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The aromas from the Pork & fish wafting around the bush would have been totally awesome , sure wish I was there Is that a 'secret recipe ' rub on the Pork ? My lil' bit of Pork for Mothers Day looks like a Pork ' Mcnugget' compared to that pig . Tastes great all the same . Well done HS

Done, I gave her a big hug for Mothers Day as well Thanks Frodo, sounds like you had fun as well HS

@Frodo Hope all is well, haven't heard from ya , unless you're on holiday . Mum loved the fridge magnets, thanks for the inspiration If theres a ' Mothers Day' & 'Fathers Day', why isn't there Sons & Daughters Day ? LOL @chuck123wapati the Pork was awesome btw, and so was the crackling , bellies are full now , plenty left over for a stir fry during the week . HS

Because I'm good looking on a ' regular ' basis ? I really dunno The mods will know . Perhaps it has to do with the amount of contributions to this site and how often members come on the site...maybe. HS

" Two old ladies sitting on a park bench, when a naked man ran past. One had a stroke, the other couldn't quite reach " HS

Solved: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/mystery-solved-how-did-500-pounds-of-pasta-end-up-dumped-in-the-new-jersey-woods-180982135/ "Eventually, neighbors who live near the dump site solved the pasta puzzle themselves. After analyzing footage captured by a home security camera, they determined it came from a man who’d been cleaning out his mother’s home after she died" Sadly , his Mother 'pasta-way' , 'RIP' Rest in Pasta ( sorry ) HS

and @chuck123wapati We'll be having a ( $mall) roast pork . Thank you very much , quite enjoy carving roses . Some are better than others . Just like horses, I'll do one and it looks great, do another and it looks not as good as the first. Practice practice... Really like chucks roses too HS

Now, this is something I know nothing about. First time I've seen one of these, but it looks great @Frodo . Every day I learn HS

@Frodo While not coasters, these are fridge magnets. I have done a better job on carving roses before. Challenge fulfilled Mothers Day , Australia is May 14, this Sunday. So it will be either a roast, ( depending on the price of meat) or a pizza , washed down with champers with a fancy ice cream cake ........thingy .

Thats something really important, aside from good eyesight when doing close up work, good lighting Thank you y'all HS

@PastorBob & @chuck123wapati Thank you very much I modified a brush a long time ago so it only has a few bristles on it to get around lettering and small bits on stuff like this . I couldn't work without it now...or my extra glasses lol I have a sore back from being hunched over and close up doing the lettering on the belt. The sacrifice is worth it ...I think Shame we can't charge extra for physical pain . HS

The last time I made one of these was back in 2014. I don't do brand names like this one too often , out of respect. Leather is 4mm vt DB . Just a light pattern along the edge . The lettering and ' Live To Ride' 3D stamps is bevelled around each one, left natural, not painted (so it will darken in time) , but carefully dyed black around each letter. *Made my eyes go silly and just a few snaps and sturdy buckle. I made a HD tank cover for the same client a while back so I was happy to make a ' HD' keeper. *am I the only one that puts one pair of glasses on top of another? Yeh yeh , I know I need my eyes checked. HS

One of our high school excursions ' back in the day', was a tour of an abattoir, mostly sheep, fair dinkum. I don't know what was going through the minds of our teachers to do that, but anyway, while all the other kids were almost passing out, I was keenly fascinated. Nothing was wasted, every part was used. I loved how they got the brains out, a hand operated gizzmo like a giant nut cracker. I stood there for ages watching that thing , lol . We all had a BBQ that night, with lamb , tasted dam good too . Perhaps vegans need a lesson in reality. I think you have convinced me to keep giving my ol' barby some love. And I agree about the quality of newies. I doubt they would last anywhere near as long as mine. And, quite often they are the most common things to find on a kerbside rubbish collection , says a lot about " quality" Keep eating like a king HS

Good point, you can't fix stupid HS

@chuck123wapati Vegans ( veggo's ) have their place, God Bless them , but this p***es me off. https://au.news.yahoo.com/vegans-confront-aussie-neighbour-over-cooking-meat-makes-us-feel-sick-064558069.html I wasn't sure whether to post this on here, or on the ' jokes ' thread . If that ' vegan' was next to me, I'd be putting the barby on every night. I had BBQ satay Pork skewers recently , and tonight, rump steak, and lamb chops the week earlier...on the barby, the aromas were devine . And Chuck, I had a rare passing thought yesterday ...buy a new barby, God forbid .Not sure how much longer my 'ye olde ' cast iron 4 burner will last . It really is looking its age now . I got it around 1995-ish. All the newies these days have stainless steel burners. I'll make the oldie last a bit longer. HS

Good to hear you have got your truck finished , woo hoo I wish I could say the same about my poor ol' Grey Fergie tractor. It should have been finished ages ago and running by now , but when you have two parents that need my help daily, in between everything else I do it ain't easy . I got the head & manifolds back on. Water pump next. Its like a slow moving jigsaw puzzle, one piece at a time. Man, you have been eating well We're now into casseroles & curries and all the other yummo winter foods . Getting really cold now. A storm about a month ago gave us a few fallen branches etc. for me to cut up for wood. We have about 4-5 bottles of ' cheap' champagne , only 6 bucks a bottle, but it doesn't taste any different to the ex$y fancy stuff , we pop a cork on the odd occasion, yep life can be tough , lol Take care & eat well HS

Same here in the west. We'll be needing a permit to fart next . So love the appearance on the blade . Look forward to seeing the end result HS

I'd love to put a thought bubble above that dogs head with a few expletives in it. I can't say what they are but one starts with the letter ' C ' . Gladly we don't have those here in Oz, but after reading yours & Chucks experiences, my respect for those smelly critters has increased. HS

All the pics I've seen of the 345's don't have that extra black bit with the clip on . Can that be removed? Or get another bench with adjustable height ? It would be quite a tall order to modify the Singer base. HS

I quite like it I did start making simple comb cases a while back just two small pieces of scrap, but they didn't sell. Its hard to know who wants what some days. Perhaps I'll try again but put a cheap comb inside. HS

Here in Oz, you can send a piece of metal through the post without issue, its just a piece of metal , but when theres an edge on it , it becomes a knife . It would then have to be declared as a knife, or a weapon . Got that from a knife maker in my town who gets stuff made over east. Stoopid rulz !!! HS

I found this. Quite baffling , and damn funny too. https://au.news.yahoo.com/jersey-baffled-mountain-cooked-pasta-184611713.html "Another user added: “Lead suspect is a guy named Al Dente,” another commented. That totally cracked me up . I guess someone would have to pasta shell out' a lot of money to clean it up. But I think this story is rigged- atoni . Obviously the offender is no ' Angel ' hair pasta and a bit of a ' noodle head ' Perhaps the offender should ' Man icotti up . All we need now is 1/2 ton of pasta sauce, 1/4 ton of garlic bread and a few cases of red wine Anyone from New Jersey on here ?? Fill us in ?? HS

I'm quite partial to a nice Shiraz, or Cab-Sav , or a nice Merlot, when I'm feeling brave. Merlot has a kick like a mule. ( btw we don't have corks any more, , except champers, mostly all screw tops. Kinda spoils the fun, and the flavour. ) Apart from a few things I would do a bit different, I am quite proud of it , thank you Basically anything that is round, and it fits, and needs to be looked after, other than wine Thank you y'all 18 years ago when I first started leather, this never would have entered my head to even attempt it...but now . Nice to see I've progressed quite a bit , but still learning HS

I got a bit further on the second one today . It won't be quite as fancy as the first, but still nice. HS

Thank you for all your comments I did all the tooling myself, its not an AS pattern . Thats the spine , where its all joined .. I decided to run a little dark dye over where the edges meet. Perhaps its a little too dark . It would be perfect