting copper powder in the grooves with a torch, if you are allowed to locally heat the part? Is that a possibility?

Posted by: Ciampino - turns up hearing aid ... wait don't have one! at July 09, 2022 06:35 PM (qfLjt)

153 I'm feeling very old. I think I'll go away now.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 09, 2022 06:33 PM (FZ2cV)
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Didn't you listen to the radio in the 90s? Plenty of airplay. It's not like the alternative scene in the 80s were basically you had to listen to college radio stations to pick up on some the edgier bands.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 09, 2022 06:35 PM (llXky)

154 Fen, these singers are from 20 years ago. You were only 9 in those days, so no reason you would know of them.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

Hell "Stay (I missed you)" charted in 94. Pushing 30 years now.

Posted by: BruceWayne at July 09, 2022 06:35 PM (MGB5H)

155 Hell "Stay (I missed you)" charted in 94. Pushing 30 years now.

Posted by: BruceWayne at July 09, 2022 06:35 PM (MGB5H)
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Fen was a groupie for the 80s hair bands. I bet Poison is more her thing.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 09, 2022 06:37 PM (llXky)

156 With the governments enthralled by decreasing livestock, I've stocked up on wool yarn. Just a bad feeling I get. Found a good source, so I went ahead

Posted by: CN at July 09, 2022 06:37 PM (ONvIw)

157 Kindltot, interestering. I have some plant I haven't identified but I keep looking at it thinking rope or paper.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 09, 2022 06:38 PM (UDDta)

158 Ready for another at of body putty

Posted by: Skip at July 09, 2022 06:38 PM (2JoB8)

159 Fen was a groupie for the 80s hair bands. I bet Poison is more her thing.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Cause baby we'll be
At the drive-in
In the old man's Ford
Behind the bushes
Till I'm screaming for more
Down the basement
Lock the cellar door
And baby
Talk dirty to me

Posted by: BruceWayne at July 09, 2022 06:39 PM (MGB5H)

160 I finished a few pieces, the Bergdorf copy and a WIP I found in a closet. Should finish a cotton sweater in a day or two.

Posted by: CN at July 09, 2022 06:39 PM (ONvIw)

161 In my anxiety looking at scale differences N scale is 12mm and I need 15mm that train scale manufacturers are not as hell bent on making uniform scale models between themselves.
Posted by: Skip at July 09, 2022 05:18 PM (2JoB

0 Gauge (O gauge) and accessories run from 1/43 to 1/50, even though the nominal scale is 1/48. Some (e.g., "O-27") is even smaller, even though still running on the same track and generally interchangeable with O.

Which reminds me, I need to get back into the train room and rearrange my layout. I had to take up the "bed room" branch a couple of years ago to let the HVAC guys up into the attic. Haven't done much with it since.

Posted by: Fox 2! at July 09, 2022 06:39 PM (qyH+l)

162 Little Knits always has good sales. It's usually closeouts with no returns.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 09, 2022 06:40 PM (YynYJ)

163 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is basically "Hippies are scum, the movie."

Posted by: BourbonChicken at July 09, 2022 06:40 PM (ybIRR)

164 Wahoo! Speaking of hobbies, between posts I was finishing up the chapter on the 1949 Chinese Civil War.

Bad news: the Communists won.

Anyway, I've written 2,000 words since Thursday, cracked 70,000 overall and now all I have to do is Korea, Cold War posturing, border skirmishes and this this thing is DONE.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 09, 2022 06:40 PM (llXky)

165 Ben Had,

I've never tried to inlay wire into wood but have seen it demonstrated in a video. Basically, a shallow groove in the desired design is carved into the wood, as close to the thickness of the wire as possible. Tap it into place and sand everything flat and smooth.

Sorry I can't be more helpful. There are quite a few videos on Youtube about it. Not sure I have a sufficiently delicate touch but the results looked damned interesting.

Posted by: JTB at July 09, 2022 06:40 PM (7EjX1)

166 you could drip the liquid metal down a thread into the engraved letter grooves, and perhaps avoid most of the pouring problem

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 09, 2022 06:40 PM (Yawo6)

167 Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 09, 2022 06:32 PM (rzOL9)

Here's a cute girl in glasses for you, B. I can't do the Joe Mannix "complete package", but I think she's adorable.

tinyurl.com/5dpdxxsn

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 09, 2022 06:40 PM (FZ2cV)

168 164. Congrats.

Posted by: CN at July 09, 2022 06:40 PM (ONvIw)

169 Willowed: Arc of History wrote: "[Brooke] Jenkins is the first black female to be SF DA, replacing a white male, but don't expect the media to spend one second celebrating this stunning, brave, and historic event."

LOL, just like Good Morning America brushing out prior black Supreme Court justices, you've erased SF's actual first black DA. Guess who?

Kamala Harris!!!

Posted by: SFGoth at July 09, 2022 06:41 PM (KAi1n)

170 Fen, these singers are from 20 years ago. You were only 9 in those days, so no reason you would know of them.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

I'll pay you the $20.00 next time I see you.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 09, 2022 06:41 PM (FZ2cV)

171 "this was a painting I did for my mom"

On the off chance she's Jewish and told you you'd be better off marrying a doctor, I'm still open to arrangements. Otherwise, she's done well to raise a talented artist.

Posted by: F2000 at July 09, 2022 06:41 PM (PWcd9)

172 Talk dirty to me

Posted by: BruceWayne at July 09, 2022 06:39 PM (MGB5H)
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I was going to make a joke about female pastors with tramp stamps but in certain liberal denominations, that seems to be and actual thing.

Oh, "Stay" just came on my playlist while I'm typing this.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 09, 2022 06:42 PM (llXky)

173 CN, buffalo makes an even better yarn than wool.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 09, 2022 06:42 PM (UDDta)

174 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is basically "Hippies are scum, the movie."
Posted by: BourbonChicken at July 09, 2022 06:40 PM (ybIRR)

Only part I liked in the movie was Brad Pitt at the ranch. That was a great scene that had you on the edge of your seat.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 09, 2022 06:42 PM (4+wAL)

175 Here's a cute girl in glasses for you, B. I can't do the Joe Mannix "complete package", but I think she's adorable.
tinyurl.com/5dpdxxsn
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 09, 2022 06:40 PM (FZ2cV)
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Big fan of librarian look.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 09, 2022 06:42 PM (Yawo6)

176 173. Nice to know. Is it stretchy?

Posted by: CN at July 09, 2022 06:42 PM (ONvIw)

177 Didn't you listen to the radio in the 90s?

Not really I worked full time and went up to seminary at night and if I listened to any radio on the way up there and back it was probably classical music or CD's/ tapes of Dire Straits

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 09, 2022 06:43 PM (FZ2cV)

178 Big fan of librarian look.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 09, 2022 06:42 PM (Yawo6)
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When she got her prescription updated my wife got the ne plus ultra of librarian glasses.

Living the best life.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 09, 2022 06:44 PM (llXky)

179 The painting is lovely anti!

Posted by: CN at July 09, 2022 06:44 PM (ONvIw)

180 I was going to make a joke about female pastors with tramp stamps but in certain liberal denominations, that seems to be and actual thing.

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Trump stamps > tramp stamps

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now the Summer of Our Discontent at July 09, 2022 06:44 PM (FVME7)

181 177 what's a dire straights

Posted by: CN at July 09, 2022 06:44 PM (ONvIw)

182 Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 09, 2022 06:42 PM (llXky)

I've never had a tattoo and none of the women pastors I associate with have tramp stamps that they've mentioned.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 09, 2022 06:45 PM (FZ2cV)

183 > Didn't you listen to the radio in the 90s? Plenty of airplay. It's not like the alternative scene in the 80s were basically you had to listen to college radio stations to pick up on some the edgier bands.
______________

Most of us listened to albums. Radio was for losers. But... whatever.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 09, 2022 06:45 PM (BFigT)

184 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is basically "Hippies are scum, the movie."
Posted by: BourbonChicken

Feel good movie of the year.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now the Summer of Our Discontent at July 09, 2022 06:46 PM (FVME7)

185 what's a dire straights
Posted by: CN at July 09, 2022 06:44 PM (ONvIw)

I don't know what that is. "Dire Straits" is an English rock group with a very fine guitarist, Mark Knopfler / (sp)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 09, 2022 06:46 PM (FZ2cV)

186 this was a painting I did for my mom"

On the off chance she's Jewish and told you you'd be better off marrying a doctor, I'm still open to arrangements. Otherwise, she's done well to raise a talented artist.
Posted by: F2000 at July 09, 2022 06:41 PM (PWcd9)

Hah. Lutheran . Again thanks for the offer. If nothing else you've cemented my decision to start painting again.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 09, 2022 06:47 PM (4+wAL)

187 I'm predicting that Warhammer will resist the poz no matter how squishy Games Workshop is. I'm not confident in my prediction, just above 65% and telling people what to watch for.

I did a little gatekeeping for Tolkein as well. Someone was talking about rathism-thexism-hobophobia and I told them they would be happier reading the books than fighting on twitter, since they were uh uh uh fans after all. Mentioning happiness as an achievable goal was my stealth-win.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at July 09, 2022 06:47 PM (ybIRR)

188 157 Kindltot, interestering. I have some plant I haven't identified but I keep looking at it thinking rope or paper.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 09, 2022 06:38 PM (UDDta)
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Read that last phrase and all that came to mind is SCISSORS ...

Posted by: Ciampino - destructive, I know at July 09, 2022 06:47 PM (qfLjt)

189 Not really I worked full time and went up to seminary at night and if I listened to any radio on the way up there and back it was probably classical music or CD's/ tapes of Dire Straits

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 09, 2022 06:43 PM (FZ2cV)
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Bless you!

I spend the 1990s wandering aimlessly through crap jobs and racking up a stack of sins I'm still busy repenting.

I can't even say that some of them seemed like a good idea at the time.

Still, I find the music of the period very inspirational and evocative - reminding me of that directionless hunger to find a good life. Helps me write.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 09, 2022 06:47 PM (llXky)

190 CN, buffalo makes an even better yarn than wool.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 09, 2022 06:42 PM (UDDta)

. . . And I was wading out of the creek where my horse spooked and dumped me, and came face to face with the buffalo I was hunting. I froze in place while it glared at me trying to figure if it should trample me or gore me; I felt for the lock of my rifle to cock it, and I could tell the cap had fallen off . . .

Posted by: Kindltot at July 09, 2022 06:47 PM (xhaym)

191 156 ... "I've stocked up on wool yarn. Just a bad feeling I get. Found a good source, so I went ahead"

CN,
Could you give us that source for the wool? I don't knit or crochet, at the moment, but like to know about where to get materials. And I share your concern. Those imbeciles probably think everyone should wear nylon and double-knits. (Shudders art the memory.)

Posted by: JTB at July 09, 2022 06:48 PM (7EjX1)

192 I've never had a tattoo and none of the women pastors I associate with have tramp stamps that they've mentioned.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 09, 2022 06:45 PM (FZ2cV)

Many years ago I was in a mall, and noticed that the young female walking ahead of me had a Magen David tramp stamp. Surprised me. A lot.

Posted by: Fox 2! at July 09, 2022 06:48 PM (qyH+l)

193 what's a dire straights
Posted by: CN at July 09, 2022 06:44 PM (ONvIw)

I don't know what that is. "Dire Straits" is an English rock group with a very fine guitarist, Mark Knopfler / (sp)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

That "money for nothing" video was cutting edge at the time

Posted by: BruceWayne at July 09, 2022 06:48 PM (MGB5H)

194 Posted by: Kindltot at July 09, 2022 06:47 PM (xhaym)

Admittedly it took me a second but ISWYDT.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 09, 2022 06:49 PM (4+wAL)

195 In my anxiety looking at scale differences N scale is 12mm and I need 15mm that train scale manufacturers are not as hell bent on making uniform scale models between themselves.
Posted by: Skip at July 09, 2022 05:18 PM

TT scale is what you need. As close to 15mm/1/100th as you are going to get. It mostly comes from Europe and is a bit expensive but it fits 15mm stuff very nicely.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at July 09, 2022 06:49 PM (bVYXr)

196 Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 09, 2022 06:47 PM (llXky)

I am glad you are writing and glad to hear about the progress you've been making.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 09, 2022 06:49 PM (FZ2cV)

197 Most of us listened to albums. Radio was for losers. But... whatever.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 09, 2022 06:45 PM (BFigT)
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I was always broke, and just got used to having the radio on all the time. I made some mix tapes but still liked hearing what was current.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 09, 2022 06:51 PM (llXky)

198 That "money for nothing" video was cutting edge at the time
Posted by: BruceWayne at July 09, 2022 06:48 PM (MGB5H)

When that song came out I was in college working part time for Chic LeBlanc Appliance store delivery product. It became our theme song of course .

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 09, 2022 06:51 PM (4+wAL)

199 Admittedly it took me a second but ISWYDT.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 09, 2022 06:49 PM (4+wAL)

Yeah, well, Twain's story about Jim Blaine's Ram was a good yarn too, but not about wool.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 09, 2022 06:51 PM (xhaym)

200 Posted by: Fox 2! at July 09, 2022 06:48 PM (qyH+l)

I wouldn't have gotten a cross tattoo when I was younger either, but if the Star Of David helped with her connection to her faith that's not a bad thing.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 09, 2022 06:53 PM (FZ2cV)

201 166 you could drip the liquid metal down a thread into the engraved letter grooves, and perhaps avoid most of the pouring problem

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 09, 2022 06:40 PM (Yawo6)
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Thread made of what? It has to survive molten copper AND not react with it. 'React' includes alloying.

Posted by: Ciampino - Woods metal at July 09, 2022 06:53 PM (qfLjt)

202 Kind of a hobby, I guess. In good weather, I sit out in the back yard and let the dogs play while I read. I also have a bird feeder and watch the birds. I was surprised that the vast majority of birds it attracts are finches. I filled it with "Deluxe Blend". Then I read the small print. Deluxe Blend is for finches.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now the Summer of Our Discontent at July 09, 2022 06:53 PM (FVME7)

203 Ciampino. On the copper question, I have a crucible that I melt copper in the forge and the pours into the natural flaws in the mesquite table tops is a breeze.

I look at this plant and I think I have a bumper crop of this and it must be good for something.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 09, 2022 06:53 PM (UDDta)

204 191. Inexpensive source for wool yarn made by Briggs&Little is Marine Family Fibers dot com. It's half the price of Brown Sheep or Bartlett, and the shop owners seem normal. Another good source is little knits dot com which has a lot of discontinued stock. The color choices are limited, but when they have what you want, they can't be beat. MFF also has a low threshold for free shipping and regular specials.
I bought the undyed yarn as I was looking for cream color and it was the best deal.

Posted by: CN at July 09, 2022 06:54 PM (ONvIw)

205
Many years ago I was in a mall, and noticed that the young female walking ahead of me had a Magen David tramp stamp. Surprised me. A lot.

Posted by: Fox 2! at July 09, 2022 06:48 PM (qyH+l)
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My latest blog post (link in nick) is about an ELCA Pastor and she's heavily tatted over. Also an unrepentant adulteress.

Makes you wonder if there is anything short of a felony conviction that would remove these people from ministry, because obviously good character is no longer a requirement.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 09, 2022 06:54 PM (llXky)

206 112 Cicero, just for you. I need the best way to inlay copper letters into a pistol grip.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 09, 2022 06:17 PM (UDDta)
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What is that pistol grip made of?

Posted by: Ciampino - wooden grip? at July 09, 2022 06:54 PM (qfLjt)

207 I built a spinner by nailing a stick to another stick and asked my wife to hold the contraption while I spun up a grass rope, she kept looking at me like I had slipped a cog or worse.

Then it fell apart because it was a makeshift, and all she would say was, "that's nice"

Posted by: Kindltot at July 09, 2022 06:55 PM (xhaym)

208 Wow, Buffalo yarn is expensive

Posted by: CN at July 09, 2022 06:55 PM (ONvIw)

209 https://tinyurl.com/4yfdyew4
20 Tweets from Bad Blue

Posted by: Skip at July 09, 2022 06:55 PM (2JoB8)

210 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now the Summer of Our Discontent at July 09, 2022 06:53 PM (FVME7)

You know that you're getting older when you have to use a magnifying glass to read fine print. I have to do that with the notes in my Bibles. It's nice to read and look at birds. I enjoy walking and seeing them. This morning I saw several male cardinals.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 09, 2022 06:56 PM (FZ2cV)

211 One of my oil paintings. Dusk at Cape Cod

haven't painted in a few years. The hobby thread has me thinking about starting again. Thanks.
- Anti doesn't matter

Would hang.

Posted by: Javems at July 09, 2022 06:56 PM (AmoqO)

212 Evenin'
(sips beer)

I was just listening to Dire Straits first album in my car. Listened to half of it going in, the other half going home.

My main hobby lately is dumping 22 years worth of junk and deciding what I keep and what I donate in preparation of my move this fall. Just a local move. I'm not leaving Babylon DC, yet. This move is just a step. It's not much of a hobby.

Posted by: Puddleglum at July 09, 2022 06:56 PM (sAmhv)

213 205. A lot of mainstream faith seem to have neopagan branches.

Posted by: CN at July 09, 2022 06:57 PM (ONvIw)

214 This was done long ago by a very talented artist uncle, the headdress broke while he was working on it
https://tinyurl.com/3mrhusdw

It's a Indian head.

Posted by: Skip at July 09, 2022 06:57 PM (2JoB8)

215 205
Makes you wonder if there is anything short of a felony conviction that would remove these people from ministry, because obviously good character is no longer a requirement.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 09, 2022 06:54 PM (llXky)
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Don't attend or otherwise support that church.

Posted by: Ciampino - bullets for removal at July 09, 2022 06:57 PM (qfLjt)

216 And I was wading out of the creek where my horse spooked and dumped me, and came face to face with the buffalo I was hunting. I froze in place while it glared at me trying to figure if it should trample me or gore me; I felt for the lock of my rifle to cock it, and I could tell the cap had fallen off . . .
Posted by: Kindltot

They found it!

https://bit.ly/3IrikwM

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now the Summer of Our Discontent at July 09, 2022 06:58 PM (FVME7)

217 I look at this plant and I think I have a bumper crop of this and it must be good for something.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 09, 2022 06:53 PM (UDDta)

Poison Oak is a West Coast source of Urushiol which is used in the traditional manufacture of Japanese lacquerware. I got lots of that, but I don't think I want to go into the business.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 09, 2022 06:58 PM (xhaym)

218 204 ... CN,
Thanks for the info on inexpensive sources of wool yarn.

Posted by: JTB at July 09, 2022 06:58 PM (7EjX1)

219 Ciampino, mesquite.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 09, 2022 06:59 PM (UDDta)

220 187 I'm predicting that Warhammer will resist the poz no matter how squishy Games Workshop is. I'm not confident in my prediction, just above 65% and telling people what to watch for.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at July 09, 2022 06:47 PM (ybIRR)

I'm an occasional tabletop 40K player and I'd agree with that assessment. A lot of the people that are into it are very loyal to the local game store(s) but not so much GW, whom they view with no small share of antipathy due to years of corporate arrogance and questionable business decisions. I don't mind GW for the most part, but I wasn't active in the late 2000s, early 2010s when they were *really* bad. The Magic tables attract a lot of younger and/or freaky-looking types whereas the Warhammer customer base is older, leaning toward professionals. Even the odd ones--and there are some odd ones here, let me say--would be more at home in a Clerks movie than a bleak social media dystopian misadventure.

Posted by: CppThis at July 09, 2022 06:59 PM (UewuT)

221 I stumbled on a new hobby today, collecting Aztec death whistles.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at July 09, 2022 07:00 PM (bVYXr)

222 How can I block the sidebar ads? They're disgusting. I have adblock on. Any other methods?

Posted by: MikeN at July 09, 2022 07:01 PM (LBuPS)

223 Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 09, 2022 06:54 PM (llXky)

Well, I'm sure there are people like that in many denominations. I'm not ELCA. Some of the men aren't better either, but the ones I've known are either older, retired or they had a genuine calling and most were very fine pastors. if you're going into the ministry because you fundamentally went to be a "woke" pastor and Jesus is the standard bearer for Progressive theology you don't belong in the pastorate, or need to go join the Unitarians. However, I am no longer on the Board of Ordained Ministry and so don't get to meet and interview the candidates.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 09, 2022 07:01 PM (FZ2cV)

224 My post would make a bit more sense if I completed my thots. I was listening to Dire Straits going into work. I left the work part out. The thot was there it just didn't make to the keyboard.

(sips beer) Yuengling is a fine brew.

Posted by: Puddleglum at July 09, 2022 07:01 PM (sAmhv)

225 I seem to recall there being a big schism, followed by a bunch of wars, the last time Christianity let itself get subverted by scummy skin-suiters. Something something theses on the door.

Posted by: CppThis at July 09, 2022 07:02 PM (UewuT)

226 I don't know how marvel got my email address and I've never received one from them before today but I just got one pushing ms.marvel being Kamala which was some woke muslim super hero from eight years ago but conveniently has the vice kneeler's name. Its being pushed to kids.

Posted by: banana Dream at July 09, 2022 07:02 PM (0fVbu)

227 218 my pleasure. I was reluctant to buy Briggs and Little at first. How could a yarn so inexpensive be good, thought I. It's very comparable to Bartlett and the color range is great. Colors are heathered, so my family prefers it.

Posted by: CN at July 09, 2022 07:02 PM (ONvIw)

228 Evening.
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Lisa Loeb is adorable.

Fight me:
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 09, 2022 05:54 PM (rzOL9)

I agree.

I can still fight you if'n yer in a fightin' mood.

Posted by: Robert at July 09, 2022 07:03 PM (Vv5Rb)

229 Kindltot, well played, Sir.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 09, 2022 07:04 PM (UDDta)

230 Mesquite pistol grips? That sounds like something you can't get on Amazon.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 09, 2022 07:06 PM (2Ra0c)

231 225 I seem to recall there being a big schism, followed by a bunch of wars, the last time Christianity let itself get subverted by scummy skin-suiters. Something something theses on the door.
Posted by: CppThis

This is God sifting the wheat for the good seed and removing the tares.

Posted by: Puddleglum at July 09, 2022 07:06 PM (sAmhv)

232 Ben Had...
You said the letters are cut out of thin copper sheet? Can you trace around them cut out the letter in the wood, push the letter in and top it with epoxy resin? I think that maybe could work.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at July 09, 2022 07:06 PM (Wy1BU)

233 I haven't seen Lisa Loeb recently, but she had some TV show briefly in the early 00's. Some reality show. She was in her 40s and still looked pretty good. Time was kind to her. She took care of herself. Seems a pleasant enough gal.

Posted by: Puddleglum at July 09, 2022 07:07 PM (sAmhv)

234 Ben do you have a Dremel tool?

Posted by: Skip at July 09, 2022 07:08 PM (2JoB8)

235 Huck I have the letters cut out of very thin copper sheet. Melting copper is a bitch. I have done it as an inlay on some tables filling natural holes in the wood.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 09, 2022 06:28 PM (UDDta)
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Maybe etch with a dremel then, to size, and figure out some way to adhere the letters you've made. But I'm probably no person to talk about this. Beyond my ken.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 09, 2022 06:31 PM (Yawo6)

In guitar building land we would use an xacto knife to carefully cut along the letters to get the outline in the wood, then carefully remove the right amount of wood to inlay the letter so its flush with the surface, then use powdered dye to stain the epoxy to the color of the wood, then inlay the letters into the epoxy. After it dries you use a small scraper, or razor blade to to scrape everything smooth and flush. For guitars it would then get clear coated, but for a gun stock thats a different deal.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 09, 2022 07:08 PM (VwHCD)

236 Very nice painting anti.

Posted by: That Guy What Always Says Yeah Buddy TM at July 09, 2022 07:09 PM (R5lpX)

237 I've read that mork and Billy Chrystal (sp?) were big WH40K players. Gay elves vs Jewish orks I think. I'd like to try Age of Sigmar rollplay but it's tough to find local groups in a small city.

Posted by: banana Dream at July 09, 2022 07:10 PM (0fVbu)

238 219 Ciampino, mesquite.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 09, 2022 06:59 PM (UDDta)
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Somehow I had imagined a metal handle. Wood may char with molten copper. Inlaying wire seems preferable. May need to glue the wire otherwise the vibrations from firing may eventually dislodge the metal.

Posted by: Ciampino - sticky problems at July 09, 2022 07:11 PM (qfLjt)

239 Well, I'm sure there are people like that in many denominations.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 09, 2022 07:01 PM (FZ2cV)
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The difference of course is the degree to which it is tolerated.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 09, 2022 07:11 PM (llXky)

240 I've read that mork and Billy Chrystal (sp?) were big WH40K players. Gay elves vs Jewish orks I think. I'd like to try Age of Sigmar rollplay but it's tough to find local groups in a small city.

Posted by: banana Dream at July 09, 2022 07:10 PM

jeffery dahlmer and I were members in the same war games club at the University of Wisconsin, just sayin......

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at July 09, 2022 07:12 PM (bVYXr)

241 Cicero, mesquite is a gorgeous grained hard wood. The wood has a deep rose tint with a nice grain of interesting pattern. I use it because I have it in abundance.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 09, 2022 07:13 PM (UDDta)

242 Melting copper, haven't tried that yet

Posted by: Skip at July 09, 2022 07:13 PM (2JoB8)

243 Don't attend or otherwise support that church.

Posted by: Ciampino - bullets for removal at July 09, 2022 06:57 PM (qfLjt)
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Before he got promoted, our unit chaplain was Missouri Synod Lutheran. I used to tease him about the various hijinks of his co-religionists.

Of course, my go-to line was: "You know, Chaplain, I've decided Martin Luther was right and the Catholic Church is all wrong. I want to be a Lutheran! But how do I know which one is the right one? There's so many out there? These ELCA people seem nice..."

That always set him off.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 09, 2022 07:14 PM (llXky)

244 48 A friend of mine, who also was my pottery teacher, called to let me know there was room in the kiln for finishing two plates. Yesterday I glazed them, and we had a good laugh: They were dated 2019. Pandemic plates.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at July 09, 2022 05:36 PM (/+bwe)

I might be a bit more prolific than you. I have a driving force behind me (the Mrs.)

Posted by: Javems at July 09, 2022 07:15 PM (AmoqO)

245 Thanks Skip !

Posted by: JT at July 09, 2022 07:15 PM (T4tVD)

246 I've read that mork and Billy Chrystal (sp?) were big WH40K players. Gay elves vs Jewish orks I think. I'd like to try Age of Sigmar rollplay but it's tough to find local groups in a small city.

Posted by: banana Dream at July 09, 2022 07:10 PM (0fVbu)
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I saw that as well. I only play 2nd ed., so finding opponents is more difficult than it otherwise would be.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 09, 2022 07:15 PM (llXky)

247 My hobbies the last week have been:

Failed fuel pump on tractor
Failed air fryer
Failed attic ventilator fan

The fun never stops.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 09, 2022 07:16 PM (RuRuy)

248 Skip, I have a dremel and a router stand attachment. My fear is that the edges are not going to be flush.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 09, 2022 07:16 PM (UDDta)

249 Anti - wow.

Posted by: WisMike at July 09, 2022 07:17 PM (aTol7)

250 >>> jeffery dahlmer and I were members in the same war games club at the University of Wisconsin, just sayin......
Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at July 09, 2022 07:12 PM (bVYXr)

Did he ever bring snacks?

Posted by: banana Dream at July 09, 2022 07:20 PM (0fVbu)

251 Would paint on the side of my Free Candy van.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 09, 2022 07:21 PM (yQpMk)

252 My hobby is taking spherical panorama photos and converting them to skyboxes for use in Out of the Park baseball.

Traveling all over Michigan, walking, fresh air, photography, and my Mac all mixed together. Best part is my wife loves the travel and walking.

Posted by: Bob at July 09, 2022 07:22 PM (SXH3O)

253 Very nice painting.

Of course I could do as good, if I had any skill at it. Which I don't. But I did paint a rabbit hutch once, and the bunny never complained.

Oh, and I measured your painting. It's about 500px x 374px, 53kb. More or less.

Posted by: Sam at July 09, 2022 07:22 PM (d/bR/)

254 I have a dremel drill bit about 3" diameter made of fiberglass that is disposable, cheap but gets used up. I wish the axel was longer that my drill isn't right on top of what I'm cutting, but it gets the job done.

When it comes to handiness and giving tips at AoSHQ, I feel like I'm a kid at the Easter dinner table, what with AOP et al building huge machines.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at July 09, 2022 07:22 PM (ybIRR)

255 And nobody has spotted the sniper in Anti's painting? It's like I don't know you people.

Not much model building around Beartooth Manor of late even though I have boxes of 1/700 waterline ships stacked up. The problem is two fold. One, where do I put them when completed and two having an 11 week old puppy disagreeing with super structue paint patterns.

Posted by: Beartooth at July 09, 2022 07:23 PM (u9Awk)

256 jeffery dahlmer and I were members in the same war games club at the University of Wisconsin, just sayin......

Hope you guys didn't do pot luck dinners.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at July 09, 2022 07:24 PM (Bd6X8)

257 239. I find too much tolerance. Instead of looking for crazy goddess figures, why didn't women my age raise their girls to admire Rebecca Gratz. My grandmother had her picture on the wall. We called it the Rebecca Gratz dining room

Posted by: CN at July 09, 2022 07:25 PM (ONvIw)

258 Before the next post I want to thank you guys for all the nice posts. I will submit one of my abstracts next time to get the truly welcomed snark. Because you care.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 09, 2022 07:26 PM (4+wAL)

259 239. Jewish women my age...sorry. but the model for Rebecca of York is admirable generally

Posted by: CN at July 09, 2022 07:26 PM (ONvIw)

260 jeffery dahlmer and I were members in the same war games club at the University of Wisconsin, just sayin......
Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at July 09, 2022 07:12 PM (bVYXr)

Did he ever bring snacks?

Posted by: banana Dream at July 09, 2022 07:20 PM

I honestly didn't really know who he was until he started killing and eating gay men and got caught. I read the papers and thought....holy $hit, I was playing war games with that guy last month.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at July 09, 2022 07:27 PM (bVYXr)

261 246 I saw that as well. I only play 2nd ed., so finding opponents is more difficult than it otherwise would be.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 09, 2022 07:15 PM (llXky)

Maybe you could meet them in between with the just-launched Horus Heresy rules? It's based heavily on pre 8th edition rules (blast templates and whippy sticks are back, baby!) but will probably only ever be about spess mehreens.

Unlike the previous HH edition, this one is managed by mainline GW rather than the specialist division. They've signaled that their intent is to offer both of their major franchises in two versions, modern rules (40K/Sigmar) and classic rules (HH/Old World).

Posted by: CppThis at July 09, 2022 07:28 PM (UewuT)

262 "Hope you guys didn't do pot luck dinners"

Yeah I'd pass on the finger foods.

Posted by: fd at July 09, 2022 07:28 PM (sn5EN)

263 Skip, I have a dremel and a router stand attachment. My fear is that the edges are not going to be flush.

This is not an answer to your actual question but a suggestion for an alternative that might achieve a more-or-less similar result. If you're strongly set on the copper sheets, ignore this.

You can get powdered copper to mix with resin and use that to fill the inletting. Then, as Berserker mentioned above, sand or scrape to level it with the wood.

Posted by: Oddbob at July 09, 2022 07:28 PM (nfrXX)

264 Before the next post I want to thank you guys for all the nice posts. I will submit one of my abstracts next time to get the truly welcomed snark. Because you care.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 09, 2022 07:26

You could offer a painting to be raffled at a MoMe.

Posted by: Beartooth at July 09, 2022 07:29 PM (u9Awk)

265 80 Anti doesn't matter

Very nice!
I can see the sniper though...
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255 And nobody has spotted the sniper in Anti's painting? It's like I don't know you people.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 09, 2022 05:57 PM (SJ++4)
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What, you think we are pikers?
We have SEALS underwater making for the sniper's location.

Posted by: Ciampino - Nobody ever sees the ninjas at July 09, 2022 07:29 PM (qfLjt)

266 My new Hobby is managing my anger...

And I'm managing to stay angry just about all the time!

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 09, 2022 07:30 PM (oHd/0)

267 I find too much tolerance.
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All's well that Swallow's Well describes the Democrat Party.

Rep. Eric Swalwell@RepSwalwell
What's the Democrats’ message? I hear this all the time. Simple.
We are the party of freedom.
Freedom to make your own health care choices.
Freedom from your fear of gun violence.
Freedom to have your vote counted.
Our message is our values.
Freedom for all.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now the Summer of Our Discontent at July 09, 2022 07:30 PM (FVME7)

268 Not much model building around Beartooth Manor of late even though I have boxes of 1/700 waterline ships stacked up. The problem is two fold. One, where do I put them when completed and two having an 11 week old puppy disagreeing with super structue paint patterns.

Posted by: Beartooth at July 09, 2022 07:23 PM

Some random guy brought a 1/350th scale model of the USS Enterprise to our VFW post last month and asked if we wanted it. I said sure and he then brought it in. The display case was nearly destroyed and the ship had taken heavy damage. I am going to try and fix it and get a new case but it does not look hopeful for the good ship and crew at this point.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at July 09, 2022 07:31 PM (bVYXr)

269 Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 09, 2022 07:14 PM (llXky)

Yes; The ELCA is quite different than the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod. Then again, according to the site Church Militant some of the pastors and hierarchy in the RCC aren't exactly covering themselves with glory either. I think a priest who takes vows of celibacy and then repeatedly has assignations on the gay hookup site Grindr probably isn't the greatest role model either/sarc. I say this not to pass opprobrium on the RCC. As I post quite a few things here from RC Saints, there are many things I appreciate about the RCC, but "wokeness and being degenerate isn't just found in Protestant churches .. You seem to have found have a church that has a traditional high liturgy and are happy there. However, there are faithful Christians of various stripes everywhere..

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 09, 2022 07:31 PM (FZ2cV)

270 That painting was "call my wife from the other room to see" good. Nicely done.

Posted by: Ben Sears at July 09, 2022 07:31 PM (7x7jP)

271 >> [Anti doesn't matter] One of my oil paintings. Dusk at Cape Cod

Nice work! The decision to leave Obama out of the painting was good one. His ears would have been distracting.

Posted by: 40 Miles North at July 09, 2022 07:33 PM (uWF4x)

272 263
You can get powdered copper to mix with resin and use that to fill the inletting. Then, as Berserker mentioned above, sand or scrape to level it with the wood.

Posted by: Oddbob at July 09, 2022 07:28 PM (nfrXX)
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From my experience with lab chemicals, which tend to be as pure as possible, powdered copper is mainly oxide by the time it gets used, so inspect carefully.

Posted by: Ciampino - engraving is edgy at July 09, 2022 07:33 PM (qfLjt)

273 Incidentally, AP Fact Check vprotects us from dangerous fake news concerning Abe's death.

AP's crack fact-check team lets us know Shinzo Abe did not recently tweet 'I have information that will lead to the arrest of Hillary Clinton'

https://bit.ly/3P2R36A

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now the Summer of Our Discontent at July 09, 2022 07:34 PM (FVME7)

274 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now the Summer of Our Discontent at July 09, 2022 07:30 PM (FVME7)

Freedom to be the victim of violent crime because of No bail/no jail progressive DA's

Freedom to kill your child in some states until they are born.

Freedom to be paid to engage in voting fraud.

I trust Swallwell got an earful on Twitter.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 09, 2022 07:34 PM (FZ2cV)

275 Berserker and Madamemayhem, Thank you . Inlay has lots of traps that you only see after you have done it and can't change it.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 09, 2022 07:35 PM (UDDta)

276 My mother did oil paintings. She never had a lesson in her life but decided she wanted to paint. We have quite a few of her paintings and she turned out to be very good. She was bi-polar so I think that helps with creativity.

Posted by: Megthered at July 09, 2022 07:35 PM (1fDPs)

277 >>>Did he ever bring snacks?

>The long pork rinds were exquisitely seasoned.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at July 09, 2022 07:36 PM (0ocXn)

278 Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 09, 2022 07:26

I probably wouldn't be snarky. As a hobby FenSpouse paints everything from landscapes to abstracts (and I think does a good job) and some of them are rather odd-such an arm coming out of the ground and a truck. I think that's surrealist, not abstract. He finds the hobby very engaging and stress reducing.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 09, 2022 07:38 PM (FZ2cV)

279 nood

Music

Posted by: banana Dream at July 09, 2022 07:38 PM (0fVbu)

280 Music thread is up

Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at July 09, 2022 07:39 PM (8C7+r)

281 My hobby since Friday has been trying to figure out how to retrieve hundreds of contacts from a stone dead phone to a new one and change carriers. AT&T Monday to see if one of the dumb kids can help me get started.

Posted by: dartist at July 09, 2022 07:45 PM (+ya+t)

282 269
Agreed on straying clergy in the RCC but at least it's not in their cannons/teachings/officially sanctioned practices (I don't know what to call it) to allow openly gay people to 'minister'. Do they use a different Bible?

Posted by: Ciampino - farcical when the minister is a practicing lesbian at July 09, 2022 07:45 PM (qfLjt)

283 Guten tag

Stuka build keeps motoring along. This morning clamped the cockpit assembly into one side of the fuselage and left for work.

Came home to find that one of the clamps had explosively let go and went flying about half way across the room bowling over many things in its path while tossing the gunner's seat, fire extinguisher, and some ammo cans onto the work bench. Which is why I found the bottle of Tamiya Extra Thin cement laying on its side in my chair and since I had failed to tightly seal it some cement had seeped out.

*sigh*

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 09, 2022 07:51 PM (cfNRa)

284 Posted by: Ciampino - farcical when the minister is a practicing lesbian at July 09, 2022 07:45 PM (qfLjt)

There is a progressive wing in the RCC-coming out of Germany, interestingly enough that is advocating a change in the canon on gay clergy and so profile figures such as the author priest James Martin seem to be in support of it, so I expect that the RCC might be heading for a schism again soon depending on who the next Pope is, and since quite a few of the Cardinals are progressive we'll see what happens. Not being a RC I have no dog in this fight, but I know a number of conservative RC's who are completely appalled by this-as appalled by Protestants who have left their denominations and joined other ones-ad they're quite vocal in the comments section of Church Militant..

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 09, 2022 08:00 PM (FZ2cV)

285 Test because every time I try to post I get an error message and cannot post.

Posted by: Robert W Smith at July 09, 2022 08:03 PM (rguyU)

286 Well we’ll I posted.
Hobbies.. Can you have too many?

In no particular order, although encroaching older age May male some chooses for me.

Fly fishing
Fly tying
Photography
Oil painting
Woodworking
Cooking

Posted by: Robert W Smith (TrappedinDC) at July 09, 2022 08:07 PM (rguyU)

287 Fucking Autocorrect…..

286 Well well I posted.
Hobbies.. Can you have too many?

In no particular order, although encroaching older age may make some chooses for me.

Fly fishing
Fly tying
Photography
Oil painting
Woodworking
Cooking

Posted by: Robert W Smith (TrappedinDC) at July 09, 2022 08:10 PM (rguyU)

288 I think it's pretty well tolerated in much of the RCC. It's just on the down low:

https://tinyurl.com/2r48e9w5

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 09, 2022 08:23 PM (FZ2cV)

289

My hobbies are masturbation, golf and strangling animals.

Posted by: Harry Baggot at July 09, 2022 08:46 PM (7DYli)

290 hmmmm

Posted by: Braenyard at July 09, 2022 08:48 PM (0A3LU)

291 Skip: If you're not happy with the N- scale cattle, there are several miniatures companies that sell 15mm oxen or bullocks as draft animals for wagons or artillery limbers- because of that most will be sold together with the limbers or wagons.

Musket Miniatures (not sure if they're still in business) sold them as part of its Mexican-American War range-I bought dozens some years ago for a War in India project. IIRC, Essex (Colonial/Zulu War) and FreiKorps (Mexican American War) also have draft oxen or bullocks, and Irregular Miniatures also sells them individually.

Peter Pig also has 15mm longhorn cattle that might work with some minor surgery in its Western Range and water buffalo in its Vietnam War Range.

Mirliton also has 15mm Oxen available, as did MiniFigs-albeit I'm not sure if the MiniFigs are still available.

All of the above are "true" 15mm, so they might be a bit on the small side.

You might also check 15mm colonial ranges looking for Indian or African draft animals, or 15mm ECW or Renaissance ranges looking for artillery or transport draft animals.

Posted by: Pope John 20th at July 09, 2022 11:38 PM (xi3bI)

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