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Very sweet

Inspired by Nate, I made Detroit pizza tonight for Dorothy and Steve.

Have a great one! Cheers!

RIP to the legend.

Those are cool! Did you make them on the magic ping pong table?

As usual, I can never tell if it is me or Artificial Intelligence. In this case, I think Grahame's post could go either way...

First guess came in at 190 rings/years +/- 10%. Any others?

So you should have had more respect for him the last 20 years! 😎

It was yesterday, but niece Dorothy and I walked the dogs in the newly renovated redwood grove nearby. Nate actually walked through this park before the additions of new paths and boardwalks and such. Anyway, there was a storm recently when a fair number of trees came down. This one is not particularly large but it was big enough. Remarkably shallow the roots for such a sizeable thing. These are not the greatest pics, but I'm wondering if anyone has the ability to count the rings...

Thanks Ryan. I'm pretty sure Craig has nothing to offer other than anger over the situation. I may try to reach out to NP to see if there is something available.

If I could get a proper Cicada driver that worked I would go for it and hope for the best. The cabinet has a scalloped opening so it would need to be modified for a different driver.

I've been having intermittent issues with my Moth Audio system that I was blaming on the amp until I recently discovered that one of them Cicada drivers is dead. Doug helped me troubleshoot and I found no short in the driver but it reads zero ohms. The other one shows 12 ohms as it should. Doug mentioned that someone much more skilled than I would be able to test it out more thoroughly, but I am not sure what the point would be unless it could be repaired. So, does anyone know of a source for Cicada drivers? Does anyone happen to have one or a pair even that they are not using and would be willing to sell? Apparently, Nelson Pass bought all of Craig's stock and then wouldn't sell any of them back to him. NP had some kind of DIY kit with the Cicada drivers and a subwoofer but I don't think those are available anymore, and I don't want a subwoofer. If you have any leads, please let me know. Thanks

So much for the good luck black eyed peas! Or did she skip them in favor of root beers and cookies? Yikes. Glad they eventually found it and that her appendix juice didn't do even worse damage. 😬

Happy Birthday Big Bro! Cheers!

Have a great one Adam! Cheers!

Long live Mr DIYer!

Hosting fiends!

I've listened to a few frankly pretty lame mystery novels set in Ohio Amish country and they often include references to Amish white bread. While listening to the audio books I often think that I should bake some sometime, and whenever I think about it I hear "Amish white bread" in my head like the chorus to Foreigner's "Dirty White Boy." 🤘🏻 With that background, here's my first attempt which turned out pretty good and made the house smell wonderful. Small pieces with butter, with homemade tart cherry jam and with homemade apple butter all were tssty. I'll try a sandwich at some point soon.

Grahame and Joanne went all in and all out for a lovely evening at Chloe the Cat's house. And the banana actually did work well with the curries, especially when doused with lime pickle. Thanks again!

Guess where I'm having a curry...

Maybe he finally is in the front row ... RIP Bob

I still don't know where you got your burger, but the fact that the delicious burger at Amelie is rated so low and shockingly several ranks below the heinous Way Station bbq joint's burger negates the Marin Burger Club's credibility in my book.

Have a great one Graeme! Cheers!

My friend and former secretary has asked me -- and now Steve -- to build some cabinets for a pantry area next to the kitchen at her new house. That project will take a while to percolate but I decided to build here a kitchen island in the meantime to replace a table she has been using to expand her counter space. Her cabinets have a dark cherry stain so at first I was going to go paint grade to avoid clashing. Rooting around the shop, however, I found enough figured maple boards for the main pieces and thought that would fit well so I went for it. I had to buy the prefab butcher block top and maple 1x3s for the slats below, but all the other maple and one plywood for the drawers and cabinet bottom were in the shop. It's hard to tell from the photos but the figuring on the cabinet and drawer fronts is really pretty. She wanted a knife drawer and another for large cooking utensils, so that's what she got. The knife blocks are maple with non tarnishing felt. Very happy with the results, except that I don't love the coloring of the butcher block. Terri loves it but may not be able to use it fully until she can get over the idea of marring it. 😂

Who were you trying to ensnare?