What Cheered You Up Today?

[Bucksnort101]

Heading to northern Minnesota for 5 days for some duck hunting, hanging with friends, good food and drink, and shooting some bullets from my M1 Garand at a gong set up 200-300 yards away. See if I can hit anything at that distance.

 

[Marcel]

What's the effect of your guitar pedal? I've not built pedals, but have built pedalboards, converting the power supply from batteries to A/C. First one built in an old leather suitcase. The succeeding one below came with a wiring "manifold". Guitar goes in at right, out to amp on the left. Just hook up the right wall wart, and rock on.

It's a simple treble booster. I wanted a simple project as I haven't touched a solder iron since high school. It's basically a fuzz without the clipping diodes and gives a boost in the upper mids while leaving the bass frequencies alone. I've tried it for a week now and I like it better than my ts-9 through my Vox amp. Seems like the tone chokes less if that makes sense. It also cleans up better when turning down the guitar volume.

 

[bdefen]

Heading to northern Minnesota for 5 days for some duck hunting, hanging with friends, good food and drink, and shooting some bullets from my M1 Garand at a gong set up 200-300 yards away. See if I can hit anything at that distance.

Original chambering for 30-06 or re-chambered for .308/7.62 NATO? My buddy had a shortened one in .308 that he referred to as a "tanker" model. Love to watch that action operate....got to fire an M14 one time. Fun!

 

[Greg Boeser]

Heading to northern Minnesota for 5 days for some duck hunting, hanging with friends, good food and drink, and shooting some bullets from my M1 Garand at a gong set up 200-300 yards away. See if I can hit anything at that distance.

Sounds like fun. My eldest bought himself an M1 with his graduation money. Then he went down to Bill's Gun Range. After watching all the guys with their tricked out ARs popping away, he popped in a clip of 30-06, and let fly down range. That got everybody's attention!

 

[N4521U]

Been getting up on Sundays at 3.30am for a 4.00am Zoom talk given by an old friend of some 45+ years from Wales.
A calligrapher of note I had lost touch with about 18 years ago. We are once again in contact and it feels good'
H's 85 now, bout 5 years older than myownself. I was a student then his teaching assistant when he would visit the U.S.
teaching the craft. Doing manuscript stuff, vellum, stick ink, quills, gold leaf on gesso, even designing alphabets.
A lot of good memories.

 

[ARTESH]

Been getting up on Sundays at 3.30am for a 4.00am Zoom talk given by an old friend of some 45+ years from Wales.
A calligrapher of note I had lost touch with about 18 years ago. We are once again in contact and it feels good'
H's 85 now, bout 5 years older than myownself. I was a student then his teaching assistant when he would visit the U.S.
teaching the craft. Doing manuscript stuff, vellum, stick ink, quills, gold leaf on gesso, even designing alphabets.
A lot of good memories.

Great news, indeed! A dreamlike one, I would say.

What a wow! I am a calligrapher too! Can I ask you to see some of your works, please?

 

[N4521U]

Great news, indeed! A dreamlike one, I would say.

What a wow! I am a calligrapher too! Can I ask you to see some of your works, please?

You asked for it!
This is from Way back.............. late 70's
Vellum, gold leaf, powdered gold, stick ink and Azurite .

 

[ARTESH]

You asked for it!
This is from Way back.............. late 70's
Vellum, gold leaf, powdered gold, stick ink and Azurite .
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Fantastic!

 

[Snautzer01]

You asked for it!
This is from Way back.............. late 70's
Vellum, gold leaf, powdered gold, stick ink and Azurite .
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Some weird piece of text there .

 

[SaparotRob]

I think he might have given away some secret materials he uses that make his builds look so good.

 

[Bucksnort101]

Sounds like fun. My eldest bought himself an M1 with his graduation money. Then he went down to Bill's Gun Range. After watching all the guys with their tricked out ARs popping away, he popped in a clip of 30-06, and let fly down range. That got everybody's attention!

Had a similar thing happen at and outdoor range once, was at one end of a covered firing line with a plywood wall to my right, let loose a round and I think they guy next to me needed a change of undies.
Mine is the 30-06 variety, bought a receiver from the CMP (Civilian Marksmaship Program) originally. Then bought a parts kit (everything else other than a stock set) back in the day when they were selling them for $125 or so.
Sent the whole works of to a place called Dean's Gun Restoration and had it all put together, re-parkerize everything and add a nice flamed Walnut stock set.

 

[fubar57]

You asked for it!
This is from Way back.............. late 70's
Vellum, gold leaf, powdered gold, stick ink and Azurite .
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That's some mighty fine scriptin' Bill

 

[ARTESH]

Generally Hafez's poems are used as novice to intermediate level calligraphers performance.

Here is a work of mine, without decorations:

Transcription:

Dast dar halgheh ye An zolf do-ta natvan kard
Tekieh bar Ahd -e to vo bad -e Saba natvan kard.

You can read / hear the complete poem of Hafez, here:

گنجور » حافظ » غزلیات » غزل شمارهٔ ۱۳۶

ganjoor.net

 

[N4521U]

Some weird piece of text there .

Explain "weird" please

 

[N4521U]

Generally Hafez's poems are used as novice to intermediate level calligraphers performance.

Here is a work of mine, without decorations:

View attachment 642376

Transcription:

Dast dar halgheh ye An zolf do-ta natvan kard
Tekieh bar Ahd -e to vo bad -e Saba natvan kard.

You can read / hear the complete poem of Hafez, here:

گنجور » حافظ » غزلیات » غزل شمارهٔ ۱۳۶

ganjoor.net

You may be able to read it, but it's a Stretch for me!!!!!!

 

[Snautzer01]

Explain "weird" please

Keep out of trouble by spending more then you make. Sound to me like very bad advice. A awfull lot of people get into very much trouble when in debt.

Destoying the rich ?

Etc

 

[Marcel]

Keep out of trouble by spending more then you make. Sound to me like very bad advice. A awfull lot of people get into very much trouble when in debt.

Destoying the rich ?

Etc

You missed the " you cannot" part on top of the text.

 

[Snautzer01]

You missed the " you cannot" part on top of the text.

Im obviously blind seeing.

 

[at6]

it's simple if you read it closely. Stay out of debt when possible. If you spend more than you make, you will get a free cactus in the butt. But first you will get an injection of Habanero as far as it will go.

 

[rochie]

due to staff shortages and the fact we also have weddings on the 23rd, 27th and 29th of december the hotel is closed on Christmas day and the 26th so i will be having only my second Christmas off work since 1985 !

only fly in ointment is i gotta spend it with the family !