WENESDAY #5355

One Of My Very Own

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I'm toying with name changes for my latest piece. I'm torn between "Unknown Function" because of the brass plate on the lid, but I also like "Orb Box". Any suggestions?

I've decided to drill a hole in the bottom of each orb and mount them on a peg like I did the egg in the sample box.

I'm also toying with how to identify them.

Precise spacing for any additions is important. I did this by driving a small brad in the bottom, putting the brad in a drill, and as I spun it I marked it with a pencil.

I'm using just two dozen of the orbs, a number I thought appropriate.

I'm now listing any and everything I could possibly add to an orb to make it unique. I'm also going through all my boxes of junk to see what I can put to use.

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FOOD FOR THOUGHT

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From 100 to 400 in just ten years. And it doesn't look like a fluke but rather a steady rise.

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Here is the interactive site for that.

SOURCE

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I described a dream to my wife and she insisted that I post it. So, here it is.

A comet came very close to Earth and the dust in its tail caused some people to become obsessively funny. They were like zombies only when they met you they would stick out their tongue or cross their eyes and if you didn't laugh they would try something else until their "victim" laughed. Their tattered clothing and wounds were the results of all the pratfalls they had taken.

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*Viewer Contribution

The Indians on a remote reservation in Oklahoma asked their new chief if the coming winter was going to be cold or mild:

Since he was a chief in modern society, he had never been taught the old secrets. When he looked at the sky, he couldn't tell what the winter was going to be like.

Nevertheless, to be on the safe side, he told his tribe that the winter was indeed going to be cold and that the members of the village should collect firewood to be prepared.

But, being a practical leader, after several days, he got an idea. He went to the phone booth, called the National Weather Service, and asked. "Is the coming winter going to be cold?"

"It looks like this winter is going to be quite cold." The meteorologist at the weather service responded.

So the chief went back to his people and told them to collect even more firewood to be prepared.

A week later, he called the National Weather Service again. "Does it still look like it is going to be a very cold winter?"

"Yes." The man at National Weather Service again replied. "It's going to be a very cold winter."

The chief again went back to his people and ordered them to collect every scrap of firewood they could find.

Two weeks later, the chief called the National Weather Service again. "Are you absolutely sure that the winter is going to be very cold?"

"Absolutely." The man replied. "It's looking more and more like it is going to be one of the coldest winters we've ever seen."

"How can you be so sure?" The chief asked.

The weatherman replied. "The Indians are collecting a shitload of firewood".

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If you ignore a problem long enough it will either go away or ruin your life. So 50/50. Pretty good odds.

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I don't understand Canada. Half the country speaks French and the other half lets them.

HUMAN ODDITIES

I would rather have it overcooked rather than undercooked.

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My wife once bought an Element (?) and was told that it is made to be hosed down like that. I never tried it, however.

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*Viewer Contribution

"Why didn't he just keep driving forward instead of insisting on turning, he would have cleared the tracks easily?"

*Did you notice all the train cars are identical?

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When parents say to kids "Go to your room and think about what you did" it's actually good practice for what you do every night as an adult.

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We all know where the Big Apple is but do you know where the Minneapolis is?

OBJECTS OF INTEREST

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Several thick planks of wood washed up on a beach in front of the beach house I had rented. I got my daughter to help me haul them near the stairs with plans to take them home. The next morning we discovered that the city's beach cleanup crew had hauled them away but I could see the truck down the beach. So, I followed the truck - me on the highway and it on the beach - until it headed for the dump. I stopped them and explained my problem and those nice men climbed up on their huge truck and lowered down the lumber which I strapped to my ladder rack. When I got it home I sawed it into manageable pieces and made my daughter a box that she used as a coffee table.

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I have no idea what that is about.

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I see your round stone and raise you a Heart of Stone...

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Remember this?

Do you think it actually travels that fast or do you think they just speeded up the film?

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3D Screens

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Bathroom Privacy Tape

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I wish they made thought-canceling headphones.

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Every day is a half day if you just fucking leave.

RECREATION

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I've spent many hours throwing knives at a stump just like that.

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Ball Levitation

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Balloon Fun

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Toy Bus Restoration

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Fish Feet

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Outdoorsing

We all need to do that more often.

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Skating

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More than half of Earth's species live underground. True.

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Oh, hell, get that tattoo. Your family is already disappointed.

HONEST WORK

Harrison Schmitt, one of four living men to have set foot on the moon's surface, and the one who did it most recently:

What an extraordinary photograph.

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You may think that should have been in the Recreation section but he sells books with high-quality photographs of his work.

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The crankshaft of a ship engine

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Can you imagine making a living doing this?

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The best-laid plans...

Does anyone speak Spanish? I would love to know what he said.

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Stone Decorator

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Stucco Removers

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