Still Looking

Posted on August 19, 2021 by kimerer_brian

DG is still looking for his TV.

He looked in the pantry this time.

Looking in Pantry

Unfortunately, he found some stale cookies in there.

Munching a cookie

Think I should tell him how old those are?

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Looking for a TV

Posted on August 14, 2021 by kimerer_brian

DG is still looking for his TV.

He looked in the closet.

Looking in the closet

He looked under the bed.

Looking under the bed

He looked behind the sofa.

Backside looking behind sofa

Ewww, I could have gone all day without seeing that.

Whatever. I have hidden it where he will never find it.

Bwaaa haa haaaaa!

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The Rocks are Done

Posted on August 10, 2021 by kimerer_brian

The rocks are finally done…. and I really mean it this time. We dragged them down to the front yard and lined them up.

Boulders lined up

They are lined up to make a retaining wall for a garden that will be installed in front of them at a later date.

It took a while, but there they are, all in their places with smiles on their faces.

Jennifred frowning

JENNIFRED!!

Now Jennifred smiling

That rock always has been a contrarian.

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You’re doing What?

Posted on August 1, 2021 by kimerer_brian

DG has decided that woodworking is too hard.

So he has taken up watching Daytime TV as his new hobby.

Watching TV

TV yanked away

DG frowning

Try again.

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DG’s Attempt at Anti-Gravity

Posted on July 25, 2021 by kimerer_brian

DG has made his own attempt at creating an Anti-Gravity End Table.

Carefully balanced table

Well, that’s not exactly the same thing, although it is somewhat perplexing how it remains vertical.

Part falling off

DG staring

OK. I’m outa here.

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Anti-Gravity Skyhook Steampunk End Table

Posted on July 18, 2021 by kimerer_brian

Since we are showing off our woodworking projects, I thought I would post some photos of my latest. This is my Anti-Gravity Skyhook Steampunk End Table.

End Table

The unique thing about this table is the fact that there is no solid connection between the top section and the bottom section. There are only the chains connecting the two sections.

Yes. That is what I said. The entire table simply hangs from chains.

To make it easier to see what I mean, I light-boxed it.

Back lit table

As you can see, the top section and the bottom section do not touch. The top section is hanging from chains.

Here is a profile view that will make it more clear.

Profile back lit

There is no trickery with the chains, such as welding them solid. They are just regular chains. If I take the table apart, the chains go limp as chains are wont to do.

“That isn’t possible”.

Yes it is. You can see it with your own eyes.

“So, how does it work?”

My unique design inverts the gravitational relationship between the top section and the bottom section, allowing the top section to hang from the bottom section.

DG saying "Wha?"

Oh hush. You’re just envious because you weren’t able to defy gravity with your project.

“So, what is with that long, strange name?”

Well it is obviously Anti-Gravity since the top section is floating above the bottom section with no visible means of support. The only way I know how to do that is with a Skyhook. And the word “Steampunk” is just a really cool word so I used it. The chains do make it look kinda sorta steampunk, don’tcha think? Well, I guess it needs more copper and leather and rivets to be proper steampunk, but I’m going to leave it in the name anyway.

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DG’s First Woodworking Project

Posted on July 15, 2021 by kimerer_brian

It has been a while since I have run into DG, so I checked up on him to see how he is doing with his woodworking hobby. It looks like he has finished his first project.

Crooked word project

Me: OK. What is it?

DG: You can’t tell?

Me: Um…. Maybe…… Is it a lamp?

DG: No.

Me: Is it a foot stool?

DG: No.

Me: Is it a mallet?

DG: No!

Me: Is it a dog dish?

DG: We don’t have a dog.

Me: Oh. Yeah. Is it a hot plate?

DG: NO!

Me: OK. I give up. What is it?

DG: It’s a jewelry box.

Me: Well, that’s a relief. I was afraid you were going to call it “Art”.

DG Frowning

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Come Again?

Posted on July 11, 2021 by kimerer_brian

Come again come along.

We are back using the come along to move Gunther. It was a challenge getting it up onto the dolly, so we pulled out the heavy equipment. We hooked one chain to a sturdy tree.

Chain to tree

The other chain was hooked to the rock.

Chain to rock

You can’t really see the rock in that picture. Here it is.

The rock

As you can see, at this point we have unceremoniously winched Gunther up onto the dolly. It took a bit of cranking and jacking and saying words like “shucks” and “darn”, but we got ‘er done.

Then began the trip down to the front yard.

On the dolly

We have substituted the rope for the chain to try to maintain control of the direction of the roll.

By the way, I cannot claim innocence in this move since I was the official “rope puller” this time. How quickly we fall.

It is a long trip down the hill.

The rock far away

Move dolly. Swap plywood. Move dolly. Swap plywood.

Finally we turned the corner.

Going other direction

And then, Gunther was unceremoniously dumped onto its destination.

In place

I am hoping that we are now done with moving rocks.

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Gunther is Free

Posted on July 7, 2021 by kimerer_brian

You may remember that a couple of posts ago we left a newly discovered rock buried in The Hole.

Its name is “Gunther”.

Well, thanks to a new Come Along, a couple of logging chains, and a sturdy Lilac tree, Gunther is out of the hole.

The rock out of its hole

There was nothing subtle or exquisite about this extraction. There was no gentle prodding or prying. This guy was dragged out sideways using brute force. Bwaa haa haaaaa!

Oh, and check this out.

Thermometer with 89.2 degrees

It was brutal.

Stay tuned for a trip on the dolly.

And….. there is one more thing for this post before I hang it up. I need to print a retraction.

It seems that the rock I referred to as Jennifred in my previous post is really Geraldine, and Geraldine is Jennifred.

Go figure.

I don’t know how I could possibly have got that wrong.

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More Phony Phyreworks

Posted on July 4, 2021 by kimerer_brian

Since it is the 4th of July I decided to try my hand again at making some computer generated fireworks……  like I did last year. I thought I might be able to do a better job a year later.

Well, maybe not that much better.

Anyway, here it is.

If it doesn’t start automatically, push the Play button. There is no audio, so don’t bother to turn on the speakers.

 

Happy 4th of July.

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