Pictures of Miscellaneous Stuff & Things

[WillyCamaro]

And I made a snowman on new years day..it was kind of hot inside at camp so I kept taking Layla out to cool off..I was bored so I decided making a snowman was the cure.... his eyes and nose are twist off lids from Fireball whiskey singles..

So there actually a use for whiskey caps...

Good thinkin' buddy.

[Stanwade]

You're welcome

[WillyCamaro]

We visited the Case/Zippo museum/store Saturday afternoon.. here are a few pictures..the museum area was closed until the 4th ..I purchased this beautiful green bone teardrop while we were there... it's absolutely gorgeous, to me... and a Zippo billfold...

Wow mate, that tis quite the store.
Luckily we don't have anything like it up here, because I'd be stuck in there all day, and broker then I am.

[cudgee]

We visited the Case/Zippo museum/store Saturday afternoon.. here are a few pictures..the museum area was closed until the 4th ..I purchased this beautiful green bone teardrop while we were there... it's absolutely gorgeous, to me... and a Zippo billfold...

Wow mate, that tis quite the store.
Luckily we don't have anything like it up here, because I'd be stuck in there all day, and broker then I am.

Exactly, me too.

[jerryd6818]

A 1987 cell phone.

Some of the things a cell phone replaces just 30 years later.

[TPK]

And I made a snowman on new years day..it was kind of hot inside at camp so I kept taking Layla out to cool off..I was bored so I decided making a snowman was the cure.... his eyes and nose are twist off lids from Fireball whiskey singles..

What a waste! Allllllllllllllllllll those lids and just one snowman.

[TPK]

We visited the Case/Zippo museum/store Saturday afternoon.. here are a few pictures..the museum area was closed until the 4th ..I purchased this beautiful green bone teardrop while we were there... it's absolutely gorgeous, to me... and a Zippo billfold...

COOL! I'd love to go there some day!

And a great looking knife!

[Stanwade]

Thanks, Tom!! I had to 20 of those singles over the long weekend so I should have made several snowmen!

[RobesonsRme.com]

Any welders think this to be worthwhile project?

It’s interesting, but I question its stability.

Just start anywhere and follow the tubing to its end.

Charlie

[doglegg]

Charlie, that makes me dizzy just trying to follow the tube.

[bighomer]

That's way Charlie.

[Steve Warden]

Set a piece of tempered glass on that and you have one cool coffee table!

[cody6268]

A 1987 cell phone.
Cell Phone - Lethal Weapon 1987.jpg

Some of the things a cell phone replaces just 30 years later.
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Dad had a Motorola StarTac for many, many years (right up until about ten years ago). Not that old-school, but it was still pretty bare-bones; having even less stuff than the brick of a Nokia Granddad had.

My problem is that making calls seems the second potato to all the other stuff, whether you use it or not. Buying phones intended for government/first responder/business customers gets rid of most of the pre-installed bloat, but not all. Between various news, sports, and DirecTV apps, my grandmother's new LG probably had ten superfluous apps on it. Mine only has two, and one of which is because Google replaced Google Play Music with YouTube Music instead of just updating the old app to take the new name and logo. The other is FirstNet PTT (designed for emergency customers), which while both my Granddad's and my own phones have push-to-talk (kinda like a walkie-talkie but on cellular), we've never used those features, or paid for them.


What really bugs me is that the sunsetting of 3G meant that a lot of perfectly functional "dumb" phones no longer work. There no longer seems to be any good basic phones these days from most carriers. I'd gotten my grandmother a Sonim Bolt (to replace two crappy AT*T basic cellphones); which took her no time to figure out and it worked great (although browser never worked). It was also a heavy-duty, indestructible phone. A buddy of mine had a small Motorola he got in 2005 for work, and it still worked great, but is now a paperweight due to Verizon sunsetting 3G a year before AT*T. My Kyocera DuraForce Pro 2 I like (arguably, the best smartphone I've had), but I really miss the Samsung Rugby 4 it replaced. Tough, basic, and you only had to charge that thing like once a month. even if you talked a lot or regularly listened to music you'd added to the memory card. My new smartphone lasts a day with normal use, and it's got a big battery. Granddad has a Kyocera DuraXE bought 3-4 years ago (which replaced a Samsung Rugby 2); but most carriers seem to have stopped selling it. It's basic and does what you need with it. I have a buddy of mine with a Verizon flip phone from 2005. He liked that it did what he needed it to do, and nothing more. But, it no longer works, and I bet now he's stuck with something newer. I do like that I can look up part numbers, view service, and owner's manuals, and call the dealership all at the farm shop, without getting yelled at for sitting at the PC in the living room in dirty, greasy work clothes. That way, I'll often have the part waiting or ordered without going to the house. I hate using a cellphone calculator over my HP48G (which is a pro engineering calculator) or even Texas Instruments calculators; I can't type well on a cellphone, and the games on most mobile app stores downright suck compared to most console titles. I paid nearly $400 for that phone, and the screen (supposedly Gorilla Glass, but they didn't tell me that was only on versions Verizon sells) scratched up bad, and the waterproof cover for the USB charging port wont' go in right anymore. And it's just 9 months old! And these new USB-C plugs are weaker than Micro USB.

It took me from early April when I bought my phone to pretty much just now to fully understand it.

All right, rant over.

[Colonel26]

I just showed this to my wife and se thinks it would make a great coffee table with a piece of glass on top of it.

[treefarmer]

Jerry and Cody mentioning cell phones got me to thinking:
I'm just about dumber than dirt when it come to all the technology that is in use today. Years ago I experienced the big bag phone when the school district wanted to keep closer tabs on me. They only had a couple of those phones, you had to stick a magnetic antenna on the hood or roof of the truck, seemed very awkward at the time. Some where in that time so many years ago, we got beepers to improve communication. We simply had to get to a phone and call the office to get our messages. It was a tremendous help to our secretary, she didn't have to call all the different schools to have folks looking for us. 2-way commercial radios would have made sense but were way too expensive. After the "beeper" era we got some very practical little radio/telephones made by Motorola, we called them "Beep beeps" because of the radio alert signal. They were very practical, especially at a job site, they were just like a high grade walkie talkie plus a phone. In a few years they were phased out in favor of smaller cell phones (the first ones were all flip phones). When I retired the district said keep the old flip phone and get you own account, I kept the thing for maybe 9 years until it became obsolete. Had to really search for a flip phone that works on the 4G, whatever that is. It serves me well, I don't try to text on it but I can if I had to, simply just a phone for my pocket when I'm off in the woods or on a run to town. My phone plan is 3 months at a time and allows me to roll over unused minutes and I have about 2500 minutes available, I don't use it much. Admittedly the smart phones are very practical but I'm just an ol' hard headed Jarhead, stuck in my ways.
Treefarmer

[Waukonda]

Reflections

[cudgee]

Beautiful photography.

[Steve Warden]

Ike, you photos and skill never cease to amaze.
Beautiful.

[Waukonda]

Beautiful photography.

Thank you, Cudgee.

Ike, you photos and skill never cease to amaze.
Beautiful.

Thank you, Steve, but it is nothing more than being in the right place at the right time.

[peanut740]

Ike

[Quick Steel]

Very lovely photos Ike.

[FRJ]

Reflections

Ike, these are very nice pictures.

[Stanwade]

Good job, Ike

[Waukonda]

Thank you, Roger, Garry, Joe, and Ryan.

[Ripster]

Reflections

Beautiful photo, right time ,right place, well done.
Thanks for sharing that. Stay safe and warm.