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Good for him. Persistence in a good cause is a virtue.

I've never noticed any objectionable odor to any natural oil product in its pure state (teak, linseed, walnut, ....) Once people start "improving" it, then the smells seem to start.

PBS's Great Performances used to have their complete episodes of the Met's four operas of the Ring Cycle on their website, but I can't find them there now. Blu-Ray box set is ~$us140, maybe it's on...

The love of Wagner (and specifically the Ring Cycle) the was more Hitler's than the party's. Whether Wager's writings (there is much in addition to the music) are anti-Semitic is debated. It is...

One of the more interesting "pocket sundials" I've seen advertised.

You keep going, girl!

Wagner ... is controversial. In many ways about many things.

To compare the history of music and boatbuilding, if in the Napoleonic era the common boat was the Shetland Yole, Wagner designed and...

Addicted. As many of us are. As far as we know, it means that you hadn't changed your status from "Junior Member" to something else when you made your 100th post. If there's something else, the...

Yes, an inexpensive Timex dual zone, analog and digital displays. Usually the digital display is set to Greenwich, the analog to Central USA. Decades ago, when I was working as a disk jockey, my...

Happy birthday, Ed!

It's how USAian statutory rape laws are frequently (and poorly, in my opinion) written. If neither is an adult (18), if one is an adult, if both are, are frequently covered by three different...

Modern Spectra kite line is super slippery, but tends to melt at places it's bent in a knot or around something. The 500 pound test is about 1.5 mm in diameter.

Hit twice with an F5, fifteen years apart. My sympathy and condolences.

Such actions are brought by the state, not the parents (who can -report- the illegal behavior -- of both -- but it's the state that brings criminal charges.) It sounds (to me) like a prosecutor...

All internet firearms sales are already prohibited. They have to go through at least one FFL licensed dealership in the purchaser's state, have all of the federal and state forms filled out and...

A while ago I posted such a list. None of you were interested.

Registration, at best, can only affect the law-abiding, because the criminals cannot (5th amendment) be made to register their guns....

I think the Federal government has demonstrated that it is not a trustworthy holder of such information; this distrust is primarily demonstrated by the way they have maintained and testified about...

Frank's Place (original music.)
WKRP (original music only.)
Danger Mouse
Rocky & Bullwinkle
Foley Square
Adderly
Hot Shots
Silk Stalkings
Tropical Heat

My grandfather had one, I'm not sure if it was a V or a 7. As the years went on, more and more stationary power tools were added, and eventually it became the "second tool", if the primary was set up...

Here (Mpls/StP) on 5.3 or 5.4, subchannel called "MeTV"

That's part of the answer (finger joints are an example of this.) Another part of the answer, for traditional scarfing angles, is that they reduce (although not completely eliminate) the place in the...

You can make a feature of this by carefully choosing the colors and spacings of the scarphs.

Fun. Training. Teaching. Practice. Competition. Varmit control. Animal execution. Buy, sell, trade, and investments. There are probably more.

Those lifelines are a positive hazard, not even knee high. I suspect she'd do better with a more Chinese-like rigging to that sail.

I'm confused. What are you criticizing? When you start lightening stocks, they can break when smacked, and you intentionally smack the stock in those catches to make the noise so the others know you...

Eternity (in my opinion) is like a Möbius strip, appearing to all to have two sides and two edges. Reality is that there is only one side and one edge. Some of us appear to be able to see through the...

North Korea (and others) close formation snap kick marching. Makes my quads, shins, and heels ache just to watch. It may call for a higher level of physical fitness, but not the teamwork and trust...

Swabbies got skills!

This is about trust, self-esteem, self-knowledge, learned skills ... a whole bunch of things. Trusting that all of those around you will not harm you with those flying spears,...

The law, as passed, compels no one but the state, which must now issue marriage licenses to human couples regardless of gender. Your church can continue in its "we don't do gay marriages" traditions...

You know she wants to take the grandkids sailing with you in those warm Florida waters once you've finished ... ship or tow.

Sorry, Joe.

Sorry, Katherine.

It appears that we will actually establish "civil marriage" that is between two people, which is legally to be treated as are the other form(s) of marriage. (As well as striping out, or declaring...

What representatives (state or federal, house or senate, appointed or elected) are supposed to do (at least as I was taught) is to vote for the best law for the governing (not ruling) of everyone in...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=K6rX1AEi57c

Things I would have said could not be done.

Happy birthday, Dunc!

The legislature has finally done something worth doing.

#76 in Bolger's 100 Small Boat Rigs, "Back-staysail or Foster rig".

Actually, the 3-d printed gun contains a 6 oz steel bar, precisely so that it can be detected by metal detectors.

It would be illegal to modify the plans and make one without that steel bar as a...

Happy, happy, happiest of birthdays, Spinner!

Healing prayers and best wishes, Chase.

Happy birthday, Kevin!

Some of you persist in missing the point of the article, thinking humans are rational creatures. They are not. They are emotional creatures who respond to emotional pleas and rationalize their...

To give him a Dishonorable Discharge would require a General Court. Assault and Conduct Unbecoming, the two charges that seem most obvious, might get that. You've got a federal sovereignty under the...

There is much about the human - body - as - machine and human - brain - as - mind that we still do not understand. We don't even know enough to know what we don't know. Medicine is much more art...

Oh, I'll go there again. I'm not sure why, and I will probably not reply to any of the discussion that occurs in this thread, I'm too tired of it. I will, however, post a link for all y'all to read,...

More prayers, Claudia. Hope you're doing better.

I'll ask you to keep them, even unread. Save them in their own file, so you have them in case he goes off the violent end of the crazy cliff.

Oh, we've noticed that. Part of our problem is that there are even more lunatics who vote!

Well done, Dale.

I've taken to saying "Tar, feathers, rails" to such abuses, but this really has me thinking other things.

"Re-victimization" has a new link in my mental dictionary.