Jay Angler

Congratulations everyone! Keep up the great contributions to permies!

I just watched this video, and the fellow swears that linseed oil, and a linseed/chalk mix for the putty is the nicest to work with and does a wonderful job.



He admits that the downside is that it doesn't "cure" instantly, so you have to accept that quality takes time!

Phil Swindler wrote:A lot of kitchens have a lazy susan in the corner.  
The back side of that space in our house is a hallway.  I went to the hall and cut an opening.  I added a door made to match the hall.  Now we keep stuff we rarely use in a space we couldn't reach anyway.  If you are my age, think fondue pot and punch bowl.

A lazy susan wouldn't have fit in my friend's awkward spot like that. Her reno was two large drawers in the hallway which she stores her recycling and "needs to go elsewhere" things in, before recycle day or elsewhere delivery day, keeping her kitchen much tidier.

This sort of space is the bane of "U" shaped kitchens and looking for alternatives is worth the time and effort!

Pearl Sutton wrote:Help help help! About an hour before I leave, I still need some current kids songs. Old ones that I know that they will too, please, not something horrifying their parents will hate.

Sorry, I'm not around little kids much these days, but age really matters, so what sort of range are you looking for?

The Ants Go Marching didn't bother me, but *please* don't do the bloody 99 Bottles of Beer!
She'll be commin' round the mountain would work for me also.

Not sure this was the version we sang, but "hello Maddah, hello Faddah"


Then there's the younger classics like, Row, Row, Row your Boat, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Mary had  little Lamb, etc.

Pearl Sutton wrote:Update on the mass production, man, I bit off more than I can chew. Not sure how I'll get eyes on them all.

Are you cutting a gluing eyes on, or painting eyes on?

Timothy Li wrote: What herb would be manageable for a beginner during Michigan’s fall and winter, and how would I figure out whether my window provides enough light?

The short answer is that there will likely not be enough light in Nov, Dec and January.  I have Mustard greens, peas, Holy Basil and Sweet basil on my windowsill but I have a decent quality grow light on adjustable chains and on a timer. The timer comes on from 5am to 10am, then again from 4 pm to 8 pm. There's an override button and if it's a really cloudy day, I will often give them the extra light all day.

The Mustard greens are a special treat for my son's Mother in Law. It is so she can make a celebratory dinner when she is settled in a "new to her" house. Neither they, not the peas are expected to over-winter. I have tried to grow lettuce under these conditions and it doesn't cope during our darkest 3 months.

Many people choose to grow sprouts in these sorts of conditions. You harvest them small to add nutrition to salads and then start a new batch.

Pearl Sutton wrote:... Making a batch right now to give out this evening at a local thing.
It's happening now!!  Mass production of monsters!!  

Where did you get the pretty colours of quality paper, Pearl? All I have is plain white for typing/printing, or construction paper and I know it won't hold up to folding and bending.

Not sure I'd even be able to get it in just our local shops. Do craft stores sell packages of mixed colours?

Setting leaves ablaze
the fire races through the forest
birds fly to escape

What do you call a snake who works for the government?

A civil serpent.

What do you get when you cross a cow and a goat?  

A coat.