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Title: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on November 01, 2019, 09:49:47 PM
go on, reveal your real priorities.

(https://i.imgur.com/r1wwRKAl.jpg)

these are four pushrods, to fit any 650 cc triumph motorcycle engine made between 1956 and 1972. i blew up my motorcycle engine going too ast, and these are to replace the ones that went sinusoidal at 131 mph.

what did you last spend your money on?

Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Dark Lightning on November 01, 2019, 11:47:37 PM
New dado blade set for my table saw. I had 14 drawers for a chest I'm building that needed a dado (slot) for the slides they will ride on. Table saw with a .08" kerf blade and not a flat topped tooth would mean I'd have to chisel and then sand the bottoms of the dado flat. BTDTGTTS and it's tedious. I returned the dado blade set I bought earlier in October because when I went to install it, it wouldn't turn as the diameter was too big and it hit the brake. Made all the dadoes and then the rabbets for the bottoms of the drawers to fit into. Drawers are glued up and I'm working up through the grits of sandpaper. Started with 120 grit, now working on 180. Last is 220 grit and then a spray of shellac.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: jumbojak on November 02, 2019, 02:27:31 AM
I'm currently awaiting an Italian made Proto ratchet. I have a fetish for 1/4" drive tools and like Proto  in general. You can email the piss out of a Proto wrench with a BFH and they never complain.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: No one on November 02, 2019, 05:12:10 AM
(https://render.fineartamerica.com/images/rendered/default/metal-print/7.125/10.000/break/images/artworkimages/medium/1/back-to-the-future-flux-capacitor-print-pete-baldwin.jpg)
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Magdalena on November 02, 2019, 07:28:07 AM
Quote from: No one on November 02, 2019, 05:12:10 AM
(https://render.fineartamerica.com/images/rendered/default/metal-print/7.125/10.000/break/images/artworkimages/medium/1/back-to-the-future-flux-capacitor-print-pete-baldwin.jpg)
The Future Flux Capacitor!?
(https://thumbs.gfycat.com/OrganicEarlyGar-small.gif)
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: xSilverPhinx on November 02, 2019, 02:32:48 PM
Ha! A thread where I can expose just how much of an impulsive consumer I am! :P Love it! :grin:

Last things I bought (online) were a Stylus pen and a protective case for the still unboxed Nintendo New 3DS XL console I bought a long, long time ago.

(https://storemedia.nintendo.com/ui/images/devices/new3ds/parts-accessories/new3ds-stylus-black-640x480.png)

Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: jumbojak on November 02, 2019, 02:36:25 PM
It's the weekend. Just open the damn thing...
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: xSilverPhinx on November 02, 2019, 02:40:32 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on November 02, 2019, 02:36:25 PM
It's the weekend. Just open the damn thing...

:notsure:  :thinking:














Ok! :grin:
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Tank on November 02, 2019, 02:50:40 PM
(https://www.maginon.com/media/catalog/product/cache/3f034b42f19e0b74680cc9d099cc9bf8/m/a/maginon_spektiv_20-60x60_titelbild.jpg)
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: xSilverPhinx on November 02, 2019, 02:52:01 PM
Quote from: Tank on November 02, 2019, 02:50:40 PM
(https://www.maginon.com/media/catalog/product/cache/3f034b42f19e0b74680cc9d099cc9bf8/m/a/maginon_spektiv_20-60x60_titelbild.jpg)

That looks like an awesome microscope-camera zoom hybrid.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on November 02, 2019, 03:06:48 PM
Quote from: No one on November 02, 2019, 05:12:10 AM
(https://render.fineartamerica.com/images/rendered/default/metal-print/7.125/10.000/break/images/artworkimages/medium/1/back-to-the-future-flux-capacitor-print-pete-baldwin.jpg)

does this have anything to do with tacos?
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: No one on November 02, 2019, 03:38:33 PM
Yes, everything is related to tacos. Even the Flux Capacitor.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: xSilverPhinx on November 02, 2019, 08:11:31 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on November 02, 2019, 02:36:25 PM
It's the weekend. Just open the damn thing...

I opened the box. That wasn't too hard...Luckily no demons were summoned.  :whew:
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on November 02, 2019, 09:05:39 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on November 02, 2019, 02:32:48 PM
Ha! A thread where I can expose just how much of an impulsive consumer I am! :P Love it! :grin:

Last things I bought (online) were a Stylus pen

. . . what is a stylus pen?

not trying to look dumb, but i guess i am.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on November 02, 2019, 09:07:12 PM
Quote from: Tank on November 02, 2019, 02:50:40 PM
(https://www.maginon.com/media/catalog/product/cache/3f034b42f19e0b74680cc9d099cc9bf8/m/a/maginon_spektiv_20-60x60_titelbild.jpg)

birdwatcher?
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Tank on November 02, 2019, 09:19:07 PM
Quote from: billy rubin on November 02, 2019, 09:07:12 PM
Quote from: Tank on November 02, 2019, 02:50:40 PM
(https://www.maginon.com/media/catalog/product/cache/3f034b42f19e0b74680cc9d099cc9bf8/m/a/maginon_spektiv_20-60x60_titelbild.jpg)

birdwatcher?

Not a 'twitcher' as such. More wildlife in general. In particular the squirrels and wild birds in my garden. It is as cheap as chips but adequate  for the amount of times I'll use it. If I take to it I may upgrade at some point.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: xSilverPhinx on November 02, 2019, 09:55:22 PM
Quote from: billy rubin on November 02, 2019, 09:05:39 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on November 02, 2019, 02:32:48 PM
Ha! A thread where I can expose just how much of an impulsive consumer I am! :P Love it! :grin:

Last things I bought (online) were a Stylus pen

. . . what is a stylus pen?

not trying to look dumb, but i guess i am.

I'm not too sure what it is myself (it hasn't arrived yet so I haven't used it yet), but it looks like one of those digital pens people use for drawing on a tablet or smartphone screen. It's for a handheld game console so I'm assuming it's for interacting with the game.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on November 02, 2019, 10:27:50 PM
Quote from: Tank on November 02, 2019, 09:19:07 PM

Not a 'twitcher' as such. More wildlife in general. In particular the squirrels and wild birds in my garden. It is as cheap as chips but adequate  for the amount of times I'll use it. If I take to it I may upgrade at some point.

what kinds of squirrels do you have?
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on November 02, 2019, 10:30:52 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx

I'm not too sure what it is myself (it hasn't arrived yet so I haven't used it yet), but it looks like one of those digital pens people use for drawing on a tablet or smartphone screen. It's for a handheld game console so I'm assuming it's for interacting with the game.

never seen a digital pen either. i recall the old light pens we used to use on computer consoles before the mouse waz introduced, but thats getting way back.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Bluenose on November 03, 2019, 12:03:40 AM
The last thing I bought was breakfast, egg Benedict.  Delicious!
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Dark Lightning on November 03, 2019, 12:38:55 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on November 02, 2019, 09:07:12 PM
Quote from: Tank on November 02, 2019, 02:50:40 PM
(https://www.maginon.com/media/catalog/product/cache/3f034b42f19e0b74680cc9d099cc9bf8/m/a/maginon_spektiv_20-60x60_titelbild.jpg)

birdwatcher?

We have one for the gun range. [ducks]
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Ecurb Noselrub on November 03, 2019, 12:46:06 AM
Pants. One pair of beige slacks, one pair of blue jeans.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Icarus on November 03, 2019, 02:10:43 AM
A battery for my Honda Element.  Turns out that the old battery was not the problem that I thought I had.  Exploring further I discovered that there is a 5 ampere drain in the system when the car is shut off.  Now I have to chase down the many circuits to isolate the problem.  Damned car has two separate fuse compartments. One of them is in a miserably inconvenient place. 

I will disconnect the ground terminal from the battery, install the ampmeter in series with the ground cable and the battery.  The meter will then indicate the leakage.  Pull the fuses one by one. When the the meter shows little or no leakage, I will have found the offending circuit.........that all depends on whether the leakage source is after the fuse in the circuit, not before it gets to the fuse bank.

The other Problem is that at this time I cannot see very well. I had some fairly extensive surgery on one of my eyelids ten days ago.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Dark Lightning on November 03, 2019, 03:04:19 AM
Quote from: Icarus on November 03, 2019, 02:10:43 AM
A battery for my Honda Element.  Turns out that the old battery was not the problem that I thought I had.  Exploring further I discovered that there is a 5 ampere drain in the system when the car is shut off.  Now I have to chase down the many circuits to isolate the problem.  Damned car has two separate fuse compartments. One of them is in a miserably inconvenient place. 

I will disconnect the ground terminal from the battery, install the ampmeter in series with the ground cable and the battery.  The meter will then indicate the leakage.  Pull the fuses one by one. When the the meter shows little or no leakage, I will have found the offending circuit.........that all depends on whether the leakage source is after the fuse in the circuit, not before it gets to the fuse bank.

The other Problem is that at this time I cannot see very well. I had some fairly extensive surgery on one of my eyelids ten days ago.

My wife has a '15 Kia Soul. The battery died after two years. The car would have sat for a week until the dealer could get to it. I took the battery to a local parts store and had it tested. Dead as a door nail. I put a new battery in and discovered that there was a 6 Amp drain! Turns out that some of the electronics are still active after the vehicle is shut down. I went to the dealer and the service manager allowed me to place my inductive ammeter onto the main battery cable of several other Kia Souls, and they all showed significant current flow, one as high as 10 Amps, while it was just sitting. When they did the current drain test on my wife's car, they did it with a battery cable disconnected first. That places all the electronics in a state where they no longer draw a current. I was also told that the Kia Soul's batteries generally only last two years, by the service manager. Their electrical tech also informed me that the charging system doesn't immediately start in on charging the battery on start-up. Crazy shit, where I come from! So, once you pull a battery cable off the battery, you may have lost the utility of the test you want to perform...and it may well be that your vehicle is like my wife's and the battery is only going to last 2 years. Tech is supposed to make things better!
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Bluenose on November 03, 2019, 03:25:14 AM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on November 03, 2019, 03:04:19 AM
Quote from: Icarus on November 03, 2019, 02:10:43 AM
A battery for my Honda Element.  Turns out that the old battery was not the problem that I thought I had.  Exploring further I discovered that there is a 5 ampere drain in the system when the car is shut off.  Now I have to chase down the many circuits to isolate the problem.  Damned car has two separate fuse compartments. One of them is in a miserably inconvenient place. 

I will disconnect the ground terminal from the battery, install the ampmeter in series with the ground cable and the battery.  The meter will then indicate the leakage.  Pull the fuses one by one. When the the meter shows little or no leakage, I will have found the offending circuit.........that all depends on whether the leakage source is after the fuse in the circuit, not before it gets to the fuse bank.

The other Problem is that at this time I cannot see very well. I had some fairly extensive surgery on one of my eyelids ten days ago.

My wife has a '15 Kia Soul. The battery died after two years. The car would have sat for a week until the dealer could get to it. I took the battery to a local parts store and had it tested. Dead as a door nail. I put a new battery in and discovered that there was a 6 Amp drain! Turns out that some of the electronics are still active after the vehicle is shut down. I went to the dealer and the service manager allowed me to place my inductive ammeter onto the main battery cable of several other Kia Souls, and they all showed significant current flow, one as high as 10 Amps, while it was just sitting. When they did the current drain test on my wife's car, they did it with a battery cable disconnected first. That places all the electronics in a state where they no longer draw a current. I was also told that the Kia Soul's batteries generally only last two years, by the service manager. Their electrical tech also informed me that the charging system doesn't immediately start in on charging the battery on start-up. Crazy shit, where I come from! So, once you pull a battery cable off the battery, you may have lost the utility of the test you want to perform...and it may well be that your vehicle is like my wife's and the battery is only going to last 2 years. Tech is supposed to make things better!

Geez!  What the hell is running that draws that sort of current when the car is shut down?  I can imagine a few milliamperes to keep memory settings in the radio etc, even a few for an engine disabling circuit etc, but Amps?  Who designs these systems, do they not have a brain?
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: jumbojak on November 03, 2019, 04:04:23 AM
Security systems, nav, and the various ecu scattered about the vehicle all draw power with the key off. Volkswagens make a hell of a racket when various sensors are resetting themselves and most late model caddilacs need several hours before any parasitic draw tests can be performed.

Your best bet is a clamp meter or voltage drop testing across fuses, if your meter is sensitive enough. You also have to disable any door sensors while everything "powers down" to avoid starting the cycle all over again when you open the door to check fuses.

I've gotten very creative with bar clamps over the years...
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: joeactor on November 03, 2019, 04:15:43 AM
The last thing I bought (awaiting shipping) is a pair of Hoka One One shoes.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Tank on November 03, 2019, 08:19:06 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on November 02, 2019, 10:27:50 PM
Quote from: Tank on November 02, 2019, 09:19:07 PM

Not a 'twitcher' as such. More wildlife in general. In particular the squirrels and wild birds in my garden. It is as cheap as chips but adequate  for the amount of times I'll use it. If I take to it I may upgrade at some point.

what kinds of squirrels do you have?

This one  :D

And at least one other. We are so bereft of wildlife in the UK that a squirrels are 'exotic'  :(

(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img921/8072/MuE2M6.jpg)
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Tank on November 03, 2019, 08:25:50 AM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on November 03, 2019, 12:38:55 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on November 02, 2019, 09:07:12 PM
Quote from: Tank on November 02, 2019, 02:50:40 PM
(https://www.maginon.com/media/catalog/product/cache/3f034b42f19e0b74680cc9d099cc9bf8/m/a/maginon_spektiv_20-60x60_titelbild.jpg)

birdwatcher?

We have one for the gun range. [ducks]

Well that's what it is, it's a 'spotting scope' for watching fall of shot. My 'bucket list' has 'Learn to shoot properly' on it. There is a shooting supplies shop a mile or so away so in the spring I'm going to find a course on small bore rifle and maybe shotgun. I doubt I'll ever buy a weapon as my wife would totally freak out.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Bad Penny II on November 03, 2019, 09:18:53 AM
Quote from: Tank on November 03, 2019, 08:19:06 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on November 02, 2019, 10:27:50 PM
Quote from: Tank on November 02, 2019, 09:19:07 PM

Not a 'twitcher' as such. More wildlife in general. In particular the squirrels and wild birds in my garden. It is as cheap as chips but adequate  for the amount of times I'll use it. If I take to it I may upgrade at some point.

what kinds of squirrels do you have?

This one  :D

And at least one other. We are so bereft of wildlife in the UK that a squirrels are 'exotic'  :(

(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img921/8072/MuE2M6.jpg)

Oh that's cool.
They don't have pouches do they? how bizarre.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Tank on November 03, 2019, 09:35:11 AM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on November 03, 2019, 09:18:53 AM
Quote from: Tank on November 03, 2019, 08:19:06 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on November 02, 2019, 10:27:50 PM
Quote from: Tank on November 02, 2019, 09:19:07 PM

Not a 'twitcher' as such. More wildlife in general. In particular the squirrels and wild birds in my garden. It is as cheap as chips but adequate  for the amount of times I'll use it. If I take to it I may upgrade at some point.

what kinds of squirrels do you have?

This one  :D

And at least one other. We are so bereft of wildlife in the UK that a squirrels are 'exotic'  :(

{Image removed}

Oh that's cool.
They don't have pouches do they? how bizarre.

No they don't. I wish we had Quakkas though!!!

(https://www.traveller.com.au/content/dam/images/g/u/n/q/h/0/image.related.articleLeadwide.620x349.gunpvd.png/1488330286332.png)
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on November 03, 2019, 10:17:27 AM
Quote from: Tank on November 03, 2019, 08:19:06 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on November 02, 2019, 10:27:50 PM
Quote from: Tank on November 02, 2019, 09:19:07 PM

Not a 'twitcher' as such. More wildlife in general. In particular the squirrels and wild birds in my garden. It is as cheap as chips but adequate  for the amount of times I'll use it. If I take to it I may upgrade at some point.

what kinds of squirrels do you have?

This one  :D

And at least one other. We are so bereft of wildlife in the UK that a squirrels are 'exotic'  :(

(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img921/8072/MuE2M6.jpg)

thats odd.

i would swear that thats a picture of a north american fox squirrel, sciurus niger. my son shoots these around the house for dinner.

an introduction, maybe?
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Tank on November 03, 2019, 10:57:58 AM
Yes. They arrived in the UK about 100 years ago and have pretty much taken over from the native Red Squirrel.

(https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/sites/default/files/styles/node_hero_default/public/2017-12/Red%20Squirrel%20%28c%29%20Mark%20Hamblin%202020VISION.jpg)

EDIT: I used to shoot the Grey Squirrels as a kid (know better now) as the local farmers would pay for their tails to keep the population down. My mum used to hate it when I got my dad to stop the car by road kill and cut the tail off. Not leaving good money by the road! Never eaten one though. Never felt it was worth the effort of preparing them.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on November 03, 2019, 01:31:58 PM
i live in temperate,  eastern deciduous woodland so we have a number of squirrels.

one ive never seen is the eastern flying squirrel. my wife has watched them at birdfeeders at night

(https://i.imgur.com/OaR26Zpl.jpg)
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Tank on November 03, 2019, 02:11:13 PM
Wow!
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Dark Lightning on November 03, 2019, 02:37:39 PM
Quote from: Bluenose on November 03, 2019, 03:25:14 AM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on November 03, 2019, 03:04:19 AM
Quote from: Icarus on November 03, 2019, 02:10:43 AM
A battery for my Honda Element.  Turns out that the old battery was not the problem that I thought I had.  Exploring further I discovered that there is a 5 ampere drain in the system when the car is shut off.  Now I have to chase down the many circuits to isolate the problem.  Damned car has two separate fuse compartments. One of them is in a miserably inconvenient place. 

I will disconnect the ground terminal from the battery, install the ampmeter in series with the ground cable and the battery.  The meter will then indicate the leakage.  Pull the fuses one by one. When the the meter shows little or no leakage, I will have found the offending circuit.........that all depends on whether the leakage source is after the fuse in the circuit, not before it gets to the fuse bank.

The other Problem is that at this time I cannot see very well. I had some fairly extensive surgery on one of my eyelids ten days ago.

My wife has a '15 Kia Soul. The battery died after two years. The car would have sat for a week until the dealer could get to it. I took the battery to a local parts store and had it tested. Dead as a door nail. I put a new battery in and discovered that there was a 6 Amp drain! Turns out that some of the electronics are still active after the vehicle is shut down. I went to the dealer and the service manager allowed me to place my inductive ammeter onto the main battery cable of several other Kia Souls, and they all showed significant current flow, one as high as 10 Amps, while it was just sitting. When they did the current drain test on my wife's car, they did it with a battery cable disconnected first. That places all the electronics in a state where they no longer draw a current. I was also told that the Kia Soul's batteries generally only last two years, by the service manager. Their electrical tech also informed me that the charging system doesn't immediately start in on charging the battery on start-up. Crazy shit, where I come from! So, once you pull a battery cable off the battery, you may have lost the utility of the test you want to perform...and it may well be that your vehicle is like my wife's and the battery is only going to last 2 years. Tech is supposed to make things better!

Geez!  What the hell is running that draws that sort of current when the car is shut down?  I can imagine a few milliamperes to keep memory settings in the radio etc, even a few for an engine disabling circuit etc, but Amps?  Who designs these systems, do they not have a brain?

It's supposed to die off after a max of half an hour, but I agree, who the hell ever thought this stuff up?
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Dark Lightning on November 03, 2019, 02:40:03 PM
Quote from: joeactor on November 03, 2019, 04:15:43 AM
The last thing I bought (awaiting shipping) is a pair of Hoka One One shoes.

I recently found out about these and bought a pair. They are the only shoes I can wear that don't hurt my old arthritic feet. You're going to love them!  :smilenod:
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Dark Lightning on November 03, 2019, 02:45:16 PM
Quote from: Tank on November 03, 2019, 08:25:50 AM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on November 03, 2019, 12:38:55 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on November 02, 2019, 09:07:12 PM
Quote from: Tank on November 02, 2019, 02:50:40 PM
(https://www.maginon.com/media/catalog/product/cache/3f034b42f19e0b74680cc9d099cc9bf8/m/a/maginon_spektiv_20-60x60_titelbild.jpg)

birdwatcher?

We have one for the gun range. [ducks]

Well that's what it is, it's a 'spotting scope' for watching fall of shot. My 'bucket list' has 'Learn to shoot properly' on it. There is a shooting supplies shop a mile or so away so in the spring I'm going to find a course on small bore rifle and maybe shotgun. I doubt I'll ever buy a weapon as my wife would totally freak out.

I have a couple firearms. One is a .22 carbine. I am a certified firearms instructor for rifle and shotgun, training and certification gotten in '92 when my sons were in the Boy Scouts. I shoot 198+/200, which is called Distinguished Marksman. That's at the bench rest position, of course. I'm trying to drill down so that every round goes inside the 10 ring, but that has remained elusive. When I shoot, I can detect my pulse moving my point of aim slightly.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: joeactor on November 03, 2019, 03:25:28 PM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on November 03, 2019, 02:40:03 PM
Quote from: joeactor on November 03, 2019, 04:15:43 AM
The last thing I bought (awaiting shipping) is a pair of Hoka One One shoes.

I recently found out about these and bought a pair. They are the only shoes I can wear that don't hurt my old arthritic feet. You're going to love them!  :smilenod:

Cool - thanks much!

My podiatrist suggested them. My feet are extremely flat, and may be headed for arthritis.

Also, she suggested SuperFeet Copper insoles for my other shoes. They're stiff, but with a layer of memory foam.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Tank on November 03, 2019, 03:45:29 PM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on November 03, 2019, 02:45:16 PM
Quote from: Tank on November 03, 2019, 08:25:50 AM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on November 03, 2019, 12:38:55 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on November 02, 2019, 09:07:12 PM
Quote from: Tank on November 02, 2019, 02:50:40 PM
... {image removed}

birdwatcher?

We have one for the gun range. [ducks]

Well that's what it is, it's a 'spotting scope' for watching fall of shot. My 'bucket list' has 'Learn to shoot properly' on it. There is a shooting supplies shop a mile or so away so in the spring I'm going to find a course on small bore rifle and maybe shotgun. I doubt I'll ever buy a weapon as my wife would totally freak out.

I have a couple firearms. One is a .22 carbine. I am a certified firearms instructor for rifle and shotgun, training and certification gotten in '92 when my sons were in the Boy Scouts. I shoot 198+/200, which is called Distinguished Marksman. That's at the bench rest position, of course. I'm trying to drill down so that every round goes inside the 10 ring, but that has remained elusive. When I shoot, I can detect my pulse moving my point of aim slightly.

I'm looking forward to some quality time with an expert.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Icarus on November 04, 2019, 01:54:32 AM
We used to have lots of those cute little flying squirrels in Florida.  The old time Floridians called them "shootyboos, and sometimes captured than for pets.  I suppose that they have become more scarce since so many damned Yankees decided to move here and fuck up the environment with what surely must be at least two cars for every person, thus overwhelming our previously adequate highways and bi ways, trashing our once pristine waterways, using up the potable water supply to grow their pristine lawns, over  fertilizing the lawns so that the runoff enters our beautiful lakes and encourages the growth of nasty algae,  and helping to fill the overburdened landfills with an indescribable array of burden.

If that is not enough, Nestle Corporation has installed huge facilities to produce bottled water, while depleting our limited supply of clean spring water.  Nestle uses millions of plastic bottles every day to additionally defile the territory that was once resembled Camelot.

If that is not enough the Trump has decided to shift his legal residence to Florida at Mar-A-Lago.  The sleazy bastard shifted his legal residence to Florida because we have no state income tax, and also because Florida is a crucial state for his re election......perish the thought.

I might consider moving to Billy Rubin's neck of the woods but I have a dislike of country and western music which i suspect is typical of the area.  I think that there are may be a lot of Jesus freak Trumpers there too.  Maybe I move to Fiji.  No wait, that is a tourist mecca.   Maybe OZ. Hey Bluenose , do you have room in Queensland or somewhere for a crotchety old American?

Whew! Pauses to take some deep breaths.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on November 04, 2019, 10:02:51 AM
theres less country western here than there is hardcore hillbilly. fiddles and banjoes. on weekends the radio plays barbershop quartets doing gospel.

but on the other hand, this is ground zero for the religious society of friends. im a quaker, and the society here is pretty different from the dominant culture, and has been for over two hundred years.

and i just bought a cup of coffee before i found out i waz laid off fir the day.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on November 09, 2019, 10:56:05 PM
camwheels!

i'm in search of perfect valve timing on my racing motorcycle. to change between what's available from what  the factory supplied, you have to buy old camwheels and look for the ones that were mis-machined from new. i want to move my cam timing two degrees, ant stck p[ieces only let me move 4.8 degrees at a time.

(https://i.imgur.com/I1PGjTWl.jpg)

these were cheap. every pair is a testament to an old triumph 650 that was ended it's life disassembled for parts, so that people like me can make other ones come back to life. i've alread got half a dozen but mnore is better.

i also bought a 13/16-inch spiral fluted straight reamer so i can remove a few ten-thousands of an inch from th ebore of the wheels. as original, they're pressed on and off, and by making them a slip fit i can save time fussing around. there's a big nut that holds them to a little woodruff ky, so they won't be coming loose.

(https://i.imgur.com/qw8wGNbl.jpg)

only takes a tun or two

(https://i.imgur.com/106vMVol.jpg)


the sixty year old manuals are full of beautiful hand-drawn art. don't do that anymore.

(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dansmc.com%2Fvalve_tri_timing.JPG&hash=b74da26dad68c33b4562ae9231c084f1f06f9781)
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Icarus on November 10, 2019, 03:06:36 AM
BR, I am pretty sure that you can change the cam timing at least two degrees by adjusting the valve clearance a few thousandths. ....or you could offset the rocker arms a few thou....which of course changes the valve lift dimension.  Minute changes to the  rocker face to valve tip can also do some fun stuff.  Deepening the valve seat can also change the characteristics of valve timing for a given rocker and cam profile.

I will argue that two degrees of timing does not make a rats ass of difference except where your max torque figure occurs.

Are you aware of the fairly well established rule that max torque occurs when the intake port velocity is at or very near  240 feet per second?  That reality fucks up the beliefs of the home style tuners that want to "hog" out the intake ports.  I have often used epoxy to make the intake ports smaller or reshaped so that the velocities can be adjusted.  Velocities past the valve seat are part of the equation and affects the swirl pattern in the chamber and the efficiency of the burn process.  That you have to use twin plugs is not encouraging.  The piston domes affect the fuel air distribution pattern in the chamber. High domes interfere with fuel/air distribution.

The length of the intake passages including the carb throats are of substantial interest.  Are you using a calm air box to feed the carb inlets?  If not, there is a lot of turbulence at the carb horns or filters that you may or may not be using. The amount of heat that you can generate in the combustion chambers, thus out put energy,  are entirely dependent on the amount of oxygen that you can stuff into the combustion space.  If you are to try for a stoichometric ratio of somewhere near 14 to 1, then you gotta put a lot of air into the mix.

The Stoich ratio is in terms of pounds of fuel versus pounds of air.   Air intake potential is the defining characteristic. You can easily jet the carbs to any fuel delivery  level but not so easily the air level.  Be sure to maximize that area of endeavor.  If you are too successful you run the risk of ventilating the crankcase of that old Triumph.  The rods ain't indestructible. Please 'scuse me if these are not already part of your tuning regime.  I do not know how much of a techno freak that you are.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: hermes2015 on November 10, 2019, 03:31:10 AM
Isn't HAF marvellous? In which other atheist forum can one find advice on cam timing, questions of faith and reason, and personal fragrances on the same day?
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on November 10, 2019, 08:38:14 AM
yo

dont forget expanding musical horizons too. i get in a rut that only other people jog me out of.

icarus, all that yousay is true. only some of it is under my control tho. the awful piston domes and combustion chambers were fixed by design in the 1930s-- old edward turner thought that 90 degree included valve angles were good enough for spitfires, so they were good enough for him.

the rocker boxes are bolt_on and the rocker arms are on a fixed shaft and not easily adjutable, and i dont want to deepen the valve seat because im trying to make up in compression what i know im losing in getting mixture over the piston crowns at overlap. tha twin plugs are just a band aid to compensate for the domes--my next fastest competitor runs lower compression and very tight quench clearances--0.032 or so-- and he runs single plugs.

but even he still has to lead the spark 39 degrees before top dead center, and im at only 30 and will be testing less. so what im doing seemz to work, and im faster than him.

and youre right about valve timing being forgiving. maybe. but i ran a cam timing that was way off from what everybody else waz using, and im two mph faster. so i dont want to change what appi ears to work.

i am absolutely not smart enough to do heads, so i send mine to a man in north carolina. the three fastest british 650s in north america all run heads by him. he fills up the intake flloors with epoxy, and lifts the roof, reshaping to a D cross section. he also uses oversize intake AND exhaust valves, which makes me scratch my head. but this motor is all-out top end, not a road racer. it doesnt matter how well it runs below 100 mph, so long as it gets up and over while theres still enough race track in front to hold it open.

no air box on this, by the way, and im violating the computer models by keeping the carbs as close to the head as i can. i have extensions for them still to test once the ignition timing is closer.  but im getting close to as fast as this machine is capable of ever running. changing the length of my exhaust pipes two inches either way costs me 4 mph.

and as you predixtwd, im running on the edge all the time. the reason the machine is still being tuned is that i already ventilated it this past july and it put me a year behind schedule

(https://i.imgur.com/Ot1tzzhl.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/LQRqsQBl.jpg?1)

see im derailing again
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Tank on November 10, 2019, 09:03:24 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on November 10, 2019, 03:31:10 AM
Isn't HAF marvellous? In which other atheist forum can one find advice on cam timing, questions of faith and reason, and personal fragrances on the same day?

It's wonderful because of it's members  :love: :hug2: :love:
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: jumbojak on November 10, 2019, 12:47:52 PM
Ventilated it... I like that expression!
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Dark Lightning on November 10, 2019, 03:36:34 PM
That blowed up real good!  ;D

I bought an ethernet cable to hard wire my wife's computer. We went to wires after one of my neighbors bragged he could crack any wifi encryption. Wires in the attic- crack that.  >:(  But we hadn't gotten wires to the one bedroom which is now her sewing room, so it was wifi- after that neighbor had moved, though. Her wifi is flaky, so up in the attic I go.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: xSilverPhinx on November 10, 2019, 07:41:47 PM
Just went on a shopping spree with my mother (from 9:00 to almost 16:00 :whew:) and bought stuff to furnish the new place. Not too many things though, we spent a lot more time looking at stuff than buying things. 
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Icarus on November 11, 2019, 12:38:20 AM
I heartily agree with some of the above comments about our collective versatility. It is most pleasing and often informative to have so many different areas of expertise or, at the  least, some educational experiences. 

Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Siz on November 11, 2019, 01:04:47 AM
Over the past week, I've been preparing myself for a control line overhaul on my boat.  Purchases include two double blocks for the continuous control line routing, junior ClamCleat with roller for the simplified boom-cleated outhaul, hook and block for a smoother cunningham, 10m each of red and orange 4mm Marlow Exel Control line for the continuous system (kicker and cunningham respectively), splicing needle for end-to-end splicing of continuous lines, needles for lock-stitching splices.
Drilled and filed a rectangular hole in my carbon boom today - nervous times, but looks good. Practiced seemless splicing of the line at home which I was fairly pleased with - now I have to repeat twice in-situ which isn't going to be as easy.

None of that will make me go any faster but it'll look nice and operate more efficiently.

Christmas shopping for the family also started.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Siz on November 11, 2019, 01:19:27 AM
Sorry, forgot how to operate this forum. Nothing to see here...
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Siz on November 11, 2019, 01:21:27 AM
Nope, still not worked it out...
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Icarus on November 11, 2019, 01:31:41 AM
Good decisions Silver. I knew that you are smarter than the average bear.

  There are some women who seem incapable of resisting some sort of thing that is bargain priced.  They buy those things when they actually need them like they need a paper ass. The merchandisers are fully aware of that and they exploit that human flaw without fail. . Checking out at the supermarket line we are besieged with racey magazines, chewing gum, and candies that are prime impulse buying items.

Credit cards are the embodiment of evil for the impulsive shopper.  A really smart deal is to lock the damned credit cards in a secure place in your basement or attic.  Shop with cash only.  The arithmetic is then pretty easy. One can count their cash balalnce in their purse and determine whether they can or should buy some item or other.

As an old time skinflint I have devised a system for determining whether I really want to buy a particular but non essential item.   

Example: the item is priced at 39 dollars. I will have to pay sales tax of $2.73 to complete the transaction. That comes to $41. 73 at the check out register.  Wait a damned minute.....I make ten dollars per hour in my job.  I have to pay about 17% income tax and my ten dollars becomes $8.30 of useable money.  The item at $41.73 means that I will have to work for ......41.73/8.30 = 5 hours to get that thing that I really do not need to ensure my survival.    Would I work for 5 hours just to get that thing?  Hell no!  I do not need it.  I won't work five hours to get it, and besides that baby needs a new pair of shoes. 
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on November 11, 2019, 06:38:29 AM
Quote from: Siz on November 11, 2019, 01:04:47 AM
Over the past week, I've been preparing myself for a control line overhaul on my boat.  Purchases include two double blocks for the continuous control line routing, junior ClamCleat with roller for the simplified boom-cleated outhaul, hook and block for a smoother cunningham, 10m each of red and orange 4mm Marlow Exel Control line for the continuous system (kicker and cunningham respectively), splicing needle for end-to-end splicing of continuous lines, needles for lock-stitching splices.
Drilled and filed a rectangular hole in my carbon boom today - nervous times, but looks good. Practiced seemless splicing of the line at home which I was fairly pleased with - now I have to repeat twice in-situ which isn't going to be as easy.

None of that will make me go any faster but it'll look nice and operate more efficiently.

Christmas shopping for the family also started.

when you say "seamless splicing," is that we used to call a "long splice?"
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: hermes2015 on November 11, 2019, 07:02:24 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on November 10, 2019, 07:41:47 PM
Just went on a shopping spree with my mother (from 9:00 to almost 16:00 :whew:) and bought stuff to furnish the new place. Not too many things though, we spent a lot more time looking at stuff than buying things.

That's good. Minimalism is good for the soul: I'd rather have one good piece in a space than a room full of fake crap.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Siz on November 11, 2019, 10:32:50 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on November 11, 2019, 06:38:29 AM
Quote from: Siz on November 11, 2019, 01:04:47 AM
Over the past week, I've been preparing myself for a control line overhaul on my boat.  Purchases include two double blocks for the continuous control line routing, junior ClamCleat with roller for the simplified boom-cleated outhaul, hook and block for a smoother cunningham, 10m each of red and orange 4mm Marlow Exel Control line for the continuous system (kicker and cunningham respectively), splicing needle for end-to-end splicing of continuous lines, needles for lock-stitching splices.
Drilled and filed a rectangular hole in my carbon boom today - nervous times, but looks good. Practiced seemless splicing of the line at home which I was fairly pleased with - now I have to repeat twice in-situ which isn't going to be as easy.

None of that will make me go any faster but it'll look nice and operate more efficiently.

Christmas shopping for the family also started.

when you say "seamless splicing," is that we used to call a "long splice?"
Not sure, Billy. It's where you join the two ends of a line, end to end, forming a continuous uniform loop of line.

Nice pen!
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on November 11, 2019, 12:38:45 PM
thank you. i am informed that it is a ztylus, not a penm apparently it would assist in reducing typos but i am skeptical

i used to work geophysical boats back az a teenager and wove the retaining nets for the gun floats

the short zplice was when you unraveled a short section ofeach rope and wove them together. the long splice was when you unraveled perhaps three feet and cut the strands short a foot apart, 1, 2, 3. then you wound the strands for the ropes back together into the opposite piece so that you stretched the splice over all three feet, 1 with 3, 2 with 2, 3 with 1. it made a union that was no larger than the original line so that it would still reeve through a block and thats all i know about splicing

Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: xSilverPhinx on November 11, 2019, 01:26:34 PM
Quote from: Icarus on November 11, 2019, 01:31:41 AM
Good decisions Silver. I knew that you are smarter than the average bear.

  There are some women who seem incapable of resisting some sort of thing that is bargain priced.  They buy those things when they actually need them like they need a paper ass. The merchandisers are fully aware of that and they exploit that human flaw without fail. . Checking out at the supermarket line we are besieged with racey magazines, chewing gum, and candies that are prime impulse buying items.

Credit cards are the embodiment of evil for the impulsive shopper.  A really smart deal is to lock the damned credit cards in a secure place in your basement or attic.  Shop with cash only.  The arithmetic is then pretty easy. One can count their cash balalnce in their purse and determine whether they can or should buy some item or other.

As an old time skinflint I have devised a system for determining whether I really want to buy a particular but non essential item.   

Example: the item is priced at 39 dollars. I will have to pay sales tax of $2.73 to complete the transaction. That comes to $41. 73 at the check out register.  Wait a damned minute.....I make ten dollars per hour in my job.  I have to pay about 17% income tax and my ten dollars becomes $8.30 of useable money.  The item at $41.73 means that I will have to work for ......41.73/8.30 = 5 hours to get that thing that I really do not need to ensure my survival.    Would I work for 5 hours just to get that thing?  Hell no!  I do not need it.  I won't work five hours to get it, and besides that baby needs a new pair of shoes.

Not smarter, just on a tight budget! :lol:

It's not just some women, some men as well, just mostly for different stuff I suppose. I know a few who can't resist buying a new car every year, or the 'next big thing' in the gadget industry...we all have the potential to be impulse buyers, and marketing people know how to exploit that tendency. Just look at supermarkets for instance. There's a logic behind the layout of a supermarket, organisation of shelves, even the type of music some of them play. As you mentioned, it's no accident they put certain items near the cashier or lining the queues.

I agree paying in cash when possible is way better than swiping a credit card, cash feels much more real in the sense that it's concrete hard-earned money you're handing over and not just some number popping up on a screen that you'll deal with when the bill comes. There must be a neurophysiological difference between these two actions too, I'd bet. :chin:

Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: xSilverPhinx on November 11, 2019, 01:28:03 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on November 11, 2019, 07:02:24 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on November 10, 2019, 07:41:47 PM
Just went on a shopping spree with my mother (from 9:00 to almost 16:00 :whew:) and bought stuff to furnish the new place. Not too many things though, we spent a lot more time looking at stuff than buying things.

That's good. Minimalism is good for the soul: I'd rather have one good piece in a space than a room full of fake crap.

Me too.  :thumbsup: I like a clean space, and all my fake crap is hidden away in cupboards, closets, under the rug... :P
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Siz on November 11, 2019, 02:32:39 PM
Quote from: billy rubin on November 11, 2019, 12:38:45 PM
thank you. i am informed that it is a ztylus, not a penm apparently it would assist in reducing typos but i am skeptical

i used to work geophysical boats back az a teenager and wove the retaining nets for the gun floats

the short zplice was when you unraveled a short section ofeach rope and wove them together. the long splice was when you unraveled perhaps three feet and cut the strands short a foot apart, 1, 2, 3. then you wound the strands for the ropes back together into the opposite piece so that you stretched the splice over all three feet, 1 with 3, 2 with 2, 3 with 1. it made a union that was no larger than the original line so that it would still reeve through a block and thats all i know about splicing
Yeah, basically the same thing, but the make up of the line changes the way its spliced. With my stuff, the strength is in the casing and the core is just filler. With some brands it's the opposite way around and the splicing method is completely different. I'm enjoying learning this new skill.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on November 11, 2019, 02:44:20 PM
pictures please!

i have no idea how that is done.

your boat too
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Siz on November 11, 2019, 08:46:31 PM
Quote from: billy rubin on November 11, 2019, 02:44:20 PM
pictures please!

i have no idea how that is done.

your boat too
(https://i.imgur.com/Tm3ga4T.jpg)This is My Blaze, named after the Harkonnen home world.


(https://i.imgur.com/7dHGGrh.jpg)And here's me in it.


(https://i.imgur.com/zggOcjJ.jpg)And here's MiniSiz's Buzz


(https://i.imgur.com/ATPA4UK.jpg) and here's Minisiz in it, flying the kite and half on the trapeze.


And here's the video tutorial I used for the splice:
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on November 11, 2019, 08:47:57 PM
shit thats a REAL boat

and that splicing is way more sophizticated than ordinary 3-way rope

and. . .  i thought tge harkonnens were from giedi prime

Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Siz on November 11, 2019, 09:09:20 PM
She's a handful in a blow for sure, but a whoooooole lotta wet fun!

I'm pretty mediocre at it, in all honesty (mid table at club level). I've done a lot of sports in my time, but nothing I've done beats dinghy racing in a 20knot wind for grin-factor.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Siz on November 11, 2019, 09:10:24 PM
Quote from: billy rubin on November 11, 2019, 08:47:57 PM
shit thats a REAL boat

and that splicing is way more sophizticated than ordinary 3-way rope

and. . .  i thought tge harkonnens were from giedi prime
Correct. See name on the hull.

This is state-of-the-art ropemaking. High-functioning, top spec.
I have several different types of line on the Blaze, including Vectran D12 which is 15 times stronger than steel weight for weight (and REALLY easy to splice)
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on November 11, 2019, 11:51:21 PM
yes. this is the old long splice

(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.props.eric-hart.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2010%2F08%2Fknots11.png&hash=bc833fea03452b6b8bbddec38c6909641aedd622)

very different from braided lines for sure

what determines what material/weave is used for what on your boat?
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Siz on November 12, 2019, 12:56:08 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on November 11, 2019, 11:51:21 PM
yes. this is the old long splice

(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.props.eric-hart.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2010%2F08%2Fknots11.png&hash=bc833fea03452b6b8bbddec38c6909641aedd622)

very different from braided lines for sure

what determines what material/weave is used for what on your boat?
Ah, yeah, I've eye-spliced with that sort of line in the past, but never end to end. That must be satisfying.

All control lines are Marlow Excel 4mm. Lightweight inner core filler for bulking for better grip/holding.

Kicker is Vectran D12 on account of high loads. This could be as small as 3mm, but I use 4mm because it looks better. D12 used also for rear strop/traveller on account of high abrasion resistance. Also, 4mm for lower shrouds which I've eye-spliced in recently after my metal ones failed. The only issue is a lower UV resistance, but I don't mind the prospect of replacing every couple of years.
3mm D12 used for lashing mainsheet block around carbon boom to spread the load around it. Completely overkill but it looks awesome.
(https://i.imgur.com/GyonU87.jpg)
Main haliard is currently a Marlow d2 which is d12 with an outer polyester sheath for smooth running. This replaced my old 4mm 'English Braids' something-or-other.

There's also some nylon webbing around boom for kicker strop, and something cheap and cheerful lashing the trampolines to the racks.

Some 3mm something holding foot straps with 2mm dyneema core twine 'hold-up' ties.

And a crappy old bit of something else for the painter - keep meaning to change this for something more in keeping with the racing aesthetic.

Some 4mm bungee tie back for current control lines (soon to be replaced). Some 4mm bungee around mast to hold gathered haliard when on the water.

Same shit on rudder tie-down as on racks.

I think that's about it.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on November 12, 2019, 01:05:59 AM
now i have to study

how often can you take it out?
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Siz on November 12, 2019, 01:17:19 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on November 12, 2019, 01:05:59 AM
now i have to study

how often can you take it out?

Study for what? Are you a sailor too? Details....

I have every Sunday earmarked for sailing throughout the year. Whether I get out or not depends on wind. I'll hit the water with anything between 6 and 30knots. Although anything past 25 and I'm struggling. My boat is built for higher winds so is really uncompetitive (with me in it) below about 15knots. Anything above that and there's nothing on my pond that'll catch it on a reach... assuming I stay upright.

There's Wednesday evening racing in the summer, too.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on November 12, 2019, 01:58:51 AM
no not a sailor just very interested in how those things work. i dont know how sailboats are rigged to pozition the parts so i have to look up your terminology.

i could never understand tacking until i took a toy car and fixed a vertical airfoil to it on a pivot. then i rotated the airfoil in front of a fan and eventually the car rolled into thecwind.

my experience on water is drillships and mudboats. sailing is totally different

Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: hermes2015 on November 12, 2019, 02:49:36 AM
Wow, this is all so impressive.

:not worthy:
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Dark Lightning on November 12, 2019, 02:57:25 AM
That sailboat is way cool! I had considered learning sailing, (never learned how, having only worked in the engine room of a ship- no sails there!) but all my energy ended up spent on getting the kids food every day. Now that I'm retired and arthritic, I have to choose my energy expenditures carefully.

BoT, the last thing I bought was a wall plate that has a coaxial connector and a jack for the ethernet cable, in one piece! Saved me from punching another hole in the wall (after, of course, finding a stud, etc).
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Bad Penny II on November 12, 2019, 04:18:55 AM
Quote from: Siz on November 11, 2019, 08:46:31 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/Tm3ga4T.jpg)This is My Blaze, named after the Harkonnen home world.

Very nice, real action people use unmotorised leisure vehicles.
You did know the Harkonnens were nice guys in the prequels?
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Siz on November 12, 2019, 07:37:38 AM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on November 12, 2019, 04:18:55 AM
Very nice, real action people use unmotorised leisure vehicles.
You did know the Harkonnens were nice guys in the prequels?
Yeah, well, some of us are accidentally nice sometimes. I won't hold it against them.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Siz on November 12, 2019, 08:02:14 AM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on November 12, 2019, 02:57:25 AM
That sailboat is way cool! I had considered learning sailing, (never learned how, having only worked in the engine room of a ship- no sails there!) but all my energy ended up spent on getting the kids food every day. Now that I'm retired and arthritic, I have to choose my energy expenditures carefully.

BoT, the last thing I bought was a wall plate that has a coaxial connector and a jack for the ethernet cable, in one piece! Saved me from punching another hole in the wall (after, of course, finding a stud, etc).

There appear to be a lot of sea dogs on here. I'm guessing that's because of US national service in the most part??
My Dad (US) was an Air Force engineer.

I served my time at the sailing club servicing my kid's sailing needs. Now they're self-sufficient, it's time to catch up on my own fun.

Wouldn't you need to AVOID the stud?
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Siz on November 12, 2019, 09:05:46 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on November 12, 2019, 02:49:36 AM
Wow, this is all so impressive.

:not worthy:

Nah, easy to talk about something toyed with regularly and sound impressive.

What's your bag, Hermes? I bet you've got loads of interesting insight into young Asian men?! ;D
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: hermes2015 on November 12, 2019, 09:32:48 AM
Quote from: Siz on November 12, 2019, 09:05:46 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on November 12, 2019, 02:49:36 AM
Wow, this is all so impressive.

:not worthy:

Nah, easy to talk about something toyed with regularly and sound impressive.

What's your bag, Hermes? I bet you've got loads of interesting insight into young Asian men?! ;D

I have a few bags, apart from my official profession of organic chemist, such as interior and furniture design, architecture, classical music, photography, sculpture, and other art-related stuff. Oh, and of course lots of Asian guys in my promiscuous youth, but I tend to keep most of those details to myself in this forum, to respect the sensibilities of you younger straight guys.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Siz on November 12, 2019, 10:29:16 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on November 12, 2019, 09:32:48 AM
Quote from: Siz on November 12, 2019, 09:05:46 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on November 12, 2019, 02:49:36 AM
Wow, this is all so impressive.

:not worthy:

Nah, easy to talk about something toyed with regularly and sound impressive.

What's your bag, Hermes? I bet you've got loads of interesting insight into young Asian men?! ;D

I have a few bags, apart from my official profession of organic chemist, such as interior and furniture design, architecture, classical music, photography, sculpture, and other art-related stuff. Oh, and of course lots of Asian guys in my promiscuous youth, but I tend to keep most of those details to myself in this forum, to respect the sensibilities of you younger straight guys.

Hehe, I'm sure there're enough interested parties to make a thread of it!  ::) I'm not so squeamish!

We had a 'gay crush' thread a few years ago. Johnny Depp was mine, but he's a bit of a wally these days, so not so keen any more. Matt Damon is def in the mix. But I'd have had to have run out of a world of female lovelies before actually choosing a fella as a IRL sexual partner. Or maybe be really drunk ...or paid.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: hermes2015 on November 12, 2019, 10:40:46 AM
Quote from: Siz on November 12, 2019, 10:29:16 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on November 12, 2019, 09:32:48 AM
Quote from: Siz on November 12, 2019, 09:05:46 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on November 12, 2019, 02:49:36 AM
Wow, this is all so impressive.

:not worthy:

Nah, easy to talk about something toyed with regularly and sound impressive.

What's your bag, Hermes? I bet you've got loads of interesting insight into young Asian men?! ;D

I have a few bags, apart from my official profession of organic chemist, such as interior and furniture design, architecture, classical music, photography, sculpture, and other art-related stuff. Oh, and of course lots of Asian guys in my promiscuous youth, but I tend to keep most of those details to myself in this forum, to respect the sensibilities of you younger straight guys.

Hehe, I'm sure there're enough interested parties to make a thread of it!  ::) I'm not so squeamish!

We had a 'gay crush' thread a few years ago. Johnny Depp was mine, but he's a bit of a wally these days, so not so keen any more. Matt Damon is def in the mix. But I'd have had to have run out of a world of female lovelies before actually choosing a fella as a IRL sexual partner. Or maybe be really drunk ...or paid.

I think it's well-known here that mine is the Taylor Lautner of a few years ago (not now). And Leonardo DiCaprio in his early twenties. You'd be surprised how many married men visit the bathhouses for a bit of fun at lunch time and before going home after work. They never really appealed to me, though.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Tank on November 12, 2019, 12:08:08 PM
Quote from: Siz on November 12, 2019, 10:29:16 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on November 12, 2019, 09:32:48 AM
Quote from: Siz on November 12, 2019, 09:05:46 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on November 12, 2019, 02:49:36 AM
Wow, this is all so impressive.

:not worthy:

Nah, easy to talk about something toyed with regularly and sound impressive.

What's your bag, Hermes? I bet you've got loads of interesting insight into young Asian men?! ;D

I have a few bags, apart from my official profession of organic chemist, such as interior and furniture design, architecture, classical music, photography, sculpture, and other art-related stuff. Oh, and of course lots of Asian guys in my promiscuous youth, but I tend to keep most of those details to myself in this forum, to respect the sensibilities of you younger straight guys.

Hehe, I'm sure there're enough interested parties to make a thread of it!  ::) I'm not so squeamish!

We had a 'gay crush' thread a few years ago. Johnny Depp was mine, but he's a bit of a wally these days, so not so keen any more. Matt Damon is def in the mix. But I'd have had to have run out of a world of female lovelies before actually choosing a fella as a IRL sexual partner. Or maybe be really drunk ...or paid.

As far as I recall you were drunk.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Siz on November 12, 2019, 12:16:27 PM
Quote from: Tank on November 12, 2019, 12:08:08 PM
Quote from: Siz on November 12, 2019, 10:29:16 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on November 12, 2019, 09:32:48 AM
Quote from: Siz on November 12, 2019, 09:05:46 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on November 12, 2019, 02:49:36 AM
Wow, this is all so impressive.

:not worthy:

Nah, easy to talk about something toyed with regularly and sound impressive.

What's your bag, Hermes? I bet you've got loads of interesting insight into young Asian men?! ;D

I have a few bags, apart from my official profession of organic chemist, such as interior and furniture design, architecture, classical music, photography, sculpture, and other art-related stuff. Oh, and of course lots of Asian guys in my promiscuous youth, but I tend to keep most of those details to myself in this forum, to respect the sensibilities of you younger straight guys.

Hehe, I'm sure there're enough interested parties to make a thread of it!  ::) I'm not so squeamish!

We had a 'gay crush' thread a few years ago. Johnny Depp was mine, but he's a bit of a wally these days, so not so keen any more. Matt Damon is def in the mix. But I'd have had to have run out of a world of female lovelies before actually choosing a fella as a IRL sexual partner. Or maybe be really drunk ...or paid.

As far as I recall you were drunk.

:o
(Not sure if that was with reference to my IRL story you remember me telling or a joke, but it works in any case. :lol:)
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Tank on November 12, 2019, 12:19:25 PM
Quote from: Siz on November 12, 2019, 12:16:27 PM
Quote from: Tank on November 12, 2019, 12:08:08 PM
Quote from: Siz on November 12, 2019, 10:29:16 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on November 12, 2019, 09:32:48 AM
Quote from: Siz on November 12, 2019, 09:05:46 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on November 12, 2019, 02:49:36 AM
Wow, this is all so impressive.

:not worthy:

Nah, easy to talk about something toyed with regularly and sound impressive.

What's your bag, Hermes? I bet you've got loads of interesting insight into young Asian men?! ;D

I have a few bags, apart from my official profession of organic chemist, such as interior and furniture design, architecture, classical music, photography, sculpture, and other art-related stuff. Oh, and of course lots of Asian guys in my promiscuous youth, but I tend to keep most of those details to myself in this forum, to respect the sensibilities of you younger straight guys.

Hehe, I'm sure there're enough interested parties to make a thread of it!  ::) I'm not so squeamish!

We had a 'gay crush' thread a few years ago. Johnny Depp was mine, but he's a bit of a wally these days, so not so keen any more. Matt Damon is def in the mix. But I'd have had to have run out of a world of female lovelies before actually choosing a fella as a IRL sexual partner. Or maybe be really drunk ...or paid.

As far as I recall you were drunk.

:o
(Not sure if that was with reference to my IRL story you remember me telling or a joke, but it works in any case. :lol:)

You were very drunk :)
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Siz on November 12, 2019, 12:26:58 PM
Quote from: Tank on November 12, 2019, 12:19:25 PM
Quote from: Siz on November 12, 2019, 12:16:27 PM
Quote from: Tank on November 12, 2019, 12:08:08 PM
Quote from: Siz on November 12, 2019, 10:29:16 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on November 12, 2019, 09:32:48 AM
Quote from: Siz on November 12, 2019, 09:05:46 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on November 12, 2019, 02:49:36 AM
Wow, this is all so impressive.

:not worthy:

Nah, easy to talk about something toyed with regularly and sound impressive.

What's your bag, Hermes? I bet you've got loads of interesting insight into young Asian men?! ;D

I have a few bags, apart from my official profession of organic chemist, such as interior and furniture design, architecture, classical music, photography, sculpture, and other art-related stuff. Oh, and of course lots of Asian guys in my promiscuous youth, but I tend to keep most of those details to myself in this forum, to respect the sensibilities of you younger straight guys.

Hehe, I'm sure there're enough interested parties to make a thread of it!  ::) I'm not so squeamish!

We had a 'gay crush' thread a few years ago. Johnny Depp was mine, but he's a bit of a wally these days, so not so keen any more. Matt Damon is def in the mix. But I'd have had to have run out of a world of female lovelies before actually choosing a fella as a IRL sexual partner. Or maybe be really drunk ...or paid.

As far as I recall you were drunk.

:o
(Not sure if that was with reference to my IRL story you remember me telling or a joke, but it works in any case. :lol:)

You were very drunk :)

Oh, Man, did I do something gay when I was up north that I can't remember? Doesn't often happen that I can't remember when drinking. I do remember being a dick, of course, but not that... whatever 'that' was...
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: hermes2015 on November 12, 2019, 12:35:09 PM
Quote from: Tank on November 12, 2019, 12:08:08 PM
Quote from: Siz on November 12, 2019, 10:29:16 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on November 12, 2019, 09:32:48 AM
Quote from: Siz on November 12, 2019, 09:05:46 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on November 12, 2019, 02:49:36 AM
Wow, this is all so impressive.

:not worthy:

Nah, easy to talk about something toyed with regularly and sound impressive.

What's your bag, Hermes? I bet you've got loads of interesting insight into young Asian men?! ;D

I have a few bags, apart from my official profession of organic chemist, such as interior and furniture design, architecture, classical music, photography, sculpture, and other art-related stuff. Oh, and of course lots of Asian guys in my promiscuous youth, but I tend to keep most of those details to myself in this forum, to respect the sensibilities of you younger straight guys.

Hehe, I'm sure there're enough interested parties to make a thread of it!  ::) I'm not so squeamish!

We had a 'gay crush' thread a few years ago. Johnny Depp was mine, but he's a bit of a wally these days, so not so keen any more. Matt Damon is def in the mix. But I'd have had to have run out of a world of female lovelies before actually choosing a fella as a IRL sexual partner. Or maybe be really drunk ...or paid.

As far as I recall you were drunk.

You are such a naughty one!
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Davin on November 12, 2019, 02:09:26 PM
I bought some parts for my fridge because I need to fix it.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Dark Lightning on November 12, 2019, 02:12:34 PM
Quote from: Siz on November 12, 2019, 08:02:14 AM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on November 12, 2019, 02:57:25 AM
That sailboat is way cool! I had considered learning sailing, (never learned how, having only worked in the engine room of a ship- no sails there!) but all my energy ended up spent on getting the kids food every day. Now that I'm retired and arthritic, I have to choose my energy expenditures carefully.

BoT, the last thing I bought was a wall plate that has a coaxial connector and a jack for the ethernet cable, in one piece! Saved me from punching another hole in the wall (after, of course, finding a stud, etc).

There appear to be a lot of sea dogs on here. I'm guessing that's because of US national service in the most part??
My Dad (US) was an Air Force engineer.

I served my time at the sailing club servicing my kid's sailing needs. Now they're self-sufficient, it's time to catch up on my own fun.

Wouldn't you need to AVOID the stud?

I would want to attach the box to the side of the stud for stability. Having it just in the drywall, where power cords are connected and disconnected will eventually break the drywall if I don't.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Tank on November 12, 2019, 03:22:16 PM
Quote from: Siz on November 12, 2019, 12:26:58 PM
Quote from: Tank on November 12, 2019, 12:19:25 PM
Quote from: Siz on November 12, 2019, 12:16:27 PM
Quote from: Tank on November 12, 2019, 12:08:08 PM
Quote from: Siz on November 12, 2019, 10:29:16 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on November 12, 2019, 09:32:48 AM
Quote from: Siz on November 12, 2019, 09:05:46 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on November 12, 2019, 02:49:36 AM
Wow, this is all so impressive.

:not worthy:

Nah, easy to talk about something toyed with regularly and sound impressive.

What's your bag, Hermes? I bet you've got loads of interesting insight into young Asian men?! ;D

I have a few bags, apart from my official profession of organic chemist, such as interior and furniture design, architecture, classical music, photography, sculpture, and other art-related stuff. Oh, and of course lots of Asian guys in my promiscuous youth, but I tend to keep most of those details to myself in this forum, to respect the sensibilities of you younger straight guys.

Hehe, I'm sure there're enough interested parties to make a thread of it!  ::) I'm not so squeamish!

We had a 'gay crush' thread a few years ago. Johnny Depp was mine, but he's a bit of a wally these days, so not so keen any more. Matt Damon is def in the mix. But I'd have had to have run out of a world of female lovelies before actually choosing a fella as a IRL sexual partner. Or maybe be really drunk ...or paid.

As far as I recall you were drunk.

:o
(Not sure if that was with reference to my IRL story you remember me telling or a joke, but it works in any case. :lol:)

You were very drunk :)

Oh, Man, did I do something gay when I was up north that I can't remember? Doesn't often happen that I can't remember when drinking. I do remember being a dick, of course, but not that... whatever 'that' was...

No. I was just winding you up! :D
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Siz on November 12, 2019, 03:35:05 PM
Quote from: Tank on November 12, 2019, 03:22:16 PM
Quote from: Siz on November 12, 2019, 12:26:58 PM
Quote from: Tank on November 12, 2019, 12:19:25 PM
Quote from: Siz on November 12, 2019, 12:16:27 PM
Quote from: Tank on November 12, 2019, 12:08:08 PM
Quote from: Siz on November 12, 2019, 10:29:16 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on November 12, 2019, 09:32:48 AM
Quote from: Siz on November 12, 2019, 09:05:46 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on November 12, 2019, 02:49:36 AM
Wow, this is all so impressive.

:not worthy:

Nah, easy to talk about something toyed with regularly and sound impressive.

What's your bag, Hermes? I bet you've got loads of interesting insight into young Asian men?! ;D

I have a few bags, apart from my official profession of organic chemist, such as interior and furniture design, architecture, classical music, photography, sculpture, and other art-related stuff. Oh, and of course lots of Asian guys in my promiscuous youth, but I tend to keep most of those details to myself in this forum, to respect the sensibilities of you younger straight guys.

Hehe, I'm sure there're enough interested parties to make a thread of it!  ::) I'm not so squeamish!

We had a 'gay crush' thread a few years ago. Johnny Depp was mine, but he's a bit of a wally these days, so not so keen any more. Matt Damon is def in the mix. But I'd have had to have run out of a world of female lovelies before actually choosing a fella as a IRL sexual partner. Or maybe be really drunk ...or paid.

As far as I recall you were drunk.

:o
(Not sure if that was with reference to my IRL story you remember me telling or a joke, but it works in any case. :lol:)

You were very drunk :)

Oh, Man, did I do something gay when I was up north that I can't remember? Doesn't often happen that I can't remember when drinking. I do remember being a dick, of course, but not that... whatever 'that' was...

No. I was just winding you up! :D

Wanker!

I WAS particularly hammered that night.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Tank on November 12, 2019, 03:37:57 PM
:rofl:
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: hermes2015 on November 12, 2019, 04:42:16 PM
Let me illustrate what I meant about Taylor Lautner. I am so unbelievably shallow, and such a sucker for a pretty face, that my knees turn to water when I see this photo from a time when he was still cute.

(https://i.imgur.com/PQtbrX6.jpg)
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: xSilverPhinx on November 12, 2019, 09:00:57 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on November 12, 2019, 04:42:16 PM
Let me illustrate what I meant about Taylor Lautner. I am so unbelievably shallow, and such a sucker for a pretty face, that my knees turn to water when I see this photo from a time when he was still cute.

(https://i.imgur.com/PQtbrX6.jpg)

I'm not even going to ask whether you're Team Jacob or Team Edward...

(Twilight reference....and no, I don't read the books or watch the movies!)
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Icarus on November 13, 2019, 02:20:17 AM
Oh yeah Siz. There is definitely another sailor on this forum.  That would be me.  Even at my ancient age  I can still get my rocks off when sailing my little dinghy.

I have sailed competitively for many years (not anymore)  I have had a variety of hot rods and dog boats.  The list includes International 10 meter canoe, A- cat, Windmill, Thistle, Laser, Flying Dutchman, M20 scow, and some others that were less thrilling but less demanding. Have crewed on many a fast boat too.

I have always wondered whether the Aussie sailors, Kiwis too,  were crazy, what with the likes of the Aussie 18s and other suicidal machines.  We yanks do admire the Oz sailors for their skills, maniac dedication, and many developments............Brethwaite and all.  You have one of the most brilliant naval Architecture researchers right there at University of Adelaide.  His name is Leo Lazauskas.  I don't suppose that he is into such exotic go fast machines like the one you show in the pictures.

Title of this thread: What is the last thing you bought.........Hmmmmm, that beauty will have cost a prince's ransom at the very least. It is beautiful.  The height of the mast tells me that you had better be damned good at getting in and off the wire.

Here is a salute from afar.

Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: hermes2015 on November 13, 2019, 02:49:11 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on November 12, 2019, 09:00:57 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on November 12, 2019, 04:42:16 PM
Let me illustrate what I meant about Taylor Lautner. I am so unbelievably shallow, and such a sucker for a pretty face, that my knees turn to water when I see this photo from a time when he was still cute.

(https://i.imgur.com/PQtbrX6.jpg)

I'm not even going to ask whether you're Team Jacob or Team Edward...

(Twilight reference....and no, I don't read the books or watch the movies!)

No need to ask.

:grin:
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Siz on November 13, 2019, 11:27:04 AM
Quote from: Icarus on November 13, 2019, 02:20:17 AM
Oh yeah Siz. There is definitely another sailor on this forum.  That would be me.  Even at my ancient age  I can still get my rocks off when sailing my little dinghy.

I have sailed competitively for many years (not anymore)  I have had a variety of hot rods and dog boats.  The list includes International 10 meter canoe, A- cat, Windmill, Thistle, Laser, Flying Dutchman, M20 scow, and some others that were less thrilling but less demanding. Have crewed on many a fast boat too.

I have always wondered whether the Aussie sailors, Kiwis too,  were crazy, what with the likes of the Aussie 18s and other suicidal machines.  We yanks do admire the Oz sailors for their skills, maniac dedication, and many developments............Brethwaite and all.  You have one of the most brilliant naval Architecture researchers right there at University of Adelaide.  His name is Leo Lazauskas.  I don't suppose that he is into such exotic go fast machines like the one you show in the pictures.

Title of this thread: What is the last thing you bought.........Hmmmmm, that beauty will have cost a prince's ransom at the very least. It is beautiful.  The height of the mast tells me that you had better be damned good at getting in and off the wire.

Here is a salute from afar.

Yeah, I was hoping you'd chime in, Iccy.

(Just a reminder, I'm in UK)

There's a nice array of vessels there.
Int'l Canoe - those things rock! I see them off the south coast (of England) whenever I'm down there sailing. They take quite a bit of handling, I'm told. They've got a history dating back to 19th Century and these days are full-on, carbon techno machines. They have a small self-tacking jib and a spinny within class rules.
A-Cats - nice!
Windmill - nah, you can keep that one.
Thistle - meh!
Laser - If my boat is out of action and I cant find a crew boat, this is what I'm in.
FD - Solid!
M20 - Meh!

The Blaze is a hiking boat, no trapeze. Concieved and built in the Topper stable (although now Hartleys (UK) hold the mould and license). 10.4sq.m sail, but there's also a 11.4m 'Halo' sail for it which I have, and a 9.4m 'Fire' sail which I don't have. I tried the Halo for several months and could never get the set-up right - I was faster with the 10.4m. My Halo is for sale, but it's telling that noone wants to buy it!
It's quite a small dinghy class, really, and not known much outside the UK.
For comparison, the handicaps are as follows:
Laser - 1099
Blaze - 1030
Int'l Canoe - 888 (very, very quick!)
Aero 9 (new Laser competitor) - 1014

Would love to hear about your fast boat experience... (Perhaps in another thread...?). My son is hoping to break in to Cat racing (Nacra 18) and ultimately fast ocean-going yachts. I'm too far gone for those kind of dreams...


Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Buddy on November 14, 2019, 05:05:38 PM
I bought a tiny desktop space heater to keep at work. Best 10 dollar purchase in a while
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on November 15, 2019, 12:00:08 AM
heater?

see therez a shopping list item we have in common

the lat3st beater car we bought turns out not to have a functioning heater core. leaks coolant everywhere. it had been bypassed but we bought it when the weather was warm and i didnt check.

so it is now equipped with a little dash-mounted 12 volt window defogger and a 12 volt heated lap blanket.

cant use em both at once

i suspect i will be the one assigned to it
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: jumbojak on November 15, 2019, 01:30:19 AM
Kickboxing shin guards. Handmade in Thailand.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Icarus on November 15, 2019, 04:06:29 AM
Siz, forgive me for placing you in the antipodes.  I still think that the Aussie sailors are maniacs. I admire many of them though. Not to question the skills of the Brit sailors of course.

I am pushing 90 so I do not sail hot rods anymore. I do still sail my little 16 foot home built sharpie. It is a capable little boat that will plane readily in a fair breeze. It is not even in the same world with the boat that you have shown.   I have built dozens of boats over the years. One of them was an Austrailis cat that was the designated boat of the IYRU A- class of the day.  That was a long time ago.

The M20 is not merely a "meh"  It can stay with and sometimes defeat an FD on a good day.  The Windmill was a "Meh" in terms of high performance. I sailed that one for a while because we had a large and very active fleet of them in my town. There used to be a lot of those in older times.  There were even fleets of them in Finland.  My teen aged daughter was my crew. She was a better tougher sailor than I was.

When daughter Terri went away to university I had no crew. OK dump the Windmill and get a single hander. It was a Laser.  I sailed competitively all over the southeast and I frequently ended up at or near the weather marks with a red haired teen age girl in her own laser. She and I were fierce opponents that always seemed to be on the same side of the course and close to one another. She had a potty mouth that she used frequently to question my ancestry.  When I had legal room at the mark she exercised her vocabulary quite eloquently.  Truth to tell, that kid was a better sailor than I could have hoped to be.  She went on to become an Olympic sailor which proved the point that she was a hell of a lot better than me.

Please pet that gorgeous boat that you have. It is a beauty.

My favorite all time boat was the IC. It was a Proctor of Brit design as you may know.  The class has changed into a much skinnier choice of boats and they are wickedly fast but a bear to keep upright, despite the hiking plank. Not many boats can plane to windward as the IC can and does at times.  I actually found that the hiking plank was faster in tack, and easier to use than the trapeze of the FD and cats. 

Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Siz on November 15, 2019, 01:46:08 PM
Quote from: Icarus on November 15, 2019, 04:06:29 AM
Siz, forgive me for placing you in the antipodes.  I still think that the Aussie sailors are maniacs. I admire many of them though. Not to question the skills of the Brit sailors of course.

I am pushing 90 so I do not sail hot rods anymore. I do still sail my little 16 foot home built sharpie. It is a capable little boat that will plane readily in a fair breeze. It is not even in the same world with the boat that you have shown.   I have built dozens of boats over the years. One of them was an Austrailis cat that was the designated boat of the IYRU A- class of the day.  That was a long time ago.

The M20 is not merely a "meh"  It can stay with and sometimes defeat an FD on a good day.  The Windmill was a "Meh" in terms of high performance. I sailed that one for a while because we had a large and very active fleet of them in my town. There used to be a lot of those in older times.  There were even fleets of them in Finland.  My teen aged daughter was my crew. She was a better tougher sailor than I was.

When daughter Terri went away to university I had no crew. OK dump the Windmill and get a single hander. It was a Laser.  I sailed competitively all over the southeast and I frequently ended up at or near the weather marks with a red haired teen age girl in her own laser. She and I were fierce opponents that always seemed to be on the same side of the course and close to one another. She had a potty mouth that she used frequently to question my ancestry.  When I had legal room at the mark she exercised her vocabulary quite eloquently.  Truth to tell, that kid was a better sailor than I could have hoped to be.  She went on to become an Olympic sailor which proved the point that she was a hell of a lot better than me.

Please pet that gorgeous boat that you have. It is a beauty.

My favorite all time boat was the IC. It was a Proctor of Brit design as you may know.  The class has changed into a much skinnier choice of boats and they are wickedly fast but a bear to keep upright, despite the hiking plank. Not many boats can plane to windward as the IC can and does at times.  I actually found that the hiking plank was faster in tack, and easier to use than the trapeze of the FD and cats.

(https://media0.giphy.com/media/MUeQeEQaDCjE4/giphy.gif?cid=790b76112983d6369dcff8313851125bc9b834079cb2ecd8&rid=giphy.gif)

Much respect , Iccy. 90 and still sailing! I ache after every sail and I'm half your age. I tend not to sail for fun though, just overly competitive and push myself to breaking.
I have huge admiration for those who have the skills and patience for boat building. I served my time looking after wooden boats and am now an avowed GRP fan. Never again fibreglassing rotten hulls.

I googled again the M20 scow and paid more attention. I guess I did it a disservice previously. That must plane at the drop of a hat - such a shallow draft. Elegant-looking too, if not a speed-machine. Respectable enough, though, looking at the handicap numbers.

My son and daughter refuse to sail with me - mostly because I'm crap. And only partly because I'm a shouty sailor.

I get spanked on handicap regularly by kids on Toppers or Lasers. Our club is a centre of excellence for youth sailing and we have 15 or so kids in the national squad, zone squads and/or regional training groups - an outstanding achievement for a relatively small club on a 122acre puddle.

I think some people just have an innate sense for wind and feel for the boat.  I mostly rely on formulaic settings and hope I get a lucky gust.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Icarus on November 16, 2019, 02:37:40 AM
Siz I highly recommend a book that was done by one of your Brit sailors.  The title is: Wind and sailing Boats. By Alan Waites.  Waites was an enthusiastic sailor of small boats but his profession was Meteorologist.  He used his knowledge of weather to enhance his sailing ability.

Waites explains such stuff as the Buys-Ballots phenomena, he shows us how cloud trains give us some clues about where the wind will be in the next few minutes.  In the northern hemisphere, wind shifts tend to come from the right in which you will be able to head up if on starboard tack or fall off if on port. . A lull backs the direction and you will fall off.   I suspect that you already know how to read the water where dark areas have the most wind. In a small body of water these are the differences in being first or buried in the fleet at the windward mark. 

I do not know whether the Waite book is still in print but it is worth searching for if you have any ambition to be a more clever sailor. or to teach you kids how to be faster sailors. I have used his information in more than a few regattas.  One of my all time thrills was at the World chanpionship Windmill regatta way back in time.  I used an analysis of the cloud structure, at one of the  the starts, to go off on a flyer. I picked up favorable winds that the fleet of 70 odd boats had not accounted for.  An Olympic gold medalist,( The Dragon class) was the man to beat.  He picked up the favorable course nearly as soon as I had done.  We had a thrilling tacking duel that is still the highlight of my sailing career. In the end, He won and I had to settle for a close second. That was not a bad result in a fleet of that size and against a world class sailor.  Thank you Mr. Alan Waite.

Absorbing that book will not make you a champion sailor but it will surely give you an edge.  Meanwhile sharpen your skills at the stating line. Practice, practice, practice.................Keep on sailing.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: xSilverPhinx on November 20, 2019, 09:08:38 PM
I bought a...microwave! Hardly exciting but useful.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: jumbojak on November 21, 2019, 12:06:52 AM
I got a new hammer. It's a 16oz curved claw, steel handled Estwing.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Dark Lightning on November 21, 2019, 03:09:35 AM
Does it have that blue elastomeric covering on the handle? I have a 2 pound sledge made by Estwing that has that. Tough as...nails, but easy on the hands. I used it to drive a zillion 16d nails when I built an addition on my last house, because the 16 oz hammer I was using just wasn't getting the nails in fast enough. That was what really started me on the road to carpal tunnel syndrome. After experiencing the burning and numbness, I borrowed my BiL's pneumatic nailer to finish the framing. That was in '88- '89. I finally had surgery for the carpal tunnel problem in '17. I can be a dumbshit when it comes time for medical treatment. It comes from my upbringing, where I had to be way sick before my parents would consider taking me to a doctor.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: jumbojak on November 21, 2019, 03:17:19 AM
It is indeed the blue rubber handle. I'm not sure how I'll like it, I'ma fan of wood for handles. Driving nails with a two pound sledge sounds, fun. No, not really!
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: xSilverPhinx on November 25, 2019, 07:52:29 PM
(https://icdn1.digitaltrends.com/image/super-mario-bros-3-db-title-card-720x720.png)

For a whopping US$2! :grin:

Talk about reliving the past. I used to play this game on my Nintendo NES when I was a kid. Good times.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: jumbojak on November 26, 2019, 12:40:21 AM
The tiny screen on the 3DS makes it difficult but it never was an easy game.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: xSilverPhinx on November 26, 2019, 01:02:05 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on November 26, 2019, 12:40:21 AM
The tiny screen on the 3DS makes it difficult but it never was an easy game.

I think the hardest part is getting used to the controls. You know when you have to glance at the buttons every now and then you're pretty much a noob.  ;D
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Michadoh on November 26, 2019, 01:46:52 AM
Just bought a vintage persian rugs (https://www.cyrusrugs.com/antique-rugs-minneapolis-mn) from our local store here in Minneapolis.

The first time I saw that kind of rug is on my cousin's house. It looks really great as it enlightens their room stylishly. The rug also made the floor really comfortable and suitable for the kids (I'm talking about their indoor activity).

Nothing more nothing less. It felt right when I bought it.

Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Tank on November 26, 2019, 04:03:38 PM
An under water go-pro style camera for use in my pond.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: hermes2015 on December 16, 2019, 06:28:44 PM
Has anyone here had experience with Wolverine boots and shoes?  I didn't buy these; my ex bought me these boots and shoes this morning, both made by Wolverine.

(https://i.imgur.com/QI1Gc4L.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/Y1NPfMr.jpg)

My usual shoes and boots have been Dr Martens for the last 40 years. The first thing I noticed about these was that they were very comfortable, unlike the Docs, that take about a month, sometimes longer, of pain to break in.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: jumbojak on December 16, 2019, 08:23:13 PM
I have a pair of Wolverine Wellington's and they are very comfortable. So comfortable that I didn't realize that they are steel toe until I had to appear in court and set off the metal detector... The toe box on Wolverine boots is fantastic.

I have experienced some partially separation of the sole right at the toe, but that is after two years of fairly hard use and abuse. Now my Wolverines are relegated to rough service. I have a pair of fancy looking boots by Ariat that are almost as comfortable in the toe but much nicer in the heel. They have that pop when your foot goes in and out. Better ankle support without any rubbing.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: No one on December 16, 2019, 08:45:01 PM
A file, I've been keeping the Earth round with it.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on December 16, 2019, 10:28:31 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/CcSwhSOl.jpg?1)

annealed tool steel bar, machined straight at 0.6875 inches, accurate to 0.001 inches.

it's for making sure the connecting rods on my racing motorcycle are straight. you lubricate the bar a bit and then slip it into the litle ends of the connecting rods, after the motor is together but without pistons. if it goes in both litle end bushes, the rods are straight.  if it doesn't, they're twisted or bent.

cheap tool to save problems later that could be easily corrected early.

if you drop it you're screwed
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: jumbojak on December 16, 2019, 10:34:20 PM
Why annealed? Wouldn't a hardened precision ground pin be better?
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on December 16, 2019, 11:09:12 PM
i don't know. the steel can still be hardened, but i don't know if that would change the dimensionality.

might be simply that the guy that makes them wants to save his lathe bits, and since there's no hard use a softer rod will work as well as a hardened one. it's basically nothing more than a go-no-go gauge. it's convenient for me because i have three machines that will use it.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Dark Lightning on December 17, 2019, 12:21:20 AM
Annealed and then turned and ground/polished to size. Depending on how it is hardened, a small warping could occur, which would be detrimental to its use. One could grind a hardened bar, but that would take more labor and use more of whatever the manufacturer would use for final sizing, in terms of materials.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: jumbojak on December 17, 2019, 12:28:28 AM
I guess cost would be the determining factor. I bet McMaster has exactly that pin in stock though... Hmm...
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on December 17, 2019, 01:17:14 AM
i get most of my stuff from online metals

https://www.onlinemetals.com/en/buy/alloy-steel/0-6875-alloy-steel-round-bar-4140-annealed-cold-finish/pid/15487

(https://i.imgur.com/NoFeixsl.png)

they sell the 0.6875, but it's rough stuff out of the racks. cheap, but nicked and rough-sawed, usually. this piece is bought a bit oversize, then trimmed down

i think it will work for me so long as i don't forget what it is and use it as a drift with a big hammer. i'm not very smart about remembering that stuff.


Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 23, 2019, 02:31:06 PM
A dead, featherless chicken.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Dark Lightning on December 23, 2019, 03:23:55 PM
A nice leg of lamb for xmas dinner. Roasted on the rotisserie if the weather cooperates (it's currently raining), in the oven if it doesn't.  :let'seat:
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: jumbojak on December 23, 2019, 03:32:22 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 23, 2019, 02:31:06 PM
A dead, featherless chicken.

The last featherless chicken I bought was still alive. You got off easy.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 24, 2019, 01:21:23 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on December 23, 2019, 03:32:22 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 23, 2019, 02:31:06 PM
A dead, featherless chicken.

The last featherless chicken I bought was still alive. You got off easy.

:o

I'm afraid to ask for details...
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: No one on December 24, 2019, 01:24:33 AM
Did you have to kill it yourself jak? Did you choke it?
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 24, 2019, 01:50:19 AM
Quote from: No one on December 24, 2019, 01:24:33 AM
Did you have to kill it yourself jak? Did you choke it?

:(
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Magdalena on December 24, 2019, 02:54:38 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 24, 2019, 01:50:19 AM
Quote from: No one on December 24, 2019, 01:24:33 AM
Did you have to kill it yourself jak? Did you choke it?

:(
I used to kill chickens when I was about 7 or 8 years old. I saw it as a basic survival skill. And you don't choke a chicken, you break the neck. If you choke it, it leaves bruises all over --not very attractive. I learned to clean the giblets and to not ruptured the gall bladder.
Ah...nice childhood memories.
:tellmemore:
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Dark Lightning on December 24, 2019, 04:45:39 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 24, 2019, 01:50:19 AM
Quote from: No one on December 24, 2019, 01:24:33 AM
Did you have to kill it yourself jak? Did you choke it?

:(

:lol:
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 24, 2019, 02:12:16 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on December 24, 2019, 02:54:38 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 24, 2019, 01:50:19 AM
Quote from: No one on December 24, 2019, 01:24:33 AM
Did you have to kill it yourself jak? Did you choke it?

:(
I used to kill chickens when I was about 7 or 8 years old. I saw it as a basic survival skill. And you don't choke a chicken, you break the neck. If you choke it, it leaves bruises all over --not very attractive. I learned to clean the giblets and to not ruptured the gall bladder.
Ah...nice childhood memories.
:tellmemore:

:o
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 24, 2019, 02:13:02 PM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on December 24, 2019, 04:45:39 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 24, 2019, 01:50:19 AM
Quote from: No one on December 24, 2019, 01:24:33 AM
Did you have to kill it yourself jak? Did you choke it?

:(

:lol:

:'(

If I had to kill my own food I would become a vegetarian.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: jumbojak on December 24, 2019, 02:36:26 PM
Why is that? Does being a few steps removed really make that much difference?
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on December 24, 2019, 02:45:01 PM
causing death is why i don't like eating meat.

i spent my earlier life causing vast amounts of death, and i don't want to do it anymore.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 24, 2019, 02:56:55 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on December 24, 2019, 02:36:26 PM
Why is that? Does being a few steps removed really make that much difference?

I'm not sure. I just don't want to kill some types of animals myself (no problem killing vermin, mosquitos and roaches). But I like meat. I guess that makes me a bit of a hypocrite.

I can't even euthanize lab rats without feeling really bad about it, even though they die painlessly (anesthesia overdose). I generally ask someone else to do it. 
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on December 24, 2019, 03:07:00 PM
that's better than what i had.

we used one of those boxes with the hole you pushed the rat in. when he stuck his head out the hole you banged the guillotine blade down on him.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 24, 2019, 03:23:00 PM
Quote from: billy rubin on December 24, 2019, 03:07:00 PM
that's better than what i had.

we used one of those boxes with the hole you pushed the rat in. when he stuck his head out the hole you slammed the guillotine blade down on him.

We also have a guillotine which we use to remove the head from the body after the animal has died or become unconscious (I collect brains of all rats I use for histological analysis). The one in our lab was used to sacrifice when ethics and lab animal treatment laws were laxer, but killing a rodent not under general anesthesia by chopping its head off these days is a crime that could result in labs getting shut down, so euthanasia is taken very seriously . Unless of course such a method is fully justified. People who perform biochemical analyses generally kill their animals in the way you described.

Using a guillotine is cheaper than buying loads of barbituates in the long run, so some people think these recent laws are a financial burden. But I think the guillotine is cruel. It would severely stress out both the rat and the person killing them.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Inertialmass on December 24, 2019, 06:48:00 PM
I spent a little over thirty years daily traipsing around woods in the northeast US.  Always a couple weeks after hunting season started I'd be finding deer carcasses laying frozen in the snow.  Usually it was obvious that a hunter's bullet/shell had not been immediately lethal.  Three or four of them I found had an arrow sticking out.  Who knows how long the poor little bastards ran around suffering immensely before dying.

Funny that we as a society worry worry nowadays over alleged suffering among lab mice and rats, but we're happy to send these drunk blind amateur killers out to trespass on others' lands.  And yet here I am being the hypocrite 'cause I'm glad for my car headlights, grill and radiator that somebody is keeping the deer population somewhat under control.

Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Magdalena on December 24, 2019, 07:14:27 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 24, 2019, 02:12:16 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on December 24, 2019, 02:54:38 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 24, 2019, 01:50:19 AM
Quote from: No one on December 24, 2019, 01:24:33 AM
Did you have to kill it yourself jak? Did you choke it?

:(
I used to kill chickens when I was about 7 or 8 years old. I saw it as a basic survival skill. And you don't choke a chicken, you break the neck. If you choke it, it leaves bruises all over --not very attractive. I learned to clean the giblets and to not ruptured the gall bladder.
Ah...nice childhood memories.
:tellmemore:

:o
Yeah, killing an animal is not something pleasurable, but man!...
(https://66.media.tumblr.com/b1c9f774b8406a4620554e16357a8c38/tumblr_mz3zydJIql1rdfgw4o1_500.gif)
Better than lettuce!
Somebody has to do it. :shrug:
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Dark Lightning on December 24, 2019, 07:34:03 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on December 24, 2019, 07:14:27 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 24, 2019, 02:12:16 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on December 24, 2019, 02:54:38 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 24, 2019, 01:50:19 AM
Quote from: No one on December 24, 2019, 01:24:33 AM
Did you have to kill it yourself jak? Did you choke it?

:(
I used to kill chickens when I was about 7 or 8 years old. I saw it as a basic survival skill. And you don't choke a chicken, you break the neck. If you choke it, it leaves bruises all over --not very attractive. I learned to clean the giblets and to not ruptured the gall bladder.
Ah...nice childhood memories.
:tellmemore:

:o
Yeah, killing an animal is not something pleasurable, but man!...
(https://66.media.tumblr.com/b1c9f774b8406a4620554e16357a8c38/tumblr_mz3zydJIql1rdfgw4o1_500.gif)
Better than lettuce!
Somebody has to do it. :shrug:

Lettuce is what food eats. :smilenod:
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Magdalena on December 24, 2019, 07:38:55 PM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on December 24, 2019, 07:34:03 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on December 24, 2019, 07:14:27 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 24, 2019, 02:12:16 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on December 24, 2019, 02:54:38 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 24, 2019, 01:50:19 AM
Quote from: No one on December 24, 2019, 01:24:33 AM
Did you have to kill it yourself jak? Did you choke it?

:(
I used to kill chickens when I was about 7 or 8 years old. I saw it as a basic survival skill. And you don't choke a chicken, you break the neck. If you choke it, it leaves bruises all over --not very attractive. I learned to clean the giblets and to not ruptured the gall bladder.
Ah...nice childhood memories.
:tellmemore:

:o
Yeah, killing an animal is not something pleasurable, but man!...
(https://66.media.tumblr.com/b1c9f774b8406a4620554e16357a8c38/tumblr_mz3zydJIql1rdfgw4o1_500.gif)
Better than lettuce!
Somebody has to do it. :shrug:

Lettuce is what food eats. :smilenod:
(https://media0.giphy.com/media/2h8BdeXxhGGB2/giphy.gif)
:sidesmile:
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on December 24, 2019, 07:58:18 PM
i lived at the tail end of my family's butchering history. when i was a kid we used to shoot calves and hogs in the barnyard and string them up behind a pickup. split em down the middle with a bone saw and get the brains out with a hatchet for my grandmother. we were past scalding the hogs by that time but the pulley was still hanging in the black walnut tree.

i remember collecting a big bucket of testicles when we cut the neighbor's pigs, but they didn't come to us. we kept the calf testicles. better fresh than frozen, but its been a very, very long time since i ate any. chickens went from scratching in the yard to frying in a pan in about one hour. we shot a lot of jackrabbits and cottontails, but used those for trotline bait to get catfish. don't know why we never ate the rabbits, as we already had them

around where i live now there's lots of whitetailed deer. i used to let people shoot them but got tired of the gunfire at night at the campfire parties. so now i just let my neighbor up the road cull them for me. my property has a natural funnel that sweeps deer from about 50 acres and runs them down a creek bottom ahead of a single beater. you can sit in a chair at  the end by the road and bang as many as you want as they come out of the brush.

but all that's wasted on me now. i'd rather eat a pan of collards and mushrooms.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: No one on December 24, 2019, 08:05:23 PM
While I do not advocate, condone or endorse the wanton uncalled for torture of any living creature, I have no qualms, nor do I feel any remorse about something having to die in order to sustain my existence. Life is brutal, life is cruel, and it is completely unforgiving. Nothing anywhere, gets out alive.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on December 24, 2019, 08:07:16 PM
lol

i think that's the longest post from you i've read since i've been here.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: No one on December 24, 2019, 08:13:54 PM
Merry Christmas.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 24, 2019, 08:23:42 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on December 24, 2019, 07:14:27 PM
Better than lettuce!

Oh yeah. I've never seen anybody enthusiastically lick their fingers after eating a Caeser's Salad.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: No one on December 24, 2019, 08:25:25 PM
Not even Cornelia?
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 24, 2019, 08:29:40 PM
Quote from: No one on December 24, 2019, 08:25:25 PM
Not even Cornelia?

Cornelia probably liked Caeser's corny jokes better. :grin:
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Magdalena on December 24, 2019, 08:30:06 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 24, 2019, 08:23:42 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on December 24, 2019, 07:14:27 PM
Better than lettuce!

Oh yeah. I've never seen anybody enthusiastically lick their fingers after eating a Caeser's Salad.

:lol
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 24, 2019, 08:37:07 PM
Quote from: Inertialmass on December 24, 2019, 06:48:00 PM
Funny that we as a society worry worry nowadays over alleged suffering among lab mice and rats, but we're happy to send these drunk blind amateur killers out to trespass on others' lands. 

Yes...don't mess with people's food and sport but science is totally unimportant.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on December 24, 2019, 08:41:47 PM
ceasar's salad is a meat salad. eggs and fish.

around here in the restaurants you can have chicken salad, beef salad, pork salad, or turkey salad.

if you want a salad without meat, you order a  green salad, which is a small saucer containing a cup of iceberg lettuce with some chopped carrots and two cherry tomatoes.

i remember in missouri once stopping at a highway restaurant. the waitress explained the day's special, which was meat, meat with meat, meat with a side of meat, or extra meat served with more meat.

i asked whether they had anything without meat and there was a long silent pause while people at adjoining tables turned around to stare at me.

they gave me an under-cooked baked potato and a small saucer containing a cup of iceberg lettuce with some chopped carrots and two cherry tomatoes.

Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 24, 2019, 08:50:51 PM
Quote from: billy rubin on December 24, 2019, 08:41:47 PM
ceasar's salad is a meat salad. eggs and fish.

around here in the restaurants you can have chicken salad, beef salad, pork salad, or turkey salad.

if you want a salad without meat, you order a  green salad, which is a small saucer containing a cup of iceberg lettuce with some chopped carrots and two cherry tomatoes.

i remember in missouri once stopping at a highway restaurant. the waitress explained the day's special, which was meat, meat with meat, meat with a side of meat, or extra meat served with more meat.

i asked whether they had anything without meat and there was a long silent pause while people at adjoining tables turned around to stare at me.

they gave me an under-cooked baked potato and a small saucer containing a cup of iceberg lettuce with some chopped carrots and two cherry tomatoes.

Caesar's Salads around here only contain a trace of meat hiding among the greens. It's most unfortunate. The best thing there is the dressing.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Tank on December 25, 2019, 09:26:41 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 24, 2019, 08:23:42 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on December 24, 2019, 07:14:27 PM
Better than lettuce!

Oh yeah. I've never seen anybody enthusiastically lick their fingers after eating a Caeser's Salad.

I would if I didn't use a knife and fork.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 25, 2019, 11:21:41 AM
Quote from: Tank on December 25, 2019, 09:26:41 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 24, 2019, 08:23:42 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on December 24, 2019, 07:14:27 PM
Better than lettuce!

Oh yeah. I've never seen anybody enthusiastically lick their fingers after eating a Caeser's Salad.

I would if I didn't use a knife and fork.

Ha!  ;D

It's true, a Caesar's Salad is meant to be stabbed with kitchen utensils.  :sidesmile: 
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Dark Lightning on December 25, 2019, 03:06:38 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 25, 2019, 11:21:41 AM
Quote from: Tank on December 25, 2019, 09:26:41 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 24, 2019, 08:23:42 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on December 24, 2019, 07:14:27 PM
Better than lettuce!

Oh yeah. I've never seen anybody enthusiastically lick their fingers after eating a Caeser's Salad.

I would if I didn't use a knife and fork.

Ha!  ;D

It's true, a Caesar's Salad is meant to be stabbed with kitchen utensils.  :sidesmile:

That would be called harvesting. :smilenod:

I bought my wife an xmas ornament. I was going to have it wrapped there at the mall kiosk, but those people were off somewhere in the back of the building instead off the counter, I guess. It just occurred to me- I could've pillaged the stuff sitting around on the  counter!  ::)
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 26, 2019, 01:33:48 PM
The last thing I and my siblings bought was a Samsung smartwatch for my mother.

She seemed to be genuinely surprised when she unwrapped the present, and went on about how we didn't need to have bought it for her, how much did it cost etc, etc...

'Mom, I saw how you were eyeing that thing the last 8 times we went to the shopping mall!'

She was totally enamored.

'Yes I love the watch but you didn't need to!' she said as she tried it on and admired her wrist.

:yes!:
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Buddy on December 26, 2019, 08:26:26 PM
I just bought a wool/cashmere Burberry coat secondhand. Price was a bit steeper than what I normally spend, but it was gorgeous and so soft and warm.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Tank on December 27, 2019, 06:25:01 PM
Two tickets to see Little Women.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on December 27, 2019, 10:07:14 PM
well, i lost my pocket knife. or one of the kids got it, along with the one i lost before. i used to buy expensive pocket knives and try to keep them. now i buy cheap ones and just get another when i lose it or break it. this chinese gerber is 20 bucks, and is sturdy enough to work for me most days. second one i've owned. the first one has been sharpened down to a toothpick

(https://i.imgur.com/JMePU8ul.jpg)
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: jumbojak on December 28, 2019, 12:41:30 AM
A 35 pound kettlebell.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: No one on December 28, 2019, 01:32:56 AM
Hummus makin's.
Chicken Shawarma makin's.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Anne D. on December 28, 2019, 02:21:50 AM
Quote from: Buddy on December 26, 2019, 08:26:26 PM
I just bought a wool/cashmere Burberry coat secondhand. Price was a bit steeper than what I normally spend, but it was gorgeous and so soft and warm.

This sounds lovely.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Buddy on January 05, 2020, 05:48:19 PM
Between a gift card, sale, and credit card rewards I scored a 140 dollar Dr Martens boots for 50.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: No one on January 05, 2020, 08:39:00 PM
An official Red Ryder, carbine action, 200-shot, range model air rifle, with a compass in the stock and this thing that tells time.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Siz on January 05, 2020, 09:09:57 PM
Quote from: No one on January 05, 2020, 08:39:00 PM
An official Red Ryder, carbine action, 200-shot, range model air rifle, with a compass in the stock and this thing that tells time.
A bit:
(https://media.giphy.com/media/fMpIliqJKRQFG/giphy.gif)

But mostly:
(https://media0.giphy.com/media/vcKEsYOdjoCeJRpn95/giphy.gif)
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on January 05, 2020, 11:08:31 PM
today, i just bought something for $19.20 from SF PARTY CENTE, according to my bank statement.

although i drove a truck all day and only used my card to buy coffee, twice.

tomorrow i'm gong to call my bank and see if they can explain how i did that.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: No one on January 05, 2020, 11:32:21 PM
Immaculate acquisition?
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Dark Lightning on January 06, 2020, 01:17:01 AM
Handles for a chest I'm building. Polished nickel. I may even have the chest built by the time the handles appear in my mail box. We'll see if they are really nickel. The other hardware I bought is. For the record, (reasonably) pure nickel is ferromagnetic and is readily picked up by a magnet. US coin nickels are a copper-nickel (75% Cu-25% Ni) alloy and are not ferromagnetic.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: xSilverPhinx on January 06, 2020, 02:37:04 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on January 05, 2020, 11:08:31 PM
today, i just bought something for $19.20 from SF PARTY CENTE, according to my bank statement.

although i drove a truck all day and only used my card to buy coffee, twice.

tomorrow i'm gong to call my bank and see if they can explain how i did that.

That is why I obsessively check my bank statement. Sometimes they conjure stuff up out of nothing, as if they suddenly decided to gift some establishment some of my money. ::)

My card was cloned once, though thankfully nothing in my bank account was taken (not that I had much anyway). They just used my account to transfer money between other accounts. I saw the transactions in the statement and blocked the card. Good thing such things are really easy these days...with the bank app you install on your phone there's no need to ring them up or actually go to the bank.   
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Buddy on January 06, 2020, 03:43:04 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on January 05, 2020, 11:08:31 PM
today, i just bought something for $19.20 from SF PARTY CENTE, according to my bank statement.

although i drove a truck all day and only used my card to buy coffee, twice.

tomorrow i'm gong to call my bank and see if they can explain how i did that.

Once the charge posts to your account, you can dispute the transaction. I do at least fifteen a day at work. Also, using a credit card is more secure because if it gets compromised, then whoever did it has no access to your actual bank account.

At least, that's how it works in the States.

Stuff like that is why I have text alerts any time any of my cards are used  ยฏ\_(ใƒ„)_/ยฏ
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Dark Lightning on January 06, 2020, 03:30:13 PM
We're fortunate that the Visa card we have has people who call when an odd transaction occurs. My wife got a call last year when we were out of town for the weekend. Someone had used her card number (typed it in on some system) but the card was not present. It was in Lodi, California. We've never been to Lodi, and were hundreds of miles away when that transaction occurred. They cancelled that card and sent her a new one to the hotel we were at by FEDEX. Whatever establishment took that number as good at the transaction is out that amount. IIRC, it was around $200.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on January 06, 2020, 03:34:27 PM
got it cleared up. a regular vendor hadbeen bought out and the bank designation had changed, but not the nameof the business.

i once had $400 charged to a vendorin singapore.

haventbee n to singaporesince lee kuan yew stepped off the communist tiger. that one was easy to fix.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Buddy on January 07, 2020, 10:50:35 PM
My purchases keep getting weirder. I bought a life sized chocolate penis in a nice Christmas box to be sent to my boss for our secret Santa.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: No one on January 07, 2020, 10:55:35 PM
Is it cream filled?
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: xSilverPhinx on January 07, 2020, 10:58:48 PM
Quote from: Buddy on January 07, 2020, 10:50:35 PM
My purchases keep getting weirder. I bought a life sized chocolate penis in a nice Christmas box to be sent to my boss for our secret Santa.

:lol I'm assuming it was an anonymous gift.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Buddy on January 07, 2020, 11:06:36 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on January 07, 2020, 10:58:48 PM
Quote from: Buddy on January 07, 2020, 10:50:35 PM
My purchases keep getting weirder. I bought a life sized chocolate penis in a nice Christmas box to be sent to my boss for our secret Santa.

:lol I'm assuming it was an anonymous gift.

Yes and no. We all get together as a branch and give her a gift every year since she's the best boss ever. We just decided that I would be the one to order it. We also got her a Starbucks gift card so it's not all chocolate johnsons
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on January 08, 2020, 11:34:39 PM
a stinking 36-inch pipe wrench. humongously expensive.

(https://i.imgur.com/gy3wmGVl.jpg)

didn't want to buy this pig, but i cannot get the thermostatic fan clutch off the front of the motor in my daughters pickup. too manyy ears of west virginia rust have sealed it on. on a last ditch try, i bought this to hold the pulley in place while i heaved on the ancient wagon wrench i use to spin the clutch off.

didn't work, and now i have a scuffed up wrench that will not wear out before my grandkids are old. on the other hand, now i have something to use to get the ball hitches off the backs of the trucks, instead of an 18-inch wrench nd a five-foot piece of pipe.

so all is well i suppose.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Bad Penny II on January 09, 2020, 12:42:03 AM
SD, Micro SD cards and thumb drives have gotten a lost cheaper lately.
First I got about 5 USB2 16GB thumbs 'cause they were A$2 each.
Then I got a couple of 100MB/s micro SD cards with SD adaptors for about A$10
And then I got a couple of USB3 32GB thumbs
And then things got even cheaper and got a few more cards
and four or five really compact 64GB USB3 thumbs for A$5 each
I think I've got enough for now.
Do you think you may be displaying compulsive tendencies?
No and it's the free Ebay deliveries fault anyway.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Dark Lightning on January 09, 2020, 01:06:30 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on January 08, 2020, 11:34:39 PM
a stinking 36-inch pipe wrench. humongously expensive.

(https://i.imgur.com/gy3wmGVl.jpg)

didn't want to buy this pig, but i cannot get the thermostatic fan clutch off the front of the motor in my daughters pickup. too manyy ears of west virginia rust have sealed it on. on a last ditch try, i bought this to hold the pulley in place while i heaved on the ancient wagon wrench i use to spin the clutch off.

didn't work, and now i have a scuffed up wrench that will not wear out before my grandkids are old. on the other hand, now i have something to use to get the ball hitches off the backs of the trucks, instead of an 18-inch wrench nd a five-foot piece of pipe.

so all is well i suppose.

You can rent a wrench made specifically for fan clutches at many auto parts stores. Take the thing back and say it didn't work. That might work. The store my son works at (a LOWES) took back a crepe myrtle tree yesterday because, get this- "The leaves fell off". It's January, FFS, that's what leaves do!

I managed NOT to have to drive 74 miles round trip to get a 5/32" radius round over router bit to ease the edges of a chest I'm building. I cheated and adjusted a 5/32" radius Roman Ogee bit to do the deed. Saved $28 in tools, $10 in fuel and 2 hours of my life...which I then spent sanding for the finish. My favorite part of wood working- sanding. :rolleyes:
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Dark Lightning on January 09, 2020, 01:13:41 AM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on January 09, 2020, 12:42:03 AM
SD, Micro SD cards and thumb drives have gotten a lost cheaper lately.
First I got about 5 USB2 16GB thumbs 'cause they were A$2 each.
Then I got a couple of 100MB/s micro SD cards with SD adaptors for about A$10
And then I got a couple of USB3 32GB thumbs
And then things got even cheaper and got a few more cards
and four or five really compact 64GB USB3 thumbs for A$5 each
I think I've got enough for now.
Do you think you may be displaying compulsive tendencies?
No and it's the free Ebay deliveries fault anyway.

I bought a thumb memory, must have been not long after they came out. I think it was a couple of gigs and I think paid $75 for it.  :-[ I also remember back in the mid-90s when there was a fire in Japan at a foundry that made RAM, and it went to $100 a Meg. One program a guy was working on was going to require another 50 Megs of RAM in order to run. He couldn't get the money out of our bean counters. Quelle surprise. He was fortunate that he got access to a mainframe to do the calculations.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on January 09, 2020, 01:30:26 AM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on January 09, 2020, 01:06:30 AM

You can rent a wrench made specifically for fan clutches at many auto parts stores. Take the thing back and say it didn't work. That might work. The store my son works at (a LOWES) took back a crepe myrtle tree yesterday because, get this- "The leaves fell off". It's January, FFS, that's what leaves do!

i looked them over, but all the ones they had were shorter than the ones i already had that weren't long enough. i was looking for an ttachment for my air chisel, but all they had were stamped steel things with a square drive hole.

i'll look over the pipe wrench tomorrow.

i ended up bracing the bent fan and bending it back into shape. hate to do that, because the sucker spins at crankshaft rpm, but until i have an alternative its all i can come up with.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: jumbojak on January 09, 2020, 01:33:53 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on January 08, 2020, 11:34:39 PM
a stinking 36-inch pipe wrench. humongously expensive.

(https://i.imgur.com/gy3wmGVl.jpg)

didn't want to buy this pig, but i cannot get the thermostatic fan clutch off the front of the motor in my daughters pickup. too manyy ears of west virginia rust have sealed it on. on a last ditch try, i bought this to hold the pulley in place while i heaved on the ancient wagon wrench i use to spin the clutch off.

didn't work, and now i have a scuffed up wrench that will not wear out before my grandkids are old. on the other hand, now i have something to use to get the ball hitches off the backs of the trucks, instead of an 18-inch wrench nd a five-foot piece of pipe.

so all is well i suppose.

They are humungously expensive, especially with aluminum handles. Why didn't you go for cast iron? If you ever put a cheater on that one you will bend it into a pretzel.

I keep pairs on hand from 8" to 24" with a single 36" remaining. We broke mate of the 36". That was a wild day.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on January 09, 2020, 02:08:05 AM
heavens i already have buyers remorse.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on January 14, 2020, 05:00:20 PM
but i took it back the next day and got my two hundred bucks refunded.

Quote from: jumbojak on January 09, 2020, 01:33:53 AM
They are humungously expensive, especially with aluminum handles. Why didn't you go for cast iron? If you ever put a cheater on that one you will bend it into a pretzel.

I keep pairs on hand from 8" to 24" with a single 36" remaining. We broke mate of the 36". That was a wild day.

i didn't do cast iron because there weren't any of those for sale at the (expensive) industrial supply house that i try to keep in business. they were iron all the way up to the minimum size that would fit.

that place carries tools, fasteners, chemicals, and odds and ends that i otherwise would have to drive thirty or forty miles to find. for example, i recently needed to buy a 1.7-inch allen wrench to adjust the laser sights on a small pistol. they had a box of them. when i need a 3/4-inch 3/8-24 socket bolt, they have them. or 1/4-20 socket bolts in any length i need. i use a lot of them. or taper, bottoming, and plug taps. right there, even a number 2-56, which i needed a while back. ornamental iron and aluminum, so i don't have to mail order it. i bought a decent wright torquen wrench there a while back. first click-type i've ever had. used it once and wondered why i'd never bought one before. the only thing they don't have that would simplify my life are fasteners in CEI thread. but nobody does cycle thread anymore.

i'm willing to pay more for stuff in order to keep a local supplier profitable. but a two-hundred dollar pipe wrench i will never use crossed the line, even for me.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: jumbojak on January 14, 2020, 10:48:13 PM
That's really cool that you have a supplier like that. Especially if they're willing to do business with an individual. The best we can do is Grainger and you have to have an account to deal with them in person. They'll sell online, at their enormous markup, but in person they look at you like you have two heads and no ass.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on January 14, 2020, 10:58:56 PM
i've never had that problem with grainger, but i haven't dealt with them since i ran a beekeeping outfit. back then i was a bottomless pit for industrial supplies, and they just handed me whatever i needed.

the wheel and tire place was the same way. they had two or three 8-foot stacks of E-rated 16-inch off-road tires they kept for the local beekeepers and sheepherders, and i just bought what they had when i needed them. didn't even negotiate very long about  repairs for the trucks:

the head gasket gasket leaks on my one-ton. how soon can you fix it?

how many miles?

three hundred thousand.

<long silent pause>

okay, i'll buy a new engine. how soon can you fix it?

next week.

wrote a lot of very big checks to lots of people.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: No one on January 14, 2020, 11:26:03 PM
Let me guess, mine is in the mail?
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on January 14, 2020, 11:37:32 PM
lol

you wish

get in line

Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Icarus on January 15, 2020, 05:56:36 AM
Bought  Sony wireless earphones. Makes TV watching much more pleasing because I can better understand what the hell the people on The TV are saying.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Bad Penny II on January 15, 2020, 10:09:08 AM
Quote from: Icarus on January 15, 2020, 05:56:36 AM
Bought  Sony wireless earphones. Makes TV watching much more pleasing because I can better understand what the hell the people on The TV are saying.

In my day people wouldn't get a job on the TV unless they had proper diction.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Tank on January 22, 2020, 10:05:32 PM
Some safety shoes so I don't have to use the one's where I'm doing my wood working course.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: jumbojak on January 23, 2020, 12:06:21 AM
You have them for a course and don't want to use them for something else or you need them for the course and don't want to use the ones you already have?
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Tank on January 23, 2020, 11:16:53 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on January 23, 2020, 12:06:21 AM
You have them for a course and don't want to use them for something else or you need them for the course and don't want to use the ones you already have?

I don't want to use the one's that already have and as I intend to use them for other courses and when I'm doing things myself it was time to invest in a pair. Plus a ยฃ10 of voucher from Screwfix dropped through my door on Saturday. So win-win :D
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Dark Lightning on January 23, 2020, 04:23:26 PM
I forgot to take my safety shoes home when I retired, so I currently have none. Probably ought to get some, but the only shoes I can do any standing in are my Hoka One One shoes. My poor arthritic feet can't take anything else. The surgery I endured last May didn't help much for relief.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Siz on January 23, 2020, 06:25:12 PM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on January 23, 2020, 04:23:26 PM
I forgot to take my safety shoes home when I retired, so I currently have none. Probably ought to get some, but the only shoes I can do any standing in are my Hoka One One shoes. My poor arthritic feet can't take anything else. The surgery I endured last May didn't help much for relief.
I just bought some Hoka One as a help for my plantar fasciitis. At ยฃ170 ($220) a pair, they're the most comfortable shoes I've ever worn. Hope they last, but so far so good after two months.
Gonna have to go and buy the trainer version now at ยฃ105. 🙄
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: jumbojak on January 23, 2020, 10:35:48 PM
I'm considering a pair of safety shoes as an alternative to my boots. I dearly love my Ariats but they are quite heavy. The pop when inserting or removing your foot is very satisfying.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Dark Lightning on January 23, 2020, 11:17:28 PM
Quote from: Siz on January 23, 2020, 06:25:12 PM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on January 23, 2020, 04:23:26 PM
I forgot to take my safety shoes home when I retired, so I currently have none. Probably ought to get some, but the only shoes I can do any standing in are my Hoka One One shoes. My poor arthritic feet can't take anything else. The surgery I endured last May didn't help much for relief.
I just bought some Hoka One as a help for my plantar fasciitis. At ยฃ170 ($220) a pair, they're the most comfortable shoes I've ever worn. Hope they last, but so far so good after two months.
Gonna have to go and buy the trainer version now at ยฃ105. 🙄

I'll have a look at the trainer version. I went to the client appreciation dinner that our money people throw for the "high rollers" :rolleyes: in jeans and my Hoka One One shoes.  ;D The guy who ran the whole show before is retired now, and he always shows up in jeans, I think I should be allowed.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Siz on January 24, 2020, 11:12:35 AM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on January 23, 2020, 11:17:28 PM
Quote from: Siz on January 23, 2020, 06:25:12 PM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on January 23, 2020, 04:23:26 PM
I forgot to take my safety shoes home when I retired, so I currently have none. Probably ought to get some, but the only shoes I can do any standing in are my Hoka One One shoes. My poor arthritic feet can't take anything else. The surgery I endured last May didn't help much for relief.
I just bought some Hoka One as a help for my plantar fasciitis. At ยฃ170 ($220) a pair, they're the most comfortable shoes I've ever worn. Hope they last, but so far so good after two months.
Gonna have to go and buy the trainer version now at ยฃ105. 🙄

I'll have a look at the trainer version. I went to the client appreciation dinner that our money people throw for the "high rollers" :rolleyes: in jeans and my Hoka One One shoes.  ;D The guy who ran the whole show before is retired now, and he always shows up in jeans, I think I should be allowed.

Reading further in to the Hoka running shoes (yeah, slow work day) - the ones my foot doctor recommended was the Hoka Clifton 6 (actually ยฃ120). I notice there is a Hoka Clifton 5 which are much cheaper (around ยฃ70). Further research tells me the 6 was upgraded for faster running (slightly firmer sole and flexier uppers). I won't be doing much fast stuff so I think I'd be happy sticking to the 5.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Dark Lightning on January 24, 2020, 07:01:31 PM
Oh, yeah, I remember those. They were not recommended for me because I weigh 216 and would do in the soles too quickly. I need to lose some weight.  :(
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Tank on January 24, 2020, 07:16:32 PM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on January 24, 2020, 07:01:31 PM
Oh, yeah, I remember those. They were not recommended for me because I weigh 216 and would do in the soles too quickly. I need to lose some weight.  :(

Don't we all :(
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on January 24, 2020, 08:34:41 PM
a surefire way to lose weight is to buy a set of racing leathers that you cannot fit into until you return to the weight you had when you bought them.

my leathers were so expensive that i would rather cut off pieces of flesh with a knife than buy another pair.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Tank on January 24, 2020, 08:49:44 PM
Quote from: billy rubin on January 24, 2020, 08:34:41 PM
a surefire way to lose weight is to buy a set of racing leathers that you cannot fit into until you return to the weight you had when you bought them.

my leathers were so expensive that i would rather cut off pieces of flesh with a knife than buy another pair.

:rofl:
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: joeactor on January 24, 2020, 09:46:11 PM
I tried two models of the Hoka One One. The design and stability of the soles were amazing... but the top didn't really fit my foot well. I've got wide, flat feet.

Went back to wearing Brooks Addiction 13/14 shoes with SuperFeet Bronze insoles. That's the best combo I've found.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Dark Lightning on January 25, 2020, 02:12:51 AM
I had to go to size 13 because of my foot width. I can fit my foot into a size 10 shoe if they were made for ducks. I wear a 5E if I can find it.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on January 25, 2020, 10:21:46 AM
are you a swimmer?
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Dark Lightning on January 25, 2020, 04:16:18 PM
:lol: One would think so, but I don't like immersing myself in other's effluvia. I can swim to save my life, but that's about it. I'm going to have to start water-based exercises though, due to arthritis in my feet limiting my distance walking. I won't be putting my face in the water, in that case. Running is out of the question, too. I never liked the work "geriatric", but have come to terms with that, as the other choice isn't one I want to embrace quite yet.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Bad Penny II on January 26, 2020, 01:42:37 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/uCXDH6O.jpg)

What the fuck snipping tool, what are doing impinging in my picture?
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: xSilverPhinx on January 27, 2020, 02:12:13 AM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on January 26, 2020, 01:42:37 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/uCXDH6O.jpg)

What the fuck snipping tool, what are doing impinging in my picture?

:lol:

There's a literary saying in Brazil written by a widely read Brazilian author (Machado de Assis) which goes something like, "To the loser, hate and compassion, to the victor, the potatoes!"
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Icarus on January 27, 2020, 02:59:07 AM
 Potatoes are good when you' re hungry......especially when garnished with sour cream and bacon bits.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on March 31, 2020, 11:00:57 PM
drove to the bakery supply in a little town above the ohio river and picked up 400 pounds of beet sugar.

i used to feed all my bees fructose syrup in the spring and when they were pollinating. if i bought 400 or 500 gallons at a time it was reasonably cheap, about a dollar a gallon, i think.

this 400 pounds will get mixed with 17 gallons of water to fill up a 55 gallon xrum. it will make a thick syrup that a small colony needs if they dont have drawn comb to strart out on
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: No one on April 01, 2020, 05:13:13 AM
Just got my anti-zombie apocalypse grenade launcher.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Randy on May 31, 2020, 01:47:42 AM
Pajamas! I didn't realize I was down to two pair until last week. So I bought two more.

It's kind of my wardrobe now.  :grin:
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on May 31, 2020, 01:59:16 AM
racing boots, full-leather gauntlets, and a snell 2015 helmet for the number two son, so he has something to wear if we get to race in july.

he can fit into my leathers, so there's at least a grand i don't have to spend.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Magdalena on May 31, 2020, 02:24:47 AM
Oh, just the basic necessities:
Ramen and wine.
:sad sigh:
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Dark Lightning on May 31, 2020, 03:08:33 AM
The wife bought house numbers and an unnecessary brace for the bottom of the new mailbox. We dug the hole and placed the box too close to the curb for her taste. So I drilled holes in the bottom of the mailbox and put a 1/4" thick plate of hot-rolled steel under it to keep the box from getting bent. It sits back a bit, and she has aesthetic issues with it, is all. At $15, I'm not going to complain. The house numbers, though, she wants cast iron with brass numbers. $70. Hey, it's only money.  ::)
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Tank on May 31, 2020, 09:34:46 AM
More woodworking bits and pieces :)
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Icarus on May 31, 2020, 08:43:19 PM
A Heim joint with which to make a knife sharpener,
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Dark Lightning on May 31, 2020, 11:27:30 PM
Quote from: Icarus on May 31, 2020, 08:43:19 PM
A Heim joint with which to make a knife sharpener,

That's a new one on me! Is it a swivel for different edge angles?
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Icarus on June 02, 2020, 06:55:36 AM
Yes it is sort of swivel thingy.  It is often called "rod end". You have some of them on your car most likely.....Like on the pitman arm or tie rod or probably on a throttle linkage if your car is carbureted.

I will show a pic of the sharpener gadget when I get around to finishing the project.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: No one on June 02, 2020, 07:19:19 AM
(https://earthsky.org/upl/2014/07/Andromeda_Galaxy_with_h-alpha-300x197.jpg)

Just made my final payment.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Asmodean on June 02, 2020, 07:59:57 AM
For The Asmo: A new 4K monitor, which is twice as good as a 2K monitor and four times as good as a Full HD monitor.

At work: 10000โ‚ฌ worth of conference hardware
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Dark Lightning on June 02, 2020, 02:40:22 PM
Quote from: Icarus on June 02, 2020, 06:55:36 AM
Yes it is sort of swivel thingy.  It is often called "rod end". You have some of them on your car most likely.....Like on the pitman arm or tie rod or probably on a throttle linkage if your car is carbureted.

I will show a pic of the sharpener gadget when I get around to finishing the project.

Oh, I know what a Heim joint is, I've just never seen one pressed into service as part of a knife sharpener.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Tom62 on June 02, 2020, 03:43:39 PM
A 1TB SSD external hard disk. Making backups is so much faster now. Next thing on my list is a 24-27" monitor. Working from home on a small laptop screen is rather tiresome.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: xSilverPhinx on June 13, 2020, 07:55:52 PM
My old earphones went out with a click click click rather than a bang (thankfully) so it was high time I bought another one. I decided to get a headset this time to better isolate the sound and get a better overall experience. ;D

Just to experiment, I upped the bass from 0 to 70% and listened to some of my favourite songs again.

Oh. My. God. Oh my god. I could feel my skull rattle and loved it! 

Who knew drums could be so lovely. :tellmemore: They're easily my favourite musical instrument now.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: xSilverPhinx on June 14, 2020, 09:11:01 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on June 13, 2020, 07:55:52 PM
My old earphones went out with a click click click rather than a bang (thankfully) so it was high time I bought another one. I decided to get a headset this time to better isolate the sound and get a better overall experience. ;D

Just to experiment, I upped the bass from 0 to 70% and listened to some of my favourite songs again.

Oh. My. God. Oh my god. I could feel my skull rattle and loved it! 

Who knew drums could be so lovely. :tellmemore: They're easily my favourite musical instrument now.

More than 24 hrs later and I'm still trippin' on bass music. I have a very long playlist. :grin:
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: xSilverPhinx on September 15, 2020, 09:14:56 PM
(https://static.carrefour.com.br/medias/sys_master/images/images/hda/h03/h00/h00/15728605986846.jpg)
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: No one on September 15, 2020, 10:19:39 PM
2 tickets to paradise.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Icarus on September 16, 2020, 12:39:21 AM
Silver I also like drums when the sounds are rhythmic and structured. I admire Japanese Taiko drumming too.  Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich were accomplished  practitioners of the art when playing with big bands.

What annoys the hell out of me is the  senseless random beat boom box noise that occurs on Wednesday nights and Sunday mornings and evenings.  A big, well attended,  church lies across the street from my house. It is a new age sort of  church with fundamentalist leanings. For some undisclosed reason there is a 20 to 30 minute session of god awful noise from  what must be a drummer high on meth or something.  The Sound pressure level must rival the noise from a Boeing 747.   The window rattling noise precedes the church sessions invariably.  If that is an integral  part of their ritual, then I am not sympathetic.

There are certain noises that I am hooked on....Like the exhaust note from a high revving engine such as Billy Rubins Triumph bike. There are some noisy and somewhat strident R. Korsakov music that I find thrilling........  But not every fucking Wednesday and Sunday.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Randy on September 16, 2020, 12:42:04 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on September 15, 2020, 09:14:56 PM
(https://static.carrefour.com.br/medias/sys_master/images/images/hda/h03/h00/h00/15728605986846.jpg)
That's a nice screen!
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: xSilverPhinx on September 16, 2020, 01:30:37 AM
Quote from: Randy on September 16, 2020, 12:42:04 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on September 15, 2020, 09:14:56 PM
(https://static.carrefour.com.br/medias/sys_master/images/images/hda/h03/h00/h00/15728605986846.jpg)
That's a nice screen!

I've been meaning to buy one for the past year :grin: It should arrive on Friday or Monday.  :)
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: xSilverPhinx on September 16, 2020, 01:47:47 AM
Quote from: Icarus on September 16, 2020, 12:39:21 AM
Silver I also like drums when the sounds are rhythmic and structured. I admire Japanese Taiko drumming too.  Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich were accomplished  practitioners of the art when playing with big bands.

What annoys the hell out of me is the  senseless random beat boom box noise that occurs on Wednesday nights and Sunday mornings and evenings.  A big, well attended,  church lies across the street from my house. It is a new age sort of  church with fundamentalist leanings. For some undisclosed reason there is a 20 to 30 minute session of god awful noise from  what must be a drummer high on meth or something.  The Sound pressure level must rival the noise from a Boeing 747.   The window rattling noise precedes the church sessions invariably.  If that is an integral  part of their ritual, then I am not sympathetic.

There are certain noises that I am hooked on....Like the exhaust note from a high revving engine such as Billy Rubins Triumph bike. There are some noisy and somewhat strident R. Korsakov music that I find thrilling........  But not every fucking Wednesday and Sunday.

Ugh, church noises just don't do it for me, no matter what they sound like. Now bass, bone-rattling bass is another story. Nothing like a car next to you with powerful sub woofers pumping out high-quality sound to get your heart pounding really fast...  8)

If loud it can't be low-quality sound though. That's just wrong on so many levels. ::)
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on September 16, 2020, 02:14:45 AM
Quote from: Icarus on September 16, 2020, 12:39:21 AM
Silver I also like drums when the sounds are rhythmic and structured. I admire Japanese Taiko drumming too.  Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich were accomplished  practitioners of the art when playing with big bands.

What annoys the hell out of me is the  senseless random beat boom box noise that occurs on Wednesday nights and Sunday mornings and evenings.  A big, well attended,  church lies across the street from my house. It is a new age sort of  church with fundamentalist leanings. For some undisclosed reason there is a 20 to 30 minute session of god awful noise from  what must be a drummer high on meth or something.  The Sound pressure level must rival the noise from a Boeing 747.   The window rattling noise precedes the church sessions invariably.  If that is an integral  part of their ritual, then I am not sympathetic.

There are certain noises that I am hooked on....Like the exhaust note from a high revving engine such as Billy Rubins Triumph bike. There are some noisy and somewhat strident R. Korsakov music that I find thrilling........  But not every fucking Wednesday and Sunday.

lol

may i suggest simultaneous renditions of blitz-era air raid sirenz? az loud as the drums?

Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Icarus on September 18, 2020, 11:24:37 PM
Brilliant idea Billy.  The only thing is that I would swiftly be accosted by the noise police. It is OK for the church to make noise but not OK for an individual like me to create a cacophony. Our city does have a noise abatement ordinance but so far it does not seem to apply to church functions.

My Sound pressure level meter arrived today. It is a fun toy that will not change anything unless I want to get really political and create a lot of controversy at city commission meetings.  Fat chance!  The mayor of my town is a decent guy but unfortunately he is a member of that damned church.

I will begin to consider the air raid siren notion.... :cauldron:

Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on September 19, 2020, 12:21:05 AM
ah

how about this

record the drummer on sunday A. play back the drummer's performance on sunday B, just make sure its out of rhythm.

its not noise, its the drummer himself. if its loud enough it will interrupt his listeners concentration.

failing that just start throwing dead cats over the fence. roadkills are eazy to come by.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Tom62 on September 19, 2020, 12:05:06 PM
Last thing that I bought is a 2TB WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD m.2 2280 of Western Digital to replace my 256GB SSD drive in my laptop.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Davin on September 21, 2020, 05:30:53 PM
My laptop died, so I had to buy a new one. I didn't have as much saved as I planned so it wasn't much of an upgrade.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Dark Lightning on September 22, 2020, 01:26:55 AM
Quote from: Tom62 on September 19, 2020, 12:05:06 PM
Last thing that I bought is a 2TB WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD m.2 2280 of Western Digital to replace my 256GB SSD drive in my laptop.

That's quite the upgrade, in terms of memory and speed! Fun fact- one of my sons bought a WD external storage drive many years ago. The plastic enclosure was full of vent holes, of course. But I noticed that some holes were round and some were slots. I realized that they had "encrypted" some words in Morse Code! One word was "quality", but by now I have forgotten the rest. I wonder how many people noticed that. It's kind of an odd thing to do.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Tom62 on September 22, 2020, 04:22:20 AM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on September 22, 2020, 01:26:55 AM
Quote from: Tom62 on September 19, 2020, 12:05:06 PM
Last thing that I bought is a 2TB WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD m.2 2280 of Western Digital to replace my 256GB SSD drive in my laptop.

That's quite the upgrade, in terms of memory and speed! Fun fact- one of my sons bought a WD external storage drive many years ago. The plastic enclosure was full of vent holes, of course. But I noticed that some holes were round and some were slots. I realized that they had "encrypted" some words in Morse Code! One word was "quality", but by now I have forgotten the rest. I wonder how many people noticed that. It's kind of an odd thing to do.

These SSD drives get cheaper and better all the time. I'm even thinking about replacing the harddrive in my 10 years old IMac with one. The bootup time of that Mac is horrendous.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on September 22, 2020, 03:06:45 PM
i have a solid state drive on my laptop. boots in about 10 seconds, but space is limited.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: xSilverPhinx on October 21, 2020, 09:10:27 PM
Along with my mother:

Sorry but you are not allowed to view spoiler contents.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on October 22, 2020, 01:11:00 AM
woo

very sexy
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Bluenose on October 22, 2020, 02:28:47 AM
I bought some dehydrated lime slices to use in my G&T.  Yum!
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: hermes2015 on October 22, 2020, 04:23:52 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on October 21, 2020, 09:10:27 PM
Along with my mother:

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Mazel tov! Are my priorities wrong not ask about the engine, but to notice that the red looks close to the PR254 (pigment red 254) I use a lot when I paint?
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Asmodean on October 22, 2020, 08:33:17 AM
Built me a new PC. Not the last thing I bought, technically, but the last sort-of major-ish investment. Now, I has LEDs in my fans like any self-respecting fourteen year old.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: xSilverPhinx on October 22, 2020, 02:06:18 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on October 22, 2020, 04:23:52 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on October 21, 2020, 09:10:27 PM
Along with my mother:

Sorry but you are not allowed to view spoiler contents.


Mazel tov! Are my priorities wrong not ask about the engine, but to notice that the red looks close to the PR254 (pigment red 254) I use a lot when I paint?

I don't know about the engine, but I did notice the nice shade of red (whatever it's called :P )

All I know is I will be borrowing it on occasion.  ;D It belongs to my mother, I just helped a little with the down payment. I hope she'll remember that, heh!
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: xSilverPhinx on October 22, 2020, 02:07:06 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on October 22, 2020, 08:33:17 AM
Now, I has LEDs in my fans like any self-respecting fourteen year old.

:lol:
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Bad Penny II on October 27, 2020, 08:47:28 AM
(https://i.imgur.com/NJhwqw7.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/neo66rS.jpg)

I longer leaner better fitting boat with skeg instead of rudder, a bargain but waiting on a new hatch cover.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Tank on October 27, 2020, 09:29:43 AM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on October 27, 2020, 08:47:28 AM
(https://i.imgur.com/NJhwqw7.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/neo66rS.jpg)

I longer leaner better fitting boat with skeg instead of rudder, a bargain but waiting on a new hatch cover.

You should make a neoprene one which fits over the dogs head!
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Bad Penny II on October 27, 2020, 10:02:51 AM
Quote from: Tank on October 27, 2020, 09:29:43 AM

You should make a neoprene one which fits over the dogs head!

I should have got a dog life jacket, they've got a handle so you can grab 'em as they float past.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Icarus on October 27, 2020, 09:01:49 PM
Last thing I bought was a scam.  I succumbed to an ad for a computer clean up deal from Avast.  OK 20 dollars is alright if the cleaner upper does as promised.  After giving them my credit card information. I had to wait for an authorization number.  Soon, I learned that Avast uses an outfit called River Digital of Ireland Ltd. to process the transaction.  Two days later I found that River Digital had billed my credit card for $60 not $20.

After a bit of searching it became clear that River Digital does this stunt regularly.  Now I have to go through all sorts of aggravation to contact my credit card company to cancel the whole transaction. It turns out that the twenty dollar part only paid for a Driver update feature. Bullshit!  I can get the driver updates for free from sources such as Canon whose printer I am using.

Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on October 27, 2020, 11:49:29 PM
damn

i have avast too.

the thing that i have noticed most is that after buying an avast premium protection program, all i hear from them is promotions for things that they dont protect me from.

popups all the time about how im at risk from something or other.

what am i paying them for?

i may drop them after this story, icarus.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: hermes2015 on October 28, 2020, 02:46:02 AM
I use the free edition of Avast and I'm happy with it, so thanks for the warnings about upgrading to the paid version.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Dark Lightning on October 28, 2020, 03:29:50 AM
I bought a replacement kitchen faucet for the rental house, but the plumbers who did the work before put in some odd length pipe nipples, and I was unable to install the new faucet without breaking into the outside stucco to change out the pipes.  :( I tried to find a similar faucet, but they went extinct in '09. Next, I'll make a "dry" run on replacing the innards of the valve on my home sink faucet, which one has to carefully position to stop from running. Then, I'll do the rental unit's faucet. It's a small drip (in both cases) at the moment. I seem to recall that plumbing was easier and lasted longer than what I'm seeing these days.  :???:
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Icarus on October 28, 2020, 11:36:45 PM
Plumbing an old system is problematic.  Newer plumbing parts are too often inferior Chinese stuff.  Be that what it may,  there are some super good new materials and methods that make our lives easier.   

The hot ticket these days is to use piping called Pex.  It is some sort of plastic that withstands heat, cold, hell fire and hurricanes.  It has non threaded connections that do not fail, does not corrode, and moves water as well or better than the old time metal pipes.  We use cheap PVC, not the same as Pex,  for irrigation and other non critical applications.  Pex is a forever pipe......at least according to plumbers.

I got into this information recently when I wisely (and desperately) hired a plumber to install a new shower/tub valve.  It cost a damned fortune to do that but the result is gratifying.  That plumber used all sorts of new fangled materials. In the process I had to chop out a good sized chunk of wall board so that the old plumbing parts were accessable.........Then I had to reinvent myself to replace the sheetrock panel that had been removed. Not too difficult but messy.   

Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Dark Lightning on October 29, 2020, 12:35:35 AM
Quote from: Icarus on October 28, 2020, 11:36:45 PM
Plumbing an old system is problematic.  Newer plumbing parts are too often inferior Chinese stuff.  Be that what it may,  there are some super good new materials and methods that make our lives easier.   

The hot ticket these days is to use piping called Pex.  It is some sort of plastic that withstands heat, cold, hell fire and hurricanes.  It has non threaded connections that do not fail, does not corrode, and moves water as well or better than the old time metal pipes.  We use cheap PVC, not the same as Pex,  for irrigation and other non critical applications.  Pex is a forever pipe......at least according to plumbers.

I got into this information recently when I wisely (and desperately) hired a plumber to install a new shower/tub valve.  It cost a damned fortune to do that but the result is gratifying.  That plumber used all sorts of new fangled materials. In the process I had to chop out a good sized chunk of wall board so that the old plumbing parts were accessable.........Then I had to reinvent myself to replace the sheetrock panel that had been removed. Not too difficult but messy.

What we're learning about PEX tubing-

1. Exposure to chlorine in the water, and to petroleum products causes it to deteriorate.
2. California has banned PEX because it leaches potentially carcinogenic chemicals into the drinking water.
3. It is not as leak-resistant as metal piping. When it leaks, the consumer eats the replacement cost.

I will never use anything but copper for any plumbing I ever install, and any plumber that ends up doing my plumbing because I no longer can will be using copper. Copper even has issues in some chemistries. I will not use galvanized pipe, either. I've seen that shit accumulate deposits inside until there was maybe a 1/8" "hole" for the water to get through.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Tank on October 29, 2020, 07:13:29 AM
Quote from: Bad Penny II on October 27, 2020, 10:02:51 AM
Quote from: Tank on October 27, 2020, 09:29:43 AM

You should make a neoprene one which fits over the dogs head!

I should have got a dog life jacket, they've got a handle so you can grab 'em as they float past.

That's very sensible. And totally cute  :puppysnicker:
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Tank on October 29, 2020, 07:15:27 AM
Magnets and a book 'The little book of humanism'. They are not directly related.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Asmodean on October 29, 2020, 12:34:11 PM
I bought some unrelated magnets too, actually. For my Warhammer 40000 miniatures.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on October 29, 2020, 10:32:08 PM
left hand side cover for a 1963-1966 triumph bonneville, for the road race bike

in 1965 they used a smaller cover with flimsy mounts that break. they fixed it after a few years but my rear frame section takes the earlier one. this is what they look like and they're all broken

(https://www.britcycle.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/DSCF9010.jpg)

(https://www.britcycle.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/DSCF9021.jpg)

(https://www.britcycle.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/DSCF9015.jpg)

lol

the one i got was only broken in one place though, and wasn't split, so i'm ahead of father time so far

(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/KdYAAOSwrhBfYpb-/s-l1600.jpg)


Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Dark Lightning on October 29, 2020, 11:32:16 PM
At least that one appears to be made of steel? One on my younger brothers had a Husqvarna and cracked a side case driving through a dry stream bed containing big rocks. He took the side case in to get it welded up, but the weldor only made bird shit and burn holes out of it, because it was an alloy. Not sure if it contained magnesium, but he's lucky it didn't...and then he wanted to charge my brother for the damage work. :lol: Yeah, not happening!
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on October 30, 2020, 12:42:04 AM
yes steel heavens i wouldnt try to weld aluminum

sometimes BSA used fibreglas triumph was too backwards

just one mounting ear broken off so ill make an angle out of something and either braze it or just silver solder it on

good to go then

until it breaks again. they always break
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: xSilverPhinx on November 04, 2020, 12:23:04 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on October 29, 2020, 10:32:08 PM
left hand side cover for a 1963-1966 triumph bonneville, for the road race bike

in 1965 they used a smaller cover with flimsy mounts that break. they fixed it after a few years but my rear frame section takes the earlier one. this is what they look like and they're all broken

(https://www.britcycle.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/DSCF9010.jpg)

(https://www.britcycle.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/DSCF9021.jpg)

(https://www.britcycle.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/DSCF9015.jpg)

lol

the one i got was only broken in one place though, and wasn't split, so i'm ahead of father time so far

(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/KdYAAOSwrhBfYpb-/s-l1600.jpg)

Hmm...I'm gonna pretend I know what those are for. :lol:
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on November 04, 2020, 02:00:54 AM
lol

im sorry. i forget not everybody has the same fixation. here is the morphology

older motorcycles have a standard set of what is called "tinware," the sheet mtal parts that include the front and rear mudguards, the tank, any headlight nacelle, and a left and right sidecover. sometimes the oil tank is exposed and the sidecover is deleted on that side.

the machine i am building looked like this when it was new, 55 years ago

(https://cdn1.mecum.com/auctions/lj0617/lj0617-283929/images/lj0617-283929_2.jpg?1494422766000)

the sid3cover is the blackpainted piece under the seat at about the halfway mark. it has holes for the electrical rotary switches and sometimes has a pocket behind to store the tools. it keeps rain off the batteryand other electrical devices. its an aesthetic thing, and is only required because the class it will be raced in requires stock components. when mine is done it will look like this

(https://i1.wp.com/megadeluxe.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/1967-BSA-04.jpg)

the fairing isnt allowed in all classes, so the sidecover has to be there

Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Dark Lightning on November 04, 2020, 02:13:37 AM
God's dentures, that bike with the blue tank is beautiful!

One of my brother's friends had a Honda 305 Dream that has up for sale, but I couldn't afford the $200 for it, back about 1968. That thing was also beautiful!
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: hermes2015 on November 04, 2020, 03:47:29 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on November 04, 2020, 12:23:04 AM
Hmm...I'm gonna pretend I know what those are for. :lol:

They're obviously ideas for my next sculpture.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on November 04, 2020, 03:58:17 AM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on November 04, 2020, 02:13:37 AM
God's dentures, that bike with the blue tank is beautiful!

One of my brother's friends had a Honda 305 Dream that has up for sale, but I couldn't afford the $200 for it, back about 1968. That thing was also beautiful!

i loved the dreams. a very nice lady i knew owned one. inseperable memories
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Dark Lightning on November 04, 2020, 04:08:32 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on November 04, 2020, 03:58:17 AM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on November 04, 2020, 02:13:37 AM
God's dentures, that bike with the blue tank is beautiful!

One of my brother's friends had a Honda 305 Dream that has up for sale, but I couldn't afford the $200 for it, back about 1968. That thing was also beautiful!

i loved the dreams. a very nice lady i knew owned one. inseperable memories

Ladies are shapely, and in a different category. But that bike was so nice, too. Id'v'e enjoyed having my girlfriend's breasts pressed into... Ahem. NVM.  :-[
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Tank on November 12, 2020, 08:57:54 AM
There is a chap a couple of houses along from me who rides one in this condition but black. He's single and gay so has the time and money to spend on it :)

(https://cdn1.mecum.com/auctions/lj0617/lj0617-283929/images/lj0617-283929_2.jpg?1494422766000)
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on November 12, 2020, 06:38:14 PM
why are some mechanical designs visually attractive and others fail to be?

i've never understood this.

hermes might have some insight.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: hermes2015 on November 13, 2020, 03:42:39 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on November 12, 2020, 06:38:14 PM
why are some mechanical designs visually attractive and others fail to be?

i've never understood this.

hermes might have some insight.

I have many ideas on this, but as for insights, probably not many. One's aesthetic response to an object is very subjective, similar to one's response to a piece of music. Our responses are very much influenced, whether consciously or not, by the theories of the great designers and composers of the past. Of course, one can ask how we know who the great ones were, but for the typical lay person, it is very much personal taste. For what it's worth, my personal spiritual leaders are people like Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier, Charles Eames, Dieter Rams, Max Bill, Eileen Grey, and others. I suppose a common characteristic is an aesthetic of minimal surface adornment, fitness for purpose or functionality, and truthfulness to materials. On the surface their ideas seem to mean that if you concentrate on functionality, beauty will follow automatically, but I don't believe that is necessarily true.

Sorry for the ramble, but it is an endless discussion I've been involved in since my teens.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Tank on November 13, 2020, 08:33:01 AM
3 band saw blades 1/8" 14tpi, 1/4" 10tpi and 3/8" 4tpi
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: hermes2015 on November 13, 2020, 09:45:14 AM
A 160 mm Knipex diagonal cutter, able to cut 2 mm piano wire, for the welded mesh I want to use in some sculpture experiments.

(https://i.imgur.com/ZimNKeX.jpg)

Wonderful German quality.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Tank on November 13, 2020, 01:59:10 PM
Knipex are top quality kit.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Tom62 on November 13, 2020, 04:46:13 PM
Lots of cat food.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Randy on November 13, 2020, 11:56:36 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on November 13, 2020, 04:46:13 PM
Lots of cat food.
Either you have a lot of cats, one very large cat, or you are stocking up for the apocalypse. :)
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Icarus on November 14, 2020, 01:59:03 AM
New roof for my house..........Almost $14k.  May have to apply for food service charities.  My whole house and the property it sits on did not cost that much in the year that I indentured myself to the mortgage company.

The basic problem is that inflation has demolished my long term savings.  Way back in the day, I was well paid at the equivalent of six dollars per hour.  Modest savings from that six dollar base does not even come close to  translating to parity of the inflation rate.

I am trying not to be bitter about the inequity.  Today the minimum wage for many hamburger flippers is twice what I was paid to do do design work for projects such as the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, The Pan AM building, Cuban crisis Bomb shelters, and a few other things  that seemed important at the time.

In no case am I disparaging hamburger flippers.  Most of them are good people who are trying to make a living.   
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: hermes2015 on November 14, 2020, 03:22:35 AM
Icarus, how many minutes did you have to work back then to buy a McDonald's hamburger? How long does today's hamburger flipper have to work to buy the same type of burger? That would make an interesting comparison.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Tom62 on November 14, 2020, 12:01:03 PM
Quote from: Randy on November 13, 2020, 11:56:36 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on November 13, 2020, 04:46:13 PM
Lots of cat food.
Either you have a lot of cats, one very large cat, or you are stocking up for the apocalypse. :)

Both. I have two big Maine Coon cats. I order a lot of cat food online, because I've got a better choice; the shop has lower prices and special offers/coupons; it is convenient because they deliver it to my door and they don't charge for transport if I order for more than 29 Euro.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Dark Lightning on November 15, 2020, 04:08:42 AM
Quote from: Tank on November 12, 2020, 08:57:54 AM
There is a chap a couple of houses along from me who rides one in this condition but black. He's single and gay so has the time and money to spend on it :)

(https://cdn1.mecum.com/auctions/lj0617/lj0617-283929/images/lj0617-283929_2.jpg?1494422766000)

:admire: That's one nice looking scoot!
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on November 15, 2020, 02:54:26 PM
Quote from: Icarus on November 14, 2020, 01:59:03 AM
New roof for my house..........Almost $14k.  May have to apply for food service charities.  My whole house and the property it sits on did not cost that much in the year that I indentured myself to the mortgage company.

The basic problem is that inflation has demolished my long term savings.  Way back in the day, I was well paid at the equivalent of six dollars per hour.  Modest savings from that six dollar base does not even come close to  translating to parity of the inflation rate.

I am trying not to be bitter about the inequity.  Today the minimum wage for many hamburger flippers is twice what I was paid to do do design work for projects such as the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, The Pan AM building, Cuban crisis Bomb shelters, and a few other things  that seemed important at the time.

In no case am I disparaging hamburger flippers.  Most of them are good people who are trying to make a living.

my wife is clozi g manager at tbe local mcdonalds. tomorrow she haz a scheduled interview with the general manager to inform him how restaurant is being mismanaged

low wagez understaffing and lack of respect for workers is on the top of the list

btw minimum wagez flipping burgers mean you alzo need food stamps
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Icarus on November 16, 2020, 01:10:15 AM
Billy, and Mrs Billy, I am fully aware that the wage rate for McD's and other franchise businesses do not pay a livable wage.  My state (Florida) just voted a constitutional mandate that increased the pay scale to 10 dollars beginning next year. The wage rate is to increase one dollar per year until 15 dollars per hour  is reached in 2026.

That is a noble effort to allow the lesser of we mortals to  live a  marginally comfortable life.  Problem is that the cost of living will increase at least in proportion to the gain in income. 



Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on November 17, 2020, 02:40:44 AM
her mcdonalds franchise managers always used to announce that everybody would be getting raises . . .yippee!!

until everybody realized that th eraises were just mandated by minimum wage increases . . .

she had her interview. i have only a sketchy outline. will see what happened later
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Dark Lightning on November 17, 2020, 03:40:19 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on November 17, 2020, 02:40:44 AM
her mcdonalds franchise managers always used to announce that everybody would be getting raises . . .yippee!!

until everybody realized that th eraises were just mandated by minimum wage increases . . .

she had her interview. i have only a sketchy outline. will see what happened later

Not long after I got out of the Navy, I worked at an auto parts store. My one raise was when minimum wage went up. I left there not much later for another job that paid a buck and a half more per hour. That was one cheapskate millionaire SOB. I guess that's how he got that way. He tried to guilt trip me when I quit for the other job. Didn't work.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on November 17, 2020, 03:45:46 AM
jeff bezos is the richest man in the world and tries to cheapskate his employees for wages

someone erected a guillotine in front of his house during a protest

quite appropriate
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Bad Penny II on November 17, 2020, 08:03:40 AM
The Aus rate:
QuoteThe national minimum wage is currently $19.84 per hour or $753.80 per 38 hour week (before tax). Casual employees covered by the national minimum wage also get at least a 25% casual loading.

Exchange rate today AUD to USD is US $0.73 so minimum is equivalent of  about US $14.50 per hour if full time, add 25% if casual.  Four weeks holiday is also applicable for permanent employees.

Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Bad Penny II on November 17, 2020, 11:31:27 AM
Quote from: Icarus on October 27, 2020, 09:01:49 PM
Last thing I bought was a scam.  I succumbed to an ad for a computer clean up deal from Avast.  OK 20 dollars is alright if the cleaner upper does as promised.  After giving them my credit card information. I had to wait for an authorization number.  Soon, I learned that Avast uses an outfit called River Digital of Ireland Ltd. to process the transaction.  Two days later I found that River Digital had billed my credit card for $60 not $20.

After a bit of searching it became clear that River Digital does this stunt regularly.  Now I have to go through all sorts of aggravation to contact my credit card company to cancel the whole transaction. It turns out that the twenty dollar part only paid for a Driver update feature. Bullshit!  I can get the driver updates for free from sources such as Canon whose printer I am using.

Free software should be free, ignore all pop up crap.
If you don't want Chrome watch for the pre ticked box.
I've used Avast Free for ages, there's crap they push like software updater, just ignore it.
There is always the built in windows anti malware, windows defender, It's probably sufficient.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on December 22, 2020, 08:36:55 PM
score! an original ARD belt drive magneto!

this wass mailed from new york on 25 november, and arrived in ohio on the 26th. because of covid, and the corrupt american chief of our postal service who was trying to sabotage the 2020 election,, it's been sitting in
the post officeae 100 miles away, waiting for delivery. for 27 days.  but today it showed up.

(https://i.imgur.com/WeSvVUtl.jpg)

back fifty or sixty years ago, american flattrack motorcycle racers on s triumphs would fit an ARD magneto:

(https://farm3.static.flickr.com/2774/4360749206_3444cbbae0_o.jpg)

the ^^^magneto is the thing with the oval cover on the right side behind the exhaust pipe.

the magnetos replaced the entire electrical system -- battery, alternator, coils, wiring, switches, all of it-- with a single mechanical unit and one (1) 18-inch wire to the kill switch. also, because it was inboard, you could crash the bike on the right and the electrical system would be protected. plus, the faster the motor went, the hotter the spark th emagneto will produce. old aviation engines still use them because they're so simple.

today, an ARD magneto from the 1960s will cost you around US$1500-$1800, for one with missing parts, worn out bearings, and crash damage to the aluminum housing to boot-- if you can find one. i have one in my land speed race bike, and it did cost that much, plus another seven or eight hundred bucks for parts. i don't have much money, but this machine is all i spend my money on, after the kids:

(https://i.imgur.com/Vh8Jrfpl.jpg)

so when i found an original ARD for sale for US$440, i checked my paypal balance and was on the phone inside of ten minutes. and i was first:

(https://i.imgur.com/h6QsYFbl.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/amat9Dql.jpg)

this one was a take-out many years ago, and has been sitting on a shelf. it has all the parts except the oval belt drive cover, includes the rotor and a coil for distributor-style single-fire mode, and has a brand-new exhaust cam pulley . . .

the bearings seem good, and i might get this thing running on my road race bike for nothing other than what i spent to snag it. still have a bit of work to do on that:

(https://i.imgur.com/PX8RCp9l.jpg)

i've wasted lots of money on motorcycles in the past years, and it's nice to actually come across a genuine bargain for once. if you're running an old triumph, tese things are golden.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Icarus on December 23, 2020, 02:43:03 AM
Billy I am pleased tat you are pleased with the ARD magneto.  Whatever floats your boat is what you need to have if you can possibly get it.

The mag will work and sure enough the faster it turns the hotter the spark because the voltage from the pickup coils increase in some proportion to the velocity of the magnets.   Old mags like Bosch, Scintillas,and , perish the thought, Brit mags  were operable but starting was a bit problematic  faster the mag turns the hotter the spark. (They turn rather slowly when at cranking speed)   Way back in the bronze age when I was an Evinrude outboard dealer, all the motors had magneto ignition.  A serious pain in the ass they were.  The outboards had magnetos but were  laid out differently under the flywheels.  A real pain.

The good lord smiled on us when he let us invent CDI ignitions.  You will find that kind of ignition system, on all of the fast bikes of today.  What do you suppose makes sparks on the little 10 grand Ninja that your daughter runs?  It ain't a magneto.

You can graft a CDI from something like a Yamaha RD 250 or other modern ignition into the Triumph.  It might cost $30 from the local junk yard.  A bonus is that it has no belts or pulleys and does not sap power from the engine like the Magneto does.  The faster the mag turns the more energy it absorbs. A CDI is a damned site more reliable and is much easier for the engine to start too.

Any system  with breaker points belongs on vintage scoots, surely not on all out racer bikes. 

With all that mean critique, I apologize and tell you that I am pleased that you have an ignition system that you really want. 
...
That it took an exceedingly long time to get your package is a bummer.  My wife is a power E Bay seller. She ships many packages every day.  Sometimes the packages, scheduled for three day delivery do not arrive in the USPS allotted time.  The worst and most frequent delay of delivery service in the nation seems to be in Ohio.  Sometimes a package will "lie in state" for weeks in Toledo or some such place.  No reason for the delay is obvious. The postal workers in Ohio are surely as competent and conscientious as the ones anywhere else.  No telling what the Ohio hang up is.  The unexplainable delays precede the LaJoy administration so we can not blame it on him.



Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Dark Lightning on December 23, 2020, 03:27:11 AM
Moving magnetic fields generate counter-electromotive force in proportion to their speed. I don't want to go refresh my memory on whether it is linear or not, atm. When I taught physics, one of the demonstrations I did involved dropping a magnet down a PVC pipe and a copper pipe. If one chooses the magnet size correctly and the pipes have similar inside diameters, it amazes the students immensely. The magnet(s) fall through the PVC pipe with aplomb, but in the copper pipe it can take many seconds to traverse even a three foot section. I'm willing to bet the EMF of that magneto is in the single digit HP absorption regime. Electronic ignition could yield a couple of top end MPH. It would be worth experimenting with, for sure.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Ecurb Noselrub on December 23, 2020, 10:30:28 PM
Sweet Cream and Cinnamon Vanilla ice cream from Freezing Point, Temple, Texas.  Part of the desserts for Christmas dinner.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: hermes2015 on December 24, 2020, 03:23:13 AM
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on December 23, 2020, 10:30:28 PM
Sweet Cream and Cinnamon Vanilla ice cream from Freezing Point, Temple, Texas.  Part of the desserts for Christmas dinner.

You're lucky I am not a house guest โ€” your dessert would not survive until the 25th.  :let'seat:
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Dark Lightning on December 24, 2020, 03:27:31 AM
A set of profile scrapers and two hook knives. I have a new carving project coming up and the hook knives are needed. The scrapers are needed all the time, but I'm just now breaking down and buying them.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on December 25, 2020, 01:50:17 AM
Quote from: Icarus on December 23, 2020, 02:43:03 AM
The good lord smiled on us when he let us invent CDI ignitions.  You will find that kind of ignition system, on all of the fast bikes of today.  What do you suppose makes sparks on the little 10 grand Ninja that your daughter runs?  It ain't a magneto.

i confess that there are hall effect and even optical transistor ignitions around that not only have a spark advance curve, but don't absorb horsepower, never go bad, work reliably in all weather conditions, and need no maintenance. i've got em on a triumph, two BSAs, and a norton commando, and they work flawlessly.

but they all require a wiring harness, a battery, and if you want the machine to work more than an hour or so, an alternator. i actually ran a new zealand elecronic system on my race bike at first, but took it off when i melted the harness against my chest while lying down on the frame. it's on a BSA now

TBH th emagneto is attractive not because it's practical, but because it's just so  . . . mechanical. the electronic ignition systems are philosophical black boxes, they just sit there quietly and work perfectly without any fanfare. but the ARD whirrs and clicks and sparks and generates an experience of time travel whenever i get it set up. and so far the machine is faster than all it's similar compettors with transistor technology.

and it's minimal. i'm a minimalist. the first thing i do when i get a piece of computer hardware is go through and delete everything that i don't need. all the games, all the apps, all the bells and whistles-- i strip it to as close to nothing as i can get and then add back only things i need. even as a teenager, i ditched the front derailleure on my bicycle because five speeds were better than ten.

so th emagneto decision is as much about art as it is about technology. but i'm approaching the edge of the envelope, and if i want to go faster i'm going to have get rid of the spark scatter and the horsepower drag of spinning that rotor.

Quote from: Dark Lightning on December 23, 2020, 03:27:11 AM
I'm willing to bet the EMF of that magneto is in the single digit HP absorption regime. Electronic ignition could yield a couple of top end MPH. It would be worth experimenting with, for sure.

i know you're right. even spinning th erotor by hand takes several ounces of torque. and its not lik esliding friction that doesn't increase once you overcome starting inertia. the total force required to turn the rotor stays the same with every revolution, and so the faster you want to turn it, th emore reistance events per unit time you have to add up/.

i have  one of these already, bu i've been resisting putting it in.

(https://www.pazon.com/files/t_16200.jpg)

maybe this coming summer
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Icarus on December 26, 2020, 01:23:08 AM
Billy I also appreciate prior art, primitive science, old bikes, and Armstrong clutches. But what the hell I am as old as dirt.  I do admire the ARD mag and its heritage.   
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Dark Lightning on December 26, 2020, 02:51:33 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on December 25, 2020, 01:50:17 AM
Quote from: Icarus on December 23, 2020, 02:43:03 AM
The good lord smiled on us when he let us invent CDI ignitions.  You will find that kind of ignition system, on all of the fast bikes of today.  What do you suppose makes sparks on the little 10 grand Ninja that your daughter runs?  It ain't a magneto.

i confess that there are hall effect and even optical transistor ignitions around that not only have a spark advance curve, but don't absorb horsepower, never go bad, work reliably in all weather conditions, and need no maintenance. i've got em on a triumph, two BSAs, and a norton commando, and they work flawlessly.

but they all require a wiring harness, a battery, and if you want the machine to work more than an hour or so, an alternator. i actually ran a new zealand elecronic system on my race bike at first, but took it off when i melted the harness against my chest while lying down on the frame. it's on a BSA now

TBH th emagneto is attractive not because it's practical, but because it's just so  . . . mechanical. the electronic ignition systems are philosophical black boxes, they just sit there quietly and work perfectly without any fanfare. but the ARD whirrs and clicks and sparks and generates an experience of time travel whenever i get it set up. and so far the machine is faster than all it's similar compettors with transistor technology.

and it's minimal. i'm a minimalist. the first thing i do when i get a piece of computer hardware is go through and delete everything that i don't need. all the games, all the apps, all the bells and whistles-- i strip it to as close to nothing as i can get and then add back only things i need. even as a teenager, i ditched the front derailleure on my bicycle because five speeds were better than ten.

so th emagneto decision is as much about art as it is about technology. but i'm approaching the edge of the envelope, and if i want to go faster i'm going to have get rid of the spark scatter and the horsepower drag of spinning that rotor.

Quote from: Dark Lightning on December 23, 2020, 03:27:11 AM
I'm willing to bet the EMF of that magneto is in the single digit HP absorption regime. Electronic ignition could yield a couple of top end MPH. It would be worth experimenting with, for sure.

i know you're right. even spinning th erotor by hand takes several ounces of torque. and its not lik esliding friction that doesn't increase once you overcome starting inertia. the total force required to turn the rotor stays the same with every revolution, and so the faster you want to turn it, th emore reistance events per unit time you have to add up/.

i have  one of these already, bu i've been resisting putting it in.

(https://www.pazon.com/files/t_16200.jpg)

maybe this coming summer

How big a battery is required to eliminate the requirement for a charging system? In the end, the weight isn't that big a factor if enough energy is stored to get the job done. Another approach would be to have a system that uses magnetic braking. Maybe rig a charging system that works like brakes that work only at the end of the high-speed run?
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on December 27, 2020, 12:50:15 AM
i use the little featherweight shorai lithium iron batteries. they weigh about as much as a baked potato and are about the same size. theyll run my race bike all day without recharging so running out of emf really isnt a problem.

theg retainb.v charge a very long time without a trickle and even though thegre ver expensive im a convert to them on my EI machinez.

but i confess that one reason im partial to magneto ignition iz becauze it is so primitive. i get significant satisfaction by showing up at the line with a primitive machine in a production frame with ancient components, and then being faster than high-zoot dynotuned data logged competitors.

i hear about it from them too. i am  annoying to my felliw racers becauze i have been qble to dob.c. so much with so little . its tge same reason i dont want a fairing with the instant 7mph increase i could probably get-- i like beating then without the aids.

but its time to grow up i think. faster is faster. in the end.

Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on December 27, 2020, 01:11:31 AM
lol

watch this. these are the guys i deal with.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=95vU9hWWO1U

go right to the en d when dave lights his cigar off the magneto spark. barry is the guy laughing in the background. he sells me my parts for these old instruments
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Icarus on December 27, 2020, 02:58:31 AM
Small Wisconsin industrial engines had a "wind up" starting mechanism in the magneto.   It was a spring wound deal that made the rotor move faster when triggered during starting efforts. That gimmick did help the starting exercise.   I worked on a gazillion of them in my younger days.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 27, 2020, 04:55:41 PM
If you want to see if you really know a person, try getting them gifts!

Last thing I bought were some expensive soap bars and hand creme for my mother. She was like, "why don't you go and buy yourself some soap bars and hand creme for Christmas?" She didn't know what to get me besides clothes. :lol: 

And I'm like, "I'm not going to buy myself gifts for Christmas".  :???:

So I went and bought her some. I know she loves getting expensive soap bars as gifts. ;D

See, it was all just her way of expressing what she wanted me to get for her. :grin:
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Tank on December 27, 2020, 05:03:18 PM
I bought some random stuff for my wife. When she opened one she said "Oh! This scarf matches my coat perfectly. Did you chose it so it matched?" I remained silent.  ;D
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: xSilverPhinx on December 27, 2020, 05:05:08 PM
Quote from: Tank on December 27, 2020, 05:03:18 PM
I bought some random stuff for my wife. When she opened one she said "Oh! This scarf matches my coat perfectly. Did you chose it so it matched?" I remained silent.  ;D

:lol:
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Randy on December 28, 2020, 01:15:52 AM
Quote from: Tank on December 27, 2020, 05:03:18 PM
I bought some random stuff for my wife. When she opened one she said "Oh! This scarf matches my coat perfectly. Did you chose it so it matched?" I remained silent.  ;D
Sometimes silence and a nod is all that is needed.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Tank on December 28, 2020, 02:29:48 PM
Quote from: Randy on December 28, 2020, 01:15:52 AM
Quote from: Tank on December 27, 2020, 05:03:18 PM
I bought some random stuff for my wife. When she opened one she said "Oh! This scarf matches my coat perfectly. Did you chose it so it matched?" I remained silent.  ;D
Sometimes silence and a nod is all that is needed.

Exactly :D
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: xSilverPhinx on January 15, 2021, 07:51:27 PM
A Samsung Galaxy A20s 32 GB. A definite upgrade from my last phone. :grin:
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Tom62 on January 16, 2021, 06:29:11 AM
I've bought me one of these things

(https://www.qnap.com/i/_attach_file/product/photo/800_500/442_1583119632_TS-653D_Top-right.png?v=2)

It is a 6 bay QNAP TS-653D-8G with 4 x Seagate Ironwolf Pro NAS 18TB, so I should have enough storage capability for next 2,000 years.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: hermes2015 on January 16, 2021, 07:08:40 AM
Quote from: Tom62 on January 16, 2021, 06:29:11 AM
I've bought me one of these things

(https://www.qnap.com/i/_attach_file/product/photo/800_500/442_1583119632_TS-653D_Top-right.png?v=2)

It is a 6 bay QNAP TS-653D-8G with 4 x Seagate Ironwolf Pro NAS 18TB, so I should have enough storage capability for next 2,000 years.

Mazel tov! I would be very interested in hearing updates on your experiences with this NAS.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Tom62 on January 21, 2021, 06:57:50 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on January 16, 2021, 07:08:40 AM
Quote from: Tom62 on January 16, 2021, 06:29:11 AM
I've bought me one of these things

(https://www.qnap.com/i/_attach_file/product/photo/800_500/442_1583119632_TS-653D_Top-right.png?v=2)

It is a 6 bay QNAP TS-653D-8G with 4 x Seagate Ironwolf Pro NAS 18TB, so I should have enough storage capability for next 2,000 years.

Mazel tov! I would be very interested in hearing updates on your experiences with this NAS.

I love that machine. It was easier to setup than I thought it would be. Copying hundreds of gigabyte on the NAS via the external USB 3.2 port is blazingly fast. For the moment I've got it connected to my router via an old TP-Link powerline adapter. My router is hidden in small cupboard in our entrance area behind a wardrobe. That is not a good location for a NAS, because of dust, heat and accessibility, hence the powerline connection. The connection I have is good enough for test purposes, but not fast enough for or daily practical use. I'll be replacing the 12 year old powerline adapters with something more modern, to increase the connection speed.

I'm still "playing" with it to figure out how to optimize it for our use. My wife also wants to have a say in it and since she is a manager of a data centre (and German), everything has to be perfect and organized. I'm more of a trial and error kind of guy; she is a everything by the books, everything fully planned before lady.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: hermes2015 on January 21, 2021, 07:15:30 AM
Quote from: Tom62 on January 21, 2021, 06:57:50 AM
...
My wife also wants to have a say in it and since she is a manager of a data centre (and German), everything has to be perfect and organized. I'm more of a trial and error kind of guy; she is a everything by the books, everything fully planned before lady.

Your wife sounds marvelllous โ€” I am German on my father's side (my mother's family had French and Dutch origins), so can relate to her traits that I share to a large degree.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: xSilverPhinx on January 22, 2021, 01:16:20 AM
My maternal grandfather is half German and he's very emotionally reactive, with a real temper. It's an interesting contrast to my more cool-headed Spanish grandmother. I think they came reversed.   
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Tank on January 22, 2021, 12:44:23 PM
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img923/8651/VCKPLx.jpg)
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: hermes2015 on January 22, 2021, 01:15:23 PM
Lovely new toys, Tank. Isn't retirement wonderful?
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Dark Lightning on January 22, 2021, 04:10:28 PM
Fesstool!? My, aren't we fauncy!  ;D
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Tank on January 22, 2021, 04:18:26 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on January 22, 2021, 01:15:23 PM
Lovely new toys, Tank. Isn't retirement wonderful?

Roll over router bits for band saw boxes :)
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Tank on January 22, 2021, 04:19:20 PM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on January 22, 2021, 04:10:28 PM
Fesstool!? My, aren't we fauncy!  ;D

:snicker1: They were actually the cheapest 'name' brand.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Dark Lightning on January 22, 2021, 08:04:56 PM
Quote from: Tank on January 22, 2021, 04:19:20 PM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on January 22, 2021, 04:10:28 PM
Fesstool!? My, aren't we fauncy!  ;D

:snicker1: They were actually the cheapest 'name' brand.

That's the reverse of about everything Fesstool makes. They really make high quality tools, and the prices show it.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Tank on January 22, 2021, 08:09:29 PM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on January 22, 2021, 08:04:56 PM
Quote from: Tank on January 22, 2021, 04:19:20 PM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on January 22, 2021, 04:10:28 PM
Fesstool!? My, aren't we fauncy!  ;D

:snicker1: They were actually the cheapest 'name' brand.

That's the reverse of about everything Fesstool makes. They really make high quality tools, and the prices show it.

They do make good stuff
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Icarus on January 29, 2021, 08:18:30 PM
I am in the process of buying a Kick scooter. The Schwinn "Shuffle" is the model that I have chosen. I have three upscale bicycles that I am hesitant to use anymore.  I cannot get my damned leg high enough to get on or off the bike reliably.  So I will dispose of the bikes and buy the scooter. 

The scooter of choice has a 27 inch front wheel and a 20 inch rear wheel.  Exercise with a scooter is a bit more vigorous than it is with a bike. One of the advantages of the scooter is that I can legally ride it on sidewalks and jogging trails. Bikes are not allowed in those places.  Also, If I fall off the scooter, the distance to the ground is not as far. 

You can get a harness for your dog that makes it possible to exercise him/her without running your ass off.  The scooter can keep up with the dog easily.  In fact there are some Husky dog fanciers who have them pull the scooter.

As soon as  I sell one or more of the bikes I will have the spare funds to buy the scooter ($200)

After that transaction I will buy a new computer because this one is getting very tired.  No way I will get, or need one with the quality and complexity of the ones you other guys have recently gotten.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: xSilverPhinx on February 03, 2021, 12:05:51 AM
This afternoon I went to the supermarket to buy onions. I ended up buying a lot of stuff I didn't really need and I forgot the onions. ::)
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Tank on February 03, 2021, 05:05:01 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on February 03, 2021, 12:05:51 AM
This afternoon I went to the supermarket to buy onions. I ended up buying a lot of stuff I didn't really need and I forgot the onions. ::)

How old are you? That's the sort of thing I do!
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Tank on February 03, 2021, 05:14:36 PM
Just bought a book, The Complete Guide to Joint Making.

I'll leave you to imagine what sort of 'joint' I am interested in making  ::)
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Dark Lightning on February 03, 2021, 05:56:54 PM
Quote from: Tank on February 03, 2021, 05:14:36 PM
Just bought a book, The Complete Guide to Joint Making.

I'll leave you to imagine what sort of 'joint' I am interested in making  ::)

;D

Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: xSilverPhinx on February 03, 2021, 06:41:50 PM
Quote from: Tank on February 03, 2021, 05:05:01 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on February 03, 2021, 12:05:51 AM
This afternoon I went to the supermarket to buy onions. I ended up buying a lot of stuff I didn't really need and I forgot the onions. ::)

How old are you? That's the sort of thing I do!

I just turned 35. :twitch:
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Tom62 on February 23, 2021, 09:53:36 AM
After our old toaster broke after only 5 years, we decided to buy this English beauty. It is handmade, extremely sturdy and every part can be replaced.

(https://assets.dualit.com/images/landscape720/80066-newgen-4slot-polished-front.jpg)
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: xSilverPhinx on February 23, 2021, 12:34:07 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on February 23, 2021, 09:53:36 AM
After our old toaster broke after only 5 years, we decided to buy this English beauty. It is handmade, extremely sturdy and every part can be replaced.

(https://assets.dualit.com/images/landscape720/80066-newgen-4slot-polished-front.jpg)

Shiny! :grin:
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Randy on February 23, 2021, 01:04:32 PM
Quote from: Tom62 on February 23, 2021, 09:53:36 AM
After our old toaster broke after only 5 years, we decided to buy this English beauty. It is handmade, extremely sturdy and every part can be replaced.

(https://assets.dualit.com/images/landscape720/80066-newgen-4slot-polished-front.jpg)
Sounds like a good deal to me!
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: xSilverPhinx on February 24, 2021, 12:01:41 AM
(https://scontent.fpoa27-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/153673052_10158173908853869_6548529769010778317_n.jpg?_nc_cat=103&ccb=3&_nc_sid=9267fe&_nc_eui2=AeGRx3Jmf3UQLfhTP6UmLuq66ivyrqVDjmDqK_KupUOOYF1SyJdg50m-VhGt-uPL83JKBbYwq6nP7uQr0FqKCR8Q&_nc_ohc=g-eyU8We6v4AX9rRPTZ&_nc_ht=scontent.fpoa27-1.fna&oh=98853e02ee36f4176b7762419bd12eca&oe=605A61A0)

What should I buy... :chin:
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on February 24, 2021, 02:05:06 AM
you should buy a motorcycle.

they are very stylish, and quite practical as well.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Magdalena on February 24, 2021, 02:58:38 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on February 24, 2021, 12:01:41 AM
(https://scontent.fpoa27-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/153673052_10158173908853869_6548529769010778317_n.jpg?_nc_cat=103&ccb=3&_nc_sid=9267fe&_nc_eui2=AeGRx3Jmf3UQLfhTP6UmLuq66ivyrqVDjmDqK_KupUOOYF1SyJdg50m-VhGt-uPL83JKBbYwq6nP7uQr0FqKCR8Q&_nc_ohc=g-eyU8We6v4AX9rRPTZ&_nc_ht=scontent.fpoa27-1.fna&oh=98853e02ee36f4176b7762419bd12eca&oe=605A61A0)

What should I buy... :chin:

:oooh-me!:
Buy a nice dress and a pair of high heels, just for the heck of it.  :grin:
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Magdalena on February 24, 2021, 03:02:07 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on February 03, 2021, 12:05:51 AM
This afternoon I went to the supermarket to buy onions. I ended up buying a lot of stuff I didn't really need and I forgot the onions. ::)

This afternoon I went to the supermarket to buy onions. I ended up buying a french press coffee maker.  :fingertap:

Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Magdalena on February 24, 2021, 03:03:24 AM
...I don't even know how it works.  :fingertap:
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: xSilverPhinx on February 24, 2021, 01:20:50 PM
Quote from: billy rubin on February 24, 2021, 02:05:06 AM
you should buy a motorcycle.

they are very stylish, and quite practical as well.

:lol: What am I going to do with a motocycle? I don't know how to ride one of those!  ;D
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: xSilverPhinx on February 24, 2021, 01:22:01 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on February 24, 2021, 02:58:38 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on February 24, 2021, 12:01:41 AM
(https://scontent.fpoa27-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/153673052_10158173908853869_6548529769010778317_n.jpg?_nc_cat=103&ccb=3&_nc_sid=9267fe&_nc_eui2=AeGRx3Jmf3UQLfhTP6UmLuq66ivyrqVDjmDqK_KupUOOYF1SyJdg50m-VhGt-uPL83JKBbYwq6nP7uQr0FqKCR8Q&_nc_ohc=g-eyU8We6v4AX9rRPTZ&_nc_ht=scontent.fpoa27-1.fna&oh=98853e02ee36f4176b7762419bd12eca&oe=605A61A0)

What should I buy... :chin:

:oooh-me!:
Buy a nice dress and a pair of high heels, just for the heck of it.  :grin:

Heheh! I like your suggestion, but if you saw me trying to walk in high heels you wouldn't suggest a disaster waiting to happen. :grin:
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: xSilverPhinx on February 24, 2021, 01:22:53 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on February 24, 2021, 03:02:07 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on February 03, 2021, 12:05:51 AM
This afternoon I went to the supermarket to buy onions. I ended up buying a lot of stuff I didn't really need and I forgot the onions. ::)

This afternoon I went to the supermarket to buy onions. I ended up buying a french press coffee maker.  :fingertap:

Quote from: Magdalena on February 24, 2021, 03:03:24 AM
...I don't even know how it works.  :fingertap:

:lol:
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Randy on February 24, 2021, 02:56:32 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on February 03, 2021, 12:05:51 AM
This afternoon I went to the supermarket to buy onions. I ended up buying a lot of stuff I didn't really need and I forgot the onions. ::)
I don't know how I missed this before but that is funny! :rofl:
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Magdalena on February 24, 2021, 02:59:22 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on February 24, 2021, 01:22:01 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on February 24, 2021, 02:58:38 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on February 24, 2021, 12:01:41 AM
(https://scontent.fpoa27-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/153673052_10158173908853869_6548529769010778317_n.jpg?_nc_cat=103&ccb=3&_nc_sid=9267fe&_nc_eui2=AeGRx3Jmf3UQLfhTP6UmLuq66ivyrqVDjmDqK_KupUOOYF1SyJdg50m-VhGt-uPL83JKBbYwq6nP7uQr0FqKCR8Q&_nc_ohc=g-eyU8We6v4AX9rRPTZ&_nc_ht=scontent.fpoa27-1.fna&oh=98853e02ee36f4176b7762419bd12eca&oe=605A61A0)

What should I buy... :chin:

:oooh-me!:
Buy a nice dress and a pair of high heels, just for the heck of it.  :grin:

Heheh! I like your suggestion, but if you saw me trying to walk in high heels you wouldn't suggest a disaster waiting to happen. :grin:

:grin:
But they're so sexy...See?
(https://media1.tenor.com/images/e4f6eb0067d7dea1d6e1d54811be1912/tenor.gif?itemid=6101934)
:lol:
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Randy on February 24, 2021, 03:07:51 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on February 24, 2021, 03:03:24 AM
...I don't even know how it works.  :fingertap:
Don't ask me. I drink a lot of coffee but have never used a French press.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: hermes2015 on February 24, 2021, 03:31:19 PM
I find it best to grind the coffee beans quite coarsely when using a French press.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on February 24, 2021, 05:54:54 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on February 24, 2021, 01:20:50 PM
:lol: What am I going to do with a motocycle? I don't know how to ride one of those!  ;D

nobody knows how to ride a motorcycle uyntil they get on one.

(https://i.imgur.com/S5nQn7Cl.png)

a partner with an equally low aptitude for self-preservation sometimes helps
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Magdalena on February 24, 2021, 07:48:30 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on February 24, 2021, 03:31:19 PM
I find it best to grind the coffee beans quite coarsely when using a French press.
Grind the coffee?
(https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/920295389786328626/AAA8093BD24BB0EF4564495B2282281913CE19EC/)
Now I have to go buy garlic and come back with a coffee grinder to use my French press?
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Randy on February 25, 2021, 12:11:04 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on February 24, 2021, 07:48:30 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on February 24, 2021, 03:31:19 PM
I find it best to grind the coffee beans quite coarsely when using a French press.
Grind the coffee?
(https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/920295389786328626/AAA8093BD24BB0EF4564495B2282281913CE19EC/)
Now I have to go buy garlic and come back with a coffee grinder to use my French press?
If that's what it takes. :snicker:
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: hermes2015 on February 25, 2021, 03:09:13 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on February 24, 2021, 07:48:30 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on February 24, 2021, 03:31:19 PM
I find it best to grind the coffee beans quite coarsely when using a French press.
Grind the coffee?
(https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/920295389786328626/AAA8093BD24BB0EF4564495B2282281913CE19EC/)
Now I have to go buy garlic and come back with a coffee grinder to use my French press?

Yes, that's what it takes if you want the best taste.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Dark Lightning on February 25, 2021, 04:33:02 AM
This coffee Philistine drinks instant coffee in the morning because he can't be bothered to do all the preparations that the big coffee pot requires. The little 4 cup Mr Coffee device went toes up a few weeks ago.  :eyebrow:
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on February 25, 2021, 04:39:24 AM
 :wha?:
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Magdalena on February 25, 2021, 05:44:16 AM
Quote from: Randy on February 25, 2021, 12:11:04 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on February 24, 2021, 07:48:30 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on February 24, 2021, 03:31:19 PM
I find it best to grind the coffee beans quite coarsely when using a French press.
Grind the coffee?
(https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/920295389786328626/AAA8093BD24BB0EF4564495B2282281913CE19EC/)
Now I have to go buy garlic and come back with a coffee grinder to use my French press?
If that's what it takes. :snicker:

Quote from: hermes2015 on February 25, 2021, 03:09:13 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on February 24, 2021, 07:48:30 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on February 24, 2021, 03:31:19 PM
I find it best to grind the coffee beans quite coarsely when using a French press.
Grind the coffee?
(https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/920295389786328626/AAA8093BD24BB0EF4564495B2282281913CE19EC/)
Now I have to go buy garlic and come back with a coffee grinder to use my French press?

Yes, that's what it takes if you want the best taste.

I guess you're right.  :notsure:

Now I have to go buy carrots and come back with coffee to grind in my coffee grinder to use my French press.
:fingertap:

*I should've thought about the whole thing.
:picard facepalm:
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: hermes2015 on February 25, 2021, 06:25:06 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on February 25, 2021, 05:44:16 AM
....
*I should've thought about the whole thing.
:picard facepalm:

Welcome to my convoluted world.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Randy on February 25, 2021, 07:24:02 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on February 25, 2021, 05:44:16 AM
Quote from: Randy on February 25, 2021, 12:11:04 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on February 24, 2021, 07:48:30 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on February 24, 2021, 03:31:19 PM
I find it best to grind the coffee beans quite coarsely when using a French press.
Grind the coffee?
(https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/920295389786328626/AAA8093BD24BB0EF4564495B2282281913CE19EC/)
Now I have to go buy garlic and come back with a coffee grinder to use my French press?
If that's what it takes. :snicker:

Quote from: hermes2015 on February 25, 2021, 03:09:13 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on February 24, 2021, 07:48:30 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on February 24, 2021, 03:31:19 PM
I find it best to grind the coffee beans quite coarsely when using a French press.
Grind the coffee?
(https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/920295389786328626/AAA8093BD24BB0EF4564495B2282281913CE19EC/)
Now I have to go buy garlic and come back with a coffee grinder to use my French press?

Yes, that's what it takes if you want the best taste.

I guess you're right.  :notsure:

Now I have to go buy carrots and come back with coffee to grind in my coffee grinder to use my French press.
:fingertap:

*I should've thought about the whole thing.
:picard facepalm:
Sans the garlic and carrots of course.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: xSilverPhinx on February 26, 2021, 01:43:46 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on February 24, 2021, 02:59:22 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on February 24, 2021, 01:22:01 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on February 24, 2021, 02:58:38 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on February 24, 2021, 12:01:41 AM
(https://scontent.fpoa27-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/153673052_10158173908853869_6548529769010778317_n.jpg?_nc_cat=103&ccb=3&_nc_sid=9267fe&_nc_eui2=AeGRx3Jmf3UQLfhTP6UmLuq66ivyrqVDjmDqK_KupUOOYF1SyJdg50m-VhGt-uPL83JKBbYwq6nP7uQr0FqKCR8Q&_nc_ohc=g-eyU8We6v4AX9rRPTZ&_nc_ht=scontent.fpoa27-1.fna&oh=98853e02ee36f4176b7762419bd12eca&oe=605A61A0)

What should I buy... :chin:

:oooh-me!:
Buy a nice dress and a pair of high heels, just for the heck of it.  :grin:

Heheh! I like your suggestion, but if you saw me trying to walk in high heels you wouldn't suggest a disaster waiting to happen. :grin:

:grin:
But they're so sexy...See?
(https://media1.tenor.com/images/e4f6eb0067d7dea1d6e1d54811be1912/tenor.gif?itemid=6101934)
:lol:

:rofl:

"It was deliberate!"
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Icarus on February 26, 2021, 01:47:10 AM
^ Garlic is a critical ingredient.  Among other things it keeps the Vampires away. 
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Randy on February 26, 2021, 03:37:43 AM
Quote from: Icarus on February 26, 2021, 01:47:10 AM
^ Garlic is a critical ingredient.  Among other things it keeps the Vampires away.
I'm not worried. One taste of my blood and the vampire would disintegrate!
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Magdalena on February 26, 2021, 04:48:32 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on February 26, 2021, 01:43:46 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on February 24, 2021, 02:59:22 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on February 24, 2021, 01:22:01 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on February 24, 2021, 02:58:38 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on February 24, 2021, 12:01:41 AM
(https://scontent.fpoa27-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/153673052_10158173908853869_6548529769010778317_n.jpg?_nc_cat=103&ccb=3&_nc_sid=9267fe&_nc_eui2=AeGRx3Jmf3UQLfhTP6UmLuq66ivyrqVDjmDqK_KupUOOYF1SyJdg50m-VhGt-uPL83JKBbYwq6nP7uQr0FqKCR8Q&_nc_ohc=g-eyU8We6v4AX9rRPTZ&_nc_ht=scontent.fpoa27-1.fna&oh=98853e02ee36f4176b7762419bd12eca&oe=605A61A0)

What should I buy... :chin:

:oooh-me!:
Buy a nice dress and a pair of high heels, just for the heck of it.  :grin:

Heheh! I like your suggestion, but if you saw me trying to walk in high heels you wouldn't suggest a disaster waiting to happen. :grin:

:grin:
But they're so sexy...See?
(https://media1.tenor.com/images/e4f6eb0067d7dea1d6e1d54811be1912/tenor.gif?itemid=6101934)
:lol:

:rofl:

"It was deliberate!"

I think it was.  :snicker1:
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Magdalena on February 26, 2021, 04:54:03 AM
Well, after what I just went through with the French press, the coffee grinder, and the coffee...I learned a lesson...

(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/6b/e3/43/6be3439caed0610734571e43618fa885.jpg)
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: xSilverPhinx on February 26, 2021, 08:31:48 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on February 26, 2021, 04:54:03 AM
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/6b/e3/43/6be3439caed0610734571e43618fa885.jpg)

Whoopsie! :snicker:
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Magdalena on February 27, 2021, 12:29:21 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on February 26, 2021, 08:31:48 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on February 26, 2021, 04:54:03 AM
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/6b/e3/43/6be3439caed0610734571e43618fa885.jpg)

Whoopsie! :snicker:

If she/he only had one more finger everything would be fine...
:snicker:
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on February 27, 2021, 01:37:43 AM
went to town and bought some greens, goat feed, and a garden rake
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Dark Lightning on February 27, 2021, 01:41:47 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on February 27, 2021, 01:37:43 AM
went to town and bought some greens, goat feed, and a garden rake

Looks like part of the list of materials Studebaker Hawk bought to go in pursuit of Billy the Mountain, in the album named, "Just Another Band From LA", by Frank Zappa. What a great musician. Strange, but great.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on February 27, 2021, 02:40:58 AM
billy had two big rocks for eyes

and a cave for a mouth that went up and down
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on February 28, 2021, 06:14:44 PM
i'm mounting wheel discs on my racing motorcycle, to reduce turbulence and aerodynamic drag around the rear wheel. to do that i have to redesign the rear brake into something smaller, so i spent US$14 on ebay for a rear brake caliper from a 2007 kawasaki to see what i could do:

(https://i.imgur.com/GQZIjYyl.png?1)

i only have 1/4-inch of spae right now between the caliper and the wheel spokes, and i need more room to bolt a disc in there
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Randy on March 05, 2021, 02:28:03 PM
Brakes for the car. All four brakes needed changing.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Icarus on March 05, 2021, 11:41:00 PM
The piezo igniter in my Barbie quit working. OK I will get a new igniter module.  Many You Tube  comments say that the igniter module craps out frequently................New module from Amazon....  Shipping cost more than igniter cost...total about $20.  Very well...... Damned new igniter did not work........Hmmmnn  I wonder if that push button switch is sending a signal to the igniter thingy.......Out with the Ohm meter......shit! the switch is bad, maybe not an igniter failure after all...... Order switch from Barbie manufacturer....... Once again shipping cost as much as item cost....this time only $10.  If I am unable to fix the damned igniter I will be forced to use matches, the old fashioned and usually reliable method.

I am sad because I could have used that $10 +20 dollars to buy a nice bottle of bourbon.  But if  the igniter parts result in successful repair I will have fewer chances of blowing myself up with propane gas while attempting to start the Barbie.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on March 06, 2021, 12:02:30 AM
lol


https://www.dixiegunworks.com/index/page/product/product_id/7637/category_id/547/product_name/MI6405+FLINT+%26+STEEL+FIRE+STARTER+KIT
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Randy on March 06, 2021, 01:00:59 AM
Quote from: Icarus on March 05, 2021, 11:41:00 PM
The piezo igniter in my Barbie quit working. OK I will get a new igniter module.  Many You Tube  comments say that the igniter module craps out frequently................New module from Amazon....  Shipping cost more than igniter cost...total about $20.  Very well...... Damned new igniter did not work........Hmmmnn  I wonder if that push button switch is sending a signal to the igniter thingy.......Out with the Ohm meter......shit! the switch is bad, maybe not an igniter failure after all...... Order switch from Barbie manufacturer....... Once again shipping cost as much as item cost....this time only $10.  If I am unable to fix the damned igniter I will be forced to use matches, the old fashioned and usually reliable method.

I am sad because I could have used that $10 +20 dollars to buy a nice bottle of bourbon.  But if  the igniter parts result in successful repair I will have fewer chances of blowing myself up with propane gas while attempting to start the Barbie.
Bourbon or the Barbie? That's a tough choice. When I grilled out I'd drink a beer or two. I only used the harder stuff when the mood hit usually in the evenings when I'm relaxing.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: hermes2015 on March 06, 2021, 03:14:37 AM
My Barbie's igniter is OK, but she's crying out for a new evening gown. I still have to check out Ken's piezo igniter some time.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Dark Lightning on March 06, 2021, 05:13:35 AM
The piezo ignitor on our propane grille died years ago. I just turn on all 5 burner valves and throw in a lit match. #proudpossessorofalleyebrows  :P
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Tank on March 06, 2021, 10:13:14 AM
Quote from: Icarus on March 05, 2021, 11:41:00 PM
The piezo igniter in my Barbie quit working. ...

You have no idea the images that conjured up in my mind until I worked out what you were talking about! 
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Tom62 on March 06, 2021, 10:19:27 AM
Quote from: Tank on March 06, 2021, 10:13:14 AM
Quote from: Icarus on March 05, 2021, 11:41:00 PM
The piezo igniter in my Barbie quit working. ...

You have no idea the images that conjured up in my mind until I worked out what you were talking about!

Yup, same for me...
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: hermes2015 on March 06, 2021, 12:17:08 PM
I'm so glad I don't have a one-track mind like you guys.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Tank on March 06, 2021, 01:01:37 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on March 06, 2021, 12:17:08 PM
I'm so glad I don't have a one-track mind like you guys.

I smell bovine excrement.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Bad Penny II on March 06, 2021, 01:21:38 PM
I\We bought the time of an electrician and his minion to attach an electrical cable from house to new garage which replaced the old burnt one.
My wife arranged it, she wanted the garage door to go up and down at the push of button.
So she arranged me to dig a fricking trench trench 500mm deep, 10m long maybe.
I didn't enjoy it. Less than a week after eye surgery, supposed to be keeping eye dry as sweat pours into into it.
The applicable god has decreed it to be a hot wet humid sub tropical season.
Had to buy a new narrow shovel for the last 100mm of depth.
I still have to fill the thing in again.
Besides muscle aches I have deep blisters on my right palm, I can work a mouse left handed but I haven't trained it in recreational pursuit.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: hermes2015 on March 06, 2021, 03:14:49 PM
Quote from: Tank on March 06, 2021, 01:01:37 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on March 06, 2021, 12:17:08 PM
I'm so glad I don't have a one-track mind like you guys.

I smell bovine excrement.

:snicker1:
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: xSilverPhinx on March 06, 2021, 07:37:39 PM
Quote from: Tank on March 06, 2021, 10:13:14 AM
Quote from: Icarus on March 05, 2021, 11:41:00 PM
The piezo igniter in my Barbie quit working. ...

You have no idea the images that conjured up in my mind until I worked out what you were talking about!

Same! :lol:
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on March 09, 2021, 11:12:37 PM
nothing like learning arcane procedures for working on machines that haven't been made in 50 years.

(https://i.imgur.com/7EQAGgal.jpg)

just bought an ancient manual for performance modifications to norton commandos and th eearlier atlas models from the 1960s and 70s. th eusual stuff- porting, crankshaft strengthening, valve train improvements, adapting non-stock parts for new purposes. i own a 1970 commando and this sort of stuffis useful in unexpected ways.

one of the useful surprises was this:

(https://i.imgur.com/uOsAPhGl.jpg?1)

i have an ignition timing prolem on another machine, and old triumph i've owned for many years. i've modified the ignition to make it much more efficient, and have had to retard the spark so much that it no longer has correct timing off-idle. can't modify the primitive electronic ignition spark curve, so i've been stuck with it, until i read ^^^this. so now i'm off to look for resistors to steepen the timing curve so that i can advance the idle spark timing while keeping peak advance at the same setting.

an unexpected bonus.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Icarus on March 10, 2021, 08:10:01 PM
A valuable find Billy.  good on you.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on March 11, 2021, 02:09:58 AM
yes

i dunno whether its true, so i've emailed the man who invented the ignition back in the 1970s to ask him

small world with this stuff, you know
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Icarus on March 11, 2021, 10:53:29 PM
Not as nimble as I once was.  I can swing my leg over the bicycle but It is not easy. Creaky bones work like that I reckon.  If I have trouble getting on the bike it is even more chancy when stopping to get off the bike.  I had three high end ( pricey ones) bikes, all of which caused me the same trouble.   Sold all three of them but I will miss zipping up and down the bike trail near my house.

What is a poor old man to do....??  Wants to keep on "wheelin".  OK so I bought a kick scooter.  Cost $119 on Amazon. Amazon gave me a coupon worth $10.  If I applied for a certain credit card I could get another $50 off.  OK I did that.  Now the scooter will set me back only $59. Real deal, I do not need or want the credit card but I have it.

Scooter is scheduled to arrive within a few days. We will see whether I bust my ass on the scooter. It is a decent one with a 20 inch front wheel and a 12 inch rear wheel.  Should be able to go over bumps without difficulty. If I have a fatal heart attack while playing with this toy I will really miss all of you nice people.

Billy is buying far more dangerous stuff. Approaching a hard corner at more than 100 MPH means that you need some really good brakes. Billy is buying go fast stuff when he would be advised by me to buy go slower on demand stuff......as in powerful and reliable brakes. Gummy tires too.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Randy on March 12, 2021, 12:25:30 AM
Quote from: Icarus on March 11, 2021, 10:53:29 PM
Not as nimble as I once was.  I can swing my leg over the bicycle but It is not easy. Creaky bones work like that I reckon.  If I have trouble getting on the bike it is even more chancy when stopping to get off the bike.  I had three high end ( pricey ones) bikes, all of which caused me the same trouble.   Sold all three of them but I will miss zipping up and down the bike trail near my house.

What is a poor old man to do....??  Wants to keep on "wheelin".  OK so I bought a kick scooter.  Cost $119 on Amazon. Amazon gave me a coupon worth $10.  If I applied for a certain credit card I could get another $50 off.  OK I did that.  Now the scooter will set me back only $59. Real deal, I do not need or want the credit card but I have it.

Scooter is scheduled to arrive within a few days. We will see whether I bust my ass on the scooter. It is a decent one with a 20 inch front wheel and a 12 inch rear wheel.  Should be able to go over bumps without difficulty. If I have a fatal heart attack while playing with this toy I will really miss all of you nice people.

Billy is buying far more dangerous stuff. Approaching a hard corner at more than 100 MPH means that you need some really good brakes. Billy is buying go fast stuff when he would be advised by me to buy go slower on demand stuff......as in powerful and reliable brakes. Gummy tires too.
At least you are still active. If you have a heart attack at least you will have enjoyed how you got there. But please, don't have a heart attack. You'd be missed.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on March 12, 2021, 03:25:46 AM
i don't do all fast stuff. i also have one of these for my creaky ass

(https://i.imgur.com/LAkEV5sl.jpg)

its a worksman industrial tricycle, mid-1960s, i think. oldest bicycle company in the united states. they don't have any records so there's really no telling when it was made.

solid rubber tires, carries about 400 pounds. came with a 38 front sprocket, but i've dropped that to a 28. before it was good only for flat concrete. can't fall over, and so you don't even need to lean it against anything

(https://i.imgur.com/tWn0dh7l.jpg)

i use it when i race to carry the automotive battery and starter motor for the race bike, and to cruise around the runways

you need to post pictures of your vehicle, icarus. the amish around here use something similar to what you're getting. at $59 thats a steal
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: xSilverPhinx on March 13, 2021, 12:49:20 AM
New headphones. Yeah baby! :grin:
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on March 13, 2021, 02:07:23 AM
i have bought one hudred 690 ohm electronic resitors, at US$6.99.

plus another hundred 470 ohm resitors at the same price, to xperiment with

free shipping

we will see what i can do with a 30-year old electronic motorcycle ignition
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Magdalena on March 21, 2021, 06:04:22 AM
 :notsure:
I want this:

https://www.artsy.net/artwork/plastic-jesus-in-case-of-emergency-break-glass-dom-perignon-compact-fire-extinguisher-mixed-media (https://www.artsy.net/artwork/plastic-jesus-in-case-of-emergency-break-glass-dom-perignon-compact-fire-extinguisher-mixed-media)
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Randy on March 24, 2021, 02:39:45 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on March 21, 2021, 06:04:22 AM
:notsure:
I want this:

https://www.artsy.net/artwork/plastic-jesus-in-case-of-emergency-break-glass-dom-perignon-compact-fire-extinguisher-mixed-media (https://www.artsy.net/artwork/plastic-jesus-in-case-of-emergency-break-glass-dom-perignon-compact-fire-extinguisher-mixed-media)
A few years ago it wouldn't be long before I broke the glass. :grin:
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: No one on March 24, 2021, 05:12:14 PM
A ride across the galaxy.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Magdalena on March 25, 2021, 03:59:41 AM
Quote from: Randy on March 24, 2021, 02:39:45 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on March 21, 2021, 06:04:22 AM
:notsure:
I want this:

https://www.artsy.net/artwork/plastic-jesus-in-case-of-emergency-break-glass-dom-perignon-compact-fire-extinguisher-mixed-media (https://www.artsy.net/artwork/plastic-jesus-in-case-of-emergency-break-glass-dom-perignon-compact-fire-extinguisher-mixed-media)
A few years ago it wouldn't be long before I broke the glass. :grin:
:snicker:

When you have an emergency, you have an emergency... :grin:
(https://i.etsystatic.com/20313815/r/il/cc0d61/2181804331/il_570xN.2181804331_4tvx.jpg)
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Randy on March 31, 2021, 10:34:51 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on March 25, 2021, 03:59:41 AM
Quote from: Randy on March 24, 2021, 02:39:45 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on March 21, 2021, 06:04:22 AM
:notsure:
I want this:

https://www.artsy.net/artwork/plastic-jesus-in-case-of-emergency-break-glass-dom-perignon-compact-fire-extinguisher-mixed-media (https://www.artsy.net/artwork/plastic-jesus-in-case-of-emergency-break-glass-dom-perignon-compact-fire-extinguisher-mixed-media)
A few years ago it wouldn't be long before I broke the glass. :grin:
:snicker:

When you have an emergency, you have an emergency... :grin:
(https://i.etsystatic.com/20313815/r/il/cc0d61/2181804331/il_570xN.2181804331_4tvx.jpg)
There you go. Much better. :grin:
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on April 01, 2021, 12:19:19 AM
gah

i hate that stuff.

im one of those people who cant talk when i smoke dope and just sit like a moron.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Magdalena on April 01, 2021, 10:41:06 PM
Quote from: billy rubin on April 01, 2021, 12:19:19 AM
gah

i hate that stuff.

im one of those people who cant talk when i smoke dope and just sit like a moron.

That happens to me sometimes. I think that has happened to me maybe twice.  I can't talk and I just sit there like a scared moron. I believe that happens when the weed is rrrrrreally good. We say, "The weed scolded you, didn't it!?...You're sitting there quietly like a good little boy/girl."  :lol:
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on April 02, 2021, 12:37:38 AM
well it was always the case when i was a kid smoking local ganja in kuala lumpur. yhe pld maijuana paranoia syndrome. but that stuff was so strong that the first time i tried it i thought it was an acid flashback. i couldnt deal with it and decided to just stay away

i love the vegerable alkaloids, tho, and smoked my weight in the chinese opium dens, but i stay away from it now. i get drug tested all the time as a professional driver

but if i wasnt id be growing poppies probably
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Icarus on April 02, 2021, 03:53:31 AM
My latest purchase was a lawn edger machine.  Its' purpose is to destroy grass or weed in a controlled manner..  Ahhh spring is here and I am forced to take care of my pitiful lawn.

We Americans are out of our damned minds with our compulsion, nay obligation, to cultivate lush greenery in our yards. With the required irrigation that wastes our most precious resource;water, and the damage to the ecology of the fertilizers and other chemicals, and the necessity to mow and trim and pamper the useless stuff, we are out of our minds.

A hundred bucks down the drain to buy a little machine that trims the edges of the lawn so neatly. ....Did I mention that to use such an infernal machine usually involves perspiration.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Dark Lightning on April 02, 2021, 01:05:11 PM
A small plank of ribbon sapele. The guy is 86 or so and his legs are getting bad, so he's selling off his wood and tools. Most of his wood is from a flooring contractor and it would be more work than I want to do to get the grooves out of it. Got it for $4. At the wood boutique it would be $36. Not flooring.

Icarus- during the California drought, we were "ordered" to cut our water usage 20%. The water company used the threat of higher rates if we didn't. The only way we could do that was to quasi-xeriscape the front yard. That was years ago, and the rates went up anyway, since they have the same infrastructure and number of employees with less water usage. Didn't see that coming.  ::)
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on April 02, 2021, 04:04:22 PM
my wife's ex mother in law was told by the city of chicago to take better care of the grass between the sidewalk and the street or they would do it themselves and charge her for it.

so she dug it out and poured concrete instead.

they were horrified but had to leave her alo5ne after that.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Dark Lightning on April 02, 2021, 04:43:54 PM
Our city requires (since 2005, anyway) that the parkway not be paved over, so that underground utilities are accessible. Phone and TV both run there, and natural gas lines cross it. We put in a bed of gravel and laid flagstone in sections where we get in or out of the car(s). The rest is a rockpile to keep people from trampling through the gravel and spreading it all over.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Icarus on April 02, 2021, 11:58:54 PM
I bought a Black and Decker corded electric edger at Home Depot.  It is nicely boxed and all the parts re there.  The handle, with the switch, is at the end of a three piece tubing assembly.  Very tidy and sensible design. The wires from the switch run through the threes tubes ...they ar e 18 gauge wires.  Well WTF the damned wires were too long and the three tubes could not be made to join as the design would have planned   The freakin wire was too long and would not allow the tubes to be joined. ...................................Well ain't that a bitch?   After more than a few minutes of thoght which included reading a rereading of the instructions I knew what I had to do.

I had to take the whole damned thing apart to get to the ends of the wires that were inside the motor housing. The omly place to shorten the wires were at ends.   Well that turned out to be another Pain.  There are six screws that hold the motor cover in place.  The screws are oddballs.  They have a very narrow flat slot for a screwdriver and also a hexagon cavity to accept a 0.125 Allen wrench..  Forget the Allen wrench,  YeP I have such things along with the near to one eighth, 3 mm Allens.   The actual cavity measured exactly 0.125 and when ried to turn with the perfect sized wrench the damned screw would round itself over so that the wrench was then worthless.

I had to grind and carefully file a screwdriver to fit perfectly in the slot of the screws. About two hours later and a few conversations with God, who will not like my tone of voice, I got into the guts of the thing and shortened the wires as needed.  I had to remove 8 inches of wire to make the thing work.........And a good time was had by all. >:( ::) :'(
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Magdalena on April 03, 2021, 09:49:24 PM
Quote from: billy rubin on April 02, 2021, 12:37:38 AM
well it was always the case when i was a kid smoking local ganja in kuala lumpur. yhe pld maijuana paranoia syndrome. but that stuff was so strong that the first time i tried it i thought it was an acid flashback. ...

(https://media.tenor.com/images/3f30c6f9eaf9d64eb65700e8c74c8ee7/tenor.gif)
Local ganja from Kuala Lumpur...Sounds...wow!
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on April 04, 2021, 04:52:50 AM
KL was an odd place. you could pick psylocybin mushrooms in the soccer fields

so we all did

and az i recall tbere were reputedly 500 opium dens in the city. i knew about 6 or 8. spent most of my free time at four of them
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Magdalena on April 05, 2021, 05:25:29 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on April 03, 2021, 09:49:24 PM
Quote from: billy rubin on April 02, 2021, 12:37:38 AM
well it was always the case when i was a kid smoking local ganja in kuala lumpur. yhe pld maijuana paranoia syndrome. but that stuff was so strong that the first time i tried it i thought it was an acid flashback. ...

(https://media.tenor.com/images/3f30c6f9eaf9d64eb65700e8c74c8ee7/tenor.gif)
Local ganja from Kuala Lumpur...Sounds...wow!

...I could be wrong... :eyebrow:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/lonelycannabis.com/weed-in-kuala-lumpur/amp/ (https://www.google.com/amp/s/lonelycannabis.com/weed-in-kuala-lumpur/amp/)
QuoteKuala Lumpur is the largest city and capital of Malaysia. The city is known for being a large modern metropolis with a skyline full of skyscrapers. Anything you might expect in an American or a European city can be found in Kuala Lumpur as well. When it comes to cannabis laws or any drug for that matter, Malaysia is very old fashioned and strict. You can find weed in Kuala Lumpur, but the risk is very high.

Cannabis laws in Malaysia
Malaysia has some of the strictest drug laws in the world. If you are caught with more than 200 grams of marijuana, you can receive the death penalty. For smaller amounts, the punishment is less severe, but still much harsher than in the US or Europe. If you have 20 grams or less on you, then a night in prison and a fine, or in some cases a bribe, will be your punishment. It is generally advisable to stay away from drugs while in Malaysia. There is a lot of police and they do watch out for people smoking weed, especially tourists, as they can ask for large bribes in case someone is caught with cannabis on them.
...
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: No one on April 05, 2021, 05:32:31 AM
https://youtu.be/WEsfOGu6FIQ
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on April 08, 2021, 12:39:00 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on April 05, 2021, 05:25:29 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on April 03, 2021, 09:49:24 PM
Quote from: billy rubin on April 02, 2021, 12:37:38 AM
well it was always the case when i was a kid smoking local ganja in kuala lumpur. yhe pld maijuana paranoia syndrome. but that stuff was so strong that the first time i tried it i thought it was an acid flashback. ...

(https://media.tenor.com/images/3f30c6f9eaf9d64eb65700e8c74c8ee7/tenor.gif)
Local ganja from Kuala Lumpur...Sounds...wow!

...I could be wrong... :eyebrow:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/lonelycannabis.com/weed-in-kuala-lumpur/amp/ (https://www.google.com/amp/s/lonelycannabis.com/weed-in-kuala-lumpur/amp/)
QuoteKuala Lumpur is the largest city and capital of Malaysia. The city is known for being a large modern metropolis with a skyline full of skyscrapers. Anything you might expect in an American or a European city can be found in Kuala Lumpur as well. When it comes to cannabis laws or any drug for that matter, Malaysia is very old fashioned and strict. You can find weed in Kuala Lumpur, but the risk is very high.

Cannabis laws in Malaysia
Malaysia has some of the strictest drug laws in the world. If you are caught with more than 200 grams of marijuana, you can receive the death penalty. For smaller amounts, the punishment is less severe, but still much harsher than in the US or Europe. If you have 20 grams or less on you, then a night in prison and a fine, or in some cases a bribe, will be your punishment. It is generally advisable to stay away from drugs while in Malaysia. There is a lot of police and they do watch out for people smoking weed, especially tourists, as they can ask for large bribes in case someone is caught with cannabis on them.
...

its a different world now. no skyscrapers then, just monkeys and nightjars. cobras and monitor lizards in the yard.

under the british if you were an opium addict you could obtain a license to purchase and smoke opium legally. lots of the old chineze men i knew in the opjum denz were that old, az the brtish left malaya and birneo in what? 1963?

it was tolerated. ive smoked opium alongside police sergeants who hung their gunz on the wall before lying down, and ive bought heroin on tbe ztreet in the company of another police officer who waz uninterested because his beat waz among the chinese gangs.

the culture waz different. opium dens were social centers  where familiez would show off their new babies and play mah jong. i waz trwatwd az an oddity because i was western, but ive smoked alongside british rubber pkanters and french diplomats.

but the punishments now are draconian for both opium and ganja, and i would stay away. i was buzted by a sikh police sergeant and charged with possession of opium and opium zmoking utensils two weeks before i waz due to lwave the country forever. i stayed and pleadex guilty at my trial, and waz treated very leniently. they told me to go, erazed all court records, and ive never been back.

but if you like pot, the malay ganja waz spectacular. it came rollex in brown paper, about three inches by five eigths of an inch, uncleaned. cost a straits dollar  at the dime 33 us cents, about five bucks now. ive heard them called thai sticks since then. potent stuff, comparable or better than the colombian dope that was so much better than tbe pre-paraquat mexican stuff at the time.

seeing KL now would be different. the eorld has changed. but i feel the same way when i go to oklahoma as well
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Magdalena on April 08, 2021, 09:14:15 PM
1963? That's before I was born. Sounds like you've been to a lot of places and tried a lot of things. I've never had opium, heroin, meth, or any of the Colombian (coke) or Mexican stuff.
-I'm too chicken  :sad sigh:

I believe wine continues to be my favorite drug.
-I know, boring.   :reading:
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Icarus on April 09, 2021, 01:06:11 AM
Do what you are doing Mags. That is a safer and not illegal vice that even the Jesus people indulge.   

Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Magdalena on April 09, 2021, 05:42:05 AM
Quote from: Icarus on April 09, 2021, 01:06:11 AM
Do what you are doing Mags. That is a safer and not illegal vice that even the Jesus people indulge.
Well, alcohol is not safer than weed, and weed should be legalized the same way alcohol is a legal drug. It's a shame that weed was associated with harder drugs. Now that we know more about it... :snicker: ...
(https://external-preview.redd.it/jrp_obrJzM19MrMB7eI0g85-b_mrhWmscCE-IOaiwqY.jpg?auto=webp&s=2b9fb4a6fde3971439b9cb314a337f57b20921d2)
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on April 09, 2021, 08:18:07 PM
lol

weed-- the leafy stuff- was mostly unavailable in britain when i was a kid. you got quid deals for hash- black paki or red or blonde lebaneze mainly.

in my own case it was LSD that led to weed
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Magdalena on April 09, 2021, 11:56:51 PM
Quote from: billy rubin on April 09, 2021, 08:18:07 PM
lol

weed-- the leafy stuff- was mostly unavailable in britain when i was a kid. you got quid deals for hash- black paki or red or blonde lebaneze mainly.

in my own case it was LSD that led to weed
LSD...Lucifer in the Sky with Diamonds.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 10, 2021, 04:30:21 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on April 09, 2021, 05:42:05 AM
Well, alcohol is not safer than weed, and weed should be legalized the same way alcohol is a legal drug. It's a shame that weed was associated with harder drugs. Now that we know more about it... :snicker: ...
(https://external-preview.redd.it/jrp_obrJzM19MrMB7eI0g85-b_mrhWmscCE-IOaiwqY.jpg?auto=webp&s=2b9fb4a6fde3971439b9cb314a337f57b20921d2)

Oh dear :lol:

You heard it folks. Marijuana kills!
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on April 10, 2021, 04:41:56 PM
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DyXtumnTN6zg&ved=2ahUKEwjU3uGrgfTvAhVKHM0KHdqQA4QQo7QBMAF6BAgFEAE&usg=AOvVaw2lR1cjLOklgXWBhgtDWrgr

youve been warned
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Dark Lightning on April 10, 2021, 05:14:58 PM
:lol: "Reefer Madness"  ::)

Even as innocent 11-year-olds we knew that was BS.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on April 10, 2021, 08:53:41 PM
i only knowabout from hearzay

thiz is tbe one they showed us

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DcSCSPP02yoM&ved=2ahUKEwiVwNDnufTvAhVIGFkFHUXnDwsQo7QBMAF6BAgDEAE&usg=AOvVaw3KZtHreELy0w_2gvnEMg2e
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 10, 2021, 10:06:39 PM
Quote from: billy rubin on April 10, 2021, 04:41:56 PM
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DyXtumnTN6zg&ved=2ahUKEwjU3uGrgfTvAhVKHM0KHdqQA4QQo7QBMAF6BAgFEAE&usg=AOvVaw2lR1cjLOklgXWBhgtDWrgr

youve been warned

Wow :lol:

The root of all evil...or should I say, the leaf of all evil eh? *nudge* *wink*
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Randy on April 14, 2021, 04:38:17 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 10, 2021, 10:06:39 PM
Quote from: billy rubin on April 10, 2021, 04:41:56 PM
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DyXtumnTN6zg&ved=2ahUKEwjU3uGrgfTvAhVKHM0KHdqQA4QQo7QBMAF6BAgFEAE&usg=AOvVaw2lR1cjLOklgXWBhgtDWrgr

youve been warned

Wow :lol:

The root of all evil...or should I say, the leaf of all evil eh? *nudge* *wink*
Who cares, as long as it is evil!
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Magdalena on April 14, 2021, 05:29:51 AM
Quote from: Randy on April 14, 2021, 04:38:17 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 10, 2021, 10:06:39 PM
Quote from: billy rubin on April 10, 2021, 04:41:56 PM
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DyXtumnTN6zg&ved=2ahUKEwjU3uGrgfTvAhVKHM0KHdqQA4QQo7QBMAF6BAgFEAE&usg=AOvVaw2lR1cjLOklgXWBhgtDWrgr

youve been warned

Wow :lol:

The root of all evil...or should I say, the leaf of all evil eh? *nudge* *wink*
Who cares, as long as it is evil!
And dry, for a perfect smoking blend.
:devil2:
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 21, 2021, 02:54:56 PM
Bug spray. The walls have been breached and mosquitoes have invaded.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on April 21, 2021, 05:21:35 PM
auto registration for four motorcycles and two or three cars. all the others were currently valid.

i remember when i had one car and one motorcycle.now i buy registrations for at least six motorcycles, three pickups, and two sedans. plus there's a trailer. dormant vehicles include three trucks, two vans, another trailer, another sedan, and two more motorcycles. then there's three motorcycles without registrations at all, because they're race bikes.

i'm one of those people i used to laugh at.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: jumbojak on April 23, 2021, 10:45:34 PM
I'm now the proud owner of an olympic barbell.

(https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/fr/cp0/e15/q65/175973503_3861824307247017_4872819421106167345_n.jpg?_nc_cat=102&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=8024bb&efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9&_nc_ohc=5erpkHI8W_cAX9LLu1u&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.xx&tp=14&oh=7f3e96af86bf19681ec23ebdc20861d1&oe=60A9EA23)
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Icarus on April 25, 2021, 01:54:43 AM
Whacha gonna do with that thing JJ.  Try not to get a hernia or something when lifting more than you should.

Surprisingly, weight lifting has become a major sport at Florida high school athletic departments.  A local school has a 138 pound girl who has clean and jerked 380 pounds.  That girl is only a junior and she is determined to do C&J of more than 400 as a senior.  Damn I did not know that girls were so powerful. .....I am not too sure that i could bench press a chocolate eclaire. (I am perfectly  sure that I can lift a scotch and soda having done so on several occasions).
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: jumbojak on April 25, 2021, 02:31:34 AM
I'ma gonna get swole up like a tick.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on April 25, 2021, 02:37:08 PM
im lookin at it

arent tbere supposed to be more parts?
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: jumbojak on April 25, 2021, 04:03:38 PM
I need plates and a rack. I'll probably build a rack.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 28, 2021, 02:21:48 PM
About US$100 in dog food.  :money: Joy has food allergies so it's premium hypoallergenic just for her, and Iago gets premium puppy dog food as well. His (15kg) should last maybe a month. Hopefully.

They eat better than I do.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Davin on April 29, 2021, 03:45:58 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 28, 2021, 02:21:48 PM
About US$100 in dog food.  :money: Joy has food allergies so it's premium hypoallergenic just for her, and Iago gets premium puppy dog food as well. His (15kg) should last maybe a month. Hopefully.

They eat better than I do.
My puppers also has a special diet.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: jumbojak on May 07, 2021, 06:02:15 PM
(https://scontent-iad3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/fr/cp0/e15/q65/183710832_3900470960049018_8877192718113690344_n.jpg?_nc_cat=102&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=110474&efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9&_nc_ohc=jWJYC1t_AzQAX8tXkc0&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-2.xx&tp=14&oh=6b39f6ab7254e76eacf76930e101df74&oe=60B95F44)
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Tom62 on May 07, 2021, 07:03:38 PM
A Yamaha WXAD-10 to stream music from my NAS or PC to my stereo.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Dark Lightning on May 07, 2021, 11:21:19 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on May 07, 2021, 06:02:15 PM
(https://scontent-iad3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/fr/cp0/e15/q65/183710832_3900470960049018_8877192718113690344_n.jpg?_nc_cat=102&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=110474&efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9&_nc_ohc=jWJYC1t_AzQAX8tXkc0&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-2.xx&tp=14&oh=6b39f6ab7254e76eacf76930e101df74&oe=60B95F44)

I was looking to buy some dumb bells today. Holy shit, the prices are out of sight!  :o
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Sandra Craft on May 08, 2021, 12:17:35 AM
Lilacs.  First time I've caught them during their flowering season in 8 years.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Bad Penny II on May 08, 2021, 05:30:46 AM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on May 07, 2021, 11:21:19 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on May 07, 2021, 06:02:15 PM
(https://scontent-iad3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/fr/cp0/e15/q65/183710832_3900470960049018_8877192718113690344_n.jpg?_nc_cat=102&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=110474&efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9&_nc_ohc=jWJYC1t_AzQAX8tXkc0&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-2.xx&tp=14&oh=6b39f6ab7254e76eacf76930e101df74&oe=60B95F44)

I was looking to buy some dumb bells today. Holy shit, the prices are out of sight!  :o

Cheap drunk is a phrase, I think I'd be a cheap dumb bell buyer.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: hermes2015 on May 08, 2021, 07:15:12 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on May 07, 2021, 06:02:15 PM
(https://scontent-iad3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/fr/cp0/e15/q65/183710832_3900470960049018_8877192718113690344_n.jpg?_nc_cat=102&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=110474&efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9&_nc_ohc=jWJYC1t_AzQAX8tXkc0&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-2.xx&tp=14&oh=6b39f6ab7254e76eacf76930e101df74&oe=60B95F44)

I think I could make good use of those. They could be assembled into a lovely sculpture.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: jumbojak on May 08, 2021, 07:31:54 AM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on May 07, 2021, 11:21:19 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on May 07, 2021, 06:02:15 PM
(https://scontent-iad3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/fr/cp0/e15/q65/183710832_3900470960049018_8877192718113690344_n.jpg?_nc_cat=102&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=110474&efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9&_nc_ohc=jWJYC1t_AzQAX8tXkc0&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-2.xx&tp=14&oh=6b39f6ab7254e76eacf76930e101df74&oe=60B95F44)

I was looking to buy some dumb bells today. Holy shit, the prices are out of sight!  :o

If you can find them in stock, WalMart still has reasonable prices. About a buck a pound for fixed weight dumbbells.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: jumbojak on May 08, 2021, 07:36:32 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on May 08, 2021, 07:15:12 AM
Quote from: jumbojak on May 07, 2021, 06:02:15 PM
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I think I could make good use of those. They could be assembled into a lovely sculpture.

You could cast them out of concrete. They would be cheaper, lighter, and the molds customized to any size, shape and lettering you like.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: hermes2015 on May 08, 2021, 09:16:08 AM
I am inspired now. I can see some possibilities for concrete discs. Also wormy or snaky shapes, perhaps an interpretation of the Laocoon with discs and snakelike tubes. Yes, I know I'm strange.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on May 15, 2021, 07:24:48 PM
motorcycle wheel covers!

(https://i.imgur.com/UAEATAjl.jpg)

designed to reduce the turbulence around the rear wheel caused by the spokes. installing them will require me to re-engineer the rear brake caliper, but i can do that for later in the year.

i guess some people call them aluminum pizza pans, but i know what they're really intended for
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Randy on May 16, 2021, 02:31:46 AM
Billy, maybe you could use them for pizza pans as well.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Icarus on May 16, 2021, 02:59:35 AM
Billy, the imagined turbulence at the rear spokes is not worth much of a a conversation.  The deal is that the air is so turbulent and dirty by the time it gets to the rear wheel that worrying with the rear is not very profitable.  Worry some about the front wheel where the initial turbulence and resulting drag begin.  Even over a streamlined object, appraoching a Reynolds number in the 5 x 10^6 is where separation and turbulent flow begins.  Reynolds numbers are a function of velocity and downstream distance.

I agree that it would seem that the spokes might churn up a maelstrom of sorts.  However the air is already smashed and twisted because the tire got there first.   Interestingly a round or near round object , like a tire, has a drag coefficient of about 2.0. Counter to the the perfectly logical assumption that a rectangular object would have more drag, it actually has a typical drag coefficient of about 1.3.  Not to suggest that some of the bike parts should be rectangular.  This is messy stuff and you can be assured that the rider contributes as much or more drag than the bike does. Apparently we should use dwarfs for LSR riders.

Go ahead and put the pizza plates on the wheel.  It is cool looking at the least. 
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on May 16, 2021, 03:51:29 AM
Quote from: Randy on May 16, 2021, 02:31:46 AM
Billy, maybe you could use them for pizza pans as well.

the first thing i did was drop one and bend it, so that 9ne goesto the kitchen probably
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on May 16, 2021, 04:04:04 AM
icarus, its become one of those philosophy things now

im looking for unmeasurably small increases that only help if i do a lot of them. i need l3ss than 4 percent increase in speed to hit my target, and at 135mph that is something like 11 more horsepower.

it cant be done-- the motor doesnt have it in it. im alread y some 45 percent beyond its original design limits

but something like 75 percent or better of the horsepower is overcoming air resistance and drag, and like you say, most of it is the rider. im still losing weight, but not as fast as id like

the wheel covers are an attempt to decrease the low pressure zone to eithrr side of the wheel. as they turn they each build a lozenge of low pressure that is squeezed from the sides by the slipstream. that increases friction and slows the bike just like holding a dollar bill between your thumb and forefinger and trying to pull it out. maybe its not much anymore having gone from 40 round spokes to 3 aerofoil-shaped ones on each wheel, but im looking for tiny gains now

tbh i think riding position is most important. if i could afford a wind tunnel id do it there. maybe i can decorate myself on the slow runway with yarn and get my kids to video me from alongside

i could get probably 10 mph just by fitting a fairing, but the naked class is where i want to succeed
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on May 16, 2021, 04:18:49 AM
theres a lot to learn from these old films

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acySDnGYzVM
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Icarus on May 19, 2021, 06:58:56 PM
Boards. I bought some wooden boards.

I have a column (post) on my front porch that has deteriorated. Gotta replace it.  Finding decent lumber is not easy and if you do find it, the price is a bit much.  I did find some good quality wood in a local big box store. To find it there was surprising because the bulk of their stock lumber is very poor quality.

I bought four  1 x 6 x 8 foot pieces. really nice stuff but it cost $96 plus 7% sales tax.   That works out to a little over   six dollars per board foot.  On examining the boards I discovered neat little labels that said: produced in New Zealand. I bought a few boards that that came from trees on the other side of the world. 

Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on May 19, 2021, 10:33:19 PM
the japanese havebeen buying undressed timberfrom americafor many years, entire rafts at a time.

they usedto buy sized lumber, but as i understand it, they asked for metric dimensions. theamerican mills refused to cut it for them, sotbeyjust bought cuttrees and sawed them themselves ij japan.

the american mills lost all the business.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Anne D. on May 20, 2021, 01:31:39 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on May 19, 2021, 10:33:19 PM
the japanese havebeen buying undressed timberfrom americafor many years, entire rafts at a time.

they usedto buy sized lumber, but as i understand it, they asked for metric dimensions. theamerican mills refused to cut it for them, sotbeyjust bought cuttrees and sawed them themselves ij japan.

the american mills lost all the business.

Wow. That's crazy.

A new leather belt. I've lost some weight. I bought a men's belt, though, (I'm cheap, and men's belts are cheaper; plus I just like men's belts better) and it's the wrong size--somehow bigger than my old belt despite my trying to follow the size guide. I absolutely hate teturning mail order stuff.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Bad Penny II on May 20, 2021, 03:29:59 PM
There is a table on the internet for $40, US$30

(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/HqsAAOSwLapgpZ5W/s-l800.webp)

https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/kendall/other-kitchen-dining/dining-table/1274522838 (https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/kendall/other-kitchen-dining/dining-table/1274522838)

I messaged Myra, "can the legs be removed for transport" she said no, they can't.
But can they though?
I don't have a trailer or a truck any more, just fairly sturdy roof racks on a Mazda 3.

The table looks old, old and interesting, could make a good workbench, only one crappy pic.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Anne D. on May 20, 2021, 03:55:41 PM
The table does look old and interesting. I bet you're right that the legs can be removed. It's the whole reattaching part that might be tricky  :)
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Dark Lightning on May 20, 2021, 08:28:18 PM
Bet it got shipped in a flat container, at some point. I also bet that the owner got it delivered assembled or it was assembled there, and she doesn't remember. Take tools, a ratchet strap(s) and a thick blanket if you have a sturdy rack. Nice looking table!
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: hermes2015 on May 21, 2021, 04:27:11 AM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on May 20, 2021, 08:28:18 PM
Bet it got shipped in a flat container, at some point. I also bet that the owner got it delivered assembled or it was assembled there, and she doesn't remember. Take tools, a ratchet strap(s) and a thick blanket if you have a sturdy rack. Nice looking table!

A sturdy rack is essential.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: hermes2015 on March 17, 2022, 07:03:22 AM
I have decided that life is too short to put up with crappy keyboards, so after some investigation I bought a Logitech MX Keys keyboard. So far I am happy with it and can recommend it to anyone here planning to buy a keyboard.

https://www.logitech.com/en-gb/products/keyboards/mx-keys-wireless-keyboard.html

Here is a YouTube video about it.

Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: No one on March 17, 2022, 07:26:12 AM
Babies, kittens, and puppies, I'm making a stew.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Biggus Dickus on March 17, 2022, 05:47:17 PM
Quote from: No one on March 17, 2022, 07:26:12 AM
Babies, kittens, and puppies, I'm making a stew.

No One!

What the hell is wrong with you? Why would you ruin a good baby/puppy stew by adding kats to it?

My god, I just don't understand people :-\
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on March 17, 2022, 09:40:17 PM
had a girlfriend once in oklahoma.  as a boy her grandfather went to cookouts with the tribal neighbors. had to choctaw ehere they lived down on the red river. any way he was refilling his bowl at tbe stew pot and an old family friend came over.

said to him,

dig deep, little georgie. puppy in bottom.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Magdalena on March 17, 2022, 11:00:28 PM
Eww! Puppies in a stew?

I'm making babies, kittens, shrimp, and squid tostadas.
:yum:
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on March 18, 2022, 12:10:22 AM
https://images.app.goo.gl/Z7SjJ7PE755Y5MD67
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Dark Lightning on March 18, 2022, 12:18:56 AM
Two cans of clear shellac for huffing purposes. :bleh: J/K, I was applying it to the drawers of a tool chest I'm building. I sprayed that as fast as I could and got out of Dodge. I like the finish, but man, it stinks. I left the exhaust fan in the "shop" running and stayed away for a few hours until the stench had sufficiently diminished. I'd've done it outside, but the wind blows like crazy around here, and I didn't want sand in the finish.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Icarus on March 18, 2022, 01:16:10 AM
DL I thought that shellac had gone out with buggy whips and hooped skirts.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Dark Lightning on March 18, 2022, 01:27:36 AM
Quote from: Icarus on March 18, 2022, 01:16:10 AM
DL I thought that shellac had gone out with buggy whips and hooped skirts.

I use it all the time.  :geezersay:
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Magdalena on March 18, 2022, 04:28:31 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on March 18, 2022, 12:10:22 AM
https://images.app.goo.gl/Z7SjJ7PE755Y5MD67
This one?
(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/65/cd/81/65cd81ef57c026db1f5e3af724eb8c02--national-lampoons-first-page.jpg)
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on March 18, 2022, 11:25:57 AM
yes

trots and bonnie is a continuing series of lost masterpieces.

Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Biggus Dickus on April 09, 2022, 11:56:19 PM
I bought a salt and pepper set! Aren't these adorable?
:smilenod:

(https://i.imgur.com/eEXI5IS.jpg)
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Icarus on April 10, 2022, 05:14:08 AM
You are a bad man PB.  But on the other hand.............  ;D
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: hermes2015 on April 10, 2022, 05:32:51 AM
Porkers porking.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Icarus on April 10, 2022, 05:48:39 AM
Last thing I bought was some rye flour.  I have been trying to make sourdough starter with little success with ordinary bread flour.  My internet advisors say to use rye for starter. 

I have been messing around with artisan bread making.  I can tell you that it is more art than science.  Being a science buff, I have not yet learned to make a spectacular loaf of bread. Some of my bread has been pretty good but I still have a way to go before I get it just right.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Dark Lightning on April 10, 2022, 12:52:30 PM
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on April 09, 2022, 11:56:19 PM
I bought a salt and pepper set! Aren't these adorable?
:smilenod:

(https://i.imgur.com/eEXI5IS.jpg)

Makin' bacon!
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on April 30, 2022, 03:54:31 PM
damn

these aint cheap anymore at all

(https://i.imgur.com/xgTemfHl.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/iQac3pul.jpg)

had to buy a new helmet because the 2010 snell certification on my race thing expires this year. so i went looking for a 2020 unit and stuff was out of stock everywhere.

pandemic shortages.

but i finally found ^^^this, a bit garish -looking for my taste but fully functional. and it cost me some US$650.

thats a bunch of money for a hat, but i needed one, and with the out of stock labels everywhere i decided to grab it while the grabbing was good.

and its a better helmet than what i had. these things get better over the years. i still have the old helmets ive bought over the last 45 years, and the new ones are way more comfortable, lighter, and dont bounce in the wind.

ill forget about the money after a while
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Dark Lightning on April 30, 2022, 04:50:57 PM
One of these (https://www.amazon.com/SawStop-PCS31230-TGP252-Professional-Assembly-Extension/dp/B005HPWE5W?th=1)

As configured with the overarm dust collection, industrial base (it has a hydraulic jack to pump it up for moving) and the router attachments, it was just over $5k. I'll be selling my portable saw and the old router table.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Icarus on May 01, 2022, 06:36:03 AM
Good looking Saw DL.  A bit pricey but may be worth the premium. I am not too sure of the saw stop feature but it is surely better than a non-stop flesh eater like the one I have.

I implore you, never dare to test the magic blade stop feature. 
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Dark Lightning on May 01, 2022, 12:07:22 PM
I've triggered the old one twice, on the miter gauge. All it takes is a touch, and the blade is gone. Saw Stop makes an excellent saw, and only costs about $1k more for the safety feature.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Asmodean on May 02, 2022, 06:58:23 AM
The last "larger" non-everyday investment, apart from an tank of diesel for The Deutschmann, was Elden Ring for muh Xbox. Beautiful game, if frustrating at times. FromSoft is one of few video game companies who still have that certain something that the World's Ubisofts and Bethesdas and Paradoxes have long-since lost - worse, forsaken.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Icarus on May 05, 2022, 08:32:49 PM
I have not bought it yet, but I will if I find one.  It is a bumper sticker that says; Birds Aren't Real. 

It is a spoof meant to offend conspiracy theorists.  The claim, about the birds, is that they are actually flying robots, with cameras.  They spy on us day and night.  Only Owl like robots are used at night. You often see birds sitting on overhead wires. If you have ever wondered why they are doing that, the answer is simple.  The robots are charging their batteries.

The evil Jewish cabals are responsible for all this. The Cornell University ornithology lab knows all about the flying robots but they are sworn to secrecy. 

 

 
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Icarus on May 07, 2022, 08:30:42 PM
Here is some evidence for the bird drone conspiricy.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Dark Lightning on May 07, 2022, 10:00:42 PM
^  :rofl: How could that guy keep a straight face when telling that story!? Only killed the birds, nobody noticed that the things birds eat getting any more populous, etc. And if he actually has any evidence, his former employers are going to have a word with him about it.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on May 07, 2022, 10:25:21 PM
you mean birds are a real thing?
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Icarus on May 08, 2022, 02:19:13 AM
DL, it's a colossal spoof aimed all the dumb ass conspiricy theorists and Q anon believers.

Those of us who are at least half intelligent are damned sick of the conspiracy theorists and Fox news dipshits who lie so persuasively to Hillary's "deplorables".

Checkout You Tube for more Birds Aren't Real fun and games. I hope that this bit of resistance goes more viral than it already has. One of the several videos shows that a bird pooped on Biden while he was delivering a speech. The vid explains that the Russians also have bird drones. Putin ordered one of his birds to shit on Biden.

There is more.  Statistics show that birds poop on automobiles more than 10 times more often than they poop on the ground or elsewhere. There are whole businesses who make spray on solutions to remove artificial bird poop from your car. That is part of the conspiracy.  Sure as hell some enterprising entrepreneurs have taken advantage of the fake bird, poop situation.

 
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Asmodean on May 09, 2022, 10:11:21 AM
Quote from: Icarus on May 05, 2022, 08:32:49 PMThe evil Jewish cabals are responsible for all this. The Cornell University ornithology lab knows all about the flying robots but they are sworn to secrecy. 
Yeah... A world where a US Supreme Court, with barely any members to it, leaks drafts while Cornell U, with who knows how many people of varying degrees of activism and/or degeneracy walking in and out on a daily basis manages to uphold its vow of silence...

But then, it's them j00s what's behind it, so... Yeah. Totally believable. :smilenod:
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Tank on May 09, 2022, 11:47:36 AM
I am so going to use this!
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on August 27, 2022, 01:53:43 AM
a rebuilt shifter quadrant spindle for a 1969 BSA

(https://i.imgur.com/5v92Nczl.jpg)

part number 41

(https://i.imgur.com/IBPzQ7Ul.png)

this is a very nice bike i bought years ago whenm i had more money that has been sitting in my warehouse . . .waiting . . .

i finally decided to go ahead and rewire it lik eit needed and discovered the gearshift lever was loose and going round and round instead of clicking gears like it is supposed to. the problem was obvious, messed up splines on the end:

(https://i.imgur.com/Ij3K6DLl.jpg)

for reasons known only to the designers at birmingham small arms, the shifter spindle on BSAs is a skinny little half-inch rod with tiny little splines, just waiting for somebody with a big boot to push on it too hard. for years there was a market for rebuilding them , but i have one that somebody tried to get creatinve with by putting a grubscrew in the lever:

(https://i.imgur.com/qD0f57ll.jpg)

not very successfully.

so this used to be a common fix, but how many people are there, really, trying to fix their 50 year old BSAs these days?

luckily for me, there is at least one other guy, and for the princely sum of $45 he sold me a rebuilt spindle that he has had for some decades in a box in his own building.

no picture, but its in the mail. its part of this odd combined gearbox-timing chest thing that bsa did when they designed their unit engines. only one camshaft, easy access but you have to remove two (2) covers to get this far. but if nothing falls out its easy enough to put it back

(https://i.imgur.com/DlSQrOkl.jpg)

so soon ill have this old thunderbolt back on the road, new wires, lights, and for reasons i cannot fully understand, an ancient points ignition and primitive rectifier/zener diode i put in after i took out the perfectly good transistor setup it already had.

(https://i.imgur.com/lhSnhy9l.jpg)
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on August 27, 2022, 02:04:07 AM
so far all the lights work and theres voltage at the coils that goes on and off with the ignition key. once i get the covers back on i shall see whether it starts
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Tank on August 27, 2022, 11:39:37 AM
That really is a beautiful machine.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on August 27, 2022, 01:08:53 PM
BSA made beautiful machines. just off beat in design.

(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Froncobb.com%2FGraphics%2FBSA-30-4-7-LOGO.JPG&hash=a10910961b82b1257c4f0e3a3d30a0fc9f6684b6)

i love the old singles
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: hermes2015 on December 14, 2022, 03:59:32 PM
This isn't something I bought! This afternoon I received a Dell UltraSharp U2723QE monitor as a gift from my ex.

https://uk.pcmag.com/monitors/140669/dell-ultrasharp-27-4k-usb-c-hub-monitor-u2723qe (https://uk.pcmag.com/monitors/140669/dell-ultrasharp-27-4k-usb-c-hub-monitor-u2723qe)

https://www.dell.com/en-uk/shop/dell-ultrasharp-27-4k-usb-c-hub-monitor-u2723qe/apd/210-bcxk/monitors-monitor-accessories (https://www.dell.com/en-uk/shop/dell-ultrasharp-27-4k-usb-c-hub-monitor-u2723qe/apd/210-bcxk/monitors-monitor-accessories)

It comes with a colour calibration certificate, so will be ideal for the kind of photo editing and 3D graphics design stuff I do. I've been using it for a few hours and I am very impressed with the colour accuracy and the 4K display resolution.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: The Magic Pudding. on December 15, 2022, 02:47:23 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on December 14, 2022, 03:59:32 PMThis isn't something I bought! This afternoon I received a Dell UltraSharp U2723QE monitor as a gift from my ex.

https://uk.pcmag.com/monitors/140669/dell-ultrasharp-27-4k-usb-c-hub-monitor-u2723qe (https://uk.pcmag.com/monitors/140669/dell-ultrasharp-27-4k-usb-c-hub-monitor-u2723qe)

https://www.dell.com/en-uk/shop/dell-ultrasharp-27-4k-usb-c-hub-monitor-u2723qe/apd/210-bcxk/monitors-monitor-accessories (https://www.dell.com/en-uk/shop/dell-ultrasharp-27-4k-usb-c-hub-monitor-u2723qe/apd/210-bcxk/monitors-monitor-accessories)

It comes with a colour calibration certificate, so will be ideal for the kind of photo editing and 3D graphics design stuff I do. I've been using it for a few hours and I am very impressed with the colour accuracy and the 4K display resolution.

I think someone should have a word with your ex wife.
She is undermining the universally accepted stereotype of an ex wife.
The only things she should be giving you are words of derision and looks of contempt, its in the code.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: hermes2015 on December 15, 2022, 03:03:30 AM
Quote from: The Magic Pudding. on December 15, 2022, 02:47:23 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on December 14, 2022, 03:59:32 PMThis isn't something I bought! This afternoon I received a Dell UltraSharp U2723QE monitor as a gift from my ex.

https://uk.pcmag.com/monitors/140669/dell-ultrasharp-27-4k-usb-c-hub-monitor-u2723qe (https://uk.pcmag.com/monitors/140669/dell-ultrasharp-27-4k-usb-c-hub-monitor-u2723qe)

https://www.dell.com/en-uk/shop/dell-ultrasharp-27-4k-usb-c-hub-monitor-u2723qe/apd/210-bcxk/monitors-monitor-accessories (https://www.dell.com/en-uk/shop/dell-ultrasharp-27-4k-usb-c-hub-monitor-u2723qe/apd/210-bcxk/monitors-monitor-accessories)

It comes with a colour calibration certificate, so will be ideal for the kind of photo editing and 3D graphics design stuff I do. I've been using it for a few hours and I am very impressed with the colour accuracy and the 4K display resolution.

I think someone should have a word with your ex wife.
She is undermining the universally accepted stereotype of an ex wife.
The only things she should be giving you are words of derision and looks of contempt, its in the code.


Ha, I will do anything to prevent that! On a serious note, we have a close relationship and share many common interests in the arts, design, and music. She is now like the sister I never had. If it weren't for one little detail, we would still be married.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Asmodean on December 15, 2022, 12:05:57 PM
The Asmo bought diesel at 2.2-ish USD per litre, or just-over-or-under 8 bucks a US gallon.

He is rhetorically displeased. He remembers the days when it cost half that.  >:(
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Tank on December 15, 2022, 03:02:20 PM
A set of battery powered dinosaur Christmas lights.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Anne D. on December 17, 2022, 07:15:08 PM
Quote from: Tank on December 15, 2022, 03:02:20 PMA set of battery powered dinosaur Christmas lights.

Oh cool! Can we see them?
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on December 18, 2022, 02:20:38 AM
a set of . . . what?
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Icarus on December 19, 2022, 04:17:37 AM
I bought things at the grocery store of course.

The toys that I bought recently are a pair of Nordic Walking poles. Nordic Walking is sort of like using ski poles. Great fun and wonderful non stress exercise. About $40 from amazon. Made in Germany. Good quality parts.

Try it, you will surely like it if you want to get some good, non stress, lower extremity and upper body exercise.  You may also attract public attention because it is not widely practiced by ordinary people who have not yet discovered this odd ball way of walking. The result of using the poles is that the length of stride is increased by a considerable amount without extra effort.

Goddammit!!!!  I have not yet bought the catalytic converter to replace the one that was stolen from my Honda Element car.  That kind of thievery has been going around for a while. The thieves can remove the catalytic converter in about five minutes or less from your car. Of course it is done in the dead of night while I peacefully sleep.  The replacement cost varies from about $2000  (more than $6000 if you happen to have a Lambroghini).

One of the most often hit vehicles is the Toyota Tundra Pickup truck. The big engine model of this truck has four cat converters.  All converters contain Palladium, Platinum, and Rhodeum. They are stolen by the tens of thousands and sold on the criminal market for the valuable elements that they contain. 
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Tank on December 19, 2022, 10:27:24 AM
A wall mounting shaving mirror.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Dark Lightning on December 19, 2022, 02:09:37 PM
Quote from: Icarus on December 19, 2022, 04:17:37 AMI bought things at the grocery store of course.

The toys that I bought recently are a pair of Nordic Walking poles. Nordic Walking is sort of like using ski poles. Great fun and wonderful non stress exercise. About $40 from amazon. Made in Germany. Good quality parts.

Try it, you will surely like it if you want to get some good, non stress, lower extremity and upper body exercise.  You may also attract public attention because it is not widely practiced by ordinary people who have not yet discovered this odd ball way of walking. The result of using the poles is that the length of stride is increased by a considerable amount without extra effort.

Goddammit!!!!  I have not yet bought the catalytic converter to replace the one that was stolen from my Honda Element car.  That kind of thievery has been going around for a while. The thieves can remove the catalytic converter in about five minutes or less from your car. Of course it is done in the dead of night while I peacefully sleep.  The replacement cost varies from about $2000  (more than $6000 if you happen to have a Lambroghini).

One of the most often hit vehicles is the Toyota Tundra Pickup truck. The big engine model of this truck has four cat converters.  All converters contain Palladium, Platinum, and Rhodeum. They are stolen by the tens of thousands and sold on the criminal market for the valuable elements that they contain. 

Paint the new one an outlandish color and scratch the serial number of your vehicle on it prominently. :smilenod:

Last thing I bought was groceries, too.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Anne D. on January 07, 2023, 04:35:32 AM
A slice of a flourless chocolate torte. One of the finer things in life.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Asmodean on January 09, 2023, 10:17:38 AM
...So does it being flourless mean that it is made netirely from chocolate then..? :notsure:
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on January 14, 2023, 03:33:02 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/JWFWYATl.jpg)

bought an older beretta, maybe 40 years? beretta doesnt keep track of the numbers.

gave my little pocket pistol to my daughter who was living in her truck in parking lots in nevada while she worked for a forestry company. so ive been driving my truck into and out of miscellaneous bad urban neighborhoods in the predawn for some time.

this is a surplus italian police weapon, .380 calibre, which is just a shortened 9mm. bigger than a pocket pistol, smaller than a full frame gun. single stack magazine, so it only holds 9 rounds, but thats all i need to make a stink long enough to run away from trouble, i hope.

looking for a polite way to carry it, at the moment
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Dark Lightning on January 14, 2023, 05:20:07 PM
No picture, but the realtor thinks it's a real good idea to have a GFCI outlet in the bathroom of the house we're selling. The previous fixture had a non-GFCI outlet, so when the light switch went bad I replaced only the switch. Electrical code for damp spaces requires a GFCI outlet. The only one carried by the store I went to cost $32!  >:( 
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Tank on January 14, 2023, 07:45:50 PM
GFCI?
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on January 14, 2023, 08:41:52 PM

DL, do you have ceiling fans? some places make you buy em before you can sell
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Dark Lightning on January 14, 2023, 09:10:50 PM
Quote from: Tank on January 14, 2023, 07:45:50 PMGFCI?
Sorry. Ground Fault Current Interrupter. If a low resistance path is detected downstream of the outlet, it triggers the power off.

Billy, only one bedroom has a ceiling fan. Our listing agent made no mention of more fans. This house was built in the '50s and most rooms don't even have lights in the ceilings. Back then it was lamps on tables.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Tank on January 14, 2023, 09:25:43 PM
Ah! An ELCB! Earth Leakage Circuit Breaker.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Dark Lightning on January 14, 2023, 10:41:23 PM
Quote from: Tank on January 14, 2023, 09:25:43 PMAh! An ELCB! Earth Leakage Circuit Breaker.

Sounds about right, you guys use "earth" for our word "ground". International communities like this provide a larger vocabulary.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on January 15, 2023, 01:29:25 AM
in davis ca the permit for a ceiling fan was $8 and if you didnt buy one for any fans you had you couldnt sell the house
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Icarus on January 15, 2023, 02:42:59 AM
One of the bedroom lights flicker at times. The adjoining bathroom light does the same. Wife announced this morning that she could smell ozone, but in a different part of the house. Checked every switch and recepticle for excess heat......nothing.....checked every circuit breaker ....nothing.  The next alternative is for me, the ancient one, to crawl through the attic which is covered deeply with fiberglass insulation.  I need to find the junction box that may....or may not,  have a connection that is arcing.

OH happy day!
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Dark Lightning on January 15, 2023, 03:03:20 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on January 15, 2023, 01:29:25 AMin davis ca the permit for a ceiling fan was $8 and if you didnt buy one for any fans you had you couldnt sell the house

That's pretty draconian. I'm not seeing that here, though the house we are selling is in the city of LA. I live in another county. But the realtor we are using hasn't said anything about fans. As far as I am concerned, as long as the inspector doesn't flag any problems, the house is good to go, as-is.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Dark Lightning on January 15, 2023, 03:10:28 AM
Quote from: Icarus on January 15, 2023, 02:42:59 AMOne of the bedroom lights flicker at times. The adjoining bathroom light does the same. Wife announced this morning that she could smell ozone, but in a different part of the house. Checked every switch and recepticle for excess heat......nothing.....checked every circuit breaker ....nothing.  The next alternative is for me, the ancient one, to crawl through the attic which is covered deeply with fiberglass insulation.  I need to find the junction box that may....or may not,  have a connection that is arcing.

OH happy day!

Hire someone for that! They have equipment to detect that sort of thing without even going into the attic.

ETA- We had a similar situation at our rental properly- at least the flickering lights- in a bathroom. Just turned out to be the switch. No heating detected.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: hermes2015 on January 15, 2023, 03:17:41 AM
Quote from: Tank on January 14, 2023, 09:25:43 PMAh! An ELCB! Earth Leakage Circuit Breaker.

Tank, here it is a legal requirement that all outlets be protected by earth leakage circuit breakers (as we call them as well). I assume that is the case in the UK as well?
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on January 15, 2023, 05:11:11 AM
the american national electrical code requires GFCI anywhere the outlet is within 6 feet of a sink, shower, or any source of water. also exterior outlets
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: The Magic Pudding. on January 15, 2023, 07:57:00 AM
I ordered a $50 yoga mat for $4, bargain.
I use my exercise bike everyday, to hang my clothes on.
Not sure what I'll use the yoga mat for, something...
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Tank on January 15, 2023, 11:37:03 AM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on January 14, 2023, 10:41:23 PM
Quote from: Tank on January 14, 2023, 09:25:43 PMAh! An ELCB! Earth Leakage Circuit Breaker.

Sounds about right, you guys use "earth" for our word "ground". International communities like this provide a larger vocabulary.

Yes we do use 'earth' as the use uses 'ground'.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Tank on January 15, 2023, 11:40:15 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on January 15, 2023, 03:17:41 AM
Quote from: Tank on January 14, 2023, 09:25:43 PMAh! An ELCB! Earth Leakage Circuit Breaker.

Tank, here it is a legal requirement that all outlets be protected by earth leakage circuit breakers (as we call them as well). I assume that is the case in the UK as well?

Yes and no. Historical systems can be kept without protection but if you add to or modify a system it must have full ELCB protection.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Tank on January 15, 2023, 11:41:52 AM
Quote from: The Magic Pudding. on January 15, 2023, 07:57:00 AMI ordered a $50 yoga mat for $4, bargain.
I use my exercise bike everyday, to hang my clothes on.
Not sure what I'll use the yoga mat for, something...

I love the bike quote :)
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Dark Lightning on January 15, 2023, 01:42:20 PM
Quote from: billy rubin on January 15, 2023, 05:11:11 AMthe american national electrical code requires GFCI anywhere the outlet is within 6 feet of a sink, shower, or any source of water. also exterior outlets

There was only a standard outlet with the old switch. But I know the above, so when I replaced the switch for 89ยข, I saved money. There is no requirement for an outlet in a bathroom, to my knowledge. I'm getting browbeat into installing the GCFI part. The renters took advantage of the Covid moratorium and quit paying rent January last year. We finally got them out at the end of September, a week ahead of the Sheriff. They had income, there was no excuse for not paying.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on January 15, 2023, 06:09:01 PM
thats might bea reason to keep the utilities in your own name and just add to the rent. if they didnt pay the rent, you could disconnect the utilities.

or could you?

seems like you could.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Dark Lightning on January 15, 2023, 07:04:48 PM
The wife didn't want that liability.  ::)  They could just go pay the utilities themselves, if we cut them off. The energy providers don't care where the money comes from, only that it comes. I go over to that house every day to make sure nobody is squatting. If someone can show the police that they have a paid utility bill, it takes a whole lot more effort than just kicking out trespassers or people committed breaking and entering.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Asmodean on January 16, 2023, 11:36:12 AM
Quote from: The Magic Pudding. on January 15, 2023, 07:57:00 AMNot sure what I'll use the yoga mat for, something...
It could probably make for a decent rain cover for the bike, should it find itself outdoors. Failing that, you can roll it up all nice and tight and test cutting capacity of swords with it. Of course, that may necessitate the acquisition of said cutlery, but details. You could also use it to do stuff like partly screen off your balcony, so you can wander around there with no pants on and nobody will call the police on you.

Hmm... Yoga mats sound exceedingly useful. I wonder if I should get a few... :notsure:
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on January 16, 2023, 10:35:53 PM
swords are easy to come by. my son has several

https://forgeofsvan.com/

well i was going to post a link to his swordmaker but all that immediatley came up was the armourer

here are some IMCF swords

International Medieval Combat Federation

https://medievalextreme.com/swords/
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on February 25, 2023, 11:09:07 PM
a while back i gave my lttle ruger LCP pocket 380 to my young daughter, who at the time was living in her pickup truck in parking lots in nevada while she worked at various forestry gigs.

this left me without anything, and i work before and after dark in bad neighborhoods of depressed rust belt cities, where some form of self-protection is prudent. what i ended up with was an ancient beretta 85BB .380, a 40-year old blowback single-stack surplus police weapon.  bigger than the little ruger, but smaller than a glock 19 or the colt government model i used to own. 

but i had no way to carry it safely or politely, until now. i have a legal concealed carry permit, but options for comfortably carrying a small handgun while driving a truck some 10 hours a day are limited. but i found a company in the czech republic that makes what i was looking for.

(https://i.imgur.com/DJIzwJLl.jpg)

this is a cross-draw holster, worn on the weak side (my left) to allow a concealed carry under an untucked shirt while still allowing a seat belt to be buckled underneath it. thumb break snap to keep the gun secured in an almost horizontal carry position.

i also bout a dedictaed gun belt for it, and a carrier for an 8-round single stack magazine.

(https://i.imgur.com/DIGpUyHl.jpg)

once its on the weight is well distributed and its almost unnoticeable. the holster stays on the belt (no snap fitting), but i can remove the gun and leave it off my person if i have to enter locations that specify no concealed weapons.

its a small-framed pistol, and one that is very easy to shoot accurately. i can put multiple 94-grain solids into a two-inch circle at 21 feet, and since thats the customary standard for self-defense accuracy, i think the combination of gun and holster is good enough for what im looking for.

i specified a black leather dye because black is less easy to identify as a holstered gun than any other colour, and th ewhole point of concealed carry is be unobtrusive. the pistols and holster are a small enough package that it doesnt print on my clothing and is almost unnoticeable when i wear it.


Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on February 25, 2023, 11:42:37 PM
the gun is an interesting relic, all on its own. they made these things between 1982 and 1987, i think, and were used extensively in european police forces for many years

(https://i.imgur.com/RO1WOO1l.jpg)

its a medium-framed weapon, with an alloy frame and steel slide. so its reasonably light, and the .380 cartridge is an acceptable self-defense round in the expanding hollow-point configuration that i use.

(https://i.imgur.com/GyOZqkGl.jpg)

carries 8 rounds in the magazine, and one in the chamber. can be carried safely with a loaded round, safety on, half-cock. so it requires the safety to be flipped off, then almost a full double-action trigger pull to fire. cant carry it un-cocked, because if i drop it on the hammer it can go off, old -style. not a good practice.

(https://i.imgur.com/7Zq0WQKl.jpg)

the cartridges are the same diameter as a 9mm, but are shorter, with a subsonic muzzle velocity. sometimes called "9mm short." not a super high-powered round, but im not interested in rambo-style performance, just adequate stopping power at short range.

the gun comes apart in seconds for cleaning with no tools, so maintenance is easy.

(https://i.imgur.com/jkgxAVRl.jpg)

all in all, a conservative and non-ostentatious carry gun. plus, it was not expensive, unlike some of the current glamour pistols favoured by the clint eastwood imitators. inexpensive, concealable, adequate, historically interesting. and now with a good holster, practical for daily carry.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Tank on February 26, 2023, 10:40:52 AM
An interesting post.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on February 26, 2023, 03:45:20 PM
we live in interesting times, tank.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Tank on February 26, 2023, 04:56:12 PM
Unfortunately so.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: jumbojak on February 26, 2023, 11:13:04 PM
The Cheetah is a nice little pistol. A bunch made their way through this area over the last six months. There was a double stack version as well but they are quite rare.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on February 27, 2023, 12:39:57 AM
the double stack is the 84. not so common, as you say. but with a spare magazine the 85 has 17 shots.

i really like the old 70 series berettas. an automatic point, at least for me. but its been gone 50 years, and collectors have bid up the price.

the only problem i have with the 85 is that it has an ambidextrous safety, normally a plus. but in this crossdraw holster, ordinary movement standing up and sitting down causes the leather under the lever to flip the safety off. it still cant fire without almost a full double action triggrr pull, but i like the safety. not sure whether thered a workaround or not
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Dark Lightning on February 27, 2023, 02:19:00 AM
I wouldn't even try CC with my pistol. It's a Model 28 Smith & Wesson .357 revolver with a 6 inch barrel. Nicknamed the "Highway Patrolman" because it is an unpolished version of the Model 27, thus less expensive. I only get ~4" groups at 25 feet using a Weaver stance. Benchrest shooting yields ~2" groups. I wouldn't use it even for personal protection in the house, though.

Last thing I bought? Some wood for a chest that I'm building. I'm calling that design "Last", because it's going to be the last chest I build for my carving tools. I hope. Chests I have built over the last several years have evolved as I bought tools, but I'm expecting not to add more to this set.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: jumbojak on February 27, 2023, 03:03:02 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on February 27, 2023, 12:39:57 AMthe double stack is the 84. not so common, as you say. but with a spare magazine the 85 has 17 shots.

i really like the old 70 series berettas. an automatic point, at least for me. but its been gone 50 years, and collectors have bid up the price.

the only problem i have with the 85 is that it has an ambidextrous safety, normally a plus. but in this crossdraw holster, ordinary movement standing up and sitting down causes the leather under the lever to flip the safety off. it still cant fire without almost a full double action triggrr pull, but i like the safety. not sure whether thered a workaround or not

The fix for that is a proper holster. I know that a lot of people prefer leather for comfort but kydex is a vastly superior material and custom holster makers abound. A holster that can manipulate a control is nearly as bad as one that doesn't protect the trigger.

 
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on March 04, 2023, 10:00:30 PM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on February 27, 2023, 02:19:00 AMI wouldn't even try CC with my pistol. It's a Model 28 Smith & Wesson .357 revolver with a 6 inch barrel. Nicknamed the "Highway Patrolman" because it is an unpolished version of the Model 27, thus less expensive. I only get ~4" groups at 25 feet using a Weaver stance. Benchrest shooting yields ~2" groups. I wouldn't use it even for personal protection in the house, though.


four inches at 25 feet is all you need. i used to have a ruger security six 357 with a six inch barrel for hunting pigs. just about that same siz as your S&W and also too big to carry concealed, but i lived in arizona where open carry was common and unremarkable. couldnt shoot it as accurately as a beretta tho. was a nice simple gun.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on March 04, 2023, 10:06:55 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on February 27, 2023, 03:03:02 AMThe fix for that is a proper holster. I know that a lot of people prefer leather for comfort but kydex is a vastly superior material and custom holster makers abound. A holster that can manipulate a control is nearly as bad as one that doesn't protect the trigger.

 

i know what youre saying, but a holster that can acrry a gun comfortably while sitting for long periods is not as common as id like. the czech cross draw holster is reasonably comfortable, and a big part of that is tat it isnt as stiff as kydex. and its getting looser with wear. the issue with the safety isnt a big deal. i carried a little ruger in essentailly the same double action cocked position for a long time. i cant manipulate the trigger on this one while the gun is holstered, and so thats pretty safe. if its so safe i cant shoot it then ive misplaced my priorities
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: The Magic Pudding. on May 31, 2023, 11:58:25 AM
I bought a smart watch.
I don't like wearing watches, and it's fat.
It'd be good to look at a map with lines on it to show where I've been, but it doesn't like water...
It measures my steps OK, it seems my heart isn't working though.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on May 31, 2023, 04:07:39 PM
what exactly is a smart watch?
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: MarcusA on May 31, 2023, 11:11:44 PM
Quote from: billy rubin on May 31, 2023, 04:07:39 PMwhat exactly is a smart watch?

A smart watch is like calculus for dummies, not so smart.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on June 01, 2023, 12:25:20 AM
i dont think ive ever seen one
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: MarcusA on June 01, 2023, 02:11:41 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on June 01, 2023, 12:25:20 AMi dont think ive ever seen one

I've heard of them.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: The Magic Pudding. on June 01, 2023, 12:43:16 PM
I bought a trolling motor.
No it isn't a device to help me catch MarcusA's post count.
It's a small electric outboard boat motor.

https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B006T1SN76?th=1 (https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B006T1SN76?th=1)
I got it for 137 Pacific Pesos. 
Battery, charger, waterproof case, fitting thingies, don't have any of those.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Dark Lightning on June 01, 2023, 11:01:57 PM
A used motorhome. Just got back from 4 days and 3 nights in the "wilderness".
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: MarcusA on June 03, 2023, 04:16:20 AM
I bought a barbecued chook but it was really a quail.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Tom62 on June 03, 2023, 06:24:14 AM
I bought the latest album of Sparks on CD and the complete Stargate SG-01 series on DVD. Last one was on special offer (61 DVDs for 58 EUR), so I couldn't resist.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on June 03, 2023, 07:14:29 PM
i bought one of those dongels that lets a spotify account play through the amplifier my daughter used for her bsse guitar

now i can finally crank the music up until the building rattles

you cannot appreciate igor stravinsky at less than full volume
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: hermes2015 on June 04, 2023, 03:41:43 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on June 03, 2023, 07:14:29 PMi bought one of those dongels that lets a spotify account play through the amplifier my daughter used for her bsse guitar

now i can finally crank the music up until the building rattles

you cannot appreciate igor stravinsky at less than full volume

👏

Or Mahler.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Asmodean on June 05, 2023, 08:14:26 AM
I bought new injector nozzles for The Deutschmann.

...He likes his jewelry, the expensive-er the better, The Deutschmann does. Prolly a poofta. :smilenod:
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: MarcusA on June 07, 2023, 06:49:22 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on June 05, 2023, 08:14:26 AMI bought new injector nozzles for The Deutschmann.

...He likes his jewelry, the expensive-er the better, The Deutschmann does. Prolly a poofta. :smilenod:

I wear no jewellery or a single tattoo.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Asmodean on June 08, 2023, 09:03:45 AM
I have a tattoo. It's a horned skull. His name is Freddy and he is evil. :smilenod:
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: MarcusA on June 08, 2023, 04:48:57 PM
I am a schizophrenic. If I got a tattoo, I'd just hate it the next day. That's how much I swap and change my mind.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Tank on June 08, 2023, 07:39:19 PM
Just got an electric multi-function pressure cooker. First try a chunky sweet potato and lentil soup which I have made a few time before. It worked perfectly. 15 minute warm up and 10 minute cook. One interesting side effect of the sealed system is that the house isn't filled with the smell of cooking.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: billy rubin on June 08, 2023, 08:19:05 PM
as long as it isnt burnt fish oil, i dont mind the smell of cooking food

one of the great things about indian cantons is the smell
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Asmodean on June 09, 2023, 07:47:30 AM
Quote from: Tank on June 08, 2023, 07:39:19 PMOne interesting side effect of the sealed system is that the house isn't filled with the smell of cooking.
:thoughtful: Oh, that is interesting. Never considered ye-olde pressure cooker from that angle. Maybe use it a bit more meself, what with having a comparatively-tiny appartment, which ends up "perpetually" smelling like breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Tank on June 09, 2023, 08:22:42 AM
Quote from: Asmodean on June 09, 2023, 07:47:30 AM
Quote from: Tank on June 08, 2023, 07:39:19 PMOne interesting side effect of the sealed system is that the house isn't filled with the smell of cooking.
:thoughtful: Oh, that is interesting. Never considered ye-olde pressure cooker from that angle. Maybe use it a bit more meself, what with having a comparatively-tiny appartment, which ends up "perpetually" smelling like breakfast, lunch and dinner.

The smell does get out, but only when you depressurise the cooker at the end of the cycle. But it isn't so pervasive for a long time.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: MarcusA on June 15, 2023, 02:23:12 AM
I bought a grease burger and fries.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Asmodean on June 15, 2023, 09:30:23 AM
Not bought as such yet, but I'm considering building meself-self a new PC.

Do I need one though? My PC is capable of rendering some 3D models and running my entire games library and it has all sorts of lights and sparkly bits...

[Gollum]But we wants it. Wants it, precious! Asmo! Asmo![/Gollum]
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: MarcusA on June 16, 2023, 11:44:48 PM
I bought a shitload of bad luck once. It served me well.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: No one on June 17, 2023, 02:43:54 AM
2 new dumafletchers and a gazintah.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: MarcusA on June 17, 2023, 02:46:37 AM
Quote from: No one on June 17, 2023, 02:43:54 AM2 new dumafletchers and a gazintah.

What's a dumafletcher and a gazintah? I will probably regret asking, but nonetheless nonsense is not without truth.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: MarcusA on June 17, 2023, 07:32:11 AM
I've bought into more bullshit than I care to admit.
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Tank on June 17, 2023, 09:05:59 AM
A tin of Jack fruit to see what it tastes like. I have yet to try it. Ant advice on preparation?
Title: Re: what's the last thing you bought?
Post by: Tom62 on June 17, 2023, 12:41:24 PM
I bought two 18TB Seagate Iron Wolf Pro hard disks to fill the two remaining slots on my NAS. I should have now enough diskspace for at least the next twenty years.