[It's Almost Friday Humor Thread]

[Ba-Dump Tissssh - Memes]

 

 

[Old technology]

39 minutes ago, Pat Riot said:

 

I would be afraid to use vinegar because I would think that smell could permeate varnish for a very long time. 

 

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.

[Tanks and Other Tracks]

 

 

 

 

 

 

[If Vivaldi Had Been Egyptian]

 

[Old technology]

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/

[Old technology]

16 minutes ago, Abilene Slim SASS 81783 said:

Walnuts from the store, or walnuts fresh from the tree?

 

We get walnuts in our yard from the neighbors tree. I broke open the husk of one to see how big a whole nut was. My fingers were stained for two weeks from the inner shell. That stuff would make a stain for deep scratches. 

 

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.  

[Old technology]

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.

[Linguistic Rabbit Hole]

Both my wife and I enjoy languages, even though we are typical American monoglots.  We like the sounds, the history, and how different languages flow.

Well, she emailed this:

 

 

to me.  Which led me to exploring his channel, and a couple of things grabbed my ear:

 

I usually can't read English aloud that smoothly.


This made me think of some people here:

 

 

 

And, my favorite so far:

 

[Pepsi’s navy, sixth largest in the world]

[HM Submarine No 3.]

HM Submarine No 3. This was a 'Holland' type submarine. One of 5 experimental craft, in service by 1903. Broken up in 1913 and HMS Victory is in the background. In 1831 the Admiralty issued orders for Victory to be broken up and her timbers reused in other vessels.

A public outcry against the destruction of so famous a ship led to the order being held in abeyance and Victory was left, largely forgotten, at a Portsmouth mooring.

The ship briefly returned to the public gaze on 18 July 1833 when the queen in waiting, Princess Victoria, and her mother, the Duchess of Kent, made a visit to her quarterdeck to meet with veterans of the Trafalgar campaign

https://navalhistoria.com/hms-victory-a-symbol-of-britains-maritime-heritage/

 

[Tribble]

 

 

[Thumper]

Yeah.....I wasn't going to comment on that.  Theft of art isn't liberation.

[A Remembrance]

Thanks, Kris.  Very good tribute to him.

[Funny Photos - add some.]

1 hour ago, Phantom Falcon, SASS # 46139 said:

Silly question: What make are they?

 

Chevy CK is the older one.  The CK was renamed the Silverado.

[Humbly asking for the prayer posse GOOD NEWS UPDATE!!]

Thank you for the great update! 

 

Prayers of thanksgiving and for further healing on the way.

[Thumper]

To make that "paw print" mentioned in that post you would need to fire all five at once.

 

That would be just a bit of a thump to the shoulder.

 

 

[It's Almost Friday Humor Thread]

To celebrate Winnie the Pooh Day, a long-lost section of the Bayeux Tapestry ,featuring the little known story of how Pooh, Eeyore, Tigger, Kanga, Roo, Owl and Rabbit valiantly sought to repel the Norman invasion of England in 1066.

Illustrator E. H. Shepard drew this for a limited edition book bag.

 

[WAYNE LAPIERRE's brain is shrinking]

Nothing new.   

[Which One Are You?]

I just noticed that if you click on the photo to expand it you get taken to FB.  So I saved the phone to my phone and am reposting it.

 

[Which One Are You?]

 

Quote

 

The two sailors in that anti-aircraft gun tub have two very different attitudes about rolling in a heavy sea aboard USS Langley (CVL-27) #OTD in 1945. Which would you be? The guy on the right smiling through it, or the guy on the left who looks like he'd rather be anywhere else? 

#ThrowbackThursday #TBT

 

 

 

 

 

[SAT Question]

2 hours ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said:

That was here a month or so ago.

 

Thanks.  I thought it looked familiar, but didn't recall where I had seen it.

[It's Almost Friday Humor Thread]

 

 

[Motorcycles]

FB find

 

Enjoying the View along the Kings River.  Image taken 1909-1911.  Imagine being able to ride your motorcycle along the banks of the Kings River, unimpeded by anything.

 

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