Let’s get this week started off right! With some vigorous exercise! 👍
Well it’s been a helluva week round here. The rain’s been pounding down. The Menacing Moat around Dawg Island flooded and folks with property adjacent to it got flooded or were sand bagging. It was pretty sketchy a couple days ago.
It was better yesterday morn; we did 4 miles at the crack of dawn and got soaked right through. The pups loved it and we got some flood fun elsewhere that required the Niglet and I to wade, and Fergus to actually swim. I haven’t seen water like this in a long time and it feels great. The pups loved getting soaked too.
I had to laugh… I’m growing tobacco again this year and the wife bought me what she thought was a shredder. I it obviously isn’t - but I’m wondering what the hell it actually is?
It’s obviously a grinder of some sort…? It’ll fit in the palm of your hand. It’s about an 1-1/2” tall, same diameter. I’m pretty sure it’s not a coffee grinder; they tend to be much bigger. Maybe it’s for spices of some kind? If you know… wouldjya let me know in the comments?
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FFS. Here we go again. B17 “909” - a priceless artifact from WW2 - goes down killing half the people on it.
An 82 year old aircraft. A 75 year old pilot in command, and a 71 year old copilot. What could possibly go wrong?
Look - I get it, alright? Round engines, four of ‘em. Mystique, romance, nostalgia - all of it. I’m an aviation fanboy, got the membership card, the secret decoder ring and slid whistle. But… good lord. Retire these old aircraft. They’ve done their duty. They deserve a prominent spot in our halls and gathering places to finally rest. And putting fuggin geezers in the cockpit? AND in charge of maintenance? This is criminal negligence. I don’t care if the players mean well, they’re getting people killed, and they’re destroying our aviation heritage.
None of it should have happened.
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Welp… other things tick me off too, but at least I can do something about this one: when I was a kid I could strop a blade so you could shave with it! Nowadays I can’t sharpen a blade worth shite! It’s infuriating!!!
A random OyTube came up the other day and the fella was comparing whetstones. And woukdn’t ya know it? My stones are all cheapo’s that cost 20~30 dollars - and they weren’t worth half that! When I was a kid I had a hard Arkansas stone…I got it for Christmas and it cost as much as the knife I got with it.
Anyhoo… the Oytuber recommended one of these:
It’s a diamond sided 325/1200 grit stone, no oil required, never has to be faced… and should hopefully get me back to razor sharp blades once and for all. I’ll letchya know how it goes.
Hope you guys are having a great summer!
Thanks for popping in.
Filthie
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