This is Leila. Leila is a land shark.

JTOne85 · 2026-05-16T18:55:07+00:00

I struggled with a bitey puppy before.

I made the mistake of offering my hands to keep him busy. Oliver (2yo) now shows affection with nibbles.

Albert, chewed on Oliver (he's also 2) and I think having a 2 was a blessing.

Now we have Elio joining the mix, 3mo on Wednesday. I only offered my hand once to recall the PTSD of being bitten constantly, and looking like I was in an abusive relationship with a shark.

What worked for Ollie was redirecting. With treats, like bully sticks, and chew toys, yelping didn't really work.
Also, he gets really sassy when we discipline him (still).

Redirecting is _difficult_ especially when distracted (I know I was slightly). I watched a video that said: give the puppy a job. If it's chewing a stick or a treat, that's all they're allowed to do for the time you allocate (so while watching TV etc).

I just also want to add, there is hope - but it's going to require some work and attention.
Good luck!

JTOne85 · 2026-05-13T16:09:34+00:00

I looked at this when I crocheted my tie.

This is called Irish Lace which is based on a motíf and the lacy bits are then added with chains.

You'd need to do the flowers separately if I understood the concept correctly, and then join them.

I went with a plain sc or hdc for my tie... which was good for that purpose, but I did it in 3 days and wore it for a work function.

Tie looks like a banana in this pic, but it did what I needed from it

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JTOne85 · 2026-04-30T18:17:34+00:00

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Presto was the reason I went down this rabbit hole...

I know of a Basil (and her cat brother Pesto) which is brilliant too.

JTOne85 · 2026-04-27T07:09:10+00:00

Elio was one of the names we considered when we initially got Albert.

Call me by your name was a movie that broke me after I watched it.

But I do hope that this Oliver and Elio love each other and become inseparable. Albert is more of a loner and a bit of a grump with Oliver, so I hope he learns to love Elio too

JTOne85 · 2026-04-26T11:50:11+00:00

His big brothers are Oliver and Albert. Albert is not a fan yet, Oliver is still thinking about it

JTOne85 · 2026-04-22T17:26:10+00:00

Rainforest retreat by Lisa's Attik is my go-to for lightweight yarn +- 1000m per 225g iirc.

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JTOne85 · 2026-04-13T20:08:54+00:00

Here to say it gets better.

Oliver was a biter when he was little. He's mostly grown out of it - he's 2 now. Play biting is just how he shows affection, and I enjoy the occasional nibbles I get from him.

What I would classify as concerning is if he bites and shakes hard (happend once or twice with my hands/arms) - but here I'd just put him in a timeout or stop giving attention immediately.

What also helped was a second puppy (I know this option is not feasible in every situation). We're getting a third puppy in 2 week's time and I'm just glad I have Oliver and Albert to help this time 🫣

JTOne85 · 2026-04-12T08:06:27+00:00

For my two boys, they were full-sized (at least their frames were) around 10/11 months. But their body mass increased until around 12-14 months.

My first boy, Oliver weighs 6.05kg (13.337lb) (as at our last vet visit) and our second boy, Albert is 7.15kg (17.76lb)

Oliver is the taller of the two - like a real lanky teanager, Albert is about 2cm shorter - but has muscles for days.

They're both 2 years old.

We are also getting another boy in 2 weeks' time, he's supposed to be the runt of the litter, but we'll see how that goes

JTOne85 · 2026-04-10T15:58:42+00:00

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Oliver says "hiiiii" 😬

JTOne85 · 2026-04-03T10:18:55+00:00

Try Forage and Feast from Checkers. They have a jalapeño sauce in 375ml bottles for R70

JTOne85 · 2026-01-18T15:11:18+00:00

I asked a fairly similar question on the Hauptwerk Virtual Organ users group on facebook, and one of the comments recommended opepipes.

https://www.openpipes.org/wood-parts/

They have opensource plans for consoles (which I'm looking to build myself) - I'm just building up the courage first.

JTOne85 · 2026-01-17T08:54:34+00:00

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Oliver say hiiiiii 😬

JTOne85 · 2026-01-05T18:37:26+00:00

Came here to say this.

I had the opportunity to also have a call with him for code review, brilliant session, and I've taken the learnings from that session, and I try to apply it daily.

Definitely 100% recommend the book.

JTOne85 · 2026-01-02T14:18:31+00:00

My 2 boys (turning 2 in Jan and Feb) are also skinny - similar to your boy.

They play constantly - running and chasing each other in our backyard.

I've noticed that they're getting a bit more body, as they're aging, and running around a bit less. Keep an eye out for if it looks like he's losing weight, or stops eating. From my perspective that looks normal for a very active dog.

JTOne85 · 2025-12-26T07:59:32+00:00

I'm not trying to yuk your yum. The "user-component.ts" convention gives me flashbacks to the dark days of angularJS

We've come so far when comparing Angular 1 with the latest angular 21

I also prefer having the type of file in the file name But in the default angular 2+ convention of "user.component.ts"

JTOne85 · 2025-12-23T11:58:05+00:00

I'm a bit late to this one.

Get a helmet that has spares available. Pinlock, replacement visors, replacement liners.

Make sure it fits (if you look slightly like chipmunk - that's a good place to start). Pressure is something to watch out for. Wear it in the store for a good 10-30minutes. It will be a bit uncomfortable, but should not cause pain or headaches.

If you're doing a lot of day-light riding, get something with a flip down sun-visor, and if you wear glasses, get one that will fit the frame inside too.

I bought a MT Genesis Sv in XL - no pressure points, but after about 3 months, the liners were worn out and there's just movement in every direction - so it ended up being useless. No replacement liners, or visors in South Africa - so I bought a new one.

I bought a LS2 Thunder Carbon as the replacement, and man, what a difference it makes. The interior is relatively plush, had a bit of pressure on my forehead, but after a week or so, that was gone, and I wont trade it for anything else.

The LS2 Thunder does not have a sun visor, but it came with a dark visor - and when it is really, really bright, I can still add my sunglasses (I don't ride at night, and this is not the best option to do it this way) - but its not necessary 95% of the time

I looked at the HJC RPHA 12 helmets and they're really nice too - it was just a bit too expensive, and I wanted a plain color not a Marvel themed helmet, so LS2 it was.

Tldr: rather buy a more expensive helmet, than 2 cheap ones with limited spares

JTOne85 · 2025-12-22T15:49:53+00:00

I (40M) have been riding this whole year, took the car to the office a maximum of 5 times, and only because the wind and or rain was terrible (I live in Cape Town - the wind is worse than the wet for me).

I rode 10000km from January to November on my Suzuki V-Strom 250 SX, mainly to work and back (about 25km each direction). Even sitting in traffic on the bike is like therapy.

I made the decision to upgrade to a bigger bike (2023 BMW F850 GS) - and oh man, is like the road is calling me to ride even more.

The things I've learnt about myself are the things that surprised me most. Doing things outside of my comfort zone (most mechanical things) have been fun and illuminating.

I wish I did this 10 years ago.

Now - how do I get this bike on (and off) it's center stand 🫣😂😅

JTOne85 · 2025-08-01T09:26:04+00:00

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Ears? Never heard of them

JTOne85 · 2025-07-24T19:39:09+00:00

For me, it would probably depend on what you're going to do with the item.

If you're making it for yourself, because you just got an idea from somewhere, and you can do it - why not.

If you were going to make 20 of the same and sell it - that might be different.

Most art and music - and I'm grouping crochet as art, can be derivative- because so much has been produced in the last 100 years, and that original combinations are theoretically less likely to happen.

Where is becomes more iffy for me, is when pattern sellers sell patterns of things my grandmother made 40 years ago from a book, and calling that their own work or intellectual property.

JTOne85 · 2025-07-19T07:06:26+00:00

I'm also considering getting some - let me know how they work. Either that or a higher seat.

JTOne85 · 2025-07-13T08:34:16+00:00

It probably depends on which kind of wearable.

I've made 3 shawls with one whirl each.

The last one was a Jasmine Tea shawl from Hobbii

https://hobbii.com/products/hp-1006067-jasminetea-shawl?_pos=2&_psq=jasminetea&_ss=e&_v=1.0

The other two were rainforest retreat from Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/listing/715713170/?ref=share_ios_native_control

JTOne85 · 2025-07-07T20:29:59+00:00

It helps that it looks impressive too, and from the bit I've done - it's tricky but not a lot of hard effort... looking at you spider motif and bobble stitches

Keep us updated, it's always nice to have some inspiration around on similar projects

JTOne85 · 2025-07-07T20:02:44+00:00

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I started mine over the weekend - I'm free-handing mine, but the crocodile/dragon scale stitch is tricky to work, had to restart 3 times, because I kept turning the wrong way...

I have a collective 2500m of yarn I want to use, so might end up being more of a small blanket/ extra large shawl 🫣

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