Random Thought Thread

Casio prw-3500t. Solar, atomic, and all the fun pro-trec stuff. I've had several and this one is my favorite mix of office life and trail goodness.

 

You have any G-Shocks @Daverous?

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Family used a lot of my knives on Christmas morning, opening presents. (Of course I saved my Utilitac for myself. )

Mom got the Gerber and sister got the Pioneer - lucky them.

 

This is now on my radar !!!
Very nice !!

 

Awesome! Thanks for sharing the recipe. Can't wait to try it out when I have the opportunity!

 

I must've missed a post somewhere. X-bow?

 

Ah! Nice Christmas present! Saw the video when they released it, and my first thought was, "Whoa... Cold Steel makes a crossbow now?"

 

As much as Cold Steel "makes" anything, lol. It's a rebrand of the RX130 with better QC it seems.

 

Terotuf was an option for the dek?

 

"Scales, substitute for basic micarta:
Black Linen micarta $10
Green and Black Linen micarta $15
Red and Black Linen micarta $15
Double Black canvas micarta $10
OD green micarta $10
Double Red canvas micarta (maroon) $20
Burlap micarta $20
OD green or Black G10 $10
Terotuf (grey or bright green or OD green) $20
Ebonite hard rubber $25
Edge cut antique Micarta $100
Mystery wood (prolly something really crappy like salvaged press board from a trailer park tornado) $150"

 

As far as what is currently available for the DEK1, Jo sent me this list:

For scales, we have

Canvas:
Black
Natural
OD Green
Double Black
Double Red

Linen:
Black
Red and Black
Green and Black
and Natural Burlap micartas.
We also have gray, OD Green and Bright Green TeroTuf.
We do not have Antique or wood available.

 

I somehow missed that entirely. Thanks, fellas!

 

While walking the dog last night, I had a very random thought: in this year of Covid-shyteshow, I have yet to hear about any 300/400/500 million mega lotto jackpots at unlike any other prior years! I mused about this this to my dog at first but she just wagged her tail!

 

Both the MegaMillions and Powerball lotteries are at $360-$370 million right now.

Apparently, Covid-19 and the shutdowns resulted in enough of a decline in ticket purchases that the starting prize for both was lowered from $40 million to $20 million.

 

Ah the lottery, otherwise known as the stupid tax

I'm about to go buy a ticket right now, thanks for the heads up

 

Yep, we tried last week. Didn't match one number for either of them

 

We've seen those boots before...

 

The term is 'mathematically challenged'

I can understand the ones spending a couple dollars on the infinitesimal chance of a huge windfall, it's the one who don't know understand statistics and asymptotes and spend $100 - $200 on tickets because the lotto is at $XXX million that get me (especially the kind of folks who have trouble paying bills, and are hoping that blowing $xxx on lottery tickets will solve all their problems).

 

Back on 12/20 when all y'all were discussing how accurate your watches are, or aren't, I set mine to the second against the clock on time.gov. It is about a 18 yr-old Omega Seamaster. Apart from being on it's 3rd battery (replaced in August), it has never been serviced.

Today, 9 or 10 days later it is exactly to the second, in synch with the time.gov clock. I'll keep track for a month or so.

Maybe I got really lucky with this one?

 

I didn’t know that Omega made a Seamaster that wasn’t an automatic, would you mind posting a pic of that one so I could drool over it a bit.