OT: 115th Obsequious Banter Thread: 115 Minutes of Fame

[Beef Invictus]

zdzislaw beksinski meatballs


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Beksinksi rules. Poland has pumped out some great artists who also clearly need a lot of therapy

 

[Lord Defect]

This is why America is dying. Your kind of "won't-do" attitude.

The good news is that I got the rest of the cutting done just now. Guess the battery just needed some exercise. The annoying news is that I had to go as far as it would with the clamp, then I had to handsaw a few inches, then I could finish with electrical wonder. The best news is after some eyeballing I don't think I'll have to halve the thickness after all. That was probably going to be a nuisance without a real rip saw.

Why don’t you take a picture of what you need to do?
Or better yet, let the child handle it.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Bif I'm offended

What did I do

 

[Lord Defect]

zdzislaw

Hold up, this is a first name.

I thought this was some random shit you put into an AI art program and that was the result.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Why don’t you take a picture of what you need to do?
Or better yet, let the child handle it.

She did watch. I'm done. Just gotta waterproof and install.

It's a small thing. But I really don't have the powertool facilities for this kind of cutting and I can't deal with heat. In December this is a fun thing I just happily do by hand. This weekend, it's a thing I have to save every second I can on because I feel like I'm going to die the whole time I'm outside.

 

[Lord Defect]

Was scrolling on Twitter and apparently there's some guy who escaped the Chester County jail? Oh boy.

They told the neighborhood to stay indoors. Now they are telling them to stay outside in their driveways until they speak with a police officer.
They think he’s holding a family hostage.

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

What did I do

You ignored his video about the Yamato, you goof.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Basically I had to turn a larger oak board into a small 3x10 plank. As I said, easy in December. A life threatening task right now.

I probably could have blown through it if I'd sharpened the saw but holy hell that's a tedious task and I'm lazy. So figuring out how to use my shoddy setup to do power things without incident is all I had.

 

[Beef Invictus]

You ignored his video about the Yamato, you goof.

What how

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

@Beef Invictus

@Beef Invictus read

 

[Lord Defect]

Basically I had to turn a larger oak board into a small 3x10 plank. As I said, easy in December. A life threatening task right now.

I probably could have blown through it if I'd sharpened the saw but holy hell that's a tedious task and I'm lazy. So figuring out how to use my shoddy setup to do power things without incident is all I had.

f*** sharpening a saw. Either buy a new one or pay someone to sharpen it. That shit is brutal

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

Beksinksi rules. Poland has pumped out some great artists who also clearly need a lot of therapy

I'm sure I'd paint some weird shit too if I grew up in Poland during the Second World War.

Hold up, this is a first name.

I thought this was some random shit you put into an AI art program and that was the result.

So far as I know it's a perfectly normal Polish name.. Meanwhile we Americans are doing shit like this:

 

[Beef Invictus]

f*** sharpening a saw. Either buy a new one or pay someone to sharpen it. That shit is brutal

Someday I'll maybe have to do it for my nice saw. If I had good dedicated cross and rip saws, sure. But those supposed "all purpose" off the shelf things, which this is? No. Not worth it. But also they aren't sharp enough off the shelf to begin with.

 

[Lord Defect]

I'm sure I'd paint some weird shit too if I grew up in Poland during the Second World War.


So far as I know it's a perfectly normal Polish name.. Meanwhile we Americans are doing shit like this:

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Those people should be shot with an over pressurized nerf gun.

 

[Lord Defect]

Someday I'll maybe have to do it for my nice saw. If I had good dedicated cross and rip saws, sure. But those supposed "all purpose" off the shelf things, which this is? No. Not worth it. But also they aren't sharp enough off the shelf to begin with.

I sharpen my knives, I’m never going to sharpen my own saws. No matter how good they are. That’s just an insane amount of tedium that I don’t need.
It’s not even something you could casually do while watching sports and drinking a beer.

 

[Kermit the Prog]

I sharpen my knives, I’m never going to sharpen my own saws. No matter how good they are. That’s just an insane amount of tedium that I don’t need.
It’s not even something you could casually do while watching sports and drinking a beer.

Not unless you want to hear the casual muffled thump of fingers hitting the carpet.

 

[Chicken N Raffls]

She did watch. I'm done. Just gotta waterproof and install.

It's a small thing. But I really don't have the powertool facilities for this kind of cutting and I can't deal with heat. In December this is a fun thing I just happily do by hand. This weekend, it's a thing I have to save every second I can on because I feel like I'm going to die the whole time I'm outside.

I guy I worked with years ago referred to a handsaw I was about to use as "a heater." 30 seconds in I found out why.

Chisels and handplane blades are worth sharpening, and pretty easy once you get a little setup to do it, and get the hang of it.

 

[Beef Invictus]

@Beef Invictus

Fun fact, the US also looked at making 18" guns and even built one. Testing let the Navy decide they overall preferred the performance of the 16" 50cal gun. Japan didn't have the fire control tech to take advantage of the greater range, but we could use ours to max range. Japanese fire control wasn't fully local, they did have central plotting, but turrets weren't automatically pointed like on US ships. They had a "follow the pointer" system where turret crews would align their turret's pointer on a display with the target info provided from fire control. There was a lot of telephone game elements in their system leading to delay in input and error that the US didn't have. Those things matter especially at long ranges. Japan took a lot of cues from European design decisions that were based on North Atlantic conditions while we were getting ready for clear and calm weather Pacific long-distance fighting.

Also, the 18" shell was best at slugging-match range where you're blasting through the sides of opponents, while the US 16" was superior at long-range plunging fire. The Yamato was killable by US battleships that stay at range.

As the video mentioned though, the Japanese themselves made Yamato obsolete. Their fleet was built for a single decisive engagement between battleships forces. Their whole strategy and war outlook was built around that. The US was looking to oblige them. Bombing Pearl Harbor took that option off the table, which was actually kind of a favor because I think they very likely might have won that scenario. We had to completely change how we pursued a Pacific war. Japan kept holding out for the decisive engagement though (which meant they lost battles with good ships sitting out because they wanted to hold them in reserve for The Real Fight which never came), and by the time they realized it wasn't happening they'd already lost the war.

Also thanks for the video!

 

[Beef Invictus]

I sharpen my knives, I’m never going to sharpen my own saws. No matter how good they are. That’s just an insane amount of tedium that I don’t need.
It’s not even something you could casually do while watching sports and drinking a beer.

Years ago I learned not to sharpen while watching TV. I was sharpening chisels and cut the shit out of my hand. Luckily I'd been highly successful at sharpening, so I didn't even feel it.

 

[Beef Invictus]

I guy I worked with years ago referred to a handsaw I was about to use as "a heater." 30 seconds in I found out why.

Chisels and handplane blades are worth sharpening, and pretty easy once you get a little setup to do it, and get the hang of it.

I've never gotten the hang of my hand planer.

 

[Lord Defect]

I've never gotten the hang of my hand planer.

Same. I bought an electric one and it’s much simpler to use.
I wonder why I have 8 or so hand planers when I never use them.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Same. I bought an electric one and it’s much simpler to use.
I wonder why I have 8 or so hand planers when I never use them.

Because they're cool

 

[Chicken N Raffls]

Cat is home now. What a night. 7pm get the call. He's ready to go. Get there around 8. "Let me check"

8:30- "For Sawyer?" I go up to the counter and pay. "I'll let them know in back. Nurse will bring him out"

9- nurse finally brings him out, explains meds, I'm out.

10 minutes from home Kitten calls. "Bring him in the front door. There's a swarm of murder hornets outside the side door. I just let Mya out, don't know how I'll get her back in." I tell her to let the dog out the side gate and through the front door. She texts, "There's bees nests out front too!"

I'm about 5 minutes away now, forming my plan. Driving on the highway I see the biggest shooting star I've ever seen. So low on the horizon and lasting so long, that I could see a shape to it, and a greenish glow. Almost thought I was watching a plane crash. Or aliens. Any other time I would marvel at seeing this awesome phenomenon, but the day I'm having I'm expecting to come home to a crater in my backyard.

Get home. Leave cat in the car while I inspect the bee situation. They're swarming around our light above the door. Assume they aren't aggressive, but not taking chances. Grab the spray which is on the porch rail. Psssss. Basically empty, but I get a few. Ask her if we have more. She cracks the screen door and hands out a new can. I get the rest, and bring the cat in.

Now I just have to deal with a conehead for a few weeks. But the Phillies won, so...
#Forthejuju

 

[Lord Defect]

Cat is home now. What a night. 7pm get the call. He's ready to go. Get there around 8. "Let me check"

8:30- "For Sawyer?" I go up to the counter and pay. "I'll let them know in back. Nurse will bring him out"

9- nurse finally brings him out, explains meds, I'm out.

10 minutes from home Kitten calls. "Bring him in the front door. There's a swarm of murder hornets outside the side door. I just let Mya out, don't know how I'll get her back in." I tell her to let the dog out the side gate and through the front door. She texts, "There's bees nests out front too!"

I'm about 5 minutes away now, forming my plan. Driving on the highway I see the biggest shooting star I've ever seen. So low on the horizon and lasting so long, that I could see a shape to it, and a greenish glow. Almost thought I was watching a plane crash. Or aliens. Any other time I would marvel at seeing this awesome phenomenon, but the day I'm having I'm expecting to come home to a crater in my backyard.

Get home. Leave cat in the car while I inspect the bee situation. They're swarming around our light above the door. Assume they aren't aggressive, but not taking chances. Grab the spray which is on the porch rail. Psssss. Basically empty, but I get a few. Ask her if we have more. She cracks the screen door and hands out a new can. I get the rest, and bring the cat in.

Now I just have to deal with a conehead for a few weeks. But the Phillies won, so...
#Forthejuju

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I have never seen a car with the cone of shame on. I hope conehead heals well bud.
Nice job not only murdering murder hornets but seeing the space ship that put them there.

 

[Chicken N Raffls]

I've never gotten the hang of my hand planer.

Same. I bought an electric one and it’s much simpler to use.
I wonder why I have 8 or so hand planers when I never use them.

My brain is fried, but we need to continue this conversation. A razor sharp and well setup plane is an absolute joy and one of the most satisfying tools to use. I got a Stanley ( no.whatever...don't remember right now) off Ebay years ago and this happened. Father's day present for my pop.