Chinese cactus syringe DIY - GIF

Go ahead, try and guess where this is going.

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Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...653#post174461
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...546#post174016
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...3110#post98089
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...356#post173273
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...213#post172667
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...903#post171504
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...742#post170864
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...666#post170600
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...190#post134688
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...433#post122322

I did not see that coming.

dido, Frank

Hmmmm....That's not really his color. He's more of an autumn, I think.

Did not expect that but when I saw the cactus paddles after being hung for a bit (I wonder how much time elapsed) I immediately recognized cochineal - having worked where there was a large old cactus which was inhabited by the bugs or parasites or whatever they are.

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Did not expect that but when I saw the cactus paddles after being hung for a bit (I wonder how much time elapsed) I immediately recognized cochineal - having worked where there was a large old cactus which was inhabited by the bugs or parasites or whatever they are.

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Good call. I guess it's some sort of natural red cactus insect dye?

This guy is bizarre though, even for weird Chinese GIFs, and we have seen plenty of those around here. And he gets stranger:

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Is this like Kopi luwak? But...kittens?

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Good call. I guess it's some sort of natural red cactus insect dye?

This guy is bizarre though, even for weird Chinese GIFs, and we have seen plenty of those around here. And he gets stranger:

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Is this like Kopi luwak? But...kittens?

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Jon how can we call what he is doing weird? he has an amazing ability to not only recognize the hidden qualities in things we cannot see. Remember the most expensive coffee in the world is that from the undigested seeds found in the feces that particular species of cat. His knowing how to make his own steeping vessel out of discarded lightbulbs alone is almost tantamount of genius. Me I would have had to resorted to using components found in a chemistry lab to make something like that. And for sure would never have known about the die extract from the parasites which could be drawn out of a cactus paddle.
Another not completely related thing is in some cultures there are parts of elephant dung which is sometimes the only thing available for the tribes to eat since elephants have such a poor digestive system a lot of the plant matter, they eat passes straight through them undigested

Here’s Wikipedia info on cochineal - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochineal

The rough and ready ingenuity of people like this guy always amaze me.

Whipping up a vacuum brew device from a couple light bulbs is pretty clever.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacuum_coffee_maker

I didn’t quite get what the cat was doing in the basket - a cat of that size wouldn’t likely create scat of that size and just laying around in the basket? A head scratcher to me. Also that was one light roast of beans so it didn’t seem like coffee…at least not the way I like to drink it.

His lipstick application skills seem to be on par with my little sister when she was a toddler and got into our mom’s lipstick one day. Haha

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Here’s Wikipedia info on cochineal - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochineal

The rough and ready ingenuity of people like this guy always amaze me.

Whipping up a vacuum brew device from a couple light bulbs is pretty clever.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacuum_coffee_maker

I didn’t quite get what the cat was doing in the basket - a cat of that size wouldn’t likely create scat of that size and just laying around in the basket? A head scratcher to me. Also that was one light roast of beans so it didn’t seem like coffee…at least not the way I like to drink it.

His lipstick application skills seem to be on par with my little sister when she was a toddler and got into our mom’s lipstick one day. Haha

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I like Turkish coffee but it must boil and cool 3 times before being heated again the way some Argentinian friends of mine make it, to get the full flavor out of it
Arabic coffee is very weak in color and must be made from some very choice roasted beans. drank more for ceremonial or friendship gatherings than anything else. It has a unique taste and always served in thimble sized glasses not cups

We knew this guy who lived in our canyon, and he had an old gold mine in his backyard that he had converted to a beer cave; stays cool all year round and doesn't freeze in winter. He was a judge for the Great American Beer Festival, and people would send him free samples of their beer and he would store them in the cave. Every year he would have this wild party where he would open up the beer cave and everyone could drink any beer in the cave.

One year he gave me a free ticket to the Great American Beer Festival. I went and tried many beers. The most memorable was this stout; I couldn't believe how good it was. It was made with the coffee beans from civet cat droppings. Here it is: https://drizly.com/beer/ale/stout/im...-weasel/p59460

I say "weird" having binged the rest of his videos. Clearly intelligent and resourceful, but bizarre. I'll post more of them.