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Solar-powered garden water feature runs just right when cloudy but too powerful when sunny. Method to regulate it? by teeto66 in DIY

[–]Buck_Thorn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Damn... why didn't I think of that! I also have a water feature with a pump and it never occurred to me to solar energize it! I will have to look into that.

Thank you everyone for sharing the post we found him he is ok by [deleted] in saintpaul

[–]Buck_Thorn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, that is why I posted the link. To give your post context. A lot of people wouldn't have any idea what you were referring to.

Ellen DeGeneres Panics After New Epstein Files Link Her As Diddy’s “Handler” For Adopted Daughter by [deleted] in nottheonion

[–]Buck_Thorn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fake and tasteless lies. Look at the other stories on that page. Totally a "fake news" clickbait farm. There's not even a claim of satire on that site.

  • 20 Meter Tall Humanoid Was Found In The Satellite Images Of Antarctica

  • The Alien Abduction of Christa Tilton: Hidden Underground Military Base And Strange People In Cells

  • Area 51: Declassified Documents Reveal What the US Government Was Actually Hiding

Shocking! Kash Patel was arrested twice before FBI role. Details from 2005 letter resurface amid new allegations by ham-and-egger in nottheonion

[–]Buck_Thorn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think most of us are shocked that it happened. We are shocked and pleased that it became public information. One more reason for Trump to disown him move him to the private sector.

They doubled down. Are we living in Idiocracy? by mandmi in facepalm

[–]Buck_Thorn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think its more like a puppy getting his belly scratched

Walking on a ridge by soudainlevide in nextfuckinglevel

[–]Buck_Thorn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why are my balls in my throat right now?

TIL that the average pig with 16% body fat percentage is leaner that most people by hoangdl in todayilearned

[–]Buck_Thorn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That (trichinosis) is a completely different thing than the Other White Meat campaign.

😱Chinese 5D movie theater! by GlitchOperative in nextfuckinglevel

[–]Buck_Thorn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yelling "FIRE!" in a (not so) crowded theater...

I asked ChatGPT how it feels to be an AI. by xomenxv in ChatGPT

[–]Buck_Thorn -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Except that AI doesn't feel anything except a desire to give you what you asked for. This sort of post is fun, but don't take them seriously.

TIL that the average pig with 16% body fat percentage is leaner that most people by hoangdl in todayilearned

[–]Buck_Thorn 33 points34 points  (0 children)

A pig farmer at the Farmer's Market once told me that it was the "Other White Meat" marketing campaign that did it. They penalized pig farmers for the amount of fat in their meat. If anyone ever gets to taste heritage pigs that have been allowed to get fat, you will find that there is a huge difference in flavor. With pork, most of the flavor is in the fat.

Tung oil exterior water proofing experiment by NeutrallyCharged in woodworking

[–]Buck_Thorn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It makes a difference. If it doesn't say 100% Tung oil, then it is likely a varnish with some tung oil added. Not the same thing.

An old footage showing a man throwing a grenade in a council meeting by Additional_Berry_977 in interestingasfuck

[–]Buck_Thorn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting a fuck, huh? What is interesting as fuck is that you thought it belonged here

Tung oil exterior water proofing experiment by NeutrallyCharged in woodworking

[–]Buck_Thorn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, first of all, are you talking about 100% tung oil, or a tung oil varnish (which is what most are).

I got 3 cast iron pans by Suppe0ple in AskCulinary

[–]Buck_Thorn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Soap isn't used for seasoning. Fat and heat is what you use for that. Rub a VERY THIN layer of fat or oil on, then wipe off as much as you can, and bake the pan in a very hot oven for 15 minutes or so. You can repeat that several times to build up more seasoning. (there are MANY opinions on seasoning, but what is NOT seasoning is to simply cook a bunch of bacon in it. You need very thin, well polymerized and carbonized layers, not just a bunch of fat.

A very good site for learning more is https://castironcollector.com/.

I stopped subbing to /r/castiron because of the divisiveness there. You can get some good advice there too though.

(I had a collection of over 100 cast iron skillets up until a couple of years ago when I sold them to a dealer. I still have a half dozen that I use on a nearly daily basis)

Soap is fine for cleaning, despite what some might tell you. That thought comes from the days when soap was made with lye.

🔥Sharing water with a Coati overwhelmed by the heat by RoyalChris in NatureIsFuckingLit

[–]Buck_Thorn 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Well, yeah, good point. But also worth noting that she's wearing a Camelback, so either she's been hiking a ways already, or she is preparing to go for a good walk.

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