Rob Griffin

Is there a way, or am I just too dumb to figure it out, of how to set the day that the pie purchase goes through? I try to donate my pie before it expires to some worthy post. But then that leaves me without pie for a week or so And I can’t remember to try to buy more pie like two weeks later so I always have some pie so I’m not locked out of stuff if I wanna reply.

Thanks, Stephen. I was suspecting the vertical posts, but excellent point on height.  I helped on a couple of the Ant houses or whatever you wanna call them.  We burned the part that went into and above the ground. Pretty good to get a nice charcoal on it.  I forget whose idea that was might’ve been Ohler’s at some point.  I’m sure you’ve seen that burn over forest that burnt trees hang around for like 15 to 20 years.  At least they’re not rotting from the outside.  Three or four years is definitely not very permi.  I personally would like to see your video on that. Thanks again,

Rob

Stephen,
What seems to be the major flaws in a junk pole fence? They seem to be very maintenance prone. Is it the post going into the ground or is it the cross posts or is it the uprights?  

I was thinking maybe they should add a part to the Willow feeder movie about how it would be great couples counseling to use in pairs. Lol.

I think the hard sell will be to make it kid, an idiot, proof. I think the toilet has gone to the point like a lightbulb and pretty much anybody can flush or change one. If someone could come up with a design where it automatically loaded unloaded the cover material maybe seat actuated that would be a better selling point.

I have used the Willow feeders at the lab. It’s hard to get over the outhouse feel of it. And the ones with the multiple holes so you can share with a friend. I didn’t like that in the army and I still don’t like it. I guess the worst part was when you finish your business and you have to cover it.  The flush  and forget, at least for me, seems better than having to look at yours and everybody else’s and cover it. I did like that. It wasn’t a “see how they run” situation where you count how many mice come in before you get it covered up. And the urine separator toilet seat seems to be a tricky part to build and plumb, but necessary as those two bodily functions can be tied together for a lot of people.

I would like to see a good design and hopefully manufacture of the pee separating toilet seat. Tim Barker and I kicked around adding a separate bucket filled with activated charcoal for the toilet seat pee and the urinal.  Once that was all soaked in, we were going to use on garden or maybe sell bags of it at the Missoula farmers market as organic garden additive.

My comments from KS thread:  
I would like to see a good design and hopefully manufacture of the pee separating toilet seat as that is one of the tricky parts.  Tim Barker and I kicked around adding a separate bucket filled with activated charcoal for the toilet seat pee and the urinal.  Once that was all soaked in, we were going to use on garden or maybe sell bags of it at the Missoula farmers market as organic garden additive.

I do like watching those videos from Mr. mixer where he rebuilds the KitchenAid machines. Maybe he knows something because he can tear apart a machine and put it back together in nothing flat. Mrmixer.store is his site.

When I was in the army and out and about in the field all the time I was taking Brewer’s yeast as a supplement. And I was never bothered by mosquitoes or chiggers while everybody else was eaten up.  I did find mosquitoes would still fly around and buzz you, but they wouldn’t land and bite and there were times I put earplugs in to sleep just to not hear the buzzing. Your mileage may vary. Also, I noticed many people in the army also did not know the rule of leaves of three let it be, and poison ivy was a problem for them.

Lord knows what happened to them.  But I sent an electric hedge trimmer and wheel barrow to mount it to for the Ants a few years ago to build a semi manual sickle bar mower just for that task.  Maybe it’s still around there.