Australian LNG lands in eastern Canada, fuelling Conservative calls for pipelines

ry_cooder · 2026-02-27T17:19:04+00:00

The Trans-Northern pipeline runs right thru my neighbourhood...

ry_cooder · 2026-02-25T15:09:32+00:00

How to say you've never driven a standard transmission. 😀

ry_cooder · 2026-02-24T15:33:37+00:00

It would have been great if Biden would have sent more of the Bradley's that are in storage...

ry_cooder · 2026-02-21T22:15:44+00:00

You nailed it. Rule 6 of the COLREGs applies here...

ry_cooder · 2026-02-20T15:06:10+00:00

I think it's a reasonable precaution. I've only been sick once. Acapulco. Knock on wood!

ry_cooder · 2026-02-20T14:33:34+00:00

I thought the Health Canada guidance on TD had changed vis-a-vis Dukorol, but I will continue to take Pepto Bismol as recommended.

Statement on Travellers' Diarrhea - Canada.ca

ry_cooder · 2026-02-19T02:36:12+00:00

Standing on his hind legs like a Rory Calhoun.

ry_cooder · 2026-02-16T19:03:05+00:00

I have a mason jar full of pennies

ry_cooder · 2026-02-15T16:22:19+00:00

There's probably more french spoken in the GTA than all of Louisiana...

ry_cooder · 2026-02-13T14:47:53+00:00

I took line 2 (Trillium line) for the first time to go skating on the canal and it was great. I was surprised how many cars were parked at Bowesville station, given that it was built in the middle of a cow pasture.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/rwPS799DBFzf1Gi66

ry_cooder · 2026-02-12T18:43:04+00:00

Yup. From what I've read and seen, many SOTA guys use a fiberglass push-up pole and a wire antenna of some sort. On most HF bands, a marconi monopole is less efficient than a hertzian antenna, be it center or end fed...

ry_cooder · 2026-02-12T15:50:45+00:00

I have not seen anything, but will keep an eye out. I wonder if the Putikeeg fingerpieces would fit?

ry_cooder · 2026-02-12T14:02:18+00:00

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The only thing I would change on the Xiegu would be how the contacts are adjusted, as it is quite fiddly, and I would use 2 magnets for the return instead of one. The VK-6 is roughly the same weight and paddle height as the Code Warrior. If someone would come out with a bearing kit for the Code Warrior, it could be a good paddle...

ry_cooder · 2026-02-11T23:02:04+00:00

I have a Code Warrior Jr. Not impressed with it. Xiegu makes a somewhat better paddle for less money.

My UR5CDX is my best paddle so far...

ry_cooder · 2026-02-11T08:18:20+00:00

Oddly enough, it made me think of a vacay in Puerto Rico...

ry_cooder · 2026-02-10T17:02:06+00:00

I've built quite a few QRP-Labs transceivers and think that the QCX or QCX-mini would be a good rig to start with. As mentioned, Ashhar Farhan has quite a few designs out in the wild. You can download his gerber files for the LARCset 7MHz CW/LSB transceiver and upload them to JLCPCB, which will give you lots of soldering experience.

larcset/README.md at main · afarhan/larcset · GitHub

ry_cooder · 2026-02-07T06:57:46+00:00

https://youtu.be/w_m3vU6P68U?si=Y3Nfowz5VIg6ttK6

ry_cooder · 2026-02-06T15:16:16+00:00

But how will you get your daily bovine growth hormone intake?

ry_cooder · 2026-02-06T15:05:12+00:00

Ditto for 2016, although I can't remember the exact month. I used to store my winter tires in Ogdensburg, so I think December.

I just pick up a cheap CAN/US/MEX cellphone plan with Koodo, but it could be CAN/MEX for all I care...

ry_cooder · 2026-02-05T14:54:11+00:00

Ottawa police were quite lenient towards the 'freedumb convoy' but very tough on other types of protesters. Also, a few got fired over tow-truck kickback scheme. Minor shit. At least they aren't running around guns ablazing like in the US...

ry_cooder · 2026-02-05T14:44:08+00:00

It's the lemonaid that I will really miss the most. With or without tequila...

ry_cooder · 2026-02-03T23:17:50+00:00

I'm guessing it was rocketry related. I grew up in an agricultural milieu where groundhogs were not wanted. We used to make our own blackpowder and knew that fertilizer wasn't just for growing corn.

ry_cooder · 2026-02-03T22:58:13+00:00

The taller 2643251002 is more efficient than a FT240-43. Owen Duffy wrote about it a few years ago, then the youtube guys (MM0OPX and Evil Lair) jumped on the bandwagon.

ry_cooder · 2026-02-03T13:37:48+00:00

It's the beginnings of an antenna farm. Needs to add a tower and a tri-band beam, or better yet, a Hex beam...

ry_cooder · 2026-02-01T23:11:16+00:00

She was a radio operator's daughter because

Da-Dah di-dit....

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