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I have a Cousin that I've talked about on here before. He lived in San Antonio, and thought he was an open minded liberal, but was anything but. He voted for Trump in his first term. We had a falling out over gay marriage. He tried to act like he was gay friendly around me, but was very opposed to gay marriage. I had no luck getting him to understand how insulting some of his opinions were to me, so I just checked out of that relationship. This was several years back, while living in Texas. His wife tried to smooth things over a few times, but knew it was a losing battle. Monday, out of the Blue he called me up. He said he was driving to visit his estranged Son ( his Son and I have a great relationship, full of mutual respect ), in Colorado, and was thinking of driving on to California afterwards. He wanted to get together tonight. I really had mixed feelings about seeing him at all. But he told me his wife had passed 3 months back. I attended their wedding in 1979, and really liked her. She sought me out at family gatherings and was somewhat of what we used to call a fag hag. So I felt somewhat sympathetic to his loss. We had dinner at Rancho Nicasio. It's 1/2 a mile from my house, should I need to make a hasty exit. All in all it went well. We didn't touch on politics or social issues, though I must admit to wondering what his political stance is today. My Mom always had a good relationship with him, and for that reason I consented to dinner. He'll be headed back home soon, and that'll be that. We're planning to get together again tomorrow, after I install the doors I'm working on. I think it would have made my Mom happy. Just have to avoid certain conversations one more day. It was fun talking about our grandparents and mutual family members. And I had some great fish and chips.

As part of the Kickstarter, I get to listen to Al1ce's upcoming album, As Above, So Below, before anyone else... ...except everyone else who was a part of the Kickstarter...which is a heck of a lot of people...they quadrupled their goal.

Claire and I signed up for the 40th annual group ride put on by a large local cycling club. It was this morning and was supposed to be 38 miles. The weather forecast had a chance of rain starting at 2:00pm when we would be back home already. Thunder rumbled after the first few miles, however, and then it started pouring rain. We pulled off the road and stayed under trees but still got soaked. We were right next to an empty house where two other riders were sheltering under the eaves so we did the same on the front porch. It slacked a bit so we resumed but that was when the hail/sleet started. We pushed on stupidly to the first food stop instead of going back to the car, and we found 40+ people trying to get out of the rain under two 10x10 tent awnings. We called it at that point but still had to ride another five miles in hard rain to our car. Ironically, the rain stopped as we got to the car, but we were freezing, completely drenched and 19 miles of that mess was plenty. It took a couple of hours to warm up as it was.

Chris doing amazing Chris things...

For those in the Bay Area, the Fraenkel Gallery has a Katy Grannan exhibit titled Mad River, portraits from Humboldt. Small (it’s not the main show), but great.

I didn't really show it, but running the doors through the table saw would have been a PITA. It's too cumbersome and would have left scratches in the already finished flat sections. So instead I opted for the track saw. One thing that I love about the track saw is that you just measure where you want your cuts, set the track right on those lines. No adding inches or subtracting inches. Set your track right to the cut line and that's it. 3 of the tool review shows that I watch have tested all brands of track saws. The Makita topped all except two. Those two are the Festool and the Mafel. Those are about three times the cost of the Makita. On two of those three reviews, the Makita tied with the Festool. The Mafel edged both out just by a hair. But I do love this Makita. So well thought out, and easy to micro adjust. One of my best investments. And if you're working alone it's the only way to go. Add in your wealthier buddies Festool dust extractor and even the cleanup is easy. That doesn't mean that the shop is clean. It's a disaster. That's next weekends project, but it saves you breathing in a ton of sawdust! More pics tomorrow.

Another tidbit... Finish the bottom and top of the doors too. Wether it be paint or stain and sealer. You'll never see them once installed, but it keeps the doors from warping in the future. Whatever you do to one side/edge of any wooden object, you want to do to all sides/edges. We knew that the length of these doors would have to be cut for final install, but didn't know that measurement yet. So now that I'm doing the final cuts, all surfaces will get the hardwax finish. Both doors cut, milled for hinges, sanded and refinished. Tomorrow will be installation. And then I'm done until dresser and door hardware arrive. Hopefully my measurements are correct.

I had to cut all four edges of both doors, because the contractor didn't listen and built out the doors jambs. I got a little nervous when I pulled out the track saw and discovered a thin curf blade on it. I learned that thin curf blades on a track saw cutting hardwood can be a disaster. The thinner blade will actually bend into the track, destroying your project and your track. I've been buying specific Makita track saw blades, but no time to order one now. So instead I just went very slowly, watching the edge of the blade the whole time. Made four beautiful cuts. One door down, one to go. Then it's hinge recessing time.

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These caps are extremely transparent in the many uses I did. Both high voltage 600 and 1000 volts I’ve used them in dc blocking and seem to have a neutral sound has anyone tried these in Amps and pre amps I’m curious to know what others think I’m not a fan of anything oil as I feel they color the sound. In addition in stat amp builds 400 vdc seems on the edge of max range why don’t builders use 1000 vdc rated caps ? ABD0000C255.pdf

The part tested ok and seems to a 15 volt reg mc 7915ctg mc 7815ctg

Where the Amish (and Mennonite) go on holiday https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p08p2rws/where-the-amish-go-on-holiday

Hey, San Anselmo The Tom Finch Band and a Good Boy Is Rockin' under the redwoods into the night

I can't get enough of Kardi Bonus banger live version of an early barnburner:

Ok thanks. At first I thought exploded lol I removed them and replaced them. I tested them and they work fine

They seem to be some sort of discrete voltage reg made to replace std. 78xx/79xx regs. Sparkos makes some, and I saw some on aliexpress, but nothing that looks exactly like these.

The part tested ok and seems to a 15 volt reg mc 7915ctg mc 7815ctg Bottom right is where the reg were Below the vishey 4700uf caps

Fair warning: Incoming gratuitous cat photos. I've been editing a bunch of shots I took 12-15 years ago. Two friends of mine (who are now married and have son about to turn eight) lived in an apartment in a former mill town. They had two cats. Ozzie was a Russian Blue and exhibited the characteristics of his breed. He was inquisitive, always tuned into what the silly humans were doing, but also very independent. He was not a lap cat. The other kitty was Mauro, who ...a bit heavyset (he was an absolute chonker) and possibly the extreme example of a polydactyl cat I have ever seen. Ozzie's antics were legendary and I took many photos of him "helping" me DJ. These four I posted when I took them in the spring of 2010: Note the first photo being used as the wallpaper in this shot. Ozzie helping me wire up my Korg Z1's MIDI connections. I mentioned in another thread that Kate (one half of the couple mentioned above) had a birthday on the 11th of this month. I had plans (of the "mice and men") variety to send her a bunch of photos from early 2010s on her birthday, but it took me a week to finish editing them. I mean, I'm still editing them, but that's another matter. All of the above were photos I edited and posted around the time they were taken. The following are newly edited. In August of 2010, we (and by "we" I mean "me and I have no idea who else") did a "photo shoot" with Ozzie and some accessories: Ozzie was mostly cooperative (not a guaranteed thing) an held still while we placed smokes, Snapple, a phone and some kibble in front of him. Another shot of Ozzie with wallpaper Ozzie behind him. I used the 50mm DoF separate the actual cat from the photo of him, but still keep the latter recognizable. Ozzie, warming himself on the exhaust fan of a Windows laptop. He's got his paws on a USB battery. Part of the "Where is your god meow?" series I did with Ozzie. Circle cat could use a good brushing, but I wouldn't recommend trying it. Ears back momentarily, for aerodynamics. Mauro being chill, which was his normal state. He was very stead in a windstorm. Tune in next time for pre-civil war bridges!

Seems legit!

Buckingham Nicks by Buckingham Nicks (1973) https://album.link/bm8z6jfzcrdrs Example: Happy to see it given some attention. Been a fav for many years.

Does this make Stretch an honorary musician?