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Gerontius

Gerontius

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  • Gerontius
    Mr. Vivian Stanshall was maybe my favorite of British humorists. Why I am thinking of him now, no idea, but he was funny--
    Gerontius
    I started a 100-year-old clock today that was last repaired in 1942--It's been running for a few hours w/o breaking down. Success!
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    Gerontius
    Gerontius
    It lacked power so I re-bent the verge (part that literally makes the ticking sound on the escape wheel) to where it would release evenly with each swing of the pendulum. Then I put it back together, and managed to mess up the hands by not pushing one down far enough. They touched each other & stopped the clock.
    Gerontius
    Gerontius
    Got that out the way & it's running, keeping time, striking the hours and half-hours, nice & smooth example of a real nice antique clock. I might have to get more into fixing these things; it was pretty neat to watch the movement go from a seized-up metal brick to a moving, functional clock works.
    Atrapa Almas
    Atrapa Almas
    Congratulations.
    Gerontius
    I think I just made bean soup in an electric skillet, and it actually turned out OK. Looks like I eat something decent tonight.
    Gerontius
    It's 2 AM and I am listening to the Jack Benny Show and it's absolutely cosy here
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    Luca
    It’s 4am and I just woke up. Too early to take the dogs out so I’m probably going to curl up with an early breakfast.
    Gerontius
    In the future, present reliance on thermoplastics will be viewed with the same horror as the ubiquitous use of lead years ago.
    Gerontius
    Emile Waldteufel is an underrated composer -- facts are facts
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    Callistemon
    Callistemon
    I'm not a Strauss fan, or a waltz fan - please don't shoot me, I respect other people have different musical, food etc tastes than I do. But I did come to ask if you are aware that the surname "Waldteufel" is German for "Forest Devil" - because that's a cool surname! :)
    Gerontius
    Gerontius
    I know it's Forest Devil. Had heavy metal existed in his era, he'd have been a natural choice for that genre.
    Judge
    Judge
    One thing that I find problematic is the genre of classical music itself, in this day and age. In essence, an underrated genre.

    Making me ponder questions like "Will Katy Perry be popular in 200 years?"
    Gerontius
    When I get half a chance I am going to have to take that old beat-up car out in the woods & put a new coat of enamel on it; it looks rough.
    Gerontius
    There was a groundhog in the yard this morning, & he's dug two huge burrows. I think he's cute.
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    Gerontius
    Gerontius
    You have a groundhog too?

    They're really pretty. I kind of want to see if I can put vegetables in, but I don't think I can grow vegetables if there's a groundhog living nearby.
    Streetwise
    Streetwise
    No I'm in England this is part of the family of a YouTube channel originally about chunk the groundhog now his family and a grey squirrel ,a possum, a blue jay,a skunk, on occasion two dogs that live with the channel account holder
    Streetwise
    Streetwise
    What you do is grow an area for the groundhogs and put a good fence around your produce area apparently possums love apples ,groundhogs love CARROTS,broccoli, apples,tomatoes,never seen them eat an onion
    Gerontius
    I have not been able to keep up with the messages people send & all that. Today & last night were not good ones. Nor has anything else been.
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    Luca
    :(
    Callistemon
    Callistemon
    It seems there's a few of us having a tough time at the moment. Sorry to hear you feel that way; been there too re flatness and burnout.

    Speaking of escape routes, have you ever gone WWOOFing? That can be a good way to get away and get your fingers into the earth, and meet some lovely people.
    Callistemon
    Callistemon
    And by the way, your 20s are usually much harder than your 30s or 40s, if that's any help to you.
    Gerontius
    It's Saturday! I have not had a weekend off since who even knows when. This is no different.
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    Gerontius
    Gerontius
    Sorry y'all--I'm still around. I decided to go & try to find a doctor this morning. Trip was 40 miles. Car broke down once, I got crapped on by a bird, and things are a mess, but I've some interesting opportunities & might be able to actually recover my wits.
    tree
    tree
    40 miles one way ? Or round trip?
    Gerontius
    Gerontius
    Round trip, thankfully. The trip odometer quit partway through, so 40 miles is the rough estimate once I got the dial working again. It's been crazy. The car breaking down in a parking lot actually bought me some time & basically I can speak to someone via phone Monday...it's an improvement.
    Gerontius
    Turns out $6 "ingrown toenail pullers" (gross) work as well as $450 "keyring pliers" for replacing the keyboard on a typewriter.
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    Gerontius
    Gerontius
    Got them online--I had a 1916 Remington typewriter with the original keyboard still on it. Well, that rotted. Celluloid decays with time. So I bought some new inserts for the keys and ended up having a hard time getting the keys apart.
    Gerontius
    Gerontius
    Eventually I bought those small pullers & was able to pop the metal rings off the keys, so I just have to polish the rings & replace a few that had corroded through and then crimp them back on with a screw clamp or padded plies
    Gerontius
    Gerontius
    There's the right tool for the job, but those pliers cost $450 for a set, which is a lot considering how little value unrestored typewriters really have. So anyway if I'm ever done with college stuff then I will be putting the keys together & I guess it should hold up a lot better
    Gerontius
    I went out in the woods & fell asleep watching the sun start going down. I think I'm going to sleep in the woods more often.
    smilie
    smilie
    be careful though gerontius
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    Owliet
    Don’t fall asleep in woods within a circle of mushrooms....
    Gerontius
    I found out that Connecticut's National Guard still has a mounted volunteer cavalry unit that's had the same job for 240 years.
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    LadyS
    LadyS
    That's really neat :)
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    Owliet
    If you do do that on Thursday, would you share them on here? I’d love to see the photos. I love history.
    Gerontius
    Gerontius
    @Owliet I absolutely will share them if I can make it over there & film the 1st Company doing drills. They're really cool & I also hope to be able to maybe interview some of the officers or the troopers & ask about what it is like to be the last of the real old-time horse cavalry.
    Gerontius
    Finally found the score to "Into the Unknown" from a show called "Over the Garden Wall." Planning to adapt for parlor organ.
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    Gerontius
    Gerontius
    @Callistemon if you want to hear a master, try Rodney Jantzi's YouTube channel. He's fantastic--builder, musician, and artist.

    I don't know what they cost in your end of the world, but you can get a good pump organ for a low cost, or free, in the United States or England at least. Expensive to work on but a cheap way into Victorian keyboard instruments.
    Callistemon
    Callistemon
    Thankyou for that link! :) Beautiful-looking instruments - and his hands are so incredibly relaxed when he's playing! Watched *the* Toccata & Fugue and will watch a few more from there.
    Callistemon
    Callistemon
    I'm not so suited to keyboards, and after initially giving it a go, found that strings were more my thing and really intuitive to me, so I had three years of lessons in that in my 20s. Have to get back into playing because I stopped when we were building the house and I've not been able to get back to it consistently yet...
    Streetwise
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    Luca
    I will share and donate too.
    Gerontius
    Gerontius
    I'm not the best person to ask about sharing a post because I do not participate in much on social media--but it seems like a good cause.
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    Luca
    I’m not on social media either but my friends and family are… I always ask them to share things for me.
    Gerontius
    Internet conked out--forget online midterms--Went for a late night walk & that was a good thing. I love walking.
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    Luca
    I love walking too! Hope you can still get your midterms done on time though.
    Gerontius
    Looks like after college stuff today I have to fix the ceiling. Landlords' washing machine is leaking. At least I have tiles & a handsaw :)
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    Gerontius
    Gerontius
    I hope so too; I'm going to go up there & fix their washer & dryer first--so I don't have to fix the ceiling twice. It's right over two very nice, early model antique typewriters on display & a 1928 cabinet gramophone, too, so I don't want to get those soaked either.
    Gerontius
    Gerontius
    I had a roof leak on the Christmas of 2021 that filled up my 1929 Underwood desktop with water. That was a different, crappier apartment. The leak here is just normal Victorian House Problems. VHP's are pretty common & they are not the end of the world.
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    Luca
    My parents had a burst pipe in their house two years ago, when I was still living there. The kitchen was flooded. It was very bad. They still get occasional leaks in their house. It’s not a Victorian house but it’s an old Colonial farmhouse, so probably even worse lol
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