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Subdeacon Joe

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  1. Unfortunately in these situations too many people are unwilling to ever accept the truth in these situations. As Red said: and a mentally of, "If I can hang on just one more month/week/day I KNOW that a cure will be announced" sets in. All you can do is try to stand fast and pray that the others come around to face reality and realize that an extra month of pain and suffering while bankrupting the extended family is a just a deal with the Devil.
  2. Just think, Monday is the best day of the week because it's farthest from the next Monday! We all know that Wednesday is called "Hump Day" because everything is humped.
  3. That's a given. While I expect that permission will be given, since is is a personal experience I'd rather ask first. And the attribution would be a somewhat general, "A gentleman on a CAS forum who is a medic in an Ohio National Guard unit wrote: "(text)" along with the meme he was responding to. Memes I will blatantly appropriate without attribution as I figure that where I found them is not the point of origin.
  4. Most of the wild duck I've eaten had a distinctly fishy/earthy/gamey taste to it because of what they ate. I've had local "farm raised wild duck" that was very good.
  5. May I steal this to put on a military heavy private FB group?
  6. "If you hate it so much, why are you using the technology the "invaders" brought, and why do you copy their customs?"
  7. That would be great! I have three 2.5 pound bags of blueberries from the food bank in the freezer, and there is a lemon tree next to us that nobody else picks other than one or two now and then. Next door neighbor claims it's hers, but it's in a common area and in 12 years I've never seen her pick a single one.
  8. There is also Henley's Formulas for Home & Workshop or Free Download from Project Gutenberg.
  9. There are, or can be, up to 7 "ropes" on a tall ship, Now, the foot ropes and tow ropes were obvious, as were the man ropes. But the bolt rope less so. But you also had to know which bit of "rope" was a line, which a sheet, which a jackstay. Which bits of rope are the halyards? Do you know your buntline from your clewline?
  10. You weren't an "able seaman" until you learned the ropes.
  11. Heck of a good game. As good as the 9ers Packers game. Both games were excellent examples of what playoffs should be, hard fought and close, with the winner decided in the last minute. I expect a 9ers v. Ravens Superbowl, although I would prefer 9ers v. Chiefs.
  12. Mayonnaise has gotten insanely expensive. Fortunately, it's also insanely easy to make, especially if you have an immersion blender. Egg, acid, oil, stabilizer, and seasonings. Equipment: immersion blender, a tall and narrow jar that the immersion blender will fit into and has a capacity of 1.5 to 2 cups. Most blenders come with a cup for mixing, but I like to use a jar that I can store the finished mayonnaise in. Ingredients, make sure that they're at room temperature: 1 Egg 1 TBS Lemon Juice or Vinegar 1/2 to 1 tsp Dijon, or other made mustard except yellow mustard. About 1/2 tsp Salt 1 cup Oil, something with a neutral flavor. Other seasonings, e.g. white pepper, paprika, powdered herbs. Go light with these. Put the Egg, Lemon Juice or Vinegar, Salt, and mustard into the jar, make sure that the blades of the blender will be in contact with them. Gently add the oil all at once. Let everything settle. Start the blender and let it do it's work without moving it. It should blend everything all together into mayonnaise. With it still running slowly bring it up through the mayo, you may need to use it to blend the the top little bit in. Stop the blender, pull it out, and CAREFULLY wipe the mayonnaise off of it into the jar. Play with the flavors. Change up the vinegar, the kind of mustard, add a few capers, or maybe a couple of olives. Keeps in the fridge for a week. According to the usual books and guides. I've had it keep for 2 weeks. Play with it.
  13. I think it would only take a couple of days for the vinegar smell to dissipate from the wood before varnishing. Most of the methods I came across used water, a few used alcohol.
  14. You can use this method for making stain from either black or English walnuts: https://roostandrestore.com/how-to-make-easy-diy-walnut-wood-stain/
  15. I've done it with both. The first time I did it I I had a Lyman kit that had walnut, or maybe it was black walnut grip panels. I didn't want to stain the wood figuring that oil would be all I needed. Being a college student at the time I didn't want to lay out the money for a can of oil that I'd use maybe a teaspoon of so I used walnuts from the tree in the apartment parking lot. I carefully got that outer husk off and washed the shells. Then cracked them open and used the meat. My thought was "Walnut oil is just the oil from walnuts. If I rub the walnut over the wood it will press out the oil." I tried it on the inside of the panel first. Gave a nice dark, rich color. I've used store bought walnuts for other small projects.
  16. Toothpaste for polishing metal. I used the meat from a couple of walnuts as "walnut oil" on grip panels for an 1858 Remington. Just kept rubbing them into the wood. Use that to touch up scratches. A couple of times when power has gone out I've turned on the light on my cell phone, set it on a table, then set jug of water on it and PRESTO! I had a lamp to light the room.
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