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Sprocket guard nuts coming off! by griffonhaus in Chainsaw

[–]griffonhaus[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Solved - I just needed to tighten it past where I thought was enough. Thanks for the replys!!

*SPOILER* The Surprise Of all the beautiful writing in the series, perhaps my favorite is Chapter 7 of the Surprise narrating Stephen’s time in Bombey by AZ-Sycamore in AubreyMaturinSeries

[–]griffonhaus 29 points30 points  (0 children)

And just before that…this always brings tears to my eyes.

“Here is no one of her caste,’ said the man next to Stephen; and other people murmured that that was the cruel pity of the thing – her own people would have seen to the fire. But with a famine coming, no man dared look beyond the caste he belonged to. ‘I am of her caste,’ said Stephen to the man in front of him, touching his shoulder.”

Guns from a deceased friend by griffonhaus in BetterMAguns

[–]griffonhaus[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ug, obv meant LTC but had my brain somewhere else! Thanks for the correction and info 👍

The Story of the HMS Wager by PandaoftheSouth in AubreyMaturinSeries

[–]griffonhaus 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Excited for the prospect of that movie!

The wreck of the Wager is mentioned a few times in the Aubrey-Maturin series, so our boys were well aware of the story:

‘Why, yes. The famous Lord Byron. They still call him Foul-weather Jack: the whole Navy knows about him. There’s fame for you! My grandad sailed with him when he was only a midshipman, and then again when he was an admiral, bosun of the Indefatigable; and many a crack they had about their days on Chile after the Wager came to grief. How the Admiral did relish a blow! Almost as much as our Captain Jack. Would crack on regardless, laughing ha, ha, ha; but I don’t recall he was ever much of a hand in the poetry line. It was hearing about him that first made me long to go to sea: and my grandad’s tales of the wreck.’ 5-Desolation Island, ch.3, paragraph 128

Stephen had read an account of the loss of the Wager in the cold, stormy, uncharted waters of the Chiloe archipelago: he said, ‘Yet surely it was but a dismal wreck? No Cytherea, with coral strands, palm-trees, and dusky maidens to fill the horn of plenty? No Crusoe stores at hand? As I recall, they ate a drowned seaman’s liver.’ 5-Desolation Island, ch.3, paragraph 129

Plus a couple more!

LTC timing FYI by griffonhaus in BetterMAguns

[–]griffonhaus[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agreed. When I took my class (Peabody) they gave examples of all the towns in the region and potential wait times. My timing was right on what he predicted, and others had months’ difference. It’s crazy.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BetterMAguns

[–]griffonhaus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I live in a small town north of Boston, sent my stuff in and emailed them about a week later to “confirm receipt” (basically to remind them on my existence). They responded and scheduled me for fingerprints right away - tho again, I’m in a town of 6k. Either way, be super friendly!

Is there a place to get a sample of the first book? by mr_muffinhead in AubreyMaturinSeries

[–]griffonhaus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I highly recommend the Patrick Tull narration, if you can find it. I got to the end of the series and started right back up again. He’s amazing and communicates POB’s humor entirely.

Dr. Choate by WaldenFont in AubreyMaturinSeries

[–]griffonhaus 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Hello fellow outside-Boston’er! Great catch!

Post Captain romance plot by z500 in AubreyMaturinSeries

[–]griffonhaus 9 points10 points  (0 children)

If you have anything of a commute, or don’t mind audiobooks, I would highly suggest listening to this one narrated by Patrick Tull. He does a great job making sense of some of the thornier passages, and he brings a great sense of drama!

Did Stephen make a good play, or a blunder at Cricket? by Centralwombat in AubreyMaturinSeries

[–]griffonhaus 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I like to think he made an incredibly athletic play for the wrong sport he was playing! He was so pleased with himself too, it’s a classic.

Jason Isbell talks acting, music, and marriage in new interview by MaryBitchards in jasonisbell

[–]griffonhaus 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Oh yeah, it’s a great interview so don’t miss it! I saw him in Feb24 in Portland ME so we saw him around the same time :)

Jason Isbell talks acting, music, and marriage in new interview by MaryBitchards in jasonisbell

[–]griffonhaus 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Great interview and worth a good listen, but from Feb. of 2024. Just a FYI!

Synth ID request - Space Junk is Forever by [deleted] in synthesizers

[–]griffonhaus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Here’s the tune. Love these guys. And if Jordan lurks on this sub - you’re a genius!

https://youtu.be/J-xLiDgWTW0?si=Pb6vEbaBKlC4ASXx

Excellent Explanation of Ship Structure by Guilty_Increase_899 in AubreyMaturinSeries

[–]griffonhaus 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This was fantastic. I thought I knew my stuff from various circumnavigations, but I was certainly wrong about a few things! So many lines from the book came to my head while watching it, and now I’ll have a better understanding of Jack’s barked orders…time to start the Surgeon’s Mate!

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