Imperial Beach, California. Basically as close to Tijuana as you can get without being in Mexico

Not surprising. There are more maga here than any other state, despite being such a minority that no Republican has won a state election in about 20 years.

In IB, we hit $7.09 for premium, and $7.69 for Diesel. It’s crazy, and it’s gonna get worse.

NI?

No worries, oh one more tip. When re-stringing your violin or viola, hold it so that the chin rest is pointing away from you, and at around a 45° angle. If, for some reason, like the pegs being tight and unwaxed, you over tighten the A or E strings too much they will snap. Generally along the direction of the fingerboard, and generally toward the top of the string so the string-turned-whip travels, generally, along the direction of the fingerboard and away from your face. Violins and violas kinda hate their existence as far as I can tell.

Anything you wish,

There’s nothing to it…,

Come with me,

And you’ll be,

In a world of double penetration,

Oh fuck, you have me doing it now.

You have a gift. I’m not entirely certain that you are using it to the full potential with the art that you just produced.

Responded to the wrong comment

Someone got the reference. Just don’t give him Delores

This is the scene I was referencing. It’s a fun movie to watch with your kids

https://youtu.be/93B072j-E3I

I was making a “Meet the Robinson’s,” joke.

Confirmed, I was referring to the spirit animal.

He The spirit dragon has a big head, and stubby little arms. Has he thought this through?

Edited for clarity

Willy Wonka and the sex toy factory. “You know Charlie, no other factory in the world mixes their lube by waterfall.”

Lexington, KY? They have several that do that.

Just avoid cities skylines 2. It’s just a cash grab

If you ever pick it up, a couple things to know: 1) your fingers will bleed until you’ve built up some kinda thick callouses. The E string is brutal. If you want to avoid that, do scales on the G and D strings until you have callouses.

\2) you don’t need a $1,000+ violin, you certainly don’t need the multiple $1,000+ bows you can find. Get a cheap ($250-$300) student violin to learn with, and if you get good enough to actually perform, then look at the expensive toys. (And good Lord do they get expensive quick.)

\3) some people will tell you not to tape your finger positions, some will tell you to tape your finger positions. I don’t actually know if it matters, it certainly made learning the correct position for my fingers easier, and I haven’t used the tape in decades since I stopped using my 3/4 size violin. What is important is that you do not get into the habit of resting the violin on your fingering hand. If you don’t train your chin and shoulder to hold the violin by themselves, learning vibrato technique is damn near impossible.

For a “basic smithy setup” all you really need is a roof and a dirt floor. Sand would be better than dirt, but dirt can get you started. All my forges have started as a patch of bare dirt in my backyard with a simple pole and tin roof frame around the patch. I eventually dig it up to a depth of two feet and fill it with sand. I’ve only done this twice. Once you have the sand, cover the sand when you don’t need it (to spill molten metal into) with 1/4 inch thick iron plates or steel plates. That keeps the sand where you want it.

Unca Scrooge?

Somewhere between 12 and 12!

Edit: Wait, were you asking for my personal activity? I was answering the question of how many users I see posting regularly. I learned a while ago that my posts don’t matter, so I just comment.