SHC Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 Garden sprayer. The hand pump, spraying wand thing… field expedient bidet. Just saying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 There are videos on making wood gasifiers, and if you look you can find pictures of them in use in the past. Lol, I can imagine why the gas bags are no longer in use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 None of the modern car engines could run on it. Make sure you know what's been in that garden sprayer before using it for "personal use"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted February 25, 2022 Author Share Posted February 25, 2022 The "Boneshaker" was the successor to the penny-farthing. It had a wrought iron frame, wooden wheels and iron tires. Why not just run a garden hose through the window for that squeeky clean feeling? Wiki says some countries are making them mandatory bathroom fixtures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pnut Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 17 hours ago, TWISTEDWILLOW said: the penny-farthing! (a bicycle with a large front wheel and a small rear wheel common from about 1870 to 1890) I rode a penny farthing and they're deceptive looking. It was FAST!!!!!! That big front drive wheel can get you moving way faster than you'd think it could. Pnut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted February 25, 2022 Author Share Posted February 25, 2022 Doing some reading, I understand it doesn't take much to throw you over the handlebars. Ouchee.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyBones Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 This thread took an odd turn. From prepping to bidets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted February 25, 2022 Author Share Posted February 25, 2022 With a little weird bike history thrown in for good measure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 1 hour ago, pnut said: It was FAST!!!!!! That Lol I would have never guessed that! I figured they would be awkward to ride Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted February 25, 2022 Author Share Posted February 25, 2022 Wait till the power goes out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 1 hour ago, pnut said: That big front drive wheel can get you moving With no brakes even. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted February 25, 2022 Author Share Posted February 25, 2022 And you can't drag your heels to slow down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 When I was a kid none of my bikes had brakes or front fenders. To stop I would put my foot at the front forks and press my shoe on the tire always had a grove in the sole of my right shoe, drove mom crazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted February 25, 2022 Author Share Posted February 25, 2022 I remember building bike ramps and seeing who could go the farthest. Now look what they do with souped up dirt bikes in competition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pnut Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 22 hours ago, Irondragon ForgeClay Works said: With no brakes even. And there's no freewheel. The pedals turn with the wheel. They're sketchy at best. Getting on them is an adventure in itself. Pnut A few seconds in the penny farthing race begins. https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=racing+penny+farthing&&view=detail&mid=289CCE3CC87C57818B57289CCE3CC87C57818B57&rvsmid=27510E58C29DA0D3227F27510E58C29DA0D3227F&FORM=VDRVRV&PC=SANSAAND&ssp=1&safesearch=moderate&setlang=en&cc=US Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted February 27, 2022 Author Share Posted February 27, 2022 I googled penny farthing crash videos, they looked painful. One guy was whizzing down a highway on a hill with his legs on the handle bars and the pedals where just a blur. I hope nobody got seriously hurt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHC Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 Nodebt, I’m a water and wastewater specialist and a total nerd about my job, I also love history. Many countries in Europe have buildings that are older than our country by a couple hundred years or more. Toilet paper didn’t become commonly available in our country until around the mid 1800’s. I don’t think it was commonly used in Europe until a bit later. Many of the really old buildings all over Europe have such primitive indoor waste plumbing that they can’t even handle single ply paper. And as a professional poo stirrer, I’ll attest that paperless wastewater is just the way to go. First time I encountered a bidet in the wild, I was on some really high quality pain meds after my motorcycle wreck. It was an add on device, and I thought it was a flusher designed to conserve water. I made my standing head call, leaned over and twisted the knob, and the toilet hosed me right in the face. I kinda lost my mind a little when that happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 Great bidet story SHC, not an uncommon one though. The better models have hot/cold knobs, adjust them once and hit the handle to rinse. I always wanted to rig a way to carbonate the water and let the scrubbing bubbles do the rest. A while back someone posted a picture of a roman multi tool that included a: knife blade, spoon, fork and butt swab holder. IIRC Roman toilet wipe was typically sponge, everybody carried their own and rinsed it after use. A funny as opposed to humorous story about prepping without thinking. I was visiting my folks in the high Sierras and we were having dinner at one of their friends in Portola. The gentleman who's name I don't recall was showing me around their place and was really proud of their new pellet stove and how efficient it was heating their place. When I asked how well it worked when the power was off he became a little exasperated because pellets are wood so it's a wood stove. Never mind the pellets are feed by an electric screw, combustion air is forced and heat is circulated by a blower. I still don't know how well they work with the power off, the guy at the stove store said almost exactly the same thing when I asked. We bought a Jotul instead, no electric connection unless we spend more than $350 for the blower to circulate air. And that is a non-starter, it blows the air up at the ceiling instead of across the floor where it's cold. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 When considering a wood stove, ask the sales person to unplug the stove while there is fire in it. They choke up. One popular stove uses the stove fan to cool the same fan from the heat of the stove. No power and the stove overheats and burns out the very expensive to replace fan. You are left with a overheating stove in your home. Only thing left to do is to shut off the air to the fire, if whoever is home recognizes the danger, and knows how to shut off the air. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted February 27, 2022 Author Share Posted February 27, 2022 On 8/18/2020 at 4:16 PM, ThomasPowers said: When I visited the Deutsches Klingen Museum in Solingen Germany they had examples of Roman multi tools/eating sets! On 8/19/2020 at 3:09 PM, Frosty said: I checked images of the Roman multi tool and holy moly is that a Ronco special! I liked the pic that showed the sponge labeled as "butt swab". Rome was a serious consumer of sponges, they didn't have toilet paper you know and everybody carried at least one tied to a stick all the time. It was fun looking at all the different opinions of what some of the tools were, the, "Exacto" hook knife looking one was labeled as a "spatula" HUH? The awl(maybe) labeled as a stabby thing was good too, called a pokey thing in another. I'm not going to make something like it but it's sure fun looking at all the crazy ideas of what was what. What REALLY creeps me out is the idea of folks carrying their eating utensils folded together with their toilet sponge. That's just a BIT too multi tool for my taste! Frosty The Lucky. 1 hour ago, Frosty said: A while back someone posted a picture of a roman multi tool that included a: knife blade, spoon, fork and butt swab holder. IIRC Roman toilet wipe was typically sponge, everybody carried their own and rinsed it after use. SHC, I spent some time in Europe while I was in the Navy and I won't name countries, but a lot of the dives I visited had a little room with concrete footpads, a pipe sticking out of the floor, and no door. You would be suprised what went on in the street. I know some dumps here in the good ol' US that give them a run for their money. We take a lot for granted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHC Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 I wouldn’t be surprised at all, it sounds like some of the same places I’ve been in the Corps. I’ve learned you can usually tell how good a time you’re gonna have by how poorly equipped the facilities are. If you need a tetanus booster to get in and a penicillin shot on your way out, that’s the kind of place where memories are made and scars are born! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted February 28, 2022 Author Share Posted February 28, 2022 My favorite memory of my service was standing on the fantail of a ship one night watching the props churn up the plankton and leaving miles of luminescent wake. It was facinating. 2 am, quiet, solitary, and you could not believe the stars. No light pollution in the middle of the atlantic. But, I know what you mean about scars... I got arrested in morrocco.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHC Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 Did that on the Whidbey Island in the Red Sea, and Spain is where I really got the police peeved. They had one of my guys in the back of a car completely unattended so I just opened the door and let him out. Then we took the car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted February 28, 2022 Author Share Posted February 28, 2022 I forgot to mention it was a case of mistaken identity! I think we picked up our Marines at Morehead City. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHC Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 I think that’s where most get on. I got on with a couple platoons via AAVs at Onslow beach, then we went to Morehead to pick up the rest of our guys and the rest of our stuff. My interaction with the local police was a standard case of rowdiness. We were getting a little loud and when the cops showed up they snagged one of my most junior guys almost as soon as we noticed them. Poor kid still smelled like Parris Island and was still scratching the sand flea bites. I told the rest of my squad to harass and evade back to the ship. I found myself completely alone with two abandoned cop cars, so I let him out and told him to climb up front with me and we just drove back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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