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Post by rockpickerforever on Oct 20, 2021 15:40:22 GMT -5
Condom Advertisement (London, Sept 2012) Good one, Rick. I was only half-way paying attention when I first watched it. Had to watch it again. Then I got it! Thanks for posting it.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Oct 20, 2021 11:05:51 GMT -5
Fantastic, Jean. Of course we don't see those here in Nebraska- I had no idea there was such a variety. I need to get out more. 🙂 Thanks, Mike. Yes, there is a huge variety. Keep in mind that the cactus in this collection are from all over the world. Not native to just here, or even the US.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Oct 19, 2021 23:21:57 GMT -5
That sounds good to me, Jason jasoninsd . You may call it an angled flat lap. I don't know everything, and don't pretend to. Perhaps I am the one who is full of sh*t? Lol. I am always open to new ideas and new ways of thinking. I am not stuck in a rut!
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Post by rockpickerforever on Oct 19, 2021 23:12:17 GMT -5
My bad, I think of slant cabbers as flat laps. Sorry to be confusing. You and I are thinking alike... Although both of those are quite different from wheels (Genie, cab king, etc), I've never considered them to be the "same thing." I learned to cab on a flat lap, and it would be like reinventing the wheel to make a cab using wheels aka, on a cabbing machine.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Oct 19, 2021 23:00:20 GMT -5
Sorry for the confusion on my part, jasoninsd. I have both a flat lap (8" Ameritool) that I use all the time (when the urge strikes me, lol), and a used slant cabber that I have never used. Didn't realize the terms were interchangeable. I know miket uses a Dremel, I thought you used to as well?
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Post by rockpickerforever on Oct 19, 2021 22:50:20 GMT -5
Thank you so much Jean! Nah...not a month ago. I got the cabber at the beginning of December...so I've had it a little over ten months now. Thanks Robin! Yeah...I freaking love that one with the druzy pocket! I used to avoid them when I was planning shapes...now I aim for them on the slab! LOL You did THAT with a FLAT LAP??? Wow! That is probably better than I could do on a brand new 6 wheeler! Great job! Sorry, you misunderstood, perkins17 . jasoninsd currently is producing cabs with a slant cabber. Previously, ten months ago, he was using a Dremel to shape cabs, then tumbling them! No flat laps involved, that I am aware of. ETA - Unless you are calling the slant cabber a flat lap? As opposed to wheels?
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Post by rockpickerforever on Oct 19, 2021 21:33:23 GMT -5
Thanks, Robin. They make great photographic subjects, as they tend to sit still for you!
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Post by rockpickerforever on Oct 19, 2021 21:30:13 GMT -5
Here's some of the cabs I completed this week... Pic 1: Golden Picture Jasper - I couldn't get anything better than a matte finish on this bugger! Pic 2-3: Polychrome Jasper - Another material that gets a good matte finish. This is material from Brian . Pic 4-6: Nether's Farm Ohio Flint Pic 7-8: Prairie Agate - I thought these looked like Red Brecciated Jasper. LOL Pic 9: Flor de Durazno Lace Agate Pic 10: Crazy Lace Agate Pic 11-12: Graveyard Point Plume Agate - Some undercutting on that first one. You can see it in the light reflection... Pic 13-15: Crazy Lace Agate - These were from a heel cut that I normally would have sent to stephan ...except it was from a rock he sent me to cut...so I couldn't give it back! LOL! I should have taken before pics because the transformation was pretty astounding. Pic 1 Pic 2 Pic 3 Pic 4 Pic 5 Pic 6 Pic 7 Pic 8 Pic 9 Pic 10 Pic 11 Pic 12 Pic 13 Pic 14 Pic 15 Ya got some great stuff, there, mister. And you did some fine work on them! Didn't you just start using a slant cabber a month ago? Can't believe how fast you have become a contendah!
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Post by rockpickerforever on Oct 19, 2021 19:41:59 GMT -5
I reckon they're still restin' up after their trip to the dog park, and for Kai (didn't see if the brown dog got to go fishin? ) after going fishin', as well. You reckon right, my friend. Yep, Remus got to go as well! 🙂 Oh goody! The more the merrier. No one likes being left out of the fun. Years ago, my parents, myself and whoever else wanted to go, would load up five or six dogs in my Dad's 1961 Corvair Lakewood station wagon, and we'd drive down to Mission Beach. After parking in the lot by the rollercoaster, we'd take the dogs straight west, out on the sand, and turn them loose, so they could play in the water, as we walked south down towards the jetty. Then we'd walk inland a block, and walk back up Mission Boulevard. There was a small store along the way, my parents would each get a beer (Coors Light), and us younger folk would get a Delaware Punch. Once we got back to the car, we'd attempt to dry off/knock just a little bit of the sand off the dogs before putting them back in the car. There was still hella lot sand came home with them! Laws have changed, no loose dogs on the beach - ever. Licensed dogs are allowed on the beach, and on sidewalks and park areas near the beach, during the night and early morning hours until 9 a.m. Dogs are allowed to be off-leash, and can legally go in the water, at Dog Beach in Ocean Beach, and at Fiesta Island, in Mission Bay Park. Edit to add - two more places dogs can be loose on the beach. There is a dog beach on Coronado, just south of the military base, also one up in Del Mar area.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Oct 19, 2021 19:22:29 GMT -5
For you, Robin hummingbirdstones and James jamesp, and anyone else who cares to see more. We actually visited there on 8-2-2007 and again on 9-6-2007. Could probably go a dozen more times, and still not see everything! The first twelve photos taken on the first trip, the last five taken on the second trip. Not too much visual difference in that time frame, but there were some subtle changes. A bunch of Golden Barrel cactus. ID tag is in photo. The silky petals remind me of a silky prom dress. Lemon chiffon. Piles of golden barrels. Prickly beachballs. This hanging one was interesting. Fruits of a pirckly pear cactus. These are sold in a local Mexican market near my house, they are called "tuna." These are arranged around the crown of a tall cactus, sort of like a saguaro is. This plant was about ten feet tall. Will take a final pic of the San Pedro cactus in my yard, with all the spent blooms. Will be a mess to clean up.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Oct 19, 2021 18:04:51 GMT -5
A cold, rainy day in Nebraska. It's a dog's life indeed. I reckon they're still restin' up after their trip to the dog park, and for Kai (didn't see if the brown dog got to go fishin? ) after going fishin', as well.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Oct 17, 2021 21:37:30 GMT -5
think its a coyote pretty big canine about 75 yards away caught it out of the corner it was shot in the dark knew I was there and wanted nothing to do w/me which was fine... mohs, I think you are right! Coyote! I showed the pic to Bob, and he agreed. And a darn big one at that! They stay pretty healthy eating fast food (domestic cats, small dogs, etc.). I think I'd go the other way if I had ran across him.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Oct 17, 2021 17:09:07 GMT -5
Are those rocks drool worthy rockpickerforever ? Your yard is like a museum of fine rocks. In addition to beautiful gardens. So big cactus have invasive roots. Looks like San Pedro is the sweet gum tree(Cali often calls them something else) of cactus in terms of root invaders and septic field attackers. Interesting. The San Pedro's are breath taking with such large blooms. Never realized the blooms are so big. Landscape architects I have dealt with over the years have always said that white blooms catch the eye more than any other color in the landscape. It would seem red or yellow but they insist it is white. Do you know about when you planted these ? James, the above pic is of cactus roots in the front yard. The roots are not from a San Pedro, but a similar large cactus. A selection of cacti, still in their pots, were manuevered into the front yard and put into position, some propped up with large rocks boulders dug out of the yard. So, some never actually were planted into the ground by me. They did it on their own. Judging from photos in my computer, they were set into position in the front yard in 2005. The San Pedros, same story. The first one was never planted. I acquired it growing in a plastic nursery pot back in 2006. It was placed along the back property line, then grew through the bottom of the pot, and planted itself. The constriction where it went through the drainage holes of the pot was actually the weak point it broke at when it sucked up too much water, got heavy, and fell over. The plastic pot itself disintegrated after years in the nuclear CA sun. All subsequent San Pedros planted were pieces cut from the first cactus, so all genetically the same. Later ones, actually did get planted in the ground. Dig a hole, stick a section in it. If cacti were sentient beings, I would be arrested for neglect and cactus abuse! Call me lazy (I am!), but even today, when I bring home plants, I am not sure where I want to put them in the yard. Is it better to leave them in pots until the ideal spot can be located? Or to plant them in the ground, then dig them up and move them if it doesn't work out? (I vote for the former.) Didn't put up any more cactus pics in this thread, as I am sure you've (some of you fer shure!) have had about enough pics of cactus to last you a while, lol. FYI, we call the sweet gums eucalyptus trees. What the koalas eat, right? jamesp - I am sending best wishes for Pipa to have an easy delivery of her pups. Being older - five years, almost geriatric! - it should be a breeze for her. I hope she has some exceptional pups, and looking forward to seeing the pics. We RTHlings are all way overdue to get our puppy fix vicariously through you. Wondering if you are still fit enough to drag the new pups all over the yard in a concrete mixing tub, the way you used to!!! They enjoyed that so much. I know you did, too. Oh, forgot to mention the "modesty blur" you did on the pic with Pipa on her back. I really did LOL!
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Post by rockpickerforever on Oct 16, 2021 21:43:25 GMT -5
rockpickerforever those cacti are gorgeous! I have always thought that the flowers on cactus are amoung the most beautiful. It's just a shame they don't last more than a few days. We have a few different cactus that will grow up here, but I don't believe I've seen the San Pedros. Farther south of us, once the Sonoran starts and you start seeing Saguaros, then you start seeing all the different ones. Mostly just Prickly Pear, Barrel cacus and a few others than can stand freezing temperatures up here. I agree with you, Robin, cactus flowers are among the most beautiful! A few (10 to 20 years) ago, Bob and I went up to Huntington Gardens up in San Marino (near LA, east of Pasadena.) The have a museum, art gallery, and "themed" gardens , including desert plants and CACTI! Just full of well-tended plants. We went up two months in a row (September and October), and the cacti were in full glorious bloom. I took my camera and gave it a workout. I must have several hundred photos of the blooms in my computer. I thought I had made a thread here, but can't find it right now. When my desktop is on, I'll select a few of my favorites and post them here.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Oct 16, 2021 20:16:19 GMT -5
Those are marvelous Jean Do you know how many ribs in the San Pedro > There are 16 in the Saguaro At least that what I’ve counted It sad, I've come across quite a few downed Saguaros. This drought is doing nothing for the younger ones. Thanks, mohs. Just for you, I went out and counted San Pedro ribs. Much less work than counting the saguaro ribs. San Pedros only have seven ribs.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Oct 16, 2021 20:11:47 GMT -5
Thanks, rockjunquie. Yes, they smell heavenly, reminiscent of honeysuckle! Very heady. We've also got some night blooming jasmine in the back yard, eight feet from the patio. The rain we recently had kicked them into gear as well. We've been spending days and evenings out there during the summer. Yes, it is still summer here, lol. Yes, we just finished dinner out here a little while ago. We eat out on the patio about four nights a week. Still grilling weather here as well. Brats, fish, burgers, etc... Just have to mind the mosquitos.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Oct 16, 2021 19:46:51 GMT -5
miket , Great pic, love it! Going to the dog park, oh boy, oh boy, oh boy!!!! That's a some happy doggos!! Thanks Jean! They do love it for sure. And fantastic cactus pics, by the way! My dogs always loved to go to the beach. It always makes me smile inside whenever I see happy doggos! Be it at the beach, or just riding in a car. Thanks, Mike, on the pics. I tend to ingnore the plants, and don't appreciate the blooms as much as I should. I need to slow down and appreciate life more.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Oct 16, 2021 19:06:14 GMT -5
miket, Great pic, love it! Going to the dog park, oh boy, oh boy, oh boy!!!! That's a some happy doggos!!
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Post by rockpickerforever on Oct 16, 2021 19:04:18 GMT -5
The San Pedro cactus did their thing, and the some of the blooms are already closed up and preparing to drop. This photo taken four days ago. I had the photos all in order by date, but unless you upload and post them one at a time, they will post out of order. Oh well. Just enjoy them anyway. Blooms a handspan (well, mine) in width. Busy bee. It was getting pretty loud in the late afternoon. If I recall, these also bloom in the spring. In the a.m., the bees are really going at it, and sound like a squadron of planes. For jamesp, here is the base of just one of the cacti. The roots at the surface are bigger around than my arm, and as you go deeper, there are layers of them, getting thicker and thicker. This is a terrible picture because of the shadow of the alien guard. This photo taken in the front yard. Right through the center of the picture is a root not from a San Pedro cactus, but another large columnar one (forget the name right now, it's an invasive cactus native to Africa). It is about 5 - 6 inches in diameter that I can see, probably bigger to hold the mass of cactus upright. Mind you, this cactus was never planted into the ground, but in a "temporary" pot, lol, which it broke the bottom out of and escaped. Cactus is actually to the right. Sentinels. A few days ago, these were just starting to go! James, that's a bee on the left, not a ufo. Inside the bloom, where the sweet fragrance emanates from. Tic-tac-toe, three in a row. View from the back edge of the driveway. Blooms thinking about getting ready to drop, they've still got a few more days, a week, maybe more, before they do. The show is almost over, closing up shop. The faded blooms will fall, and the cleanup begins. Okay, that's it for now! Thanks for looking.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Oct 16, 2021 12:59:48 GMT -5
orrum Happy Birthday, Bill! Hope you have a wondrous day, enjoy some birthday cake, and we'll do it all over again next year!
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