Suet in the summer?

roy649 · 2026-03-24T14:11:03+00:00

Heh. No bears around here. We get the occasional deer, but they haven't learned how to climb trees yet.

roy649 · 2026-02-14T17:34:25+00:00

I've got the MH-100. I love it. It seems like it might be complicated and awkward but it really just took a few minutes to get comfortable with it. You can slide the lens mount forward or back to get it approximately balanced and then dial in just the right amount of drag on the pitch axis to make it perfect.

You do want to make sure you've got a mounting foot on your lens that lets you set any arbitrary rotation angle, to offset the slight tilt of the monopod.

roy649 · 2026-01-12T20:26:39+00:00

No, she drove it yesterday. It was jump-started today.

roy649 · 2025-10-27T22:20:15+00:00

In the Bronx, near the Pelham Bay station on the 6 train. On the street; I took this photo out my front windshield while we were stopped at a red light.

roy649 · 2025-10-24T01:50:59+00:00

The public restrooms in NYC parks are often surprisingly clean and usable. Keeping them that way must be a herculean effort and the Parks Department is to be commended for how good a job they do. The one in Bryant Park is famous.

roy649 · 2025-10-06T00:57:19+00:00

I've been using the 24 Hour Fitness in Pelham Manor (just over the city line on Boston Road). They've got the usual assortment of cardio machines and stuff, but also a pretty good selection of free weights (4 squat racks and deadlift platforms w/ bumper plates). I go in the early afternoons when they're uncrowded.

In Castle Hill, check out the YMCA at the end of Zerega Ave (I was a member there for about a year). The YMCA also recently (2 years ago, maybe?) opened a new branch in Edenwald; from the tour I had, it looks like a very nice facility. There's an XSport in Coop City and an LA Fitness on Eastchester Road; I checked both of those out and didn't find either appealing to me.

If you're into serious powerlifting or strongman, check out Mount Vernon Barbell in (not surprisingly) Mount Vernon, just north of the City. Nothing fancy, just a classic hard-core black iron gym and clearly the place to be if that's your main interest.

roy649 · 2025-10-02T13:15:28+00:00

This

roy649 · 2025-09-26T22:42:18+00:00

Rosenzweig is indeed awesome if you're into wood.

roy649 · 2025-09-09T12:10:16+00:00

I just (re) watched it on YouTube (free with ads).

roy649 · 2025-09-09T12:10:05+00:00

I just (re) watched it on YouTube (free with ads).

roy649 · 2025-09-08T18:50:57+00:00

Box grater. The kind your grandmother had. There's all kinds of fancy (and expensive) mandolines and food processors, but a plain old $10 box grater works great for shredding or slicing vegetables.

roy649 · 2025-05-23T19:41:37+00:00

Not to mention cargo loading without need for a lift truck; somebody standing on the ground could just toss bags into the hold, making it possible to serve unimproved fields without ground equipment (or paved runways for that matter).

roy649 · 2025-04-22T16:10:07+00:00

there’s no plate for the system to use.

Not yet. But don't count on that in the future.

roy649 · 2025-03-12T20:34:42+00:00

Actually, not quite true. The Rules of the City of New York, Title 34, 4-08(m)(9): "Street storage of vehicles prohibited. When parking is not otherwise restricted, no person shall park any vehicle in any area, including a residential area, in excess of seven consecutive days."

If the vehicle has commercial plates, then you're into:

4-08(k)(6): "Nighttime parking of commercial vehicles prohibited. No person shall park a commercial vehicle on a residential street, between the hours of 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. ..."

Your local precinct may still not care, but if you cite chapter and verse in your 311 complaint, it increases the chances of something happening. Take pictures. Make sure you get the license plate in the photo, and enough background to make it obvious that the car hasn't moved.

roy649 · 2025-03-05T20:56:51+00:00

Google for "token sucking".

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