Deluxestogie Grow Log 2021

[deluxestogie]

The Crockpot in my kiln died last night (half-way through a 2 month run). I think it was 4 years old, but I can't remember. So I just ordered another 6 quart Crockpot from Amazon for $33, with free shipping. It was a good time to remember that a Crockpot with a manual switch can be easily controlled with a digital controller. If the switch on the slow cooker is digital, chances are that whenever the external digital controller switches off the power, the slow cooker power will remain off, until you physically turn it back on with its digital switch. Manual is good.

Now I have a 6 quart, oval crock that is well encrusted with mineral deposits. Seems a shame to just toss it.

Bob

 

[GreenDragon]

Now I have a 6 quart, oval crock that is well encrusted with mineral deposits. Seems a shame to just toss it.
Bob

Flower pot!

 

[deluxestogie]

Flower pot!

I thought of that, but I have no way to bore drain holes into a thick ceramic crock.

Bob

 

[GreenDragon]

Amazon.com

 

[Oldfella]

I thought of that, but I have no way to bore drain holes into a thick ceramic crock.

Bob

Baccy plant. You should be able to drill holes in the ceramic with a masonry drill. Go slow and use water for a lubricant.
Cheers Oldfella

 

[deluxestogie]

But I have an abundance of large, used coffee containers that are free, easier to lift and move, and non-breakable.

Bob

 

[Oldfella]

But I have an abundance of large, used coffee containers that are free, easier to lift and move, and non-breakable.

Bob

Hi Bob, it's whatever is easier for you. With the old crock pot, chuck it, or keep it and think of use later.
Cheers Oldfella

 

[deluxestogie]

I do appreciate the suggestions. Perfectly solid, though encrusted piece of crockery. But my house is an embarrassment of stuff kept for possible later use. Most of it is books, which can fairly pretend to be worth hanging on to. But then there are the wonderful, spectacularly sturdy and reusable clear PET containers. And the handy, odd scraps of wood. And my collection of dead fruit tree branch nodes, awaiting transformation into tobacco pipe bowls. Fabric scraps (i.e. worn out clothes).

I just drove to the dump today, and the Crockpot went along for the ride.

Bob

 

[deluxestogie]

The angry jet stream.

Bob

 

[leverhead]

It does look allot like an ex wife, except it's warmer.

 

[deluxestogie]

Look what I just discovered beneath the dim yellow light on my porch.

It wasn't due to arrive for another week. I'll wait for the ice storm to pass, then crank up the kiln again.

Bob

 

[deluxestogie]

Here is tonight's tracking on the Crockpot that already arrived last night.



I'm curious to see if they ever notice that the party is over. The item has already been delivered.

Bob

 

[leverhead]

If they send you two, are you going to send the second one back?

 

[deluxestogie]

If they send you two, are you going to send the second one back?

Being a truly selfish person, I would send the second one back, so that I feel better about it. But only if they pay the shipping.

Bob

 

[deluxestogie]

Before my latest ice storm arrived, I decided, after about 4 years of parking my car in the same spot, regardless of the weather, that I would instead move it to a spot just in front of my porch.

That branch looks like it's about 150 pounds, and would have hit square in the center of my sunroof.

Bob

 

[MarcL]

Here is tonight's tracking on the Crockpot that already arrived last night.

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I'm curious to see if they ever notice that the party is over. The item has already been delivered.

Bob

Is this when better late then never is applied? I believe you would use the notes from the USwhogivesaPS shipper the seller uses to get it to you?

 

[deluxestogie]

Better early and never.

Bob

 

[MarcL]

Give thanks for sure. Maybe they had been watching Quarantine Cooking and said "get this to Bobs porch now".
Tell me why you moved your parking spot please.

 

[deluxestogie]

We had an earlier ice storm last weekend. I spent a fair bit of attention watching the tree-branch-sag-ometer, as it drooped down to my car roof. I decided, for this second storm, that it was too stressful to watch, so I moved the car to the spot with the fewest number of things that could fall on it. Whew!

The ice storm ended at mid-morning today. Then, at about 5:30 pm, that branch snapped off. (I should have purchased a name-brand tree.)

Bob

 

[Knucklehead]

(I should have purchased a name-brand tree.)

Bob

Was it a Chinese Chestnut?