It's from all those years of looting dungeons in Cyrodiil and the Capital Wasteland!

SubRosa wins the internet today with that answer


The more boring answer is accumulation of things during at least three lifetimes. My grandpa, my grampa and my dad have all brought stuff home from their respective work places that "can prove useful someday". None of them ever threw anything away either and thus, the scrapyard we´re now digging through was born


And the moosehead goes to Acadian!

Holy Cow, it is really getting filled up! Two things:

1. I really like the way you have set up that wood thing to hang tools on the left of the picture.

2. What good is that bench with all that stuff on it? get the junk off it and use it to sit on while you work!

Yeah


K


Thanks. Yeah, that work bench is really neat to have


We´re just in the process of moving things from the barn to the tent. We´re in no way finished yet

Today our electrician buddy came over and finally we have electricity in the shed!!


We put regular sockets and fluorescent lights on the inside and a lamp on the outside, plus a special socket on the outside with which to run high-powered electrical things. It´ll be interesting to see the lights and lamp this evening, can´t wait


Now all we have to do is fill the ditch which gives me a reason to play with the cavator

Well, keep your fingers out of the light sockets, else you might end up with hair like Lothran. Oh, and have fun cavatoring!

Pictures, or it didn't happen! (and you have to take them at night so we can see the lights working! )

The ditch is covered, pixies taken (in the dark) but I forgot to bring the camera back from the wilderness!!


Í´m sure it did happen though as Dad used the wood cleaver thingy today...

The old, "Left my camera out in the wilderness..." excuse? No excuses for you, Bird! Pics or your 'Cavator still sits in a dark shed,

You want pics? You got pics!


Outside
Inside


And that´s your lot


Like I said, the ditch is now covered and we´re able to use the garage and the car port again.

OMG, that is AWESOME!!!!! What an amazing job you (and Dad) did on this! I LOVE it! Oh how I wish you lived in the US! And look at all that firewood stacked up too! You are Awesome !!!!

Please. I´m , but thank you

mALX is right, mirocu. That is some fabulous work you and your dad have done - both on the shed and the lighting.

I make sigils

alien/E.T sigil

anti-bigotry sigil

anarchist sigil

I don't believe in magick, but I don't not believe either. I do cast them too but it's mostly just a fun hobby for me rather than a theistic belief.

These are Awesome!

Thank you!

If anyone would like me to(try) and make one for anything just ask

Oh, I hope if you make more for other people you will post them here too!

Yeah, I will for sure. If anyone also wants to know how to make them just ask.

Dad and I decided awhile back that the backside entrance was way too big, and now we have fixed that. We, or rather I, boarded up half of the space and now it covers the little blue trailer we have behind the tractor. Next winter will decide whether or not we´ll put up a door as the snow tend to get dragged in a long way from the frontside of the garage when there´s a big air flow.


It all started with an L
Then some bars
And then boards, sponsored by Dad´s cousin the mechanic
From the inside


And to top it off, next Tuesday it´ll all get some nice red paint on it!

Impy - Nice work on those sigils. Very creative!

mirocu - Gosh, all your projects look so professional. Very nice work, crow!

This is spectacular, Mirocu! And I want to see the pictures of it painted red too! You are AWESOME!!! I so wish you lived in ETN!!! Fantastic job!





BOLD: Crow! Crow? He is a Raven!


*mALX turns green, grows to giant proportions*

Yeah, I haven´t given photoshop enough credit


Thanks



Aww, you´re too kind

ALso, I thought short for Tennessee was TE or TN or sumthn.


No need to turn green, mALX. I go both ways here

And yes, I will post pixies when it´s all painted. We have a guy coming who does this for a living. He´s actually a former class mate to my brother

No way, crows are just flocked scavengers; Raven are highly intelligent woodland hunters that either travel alone or with just one other by their side.

You, my dear; you are a Raven.

The Beefeaters (Gentlemen Warders of the Tower) would disagree, too. The presence of Ravens is what keeps the Tower of London standing!

I am reminded of the Sheogorath quest in the Oblivion game here for some odd reason ... the "K'sharra Prophecy;" as in the curiosity of creating an event to somehow cause the Ravens to all hop away temporarily just to watch the panic ensue in trying to keep the Tower and Monarchy from crumbling;


Just kidding! (of course).

But sometimes, The Crow brings people back from the dead to wreak an awesome vengeance. Ravens just eat their eyeballs...

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/8...664513778cb.jpg

Looks like good eatin'!

Wow, have you eaten at any of these places? Detroit people sound awesome, and he exactly described what I've come to know of you these many years; especially the humor and tenacity! I want to watch all these vids, but will have to do it on my PC, the laptop blackscreened twice in the past 30 minutes, urk. - Unless I'm going to get to see you in one of the vids, in which case I'm on it immediately!!!!!!

Detroit people are awesome! When they aren't shooting at you, or robbing you!

I have never eaten at a single one of them! Though I have had a hotdog from American Coney Island, on Lafayette downtown. I don't think it made Anthony Bourdain's show, but it's a Detroit food landmark. TBH, a lot of classic Detroit restaurants didn't make his list. But then Detroit is a real foodie town. It would be hard to do a spot at them all.

I've actually had two Coney dogs - one from the site of the former "Coney Island" in New York; the other on Miami Beach! (I tour the US eating sausages? No, but since they have such a huge reputation just had to have one; and the NY one was when I was a kid with my parents = didn't remember how it tasted, )

Does Detroit have any other particular foods associated with it? Because he did ribs and mac and cheese; and I was kind of disappointed by that. How different can they be from any other city in the US? Comfort food is the same everywhere, I think.

There are certain things I eat in certain towns every time I go regardless; kind of a tradition. Example: Every time I go to Miami I have a plate of Black Beans over White Rice with "Platanos" = fried plantains. Every time I go to Maryland I'm having crab; New Orleans = crawdad; Georgia = peaches; Florida = oranges; etc.

I mean, I eat other stuff if I'm there a while; but make sure to get one of these "specialty" meals or foods each visit.



Oh, okay. Here is a list of what the internet says is the top things to eat while in Detroit:



https://www.thrillist.com/eat/detroit/detro...-before-you-die


I've actually eaten some of these in NY or Chicago.

Deep dish square pizzas are big here in Detroit. Buddy's and Jets made the list, and they are really good. But there is a little family-owned pizzeria called Holiday Pizza right by my place that makes what I think is the best pizza I have ever eaten. Downtown there are places in Greektown like Pizzapapalis that do a super deep dish, but I have never tried it.

When it comes to Corned Beef, there is a little Greek mom and pop restaurant near me called House of Reubens that makes the best Reuben Sandwiches. Because of all the factories around it gets so busy there during lunchtime on weekdays, that I only go there on the weekends. The line is literally out the door. There have also been times that I swear I saw the entire Sterling Heights Police Department in there eating their lunch (they like Holiday Pizza too).

Ball Park franks are really nothing to brag about. The best store-bought hot dogs are Koegels. They make them here in Michigan. Best hot dog ever. Buy the Viennas, not the Frankenfurters though.

The Hani Sandwiches from National Coney Island are really good as well. But I think their Taco Salad is the best thing on their menu. Instead of simply putting taco beef in the bottom, they put chili!

Packzi (pronunced Poo-nch Key) is a Detroit staple. Back in the day Hamtramck was all Polish, and every year on Fat Tuesday the Packzi's come out all over the city. In New Orleans they have Mardi Gras. In Detroit we eat incredibly fattening sugar doughnuts...

Pretty much the same with Peirogi, except it doesn't have its own special day.

Mexicantown didn't get a mention in that article, and you can get a lot of great Mexican street food there during Cinco De Mayo. My ex Jaelyn lived down there for a while. There is a place called Mexican Village up Van Dyke from me that makes fantastic tacos with deep fried shells. That is another place that is always so busy that I almost never go there. The wait time is over an hour on the weekends.

Poutine is on that list, but its not really a Detroit thing. It is more a Canadian thing.

Saganaki is a Detroit classic. "Opa!" is what they shout when they light it on fire. It is something you have to eat at least once in your life. It's an experience!

TBH, I have never heard of a lot of stuff on that list. What we do have is a lot of really good ethnic foods thanks to local enclaves, like Polish, Greek, and Mexican.

What is also not on the list is Tony's. Its off I-75 up past Flint. They aren't known for their good food, but rather for their massive portions. The BLT sandwiches are too big to fit in your mouth. They must have a pound of bacon alone! (and I am not exaggerating!). Nothing screams 'Merica! more than that.

It is a real mixed blessing when you find a restaurant so good that people swarm the place - you know you will have a taste sensation of a lifetime; but the wait makes your ability to even try it an iffy thing.

I haven't had Peirogi since I was a kid; my neighbor used to make it and stuff me with them - she is the one that got me into cooking; she was a gourmet.

OMG, BLT is about my favorite sandwich (especially here in ETN where you can get Grainger County Tomatoes) - and I have been banned from eating bacon. That description alone of bacon stacked so thick you can't open your mouth wide enough to bite the sandwich could put me into cardiac arrest,

I've had the square deep dish in Chicago, but I don't know if it is the same. I think a Greek pizza sounds VERY interesting; as long as it is NOT made with Lamb. Urk.

We have a small family owned pizza place (close to where I moved to!) that has the best pizza's I've ever had EVAH; they are always so busy that people stand up to eat or sit in their cars for blocks around there on the lunch hour. I used to eat there once per week when I was working near there - our whole office would get together and go for lunch there; but we had a plan that included calling our order in well in advance and going to lunch early that day before the lunch crowds hit.

Opa! Ha, in German that is GrandFather; in South America they shout it when dancing in some areas. I wonder if it is a Greek thing too?

This all sounds so good! And now I'm hungry,

I ate a little while ago, and now I'm hungry too! A BLT sounds so good right now...

Here's a Tony's BLT

'Merica!

I like Pierogi. I usually get Dudek Pierogi from the store. Kowalski makes really good ones too, but you have to get them at the Kowalski Deli. Kielbasa and Kapusta is my favorite Polish food. That one I make at home. Kielbasa is my favorite kind of sausage. When I make chili and put sausage in it, I always use Kielbasa.

I think it is often the little mom and pop restaurants that are the best. Instead of following a corporate formula, they make the food they love, in their own special way that they probably learned since they were kids.

I like Kielbasa too - I stir fry it with onions and mixed veggies and serve it over rice - good stuff. And you can't imagine the tremendous restraint I am showing in not mentioning any jokes regarding this discussion from you and pointing out a certain scene in Teresa Fiction from a long time ago, I actually put a sentence of dialogue in Maxical's story in tribute to that scene in Teresa's story: Fathis Aren says, "Nae lad, I don't eat sausages." And thinking of Teresa is what made me write that,

I remember loving Pierogi so much that my neighbor used to fix it every time I came over just to kind of spoil me. Oddly though; I can't remember what it tasted like anymore.

Holy Crap! Yeah, no, that might be a bit TOO much bacon, even for me;

Ehm... This is still the Project thread and not the Everything thread, is it?



Speaking of projects, today I adjusted the small add-on wall on the garage. Didn´t quite get it right when I did it. Now it´s fine though



So much for "looks professional". I even turned up in time to finish the job and true pros never do that

Oops, er...well these were food eating projects? No? Okay.


*mALX slinks away from thread on belly like a worm...*

So. You are not going to believe this

Yesterday evening I went down to the tractor garage to inspect it all again. Thing is, we have a cellar door complete with frame from an old house my dad used to live in and we have talked loosely about maybe using it on the back of the tractor garage.
When I got down there I measured the door frame and then the gap and to my surprise it was only off by a couple millimeters! But since I hadn´t measured the door frame carefully I decided to go check again, and lo and behold; it wasn´t off at all! It was the exact measurement as the gap! I took the frame and placed it in the hole to confirm and yes, it was like the name of level 121 in Chip´s Challenge: A Perfect Match!!

When I dug the hole and put the wall section up I didn´t actually consider using the cellar door because Dad and I had also talked about making a door ourselves out of boards so I just ended the wall where it looked good. I never in a million years expected the door frame to actually fit when I hadn´t even trid to make it fit! I couldn´t have made a better job if I had actually measured for it when I put the wall up!

And here are pixies to prove it happened

Pic one

Pic two


I will of course remove the bottom part when it´s in place and hopefully we´ll get hold on a small window to put up above the door to make more light come in that way.

By Shor's beard! That is some seriously good karma. Clearly there is some strong magicks at work in your favor!

This is where you discover that you built it at a random number of centimetres, but secretly it's an exactly number of inches.

Time to buy a lottery ticket?


I´ll have to check that

Holy Cow, Mirocu! It doesn't get any better than that! I don't know if I'd call that luck or just plain innate skill, it just doesn't get any better than that! And I didn't even have to beg for pics, which is icing on the cake!

Of course, I've been with this shed since it was poles in the ground; I'd really like to see it with the door and window in and painted red; I'm sure you know that!

Awesome job!

Not sure when or even if we´re gonna put that door up, but yesterday we got paint on the tractor garage!

I was gonna put pixies up but it seems imgur has done a Photobucket now and rendered themselves a pain in my rear to use. I´m suspecting I´m gonna need to change site again, any ideas?

I don't know of any but the two you mentioned. Urk.

imgur seems to be working again for me so I´ll post a few pics of the tractor garage getting some paint

Getting started
Halfway there
Finished!


He added two more layers after the first one, with coffee breaks in between

That guy painting looks the spit of my X-husband! He is even wearing the same clothes!

These are Awesome!!! Now all I need to see is the night shot with the lights on out there!

Wow, that looks great for one coat. I'm sure it is beautiful by now!

It's been such fun watching that garage come along step by step.

It really has! What an amazing job you all did, and so fast!

Sorry, no lights out there. At least not yet as it costs too much and funds are limited


It looks great


Glad you guys followed along on the journey

Again, not sure what we´ll do with the door. I think we´re gonna ignore it for now and see how it is in the winter. Kinda nice not having a door there actually

Brother's Attic Raccoon Dilemma: Found a message on my answering machine from the company we hired to trap and remove raccoon(s) and eventually remove attic feces and sanitize as needed. One large raccoon trapped and removed yesterday (Wednesday) morning. Nothing caught today. They'll leave traps in place several more days to insure (?) no more raccoons.

Brother's Document Filing System (or lack thereof): Spend around three hours sorting out stacks of old utility bills and such, shredding most of them. A drop in the bucket. Woke sick Wednesday, still feel poorly, so didn't put in another few hours today as originally planned.

TMJ treatment: Received another "ear heat treatment" this morning, my second of the week. (I've had more TMJ appts these past several weeks after suffering something of a setback.) Still following my various daily TMJ exercise / stretching routines with an iron fist.

NOT YET BEGUN: Ramrod getting Bro's landline phones working properly again. (He can dial out and talk okay, but incoming calls don't work. No sense tackling this until raccoon problem is over with.)