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bort · Post by **bort** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 11:43 am

HA! Well, I sure didn't see the thong post before I wrote that.

tbn.al · Post by **tbn.al** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 12:06 pm

I had a hanging light over my bar fail last week. I found the problem to be corrosion in the connections to the screw fixture on the ceramic socket. I replaced the socket and went about my business. Yesterday I saw one of the kitchen fan bulbs blinking and traced that down to a socket connection as well. In 45 years of messing with home lighting I have never seen that before and now twice in one week? Has anyone else had this issue?

Dan Schultz · Post by **Dan Schultz** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 7:26 pm

tbn.al wrote:I had a hanging light over my bar fail last week. I found the problem to be corrosion in the connections to the screw fixture on the ceramic socket. I replaced the socket and went about my business. Yesterday I saw one of the kitchen fan bulbs blinking and traced that down to a socket connection as well. In 45 years of messing with home lighting I have never seen that before and now twice in one week? Has anyone else had this issue?

Aluminum wiring?

Dan Schultz · Post by **Dan Schultz** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 9:11 pm

schlepporello wrote:I'm just about ready to impeach me a weatherman.
I'm gittin' awful tired of winter.

82 degrees here today, Schlep. Ran my AC!

Chadtuba · Post by **Chadtuba** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 11:22 pm

It's snowing here again

arminhachmer · Post by **arminhachmer** » Thu Apr 18, 2013 10:04 am

TubaTinker wrote:
schlepporello wrote:I'm just about ready to impeach me a weatherman.
I'm gittin' awful tired of winter.
82 degrees here today, Schlep. Ran my AC!

mid 90's now in Naples, FL. Day after day.
Saw a dog chasin a cat and they were both WALKIN...

Think i will head to Indiana to cool off and blow
one or two of your tubas Dan.

Tubajug · Post by **Tubajug** » Thu Apr 18, 2013 2:43 pm

Chadtuba wrote:It's snowing here again

Ditto...grrr....

jrobba · Post by **jrobba** » Thu Apr 18, 2013 11:30 pm

I signed a contract today for a 3 year enlistment as a tuba player in the Army. I was able to keep E5 and the 4 years time in service from the Marine Corps. Going to the 282nd Army Band in Fort Jackson, South Carolina

sousaphone68 · Post by **sousaphone68** » Sat Apr 20, 2013 7:05 am

It is World Independent Record Shop Day today time to support your local indpendent shop

tbn.al · Post by **tbn.al** » Sun Apr 21, 2013 10:09 am

Way to go Schleppy! Most of us appreciate you.

Kevin Hendrick · Post by **Kevin Hendrick** » Sun Apr 21, 2013 3:30 pm

tbn.al wrote:Way to go Schleppy! Most of us appreciate you.

We do indeed!

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Sun Apr 21, 2013 6:23 pm

tbn.al wrote:Way to go Schleppy! Most of us appreciate you.

At least many of us seem to tolerate you well...

bearphonium · Post by **bearphonium** » Mon Apr 22, 2013 7:18 am

Re: Mizzou

The forums that I frequent regularly (dealing with motorcycles and tubas) all have guidelines regarding posting conduct, and my two most common ones have the underlying agreement: No political discussion. Just because there is a forum, and we communicate with words, "Free Speech" is within the bounds that the global "we" agree to by registering and posting. When posts are pulled or locked, it is often because some loss of civility has taken place in the back and forth, or other guidelines established have been violated.

Simple posting guidelines do not a communist state make.

Dan Schultz · Post by **Dan Schultz** » Mon Apr 22, 2013 10:26 am

It's "Earth Day". So... I off to rescue some more tubas from the 'scrap heap'.

(And.... I have a pile of wood to burn from a deck I just replaced!)

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Mon Apr 22, 2013 10:41 am

bearphonium wrote:"Free Speech" is within the bounds that the global "we" agree to by registering and posting.

One can't yell "Fire!" in a crowded forum...

bort · Post by **bort** » Mon Apr 22, 2013 11:03 am

TubaTinker wrote:It's "Earth Day".

Happy Earth Day to you, Happy Earth Day to you, ...

sousaphone68 · Post by **sousaphone68** » Mon Apr 22, 2013 1:19 pm

For me its Grounhog day as per Bill Murray, I had not heard of either World Earth Day or the Lenin conspiracy until this time last year in the update thread.

Kudos to bloke for the self sufficient use of his land and carefull use of fossil fuel

TubaRay · Post by **TubaRay** » Tue Apr 23, 2013 9:01 am

Missouri wrote:Why can't earth day be every day?

It already is! I can't speak for you, but I have spent EVERY day of my life, right here on earth.

Dan Schultz · Post by **Dan Schultz** » Tue Apr 23, 2013 4:39 pm

bloke wrote:I don't think those who celebrate B-earth Day spend much time on earth.

+1 Isn't Al Gore an alien?

tofu · Post by **tofu** » Wed Apr 24, 2013 1:19 am

bloke wrote:"earth day" at blokeplace:
It's springtime, and some honeybees are making new queens leaving the rest of their hives (and the old queens) behind and swarming - looking to find new homes. In the last few days, we've captured three swarms and started new hives. Here is another one (which Mrs. bloke is capturing as I type this). This one should be easy, as it's only two feet off the ground. (The last one that we did was about thirty feet off the ground in a cedar tree. I suited up and helped out on that one.) Mrs. bloke is doing this one by herself.

She's taking two frames full of honey out of ANOTHER hive (yes, opening an ACTIVE hive, knocking off the bees, and taking out the frames), and putting those "stolen" frames in a single-stage hive (otherwise filled with empty wax frames and sprayed with bee pheromones) for this swarm. She'll probably trim off the branch, drop it (or "pop" it) into the new hive, let the bees get situated for an hour or so, and then seal up the hive for a few days (until the bees think of it as "home").

I took this picture wearing no bee suit, and only about two feet from the swarm.

The decline in the bee population has been really severe of late. I don't think people realize how important they are and how dependent we all are on them for our well being.

Will a bottle of honey be included with every Blokepiece purchase

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What is very alarming is Bloke doing his part for the benefit of mankind via bees. The end of the world must be near - BEE PREPARED

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