FWIW, a shower is mandatory to a clean computer! Just saying…

I got tired of windows and the constant updates it forces... Waiting isn't my bag, man... So I looked around and found Linux Mint. It's free to download and installation is a breeze. I got a new laptop recently and installed it shortly after I first booted it. You really should check it out.

Windows is really pushing updates for windows 11, I have had a couple faulty updates do that to my computer and had to reupdate my computer fix the problem. I don't think my computer meets their requirements for win 11 which takes place this year. Mark

We're expecting it to hit 40 here today. Up from 13 overnight. Hoping that it will be warm enough to get some more wood cut up.

The flex pipe came and I got it cut and put on.. they only sent one U bolt so I have to wait for the other one to come tomorrow. Just putting the pipe and one on reduced the exhaust noise by 50%. The other one should reduce it much more. It will be ready for duty.

It's complete now. Runs and sounds great. I put new plugs in it.

That's great to hear! Congrats. I imagine that it will go a bit faster these days.

My log-splitter has 56 more CCs than my bike, but only a third of the horsepower. I guess two cylinders with four valves each and a 13,000 rpm redline make a difference.

NICE!!….You’re a busy guy….I was hoping to do some of the things I like to do when I retired….NOT!..thanks for sharing. John

@rsfrid Thank you, sir. Those are all just stock removal. I do forging as well at times...

@JohnTaylor I try to keep busy! I'm not retired so just a weekend warrior... is why I'm so slow. Too many hobbies!

Given the illogic of those with TDS? Are you a teenager? I guess sleepy, creepy Joe was, is your cup of tea? The majority has spoken, simply put a lid on your TDS. And transfer it to MDS (Musk Derangement Syndrome)… Feel free to block me…

And the mercurial confusion continues. Di Minimis rule reinstated because, as usual, there was zero understanding of actual effects of random stupid policy changes. Another brilliant plan.

And why would I block someone whose single skill appears to be the ability to copy and paste drivel and canards that he thinks can be substituted for an actual cogent argument with facts.

I dont think i ever had one, but if someone put me on their ignore list, i will consider that a badge of honor no matter who and why.

Lately some of my posts in here have needed administrator oversight before any of you guys can see them.
So i must have been naughty again,,,,, i swear it is not something i am aiming for, i just dont always take into the account the vast cultural and other differences between people of the world.

Aussies must be going thru hell on the internet, they seem to me to be very strait shooters and not wrapping things up too much,,,,, i like that, also why AU won over US in my " if i ever get some lotto money i will get the hell out of here " pipe dream.

@SpindleB, noted... I have always been a “posse of one”… And always go the other way from “group think”, or more like “group non thinkers”….

O yeah @L.Leon it is quite nice outside the box, even when i was a part of a larger group i was weary, and for good reason, soon people started to be even more strange, and other went on involuntary " hotel" stays.
So that connection / affiliation / lifestyle was soon terminated.

Whatever do you mean?

I'm pretty sure I couldn't get any further over the top hyperbolicly. (Is that a word?)

"SpindleB Today at 4:32 PM
I'm pretty sure I couldn't get any further over the top hyperbolicly. (Is that a word?)"

Hypothetically!

I'm kinda bummed... I had some stuff about pronouns, inauguration day blues, gender identity all loaded up in the rhetorical magazine. But yeah, funny day. Crony.

Drama that lead to something is fine, drama for the sake of drama is a pain for sure.
Me and my one friend disagree on a lot of things, i prefer that CUZ i do not need a echo chamber, and a new angle on some thing is always nice.
But yeah there are also many saboteurs online that just want to derail a debate / argument for the " fun " of doing that.

I will prefer a debate / argument where we will just have to disagree, VS a debate where in the end we find out we are on the same page.

Indeed a mind exercise.
I have also been thinking, what if Europe stopped buying American hardware and made their own.
We might see both scenarios play out soon to great delight of eastern nations we both call our " enemies "


BTW in the video, the signs the guy hold up, on them are some of the horrible mistakes Denmark have made with Greenland, like others have also done with their inuit populations,,,, and other.
Always a lot to be ashamed over, i for one sad no one here was punished for gimping the Military here the second they got the chance after the fall of the wall.
all of these political parties here only have my absolute disdain.

It is going to be fascinating to see what happens. I guess all nations have less than proud moments. All we can do is strive to make things better.

My sister spent a year in Denmark studying at the university. She had nothing bad to say about the place or people. That was in '76 if I remember correctly. She didn't care much for the USSR or the Italian men.

Oooo 76 then she been here for the love and free pic years, the Communist party was also strong here back then, i know my father was a prominent member.
But it soon faded and by the late 80ties the party was dissolved and the power seeking members went into other socialist parties here.

My father was a commie to the day in the spring last year when we buried him, the chapel was filled with many red union banners and many a worker hymn was sung.
He might have been a damn commie, but he was still much respected by all opposing parties he faced, and of course all unions and company / factory owners CUZ he did not give any BS.

I was 10 back then and in the 9.5 year long trauma that others call school.

I think the commies here, was a reason that Denmark got on the Marshall aid band wagon a bit late, CUZ just after the war no telling what side we would tilt to.
As i recall we got a few 100 mill USD,,,,, loans as i remember not hand outs.

Hello,
This is Dr. Phil McGraw!

Most times, we can't rely on folks to do the right thing and we sometimes have to swallow our pride and just come out and ask for help?
In addition, they may have always known you to be a gidder done kind of guy and if things need to be done you have always relied on yourself?

Now that you have hired someone to shovel, did you offer to pay your grand kids first? The reason I ask, your grand kids might have come out and offered to do it for free and were totally unaware that their granddad is now in need of help????

Something to ponder!

I am not happy about how my own family treat the elderly, that be my little sister and her 3 children.
Now i visit my mother 2 times a week, to do some shopping ASO for her, i have even been pushed wayyyyy past my boundaries and had to change her diapers.
Now my sister like me do live a 40 min or so drive away, but her oldest daughter live just 5 minutes away, but they only visit the old lady once every 2 months or so.
Today as i left mom gave me a scare, so i said " i will see you Saturday when i get back " and she said " yes if i am here at that time "

I am personally very very happy i have not fathered any children, and have a lifetime of practice in being alone, CUZ there is no doubt i will die alone too, not that i would want anyone there to hold my hands or such, i think death like so many other things, like getting a phone call is a private thing.

I am no spring chick myself, but there will be no elderly people lacking anything when i am around, so i assist where i can, and if there is a need some day with someone bothering a elderly, well we will just have to see in my flying double drop kick still work, and if i can land it without breaking something myself.,

I am still ashamed that when a kit there was a little old lady living at the forst floor where we lived on the 2, and there was 3 floors in total so 6 apartments, well no one noticed little old Miss Sorensen having been dead for weeks.
That kind little old lady deserved more.

How people / societies treat elderly - sick and animals in major gauges for me on how to respond to those / that person

just one word..dissapointing,sorry I wish I was close.

I can not recall when last a decease had me down for the count, i guestimate at least 3 decades.
The annual flu epidemic / season here in Denmark, i might get a little runny nose or if its really bad a little sore throat, not enough to keep me in bed of course, or running to the pharmacy.

I dont get it myself i live about as unhealthy as you can, salad for instance, i only get that in burgers.

It's that season. Take care of yourself.

Yeah it is nasty.
I had a layer on my car Sunday, but fortunately i did not need the car before it melted, CUZ it was the nasty black ice frosting and not just a little fluffy frost or snow.

That's ash!

SoCal has ash, NorCal is clear

This MIGHT be worth following. Let’s see if it lives up to the hype.

I wonder if they're at SHOT show this week?

I too suffer from FOROOAF. ( Fear Of Running Out Of Ammo filament).