Rabaelthazar
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you could extend them with bamboo? easy to replace & fairly strong & natural looking
Thanks Mac, I agree the bamboo could look great but there are a couple of logistical problems. First is that the ridges between segments could make playing uncomfortable; and second is that the hollow nature of bamboo could make it difficult to attach to the lever mechanism. I'm really wanting something that doesn't need regular replacement, hence the idea of using a well attached hardwood. Cheers though, good suggestion.
^ thats a good idea .
If the PVC works , then i reckon paint them a glossy black, whack a bung in the end and Bobs your uncle.
Thanks Amazonian, the PVC works, but it's not particularly strong. Over the course of an evenings playing, each of these keys gets stomped on several hundred times. I've had to replace a few of PVC extensions already because they've developed cracks.
I've thought long and hard about it and what I've specified in my original post is what I need. I should have specified when I said I'm open to suggestions, I'm really open to suggestions about suitable woods. I appreciate both of your input.
Even if someone could recommend a contact (commercial or otherwise it would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers
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Hi guys,
I've got a small woodwork job I need done... I could probably do it myself but I'd have to go and buy tools and the end result would probably be a bit shoddy.
I'm happy to pay for materials, labour, postage and any other reasonable expenses.
The background is that I play hammond organ and gig a fair bit, and recently I bought a set of bass pedals that are the perfect size to move about in the car. The problem is that the pedals are spinets and don't allow me to use proper pedal technique, ie: the natural notes are only about 6 inches long where I really need them to be 12+ inches (sounds like a sexual reference, but it's not). I've made a temporary fix of attaching PVC piping but it looks like crap and surely isn't going to last a particularly long time. (see photos below)
pedals complete with my hack pvc job
with two pvc pedals removed to show length of original pedals
Basically, I'm wanting to have someone create 12 wooden pedals (actually 15, so that there are a couple of spares) to replace the PVC. Each pedal would need to be:
a- 12-14inches long
b- 1 inch in diameter
c- one half of the pedal would need to be cut back flat to attach to the lever mechanism of the pedal unit (see crappy diagram below)
d- the wood used would need to be a hard wood but also capable of receiving a self-tapping screw or else have two strategically placed female screw parts
e- the wood would need to be finished in a smooth laquer
f- it would be nice if the ends could be rounded but that is only a want, not a need
g- it would be nice if the wood looked beautiful, but again that's only a want.
crappy diagram
The focus of these is definitely function over form, but I'd love them to look good as well. The job could be done by cutting up an appropriately sized broom handle, which is probably what I'd do if I were making them myself although I'm open to any other suggestions.
If anyone's interested, please let me know and maybe PM me for further details (or post here) and we can discuss a fair price. If anyone can help, I'd really appreciate it.
Thanks all,
Rab
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Sorry, Meeka.
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I've tried to steer clear of this whole Charlie Sheen hullabaloo, but this vid was good for a laugh.
btw... Amazonian, I've seen that vid of the kid after the dentist before, I feel really sorry for the kid. I remember being messed up on prescribed drugs as a kid and it's scary. Interesting, but as he said "Is this going to last forever?".... that's not a cool place for a kid's head to be in.
Also, there's no way nitrous would have such a prolonged effect. I reckon it must have been the residuals of a general anaesthetic, possibly combined with some heavy painkillers.
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Don't you hate it when you're watching porno on your computer and having a really great tug and then your boss comes up and puts a whole pile of reports on your desk and says they need to be finished by 5:00PM?
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Sounds like that PST isn't taking the edge of like you thought it was.
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Does anyone else find that the woodchips fruit first?
I haven't visited my suburban patch yet this year (woodchips), but I'd be really surprised if it was happening yet. Even with all the rain, it hasn't been anywhere near cold enough yet in Melbourne.
At least another month away for us I'd say, but it's just about time to start going and saying hello, let the mushrooms know that I've missed their beautiful caramel hats. Let them know that I respect and admire their wisdom and that I'm looking forward to speaking with them face to face.
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I still haven't worked out how to use the MultiQuote function. Either mine is broken or the tools in my shed are not very sharp
. I have clicked it and it goes green, but then what do i do?.
Yeah, I've never figured it out either. I just multiquote manually, ie: open a new tab replying to each post I want to quote and copy paste back into my main reply. Perhaps not the most direct method, but it works and is easy.
Click the appropriate "multi quote" button for each post you want to quote. Then click "use full editor". It'll open up a new page in which all of the quoted posts are already present.
Aha. Amazing, thank you Monnsta.
Like this. With this amazing new found ability I will now go back through all threads and multiquote in them, just to prove I have learned the skill.
Mmmm... actually I think I'll go to bed. That would be more productive. Good night all.
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Aha. Amazing, thank you Monnsta.
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Yeah, I've never figured it out either. I just multiquote manually, ie: open a new tab replying to each post I want to quote and copy paste back into my main reply. Perhaps not the most direct method, but it works and is easy.
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To add to your post, Hutch: This is part 1 of 3 so you'll need to set aside half an hour if you qwant to watch the whole thing, but a really interesting piece. Not sure about original sources, so you'll have to just take it at face value.
Worth a watch.
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I have a PS3 and haven't chipped mine. To be fair, I don't get much time to play games so generally buy them several months after release when they're about half the original price and then trade them in. End up paying about 20 bucks a game which is excellent value in my mind.
I was warned by a fellow PS3er who had had his chipped that chipping the PS3 can screw you if you want to connect to the playstation network. ie: Sony had set up some sort of a chip recognition and barring on the network. That was a few years ago, so perhaps someone's found a workaround by now.
Also, I remember an article about Sony getting really pissed at some hackers who had published codes of some kind that would allow you to break the limitations of your PS3. Can't remember any more details, but Sony were going to take legal action claiming "the codes are only a goole search away, they're in the public domain now. The damage is irreversible." <- that's not actually a quote, just a summation.
Anyone know any more about that? Also, any news of new consoles on the horizon? It's been a while since the PS3 and 360 were released.
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Reasonable good segment to show people that you have been trying to explain this to for years.
Being Dateline gives it a fair cred
Yeah, reasonably so.
I watched it with my wife who doesn't really understand my fascination with magical plants and tends to disregard my explanations of the benefits of the other realms as just me being a bit odd.
I was hoping for a little more description of what the brew does but it was kept very vague. They mentioned the words "visual", "hallucinogenic", "spiritual" but without going any further into it. A good start (would like to see more main stream coverage of this sort of stuff) and I felt it showed both positives and negatives, but was just a little lacking in substance for my liking.
The "expert" on Aya scientist had clearly never imbibed himself. Nice touch.
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I'm pretty sure that is a coin. Germination rates are very low but you could end up with a money tree.
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Perhaps we exist in a strange loop and if you zoom in far enough, though molecules, atoms, quarks you will eventually find a miniature version of our universe with a miniature version of yourself zooming further still until he finds the macro version of you.
Strange loops:
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...so I asked "What does the universe exist IN " and he didn't understand, I said everything must exist in some space ie shoes in a shoebox, a person in a room, a planet in a solar system, a solar system in a galaxy, so what is the universe in ?
He couldn't answer that either.
Makes me think of Qualias suggestions of cells, I have no idea if it's true but at least I can get my mind around that idea.
So what do the cells that are universes exist in?
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I posted a video a while back from the Chasers War on Everything where they were interviewing Texans about their knowledge of the world. Most answers from the interviewees were attrociously ignorant. Sounds like that might be the vid you saw MagicDirt, either here or elsewhere.
The Chasers were obviously making a point with very selective footage, as you pointed out Sheather. It was meant more as a bit of a laugh than as an accurate portrayal of the average American.
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and on this note, to make sure all loonies are clear on the matter:
Do not drug your local Jehovas Witness/Mormon;
Do not stab you local Jehovas Witness/Mormon.
The best thing to do is cover your eyes. If you can't see them, they can't see you.
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Official Apology commences here:
I hereby apologize to all loonies of the Corroboree who may have been tempted to drug their local Jehovas Witnesses or Mormons. Just like the concept of sleeping with a goat, the concept of spiking your Mormon's cookies with hash should remain a fantasy and should not, under any circumstances, be acted out.
As EG so succinctly put it:
Dont drug your local jehovas or mormons.
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The Jehovas Witness, like its close relative the Mormon, is a relatively docile animal which can be baited with such treats as cookies. During a busy mating season, you may notice an unwelcome increase in the numbers of these vermin entering suburban areas.
One simple trick to rid your neighbourhood of these unwanted pests is to bait them with treats and mix in a healthy amount of cannabis. You only need one or two intruders to consume your treats as both Jevoas Witnesses and Mormons have a strong tendency to report the news back to their burrow discouraging further invasions. The secret behind this is that both species are irrationally afraid of any knowledge or thought that falls outside their dogma. The active chemical in cannabis, THC, can encourage radical thought and this is the thing they fear most.
An example of a successful end to a swarm of Mormons using this method can be seen below.
http://www.albazilla.com/wiki/index.php?title=Feeding_hash_cookies_to_Mormons&redirect=no
(and the more sensationalist Mormon version)
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Get out of here you fucking suit!
Hey, nothing wrong with making a little money on the side while saving the environment. I also sell "save the whales" t-shirts, printed on 100% natural polyester.
The snack I was thinking of was this one (not asian after all, by the looks of it):
http://parthenonfoods.com/stobi-flips-150g-p-2037.html
Somehow, the facebook fan page managed to get over 25,000 likes. All comments are in another language though, so it is possible that each fan has simply signed up to make complaints about how revolting flavoured packing material is.
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^^^ LOL
It was these sort of "Beware of drugs" episodes that piqued my curiosity as a kid.
What is that god damn movie???
in Chill Space
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I didn't want to hijack the thread, but now PD has his answer....
Migraineur, do you happen to know a German movie called something like "Mutant Monster" or "Monster Mutant" about a bunch of people trapped on a spaceship (one of them was this old guy who rode in a hover wheelchair) and all basically go crazy. At the end they land on some planet, there's a massive bar brawl where everyone ends up dead and then as the credits roll four guys pop up from the rubble created from the bar brawl and start singing a drinking song?
Probably from around 1995... another one of those things seen on SBS late a night and unable to be tracked through google.
I've been trying to work out what this movie is for about 15 years.