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jtk

One thing to consider when making a fence is how to make both sides the good side.

Back in the 1950s a fence between my folks property and the neighbor's used panels with the top and bottom 2X4s...

Good side out and distance off the property line may or may not be in city codes. Good side might depend on the person. For me, having the rails on my side made for places to set or hang flower pots...

You are not alone in this.

My trouble is setting them aside and then finding them years later and trying to figure for what purpose it was made.

jtk

Except in this thread, my current practice is to work on my own use of language and not chastise others for any alleged faux pas.

Though it sometimes amuses me to see our friends in other English...

The exceptions to the rules confuse some folks. The possessive its has no apostrophe the contraction it's does.

My own rule for verbs vs nouns (as in affect vs effect) is based on alphabetical...

The ladder is working like one plate of a capacitor. With AC, a capacitor may act like a resistor.

The other plate of the capacitor is the ground. My father showed me this principle many years...

In a recent rereading of my typing this error was caught and corrected. It made me think of making a graphic device for remembering the difference between words that sound alike yet have very...

These will sometimes get me to check through different means, just to make sure nothing has been hacked. Never use any links provided in the email.

jtk

You're a younger man than I Mr. Thomas.

Great looking workout and work.

jtk

Tried it on my Silverado and it didn't work.

It does have a button that if pressed twice will lower the tailgate. That has come in handy a few times.

jtk

Some of these phishing emails have come my way in the past. Not as much since reporting them to the fraud units of the supposed senders.

Paypal even stopped sending emails about their credit card...

Yes Michael, my thoughts as to what an Oxford Comma might be were somewhat correct. Today it was searched via Google. Before today it seemed it was an optional extra. After reading the page, my...

Make sure it is a good tripod. My Gitzo was made to support a heavier equipment, like a Graflex Speed Graphic 4X5 camera. Some tripods available at the time even struggled with a short telephoto...

To me the real tip off is the purchase price of $369.20 plus a transaction fee of $30 only adding up to $389.20.

Good thing scammers aren't smart enough to get the math right. :D

jtk

One member includes a list of favorite things, one of which is the Oxford Comma.

In my early years of education, teachers taught us to use a comma before and in a list of items. In later years,...

Are you sure there wasn't any fuel contamination of any kind?

jtk

This arrived today and was applied to my grip ring (knob). It took a little quick work with a pair of scissors and all is well.

Looks like it will do fine. The 1"X20' option was ordered instead of...

The old analog, swing needle, meters on the good ones might have a resistance of 10,000 Ω per volt. Back in the day that was a very light load. Compared to a digital meter, it is huge. A digital...

My friend sent me this link > https://www.norbert.de/index.php?id=10 < It is a 24/7 broadcast of various recordings people have sent in. He said the quality varies widely & wildly from near...

Same here, a friend of mine is more into Zappa than I am. There are a few stations doing weekly online playings of his music.

I'll ask him for the links and post them here.

jtk

-Just another...

Mine is actually a Stanley 2" (most likely 700 series) chisel. Found another image.

519802

As mentioned earlier the handle is not the original. The original was one of the red shellac handles...

Some of the older lighted switches had a neon bulb and a resistor in series with the load when the switch was in the off position the neon light would glow. If the light burnt out or was removed from...

Looks great Jim.

jtk

Not sure how long this one is overall.

519785

My recollection is the hunk of wood is 10" wide. The chisel is a 2" Stanley. The handle was made from a table or chair leg years before my...