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- Tue Nov 11, 2008 10:39 am
- Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
- Topic: Veterans
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2543
Veterans
Today, in the U.S. (and in the Republic of Texas :) ), it is Veterans Day. A day set aside on the calendar for the rememberance of those who have honorably served in our military. Often lost in the tradition is the rememberance of the Veterans other Countries. Today my hat is off to any and all of y...
- Wed Nov 05, 2008 4:38 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
- Topic: Eradicating Leaf Cutter Ant Mound?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2629
Re: Eradicating Leaf Cutter Ant Mound?
If you go through with the bleach idea, you could make some nasty chlorine gas or a few chloramines by pouring vinegar or ammonia (or both) down the holes first. I wouldn't try this if it was extremely close to the house, though, and I wouldn't do it around neighbors . Oh, I LIKE that idea! It is a...
- Mon Nov 03, 2008 4:44 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
- Topic: mushrooms?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 3215
Re: mushrooms?
Not yet, but it's on my list.
You can purchase pre-innoculated wood that will grow shitake and others, not too pricy either. Just toss them out in the woods and wait. Supposed to be nothing to it.
You can purchase pre-innoculated wood that will grow shitake and others, not too pricy either. Just toss them out in the woods and wait. Supposed to be nothing to it.
- Mon Nov 03, 2008 4:41 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
- Topic: Eradicating Leaf Cutter Ant Mound?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2629
Re: Eradicating Leaf Cutter Ant Mound?
Love the explosive ideas! Unfortunately too close to the house. My Uncle once poured gasoline down a hole he saw a rattlesnake go into, then lit a match at it. Blew a crater in the ground under his feet and knocked him flying. Killed the snake though. :D Anyone ever try, or heard of, hooking a hose ...
- Sun Nov 02, 2008 6:32 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
- Topic: Eradicating Leaf Cutter Ant Mound?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2629
Eradicating Leaf Cutter Ant Mound?
I have a leaf cutter ant mount growing on my property. At the moment it covers about 500 SF of area.
Any ideas on how to eradicate?
Thanks!
Any ideas on how to eradicate?
Thanks!
- Wed Oct 29, 2008 4:20 pm
- Forum: Other Hobbies and Projects
- Topic: rifles
- Replies: 726
- Views: 108737
Re: rifles
Most dear is my great grandfather's single barrel shotgun that would probably fall apart if anyone ever shot it. It was probably a Sears and Roebuck $5.00 gun but its my heritage and it means something to me. Amen. I have two .22 rifles, one was a 10th birthday present to my Dad in 1933, and the ot...
- Wed Oct 29, 2008 4:13 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
- Topic: diesel injection pump...
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3409
Re: diesel injection pump...
Used to place a rag over the intake and then squirt canned starting fluid onto the rag, get the engine running on the ether and keep giving it little shots as needed to keep it going. Eventually the diesel comes up and takes over. Unless the pump is bad that is. This also works on really cold days w...
- Wed Oct 29, 2008 4:09 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
- Topic: No more annoying females raising hell...
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2408
Re: No more annoying females raising hell...
Do you know why nature saw fit to cover a woman's private parts in hair? To hide the hook.Godstilla wrote:Enjoy your freedom while you've got it. Another annoying bitch will be along shortly.
Advice from an older man, take it.
- Fri Oct 10, 2008 5:34 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
- Topic: anybody here know anything about heat pumps or A/C?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2341
Re: anybody here know anything about heat pumps or A/C?
Another way to look at it is to reverse the process. Decide what apparatus you are going to drive with the stirling engine, then figure out how many ftlbs of torque you will need to drive it. Now take that information and determine the size of the stirling engine that can provide that kind of torque...
- Wed Oct 08, 2008 5:11 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
- Topic: anybody here know anything about heat pumps or A/C?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2341
Re: anybody here know anything about heat pumps or A/C?
I may not be following you, correct me if I am not. You want to remove heat from a source, then boost that heat up higher. You can certainly do that, but you can not boost it up higher without a commensurate amount of energy being inserted into the loop. Using an AC to do that, if I understand your ...
- Wed Oct 08, 2008 4:30 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
- Topic: IMPORTANT INFORMATION
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2412
Re: IMPORTANT INFORMATION
There is no compulsion stronger than the one to have power over other people. This is another manifestation. If you can beat it back, then beat it back. But never think you have won.
- Wed Oct 08, 2008 4:25 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
- Topic: anybody here know anything about heat pumps or A/C?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2341
Re: anybody here know anything about heat pumps or A/C?
Basically, just turn it around. As you know a heat pump is an AC unit that faces inward during the winter and outward during the summer, simply speaking. You pull the heat out of the house in the summer and dump it outside. You feel the hot exahust at the condenser.
- Tue Oct 07, 2008 5:34 pm
- Forum: Other Hobbies and Projects
- Topic: rifles
- Replies: 726
- Views: 108737
Re: rifles
Bug out bag, yep. Possibles bag is an older way of saying it. I would guess that most people into home distilling are probably survivalists in some fashion and to some degree. I also work on my own car, which is getting to be mighty rare these days. :) If you raise a garden, you are a survivalist, n...
- Tue Oct 07, 2008 5:24 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
- Topic: Muscial Instrument
- Replies: 34
- Views: 3402
Re: Muscial Instrument
That URL is bad. Should be: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txpZbMLykK0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow That Dude Rocks - I could hear that tune on a banjo too. So you breathe into your lungs while pushing air out of your mouth with your cheeks? I ca...
- Mon Oct 06, 2008 5:29 pm
- Forum: Other Hobbies and Projects
- Topic: rifles
- Replies: 726
- Views: 108737
Re: rifles
What is the USN board? Not Navy I hope - I was Army! :) One day I came up on a car wreck and went to work on the victims. I did not have a fire extinguisher and one lady was jammed in and unconcious and when the fire department arriverd they had to cut up her vehicle with big hydraulic tools to get ...
- Mon Oct 06, 2008 1:52 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
- Topic: What commercial whiskey do you hate the most?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 3729
- Mon Oct 06, 2008 12:36 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
- Topic: Muscial Instrument
- Replies: 34
- Views: 3402
Re: Muscial Instrument
Blanik says you gotta suck and blow at the same time to play the didgeridoo. You mastered that talent yet?:lol:
- Mon Oct 06, 2008 11:14 am
- Forum: Other Hobbies and Projects
- Topic: rifles
- Replies: 726
- Views: 108737
Re: rifles
A friend today gave me a Charter Arms AR-7 Explorer. I always wanted one of those. I am going to shoot it this weekend and then it goes into the BOB.
- Mon Oct 06, 2008 11:07 am
- Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
- Topic: Sundials
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1586
Re: Sundials
Thanks guys, lots of food for thought. The fireplace may be largely decorative - I have been reading up on wood gas generators and am thinking about incorporating a wood gas generator to provide heat, and use the off gassing to drive an electric generator. That will leave me with some good quality c...
- Mon Oct 06, 2008 11:03 am
- Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
- Topic: reading
- Replies: 32
- Views: 3814
Re: reading
The History of Philosophy. Pretty interesting but slow at times. I read a couple of chapters, put it down an polish off a good old murder mystery, then pick it back up. I agree with the conclusion that most of the old philosophers came to: The only thing that history really teaches us is that man ne...
- Mon Oct 06, 2008 10:59 am
- Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
- Topic: Muscial Instrument
- Replies: 34
- Views: 3402
Re: Muscial Instrument
5 String Banjo: Clawhammer and Bluegrass Bit of harmoinca Believe it or not I have a didgeridoo, that I try to play. I was browsing a used book store one day and came across a book on playing them and it intrigued me. I bought a CD to see what they sounded like, and I fell in love with the sound, so...
- Mon Oct 06, 2008 10:49 am
- Forum: Flavoring and Aging
- Topic: Oak Box Revisited
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1614
Re: Oak Box Revisited
I have built a few small wooden boats. It is amazing how much of a gap will disappear when a boat is soaked in water. My very first boat sank right off. By the time I got it bailed out it was only leaking a bit. By the next day it was dry inside, and stayed that way as long as it was kept in the wat...
- Sat Oct 04, 2008 9:27 am
- Forum: Flavoring and Aging
- Topic: Oak Box Revisited
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1614
Oak Box Revisited
Dear Moderators: In my humble opinion you were too quick, and too harsh in locking the thread titled Oak Box. I too recall at least one discussion on that topic; as it is one that interests me. I just now performed a search using the key words "Oak Box" "Box Barrel" and "Woo...
- Mon Sep 15, 2008 5:33 pm
- Forum: Flavoring and Aging
- Topic: Rock Maple
- Replies: 31
- Views: 4135
Re: Rock Maple
Is there an interenet source for rock/sugar maple? Sounds like something I want to try.
- Mon Sep 15, 2008 5:21 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
- Topic: want to know
- Replies: 28
- Views: 3277
Re: want to know
Suffice it to say I believe information should be free. I agree and appreciate that. However, there is work and time invested by you in this website, not to mention equipment. That makes it free to me, but not free to you. I would feel better if there was a way that I could contribute to the mainte...
- Mon Sep 15, 2008 4:51 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
- Topic: Sundials
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1586
Re: Sundials
castin them roof tiles gotta take some time. how you liftin them panels in place. It will definitely take time. I am thinking I can buy a couple to make molds from. They look to me to be basically a double "s" curve. I can cast them on their sides with a two part mold. Use sand concrete m...
- Mon Sep 15, 2008 4:44 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
- Topic: Sundials
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1586
Re: Sundials
For the central fireplace I'd do a masonry stove or russian/finnish fireplace. Have you looked into a cob or adobe with a plaster finish? Around here we've got all the clay you could want you just have to track down the sand. Sounds like you've got the sand, might need to find clay. I just finished...
- Sun Sep 14, 2008 5:09 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
- Topic: Sundials
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1586
Sundials
I am drawing up plans for a house that I am going to start building in about 18 months. It will be mostly concrete, made from the native sand on site mixed with portland cement. I have run trial samples and it makes great concrete. River bottom sand, very clean and pure. The house's floor will be co...
- Sun Sep 14, 2008 11:41 am
- Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
- Topic: Texans ok?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 2718
Re: Texans ok?
Those that stayed, then called to be rescued, need to be billed for the full cost. I agree - those physically able should have to pay it back with 100 hours of community service of supervised cleaning up the storm debris, 200 hours if rescued by helicopter. Those that aren't physically able should ...
- Fri Sep 12, 2008 1:39 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
- Topic: Texans ok?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 2718
Re: Texans ok?
I probably should, I will ask my cousin, the keeper of the letters, about copying them next week.