# Life Goes on - Summer 2024
**URL:** http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-goes-on-summer-2024/7765
**Category:** Off Topic
**Tags:** life
**Created:** [March 29, 2024, 4:40pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-goes-on-summer-2024/7765 "2024-03-29T16:40:30Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 21
### Author:  [@Woodrunner](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/Woodrunner)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2024, 8:03pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-goes-on-summer-2024/7765/401 "2024-06-15T20:03:24Z")
Well, my personal opinion about bicycles is it’s a good transportation device when beer or alcohol consumption makes motor vehicle driving dangerous/illegal 🥴
Or just for shorter trips.
About duck eggs i don’t like the stringy texture, or the slightly “fishy taste”, but it could be different from another duck breeds?
I’ve heard the eggs from musk ducks (translation?) should be pretty tasty?
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### Author:  [@Marty](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/Marty)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2024, 10:27pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-goes-on-summer-2024/7765/402 "2024-06-15T22:27:08Z")
> [@Woodrunner](#):
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> Yes, my lovely auto-mower (coffee powered)
I got one of those too, but with the floor sanding attachment. One coffee and it’s good for several hours.
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### Author:  [@madflower69](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/madflower69)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2024, 12:00am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-goes-on-summer-2024/7765/403 "2024-06-16T00:00:54Z")
> [@Woodrunner](#):
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> About duck eggs i don’t like the stringy texture, or the slightly “fishy taste”, but it could be different from another duck breeds?
I will go out on a limb because I haven’t had duck eggs since I was a kid and say the taste might be relative to what they are eating. The meat flavor is affected by what they ate. If they are eating swampy stuff like duckweed or algae, then it will taste fishy.
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### Author:  [@ForbiddenTuna](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/ForbiddenTuna)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2024, 1:59am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-goes-on-summer-2024/7765/404 "2024-06-16T01:59:26Z")
Learned a little FreeCAD today to make a part from a reference image. Needed a block-off plate.
As long as you know the dimensions and you have a good picture taken from a square angle it’s a good way to reverse engineer things.
Part is printing right now. Just filled in everything but the bolt holes.
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### Author:  [@madflower69](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/madflower69)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2024, 3:27am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-goes-on-summer-2024/7765/405 "2024-06-16T03:27:04Z")
Congrats! How did you like freecad?
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### Author:  [@ForbiddenTuna](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/ForbiddenTuna)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2024, 3:35am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-goes-on-summer-2024/7765/406 "2024-06-16T03:35:25Z")
It’s alright, I have no other frame of reference and I think that’s a good thing. Everyone that’s spoiled by the paid CAD programs say they dislike how the program is configured. It’s alright for me because I don’t have to unlearn anything.
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### Author:  [@KristijanL](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/KristijanL)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2024, 4:28am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-goes-on-summer-2024/7765/407 "2024-06-16T04:28:37Z")
Exactly. Its from geting from A to B.
Ok that makes sence. All we ever had were Muscovy ducs.
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### Author:  [@Marty](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/Marty)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2024, 10:58am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-goes-on-summer-2024/7765/408 "2024-06-16T10:58:01Z")
I’ve worked in several CAD packages over the years. I think you get hooked on the first one you use and then it’s a real pain to relearn how to do things. I started in 2D with DesignCAD back when it had a DOS interface. Shortly thereafter I had occasion to use AutoCAD and it was gibberish to me. Things definitely got better when Windows came along, but the 3D stuff is very different in various programs. I liked 3D in 3DStudio, Solidworks not so much and DesignCAD it’s horrible, although DesignCAD 2D is still my go to drafting program. Maybe I’ll try Freecad some day, but haven’t had the need to do 3D stuff in years. Maybe if I get a 3D printer… 🤔
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### Author:  [@madflower69](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/madflower69)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2024, 5:16pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-goes-on-summer-2024/7765/409 "2024-06-16T17:16:57Z")
> [@ForbiddenTuna](#):
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> It’s alright, I have no other frame of reference and I think that’s a good thing.
I just wondered if you had issues and struggled with it, or whether it was fairly straight forward.
> [@Marty](#):
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> I think you get hooked on the first one you use and then it’s a real pain to relearn how to do things.
Especially if you use the first one a lot. I had a hard time in the 2d world switching from FreeHand to Illustrator. And even when I am using FreeCAD, I am still find myself thinking about drawing it like I was in FreeHand, and I haven’t used that in 20 years. 🙂
It is also why I say bite the bullet and just start with FreeCAD rather then “an easier” program. The easier programs may get from point A to point b faster for something simple but don’t have the capability to get to point B for something more complicated, and then you are back unlearning what you know while trying to learn a new system.
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### Author:  [@Jan](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/Jan)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2024, 8:08am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-goes-on-summer-2024/7765/410 "2024-06-21T08:08:49Z")
First cucumber in the new greenhouse, it will be fun to see if there will be any corn and Brussels sprouts.
Not too long before the tomatoes arrive either.
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### Author:  [@tcholton717](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/tcholton717)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2024, 11:44am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-goes-on-summer-2024/7765/411 "2024-06-21T11:44:09Z")
I picked my first cuke yesterday as well Jan. Kind of a miniature thrill to finally see some result after months of work. I have a bunch of clusters of little green cherry tomatoes too. Don’t forget to shake those corn stalks. No wind to move the pollen in a greenhouse. Your set up looks great. I’m a big fan.
Weather has cooled down enough that I can function again. I’ll have a full day just getting all my tomatoes tied up. Way overdue.
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### Author:  [@Jan](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/Jan)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2024, 11:58am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-goes-on-summer-2024/7765/412 "2024-06-21T11:58:00Z")
Thanks Tom.
I had to go and see if there was anything to shake, and when I looked closer I saw that it is coming.
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### Author:  [@JohanM](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/JohanM)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2024, 3:18pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-goes-on-summer-2024/7765/413 "2024-06-21T15:18:23Z")
Happy midsummer everyone. 😃
Why not swing by, grab a plate for a piece or two and sit down for a chat 😊
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### Author:  [@Jan](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/Jan)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2024, 3:35pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-goes-on-summer-2024/7765/414 "2024-06-21T15:35:14Z")
I don’t have a car 😭, but oh how good it looks, happy midsummer to you all.
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### Author:  [@Woodrunner](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/Woodrunner)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2024, 3:41pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-goes-on-summer-2024/7765/415 "2024-06-21T15:41:55Z")
Happy Midsummer my friends.
Here follows some pic’s of a nearby midsummer parade.
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neho2ZtXIMM)
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### Author:  [@Jan](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/Jan)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2024, 4:12pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-goes-on-summer-2024/7765/416 "2024-06-21T16:12:08Z")
Happy Midsummer Göran, you look like you’re having a lot of fun down there.
I think that song was the only one my father could play on the accordion.
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### Author:  [@tcholton717](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/tcholton717)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2024, 12:42am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-goes-on-summer-2024/7765/417 "2024-06-22T00:42:01Z")
I always wonder why the the summer solstice is celebrated. I just means we are losing daylight from here on out. I think maybe the wicca people celebrate here. No one else seem to pay much attention. Cindy must be the Midsummer queen with her crown of daisies.
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### Author:  [@Marty](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/Marty)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2024, 2:12am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-goes-on-summer-2024/7765/418 "2024-06-22T02:12:23Z")
Well Tom, I’m going to celebrate your solstice here. It means the days are going to get longer for me! All a matter of perspective I guess. 😉
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### Author:  [@JO\_Olsson](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/JO_Olsson)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2024, 6:57am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-goes-on-summer-2024/7765/419 "2024-06-22T06:57:33Z")
Happy midsummer!
Grandkids, flowers, playing, good food and drinks. No gasifier lit during this day, but other than that it was perfect.
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### Author:  [@Pelletpower](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/Pelletpower)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2024, 7:01am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-goes-on-summer-2024/7765/420 "2024-06-22T07:01:27Z")
Beautiful! Big thing overthere, midsummer?
Overhere it is still mid autumn 😐 But I like the light and enjoying the long days.
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