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[jimilee]

Nope, but I will now.

 

[Feral Feline]

Cherry-Faced Meadowhawk One to Control, CFM1 to control:
maintaining low-pass s-turns and doglegs up here, await confirmed landing zone, over...





CFM1 to Control, have confirmed visual approach of landing tower, will proceed to same after last go-around, checking for wind-shear...




Couple Bat-turns and am knocking on your front-door, Control...





CFM1 to Control, resting and refuelling, situation is Bravo Zulu






CFM1 to Control, ready to bug-out for next attack-sortie on bandit-mossies...






Took a break from building a pedal the other day and rested in the back yard with the doggo, and we had our CFM1 visitor buzzing about us for a good 20-30 minutes. Hadn't seen one of these little red guys since moving back here 4 years ago (mostly blue and green here, but there's also two more reds, the Western Meadowhawk and White-faced Meadowhawk).

Was great to see this guy, as I miss seeing the Crimson Dropwings and my favourite, the utterly brilliant cardinal-red, Crimson Dwarf dragonflies back in Hong Kong. I've got pics of those on my HD, I'll post 'em if I come across them and remember to do so.

 

[Feral Feline]

Maybe a little dry sounding.

That’s mighty saltine talk…

 

[Feral Feline]

Well that was weird. Buggy phone or buggy forum? ( I mean it IS a Bugg e-forum, but I cannot even ascertain which thread I’m in right now?) Freq’n’phone surfin’!
Give me back my computer!

 

[Chuck D. Bones]

Who knows what this device does?

 

[Barry]

Who knows what this device does?

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Pipe Cutter

 

[Chuck D. Bones]

Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding!

Choose a prize from the top shelf.

When used on cast iron. it's more of a pipe crusher.





And this is what happens when you flush a catbox full of wood pellets down the toilet.

 

[jimilee]

Wait, what?

 

[Chuck D. Bones]

Indeed. This happened a while back. We had a friend of our daughter's watch the house and tend to the cats while we were on vacation. He was clueless about how to properly dispose of cat litter (it goes in the trash can), so he flushed it. We use wood pellets instead of clay. when those pellets get wet, they expand. That mass of expanded wood pellets was extremely tough and would not yield to a power auger. If you wanted to sabotage someone's sewer, this would be a way to do it. Not that I would condone or recommend doing this.

I ended up pulling out about 5 feet of cast iron pipe and replacing it with ABS. The pellets didn't break the pipe, I did that with a sledgehammer after I pulled the section of pipe outside. The only silver lining is the crawlspace under that part of the house is tall enough to stand up. From there. the sewer dives under the downstairs slab floor and if the clog had happened under the slab, it would have been very bad news.


He still owes me a bottle of scotch.

 

[jimilee]

Indeed. This happened a while back. We had a friend of our daughter's watch the house and tend to the cats while we were on vacation. He was clueless about how to properly dispose of cat litter (it goes in the trash can), so he flushed it. We use wood pellets instead of clay. when those pellets get wet, they expand. That mass of expanded wood pellets was extremely tough and would not yield to a power auger. If you wanted to sabotage someone's sewer, this would be a way to do it. Not that I would condone or recommend doing this.

I ended up pulling out about 5 feet of cast iron pipe and replacing it with ABS. The pellets didn't break the pipe, I did that with a sledgehammer after I pulled the section of pipe outside. The only silver lining is the crawlspace under that part of the house is tall enough to stand up. From there. the sewer dives under the downstairs slab floor and if the clog had happened under the slab, it would have been very bad news.
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He still owes me a bottle of scotch.

Wow, just wow. I would love to know what he was thinking, I’m not sure why. People’s thoughts processes are amusing. Glad you were able to get it fixed without having to dig up said slab.

 

[jwin615]

If you did have to dig the slab, at least you'd have somewhere to hide the body. 2 birds one (big)stone...

 

[Chuck D. Bones]

I grew this from seed. It's about 15 years old and this is the first time it has flowered.

 

[Barry]

 

[jessenator]

Wondering why my AC isn't getting the house below 75°F…

 

[jwin615]

Wondering why my AC isn't getting the house below 75°F…

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102 feels like 120 down here and humidity indoors is 65%

 

[jessenator]

102 feels like 120 down here and humidity indoors is 65%

What you're really trying to say is "BuT It's a dRy hEaT!"

 

[HamishR]

Couldn't believe it last week when I went to the lake with my coffee and croissant and went to see if the turtle was around - and saw two! And not only that but when I got my phone out to get a pic they both swam into the light. Otherwise I would have struggled to get a decent pic.

 

[jessenator]

Man, Drew Struzan is a legend. He did alt poster art for films that I had never seen before, like this one for Return to Oz. (A source of childhood bad dreams.) So many little details in it

 

[cooder]

Morning paddle on the neighbouring bigger lake, Lake Brunner.

 

[Chuck D. Bones]

Like a mirror. Wow!