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[lawfulgoodsir]

the screw tourniquet, the HICKEY knife, and 19th-century women in trades

I'll be adding to this post as I find more details.

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The same maker's mark decorates several recovered Franklin Expedition artifacts - including this tourniquet clamp recovered by Schwatka's 1879 expedition near Victory Point. (In this Petit-type model, a band would be threaded through the slots; the "screw" could turn, tightening the band around a limb, to stop circulation.)

("A Petit's-type wooden tourniquet screw clamp", Royal Museums Greenwich)

During the 2019 season, Parks Canada archaeologists observed another tourniquet clamp in the hold of the Erebus.

(I was slightly intoxicated when I first came across this image and thought it was the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen.)

("This Petit-type tourniquet was documented during remotely-operated vehicle exploration of the main hold, below the lower deck. It almost certainly fell into the hold from above." - Parks Canada)

Because the artifact hasn't been recovered, I don't know the maker - I'd love to have a different angle on this photograph to see whether there are differences between the Schwatka tourniquet and the one currently in situ on the ship. (The thread seems longer on this one & I'm having difficulty visualizing the upper platform.) If this one also contains a Millikin maker's mark, that might indicate that expedition surgeons purchased multiples from the same company. If it's a different maker, that's exciting too - it could mean new leads on business records that might link certain surgeons to certain companies.

Astute observers and fans of the show may notice that another key artifact bears the same mark - the HICKEY knife introduced through John Rae's 1854 expedition. ("MILLIKIN 301 STRAND LONDON" is stamped on the blade.)

("Knife", Royal Museums Greenwich. Several other knives associated with the Franklin expedition are also labeled with Millikin's mark; they have been conveniently grouped in the museums' online database.)

So who was supplying these tools?

In most of the interpretive texts accompanying these artifacts, the authors identify John Millikin, surgeon's-instrument-maker, as the manufacturer. According to Dr. Brian Stevenson's biography entry, Millikin operated a business at 301 Strand from 1815 to 1833.

(William Battersby made a claim in 2009 based on this info that the HICKEY knife was a repurposed surgical blade - I disagree, as Millikin also advertised himself as a cutler at several points in his career. I'm intrigued by the fact that there are multiple different types of instrument sourced from the same manufacturer, though. I'm currently scouring the internet for more information on who was doing the buying.)

Dr. Stevenson's biography also reveals a potentially fascinating detail: that John Millikin died in 1833, leaving his business to his wife Martha. "...that my said Trustees shall permit my said Wife she remaining my Widow to carry on my Trade or Business of a Surgical Instrument Maker and to use and employ for that purpose such parts of my personal Estate and Effects as shall be then used or employed as capital therein..."

(John Millikin's will, sourced by Dr. Stevenson through ancestry.com. Highlights mine.)

Stevenson notes that Martha would move the business to 161 Strand "between 1844 and 1847" and would ultimately still operate it under her husband's name until her death around 1854. Obviously, things can be obtained secondhand - but if these artifact instruments were purchased new in that 1833-1844 window, there might be a chance that these naval officers interacted at 301 Strand not with John but with Martha Millikin, surgeon's-instrument-maker.

The world of nineteenth-century trades in London is a large one, and something in which I have absolutely no expertise, but I'm always curious as to the involvement of women in medical- and surgical-related businesses. At any rate, I think it might add yet another layer of complexity to the Franklin artifacts. :)

[sarajs-dev]

Wanna put this somewhere as I could find no resources about this online and maybe this helps someone.

My partner bought me a stream deck XL for Christmas! I've also been into recolouring and personalising my tools recently, and had a great time recolouring my other stream deck:

So what do I do when a loved one buys me an expensive gift? Vandalise it immediately in the name of 💜self expression💜

But where the smaller device has an easily removed faceplate, the XL did not. There were no screws hidden away, just a very tiny seam separating the plate from the rest of the device. It wasn't clear if it was glued down or otherwise sealed. And it seems nobody else online wanted to risk their expensive device finding out, just for the aesthetic.

But this girl *lives* for the aesthetic.

So I bring knowledge from the frontier, the faceplate is only held on by plastic clips, 4 on each long side, 3 on each short side.

The only tool I found was thin and strong enough to pry at the edges was this thing from ifixit

If you're patient and extremely careful you can lift one clip at a time. I did the bottom long side first (thinking any plastic damage would be less visible) then each short side, then the top I was able to push out.

The faceplate is plastic (unlike the regular SD which is surprisingly metal) so I'll be doing some sanding and priming work before spraying but yeah! I'm just happy I got it off and wanted to let anyone else who wanted to remove their XL faceplate cleanly know that it is possible with some patience and the right tool 💜

[ghosttbeef]

Real talk especially w twitter getting Fucked Up right now y'all have Got to stop being bitches about independent artists/small business advertising services or shops on here. It is not cool and rebellious or anticapitalist to send artists hate or trash on them for like. Blazing a post about patreon offerings or whatever. Yes even it they have hundreds of thousands of followers.

Twitter shooting itself in the foot repeatedly is genuinely making people lose their livelihoods and sources of income in real time, and there really aren't good alternatives. This website is not good for quickly spreading information or growing a following (things you need to do to support yourself online)- the deck is already stacked enough against people without having to contend with a userbase who is weirdly hostile toward the idea of anyone profiting in any way off of this website.

Reblog art, comment on it, check out people's profiles if you find an art piece you really like, engage- buy something if you really want to, fuck it. Artists on every level even Industry Professionals are getting screwed over by twitter pulling this shit, and that's not even touching on how the rapidly growing AI plagiarism machine is growing. Please please for the love of god support artists and art

[ideahat-universe]

I think now is a good time to tell you guys to stop sleeping on the original trading card game. Yes. I have been informed that TCG online is dead and Trading Card Pocket is upcoming but as a former player of multiple card games, I know that those games are going to be screwed by the two player combo of net-deckers and whales.

Unless you're willing to spend a fair amount of money or grind for free packs you aren't going to beat anyone on ladder and in casual it's more of a coin-flip than the actual coin mechanic.

At first it will be fine but it will be too easy to make an OP as hell card available for those willing to pay the packs to find it. Additionally the trading card game is completely poisoned by the speculator market that drastically overvalued a handful of cards as collectables that you can flip for big bucks.

With the Pokemon Trading Card Game, you just need a copy of the game (and lets face it, you're gonna wanna emulate it) and all the fun of the first three sets are yours to enjoy.

Having a hard time finding IRL people to play cards with? Well, PTCG has it to where almost everyone can be re-challenged. That means even in post game you can build a deck centered around a fun theme and then play a couple rounds with your favorite AIs.

But unfortunately you won't be able to play a round with your friend because you can't play co-op on emulators...

Psyche! My OldBoy! allows for local and remote play! You can either hotseat your turns which works perfectly well for a turn based game like this OR you can set up a server and a client or a bluetooth connection and play that way as well.

Additionally, The Miyu Mini Plus is retro multiplayer capable.

So now you can play multiplayer PTCG or play it alone at any time. If it's on your phone you can pull out your phone and play a match any time. Something came up while you were in the middle of a match? Don't worry about it. The game was designed in such a way to where it remembers your mid game match and allows you to continue from that point.

You've already played PTCG? I did hear that the game was finally released on virtual console but you have more options on an emulator. For instance, you can play the sequel which at this point has been fully translated, you can also play PTCG romhacks.

There is a randomizer, one that swaps the PTCG characters for Kanto ones, and even ones that retouch and add more cards to the game.

But if it makes you feel better, you can buy the version on Switch.

Now lets talk about some stuff that wasn't mentioned in the video above.

In a 2 hour video you expect to hear about almost everything that the game has to offer but in reality there was a couple things left on the cutting room floor. Like say. This.

Who is that?

It was a staff member at Creatures Inc if you can believe it. Early Pokemon experimented with a lot of really odd and eccentric choices and Imakuni campaigns were one of them. He never appeared in the traditional games or most of the spin off and never in the TV show but he did appear in the Manga and he did appear in the trading card games with a gag deck. He even had a series of cards based on him and his antics and as implied, those are unusable. This character only makes sense to Japanese viewers and was mostly left out of most products sent to America so this character appearing in the game with a unique sprite, walk cycle, cards, and his own theme makes him a complete anomaly to the few people that played the game back in the day. Internet wasn't very useful when this game was out so you just didn't know what this guy's deal was.

He randomly appears in the club rooms so maybe OP didn't actually see him during the entire play-through but it's hard to believe that he could be that unlucky as to never see Imakuni once. He mentioned that the video was re-edited so maybe he edited Imakuni out but he's here now in this post for you to enjoy!

Okay Oda. So there was a weird man that you can duel in your game? What else do you find interesting?

Well, remember how people often complained about the coin flips? I hated the coin-flips as well as the restrictive nature of needing to commit to a color so I developed a deck to counter that aspect of that game.

It's mostly a colorless deck with a couple of cards from every other type but the cards used can use any energy card to get off the ground (and I had multiple colors to occasionally benefit from using the correct energy card on the corresponding Pokemon).

Furthermore, none of the cards require good coin flips to get off to do the bare minimum. Aside from colorless green and red are the largest group of Pokemon with most of them having their evolution.

The rest are basics, Pokemon like Pikachu and Grimer don't have their evolution and are just jobbers mean to be played in the very early game or as stall so stronger cards can get their energy.

The fighting cards are the fossils Aerodactyl and Kabuto. Most of the time the Mysterious fossil is just a funny Pokemon doll but getting Aerodactyl out on a super slow deck dependent on evolution is kind of a win condition (it does stop you from evolving your pokemon so it has to be done with that in mind).

Another win condition is Scyther who just goes nuts if he's allowed to double his damage. Then there's Snorelax who shuts down status heavy decks. Lastly there's the Wigglytuff which easily gets full damage from Do The Wave as it's very easy for my deck to summon a bunch of basics to fill the bench.

Also there's a bunch of eevees. One for every evolution. False, there's actually 4 Eevees but only three evolution cards. Eevee isn't great on it's own but one Pokemon that can potentially evolve into three different hard counters for your opponent is pretty good.

I used that deck to beat the game and it's really hard to argue against it but maybe you do want to risk it all and flip a bunch of coins and do insane damage with Ninetails or Geodude, perhaps you want to kill your opponent very slowly with poison, Maybe you're completely evil and you want to win by stalling (Draw very little and play cards like Mr. Fuji and Energy retrieval to put cards back in your hand or in your deck).

Listen. There are going to be more cards in Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket. It's a fact. You'll get to play with many more cards than will ever be in this title or its sequel. But you'll have to pay for something that really should be free.

And that's the freedom to construct your deck however you like. A couple hours grinding out AI opponents is a much smaller price than what could be hundreds of dollars opening card packs.

He's told you all about the game, I've given you a bit more. Now it's your move.

[blacktalonuniversal]

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[bigmacbushcraft]

Beginner Vegetable Gardening Tips

Beginner vegetable gardening can seem like a daunting task. Some simple, common sense tips from Chuck Davis.

Where do you start?

First you need to decide where to plant a vegetable garden. If you have property to grow on, no problem and even if all you have is a deck or a patio, this is not really a problem either.

By far one of the best methods for beginner vegetable gardening is raised bed gardening. Raised beds are above ground level and therefore can be easily adapted to the deck or patio to grow some wonderful vegetable crops. Choose an area that gets a good amount of sun, but even if you don't get a lot of sun, don't worry, as you can still be successful. Mark out where you are going to put your vegetable beds. A square area works better than a long rectangular one. You can make your beds but using 2" by 12" boards of the desired length to meet with your garden bed size. Screw them together and you have your bed. Do not use treated wood to make a vegetable garden as the chemicals used to treat the wood will leach into your food. If you haven't already, you will need to begin to compost. Composting will produce nutrient rich soil which is essential for your plants. You can get plans online to build a composter bin, purchase a couple of readymade ones and there is even a compact composter you can buy to put under your kitchen sink in an apartment. Until you produce your own composted soil, your beginner vegetable garden will need to use a good composted soil mix. Steer manure based soils are great as they are not too alkaline and are safe. Try to look for and use organic mixes. Also, before you put your soil in, it is a good idea to cover the bottom of the boxes with straw, hay or even better, alfalfa. This will give your soil good drainage as well as give it a proper base with which to start. Once you begin to fill your beds, make sure you leave a path where you can get to the vegetables if you walk down the middle of the garden. Try to make the plants no further than 3 feet away from where you can safely walk so you will be able to reach them. Now you are ready to take an exciting step in beginner vegetable gardening, planting. A good choice is starting with seedlings. Seedlings have a head start in life and will quickly spread their roots and take hold. Plant fairly close together but not so close they will be choking each other out. Also, plant the various vegetables right next to each other. The less room between the plants, the less space for weeds to take hold and grow. This can greatly reduce your work and makes beginner vegetable gardening more enjoyable.

Water your garden well throughout the season and watch as the miracle of growth happens before your eyes. Nothing is more exciting as when you feel the satisfaction and reward of harvesting food you grew yourself.

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[the-one-who-lambs]

Okay, it's going on tumblr, better late than never.

It's a beautiful morning. I'm up at 8:15 in the morning preparing dinner, because I am an Extremely Busy Graduate Student who should probably know better than to write fanfiction instead of my master's thesis while at work. Basically every moment of my life for the next six months is either blocked off or precious recovery time, so I absolutely ADORE my crockpot for three reasons: I am busy, I need to eat well-balanced meals, and I love trying new recipes. I can do 10-15 minutes of prep time in the morning and come back to a slammin dinner after letting it simmer all day. It's an absolute treat.

Except my morning dinner prep turns out to be more of a trick, appropriately, because it's Halloween and I'm already decked out in my costume. I'm going as the Lamb from Cult of the Lamb, and I'm preparing a delicious feast for my flock. I start to chop my vegetables for the most delicious-looking lemon chicken orzo soup I've ever seen. The carrots are fine. The celery is fine. Cutting onion is the continued bane of my existence. While I'm handling the knife, it slips, and I slice right through the top couple millimeters of my fingernail at a pretty shallow angle. This probably wouldn't have been too concerning if I didn't also take the top bit of my fingertip with it. It's not a concerning amount of fingertip, but it's definitely a removed little bit, and I've cut through four layers of skin, probably. Hopefully.

I get annoyed because in two seconds my onion is bloody. I wash my hands, put on a bandaid, and wash and chop the rest of the cleaned onion. The bandaid is no longer sticking after like a minute. I put on another. It lasts two minutes so I put on another and it lasts two minutes as well. I use a washcloth to stop the bleeding mostly, and after about fifteen minutes I get a bandaid to finally stick and hold well. But I'm still bleeding kind of a lot and I don't know where my small chunk of fingertip went. I don't want to call my mom to ask how much fingertip is acceptable to have cut off but I wonder if I might have to go to the emergency room for stitches or something. in my lamb cosplay with a wooly tail and everything.

Problem for later. Soup is now. I put in the herbs and chicken stock and NO white wine into my crockpot because I forgot to buy it. I open the garlic and the container burps when I screw off the lid that my roommate didn't close properly last night and it smells a little different. I wonder if it's poisoned but then I look online and it's just a little fermented which apparently "unlocks the natural benefits" of garlic. As long as it tastes good I don't care. I take the chicken out of the freezer and change my bandage for what I think is the last time. I'm still bleeding a lot. Oh, wait. Fuck, i forgot to defrost the chicken last night. I take it out of the package in one big chunk and run it under water for a few minutes to defrost it just enough that I can remove the chicken diaper (you know, the absorbent pad with gel in the bottom of the package) without it sticking.

Spoiler alert: the chicken diaper tears as I'm trying to peel it off and it explodes its gelly substance all over the place. I pick off the white plastic coating that's frozen onto the chicken, which takes like 5-10 minutes, and run it under water again just to make sure there's no clear gel stuff stuck to it. I put it in the Agony Soup. I'm still a little worried that the gel touching my chicken somehow contaminated it or something, so I look up what it is and it's non-toxic so at least I have that going for me. I realize I probably shouldn't have touched raw chicken breasts with an open wound even if it's under a bandage. So I clean my hands REALLY well and go to disinfect the wound with hand sanitizer and prepare for the sting.

I'm pleasantly surprised that it doesn't sting, but five seconds after I realize that's NOT supposed to be a good thing, it hurts like hell. The One Who Waits is going to kick my ass for how I've been providing for my flock and I'm worried my soup is going to suck complete donkey dick.

It's been about 40 minutes at this point. The recipe as prepared on the stovetop takes 50 minutes, so I've actually saved no time because I have to make the orzo separately since the rest of the soup is going to be simmering all day. I have class in 20 minutes, I live a 25 minute walk away, and I still haven't had breakfast which I need to take with my medicine that I almost forgot to take. I don't want to bike because finger still goes ow. Instead of going to the emergency room I decide to pack 8 more bandaids and suck it up. I call a lyft, make a steaming hot bowl of oatmeal at my work desk, go to class in full costume, and eat my hot breakfast right in front of my professor. He is not at all fazed by any of what I'm doing.

You'd think this would've set me up for a terrible day but I had a BLAST and was not going to let that ruin my Halloween. At least the soup was good, and I remembered to bring my little recruitment pamphlets to the university to go with my costume! But, in retrospect, I probably should have just gone to the emergency room or at least student health services. I'm fine now, but there's a definite change of slope on the tip of my left pinky finger where it should be curved.

Did I tell y'all about the time I almost went to the emergency room in my lamb cosplay

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[dreaming-of-assclass]

Happy New Years!! 🎉🎉

This year has been such a rollercoaster for everyone, I’m sure. A lot of things happened, but I’d say my experience with AssClass and the fandom has been one of my favorite parts of 2020! I’m so glad I joined the BigBang and met lots of new creators, eventually gaining the courage to make my own blog. And now here we are! I love this blog and interacting with all of you so much ❤️

I’ve been a bit messy lately lol...a lot actually omg. This month was packed with a lot of family and school stuff. My biggest New Years resolution is to improve my organization for sure. The next month, I want to empty out my inbox. And I’ll get to posting all the now-late Christmas fics hahaha.

And now to celebrate, here are some headcanons of what the AssClass characters’ resolutions are!

Karma: He tells everyone that he’ll try to be less prideful or whatever. But in actuality, he plans to get more creative with pranks and specifically make Terasaka’s life hell.

Nagisa: Wants to get out of the house and hang with his friends more, get space from his mom. Also wants to improve his sociability and speak up more for himself.

Kayano: Get revenge on that stupid girl who stole her role in- well, that’s a minor one hehe. Her biggest resolution is to honor Aguri and Koro’s legacies, and move on after everything, get her life back in order.

Okuda: Speak up more and get out of her comfort zone! Also take Karma’s advice and get a little wilder with her experiments. After all, science is all about possibility. Go big or go home~

Kanzaki: Beat up some punks with video games, as usual. Rebel against her family, fuck shit up. Basically, to embrace her inner badass all the way. Also start her own little flower garden.

Sugino: Practice his pitching! Also get his grades up because according to Shindou, “Jesus, Sugino, even my 97-year old grandpa could write this essay better than you.” Yeah...the boy needs to improve his academics if he wants to succeed jdhdjej

Gakushuu: Conquer his father of course! Be the best in his school. One-up Class E, although we know that’ll be impossible. Also he WILL adopt that Pomeranian he saw the other day.

Terasaka: He really needs to actually figure out what the politics are like in Japan lmao. He knows nothing, he just said it in the moment to screw with Koro and Karma. But yeah...the boy realizes now what he actually said lol.

Muramatsu: He’s gonna fix the ramen recipe. Damn his dad and whatever tradition they have, it’s so bad, he needs to. Also he’s gonna practice learning more fish recipes since he wants to do fishing more often.

Hazama: Try and stay away from her mom. Get that really nice witch book she saw in the store. Fuck it, she’s gonna go all out with the goth aesthetic and change up her wardrobe.

Nakamura: Thinking of dying her hair a cherry pink. Also will make it her goal to annoy Karma and Asano as much as she can. Tells everyone she’ll try to focus less on gossip and blackmail, but it’ll quickly be a broken promise lmfao.

Fuwa: Get her hands on an actual sword. Buy some more video game and manga merch, like keychains and such. Might tell herself to be more grounded but she knows it’s like impossible.

Kataoka: Improve her backstroke just a bit more, it’s been a little sloppy lately. Work on her self-control...specifically try to calm down the urge to deck Okajima whenever he’s being himself.

Hayami: Adopt a cat. Volunteer at a cat shelter. Pet more cats. Adopt another cat...Maybe try a new hairstyle. A deeper resolution would be to speak up more and make her opinions known. Also to relax a bit more.

Maehara: Maintain a steady relationship for once in his life. When that inevitably fails, his next goal would probably be to give more focus to grades and soccer. Wants to concentrate more on his future tbh

Okano: Working on her temper and insecurities. Will try and be more patient with others...mainly just the boys lmao. Gonna try to remember and stretch more often before she jumps into gymnastics stuff.

Korosensei: Be. Less. Of. A. Perv. This is what everyone assumes is at the top of his list. But no...his number one resolution is to honor Aguri and keep improving as a teacher and person, for the sake of 3-E. He truly wants to better himself for them, and do something meaningful for what little time he has left.

Irina: Do more online shopping. It’s way less work and she can just sit in bed, browsing through lingerie while eating ice cream and crying over Karasuma. Wait. That’s another resolution. Improve her love life. Also...be nicer to the students...I GUESS she yells loudly to nobody.

Karasuma: Eat less junk food, try to cook healthy actual food. That’s gonna fail though. Connect more with 3-E and make sure he’s doing the best he possibly can for them. Save the world. You know, the usual stuff.

This is all I can think of for now lol...hope you enjoyed. I mainly just did my faves jrhrhdjeke.

[whats-her-quirk]

Headcanons for an s/o that always carries around a water bottle

a/n: does this count as crack!fic? This is legit the dumbest idea but I couldn’t stop thinking about it so here you go, I guess.

izuku midoriya

* Thinks it’s the cutest thing that you’re always clutching your water bottle no matter where you go

* He loves that you care about staying hydrated!!

* When your water bottle is sitting on your desk or your room, he’ll pick it up to look at the stickers you put on it and see if there are any new ones

* Buys you more stickers when he notices an empty spot that should be filled

katsuki bakugo

* “That thing attached to the end of your arm, hah?”

* Teases you about it at first because you really do bring your water bottle everywhere. Class, group hangouts, meals at restaurants, the movies.

* Offers to buy you a second one so you don’t have to always carry the same one “like a total nerd,” but you politely decline.

* But then you notice him searching for water bottles online.

* And a few days later he has the same water bottle as you in a different color.

* “Damn, woman, am I not allowed to be thirsty!?”

tenya iida

* Loves this very practical habit of yours!!!

* Staying healthy and hydrated while also helping the planet by using less plastic, so responsible!

* when he notices yours is the kind with times of day marked down the side, he takes it upon himself to let you know when you’re behind on your water consumption.

* It’s futile trying to explain to him that you’re not as worried about the goals as you are about just having water when you want or need it.

* So you end up buying him his own so that he can track his own water intake instead of yours.

hitoshi shinso

* The two of you actually met on Instagram when he randomly found your post on the discover page.

* You had that VSCO girl kind of style that he liked, but you weren’t annoying about it!

* You just cherry-picked the best style components: the t shirts, the scrunchies, and of course, the hydroflask

* After he slides into your DMs and the two of you meet in person for the first time, he thinks it’s cute that you brought your water bottle with you to the coffeeshop.

* Oh yes, he’s going to be seeing a lot more of you and your water bottle in the future.

denki kaminari

* “Hey babe, where’d ya get your water bottle?”

* Unlike Bakugo, he wants to get matching bottles with you on purpose.

* Takes pics of the two of you with your matching bottles to post online with captions like, “me and bae staying hydrated 2k20”

* Gets you matching carrying straps too so you can be all decked out and it’ll be easier to hook your water bottle to your backpack.

* It’s the dumbest little thing but it makes him so happy.

eijiro kirishima

* Refills your water bottle for you throughout the day, especially when you’re at the gym together

* Likes that yours is a sporty camelback, it goes well with your tough style and personality

* Even when you’re not thirsty, makes sure your water bottle is always full

* Offers to carry it for you

* And definitely sneaks sips from it whenever he gets thirsty. You know this because the straw is covered in shark tooth bite marks.

shoto todoroki

* never really mentions your water bottle, but you know he notices that you always have it on you.

* Washes it out for you almost every night. You’ve never asked, he just does this.

* Makes ice to put in it in the morning.

* And will hold it in his icy hand late in the day when all the ice is melted to make it cold again.

* It’s the little things to show he cares.

hanta sero

*Sero’s always picking up your water bottle, dangling it absent-mindedly by the strap on one finger

*Just straight up drinks out of it sometimes, but you don’t mind because he always refills it

*Stops with you between classes at the water fountain or at the mall because he knows he’s half the reason the bottle is always empty

*Rests his chin on top of the screw cap when it’s sitting in front of him, looks adorable

*Writes your name on the bottom of it in sharpie in his prettiest handwriting so no one can steal his your water bottle

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Shopping for Deck Furniture

Shopping for deck furniture is a great experience that will end with an outdoor space that you will be glad for. Deck furniture is the perfect answer for any outdoor click here to learn more seating issue, yet there are some important things to remember at whatever point you are shopping for deck furniture.

Space

As a matter of first importance, make sure to measure the deck before you go out on the town to shop. Having a lot of deck furniture will just make the space look cluttered. As you are estimating, think about some great approaches to use the space. Generally decks offer a restricted measure of room, so sorting out what sort of deck furniture you need might take some careful thought. Generally a table and chairs is the best place to begin, in spite of the fact that in the event that you have extra space, you may likewise need a lounge chair or two. For decks that are not covered, you should seriously think about adding an umbrella to your deck furniture. An umbrella will give conceal from the sun.

Style and Color

Another important factor of choosing deck furniture is style, and there are various sorts of outdoor furniture. There are such countless different styles accessible that nobody ought to have an issue finding what they like.

The color of the deck furniture will likewise assume a part. Now and again you may wish to coordinate with the wood of the deck with the wood of the furniture you select. In different cases you may wish to use the pads of the deck furniture to coordinate with the wood or style of the outdoor space you wish to create.

Quality

Similarly as with all furniture, have the option to recognize a quality piece of deck furniture. Look for solid wood furniture, which will feel a lot heavier and sturdier than created wood or plywood. For metal pieces, heavier metal is additionally of a lot greater than lighter metal, so remember that also.

The most ideal approach to pass judgment on nature of deck furniture is consistently to see it in a store. Online shopping positively has its place, yet it tends to be extremely challenging to pass judgment on nature of furniture through an image. Now and again you could possibly save a tad of money by requesting the furniture over the web, yet make sure that it is the very brand and piece that you chose at the store. Some furniture organizations make pieces that look basically the same as pieces that are made by notable organizations. Notwithstanding, these duplicates may not be pretty much as excellent as the originals.

To test the nature of a household item in the store, plunk down on it and move around a piece. Check whether the piece shakes or moves around by any means. Likewise take a stab at running your hands over the wood of the piece. Assuming it fragments at all from running your fingers over it, this is anything but a decent sign, particularly if the wood is evidently teak. Teak wood ought to never fragment.

Cost

It is feasible to save a tad of money by buying prepared to gather deck furniture. In any case, recall that these pieces may not remain together just as pieces that you buy previously collected. Simply make sure to use epoxy to hold the pieces together. In the event that the entirety of the pieces are metal and they screw and fastener together, then, at that point be prepared to replace screws every once in a while. At whatever point conceivable, stay away from sorts that screw or fastener out because these are bad quality.

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(Note: I’m not repeating stories he’s told before and just putting them in parenthesis. I have a lot more videos to go until I’m caught up so that would save me a lot of time. If he gives details I never heard from him before, I will type those.)

“Is Onision A Dad? (+ Story With Onision's Father)“ October 12, 2020 Speaks

James says in the past he’s said he’ll never talk about being a father because the internet is crazy. They called CPS on them 3 or 4 times and every time CPS found that they were really good parents. They are responsible, take care of their kids, show them compassion, don’t hit them, listen to them, hug them when they cry, and you try to give them a better childhood than you had.

(Allegations against his father)

Says his childhood was not awful, but it lacked a lot. He did not have a male role model to look up to that was consistent in his life. He believes most of his problems comes from his childhood.

When he thinks about raising another human being, he thinks it’s important to give them a structurally sound environment so they don’t have an excuse to wind up damaged by something not beyond his control.

Says he was watching Christopher Titus talk about children and he said every parent he talked to regretted having kids. James asks if they knew what they signed up for? He says of course they’ll cry and you’ll have to spend a lot of money feeding them. They’re a financial burden and they’re going to cost you you’re time. That’s your responsibility. His mind is blown that they’re acting like parenthood is a curse.

Says he had a nephew who broke his femur and he was like “how could you let that happen? That’s insane. You must have been so neglectful.” His cousin told him, “just wait.” He says it was kind of like his cousin cursed him. (His found his daughter after she fell out of a 2nd story window story.)

He says he feels like a failure in keeping his child safe. If he could go back, he would have not worked so late that night. He still works a lot to pay the bills. When he found her, he thought she was not going to survive, but once the doctor told him the details he knew she would be fine.

He says he refers to himself as “Dr. James” because of instances like (he refused exploratory surgery for his son story.) He says his common sense was more than the doctor’s 18 years of medical training. If you disagree with him, your conclusion results in a child pointlessly cut open. Says it’s horrifying some doctors do this, but it’s reality.

(Refused down syndrome test story.) He says even if their child had down syndrome, it was past the point of pregnancy termination and they would have not wanted to terminate because people with down syndrome deserve love and to be raised. He says he’s a very virtuous person with common decencies. He asked what the point of the test was if it was too late to terminate? She told them it’s for peace of mind. He says he lost it and went full rant on the two women who were trying to potentially kill their baby with a needle. Their kid doesn’t have down syndrome, but if he did they would still take photos of him playing in the park like all other parents do.

He says one of the leading causes of death in our country is medical error. He says that’s because it’s un-natural and you’re cutting people open. Scalps don’t grow on trees. It’s helpful if you have cancer, but if you don’t know what’s going on you should step back and take a breath.

(More of the rash / refuse surgery story. He keeps name-dropping the doctor and where he worked.) He concludes he’s a very protective father. He says his life is nothing compared to theirs. He exists to make their lives better. 

He says when they got to the new hospital their new doctor was Asian. He has a natural assumption that Asian doctors are more balanced and smart. Doctor says it was a rash. (He smacks his deck and stares at the camera.) He says people online gaslight him and question his intelligence, but when he makes decisions they benefit people. In this instance he saved his son from an unnecessary surgery. He was so glad he was there because Kai isn’t the type of person to throw down. Kai would have let them put in that needle and potentially kill his kid. Kai would have been walked all over by the doctor and let the explorative surgery happen. Says he fought for his kid and he won and his son is better for it. Says full disclosure, from that point on he looked at his kid as a drama queen. He was screaming so much over a rash they went to the ER and they almost did surgery on him. He didn’t say this to his son, but he was thinking it.

James says when he had his first kid, Kai was part of a mom group. People were talking about getting divorced. Kai told him 8 or 9 out of 10 people get a divorce after having a kid. He says having a kid isn’t that stressful. It strengthened their bond when they had one. People came and went who tried to ruin their marriage and they all failed at homewrecking. It’s difficult get him to leave his family when he loves his kids. If his life is inferior to his kids, why would his love life be superior. He says people approach them and try to get him to leave Kai or Kai to leave him and they haven’t been successful so far. They have a foundation built on loyalty to their kids. It’s programed into people, but some people don’t have it. Like his father, he had the opposite. According to an article he tried to sue James, but couldn’t because James never said his name. James says he remembers saying his name so if he wants to sue him down the line, that says who he is as a parent.

(His mom tried to sue to see his kids story.) He says his mom called Kai a “tranny” and said he was invalid because he came out in his 20′s and breastfeeds. He says Kai breastfed because the kids need milk, but he plans on getting top surgery once they don’t need it anymore. One of the kids still breastfeeds. His mom refused to date a guy because he slept with a man before. She said he was attractive and she really liked him, but she wouldn’t date him. He says she’s phobic on every level and she lies to his face.

He wants to be honest and accepting with his kids. He wouldn’t call their spouse what she called Kai. Kai was crying about it and his mom said “good. I’m glad he’s crying.” (he’s doing a texting gesture while he’s quoting her.) He asked his mom about Caitlyn Jenner. His mom wouldn’t say anything ill about Caitlyn Jenner, but still attacked Kai. He thought it was mean because he gave her a house for free. He tried to buy it back and she wouldn’t let him even though she previously said she would give it back for free. Says there’s a lot of bad blood with his parents. If his kid ever gave him a house he would be grateful. He says his mom could visit his kids, but he didn’t want her driving them around because she does drugs.

He says this all reflects on their parenting. His mother-in-law asked if she could drink wine while watching their son when he was a very young baby. He said no. He holds everyone to the same standards. He kicked people out of their life for lying and doing drugs. They went on Hansen and acted like he was a monster. No one gives him compassion for that, he was protecting his kids from drugs. The internet believed the drug addict, criminal, liars.

He doesn’t put anyone over his status as a parent. He says lots of families experience tragedies. He saw a 10 year old that was playing with other kids at a family event. The next family event he found out he was dead. He drowned in a pool or a river. He didn’t think the parents were incompetent, he thought it was a horrible tragedy. He immediately thought their pain must be so severe.

He has a cousin whose kid was on a feeding schedule and the kid was bawling for breastmilk. He thought that was insane. The baby is crying because they need to be fed. The most basic of common sense. The baby died of SIDS. He doesn’t know if it’s related, but as a parent you can’t think you screwed up and hate yourself forever. He says if a kid drowned while the mom was shooting up heroin, that’s clear incompetence. If he was voting or paying his taxes when something happened, you can’t say he’s a monster. You can say he was in the wrong place and that sucks, even if he was 10 feet away. It’s awful and you’re not an innocent party because it could have been prevented, there’s that guilt. There was something very specific you’re supposed to do and it seems your kid starved to death or was nutrient deficient. When they went to the funeral, she talked about how Jesus had a plan and taking care of the kid. He says he never heard her talk about religion in his life. It’s just a scapegoat to make people feel better and so they can live with themselves.

He doesn’t know how he knew his kid was outside when she fell. He still doesn’t know what that metal scraping sound that sounded like a toy car on the garage door. His daughter was a few feet away and couldn’t even reach the door. She barely made any noise. He was so lucky he had his headphones off at that specific time. When you survive a tragedy, you don’t feel woe is me. You say thank god we survived that. He’s not going to sit here and say it was part of some plan. He thinks god or angels are more of a clean up crew than a protector. He thinks god can only influence how to fix it or help. What kind of god lets the holocaust happen and give an 8 year old cancer? He thinks there are subtle miracles.

Says we are programed to love our own unconditionally. If your kid stabbed you in the chest, you ask what you did wrong for them to do that. You don’t blame your kids. There may have been a chemical imbalance, but you have to blame yourself. When he sees his kids he sees a smaller version of himself and it scares him. He sees the vulnerability and how many scary things can ruin his life or her life.

He thinks about how he was abandoned as a kid by his dad and his perversions. His dad didn’t try to apologize to the people he hurt or work it out with his mom. He said I’m fine the way I am and screw my family. He blamed everyone and didn’t take responsibility. When his uncle threatened his dad if he came near the family, his dad said he would do the same thing so he knows how bad he is. Instead of talking to his son, he went to a newspaper. Three victims were abused by him. He loves himself more than his kids.

He says they found out his father had a child out of wedlock. He’s the father to a Somoan woman who is much bigger than he is. He says it looks really silly and they don’t look alike. His father didn’t tell them about his other family. 3 of 4 of his kids don’t talk to his father anymore.

A lot of parents only think of themselves and their ego. He thinks it’s a suicide prevention mechanism. When you’re awful, the species programs you to justify your existence.

(Beat up his dad story) He says that, speeding on the highway, and running a red at 2 am are the only crimes he’s committed. He got pulled over for running the red on his way to Tinker Air Force Base and paid a fine.

He doesn’t understand why people think having kids is a burden. He doesn’t understand why people go against their programing. He doesn’t have a mom or dad who loves him unconditionally. He gave his mom a house and she still doesn’t have unconditional love for him.

He wants to lead by example and share his stories. He think he’s at the point of surpassing so many things and up t this point he already gave his kids a better life than he had. They were never hit like he was as a child. They don’t have a stepdad that makes them pray “I love you satan” to the TV, or does drugs around them, or tape a dead duck to a dog’s neck, or shoots that dog for attacking a child. They don’t have a mom that forces you to round up your geese to be sold for potential slaughter because doesn’t agree with you having them and she doesn’t want to take care of them.

He says he might be hated by his young one day because the standard now is probably low. The mistakes he makes, they might grow to say they’ll be better than their father. Then their kids, etc.

If you regret having your kids, you need therapy. You’re going to set them on a path for only caring about themselves. You have to teach your kids to be kind to animals, kind to each other, respectful of people they love. He knows people who had healthy, functional parents and they turned out to be the coolest people. He is painfully damaged as a human being because of what he went through as a child.

You signed up for having kids, so act like it. They’re not a burden or curse. They’re a gift. When you have kids, you’re going to feel love and happiness like you never felt in your whole life. Your view of the world changes and you realize what you did in your life up to that point was meaningless.

He says he’s going to try to only upload new videos once his other videos hit a certain amount of views so he can focus on other things. He doesn’t want to invest in a sinking ship.

He says don’t buy people houses because they won’t appreciate it. You’ll just dump a quarter of a million dollars and they’ll just roll their eyes. He says he used to have a fantasy of buying everyone in his family a new house or pay off their mortgage when he made it big on Youtube. His mom destroyed that fantasy. He gives, but never stopped to think what have they given you? A lot of people who complained about him publicly were given tens of thousands of dollars of stuff by him.

He has a friend, McFly, who always shows up to his Twitch streams and gives him tons of bits. In return, he bought her a $50 gift certificate for a video game and a couple other games at other points. She also gave him a costume. That’s what real friends are.

He hopes you learned a lot from this video.

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Building a Terraced Garden

We had this slope that was something like 20 feet from the bottom of the hill to the top.  The previous owners had laid some railroad ties for steps that had started to rot and now housed wasps.

So, you know how when you need to do one project, you turn it into another, bigger, more exhausting (and expensive) project?  We needed to replace the steps but also this space was quite unuseable and after some online searches, we figured a terraced garden would check all the boxes.

The spot is right out the back door, perfect for a kitchen garden, grab things before dinner or a quick snack as you walk to the chicken coop. It also has access to the water hose spigot, since rain seems to come and go as it pleases. There is direct sun, but it also has some shade from various trees.

CLEAR THE LAND

First steps were…the steps.  To the burn pile with them and their little stinging friends. Our ground is quite rocky, full of slate and clay and other nonarable ground.  We’d have to bring in dirt to build a garden anyway, so this is like a raised bed garden, just on a hillside.

Next was clearing all the old brush that had been left to grow wild over the years.  There was a dead juniper bush, lots of yucca (yuck, I hate them), and random roots to nowhere.  I was really hoping for treasure as I cut and dug and scraped and sawed, but no hidden family jewels.

Plan the space

We figured we could do 2 gardens with a stairway in the middle.  Each garden would be about 8 ft wide and 20 ft long.  The stairs would be 4 ft wide.  This was sketched out to give us an estimate of how much wood we’d have to pick up.

The property has some landscaping with 6x6’s, which are nice, but difficult for one person to handle and more expensive, so 4x4’s are the next best option.   Each of the 2 gardens would be in sections of 8 ft by 3 ft and there would be 6 of them.  Stacking 3 boards meant 7 stacks of 3 on each side, so 21 + 21 = 42.  The steps would stack 2 high, so we’d use about 8 boards, cutting them in half for 4 ft wide steps.  So, now we’re up to 42+8 = 50.

Get some helpers

Dogs, chickens, snakes, all kinds of critters came to help. After clearing the space, which was randomly done over a few months, the weather was starting to warm up so we could get started. We did this project over a couple weekends, some were nice and sunny.

We wanted to stack the boards three-high, screwing them together and also drilling a hole so they could be set in place on the ground with rebar.  What worked best was to screw 2 pieces of lumber together, drill a hole.  Then screw on the third piece of lumber, then drill the hole through the 3rd piece.  This made for a heavy load, but it kept them all nicely in place. 

On the Level

Then after making sure it was level, we used the mallet to secure them in the ground with the rebar. All exhausting work, but a great reward in the end.

After setting all the sections in place, we attached the 2x10’s to the ends with 3” deck screws. These were measured and trimmed with the miter saw. While these were set in place, we realized the slope of the hill was a bit off from our measurements and we added another 4x4 to the top row, so there are 4 layers on the back.

Once the first half was done, we moved on to the second half (while also debating if just one side was plenty!).

Dish the Dirt

Clearing all the space and adding the raised beds also meant more dirt was required.  We got a couple truck loads from local nurseries and dumped those as we had time.  When the beds were up to level, some seedlings started getting set in place, just to start planning out the space. This back section had some snap peas, so they got some folding (and removable) trellises to help them grow nicely.

Finalize the Garden

Eventually, we realized the steps were too far apart so we added another step in between, so we had to buy a bit more wood and now there are about 14 steps.

A beautiful space

What was a mostly annoying space has turned into a fantastic and very efficient spot for herbs and veg!  We add some 2x4s for the tomatoes and the tomatillos once summer hits.  I’ve used jute, which broke, then last year I used random bits of hay string which held up beautifully, although it looked less than beautiful.  I attached the stalks with plastic clips to the hay string, but I’m still experimenting with different methods.  Most of our tomato plants grow taller than me, some were 6 ft tall, so we need to get more inventive with holding them up, some kind of wiring or fencing maybe.

We had 6 garden sections of tomatoes the first year, then only 4 the next year, which was plenty for the 2 of us. This year, we are going to start some cold weather varieties, like broccoli, kale, and cabbage in the early spring and see how that goes. This will be our 3rd year using this terraced garden and it has held up nicely.

From There to Here

For half the year, the garden is just a staircase to get to the chickens, but it is definitely better than the previous wasp-laden option.

Buy the things

A pallet of 4x4’s from Lowe’s has 52 boards, so that worked perfectly for the first round of lumber (and then of course we had to buy more).  I was a little worried about the weight, but the Lowe’s website estimate and our truck (Dodge V8) payload both looked like that would work out fine. Three trips just for wood.

2x10’s - 8

4x4’s Severe Weather 4-in x 4-in x 8-ft #2 Pressure Treated Lumber – @ 60

Rebar – @ 60 – 3/8 in x 2 ft long, 2 pieces in each section of 4x4s

1/2-in Woodboring Auger Drill Bit - 17” long – something with a larger diameter than the rebar

Deck Plus #10 x 3-in Ceramic Deck Screws 

Hex Head Heavy-Duty Wood Screws – 50 count – 6 in and 8 in ( ~ $35 for 50, but worked beautifully for this project and many others)

Drill (we use RYOBI, an Impact Drill would be best)

Circular saw

Miter saw

Level

String

Hammer

Mallet

Patience…time…blood…sweat…tears…and a good attitude.

What are your gardening plans this year? We keep debating about adding a third section, but nah. :) Please let us know your thoughts and any tips or tricks on tomato trellises!!

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