That’s my workbench. You could look at it several ways. Some say it is cluttered, others say look at the diversity of work being done. Repairing computers, modifying the frequency of wireless mics, building cantennas. It depends on your point of view.
When do you give up? That’s easy—when your cat will not even eat raw sausage. Then in some way you grasp that you’ve been approaching the whole cathood thing from the wrong direction. What can you do? Haven’t you noticed domesticated is built up from the words “domestic” and “cat”? You don’t stand a chance.A ray of hope on the music horizon, although it is nowhere near the equinox when such things make a difference. Will has decided not to wait until he can afford a fancy guitar and will borrow my Fender acoustic in the meanwhile. Trivia, there is a self-tuning guitar advertised in this month’s PopSci(?) for $6,500(?). I’ll stick with a tuning fork, get it?
At least now we know what “marine grade” plywood is. No, it is not waterproof or specially sealed. That would be asking too much from an industry a mere 100 years old. The glue that binds the layers together is waterproof (apparently so is the glue in ordinary plywood). Marine grade simply means that there may be knots, but no knotholes, in the outer veneer. The Internet price per sheet is $145. Since I’ll need four sheets, the asking price of $899 for a pre-built box is beginning to look okay. I’ll shop around but face it, at $145 each, you will measure twice and cut once.
This research brought up something new. I was unaware of a complete industry developed in the past few years that builds tiny campers. Based on small utility trailers, like mine, there is a selection of I guess what you’d call camperettes. They range in shape from tear-drop to coffin-like, but are fully functional towable bedrooms for two people. They’ve got portholes and steps. The demand comes from a far more gas conscious public who don’t want to haul a Winnebago behind their Prius. Look it up yourself, it’s worth it. Yes, but do they rent them by the hour?
For the truly curious, how do they salt peanuts in the shell? They don’t. The peanut is really a bean and they just boil it in salt water while still in the shell. That salt is why zoo monkeys love peanuts. Speaking of monkeys, did you know that they like to watch TV? They will watch anything from cooking programs to game shows but will ignore TV sports. Probably too intellectual for them, don’t you suppose?
Speaking of smarts, most IQ tests are suspect because they measure what you know, not your ability to think. All such tests are bogus. I would like to be around in, say, 300 years to see what becomes of the things people today know for certain. Anyway, I took the on-line IQ test that was totally what-you-know questions like which manufacturer makes which car model. That type of “knowledge” lowers your intelligence. The nature of the questions said a lot about what type of material challenges people. For example, most must not know that in Pakistan, they speak Pakistani.
I came in a whopping 44.3% above average. That’s 88.6% in Florida numbers where you still can’t get rich unless you are a crook besides. The first number surprises me, however, because while I felt I was smarter than the average Floridian, I thought it was by 1% or 2 % and I had an uncanny knack for meeting just the ignoramuses. Boy, was I dumb.
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