When I've heard about "micro retirements" before, it's been in the context of taking months long sabbaticals, not a regular amount of paid time off to take in a single block
People who are against trans women sharing spaces with cis women often use the argument that anyone could put on a dress, say they are a woman and enter the space with malicious intent. If trans men are able to use those same space with cis women, then malicious cis men don't even need to put on a disguise.
The argument isn't sound in the first place, but I honestly don't think it even occurs to them that trans men exist.
Bullets shouldn't be magnetic since they are made of brass, copper and lead, but I guess these ones had enough rusty ferrous material stuck to them that I pulled them out with a magnet anyway.
The little rod below the horseshoe is also entirely made of copper and not all magnetic, but it was held on to the magnet by some rusty scrap.
I also got a fair amount of loose change, and what I think is a door knob that I was a little worried could be a grenade when I pulled it out amongst the bullets.
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I've got to clear out some of the rubbish in the shed so that I can store up more for next time. It was definitely worth keeping hold of it all and weighing it in though.
On another note, I've got some pictures of some of my more interesting finds but I'm now hitting a file size limit on feddit.uk so I've been unable to post. If anyone can recommend a good way to reduce the file size of photos on Android I would appreciate it!
I've been struggling to get out with my magnet so far this year, so instead I made this board to display some of my finds on.
I've never really done any woodworking apart from maybe a small project at secondary school, so I enjoyed putting this together and picking up some basic skills in doing so.
Well most of one anyway. I didn't think it was a real one to begin with and just threw it in my trolley, but cleaning up in some rust remover and some vigorous brushing revealed "United States Property" and a serial number engraved on one side, and the letters G.H.D on the other which confirmed that it is the body of a real gun!
Definitely wasn't expecting to find this in the canal in Gloucester. I think it's from WW2 judging by the state of it and the markings, but I'm definitely not an expert.
Here's a picture of the other side, the G.H.D engraving isn't really visible on camera though:
Pulled out this gnarly looking anchor from right in the middle of the canal junction before the CRT bridge operator came out and told me I wasn't allowed to magnet fish in the canal. After that I walked 100m down the towpath and pulled out all of this stuff:
First trip out with the massive Barbarian magnet and it's definitely better at sinking down into the mud, although I don't think I'll be doing full 20m casts with it without a lot more practice.
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The upgrade has arrived, and I'd be lying if I said I wasn't at least a little bit scared of this behemoth
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Tightening the locking nut was extremely difficult using a stainless steel spanner, I really should have seen that coming and found a non-magnetic one 😅
The Barbarian makes the little Hardcore look like a kids toy. I just hope I don't get it stuck to a harbour wall or steel bridge when I get to take it for a spin!
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The Gloucester & Sharpness canal in the autumn sun, featuring the big metal pole I pulled out with my magnet
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This was a very nice location to be for a few hours in the afternoon. The moored narrow boats and passing ones made me slightly envious of the lifestyle of living on one. It seems like a very cosy way of life, and the freedom of being able to drive your house around to different places on the water is very appealing. Also I wouldn't have to travel far for magnet fishing!
I think next time I'll bring a change of clothes so I can pop into the pub for a pint afterwards.
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My finds from a day exploring some different spots for magnet fishing along the feeder in Bristol
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I think I wil be more careful when walking past scaffolders working in the future given how dropsy they apparently are. I think there's loads more scaffolding down where I pulled those up but it was the last spot of the day so I only had time for a few casts.
I let a couple of passing kids have a go and they managed to find someone else's small fishing magnet, so they were pretty pleased to get one for themselves, and I saw them again later that day having a go in Castle park. I also pulled up another larger single sided magnet that someone hadn't loctited their eyelet on properly.
I didn't find much this time around but that's frequently the case when trying new spots. I definitely want a bigger magnet, there was a lot of deep mud and a larger one would really help finding stuff buried in there.
I was very tempted to create traffic chaos using this sign I pulled out, but I decided that Bristol has enough of that already
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Can anyone identify this object I pulled out of the Gloucester & Sharpness canal with my magnet?
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I pulled this out in two halves about 45 minutes apart from each other. The second half had numbers on it that I thought could be a date, but on further inspection of the first half it looks like the numbers continue on it, so unfortunately I don't think this was cast in 1828.
I got far more than I was expecting at this spot, given that it's on the edge of a village rather than city centre, including a still working fire extinguisher:
A car stereo amongst some other bits:
And the most nails I've ever found in a single trip by far, with the stuff I didn't find particularly interesting:
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