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If I was President, my inclination would be to say that

- Congress has allocated funds, and
- Congress has passed a law that requires me to spend those funds. On what they were allocated for,...

Like the Energizer bunny.

Bad. What makes you think coating [parts of] wooden frames would "prevent wet rot"?



ABS (Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene) is the plastic used for computer keyboard key caps, small alliance...

No.

Vertical-grain (quarter-sawn) western red cedar most likely. Maybe VG Douglas Fir, but it looks more like WRC.

Teak earlywood doesn't usually erode like that, unless somebody has been going...

Hah!

I can't believe they got to occupied Crimea in the middle of a war zone except through Russia. And I doubt very much that they weren't accompanied by "tour guides" . . . cough . . . minders. So, not...

Hmmm. The RESISTstore on Etsy sells these hats. $20. They're US-made in Minnesota, and "proceeds from the sale of blue hats go to support candidates working to protect the democratic process, civil...

Not even looking for it, but while browsing The Atlantic Monthly, this morning, I found that they'd run a photo essay of the 2023 Cooper Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake.
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Happy birthday!

You got a new hat? ;)

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Here in the state of Washington, the 12 tribes of the Colville Reservation put on the Omar Suicide Race, an event for Native American riders, a race where you race on horseback at a full gallop down...

I believe that hill is (1) [quite a bit] steeper than it looks, and (2) is broken ground — nothing like running on a smooth lawn.

[and why are Americans (a bunch of Seattleites) co-opting a local...

I am told that, while law schools require a course in legal ethics (e.g., how not to be sued for malpractice, and/or how not to get disbarred), not a single law school in the USA requires a single...

The original 2-cycle Saab 99? Yes. Our Saab 9000 was pretty great, though. But after GM got its mitts on Saab, all downhill from there.

A friend of Dick Wagner had a small workboat named THUG, maybe 15 foot. THUG was quite stoutly built, with a 10 horse one-lung Easthope engine swinging a 36-inch prop (slowly) and produced gobs of...

In this age of nail guns, when I need to use the nail gun, I set to leave the nails proud, and then seat them with the framing hammer. Less likely to damage sheathing, and I'm not getting paid by the...

Back in 2016, an enterprising homeowner here in Seattle wanted to improve his view of Puget Sound and the Olympic Range (better sunsets!) so he had 150-some mature trees in the city park/greenbelt...

Saved somebody's Navy and/Coast Guard's rescue swimmers from having to risk their lives to save him.

As a friend of mine describes them, "floating fuel tanks with just enough superstructure to house the engines and crew.

I have a 28-oz Vaughn "California Framer". I have been happy with it, but in my heart I lust after these.

Japanese framers are . . . different looking, but they work well. They also tend to have a...

Buy AAPL at $0.25/share.

Several states (and the Federal government) have what are termed "Son of Sam laws", after the NYC serial killer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Sam_law

But they aim at monies received...

Maserati made bikes?

https://revivaler.com/maserati-motorcycles/

https://revivaler.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/1954-Maserati-175-2.jpg
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The lock attendants are not necessarily the brightest bulbs on the tree, either.

Been in the locks where the lock gates are opening and there's a significant current running out as water levels...

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/after-an-800k-yacht-pileup-in-ballard-locks-a-fleet-of-lawyers-arrives/

This is interesting:

Some might see the crash as a cautionary tale about boating...

That's another one -- darning egg.

https://woolery.com/product_images/uploaded_images/sockdarning-30.jpg

Butt warmer?

Vents? Door handles?

Just wild guesses, from the shape of the doodle.

Mine is in the garage.German-made Brill Lexus 38. Ball bearings. The blades don't contact the anvil. The blade is set with feeler gauges, with a few thous clearance.
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Fence posts and the like?

Sheet lead or copper caps, wrapped around to the sides and nailed along the edges is traditional.

Butter churn:

https://images.offerup.com/VPl8Nn17aTWw7Gdj3_dXP-jwLvM=/1920x1816/00a1/00a1c6705f3d4537a4cd74fdead9b451.jpg

Lee Engineering Household Flour Mill:
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It was written before political parties existed, though they started emerging pretty quickly — Geo. Washington, in fact, warned of their dangers in his Farewell Address.

The problem is the the...

I'd second that!

Back in June, 2019, somebody managed to go on the breakwater at Shilshole Bay Marina. On the inside :D That takes a special kind of stupid. And, he went on the breakwater at high water, or close to...

Scout the Dog walked me by your big dig yesterday. The crew seems very personable — they saw us walking by and waved and said hello.

Nice to have a job with a view!

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This. Also allows one to easily rotate the spar.

All of the evil, and twice the smarts, though.

"Well-regulated" in the context of the times, means "well-trained" and/or "well-disciplined", as in "Regulator Clock" or "regular soldiers" (as in "English regulars").

Thise aren't minuscule (lowercase) letter F. They are the medial/long letter S, as opposed to the terminal/short letter S. They resemble the lowercase F, but that's about it. Different letter...

Yeah, but the only thing special about Monster™️ cables is the price.

Because their pyrrhic "victory" has [more than] decimated them. They're most likely way below combat strength and need to regroup and re-up.

I own 2 tuxedos and a set of tails[1] (no morning coat, though). None of them have holes in the trouser pockets. Gentlemen know how to blouse their shirts properly. And if you're wearing a proper...

The Supreme Court's opinions matter only insofar as the court is trusted by the people. To quote President Andrew Jackson, "The Court has made it decision — let it now enforce it."



as far as...

Cain't make this sh1te up, can you?

[and this is along the lines of the story my dad told me about checking out at the grocer's in Manhattan. Guy in front of home got paid up. The cashier had put...

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu claimed on May 24 that more than 120,000 Russian personnel have undergone training since the start of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine.

But. . . ....

Jist going to say (as I've called out multiple times over the years), that all of the Geneva Conventions of 1949 bear language similar, or identical, to these articles from Geneva III (Prisoners of...

Family friend disappeared on the Oregon Coast back in the early 1970s. They found his VW microbus near the beach and all his gear, but never found him.

I think the police decided the hippy...

I remember it in Ohio in the late 1970s-early 1980s.

She is a great boat. With a terrifc suit of sails, too — the Schattauers are great sailmakers.

Happy birthday!