A Shot from the Snark-ebus

[gmoneyluv]

Check out Alex Honnold and Dean Potter (NH native) as well. Both are just sick, both have climbed El Capitan with nothing but shoes and chalk.....I have no idea how you get to a point where you are so confident in your ability that you can be even 50 feet off the deck with no protection, much less 2000 feet.....

Honnold is probably the best free soloist right now - just incredible. That said, Sharma is still a stronger climber and has managed to remain at or very near the top of the sport for an unprecedented period of time. Potter is a solid notch below Honnold both in terms of free soloing and free climbing. Triggs briefly dated Potter back in the early 90s. Yep, we're old.

 

[Bladite]

Purty cool

That looks great CCMI!
Did you have fun with it?

Happily, I can say the same. Of course, I do wish I knew then what I know now, and that I had the body now, that I had in my twenties. The hinges are getting a little creaky
Yeah, he's pretty darn talented. It was years before I realized that he writes most of their lyrics, too. Several of my very favorite musicians are drummers... which may seem odd coming from a guitar player, but there it is.
I'm not even sure what was the last movie we saw in a theatre... I think it was the 2010 version of "True Grit"... which was actually worth every penny. But usually we wait for 'em to come out as a rental. I can drink and smoke in my living room
I completely understand. It's pretty frustrating.

So Gus has me watching Chris Sharma vids. I'm pretty sure the dude's from a different galaxy.

Check out Alex Honnold and Dean Potter (NH native) as well. Both are just sick, both have climbed El Capitan with nothing but shoes and chalk.....I have no idea how you get to a point where you are so confident in your ability that you can be even 50 feet off the deck with no protection, much less 2000 feet.....

I also have enjoyed each decade in different ways. Yes, youth is wasted on the young. As far as the hinges, I believe during the curmudgeon discussion that you said it was the miles, not the years. Some parts of spending 20 years in the Army were good for me (highway miles), but some parts were not so much ("city" miles).
"I do wish I knew then what I know now."
Generally true. Sometimes the opposite, or kinda the opposite.... wisdom from Toby Keith.

And speaking of music that inspires and touches the soul, my son, the one majoring in Music Business, Performance and Technology, posted this on his FaceBook page. Awesome cover of an awesome song. I'm not sure which version I prefer. They are such different styles, each a lot of fun to listen to.

The original metal especially for Mr. Terrio.

JT HATES metal!

I wondered about that, thanks for the tip. I'd heard they focused more on action and side stepped the rather "boring" story of these men.

I know they have a calendar stashed somewhere.

Put lemon juice on it.... Keeps it from turning brown, same thing you do when making Waldorf Salad..
Doc

trade, I completely agree.
As I was coming home from work the other night, I saw a few silhouetted by the full moon against a snowy field. They look completely different like that. Thought I'd discovered a new species there for a minute.

Thanks. It's's actually already a BK12, I just filed off the the ramp so that's probably why it turned out so good, hehe.
First time I've filed any blades, wasn't sure how much work it'd actually be but it wasn't bad. Might try something else now.

They probably just call the guy over at Cheatham Lock.

Ha!
I thought that was a BK2 mod!
That 12 looks stellar rampless.

i'm going to do a kickstarter project so i can buy a $25,000 tractor. who's in? you get a nice picture of gravel for your trouble. send me cash now :> $100 or more is good.

This morning's sunrise:

My first Kydex sheath, which was made only using a torch, my hands, a vise, a drill press, and a hammer:

brilliant.

More home schooling for you...conscription is the draft.
Thank you.

I knew that! I was saying it differently, that's all.

Every once in a while something funny happens in my life. It occurred today when talking to a friend on Facebook this transpired:

Damn, Great Value instant coffee is good.

condolences Todd - and that is going to be an awesome bowie when it's done.
Cute pup WW

shaving sharp
always wear protection when playing with sharp tools, eh
guess it's time to close this thread, it's kinda slowed down!

worldwood: clicker training. if you do it right, you can train almost anything that is motivated by food and trust. fish, kids, dogs, cats, rats, birds, the wife...
seinfeld: i think that show was just about giving a bass player a job to play riffs :>
yo gabba gabba... i think i'll have to check this out
perhaps a contest?

I've made these before. There was an infomercial years ago, that I got the idea from. Mine always turned brown in the process though. Perhaps different types of apples are better.

The guy that doe the apple swan has a LOT of cool stuff on his YT channel: homemade fire pistons, how to make fire a bunch of different ways, one of which involves the fresnel lens of a projection screen TV in a wooden frame - boils pennies in about 15 seconds! - and a panoply of other cool stuff. Grant Thompson - "The King of Random". Fun stuff.

hot dogs x microwave +(mustard/relish) = instant sacrilege²/deliciousness³
Dar math: stop making me solve your problems. I don't care about finding your x.

Math doesn't care about finding x. Just cares that it can be done.

About to post them to Dubz's cookset thread. Stay tuned.

Well putting a convex edge on that 1/2" chopper then heat treating it is turning out to be a disaster... Doesn't chop so well so now I have to regrind it without ruining the temper. Gonna attemp to put a flat grind and hope for the best.

Douse it with lemon juice as you go. It won't turn as fast.

It's a joke. As in "I don't care about finding your "ex"". Get it? "stop asking me to solve your problems".

I've heard that before, but it amazes me when I watch these people do it, they don't have that problem. Of course, I'm no expert at it, and had to handle it more.

An engineer, a physicist and a mathematician are staying in a hotel.
The engineer wakes up and smells smoke. He goes out into the hallway and sees a fire, so he fills a trash can from his room with water and douses the fire. He goes back to bed.
Later, the physicist wakes up and smells smoke. He opens his door and sees a fire in the hallway. He walks down the hall to a fire hose and after calculating the flame velocity, distance, water pressure, trajectory, etc. extinguishes the fire with the minimum amount of water and energy needed.
Later, the mathematician wakes up and smells smoke. He goes to the hall, sees the fire and then the fire hose. He thinks for a moment and then exclaims, "Ah, a solution exists!" and then goes back to bed.

Thanks Vik!!
Thanks man, i just ordered a clicker and im looking for basic wife training tips now Im only half kidding... you pick which half.
Take it easy fellas!! Time to go get the little pooper.

Time for some slaw dogs.

Spritz then with just a little lemon juice. The acid will keep it from turning brown.

Other than being ableto vote and buy beer, it's highly over-rated.

Yep.

+1 to this
The only good thing about growing up is the fact that you can budget more for your man toys. The older you get the cooler toys / gear you can have

I have preferred every decade of my life to all the previous that came before. At some point that may change, but frankly I MUCH prefer to be an adult.

I really don't think being able to buy beer can be over-rated. Plus those other things that are NOT over-rated, wink-wink-nudge-nudge.

Call me "Peter Pan". I wish I would never grow up now with that being said... If I had to do it all again, I wouldn't change a thing. Especially because I know how it currently is and I wouldn't trade it for anything ( including youth).
I just wish I could control how fast or slow time passes . Spend less time at work, more time with the family ect.

This I certainly agree with.
Perhaps I simply didn't enjoy my childhood, but I have to say that autonomy, authority, and capability in my own life trump 'carefree' any day of the week. But then I was never carefree - didn't experience that fantasy world in my childhood.

I agree with the beer part, voting maybe not so much. It seems like all the choices are pretty poor these days. Vote for either "bad" or "worse"...I suppose it's better than not having any choice whatsoever, but I do wish "none of the above" was on the ballot sometimes.

Snowing again. Didn't even know it was supposed to snow today: http://images.intellicast.com/WxImages/RadarLoop/spi_None_anim.gif

+1. Like the Rush song, "Time Stand Still".

Speaking of Rush...
If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

Neil Peart.... amazing drummer

As far as being an adult goes, it's pretty sweet for me right now. I'm single pulling in just shy of $50K a year at a low-stress job with minimal expenses. So I have enough of the care-free life I want but still have plenty of cash for beer and guns. I'm trying to accumulate enough dumb crap to carry me through in case I ever have kids. It wasn't always sweet though. The first four years out of high school I was stuck in a minimum wage job with no room for advancement and I hated my boss. Every day was a struggle not to punch a hole through his chest.

Just got back from seeing the movie "The Monument Men." It was very average. I'd suggest just waiting for it to come out on Redbox.

Great idea, kids can trash your spending budget. And you'll need the beer and guns if you end up having a girl
I already told my wife... for every girl we have I'm going to DOUBLE my gun collection

I do choose, but get tired of it being the lesser of two evils. Sadly, for the most part, the folks who are smart enough to do a good job running things are smart enough to not want the job...

So yep this just happened...

Been thinking about doing it, decided today was the day. Clamped it down to the coffee table and went to work

umm, snark

 

[Bladite]

mega barlow snarkage

 

[Bladite]

Because, I haven't started one of these things, ever.

sooner over. driving to a quick ending...

 

[Bladite]

In on one? 'Cuz it's so much fun?

in on last, for the surge

 

[Bladite]

Bladite is so much younger than I thought. And his skin is thinner than I expected.

younger, older.

darker, lighter...

i'm still the pretty pony... ... ...

 

[Bladite]

I never realized that Bladite was incarcerated at some point. Obviously.

all records expunged

 

[Bladite]

So, AIM surplus has Chinese SKS rifles for $300. Probably wouldn't shoot it much, if at all, since I have an AK. But I already have a bunch of stripper clips...

i can buy them locally for less...

but i would pay $300 for a GOOD one, like bulgarian? or yugo. esp in clean teak.

 

[Bladite]

I'll try to get some outdoor pix of this one for a gallery post tomorrow. wicked little bench knife: 1/8" A2 with thin maroon linen scales

like, lots and lots

 

[cbwoods67]

Bladite, you could probably find a used Kubota for half of that.

 

[Bladite]

Nothing better than homemade chili and beer bread on a cold night.

except a woman to serve it

 

[Bladite]

Yeah, mine's a little stiff. It's pretty much a range toy anyway so it's not a big deal.

i was like that earlier tonite

 

[Bladite]

Snark is Low!

note no moar

 

[Bladite]

I would like to volunteer to test some gear Trade.

I plan to get out a lot more this year than in years past.

Jeremy

well, you volunteered to get this closed...

 

[Guyon]

Work it, people. Work it.

 

[Bladite]

I have a bottle of the Boulevard Chocolate Ale havent tried it yet but its almost impossible to get.

try it try it

 

[Bladite]

Well, you kind of shot yourself in the foot there didn't ya! You need a Ka-Barley after all!

Ka-Beckerly!

 

[Bladite]

I think we need a few more photo threads, haha.

not this thread!

 

[Guyon]

That was a nice purple multi-quote.

 

[Guyon]

Boom goes the dynamite?