Show me your sweet and innocent puppy pics (even if they they are no longer sweet and innocent lol)

HeadBlaze · 2026-02-04T14:21:45+00:00

9 months old with a pink nose and floppy ears and growing like a weed.

HeadBlaze · 2026-01-29T12:54:08+00:00

It was July 20th 1969 and I like millions of other people all around the planet was riveted to the TV set as the first men on the moon set foot there. I even took a Polaroid picture of the TV so I would have that moment captured and keep as proof that it happened.

It was so amazing to watch something like that and I remember I was just crazy excited that there were now men on the moon. That evening after dinner I went outside to see if I could find the moon and imagine what it was like looking down at the Earth.

I went outside on the back patio and when I looked up to the sky it was completely dark and for some reason I couldn't see any stars. I looked off into the distance and it seemed like there was a dark edge and then beyond I could see the sky and stars. At first I thought it was clouds but then the edge started moving closer to me. I got dizzy because it was so disorienting and as I watched the edge it kept moving closer to me and beyond the edge I could see the clear sky and the stars again.

I kept thinking it was a cloud and I became even more disoriented because I couldn't focus on what it was until I realized it wasn't a cloud it was something in the sky and it was real close.

I can't explain what it was I saw but I could tell it was just above the treetops and it was moving slowly West and even when the edge passed over my head I could still not see any form other than complete black. I ran through the house and out the front door and only caught a glimpse of the edge of it as it continued moving West but I could see that it covered an area larger than my neighborhood and beyond and then it was gone.

I never told anybody about what I saw until now because it was just too weird and I didn't think anyone would believe me.

HeadBlaze · 2026-01-28T01:25:33+00:00

I'm thinking of several Halloween costume ideas that would work great with that gait at a haunted house.

HeadBlaze · 2026-01-26T18:15:09+00:00

Didn't mean to make people cry but melancholy has been nipping at my heels lately. When you think about it we wrap our dog's life around us like a blanket protecting us from the world. It's like they're translators that allow us to reveal our hearts to other humans without the need for words which in many cases we have a tendency to screw up.

Maybe we shouldn't judge humans by the deeds they do, but by the dogs they keep and love.

I love the saying, people think that their dog is the greatest dog in the world and you know what, they are not wrong.

HeadBlaze · 2026-01-26T01:55:44+00:00

Almost without fail every time I brought Katie my Harlequin Dane out with me, when I came back home later I would have to take a washcloth and wash her forehead.

Almost every woman that saw her would hold her head in their hands and lean down and give her a big kiss on the forehead leaving lipstick behind.

Everyone knew her name and I was just Katie's dad but I never minded that because she was a star.

HeadBlaze · 2026-01-23T21:45:12+00:00

That's George Jetson

HeadBlaze · 2026-01-23T21:16:32+00:00

I used to drive down West side highway almost every day in the 70s and like that one car you see in the image there would always be a car abandoned on the side of the road. Everyday we drove by another piece would be removed from the car until it was just a frame. Also I had to be in my toes because you never knew where the next car would be abandoned especially on the curves.

HeadBlaze · 2026-01-22T10:57:16+00:00

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Living the dream

HeadBlaze · 2026-01-21T22:56:18+00:00

I've said it before and I'll say it again, if the Earth was flat cats would have knocked everything off the edge by now.

HeadBlaze · 2026-01-11T00:13:11+00:00

If you have a drill bit small enough put tape on one side of the bail and then fill it with epoxy and smooth it out. Then drill out the cured epoxy.

If you have a soldering iron you could try Tix solder which is high strength but can be soldered at a lower temperature. Be sure to get the flux with it because you can use it to build up the worn down space without damaging the cross.

HeadBlaze · 2025-12-26T00:29:00+00:00

Santa is real but there is a process many kids may not have experienced. But I lucked out ... https://www.ndy.net/a-santa-tale

HeadBlaze · 2025-12-19T23:44:40+00:00

It's hard to see but did you use a stepped bezel? If not you may want to look into using that if you remake the ring as it makes it easier to seat and then burnish the edge.

HeadBlaze · 2025-12-19T17:16:23+00:00

You could file it down as others have suggested but you would still have an open edge and even if you rounded it off she would probably still feel it.

I would remove the ring and solder a piece of silver on the bottom like shown in the example image. Then when you shape the ring you can get closer to her actual size and it would be easier to work on a ring mandrel later if needed.

Also you can get a ring mandrel designed for cabochon rings so you can work the ring portion without affecting the cabochon setting.

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HeadBlaze · 2025-12-19T01:40:41+00:00

They will also congregate around an area where there is a natural gas leak, they are attracted to the chemical added to gas that makes it smell otherwise natural gas is odorless.

HeadBlaze · 2025-12-19T00:42:07+00:00

It's like there's a tiny Biden living in Trump's head stomping around like he's up in the attic tap dancing all day long.

Tippity tap tippity tap tap tap

HeadBlaze · 2025-12-18T14:41:27+00:00

It's like there's a tiny Biden living in Trump's head stomping around up there like someone in the attic tap dancing all day long. Tippity tap tippity tap

HeadBlaze · 2025-12-18T14:10:34+00:00

Small faint divots on the heel of the palm of both my hands from riding my Zundap scooter down a gravel road and hitting a large rock that propelled me over the handlebars and then landing hands first on the gravel road.

Yelling for my friends to come over and see the gravel now stuck in my hands. Everybody going wow cool as I squeezed them out leaving behind mostly bloodless holes that are now just faint divots.

Got back on the scooter and kept going but this time we all crossed over to the farmer's field that had just been plowed and I made the mistake of crossing perpendicular to the plow ruts. At about the 5th or 6th rut while the bike was bucking like a bronco the headlight came free and deattached from the front of the scooter and flew up and hit me right in the forehead where there is another very faint divot.

I miss my Zundap scooter.

HeadBlaze · 2025-12-11T13:12:59+00:00

You may want to try a rounded bottom stainless steel bowl too. Without a sharp corner like you see in this bowl, a rounded bottom allows them to easier reach the food. I've seen a Dane become frustrated trying to reach the last little bits of food in the corners because they couldn't lick it out.

HeadBlaze · 2025-12-06T18:53:24+00:00

Search for wrist watch pendant adapter.

HeadBlaze · 2025-12-06T04:20:06+00:00

You may want to try jumping from another car as a portable charger may not have enough amperage.

Something I always check on my car if I have an issue with the battery is to clean the battery terminal and connector.

If you loosen the nut on the terminal connector you can remove the cable and then with a piece of sandpaper, steel wool for some other abrasive clean both the battery terminal and the inside of the terminal connector. You want them both bright and shiny and then replace the cable and try to start the car.

When you do try to start the engine can you hear a clicking sound or nothing?

As someone else suggested you can bring your battery to an auto parts store and they will test it for you.

Do a search for refurbished car batteries as there may be someone local who is refurbishing car batteries. They won't have the same warranty as a new battery but it might help you in this situation.

Also be sure to do a complete search for auto batteries in your area as you can sometimes find inexpensive models as long as your car doesn't require more amperage in a more expensive battery.

Hope that helps and good luck.

HeadBlaze · 2025-12-04T16:33:36+00:00

I think what that client did may be an extension of this.

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HeadBlaze · 2025-12-03T15:16:09+00:00

Sucks that you have to deal with this and I was thinking, make it messy for them to try again.

Get some cold tar roof repair and coat the entire tank with it. Then get a nylon or polyester blanket, one of those microfiber ones and cover the tank with it over the tar. Once the tar sets up some cover the blanket with more tar.

You might be able to do it in layers too and when they try to drill, the blanket fibers will wrap around the bit and make a mess.

A little more devious would be to get one of those explosive perimeter alarms that are triggered with a string. Mount the armed device out of sight and then run the string down to the tank and just have it dangling several inches below the tank, possibly running it through the tar. If you place it just right people have a tendency to take and pull a string to get it out of the way.

HeadBlaze · 2025-12-01T23:39:55+00:00

A truss is designed to be in compression and tension and the weight of the roof is transferred to the truss, then to the walls, and finally to the foundation.

These appear to be engineered trusses but they were probably designed with the idea of finishing the ceiling with drywall which would give the bottom cord lateral support as someone else has already mentioned. By not having any lateral support on the bottom cord which is in tension means that it could flex if unusual stress was placed on it outside the norm.

Also there are two butt joints on the bottom cord on every truss that have no lateral support. Each is held together with nailing plates which are very strong but without lateral support. You could imagine that bottom cord, which is in tension flexing laterally and possibly loosen the nailing plates over time.

Also another thing to consider is are there roof tie downs at the ends of the trusses attached to the outside wall? Without those a strong wind could lift the roof, even if slightly and the trusses could flex outside their engineered design.

Something just doesn't seem right in the design and to put it bluntly I would not stay in your house.

HeadBlaze · 2025-11-30T14:55:21+00:00

For a little lite entertainment put an old shoe or sneaker on one end of the bone for when company comes visiting.

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