Subdeacon Joe
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8 hours ago, Utah Bob #35998 said:
Bob, can you post some of the pictures that you took from the top of this? The view must have been positively spectacular.
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What he said!
And a Merry Christmas to you, sir.
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Nice vioce. And good screen presence.
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Yep.
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6 hours ago, DeaconKC said:
Skeet with prizes! Like a pinata with wings!
Win 10 years all expenses paid government housing!
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1 hour ago, DocWard said:
No I hit the garage door opener at the door into the house as I am going to the car.
1 hour ago, Cowtown Scout, SASS #53540 L said:I always open the garage door before starting the car. Also turn the car off before closing the garage door.
Ditto.
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1 hour ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said:
More ugly. It make my eyeballs sweat and my teeth chatter.
Where do you find this stuff?
YouTube.
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It's a Hallmark Movie.
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57 minutes ago, Blackwater 53393 said:
BUT!! I taught my son to weld on a MiG welding machine!
You TAUGHT him. He didn't learn on his own.
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“And after a long time the boy came back again.
"I am sorry, Boy," said the tree, "but I have nothing left to give you-
My apples are gone."
"My teeth are too weak for apples," said the boy.
"My branches are gone," said the tree.
"You cannot swing on them-"
"I am too old to swing on branches," said the boy.
"My trunk is gone," said the tree.
"You cannot climb-"
"I am too tired to climb," said the boy.
"I am sorry," sighed the tree.
"I wish that I could give you something... but I have nothing left. I am an old stump. I am sorry..."
"I don't need very much now," said the boy, "just a quiet pleace to sit and rest. I am very tired."
"Well," said the tree, straightening herself up as much as she could,
"well, an old stump is a good for sitting and resting. Come, Boy, sit down. Sit down and rest."
And the boy did.
And the tree was happy.”
Shel Silverstein - The Giving Tree, 1964.-
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AI Overview
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In 1950, Sapporo, Japan, hosted U.S. Army presence, primarily centered around Camp Crawford, a significant post for units like the 7th Cavalry Regiment, especially as the Korean War began, with troops staging through Hokkaido before deployment; other facilities like Chitose I & II near Sapporo housed signals (USASA) and infantry units (1st Cavalry, 45th Infantry), making Hokkaido a key logistical hub for the U.S. occupation and the Korean conflict.
Key U.S. Army Presence in Hokkaido (1950s):
Camp Crawford (Sapporo): This was a major hub where the 7th Cavalry Regiment was stationed, losing some historical artifacts in a significant 1952 fire.
Chitose Airfield/Bases (near Sapporo): A critical area, hosting elements of the 11th Airborne, 7th Infantry, 45th Infantry, and 1st Cavalry Divisions, as well as USASA (Army Security Agency) units.
Role in Korean War: As hostilities began in Korea, these Hokkaido bases served as staging grounds for troops deploying to the front lines.
Context of 1950:
The U.S. was still heavily involved in the Occupation of Japan, with large troop numbers across the main islands.
The outbreak of the Korean War in June 1950 shifted priorities, making bases in Japan, especially Hokkaido, crucial staging and support areas for the conflict.
In essence, Sapporo and the surrounding Hokkaido area were active U.S. Army locations in 1950, supporting occupation duties and rapidly mobilizing for the Korean War.
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26 minutes ago, Blackwater 53393 said:
I learned to weld with it.
It sits against the wall in my shop and I break it out when I need to weld cast iron.
I have two antique MiG welders that do most of my work and I DON’T have things break when I weld them
Kind of making his point...you learn ed stick welding first.
I learned on a big old 1940s vintage trailer mounted Lincoln machine and a 1948 Lincoln textbook. 11 years old, kneeling in the dirt where we worked on cars and did oil changes. Dad came out after about an hour made a couple of helpful comments, went back into the house. Came back about an hour and a half later told me that I was doing better. "How do you know? You didn't look at anything?"
"I listened to you. You're not going ROAR...quite...ROAR...quite now. You start and it's steady for a minute or so, long enough to go through a stick."
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It strikes me as something someone built to try out several concepts at the same time.
Or maybe a project that a gunsmith came up with for an apprentice to show his skills.
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On another forum someone asked how easy was it to learn to weld well enough for small and simple home projects. I think this is a pretty good answer:
"Very easy. Contrary to the advice of others DO NOT start with MIG. Mig is “training wheels”, a hot melt glue gun for steel. It is “too easy” to get gorgeous beads that hold nothing. Instead, Get a yourself some scrap steel, a cheap “lincoln tombstone” off of craigslist or at a garage sale, a box of E6013 rods and a pound of bacon. The below is a lincoln tombstone. You can always pick one up for $100 to $150….
Fry up the bacon nice and crispy in small batches. Just the way bacon should be. LISTEN TO IT. Burn that frying bacon sound into your brain. Eat it. Now go out to the welder and make it sound like that…. If your rod is sticking to the plate and your arc is going out your arc is too short. If your BUZZING like an angry hummingbird and throwing sparks and spatter all over your arc is too long. You hear bacon frying your perfect in the goldiocks zone. Dont try to weld anything, just run beads on a single piece of plate. Turn a 1/4″ plate into a half inch plate by piling beads on top of beads. Go all the way across left to right one bad next to the other, Then front to back. Right to left. Back to front…. Build up that pad. Practice writing with the Arc. A B C D, 0 1 2 3 etc Once you can control the molten metal and get your speed and arc length right now try joining two pieces. First flat. Then one butted against the other in an L (fillet) . Then horizontal. Practice, practice, practice. Its all a matter of training your hand and eye. Then try with gaps. Burn a hole and try to fix it. Deliberately run a crappy bead and go back and fix it…. Thats how I learned. With stick,,, Just make it sound like bacon."
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Janus on a junk! What is it with people examining every pixel of every image and questioning it?
Watching the video makes it clear that the "cover art" is just a concept, like a movie poster or the artwork on the box of a plastic model.
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https://www.consoreng.com/project/foresthill-bridge-seismic-retrofit/
https://practical.engineering/blog/2025/8/19/californias-tallest-bridge-has-nothing-underneath
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2 hours ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said:
Once again ugly marches on with a new champion.
I saw that one and instantly thought of you! "Oh! Forty will LOVE this one. Magnificently ugly, but with an odd elegance to it. And such lovely detailing. "
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Interesting design.
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You have one Farm. On it you are farming corn on one part, sorghum on another. Like as not you'd talk about the corn farm and the sorghum farm.
Cute Little Fritz Mann
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Hey! It's only in 6.35 Browning. Not like it's in something powerful like .22 Short.