Author Topic: What did you do this weekend? (Read 137175 times)

Mikee5star · « **Reply #375 on:** June 09, 2018, 03:31:24 pm »

It does look like hardware cloth/rabbit wire mesh in the photos. It is actually made like cardboard, but out of clear plastic. Very nice tough product, spendy though.

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NukMed · « **Reply #376 on:** June 09, 2018, 08:47:11 pm »

I wet to the Shootah event this weekend. Here are a few pics:

Dead Air had an AK to shoot

NukMed · « **Reply #377 on:** June 09, 2018, 08:48:35 pm »

I couldn't resist a select fire MP5.

NukMed · « **Reply #378 on:** June 09, 2018, 08:49:36 pm »

There was a full auto Maxim9

NukMed · « **Reply #379 on:** June 09, 2018, 08:50:58 pm »

There was even a hatchet throw the wife and I just had to do.

coelacanth · « **Reply #380 on:** June 09, 2018, 11:29:45 pm »

Sweet!

Mikee5star · « **Reply #381 on:** June 09, 2018, 11:50:01 pm »

Looks like a fun time was had by all.

Raptor · « **Reply #382 on:** June 10, 2018, 09:33:00 am »

Sloooooowly I turned....

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coelacanth · « **Reply #383 on:** June 10, 2018, 01:03:13 pm »

Viagra Falls?

MTK20 · « **Reply #384 on:** June 10, 2018, 02:49:39 pm »

Quote from: coelacanth on June 10, 2018, 01:03:13 pm

Viagra Falls?

I've heard the falls are majestic, but I'm not quite sure they're that "exciting"

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coelacanth · « **Reply #385 on:** June 10, 2018, 07:07:45 pm »

Typo . . .

. . . auto correct is my worst enema.

MTK20 · « **Reply #386 on:** June 10, 2018, 09:32:40 pm »

Quote from: coelacanth on June 10, 2018, 07:07:45 pm

Typo . . . . . . auto correct is my worst enema.

aikorob · « **Reply #387 on:** June 13, 2018, 05:32:23 pm »

went and listened to the pipes, and watched guys in skirts throwing telephone poles

MTK20 · « **Reply #388 on:** June 13, 2018, 07:55:47 pm »

Quote from: aikorob on June 13, 2018, 05:32:23 pm

went and listened to the pipes, and watched guys in skirts throwing telephone poles

I reckon that's one way to describe it

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coelacanth · « **Reply #389 on:** June 13, 2018, 11:47:51 pm »

Well, an afternoon spent in close proximity to several pipe bands is certainly one way to rekindle your interest in live music - or put you off the idea entirely depending on your taste.

Buckeye Redneck · « **Reply #390 on:** June 14, 2018, 10:57:32 pm »

Update to my post from this past spring. We hiked literally a couple hundred miles for training, and the week prior to the A100, my hiking buddy's dad was diagnosed with brain cancer and only a few weeks to live. So, s___ happens and no hike this year. We'll tackle it next year but things are s___ right now and killing a weekend away isn't possible.

coelacanth · « **Reply #391 on:** June 23, 2018, 11:05:44 pm »

I re-read "Her Brother's Keeper" again by our own Mike Kupari. Outstanding story in the mold of some of my favorites from the "golden age" of science fiction. Interesting plot twists, good pace, believable characters - well drawn, and leaves you wishing for more.

I know its a stand alone book as written but I could really go for the next chapter in the continuing adventures of the good ship Andromeda and her valiant crew.

Well done, sir.

Mikee5star · « **Reply #392 on:** June 23, 2018, 11:50:52 pm »

Sins of Her Father is book two. Also an excellent read.

https://www.amazon.com/Sins-Her-Father-Mike-Kupari/dp/1481482831/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1529812169&sr=8-1&keywords=sins+of+her+father+by+mike+kupari

coelacanth · « **Reply #393 on:** June 24, 2018, 12:08:37 am »

Cool.

I'm on it.

Raptor · « **Reply #394 on:** June 24, 2018, 12:25:19 am »

Squired for the 501st again. We were at the Walk for Children's Hospital, but we had to leave early (along with most everyone else at the event) thanks to torrential downpours.

I seriously need to get my TIE Reserve Pilot costume finished and approved (most of the big stuff is already purchased or ordered), and I really want to do a Jawa costume at some point: Jawas get to have WAY too much fun when they troop!

ksuguy · « **Reply #395 on:** June 24, 2018, 12:51:17 am »

Jawas only work if you are short. I don't think I could pull it off at 6'4".

I would have liked to go to Smallville Comicon here locally this weekend. It's really been growing the past few years and they had some good guests. However, most of the guys from the GI Joe group I'm in are down at Joecon in Chattanooga, so we were not going to have a table like last year, (which I also had to miss for work). I've also got a business trip to Canada tomorrow and had stuff that needed to get done.

We did make a trip over to Midwest Dogfest 2018 since it was near our house. Our one year old puppy had a good time meeting all the other dogs, splashing in the pool, and going over the agility obstacles.

booksmart · « **Reply #396 on:** June 24, 2018, 02:10:39 am »

In the interest of keeping the momentum going on renovating the basement and finally having real shop space, I stayed home this weekend to rearrange and clean the basement.

Next step will be moving the beer fridge out to the garage, which (due to the size of the fridge) will require not just removing the doors from the fridge, but may necessitate removing the door frame from the wall (the door betwitxt garage and basement is 32" wide - the fridge is 36" deep and well over that wide).

Meh. The door needs replacing anyway... *sigh*

LowKey · « **Reply #397 on:** June 24, 2018, 06:32:59 pm »

Quote from: booksmart on June 24, 2018, 02:10:39 am

In the interest of keeping the momentum going on renovating the basement and finally having real shop space, I stayed home this weekend to rearrange and clean the basement.

Next step will be moving the beer fridge out to the garage, which (due to the size of the fridge) will require not just removing the doors from the fridge, but may necessitate removing the door frame from the wall (the door betwitxt garage and basement is 32" wide - the fridge is 36" deep and well over that wide).

Meh. The door needs replacing anyway... *sigh*

If you're going to turn it into a minor construction project, have you considered recessing the beer fridge into the garage space with the door still inside the house? Essentially just frame in another doorway to the garage, insulate around the frame and the fridge, cover the junction with trim, and enjoy access to the beer from inside while leaving the bulk of the fridge outside along with the heat it generates. You could even build a non-fridge door looking skin to hang on the front. Maybe a "life sized" portrait of Friar Tuck?

booksmart · « **Reply #398 on:** June 24, 2018, 07:15:30 pm »

I dig the idea, but there's no real place to pull it off. Facing into the garage from the basement, hard left of the door into the garage is a concrete block supporting the first floor foyer, and hard right of the door is the steps going up into the house. On the other side of the stairs, is the airhandler for the AC, then a door to the patio under the deck. I could put it under the stairs, but it'd block access to using that space for storage.

Besides, we've got a deep freezer in the garage, and I can put the fridge right next to it. The door is already pretty beaten and scarred (and whichever previous owner put it in place left it primered, and never painted it

).

Don't get me started about whichever of them also removed the other steel support column that should have been under the beam supporting the kitchen and the rest of the house.

Mikee5star · « **Reply #399 on:** June 24, 2018, 08:16:00 pm »

In the interest of keeping the momentum going on renovating the basement and finally having real shop space, I stayed home this weekend to rearrange and clean the basement.

Next step will be moving the beer fridge out to the garage, which (due to the size of the fridge) will require not just removing the doors from the fridge, but may necessitate removing the door frame from the wall (the door betwitxt garage and basement is 32" wide - the fridge is 36" deep and well over that wide).

Meh. The door needs replacing anyway... *sigh*

Quoted from Booksmart

I think that the builder needs his fingers flattened. I really wanted to put a 42" front door in just to make appliance moves easier. Garages, basements, laundry rooms all NEED at least a 36" door.

I am about to pull an eight pound pork shoulder out of the smoker after eight hours at about 225, meat thermometer says it should be done. I am looking forward to some good eating this week.