{"id":24,"date":"2004-09-18T19:14:53","date_gmt":"2004-09-18T09:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.openobject.org\/objectsinflux\/?p=24"},"modified":"2006-12-07T19:52:09","modified_gmt":"2006-12-07T09:52:09","slug":"a-cactus-door-handle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.openobject.org\/objectsinflux\/a-cactus-door-handle\/","title":{"rendered":"A cactus door handle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s hard rubbish collection in our neighbourhood again.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openobject.org\/objectsinflux\/images\/cactus handle\/hard%20rubbish.jpg\" onclick=\"window.open('https:\/\/www.openobject.org\/objectsinflux\/images\/cactus handle\/hard%20rubbish.jpg', '', 'width=600, height=450, scrollbars=no, resizable=no, toolbar=no, directories=no, location=no, menubar=no, status=no, left=0, top=0'); return false\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.openobject.org\/objectsinflux\/images\/cactus handle\/_hard%20rubbish.jpg\" alt=\"hard rubbish day\" title=\"hard rubbish day\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m always amazed at the amount of junk the apartment buildings manage to vomit up onto the foot path.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openobject.org\/objectsinflux\/images\/cactus handle\/cactus%20arm.jpg\" onclick=\"window.open('https:\/\/www.openobject.org\/objectsinflux\/images\/cactus handle\/cactus%20arm.jpg', '', 'width=600, height=450, scrollbars=no, resizable=no, toolbar=no, directories=no, location=no, menubar=no, status=no, left=0, top=0'); return false\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.openobject.org\/objectsinflux\/images\/cactus handle\/_cactus%20arm.jpg\" alt=\"cactus arm\" title=\"cactus arm\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My friend Tim found an arm off a wooden cactus decoration. Apparently two separate junk piles were sprouting wooden cacti. I love this sort of bizarre repetition.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openobject.org\/objectsinflux\/images\/cactus handle\/handle%20rod.jpg\" onclick=\"window.open('https:\/\/www.openobject.org\/objectsinflux\/images\/cactus handle\/handle%20rod.jpg', '', 'width=600, height=466, scrollbars=no, resizable=no, toolbar=no, directories=no, location=no, menubar=no, status=no, left=0, top=0'); return false\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.openobject.org\/objectsinflux\/images\/cactus handle\/_handle%20rod.jpg\" alt=\"cactus arm and door rod\" title=\"cactus arm and door rod\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I decided the cactus arm would make a good door handle. I drilled a hole in the base of the arm and hammered a square door-handle shaft into the hole.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openobject.org\/objectsinflux\/images\/cactus handle\/fit%20handle.jpg\" onclick=\"window.open('https:\/\/www.openobject.org\/objectsinflux\/images\/cactus handle\/fit%20handle.jpg', '', 'width=600, height=466, scrollbars=no, resizable=no, toolbar=no, directories=no, location=no, menubar=no, status=no, left=0, top=0'); return false\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.openobject.org\/objectsinflux\/images\/cactus handle\/_fit%20handle.jpg\" alt=\"attaching the cactus door handle\" title=\"attaching the cactus door handle\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I then fitted the square shaft in the door and re-attached the other door handle.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openobject.org\/objectsinflux\/images\/cactus handle\/cactus%20handle.jpg\" onclick=\"window.open('https:\/\/www.openobject.org\/objectsinflux\/images\/cactus handle\/cactus%20handle.jpg', '', 'width=600, height=450, scrollbars=no, resizable=no, toolbar=no, directories=no, location=no, menubar=no, status=no, left=0, top=0'); return false\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.openobject.org\/objectsinflux\/images\/cactus handle\/_cactus%20handle.jpg\" alt=\"cactus door handle\" title=\"cactus door handle\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And here it is, a (rather large) cactus door handle.<\/p>\n<p>If you have something similar at your place, let me know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s hard rubbish collection in our neighbourhood again. I&#8217;m always amazed at the amount of junk the apartment buildings manage to vomit up onto the foot path. My friend Tim found an arm off a wooden cactus decoration. Apparently two separate junk piles were sprouting wooden cacti. I love this sort of bizarre repetition. 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