OT - What are you doing right now?

Gulfcoastguy · May 11

I use a leaf blower to clean out mine all the time.

GrateEggspectations · May 11

Botch said:

dbCooper said:

Just finished up mowing and trial run of new leaf blower.
Old Toro T25 2-stroke died during last usage. Magneto housing deteriorated and pickup was dragging on the flywheel. Coulda got a new Mag for about $35, went green instead. When Mrs. Cooper saw it she said my ego was already big enough! 😁

Seems like a great tool for cleaning out your Egg, too.
It's not.

Related story. My wife has a piano, the interior of which we’ve never cleaned in 20+ years of ownership. Last week, while she was out, I took a run at it with a leaf blower. The interior ended up beautiful, but it did create dust in the rest of the house. 😂

dbCooper · May 11

Botch said:

dbCooper said:

Just finished up mowing and trial run of new leaf blower.
Old Toro T25 2-stroke died during last usage. Magneto housing deteriorated and pickup was dragging on the flywheel. Coulda got a new Mag for about $35, went green instead. When Mrs. Cooper saw it she said my ego was already big enough! 😁

Seems like a great tool for cleaning out your Egg, too.
It's not.

Previously, at times, I've pondered their use in speeding up getting charcoal ready for grilling/searing. Never tried it, just never been so pressed for time a speedup was needed. Airflow into the top of the base would be my method.

bubbajack · May 12

First Grand Child, Michael.

ColbyLang · May 12

Congratulations @bubbajack!!

Canugghead · May 12

What a cutie, congrats @bubbajack and welcome to the grampa club!

Ozzie_Isaac · May 12

Congrats @bubbajack !

Botch · May 12

Congrats, @bubbajack!

A couple years ago I ran across Sam TCG's very first home video, and I think I posted it here somewhere. Tonight his (iirc) fourth video crossed my path, and it's so scatterbrained/bad it's classic. Kinda reminds me of an ill-planned weekend road trip begun at 12:30 am on an alcohol-soaked Friday night, with no particular destination figured out yet, during a SD blizzard, picking up a hitchhiker and one homeless lady along the way (not that I've ever done that). Enjoy!

https://youtu.be/wWaHtCHd0Dw?si=bAxDQ-RDeLddYGV3

Battleborn · May 12

Ozzie_Isaac said:

shtgunal3 said:

That was an hour before first pitch. It filled up pretty well before the game started.

Down here in AZ, MLB all the way down through college look empty until middle of second inning.

Benefits of Pacific Time/Arizona Time.

lousubcap · May 12

Congrats @bubbajack. Just spin 'em up and then hand them back to the parents and announce yourself out!

ColtsFan · May 12

JohnnyTarheel · May 12

Congrats @bubbajack

shtgunal3 · May 12

@bubbajack congrats. Life will never be the same.

Dyal_SC · May 12

Congrats, @bubbajack !

JohnInCarolina · May 12

From Duke’s commencement ceremony this am:

The speaker was Jerry Seinfeld. He did a great job, and was clearly excited to be there. It was very cool.

GrateEggspectations · May 12

@JohnInCarolina

Awesome.

lousubcap · May 12

@JohnInCarolina - any issues with protesters?

JohnInCarolina · May 12

lousubcap said:

@JohnInCarolina - any issues with protesters?

There was a small (10-20) group of students who staged a Palestinian protest just as Seinfeld was receiving his honorary degree.

They were summarily booed off the field and then their chants were drowned out by the crowd yelling “Jerry! Jerry! Jerry!”. It didn’t seem to phase him or our President at all.

Largely a non-event in the scheme of a 2.5 hr ceremony, but I’m sure it’ll get picked up by the media.

johnmitchell · May 12

Blessed with a beautiful Carolina blue day.

WeberWho · May 12

fishlessman said:

WeberWho said:

This is for any of you artsy people. My Mom found this sculpture at an auction and bought it as a retirement gift for herself last fall. Guess who gets a call asking to help her move it? I was that lucky person! There was no way my Mom was going to ask my Dad to help her move it. He would have absolutely hated the sculpture! So I guess it works both ways in a relationship with, "Buy now and ask for forgiveness later." Hahaha!!!

The previous owner had it on a pretty steep incline of a hill with a stream running around it. Not only did I have to worry about slipping with the stream, but I had to climb a ladder placed against the sculpture base as the hill was at too much an incline to open the ladder up. I was able to carefully remove the sculpture in pieces and bring it down to my truck piece by piece. Once all packed up I was able to transport it over to my parents place. A couple weeks ago I stopped over at my parents and poured a cement base with some anchors for the base of the sculpture.

The sculpture itself is made by an artist named Andrew Carson out of Seattle. My Dad was able to contact Andrew and he said it's a pre-numbered sculpture before the artist started putting serial numbers on any of his work. So the more my Dad learned about the sculpture the more he warmed up to the idea having to look at it in the backyard everyday. My Dad ended up converting all bearings to stainless steel bearings and machined a couple new bushings for it to spin like new again. (The whole thing spins in all kinds of different directions besides the bright colored fins in the back.)

I finished my portion of the job today. It was officially hung up and I didn't manage to break any of the glass on it. I'm not much an art guy but I can appreciate all the work and craftsmanship that he put into the sculpture.

we need a video while its in action........

Here's a short video of it:

https://youtu.be/pkSMNDns0mQ?si=6DuBOZqCGk2q-UsJ

johnmitchell · May 12

@WeberWho. That should be posted on the munchies thread😎

lkapigian · May 12

Prepping sides for upcoming Rib Cook Offs

Ozzie_Isaac · May 13

JohnInCarolina said:

From Duke’s commencement ceremony this am:

The speaker was Jerry Seinfeld. He did a great job, and was clearly excited to be there. It was very cool.

Wish I could have heard it. I really like Jerry Seinfeld. Daily beast did their typical inflammatory headline.

Buckwoody Egger · May 13

Congrats @bubbajack what a wonderful milestone

lkapigian · May 13

JohnInCarolina said:

From Duke’s commencement ceremony this am:

The speaker was Jerry Seinfeld. He did a great job, and was clearly excited to be there. It was very cool.

Awesome!

Botch · May 13

Ozzie_Isaac said:
Wish I could have heard it. I really like Jerry Seinfeld. Daily beast did their typical inflammatory headline.

CBS Evening News reported it, showed some footage and said the protesters were roundly boo'd out of the stadium.

JohnInCarolina · May 13

Ozzie_Isaac said:

JohnInCarolina said:

From Duke’s commencement ceremony this am:

The speaker was Jerry Seinfeld. He did a great job, and was clearly excited to be there. It was very cool.

Wish I could have heard it. I really like Jerry Seinfeld. Daily beast did their typical inflammatory headline.

That is definitely inflammatory, lol.

You can probably find video of his speech on YouTube. It’s worth a watch I think. He spoke for just about the right amount of time.

lousubcap · May 13

Reminding myself to wait til the cold light of Monday AM to further pursue some not needed buys. Fortunately not the normal high $$ rabbit holes that surface here. Just need to land from LEO to ensure domestic tranquility.

Ozzie_Isaac · May 13

lousubcap said:

Reminding myself to wait til the cold light of Monday AM to further pursue some not needed buys. Fortunately not the normal high $$ rabbit holes that surface here. Just need to land from LEO to ensure domestic tranquility.

https://us.f1authentics.com/products/official-mclaren-mp4-10-1995-show-car-mika-hakkinen-livery

ColbyLang · May 13

Checking in electronically for my flights tomorrow to Louisville. PGA let’s goooooo

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