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    Great!
  • Attention tomato growers

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    It will be interesting to see what you get. Many tomato varieties are hybrids so the seeds may produce something different from the parent fruit. Big Al
  • But Hunter’s paintings….

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    Link to video Iran is striking anything it wants to target. The Pentagon and American intelligence advised Trump not to attack Iran.
  • What are you reading?

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    @AndyD Beautiful things!
  • The wtgs could use your long distance support

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    Oh no. I’m sorry to hear this. Pulling for speedy and quick recovery.
  • Kristi Noem fired

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    Trying again. Link to video
  • Hail, hail…

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    Big_AlB
    I heard about the tornadoes and monster hailstones on the morning news today. The band of storms have reached us today but so far just occasional heavy rain and some thunder, without the severity your area has experienced. I hope our luck holds. Big Al
  • The Worst Cabinet Ever?

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    Of course.
  • Good news in NH (Political)

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  • Take the Bay Leaf challenge!

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    I tried an informal tasting some time ago. It was subtle but it was there. You might get more flavor by biting into a dry leaf. My recall is that it was kind of camphor-like. Or maybe I’m remembering California bay laurel, plucking leaves off the plant and tasting.
  • Designing a pedal assist for a grand? to pedal damper with left foot

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    Remember that I'm thinking about the back side of the pedal - which makes a lever idea possible because we want to push UP the back side to lift the dampers. That way it will be pushing between the floor (support) and the underside of the back of the pedal. Getting the mechanical linkage to wrap around behind could be an interesting challenge, which is why I like the idea of a solenoid (like in a player piano system) connected to a pedal or knee switch to activate. It would be "all or nothing" which is simpler than a servo that would allow for half pedal and more sensitive movement. Again, because it is a grand piano, there is access to the back of the pedal to apply lift between that and the floor.
  • Kitchen knives

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    MikM
    Works great. Never have to pay to sharpen, which I do regularly.
  • The dignified transfer in Iowa that was anything but dignified

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  • People are strange

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  • I was blown away by this story

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    Social services suck. This reminds me of social workers. Social workers suck. This reminds me of non-profits. Non-profits suck. They are private businesses in all but name. They give themselves very large salaries and help people in need in a nominal way. Charities suck. Same set up. They give themselves very large salaries, etc There was a St. Pete con artist who started a non-profit LLC to manage $100,000,000.00 in pooled trust assets for the disabled and their families. He walked off with $100,000,000.00. He was sued but the money was gone. The disabled individuals and their families recovered nothing. I can easily see social services abandoning a child. I'm not buying the stupid non-explanation. Fwiw, I think about how much money non-profits take in and consider the fact that society's problems they are meant to mitigate if not solve not only continue unabated but continue to worsen. I'm reminded of when hospitals dump patients in the street under cover of darkness. We seem to live in a vicious society that feels the need to hide its true nature with a false veneer of caring for its own sake. Social insurance programs are what work and those are being attacked here and in Europe in various ways. Why? Greed, once again. I'm not trying to be cynical. This is only what I have observed over several decades.
  • Yakult Lady

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    What a great concept!
  • Faunascrolling--what's visiting where you are?

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    I love higher order insects.
  • What do you think of this house? Sandusky edition.

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    @Steve-Miller said: But the garage would be so worth it!
  • Laughter is the best medicine

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  • If something feels off about the world today here's why.

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    Bless him. May he rest in peace. And all day I thought it was this damn time change. Huh.