Weekend Hobby, Crafts and Bodging Thread

Greetings, all. Hope your weekend is going well so far. Time once again to head for the basement, garage, shop, studio, craft room or wherever it is you can escape to and lose yourself for a while in something fun and creative.

NOTE: This is NOT an open thread. Please refrain from any comments not germane to the subject of the thread.

What's everyone working on, planning, or just dreaming about?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at 04:25 PM

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1 First?

Posted by: Boswell at March 09, 2024 04:29 PM (K+UlC)

2 I'll call Sponge...

Posted by: Boswell at March 09, 2024 04:30 PM (K+UlC)

3 Boswell, keep up the good work. Some very nice pictures on your site.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 09, 2024 04:34 PM (z+2up)

4 hiya

Posted by: JT at March 09, 2024 04:35 PM (T4tVD)

5 Welcome Hobbiests
Somehow to me theater masks are creepy, maybe du e to being used in murder mysteries

Posted by: Skip at March 09, 2024 04:38 PM (fwDg9)

6 But that dragon mug I would love to have

Posted by: Skip at March 09, 2024 04:39 PM (fwDg9)

7 Boswell, keep up the good work. Some very nice pictures on your site.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 09, 2024 04:34 PM (z+2up)

Ha - yeah, I even updated it with a Ben Had post MoMe pic. Just a bit frazzled - see, you're my muse - so thanks:

https://tinyurl.com/3493hhmw

Posted by: Boswell at March 09, 2024 04:39 PM (K+UlC)

8 Dreaming about? Buying my first house once I retire. Realtor has one that, if I were with an agent and she showed me this one, my response would be, "Let's do it. What's the next step?"

Actually there are several I like. But this particular one, in a historic district of Evansville, IN, ticks a *lot* of boxes for me.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 09, 2024 04:43 PM (omVj0)

9 well, since yesterday was payday today's bodging involves balancing the checkbook.

Posted by: anachronda at March 09, 2024 04:50 PM (edU/H)

10 Dragon cup is awesome

Running out of new miniatures, but getting to off the beaten path with civilians. Have done a Russian officer mounted getting a petition from woman with baby and young daughter. This one working on is a Prussian officer tipping hat and two women.

Posted by: Skip at March 09, 2024 04:50 PM (fwDg9)

11 Finishing up an oil painting of Cruz Bay .

Posted by: Alizarin Crimson at March 09, 2024 04:53 PM (MNhXM)

12 Welcome Hobbiests
Somehow to me theater masks are creepy, maybe du e to being used in murder mysteries
Posted by: Skip at March 09, 2024

I thought you said hobbitses.

Posted by: Northernlurker at March 09, 2024 04:55 PM (rWwta)

13 Nice to see the pictures again, Boswell. You're very talented.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 09, 2024 04:56 PM (Ki//m)

14 Nice to see the pictures again, Boswell. You're very talented.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 09, 2024 04:56 PM (Ki//m)

Thanks Fen! I have so many now in my studio - my wife calls it the Gallery of Regrettable Portraits. They're hidden in drawers, lying up on easels, some are framed, some are under papers and behind plants, its really a crazy place of unloved, neglected art...

Posted by: Boswell at March 09, 2024 04:59 PM (K+UlC)

15 Or Hobby addicted

Posted by: Skip at March 09, 2024 05:00 PM (fwDg9)

16 Boswell they do give me a vision of people I never seen

Posted by: Skip at March 09, 2024 05:01 PM (fwDg9)

17 One day, I think I will photograph them all and put them up on my IMGBB site - I only have a few up there right now - but I have literally hundreds of them in my studio, paintings, drawings, charcoal, pastels - it's really kind of insane.

Posted by: Boswell at March 09, 2024 05:02 PM (K+UlC)

18 Even if I am not into all the hobbies here, it's nice to see what others are geeking out about and doing in their spare time.

When I get a house, I'm going to have to get back in to model airplanes. And there are a few other things I have in mind as well that I want to get into.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 09, 2024 05:03 PM (8sMut)

19 I'm fixing a guitar that had the headstock broken off. Life is returning to normal.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 09, 2024 05:03 PM (VwHCD)

20 Boswell they do give me a vision of people I never seen
Posted by: Skip at March 09, 2024 05:01 PM (fwDg9)

Yeah Skip - they all just guesses and fun stuff - I've never even met a single Horde member in real life the entire 6 or 7 years I've been here...just virtual - so, wild imagination is all I have.

Posted by: Boswell at March 09, 2024 05:05 PM (K+UlC)

21 I love the dragon mug, but would never use it for drinking. Too many sharp edges and things in the way.

That would likely be the pen and pencil mug.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 09, 2024 05:05 PM (OX9vb)

22 I made lots of dragon sand sculptures at beach, they are a favorite subject to me as well.

Posted by: Skip at March 09, 2024 05:07 PM (fwDg9)

23 I'm drinking Martinis.

Questions? Post them over there ----->

Seriously though, I'm building some wood shelves, up high, in my garage for storing long term stuff that can take extreme temperatures.

The garage isn't insulated. Seen temps from -5 to 125.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 09, 2024 05:09 PM (Q4IgG)

24 TOMORROW SUNDAY SPECIAL: TWO LAUNCHES
(assuming good weather and no scrubs)

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink Group 6-43
SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS
SpaceX is targeting Sunday, March 10 for a Falcon 9 launch of 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

Commentary March 10 at 6:55 PM EDT
Liftoff is targeted for 7:05 p.m. EDT. 23:05 UTC
(00:05 CET March 11)

YouTube link: https://tinyurl.com/af3j72rf

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SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink Group 7-17
SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB - Space
SpaceX targets Sunday, March 10, for a Falcon 9 launch of 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

Live commentary March 10 at 7:03 PM PDT, 9:03 CST
Liftoff is targeted for 7:13 p.m. PDT, 9:13 CST
(02:13 UTC, 03:13 CET March 11), with backup opportunities available until 11:13 p.m. PDT.

YouTube link: https://tinyurl.com/mu7jwjms

Posted by: Ciampino - ROCKET SCIENCE takes off again at March 09, 2024 05:10 PM (qfLjt)

25 I have never once had a martini. I t just doesn't seem like a thing I'd like, but I should probably try one once.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 09, 2024 05:11 PM (OX9vb)

26 11 Finishing up an oil painting of Cruz Bay .
Posted by: Alizarin Crimson at March 09, 2024 04:53 PM (MNhXM)

No work of art is ever finished, only abandoned.

(h/t, unknown)

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 09, 2024 05:11 PM (8sMut)

27 The Theater Mask Man reminds me of that Twilight Zone episode where everyone in a family got a mask to wear which showed their true selves. And when they took of their masks they couldn't, it was their permanent face.

Also, do they still make Death Masks?

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 09, 2024 05:11 PM (R/m4+)

28 Posted by: Boswell at March 09, 2024 04:59 PM (K+UlC)

"Gallery of regrettable portraits". LOL I think they're very creative and have a historical slant to them. Keep up the good work!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 09, 2024 05:12 PM (Ki//m)

29 Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 09, 2024 05:03 PM (VwHCD)

Yay! Glad to hear it, B-D.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 09, 2024 05:13 PM (Ki//m)

30 Posted by: Ciampino - ROCKET SCIENCE takes off again at March 09, 2024 05:10 PM (qfLjt)

As a new crew has been sent to the ISS, when is the splashdown for the old...presuming of course that hasn't happened yet?

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 09, 2024 05:13 PM (8sMut)

31 J. J., Thanks for that link about pencil and charcoal drawing. I'll watch it later since it's an hour long (which is good) but the opening looks very helpful. And it uses materials I already have on hand.

Posted by: JTB at March 09, 2024 05:14 PM (zudum)

32 Also, do they still make Death Masks?
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 09, 2024 05:11 PM (R/m4+)

I bet they don't. Speaking of old things no longer made, I asked for a monocle with a straight face at the optometrist. That got some strange looks.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 09, 2024 05:15 PM (8sMut)

33 Finishing up an oil painting of Cruz Bay .
Posted by: Alizarin Crimson at March 09, 2024 04:53 PM (MNhXM)

No work of art is ever finished, only abandoned.

(h/t, unknown)
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 09, 2024 05:11 PM (8sMut)

One must convince oneself you’re finished or you’ll over work it like a slave on a galley ship.

Posted by: Alizarin Crimson at March 09, 2024 05:17 PM (MNhXM)

34 I added ten more to my site...

https://tinyurl.com/3493hhmw

I might add another 10...at least I feel like I am doing something with them instead of gathering dust.

Posted by: Boswell at March 09, 2024 05:18 PM (K+UlC)

35 > I have never once had a martini. I t just doesn't seem like a thing I'd like, but I should probably try one once.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!
____________

Gin Martinis are an acquired taste. Mostly gin with some saltiness from olives. Green olives. With pimento.

Oh... and a hint of dry Vermouth.

Vodka Martinis are the devil's work and worthless.

But... if you do work through the initial "taste" of them they are quite nice. Made in small, single serving quantities. Like maybe 6 oz.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 09, 2024 05:19 PM (Q4IgG)

36 Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 09, 2024 05:11 PM (OX9vb)

Depending on where you go to, DMLW, you can get more exotic martinis than just the vodka, vermouth variety. I don't like those ether, but I had a chocolatey/caramel tasting one the other night that included some chocolate liqueur and a caramel schnaps thing and vodka and it was quite good.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 09, 2024 05:20 PM (Ki//m)

37 No work of art is ever finished, only abandoned.
………

And that’s a Da Vinci quote. Perfect because he abandoned a lot of paintings. He was a huge procrastinator and painting was his least liked skill. He always seemed to reluctantly do it because he was good at it and in demand.

Posted by: Alizarin Crimson at March 09, 2024 05:21 PM (MNhXM)

38 Boswell,

Wonderful drawings. I am so envious of your skill and imagination.

Posted by: JTB at March 09, 2024 05:22 PM (zudum)

39 Still got that TRC-449 on the bench. It's detecting signal, but not producing audio. Not passing through audio in PA mode, either. I can get sound out of the audio amplifier which means the problem is farther up the chain than that. And it may be more than one problem.

That's why this is a hobby, you couldn't pay me to deal with this shit.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at March 09, 2024 05:24 PM (dZVON)

40 But... if you do work through the initial "taste" of them they are quite nice. Made in small, single serving quantities. Like maybe 6 oz.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 09, 2024 05:19 PM (Q4IgG)

The number of infused vodkas now give you more variety. You may have to give up your man card though.

Posted by: Alizarin Crimson at March 09, 2024 05:24 PM (MNhXM)

41 At some point a hobby project has to be called, good Bad or indifferent move on and try and do better next time.

Posted by: Skip at March 09, 2024 05:24 PM (fwDg9)

42 My Elecraft amplifier kit arrived on Tuesday, so I put it together yesterday. I'll try to get some pictures of the radio setup I have.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at March 09, 2024 05:25 PM (iZEhM)

43 Years ago my wife and I were in a condo in Florida. We took some amateur water colors with us... something I have used before. So... we did some really, really amateur stuff and left it there for the owners.

A year later we saw a couple framed and hung.

In the bathroom. I'm impressed.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 09, 2024 05:25 PM (Q4IgG)

44 I promised Mis. Hum. to send some attempts at sketching. I've been working on a few that will show what I've been learning. It is a slow process but fun. I'm sure it would be painful to watch, though.

Posted by: JTB at March 09, 2024 05:25 PM (zudum)

45 30
They undock Monday 11th and re-entry and splashdown on Tuesday 12th. God willing that Im still here, I'll post details probably tomorrow.

Posted by: Ciampino - ROCKET SCIENCE takes off again ! at March 09, 2024 05:30 PM (qfLjt)

46 Almost forgot. I saw a pretty cool antenna design this morning. Guy in Mesa, AZ is 3D printing an almost fishing reel looking body that the antenna is in. It has a hand crank on one side and an SO239 on the other, with the balun inside the body. When you want to use it just pull the wire out of the reel and string it up. When you're done the wire just winds back into the body. Pretty neat all-in-one setup. The person showing the one he'd bought said the builder has dipole and EFHW designs, but then proceeded not to give any contact info.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at March 09, 2024 05:32 PM (dZVON)

47 Actually there are several I like. But this particular one, in a historic district of Evansville, IN, ticks a *lot* of boxes for me.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 09, 2024 04:43 PM (omVj0)

Now, you have to work on your partner....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 09, 2024 05:33 PM (0eaVi)

48 That layout is fantastic!! The buildings are so nice. Makes me want to tear mine down and do a total rebuild. A model train layout, like works of art, is never truly finished. My basement O gauge layout was started back in 1992, and is actually constantly being changed. Gets the creative juices going. A relaxing hobby. Takes me back to my youth, for sure.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at March 09, 2024 05:33 PM (iODuv)

49 After the discussion about fountain pens last week, I ordered a Conklin Mark Twain crescent feed with a fine nib. It's a metal body and a bit heavier than I expected. Using the century-plus old technology is a hoot.

This is the first new fountain pen I've bought in years and I forgot about the break-in period where the nib smooths out with use. I'm using Diamine Ancient Copper ink which is a nice color.

Posted by: JTB at March 09, 2024 05:33 PM (zudum)

50 The number of infused vodkas now give you more variety. You may have to give up your man card though.
Posted by: Aliza

Fortunately, that's not an issue for me!

I do prefer bourbon or scotch with ice, or a good Spanish red wine. I rarely drink cocktails.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 09, 2024 05:34 PM (OX9vb)

51 How does the Conklin write?

Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 09, 2024 05:40 PM (yeEu9)

52 Today I started repairing an old JD RX75 riding mower that I inherited a couple of decades ago. I remember it running as recently as 10 years ago. Put fuel and a new battery in it, turned the key and nothing happened. I shorted the solenoid and it kicked so probably one of the many safety interlocks is not working. Tomorrow I will bypass all the safeties like a real man.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 09, 2024 05:40 PM (aD39U)

53 Another painter that’s enjoyable to watch is a New Zealander named Andrew Tischler.

Posted by: Alizarin Crimson at March 09, 2024 05:44 PM (MNhXM)

54 Back in the 50s in Italian schools Grade to Middle, dip pens were still in use with inkwells built into the desks. Very cheap, mainly wooden holder with removable nib for replacement. I remember on one occasion this kid's nib was rusted stuck onto the holder so he used his teeth to hold it and pulled with both ends. The nib came off but he swallowed it. He turned white as a sheet in shock; probably thought he was going to die. His Mum took him to the doctor who told him no problem you'll just pass it in a day or two.

Posted by: Ciampino - dip pens and inkwells a lot of fun at March 09, 2024 05:45 PM (qfLjt)

55 Posted by: JTB at March 09, 2024 05:33 PM (zudum)

Is there specific things you will use it for?

Posted by: Alizarin Crimson at March 09, 2024 05:46 PM (MNhXM)

56 54
pulled with bot hands

--
Never used pencils but straight to ink and cursive from day one.

Posted by: Ciampino - dip pens and inkwells a lot of fun! at March 09, 2024 05:47 PM (qfLjt)

57 Wonderful drawings. I am so envious of your skill and imagination.
Posted by: JTB at March 09, 2024 05:22 PM (zudum)

Looking forward to seeing your stuff JTB! You've been practicing and now is the time to start showing out!

Posted by: Boswell at March 09, 2024 05:50 PM (K+UlC)

58 51 ... Notsothoreau,
The Conklin has a good, relatively flexible nib but I have better nibs on my Pelikan pens. I suspect a medium nib would be smoother than the fine size. I'm going to use it for all my writing for a while and see if it smooths out more. The reviews indicated that would be needed. I'm happy with it since I got it, on clearance, for the retro style and filler mechanism.

Posted by: JTB at March 09, 2024 05:51 PM (zudum)

59 Huh, I recently bought a Raspberry Pi and was wondering what to do with it.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 09, 2024 05:51 PM (CHHv1)

60 >59 Huh, I recently bought a Raspberry Pi and was wondering what to do with it.
___________

Cool whip

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 09, 2024 05:54 PM (Q4IgG)

61 I watched the Arduino video. Sounds sort of interesting. Not sure I want to get into it, though. Where does Raspberry Pi fit into that ecology?

I went to the antique tractor show in Apache Junction today. They had a silent auction on a huge lot of stuff from a deceased local collector to benefit the tractor club. I got a little 1930's or '40's hand grinder made of Bakelite. Like a Dremel, but a different maker. And a Toro Flymo lawn mower, that works as a hovercraft. No eels.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 09, 2024 05:54 PM (tkR6S)

62 I have a Conklin with the flex nib that writes well and one with the standard fine that is problematic. Some of the folks on Goulet forums said the stock nibs can be problematic.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 09, 2024 05:56 PM (yeEu9)

63 We had a discussion on X about affordable housing in flyover land. Some thought it would be a boring place to live. I'm convinced people adjust to a high stress environment. Anything less stressful, they consider boring.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 09, 2024 05:58 PM (yeEu9)

64 And a Toro Flymo lawn mower, that works as a hovercraft. No eels.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 09, 2024 05:54 PM (tkR6S)

Had a lawn service once. Was thinking about getting a flymo, but didn't.

Found a '71 Capri on e-bay last week. Too high a reserve. Rats. There's a '71 Triumph Stag, but same.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 09, 2024 05:59 PM (0eaVi)

65 @49

>>I'm using Diamine Ancient Copper ink which is a nice color

I'm a Noodlers Ink Guy.

Park Red, Bernanke Blue and Heart of Darkness are some of my favorite inks.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 09, 2024 06:00 PM (ydW9b)

66 55 ... Hi Alizarin Crimson,

It will be a writing pen. Tried some sketching with it but it's a bit heavy for my level of control. However, it inspired me to get out one of the Lamy Safari pens for sketching which had better results and was a lot of fun. Pen and ink drawing is attracting me lately as an alternative to dry media, although not being able to erase is still daunting. But the look on paper is so different I will keep trying. To my surprise, I'm enjoying it more than the Pigma fineliners I've played with.

One aspect of the new pen and getting used to it is I'm more aware of my handwriting and I'm enjoying trying to do better forming letters. That's an art all by itself.

Posted by: JTB at March 09, 2024 06:05 PM (zudum)

67 ctually there are several I like. But this particular one, in a historic district of Evansville, IN, ticks a *lot* of boxes for me.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 09, 2024 04:43 PM (omVj0)

Now, you have to work on your partner....
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 09, 2024

***
Yeah, OE, she seems to have the same enthusiasm for this whole deal as I'd have for knitting.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 09, 2024 06:06 PM (omVj0)

68 Heh. Just now, for shits and giggles, I squirted a little shot of brake cleaner (the combustible kind) into the air intake of the Flymo and pulled the cord. Second pull, it started, and revved right up for a second or two. New blade, new carb diaphragm, and an air filter, and it will be ready to work again. Some paint would be nice, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 09, 2024 06:11 PM (tkR6S)

69 I would like to move out of Houston and into country living but the older you get the more you have to think of access to medical care.

Posted by: Alizarin Crimson at March 09, 2024 06:14 PM (MNhXM)

70 Cool to hear about all of the neat stuff everyone is up to. I spent my day cleaning and setting up my garage for a hangout during inclement weather….

Posted by: Mick at March 09, 2024 06:14 PM (CfA7j)

71 65 ... "I'm a Noodlers ink guy"

I have lots of Noodler's and it's great ink and a good value but didn't have a shade I like as much as the Diamine Ancient Copper. Noodler's black has become my go to black ink even more than Parker Quink.

Posted by: JTB at March 09, 2024 06:14 PM (zudum)

72 I should get back to drawing, also this week will pick up more Plaster of Paris to make more medallions

Posted by: Skip at March 09, 2024 06:15 PM (fwDg9)

73 AOP. How do you adjust the mowing height on this flying mower?

Posted by: Ronster at March 09, 2024 06:15 PM (X/vd3)

74 I watched the Arduino video. Sounds sort of interesting. Not sure I want to get into it, though. Where does Raspberry Pi fit into that ecology?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 09, 2024 05:54 PM

It doesn't. The Arduino was a basic microcontroller and a form factor that you could design peripheral hardware (called "shields") for and an IDE that you could use to program it. It really targets smaller tasks to be programmed essentially at the level of the bare metal. The Raspberry Pi is a SBC that was designed to run Linux and drive a multimedia kiosk, which got adopted for a bunch of embedded controller purposes because it was cheap.

So, they don't share the tools or the form factor or peripherals or even the conceptual space. They're kinda the same size, though. If you're not heavily concerned about the details they might appear to be almost the same thing.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at March 09, 2024 06:16 PM (iZEhM)

75 > Heh. Just now, for shits and giggles, I squirted a little shot of brake cleaner (the combustible kind) into the air intake of the Flymo and pulled the cord.
___________

I do this with all my small motor gear when not used. Seems to work.

Mostly.

But the shit gas needs to be burned off too.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 09, 2024 06:16 PM (Q4IgG)

76 This week I bought an end table with drawers, you know like the ones that come in a flat box that you open up and there are about a hundred pieces and 6 types of fasteners with instructions that have no text but are just graphic panels like a cartoon book.
I opened it up and figured that it would take me 15 minutes, tops.
Ninety minutes later...
But it looks nice and the women folk like it, so...

Posted by: gourmand du jour at March 09, 2024 06:17 PM (MeG8a)

77 48 That layout is fantastic!! The buildings are so nice. Makes me want to tear mine down and do a total rebuild. A model train layout, like works of art, is never truly finished. My basement O gauge layout was started back in 1992, and is actually constantly being changed. Gets the creative juices going. A relaxing hobby. Takes me back to my youth, for sure.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at March 09, 2024 05:33 PM (iODuv)

Mike O'Connell is the former founder and owner of Chooch Enterprises, which for many years made all kinds of scenic accessories in many scales. He used to work at Disney way back when when it was normal along with John Olson, another well known model railroader.

Very talented craftsman.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 09, 2024 06:17 PM (x0n13)

78 You don't have to live in the city for medical care. In these rural areas, there can be a clinic and hospital for the surrounding area. This town, less than 2k has a clinic and hospital. I went to the walk in clinic, to the other side for an X-ray and back again. I had better care than at the city I was in before. And there is a transit service in town.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 09, 2024 06:20 PM (yeEu9)

79 69 I would like to move out of Houston and into country living but the older you get the more you have to think of access to medical care.
Posted by: Alizarin Crimson

If indeed your goal in life is to be treated for every malady and take up as much oxygen as possible.

I will live until I die. I already got treated for cancer once and had a cardiac catheterization. Not gonna do any more. I don't trust doctors to do what is in my best interest.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 09, 2024 06:20 PM (U5n2r)

80 69 I would like to move out of Houston and into country living but the older you get the more you have to think of access to medical care.
Posted by: Alizarin Crimson at March 09, 2024 06:14 PM (MNhXM)

I'd like to be farther out. And at this point, I'm happy with the idea of dying wherever I stand before an ambulance arrives. In theory. I'd probably change my mind in a crisis.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 09, 2024 06:20 PM (pKRvn)

81 Yeah, OE, she seems to have the same enthusiasm for this whole deal as I'd have for knitting.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 09, 2024 06:06 PM (omVj0)

And if she decides to stay, well.... You could tell her that Townsend's is in Indiana.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 09, 2024 06:21 PM (0eaVi)

82 My bodging project is not going well. More like bah-ging. I don even want to talk about it.

We did get the timing belt changed on #2 son's car and will finish the clutch tomorrow. This car is 8 years older than he is. That's my boy.

Posted by: fd at March 09, 2024 06:22 PM (vFG9F)

83 Ha, nurse, horde mind in a way.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 09, 2024 06:23 PM (pKRvn)

84 Mike O'Connell is the former founder and owner of Chooch Enterprises, which for many years made all kinds of scenic accessories in many scales. He used to work at Disney way back when when it was normal along with John Olson, another well known model railroader.

Very talented craftsman.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 09, 2024 06:17 PM (x0n13)

Wish I had a fraction of his talent. *sulks off to basement, stares at layout*

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at March 09, 2024 06:23 PM (iODuv)

85 A couple of YT channels I found this week about drawing and art generally.

Drawing and Painting - The Virtual Instructor. This guy is an excellent teacher.

Pete Beard. His channel is all about illustrators, especially classical ones. There are a couple hundred videos that cover from Gustave Dore to Howard Pyle to modern illustrators. They are very informative. For instance, I had no idea that Howard Pyle did more styles than his Robin Hood and King Arthur stuff. He was much more varied and creative.

But beware! These channels can soak up all your free time.

Posted by: JTB at March 09, 2024 06:23 PM (zudum)

86 But beware! These channels can soak up all your free time.
Posted by: JTB at March 09, 2024 06:23 PM (zudum)

More than this one?!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 09, 2024 06:24 PM (pKRvn)

87 I have lots of Noodler's and it's great ink and a good value but didn't have a shade I like as much as the Diamine Ancient Copper. Noodler's black has become my go to black ink even more than Parker Quink.
Posted by: JTB at March 09, 2024 06:14 PM

Lots of endorsements for Noodler's. Imma hafta try it out.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 09, 2024 06:24 PM (Wnv9h)

88 I don't know how long the care center here will continue but there is one now. Not that I want to wind up in a place like that. I have no trust in the medical profession but I do need to get my prescription refilled.

You have to research places you are interested in but this is still civilized with ammenities.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 09, 2024 06:25 PM (yeEu9)

89 Bodgers? We doan need no steenking bodgers!

Posted by: Young Jedi stock boy at March 09, 2024 06:25 PM (991eG)

90 How does the Conklin write?
Posted by: Notsothoreau

I'm glad you got good answers because I was going to offer:

With ink.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 09, 2024 06:25 PM (dM/Dm)

91 And if she decides to stay, well.... You could tell her that Townsend's is in Indiana.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 09, 2024

***
?? Townsend's??

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 09, 2024 06:26 PM (omVj0)

92 Noodlers is run by a guy fascinated by ink. He experiments a lot. He has some of the most interesting ink out there, Apache Sunset and Black Swan in Australian Roses to mention two. I use Lexington Grey and Pecan a lot, along with the Black and Bernake Blue.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 09, 2024 06:27 PM (yeEu9)

93 Dash my lace wings,
Yes indeed.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 09, 2024 06:30 PM (9jKO6)

94 But beware! These channels can soak up all your free time.
Posted by: JTB at March 09, 2024 06:23 PM (zudum)

Those old-style illustrators were just so talented...they really knew how to draw I guess because their living depended upon accuracy and making the make-believe come to life.

Posted by: Boswell at March 09, 2024 06:32 PM (K+UlC)

95 I'm going to take up premonitions as a hobby. Ever since I got the truck refurbished I had a feeling something was going to happen. It did. I'm driving down the road and the hood comes flying up and takes out the windshield. I was only about a mile from home and no one else was on the road thankfully.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 09, 2024 06:33 PM (z+2up)

96 ?? Townsend's??
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 09, 2024 06:26 PM (omVj0)

https://www.townsends.us

https://tinyurl.com/38cx7huc

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 09, 2024 06:33 PM (0eaVi)

97 /sock

Posted by: Muldoon at March 09, 2024 06:34 PM (991eG)

98 I haven't sung on stage for fifty years but I came across some videos by Geoff Castelucci who is an incredible bass singer. He is also a world class, for my taste, arranger. I've been having fun matching some of his lower notes. (Yeah, I can do a decent string bass and tuba impression.) No one outside the house can hear me and Mrs. JTB is tolerant and probably amused.

For a good example of what Castelucci can do with his voice and arranging, check out his Far Over the Misty Mountains video on YT. Spoiler: all the characters are Geoff.

Posted by: JTB at March 09, 2024 06:34 PM (zudum)

99 I haven't sung on stage for fifty years but I came across some videos by Geoff Castelucci who is an incredible bass singer.

For a good example of what Castelucci can do with his voice and arranging, check out his Far Over the Misty Mountains video on YT. Spoiler: all the characters are Geoff.

Posted by: JTB at March 09, 2024 06:34 PM (zudum)

Pfft.

Posted by: Big Mouth Billy Bass at March 09, 2024 06:36 PM (0eaVi)

100 So glad to hear you're safe Ben Had!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 09, 2024 06:36 PM (dM/Dm)

101 AOP. How do you adjust the mowing height on this flying mower?
Posted by: Ronster at March 09, 2024 06:15 PM (X/vd3)

Thick shim washers between the blade and the lift fan. Maybe an inch of range, with two half-inch shims. My father was a Toro dealer for years, and sold a few of them. We used one at home for a while. You don't push them like a wheeled mower; you walk slowly and swing it in a big arc ahead of you, and cut an 8-foot swath as you go. Because it is very low at the edges, you can get under overhanging bushes and hedges quite nicely.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 09, 2024 06:37 PM (tkR6S)

102 Posted by: Ben Had at March 09, 2024 06:33 PM

Damn. You okay?

Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 09, 2024 06:38 PM (V8he0)

103 Holy crap, Ben Had! Glad you were expecting something, and had a heightened awareness.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 09, 2024 06:40 PM (OX9vb)

104 I'm going to take up premonitions as a hobby. Ever since I got the truck refurbished I had a feeling something was going to happen. It did. I'm driving down the road and the hood comes flying up and takes out the windshield. I was only about a mile from home and no one else was on the road thankfully.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 09, 2024 06:33 PM (z+2up)

Oh, Damn! That usually destroys the hood, too, and the paint on the front of the roof. Glad to hear you are OK!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 09, 2024 06:40 PM (tkR6S)

105 I'm fine. I just hung my head out the window to see to get back home.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 09, 2024 06:41 PM (z+2up)

106 Wow Ben, had to be scary

Posted by: Skip at March 09, 2024 06:42 PM (fwDg9)

107 Hope you are okay, Ben Had. Even with the premonition (Mrs. JTB gets them once in a while and we have learned to pay attention to them) that must have been startling.

Posted by: JTB at March 09, 2024 06:43 PM (zudum)

108 I just hung my head out the window to see to get back home.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 09, 2024 06:41 PM (z+2up)

I think you deserve a nice large glass of good scotch!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 09, 2024 06:43 PM (gSZYf)

109 BenHad, that sounds like a costly mishap. Hood latch problem, or what?

Posted by: Ronster at March 09, 2024 06:44 PM (X/vd3)

110 Skip. It was more oh Fuck. than scary

Posted by: Ben Had at March 09, 2024 06:44 PM (z+2up)

111 Jeepers, Ben Had.

Glad you're ok. Wasn't your time.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 09, 2024 06:46 PM (k3dI8)

112 If indeed your goal in life is to be treated for every malady and take up as much oxygen as possible.
.....

I don't trust doctors to do what is in my best interest.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 09, 2024 06:20 PM (U5n2r)

I hope you realize that this is not a binary issue.

It is entirely possible to take advantage of the best medical care possible without having it run one's life or passively accept the word of the industry.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 09, 2024 06:47 PM (gSZYf)

113 Ronster, had to be. The hood had just been repainted as part of the work.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 09, 2024 06:49 PM (z+2up)

114
Lay Swigs . . .

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 09, 2024 06:51 PM (x0n13)

115 This will not be fixed with baling wire.

Posted by: Ronster at March 09, 2024 06:51 PM (X/vd3)

116 CBD. Three fingers of that Balvenie French Oak 16

Posted by: Ben Had at March 09, 2024 06:51 PM (z+2up)

117 All righty, going to go pay attention to my husband for a while. See you later, friends.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 09, 2024 06:52 PM (OX9vb)

118 Sounds like someone at the paint shop screwed up.

Posted by: Ronster at March 09, 2024 06:53 PM (X/vd3)

119 Here is a EweToob video of a guy starting and running a Flymo like the one I just got. The lip is broken off the front of the deck on his. Engine is a Tecumseh 2-stroke. The mower is quite light. You lay the handle down, and pick it up by one handle leg near the pivot, and carry it with one hand like a piece of luggage.

https://youtu.be/IaMGatf8KQQ

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 09, 2024 06:53 PM (tkR6S)

120 Ronster. I don't think so because I had been driving the truck for over a week. Baling would have kept the hood down but there wasn't enough duck tape to hold what was left of the windshield!

Posted by: Ben Had at March 09, 2024 06:56 PM (z+2up)

121 Doctors are motivated to find a problem with you. And sometimes, they want to do unneccessary tests because it's profitable for them. And they manadate you see them every three years or you lose your doctor. They are good at cutting you up and putting you back together. I'll see one if I need that.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 09, 2024 06:58 PM (yeEu9)

122 Trip in England going to bunkers on coast the wheel fell off the Mini 4 of us were in, driver was white knuckle the 2 of us in the back seat thought it was a riot

Posted by: Skip at March 09, 2024 06:59 PM (fwDg9)

123 It is entirely possible to take advantage of the best medical care possible without having it run one's life or passively accept the word of the industry.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 09, 2024 06:47 PM (gSZYf)
====

But the AMA said my doctor is *checks brochure* it says here, " a god."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 09, 2024 06:59 PM (RIvkX)

124 "Posted by: Ben Had at March 09, 2024 06:33 PM"

Yikes Ben Had. I suppose you need another hood now too?

Posted by: fd at March 09, 2024 06:59 PM (vFG9F)

125 Oh great! We had to mention scotch. Now I have to choose the Lagavulin 16 or the Laphroaig Quater Cask. Yes, I like Isaly single malts.

Decisions, decisions.

Posted by: JTB at March 09, 2024 06:59 PM (zudum)

126 Ronster. I don't think so because I had been driving the truck for over a week. Baling would have kept the hood down but there wasn't enough duck tape to hold what was left of the windshield!
Posted by: Ben Had at March 09, 2024 06:56 PM (z+2up)

Better give the paint shop a call on Monday. A reputable shop should have insurance to cover the cost of damages due to their fuckup. Vehicle hoods are supposed to have a safety latch to prevent that from happening, even if the primary latch fails.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 09, 2024 07:00 PM (tkR6S)

127 windshield!, yes. 23 years and that truck didn't have a dent in it. When I do it I do it big!

Posted by: Ben Had at March 09, 2024 07:01 PM (z+2up)

128 fd, 127 was supposed to be new hood.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 09, 2024 07:03 PM (z+2up)

129 Ben Had, I'm glad you are OK and I hope you get your truck looking pretty again.

Posted by: Ronster at March 09, 2024 07:03 PM (X/vd3)

130 Ronster Thank you and it will look good as new.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 09, 2024 07:05 PM (z+2up)

131 When I hear artists talk about their work, I realize how incredibly shallow I really am.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at March 09, 2024 07:06 PM (5A+43)

132 Ben!!

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at March 09, 2024 07:07 PM (5A+43)

133 What a drag. At least you have alternate transportation while it's back in the shop.

Posted by: fd at March 09, 2024 07:07 PM (vFG9F)

134 Cannibal Bob, hugs to you and Heide.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 09, 2024 07:08 PM (z+2up)

135 I prefer the all-in-one nature of Raspberry Pis, but Audrinos are cool, too.

Posted by: Rusty Nail at March 09, 2024 07:08 PM (MkXxR)

136 She's right here. Back atcha babe.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at March 09, 2024 07:09 PM (5A+43)

137
Ben Had, if you're still here, would you be kind enough to share my e-mail address with Eromero? I may be able to get to a mini MoMe in Kilgore on the 20th or maybe the 21st.

Posted by: BifBewalski at March 09, 2024 07:09 PM (MsrgL)

138 Bif, I will gladly do so. Good news about your cardiac tests.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 09, 2024 07:11 PM (z+2up)

139 Ok, wish I could stay but...chores. love this thread always. Thanks!

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at March 09, 2024 07:11 PM (5A+43)

140 J. J., Thanks to you and the Horde folks for another fun Hobby Thread. Gotta get supper started, which means looking in the fridge to see what's there. Making a batch of chili tomorrow.

Posted by: JTB at March 09, 2024 07:12 PM (zudum)

141 Just finished all the comments, Thank God you're okay Ben Had!

I did that once back in the 70s with an old ford fairmont. My fault, didn't latch the hood properly. Scared me good.

Posted by: BifBewalski at March 09, 2024 07:14 PM (MsrgL)

142 Ben Had, just because you drove it for a couple of weeks doesn't mean it wasn't the shop's fault. If the latch wasn't tightened properly, it could move back and the result is a hood in the windshield.

Posted by: Ronster at March 09, 2024 07:14 PM (X/vd3)

143 Starting tomorrow add another hour of day drinking!

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in solidarity with the Struggle to maintain Moron standards at March 09, 2024 07:15 PM (dAYfz)

144 Huh, I recently bought a Raspberry Pi and was wondering what to do with it.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm

There are walk through recipes for creating a digitsl bit bucket for internet adds that you can build with that Raspberry Pi. I want to do that myself. I also want to build a better lawn sprinkler controller than i can buy.

Posted by: BifBewalski at March 09, 2024 07:16 PM (MsrgL)

145 Found the audio problem. Broken trace that wasn't visible. Signal on one component leg at one end of a trace, no signal on the next component. Little bit of scratching, little bit of solder and that works again.

Now I have to figure out why there's no RF in transmit.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at March 09, 2024 07:16 PM (dZVON)

146 Bif , I have two addresses for you. Email me which one to forward.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 09, 2024 07:17 PM (z+2up)

147 Ben Had, those jaspers owe you a hood and windshield. Period.

Posted by: Eromero at March 09, 2024 07:22 PM (NxC5+)

148 Bif , I have two addresses for you. Email me which one to forward.

Posted by: Ben Had

I would.... *frowny face* but i upgraded my phone and lost your e-mail...

You can give him my hotmail address.

Posted by: BifBewalski at March 09, 2024 07:24 PM (MsrgL)

149 BifBewalski, I’m working on the 21st but not the 20th.

Posted by: Eromero at March 09, 2024 07:25 PM (NxC5+)

150 Arduino, so simple anyone can do it. Although programing it is not as simple as Python it's......bwa ha haha ha haha ha. I hate snakes.

Posted by: Braenyard at March 09, 2024 07:25 PM (WEQkv)

151 Bif, my email is in the left side bar for the MoMe now.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 09, 2024 07:26 PM (z+2up)

152 Ben Had, give Bif my phone number.

Posted by: Eromero at March 09, 2024 07:26 PM (NxC5+)

153 23 years without the hood flying open and then 2 weeks after it's in the shop the hood flys open. They will probably do BH right. They better anyway.

Posted by: fd at March 09, 2024 07:27 PM (vFG9F)

154 Eromero will do.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 09, 2024 07:27 PM (z+2up)

155 Two weeks in a row a nude guy call
NOOD

something isn't right about that

Posted by: Skip at March 09, 2024 07:32 PM (fwDg9)

156 Hello horde, late to this thread. It's a rainy Saturday in VA, but good for getting lots of things crossed off my never ending list. And just "adopted" a neighbor who completed her first crochet granny squares project, and has no idea how to put it together. Not that I don't have six other projects in line for completion....

Posted by: Grateful at March 09, 2024 07:32 PM (IQ6Gq)

157 BifBewalski, I’m working on the 21st but not the 20th.

Posted by: Eromero

Bummer! Smash tells me we're spending the night of the 20th in Bossier City at the Horseshoe Casino since we're leaving North Alabama that morning. We'll be in Diana (but staying in Longview) on the 21st, and I'm headed to College Station on the 22nd.

I should be coming back to Longview again around the end of May. I'll make sure i get tje dates to you when i get them ironed out.

Posted by: BifBewalski at March 09, 2024 07:34 PM (MsrgL)

158 That usually destroys the hood, too, and the paint on the front of the roof.

AOP and I know of one particular model, one of the best looking cars on the road, that was notorious for a little-bitty misalignment of the hood hook causing just this. Judges who see these cars at shows know just where to look for evidence of the repair, because they've seen it a lot. "Everybody" knows they're prone to it, but most don't resolve to install the well-known fixes until they see the hood move. That's often just one hour too late.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at March 09, 2024 07:35 PM (zdLoL)

159 119 Here is a EweToob video of a guy starting and running a Flymo like the one I just got. The lip is broken off the front of the deck on his. Engine is a Tecumseh 2-stroke. The mower is quite light. You lay the handle down, and pick it up by one handle leg near the pivot, and carry it with one hand like a piece of luggage.
https://youtu.be/IaMGatf8KQQ

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
============

That reminds me, the electric fuel shut of stopped working on my Kohler. Haven't looked into it yet.

Posted by: Braenyard at March 09, 2024 07:36 PM (WEQkv)

160 OK, caught up on comments.

Ben Had, thank God you are OK. And that your quick thinking got you home.

Nurse, couldn't agree with you more. I no longer trust any doctors. Only interested in selling a procedure, because that is how they make profits. And doing what the Feds tell them, lest they lose insurance monies.

Posted by: Grateful at March 09, 2024 07:40 PM (IQ6Gq)

161 Raspberry Pi is pretty much a single-board Linux box (w/ network, usb, HDMI video) with a lot of programmable digital i/o pins to connect to stuff; but only digital.

Arduino is a lot more of a single-task microcontroller, but it's one (huge & unique) feature: analog inputs! everything in the real world is analog, so easy to use with simple sensors. It has digital i/o too, and built-in PWM.

I tend to use Arduino more because of that, maybe also because the programming UI is kind of like C, at which I am fluent.
Pi is oriented toward Python, at which I am not so much.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying to us for decades at March 09, 2024 07:44 PM (PFYt9)

162 hey, good for you Blanco!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying to us for decades at March 09, 2024 07:46 PM (PFYt9)

163 I crochet in front of the TV or on the patio to keep myself from going crazy. As I somehow found myself with a huge stash of white cotton/nylon crochet thread, I am crocheting a curtain for my front window because I don't make doilies.

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