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The 1990s
new bass project
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Guitar body clamped in a vise, hand-held drill with an absurdly long drill bit making a very oblique hole in the middle of the body
I've been working on this for a couple of weeks now, and getting into the home stretch. This is from last night, drilling the last of the relatively dicey holes that it needs for electric connections. I got that ridiculous drill bit at an estate sale earlier this summer for $2 - i was planning to start this project, and i grabbed the bit as soon as i saw it, knowing i'd need it for this.
(ignore all the dimples in the neck pocket: they aren't holes, just centers from a forstner bit used to open up most of that space)
I'm grateful for our local tool library, which has a really nice wood shop. I did all the initial planing and jointing work there, then the drum sander on the glued-up slab, and spindle sander for shaping after roughing out the body. Their tools saved me dozens of hours and massively improved the result.
I should be able to post a complete shot in a few days, after a few coats of varnish and the slow drying time in our otherwise perfect early fall weather.
(ignore all the dimples in the neck pocket: they aren't holes, just centers from a forstner bit used to open up most of that space)
I'm grateful for our local tool library, which has a really nice wood shop. I did all the initial planing and jointing work there, then the drum sander on the glued-up slab, and spindle sander for shaping after roughing out the body. Their tools saved me dozens of hours and massively improved the result.
I should be able to post a complete shot in a few days, after a few coats of varnish and the slow drying time in our otherwise perfect early fall weather.
ba
Man, you're always up to something!
duck duck goose
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a 3x3 grid of numbered, illustrated geese. Text at the top of the image "On a scale of medieval goose how are you feeling today?"
Oh no
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Glurge Instagram image: "Ohio's Dolly Parton License Plates Help Send Free Books to Children", only the license plate (with a picture of Dolly on it) is the vanity plate "LUV DP".
don't yuck her yum?
a constant hum
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A door with the message: "Even though its all been unplugged a constant hum" (found in a derelict factory)
a 60 Hz hum or.....
Hum:
5. (intr) slang Brit and Irish to smell unpleasant
6. (intr) slang Austral to scrounge
5. (intr) slang Brit and Irish to smell unpleasant
6. (intr) slang Austral to scrounge
Tinnitus
👋🏼
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It’s good to be home.
What a good looking family.
@jpoulos Thank you!
🙏🏼❤️🙏🏼
🙏🏼❤️🙏🏼
No words
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This reminds me of an old 1970s pinball cabinet.
the king
how's it... uh... hanging
New cat just dropped
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Against a black background, a small spotted cat with large eyes and rounded ears stares directly at the camera. It looks fierce, or at least as fierce as a three-pound cat can.
source: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals...
Leopardus tilcayo, a newly-discovered species of tiger cat (like an ocelot) from Bolivia, which weighs 3 pounds full-grown and is Very Mad about it. Photo by Joel Sartore for National Geographic.
Leopardus tilcayo, a newly-discovered species of tiger cat (like an ocelot) from Bolivia, which weighs 3 pounds full-grown and is Very Mad about it. Photo by Joel Sartore for National Geographic.
And it's already mad at you
Well yes because I've never fed them
late to the party but 'probably because of something you did'
Garden visitor
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Praying mantis hunting among a stand of black-eyed susans
She’s splendid
Is that crunching and munching I hear
a poem about a plum
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A skeet by John Scalzi (@scalzi.com) posted Sep 22, 2026:
Look goddamnit
It's entirely possible
To eat a plum
And not make a poem about it
The one I just ate
Wasn't even in the
Goddamn refrigerator
Or anything
Sometimes a plum
Is just a plum
You can just eat it
And go on with your life
WHAT
Why are you looking at me
What'd I do now
(looks) oh GODDAMNIT
Look goddamnit
It's entirely possible
To eat a plum
And not make a poem about it
The one I just ate
Wasn't even in the
Goddamn refrigerator
Or anything
Sometimes a plum
Is just a plum
You can just eat it
And go on with your life
WHAT
Why are you looking at me
What'd I do now
(looks) oh GODDAMNIT
source: https://bsky.app/profile...
I remember in college, we read a book about Williams. His widow recounted unannounced visits by young and aspiring poets. I think Allen Ginsburg was one of these, at one time. Williams would let them in, read their verse, maybe offer a little advice. He was kind to them, but sometimes, when he had gotten rid of one, he would say: "The darned fool".
One Short Of An Even Dozen
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eleven shiny green-blue Emu eggs in a nest - bed of leaves on a forest floor
A batch of Emu eggs in the Marrinup State Forest, south of Perth. Discovered during an archaeological survey we were doing in there. Dad would have been lurking around somewhere but wasn't seen. Mum shot through a while ago, as is the Emu way.
That’d be a big carton.
I’d ask how the omelette tasted but I imagine there’s some massively Aussie curse around consuming those things and one just doesn’t.
@MackReed They’re mostly like enormous duck eggs. The only emu-based curse we have is more… general purpose. https://youtu.be/UL5cA4-z...
A Quokkarchaeologist
unreal messanging
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Jesus Christ Marie
This all started when the Silverhawks theme song described them as "Partly metal, partly real" thus bringing into question if metal is real or not.
When I worked at a live Butterfly exhibit, I would routinely get asked if the pupae/chrysalises, sometimes even while they were twitching, were real. I routinely said no, and that our CGI budget was incredibly generous.
Cabin Camping
Daily Affirmation
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Dog looking in mirror. Text reads: "I will not eat shit today."
by Ruan van Vliet
Works for dogs *and* skateboarders
“Denial ain’t just a river in Egypt”
Good luck
Happy Dolly week, y’all!
New lair just dropped
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What looks like a giant steel long, triangular shape, with many windows on the one side. It is perked on the very edge of a large mountain, with a sheer drop next to it.
Santnerpass Hut is perched on a sheer cliff and resembles a giant Toblerone still in its foil – an eye-popping hit of modernity and innovation’. Photograph: Andrew Gilchrist
Picture from https://www.theguardian.com/travel...
Picture from https://www.theguardian.com/travel...
I love your title because you just know location scouts are drooling to put a James Bond antagonist at this site.
local friend had a "my house is turning 200" party and the snack table was off the chain
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an impressively long table absolutely full of cookies and cakes and little numnums of all description. It is under a tent and the sun is shining. People are eating numnums
An older friend of mine had a big party nominally about her house's bicentennial but really just to hang out and eat indecent amounts of snacks. I showed up two hours into a three hour party and this was "all" that was left. 😂 House is in the background, it's a nice house. This lady calls me whenever she needs to update her email signature file.
Oh you Eaterners! I brag about my 150 year old house out here in the Rockies but 200... for America, dang! That's purdy old.
I am loving the sense of community in this pic.
Oh, I'll have the whole little orange topped cake! Wonderous!
high noon
keeping time
This may not be safe for viewing at work.
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matchbox cover for "tokyo jazz club" with an illustration of an octopus floating above a drum kit, with three sticks
Saved to T-shirt ideas!
this is excellent
I'm wondering about that detached arm at the bottom, partially behind the snare drum. Did it drum an arm loose?
Deviled Emu Egg
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Lol there was someone on Flickr years ago who cooked a Rhea egg, I think poached, and it took like 45 minutes or something. It looked absolutely disgusting.
CRIKEY!!!
God: I can make a deviled egg so good, you can only eat one.
Me: Bring it.
God: *Offers this*
Me: *dies of heart attack with creamy egg on my face*
God: Got 'im.
Me: Bring it.
God: *Offers this*
Me: *dies of heart attack with creamy egg on my face*
God: Got 'im.
This is fine.
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Instruction manual for a micro vacuum cleaner.
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Instructions
1. Connect the charger to charge the battery Full power (charging line indicator light:[red] is the charging indicator light;[green] is the full indicator light)
2.Connect the phase according to the application accessories shall the be installed so that (used)
3.Gently press the power switch to start the vacuum cleaner
A 5V-2A adapter is recommended Charging/dispensing (The power adapter shall be provided by itself)
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Instructions
1. Connect the charger to charge the battery Full power (charging line indicator light:[red] is the charging indicator light;[green] is the full indicator light)
2.Connect the phase according to the application accessories shall the be installed so that (used)
3.Gently press the power switch to start the vacuum cleaner
A 5V-2A adapter is recommended Charging/dispensing (The power adapter shall be provided by itself)
AI gobbeldy gook I came across today.
Trust the machines. The machines are here to help.
Trust the machines. The machines are here to help.
In case you can't read the faint text:
Instructions
1. Connect the charger to charge the battery Full power (charging line indicator light:[red] is the charging indicator light;[green] is the full indicator light)
2.Connect the phase according to the application accessories shall the be installed so that (used)
3.Gently press the power switch to start the vacuum cleaner
A 5V-2A adapter is recommended Charging/dispensing (The power adapter shall be provided by itself)
Instructions
1. Connect the charger to charge the battery Full power (charging line indicator light:[red] is the charging indicator light;[green] is the full indicator light)
2.Connect the phase according to the application accessories shall the be installed so that (used)
3.Gently press the power switch to start the vacuum cleaner
A 5V-2A adapter is recommended Charging/dispensing (The power adapter shall be provided by itself)
Set Phase on...ah, according to the application. damn
@jpoulos obviously the instructions to replace the toner were written the same way
Apr 13, 2001
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Image found on an old drive. Can you ID them all?
No! I guess I see Internet Explorer, Word, and Excel.
IE, Netscape, Flash, something flash related, bbedit, photoshop , some other adobe thing, Word, Excel, fetch, some wave editor, some audio thing, hotline, ??, koala looks so familiar ... , stuffit expander, stuffit, illustrator, some random folder, quicktime, X11?, ?? cdburner, another folder ...
I used to manage a few hundred macs for a school in the late 90s. oy.
I used to manage a few hundred macs for a school in the late 90s. oy.
Hotline!!! Man, that was such a great community.
@roue The "koala" is a dog for Fetch FTP. The others I can't place either...
@roue The "koala" is a dog for Fetch FTP. The others I can't place either...
oxymoron?
The Movie That Captured Light That No Longer Exists
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The film is Barry Lyndon.
Do you know photography? Like, the technical side? You may appreciate this!
Do you know photography? Like, the technical side? You may appreciate this!
Does @cowboycoffee come around here these days?
I have a directory of screen captures of Barry Lyndon.
A lot of scenes are that beautiful.
The only other movie that I did that with is the soviet War & Peace
A lot of scenes are that beautiful.
The only other movie that I did that with is the soviet War & Peace
Post them somewhere Joost! Haven't seen the movie in decades ... although I was just reminded of it in some show (Rooster maybe?).
Debbie is a Punk Rocker
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black and white photo of Debbie Harry wearing a black t-shirt that reads PUNK in a funky hand-drawn font.
Debbie is a Punk Rocker
Debbie is a Punk Rocker
Debbie is a Punk Rocker no-ow
source: https://www.tumblr.com/mywitzen...
Debbie is a Punk Rocker
Debbie is a Punk Rocker no-ow
source: https://www.tumblr.com/mywitzen...
i saw it every time but jfc
Peak Evanston
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Alt text: **A cyclist wearing a yellow jacket crosses an urban intersection on a cargo bike, towing a trailer carrying two large black dogs. The bike has an American flag attached to the trailer, and cars, traffic lights, trees, and brick apartment buildings surround the intersection.**
source: ba's wife
oh my lord, the LABRADORS license plate bolted on there is either the cherry on top or the last nail in the coffin (take your pick)
@nikkuneko didn't even notice! I was too busy trying to work up a yoga mat joke/reference about the flooring...
@ba hah, oh man!
spoiler alert, the dogs' names are probably NAMASTE and COEXIST
spoiler alert, the dogs' names are probably NAMASTE and COEXIST
winning!
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Not one of them fit to lead. Not one.
All of them are fit to get in on the grift, though
I remember being worried about Mitt Romney winning the Presidential election......he has to pay for security for himself and family now
Cruz and Scott are already dead, they just don't have the intellect left to know it. Rand Paul is just waking up to the fact of his mortality, and no one is forgetting the couch, or his guilt by assssociation, and even as a "faithful," Catholic, messing with The Popes.
They don't write 'em like this any more
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The paperback cover to the classic science fiction novel "I Missed the Space Space Bus to my Space Office" by Gary Flapbutter, Author of "I Fell Asleep Watching Space TV."
