Man, I got shop drawings of steam engines I know I will never build. The problem is I just like opening them up and looking at them. They are my precious.
You can't do too much and expect to be successful. Let's just start with þ to get everyone used to it. Remember, things like Þis can take 100 years or more to be permanent.
Even after 40 years, I still can't even get the bloody things on right according to my wife. So we fold them and put them on together.
The cheap Russian stuff was and still is lacquered steel cases. They had to do that to prevent rust. And it will coat a gun's chamber when the barrel heats up after a few shots. Most shooters don't clean their guns immediately to remove the lacquer buildup after shooting stops. So the lacquer hardens and becomes almost impossible to remove without a jackhammer. It can be a beeotch to remove after it hardens. In the west we don't use lacquer, we plate the cases with a thin coat of brass or sometimes nickel.
Almost all shot shells are now steel rimmed bases with a coating of brass.
Þ is þe coolest
You can keep all the rest. I just want Þ (thorn). It represents þe "th" sound in English. Gimmie!!!!!
They should know a little bit about coding. Not to become Devs, but just so they have an understanding of what it is and about how it makes the world work.
And to keep me amused machining all the parts needed to make one.
Yeah, that's an old farmer saying. Though as I'm sitting here, the rain might have been closer to 2 cows. At least we didn't get the 6"/150mm hail they said was possible. We got just about a minute of pea size hail.
Linemen are some crazy hard workin' people. They are ready to hit it all hours of the day and night and fear no weather. I worked some crappy hours as a medic, but they didn't match what linemen consider normal. I hope their off days are filled with good whiskey and agreeable women or men as needed.
And people are starting to recommend marine crimp connectors because they are better. And having used a few in my boat for a pair of heavy draw tolling motors, I got admit the anti-corrosion goo and built in heat shrink makes pretty sweet to use.
Not to say you shouldn't use wagos because I do, but even elechickens use a pair lineman pliers to twist all the wires correctly before installing the wire nut.
That attitude is going away. The elechickens are adotpting them because they are faster to use than a correctly installed wire nut. And time is money. Plus, there is less callback rework because some apprentice screwed up the wire nuts in that one box.
Believe it or not, there is a mile long island a half mile away, and it cannot be seen due to forest fire smoke. The Air Quality index is currently at 1650. It is considered unsafe for anyone to be outdoors now. And I can even smell the smoke inside the house now. There are no birbs flying around the yard and not even insects are in the air.
Usually, we can blame forest fire smoke on Canada, I do live quite close to the border. But this year, it's our own forests that are on fire. I'm about 150 miles west of the fires and the smoke caught up with us yesterday and has just gotten worse and will remain so until the fires are put out I think.
Kind of makes me glad I'm waiting on knee surgery next week and can't walk well enough to be out and about wandering the forest.
The yellow and white clover, along with the odd wild daisy, are blooming in my yard! So no mowing for another week or two.
I can sit in Grandma's Hootch and drink tea while looking at pretty flowers and the lake. It reminds me of a little mountain valley.
All the while knowing that in 10 or twelve weeks it will all be covered in snow again.
The beet crop is growing nicely. But we remain vigilant against the deer. Despite their best efforts, the string beans are holding their front. And have been reported as growing back. I have 7 nice peppers and some tiny tomatoes are appearing.
There has been ongoing discussions about investing in a paintball gun to repel the bandits. Scouting, has reported that 2 fawns have been sighted and added to the gang. But no firm consensus been reached or decision made by upper management. We may need to wait for the inevitable assault on the flowers. By then I fear it will be too late.
Report from the Northern front July 1 2026
I had to water my planters due to the mere sprinkle of rain last night. So I took the time to much between the rows of my string beans and beets.
I used to be a Medic and Firefighter-- in short I was an adrenaline junkie. And now I'm old and retired. And my body is bent and currently a bit broken. I seek to learn how to be dull.
Despite the enjoyment of watching the hummingbirds at my feeders and the light gardening I do. I still think I could become even more satisfied with my dullness.
Guide me to complete dullness!
The Nap Train rollin' on a Saturday afternoon
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