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Things You Don't See Anymore Part 3
- Thread starter Richland123
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Come to think of it, what I don't see around much any more are BATS!
At least, until this one magically turned up flapping around the second floor hallway of our house last week:
( at 3AM, natch...) At first my wife thought it was one of the little dogs flapping their ears - then she saw what she thought was 'a little leathery toad' crawling on the floor... then the festivities began in earnest! I've never seen a bat up close and personal indoors before - they sure have a unique way of flapping around!
It settled down on the top of a door frame and after conversing with it calmly for a few moments I eventually cupped it in my hands and escorted the little creature out to the yard and let it go. I am installing the bat house later this afternoon, would love to have a family of these little mosquito-eaters move in!
At least, until this one magically turned up flapping around the second floor hallway of our house last week:
( at 3AM, natch...) At first my wife thought it was one of the little dogs flapping their ears - then she saw what she thought was 'a little leathery toad' crawling on the floor... then the festivities began in earnest! I've never seen a bat up close and personal indoors before - they sure have a unique way of flapping around!
It settled down on the top of a door frame and after conversing with it calmly for a few moments I eventually cupped it in my hands and escorted the little creature out to the yard and let it go. I am installing the bat house later this afternoon, would love to have a family of these little mosquito-eaters move in!
It took my wife a few years after moving to PA to convince me that those things flying around in our yard after sun down weren't birds. A couple of summers ago there were a few every night at our friend's barn. I got some good phone video of their "UFO" flight patterns.
The only problem with bats, is that they have a similar propensity as birds to Cr*p all over your car. Their excrement is a little more acidic and can start to strip paintwork very quickly. I'm not sure if all bats are like that but the fruit bats we get in Darwin are.
here's something you don't see much anymore: a Residence for Bats 
The bat guano is probably the least of my car's problems - right now it's getting hammered pretty hard by sticky seeds from the conifers around the driveway... really need to get a carport one of these days!
The bat guano is probably the least of my car's problems - right now it's getting hammered pretty hard by sticky seeds from the conifers around the driveway... really need to get a carport one of these days!
here's something you don't see much anymore: a Residence for Bats
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The bat guano is probably the least of my car's problems - right now it's getting hammered pretty hard by sticky seeds from the conifers around the driveway... really need to get a carport one of these days!
What do you mean we don't see that any more? What planet do you live on?
Guitar looks old but appears in perfect shape, is it old?
Probably the most unique pickup set up I've ever seen.
One coil per string...not too many drop-in replacements I suspect!
For your broken lamp, don't try to glue together the thin rim where the pot metal's broken. That'll never hold. What you need to do I think (based on what I can see) is to fill that cavity with something for strength.
What I'd do is to align the two pieces; put a tube in there so the wire can pass through, then seal up the annulus between the tube and the ID at the bottom with something (could be masking tape, RTV, something). Then set a number of thick steel wires in around the tube for reinforcement. Then pour epoxy in between the ID of the upright and the OD of the tube, till said epoxy rises well past the break and can adhere well to the base. (That all parts to be in contact with epoxy have to be cleaned thoroughly - I'd use acetone - goes without saying.) Let cure and you'll have the equivalent of the "filled and weighted" candlestick.
