The Junk Drawer

[cannabineer]

Yes, there is.....

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Those and this works wonders

I don’t groove on Chopin. Lately I’ve been in a tight orbit around Sir Arnold Bax’s symphonies 2 and 6 (Bryden Thomson). I could not find the third movement in isolation, but this is what Input through the Rockports when it’s time to do the mise-en-place for a complex dish.

It’s my favorite sort of music: it wordlessly screams anguish at an absentee God.

 

[cannabineer]

lol, nice riff.

I'm a bit jealous. I haven't done the same drugs you have or perhaps what I consumed wasn't anywhere close to the amount needed to get where you are. There is a reality-based understanding to be reached some day regarding deja vu, out of body experience and other extraordinary observations of feats of consciousness that will be more amazing than what people believe today through the use of psychedelics but we aren't even close to the day when we get there.

Assuming we don't fry ourselves into extinction on this planet before we get there, that is.

Ketamine

 

[Lucky Luke]

A Chicago television news crew reporting on a string of robberies ended up robbed themselves after they were accosted at gunpoint by three armed men wearing ski masks.

The episode was the second robbery this month involving a Chicago news crew, after a WLS-TV photographer was assaulted and robbed on 8 August while preparing to cover a weekday afternoon news conference on Chicago’s West Side, the station reported.

TV news crew reporting on Chicago robberies robbed at gunpoint

Univision journalists on assignment in West Town robbed at 5am by three masked men, who took TV camera and personal items

www.theguardian.com

 

[Mephisto666]

Have I been napping while they established that the proton decays?

You could be right
or be wrong
No one really knows, do they?

How Many Protons And Neutrons Are There In The Entire Universe - Atom Particles

But, I think that I'm really, unequivocally, maybe at the flip of a coin right but, right none the less.
Too bad we couldn't sit down with a couple of boots of Spaten Octoberfest and discuss this shit further trying not to sound as dumb as we really are (your not dumb though, but that's coming from the village idiot, so that's not really saying much.

Bye

 

[DIY-HP-LED]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1696843962219164091

 

[DIY-HP-LED]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1696841236819153152

 

[Mephisto666]

I don’t groove on Chopin. Lately I’ve been in a tight orbit around Sir Arnold Bax’s symphonies 2 and 6 (Bryden Thomson). I could not find the third movement in isolation, but this is what Input through the Rockports when it’s time to do the mise-en-place for a complex dish.


It’s my favorite sort of music: it wordlessly screams anguish at an absentee God.

Chopin playing the keys chills me out pretty much, but he's not my favorite.
Mozart is my go-to composer followed by Beethoven in a very close race.
I'm not really that familiar with modern classical though.
So you cook, eh?
I did a little for awhile but I stopped doing it, too hot for me and now simplicity is my objective in the kitchen.
You must like French cuisine if you like complex cooking
Tastes the best but a pain in the ass to prepare
Your selection makes me think of the movie Metropolis for some reason.
Definitely would work as a soundtrack
Now for some Jaco & Weather Report to go with my delicious peanut butter and jelly croissant
Have a great one!
Bye

 

[cannabineer]

Chopin playing the keys chills me out pretty much, but he's not my favorite.
Mozart is my go-to composer followed by Beethoven in a very close race.
I'm not really that familiar with modern classical though.
So you cook, eh?
I did a little for awhile but I stopped doing it, too hot for me and now simplicity is my objective in the kitchen.
You must like French cuisine if you like complex cooking
Tastes the best but a pain in the ass to prepare
Your selection makes me think of the movie Metropolis for some reason.
Definitely would work as a soundtrack
Now for some Jaco & Weather Report to go with my delicious peanut butter and jelly croissant
Have a great one!
Bye

Lately I’ve been doing Mexican. I’m learning the ropes of cooking with chiles. My cabeza is getting pretty good.

Mainly I like Japanese cutlery. It is very different from the Western sort, and some of their knives capture a portion of the magic of the best bladed weapons on Earth. I cook as an excuse to use the knives.

Sometimes I’ll buy a piece of fish so I can use sushi knives. They’re the F1 cars of the kitchen knife circuit.

 

[Sativied]

(not-so) shocking breaking news: Ötzi wasn't white

(but Anatolian, which today is most of Turkey).

Ötzi Shows His True Colors: New Analysis Indicates that Austrian Iceman Was Anatolian

Every year, hundreds of thousands of museum-goers visit Ötzi in the South Tyrolean town of Bolzano. New research, though, shows that the famous model of the man from the Chalcolithic age is inaccurate. He wasn't white at all, and likely didn't have much hair on his head.

www.spiegel.de

Europe’s Oldest Natural Mummy Has Living Relatives | HISTORY

The 5,300‑year‑old body of Ötzi the Iceman was discovered in the Italian Alps in 1991. Now, scientists have discovered he has at least 19 living Austrian descendants.

www.history.com

 

[Mephisto666]

Lately I’ve been doing Mexican. I’m learning the ropes of cooking with chiles. My cabeza is getting pretty good.

Mainly I like Japanese cutlery. It is very different from the Western sort, and some of their knives capture a portion of the magic of the best bladed weapons on Earth. I cook as an excuse to use the knives.

Sometimes I’ll buy a piece of fish so I can use sushi knives. They’re the F1 cars of the kitchen knife circuit.

Mexican is fuçking great stuff for sure.
Once had this herb from somewhere there but I can't spell it,that actually made me hallucinate
And the food is decent also
I bought 1 jap knife but it was expensive and I didn't really like it
Too used to my 9" chef's knife I guess.
Now I know what to eat for dinner.
Taco Bell delivery sounds good enough for me
They have yummy burritos for sure and you get 2 for $3 so you know you'll be happy, at least for a little while
Bye

 

[Lucky Luke]

Yet another Coup in Africa.

Military officers in Gabon say they have taken power and put the president, Ali Bongo Ondimba, under house arrest, as the country becomes the latest in Africa to suffer an attempted coup, only weeks after mutinous troops seized power in Niger.

A group of military personnel appeared on state television to announce they were seizing power to overturn the results of a presidential election, seeking to remove a president whose family has held power for nearly 56 years. The officers introduced themselves as members of the Committee of Transition and the Restoration of Institutions.


If successful, the coup would be the eighth in west and central Africa since 2020. The most recent one, in Niger, was in July, while the military has also seized power in Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso and Chad.

Gabon military officers declare coup after Ali Bongo wins disputed election

Seizure of power announced on television, cancelling election results that gave president third term in office

www.theguardian.com

 

[Lucky Luke]

Really good opinion piece.

Few Russians wanted the war in Ukraine – but they won’t accept a Russian defeat either | Anatol Lieven

Many fear that if Ukraine wins, Vladimir Putin would be ousted, unleashing chaos and ushering in a terrifying new era, says author Anatol Lieven

www.theguardian.com

 

[Mephisto666]

Yet another Coup in Africa.

Military officers in Gabon say they have taken power and put the president, Ali Bongo Ondimba, under house arrest, as the country becomes the latest in Africa to suffer an attempted coup, only weeks after mutinous troops seized power in Niger.

A group of military personnel appeared on state television to announce they were seizing power to overturn the results of a presidential election, seeking to remove a president whose family has held power for nearly 56 years. The officers introduced themselves as members of the Committee of Transition and the Restoration of Institutions.


If successful, the coup would be the eighth in west and central Africa since 2020. The most recent one, in Niger, was in July, while the military has also seized power in Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso and Chad.

Gabon military officers declare coup after Ali Bongo wins disputed election

Seizure of power announced on television, cancelling election results that gave president third term in office

www.theguardian.com

This is my type coup, fuck theirs.


1967 sky blue 427 V8 Corvette Stingray

The one and only coup that truly matters

 

[Mephisto666]

This one is nice to go to the Mr. Frosty Drive in with.



Ferrari 2015 488 GTB coupe
Red, of course

 

[cannabineer]

 

[kindman]

Just off meth,back to growing in MN.its like riding a bike

 

[cannabineer]

Just off meth,back to growing in MN.its like riding a bike

congrats

 

[OldMedUser]

Lately I’ve been doing Mexican. I’m learning the ropes of cooking with chiles. My cabeza is getting pretty good.

Mainly I like Japanese cutlery. It is very different from the Western sort, and some of their knives capture a portion of the magic of the best bladed weapons on Earth. I cook as an excuse to use the knives.

Sometimes I’ll buy a piece of fish so I can use sushi knives. They’re the F1 cars of the kitchen knife circuit.

I used to love cooking and my mom started me early on simple things like cake mixes. Then I became a single dad and it turned into a chore.

I'm in charge of pancakes and banana bread in our house.

Gotta have sharp knifes with good steel tho. When I was only 17 I worked night shift at Swift's Meat and one of my daily jobs was sharpening up any of the butcher's knives left in the aluminum pockets at their various stations. They complained because they were too f'n sharp compared to what they were used to. They had their personal best knives in a pouch on a belt and I wasn't supposed to touch those but they started leaving them at the stations for me to do.

My personal meat orders every payday were suddenly twice the weight for the same price.

 

[cannabineer]

I used to love cooking and my mom started me early on simple things like cake mixes. Then I became a single dad and it turned into a chore.

I'm in charge of pancakes and banana bread in our house.

Gotta have sharp knifes with good steel tho. When I was only 17 I worked night shift at Swift's Meat and one of my daily jobs was sharpening up any of the butcher's knives left in the aluminum pockets at their various stations. They complained because they were too f'n sharp compared to what they were used to. They had their personal best knives in a pouch on a belt and I wasn't supposed to touch those but they started leaving them at the stations for me to do.

My personal meat orders every payday were suddenly twice the weight for the same price.

I keep some Henckels and Victorinox around for the Dirty Harry jobs.

 

[OldMedUser]

I keep some Henckels and Victorinox around for the Dirty Harry jobs.

I got a big old Buck for that kinda work.

I don't really have any name brand blades. My fave is one of those old type butcher's knives worn down to 1/2" thick from thousands of sharpenings in it's working life. Thrift store $2. The women around here are hard on knives tho. Catch 'em slicing meat on a freaking plate like savages! Or leaving wooden handled knives soaking in water until the scales get loose and I have to centre punch the rivets. I have a motorized horizontal whetstone I picked up for $5 at a garage sale because the water pump didn't pump. I just rigged it so I siphon from a milk jug on the shelf above it and it drains to one on the floor. Just a trickle so I can do a dozen knives and have water left over. Nice angle guide on it so you can set for what kind of edge you want.

In my pocket is always my little Victorinox Captain's knife. The small one with the scissors, nail file with flat screwdriver, blade, bottle opener with the philips screw driver tip and wire stripper, tweezers but instead of a tooth pick has the push out ball point pen. You poke that out and flip up the nail file and it writes like any ball point pen. Those things are $50 these days as I got a new one almost 2 years ago. Didn't have blue so got the standard red one.

My other SAK is the larger Officer's model my mother brought back from a trip to Switzerland over 40 years ago. It cost more over there than the same one here. Other than running it on a steel for a few swipes now and then I've never sharpened the main blade or the other for that matter. Can still shave the hair off my arm or slice the full length of a sheet of newspaper clean as a whistle.

I'd like to get this Lansky sharpening sytem. Almost grabbed one at the tackle store in the city last time I was there but already had $300 worth of gear in my basket.

I worked in a two man machine shop with a German master machinist for 4 years basically as a labourer to start but I spent more time learning stuff than working on jobs. Taught me all sorts of tricks of the trade. I've always been good with tools and mechanical things so I learned fast and was really thinking of going to school for that or being a millwright. Took a welding course while he was shut down for while then the job petered out. Went back to school a year later for environmental chem but still wish I'd done the millwright course.

Still like playing with machinery and came up with this DIY lathe to turn a cork grip I'm making for the new fly rod I'm building. Old drill press I got for $10 somewhere with a $10 drill from the thrift store. Glued all the corks onto some 1/4" ready rod and clamped them down to cure. I'm using my variac to control the drill speed and am wearing it down with various grades of sandpaper to be close to the old grip above. Working great.