How (and why) to Ramble on your goat sideways
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Got roped into it this year. Son wanted to join, but had not been in any of the previous (Lego) teams. He was given special dispensation based on the fact that he's an honor student, and the wife volunteered (engineering notebook). She called me at the behest of the guy that runs it, who begged me to mentor. I did, provided I did no fund raising or community relations stuff. It has been both fun and hair-pulling frustrating, and takes up a huge chunk of time, three nights a week.
Biggest challenge is working with old equipment and parts on a shoestring budget. We need to get some corporate sponsors.
We have some really bright kids, who just need some instruction. Not a single one of my team members had ever used any kind of saw or file before! Now, I can let them cut and deburr a part all by themselves.
Biggest challenge is working with old equipment and parts on a shoestring budget. We need to get some corporate sponsors.
We have some really bright kids, who just need some instruction. Not a single one of my team members had ever used any kind of saw or file before! Now, I can let them cut and deburr a part all by themselves.
As someone who’s comfortable drilling holes in perfectly good cars largely because of FIRST, thanks for donating your time.
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From: Fake Virginia
I've been making pens all weekend. Trying to catch up on promises I've made over the past months. Anyway, I have discovered the hard way that I have made myself allergic to some of the semi-exotic woods used in pen making. Specifically Indian rosewood.
It smells so nice to turn, and I've had the dust collection system (2 micron) going the whole time. Apparently, that's not enough, as I feel like my lungs are going to explode, and my nose will not stop running.
It smells so nice to turn, and I've had the dust collection system (2 micron) going the whole time. Apparently, that's not enough, as I feel like my lungs are going to explode, and my nose will not stop running.
Latex is the same way. You might not be allergic after 10 contacts, but you likely will be after 100. Ask a doctor/nurse about their gloves and the change to nitrile.
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From: OKC, OK
I feel your pain on the allergies, there are two Bradford Pear trees in the front yard that started blooming at the end of last week. Nose has been running, eyes itchy and watery, etc. Getting quotes this week to see what it's going to cost me to have them removed.
First quote this morning was $1600 for the two.
First quote this morning was $1600 for the two.
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From: OKC, OK
Even if they didn't give me the allergy issues they'd need to go anyway. I bought this house back in September inside of the house is all new, the outside, there are so many trees in the front yard, the grass doesn't grow.
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Anything interesting happening in your area?
A while ago I posted a story about rocks being thrown off of overpasses. That guy was eventually caught.
Now we're dealing with bombs going off. 2 Dead already and we just had a forth one go off...
kvue.com | Tripwire may have set off Austin blast; police chief urges 'extra level of vigilance'
A while ago I posted a story about rocks being thrown off of overpasses. That guy was eventually caught.
Now we're dealing with bombs going off. 2 Dead already and we just had a forth one go off...
kvue.com | Tripwire may have set off Austin blast; police chief urges 'extra level of vigilance'
Tripwire may have set off Austin blast; police chief urges 'extra level of vigilance'
Tripwire may have set off latest Austin blast
"It is very possible that this device was a device that was activated by someone who was either handling, kicking or coming into contact with a tripwire," Manley said. "That changes things."
Manley said authorities previously had warned residents not to handle unidentified or suspicious packages. Now residents must have an "extra level of vigilance" and not even approach them, he said.
Dozens of law enforcement officers, including FBI agents, flooded the neighborhood of single-family brick homes to investigate after the reported blast about 8:30 p.m. CT.
Neighbors reported homes rattling after the explosion. One of those injured had nails in their leg, according to KVUE-TV.
Manley urged residents within a half-mile of the blast on Dawn Song Drive to stay inside until at least morning so law enforcement could clear the area. He said a backpack was found and authorities were working to deem it safe.
He didn't offer any details on the explosion or whether it was tied to any of the other incidents.
“We simply don’t know a lot at this point,” Manley said. “Stay in your residence. Don’t touch anything that looks suspicious.”
Tripwire may have set off latest Austin blast
"It is very possible that this device was a device that was activated by someone who was either handling, kicking or coming into contact with a tripwire," Manley said. "That changes things."
Manley said authorities previously had warned residents not to handle unidentified or suspicious packages. Now residents must have an "extra level of vigilance" and not even approach them, he said.
Dozens of law enforcement officers, including FBI agents, flooded the neighborhood of single-family brick homes to investigate after the reported blast about 8:30 p.m. CT.
Neighbors reported homes rattling after the explosion. One of those injured had nails in their leg, according to KVUE-TV.
Manley urged residents within a half-mile of the blast on Dawn Song Drive to stay inside until at least morning so law enforcement could clear the area. He said a backpack was found and authorities were working to deem it safe.
He didn't offer any details on the explosion or whether it was tied to any of the other incidents.
“We simply don’t know a lot at this point,” Manley said. “Stay in your residence. Don’t touch anything that looks suspicious.”
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From: Chicago. (The less-murder part.)
The pen you gave me gets used pretty regularly. I reserve it for special occasions, specifically it is my contract-signing pen. I've spent well over $2m with that sucker so far.
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Ask me: solder vs. crimp
My 1987 Mercedes has converted me to a crimp advocate. Everything is soldered from the factory. I have just completed my fourth repair due to issues derived from failed solder joints. Just another reason to move to EFI in a mechanical fuel injected car that has two complete ECU and sensor systems (one for fuel the other for spark).
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From: Chicago. (The less-murder part.)
@samnavy may appreciate this.
We've just started rehearsals in a newly-built production control room at WGN. We're calling it Control 2. (We go all the way up to Control 5 on the news side, and, confusingly, also have Control 1-4 upstairs in air control, but whatever...)
Today, I was setting up the audio routes to the on-air talent's earpieces. Most of them get fed Control 2 Stereo Downmix 2, which given the four-character restriction of this ancient router, is abbreviated as 2ST2 in the system.
The normal route, when news is being run out of the existing control room, is Control 1 Mixer C. (Different audio console, different nomenclature.) This means that, in our audio router, the channel that the Director uses to speak to everyone in all the studios simultaneously is 1MC.
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1MC, I get it!!! My favorite was the 5MC that was for the whole flight deck. During the daily "public" fod walkdown, where the flight deck is opened to anybody on the ship who needed to see some sunshine, we'd play music. The one time I got to pick the music, it was Paint It Black.
Also, I got to talk on the Giant Voice system here the other day... "This is a test of the Giant Voice... blah blah..." but over the whole base loudspeaker system.
Also, I got to talk on the Giant Voice system here the other day... "This is a test of the Giant Voice... blah blah..." but over the whole base loudspeaker system.
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In the harness wires/loom. All these failures have been at junction/terminations where the wires are solder to pins rather than crimped. Those are usually the points that need the greatest resistance to stress later on when the car is undergoing diagnostics and repairs. Probably not so different than a lot of the plastic connectors on my 90 Miata that disintegrated when I tried to pinch the tab to disconnect.
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From: Chicago. (The less-murder part.)
We don't have a numeric designation for that one (since it's a party-line, and bypasses the router), we just call it the God Mic.
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From: Chicago. (The less-murder part.)
Ezekiel 33:4
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If you had a bunch of gun related stuff (not necessarilyfirearms) and wanted to get rid of it, where would you go?
Craigslist is out, because even though I'm not listing the guns, it keeps getting flagged. Not worth the hassle.
I have several black powder rifles, and a whole box full of powder measures, bullets, patches, and assorted stuff. There's a couple of bullet molds, and even a lead melting pot.
Pawn shops won't make an offer. Local gun shop gave prices on the guns themselves that were insulting. I'm not looking to make a killing, but I'm not giving them away, either.
Yes, it's a used Knight. $25 is a little on the low side, considering the scope is worth that.
So, where do I sell it?
Craigslist is out, because even though I'm not listing the guns, it keeps getting flagged. Not worth the hassle.
I have several black powder rifles, and a whole box full of powder measures, bullets, patches, and assorted stuff. There's a couple of bullet molds, and even a lead melting pot.
Pawn shops won't make an offer. Local gun shop gave prices on the guns themselves that were insulting. I'm not looking to make a killing, but I'm not giving them away, either.
Yes, it's a used Knight. $25 is a little on the low side, considering the scope is worth that.
So, where do I sell it?
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If you had a bunch of gun related stuff (not necessarilyfirearms) and wanted to get rid of it, where would you go?
Craigslist is out, because even though I'm not listing the guns, it keeps getting flagged. Not worth the hassle.
I have several black powder rifles, and a whole box full of powder measures, bullets, patches, and assorted stuff. There's a couple of bullet molds, and even a lead melting pot.
Pawn shops won't make an offer. Local gun shop gave prices on the guns themselves that were insulting. I'm not looking to make a killing, but I'm not giving them away, either.
Yes, it's a used Knight. $25 is a little on the low side, considering the scope is worth that.
So, where do I sell it?
Craigslist is out, because even though I'm not listing the guns, it keeps getting flagged. Not worth the hassle.
I have several black powder rifles, and a whole box full of powder measures, bullets, patches, and assorted stuff. There's a couple of bullet molds, and even a lead melting pot.
Pawn shops won't make an offer. Local gun shop gave prices on the guns themselves that were insulting. I'm not looking to make a killing, but I'm not giving them away, either.
Yes, it's a used Knight. $25 is a little on the low side, considering the scope is worth that.
So, where do I sell it?
Start a sale thread in the non miata section or post it in the gun thread. I like black powder guns. And they are legal to ship, typically.
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