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[#] Wed Mar 22 2017 19:56:29 UTC from wizard of aahz

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So now you're as thin as a cord instead of thin as a whisker?

[#] Thu Mar 23 2017 13:03:58 UTC from LoanShark

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I'm like a cord with a beer belly.

[#] Tue May 02 2017 01:50:03 UTC from IGnatius T Foobar

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Like an extension cord? We can plug you in?

[#] Wed May 03 2017 20:24:44 UTC from LoanShark

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If you can get all my hair to stand on end (like Dingbat from the Boston Museum of Science, over by the van de Graaf exhibit) that'll be amusing. And scary.

[#] Wed May 03 2017 20:26:03 UTC from LoanShark

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Back OT, I may have lost a few pounds now. I've hardly had any alcohol at all since before the misbegotten Utah trip.


Kept up with the not-drinking because I recognize that drinking at home while recovering from a broken ankle, because I have nothing better to do... that way lies insanity.

[#] Sat Jun 10 2017 23:13:21 UTC from IGnatius T Foobar

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Outdoor outdoor ... I got the pool set up today.

Pool fail: the frame was so badly rusted it needed a complete replacement.

Pool win: it started raining, quite hard, just as I was getting ready to fill the pool.

Hot and humid today. If I had set up the pool last weekend it would have been a good day for swimming.

[#] Tue Jun 13 2017 03:06:01 UTC from wizard of aahz

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Drinking Gin and Tonics while filling the pool would've been a good idea.

[#] Tue Jun 13 2017 11:55:56 UTC from zooer

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Filling the pool with gin and tonic would be a better idea.



[#] Tue Jun 13 2017 16:35:58 UTC from IGnatius T Foobar

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I wanted to do that, but I wasn't able to find a four-foot-long lime wedge.

[#] Tue Jun 13 2017 16:59:08 UTC from fleeb

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Wedge... not wedgie. That 'i' makes all the difference.

[#] Wed Jun 14 2017 02:40:40 UTC from IGnatius T Foobar

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So you've seen my swimsuit.

[#] Fri Dec 01 2017 00:11:33 UTC from LoanShark

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DPS Phantom - permanent, polymer base glide treatment for skis that looks like it will make most waxes obsolete.

https://www.outsideonline.com/2256501/new-invention-dps-might-kill-ski-wax
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dpsskis/phantom-permanent-base-glide-treatment-for-skis-an?ref=d39bp8

A bit pricey, but very convenient, healthier and more environmentally friendly

[#] Thu Mar 01 2018 16:03:34 UTC from IGnatius T Foobar

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But is it bullet proof?

[#] Thu Mar 01 2018 19:30:35 UTC from LoanShark <>

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Does it blend?

[#] Tue Mar 06 2018 19:18:53 UTC from fleeb <>

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Can it cut through a tin can, yet still slice a tomato like butter?

[#] Sun Mar 18 2018 02:22:26 UTC from IGnatius T Foobar

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My latest outdoor pursuit is accelerated pyromania. I finally got meself a 55 gallon drum, turned it over and cut the bottom out of it, and cut a hole in the side to let air in. I left the bunghole open to drain rainwater out of it.

For most of today's burn I just had a regular fan pointing at the air inlet, and it was ok, but when I switched my shop vac from suck to blow and put the hose in the air inlet, it accelerated the burn so much that I couldn't stand the heat even from several feet away. When I got inside I discovered that it had begun singing my hair, eyebrows, and eyelashes. Yowza!

Now that I've played around a bit, I think the final configuration is going to have a dryer vent pipe permanently attached to the air inlet, with a diverter inside to make the air swirl around in a vortex. I'm going to look for a bilge blower or some other quiet air mover, because the shop vac is too loud to run for more than a few minutes.

The nice thing about turbo charging a burn barrel is that when you really get it blasting, there's almost no smoke.

[#] Sun Mar 18 2018 03:06:32 UTC from zooer

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Sat Mar 17 2018 10:22:26 PM EDT from IGnatius T Foobar @ Uncensored
My latest outdoor pursuit is accelerated pyromania. I finally got meself a 55 gallon drum, turned it over and cut the bottom out of it, and cut a hole in the side to let air in. I left the bunghole open to drain rainwater out of it.

If you cut the bottom out it wouldn't hold water.



[#] Sun Mar 18 2018 22:37:02 UTC from IGnatius T Foobar

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It's a burn barrel.  It's not supposed to hold water.  The bottom became the top, and was cut open.  The top became the bottom, and the bunghole became a drain.

Today I bought a piece of dryer venting and an air mover.  The air mover is getting returned to the store because it doesn't move enough air.  It only provides a breeze; I need blastication.

 



[#] Sun Mar 18 2018 22:58:46 UTC from zooer

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bot·tom
ˈbädəm/
noun
 
  1. 1.
    the lowest point or part.


[#] Tue Mar 20 2018 19:33:58 UTC from pandora

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I think what zooer is saying is to cut off the top and the bottom, and just have a metal tube as the burn barrel. Even with a bung, the bottom will still hold some water.

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