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  1. Merry christmas! 

  2. Ah Hates hurricanes!

    (Yosemite Sam voice) 

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    2. Moontanman

      Moontanman

       

      It's all over, we got beat pretty bad, mostly by the tornados it spawned bu the wind and rain was vicious! 
       

      But more importantly I am a grandpa! Eleanor Louise 8lbs 8oz! Mother and child are doing well!   

       

    3. nevim

      nevim

      Congratulations!

    4. zapatos

      zapatos

      WooHoo! Super freaking awesome! Congratulations Moon!

  3. Bad news, my step mom suffered a home invasion, not only did they beat her up they burned down her house. Onlookers were able to drag her out of the house. To make matters worse my dad died, I'm having problems getting information at this time since my step mom and my dad were my only source of info... 

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    2. jimmydasaint

      jimmydasaint

      Quote

      Have just read this now

      Moontanman,

      Sorry to hear of your loss and the invasion of your stepmother's house. As long as there is breath in a body and a will to carry on, people inevitably do...

      We can only give our good feelings to you and I will pray for your troubles to decrease.  Please realise that there is always light at the end of this tunnel. 

      Keep hope alive!

       

    3. koti

      koti

      Read just now. Please accept my condolences Moon. It was only a couple lines but it was a very hard read.

       

    4. Ghideon

      Ghideon

      I am deeply saddened by the loss that you have encountered. 
      And I am moved by the fact that this forum is a place where such bad news can be shared in an open and honest fashion.

  4. Damn TV died last night, it's old, I tried the quick fixes I looked up on google, none worked. 

    Looks like I might have to use my Computer monitor as a tv for a while. 

    If I can get the monitor to hook up with the dish. 

    Life goes on! 

    1. koti

      koti

      What model is it Moontanman ?

    2. Moontanman

      Moontanman

      It's a samsung HLS4266WX/XAA, I think the bulb overheated. It turns on for a minute or so then turns off. I put a new bulb in last year when I was doing the same thing. It worked until now. The TV was one I rescued off my neighbors trash, recycling at it's finest! It was doing the same thing then, I might look and see if the cooling fan is messed up. It appears to be running but I'm not sure how strong the airflow should be. It's pretty weak... 

  5. I am a grandpa! Eleanor Louise 8lbs 8oz! Mother and child are doing well!   

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    2. Phi for All

      Phi for All

      Congratulations! A granddaughter born during a hurricane is bound to be a low-pressure child!

    3. MigL

      MigL

      Congrats old man.

    4. arc

      arc

      Congratulations Moon, a truly joyous event for you and your family. I share you happiness.
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    2. Moontanman

      Moontanman

      I posted this publicly, if Strange read he didn't comment, in fact you are the only one who did. Not sure what that means, one person i asked to read it doesn't speak to me anymore... 

    3. nevim

      nevim

      I’m sorry about that for you. I don’t know what it means either..

       

    4. Moontanman
  6. I have been husbanding a small endangered fish for the last few months. I started out with about 12 of them and now I have  more than 12 dozen of them. 

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterandria_formosa

    1. StringJunky

      StringJunky

      Cool. Have you sought to avoid inbreeding depression, as mentioned in the last part of your link? I imagine this is quite a problem with endangered species and trying to keep them going.

    2. Moontanman

      Moontanman

      Yes, I will add some more wild specimens when I transfer them to an outdoor pond. I used to breed dwarf crayfish, I tried several times to breed a line of blue specimens but the blue color always seemed to be associated with extreme inbreeding. I ended up with a line of paisley patterned crayfish. I still managed to sell quite a few...  

  7. I just loaded part one of a serial story, I hope you enjoy! 

     

  8. I just posted a story, here is the link....

     

    http://blogs.scienceforums.net/moontanman/2019/03/12/party/

    1. MigL

      MigL

      So is the Hulk your 'residual self image' ?
      ( the mental projection of your digital self )

      Morpheus quote, from The Matrix

    2. nevim

      nevim

      Who is the benign, rogue incognito based on?

      i liked your story!

  9. I love to dive on this jetty, I've done it so many times I recognise some of the larger rocks! 

     

  10. I started riding motorcycles in 1970, dirt bikes, a yamaha 125 enduro lasted almost two years of hill climbing, and tearing through the woods and hills of WV but i tired of that and i wanted a street bike. A RD 350 yamaha bought by working for a year at a local grocery story provided the funds and and i enjoyed "cafe" type racing throughout all the little twisting roads  that snaked through the mountains and I thought I had the world by the tail until one day i saw this on the cover of a motorcycle magazine. I still have that magazine encased in plastic for all time :lol:

     https://www.motorcycle.com/features/archive-1971-yamaha-gl-750.html

    I worked as many hours as possible hoping to one day own that beautiful motorcycle but finally I got tired of waiting and bought a Kawasaki 900. I thought I'd never forgive yamaha for not producing that motorcycle but I forgave them when the yamaha 1100 midnight special became mine. 

    But I still dream about what it would have been like to have thrashed the curves on a motorcycle, that at the time, was close to 5 years head of everyone else in nearly every way. Just before yamaha decided not to produce a street legal version of the bike, opting instead for the TZ 750 road racer it was rumoured the production bike was going to be a 1000cc two stroke 4 along with reed valves, fuel injection, hydraulic disc brakes and liquid cooling, all this in 1971!...   Sadly my dream never came true but I still have my baby in my dreams.

    https://pin.it/2xhuuyx4tfrhkf

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    2. arc

      arc

      Hey Moon, I have one of its descendants, they only offered it for one year in the U.S. 1982 Yamaha XJ650RJ Seca 650. 

      IMG_1759.jpg.d65f21bee9cc25a16cf1931d3f8a9a08.jpg

      It's a four stroke of course, but still has a great get up and go  It's my little time machine, when I need to get back to those good old days. 

      https://ridermagazine.com/2012/11/12/retrospective-yamaha-xj650rj-seca-650-1982/

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naaXuqezwdo

       

    3. Moontanman

      Moontanman

      That is a nice looking ride, I've thought of getting an old V-Max, maybe a 2000 model or there about and customizing it to something similar to this but I'd have to acquire some skill first. 

      https://pin.it/zap5zuhi7b4xvb

      Whoa! How about this helmet, I might wear one of these driving a car! Maybe eve walking around after dark!

      https://pin.it/njv4sdydcxp36h

    4. Curious layman

      Curious layman

      Nice bike, careful you don't fall off and land on your helmet.

  11. I've been away, I fell in the yard and broke some ribs. Not doing much typing or anything really... 

     

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    2. Moontanman

      Moontanman

      @koti I beat the door into place with a hammer, it's difficult to shut and open but I think I'll have to buy a door from the local parts yard. I messed it up pretty bad... 

    3. koti

      koti

      Ha, that is good to hear! Beating a door with a hammer is a sign of getting things done :D 

    4. StringJunky

      StringJunky

      Hammer in hand, every problem's a nail. :)

  12. Me and nancy 40 years ago ;).

     

     

  13. New story on my blog, finally I am posting an entire story. I will serialise this over the next several days. NSFW! Should only be read by adults! 

     

    1. jimmydasaint

      jimmydasaint

      Brilliant mate - that's called diamagnetism isn't it? I remember seeing frogs levitating above superconductors... Ain't Science amazing!

  14. Well I'm back, almost three weeks of Hurricane and after math. My blog post about it here

    http://blogs.scienceforums.net/moontanman/2018/10/02/hurricane-florence/

    It has been 19 days of destruction fear, terror and boredom. 

    1. Phi for All

      Phi for All

      We've been blue, holding our breath for you, Moon. Welcome back! So glad you have some Klingon blood in you!

    2. Moontanman

      Moontanman

      The first two weeks were a nightmare... 

  15. Well lets see, the US and UK have expelled Russian diplomats, they are expelling ours. Putin claims to have unstoppable nukes, Rocket baby wants to ply with his little rocket and Trump pays money to be spanked...

    What could possibly go wrong!

    I just applied for a renewal on my aquaculture license, I'm adding three new species to my aqua-farmette. 

    So should I go one like nothing will happen our spend my time digging a hole under my house? 

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    2. Raider5678

      Raider5678

      "I hate women" - Koti

      Does it really not matter who said it?

    3. koti

      koti

      Substitute women with spoiled brats and you will be closer to the truth.

    4. arc

      arc

      Sticks and stones .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .

  16. WOW! I am back from an involuntary vacation from reality! When you bundle everything into one account you lose everything when you get cut off!  It's amazing how much power your ISP really has! 

    So tell me did the world come to an end? Aliens land? 

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    2. koti

      koti

      But at least you didn’t wreck the car again :) 

    3. Moontanman

      Moontanman

      Yeah let us hope I have that out of my system now, only the second time in my life I have messed up a car... 

    4. Phi for All

      Phi for All

      I had new carpet installed yesterday and had to dismantle my IT setup. Hard to deal without the internet, even for a day. I worked in Word mostly, which showed me how often I use the dictionary and thesaurus, because I actually had to go find my copies....

  17. A great series of videos, relatively new channel, but he is on top of the heap for sure!

    1. koti

      koti

      Seems like the guy knows what he's talking about but frankly I can't get around his accent thing.

    2. Moontanman

      Moontanman

      It's a speech impediment, he does do closed captioned on his videos.

  18. Great new product! Priest off!

  19. How do you dodge a bullet on your way to another star while traveling 12%C?

    Very quickly?

  20.  I don't have Covid 19! test came back negative! Looks like just plain old viral pneumonia! That 104 fever was a bitch! Feeling better now! All I need now is a flight back to NC, CA is nice but home is nicer!

     

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    2. Moontanman

      Moontanman

      They did tell me it was paramount that I avoid the covid 19 virus while sick.

    3. MigL

      MigL

      Only you could manage to catch a flu in sunny California.
      In the midst of a different kind of pandemic...

      Glad you're better; stay safe.

    4. Moontanman

      Moontanman

      I'm in the bay area, not that sunny, but orange trees grow in peoples yards!

  21. Does anyone on here know anything about riding lawn mowers? I have a craftsman Lt1000. last time I mowed the blades wouldn't disengage and the lever went loose. Now it will not even turn over as though the blades were still engaged and I can't figure out how to fix it. Any ideas out there?

    1. zapatos

      zapatos

      I once had a pack rat chew through the wires that monitored whether or not someone was sitting on the seat. Since there was no signal that I was indeed on the seat, the lawnmower would not start as part of that standard safety feature. Fixed the wire and all was good with the world.

    2. Moontanman

      Moontanman

      I will put that on my list, shade tree mechanicing lawn mowers is not fun.

       

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