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Also bent the US to fit the badge, painted it slate blue and tested it in place for the Uncle Stretch headbadge

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Laid out a pattern on the tank that is somewhat similar to the Columbia pattern that was on it. Now I need to cut the negative of this out of foil tape after we get back from dinner. Then I repeat the reverse of it on the left tank half.



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ingola said:
Yes it can
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kingfish254 said:
Stopped by the Dollar Store to get more sandpaper (don't need it, but figured I would stock up since I liked it). I was wrong about the number of sheets, they are actually 25 sheets per pack, so 4 cents a sheet. )
Saw these LED headband lights that had a flashing feature. I am extremely impressed with the quality of these. Can't believe they were just a buck. Put 3 AAAs in there and they are super bright.

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I want to have red flashing lights inside of my pipes to act as taillights. I thought about wiring up a battery pack and such, but then I had a simpler idea. What if I simply have it so that I pull them out to turn them on/off and that way I can just use regular lights without any extra wiring. Well you can see that these lights are white light. So I pulled out my trusty red report binder to test the idea of making them red. It worked awesome as a rough test. I'll dress up the solution.

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I knew it would look cool. Well my kid knew I had to agree.
 
I don't have a fancy Cricut machine, so I made do with my "Bri"-cut machine to cut out the negative.

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Just a tip if you ever have a puzzle of pieces like this. Make an X at each join. It REALLY helps with reallignment

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Another tip when using foil tape. It really wants to coil up on itself as you peel the backing off. I almost always remove the backing and first lightly apply the tape to my stomach.

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That puzzle honestly went together easier than I expected. One tank half is ready to rub like a genie lamp tomorrow. Chalk one up for Team BRI-Cut!!!

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The Renaissance Man said:
Are you planning to reveal the Columbia logo when you rub it down?
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I considered it, but not really. This bike is a Colson stretch, so I wasn't feeling the Columbia script. My rubbing skill isn't extremely precise yet, so it wouldn't surprise me if I may get down to the white of the Columbia graphics here and there. We'll see how I do on my second rat rub.
 
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One of my favorite Zappa songs. While sightseeing in Vilnius, Lithuania 10 years ago, we found this in a local park.
Watch out where the huskies go,,,,,Don't you eat that yellow snow..

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They also had this monument to him in the park.

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That got me just about as evil as an eskimo boy can be
So I bent down, and I reached down, and I scooped down and I gathered up a generous mitten-full of the deadly (yellow snow)
The deadly yellow snow, from right there where the huskies go!
Whereupon I proceeded to take that mittenful of the deadly yellow snow crystals and rub it all into his beady little eyes with a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mudshark in your mythology, here it goes now, the circular motion: rub It!
 
The Renaissance Man said:
That got me just about as evil as an eskimo boy can be
So I bent down, and I reached down, and I scooped down and I gathered up a generous mitten-full of the deadly (yellow snow)
The deadly yellow snow, from right there where the huskies go!
Whereupon I proceeded to take that mittenful of the deadly yellow snow crystals and rub it all into his beady little eyes with a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mudshark in your mythology, here it goes now, the circular motion: rub It!
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You guessed my secret rat rub. The "vinegar" is actually deadly yellow snow crystals since they are perfect for rubbing in a vigorous motion hitherto unknown to the members of RRB.
 
Finished getting the left tank template ready to vigorously rub the deadly yellow snow crystals into it tomorrow.

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