Trebuchet. A drone could work, too, but any serious retiree should own a trebuchet.Quote:
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Trebuchet. A drone could work, too, but any serious retiree should own a trebuchet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Buster Highmen
My son built a trebuchet out of pvc pipe. It's a little brittle and may not be sufficiently robust, but I'll see if we can resurrect it, however prematurely.Quote:
Originally Posted by jono
^^^ Yeah, why not. I mean, what could go wrong?
Sig worthy.Quote:
Originally Posted by jono
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jono
any serious retiree should own a trebuchet.
I would buy that t-shirtQuote:
Originally Posted by Meadow Skipper
Kinda getting my hopes up for trebuchet footage. So many options. Go for distance? Maximum impact velocity?
Somehow I picture Buster as just the guy to justify safety goggles and a serious bunker and the like. Could be Trinity in miniature. Sweet!
If you want some serious range build a potato/ turnip cannon
with a blown toaster?Quote:
Originally Posted by XXX-er
Trebucheting is a cool hobby. I seen some dudes chuck a vw beetle, or a piano or some shit with one on the tv. It's up there with punkin chunkin in terms of how much you wanna escalate shit.Quote:
Originally Posted by jono
What time is acceptable to start drinking on New Years Eve?
can't drink all day if you don't start in the morning.Quote:
Originally Posted by mud
If you have to ask, you missed itQuote:
Originally Posted by mud
A local guy used a 100gal propane cylinder with a 6' pipe shooting over the cab of his truck which was towing a 250 CFM compressor to charge the tank, it would shoot a turnip several hundred yardsQuote:
Originally Posted by Buster Highmen
it severly outclassed the 4 trebechet in the comp
they would hold the event just after halloween to toss pumpkins
One hour ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by mud
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Best way to ship a small bottle of liquor?
Lying to UPS seems the only "good" option I can come up with so far.
I’ve shipped tons of single bottles of wine and liquor by boxing it up myself and dropping it off at the UPS Store. They don’t give a shit. Just make sure it’s well packed and in plastic in case it breaks.
Jono - Where Silverwood is now located in/near Athol, there used to be an airfield there, the Henley Aerodrome. Every year, they would host a keg catapult competition for the local civil engineering colleges, NIC, SCC, WSU, U of I, others... We entered the contest and did lousy, like 50 yards or something. Not that same year but we heard about one school, maybe UI that shot a keg a quarter mile with their catapult the year before. Kind of funny....dangerous, but funny. Needless to say, we didn't win a blue ribbon.Quote:
Originally Posted by jono
Anyone have any experience selling a car to Carvana? I’m helping my niece who lives in another state sell a car she inherited from her recently deceased Mom. Cars not registered or insured so any traditional private party sale will be a bitch. It’s a decent low mileage car not sexy but not a shot box. I figured the Carvana model might be just the ticket.
i just took a car to Carmax, got a quote, took that quote to a local dealership offering $500 premium on top of Carmax and 24 hrs later had my check. won't work in all markets but worth checking in to.Quote:
Originally Posted by Obstruction
Good to know but this car hasn’t got plates on it so selling it to an outfit that’s willing to pick it up is very appealing.
totally.Quote:
Originally Posted by Obstruction
fwiw, i had plates but a few years behind on registration. buyers don't care. but if you get pulled over...
Kelley Blue Book has some sort of instant cash offer dealio, maybe check that out too.
Sell it to a local dealer and they should be able to slap some temporary plates on it to drive it to their location, or even a flatbed or trailer to pick it up just like Carvana/Carmax would. Worst case you get the quote and price out a tow bill to them if they beat the online price by enough to make it worth while.Quote:
Originally Posted by Obstruction
I ship liquor all the time via USPS, FedEx, or UPS. Fedex is probably the best.Quote:
Originally Posted by jm2e
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In most states its not hard to do temp tags and ins. I'm guessing private party sale price will be more than enough to make up for it vs a dealer buying it if its a decent care. Now whether your time is worth it or not is another question.Quote:
Originally Posted by Obstruction
That sounds awesome! We chucked eggs out a 4th floor window and while the little mayonnaise containers were usually packaged in something kinda creative, the whole affair left something to be desired in the way of adding energy to the payload.Quote:
Originally Posted by GoldMember
Irritated as I am with some current clients I'm trying very hard to keep my trebuchet experiences vicarious for fear of triggering instant retirement. I'm not as sure that all who play with trebuchets retire, but it seems like kind of a ragged edge.
Seems like driving with expired tags is small potatoes compared with driving without insurance.
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question (paging Dantheman to the white courtesy phone):
how bad are saturated fats?? like how bad are they really??
about me:
i'm skinny as shit, healthy, eat a balanced diet, stay in shape, and i fucking love butter. i love it. i absolutely love it.
am i gonna die?
No
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I don't think you understand how much I like butter though.Quote:
Originally Posted by jm2e
Like, sure, I could snack like a normal person, OR I could just eat a tablespoon or two of butter and honey.
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Are you Homer Simpson?Quote:
Originally Posted by tgapp
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/si...20180223185306
yes but with hipster tastes.Quote:
Originally Posted by El Chupacabra
only kerrygold for this motherfucker.
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I prefer President Butter. Though, in our house we call it Obama Butter.
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we do have a "nutrition science" thread, but yeah, just asking Dan here will probably get the same result.Quote:
Originally Posted by tgapp
I could never walk a mile in Dantheman's shoes. But alas, he's chosen to forsake thee. And so, in a selfless act of narcissism, I shall offer up my vague stance on the buttery foods.Quote:
Originally Posted by tgapp
You're healthy, and you're not striving toward a specific training goal. Whatever you're doing now is probably not that big a deal in the grand scheme of things. At your age, you're likely fast approaching the point where metabolism will slow and weight will insidiously creep on while muscle tone wanes. It'll be less a discovery of rapidly declining health and more a realization that you need to work harder to maintain what once came easily and you'll need to moderate things that were once free.
You're also at the point where you should find an internist. Talk about family history and look at your current labs. Their answer to your question will undoubtedly be to stop eating so much butter. Just as they would if you were binge drinking, watching hours of porn every day, or (God Forbid!) drinking gallons of coffee! But if you press, they'll likely also concede that you're one of their healthiest patients and that your risk factors are impressively low. Once that awkward bridge is crossed, you can have a more open discussion about goals and compromises and what really matters in your life.
So yea, the butter probably might not be that big a deal, but you might also be on the verge of a cardiac arrest.
One thing we know for sure: he's gonna die.Quote:
Originally Posted by jm2e
heh yeah. i mean. i'm pretty healthy. all my labs are good. i donated a kidney a year ago, so they keep a pretty close eye on that shit. i just really, really, like butter.Quote:
Originally Posted by jm2e
i wish i was kidding about this. but it's the one thing that keeps me up at night; i have a decent handle on sweets and alcohol and meat consumption (all in moderation), it's butter that's my Achilles' heel. bored at lunch? honey butter time! sourdough bread? tasty, but tastier with like, 4 tbs of butter. waffles? every goddamn one of those little squares is gonna be like a swimming pool filled with cholesterol.
the internist is not a bad idea, but every conversation i've ever had with healthcare providers is...unproductive. "you should eat a diet rich in whole grains!" | "yeah, i have buckwheat and spelt multiple times a week" | "what are those?" or i feel like i just get really pithy aphorisms thrown at me, "make sure you get regular exercise!" yep, ok, got it, i'll uh, try and work on that. glad you said something. it might be that i put very little effort into finding a PCP that i vibe with, so maybe if i tried to do that i'd have a more productive conversation.
The practical options for PCP/Internists these days:
1. Troll their websites for the one who's bio suggests they're into outdoor shit. 90% more likely to relate to you.
2. Troll their websites for the hottest new doc. 90% more likely leave you feeling like you're at least getting something out of the visit.... and are willing to go back........ and let her cup your ballz and finger yerpoopenhousen. Because that's imminent.
The closest I've ever been to punching a healthcare provider was when I was at the doc's due to a concussion from pitching over the bars on my mountain bike. The fat nurse taking my blood pressure asked how I managed to hurt myself and when she found out it was biking said "You shouldn't do that, it's way too dangerous."Quote:
Originally Posted by tgapp
I think you're good with the Kerrygold, dairy from grass-fed animals is a very different than that from grain-fed animals. Dan would do a much better job with this but CLA (conjugated linoleic acid) seems to be the key difference.
Here's one piece I found that talks about it: https://www.naturalgrocers.com/artic...dairy-good-you
Basically it's a heathy superfood, go for it. But it's got lots of calories so watch that.
edit: couldn't spell "linoleic" to save my life