DizRotus
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I These are unusual times for professional photographers. As some comedian noted, “You never hear anyone say, ‘I wish I had a camera.”’
@Fido The photos at your site are beautiful.
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Last evening we were enjoying a pleasant evening on our deck when a sudden storm hit. Sudden high winds were immediately followed by heavy rain. We had to scramble to lower the umbrella and get everything inside. Within a few minutes it was over, but I had to cut up a large limb in our front yard. Fortunately, no damage done, but had it fallen on a person or a car, different story.
Happy Monday.
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6 hours ago, dtel said:
For something different
Next project, well already spent a few days cleaning them up. It will be to make a second level inside in the back for storage of things not used often,. 8' from the back wall and 20' wide x 8 feet tall at the lowest part.
6" I beams, I collected a bunch of metal over the years and now have a use for it, these are free, wood is not as strong and expensive right now.
You’ll be able to store a Buick on that back shelf Edlen. Just remember to lift with your legs, not your back, when you lift it up there.
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What happened in that thread about your project to update a stereo console? Can you bump it or link it here?
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Congratulations @chassell!
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8 minutes ago, grasshopper said:
I see masks as a common courtesy in these days
Agree, but courtesy, knowledge and sense are not as common as they should be.
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Good luck with your offer. Let us know how it works out.
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From what I read, the problem with the delta variant is that it is much more easily spread and it can infect those already vaccinated. A vaccination does not prevent one from contracting and spreading the delta variant, but it does protect one from serious illness or death. The current surges of serious Covid cases are overwhelmingly among the unvaccinated.
As a Pfizer x 2 vaccinated person, I am more concerned about exposing the unvaccinated to the delta variant than I am about the extremely unlikely chance that I could suffer serious illness or death from the delta variant. When I wear a mask in public it is more to protect others, especially the unvaccinated, than to protect myself.
I’m especially concerned about those under 12 who cannot be vaccinated.
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True auctions don’t end at a specific hour on a specific date; they end when the bidding stops and the auctioneer hammers the high bid after warning potential bidders that the existing high bid will take it.
Online “auctions” are sales where potential buyers are given a specific time period to indicate their best offers, somewhat like a silent auction, except bidders may announce their bids while other bidders still have time to put in higher bids. It makes absolutely no sense to “bid” before the last moments of the “auction” when there is no time for other bidders to beat your offer.
I have won several online “auctions” by entering my maximum offer in the closing seconds using a bid sniping service. Just enough of my maximum offer is used to beat the existing high offer. If my maximum offer is too low, the highest offer wins. I never get caught in a feeding frenzy at the end.
Note the “Soft Close” feature (quoted below) of this auction goes a long way toward making this more like a true auction. It reduces the opportunity for a bidder to “steal” an item, as other bidders are given two additional minutes to make higher offers. This benefits sellers, but not bidders. It still makes no sense to bid, and run up the price, before the final two minutes.
From the site:
”SOFT CLOSE
The closing time of this lot will be extended by 2.0 minutes if a bid is placed on this lot in the last 2.0 minutes.”-
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RIP Dusty Hill. One third of ZZT gone. The Rock world is a much poorer place today.
It’s a sad day when another contemporary dies in his sleep in bed. At 72, Dusty was the same age as Chuck @Tarheel and me.
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FWIW, in my opinion, eBay “auctions” are more like a silent auction than a true auction. I agree that a starting price has the effect of establishing a base reserve, and “NO RESERVE” accurately describes that anything greater than the opening bid will win the auction.
Perhaps a lower opening bid at the minimum you would accept without a subsequent reserve would generate more interest and result in a bidding war to your advantage.
GLWS
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9 hours ago, Islander said:
When I told my doc that I did not enjoy the finger exam, he told me that if either one of us enjoyed it, then we’d both have a problem. And we both laughed, because neither of us enjoyed it. Everything gets weirder as you get older. I’m not sure I even want to guess what the future holds.
Apparently, since having my prostate enucleated not quite 4 weeks ago, I’ll be able to skip the digital exam at my yearly physical next Monday, and going forward. Can’t say that I’ll miss it. My internist will no longer get behind in his work, at least not on my account.
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8 hours ago, nitrofan said:
Thank you all so much.
So sorry for your loss.
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You don’t need no stinkin’ Duratex. If I had your woodworking skills and patience I wouldn’t use Duratex, but I don’t, so I do.
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1 hour ago, ClaudeJ1 said:
If you have prime, I watched TWICE the entire 3 seasons of "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel." set in the late 60's. First class all the way. All characters are real characters, especially the Parents!
Waiting for a new season.
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1 hour ago, sputnik said:
Sunrise a few days ago at the ranch.
Beautiful.
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1 hour ago, JohnJ said:
Gray and two tones of red, nice. Like that red on the pulleys even though it brings `Bama to mind!
Suggests THE Ohio State University to this Spartan.
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Cables, Coffee, Cycles, and Cocktails
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Joe DiMaggio and Larry Bird had bone spurs. Good luck Chuck @Tarheel