What's everyone up to right now?

[Crossless2.0]

Working on arranging COVID vaccinations for 16 Indian crewmen who will arrive in port around May 18th.

Wow, given what's been happening in India, all I have to say is best of luck to ya.

There is a healthcare provider in New Orleans that specializes in providing medical services to vessel crewmen who come into port. They have secured Johnson & Johnson vaccine doses that will be available on May 13th and May 19th (with future dates likely), so it's mostly a question of getting the necessary information from the ship Captains for each crewman who will receive the vaccine, submit that to the provider, get the ship owners to confirm in writing that they will be responsible for the coordination and transportation costs, and arrange CBP permission for crew without U.S. Visas to disembark for this service.

Since writing my post above, I now have three more ships also seeking crew vaccinations, so this is shaping up to be my new main focus at work this week.

Yeah, what's happening in India (and elsewhere) these days is awful. I'm glad to play even a small role in helping them have a little peace of mind when their contracts expire and they return home.

[Angrboda]

Morning coffee.

[Rev. Rye]

Dad and I have decided to create a pimped-out Cigar Box Tenor Ukulele, based on an idea of my design. I don't actually have a picture of the final product, so I'll just let these component parts tell the story:

(Note: if you're worried about the image sizes, I'm currently in the process of making them more manageable. Done.)

This neck/hardware:


Plus this box:


with this soundhole:

(I have a template and several calculator programs on my phone I can use to make it the right size, BTB.)

And these finishes:

(As seen on this standard-sized uke):

(Why those finishes? Because they're the closest stains I could find to my blood, fresh for the top, dried for the back and sides.)


Plus this pickup:


And these box corners:


with the pennies replaced by these sixpence (four of them, and, yes, I made sure to choose the coin that's only 0.36 mm wider than a penny):


And just to top it all off, these strings:

with these string ties, because after all that work, I really don't want the hassle of traditional string tying:

[Angrboda]

Baseball and a glass of scotch.

[Rev. Rye]

Just found out that Matt Orchard's released the first 43 seconds of his next video on Twitter. It's apparently a motherfucker to get done, but what little I can find looks like this is going to be really interesting to a lot of you:

https://twitter.com/i/status/1389432447893315584



https://www.youtube.com/c/MattOrchardCri...y/featured

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Relaxing after a hard day of pretending to be a plumber (not really difficult, but that's my story and I'm sticking to it).

Boru

[ignoramus]

Who's got induction cooking?
All Induction capable but what's better: stainless, stone, non stick, etc

[Angrboda]

More baseball. More scotch.

[Jackalope]

Winding down after work and getting ready to head to Ajijic for a long weekend.

[Angrboda]

Watching baseball. Debating having a drink. Thinking of making something to eat. Just kind of settling in. I just got home.