OT - What are you doing right now?

fishlessman

DuckDogDr said:

Getting ready to hit the hay. Continued working on decoys for my upcoming trip..heads are epoxied and screwed on with marine grade materials ...was going to epoxy the bodies together. .however had an idea which will be shared tomorrow!

nice hobby.  getting different ducks every month right now in the pond. right now theres ringed necks, hooded mergansers, mallards.  blue heron will move in soon, those giant swans for a few weeks, then a couple loons move thru. then stuck with canadian geese for a while.  theres a bunch more but i havent got an id on them yet.  hoping the neighbor gets a few wood duck, im out of the lemon feathers for fly tying

YukonRon

Reviewing the rankings in my work brackets.
Humbling, to say the least.

Botch

Sea2Ski said:  
Make any of just a butt floating? As if one was foraging  and eating aquatic plants? 

I would buy one as a table lamp.  

GATraveller

fishlessman said:

DuckDogDr said:

Getting ready to hit the hay. Continued working on decoys for my upcoming trip..heads are epoxied and screwed on with marine grade materials ...was going to epoxy the bodies together. .however had an idea which will be shared tomorrow!

nice hobby.  getting different ducks every month right now in the pond. right now theres ringed necks, hooded mergansers, mallards.  blue heron will move in soon, those giant swans for a few weeks, then a couple loons move thru. then stuck with canadian geese for a while.  theres a bunch more but i havent got an id on them yet.  hoping the neighbor gets a few wood duck, im out of the lemon feathers for fly tying

Lots of coots I'm sure......or at least one that we know of.  

JohnInCarolina

I've been invited to be the opening lecturer for a scientific meeting in my field in Israel in October.  They're still deciding on the specific date and location, but it'll either be in Jerusalem or Haifa.  Should be interesting no matter what.  

lousubcap

@JohnInCarolina Better to be lucky than good any day.  Congrats on the invite.  Interesting is likely the minimum it will be.  

fishlessman

GATraveller said:

fishlessman said:

DuckDogDr said:

Getting ready to hit the hay. Continued working on decoys for my upcoming trip..heads are epoxied and screwed on with marine grade materials ...was going to epoxy the bodies together. .however had an idea which will be shared tomorrow!

nice hobby.  getting different ducks every month right now in the pond. right now theres ringed necks, hooded mergansers, mallards.  blue heron will move in soon, those giant swans for a few weeks, then a couple loons move thru. then stuck with canadian geese for a while.  theres a bunch more but i havent got an id on them yet.  hoping the neighbor gets a few wood duck, im out of the lemon feathers for fly tying

Lots of coots I'm sure......or at least one that we know of.  

pretty sure theres just the one

JohnInCarolina

lousubcap said:

@JohnInCarolina Better to be lucky than good any day.  Congrats on the invite.  Interesting is likely the minimum it will be.  

Yep.  I have a good friend and colleague at Technion. We've written several papers together.  He wasn't involved with this invite, but he was stricken with Parkinson's a few years ago and doesn't travel much these days.  I'm pretty sure I'll get a chance to see him while I'm there, so I'm looking forward to that.  

Now to see if I can convince the wife to tag along...

kl8ton

JohnInCarolina said:

I've been invited to be the opening lecturer for a scientific meeting in my field in Israel in October.  They're still deciding on the specific date and location, but it'll either be in Jerusalem or Haifa.  Should be interesting no matter what.  

Isn't your field behind your barn?  How can you give a lecture in your field if you are in Israel?  Or do you own fields in Israel?  

Just kidding around.  Congratulations on the invite.  I think Uber drivers are on camels.  

GATraveller

JohnInCarolina said:

I've been invited to be the opening lecturer for a scientific meeting in my field in Israel in October.  They're still deciding on the specific date and location, but it'll either be in Jerusalem or Haifa.  Should be interesting no matter what.  

That's awesome.  Congrats on the invitation.  I got invited to Chili's once.  It was wing night.

YukonRon

I think it is very cool you have this opportunity to speak with your peers, and visit with a good friend. It will be interesting, but it will also be enlightening.
Glad for you brother. Make an impact.

Killit_and_Grillit

Finally gave up my last nicotine habit and dumped my cigars. Decided to use my humidor to store junk in my office. 

Now my gum tastes like Nicorette and minty cedar. 

YukonRon

@Killit_and_Grillit
Good for you, proud of you. 

Legume

JohnInCarolina said:

I've been invited to be the opening lecturer for a scientific meeting in my field in Israel in October.  They're still deciding on the specific date and location, but it'll either be in Jerusalem or Haifa.  Should be interesting no matter what.  

Expanding cultural horizons.  See if you can bring back some good religious jokes.

g8golfer

JohnInCarolina said:

lousubcap said:

@JohnInCarolina Better to be lucky than good any day.  Congrats on the invite.  Interesting is likely the minimum it will be.  

Yep.  I have a good friend and colleague at Technion. We've written several papers together.  He wasn't involved with this invite, but he was stricken with Parkinson's a few years ago and doesn't travel much these days.  I'm pretty sure I'll get a chance to see him while I'm there, so I'm looking forward to that.  

Now to see if I can convince the wife to tag along...

Let me know if your wife doesn’t go because I’m sure I can squeeze it into my schedule and stay with her while you’re gone 

DoubleEgger

Spring is here

Hook_emHornsfan_74

DoubleEgger said:

Spring is here

Yes spring is here unfortunately. I have these too look forward to. 

Legume

Hook_emHornsfan_74 said:

DoubleEgger said:

Spring is here

Yes spring is here unfortunately. I have these too look forward to. 

Haboob!

DoubleEgger

That looks like Georgia pollen 

theyolksonyou

Working on parallel parking.  Tomorrow is the test 



Not really ready for this

kl8ton

theyolksonyou said:

Working on parallel parking.  Tomorrow is the test 



Not really ready for this

Couple more hours and you will have this. 

https://youtu.be/u5r5CSCjmyg

lousubcap

I found the training/practice much more effective using a car for the approach and initial positioning.  After getting the hang of the placement and maneuvering, cones became the approach "car" and the real car was placed behind the "parking space".  I used the local school parking lot as it had curbs as well.
Yes a few laws may have been liberally interpreted to get two cars there with only one licensed driver.  

theyolksonyou

Currently on an impromptu drive to pick up cheeto puffs 

johnnyp

Quick dinner.  BBQ pork chops, brown rice and roasted carrots

bgebrent

theyolksonyou said:

Currently on an impromptu drive to pick up cheeto puffs 

Gonna parallel park?

kl8ton

Put all kids in bed. 
Watching episode 10 of BBQ with Franklin

northGAcock

theyolksonyou said:

Working on parallel parking.  Tomorrow is the test 



Not really ready for this

Look on the bright side. You will have a dedicated driver on demand these days. 

northGAcock

Watching NC vs SC baseball game on the tube. 

hoosier_egger

Indiana is drunk. 3 inches of snow Sunday night. 75 degrees, thunderstorms and tornado watch tonight 

theyolksonyou

northGAcock said:

theyolksonyou said:

Working on parallel parking.  Tomorrow is the test 



Not really ready for this

Look on the bright side. You will have a dedicated driver on demand these days. 

He could do that for the last year as long as I was with him. Now he'll be on his own.