spacesailor Posted September 6 Share Posted September 6 I will enjoy my " air-conditioning " , surround heating. spacesailor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willedoo Posted September 7 Share Posted September 7 Some may already know this tip. If you've had too many hamburgers lately and are popping buttons on the work pants, sew them on with waxed dental floss and you won't have to do it again. Same principle as the waxed thread they use in saddlery and leather sewing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted September 7 Share Posted September 7 Well, why do you use waxed thread when stitching fabric to a wing????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newsaroundme Posted September 7 Share Posted September 7 Hi, this is my first post to this forum and I thought this was a great way to begin. My random thought isn't so random - I just genuinely think (making this my thought) that a random thought topic makes this already more interesting than Facebook. I am now wondering about my own random (or not so random) thought. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newsaroundme Posted September 7 Share Posted September 7 54 minutes ago, willedoo said: Some may already know this tip. If you've had too many hamburgers lately and are popping buttons on the work pants, sew them on with waxed dental floss and you won't have to do it again. Same principle as the waxed thread they use in saddlery and leather sewing. I now want to make clothes with dental floss. Thanks for the inspiration. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacesailor Posted September 7 Share Posted September 7 Is " dental floss " waxed ? . Or do you have to wax the shop bought floss . spacesailor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willedoo Posted September 7 Share Posted September 7 38 minutes ago, spacesailor said: Is " dental floss " waxed ? . Or do you have to wax the shop bought floss . spacesailor They sell both types, waxed and unwaxed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willedoo Posted September 7 Share Posted September 7 I can remember with thread for sewing leather, just using a block of beeswax and running the thread over the block to wax it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacesailor Posted September 7 Share Posted September 7 I use 40 denier cotton , and also the beeswax . The trouble I have , it doesn't seem to like the sun .one season & it's back to restitching my " shadecloth " again. ( shadesails ) . sspacesailor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry_Atrick Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 On 02/09/2024 at 11:05 AM, red750 said: Michael Leunig dumped from The Age A controversial cartoonist delivered a blistering parting shot to his boss after he was sacked in a 'throat-cutting exercise'. Michael Leunig's 55-year career at The Age came to an end last week when the editor of the Melbourne-based masthead, Patrick Elligett, told subscribers the cartoonist had 'filed his last editorial illustration'. But Leunig, 79, is refusing to go quietly, and delivered a blunt farewell message to the newspaper by accusing its editors of censorship and branding it a 'tacky tabloid'. End of an era 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 I went to a talk by Michael Leunig maybe 15-18 years ago, he was very interesting and related the major level of cruelty he endured in his upbringing. He was really brutalised in his workplace as a young teenager, he ran into some co-workers who raped him regularly, and he couldn't, and didn't know what to do about it. None of the bastards ever got caught for their paedophilia. One would think he would've become an embittered and angry person, but he wasn't, he just had this quirky view of life, and the ability to put it into cartoons. This is his 1998 view of what we should have on our new Australian flag, this was when the Republican movement was in full swing. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willedoo Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 You see some silly things on the net. This photo was on one of those clickbait sites where you end up scrolling through photo after photo while being bombarded with the intended advertising. The article was titled '50 hilarious security fails we couldn't make up if we tried -they’re so ridiculous it just becomes funny.' The heading for the photo was '1. Inefficient System - There has to be a better way to secure the gate than using six different locks. If you unlock just one lock, the gate is able to be opened. Whoever designed the system failed big time.' As most would know, they're individual safety lockout locks. Each worker attaches their own lock and removes it when they exit the job. Six locks means six people are inside the plant or machine and it can't be operated until the last lock is removed. It prevents someone starting up a plant or machine and gobbling up some workers who are still inside. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willedoo Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 This bloke is using the shifting spanner the wrong way round (4.30 minutes onward). I've always found it's more stable if the solid jaw takes the bulk of the strain. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfmNfwKnr5g Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 He looks just like the sort of bloke who take a hammer to a chunk of gelignite (or powergel) laying on an anvil, just to see what happens!! 😞 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted Sunday at 09:16 AM Share Posted Sunday at 09:16 AM Some people show their age as they get older. Henry Winkler (Fonzie) and Ron Howard (Richie) Some don't. Scott Baio (Chachi) 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry_Atrick Posted Sunday at 09:36 AM Share Posted Sunday at 09:36 AM That is true; though it is possible that there could be a touch of makeup, photoshop or both. But, to be fairto Scott Baio, if youy look after yourself, there's little reason you won't age well. My My, doesn't Henry Winkler look a little like a smurf in the older shot... 😉 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomadpete Posted Sunday at 10:37 AM Share Posted Sunday at 10:37 AM 1 hour ago, Jerry_Atrick said: That is true; though it is possible that there could be a touch of makeup, photoshop or both. But, to be fairto Scott Baio, if youy look after yourself, there's little reason you won't age well. My My, doesn't Henry Winkler look a little like a smurf in the older shot... 😉 No. I can't see that 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted Sunday at 11:41 AM Share Posted Sunday at 11:41 AM I think the Fonz and Ron Howard look pretty good for their age - unlike a few other actors or actresses that are younger than them, and who show the ravages of alcohol and drugs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted Wednesday at 11:45 AM Share Posted Wednesday at 11:45 AM This is worrying... https://www.facebook.com/reel/1262511565175795 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry_Atrick Posted Wednesday at 07:35 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 07:35 PM Hmm I call a fake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted Wednesday at 10:43 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 10:43 PM I'm with Jerry on this one. It has Fake written all over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted Wednesday at 11:16 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 11:16 PM The video is not fake. What it purports to display is fake. But you've got to applaud the cinematography. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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