u/Adventure-Backpacker

Atypical I meant

I found this over the weekend along the Ohio River in Southern Indiana.
Massive and very heavy granite with a faint groove still visible.

If this was hafted, it would take a strong handle and a strong person to swing it. This was a very well loved tool. Lots of use wear.

I also found a more traditional shaped small 3/4 groove axe within a few feet of it.

So is this considered an atypical axe?

It’s not the more common axe shape I’m accustomed to seeing.

Thanks.

Picked up recently at an auction. I know less than nothing about Pachislo Machines. Thanks.

Very old Pub Salvage.

This panel was part of a much larger piece that was rescued from a pub somewhere and found at a very eclectic estate sale in Indiana.

Black Jazz band from the 20s /30s Maybe??

Any help is appreciated.

Very old Pub Salvage.

This was part of a much larger piece that was rescued from a pub in Indiana.

Black Jazz band from the 30s / 40s……

Any help is appreciated.

Justine Pissot….

Apparently nobody watched Pissot’s early season interviews where I believe she came across as entitled and ungrateful about her developmental contract. It’s the player’s job to earn a full time contract and Pissot didn’t seem to have that mindset.

The people who are trashing the Fever leadership over Pissot leaving are obviously not very intelligent, because the Fever COULD have drafted Darianna Littlepage-Buggs instead.

We can reasonably say the Fever hit with their 1st round pick of Raven, but missed on their second round pick of Pissot. This is a much more fair critique of the front office, but the people trashing the Fever are just a bunch of agenda driven morons who don’t really care about basketball.

Geno Auriemma’s recent comments on CC…..

Auriemma has stated that UConn did not heavily recruit CC when she was in high school and yet CC has made it clear in the past she would have played for UConn.

Considering Auriemma has no skin in the game and never coached CC, he seems to constantly insinuate that Paige is a better player than Caitlin.

I believe this stems from his failure to recruit and coach CC. Gena comes across as a scorned lover and I find it embarrassing and cringe AF.

I still contend that Geno’s ignorant comments regarding CC’s physical size after her 1st WNBA season sunk in Caitlin’s head. I think he partly influenced CC gaining the muscle mass that led to the soft tissue injuries that plagued her 2nd season.
If CC still has an ounce of respect for him, it’s an ounce too much.

His comparison of CC’s impact on the WNBA to Tiger Wood’s impact on Golf is ridiculous.
Golf is NOT A TEAM SPORT Geno, you senile old mf’er.
You coach at the college level and can’t make a better argument? Give me break.

Lastly, on his Larry Bird comparison…

CC has had a MUCH larger impact on popularizing the WNBA than Bird had on the NBA. CC single handled forced the WNBA to move games to larger arenas and begin flying charter.

CC’s impact on the WNBA allowed the league to expand for the first time in 25 years in addition to the historic new CBA. Bird didn’t have this type of impact on the NBA. Bird and Magic together saved the NBA from financial ruin because of their rivalry and the great battles between the Lakers and the Celtics.

The better comparison would be whether Jordan had a greater impact on the NBA than CC on the WNBA, but Geno is so small minded he can’t see beyond the fact that CC and Bird are both white.

Geno Auriemma is an intolerable a-hole.
His comments are irrelevant and invalid and I’d be very happy if he would just STFU.

Can anyone please help me with what this Victorian Shade would be called?
I’m assuming it’s a Ceiling / Chandelier Shade.
Any help / Guidance / Input would be appreciated.
It came from an estate sale in Indiana.

Can anyone please help me with what this Victorian Shade would be called?
I’m assuming it’s a Ceiling / Chandelier Shade.
Any help / Guidance / Input would be appreciated.
It came from an estate sale in Indiana.

Wooden body with glass eyes and real feathers. Thanks very much!

Wood with Glass Eyes and Feathers.

Thanks!

Hello!
Picked up this beauty at an auction. Model 6744.

It’s not starting up.

It didn’t have a blade with it.
I’m pushing the safety button obviously.
Is there something I’m overlooking?
Are there any tips for me that might help me get this fired up?

When the Fever fired Christie Sides after that magnificent 2nd half of the season and CC winning rookie of the year, I had one immediate thought….

Be careful what you wish for CC, because the grass isn’t always greener on the other side.

I’m not saying Sides was a top tier coach at that time, but she at least had the humility to let CC play her style of basketball and I felt Sides was treated poorly by the organization.

I’m no conspiracy theorist and I do not believe that Stephanie White is out to “ruin” CC, however, that doesn’t mean that White is the RIGHT coach for CC. Hey Stephanie, the Fever didn’t draft Caitlin Clark because she’s a lock down defender! They drafted her because she’s the most creative point guard to ever play in the WNBA.

The Fever offense looks disjointed and frankly…..ugly.
Playing fast requires all 5 players on the floor to actually play fast.

Aaliyah Boston is arguably the most polished post player in the league and I AM SICK TO DEATH of seeing White play her at Point Guard. IT IS NOT WORKING.

AB needs to race back on offense and take the other team’s defense with her. This opens the floor for CC to handle the ball. If they have to run a press break offense when they aren’t fast breaking the RUN A PRESS BREAK OFFENSE. CC needs the ball in her hand to be the creative genius that she is. If teams are double teaming CC then someone else is open on the Fever.

Something is wrong between White and CC. It doesn’t take a genius to see there is a rift here. Can they fix it? Maybe, but White appears steadfast in her approach.

Seeing White SCREAM at grown women like a Texas high school football coach is RIDICULOUS. This tells me that what she’s doing IS NOT WORKING.

Stephanie White cannot coach young players and just because she’s from Indiana doesn’t mean she is the right coach for CC. She’s a coach for veteran players. She’s boring, she has ZERO personality, and she does not make the game fun for her players.

I have no doubt that CC sees these young progressive coach’s like Natalie Nakase and Alex Sarama and wishes she played for them.

Management is going to have to intervene in this immediately because it’s not working and CC is FAR MORE important than White. If they don’t have a come to Jesus meeting immediately, CC is going yo become the Ben Simmons of the WNBA. CC looks mentally frail right now. She looks as downtrodden as I’ve ever seen her.

My other hope is that vets like Sophie, Hines-Allen, and Billings can help right this ship by behind honest with their teammates and coaches.

Someone better make basketball fun again for Caitlin Clark.

While at Lollapalooza in 2013 this was going on.

I’m sure the organizers of this event never would have guessed that only a little over 6 years later the Illinois General Assembly would pass the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act to legalize recreational marijuana.

A creek bed in western Indiana just east of the Wabash River where a creek cuts through the Herrin Coal deposit.

Herrin Coal is identifiable by the layer of claystone that runs through it.

Thank you