OT - What are you doing right now?

thetrim

.

NC_Egghead

@nolaegghead, that’s one bad a$$ed cat! Looks like it’s got plenty of attitude too!

nolaegghead

SamIAm2 said:

@nolaegghead - just don't get one of those aluminum foil wrapped, oil filled capacitors! Had a run/start cap blow up on a windy day and had foil bits all over the back yard while replacing on a nasty, hot humid summer day.

Pretty much all my options are electrolytic can style  capacitors. They are relatively safe.

Botch

Finally got my new car.
Wanted to take the train to Lehi yesterday (1.5 hours, train or "good" traffic), but found out at the last minute a semitruck bounced off the center median, across 3 lanes of traffic, thru the fence and onto the Frontrunner track; four minutes later choo-choo comes by and clips it, wow what a mess.  Surprisingly no one got killed, that I know of.  Southbound auto and train traffic done for the afternoon, mostly.  
Took Frontrunner this afternoon, no issues, got about an hours' training on this damn software bundle, and drove her home, thankfully before Rush Hour started.  
Will post pics and thoughts in my original thread; but, I gots a new car!  

Sea2Ski

northGAcock said:

Sea2Ski said:

Got back from dropping cherry logs off at a sawmill. Can not wait for them to come back. 

What are you going to use them for? Looking forward to seeing the output. If you said elsewhere...sorry for the question.

@northGAcock I have no idea.
Not true.
Hoping for a coffee table for me and a table for my buddy.
But I/we have no idea how to get there from here. I am curious to see what output comes of this adventure as well.

We really do not know what we are doing. The miller (is that what they are called?) asked how thick I wanted them cut. I held up my thumb and forefinger, and said "about this' thick?" He said 2.5-3 inches? I said "sure, and if you want to throw some 2" and 1.5" thick boards in there, that is fine too... whatever you can get using your expertise."
He was Amish and standing barefoot in the dirt by the mill after unloading the wood with a forklift. Would have got a picture, but they do not allow that and will not do business with you if they catch you trying to take one. Interesting chap he was. Said he has been sawing lumber for 30 years. He looked like he has been doing it for 80. They had old double pull saws for cutting the logs to length. Then put them on a modified $50K sawmill. Amish kids playing on piles of logs all over. They were barefoot too.
I digress...
Yea, I/we am clueless, but giving it the old college try!
The wood was free, except for my labor, and the milling cost is not bad.
Worst case is I end up with a lot of cutting boards. A whole lot of friggen cutting boards.

DMW

Sea2Ski said:

northGAcock said:

Sea2Ski said:

Got back from dropping cherry logs off at a sawmill. Can not wait for them to come back. 

What are you going to use them for? Looking forward to seeing the output. If you said elsewhere...sorry for the question.

@northGAcock I have no idea.
Not true.
Hoping for a coffee table for me and a table for my buddy.
But I/we have no idea how to get there from here. I am curious to see what output comes of this adventure as well.

We really do not know what we are doing. The miller (is that what they are called?) asked how thick I wanted them cut. I held up my thumb and forefinger, and said "about this' thick?" He said 2.5-3 inches? I said "sure, and if you want to throw some 2" and 1.5" thick boards in there, that is fine too... whatever you can get using your expertise."
He was Amish and standing barefoot in the dirt by the mill after unloading the wood with a forklift. Would have got a picture, but they do not allow that and will not do business with you if they catch you trying to take one. Interesting chap he was. Said he has been sawing lumber for 30 years. He looked like he has been doing it for 80. They had old double pull saws for cutting the logs to length. Then put them on a modified $50K sawmill. Amish kids playing on piles of logs all over. They were barefoot too.
I digress...
Yea, I/we am clueless, but giving it the old college try!
The wood was free, except for my labor, and the milling cost is not bad.
Worst case is I end up with a lot of cutting boards. A whole lot of friggen cutting boards.

As much as I think the Amish are a cult, they are good people. There is no way they will rip (pun intended) you off, and the quality will be second to none.

Botch

Sea2Ski said:
The miller (is that what they are called?) asked how thick I wanted them cut. I held up my thumb and forefinger, and said "about this' thick?" He said 2.5-3 inches? I said "sure, and if you want to throw some 2" and 1.5" thick boards in there, that is fine too... 

Sawyers usually use a system describing widths by quarters of an inch; I've reworded the above as an example:
 

The sawyer asked how thick I wanted them cut. I held up my thumb and forefinger, and said "about this' thick?" He said "ten to twelve-quarter?"  I said "sure, and if you want to throw some eight-quarter and six-quarter thick boards in there, that is fine too...  

Sure wish I lived closer to you, would love to be involved in this project.  I've never worked with such large lumber but have read a lot of articles about the techniques.  
Good luck, have fun, and post pics!  

SGH

DMW said:

As much as I think the Amish are a cult, they are good people. 

Cult or not, the absolute best chewing tobacco that I ever had came from some Amish farmers in Pennsylvania. It was called “twist” tobacco. It was in twisted up sticks like licorice. Never seen it anywhere else. 

DMW

SGH said:

DMW said:

As much as I think the Amish are a cult, they are good people. 

Cult or not, the absolute best chewing tobacco that I ever had came from some Amish farmers in Pennsylvania. It was called “twist” tobacco. It was in twisted up sticks like licorice. Never seen it anywhere else. 

I remember seeing that around here when I was a kid. Not sure if it is still a thing or not.

SGH

DMW said:

SGH said:

DMW said:

As much as I think the Amish are a cult, they are good people. 

Cult or not, the absolute best chewing tobacco that I ever had came from some Amish farmers in Pennsylvania. It was called “twist” tobacco. It was in twisted up sticks like licorice. Never seen it anywhere else. 

I remember seeing that around here when I was a kid. Not sure if it is still a thing or not.

If you ever see it, grab some up and next day air it to me along with some scrapple

DMW

SGH said:

DMW said:

SGH said:

DMW said:

As much as I think the Amish are a cult, they are good people. 

Cult or not, the absolute best chewing tobacco that I ever had came from some Amish farmers in Pennsylvania. It was called “twist” tobacco. It was in twisted up sticks like licorice. Never seen it anywhere else. 

I remember seeing that around here when I was a kid. Not sure if it is still a thing or not.

If you ever see it, grab some up and next day air it to me along with some scrapple

Brother, I have never chewed, but I'll keep my eyes open for it. Now about scrapple, I may know a thing or two about that. I could ship it, but why don't you just come on up for a bit? We could also head over to Philly for some real cheesesteaks and some roast pork.

nolaegghead

@Sea2Ski I love rough cut lumber.   post some pics.  Keep all the live edges.  All the trimmings are smoke wood.

714egghead

milesvdustin said:

DoubleEgger said:

My egging friend stopped by. 

He would be tasty

Love your Firepit 

DuckDogDr

Put a digiorno on the egg and then started hanging some mounts that just got back from the taxidermist.

Camera pick and /or my photography skills really doesnt do this guy justice 

Killit_and_Grillit

@DuckDogDr that’s magnificent. That’s the last duck I want to get mounted. I’ve got to take a 410 with me down in the swamp. Every time I’ve taken one it’s been -10 yards with heavy steel 12 gauge and...they don’t look like that. 

Sea2Ski

@nolaegghead I have so much of this cherry, I do not need the trimmings. I also instructed him to keep  the live edge as well - you can always cut it off but putting it back is not an option. I was lucky enough to remember to say that!  

Sea2Ski

SGH said:

DMW said:

SGH said:

DMW said:

As much as I think the Amish are a cult, they are good people. 

Cult or not, the absolute best chewing tobacco that I ever had came from some Amish farmers in Pennsylvania. It was called “twist” tobacco. It was in twisted up sticks like licorice. Never seen it anywhere else. 

I remember seeing that around here when I was a kid. Not sure if it is still a thing or not.

If you ever see it, grab some up and next day air it to me along with some scrapple

I will keep an eye out as well. I do not chew either @SGH but at least 2 times a week I drive by farms where they are growing tobacco the leaves are just barely starting to wilt down, which means in a few weeks they will cut/hang/dry them in their open air barns. I will say I like the smell of it when there is a barn loaded with it. 

Sea2Ski

@DuckDogDr. That is a beautiful bird!  

Killit_and_Grillit

An old Army buddy and his girlfriend came by last night for dinner. 

Things got out of hand. No Eggs were harmed. 

northGAcock

Killit_and_Grillit said:

An old Army buddy and his girlfriend came by last night for dinner. 

Things got out of hand. No Eggs were harmed. 

Roast some marshmallows?

Jeremiah

@rustfree is the man! Received this today. Dude you are awesome!

714egghead

Lol. What is it?

TEXASBGE2018

714egghead said:

Lol. What is it?

 A big green egg chimenea screen

billt01

Killit_and_Grillit said:

An old Army buddy and his girlfriend came by last night for dinner. 

Things got out of hand. No Eggs were harmed. 

is that not the kind of tool you want to ensure your wife/girlfriend never gets too comfortable operating?

"In other news, he pissed her off and she set him on fire...literally."

JohnnyTarheel

Smells great around here today....

YukonRon

SGH said:

DMW said:

As much as I think the Amish are a cult, they are good people. 

Cult or not, the absolute best chewing tobacco that I ever had came from some Amish farmers in Pennsylvania. It was called “twist” tobacco. It was in twisted up sticks like licorice. Never seen it anywhere else. 

Born and raised in Kentucky, and being from historically one of the largest producers of tobacco and tobacco products during the zenith of tobacco industry in the USA, I was familiar with chewing tobacco.
I never tried it, in fact, except for a couple cigars, I never tried any tobacco products.
I recently discovered a small county in Kentucky, for whatever reason, had been the preferred area for "rope style" chewing tobacco, "winning medals and awards internationally."
I had no idea. I had no idea there were even contests where such things competed.
As a kid, I had worked in the tobacco fields, cutting, sticking, planting seed beds, transplanting, hoeing, hanging it in barns, baling, and unloading it at warehouses. It was hard, demanding work that you spent Memorial day weekend planting, and Labor Day weekend harvesting. Seeing it processed, and sprayed, made me not want to ever use tobacco.
It was lucrative if you were a farmer back then. About 3 months of field work could easily net some big bucks.
I had not heard of the tobacco mentioned here, by Scottie, but would be curious to learn more. Obscure stuff is interesting to me.
I have no life.

YukonRon

JohnnyTarheel said:

Smells great around here today....

You are living right my friend. No doubt about that. Beautiful cook.

northGAcock

JohnnyTarheel said:

Smells great around here today....

Don’t recall my invite.

milesvdustin

Is that the xm42 flamethrower? 

JRWhitee

Jeremiah said:

@rustfree is the man! Received this today. Dude you are awesome!

Toilet seat?