All kids love to dig holes and use tools, finding fun stuff is the bonus
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yeah, well . . . i want him out of the house come august, and the best way to ensure that happens is to make sure his applications are as good as possible, right?
one of my favorite memories as a kid was when they came and dug out stumps in our backyard and I could go down into the holes and dig out caves/roads/etc. for matchbox cars, star wars figures, etc.
it looks like from this map you have quite a few places you can take them to explore, even if they don't really latch on to rock hounding they will remember the digs forever
Pennsylvania Rockhounding Location Guide & Map
Pennsylvania ranks among the best states in the country for rockhounding, both for the wide variety of rocks and minerals that can be found here and for the sheer number of prospective rockhounding locations. Most of the best gemstone collecting sites are in the southeastern part of the state...
rockhoundresource.com
15 @ 1.75%.
uh, and a 30 @ 2.375%. and a few hundred thou in additional (non-consumer/long term) debt beyond that as well.
hmph.
anyway, I slept ok and appear to have swapped back to American Time(tm) decently well. doing research stuffs, Land Cruiser second windshield replacement in progress, got a plumbing company coming by to hopefully provide a less outrageous quote on installation of a water softener that I already have bought.
i just found that webpage too. definitely something i'll check out, looks like a good number of places within an hour of us. once i can walk again.it looks like from this map you have quite a few places you can take them to explore, even if they don't really latch on to rock hounding they will remember the digs forever
Pennsylvania Rockhounding Location Guide & Map
Pennsylvania ranks among the best states in the country for rockhounding, both for the wide variety of rocks and minerals that can be found here and for the sheer number of prospective rockhounding locations. Most of the best gemstone collecting sites are in the southeastern part of the state...
You gotta let 'em do it. Proof it, if you must, but only if they ask you to...
Did you ever install a filtration system?
I need to investigate a whole house system at some point...
Whole house is easy, only two filters needed but I recommend a reverse osmosis system under the kitchen sink for drinking
Here. Onsite for client meetings and our primary platform is down. Giddy.
Full day at the track yesterday. A couple of the boys from her age group also showed up, which made for a fun day of racing. Haley is up to a black slide (unlimited carb throttle airflow), which peaks out around 60mph with her gearing. They were screaming, since they were all set up the same. The handling changes from last weekend made a huge difference. Her driving style is definitely one for going fast and the adjustments have her right there now. She was doing a really good job of communicating back what issues she was having with handling so that we could make changes.
These three were going at it all day.
Two wheels off the ground at nearly 60mph.
Full day at the track yesterday. A couple of the boys from her age group also showed up, which made for a fun day of racing. Haley is up to a black slide (unlimited carb throttle airflow), which peaks out around 60mph with her gearing. They were screaming, since they were all set up the same. The handling changes from last weekend made a huge difference. Her driving style is definitely one for going fast and the adjustments have her right there now. She was doing a really good job of communicating back what issues she was having with handling so that we could make changes.
These three were going at it all day.
Two wheels off the ground at nearly 60mph.
Yes and no:
as gff recommends, I put a RO system under the sink. Waterdrop K6, does hot and (tap-)cold alike from one fancy faucet. definitely measure your clearances underneath the sink wrt pipes and the like: the unit barely fits straight-in under my sink. install wasn't bad at all except for having to jerryrig a hose-size change since my existing fittings weren't of the right size for their hardware without a lot of reworking.
the "no" part is because I have a whole house sized water softener and catalytic carbon filter setup in the basement... in their boxes. got a second plumbing company coming out for a install labor quote since the ostensibly flat rate install through Home Depot turned out to be that flat rate + an ask of $2,400 more. (to install ~$1k of hardware.)
yeah, nah. I mean, I'd rather not be working with 1" PEX filled with water and all myself just for the few hours it'd take me, but that price doesn't seem reasonable.
while your input is appreciated, you still haven't answered my initial question about cutting geodesit looks like from this map you have quite a few places you can take them to explore, even if they don't really latch on to rock hounding they will remember the digs forever
Pennsylvania Rockhounding Location Guide & Map
Pennsylvania ranks among the best states in the country for rockhounding, both for the wide variety of rocks and minerals that can be found here and for the sheer number of prospective rockhounding locations. Most of the best gemstone collecting sites are in the southeastern part of the state...
I got sucked into testing our licensing server and while that's not very exciting, it's better than working with the dude I have a meeting with today. I get to tell him I'm busy and our lab monkey who isn't should work with him instead of me. Yay!
Anyone wanna buy 10 years worth of kids hockey goalie gear?
Wifey wants me to list it all on different sales platforms, and ship it off piecemeal. I just want it to goaway.
it’s all stinky, fer chrissakes.
Wifey wants me to list it all on different sales platforms, and ship it off piecemeal. I just want it to goaway.
it’s all stinky, fer chrissakes.
Was mostly cloudy out here yesterday for our bike ride:I finally have time to check in with you fine people again. Work, helping my mom, travelling and house projects keep me busy and unfortunately also much off the bike. Now that I wanted to change that the weather starts to really suck.
Also my fake shoes should be here any minute, so that's cool.
Quality!
Two races for Haley's new class just got added somewhat locally - Amarillo, TX and Grand Junction, CO. Still 6hrs and 4hrs away, but within a day's drive. April and May, but that is plenty of time to get used to her new motor.
Nicely done...
there are a couple of ways to go in order to cut geodes, it all depends on your budget and frequency of cuts. The cheapest and easiest would be a sledgehammer but results vary in both desirable edges and fragmentation, the next step would be a bolt cutter style soil pipe cutter https://www.amazon.com/Ridgid-59698-Soil-Pipe-Cutter/dp/B07B4KYZRK/ref=sr_1_2?crid=DEMKXSG8E4ZJ&keywords=soil+pipe+cutter&qid=1698112254&s=hi&sprefix=soil+pipe+cutter,tools,194&sr=1-2while your input is appreciated, you still haven't answered my initial question about cutting geodes
These will do a fairly straight edge that will require some finishing with a grinder
Otherwise you can go to a large tiles saw masonry cutoff saw or even a wire saw. A used tile saw may be the best bet
Played hooky from work today and went mushroom hunting. Chanterelles, porcini and matsutake collected. Chanterelle pizza for dinner was tasty!
yea, i want to avoid hammers / chisels due to the poor resulting finish.
i'm pretty sure my neighbor across the street has a tile cutter he would probably loan me, but obviously i would be getting my own blade.
thanks for the insight!
so the real ones go for $688 because of reasons
and you have knockoff ones?
y tho at all
They were going for over a grand the week they released. They were $170 MSRP. I wanted a low top golf shoe so these fit the bill nicely. Apparently the replicas have better waterproofing than the original.
if it weren't for the fact that shoes are real, physical objects, this collection obsessed culture is basically no different than NFT bros
knock off versions........ <right click>
real, physical objects that shoe-bros don't want to get dirty at all
Do folks wear golf shoes when not golfing like they do with bowling shoes? Apparently many of the folks who bought these have no intention of golfing in them.
