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When I was in Spain, as an eleven-year-old kid, I tried to bolt across a street and got whomped by a car. No damage was done, but I was a bit dazed for a couple of seconds. As I was dusting myself...

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That was great! Thanks for posting it, Phillip.

http://forum.woodenboat.com/showthread.php?90698-Faster-than-the-wind

I've just notified a curator at the Ottawa Science & Technology museum (who engaged me, a few years ago, to serve as a sort of "Poet Laureate" ). It strikes me that someone could build a really fun...

Happy Birthday, young feller. :)

I think of him as an escape artist. The violin is being played by his lovely assistant.

I usually ignore them, but this one entertained me by getting his sinuous self stuck in an old amoeba shell:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kP2I8k8Ac0g

I've developed a passion for protist taxonomy, and have taken to writing formal descriptions of ciliates for Bio*pedia /Encyclopedia of life.

Taxonomists have been called the "stamp collectors of...

Having read the books hasn't spoiled the show for me at all. But then, I've never taken pleasure from plot surprises, and don't really understand why some people value them so highly.

I'm...

lol

But you could fit them both inside Quebec, and still have room for North Dakota. ;)

No. It is Brazilian rosewood (Dalbergia nigra) that is difficult to find, and usually illegal to import. East Indian rosewood (D. latifolia) is easy to get, and often grown on plantations.
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Yeah, who needs a tablesaw when you have a rusty steak knife and nothing to do all afternoon. :D

I started a thread about the MKV a couple of years ago: http://forum.woodenboat.com/showthread.php?129939-Fixing-up-an-old-Shopsmith

I restored the old thing, and it's been sitting in my outside...

Well, I guess I shouldn't be surprised. The 2010 quake in our area ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Central_Canada_earthquake ) was felt in Chicago, and this one was slightly stronger.

Come...

I'm surprised you could feel that, down in Toronto. It was pretty loud, here...I thought my water tank had burst. :D

But we get these every few years, in West Quebec. We're perched on the edge...

I sent a vial of my spit to New York, and now I have hundreds of new cousins. So far, none of them has asked to borrow money.

See: https://www.23andme.com/

Of course. :D

But if I had to pick somebody else...Philip Larkin, maybe.

:D

He's still reaching the young folks. When my boy Ben was nine, he used to belt out "The Elements" on command (with a simplified piano part). He's in junior high school, now. Just the other...

"If, after hearing my songs, just one human being is inspired to say something nasty to a friend, or perhaps to strike a loved one, it will all have been worth the while."

Tom Lehrer

Slabsawn oak and a lipped drawer...I'd staple chicken wire around that table and raise guinea pigs in it. ;)

It seems they're from Dagestan.

I spent a few days in Dagestan, during more optimistic times (Gorbachev's last year), hanging around with a group of young people who were united by a common...

I started a thread about Bitcoin, a few months ago. It had a remarkably high specific gravity. ;) http://forum.woodenboat.com/showthread.php?158015-Curious-about-Bitcoin

Wakefield will greet them with some enthusiasm, I think. The community center will be opened up, and there will be room for the tents. SWMBO is arranging for a team of medical pros to do "foot...

Yes, indeed.

It started as a small group of young Cree, who decided to walk from Great Whale (Whapmagoostui), on the east coast of Hudson Bay, to Ottawa. They began the journey on snowshoes, because there are...

I've been thinking about trying a Nano Reef:

http://test.aquanerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/nano-1.jpg

That was cute. :D

I was interested to learn that Finnish students, who always do very well on comparative assessments, are rarely subjected to standardized testing.

They also enjoy nice, long recesses and much...

A plumber who works on Christmas? ;)

Ben, SWMBO and a goggle-eyed friend:
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk273/BruceDSTaylor/81b5de37-7411-4e51-9513-0d495d213f12_zpsb711c87b.jpg


It's been a fun week. I've been learning to...

I've had that pleasure...which is why my camp kitchen is a polyethylene barrel & harness. ;)

What's a canoe chest? That's a wanigan. :D

Garret, it would be a real pleasure to meet you, if your schedule permits. On the slim chance that you're free, we're at 22 Willows, and will be done skiing in late afternoon...coq au vin for...

We just pulled into Smuggler's Notch, Vermont, this evening. Conditions look great.

It's kind of poignant, because we were about to come here, two years ago, when my kid's brain sprang a...

How about an Aeolian Harp?

Back in the early nineties, I uploaded a crude drawing of one to rec.music.maker.builders...after all this time, it's still out there:...

Hilarious & brilliant...that made my day. :d

Further to the contributions of PISN & Seanz:

Jennifer Saunders
Joanna Lumley
Julia Sawalha
June Whitfield
Jane Horrocks

Case

I wonder where Carriacou's mosquitos breed? I don't remember seeing any freshwater marshes or ponds, so it's gotta be either the mangroves...or maybe :eek: the rooftop cisterns.

They look quite normal...on the outside.

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk273/BruceDSTaylor/RatBrain_zpsbeac448f.jpg

My ASUS K53 is our main movie-watching machine, so the problem you're having is definitely not endemic to the model.

Exceptionally good, Douglas. Y>

I'm guessing there's a big "Art Markup" on those pieces. ;) He's seems to be a pretty versatile and imaginative builder: http://www.mikejarvi.com/

I loved the bending rig.

Wow...you know those cartoons where the guy's thumping heart jumps out of chest, and he has to grab it and pull it back in? I didn't think that happened in real life...

Congrats, James! And thanks for sharing the build. Inspiring stuff! :)

On acoustics, first stringing is hard on the nerves...neck on, neck off, shave down saddle, tweak nut slots, neck on...

Mike Jarvi makes a one-piece bentwood bench:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3utt2Y5aH0

I'd probably end up playing with the box it came in.

Still moseying along on Grenada time, no doubt. :D

Grind your own woodturning tools? Sure, no problem. Google "homemade lathe chisels," "shopmade woodturning tools" etc....you'll find plenty of examples.

But remember to stick your nose in a junk...