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Happy Birthday to me!
By Dave, July 29, 2006 7:05 pm
Way too many of them too. I just don’t think I can actually be this old. But according to my date of birth, today I turned 53.
Cat is in Texas for a family reunion so have had the day to myself. Went out and did a library and thrift store crawl for books. Got 8 paperbacks and one hard back at the Jacksonville Public Library for $5.00, then headed south down highway 21 looking for food.
Got to the Seven Star Chinese Buffet before feeling compelled to turn in and fill up.
Had Coconut Buttered Shrimp for the first time and it was good! Seems to be an easy to overdo food so limited myself to two.
Another first time for me was the Cucumber Shrimp and again it was excellent.
The Mongolian Beef was good. Meat could have been tenderer but flavor was top of the line.
The Pepper Chicken was good but a bit on the over seasoned side. A tad less salt and a larger grind of pepper would be my preference.
The General Tso’s Chicken was overdone just a bit. From the flavor I suspect it was cooked in too hot a pan because the inside was fine, it was just the coating that was overdone.
The noodles, or Vegetable Lo Mein were so-so. I’ve had MUCH better.
The Iced Shrimp were quite good as was the cocktail sauce.
There was also some other kind of chicken which was rather bad and I seem to have blanked the name out.
Overall it was a pleasant meal, especially for a buffet. As I had water to drink the bill came to $5.42 which is extremely reasonable.
Highly recommended!
Then to the Oxford Public Library which had nothing I was interested in and only 8 or 10 books total for sale.
So back to Hway 21 and turning north took a left at Greenbriar and pulled into the Good Hope Thrift Store. Here I hit the jackpot! Got 6 Nero Wolfe’s along with 20 other paperbacks and 3 hardbacks for the princely sum of $8.00! I had gotten a box and asked the guy in charge what todays price for a box of books was and that’s what he figured it out to. I got one book that is worth much more. Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson in a signed first edition, bound in leather, with acid free paper and gilt edging! There is some minor discoloration on the cover that may or may not come off but overall the book is in fine condition.
Tried going to Puttin’ On The Ritz but though the sign said open and the lights were on, the door, she was locked…
So headed to the folks house to see them for a bit. Got a shirt (and then 2 castoff’s that dad didn’t like) and pair of pants, a finger light (will have to post a pix when Cat gets back with the camera), and a Farm Show Magazine 30th Anniversary Encyclopedia of Made It Myself Ideas. And some fresh picked green beans.
Cat had left a couple of DVD’s with them for me, so I got those while there too. Thanks Cat!
Then to the evil empire for staples and then home for the day.
Just finished supper and thinking about heading to the cooler part of the compound to read or watch a movie. Overall a very good birthday!
Techdirt: Yes, You’re So Much Better Off When Fewer People Read Your Paper
By Dave, July 25, 2006 11:12 am
Techdirt: Yes, You’re So Much Better Off When Fewer People Read Your Paper
Talk about sticking your head in the sand…
Bonsai Kitten
By Dave, July 24, 2006 10:50 pm
Bonsai Kitten
Dedicated to preserving the long lost art of body modification in housepets.
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Okay, whatever…
Growler Flask – The One Gallon Wonder Flask
By Dave, July 24, 2006 10:07 pm
Growler Flask – The One Gallon Wonder Flask
Now THAT is a hip (?) flask! 😉
Boeing: Integrated Defense Systems – V-22 Osprey
By Dave, July 24, 2006 8:18 pm
Boeing: Integrated Defense Systems – V-22 Osprey — V-22 Osprey Home
Wonder if this is what Steve and I saw one night hovering over an intersection by SkyCity on 78 in Oxford back in the early 70’s. We thought it was a UFO at the time.
Science and Society Picture Library
Garden – MYLA US
By Dave, July 24, 2006 8:13 pm
Interesting garden wear.
Probably not safe for work. Actually some of these pix may not be safe anywhere with the thought police around…
FVR Online – CDR Railcar No. 12 Gallery
By Dave, July 24, 2006 8:01 pm
FVR Online – CDR Railcar No. 12 Gallery
British rail cars are a bit different than ours. Love the engine pix.
She, by H. Rider Haggard
By Dave, July 24, 2006 7:57 pm
The whole book formatted in html for reading via browser. Cool!
SintheteX ::: Purchase PodBelts
By Dave, July 24, 2006 7:56 pm
SintheteX ::: Purchase PodBelts
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These are some really neat looking pouches and stuff.
USA 1905 Interscholastic Champion Cricket Team
Model 1600 – Distillers – Waterwise
By Dave, July 24, 2006 7:06 pm
Model 1600 – Distillers – Waterwise
My mother asked me which kind of water purification unit I wanted and this is the one I decided on.
All stainless steel construction and no moving parts. Any heat source is supposed to work and they mention wood and coal fires. Only requirement is a level surface.
Another big plus is there are no filters or other expendables used so the only ongoing costs will be the cost of heat.
Alabama Airsoft Forums – Home
By Dave, July 24, 2006 6:35 pm
Update Thursday, October 16 2008:
The Alabama Airsoft Forum is no longer at located at Technoprimitive.org due to excessive bandwidth requirements and no assistance from the forum members toward offsetting hosting costs. While we were hosting the games there was some money coming in from the airsoft folks so this wasn’t a big deal. However, it has now been months since the games were played here and I can no longer afford to continue supporting the increasing forum traffic, so I shut it down 2 weeks ago and have now removed the subdomain and forum redirect completely. Since I am still getting hits from people trying to find the forum I am posting this link. Please bookmark it.
The new site is located at Alabama Airsoft Forum.
bbgunmilitia : BB Gun Militia
By Dave, July 24, 2006 6:33 pm
Don’t remember if I have posted a link to the Alabama Airsoft Yahoo group before or not. Which ever it be, here it is. Members only so you will have to register to get in but some of the pix are worth the pain of joining.
Update Thursday, October 16 2008:
The Alabama Airsoft Forum is no longer at located at Technoprimitive.org due to excessive bandwidth requirements and no assistance from the forum members toward offsetting hosting costs. While we were hosting the games there was some money coming in from the airsoft folks so this wasn’t a big deal. However, it has now been months since the games were played here and I can no longer afford to continue supporting the increasing forum traffic, so I shut it down 2 weeks ago and have now removed the subdomain and forum redirect completely. Since I am still getting hits from people trying to find the forum I am posting this link. Please bookmark it.
The new site is located at Alabama Airsoft Forum.
SHEMAGH WRAP INSTRUCTIONS
By Dave, July 24, 2006 5:08 pm
For those of you about to get into dust. Or an airsoft battle. 😉
UserFriendly Strip 20060722
By Dave, July 24, 2006 11:00 am
And this is the UserFriendly that Steve was trying to point me at instead of the Sunday one.
Tis a good one too!
UserFriendly Sunday 2006/7/23
By Dave, July 23, 2006 10:04 am
This was pointed to from Steve who was up LATE this morning… 😉
Technology Review: Emerging Technologies and their Impact
By Dave, July 22, 2006 1:54 pm
Technology Review: Emerging Technologies and their Impact
How To Build a Solar Generator
Affordable solar power using auto parts could make this electricity source far more available.
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Interesting ideas. Wish for more detail but that seems the norm.
Update — Steve mentioned the auto tracker thing in a comment on this post and rather than bury this info in a comment here it is…
The easiest auto tracker I know of is a power steering assist cylinder with 2 12 oz freon cans attached on either side of a metal plate and attached to the hub of the device needing to follow the sun.
The cylinder is hooked to the control arm of the device and each side charged to balance the unit with both cans covered.
Each can is attached to one of the lines on the cylinder so that when one is in the sun the pressure is higher than the one in the shade and the unit moves to keep them both equally shaded/in the sun.
Quite elegant actually. One moving part and that is the piston.
Any low boiling temp gas should work as long as it doesn’t eat the rubber in the seals or lines. Propane should be safe and is easier and cheaper than freon r 12 to obtain and nowhere near as bad for the ozone, just highly flammable. Will have to try it and see.
Themocracy