In the last chapter we discussed ‘Is Libertarianism inherently self-reliant?’ Well, I did anyway, you lot mostly went straight to commenting on the pizza sauce and some sportsball game. This time around let us look at environmentalism. It seems to me that many libertarians and conservatives are dismissive or outright hostile to environmentalism, and I get it… to a point. Environmentalists are generally annoying smug asshats, or annoying filthy hippies. Many of the ‘movement’,or Big ‘E’ Environmentalists are outright commies, hence the watermelon tag. What I don’t get is when this animosity is turned from the people to behavior, actions which in and of themselves are pretty sensible – being frugal, conserving energy, not polluting, that kind of thing. Heck, not long ago four out of the ‘5 R’s of sustainability’ would have made a decent mantra for conservatives. I’m always amused come Earth Day when some redneck proclaims that he’s fixin’ to leave every light in his house on, open all his faucets, let his cars idle in the drive, and burn a pile of tires out back to cap off the evening. I know 90% of that is just bluster, an effort to trigger the green crowd, but I suspect there are a few Bubbas out there angry enough to actually do it. Wasting money and inhaling toxic fumes to own the libs! Anyway, there is literally tons of waste on a home building/renovation job, I try and do my part. I set aside scrap metal and old fixtures for Big Joe, the local rag and bone man, I keep old windows and cabinets, scrap lumber, sheathing, siding and shingles until I have enough to build a storage shed, and when I come across some old two by four handrails that turn out to be redwood I find a new and exciting purpose for them.
Crokinole Boards
Step 1. (not pictured) Get a job replacing some 2×4 handrails, discover that under the white paint is some beautiful redwood.
Step 2. Recall the game that Nephilium mentioned a while back, do some design work and determine that with careful resawing you have just enough material to make two crokinole boards.
Step 3. Select the best looking sides and layout and glue up the ~2×2’s into blanks.
Step 4. Build a jig for your router, you could of course use a store bought circle jig, but I wanted mine to also be a template for the peg holes and to use it as a guide for the straight lines as well
Step 5. Wish you owned a 32″ drum sander (or any drum sander) and attempt flattening the blanks with your belt and disc sanders.
Step 6. Get to routing, spinning router and jig round and round, round and round, round and round.
Step 7. Marvel at how well your jig is working, start round and rounding too fast and have an accident.
Step 8. Off to the soldering iron and the shrink tubing
Step 9. Get back to routing.
Step 10. Drill peg holes
Step 11. Glue sandpaper onto curved pieces of wood for some custom sanding blocks.
Step 12. Get to sanding
Step 13. Take time out to test drive your new game board.
Step 14. Use a flush cutting bit to trim excess.
Step 15. Make another jig to hold and cut brass pegs to size.
Step 16. put on a few coats of Poly.
Step 17. Glue in the pegs. Et voila, Bob’s your uncle, and there you have it.
As you can see I also built a ‘Murica!! themed board for my Jarhead bother, I made it out of MDF built up in several rings to save material, which also allowed me to have the outermost lip higher than the playing surface which is a better design than the redwood ones, where sometimes over-shot or ricocheting biscuits will fly off the table instead of into the ditch. Since then I have built one out of standard pine 1×6’s for the frame and birch plywood for the top. I integrated storage for the biscuits on the underside.
You may want to customize your tops and due to the circular nature of the playing surface one might be tempted to use any number of the many sports team or popular product logos that are often circular as well. Don’t do that, it would violate copyrights, and IP law. But don’t let that curb your creativity, for example, I made this one for the Ubs family, with a cherry frame. I inset the storage area lid which I also made into a scoring peg board. Currently I’m working on a mahogany frame and still have a blank playing surface, I wonder what I should put on there?
….hmmm, maybe…
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201 responses to “The Hyperbole’s How-to Handbook Chapter Two: Crokinole Boards”
Very cool
Those are very fancy lazy susans.
Well done.
???
The hole should be thru the monocle, but I dont think that would work. Good job.
I think the middle of the forehead is somehow appropriate.
Racist!!!!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bindi_(decoration)
Oh wait…you said appropriate.
Carry on.
I was thinking bullet hole, lobotomy, not push start.
I got nothing….
If The Powers That Be had chosen a radially symmetrical logo (ahem) this wouldn’t be a problem. But nooo, let’s go with Mr Rich Peanut Uncle Pennybags!
So it’s SP’s fault? I’ll let her know.
I like that – just shrink the whole image.
Huh. I had to look this game up.
And, um…nice wood.
*phrasing!*
Yeah–I have no idea what a “Crokinole” is, why it needs a board, and why that isn’t a lazy Susan.
Also, lumber has a million uses.
Isn’t a Crokinole what happens when a Seminole mates with a crocodile? Like a Florida centaur? (yeah, I know those are gators, but I liked the joke)
No, no–I like the joke, too. It’s one of the better explanations I’ve found.
Floridaman strikes again!
Beautiful work.
Go to Hype’s, you GET THA CLAMPS!!!
Very nice. I like the redwood one in particular.
An old friend of mine does a ton of woodworking and over the past several years he’s been doing a lot with salvaged (reclaimed? scrap?) wood and metal. One of his nicer pieces is a coffee table he made with an old bed frame and a pallet. He’s starting to turn it into a side-gig, doing small jobs on commission. Taking something that would go to waste and turning it into something you can sell seems about as libertarian as you can get to me.
being frugal, conserving energy, not polluting, that kind of thing
Man, it’s like you’re trying to piss me off.
*cranks up generator to run AC to cool down front yard*
*heavy sigh*
I need to quit looking at screens for awhile.
There, there…I know what you were going for.
Seriously, Hyperbole, those look great.
Thanks Sean.
They do. I’m all thumbs so I’m jealous. I’d be lucky to walk away from your project with both arms.
Currently I’m working on a mahogany frame and still have a blank playing surface, I wonder what I should put on there?
Diana Ross?
Did someone turn the internet off? 19 comments in an hour? It’s almost like you people have lives.
I can’t log in from my pc, but the phone works. Something going on at wp?
Do I even need to…
*snicker*
Family Guy: We ruin funny concepts by being unbearably smug!
No offense to you Tres. Just can’t stand that show.
I understand. Seth sold out 5 years ago or so. Its been a long time since he dared this: (NSFW)
Sheep shearing
LOL
Straff is right, though.
Haven’t watched it in many years.
That bit is great. It comes from when he was trying to “be edgy”, and he did for a bit.
Those are the worst. People who cut their teeth doing crazy shit and then join the moral scold mob.
The show tries too hard.
Like, the dad says something racist, everyone just ignores it, and they move on to something else that may or may not be funny.
There are some funny bits but mostly long stretches of not seeming to understand what humor is.
The evil baby concept was tired and hackey from the git go. Killer rabbit? Yeah, I didn’t see that coming. Baby that is actually wicked smaaht? Expected.
But his head was shaped like a football, Straff. His head was shaped like a football.
Sensei + Family are on vacation.
Just did the local community theater with my family and my parents.
Not my thing, but everyone else seemed to enjoy and lots of half naked young women so it wasn’t a total loss…
You perfected the looking and not getting caught thing?
Oh..Neighbors (1981) is on. I ? this movie.
Best bit is when Earl calls out Vic on the meal from the fake restaurant “Caesar’s Garlic Wars”
I couldn’t do that in a million years.
Nice Stroh’s poster. I’d like to patron her arts.
NSFW
https://pmatehunter.com/tawni-cable-nude/
NSFW
We’ve got bush! *Snort laughs*
Ah, Tawni Cable. I have some distinct memories of that young lady.
*ahem*
Tulip on July 9, 2019 at 6:57 pm
Yep. You boys are lucky we design to talk to you at all.
Pics or it never happened.
Your heart couldn’t take it
Go on…
No kidding, I just washed my Lotrel down with beer #8
What could possibly go wrong?
Sigh. The online dating world has followed me here. Crap!
Hate it when that happens!
Our den mother has a special way to handle those that can’t handle themselves. They shall never bother another (on this board, I’m sure)
Nice work!
But crokinole is all fancy and complicated and shit, real gubmint haters play cornhole.
Who is cornholing whom?
“The things I go through with bayou fishing ????”
https://twitter.com/ChaseThePlayBoy/status/1148044793202839552
LOL
That’s some beautiful workmanship, The Hyperbole. Thanks for sharing and inspiring.
I’m impressed that he took Neph’s piece on the game and ran with it. Can’t wait to see what Neph thinks of it.
Thanks Tonio.
Looking good there!
That must be very satisfying to complete and then enjoy the game, or the gifting in your brother’s case.
Thanks, most were gifts. The redwood ones went to mom and dad, and the ‘UBS” one went to my Sister. We did have fun playing, it’s a great family game. Fun for all ages as they say.
Again, I have to admire those with the artistic creativity, the imagination it takes and the skills to put the whole thing together. Mr The Hyperdole has a really neat and great ability to see something in that old pallet or hand rail that someone like me can not imagine. I am so envious…
Thanks for the article and for shaming me. I’m not letting Mrs Fourscore see this, she’ll recognize the mistake she made 45 years ago.
Thanks Fourscore.
“This time around let us look at environmentalism.”
“Metal drinking straw fatally impales woman through her eye after fall”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2019/07/09/metal-drinking-straw-fatally-impales-woman-england/1684768001/
Sounds like the government was looking for ways to kill her and finally found one.
WTF
Just talking about this guy the other week, and now croaked
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20190709/p2g/00m/0et/089000c
Nice work Hyperbole! Be extra cantankerous, ornery, and contrary tomorrow. You earned it.
Also, drink more of your meds.
“His most successful acts — such as SMAP, Arashi, KAT-TUN and Hey! Say! JUMP — are household names across the country.”
He’s no McCain, so I’m trying really hard not to speak ill of the recently deceased.
It’s ok. With headphones on, no one can tell what you’re listening to. Or judge you.
You can tell if someone is listening to SMAP on their headphones. They’re jumping from the platform.
Kevin Bacon style association: SMAP->Yasutaka Nakata->Kyary Pamyu Pamyu
Russian infiltration of Jpop
I’ve got really broad Japanese musical taste, but Kyary Pamyu Pamyu pushes the edge…
https://youtu.be/teMdjJ3w9iM
Not one of the live versions? Disappoint
Kidding aside, there’s something annoying about the excessively high register this and a lot of Jpop is sung in. It’s as if Ross Bagdasarian faked his death and secretly controls a large chunk of the music there in Nipponland.
I was worried I was going to make that connection, but I absolutely get it, after seeing that vid.
My Japanese teacher laughed when SMAP as a subject during conversation practice. Another teacher mentioned she was a fan.
Fortunately, she has a great sense of humor so I can overlook this…
Not me.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=K39XAmrtPq4
I’m so confused.
Understandable.
Anyone watching the All Star game? Why the hell did I see Jacob deGrom on the mound? He’s 4-7 this year with the Mets. There are 14 NL pitchers who have twice as many wins as him.
It isn’t even like he’s there as the only Mets representative.
Not watching, but wins is a horrible metric. deGrom does have the 9th best WAR among NL pitchers.
Same reason why Jose Abreu made it over Luke Voit – FYTW
“Facebook Issues New Policy Saying It’s Acceptable to Post Death Threats Against Me
A Community Standards update published by Facebook states (emphasis mine); “Do not post: Threats that could lead to death (and other forms of high-severity violence) of any target(s) where threat is defined as any of the following:
Statements of intent to commit high-severity violence; or
Calls for high-severity violence (unless the target is an organization or individual covered in the Dangerous Individuals and Organizations policy)….”
Back in May, Facebook and Instagram banned me under the justification that I was a “dangerous individual”. They provided no evidence whatsoever that I had behaved in a “dangerous” manner or violated any of their policies.
Facebook has designated me a “dangerous individual” and now says it’s acceptable for its users to issue death threats against me.”
https://summit.news/2019/07/09/facebook-issues-new-policy-saying-its-acceptable-to-issue-death-threats-against-me/
https://twitter.com/PrisonPlanet/status/1148734221210439680
“Facebook Sanctions Violent Threats Against ‘Dangerous Individuals’
It’s okay to threaten people with violence and death on Facebook, so long as your target is a “dangerous individual” such as Paul Joseph Watson or Laura Loomer, according to the social network’s increasingly Orwellian set of rules.
The tech giant’s recently-updated policy on “violence and incitement” states that death threats and incitement to violence are banned across the platform, unless your threat is aimed someone the social network has labeled an acceptable target.”
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/07/09/facebook-sanctions-violent-threats-against-dangerous-individuals/
Beautiful work Hyperbole.
I just noticed your bio. I accept your Earthshaker challenge and raise you a Pinbot.
The internet:
https://twitter.com/Shadbase/status/1148303556685864961
My hubs and I were just talking last night about how the instant and pervasive communication of the Interwebs is both a blessing and a curse.
Uhhh…
Ozzy Man Reviews the Greatest Mating Dance Evah.
Seriously, i have never seen this type of bird. How is he changing his eyecolor? An extra eyelid??
Meh. He’s compensating for a finch dick.
There are some bird mating rituals that are just amazing in how intricate and colorful they are.
Oh, you don’t know about Ron?
My hubs is in Imperial Beach hanging with friends after he went out all day on a boat with them. Now he’s too chemically influenced to drive home, so he’s staying overnight.
That means you lot are stuck with me, but alas, it seems few are active this evening.
Hey, Man. I get it. I get it. You want to be heard and I want to hear you.
I’m lurking as I bounce back and forth between here and the website for the writing course I’m taking online through the local community college. Mostly I’m wondering when the hell the instructor’s going to post grades or ANY sort of feedback for nine assignments I’ve completed that so far remain ungraded. I think he’s trying to prepare us for the life of a freelance writer: you send your baby out into the world and get back…nothing.
That sounds frustrating as heck. Can you ask for feedback?? Seems only fair if you’re supposed to be benefitting from whatever he’s teaching you.
He’s posted some grades and feedback – most importantly, he’s graded and given thumbs-up on three writing prompt exercises. Mostly I’m itching to get his take on the first draft of a short story. I need to post a revision soon, but I’d like to know what it needs before I dive into “fixing” it.
He’s just….slow. I think he’s teaching two other online courses this term – English Comp I and II, IIRC. Those may be larger classes. Or he may be drinking heavily. If I had to grade some of my classmates’ writing, I would definitely drink heavily.
If these current college kids write like they behave….sweet Baby Ray.
What should Biden replace his go to “Man” with? Bruh? Cuz? Homey?
Myn? Is that intersectional enough?
“Dude” would be the next one in line.
Chronological? How about going the other way in time? Something like “Buster”.
Okay, that got you a *snort*.
Wait till he gets around to the late 80’s and starts using “Fucking faggot”.
I’m not your Man, Guy!
He’s not your guy, buddy!
That which was done by you in that place was not unnoticed.
Word. I was actually doing that voice yesterday, after this place cleared out.
I have a lot of down time, usually.
That’s very impressive craftsmanship. Never heard of this game–must have missed an earlier article.
Glad I’m not the only one.
Day one without Eric in the race. I’m not handling it well.
We’re here for you! Thoughts and prayers!
Thank you. Can we get this comment 10,000 likes?
Here ya go, buddy.
https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared/OTwHTJ3PRa6c8LiN5zrWNA.MS-9r-B8Xp5uQQSWsJtj9E
Waving a Zima in front of a recovering addict. Shame on you.
Not the first time in my life I’ve been called an enabler.
But, is it the first time you’ve handled Zima?
Wait…
Heh…
/Don’t know how I didn’t see that until now
I’m watching Expeditions Unknown. He’s eating a bowl of bull penis soup to make him strong. My initial thought was, “if the bull is so strong, how did his dick end up in a bowl of soup?”.
When Josh Gates had his show on SyFy I always explained it to people as a travel show that investigates mysteries, and then in 2.0 that’s exactly what he done did.
“S’cuse me while I stir this…”
My initial thought was, “if the bull is so strong, how did his dick end up in a bowl of soup?”.
California divorce.
That’s bull penis deep.
How does one find these ‘house rent parties’ in Harlem?
You mean like this?
Probably what the alt-text was describing, but this is more my generation.
God, I can’t even remember how many times friends and I went to see that. Damn near wore out the tape, too.
God bless ya, I knew that’s what the link was.
Ditto. Kid n Play is what I think of when the phrase house party comes up.
Kid N Play kick-step REPRESENT!!
This was a thing.
Well, something had to take the place of Fat Albert.
I just gotta…
Go fund me.
I was feeling down and out today, and since the job I was working on today was through my self-employment I said ‘Fuck You!’ to my boss (me) and drove 50 miles to go to the comic book store where I over-spent on my weekly budget to buy some comics I missed 25 years ago. Fuckin capitalism!
So, road trip?
I did a road trip 25 or so years ago to check out an anime store in Houston. From Dallas. Without buying.
But, I did spend some time at the beach, so, there’s that.
Enjoy the comics.
To misquote a song or a philosopher or something, ‘No matter where I go, there I am’, and that’s always the most depressing bit. But yes, sometimes you gotta spend money on stupid shit.
QFT
L.A. Posse?
https://youtu.be/sqVoKdz6Qh8
Forgive the crappy audio. Best I could find as the pattern matching police took down better versions.
Bruce Campbell, Maxwell Caufield, AND Alexander Godunov?!?
Why have I never heard of this???
Because you weren’t watching SciFi Channel twenty five years ago?
Very true…poor and living with grandmother does not a cable opportunity make.
I didn’t have it either, although it was more my very religious folks not wanting that pop culture stuff in the house. Until I left, then all bets were off.
Took beers over to friends’ place and watched there. Ah to be that carefree again.
I have to ask: Was that the point of the get-together–to specifically watch it? Or, just happened to come on while you were over?
Just happened to be on. In fact, I’m not sure that I watched the entire movie then or it was just the credits. I remember that cheesiness. SciFi was just added to the local cable system so for weirdos like me it was pretty awesome.
Years later I watched both Waxworks and Waxworks II. Probably not the best works of the top shelf supporting talent.
Sometimes, you just gotta dip your toe back into those pools. While it’s not their best work (hopefully), I’m sure it’s good conventions fodder.
Dems Change Mind On Border Wall After Realizing It Will Keep People From Leaving When We Switch To Socialism.
From America’s Most Trusted News Source, of course.
TBB is all kinds of awesome
the Bee is on fire lately. The Onion should just hang it up.
https://babylonbee.com/news/starbucks-unveils-new-white-privilege-latte
The staff at the Onion is still binge drinking and staring at the wall. They didn’t see “life imitating art”, to be a true statement.
I figured they were navel-gazing.
Damn. They are crushing it.
I kinda want to see a Remy/BB collaboration.
I don’t know what it would look like, or, if it would even be a good idea. But, I want to see it.
Way to close to the truth.
Yo! Now that you arrived, can I send you an email?
You can send one any time.
Ehh…I don’t have your address.
I give SP and the powers that be permission to give it to you.
It’s got my name in it so I don’t have a subtle way of sharing it here.
Ah. If you’re OK, you can kick this off emailing me: sir.digby.71
@pm.me
Ok. My email to you is blasting through the intertubes.
Fair warning, sleep is nigh.
One of the things I’ve always admired was that despite Sly Stallone’s narrow acting ability, Rocky and Rambo always felt like quite separate characters; while everything else he did for the most part just felt like a Stallone movie. Well, tis no more. Rambo: Last Blood looks like a generic Stallone movie.
We…well, I shall see.
Oh, I’ll see it. Just might not be first run like the last one which I loved, I mean!
Damn skippy. Can’t find the antifa meme from last week that replaces the .50 cal with a camera
Wtf is that?
It’s Rambo vs the Cartel(s)
To be followed by “Rambo: Last Blood II: No, We Really Mean It This Time”.
Well, if you can draw First Blood twice, surely you can draw Last Blood twice.
Just put Sly in a nursing home with abusive attendants.
Did a lot of glib brethren/sis…tren get sick? Did Cronkite board talk just push people away?
Already past midnight here, and not even 150 comments.
Make with the shows of love for Hyp, ya’ll!
I’m commenting as fast as I can.
::big grin::
Oh c’mon,
https://twitchy.com/sarahd-313035/2019/07/09/blue-checked-super-gay-mom-of-4-helpfully-informs-the-rest-of-us-that-there-are-even-trans-babies/
These nuts just have to be in control. I’d Nelson laugh but this stuff is getting exhausting.
https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2019/07/09/bernie-sanders-busted-for-posting-poorly-worded-tweet-that-ignores-the-existence-of-intersectionality/
Now I’ll Nelson laugh.
https://www.dailycaller.com/2019/07/09/left-wing-groups-taxpayer-money/
How dare they stop the gravy train!! Don’t they get that this was the whole point of these government ‘projects’?
Graft/Influence 2020
They’re always on the ticket.
Where is HS? Didn’t she say she has the night off from the hubs?
I believe she’s winding down, herself. All you normies, even on the West Coast, have to sleep. Sheeesh….
I f she didn’t say, she put a few more coin pics on the Imgur link from last night’s discussion.
Uh-oh. What does that make me?
The queen of the Glibs…? I figure, if you’re up at this time of night (Amero-centricism FTW!) you’re one of us
outcastscool kids.ONE OF US!
If nominated to be Queen of the Glibs, I will not run. If elected Queen of the Glibs, I will not serve.
Hope your night is peaceful. See how I didn’t use the “q word?” (No, not Q’s word!)
Who are you, who are so wise in the ways of
sciencedispatching?Oddly, “peaceful” is exactly the word I use to avoid tempting fate. 😉
If we lost people to the all star game I’m going to be disappointed.
Paging Rhywun…
An interesting 80’s German music mystery.
If that doesn’t work then this will.
https://youtu.be/VrNpDlhBxAE
Joy Divison and Rockpile.
I’ll take unlikely mash-ups for $400 Alex.
-69
G night all. Too tired to wait to watch Enho. He’s tearing it up so far 3-0.
‘Night.
Last one
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/emmy-winning-actor-rip-torn-has-died-at-the-age-of-88
Can’t believe this guy was in both Pork Chop Hill and MIB.
::Sigh:: Damn…
Oh, man!!
I know, right? Man had great acting chops, whether it was serious or silly.
For you late-nighters need a laugh: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmyFY3y3J8E
Side note: The 1st story happened to me, except it wasn’t at a slumber party, and there were no other people around me then. I was 18, and it actually scared the hell out of me (I was doing security work at night in an office building.)
I wish I had a clear view of the western horizon. Moon is hanging low and huge and red.
I figured someone would have a live feed of the night sky, but I’m not finding anything with a cursory search
It was beautiful through the trees.
I have always been a total night owl. Drove my poor Mom crazy. I am just more productive and creative late at night.
Yes, my mother had me going to bed at 10 any night followed by school the next day. All the way up until I graduated HS. I immediately went to work doing security overnights when I turned 18.
I’m not a morning person. Well, unless it’s my evening.