Couldn't find LED bug lights, so I got yellow lights for my front porch. Looks like a party house now. I hope nobody complains, because I'm sticking with it. There bulbs are supposed to last over 10 years.
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The Random Thought Megathread
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Biscuits!
Too excited talking about Black Star Warrior I missed this.
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Our cedar posts for our fence line for cattle which I put in in 1983 without any special treatment are still going strong. Railroad ties and Wolmanized post rotted and broke off at the ground line after 5 years (water leached preservative out.) . I now tar below ground to 6" above ground with wolmanized posts. I would never put a post in with concrete (other than a corner post) as you may have to dig it out some day to replace it.
My corner posts are steel in concrete.
^ Just posted the FBI's Ten Most Wanted; all have been charged under CITES with importing the uber rare Pink Rosewood.
v Would like to playing with some pink wood.
v Would like to playing with some pink wood.
Yup.
The Funky Boys International's most wanted Bassist.
Just for the funk of it.
This is currently on so what the heck.
Fun fact: founding father Alexander Hamilton died in a gun duel July 12, 1804.
Happy fourth, American bass buddies!
Happy fourth, American bass buddies!
Until you have to work at a company that has a fleet of 10-year old, outdated computers, you only think you know what frustration feels like..... 
Considering it's Funkadelic, that song is downright...dare I say it...nice!
I love the guitar work in the intro.
^ Thinks a random thread can go off the track it was never on to begin with. 
Yep!....Every time that @mrjim123 gets involved in a thread, it dives like Greg Louganis....^ Thinks a random thread can go off the track it was never on to begin with.
Carrots are orange because a man named William the Silent inherited the rule in Orange in 1544, when he became William of Orange. He led the Dutch in Revolt against the Spanish in the late 1500s, and they eventually won their independence and formed the Dutch Republic. The Dutch were primarily known as carrot farmers. And they grew carrots in the traditional hues of purple, yellow, and white. In the 17th century, a strain of carrot was developed that contained higher amounts of beta carotene -- the first orange carrot. Dutch carrot farmers started growing the new orange carrots in honor of William of Orange, and the traditional, more colorful carrots, were tossed aside for these newly fashionable orange carrots.
William the Silent, later William of Orange, was assassinated by Balthasar Gerard. He killed William I in Delft on 10 July 1584, by shooting him twice with a pistol.
At his trial, Gérard was sentenced to be brutally – even by the standards of that time – killed. The magistrates decreed that the right hand of Gérard should be burned off with a red-hot iron, that his flesh should be torn from his bones with pincers in six different places, that he should be quartered and disemboweled alive, his heart torn from his bosom and flung in his face, and that, finally, his head should be taken off.
Gérard's torture was also very brutal. On the first night of his imprisonment Gérard was hung on a pole and lashed with a whip. After that his wounds were smeared with honey and a goat was brought to lick the honey off his skin with his rough tongue. The goat however refused to touch the body of the sentenced. After this and other tortures he was left to pass the night with his hands and feet bound together, like a ball, so sleep would be difficult. During the following three days, he was repeatedly mocked and hung on a pole with his hands tied behind his back. Then a weight of 150 kg was attached to each of his big toes for half an hour. After this half hour Gérard was fitted with shoes made of well-oiled, uncured dog skin; the shoes were two fingers shorter than his feet. In this state he was put before a fire. When the shoes warmed up, they contracted, crushing the feet inside them to stumps. When the shoes were removed, his half-broiled skin was torn off. After his feet were damaged, his armpits were branded. After that he was dressed in a shirt soaked in alcohol. Then burning bacon fat was poured over him and sharp nails were stuck between the flesh and the nails of his hands and feet. Gérard is said to have remained calm during his torture. On 14 July 1584, Gérard was executed.
At his trial, Gérard was sentenced to be brutally – even by the standards of that time – killed. The magistrates decreed that the right hand of Gérard should be burned off with a red-hot iron, that his flesh should be torn from his bones with pincers in six different places, that he should be quartered and disemboweled alive, his heart torn from his bosom and flung in his face, and that, finally, his head should be taken off.
Gérard's torture was also very brutal. On the first night of his imprisonment Gérard was hung on a pole and lashed with a whip. After that his wounds were smeared with honey and a goat was brought to lick the honey off his skin with his rough tongue. The goat however refused to touch the body of the sentenced. After this and other tortures he was left to pass the night with his hands and feet bound together, like a ball, so sleep would be difficult. During the following three days, he was repeatedly mocked and hung on a pole with his hands tied behind his back. Then a weight of 150 kg was attached to each of his big toes for half an hour. After this half hour Gérard was fitted with shoes made of well-oiled, uncured dog skin; the shoes were two fingers shorter than his feet. In this state he was put before a fire. When the shoes warmed up, they contracted, crushing the feet inside them to stumps. When the shoes were removed, his half-broiled skin was torn off. After his feet were damaged, his armpits were branded. After that he was dressed in a shirt soaked in alcohol. Then burning bacon fat was poured over him and sharp nails were stuck between the flesh and the nails of his hands and feet. Gérard is said to have remained calm during his torture. On 14 July 1584, Gérard was executed.
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