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Rtmac said:
I stopped wearing white t-shirts about 40 years ago, cuz I'm good for maybe an hour before they're ruined. :laughing
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I bought a white shirt and white pants for @hoho’s memorial and ruined it within 10 minutes.

But this is cute and cashmere and I’ll be careful.
 
White road race boots.

Evel K high five.

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And on a Katana no less! :laughing :cool:
 
Leica D Lux 7
...and I made a DIY, minimalistic style paracord sling for it last night.


Forget about fancy leather strap.
This is another example of Sean Flynn's Leica M2 inspired project.
Simple. Functional. Costs nothing.

Shot on Leica SL2-S, with SIRUI Venus 75mmT2.9 with +2 diopter for close up shot.
 
Nice video. I liked the lighting, the overall tone and colors, the candles in the back, the smoke effects. I liked the utility of the sling. My concern with most paracord projects like this is that the line is too thin to be comfortable for any real time, but I do like the adjustability of it.

I liked the close up of it, but I would say that both times you did the bowline on the camera, the hands pretty much blocked everything. Not that big of a deal with a bowline knot.

And the bit at the end, back in high school I took a wilderness/rock climbing class. And one of the things they made us do was memorize knots (especially the bowline), and we had to tie them in the dark while taking a cold shower in the gym, to replicate stormy conditions.

I wish they had taught your technique on tying it, that looks much simpler.

Mind, I couldn't make a bowline blind today.
 
berth said:
Nice video. I liked the lighting, the overall tone and colors, the candles in the back, the smoke effects. I liked the utility of the sling. My concern with most paracord projects like this is that the line is too thin to be comfortable for any real time, but I do like the adjustability of it.

I liked the close up of it, but I would say that both times you did the bowline on the camera, the hands pretty much blocked everything. Not that big of a deal with a bowline knot.

And the bit at the end, back in high school I took a wilderness/rock climbing class. And one of the things they made us do was memorize knots (especially the bowline), and we had to tie them in the dark while taking a cold shower in the gym, to replicate stormy conditions.

I wish they had taught your technique on tying it, that looks much simpler.

Mind, I couldn't make a bowline blind today.
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Hi, thanks for the comment.
Yes, I knew my hands were covering up the most important part...while I was filming.
(Because I set a tripod at really low height, for "cinematic" effect. I realized that I need to either use action cam to do "table top view", or I sit down on the other side of the table.
Didn't want to mix action cam footage with this video.
Moving to the other end requires moving all the lights, which means the sequence would look totally different from other part of the video.
So, i just kept on going. Next time, I will plan more, before start rolling the camera.)
At least, the "Prusik knot", the most important part, has better visibility. I think.

I included that "how to memorize the Bowline knot" part, because it is probably the most useful knot in the real world rope work.(Well, bowline and trucker's hitch. These two are the most useful. Especially for a motorcyclist. They can be used for securing the extra luggage on the tail rack / passenger seat. They can be used for securing the motorcycle on the pick up truck's bed. (I've seen a motorcycle fell off of the truck bed. I heard, they had to haul a bike but didn't have tie down belts. Found some rope but didn't know how to tie them...)
 
Finally decided to just get one after years of looking at it. I used to have a different brand of one years ago, but lent it to a friend and haven't gotten it back. The old one was 50 lbs, but as i'm much older, 20lbs it plenty for me.

I'll wear it daily, at home, on walks, going out etc. I have some 5lb ankle weights, but they dig into my ankles at times.
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berth said:
And what kind of results are you seeing? What happened when you stopped wearing it?
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It's only been half a day. I don't notice much when wearing it. It's not that intrusive other than squishing the collar of my shirt.
But taking it off, my upper body feels crazy light for an hour or so. It also seems to help with my posture for some unknown reason.
 
A few recent purchases….


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20th (10 married) anniversary coming up next month. We were married in Vegas so a trip back to Vegas to celebrate. And wifey has mentioned wanting to see the super duper enhanced Wizard of Oz, so we’ll be checking out the Sphere experience.

Why have I not bought a heated jacket before? I got one with a second battery so I have no down time. Been pretty awesome this past week with the mornings in the 40s.

There are people that lose a pen before the end of a day. I’m the other guy. I can keep a cheap Bic (I would never, I usually use a Dr. Grip) pen and never lose it until it’s dry. So why not have a pen with some more purpose. Lighted tip for writing in the dark (do I even need this?), laser pointer, and a proper flashlight in the clip.
 
New belt. IYKYK.

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New brake fluid sweatband.
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Getting 570lb Tatanka onto my PttBull stand wasn’t easy and damn near impossible by myself. I discovered that Pitbull recently added an accessory handle extension to address it....problem solved.
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My friend got the cutest little balabonnet. So I found a lady who crochets and asked her to make me one in orange with a blue ruffle. It’s just the right size to tuck into an aerostich pocket and bright for when I’m doing backwoods walks, etc. (plus KTM’esque colors).

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New upright freezer

I have had a Frigidaire upright freezer for more than forty years. It has worked great the
whole time until recently when the door seal stopped sealing properly. Air gets in from the
bottom and makes what looks like an upsidedown snowbank at the top. I tried tracking down a
new seal to fix it - it still works after all - but couldn't be sure if the stuff listed from
Google searches would work. A local applicance repair company said that they couldn't fix it.

Okay, maybe we got our money's worth out of that one - time to buy a new one. But this time
frost free so we don't have to go to the bother of defrosting the thing two or three times a
year. The place I bought it offered free delivery to my garage. They charge if they set it up,
but I can do that. So here it is delivered, after taking off all of the packing material.

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And here it is ready to go. Just need to wait a few hours for it to get properly cold, then
transfer everything from the old one to the new one.

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I figure I can sell the old one on Craigslist for twenty bucks, explaining exactly what
condition it's in, and have someone else haul it off for me. Who knows, with a proper seal
maybe it could last another forty years.
 
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