Edward Lye

Wayne Mackenzie wrote:If you have a usable balcony or  patio,  

I think this woman takes the prize. Just 8 square metres.
She is lucky to have a cooperative cat.

For this post, this involves you, your neighbours and
the municipality.

The GOOD thing about this video is IT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE.

For 25 years.

(check mark) Proof of Concept.
Now it is just the buy-in.

You could contact this guy :



and check out his channel.

What a paralyzing situation.

I have trained my Missus on how to deal with these
- let the universe decide. You remain impartial and
demonstrate that you can stick with the decision
come what may.

We agree on which half of the clock face goes with
which option. Then one of us calls out and the covered
Swatch watch is revealed. Every particle in the universe
has exerted its influence to this nexus.
Note: this does not work with digital/Apple watches.

OK, there are "edge" cases where the seconds hand is
too close to 12 or 6. Then a second method is employed
as a tie breaker - upper half/lower half, the last digit of
the serial number of a random banknote(odd/even).

Left alley or right alley - should you be running from the
authorities. Obviously the seconds hand of a watch face have
too long of a cycle time plus if a quick glance sights a
dead end it is a no brainer,

. . . would you have anticipated this and brought along
a pack of playing cards? Black - left, red - right . . .
TIP : keep and don't toss the cards away.

I have voted.

For the second cover.

If I were casually perusing books at the bookstore/library, after reading the title,
my mind would be drawn to the second cover as it promises greater possibilities.

Just a split-second assessment. That's how my brain works.

I will be ordering two once it launches. Notification is already set.

Devin Lavign wrote:  It works on swords, knives, axes, shovels, scissors, pruners, and so much more.

Personally if I have such discretionary funds, I would get this instead and build a wooden jig
to match my hardware or go freehand. It is more versatile.

With my poor brain-muscle coordination, I prefer to clamp the machete/sword/axe/knife
to something rigid and move the stone/belt/strop .

Christopher Weeks wrote: It seems to me that moderation here is pretty consistent considering the large pack of unpaid volunteers that are providing this service.

When I put on my scientist hat, it appears that I can only take this statement on trust
seeing (actually not seeing) that I haven't a clue what lies on the cutting room floor.

I no longer have a dog in this fight so I shall quiesce unless you have an opinion
about Robin Hood. I know what it is like volunteering.

Fun fact. All those reviewers on papers submitted to science and medical journals
are also unpaid. I kind of wonder who they asked to peer review Albert Einstein's
5 submissions in 1905.

Listen up people. I have this disabiility about classifying things,

For example. I take this photo every morning of a particular
spot. A human time lapse series. This morning my cat wanders
into the picture. If I were to organize my collection, will this be
under the time lapse series or cat pictures? What happens if
someone has thrown an Ecoladrillo on that patch of grass?
I am writing a piece on a solution to the problem of plastic
pollution and the Ecoladrillo plays an important part.
Where should I look for this particular photo then?
I take at least - emphasis on "least" - 13 photos a day.

I've had a few posts deleted like "Shit-X" . I put a lot of effort
into that in response to a request.

Looks like I might have wandered into the wrong neighbourhood by mistake.
Because of my disability.

BUT then again I have experienced that my replies have been moved elsewhere
into other threads by the moderators who were then kind enough to inform me
about this.

So should "Shit-X" be posted where the request was made or in a
drivel/nonsense/parody section? I was stunned by the Bollywood
post. We allow this? Then why?
Again a classification matter.
Could the moderator have just moved this across?

Some things are easy to classify like the Sheriff of Nottingham.
But Robin Hood?

We were attending a talk. Priest asked this question.
Was Robin Hood wrong to steal from the rich?

Stand up those those who thought it wasn't wrong.

A bunch of us.

More questioning.

At the end only I was still standing.

True Story. Long story short, the priest failed
to convince me otherwise.

There will never be another "Shit-X" post.
That PC has been down for years awaiting a system fan.
I don't remember my password.

Final thoughts, This isn't my sandbox and I don't make the rules.
My cardiologist thinks I might have 4 years left. I have other fish
to fry.  Who am I? I am the one pointing out that
The Man Who Planted Trees is not a true story.

Ken Peavey wrote:

HOW TO MAKE LEAF MOLD
1 pile up a bunch of leaves
2 walk away

You don't need to convince me.

For years I hauled cut grass - uphill - from my neighbours, I used it as
cover to prevent - get this -  grass from growing in my garden. BUT it
had a downside. It didn't last as long as I wanted and again, more grass
to haul back.

That is not to say I avoided leaves. Oh, I brought them back too.

BUT now I've expanded to pinnate palm fronds/coconut tree leaves.

I used to pile them up until I felt like dragging out the Bosch garden shredder
to deal with these. But if I waited too long, they would rot and not in a nice way.

Now I have an anytime-two-prong approach to deal with these.

The leaves are cut off 6 or so to a bundle which are pinched together
and further cut up using secateurs. The shaft is then cut up with bypass
loppers. Such an underrated tool. Secateurs on steroids. My best
purchase this year. Nothing can handle thorny stuff like this can.  

Less than one Bohemian Rhapsody per frond.

I think the greatest and most useful tool has yet to manifest itself in humans.



I am talking about an extra pair of arms.

So useful when climbing trees/ladders/mountains.

Hands down, these would improve my life.

If I get to heaven, I expect to grow a pair.