Calzone
Gear Whore #1
Had to take “Maggie” to the ER. She somehow fell mailing some letters, no broken bones, but she tore some muscles in her groin. She is on pain killers and muscle relaxers.
The easy chill and then overheating is getting more annoying. It is harder to concentrate, and by dinner time I’m kinda spent.
I am feeling old.
Cal
The easy chill and then overheating is getting more annoying. It is harder to concentrate, and by dinner time I’m kinda spent.
I am feeling old.
Cal
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
Recycling the dining room floor to wall moldings is a challenge. Plaster and lath was replaced with sheet rock, and the room has different dimensions.
I figured out how to extend the lengths of moldings by adding a 2x2 corner piece as an ornamentation that give me some wiggle room.
Proud to say that the moldings are looking great, but it takes a lot of time. I do trial fittings and trim the angles in.
The walkout has odd angles to replicate, and pretty much it was an afternoon of brain teasing that was a challenge until “Maggie” appeared at our kitchen door crying in pain.
At this point we don’t know if we will attend the graduation party Saturday.
We will have the grandkids sleeping over.
There was a storm of heavy rain that really soaked the ground. During the emergency I just moved my DeWalt radial arm saw into the garage, and I left my other tools out. We got home just in time to avoid the rain, but I still had to go to CVS for the drugs during the beginning of the downpour.
Cal
I figured out how to extend the lengths of moldings by adding a 2x2 corner piece as an ornamentation that give me some wiggle room.
Proud to say that the moldings are looking great, but it takes a lot of time. I do trial fittings and trim the angles in.
The walkout has odd angles to replicate, and pretty much it was an afternoon of brain teasing that was a challenge until “Maggie” appeared at our kitchen door crying in pain.
At this point we don’t know if we will attend the graduation party Saturday.
We will have the grandkids sleeping over.
There was a storm of heavy rain that really soaked the ground. During the emergency I just moved my DeWalt radial arm saw into the garage, and I left my other tools out. We got home just in time to avoid the rain, but I still had to go to CVS for the drugs during the beginning of the downpour.
Cal
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
Yesterday heavy rain, and today looks like more. April was kinda dry.
One reason not to move to North Carolina is that Trader Joe’s requires a long journey to Wilmington, and a reason to live in Peekskill is that Trader Joe’s is nearby in Yorktown.
Last night’s last post displayed the tiredness that is the result of drug side effects. Pretty much my days are shortened, and this effects my guitar practice. The guitar relaxes me so much that I end up dozing off. I’m not putting in the time I want to…
“Maggie” is a hot mess. Walking is a problem with her strained groin, and for some reason her mouth is swollen where implants were exposed. The Periodontist says the swelling can’t be because of infection because of the short amount of time.
The implants should of been exposed months ago, so I think it is because of that. Hope I don’t have to drive to Long Island…
The dozen guitar hangers were delivered yesterday. They are a cool design that has a cover made of cherry. The mounting shows no screw holes and the actual hanger screws into a hidden metal base that gets covered by the cover in a sandwich like manner.
Should be impressive a wall display of electric guitars. Along the floor will be a line of amps to kinda frame things in. I have two of these promotional items that are no longer made by Fender. These are tweed guitar cases that convert into guitar stands.
I assume that these two guitar-stand/cases are collectible and are rare.
For the most part the weekends have been rainy, but this weekend looks to be an odd sunny weekend. Also know that the rain at times is pelting and heavy. Flooding of roads happens, and pretty much it is mountain moody weather. We get our share of severe storms here.
On the big networks the weather often says snow north and west of the city, and Peekskill being the Gateway to the Hudson Highlands is right on that fringe. Across the river and north of Peekskill the mountains make the Hudson River a gorge, but know that our 1912 Baby-Victorian is two blocks from Blue Mountain Preserve.
Cal
One reason not to move to North Carolina is that Trader Joe’s requires a long journey to Wilmington, and a reason to live in Peekskill is that Trader Joe’s is nearby in Yorktown.
Last night’s last post displayed the tiredness that is the result of drug side effects. Pretty much my days are shortened, and this effects my guitar practice. The guitar relaxes me so much that I end up dozing off. I’m not putting in the time I want to…
“Maggie” is a hot mess. Walking is a problem with her strained groin, and for some reason her mouth is swollen where implants were exposed. The Periodontist says the swelling can’t be because of infection because of the short amount of time.
The implants should of been exposed months ago, so I think it is because of that. Hope I don’t have to drive to Long Island…
The dozen guitar hangers were delivered yesterday. They are a cool design that has a cover made of cherry. The mounting shows no screw holes and the actual hanger screws into a hidden metal base that gets covered by the cover in a sandwich like manner.
Should be impressive a wall display of electric guitars. Along the floor will be a line of amps to kinda frame things in. I have two of these promotional items that are no longer made by Fender. These are tweed guitar cases that convert into guitar stands.
I assume that these two guitar-stand/cases are collectible and are rare.
For the most part the weekends have been rainy, but this weekend looks to be an odd sunny weekend. Also know that the rain at times is pelting and heavy. Flooding of roads happens, and pretty much it is mountain moody weather. We get our share of severe storms here.
On the big networks the weather often says snow north and west of the city, and Peekskill being the Gateway to the Hudson Highlands is right on that fringe. Across the river and north of Peekskill the mountains make the Hudson River a gorge, but know that our 1912 Baby-Victorian is two blocks from Blue Mountain Preserve.
Cal
Phil_F_NM
Camera hacker
Question for all:
How feasible do you think it is to use a lens cap as a shutter on one particular camera?
Phil
How feasible do you think it is to use a lens cap as a shutter on one particular camera?
Phil
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
The FED is caught in a standstill, Powell, the lawyer, can’t really lower or raise interest rates without compounding consequences of making any slowdown worse, or worsening inflation.
Consumer sentiment is down, productivity for the first quarter of 2025 is down (first time since 2022), the housing market has slowed, and overall the economy is showing and indicating a slowdown.
Some are saying a possible recession by the summer, but this of course would not be confirmed until the fall at the earliest, and perhaps likely the winter. Recessions are sneaky in that way, and the verification has a delay.
Gold has dipped below $3.3K, but recovers again and a again above $3.3K, the basing and sideways action of consolidating is underway.
I got permission by the owner of the abandoned house across the dead end to cut the Knotweed on his property. A research study taught me to use “cut-cut-cut” as a means to deplete Knotweed to expend it’s stored energy into growth to propagate.
Takes about 5 years to wear down the knotweed, and pretty much on my property it is winding down, but like Cancer one Poland can cause a thicket to form again.
Cal
Consumer sentiment is down, productivity for the first quarter of 2025 is down (first time since 2022), the housing market has slowed, and overall the economy is showing and indicating a slowdown.
Some are saying a possible recession by the summer, but this of course would not be confirmed until the fall at the earliest, and perhaps likely the winter. Recessions are sneaky in that way, and the verification has a delay.
Gold has dipped below $3.3K, but recovers again and a again above $3.3K, the basing and sideways action of consolidating is underway.
I got permission by the owner of the abandoned house across the dead end to cut the Knotweed on his property. A research study taught me to use “cut-cut-cut” as a means to deplete Knotweed to expend it’s stored energy into growth to propagate.
Takes about 5 years to wear down the knotweed, and pretty much on my property it is winding down, but like Cancer one Poland can cause a thicket to form again.
Cal
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
Phil on long bulb exposures using a lens cap can work well. The thing to avoid though is camera shake. Best on long-long exposures.
Cal
Cal
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