Yesterday's temperature was in the 60s F, today it is about 22 F with fresh snow and blizzard warnings. Good thing I went shopping yesterday.

Thinking about my paints, I have those colors in oil based rattle cans. I can spray the paint into a jar and then brush it onto the wooden dowels. I could then also thin it properly and use it in an air brush.

That was quicker than I thought it would be. What I was looking for was You Tube EnglesCoachShop. Now a quick search on his channel and find the video where he makes the horse drawn sled. He does give enough information that I can figure out the measurements.
Just had a quick chuckle, The wheel tracks on cars are the same, (maybe not anymore) so the car wheels go in the same rut in the road as the previous car. The sled runners would be the same distance and fit into the ruts in the road. The wagon wheels and railroad tracks should be the same distance.
Michelle

I have heard the stories that Roman chariot wheels were spaced due to the horse's backside. The ruts the chariots left in the roads determined the width of wagon wheels and, later, the gauge of railroad tracks. It turns out that none of that is fact.

Here is an interesting article that debunks the myth. Interesting reading.

https://garethdennis.medium.com/the-not-so-glamourous-origins-of-standard-track-gauge-2b5f1ae7e3bc

I might have been thinking about some documentary that did not do the proper research. Not accounting for the narrow gauge railroads. Now that I think about it, I think I did see something about the french rails having to be moved to run US locomotives during WW2. Then there was some differences between countries that required changing cars to continue a trip.

I was thinking I could measure the distance between the wheels on my GI Joe jeep, and use that measurement to space my wagon wheels and the sled runners.
Michelle

If they are both the same scale, it should work. Or at least be dangerously close to the correct measurement.

Finally, after how many years, I've got my bandsaw at the house. The blade was broken and missing. If I could find the blade I could then measure it. So far I have not been able to find that model number on the internet. About I can do is consider the wheel diameter and see if a blade for a newer version will fit.

I ran into another problem. Barbie may be considered to be 1/6 scale. The vehicles may be closer to 1/8 scale resulting in that Barbie can only drive convertibles, due to she needs to look over the top of the windshield.

Even the GI Joe vehicles seem to be 1/8 scale. If I make my horse drawn Bob Sled and wagons 1/6 scale they might look out of place with the 1/8 scale vehicles. The same as a 1/6 scale wagon will not look good behind a 1/8 scale tractor.

Did a quick check. the 7.5 gauge train is 1/6 scale, and the rails are 7.25 inches apart. I remember one time seeing a Barbie in an engine. The price for those train cars are way out of affordability.
MIchelle

I've been having trouble with loading lately, some I expect, depending on the time of day. Maybe evening after school, everybody logs on and the tower get bogged down. Maybe lines are down somewhere, and the signal is detoured around the problem.

Quote from: Michelle_K on March 16, 2025, 05:53:35 PMI've been having trouble with loading lately, some I expect, depending on the time of day. Maybe evening after school, everybody logs on and the tower get bogged down. Maybe lines are down somewhere, and the signal is detoured around the problem.

You are correct that a lot more people are visiting the site lately. We recently set a record of 11,821 guests online at the same time.

I had bought a pork chop, and now finally I have cooked a pork chop. Had to go on You Tube to find out how to cook it. I liked the suggestion of pouring the liquid left in the pan after cooking into a small bowl for dipping, a combination of olive oil and butter. My pan might have gotten a little hot, but it turned out ok.
The only spice was from a sea salt grinder, as there is no pepper in this house. Could I say that the only taste was from a nude pork chop. I don't have any mustard or catsup, or garlic.

Tomorrow, I get to cook my first rib eye. I will need to again find out from You Tube how to cook it.

Some time ago I mentioned that my mother would cook the meat to extremely well done. Meaning we had a need to scrape off the burned part before eating. But then there might have been a fear that the meat might not get cooked enough to kill all the bacteria.
Michelle

Went to JoAnn Fabric,(don't know what the actual name is.) I don't know how long the sales are going to last, and it looks like some shelves are getting bare. 30% off the hand drill, and 20% off the acrylic paint.
I got some new paint,about a dollar or two for a couple ounces, otherwise I would need to add water to what I have and mix to get the proper consistency.
It looks like 40% off the ribbon, and I picked up some green ribbon. I was thinking of making some green garters. Sewing the ribbon onto the elastic and lace will present a challenge.
Michelle

I was watching a short video of a new dad. In the video there was a question about feeding his white baby food made for Asian as shown on the label. He was told by the cashier that it would be fine. Just don't feed your girl baby anything with a boy picture as she would then grow boy parts.
Michelle

@Michelle_K
Dear Michelle:
  .... Very interesting indeed. 

I wonder what would happen if they feed their baby BOY  
baby food that has a picture of a GIRL on the label?   

HUGS, Danielle

Quote from: Michelle_K on March 18, 2025, 01:54:53 PMI was watching a short video of a new dad. In the video there was a question about feeding his white baby food made for Asian as shown on the label. He was told by the cashier that it would be fine. Just don't feed your girl baby anything with a boy picture as she would then grow boy parts.
Michelle

It seems that I have too many projects, My 1/8 scale Farmall is waiting for the mounted corn picker, which does not exist yet. I did get a new rear axle and spacers put into the Farmall and now the rear wheels leave room for the picker. I'm going to need to drill and tap holes for the screws to mount the corn picker when I get it built. I may build a prototype using cardboard and the erector set.

After watching a video, I might change my mind about the bob sled that I have. It looks like it might be the proper scale to hook behind my 1/6 scale snowmobile. I would then need to put a hitch on the snowmobile, and a pole on the sled to hook it to the snowmobile. I was reminded about a sled that was displayed way back in the late 60s. It was build to carry an injured person behind a snowmobile.
Michelle

It would be nice to have a diagnosis for my autism and ADHD. From what I am hearing forget about the medication. I heard the the drug companies are experiencing a shortage of raw materials for making the drug.
The shortage doesn't help the patient any, but the stockholders have gotten a nice sized profit.

But that was not what I intended to write. The autism makes me slow in my speech, whereas my sister would make a great speaker. If I was to say anything bad about her daddy, I would quite likely get put down so fast That I would be left speechless. It would likely be two against one as her husband would join her.
In fact, he already has told me that I had no right to treat my dad the way I did. How about the way my dad treated me. Allow my mother to punish me for taking the silver dollars, because he was not man enough to admit he took them.
Michelle

I feel for you, Michelle!  Your confusion, frustration, and fear resulted in inability to trust and have faith. 
That you feel wronged and still are feeling so wronged is heartrending. 

I lived my young life through to 16 years old never able to trust one of my parents and my 4 step siblings.  No matter the innocence, there were always enough other inputs to have me be the scapegoat.  Tell the truth all you like, no matter, guilty just by being alive.  Being slow to respond/react didn't doesn't help either.  I learned damned if you do and damned if you don't.

What a way to live.  Yet, because you are here it looks like in spite of the hurt, you are on your way to healing and may be able to overcome that history.

To be honest, I have no idea why I am still alive. Falling through the ice on the river as a child trying to retrieve an arrow. Sleeping in a car broken down on the road in the middle of a winter night. I once even lifted my foot approaching a blind curve, My passengers voiced their concerns that I had slowed to a stop. They freaked when a car suddenly came speeding around that curve in the wrong lane.
I have no idea what kept my motorcycle out of the grass when I took that curve too fast. It was like a hand kept me out of the ditch.

I once read a story about a man that stated he felt like he had a sword hanging at his side. I don't really recall if it was from a past life or if he feels the sword of his guardian angel.

As I watch the videos and read the stories about narcissism, I'm learning that my dad's ego was so inflated that he could not admit he needed help to survive the fall into a machine. Quite likely it was an eye opening experience since a friend of his lost both legs in such an accident. I used to hear a lot about how his friend would pound nails into his wooden legs.
Michelle

https://www.detroitbandsaw.com/resource-library-faqs/how-to-determine-band-saw-blade-length/

I used to shop all the time at JoAnn's.  I used to buy thread for hemming guy clothes.
Once I stared wearing women's clothes I was able to find clothes that didn't need to altered!

After all this, my original intent was to state that I finally have an appointment for a pulmonary function test. Now I will finally be tested and determine if I have asthma, emphysema, or COPD.  Emphysema is not supposed to be genetic, but I think someone said my mother had it, and her dad had it.

The deal with my sisters was that I was wondering if I could trust them to help. Kind of like my dad with his statement that I would get to the pickup point on time and then disappeared until it was too late to go to the pickup point. If any would be willing to drive 40 miles to pick me up, and then drive another 50 miles to my appointment, and wait a couple of hours. I'm afraid I would wait till the last minute and then be informed they can't make the trip.

About the baby food, I was a bit tempted until I finally got my dentures replaced. Maybe that was what happened when I was a baby. My mother put dresses on me because I was a girl, and stopped putting dresses on me because the baby food turned me into a boy.
Michelle

I had an awful thought. I was wondering how many people actually thought the baby food turned me into a boy. Actually it turned me into a girl with boy parts.
Michelle

Either I have a type of autism that wont let me lie, or I was severely beaten to tell his truth. The result is I must correct the statement and admit that the baby food did not give me boy parts. Most likely my mother did not buy baby food. She would have made her own. Still for some reason she would have dressed me as a girl until she could no longer get away with it, like sending me to school.
Michelle

Just something that I occasionally wondered about. I was in the military during Vietnam, but ended up in Germany. I wondered why I was given a 6 month early out, and no reenlistment officer talked to me. Just recently I read it was not optional, and it was up to 4 months early out, as solders were returning from Vietnam.

I kind of refer to it as they gave me a good conduct medal and then kicked me out. Really, My active duty was 1 year and 6 months. The 6 months in Germany, allowing me to have overseas stripes on my dress uniform.

Going to trade school, my draft notice was skipped over until I graduated. Knowing I was going to be drafted, and not able to get the conscientious objector status, I enlisted and turned 21 in basic training. My parents got the draft notice about a week after I went to basic training.

I need to do some more research to find out why I got the extra 2 months on my early out.
Michelle

I'm reading about asthma and one description was that it felt like the band of the bra was too tight. I wrote that down in a text file as I know how that feels. I have deformed ribs and it seems I have a grove where the band of the bra goes.

I had to drive 30 miles one way to take care of my taxes. I got to thinking about some 20-30 years ago it would feel like I was wearing a bra when I wasn't, and the band was a little bit tight. It took a few moments to register, just like now when I had the asthma attack. Oh!! The tightness in the chest from the asthma felt like a tight bra even back decades ago.
Michelle

Things have not gone well. I opened a small box of large crackers, after cutting the inner wrapper the box slipped and half the crackers ended up on the floor next to the trash can. Well, that was a waste of money.
While putting eggs into a container prior to cracking, I bumped the measuring cup and dropped the egg. Luckily I dropped it into the measuring cup, but later had to remove shell pieces from the eggs before frying.

I wrote a post for asthma forum, and when I hit post, it said error, unable to post. I then hit save draft, and went to another page. Figure out how to find my draft, and then find it did not save.

Thursday I took the skates that broke my wrists to the thrift shop. At the thrift shop I found a eyelet pliers. The eyelet in my high heel boot has been replaced. At least something positive for the week.
Michelle