What are you doing for fun?

BigV · 05-01-2015, 04:53 PM

Tonight Twil and I will be attending Best of HUMP!
It's the Sexiest, Funnest, Most Creative Dirty Movie Fest in the World... HUMP!

We went last year, damn, it was so fun. Highly recommended.

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It's the Sexiest, Funnest, Most Creative Dirty Movie Fest in the World... HUMP!

Since 2005 the HUMP! Film Festival has challenged ordinary people from all over the Pacific Northwest to become temporary, weekend porn stars-by making their very own five-minute dirty movies for a chance to win big cash prizes! And they did not disappoint! The resulting short films run the gamut of sexual styles: straight, gay, lesbian, transgender... every color in the sexual rainbow... and some we never knew existed. HUMP! films are funny, thought-provoking, sad, artistic, outrageous, and almost overwhelmingly sexy-because they're real. And they're real because they were created and performed by sex-positive people, just like YOU. That's why we're bringing the very best of HUMP! to your town! See 18 of the hottest HUMP films in action... they'll make you laugh, squeal, and marvel at the broad (and creative) range of human sexuality. It's the best of HUMP! And you're going to have a blast.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-01-2015, 05:45 PM

Good luck, hope you win.

Undertoad · 05-01-2015, 06:01 PM

so you'll probably be fucking after that huh

BigV · 05-01-2015, 09:28 PM

I promise no ponies will be harmed in any of the productions.

BigV · 05-02-2015, 02:41 AM

starting....

now.

Gravdigr · 05-02-2015, 01:06 PM

Gravdigr · 05-02-2015, 02:00 PM

My impending scooter ride is gonna seem a little, idk, less, now.

BigV · 05-05-2015, 03:44 PM

I love working in the garden. Not just the purty flowers, but mowing the lawn, pruning, etc. I like digging in the dirt, really. I was mowing Twil's lawn this weekend. Along the street in front of her house is a ditch and the grass grows very tall on the banks and in places on the bottom. It's a pretty good sized ditch, and I've seen it carry a LOT of water when it rains hard. It's important to keep it clear, because it *will* flood, and that would be bad, right? Anyhow, here's a shot of part of the bank that I've already mowed.
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I have to push the mower perpendicularly to the flow of the ditch, tip it down, bite some grass, then lever it up and move it over one mower-width, repeat. The bank's far too steep to mow along the direction of flow, I'd literally drive it into the ditch.

Anyhow, I was mowing, mowing, mowing, BANG! No more mowing. I'd uncovered the stump of a steel pole. Motherfucker.

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Killed the mower, so I pulled it up onto the flat part, and gave it another pull. It did start but the vibration was horrible. I turned it off, pushed it into the driveway, and tipped it over. I'd bent the output shaft. Goddammit, I've only mowed one time with this mower, now it was trash. Fuck.

Well... I thought, hm, I can't be the first guy to hit something with the mower, what does the internet say??? Turns out it has plenty to say about the subject. I found one thread of discussion that talked about taking the mower apart, cracking the case, etc. LOL, nope. Further searching revealed the Hillbilly Repair Shop with an episode dedicated to straightening a bent lawnmower shaft. **Exactly** what I needed.

I watched that one, and a couple others including one that taught me about dial indicators, a tool I don't have ($160 and only in the warehouse days away, too much and too late). But I learned about a hillbilly dial indicator, which I adapted for my own use. I found the high point, moved it to 12 o'clock, and then smacked it with the sledgehammer. I tried not to think about what I was doing to the bearings and seals, but I felt I had nothing to lose.

Here are three videos of my progress,

before

during

and after
.

There really aren't any pictures of me working because I had my hands full, no tripod, etc. I just wanted to fix the fucking mower and cut the grass. As I worked on it I refined my technique. I found removing the plug made pulling the starter rope to turn the crank easier and smoother. I found that a pair of visegrips let me move the shaft precisely so that the high point was at 12 o'clock, suitable for whacking. I also found out that the last little bit of straightening really needed a serious hit with the hammer, several hits as a matter of fact.

Lamplighter · 05-05-2015, 05:18 PM

Looks as tho you had a lot of fun...

But... right tool for the right job ... it's called a weed-wacker

classicman · 05-05-2015, 06:34 PM

WHS^

xoxoxoBruce · 05-05-2015, 06:41 PM

We don't need no tall weed mowin'
We dont need no weed control
No scalpin' of the roadside drainage
Mower leave them weeds alone

Weed Wacker! Leave them weeds alone!

glatt · 05-05-2015, 08:56 PM

That post is why highway departments use flail mowers.

05-01-2015, 05:45 PM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Good luck, hope you win. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-01-2015, 09:28 PM	#4
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	I promise no ponies will be harmed in any of the productions. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

05-02-2015, 02:41 AM	#5
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	starting.... now. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

05-02-2015, 01:06 PM	#6
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	__________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

05-02-2015, 02:00 PM	#7
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	My impending scooter ride is gonna seem a little, idk, less, now. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

05-01-2015, 06:01 PM	#3
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	so you'll probably be fucking after that huh

05-05-2015, 03:44 PM	#8
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	I love working in the garden. Not just the purty flowers, but mowing the lawn, pruning, etc. I like digging in the dirt, really. I was mowing Twil's lawn this weekend. Along the street in front of her house is a ditch and the grass grows very tall on the banks and in places on the bottom. It's a pretty good sized ditch, and I've seen it carry a LOT of water when it rains hard. It's important to keep it clear, because it will flood, and that would be bad, right? Anyhow, here's a shot of part of the bank that I've already mowed. I have to push the mower perpendicularly to the flow of the ditch, tip it down, bite some grass, then lever it up and move it over one mower-width, repeat. The bank's far too steep to mow along the direction of flow, I'd literally drive it into the ditch. Anyhow, I was mowing, mowing, mowing, BANG! No more mowing. I'd uncovered the stump of a steel pole. Motherfucker. Killed the mower, so I pulled it up onto the flat part, and gave it another pull. It did start but the vibration was horrible. I turned it off, pushed it into the driveway, and tipped it over. I'd bent the output shaft. Goddammit, I've only mowed one time with this mower, now it was trash. Fuck. Well... I thought, hm, I can't be the first guy to hit something with the mower, what does the internet say??? Turns out it has plenty to say about the subject. I found one thread of discussion that talked about taking the mower apart, cracking the case, etc. LOL, nope. Further searching revealed the Hillbilly Repair Shop with an episode dedicated to straightening a bent lawnmower shaft. Exactly what I needed. I watched that one, and a couple others including one that taught me about dial indicators, a tool I don't have ($160 and only in the warehouse days away, too much and too late). But I learned about a hillbilly dial indicator, which I adapted for my own use. I found the high point, moved it to 12 o'clock, and then smacked it with the sledgehammer. I tried not to think about what I was doing to the bearings and seals, but I felt I had nothing to lose. Here are three videos of my progress, before during and after . There really aren't any pictures of me working because I had my hands full, no tripod, etc. I just wanted to fix the fucking mower and cut the grass. As I worked on it I refined my technique. I found removing the plug made pulling the starter rope to turn the crank easier and smoother. I found that a pair of visegrips let me move the shaft precisely so that the high point was at 12 o'clock, suitable for whacking. I also found out that the last little bit of straightening really needed a serious hit with the hammer, several hits as a matter of fact. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not. Last edited by BigV; 05-05-2015 at 03:49 PM.

05-05-2015, 05:18 PM	#9
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Looks as tho you had a lot of fun... But... right tool for the right job ... it's called a weed-wacker

05-05-2015, 06:34 PM	#10
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	WHS^ __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

05-05-2015, 06:41 PM	#11
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	We don't need no tall weed mowin' We dont need no weed control No scalpin' of the roadside drainage Mower leave them weeds alone Weed Wacker! Leave them weeds alone! __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-05-2015, 08:56 PM	#12
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	That post is why highway departments use flail mowers.

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