What Do You Do When You're Not Doing CNC

[dertsap]

Originally Posted by Geof Canadians are tough; we just break the ice and dive right in. Then go and warm up in our igloo snaccking on seal blubber.

rather than eating the whale blubber I find it much better to lather myself in it , it helps keep out the cold when I jump into the icy water , i get another 5 minutes of swimming that way , the last time I smacked my head when i fell because i coated my feet with it so i'm a bit more carefull now

[tobyaxis]

Originally Posted by Geof Getting crabby? I've been crabby since before you were in diapers. Although on second thoughts maybe I am contradicting myself maybe it was grouchy not crabby.

For a Grouchy guy you sure have a great sense of humor

What I'm doing when not CNC'ing....... Listening to Rob Zombie, Disturbed, and some Maiden

[HuFlungDung]

Well, I've been doing a bit of archery for the last couple of years. Used to shoot when I was just a kid, but now I do it partly because its good for my muscles, and it is just one of those things that 'clicks' with me. I'm really only a target shooter (with recurve bows for now) and have no interest in actual game hunting. Don't like wild meat, for the most part

Also, since things have been a bit slow at the shop this spring, and my Toyota highlander needed an engine replaced, I took the time to do most of the grunt work myself. I had the assistance of a local mechanic to help when and where needed. This work was alright for a change, and now I don't feel quite so much dread when I look under the hood on that thing I used to do a lot of engine and gear transmission work (agricultural equipment) with my Dad, when I was 20 something, so I was not totally out of my element. But now I remember why I don't really like being a mechanic that much Gosh, talk about being stiff and sore! I'm not used to crawling around on the floor anymore

[dertsap]

i here ya , i remember trying to do a tranny job on a jeep by myself , a few days later i had it towed to the car lot for a push drag and pull deal they had and traded it in , i hate auto mechanics

[tobyaxis]

Originally Posted by dertsap i here ya , i remember trying to do a tranny job on a jeep by myself , a few days later i had it towed to the car lot for a push drag and pull deal they had and traded it in , i hate auto mechanics

That is the easiest way to go LOL

[dertsap]

Originally Posted by tobyaxis That is the easiest way to go LOL

it was't the easiest way to go considering the money i sunk into that pit but for sanity sake it was the only way to go

[Geof]

Originally Posted by HuFlungDung Well, I've been doing a bit of archery for the last couple of years...... ......Gosh, talk about being stiff and sore! I'm not used to crawling around on the floor anymore

The archery brings back memories. My brother and I used to make bows when we were kids living on a farm in New Zealand. These things could push an arrow a couple of hundred yards or more and we would stand one each side of a gulley below our house and shoot at each other. The idea was to have the arrow land in the ground between the target's feet. You really had to keep your eye on an incoming flight to jump out of the way if it seemed a bit high. Looking back I think we were crazy.

And I am with you regarding crawling around on floors do auto repairs which is why my driveway is full of new cars these days; apart from the fact I don't have a clue what to do on modern vehicles, VWs, Austin Minis and Land Rovers were simple.

Today my project is four fence posts set in concrete; we will see if I can still type after doing four holes three feet deep with a hand powered auger and then mixing 12 bags of concrete. At least I have an electric mixer.

[martinw]

Dear Geof,
I looked up the medicinal properties of seal blubber. Part of the deal is that if you eat it, from birth, it gives you a cardiovascular system of a 20 year old, even at an advanced age . The downside however is that you will probably be poisoned by chemical concentrations of PCBs in the seas.

Your choice. It might come in handy as a hand cream after all those fence posts though...

Best wishes,

Martin

[martinw]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blubber

Best wishes,

Martin

[Geof]

I think I will forgo the seal blubber from birth; I think I will forgo seal blubber.

The holes got done but the posts are not yet set in concrete, as always I was over ambitious.

[martinw]

Dear Geof,

Clearly, you did not tuck into enough of that stuff at breakfast.










Well done with the holes.

Very best wishes,

Martin

[Brewmeister]

Originally Posted by dertsap i here ya , i remember trying to do a 'tranny' job on a jeep by myself....

Didn't Chrysler already take care of changing the Jeep from male to female?

I hunt, fish, golf, spend too much time on the computer, fix stuff around the house. I'm refacing our kitchen cabinets. I have a trailer frame that I need to paint & put a new box on. And a deer head I need to remove the flesh & skin from so I can bleach the skull. Every once in a while, I brew up a batch of beer.

TTFN