Trooper York: You never know who you will run into in the Hamptons.

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

You never know who you will run into in the Hamptons.

So I wasn't so surprised to run into Sarah Jessica Parker.

25 comments:

The Dude said...: Your coat matches the wire in the fence.

I know, wire fence...; October 23, 2012 at 5:30 PM
AllenS said...: Christ, I can just what she thought.; October 23, 2012 at 5:42 PM
The Dude said...: Hey, Allen S - I just spent the afternoon sharpening my chainsaw.

I have been frustrated with my ability to get it sharp enough to cut straight and to cut without smoking.

Took the chain down to the local repair shop and talked to the guy there - he pointed out that even though I was getting a nice cutting edge on each tooth, the leading edge of the teeth were curved down due to having hit something other than wood.

So I took the chain home and started filing - it took several minutes per tooth to get each one filed correctly, and while I haven't tried it out yet, I have a good feeling about this.

I was losing faith in my ability to sharpen a saw - something I have been doing for 40 years, and with luck, I have found the answer. If not, I am voting for Obama.; October 23, 2012 at 5:57 PM
chickelit said...: Parker-paloosa

There's an "ap" for that.; October 23, 2012 at 6:02 PM
The Dude said...: Don't be a neigh-sayer.

Yeah, that's weak, but that's all I have...; October 23, 2012 at 6:22 PM
windbag said...: I sharpened my chain yesterday, too. I had to take down the stump left over from cutting down our pear tree this spring. Spent about 20 minutes trying to cut it. Thought it was on fire it was smoking so bad. I had sharpened it so many times the teeth were about even with the gauge teeth. Finally gave up and put a new chain on. Done in three minutes. Spent all day today cutting and clearing. Actually enjoy it.; October 23, 2012 at 6:33 PM
AllenS said...: Every time you sharpen, or have someone else sharpen your chain, turn the bar over. It's an interaction. Surface against surface. When you have a sharpened chain, and you are still cutting at an angle, your bar is worn on the top.

Lessons learned.; October 23, 2012 at 6:56 PM
AllenS said...: When cutting and you see sparks, that means metal. Barb wire, hog netting, nail, electric fence insulater. Once, I had sparks and later I discovered that inside the hollow tree was an old horseshoe. That usually means you need a new chain.; October 23, 2012 at 7:00 PM
AllenS said...: Something else: if you're sharpening your chains by hand, and you're right handed, it's easy to make the right side sharper. The sharpest edge will take a bigger cut, and influence an off-center cut.; October 23, 2012 at 7:15 PM
ndspinelli said...: "Hello, Wilbur"; October 23, 2012 at 7:22 PM
chickelit said...: Stihl waters run deep...; October 23, 2012 at 8:21 PM
Titus said...: I don't have a chain or a sharpener. I don't even have a yard, just a juliet balcony looking out on Harvard Square.

I cum from a family who has chains and sharpeners and plows and loaders and gravel pits with nice stone and three wheelers.

I am very diverse.

tits.; October 23, 2012 at 8:57 PM
The Dude said...: You must Stihl yourself.

As for handedness, I am left handed, and since the world is made for right handed people, I have learned to use both hands for many tasks - sharpening, hammering nails, sawing, and so on.

So whist sharpening I can file the teeth from each side, same number of strokes per tooth, same angle and I make sure to lower each depth gauge as I go. So precision is possible, at least as far as can be achieved with hand work, but the key was making sure that the cutting face met with the flat top of each tooth in the form of a single bevel.

I did invert the bar today, based on the good advice of Allen S. It's a new bar, relatively speaking, but I need to make sure both sides wear evenly. It is a royal pain to remove and reinstall, and I don't like taking the chain all the way off, either. Tricky job - requires a steady hand to keep it all from flopping apart before I tighten the nuts down.

This comment should provide plenty of grist for those so inclined to make flour from my grain of truth.

As you were...; October 23, 2012 at 9:21 PM
Titus said...: SJP is thin, gorgeous and a sweet person.

She is the most important role model for little girls in the entire world.

Show some fucking respect.

Her tits are delish too and no surgery.

tits.; October 23, 2012 at 9:38 PM
Chip S. said...: I was going to post a bayonets & horses joke, but realized that if anyone ever happened upon the TY archives in the future it would make no sense at all.

Which is also how future people will feel about the 4-year reign of Barack the Incompetent.; October 23, 2012 at 9:48 PM
chickelit said...: This comment should provide plenty of grist for those so inclined to make flour from my grain of truth.

I cannot even begin to sort the wit from the chafe...; October 23, 2012 at 10:06 PM
MamaM said...: I cannot even begin to sort the wit from the chafe...

A little levity leaveneth the whole loaf.; October 23, 2012 at 10:50 PM
chickelit said...: A little levity leaveneth the whole loaf.

Did you write that? It sounds like W.B. Yeast; October 24, 2012 at 4:32 PM
ndspinelli said...: Can't you wordsmiths play Scrabble or Word Jumble for chrissakes!; October 24, 2012 at 4:50 PM
chickelit said...: Who's your favorite poet, spinelli? Longfellow? Wadsworth?; October 24, 2012 at 5:16 PM
MamaM said...: EEEEEEE
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EEEEEE
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CUMMING(s)
!!!; October 24, 2012 at 5:55 PM
chickelit said...: e.e. cummings came from the miniscule of letters.; October 24, 2012 at 6:13 PM
The Dude said...: He was of a lower case.

There once was a P.I. named Spinelli
Who sat in a car and got smelly
He claimed he hated conflicts
And loved catching convicts
Then punched them till their face turned to jelly.

See, poetry is fun! And good for you, too.; October 24, 2012 at 6:30 PM
ndspinelli said...: Sixty, You are a hoot!; October 24, 2012 at 6:48 PM
The Dude said...: Thanks. I am glad you took that poetic offering in the manner I meant it.; October 24, 2012 at 6:53 PM

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