Weekend Hobby, Crafting and Bodging Thread

Greetings all and happy Independence Day weekend. If BBQs and fireworks aren't your bag, then let's head to the basement, garage, workshop, studio or wherever it is you can make a mess, get creative and lose yourself for a few hours.

Let's start off with a relaxing watercolor demo. My dad was an accomplished painter and studied under one of the most renown watercolorists, Edgar Whitney, for many years. He'd have liked this one.

For those into jewelry making, here's a demo on making a bracelet out of copper wire.

Between the quality of today's kits as well as after-market parts, 3D printing and laser cutting, there's almost nothing you can't make and make look really good. But look what this guy did with a flattened PVC pipe, minimal tools and wicked skills.

Here's a good tutorial for making a basic mug out of coils of clay.

Woodcarving is one of those primal pastimes that have been around probably for thousands of years. Doesn't require a lot of expensive tools; just practice, patience and learning to work with the wood.

I've showcased this Estonian furniture restorer before. Here he tackles a really abused art deco coffee table. Who knew that dried PVA (Elmer's) glue was that good a contact cement?

The talented Dave Meek returns with a tutorial about how to put your ideas for a model railroad layout down on paper as a complete track plan.

Finally, the guys from Flite Test cap off a series on building a 20-foot span B-!7 with an amazing paint job (and some good painting tips/hacks). The next episode is supposed to feature in-flight video and laser tag gear for simulated combat.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at 05:00 PM

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1
What's everybody working on this weekend???

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 02, 2022 05:00 PM (s2VJv)

2 Been busy

Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2022 05:00 PM (2JoB8)

3 JJ you go get em then

Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2022 05:01 PM (2JoB8)

4 Patched rust spots around passenger side back wheel well of my truck, patched and primer. Took off and all day.

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

5 Golfin'

Posted by: FriscoYoda at July 02, 2022 05:02 PM (S7une)

6 hiya

Posted by: JT at July 02, 2022 05:03 PM (arJlL)

7 Still have not painted a single 28mm WWII U.S. Marine figure for the bolt action army I am working on. Can't seem to motivate myself for whatever reason.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at July 02, 2022 05:04 PM (bVYXr)

8 Wow- some great videos to watch!

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at July 02, 2022 05:04 PM (iDUT1)

9 YOU can't be first on YOUR thread.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 02, 2022 05:06 PM (u73oe)

10 And made 6 trees from that video a few weeks ago, passable for trees but not looking like his pine trees.
But at least all materials were free. Got some free lichen from work. I have seen a few times on jobs this Garden Walls.
http://tinyurl.com/mvnrbzfd

Would be a fantastic game board if flat for micro armor.

Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2022 05:06 PM (2JoB8)

11 I plan to do some sewing. Denver Fabrics has some nice Irish linen fabric. My order came in today.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 02, 2022 05:06 PM (YynYJ)

12 Mister Scott chech out the link

Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2022 05:07 PM (2JoB8)

13 Civilizing a 10week old pup.

Hobbies are on hold for a bit

Posted by: 2009Refugee at July 02, 2022 05:08 PM (NThQF)

14 What's everybody working on this weekend???

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 02, 2022 05:00 PM

Well, last week I finished the grill table by sanding, staining, and sealing it. This weekend, I'm putting up shelves (seriously!) and throwing out trash. I am finally able to refinance which has inspired me to clean my house.

I'm also working on my HF antenna. I need to bit the bullet and just wind the wire around the pipe, but that sounds too much like work, so I've been putting it off.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at July 02, 2022 05:09 PM (6jmQG)

15 My troop painting tends to grind to a halt in spring, picked back up late fall.
I have longhorn steers coming and in 3 weeks should get wagons for the oxen, so painting might start when they all get here. Hoping the scale is correct of the cattle.

Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2022 05:10 PM (2JoB8)

16 Used to be able to order firecracker kits, large diameter cardboard tubes, cannon fuse, a silver power and a white powder to mix 50-50. Awesome. Circa 1966.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko Solutions at July 02, 2022 05:12 PM (HnE9b)

17 It was a hot one today Skip !

Posted by: JT at July 02, 2022 05:13 PM (arJlL)

18 wherever it is you can make a mess, get creative and lose yourself for a few hours.

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Bath house.

Posted by: Dr. Fauci at July 02, 2022 05:13 PM (IXpV7)

19 Here is a sideways closeup of that would be game board
http://tinyurl.com/3nuvhcze

Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2022 05:13 PM (2JoB8)

20 "What's everybody working on this weekend???"

I sprained my wrist. I'm working on a buzz.

Posted by: fd at July 02, 2022 05:14 PM (sn5EN)

21 JT and out in driveway all day, took lots of breaks though

Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2022 05:14 PM (2JoB8)

22 I am visiting my mother in SC. She always has honey do list for when we come. She has plenty of money to afford handymen but prefers her one and only son was her windows.

Today sra blaster and I installed a sewing machine in a sewing table for her. She loves sewing and knitting and all sorts of crafts and sometimes we get nice things and sometimes we get stuff that is...bodged. But it's all made with love.

Posted by: blaster at July 02, 2022 05:14 PM (paGh3)

23 Good afternoon everyone. Putting the finishing touches on the little library for the kiddies. It's just the painted PA Dutch motifs at this point.

Stylized tulips, flowers and distelfinks:

https://is.gd/4r7afx

Posted by: Tonypete at July 02, 2022 05:15 PM (Msys3)

24 Need to go make a cheesesteak but watching Gettysburg Battlefield Walks on PCN

Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2022 05:15 PM (2JoB8)

25 Dunno if it is a hobby but just did four oil changes on my fleet of 20 year old daily drivers. Mostly panther platform RWD V-8s and my wife's Xb. Still have my two old cars to do but I am off Monday and they don't get driven much so no pressure. I usually do oil changes in batches cause its quicker when the stuff is all out already.

Posted by: azjaeger at July 02, 2022 05:15 PM (3/XaG)

26 Dutch Hex signs and art was everywhere when I was a kid, still see some on barns and such here.

Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2022 05:17 PM (2JoB8)

27 Here is a sideways closeup of that would be game board
http://tinyurl.com/3nuvhcze
Posted by: Skip

I scrolled down too far and thought "Hey, Skip looks like Tommy Chong !"

Oh.

Posted by: JT at July 02, 2022 05:18 PM (arJlL)

28 23 Wonderful motifs, kids seem to love them. As a child, I had a Pennsylvania Dutch play table with yellow and red tulips. I loved it and was the envy of the other girls.

Posted by: CN at July 02, 2022 05:18 PM (ONvIw)

29 I found the paint I needed so I can continue my refurbish the barn project.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 02, 2022 05:19 PM (p+U6d)

30 11. I'm finishing up a cotton/linen drop stitch sweater. It should be cool in the heat, and the yarn is sort of an Alice blue. The patter calls for long sleeves, but forget that.

Posted by: CN at July 02, 2022 05:20 PM (ONvIw)

31 No underwater basket weaving?

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 02, 2022 05:22 PM (ex2Cx)

32 Marine Rehab Status Update: My cockpit cushions finally arrived Friday after a nine-week supply chain-induced delay.

$1100 worth of custom cushions that fit perfectly but Mrs. Cicero is dubious. They're too hard and they'll be too hot in the sun, she says. I think they're clean and perfect for the sometimes very wet application.

The canvas is next. $4000 seems to be the consensus on replacing the dodger and the bimini. I would have this in the works already but the local canvas houses are all forecasting a 9-12 week turnaround. I'll check back this week to see if things have improved before I place the order.

Deck paint is the next priority. I haven't decided whether to DIY or hire someone. But once the canvas and deck paint are behind me, the boat will be a little gem.

The journey from derelict to living breathing vessel has been fun so far and the results ate really rewarding.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 02, 2022 05:22 PM (gpdYK)

33 Home hot house pot farming!

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 02, 2022 05:23 PM (ex2Cx)

34 Catholic High School Girl Jello Wrestling Coach.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 02, 2022 05:23 PM (ex2Cx)

35 That's really cute Tonypete!

Posted by: jewells45 at July 02, 2022 05:24 PM (nxdel)

36 New hobby is working on decorating kid2's new house at their request. I know someone who does restoration and reupholstery, so I have the sofas complete. Today I found some antique brass torchieres, with beautiful leaf patterned glass shades. Should be great together.

Posted by: CN at July 02, 2022 05:24 PM (ONvIw)

37 Mister Scott chech out the link

Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2022 05:07 PM

It would work great for 6mm stuff.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at July 02, 2022 05:24 PM (bVYXr)

38 Well I overslept - that's what happens when I stay up too long - 18 hours yesterday/today. I fell asleep during the Tech thread.

Posted by: Ciampino - waking up is hard to do (almost like the song) at July 02, 2022 05:25 PM (qfLjt)

39 A Russian ice hockey star who signed a million-dollar contract with an American team was rounded up by Russian plain-clothes policemen and taken to an army enlistment office yesterday before he's expected to be sent to fight in Ukraine.

Olympian Ivan Fedotov, 25, was reportedly rushed into Putin's army after he was filmed being detained by a squad of officers outside an ice rink in St Petersburg.

In Russia Contract own you!

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 02, 2022 05:28 PM (ex2Cx)

40 34 Catholic High School Girl Jello Wrestling Coach.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 02, 2022 05:23 PM (ex2Cx)
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That might get you arrested and/or beaten by the nuns. How about
Naked College Girl Jello Wrestling Coach?

Posted by: Ciampino - what flavor Jello? at July 02, 2022 05:29 PM (qfLjt)

41 >>> 39 A Russian ice hockey star who signed a million-dollar contract with an American team was rounded up by Russian plain-clothes policemen and taken to an army enlistment office yesterday before he's expected to be sent to fight in Ukraine.

Olympian Ivan Fedotov, 25, was reportedly rushed into Putin's army after he was filmed being detained by a squad of officers outside an ice rink in St Petersburg.

In Russia Contract own you!
Posted by: rhennigantx at July 02, 2022 05:28 PM (ex2Cx)

Did this happen during Pride Month?!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 02, 2022 05:29 PM (llON8)

42 That might get you arrested and/or beaten by the nuns. How about
Naked College Girl Jello Wrestling Coach?
Posted by: Ciampino - what flavor Jello? at July 02, 2022 05:29 PM (qfLjt)

I prefer to work with amateurs!

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 02, 2022 05:30 PM (ex2Cx)

43 Did this happen during Pride Month?!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 02, 2022 05:29 PM (llON

In Russia Pride month prouder than you!

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 02, 2022 05:31 PM (ex2Cx)

44 I have a leak in the dispenser for the window washing fluid. It is at the very bottom of the tank. Would flex seal work to fix the leak? If so, do I put it on the outside or the inside?

Posted by: Ben Had at July 02, 2022 05:33 PM (p+U6d)

45 Nothing ot see here just Fed in Khakis pretending to be Patriot Front!

http://tinyurl.com/4cmp2z7d

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 02, 2022 05:34 PM (ex2Cx)

46 @ben had use flex tape I think you'll have better luck with application

Posted by: blaster at July 02, 2022 05:35 PM (paGh3)

47 I met a woman that helped her husband restore a sail boat. They sailed to Hawaii. She had a video taken of her knitting underwater. She'd told her friends she could knit anywhere.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 02, 2022 05:36 PM (YynYJ)

48 44 I have a leak in the dispenser for the window washing fluid. It is at the very bottom of the tank. Would flex seal work to fix the leak? If so, do I put it on the outside or the inside?
Posted by: Ben Had at July 02, 2022 05:33 PM (p+U6d)

try it on the outside worst is you got to buy 1.99 jug of fluid

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 02, 2022 05:36 PM (ex2Cx)

49 31 No underwater basket weaving?

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 02, 2022 05:22 PM (ex2Cx)
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That is a 4-year degree course at many notorious colleges as "Underwater Basket-weaving Studies". Usually taken with Queer Studies or Women's Studies. I think at least one semester of "Ruffia Studies" is a requirement.

Man, those studies must be jam-packed with people. Must be big rooms.

Posted by: Ciampino - I said ruffia not ruffian or Russian at July 02, 2022 05:36 PM (qfLjt)

50 When is the upland big game hunting and bull riding hobby thread?

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 02, 2022 05:37 PM (ex2Cx)

51 Nothing ot see here just Fed in Khakis pretending to be Patriot Front!

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 02, 2022 05:34 PM

They're not the American Patriot Front, they're the Patriot Front of America!

Posted by: Cybersmythe at July 02, 2022 05:37 PM (6jmQG)

52 That copper wire bracelet is nice but way too much damn work for me.

Posted by: jewells45 at July 02, 2022 05:38 PM (nxdel)

53 I never liked watercolor - but I did mess with it some.

Instead of the smear method which is shown here, try this:

Tape the watercolor paper down to the board first, then wet it completely. Let it dry. Take a pencil, which is the only time you'll use a pencil when painting, and draw the outline of everything on the paper - the scene, buildings, people, trees, whatever. Then, start with darks and shadows first and move progressively to lighter colors until the lightest of the lights are needed. It will still look like shit, but it will look better than if you just started smearing wet colors onto a piece of paper.

Posted by: Boswell at July 02, 2022 05:39 PM (+Cgut)

54 That is a 4-year degree course at many notorious colleges as "Underwater Basket-weaving Studies". Usually taken with Queer Studies or Women's Studies. I think at least one semester of "Ruffia Studies" is a requirement.

Man, those studies must be jam-packed with people. Must be big rooms.
Posted by: Ciampino - I said ruffia not ruffian or Russian at July 02, 2022 05:36 PM (qfLjt)

Personal Family Finance and Music Appreciation got many people Fs at UT in the late 70s early 80s as they blew off the course!

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 02, 2022 05:39 PM (ex2Cx)

55 They're not the American Patriot Front, they're the Patriot Front of America!
Posted by: Cybersmythe at July 02, 2022 05:37 PM (6jmQG)

***

Splitter!!!

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at July 02, 2022 05:41 PM (flINI)

56 >>> 45 Nothing ot see here just Fed in Khakis pretending to be Patriot Front!

http://tinyurl.com/4cmp2z7d

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 02, 2022 05:34 PM (ex2Cx)

Those guys are insurrectionist white supremacists and totes not us.

Posted by: Top Men and Whammen of the Eff.Bee.EYE. at July 02, 2022 05:41 PM (llON8)

57 Ben Yes it will, have a drain line 11/4inch and used it, sealed it up

Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2022 05:41 PM (2JoB8)

58 The Second Amendment Isn’t Only Guns: Virginia’s Switch Blade Ban Died Today.

Funny my grand nephews all like my knives and I promised them all a nice 1 at 9 YO!

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 02, 2022 05:42 PM (ex2Cx)

59 45 Nothing ot see here just Fed in Khakis pretending to be Patriot Front!

http://tinyurl.com/4cmp2z7d

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 02, 2022 05:34 PM (ex2Cx)
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That could be a distraction. While we concentrate on those obvious khakied morons, others not so obviously attired, could be up to mischief.

Posted by: Ciampino - someone should follow this lot when they go home at July 02, 2022 05:43 PM (qfLjt)

60 ha

ha ha

ha ha ha
BABYLON BEE: “Democrats Argue That Clarence Thomas Should Only Have 3/5 of a Vote.”

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 02, 2022 05:43 PM (ex2Cx)

61 I have a leak in the dispenser for the window washing fluid. It is at the very bottom of the tank. Would flex seal work to fix the leak? If so, do I put it on the outside or the inside?
Posted by: Ben Had at July 02, 2022

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I have no experience with Flex Seal other than those Phi Swift commercials. But I'd think that putting it, or epoxy or whatever, on the outside of the tank would make more sense. Otherwise you'd have to remove the tank, drain it, put the sealant on the crack, let it dry, and reassemble.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 02, 2022 05:43 PM (c6xtn)

62 That could be a distraction. While we concentrate on those obvious khakied morons, others not so obviously attired, could be up to mischief.
Posted by: Ciampino - someone should follow this lot when they go home at July 02, 2022 05:43 PM (qfLjt)

I saw khakied morons cover Bell Bottom Blues at the TCCC in 1984.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 02, 2022 05:44 PM (ex2Cx)

63 58 The Second Amendment Isn’t Only Guns: Virginia’s Switch Blade Ban Died Today.

Funny my grand nephews all like my knives and I promised them all a nice 1 at 9 YO!

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 02, 2022 05:42 PM (ex2Cx)
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So we can carry knives in our pockets now in all States? But not openly in a belt sheath?

Posted by: Ciampino - not a ceremonial dagger at July 02, 2022 05:48 PM (qfLjt)

64 Just fired up the smoker. Brisket will go on in about an hour and will be there for a good 14 hours. Then I will stoke the fire and put the racks of ribs on. Good eats tomorrow!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 02, 2022 05:49 PM (u73oe)

65 Flex Seal for now is saving me with a small controlled leak from tearing out my bathroom bath faucets

Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2022 05:50 PM (2JoB8)

66 Thank you all. It's not a big job to remove the tank and replace it but it cracked in a very convenient place to just patch it.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 02, 2022 05:51 PM (p+U6d)

67 Good eats tomorrow!

What time should I be there?

Posted by: jewells45 at July 02, 2022 05:52 PM (nxdel)

68 Tom Hanks recently said he regrets playing a gay man in Philadelphia because he’s not gay. I always thought that was just called “acting,” but what do I know.

Hey what about me??

Posted by: Fedex Pilot? at July 02, 2022 05:54 PM (ex2Cx)

69 Between the quality of today's kits as well as after-market parts, 3D printing and laser cutting, there's almost nothing you can't make and make look really good.

*looks at 6-time botched paint job on his 1/24th scale 911 Turbo*

Challenge accepted!

Posted by: spindrift at July 02, 2022 05:58 PM (DgRPk)

70 68 Tom Hanks recently said he regrets playing a gay man in Philadelphia because he’s not gay. I always thought
that was just called “acting,” but what do I know.

Hey what about me??

Posted by: Fedex Pilot? at July 02, 2022 05:54 PM (ex2Cx)
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Tom? Robinson Crusoe would like a word with you.

Posted by: Ciampino - Yes I know RC was a fictitious character at July 02, 2022 05:58 PM (qfLjt)

71 Underwater basket weaving strikes me as a rather challenging course. You combine scuba with basketweaving underwater. What happens to the baskets when they dry out on land?

Posted by: SFGoth at July 02, 2022 06:00 PM (KAi1n)

72 Half fixed an old JC Penney CB radio. It was dead, now it's only deaf and dumb. Audio amplifier chip is on order.

Doing my part to keep 'em out of the landfill.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at July 02, 2022 06:02 PM (Bd6X8)

73 Tom? Robinson Crusoe would like a word with you.
Posted by: Ciampino - Yes I know RC was a fictitious character at July 02, 2022 05:58 PM (qfLjt)

I always thought that was a man against nature story. But it now appears to me it is a man against himself. He could have lived (and died) on that island but decided to return home to his only love.

He had to know if she still loved him!

Posted by: Fedex Pilot? at July 02, 2022 06:03 PM (ex2Cx)

74 off sox

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 02, 2022 06:04 PM (ex2Cx)

75 68 Tom Hanks recently said he regrets playing a gay man in Philadelphia because he’s not gay
Maybe he regrets the pre filming method acting research he did, but I don't know. He wasn't a small unit combat leader or a destroyer captain either, don't know if he ever wore women's clothing or was marooned on an island though.

Posted by: azjaeger at July 02, 2022 06:05 PM (3/XaG)

76 71 Underwater basket weaving strikes me as a rather challenging course. You combine scuba with basketweaving underwater. What happens to the baskets when they dry out on land?
Posted by: SFGoth at July 02, 2022 06:00 PM (KAi1n)

And the shark bites appear to lessen the appeal of the course!

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 02, 2022 06:05 PM (ex2Cx)

77 Came across a YT video on drawing for beginners. It stressed concentrating on overall shapes, not details. Tried it a bit and it should prove helpful. Details can come later. It's like never getting a finished text because you constantly edit trying to make each word perfect before going on to the next. Perfection needs something to improve.

Posted by: JTB at July 02, 2022 06:05 PM (7EjX1)

78 "I always thought that was just called “acting,” but what do I know."

Reminds me of the supposed story of when Dustin Hoffman and Sir Lawrence Olivier met on the set of "Marathon Man" and Dustin came in for the famous tooth extraction scene all tired and a mess - and Olivier asked him if he was alright and Hoffman said "yeah, I just wanted to stay up all night so I could make myself look the part" - and Olivier supposedly asked "Did you ever think about just trying acting?"

Posted by: Boswell at July 02, 2022 06:05 PM (+Cgut)

79 26 -- I grew up with hex signs, too. There aren't any in Nebraska except the Irish hex fastened to the front of my house. (The XO is half Irish, which makes him more Irish than the Irish.) I have cross stitch charts for all the well known hexes.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- I wasn't particularly fond of the '70s the first time around at July 02, 2022 06:07 PM (H31K8)

80 don't know if he ever wore women's clothing or was marooned on an island though.
Posted by: azjaeger at July 02, 2022 06:05 PM (3/XaG)

Hes is a man needing a promotion in the Navy
Theres a destroyer that needs a Captain!
Admiral needs a woman to fill his quota!

I don't need you to worry for me 'cause I'm alright
I don't want you to tell me it's time to come home
I don't care what you say anymore, this is my life
Go ahead with your own life, leave me alone

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 02, 2022 06:08 PM (ex2Cx)

81 JJ,
Thanks for the links on watercolors and wood carving. They are rather long so I'll watch them later.

BTW, Beavercraft woodcarving tools (made in Ukraine) are a good value. They need a good stropping to get the best edge but will do the job. Flexcut is in the same category.

Posted by: JTB at July 02, 2022 06:10 PM (7EjX1)

82 and Olivier supposedly asked "Did you ever think about just trying acting?"

lol!

Posted by: jewells45 at July 02, 2022 06:11 PM (nxdel)

83 Allies of the incumbent are angry that the guy who appears to be her soon-to-be-successor was given a “supporting role” during a White House briefing this past week. She’s Black, he’s White, allegations of white supremacy to follow.

They cant fire her! They would burn the White House like the Brits in the summer of 1812!

HA

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 02, 2022 06:13 PM (ex2Cx)

84 As said watching Gettysburg Battlefield Walks, want to see that B-17

Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2022 06:14 PM (2JoB8)

85 75 68 Tom Hanks recently said he regrets playing a gay man in Philadelphia because he’s not gay
Maybe he regrets the pre filming method acting research he did, but I don't know. He wasn't a small unit combat leader or a destroyer captain either, don't know if he ever wore women's clothing or was marooned on an island though.

Posted by: azjaeger at July 02, 2022 06:05 PM (3/XaG)
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Did he ever wear one red shoe other than on a film set?

Posted by: Ciampino - I have worn mismatched shoes at July 02, 2022 06:15 PM (qfLjt)

86 Veneer table rehab guy: Obviously not a sincere repair.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at July 02, 2022 06:16 PM (5pTK/)

87 82 and Olivier supposedly asked "Did you ever think about just trying acting?"

lol!
Posted by: jewells45 at July 02, 2022 06:11 PM (nxdel)

Best Actor in a Leading Role
Dustin Hoffman

A dude playing a woman was the best actor that year. Same as Jeopardy this year!

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 02, 2022 06:16 PM (ex2Cx)

88 What's everybody working on this weekend???

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 02, 2022 05:00 PM

Trying to get the first chapter of my new Theda Bara book going. Working title is Ten Thousand Midnights. It takes place in 1922 and Bara gets involved in the mysterious murder of director William Desmond Taylor.

I have the thing sketched out in my head, but the actual writing is proving to be a bitch.

That's about it.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 02, 2022 06:16 PM (2JVJo)

89 I am working on getting well. I went up to Jamestown, NY to help a friend fix up some rental property. Yikes. No good deed goes unpunished.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at July 02, 2022 06:17 PM (lKAqb)

90 What's everybody working on this weekend???

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 02, 2022 05:00 PM

Drunken rage!

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 02, 2022 06:17 PM (ex2Cx)

91 Lots of mad skills out there.

Very Nice!

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at July 02, 2022 06:18 PM (R/m4+)

92 JTB, a book that really helped me was "Realistic Figure Drawing' by Joseph Sheppard.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 02, 2022 06:20 PM (p+U6d)

93 Working on this weekend?

Slowly adding some shelves to wood shop.

Balancing projects and trying to make the shop a bit more user friendly has been challenging.

By the way, table reclamation guy has an incredible sliding table saw in the background. Would love to have that bad boy.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at July 02, 2022 06:20 PM (5pTK/)

94 A case of one hobby helping with another. I'm a bit OCD about keeping my guns cleaned, especially the black powder firearms. I'm fixing up an old hand drill, the eggbeater style, and many of the cleaners and lubes used for the guns are just what is needed for some hand tools. Heavy rust is another matter (soak the piece in white vinegar as a start) but for basic maintenance, gun solvent, oil, and a silicone grease will do a good job on the drill.

Posted by: JTB at July 02, 2022 06:21 PM (7EjX1)

95 92 JTB, a book that really helped me was "Realistic Figure Drawing' by Joseph Sheppard.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 02, 2022 06:20 PM (p+U6d)

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I had the video.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 02, 2022 06:21 PM (gpdYK)

96 Drunken rage!
Posted by: rhennigantx at July 02, 2022 06:17 PM (ex2Cx)
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I think J.J. is referring to hobbies, not way of life.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at July 02, 2022 06:21 PM (5pTK/)

97 1
What's everybody working on this weekend???

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 02, 2022 05:00 PM (s2VJv)
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Sloth perfection.

Posted by: Ciampino - - at July 02, 2022 06:22 PM (qfLjt)

98 JTB every use Simple Green on black powder residue?

Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2022 06:23 PM (2JoB8)

99 Just fired up the smoker. Brisket will go on in about an hour and will be there for a good 14 hours. Then I will stoke the fire and put the racks of ribs on. Good eats tomorrow!
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 02, 2022 05:49 PM (u73oe)

Smoke on!

Posted by: Duchy of Grand Fenwick at July 02, 2022 06:23 PM (4I/2K)

100 39 Olympian Ivan Fedotov, 25, was reportedly rushed into Putin's army after he was filmed being detained by a squad of officers outside an ice rink in St Petersburg.
In Russia Contract own you!
Posted by: rhennigantx at July 02, 2022 05:28 PM (ex2Cx)

During the Winter War, a Russian POW told his Finnish captors he was coming home from buying bread in Leningrad and a truck pulled up and NKVD men took him away into the Army and a few weeks later he was captured in Finland.

For The Motherland!

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at July 02, 2022 06:25 PM (R/m4+)

101 92 ... "a book that really helped me was "Realistic Figure Drawing' by Joseph Sheppard."

Ben Had,

Thanks. I'll check that out. (One advantage of being such a beginner is I can only get better.)

Posted by: JTB at July 02, 2022 06:26 PM (7EjX1)

102 Hi Cicero, Your boat sounds fantastic.

Drawing became easier when I broke down the shapes- Horses are a combination of rectangles, squares, circles, ovals and a trapezoid.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 02, 2022 06:28 PM (p+U6d)

103 93 Working on this weekend?

Slowly adding some shelves to wood shop.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at July 02, 2022 06:20 PM (5pTK/)
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Are you getting any tips from Ace?

Posted by: Ciampino - - IKEA shelving Step 1: build the wall at July 02, 2022 06:30 PM (qfLjt)

104 Hi Cicero, Your boat sounds fantastic.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 02, 2022 06:28 PM (p+U6d)
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Seconded.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at July 02, 2022 06:30 PM (5pTK/)

105 JTB, I have that book and a couple of more that are just sitting here collecting dust. I would be honored to send them to you.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 02, 2022 06:31 PM (p+U6d)

106 98 ... Hi Skip,

I've used Simple Green in the past when cleaning BP guns. It works just fine. Nowadays, I just use water, maybe with a drop of Dawn dish soap. Water alone will do the job.

Since you mention Simple Green, it might come in handy when cleaning up old hand tools. It should help cut through the accumulated grime.

Posted by: JTB at July 02, 2022 06:33 PM (7EjX1)

107 That potter made a really nice looking coffee mug! It looks deceptively easy.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 02, 2022 06:33 PM (XIJ/X)

108 Uh oh, when I went to the bookcase to find the name of the Sheppard book, my book on making handmade tiles jumped out at me.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 02, 2022 06:34 PM (p+U6d)

109 President Biden

My message to the companies running gas stations and setting prices at the pump is simple: this is a time of war and global peril. Bring down the price you are charging at the pump to reflect the cost you’re paying for the product. And do it now.

Ray Liotta Laugh!

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 02, 2022 06:35 PM (ex2Cx)

110 Been watching Barrett-Jackson with a neighbor who has bought several cars at their auctions - including a 67 Shelby GT350. Its a lot more interesting watching that with a real expert who can tell if what he's looking at is special or not.

Also managed to get a bad power steering leak fixed and managed to clean up the driveway from its aftermath. Finally I've had to replace a sprinkler system solenoid for the 2nd time in two months. I think I'm getting some bad signals coming from the controller box but I'm not going to mess with it again.

Tomorrow I'm going to replace my central tire inflation system compressor with an ARB unit. I hope. If the air hoses fit.

Posted by: Defenestratus at July 02, 2022 06:36 PM (4bikO)

111 I've been shelving. I put up two more standards. Now I'm trying to find the brackets to put on them.

(Now where did I put them?)

Posted by: Cybersmythe at July 02, 2022 06:37 PM (6jmQG)

112 "Just remember your lines and and don't bump into the furniture."

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at July 02, 2022 06:37 PM (lKAqb)

113 The bill, AB 2571 , bars gun manufacturers from marketing guns in a way that “reasonably appears to be attractive to minors.” The ghost gun bill tightens requirements for the microstamping of unserialized firearms.
The provision clarifies that the so-called ghost guns, which are typically unserialized firearms from gun kits and 3D printers, cannot be sold in California unless they comply with federal regulations.

Duh! Ghost Guns comply!

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 02, 2022 06:37 PM (ex2Cx)

114 99 Just fired up the smoker. Brisket will go on in about an hour and will be there for a good 14 hours. Then I will stoke the fire and put the racks of ribs on. Good eats tomorrow!
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 02, 2022 05:49 PM (u73oe)

I know this is blasphemy to some but - on my propane vertical smoker, I added a thermocoupler valve from a modern day masterbuilt. I ordered the parts for it online then put it between the gas supply and the burners' controls on the existing smoker. Now I can set a temp on the thermocoupler and it'll keep it steady for the enter 24 hour cook of a brisket.

Posted by: Defenestratus at July 02, 2022 06:39 PM (4bikO)

115 104 Hi Cicero, Your boat sounds fantastic.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 02, 2022 06:28 PM (p+U6d)
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It's really just dumping money down a well since the amount I've spent exceeds the value of the boat by a lot. Even so, the payoff is in seeing the progress and the enjoyment I get from hanging out in a beautiful environment.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 02, 2022 06:41 PM (gpdYK)

116 105 ... "I have that book and a couple of more that are just sitting here collecting dust. I would be honored to send them to you."

Ben Had,
That is so generous. I'll send an email to you in a few minutes.

Posted by: JTB at July 02, 2022 06:41 PM (7EjX1)

117 When did 'take your rifle to school' morph into 'no guns within a mile of a school'? (I exaggerated)

Posted by: Ciampino - - IKEA shelving Step 2: paint the wall at July 02, 2022 06:42 PM (qfLjt)

118 I know this is blasphemy to some but - on my propane vertical smoker, I added a thermocoupler valve from a modern day masterbuilt. I ordered the parts for it online then put it between the gas supply and the burners' controls on the existing smoker. Now I can set a temp on the thermocoupler and it'll keep it steady for the enter 24 hour cook of a brisket.

Posted by: Defenestratus at July 02, 2022 06:39 PM

My vertical propane smoker came that way. Masterbuilt Adventure series vertical propane smoker that has a temperature knob, I set it to the temp I want and it stays that way throughout the entire cook. It stays within five degrees of the set temp. It makes hanging 12-14 summer sausages a breeze to smoke.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at July 02, 2022 06:44 PM (bVYXr)

119 I've used Simple Green in the past when cleaning BP guns. It works just fine. Nowadays, I just use water, maybe with a drop of Dawn dish soap. Water alone will do the job.

Since you mention Simple Green, it might come in handy when cleaning up old hand tools. It should help cut through the accumulated grime.

Posted by: JTB at July 02, 2022 06:33 PM

We used murphy's oil soap and water 50/50 mix to clean BP guns when we used to do civil war reenacting. Hot scalding water with murphy's and it was done in double quick time. Plus the murphy's left an oily residue when it all dried to retard rust.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at July 02, 2022 06:47 PM (bVYXr)

120 B-17 is pretty good

Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2022 06:48 PM (2JoB8)

121 No underwater basket weaving?
Posted by: rhennigantx

That was what I claimed was my major when I was taking organic chemistry. You have to be able to figure the decomposition rates, you know.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 02, 2022 06:49 PM (XdIKT)

122 120 B-17 is pretty good

Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2022 06:48 PM (2JoB

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Music band?

Posted by: Ciampino - - IKEA shelving Step 3: let paint dry for 3 days at July 02, 2022 06:50 PM (qfLjt)

123 $33,649.46

Posted by: esquincle at July 02, 2022 06:50 PM (3Yj85)

124 I don't have anything against propane. However, it's my understanding that a byproduct of burning propane is water vapor, a barrier to smoke absorption.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 02, 2022 06:51 PM (u73oe)

125 B-17 is pretty good
Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2022 06:48 PM (2JoB

the B-29 was better...

Posted by: Boswell at July 02, 2022 06:51 PM (+Cgut)

126 I don't have anything against propane. However, it's my understanding that a byproduct of burning propane is water vapor, a barrier to smoke absorption.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 02, 2022 06:51 PM

Mine is vented at top, any water vapor turns to steam and goes out the top hatch. Granted it doesn't make as much smoke as a wood fired smoker does, but you can still taste the smoke from it. People can't tell the difference in my summer sausage if I do it on the wood smoker or the propane smoker.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at July 02, 2022 06:54 PM (bVYXr)

127 The model

Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2022 06:54 PM (2JoB8)

128 Sounds like a great setup, Mr Scott.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 02, 2022 06:55 PM (u73oe)

129 I'll be putting my new spinning wheel together. The Ashford Traveller I tried for as a private sale didn't work out, so I ended up getting the Ashford Kiwi 3. Came with the new-style sliding loops on the flyer rather than hooks, which was interesting.

Tomorrow is inventorying parts, the if that doesn't take too long, beginning assembly.

Posted by: Ann Wilson, aka Empire 1 at July 02, 2022 06:55 PM (y0zVi)

130 I hate propane. I'll never forget that night over Macho Grande.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 02, 2022 06:56 PM (gpdYK)

131 Spending the day "working" (heh) on the basement train layout. Revisiting the roundhouse and turntable area to reconfigure some of the tracks and trackside structures. AND, of course, run some trains! Probably run the Big Boy UP4014 as well. Being O gauge, that baby is around 30" long and weighs about 10 pounds with Railsounds and Blue Tooth control. Other hobby, as well as my life long vocation, is electronics, two hobbies I have had since childhood. Now, with the inclusion of microprocessor control in the newest line of model train engines, the two hobbies have merged. Relaxing hobbies to get away from the "reality" that normally envelopes during the normal day. Well, back to "working on the railroad"!

The 57 Chevy can wait until another day.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at July 02, 2022 06:57 PM (Zvtjl)

132 125 B-17 is pretty good
Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2022 06:48 PM (2JoB

the B-29 was better...

Posted by: Boswell at July 02, 2022 06:51 PM (+Cgut)
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But then that B-52 is awesome.
Boeing 747 pilot is asked a go-around as there is a B-52, which has declared a PAN-PAN, and needs to come in as it has lost one engine. His comment, "Ah, the dreaded 7-engine emergency landing!"

Posted by: Ciampino - - IKEA shelving Step 4: drill holes for brackets at July 02, 2022 06:58 PM (qfLjt)

133 And here I've been tending the firebox of my cheap offset smoker every 15 - 20 minutes for the past 5 hours.

Where's the challenge in set-and-forget modern smoker electronic controls??

😮

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 02, 2022 06:59 PM (4I/2K)

134 Boeing 747 pilot is asked a go-around as there is a B-52, which has declared a PAN-PAN, and needs to come in as it has lost one engine. His comment, "Ah, the dreaded 7-engine emergency landing!"
Posted by: Ciampino - - IKEA shelving Step 4: drill holes for brackets

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The rare eight-holer emergency. You don't hear about those very often.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 02, 2022 07:00 PM (gpdYK)

135 Count de Monet, Old school for the win!

Posted by: Ben Had at July 02, 2022 07:02 PM (p+U6d)

136 130 I hate propane. I'll never forget that night over Macho Grande.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 02, 2022 06:56 PM (gpdYK)
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SSH SSH.
"What did you say? I didn't hear as the sliding door was closed."

Posted by: Ciampino - - IKEA shelving Step 5: repaint the wall to cover up the drilling mess made at July 02, 2022 07:03 PM (qfLjt)

137 But then that B-52 is awesome.
Boeing 747 pilot is asked a go-around as there is a B-52, which has declared a PAN-PAN, and needs to come in as it has lost one engine. His comment, "Ah, the dreaded 7-engine emergency landing!"
Posted by: Ciampino - - IKEA shelving Step 4: drill holes for brackets at July 02, 2022 06:58 PM (qfLjt)

"Yeah - when those babies come in low, like really low, and the pilot is good, like really good you see, whoo hoo - can he do it?"

Posted by: Boswell at July 02, 2022 07:03 PM (+Cgut)

138 So THIS is what goes on around here on the Weekends!!!!

Posted by: kraken at July 02, 2022 07:03 PM (Vr12I)

139 I hate propane. I'll never forget that night over Macho Grande.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 02, 2022 06:56 PM

Over Macho grande?

Posted by: Captain Buck Murdock at July 02, 2022 07:04 PM (bVYXr)

140 So THIS is what goes on around here on the Weekends!!!!
Posted by: kraken at July 02, 2022 07:03 PM (Vr12I)

Meh, same as weekdays...

Posted by: Boswell at July 02, 2022 07:04 PM (+Cgut)

141 It's weird that under the revised FAA ETOPS rules an airliner with just two engines can cross the Pacific at distances that would have required four engines a decade ago.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 02, 2022 07:04 PM (gpdYK)

142 It's weird that under the revised FAA ETOPS rules an airliner with just two engines can cross the Pacific at distances that would have required four engines a decade ago.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 02, 2022 07:04 PM (gpdYK)

Thrust differences?

Posted by: Boswell at July 02, 2022 07:06 PM (+Cgut)

143 Sometimes we get some awesome arts and crafts from well, us.

Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2022 07:08 PM (2JoB8)

144 Those R/C fellas should do a B-52 next.

I think they could pretty much build and fly anything.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at July 02, 2022 07:08 PM (R/m4+)

145 As said watching Gettysburg Battlefield Walks, just can't imagine wearing a wool long coat on a day like today

Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2022 07:09 PM (2JoB8)

146 B52's had ONE hit.

Posted by: kraken at July 02, 2022 07:09 PM (Vr12I)

147 130 I hate propane. I'll never forget that night over Macho Grande.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 02, 2022 06:56 PM (gpdYK)
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So you are not pro-pane but you are anti-pane?
But Ane wants to know Y(ttrium).

Posted by: Ciampino - - IKEA shelving Step 6: re-ream out all the holes that the paint closed up at July 02, 2022 07:10 PM (qfLjt)

148 It's weird that under the revised FAA ETOPS rules an airliner with just two engines can cross the Pacific at distances that would have required four engines a decade ago.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 02, 2022 07:04 PM (gpdYK)

Thrust differences?
Posted by: Boswell at July 02, 2022 07:06 PM (+Cgut)

And better navigators. *glares at Fred Noonan*

Posted by: Amelia Earhart at July 02, 2022 07:10 PM (4I/2K)

149 If I made a RC bomber it would have to be able to drop bombs

Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2022 07:11 PM (2JoB8)

150 B52's had ONE hit.
Posted by: kraken

What about Nagasaki ?

Posted by: JT at July 02, 2022 07:11 PM (arJlL)

151 Never liked Fred's B-52s

Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2022 07:11 PM (2JoB8)

152 Even so, the payoff is in seeing the progress and the enjoyment I get from hanging out in a beautiful environment.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 02, 2022 06:41 PM (gpdYK)
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Translation: SoCal bikini babes.

Are you involved in the Pageant of the Masters at all?

Posted by: bluebell at July 02, 2022 07:11 PM (aeePL)

153 Translation: SoCal bikini babes.

Are you involved in the Pageant of the Masters at all?
Posted by: bluebell at July 02, 2022 07:11 PM (aeePL)

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Bluebell, you're blowing my cover.

*hides binoculars in lazarette*

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 02, 2022 07:13 PM (gpdYK)

154 You do you, Amelia. *sotto voice: and better pilots and radio training*

Hey! Come get these coconut crabs off of me! They are after my gamey busted leg!

Posted by: Fred Noonan at July 02, 2022 07:14 PM (4I/2K)

155 Car was absolutely stone dead yesterday, gauges pegging to the right, not a sound. Put the trickle charger on it over night and it started like a champ today. No idea what I could have done. New battery too. I don't care for car hobbies.

Posted by: dartist at July 02, 2022 07:16 PM (+ya+t)

156 Since my hobby is AoSHQ, I'm doing it right now.

Posted by: kraken at July 02, 2022 07:16 PM (Vr12I)

157 Odd sounding prayer request.

We need drivers at work. Good, reliable, responsible types are increasingly hard to find. We've had bad luck with recent hires.. things like vans not cleaned-out (customer trash, food wrappers, etc.,) bad driver habits such as careless parking, radios left on "loud", A/C systems left on full-blast (we train 'em to leave EVERY thing in the van set to "off", every time), slovenly work appearance, etc.

When we hire in the semi-retired, strongly responsible work history category, we get hires without these traits. We need more such drivers. 'Cause I need to be able to take time off to come help Ben Had "Paint Barn", and serve Pintos with Bacon to as many as would turn out to help.

*sally struthers voice* "won't you please help?"

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at July 02, 2022 07:16 PM (tkOps)

158 *waves to bluebell* Hope you got my email

Posted by: Ben Had at July 02, 2022 07:17 PM (p+U6d)

159 156 Since my hobby is AoSHQ, I'm doing it right now.
Posted by: kraken at July 02, 2022 07:16 PM (Vr12I)

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That's meta, man.

*takes deep bong drag*

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 02, 2022 07:17 PM (gpdYK)

160 Just found out that M-80s and quarter sticks are legal in Missouri. This is gonna be great!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 02, 2022 07:19 PM (u73oe)

161 141 It's weird that under the revised FAA ETOPS rules an airliner with just two engines can cross the Pacific at distances that would have required four engines a decade ago.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 02, 2022 07:04 PM (gpdYK)
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It's all to do with performance. One really modern engine can get an airplane to an airport. Note that the routes they fly are all via Alaska or thereabouts, across the Aleutians, etc., always near land in case of a PAN-PAN or MAYDAY. It used to be a commercial 2-engined plane was not allowed across the Atlantic.
The size difference between, say, an original 737 engine and the latest is enormous. Huge fans and most of the thrust now comes from the bypass air rather than from the jet part.

Posted by: Ciampino - - IKEA shelving Step 7: screw all the brackets to the wall at July 02, 2022 07:22 PM (qfLjt)

162 *sally struthers voice* "won't you please help?"

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

I might could help. I wonder though about getting to the van barn on Galveston from the Willowbrook / Tomball area to pick up the vehicle to start the day. Are vans ever kept at/near IAH?

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 02, 2022 07:24 PM (4I/2K)

163 Prayers for you, Jim SND. It's tough to find good employees right now.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 02, 2022 07:25 PM (YynYJ)

164 154 You do you, Amelia. *sotto voice: and better pilots and radio training*

Hey! Come get these coconut crabs off of me! They are after my gamey busted leg!

Posted by: Fred Noonan at July 02, 2022 07:14 PM (4I/2K)
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Put the lime in the coconut crabs .....

Posted by: Ciampino - - IKEA shelving Step 8: notice that somehow the shelf is not level at July 02, 2022 07:26 PM (qfLjt)

165 Jim, you are a love. I have to move at a slow pace because after I get a stall painted then I am putting all new fill in the stall floors. Thankfully with this hot weather I can just wash all the walls.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 02, 2022 07:28 PM (p+U6d)

166 Can't help in TX, but I sure could use a job like that. Long haul trucking doesn't interest me. But how does a feller get a job driving vans?

It's tough to find good employers right now, too

Posted by: Common Tater at July 02, 2022 07:29 PM (I8Xka)

167 Texas Supreme Court is working this Independence Day weekend. Friday night they blocked a lower court's order that allowed abortions to resume. No means no.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 02, 2022 07:29 PM (4I/2K)

168 “According to data from AH Datalytics, compiled using the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) program, New Orleans has a per capita year-to date homicide rate of 72 per 100,000,” the outlet stated. “The next three U.S. cities behind New Orleans are Birmingham with a per capita homicide rate of 59 per 100,000 residents and Baltimore and St. Louis, each with a per capita homicide rate of 58 per 100,000 residents.”

Keep voting Democrat!! Please!

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 02, 2022 07:31 PM (ex2Cx)

169 Ciampino @ 07:22

Also, those High-Bypass Fanjets are many times more efficient with fuel than their previous-generation "normal" fanjets. And forget about the old 737-100's turbojets, those things were thirsty! Oh, and incredibly loud, too.

Those economies translate into "range", and that's also how they manage to qualify for 2 engine ETOPS certifications. The twinjets are economizing the Airbus A-380 and Boeing 747 out of the vast majority of passenger routes, worldwide.

747s will remain dominant in cargo for decades yet, but the A-380 never really presented a specialized cargo airframe as did Boeing. Four engines work with cargo. Not only because "weight", but because cargo flies without all the costs of ticketing, feeding, luggage systems and "etc." of passenger routes.

And now, off to drive a four-wheeled passenger route.. home sometime deep into the ONT!

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at July 02, 2022 07:31 PM (tkOps)

170 UPDATE — Notre Dame and Oregon looking to join Big Ten…

The would have made more $$ with old Big 12!

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 02, 2022 07:32 PM (ex2Cx)

171 Travelled extensively for work, but always took the time to see the unique around places that I worked the Pink Palace at Jaipur, Chernobyl, etc. most amazing thing I saw wasthe Aral Sea, used to be unique but now we have our version at Lake Mead. Liberals and Commies, have to love them

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at July 02, 2022 07:33 PM (tYZBZ)

172 New York now requires people applying for a handgun license to turn over a list of their social media accounts so officials can verify their “character and conduct” under a bill passed Friday in the state Legislature.

Fakebook now regs guns!

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 02, 2022 07:33 PM (ex2Cx)

173 Chicks final table at the WSOP ladies tourney is streaming live until they get a winner.

Big boobed German player, a fake blond, and the rest are Asian US citizens.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at July 02, 2022 07:34 PM (ufFY8)

174 Liberals and Commies, have to love them
Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at July 02, 2022 07:33 PM (tYZBZ)

What if they are the same??

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 02, 2022 07:34 PM (ex2Cx)

175 UPDATE — Notre Dame and Oregon looking to join Big Ten…

The would have made more $$ with old Big 12!
Posted by: rhennigantx at July 02, 2022 07:32 PM (ex2Cx)

*The Paolo types and, how you say, deletes*

Posted by: The Paolo at July 02, 2022 07:34 PM (4I/2K)

176 ..I might could help. I wonder though about getting to the van barn on Galveston from the Willowbrook / Tomball area to pick up the vehicle to start the day. Are vans ever kept at/near IAH? Posted by: Count de Monet at July 02, 2022 07:24 PM (4I/2K)

I don't think the boss would entertain that idea, though it's truly not a bad one. We're a small, Galveston Based operation, and she wants to keep it all under her direct control.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at July 02, 2022 07:34 PM (tkOps)

177 114 I know this is blasphemy to some but - on my propane vertical smoker, I added a thermocoupler valve from a modern day masterbuilt. I ordered the parts for it online then put it between the gas supply and the burners' controls on the existing smoker. Now I can set a temp on the thermocoupler and it'll keep it steady for the enter 24 hour cook of a brisket.
Posted by: Defenestratus at July 02, 2022 06:39 PM (4bikO)

No criticism here. Brisket and ribs are so incredibly fiddly that I'm amazed that people can do it over charcoal or wood.

My hat is off to anyone who can do it, but the engineer in me says that the excessive demands of these meats for temperature stability cries out for automation.

Posted by: Splunge at July 02, 2022 07:35 PM (2hil/)

178 Cicero the boat owner I knew in your marina died suddenly last year, but family is keeping the boat for now, kids use it.

Have never been to Pageant of the Masters. May check it out, tho probably lotsa $$$$$ and of course a big mess logistically. Was up in that area this week and couldn’t believe the traffic both ways, return trip after 10PM, too. Part of that is summer. Coastal SoCal has been busy in summer for decades, since the travel/tourism explosion.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 02, 2022 07:36 PM (OTzUX)

179 173 Chicks final table at the WSOP ladies tourney is streaming live until they get a winner.

Big boobed German player, a fake blond, and the rest are Asian US citizens.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at July 02, 2022 07:34 PM (ufFY

How can you tell hair color in World Series of Pussy?

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 02, 2022 07:36 PM (ex2Cx)

180 New York now requires people applying for a handgun license to turn over a list of their social media accounts so officials can verify their “character and conduct” under a bill passed Friday in the state Legislature.

Fakebook now regs guns!

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 02, 2022 07:33 PM

And SCOTUS will rule that unconstitutional in their next session but new york state does not care. Once that is overturned they will make up some more bull$hit laws ad infinatium.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at July 02, 2022 07:37 PM (bVYXr)

181 The twinjets are economizing the Airbus A-380 and Boeing 747 out of the vast majority of passenger routes, worldwide

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For all of its superlatives and advanced tech, the A380 is essentially done as a viable commercial airliner. The B777 and B787 (and ironically, its stablemate the A330) are eating its lunch, offering similar range with lower seat-mile cost.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 02, 2022 07:37 PM (gpdYK)

182 How can you tell hair color in World Series of Pussy?
Posted by: rhennigantx at July 02, 2022 07:36 PM (ex2Cx)

Looking at the roots?

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at July 02, 2022 07:38 PM (ufFY8)

183 I don't think the boss would entertain that idea, though it's truly not a bad one. We're a small, Galveston Based operation, and she wants to keep it all under her direct control.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Yeah, keep operations simple and within easy span of control. Good luck with finding good hires.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 02, 2022 07:38 PM (4I/2K)

184 social media accounts so officials can verify their “character and conduct” under a bill passed Friday in the state Legislature.

Just say they don't have accounts.
Fuck them.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at July 02, 2022 07:39 PM (ufFY8)

185 CTH put uo Neil Oliver's latest talk about the evil of the new order. He gets it

Posted by: CN at July 02, 2022 07:42 PM (ONvIw)

186 Ordered a pizza hut pizza online for carry out. Mushrooms were listed as "out of stock" and unavailable for order on the website. I have never seen that before. Something is broken when you can't get fungus on your pizza.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at July 02, 2022 07:42 PM (bVYXr)

187 150 B52's had ONE hit.
Posted by: kraken

What about Nagasaki ?

Posted by: JT at July 02, 2022 07:11 PM (arJlL)
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Bockscar was a B-29 not a B-52.

Posted by: Ciampino - - IKEA shelving Step 9: do a better job with a laser level and a pencil at July 02, 2022 07:42 PM (qfLjt)

188 Happy Independence Weekend, dear Horde!

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 02, 2022 07:43 PM (kf6Ak)

189 If I'm ever going to be selasse I'm going to be highly selasse.

I'm sorry that was silly.

Posted by: N.L. Urker, my trench is full of chickens at July 02, 2022 07:49 PM (eGTCV)

190 Thanks Vmom !

Backatcha !

Posted by: JT at July 02, 2022 07:49 PM (arJlL)

191 I'm sorry that was silly.
Posted by: N.L. Urker, my trench is full of chickens at July 02, 2022 07:49 PM (eGTCV)

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I would reggae on you about it but what's the point.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 02, 2022 07:51 PM (gpdYK)

192 New York State legislators want to judge your "character and conduct".
That's hilarious!

Posted by: gourmand du apres midi at July 02, 2022 07:51 PM (jTmQV)

193 I forgot to include my usual greeting.
It's because I'm freezing my balls off.
55 degrees with blowing fog here.

Posted by: gourmand du apres midi at July 02, 2022 07:53 PM (jTmQV)

194 168 “According to data from AH Datalytics, compiled using the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) program, New Orleans has a per capita year-to date homicide rate of 72 per 100,000,” the outlet stated. “The next three U.S. cities behind New Orleans are Birmingham with a per capita homicide rate of 59 per 100,000 residents and Baltimore and St. Louis, each with a per capita homicide rate of 58 per 100,000 residents.”

Keep voting Democrat!! Please!

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 02, 2022 07:31 PM (ex2Cx)
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Where's Chicago? I am shocked I tell you, shocked by its non-performance.

Posted by: Ciampino - - IKEA shelving Step 10: drill the new improved holes and use filler to close wrong holes at July 02, 2022 07:53 PM (qfLjt)

195 I get wife mushrooms every week including today, but then they only come from next county away

Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2022 07:54 PM (2JoB8)

196 55 degrees? Damn that's a mỉacle!

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 02, 2022 08:00 PM (q3gwH)

197 Jordan Peterson on his Twitter ban:

https://youtu.be/UYfKWQqvFac

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 02, 2022 08:01 PM (YynYJ)

198 BABYLON BEE: "Democrats Argue That Clarence Thomas Should Only Have 3/5 of a Vote."

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at July 02, 2022 08:01 PM (yikp0)

199 No new Thread ?

Posted by: JT at July 02, 2022 08:05 PM (arJlL)

200 Wow. 55 is chilly.

We have 65 here in the beach. Supposed to rain tomorrow. I love it.

Posted by: nurse ratched, just call me Pollyanna at July 02, 2022 08:05 PM (U2p+3)

201 Bock’s Car missed their aimpoint badly (still think bombardier and bomb commander fibbed about what happened), but, as the say with grenades and horseshoes, something about close enough.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 02, 2022 08:05 PM (OTzUX)

202 For comity I will continue to refrain from weather reports. But it’s well known that “the coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in …..”

Posted by: rhomboid at July 02, 2022 08:07 PM (OTzUX)

203 The guys on Oak Island have found a metallic anomaly. Metallic Anomaly would be a good name for a heavy metal band.
That was also silly.

Posted by: N.L. Urker, my trench is full of chickens at July 02, 2022 08:08 PM (eGTCV)

204 Disney apologists: Lightyear did bad, but it isn't any fault of Disney, it's just the pandemic, economy, and people don't have a taste for kids films.

Minions: We made almost as much money on opening day as Lightyear did all opening weekend and are on course to break the record for july 4 opening were the 4th is a Monday.

Disney: Yeah, well our new spinoff cartoon has a robot going shopping to get tampons for a boy, and we'll make up our losses with volume and loving tweets from childless weirdos who pirate their entertainment!

Posted by: Bete at July 02, 2022 08:09 PM (a0KPx)

205 So, I know no one, including me, gives a shit about the NBA, but....

The kid who went #1 in the draft was two years behind my Marine in high school. Good kid. Not particularly smart. But a good kid. It's pretty freaking cool.

Posted by: nurse ratched, just call me Pollyanna at July 02, 2022 08:10 PM (U2p+3)

206 160 -- Duke Lowell -- Yeah, they're legal. And many Omaha people take a leisurely drive to Missouri and bring the damn things home.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- I wasn't particularly fond of the '70s the first time around at July 02, 2022 08:11 PM (H31K8)

207 201 Bock’s Car missed their aimpoint badly (still think bombardier and bomb commander fibbed about what happened), but, as the say with grenades and horseshoes, something about close enough.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 02, 2022 08:05 PM (OTzUX)
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Nice analogies.
With an atom bomb 'a miss is as good as a mile' doesn't hold when the blast radius may be a mile (warning Math: thus diameter of blast circle is 2 miles) and other destructive effects (note Grammarians: not affects) extending many miles more.

Posted by: Ciampino - - IKEA shelving Step 11: once again screw brackets to the wall at July 02, 2022 08:11 PM (qfLjt)

208 203 The guys on Oak Island have found a metallic anomaly. Metallic Anomaly would be a good name for a heavy metal band.
That was also silly.
Posted by: N.L. Urker, my trench is full of chickens at July 02, 2022 08:08 PM (eGTCV)

You realize Oak Island is just the Jan 6th committee, except we aren't paying for it, the TV show getting better ratings and the snowball chance in hell the guy on the island may someday find something.

Posted by: Bete at July 02, 2022 08:11 PM (a0KPx)

209 Ordered a pizza hut pizza online for carry out. Mushrooms were listed as "out of stock" and unavailable for order on the website. I have never seen that before. Something is broken when you can't get fungus on your pizza.
Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at July 02, 2022 07:42 PM (bVYXr)

Plenty of fungi amongi in the ads last month. Check your toes.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 02, 2022 08:12 PM (4I/2K)

210 So Tom Hanks thinks it was wrong to play his role in Philadelphia, because he's not gay.

Well, then he should also apologize for playing a soldier in Saving Peivate Ryan and an astronaut in Apollo 13 as he was never a soldier ;pologize for Woody in Toy Story as he isn't a cowboy; apologize for Turner and Hooch as he was never a cop; and apologize for Dragnet, because Dragnet.

As to Forrest Gump, Hanks is about the same IQ and though he isn't as likeable or well meaning as the character, there is such a thing as acting.

Posted by: Bete at July 02, 2022 08:14 PM (a0KPx)

211 nurse, miss ya, darlin

Posted by: Ben Had at July 02, 2022 08:15 PM (p+U6d)

212 I didn't know...

M-80s are an American class of large powerful firecrackers, sometimes called salutes. M-80s were originally made in the mid 20th century for the U.S. military to simulate explosives or artillery fire; later, M-80s were manufactured as fireworks.

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at July 02, 2022 08:15 PM (yikp0)

213 93 here, feels like 109. 60% humidity. Great bbq smoking weather. *grabs another cold one from the fridge*

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 02, 2022 08:15 PM (4I/2K)

214 But ironically the “miss” was a direct hit on the 2nd most important war industrial site in Nagasaki, and spared the actual aimpoint, an historic stone bridge.

Will repeat my reco of Nagasaki as tourist destination, bomb museum’s pretty good and Mitsubishi shipyard tour excellent. Nice mellow small city. Have loved everywhere I’ve gone in Kyushu.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 02, 2022 08:16 PM (OTzUX)

215 Posted by: Ciampino - - IKEA shelving Step 11: once again screw brackets to the wall at July 02, 2022 08:11 PM (qfLjt)
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Is anyone following my IKEA Shelving saga? Ace?

Posted by: Ciampino - - IKEA shelving Step 12: you did drill the holes into the studs and not just the sheetroc at July 02, 2022 08:17 PM (qfLjt)

216 Ben Had!

I miss you too! I talked to #1 son about, you know, the thing... he's just getting back from a trip to Vegas, so he won't be able to take more time off.

Bummer. He'd love the horde. And he and AltonJackson's daughter would have a LOT in common.....

Posted by: nurse ratched, just call me Pollyanna at July 02, 2022 08:17 PM (U2p+3)

217 Falling asleep here, long hot day

Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2022 08:18 PM (2JoB8)

218 You realize Oak Island is just the Jan 6th committee, except we aren't paying for it, the TV show getting better ratings and the snowball chance in hell the guy on the island may someday find something.
Posted by: Bete at July 02, 2022 08:11 PM (a0KPx)

The committee needs The Narrator.

Posted by: N.L. Urker, my trench is full of chickens at July 02, 2022 08:18 PM (eGTCV)

219 Big boobed German player
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Anna von Rack??

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at July 02, 2022 08:20 PM (yikp0)

220 210 So Tom Hanks thinks it was wrong to play his role in Philadelphia, because he's not gay.
Well, then he should also apologize for playing a soldier in Saving Peivate Ryan and an astronaut in Apollo 13 as he was never a soldier ;
Posted by: Bete at July 02, 2022 08:14 PM (a0KPx)
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That.
I wonder if he's ever gone around with one red shoe. That was a funny movie and not because of Hanks. The plot was funny as where the other actors.

Posted by: Ciampino - - IKEA shelving Step 13: Shit ! at July 02, 2022 08:22 PM (qfLjt)

221 Noodie movie

Posted by: Rex B at July 02, 2022 08:22 PM (hyKw2)

222 You realize Oak Island is just the Jan 6th committee, except we aren't paying for it, the TV show getting better ratings and the snowball chance in hell the guy on the island may someday find something.
Posted by: Bete at July 02, 2022 08:11 PM (a0KPx)

They had scraped that island to bedrock and beyond 50 years when I was a kid and read about it. No idea what they think they are doing there now.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 02, 2022 08:26 PM (eoQWY)

223 Made some awesome ham radio contacts today to the South Pacific. Japan, Fiji, and New Zealand on the 20 Meter band with 5 watts of output power. This solar cycle is really good.

Everyone one have a safe and great Independence Day.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at July 02, 2022 08:33 PM (MkYsY)

224 ~~one~~

Posted by: Maj. Healey at July 02, 2022 08:33 PM (MkYsY)

225 Going to take the grandson out tomorrow to buy some freedom fireworks.

Not the brand name.

Just for freedom. And the explosive possibilities.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 02, 2022 08:48 PM (BFigT)

226 Thank you all. It's not a big job to remove the tank and replace it but it cracked in a very convenient place to just patch it.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 02, 2022 05:51 PM (p+U6d)

Late to the party (movie thread is up, but I don't movie), but usually WW tanks are made of polyethylene plastic, to which practically no glue will bond.

Best bet? Put a hot iron to it. Seriously. Weld the crack with a hot iron. Soldering gun or iron will work; you could use a big nail heated by a torch, too. If you have a hot glue gun, the hot glue is itself polyethylene, and can be fed into the crack as filler where needed. You are actually doing plastic welding.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 02, 2022 08:54 PM (17Z5m)

227

My hobbies include masturbation, golf and strangling animals.

Posted by: Harry Baggot at July 02, 2022 10:20 PM (IU9aR)

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