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Dustin

dustin@sunny.garden

<p>I have been blacksmithing a while and live in the Pacific Northwest. I&#39;ll be posting about what I&#39;m making, ideas of things to make, things related to metal working, and occasionally about what&#39;s happening in the PNW.</p><p>I speak English, can speak French, Norwegian, and Italian pretty well, and am pretty OK reading/writing Swedish, Danish, and Spanish. Feel free to write to me in any of these languages.</p><p>Vegan for the animals.</p><p>Butlerian Luddite.</p><p>He/him.</p><p><a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/nobot" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>nobot</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/nobots" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>nobots</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/noindex" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>noindex</span>

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    Today&amp;#39;s new problem. Binx discovered he can get to the beams and has traversed it at least a dozen times. #blackcat #caturday

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    RE: https://sunny.garden/@dustin/117417836761183605 Binx has been on a diet for years (unsuccessfully, he never really lost weight and we couldn&amp;#39;t give him less food). Since we have lived in a house with stairs and more space to move around, he&amp;#39;s lost just under a pound (&amp;lt; .45kg). He&amp;#39;s getting in good shape running up and down the stairs and going from window to window looking at birds and bugs. With his new-found balance beam, I think he&amp;#39;ll continue to g...

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    A neighbor stopped by this afternoon. About 15 minutes later, there was an erratic knocking at the door. I opened the door thinking he had returned and was knocking weirdly only to find a woodpecker on the front of the house just by the door. Not sure what to do about that 😬

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    @lrt_writes I&amp;#39;ve liked mine so far. There&amp;#39;s sometimes some repeater traffic in the area around my commute time, so I listen in to get a feel for how folks use it in my area. I have used it a bit with my partner in the area around our house if I&amp;#39;m just walking around. I am planning on taking a pair of radios when we go camping/hiking so we can communicate when we&amp;#39;re not directly with each other.

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    I was given a Praktiflex camera. They were made from 1931-1959. I know next to nothing about it. I&amp;#39;m hoping I can get it working and take some photos with it. I wonder if I can find a manual for it. #camera #film #vintagecamera

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    We have had 3-4 varied thrushes hanging around our house the last few days. They are pretty birds. They&amp;#39;re pretty skittish and will fly off even if we walk up to the window sometimes. #birds #birding

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    RE: https://sunny.garden/@dustin/117498168792658671 There were at least 6 thrush at one time today! Also golden crowned kinglets, pacific wren, spotted towhee, dark eyed juncos, and red breasted nuthatches. The kinglets are so tiny! I love the sounds of the wren. We have had a bird feeder for about a month and only had infrequent visitors for most of that time until Thursday of this week. It has been very busy at the feeder since then.

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    Any #GMRS #radio folks? I&#39;m thinking about getting a license and two HT for myself and others (partner, nephew, in-laws, etc) for camping, hiking, and use when we&#39;re close but separate. I&#39;m curious if folks have strong opinions on it and which HTs to get. The btech gmrs pro looks nice, but maybe is overkill? The GMRS-V2 would probably be adequate but lacks a few of the fancy features of the pro (GPS, etc). Also, there&#39;s a 3x price difference.

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    My partner wants to start making terrazzo, so I might need to clean our my home office to make space for it. Also, we need to research if it&amp;#39;s safe to do indoors. She mentioned making a small round tabletop and me making a steel base for it. Could be cool!

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    i used to study languages for fun, but haven&amp;#39;t in about 18-24 months, and i&amp;#39;m thinking about starting again. which should i pick? i have four in mind.

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    RE: https://sunny.garden/@dustin/116452238689718528 oh no! it&amp;#39;s tied! if it comes down to it, i guess i&amp;#39;ll flip a coin.