OT - What are you doing now? (2025)

keener75

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Almost done now other than a couple trim pcs. I have a rolled angle ring that will drop into the existing hole to pretty that up too. Just gotta steal it off my old table when the weather permits.

That's a great looking table and knowing your environment it's sure to last!

fishlessman

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Canugghead said:

@poster That's a beauty and smart to get it done before the 25% tariff hit 🤣

Lol ya. Not much steel in this one though, but the stainless was plenty expensive enough.

Edit: nevermind, looks like stainless has tariffs too, thought it wasn't included 

stainless has gone crazy in the last 6 months, kinda doubt its with the tariffs though with canada. i remember last summer that some of the big mills over seas where slowing down production out of fears that manufacturing would slow down this spring.

CPFC1905

No, I have no idea either why the mighty Eagles are not playing this weekend, and then it’s the international break - so in fact the question is, how do I cope?  The ‘also rans’  are playing, so let’s take a spin through this round of encounters which will simply affirm all we have learnt already.  And for clarity that’s; Liverpool have it in the bag, the bottom three are going down, Man City, Man Utd and Spurs remain ‘languishing’ in variously improbable league positions. 

Saturday 

Everton v West Ham, eight games undefeated for the Toffees and the Hammers are really not the lads you’d call upon to avert the ninth. 1-0, classic Moyes.

Ipswich v Forest, the Tractor boys show glimpses in every game but fails o convert that to points, while their guest just seem to keep the boiler stoked. Initialy close but ends with comfortable away win. 0-2

Man City v Brighton, sadly the filthy Seagulls have found reliable form and are back nudging against the top tier.  No one can’t trust cIty to turn in consecutive positive results. Way harder to call than I would prefer, but duty requires me to declare a home win, 2-1

Southampton v Wolves, you wonder what the point is for Saints now.  Save the pant and do this one on Zoom. 0-2

Bournemouth v Brentford, both teams are in the doldrums having mounted serious runs toward the higher echelons. Feels a bit like draw, so 1-1

Sunday

Arsenal v Chelsea, second host fourth but to no great fanfare.  Almost all results almost make no difference. Gunners without a win in the last three, Chels’ have back to back wins behind them, so 1-2.

Fulham v Spurs, no luck in these teams’ respective lower mid-table positions. Both are hoping to salvage something from the season but identical form across the last 10 matches suggests a draw, but given this is Spurs it could be a several dozen goal extravaganza. Meh 2-2

Leicester v Man Utd, should be a routine away win, even for Utd. 0-2

That’s your lot, lads.  Don’t forget Super Saturday in the Six Nations - can England really dare to dream? Not really as Ireland will whack Italy.

Foghorn

CPFC1905 said:

No, I have no idea either why the mighty Eagles are not playing this weekend, and then it’s the international break - so in fact the question is, how do I cope?  The ‘also rans’  are playing, so let’s take a spin through this round of encounters which will simply affirm all we have learnt already.  And for clarity that’s; Liverpool have it in the bag, the bottom three are going down, Man City, Man Utd and Spurs remain ‘languishing’ in variously improbable league positions. 

Saturday 

Everton v West Ham, eight games undefeated for the Toffees and the Hammers are really not the lads you’d call upon to avert the ninth. 1-0, classic Moyes.

Ipswich v Forest, the Tractor boys show glimpses in every game but fails o convert that to points, while their guest just seem to keep the boiler stoked. Initialy close but ends with comfortable away win. 0-2

Man City v Brighton, sadly the filthy Seagulls have found reliable form and are back nudging against the top tier.  No one can’t trust cIty to turn in consecutive positive results. Way harder to call than I would prefer, but duty requires me to declare a home win, 2-1

Southampton v Wolves, you wonder what the point is for Saints now.  Save the pant and do this one on Zoom. 0-2

Bournemouth v Brentford, both teams are in the doldrums having mounted serious runs toward the higher echelons. Feels a bit like draw, so 1-1

Sunday

Arsenal v Chelsea, second host fourth but to no great fanfare.  Almost all results almost make no difference. Gunners without a win in the last three, Chels’ have back to back wins behind them, so 1-2.

Fulham v Spurs, no luck in these teams’ respective lower mid-table positions. Both are hoping to salvage something from the season but identical form across the last 10 matches suggests a draw, but given this is Spurs it could be a several dozen goal extravaganza. Meh 2-2

Leicester v Man Utd, should be a routine away win, even for Utd. 0-2

That’s your lot, lads.  Don’t forget Super Saturday in the Six Nations - can England really dare to dream? Not really as Ireland will whack Italy.

Thank you as always.  With that said, I find that I don't have my usual enthusiasm today because Crystal Palace aren't playing - no... wait... that's not it.  

Maybe it's because, as you point out, there isn't really much point to many of the matches as the final results are largely determined.  It might also be because the most important issue in the sports world is determining if Cooper Flagg will be ready for the NCAA tournament as March Madness is upon us.

The only insight I might offer is that I think we are seeing the benefits of Chelsea having a massive roster as we get toward the end of the season.  The level of energy is always higher when you have more players who are competing for playing time and you can sustain injuries without much drop off in quality.

Mickey

Sitting my butt in Florida and a nice cool 70° instead of the 89° in Texas. I love this time of the year in Florida.