Internet says in French they just generalise to say ‘bird’.
‘Straight as an arrow’ , or ‘as the arrow flies’, might be better though; pretty straight if there’s no wind.
I used to have a friend who pronounced “arrow” like “owl” so maybe go with that.
This also has me thinking about making a bee-line for something.
It’s shite being English. We’re the lowest of the low, The scum of the fucking Earth. The most wretched, miserable, servile, pathetic trash, that was shat into civilisation!
Evolve Necrosis FTW. Gotta have corpse-to-living tx. The real problem with plague inc. is the motivation though the disease is likely dead one turn after humanity.
This is where we need a conspiracy theory that all complex life is just an intricate biological shell/animate castle-o-saurus, designed to protect and nourish a few self replicating acids, with defense mechanisms to try to kill any interlopers that seek to replicate faster without dissuading anything sexually compatible.
Come on, at least tell us how many differences we’re supposed to be spotting.
I feel especially bad for the trainer. They really are asking to be replaced if that’s their attitude to teaching.
I’ve also usually done OK when i come across these types of answers. I mean when I see it as answer to other people’s questions. I have never needed to actually ask my own question in about 15 years of using it - which is testament to how many answers are already on there somewhere. It’s very much not evidence that I know stuff.
I think sometimes it takes lateral thinking or jargon translation to interpret the old answer in context of the new question - which could make the old answer inaccessible to the new person - however technically applicable it might be.
What perplexes me about the rtfm and google it answers is why would someone waste their time to type it out?
They must think there’s something in it for them. I guess they place some value in being seen as a twat. Granted at work I work hard to cultivate that image for productivity reasons. But why do I care about random internet strangers on a pseudo anonymous webshite?
The English slang word “bumf” - generally meaning unnecessary bits of paper like adverts , health and safety warnings and TFM - originated from the armed forces, where toilet paper may have often been rationed. Any loose paper was therefore considered “bum fodder”.
‘Bum’ of course meaning ‘arse’ in this case - not ‘homeless person’.
Exactly! Knob only means penis in England because we’re a bunch of wankers.
I’d suggest “pissed”.
Oh and your $25 a year sounds a good idea.
I guess it depends on the members and the culture there, but a fair chance you’ll be able to do stuff like borrow tools, buy peoples old ones for a fair price, or get your hands on some off cuts of different material to practice with, as well as more general advice.
I don’t think we have anything like that where I live.
I can’t say about books - maybe check the local library if you have one.
I learned 95% of what i know from Paul Sellers on youtube. He’s also done a few good bench build tutorials and sharpening system i think some free plans on his website.
Until you build your own bench you do need something to hold the work. A small folding+clamping table like a ‘black and decker workmate’ , can do most stuff and you should find a used one for cheap. plus a few bar/pipe clamps. There’s no substitute for a heavy worktop when chopping mortices though, B+D workmate can do it, but it’s not great (noisy).
I use medium and fine diamond plates + strop for sharpening like Paul Sellers, they worked out as one of the most expensive tools i have. You can get cheaper thin plates from China now though that i might try when mine wear out.
Using hand tools is about practice and building up sensitivity, to the tool and to the specific bit of wood you’re cutting. Generally if the tool or the wood is fighting you more than you expected, you either need to sharpen, take a smaller bite, or change your approach, maybe angle of attack.
I pick up shipping palettes for free, also waste out of any demolition work going on locally. break them down (which is a massive pain de-nailing them) and practice planing and making joints in that. Though as soon as you get some quality wood or hardwood, it’s different world. It’s probably best to get palettes used in food distribution if you can as they should not have had anything toxic spilled on them in their past.
I find hand tools a lot of fun, relaxing, creative , rewarding. and much more control and much less dust , noise, mess and frankly less fear than hand power tools or large machine tools.
Final bits of advice from me, get used to using a nice sharp marking knife (get one with cheap replaceable blades if you cant be bothered to sharpen it) instead of pen or pencil. Also if you figure out a way to never drop your chisels on the floor - then please tell me how it’s done.
It’s also called a “duck-billed” platypus, so there must be other types. “Kangaroo-eared” platypus really doesn’t seem any more far-fetched.
The exact definition doesn’t matter though, every chicken whether the first or the last, or from the blurry zone between proto-chicken and chicken, has many much older eggs in it’s ancestry. Probably somethig fish something.
There was a 1990s late night tv show in the uk called the Adam and Joe show where they did tv and movie remakes using kids toys. Stupid crap from two twats in a bedroom.
The author of this article obviously isn’t searching my computer though, since they don’t know shit about who is or isn’t illegally searching it. But it certainly isn’t whatever this linedin thing is.
I reckon some of the water vapour in the atmosphere will have once been steam rising and cooling. But probably not very much, so it’s fair to say hydroelectric generation may happen to use some water that was once steam, but I don’t think they can be said to rely on steam.
I think the thing that all dynamo based based electricity generators depend on in common is probably the pressure difference.
It looks like you’re trying to install a programme, let me help you . . . [link to microsoft app store].
You’re very a tolerant person. I wish i could be that tolerant, but I don’t think I can and I guess I do pay the price quite often…
Explains why they like to vote for christmas too.