I love my cat :)

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Someone is likely to be itching in a day or two.

I like my cat, too.

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My cat is actually a dog. I have even told him he's a dog, but he thinks by ignoring me he can convince me he's a cat. Sneaky.

I bought myself a high end power washer. I am a dealer for the company so I got it at a great price. I splurged and ordered it with the aluminum frame instead of the standard steel one. It saved a chunk of weight, but when I push it around the push seems harsh and hard on my hands. I wonder if it would have a better feel with the steel frame? Maybe they make a carbon handle bar I could install for a better feel.

Awesome!

My favorite saddles have been the Avocet Touring II and the San Marco "Touring" saddle. The big drag about the San Marco is that it doesn't have bag loops. (who designs a touring saddle without bag loops?)

In terms of comfort- they seem about equal, and they seemed to be the fine examples of the plastic saddle with padding and a leather cover. They seem very well supportive- and just right for my sit bones. Judging from the ubiquity of the Avocet saddles, they appear to work well for a lot of different people.

Last summer I got a Brooks B17 (actually a birthday present). IMMEDIATELY I noticed a huge difference in "support" with the B17- and it made sense why so many people are so happy with their B17 saddles. I started getting kind of angry at myself for not checking out a B17 sooner. Although there was some aspect of "I don't need to spend the money for a Brooks and I don't want the hassle of a leather saddle and I don't want to wreck an expensive Brooks leather saddle," the majority of my decision making process was that the Avocet and the San Marco worked well for me.

After "discovering" the B17, I went nutty and bought a Brooks Cambium C17 based mostly on [MENTION=201510]AZORCH[/MENTION]'s blog and his posts here. That saddle is gloriously dominant. I'm still not sold on the look, and it doesn't play well with one pair of shorts I have (the cloth cover acts like Velcro). It's even more comfortable than the B17 and just knowing it's weatherproof made it really worth it for me. Of course, the Avocet Touring II and the San Marco can be found for around $25- and the Brooks saddles are not found near that price.

I'm glad there's a thread here that's devoted to dispelling the saddle ignorance that's spread by stupid people parroting garbage they read on the internetz.

Cats are alright....they taste like chicken....we'll that's what my dog says anyway.

I have zero experience with building stuff that requires any precision, but I just picked up a 12" compound miter saw and plan on trying to work towards competence this winter. Any suggestions for how-to sites would be very welcome. I also realize I will probably need some other tools (a router comes to mind). Tips on that welcome too.

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Make mine with French Vanilla ice cream....which I'm told by the French doesn't really exist since vanilla is from Vietnam. I'm betting that Vietnam Vanilla ice cream probably couldn't be marketed as successfully.

Vietnam was a French colonial holding, so perhaps there's something to it there.

Yeah, we see what you did there!

Don't need no stinking brakes in my dreams. :)

Count fingers before and after use.

Hmmm... I think I found a pretty good one in the trash last year. Stashed it in my cellar somewhere and forgot all about it.

Just keep things off topic and it's all good.

That's for sure. Bozzio, though small of stature, was/is one strong mo-dicker. Saw him more than once, complete with devil mask as Zappa played "Titties & Beer" Bozzio was amazing.

Interesting question. I know there is some collector interest in the old SX-70. But not too much. Film for those cameras is getting harder to find, as you know. But it can still be had, even though Polaroid is now out of the instant camera biz.

I've found Lumber Jocks and Sawmill Creek both interesting and helpful sites. As well as Fine Woodworking. But as a complete amateur myself, I learned a lot from books. Don't know if you're a book-learnin' kind of guy or not but, if you are, I have s**tloads of books. Be happy to send you a few if you are interested. No charge.

As for routers, all I can say is buy the best one you can afford. Like anything else. I have two Elu routers. Amazing German machines but no longer extant. The got bought out by DeWalt years ago, and DeWalt's 3 HP #625 router is a direct copy of Elu's, and is an excellent machine. So is the smaller DW621.

He played a few times in an Oakland funk band with some friends of mine in the seventies: Anyone who can push a good funk band has "the Power."

Speaking of a choice between drums and bass and speaking of Power (as in Tower) any Mike Clark, Paul Jackson fans out there?

I've been working on getting my stereo setups running. In the past, I had the Sansui pushing two sets of speakers, the pre out going to the Marantz that was pushing two sets of speakers and the tape out going to the Pioneer to push a 4 ohm set of speakers. The Sansui was the "master" in that setup- the volume and EQ changes I made on the Sansui directly transferred to the Marantz.

Right now I'm using the Marantz to push the front 2 sets of speakers and I have the tape out going to the Pioneer pushing one set of speakers- I have another set on there, but because one set is 4 ohm, I'm playing it safe and only using one at a time. I suppose I could hook up another set, but the Pioneer is only 50wpc. (keep in mind that's early 1970s 50w- it's really rich sounding and it can get really loud for 50w.) The bummer is that the Sansui isn't getting used. IMO, the Marantz sounds GREAT pushing the Marantz Imperial 6 and the Rectilinear III highboys. (I reversed how they were stacked- I put the Highboys on top of the Marantz' so they're more at ear level.)

I'm trying to figure out why it worked so much easier in the Sansui- and I think it's because the Sansui has a "pre-out." I have a turntable, cassette deck and EQ, CD player and an iPod. As it sits, I can't get all the devices to hook up on the Marantz AND send a signal to the Pioneer. I suppose I could get some sort of Y cables to run two devices to the AUX in.

hmmmm I may have held onto some home improvement books. Have to figure out which box and see what they are. However, if you have one or two that you think would be particularly useful, would be happy to cover postage and whatnot. No rush, since I won't get started until probably mid December.

and fuji is in the instant camera biz.....

Fujifilm instax mini 8 Instant Film Camera White 16273398 - Best Buy

Ha!

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I'm interesting in what you're writing about GB, but I'm only understanding half of it. Any suggestions on where I can go to learn more about stereo setups? Currently my main music machine is an old Webcor similar to the one seen here:
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If, like many of us here, you tend toward thriftiness, you can buy a short subscription to Fine Woodworking's online edition and then download like mad. I also subscribe to Woodworker's Journal digital. I believe it is free.
I like my vintage, 1980 Craftsman router very much. When buying a router, heavier weight is generally a better quality router.

Good advice, SeedsB. I subscribed to the paper version of Fine Woodworking for many years and it is a very good publication. I still have stacks and stacks of them and the problem becomes, what on earth to do with them? This was before the online archives stuff was available. Great magazine though. I even have a copy of issue #1 .

I agree also on the router. heavier is good. As is more power. Plenty of outfits make good routers these days. Porter-Cable. Hitachi. Makita, etc.
I have my 3 HP Elu mounted under a router table, which is very handy for doing moldings and profiles, etc.

By the way, SeedsB…I am interested in woods. Do you happen to know what species of cedar you're using? Spanish? Of course, I just learned there are many, many species of it down that way.

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