The Weekend Hobby Thread

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Good afternoon and welcome to The Weekend Hobby Thread. Perhaps you have noticed that your humble Cob hasn't been around since Thursday May 25th. I don't try to make my threads about me, but.......

I went on my annual fishing trip leaving on Saturday May 27th. Our group went to the lovely state of North Dakota. I turned off my phone starting the day before. I was completely oblivious to current events, politics. It was fishing, fishing and more fishing.

I realize fishing is not everyone's cup of tea. But there is a lesson here. Whatever you love to do outside of your job, do it. Do it often and turn off the phone, the TV, the radio and your pesky friends and family. You'll come away refreshed and ready to take on the world or at least put up with it.

Now onto the In-Box........

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The first hobby submission comes from Clay. He has previously submitted interesting musical instruments. Today is no different. Thanks Clay. PS: I'm quite envious.

In my previous post to the hobby thread, I showed photos of two 3-string guitars that I made using cigar boxes for the body. As I was finishing up another project recently, I used the last of a gallon can of mineral spirits to clean the brushes. As I looked at the empty can, I thought… guitar!
Guitars made out of gallon cans are a close relative to cigar box guitars. My sons refer to these guitars I make as my “hobo guitars.” I think that name is so cool, I decided to lean into the concept. I made no effort to make this one pretty. Except for the strings and the tuners, everything I used was recycled/up-cycled stuff laying around the shop.
The body is an F-style (rectangular) one gallon can. The neck is a 1x2 board. The nut and bridge are quarter inch bolts. The string retainer on the headstock is a nail and some screw eyes. The frets are 6 penny nails with the heads and points cut off and the ends filed smooth. The fret markers are wood screws countersunk into the fretboard until they are flush. The tail piece is a strike plate for a door latch.
It has a warm, bright resonator guitar sound due (I think) to the thin metal walls of the can. Such cans really aren’t made for the stresses of a guitar, so they flex a lot and pop when I play it. I could brace the walls, but I’m afraid it would dull the warm tone. So I accept that as part of the personality of the instrument. It is a total blast to play.
I’ve included a link to a video so you can hear it’s voice.
Good stuff by Clay.

So he starts with this.........
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And ends up with this........

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It is amazing what the human hand can do. From production of music to craft work using cloth and thread.

These are two cross stitch samplers I did in the late 1990's. Reproductions of historical samplers were popular then (still are done, actually) and I did several. I gave most of them away but did keep some. I bought the kit for the large sampler in Colonial Williamsburg, the chart was done from a sampler in their collection. It uses silk thread on linen, with 18 stitches per inch. It's mostly cross stitch with some satin stitch. It measures 13 by 17.5 inches. The saying (a lot of samplers had uplifting messages stitched in!) reads:
"A sampler resembles an elegant mind,
Whose passions by reason subdued and refined.
Move only in lines of affection and duty,
Reflection a picture of order and beauty."
I outsmarted myself on the second smaller one. The original was done about 14 stitches per inch on linen, and the black background was also stitched, it was done on natural color linen. The original was done by an eleven year old! But--when I did it I thought I'd save time by stitching it on black fabric and then decided to do it at a finer count, at 22 stitches per inch. With a very strong light and sometimes a magnifier I managed it. I would never try such a thing again! - Lirio100

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What intricate work. I wished my fingers worked that well. Thanks Lirio.

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Our last submission comes from Carl. He has previously submitted hobby photos and a brief explanation. Today he shares again. Thank you Carl.

This week I have some more brush pictures.
As most who live in the US know, we are dealing with an infestation of the Emerald Ash Borer beetle that was accidentally introduced into the US when it hitched a ride in some cargo from Asia in 2002.
The results are devastating. Millions of Ash trees have died in that short time period including here in the Midwest. I have so many dead ash trees at Chez carluchi that I cannot burn it fast enough. It's really sad to look out and see hundreds of dead Ash trees in various stages of decay.
In keeping with the theme of trash to treasure, I have made some brushes out of the firewood from the carnage. I look specifically for wood that is spalted which you can tell once you split it.
Recall that spalting is the term used to describe the staining of the wood fibers by fungus that grows when the wood stays wet for long periods of time (like when a tree falls over and sits on the forest floor for a few months).
However, once the wood dries out, the fungus dies but the staining remains and creates some pretty interesting grain patterns that you can see in the pictures below.
The last picture is the same brush just turned 180 so you can see the effect the spalting has - almost like it's two different pieces of wood.

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Do you have a hobby? C'mon, I'm sure you do. So send your hobby stories, photos, tips, techniques and 20/0 fan brushes, Jenkins Green acrylic paint and birch logs to petmorons at gmail dot com. Until the next time, hobby away.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at 05:30 PM

Comments

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1 Welcome Hobbiests

Posted by: Skip at June 03, 2023 05:29 PM (xhxe8)

2 Next hobby project is making black powder, have everything needed

Posted by: Skip at June 03, 2023 05:31 PM (xhxe8)

3 On The Watch list anyway. Right?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at June 03, 2023 05:36 PM (glGDV)

4 4th of July is coming

Posted by: Skip at June 03, 2023 05:37 PM (xhxe8)

5
As most who live in the US know, we are dealing with an infestation of the Emerald Ash Borer beetle that was accidentally introduced into the US when it hitched a ride in some cargo from Asia in 2002.

The results are devastating. Millions of Ash trees have died in that short time period including here in the Midwest. I have so many dead ash trees at Chez carluchi that I cannot burn it fast enough.

Yup, I have some Ash trees I gotta do something very expensive with. One small one came down last spring and went ker-plunk on my roof. I got bigger ones too close to the house to ignore. Only question is - have they all died? Because I'm sure I have a healthy one. I think I can drop that one with ease.

But damn, this crap came from 'Asia'. Do they mean China and are too chickenshit to tell the truth? Oops, tough to stay absolutely non-political on any topic anymore.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 03, 2023 05:38 PM (enJYY)

6 That guitar and those brushes are awesome. And cool.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 03, 2023 05:38 PM (Q4IgG)

7 Next hobby project is making black powder, have everything needed

Posted by: Skip at June 03, 2023 05:31 PM

Are you going to corn your powder?

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 03, 2023 05:38 PM (ncXxy)

8 Got my Amateur Extra license this morning.
Now I just need to actually dig out my radio stuff and use it.

Posted by: PabloD at June 03, 2023 05:40 PM (2B3WW)

9 I have a 12ft long red oak branch just waiting for me to project on. One end has enough diameter to make another Southwest church and the other end will.work for a couple of Santos figures

Posted by: Ben Had at June 03, 2023 05:40 PM (18obw)

10

My hobbies include masturbation, golf and strangling animals.

Posted by: Harry Baggot at June 03, 2023 05:41 PM (goZpP)

11 Cithara > homemade guitar

Posted by: Arion and his Dolphin at June 03, 2023 05:41 PM (2OKI5)

12 I failed dismally at fishing.

Posted by: JEM at June 03, 2023 05:42 PM (8erNz)

13 Thank you. The YT videos for XT60 connector soldering make a point that overheating is a big problem. The XT60s and XT90s need a lot of heat, but the actual contact time should be 5 seconds or less. So make sure the tip is a maximum heat before melting the solder and dropping the pre-tinned cable end. That's the recommendation, anyway. Also, install the opposite gender connector to the soldered connector to help dissipate the heat before the nylon housing croaks.

Posted by: mrp at May 27, 2023 10:00 PM

I know this is from last week, but in that case you need to solder it like I would solder a PL-259 on the end of a piece of RG-8. The way to do that is with a soldering iron that has a honking big chunk of metal on the end. That way, the temperature of the tip won't drop very much as the heat flows out of it into the metal of the bits you're trying to connect.

In my opinion, the ideal soldering iron is one of those like you'd use to solder the lead channels in stained glass. The last time I bought one, I literally went to the stained glass aisle of Hobby Lobby and bought one from there, but the important characteristic is "honking big chunk of metal."

Posted by: Cybersmythe at June 03, 2023 05:42 PM (iZEhM)

14 Are you going to corn your powder?
Posted by: Mister Scott

I corn everything...

Posted by: Shemp Smith at June 03, 2023 05:43 PM (goZpP)

15 That will be the next part, certainly have weights for a press just need to come up with a disk maker. The fine grade can use for flash pan. 4F would be for bullets. I at least know how in theory to make it.

Posted by: Skip at June 03, 2023 05:43 PM (xhxe8)

16 Nice tapestry, but isn't King Harold supposed to get an arrow in the eye somewhere?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 03, 2023 05:47 PM (2OKI5)

17 That will be the next part, certainly have weights for a press just need to come up with a disk maker. The fine grade can use for flash pan. 4F would be for bullets. I at least know how in theory to make it.

Posted by: Skip at June 03, 2023 05:43 PM

Theoretically.......

Posted by: Mister Spock at June 03, 2023 05:47 PM (ncXxy)

18 My current hobby is polishing bullets. Shiny bullets are happy bullets.

Plus they go faster. 🤣

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 03, 2023 05:48 PM (Q4IgG)

19 Okay, this hobby thread is obviously meant to demonstrate I have very little talent for most things. Home made guitars, exquisite needlework, and turning diseased wood into gorgeous objects that can endure and give pleasure for generations.

Think I'll load some black powder cartridges. At least I know I can do that well. Sigh!

Posted by: JTB at June 03, 2023 05:48 PM (7EjX1)

20 14 Are you going to corn your powder?
Posted by: Mister Scott

I corn everything...
Posted by: Shemp Smith at June 03, 2023 05:43 PM (goZpP)

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Hey Fat, I corned ol' Corn Pop like he's never been corned before. Last thing he saw was the silky blonde hair of my right leg as my foot was about to connect with the smelly crack of his narrow black ass.

Posted by: President Potatohead at June 03, 2023 05:50 PM (2OKI5)

21 Whoever said I should put some ferrites on the USB leads, well, it worked. Now, I have to do something similar for the keyboard on the downstairs computer. I just found out that on 15m, and with the amplifier in place, it loses track of the keyboard when transmitting. Good to know.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at June 03, 2023 05:52 PM (iZEhM)

22 21 Whoever said I should put some ferrites on the USB leads, well, it worked.

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I think that was me.

Posted by: The Guy Who Always Recommends Ferrites In The USB Leads at June 03, 2023 05:54 PM (2OKI5)

23 JTB, you have plenty of talent. Don't weaken

Posted by: Ben Had at June 03, 2023 05:54 PM (PvHq5)

24 I think that was me.

Posted by: The Guy Who Always Recommends Ferrites In The USB Leads at June 03, 2023 05:54 PM

*gives 2OKI5 the side-eye*

Last week's comments says it was Bert G, AND with a different hash.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at June 03, 2023 05:56 PM (iZEhM)

25 Time to crank an engine that hasn't been started in nine months. Wish me luck, Horde.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 03, 2023 05:57 PM (2OKI5)

26 I'm at that awkward stage in my sketching where I can understand and appreciate how an image was made but don't have the skill (yet) to draw it. I found it helps to deal with a portion of the image and try to replicate that. I don't get overwhelmed with details and perspective I can't match.

It helps I have a metric shit ton of paper to experiment on.

Posted by: JTB at June 03, 2023 06:00 PM (7EjX1)

27 Fantastic needlework! Must have great eyesight. Thanks for sharing.

Posted by: Mrs. JTB at June 03, 2023 06:01 PM (7EjX1)

28 I DID have great eyesight!

Posted by: Lirio100 at June 03, 2023 06:02 PM (w/VHS)

29 One critique I must point out for the fishing hobbyist's maturation. Unless you are one of those elitist, seasonal fly fisherman who sport a fucking creel, get yourself a 5 gallon bucket with a comfy seat that you can use to carry your game and gear.

Right now, you ain't fishing anywhere unless you're bait or lure fishing with water levels this high and muddy.

Also, if you're an elitist, seasonal fly fisherman, you ain't shit unless you lay out a red and white checked picnic tablecloth with a fashionable flute of vino, with select cheeses to complete the ambiance at the primo stocked stretch of the private spring water river.

So far, the only hatch I've seen, with all of this rain is mosquitos.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at June 03, 2023 06:02 PM (KVGVf)

30 Last week's comments says it was Bert G, AND with a different hash.
Posted by: Cybersmythe at June 03, 2023 05:56 PM (iZEhM)

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Mom always said I was a lousy liar ;(

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 03, 2023 06:02 PM (2OKI5)

31 Isn't the alphabet in the first cross-stitch item missing the letter "J"?

Nice work, in any event.

Posted by: Fritz at June 03, 2023 06:02 PM (dS5zT)

32 Cicero, best of luck

Posted by: Ben Had at June 03, 2023 06:02 PM (PvHq5)

33 The couch is complete. Kodiak Furniture does a good job of labeling things and it uses the standard hex screws. Seems to be the same Indonesian wood as my bookcases were made from. I've had just one furniture failure. I have plans to take it apart and make something more useful out of it. I don't know why I'm so reluctant to build with wood. Probably because I don't know what I'm doing.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 03, 2023 06:03 PM (ouTlx)

34 23 ... Good afternoon, Ben Had,

Just a little subtle humor in paying tribute to the ingenuity and beautiful work of the posters. I'm too old and stubborn to give up. (GRIN)

Posted by: JTB at June 03, 2023 06:03 PM (7EjX1)

35 >>> I realize fishing is not everyone's cup of tea.

Not mine; I like to walk in the woods.

I saw three deer and both pink and white lady slippers.

Posted by: fluffy at June 03, 2023 06:04 PM (86W+h)

36 *waves to Mrs. JTB*

Posted by: Ben Had at June 03, 2023 06:05 PM (PvHq5)

37 5 "Do they mean China and are too chickenshit to tell the truth? "

Likely dropped from a balloon.

Posted by: Next2Nothing at June 03, 2023 06:05 PM (tA1/w)

38 Depends on when the sampler was done. Samplers of various types go back to the Middle Ages, more or less. They were used to try out various stitches, letters, patterns, etc.

Posted by: Lirio100 at June 03, 2023 06:05 PM (w/VHS)

39 That photo at the top of the post is both beautiful and true. I could feel any tension easing just thinking about fishing in paradise.

Posted by: JTB at June 03, 2023 06:06 PM (7EjX1)

40 Re the J, didn't explain very well. I was often used in place of J in earlier samplers. Might be because original Latin didn't use J?

Posted by: Lirio100 at June 03, 2023 06:11 PM (w/VHS)

41 29 "elitist, seasonal fly fisherman" never use a creel - we release all fish after poking a few holes in them and torturing them for a bit.

"you ain't shit unless you lay out . . . " - No, that's the guide's responsibility. He better not forget the Single Malt either.

Posted by: Next2Nothing at June 03, 2023 06:11 PM (tA1/w)

42 I find that peace sitting on a tractor mowing

Posted by: Ben Had at June 03, 2023 06:12 PM (H6LdE)

43 There is a fine line between fishing and standing in the water looking stupid.

Posted by: Fritzy at June 03, 2023 06:15 PM (YoZGp)

44 JTB, you have plenty of talent. Don't weaken
Posted by: Ben Had

Seconded !

Posted by: JT at June 03, 2023 06:16 PM (T4tVD)

45 Cicero, best of luck

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First crank and she fired up like a champ. I am a happy sailor.

Woo-hooo!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 03, 2023 06:16 PM (2OKI5)

46 Both Hobo Guitar pieces on utube sound great, very nice workmanship too.

The ash brushes are beautiful, again showing nice workmanship.

I don't have those skills but I fall down on dirt bikes. I hope this qualifies.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 03, 2023 06:17 PM (zoXTr)

47 My recreational activity later is cutting my nails.

Posted by: JEM at June 03, 2023 06:18 PM (8erNz)

48 I find that peace sitting on a tractor mowing

Posted by: Ben Had at June 03, 2023 06:12 PM (H6LdE)

I find peace on Park Avenue, dahlink.

Posted by: Lisa Douglas at June 03, 2023 06:18 PM (Angsy)

49 Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 03, 2023 06

Some hobbies are painful
I guess

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 03, 2023 06:20 PM (aA3+G)

50 > I find that peace sitting on a tractor mowing
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All of the world's problems are solved this way.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 03, 2023 06:20 PM (Q4IgG)

51 I find that peace sitting on a tractor mowing
Posted by: Ben Had

Also when drawing a bead on the next port roast, right?

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 03, 2023 06:21 PM (zoXTr)

52 I recently came across some videos discussing how Howard Shore developed and composed the music scores for the LOTR movies, which I think are one of the best aspects. The talks tickled distant memories of music history and theory from college days a long damn time ago.

Makes me want to get out one of the guitars (probably the classical with nylon strings that won't tear up my fingers as bad) and see if I remember things beyond the basic chords. Perhaps pluck some simple melodies.

Posted by: JTB at June 03, 2023 06:21 PM (7EjX1)

53 I have two cross stitch works that have been in my family far longer than I've been alive. One was stitched in 1812, the other in 1818. They were done by sisters born around 1800.

One has a poem beneath the stitched alphabet which reads, "The loss of time is much. The loss of truth is more. The loss of Jesus Christ is such as no man can restore."

Posted by: Sam Adams at June 03, 2023 06:22 PM (VDbGO)

54 Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 03, 2023 06

Some hobbies are painful
I guess
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian

If the bruised ribs stop hurting I'll be back on the trail by late July...

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 03, 2023 06:22 PM (zoXTr)

55 Think I'll load some black powder cartridges. At least I know I can do that well. Sigh!

Posted by: JTB at June 03, 2023 05:48 PM (7EjX1)

It's not necessary to fish for compliments

. I'd have thought you knew by now how well respected your endeavors are.

Speaking of, due to you helping me find out I have an interest in nature journaling I have been able to chronicle the Monarch butterfly caterpillars as they scarfed my butterfly weed and are now pupating. Something I couldn't have done three months ago.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at June 03, 2023 06:24 PM (nC+QA)

56 AZ deplorable, I use the gator with a bench rest for planned hog hunting. I use the .357 for " oh look,got ya"

Posted by: Ben Had at June 03, 2023 06:25 PM (H6LdE)

57 >>>"elitist, seasonal fly fisherman" never use a creel - we release all fish after poking a few holes in them and torturing them for a bit.

"you ain't shit unless you lay out . . . " - No, that's the guide's responsibility. He better not forget the Single Malt either.

Posted by: Next2Nothing

>Ha! Single malts and McKenzie drift boats make for an adventurous fly fishing excursion.

I'm looking at hitting the lake in a high-horsepowered bass boat and catching my limit of walleye at the present moment.

There will be no releasing of fish.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at June 03, 2023 06:28 PM (KVGVf)

58 Only once a year fishing trip?? Either you're not doing it enough, or I'm doing it too much.

Posted by: McLurkerson at June 03, 2023 06:30 PM (wNDOJ)

59 " ... Only question is - have they all died? Because I'm sure I have a healthy one. I think I can drop that one with ease."

Dive By Zero - the question is when not if. Only positive thing is the tree knows its dying and sends a out a crap-ton of suckers that take and eventually a new tree grows to take its place only for the F'n beetles to take that one down as well.

You will never see another Ash tree over 20 feet tall again. Real shame.

Posted by: carluchi at June 03, 2023 06:32 PM (ndx5m)

60 Fun Fact: The dark line in spalted wood is the boundary between where two colonies of decay fungi meet.

Posted by: Fritzy at June 03, 2023 06:34 PM (YoZGp)

61 I do see things and wonder if I can make it

Posted by: Skip at June 03, 2023 06:34 PM (xhxe8)

62 Beautiful shaving brushes make me want a straight razor. Not to shave with, just to look at.

Posted by: Eromero at June 03, 2023 06:34 PM (eo57b)

63 My old man had a custom hay business. I sat on a tractor mowing or raking for days at a time. I got sick of it.

Posted by: Ronster at June 03, 2023 06:35 PM (76guJ)

64 I learned how to fly fish in Eastern Iowa along the Mississippi and in some of the local ponds. It was very relaxing, especially after a day of bailing hay or working the farm. I miss those days. Simpler times.

Posted by: Marcus T at June 03, 2023 06:35 PM (c+w3Q)

65 Ben Had @42-
Tractor therapy.

Posted by: Eromero at June 03, 2023 06:37 PM (eo57b)

66 Waves back to Ben Had.

Posted by: Mrs. JTB at June 03, 2023 06:38 PM (7EjX1)

67 My fishing bud returns from a winter of fishing in the Keys this week. Looking forward to getting in a good summer of fishing.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 03, 2023 06:38 PM (ZLI7S)

68 Catfish are the fishing choice in all the bar ditches between here and town.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 03, 2023 06:39 PM (H6LdE)

69 Wow! Nice work people.

Lots of talent out there in MeatSpace.

Oh look, Manhattan time! One cherry only please.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at June 03, 2023 06:39 PM (R/m4+)

70 Dailytimewaster hasn't in quite awhile but was putting up straight blade rasor sets often, never tried it or had one tried on me, they scare me.

Posted by: Skip at June 03, 2023 06:39 PM (xhxe8)

71 A coworker maintained that it wasn't really fishing unless it involved: bait, a chair in the shade and a case of beer on ice in a cooler.

Posted by: Next2Nothing at June 03, 2023 06:39 PM (tA1/w)

72 59 " ... Only question is - have they all died? Because I'm sure I have a healthy one. I think I can drop that one with ease."

Dive By Zero - the question is when not if. Only positive thing is the tree knows its dying and sends a out a crap-ton of suckers that take and eventually a new tree grows to take its place only for the F'n beetles to take that one down as well.

You will never see another Ash tree over 20 feet tall again. Real shame.
Posted by: carluchi at June 03, 2023 06:32 PM (ndx5m)

Our cabin property has Black Ash in the swampy sections. They are the last to get leaves and the first to lose them.
Most are pushing 40' tall.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at June 03, 2023 06:43 PM (aA3+G)

73 Woo-hoo'ed too soon.

I'm not getting cooling water through the engine. Not good.

Looks like sailing is scratched today until I figure this one out.

Wah wa waaaah.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 03, 2023 06:44 PM (2OKI5)

74 almost finished with a quilt as a gift for a dear friend, all I have left is finishing the binding, which I do by hand. It has turned out lovely, and I am so looking forward to giving it to her next week. There is something so satisfying about being able to gift someone something that you've made. I'm far from an expert quilter but it's something I enjoy and that uses my creativity. And they are meant to be used, not hung up for decor.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at June 03, 2023 06:44 PM (ebhEj)

75 55 ... " I have been able to chronicle the Monarch butterfly caterpillars as they scarfed my butterfly weed and are now pupating. Something I couldn't have done three months ago."

Polliwog,
That is great! I'm so glad you are enjoying the journaling. Which reminds me I have to put together little drawing kits for the car and for pocket carry. A few heavy index cards like I mentioned last week, a good .05 mechanical pencil (no need to sharpen), and maybe a fine liner pen for black features.

I keep finding things to sketch: a leaf, a dragonfly or bumble bee, a cartoon figure on a greeting card or a church spire. Never know when something will catch my eye and I want to be prepared. (It's a bit consuming.)

Posted by: JTB at June 03, 2023 06:46 PM (7EjX1)

76 Beautiful shaving brushes make me want a straight razor. Not to shave with, just to look at.
Posted by: Eromero

You're not thinking of carrying a BAR are you.
You know a bad-ass-razor...

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 03, 2023 06:47 PM (zoXTr)

77 Some gardening and some outdoor cooking today.

Posted by: Queequeg the Harpooner at June 03, 2023 06:48 PM (9X60i)

78 My grandfather taught me to fish.

He fished because it was a necessity. He lived on the beach in a cabin he and his father built from land purchased from the Salish tribe.

They had to have the bulkhead built first, from sand and stones on the beach. Then a simple cabin was erected. It had a stone fireplace and a bathroom with a shower and a potty and a sink. The main room had windows and a built in bench and table. Upstairs was a darkroom. My grandpa, after serving in the Navy in WW II, drove the trolly in downtown Seattle and was a photographer in his spare time.

He and my grandmother ate large when he caught a nice coho. Breakfast was whatever he caught and some eggs he traded with the neighbor. He made biscuits and made sausage gravy for us because we were a special occasion. He salvaged escaped logs from the booms being transported to the lumbar yards.

Fishing is life. It's a hobby and a distraction as well. But it's life.

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 03, 2023 06:48 PM (U2p+3)

79 (It's a bit consuming.)

Posted by: JTB at June 03, 2023 06:46 PM (7EjX1)

Isn't it? I've kept to a strict one sketch a day limit because I don't want to get burned out before getting serious about my Materia Medica. It's surprisingly difficult to refrain though. In fact, I should go do some work on that now since I have all the tools I need to make it nice.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at June 03, 2023 06:52 PM (nC+QA)

80 "Meant to be used" I've had problems with that. It got to the point that I wouldn't make something they asked for unless I got a promise they'd use it. And I checked...

Posted by: Lirio100 at June 03, 2023 06:53 PM (w/VHS)

81 nurse, what a wonderful memory.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 03, 2023 06:53 PM (H6LdE)

82 One thing of making black powder is 200 - 300 years ago different countries had their own ratio of carbon, saltpetre and sulfur, which means there has to be some range of error give

Posted by: Skip at June 03, 2023 06:53 PM (xhxe8)

83 As a kid at camp, I enjoyed fishing but I hate taking the fish off the hook. There's something about a fish thrashing about that creeps me out.

Posted by: SFGoth at June 03, 2023 06:54 PM (KAi1n)

84 Have loved to fish since I was a wee lad.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at June 03, 2023 06:56 PM (Xrfse)

85
My hobby right now is trying to find a solar panel and portable battery storage system that would provide some absolute minimum level of electricity daily, for years. Enough to power through a quick cycle of well pump energization, power my in-line 110 v water heaters, provide some lighting, microwave, toaster, etc every evening, then be recharged the next day. All at an affordable price.

I'm getting closer I think, $200 a month for 12 months might be something I could sell to the wife. If the SHTF fossil fueled generators would be dinosaurs within a week or two. I have further math to do but based on some Google info my location is good for 1,000 hours a year of good solar. Two hours to recharge under 'ideal' conditions. Probably not too many hot showers or hot water in Dec, Jan, and Feb under less then ideal conditions.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 03, 2023 06:56 PM (enJYY)

86 83 "There's something about a fish thrashing about that creeps me out."

Holding trout upside down seems to calm them down.

Posted by: Next2Nothing at June 03, 2023 06:59 PM (tA1/w)

87 83 As a kid at camp, I enjoyed fishing but I hate taking the fish off the hook. There's something about a fish thrashing about that creeps me out.
Posted by: SFGoth

That's why grandpa taught us to be quick with the fish whacker. Knock them unconscious , then extract the hook. Oftentimes the fish would die before coming to, so there was no thrashing.

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 03, 2023 07:00 PM (U2p+3)

88
Dive By Zero - the question is when not if. Only positive thing is the tree knows its dying and sends a out a crap-ton of suckers that take and eventually a new tree grows to take its place only for the F'n beetles to take that one down as well.

You will never see another Ash tree over 20 feet tall again. Real shame.
Posted by: carluchi at June 03, 2023 06:32 PM

I have more then a couple that are pushing 70 to 90 feet in height. The woods near me had timber guys come in and clear the wreckage. Multiple tractor trailer loads pulled out every day for weeks. I wish I could depend on gravity for these things to drop a little bit at a time straight down but I know the world doesn't work that way.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 03, 2023 07:04 PM (enJYY)

89 Thank you, Ben Had.

Grandpa taught us to be self reliant. We learned to dig clams and geoduck and harvest oysters and seaweed. And crab. Mmmmm. Crab.

He'd fly a flag on the flagpole on his deck. It was yellow with a martini glass and two olives that said "Bring Gin."
The neighbors would see it, sometimes from across the harbor, and arrive with food and gin and stories and friendship. What a lovely way to live.

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 03, 2023 07:04 PM (U2p+3)

90 85 Enough to power through a quick cycle of well pump energization, power my in-line 110 v water heaters, provide some lighting, microwave, toaster, etc every evening, then be recharged the next day. All at an affordable price.

At work we would describe this type of requirement as over-constrained.

Posted by: Next2Nothing at June 03, 2023 07:05 PM (tA1/w)

91 Wow, all of Estes rockets' catalogues are on line. I'm perusing their 1976 catalogue - that's the first year I started model rocketry. What a trip down memory lane.

Posted by: SFGoth at June 03, 2023 07:08 PM (KAi1n)

92 I failed dismally at fishing.
Posted by: JEM

That is almost impossible. You can fail dismally at the catching part, but the fishing part is easy.

Posted by: mikeski at June 03, 2023 07:10 PM (DgGvY)

93 57 ... "catching my limit of walleye at the present moment.

There will be no releasing of fish."

Having tasted walleye the last time I was in Wisconsin, I understand no release of them. Too tasty for their own good.

Posted by: JTB at June 03, 2023 07:10 PM (7EjX1)

94 I remember doing rockets for 2 summers probably 1974- 6 about. They were fun

Posted by: Skip at June 03, 2023 07:13 PM (xhxe8)

95 nurse, as close as I come to that is my cousin and I would do a live off the land week. I can still cook frog legs that are mouth watering.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 03, 2023 07:13 PM (H6LdE)

96 My Pop and I would go fishing up in Canada for a week each June. We did this together from the time I was ten years old until I graduated from HS. Awesome memories and some really good eatin'.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at June 03, 2023 07:13 PM (Xrfse)

97 That's why grandpa taught us to be quick with the fish whacker

-

Just because it's interesting, that club is called a "priest" in some parts of the country. It would be interesting to know if it's called that in Europe somewhere, too.

I heard it called something else by an old black man when I was young, but I can't remember it. A judge or something similar.

Posted by: Have you figured out that the gay flag is a p3d0 flag? at June 03, 2023 07:14 PM (E0OU8)

98 Continuing with my hobby of being too cheap to pay someone else to do something I can do myself. Replaced 2 windows in the sunroom today. Only 9 more to go. The quote for this job was $15k.

Posted by: fd at June 03, 2023 07:15 PM (iayUP)

99 Ben Had,
I bet your frog legs are to die for.

There's classes out here to teach how to forage in the PNW. There's so much to learn! Fiddlehead ferns are tasty as heck! And I know where to forage morels. Heh.

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 03, 2023 07:16 PM (U2p+3)

100 95 nurse, as close as I come to that is my cousin and I would do a live off the land week. I can still cook frog legs that are mouth watering.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 03, 2023 07:13 PM (H6LdE)

Yum. I love frog legs.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at June 03, 2023 07:18 PM (aA3+G)

101 JJ your podcast with Kurt Shlichter was great.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 03, 2023 07:18 PM (RIvkX)

102 I napped today! I mean, I was sleepy at around 3pm ot wasn't even optional.
So that's today's hpbby.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 03, 2023 07:18 PM (vHIgi)

103 Can say I never had reptile

Posted by: Skip at June 03, 2023 07:19 PM (xhxe8)

104 No amphibians.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 03, 2023 07:19 PM (RIvkX)

105 Some folks balk at them but IMO a properly prepared batch of frog legs is almost heaven.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at June 03, 2023 07:20 PM (Xrfse)

106 Mis Hum, I cook them in a cast iron pan with garlic and white wine over a wood fire

Posted by: Ben Had at June 03, 2023 07:21 PM (H6LdE)

107 79 ... Polliwog,
Not so much herbal medicine but some alternative matters that might interest you. Check out Cowboy Kent Rollins 'cowboy cures' on YT. Some practical use of common materials that can help a body feel better.

Posted by: JTB at June 03, 2023 07:21 PM (7EjX1)

108 Last time I went fishing I was so seasick for hours. Diesel fumes. Worms. Fish Guts. No thanks, I'll see you when you get back, if you get back.

*whistles Edmund Fitzgerald*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 03, 2023 07:22 PM (RIvkX)

109 I'm firmly on the side of frog legs.

Posted by: Have you figured out that the gay flag is a p3d0 flag? at June 03, 2023 07:22 PM (E0OU8)

110 Ok, so when I'm really hungry in the camps, I'll know who's got the good frog legs.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 03, 2023 07:23 PM (RIvkX)

111 Oh em gee the can guitar!

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 03, 2023 07:24 PM (vHIgi)

112 JTB, you have plenty of talent. Don't weaken

Posted by: Ben Had at June 03, 2023 05:54 PM (PvHq5)

Supplemental talent

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/699746860829328575/

Posted by: BignJames at June 03, 2023 07:24 PM (AwYPR)

113 Continuing with my hobby of being too cheap to pay someone else to do something I can do myself. Replaced 2 windows in the sunroom today. Only 9 more to go. The quote for this job was $15k.
Posted by: fd

Excellent return on your time!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 03, 2023 07:25 PM (hASXU)

114 Engine obstruction localized and obliterated. Cooling water is gushing, I say GUSHING, through the humming engine.

Alas, but it is too late in the day to hit the high seas. Will postpone the season's first voyage until next weekend.

Inthe meantime, alcohol is called for. Maybe sodomy and the lash later.

*hic*

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 03, 2023 07:25 PM (2OKI5)

115 Oh em gee the can guitar!

Seconded. That is pretty cool.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at June 03, 2023 07:25 PM (Xrfse)

116 I failed dismally at fishing.
Posted by: JEM

That is almost impossible. You can fail dismally at the catching part, but the fishing part is easy.
Posted by: mikeski

If you do it right, you can at least catch a buzz...

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at June 03, 2023 07:27 PM (hRhYe)

117 106 Mis Hum, I cook them in a cast iron pan with garlic and white wine over a wood fire
Posted by: Ben Had at June 03, 2023 07:21 PM (H6LdE)

Now my mouth is watering.

Up this way they are breaded and deep fried or broiled in butter.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at June 03, 2023 07:27 PM (aA3+G)

118 "Excellent return on your time!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron "

I'm thinking about quiting my job and just paying myself.

It's been so long since I've had frog legs. We gigged them out of Lake Seminole. Man those were good.

Posted by: fd at June 03, 2023 07:28 PM (iayUP)

119 Engine obstruction localized and obliterated. Cooling water is gushing, I say GUSHING, through the humming engine.

Alas, but it is too late in the day to hit the high seas. Will postpone the season's first voyage until next weekend.

Posted by: Cicero

I think congrats and commiserations are called for!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 03, 2023 07:29 PM (hASXU)

120 Amphibians, reptiles, filthy fowl, occasional insect, - yes. Unless a rabbit is a rodent, no rodents!

Posted by: Dr. Bone at June 03, 2023 07:29 PM (KVGVf)

121 That is almost impossible. You can fail dismally at the catching part, but the fishing part is easy.
Posted by: mikeski

---------

Well, not necessarily.

Posted by: Fredo Corleone at June 03, 2023 07:29 PM (2OKI5)

122 "A sampler resembles an elegant mind,
Whose passions by reason subdued and refined.
Move only in lines of affection and duty,
Reflection a picture of order and beauty."

***
What a beautiful sentiment! And so foreign to the modern world.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 03, 2023 07:30 PM (vHIgi)

123
I'm thinking about quiting my job and just paying myself.

Posted by: fd

I'm not sure you understand how this works...

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 03, 2023 07:30 PM (hASXU)

124 78 ... "Fishing is life. It's a hobby and a distraction as well. But it's life."

Nurse,

Beautifully stated. Loved the description of the cabin.

Posted by: JTB at June 03, 2023 07:31 PM (7EjX1)

125
At work we would describe this type of requirement as over-constrained.

Posted by: Next2Nothing at June 03, 2023 07:05 PM (tA1/w)

In America 1.0 sure, America 2.0 - our current predicament, perhaps. But I'm looking toward America 3.0 with a weary eye and plotting the minimum requirements to survive. Every day until I die I want to work, work up a sweat, then shower with warm water with the lights on. Buying a $200 a month insurance policy for 12 months to have that available seems reasonable to me. Not sure why the wife is so hesitant. Maybe less informed then me. Extrapolating from the past, observing the present, and then plotting the trend line into the future has been a success for me in life. And her. What does she know that I don't? Is wishful thinking of any value?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 03, 2023 07:32 PM (enJYY)

126 Replaced 2 windows in the sunroom today. Only 9 more to go. The quote for this job was $15k.
Posted by: fd

Cpngrats!
Hubby is handy but that would be beyond his skillset, I think.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 03, 2023 07:34 PM (vHIgi)

127 26 I'm at that awkward stage in my sketching where I can understand and appreciate how an image was made but don't have the skill (yet) to draw it. I found it helps to deal with a portion of the image and try to replicate that. I don't get overwhelmed with details and perspective I can't match.

It helps I have a metric shit ton of paper to experiment on.
Posted by: JTB

I used to draw a lot. Pencil or inked comic-book-style fantasy characters, mostly. I got to the point where I was really good at drawing a character standing still, staring at the camera, usually from the same angle.....but kinda plateaued there. Sometimes I could sketch in an appropriate background behind the character. But whenever I tried to draw something dynamic.....Similar to JTB, I knew what it should look like, but I could rarely make it happen. (Unless I was literally mimicking a pose from a comic, but sometimes not even then.)

I haven't drawn much for a while, ever since the website I posted to made it harder to search by type-and-category, (only one or the other) so when I tried to look at similar works for inspiration/comparison, I was flooded with stuff that I didn't care about.

Posted by: Castle Guy at June 03, 2023 07:35 PM (Lhaco)

128 "I'm not sure you understand how this works...
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron"

I look at it this way. If I have to pay somebody to do a job for say, $1000, how many hours would I have to work to pay them? Often it seems I might as well do it myself and cut out the middleman.

Posted by: fd at June 03, 2023 07:35 PM (iayUP)

129 Lirio, your sampler is beautiful

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 03, 2023 07:36 PM (vHIgi)

130 We don't have the Emerald Ash Borer here yet, but no one is planting Oregon Ash now. I decided to try Osage Orange instead, and I am amazed at how easy it is to start. We will see what it does in the future. I am thinking it would be a decent tool handle wood.

I spent part of yesterday re-hafting a hoe, they split up under the metal end and the hoe head falls out. I cut the splintered end off, drilled a new socket, and shaved the end down to match the old metal sleeve.
It took a bit, but now I have a decent hoe again for the time it took to shave the old handle down. For bodging it is nice to have a drawknife.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 03, 2023 07:37 PM (xhaym)

131 Long ago and far away, I used to plant myself at the bar of a local establishment every Monday evening during the summer months. The chef was renowned for his frog legs, among other creations. I'd have a few adult beverages and a piping hot plate piled high with froggy appendages, Monday night baseball on the TV as an added bonus. Another fond memory.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at June 03, 2023 07:37 PM (Xrfse)

132 Check out Cowboy Kent Rollins 'cowboy cures' on YT. Some practical use of common materials that can help a body feel better.

Posted by: JTB at June 03, 2023 07:21 PM (7EjX1)

Thank you! I've seen some of his cooking episodes, but not that.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at June 03, 2023 07:38 PM (nC+QA)

133 Replacing windows is cake

Posted by: Skip at June 03, 2023 07:40 PM (xhxe8)

134 "Replacing windows is cake
Posted by: Skip"

I've got 9 cakes left then. Come get some.

Posted by: fd at June 03, 2023 07:41 PM (iayUP)

135
I look at it this way. If I have to pay somebody to do a job for say, $1000, how many hours would I have to work to pay them? Often it seems I might as well do it myself and cut out the middleman.
Posted by: fd

I don't disagree, it's the quitting your job to pay yourself that sometimes leads to a cash shortfall.

In the last house we had 25 windows that were single pane. I replaced 23 of them which included an 8 foot arch. That one window weighed 600 lbs.
This place has all dual pane and I'm loving it!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 03, 2023 07:42 PM (hASXU)

136 Doing quite a bit of hand sewing lately can appreciate those Sampliers

Posted by: Skip at June 03, 2023 07:42 PM (xhxe8)

137 The more I see of Border Model's 1/35 Fw 190 the more disappointed I am at how close they came to awesome.

More technical details that will bore people. The wing leading edges appear to have armor plating because these panels are raised in comparison to the rest of the wing. The same type of raised panels around the cockpit are present. The wheel hubs and cockpit tub seem to match those used on the A-8/F-8 variants. And since there is present on the clear sprue the armored side pieces for the canopy. Which means one might can build a Fw 190A-8/R2 or R8 Sturmbock.

But the fuselage gun cover is still is for the Fw 190A-6. Canopy is the one for the A-6 and A-7 plus early A-8s and not the later 'blown' canopy most often found on A-8s/F-8s and the Fw 190 Doras.

So yeah this model kit is still a hard pass from me.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 03, 2023 07:43 PM (hSG9W)

138 125 "Extrapolating from the past,"

In America 3.0: having anything will make you a target. The more you have - the more resources will be brought against you.

In America 3.0 you will want to be of some value to a Neo-Viking warlord. Can you quote Shakespeare ?

Posted by: Next2Nothing at June 03, 2023 07:43 PM (tA1/w)

139 I did find out the old windows has big air pockets around them and little insulation. No wonder they were drafty. The new ones won't be.

Posted by: fd at June 03, 2023 07:43 PM (iayUP)

140 I'm thinking about quiting my job and just paying myself.

--

The key is figuring out how to get paid by the hour.

Posted by: June is Groomer Awareness Month, do your part to protect all children at June 03, 2023 07:44 PM (n/6gj)

141 I told this story before but as a ute the restaurant I worked at sold frogs legs cooked in butter and garlic and lemon. Folks loved them, big old legs too.

On the boxes they came in it was printed, “product of the Ganges”. I asked my boss, an old skool wop what was the “Ganges”?

Lou, the boss, said it was where the Indians did their laundry and used the can.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at June 03, 2023 07:45 PM (R/m4+)

142 I often got thread tangled somehow and had to untangle the mess or failing start over.

Posted by: Skip at June 03, 2023 07:47 PM (xhxe8)

143 "Can you quote Shakespeare ?
Posted by: Next2Nothing "

Aye, there's the rub.

Posted by: fd at June 03, 2023 07:47 PM (iayUP)

144
Replacing windows is cake

Posted by: Skip at June 03, 2023 07:40 PM

I was fooling around with my son one time and tossed a golf ball (slowly and softly) in his direction - he ducked. It went through two Anderson window panes - with ease. Bought a new window right away but because I have a terminal degree of putting things off, waited about five years to do the repair. Took about an hour. Maybe two at the most.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 03, 2023 07:47 PM (enJYY)

145 I did find out the old windows has big air pockets around them and little insulation. No wonder they were drafty. The new ones won't be.
Posted by: fd

The doors were that way at the last house; but, were not drafty after I replaced them.

I don't want to do the doors here.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 03, 2023 07:47 PM (hASXU)

146 The only Shakespeare that a Viking warlord will want to here is - "Cry havoc! And let slip the dogs of war!"

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 03, 2023 07:48 PM (hSG9W)

147 Pro Tip: It is inappropriate to flip a tortoise off of his back when he is strategically positioned in the campfire.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at June 03, 2023 07:48 PM (KVGVf)

148 I have a terminal degree of putting things off, waited about five years to do the repair. Took about an hour. Maybe two at the most.
Posted by: Divide by Zero

And then you sold the house and moved, right?

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 03, 2023 07:49 PM (hASXU)

149 147 Pro Tip: It is inappropriate to flip a tortoise off of his back when he is strategically positioned in the campfire.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at June 03, 2023 07:48 PM (KVGVf)

=======

Is this a Voight Kampff test?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at June 03, 2023 07:49 PM (LvTSG)

150 I'm replacing the entire window, frame, sills, and moulding.

Posted by: fd at June 03, 2023 07:50 PM (iayUP)

151 Some folks balk at them but IMO a properly prepared batch of frog legs is almost heaven.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at June 03, 2023 07:20 PM (Xrfse)

Grandpa's story about frog legs was Grandma Helen ordering frog legs at a fancy French restaurant, and him leaning over to her and whispering, "It is Lent, isn't that meat?" and her response was, "Not at this price it isn't"

Posted by: Kindltot at June 03, 2023 07:50 PM (xhaym)

152
In America 3.0 you will want to be of some value to a Neo-Viking warlord. Can you quote Shakespeare ?

Posted by: Next2Nothing at June 03, 2023 07:43 PM

Not sure about Shakespeare but I have considered that being the only home in miles with an hour or two of electricity per day in America 3.0 may put me at extreme risk when others have none.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 03, 2023 07:50 PM (enJYY)

153 Anna looked it up, videos, pictures

Posted by: Skip at June 03, 2023 07:51 PM (xhxe8)

154 Is this a Voight Kampff test?

The tortoise has to be in a desert for that to apply. How are your C-beams glittering?

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 03, 2023 07:51 PM (hSG9W)

155 Skip, I have an Fw 190F-8 and a Bf 109F-4/Trop on the work bench. So kinda know what to look for.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 03, 2023 07:53 PM (hSG9W)

156 Historicon next month, can't wait. War Gaming day in Lancaster Pa

Posted by: Skip at June 03, 2023 07:53 PM (xhxe8)

157
Pro Tip: It is inappropriate to flip a tortoise off of his back when he is strategically positioned in the campfire.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at June 03, 2023 07:48 PM

what's a tortoise?

Posted by: Leon at June 03, 2023 07:53 PM (ENBF0)

158 Are you using solar to power anything right now? Why not try and run just one room on solar? It's an easier sell if your wife can see that it works.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 03, 2023 07:53 PM (ouTlx)

159 I love it when you guys talk about your bodging stuff. I love the vids on renewing stuff that most folks would toss in the garbage.

I want to be a person who repairs. One who reuses. And renews. And conserves.

You inspire me. Someday, perhaps, I'll have space for a few tools. Or at least an easel.

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 03, 2023 07:54 PM (U2p+3)

160
nood movies

Posted by: AltonJackson at June 03, 2023 07:55 PM (ENBF0)

161 what's a tortoise?

"A turtle. Same difference."

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 03, 2023 07:55 PM (hSG9W)

162 Are you using solar to power anything right now? Why not try and run just one room on solar? It's an easier sell if your wife can see that it works.
Posted by: Notsothoreau

Just do the garage and make sure you have heat and cooling in there...

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 03, 2023 07:58 PM (hASXU)

163 Nice hobby pics! The brushes are awesome.

Spent the day putting deck planks on the beavertail of my car trailer. Eleven 2X8 planks, each 30 1/2" long, with a 12 degree bevel on the end that meets the main deck. Each screwed down to the trailer frame with 2 large Tek screws.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 03, 2023 07:59 PM (EaagX)

164 what's a tortoise?
Posted by: Leon at June 03, 2023 07:53 PM (ENBF0)

It's a term of art among French lawyers. "Eh, Louis, comment ca va, tortoise?"

"Hey, Louie, how's it going, tort-wise?"

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 03, 2023 08:02 PM (EaagX)

165 >>>Is this a Voight Kampff test?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures

>If Sean Young was the subject of my test, I would fail her everytime into my bedroom.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at June 03, 2023 08:07 PM (KVGVf)

166 I know this is from last week, but in that case you need to solder it like I would solder a PL-259 on the end of a piece of RG-8. The way to do that is with a soldering iron that has a honking big chunk of metal on the end. That way, the temperature of the tip won't drop very much as the heat flows out of it into the metal of the bits you're trying to connect.

In my opinion, the ideal soldering iron is one of those like you'd use to solder the lead channels in stained glass. The last time I bought one, I literally went to the stained glass aisle of Hobby Lobby and bought one from there, but the important characteristic is "honking big chunk of metal."
-- Posted by CyberSmythe

Thanks for the Hobby Lobby suggestion. The XT60 and XT90 connectors need to be done quickly, and I'm still checking out soldering irons and guns. I'll check out the stained glass suppliers for a possible purchase.

Posted by: mrp at June 03, 2023 08:26 PM (rj6Yv)

167 My hobby right now is trying to find a solar panel and portable battery storage system that would provide some absolute minimum level of electricity daily, for years. Enough to power through a quick cycle of well pump energization, power my in-line 110 v water heaters, provide some lighting, microwave, toaster, etc every evening, then be recharged the next day. All at an affordable price.
=========
I've spent a lot of time researching portable solar generators in your price range and use requirements. I eventually purchased a Bluetti AC200 MAX with a B230 auxiliary battery module. Bluetti has them on sale on a regular basis. Ecoflow also has an excellent line of portable power generators. Before buying a solar generator, you'll need to take a careful look at the startup power requirements for your water heater and well pump. Those items typically pull 1.5X to 2X amps at startup. You'll need a power generator able to handle that surge. Check out the Hobotech reviews on YT for more info. Good luck!

Posted by: mrp at June 03, 2023 08:49 PM (rj6Yv)

168 Boorman. Yeah. I disliked all of his films that I saw.

But that's the thing. There are many folks making movies whose work I did / do like.

Posted by: setnaffa at June 03, 2023 09:25 PM (rZVTl)

169 More than $15k can be earned online by performing straightforward tasks from home. In the previous month, I got $18376. Even a young child may do this job and make money because it is so simple to complete and has higher pay than typical office occupations. Everyone needs to try this task by using the information on this page. www.Richepay.com

Posted by: Alyssa Woods at June 04, 2023 08:17 AM (3jpuX)

170 Lirio, absolutely beautiful cross-stitch work. 22 to an inch, OMG, that's crazy!! I love cross-stitch and can't wait for my retirement days so I can thoroughly enjoy the hobbies I have accumulated thru my life. Still working too many hrs a day to fully enjoy the thrill of finishing a project.

Posted by: sidney at June 04, 2023 08:46 AM (hGlnS)

171
Check out the Hobotech reviews on YT for more info. Good luck!

Posted by: mrp at June 03, 2023 08:49 PM

Thanks for info!

Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 04, 2023 09:39 AM (enJYY)

172 I work online, go to school full-time, and have earned $64,000 so far this year. Through an online business opportunity I learned about, I've made a bunch of money. It's really extremely user-friendly, so I'm really delighted I found out about it. I work in this field. BONUS: Good luck.

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