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I agree it's likely copper salts that settled out. There isn't much left in the jar so it's probably not enough to bother with.

I'm really not sure where to put this one, so I figured here is as good as any of the rest. This is more of a curiosity than anything else but... :problem: I took this week off as my spring vacation. The weather has finally turned warm and dry so I got a wild hair and decided to clean at the garage....

This one goes with the radio

image.png Then tweak the dial to rid the static while shifting the four speed in traffic. Or three on tree. :lol: My family had many vehicles while I was growing up One was a truck with 3 on the tree that after 450,000 miles got an engine swap for a Chevy with a powerglide but we kept the 3 on the ...

Today I got a truck load of free firewood :D FREE WOOD 2 - C.jpg FREE WOOD 4 - C.jpg Some of it is larger and looks amazing for woodworking but most of it is cut short and split and is perfect for my fireplace. It's all hardwood too, I'm pretty sure maple and cherry but there is some from a smaller ...

Speaking of mushrooms... Anybody have any idea about this one? Brown Mushroom 1 - C.jpg It showed up in the fall on a rotting tree. Unfortunately I didn't take any pictures of it until it was close to a month old but it always looked like milk chocolate dusted in cocoa powder. As it aged it became m...

contrahead wrote: ↑Sun Mar 17, 2024 12:47 am Deadly morel mushroom outbreak highlights big gaps in fungi knowledge

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/03 ... knowledge/

That's interesting. I read somewhere that you should always cook any mushroom, I guess this is why?

Here's an interesting little known fact

That's one thing I like about old furniture, the fits tend to be far superior to newer stuff. Oh there is no comparison! Stuff made 100 years ago still with tight, hand cut joints and perfectly square corners, you've got to admire that level of skill with hand tools. I have a c.1930s Singer treadle...

NorthWoodsAb wrote: ↑Mon Feb 19, 2024 11:59 am Cranky, Mrs Northwoods bought something very close to that last year just b4 Xmas, I thought $100 was a good deal.
Cheers

That was actually a very good price, I'm just a cheap bastard and pretty good at finding super bargains.

I got the drawers out today and found there are pins that stick up at the back of the drawers to prevent them from coming out accidentally. The pins were a little high and just needed a little shaving and they fit fine now. That's one thing I like about old furniture, the fits tend to be far superio...

In actuality the new one will be replacing this one old china hutch.jpg As you can see it's a little too small for the antiques even though we have pared down the accumulation considerable recently. So the smaller one will be getting the booze and decanters, although I've also recently sold off all ...

Got this vintage china hutch today for $5 CHINA HUTCH - C.jpg But it took $20 in gas to go get it :roll: It's been sitting in a barn/10 car garage for a number of years and is very dirty and the drawers are stuck, I'm guessing due to humidity but it matches Mrs Cranky's and my buffet and other furni...

Bushman wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 10:57 am We are expected to get new snow this afternoon or night. I am so ready for spring.

Me too.

We got snow today, it was HORRIFYING!!!

Not like a light dusting or even enough to stick but I saw at least several dozen flakes

Don't make any special exceptions on my account. If that weekend doesn't work for others that's fine. If Ya'll push the meeting time back a bit I can make it any weekend but I don't get off work until 1:30 and it takes at least an hour to get there so 2:30-3:00 would be the soonest I could get there...

Well, I now have a summer weekend scheduled off, August 3 & 4th. Unfortunately any other summer weekend will likely not work for me.