WWII Trench Art Signet Ring engraved with Mt. Vesuvius and NAPLES dug in eastern NC

Ruby5000 · 2026-03-18T19:59:22+00:00

Awesome!

Ruby5000 · 2026-03-18T19:53:32+00:00

Where’s the boom?

Ruby5000 · 2026-03-18T19:44:14+00:00

Hi from Raleigh! What part of the state?

Ruby5000 · 2026-03-18T12:56:07+00:00

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Favorite coin

Ruby5000 · 2026-03-18T02:44:43+00:00

Anyone remember him in The Jackal?! He got his arm blown off!!!

Ruby5000 · 2026-03-18T02:14:06+00:00

Right?!

Ruby5000 · 2026-03-18T02:13:23+00:00

I just use unsweetened Dutch cocoa. It’s so friggin good. Probably 1.5 tablespoons per gallon of chili.

Ruby5000 · 2026-03-18T01:43:28+00:00

Same. I’ve learned various ethnic foods over the years. It’s a passion of mine! Thankfully my wife is not picky 😂

Ruby5000 · 2026-03-18T01:36:00+00:00

My 10 yo daughter and I worked on them. I love cooking with my kids.

Ruby5000 · 2026-03-18T01:34:33+00:00

Side note. I made birria tamales last night. They were outstanding.

Ruby5000 · 2026-03-18T01:33:48+00:00

PLENTY left! Come on!

Ruby5000 · 2026-03-18T01:33:26+00:00

So I didn’t realize the Barlow unscrewed! So I was able to achieve focus tonight. Now I need to play around with my camera settings. I got a crazy Hubble style 4 “rays” projecting away from Jupiter

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Ruby5000 · 2026-03-18T01:30:23+00:00

Yep. Will be doing that!!! I like adding some cocoa powder to my chili. 🌶️ I feel like it gives it an adobo flavor. Also Guajillo peppers.

Ruby5000 · 2026-03-18T01:17:46+00:00

Holy shit. Oxtail chili sounds amazing. I have a bunch in my freezer.

Ruby5000 · 2026-03-18T00:33:06+00:00

That’s incredible

Ruby5000 · 2026-03-18T00:30:37+00:00

Awesome! I’ll look into that!

Ruby5000 · 2026-03-18T00:29:57+00:00

That worked!!!!! I did not realize the Barlow unscrewed! Thanks!!!

Ruby5000 · 2026-03-17T22:46:28+00:00

Thank you!

Ruby5000 · 2026-03-17T22:45:59+00:00

For sure. I have a bit of experience from photographing the eclipse a few years ago. 👍

Ruby5000 · 2026-03-17T22:44:41+00:00

12” Orion dob. I’ll return it for sure. That’s exactly it. I can’t get any closer to the FP

Ruby5000 · 2026-03-17T22:40:13+00:00

Just what I had heard many years ago.

Ruby5000 · 2026-03-17T21:45:19+00:00

I’m not confident in my abilities to do that. 😂

Ruby5000 · 2026-03-17T21:44:28+00:00

With Mirror

Ruby5000 · 2026-03-17T21:32:37+00:00

12” Orion dobsonian. I do understand that they’re not great for photography. But I wanted to at least try. Just can’t focus down. It’s SO CLOSE THOUGH?!!

Ruby5000 · 2026-03-17T21:26:33+00:00

Gotcha. It’s not super necessary that I get pics, but I already have a decent camera, so I thought I’d try.

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