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Roman civilization was pretty advanced, even in the first century. I just saw a ring posted on FB earlier today. It's a memorial ring for a young man who died in the 1st century AD, and has his 3D likeness holographically engraved in quartz crystal: And yes, they definitely had lathes! https://themacabrenbold.tumblr.com/post/670202263645601792/a-2000-year-old-hologram-enclosed-in-a-gold Edited to add: I keep looking at the above photo, and having worked on two different digs in my younger years, my first thought is: "If that person's an archaeologist, and has been working on a dig, WHY ARE THEIR HAND SO CLEAN??"

I have a suggestion for tracking down the name. I've been researching my family tree and have found that old address books are often available online. It would seem the artist of the stool must have lived locally. See if you can get a better idea of when the stool was made, then check the local address books for that name. Most old books have a business section - what modern people would call 'The Yellow Pages', and the name may be listed there under leather goods or saddle and harness makers.

Anyone want to guess how old this awl is? Looks like something you might have found in a modern garden, that had been left lying there for a decade or so, right? Or what the awl on your workbench might look like if you left it lying outside for enough years. Nope, it's from the Roman fort a Vindolana, and is from the pre-Hadrian's wall period of the fort, so before 122 AD! So cool that our craft is so old, and some things have changes so little!

Ohh yeah, we've all had that one person... Love it, though I probably would never had had the guts to actually do it!

SMH... Of course, there's a total ban on open fires in N.S. right now, and fines have been increased to a maximum $25,000. Still, some people have decided, oh, this doesn't apply to me! Idiots!! Have several friends and one family member living in the area. They say it is very, very dry right now. And yesterday, there was a thunderstorm, and lightning strikes triggered some fresh blazes. Province just can't catch a break...

Dad joke of the day = okay it's kinda dumb but it made me laugh! Reminds me of the jokes we used to tell when we were kids, like why do elephants paint their toenails red? So they can hide in cherry trees... Q. 500 bricks are on a plane. One falls off. How many are left? A. 499 Q. What are three steps to putting an elephant in a refrigerator? A. Open Door, put elephant in refrigerator, close door Q. What are four steps to putting a giraffe in a refrigerator? A. Open door, take elephant out of refrigerator, put giraffe in refrigerator, close door Q. The lion throws a huge birthday party. All the animals but one go. Which is it and why? A. The giraffe: he's still in the refrigerator Q. Sally swims across an alligator infested river and doesn't get eaten. How? A. The alligators are at the lion's birthday party Q. Sally is found dead within the next 5 minutes: why? A. She was hit by a brick falling from the sky

Forgive me if you've heard this one before...it's a good one! And the good ones are worth repeating! A senior citizen drove his brand new Corvette convertible out of the dealership. Taking off down the road, he floored it to 80 mph, enjoying the wind blowing through what little gray hair he had left. Amazing, he thought as he flew down I-94, pushing the pedal even more. Looking in his rear view mirror, he saw a state trooper behind him, lights flashing and siren blaring. He floored it to 100 mph, then 110, then 120. Suddenly he thought, What am I doing? I'm too old for this, and pulled over to await the trooper's arrival. Pulling in behind him, the trooper walked up to the Corvette, looked at his watch, and said, "Sir, my shift ends in 30 minutes. Today is Friday. If you can give me a reason for speeding that I've never heard before, I'll let you go." The old gentleman paused. Then he said, "Years ago, my wife ran off with a state trooper. I thought you were bringing her back." "Have a good day, sir," replied the trooper

Yes, indeed! There are actually FOUR separate fires, and only the smallest one is under any sort of control. Fire fighters and equipment are coming from outside to help - two water bombers from Newfoundland, eight aircraft from New Brunswick as well as fire fighters from New York and New Hampshire. The Westwood Hills fire is the one that's caused mass evacuations as it started in a residential area close to Halifax.

From the front lines in Halifax: https://www.facebook.com/wade.pgrandy.3 For those of you who don't have FB, Wade Grandy is a fire captain in Halifax: These fine young men were amazing last night. 15 hours of back breaking work none stop. Small break for coffee and a snack. Pee break and back at it. Ride with each one of ya anytime. First 10 Man crew. Great job fellas. Hats off to Sean Berrigan for wheeling that truck around and Pumping probably 30000 plus gallons of water. Lost count of how many times we broke down repacked and off to another.

Yeah, that would be the Alberta fires. We actually got some of that smoke in southern Ontario!

When a member of the press asked the Ministry of Natural Resources officer about how the fires started, he said they were caused by humans, but whether deliberately set, or accidentally is still under investigation.

Two large fires in Nova Scotia are burning out of control, and there is no relief in sight from rain. Mass evacuations have started in some areas - police have made 2 lane roads one way only to hasten the evacuation. Please pray. Livestock are in danger too - much harder to evacuate them. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/tantallon-hammonds-plains-pockwock-wildfire-evaucations-forest-fire-halifax-1.6857729

What would be the purpose, Frodo? To protect the stitches?

Cattledude, so sorry for your loss. I lost my husband to cancer, and breast cancer took both my husband's mother and my grandmother. Fortunately, with better diagnostics and much better treatments, many more women survive breast cancer these days.

Yes, the chemo is very tough on the veins! It's probably a PICC (peripherally inserted central catheter) line, and it ends in one of the large vessels just above the heart, so the chemo gets mixed with a large volume of blood as soon as possible, and doesn't have time to damage the vein. That's great about the subsidies for wigs and scarves. I paid full price for my cap - it's amazing how cold your head gets when there is no hair on it! The wig was a free loan from the Canadian Cancer Society. My hairdresser trimmed off the few remnants of hair I had left, so everything remaining would fit under the wig. I offered to pay her, but she refused to take my money.

Hair loss depends on the chemo drug used. My oncologist told me I'd lose my hair, and I did, after the 3rd session. I was able to get (borrow) a very nice wig from the Cancer Society. A friend of mine who was a hairdresser didn't even realize it was a wig! The up side to the hair loss was it happened during the COVID lockdown, when no one was able to get a haircut. Me...I didn't have to worry! Wigs are ridiculously expensive to buy, so if your wife thinks she would like one, see what the local Cancer society has available. Cancer treatment, especially for breast cancer, has improved a great deal in the last few decades. My grandmother was diagnosed with breast cancer in the 1960's, at the same age I was diagnosed. She died from it. So did my husband's mother (late 1950's) My cancer never would have been caught in time without a mammogram. Even the oncologist, using the mammogram as a guide, had a hard time feeling where it was in the breast. I won't say the treatment was a walk in the park, but it was light years ahead of what we used to hear about 20 years ago, with nausea, vomiting and radiation burns. I had some minor weeping of the skin with the radiation that lasted about 10 days. Even that wouldn't have happened if it weren't for them changing my treatment schedule due to COVID. They condensed what should have been a month long treatment into just 7 days. Will be keeping your wife in my prayers!

The chemo did not make me feel all that sick during my round with breast cancer back in 2000. I would often go home, then go out and do my grocery shopping! The third day was usually the worst. It just made me feel tired and sometimes just a little feverish. I had to be careful what I ate, though. Spicy food or anything that irritated the digestive system gave me the runs. Never had a problem with nausea or vomiting, though. BTW, here's a tip. They used to give me a dose of Benadryl before the chemo, in case I got an allergic reaction to it. I think it also helps with nausea too. That is NOT a non-drowsy antihistamine, so I wasn't happy about being dosed with it. I take Allegra for my allergies, so I asked if I could take that instead, and after they got permission from my doctor, they said fine, go ahead! I was scheduled for 12 sessions of taxol, but only got 6, as I started having breathing problems, plus I got an infection in my port-a-cath. I was hospitalized for awhile due to that. Unfortunately, the shortness of breath never completely went away. My oxygen sats are usually around 92 to 95 percent, but go down really fast with any sort of exertion. The respirologist says it`s rare but the chemo does sometimes damage the lungs. Yeah. Lucky me...

That's cool, Frodo!

Fortunately for me, the one time I did a major dye spill, I had a roll of paper towels and a bottle of methyl alcohol handy. The two of them together did a really good job of cleaning up the spill before it soaked in. And fortunately, most of it was on the cutting mat. Even more fortunate - the floor was ceramic tile! It also missed the project I'd been wanting to touch up!

Yep, was definitely thinking it looks like something a country singer would wear!

Never mind the ECG tag, I'm wondering why he has a piece of rusty barbed wire on his bench?? Hope your tetanus booster is up to date, Chuck! Very nice work on the roses!

Great video, thanks Tugadude! Good advice that he has his customers sign off on a very detailed invoice (color of thread, even!) before he begins work. I'm sure that prevents a lot of people from thinking they can get the finished product for cheap because it doesn't look exactly as they expected. I liked his plug for leatherworker.net. When i was wanting to learn more, my instructor at Tandy recommended I join, and it's been very valuable. (God rest you, Bill. You were a wonderful teacher! )

I need to make something similar for my compass and a few other sharp, pointy things, so the points don't get damaged!

Oh, that's funny! Chuck, reminds me of this photo: Most of my skunk encounters have involved skunks and dogs that didn't know any better... I can report the Skunk Remedy (hydrogen peroxide, baking soda and a little dish soap) works REALLY well...and that some dogs just DO NOT LEARN! The one house we were renting, we had a backyard neighbour with a skunk nest under the porch. The neighbour had decided to just let them be. Twice while we were living there, one of the young ones fell into our window well. Our dog alerted us to it, and fortunately we noticed before anything bad happened to her! (I'm sure the skunk was reluctant to spray when it was in a confined space, too.) We tried (very carefully) putting a 2x4 down into the window well, but the youngster couldn't get a good grip on it. Then, we thought of an old piece of carpet we had somewhere, and didn't want anymore. That did the trick, though the skunk did spray just a tiny bit while I was putting the carpet into the well. Fortunately, the smell didn't last, as it wasn't a full blast!

So, how DO you catch and skin a skunk without causing the fur to stink? Won't a skunk let go its scent glands if it's caught in a trap?