Siliconous Skumins
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« Reply #475 on: January 30, 2012, 02:08:47 am » |
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Skumins; what solution did you go with in the end to fix the length problem?
~Longeye~
A sheet of 3/4 inch thick plywood cut slightly larger than the tank base, with a 1/2 inch thick sheet of expanded polystyrene either side to allow for any unevenness in both the table top and plywood (plus it protect the table and prevents any movement / slippage). The tank should settle down evenly into it over time. Hopefully...  The downside is that I now have to build up a wood frame to hide the polystyrene and Ply sandwhich, which is now somewhat thicker than I had first imagined. But that's no biggie, and hopefully I'll be able to find a woodstain that matches the colour of the table. SS |
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« Reply #476 on: January 30, 2012, 03:37:13 am » |
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Great day for selling some of my steampunk stuff at an art show. A gun, time machine, desk lamp, and two rocket ships found a home.
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« Reply #478 on: January 30, 2012, 07:02:13 am » |
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I think it's excellent. Congrats, again.
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Stella Gaslight
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Looking for a few good lobsters.
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« Reply #479 on: January 30, 2012, 07:22:26 am » |
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Thanks. Building it has given me ideas fro building my own robot head at some point. I like big crazy props.
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D.Oakes
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« Reply #480 on: January 30, 2012, 10:09:24 am » |
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Thanks. Building it has given me ideas fro building my own robot head at some point. I like big crazy props.
....kind of ironic a similar things has made me happy today: I am nearly satisfied with my latest project:  |
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Siliconous Skumins
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Zeppelin Overlord
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« Reply #481 on: January 30, 2012, 12:59:20 pm » |
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Thanks. Building it has given me ideas fro building my own robot head at some point. I like big crazy props.
....kind of ironic a similar things has made me happy today: I am nearly satisfied with my latest project: On an oddly similar note, I have just been trying to work out how to steam up a ceramic skull for my fish tank... It's nothing special, just some old thing I used to have in the tank many years ago. Not unlike this one as it happens:  Anyone got ideas that would be fishtank safe? (if so I'll start a new topic in Tactile) Oh and I'm happy today because the fishtank is (so far...) still in one piece after being filled last night.  SS |
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« Reply #482 on: January 30, 2012, 10:12:16 pm » |
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Today I handed in the essay of doom and therefore I don't have to EVER think about it again!
I also spent the afternoon wandering around Warstone Lane and Keyhill cemeteries with a friend. It is lovely despite the cold weather.
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« Reply #483 on: January 30, 2012, 10:45:37 pm » |
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Got my resume & reference sheet submitted for my (hopefully soon to be) new job. Might be a day or two before I find out when the position actually opens (so I can officially submit an application) but things seem to be going well...which makes me happy. Now to get back to finishing the details of transporting myself (& my stuff) back to the great state of Texas...
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Slaínte,
Edmund
Some men see things as they are and ask why. Others dream things that never were and ask why not.
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« Reply #484 on: January 31, 2012, 03:28:17 am » |
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I read one of the "Just So Stories" by Kipling to the kids during our story time tonight.. They really enjoyed it. We will be reading more of them as time goes on..
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« Reply #485 on: January 31, 2012, 05:15:59 am » |
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I worked a register for the first time in my life, it's my new job. I did everything very carefully and I only removed my coins from the rolls one at a time. The end of the night came up and the supervisor checked my counts with me. He opened and dumped out the coins that I'd had in rolls and in doing so struggled with the dimes. It was because there was a penny in the roll. Well when the money was counted up I was "8 cents short"... or was I, I'd called attention to the penny in the roll of dimes. so I started the day short 10 cents and finished with the profits plus some pennies.  I still feel like it's a huge responsability to be handling money all day and being the one who makes those transactions go well for people. |
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« Reply #486 on: January 31, 2012, 05:33:24 am » |
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Memories of sailing. I miss it so bad, it makes me want to cry-but just remembering the feeling of the wind on my face as I'm tying off some rigging, the deck under my feet, sun on my back, and the joy in my heart-knowing that I was totally free and beyond the laws of man. Out there on the Atlantic, there are no gods, no kings... There is only you. You against the sea.
I miss it so much, but just remembering being on that 24 footer...
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Once you realize what a joke everything is, being the Comedian is the only thing that makes sense.
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« Reply #487 on: January 31, 2012, 06:21:07 am » |
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Should be a Gah, but as the finances have been stressing me a lot lately, it makes me happy. I have a buyer for one of my...uhmm...gnus. It's a big scary Romanian copy of a Russian gnu, and it was on the top of my wish list for most of my life. Well I got it, had some fun times with it for a few years, but needless to say my fiance is more important. (and for those Americans who are home safety conscious, we still have more than enough guard gnus) |
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« Reply #488 on: January 31, 2012, 08:36:29 am » |
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Oooh! Just noticed I have been promoted again!
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« Reply #489 on: February 01, 2012, 01:46:37 am » |
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Making homemade apple juice. The downside? LOTS of apple SAUCE.
I mean, LOTS.
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« Reply #490 on: February 01, 2012, 01:57:44 am » |
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Making homemade apple juice. The downside? LOTS of apple SAUCE.
I mean, LOTS.
When life throws apples at you, make cider! |
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Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time...
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« Reply #491 on: February 01, 2012, 02:19:54 am » |
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Making homemade apple juice. The downside? LOTS of apple SAUCE.
I mean, LOTS.
When life throws apples at you, make cider! That's the plan! I think I may break out the kettle still can the majority of it, and give it as birthday gifts this April-LOTS of birthdays this April... |
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James Harrison
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Bachelor of the Arts; Master of the Sciences
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« Reply #492 on: February 01, 2012, 08:54:02 pm » |
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I got called today and invited to an interview on Friday for an assistant job with a conservation architect in London. Pretty much my dream job...
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Persons intending to travel by open carriage should select a seat with their backs to the engine, by which means they will avoid the ashes emitted therefrom, that in travelling generally, but particularly through the tunnels, prove a great annoyance; the carriage farthest from the engine will in consequence be found the most desirable.
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Siliconous Skumins
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Zeppelin Overlord
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« Reply #493 on: February 01, 2012, 10:28:37 pm » |
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I've been waiting months for this, and I've just spied a leather sofa in the back lane behind my house, it's pretty damaged (pity, it was quite nice for steampunking) but the leather on the back is in perfect condition, and a nice colour to boot. I am now sharpening my knife blade and expect to have a nice haul of leather for projects shortly. I don't feel guilty as it is too damaged to reuse, and it'll only end up at the tip tomorrow at some point. Now to play the waiting game, I will have to wait until it's a bit quieter... ***update** Mission successfully completed, I got quite a bit before I had to leave - got a funny stare from a guy on a bike, he lives further up the street and was taking his bike in via the yard door. He didn't say anything though - mind you I'm a fat baldy guy with a beard and holding a knife in a dark back ally, who the hell would even *think* to say something to a guy like that.  I thought I better leave before he called the police or something. Got a load of Khaki green real leather. I'm pretty happy with that ! SS |
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« Reply #494 on: February 02, 2012, 01:57:26 am » |
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It's a small happy, but the lady at the liquor store couldn't believe I was anywhere near 39 years old...
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D.Oakes
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« Reply #495 on: February 02, 2012, 06:57:07 am » |
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I've been waiting months for this, and I've just spied a leather sofa in the back lane behind my house, it's pretty damaged (pity, it was quite nice for steampunking) but the leather on the back is in perfect condition, and a nice colour to boot. I am now sharpening my knife blade and expect to have a nice haul of leather for projects shortly. I don't feel guilty as it is too damaged to reuse, and it'll only end up at the tip tomorrow at some point. Now to play the waiting game, I will have to wait until it's a bit quieter... ***update** Mission successfully completed, I got quite a bit before I had to leave - got a funny stare from a guy on a bike, he lives further up the street and was taking his bike in via the yard door. He didn't say anything though - mind you I'm a fat baldy guy with a beard and holding a knife in a dark back ally, who the hell would even *think* to say something to a guy like that. I thought I better leave before he called the police or something. Got a load of Khaki green real leather. I'm pretty happy with that ! SS I usually do that kinda thing at night. I've made off with quite a few tables and chairs over the years. If it is good condition why let it end up in the trash? |
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« Reply #496 on: February 02, 2012, 07:18:48 am » |
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« Reply #497 on: February 02, 2012, 07:29:24 am » |
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***update** Mission successfully completed, I got quite a bit before I had to leave - got a funny stare from a guy on a bike, he lives further up the street and was taking his bike in via the yard door. He didn't say anything though - mind you I'm a fat baldy guy with a beard and holding a knife in a dark back ally, who the hell would even *think* to say something to a guy like that. I thought I better leave before he called the police or something. Got a load of Khaki green real leather. I'm pretty happy with that ! SS You could have told the guy on the bike the same littany you wrote on that "alt app" social research form ( for those scratching your head read this first: http://brassgoggles.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,34772.msg754986.html#msg754986 ). It would have been hilarious to see the guy run away! " |
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Banfili
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« Reply #498 on: February 02, 2012, 10:55:52 am » |
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SS, your skull in the fishtank looks like an extremely robust Australopithecine!
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« Reply #499 on: February 02, 2012, 07:55:50 pm » |
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Our Family has grown by one Our new Grand-Daughter! |
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