Reverse first-world problems: What *good* thing happened to you today?

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

"I think he cleared too much, but it isn't my property. I'd have cleared just enough to squeak whatever I wanted in there, in, and leave the rest of the trees in place."

I wouldn't want anything that could hit the house if it fell.

If trees are typically 75-80' tall, I'd want at least 100' cleared from any point of any building.

Shade is nice. Crushed roofs aren't.

 

[highland145]

Ass beatings ususally work. The legal, call the cops, hand wringing...not so much.

Just today, customer was telling me about his uncle, has a couple acres he farms to make $, 3 young guys show up asking to make a quick buck. Since they all weren't in work clothes and needed belts....called his dogs out of the house and showed his side piece. They decided farm work wasn't their gig.


For Red, has to clear enough for sun if canuks can actually farm.

 

[lxskllr]

You can't go through life scared. What's this call the cops shit? You get a problem, you handle it

"I think he cleared too much, but it isn't my property. I'd have cleared just enough to squeak whatever I wanted in there, in, and leave the rest of the trees in place."

I wouldn't want anything that could hit the house if it fell.

If trees are typically 75-80' tall, I'd want at least 100' cleared from any point of any building.

Shade is nice. Crushed roofs aren't.

That's what insurance is for. If it didn't screwup the root system, I'd build a house within feet of the trees. Life's too short to live it scared. I'm not gonna live in a hotbox with a bunch of shitty grass to shorten out of fear of trees. I have black oak out back that came up on it's own. It's ~3' from my eve, and leaning over the house. Currently about 8" DBH. I may have to do something about it at some point, but right now I like it. It shades the roof, and squirrels come to visit. Might end up being someone else's problem after I'm dead. Ill have to see how it goes.

Regarding people on land... I have zero problem with it if they behave themselves. No hunting without permission(that's the law anyway), no significant removal of resources. If you think you're getting into "significant" territory, ask. In Scandinavia, you're granted right of passage through land, and can camp there. That's a good policy imo.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I'm not too worried about innocent people or kids who might pick stuff along the road, but will definitely get more aggressive with anyone that tries to take stuff from actual buildings. Have to pick my battles. Got to watch for squatters too, because if they manage to stay for 10 years they gain ownership of the land due to squatters rights.

I'm on the fence about putting any sort of signs too because as is, the property just looks like crown land. If I put private property or no trespassing signs all around it will just attract thieves. I will only put the signs up where you can actually see buildings. Although I might put signs that make it look like it's some kind of industrial site that is likely to have people there 24/7. I have a bunch of IBC totes and even a portable solar power pack there and it has been untouched though so think I'm safe.

I will build a greenhouse at some point, some people do grow stuff directly outside but I find the season is so short and you're at the mercy of the weather all the time it would be stressful. We can get frost at any time of the year, I've seen some even in July. There's a guy in Saskatchewan who managed to grow bananas in his greenhouse. I totally want to try that at some point. It's like -30 outside and it's tropical in his greenhouse.

 

[lxskllr]

Probably illegal, but I was amusing myself with ways to secure your property. What would be fun is to have an obvious road with locked gate that appears to go to your compound. That road has a deep pit 100'-200' past the gate. The real access is a non obvious branching path off the main one :^D

 

[Red Squirrel]

Probably illegal, but I was amusing myself with ways to secure your property. What would be fun is to have an obvious road with locked gate that appears to go to your compound. That road has a deep pit 100'-200' past the gate. The real access is a non obvious branching path off the main one :^D

I've had thoughts like that. A couple road branches to confuse them a little and the wrong path leads on dangerous grounds. Could setup road spikes that deploy if the gate is not opened via electronic code as well. If they're going to cause me damage I will cause damage to them too. Now they're stuck having to deal with getting a tow truck out there or road side assistance and paying big bucks.

I have an idea for securing buildings too. Sheds, garages, the cabin etc will have double doors, kinda like big box stores. If the first door is breached the cubby area is filled with some kind of gas. Or wasps.

 

[MrSquished]

Good day on FB marketplace. I look at the item I'm selling, see what's listed and sitting for over a week or two, then list mine lower enough to get fast interest and move the stuff.

Sold DJI Mini 2 + accessories for $250 and my last intel build which I just upgraded - CPU, RAM, Mobo + Radeon 6600xt (worst investment ever as I bought it at the peak of the market) for $200.

Buyers were on time, reliable and solid. Not always the case that is for sure.

 

[lxskllr]

Ran a backup of my desktop last night, and it completed with ~65MB to spare on my external drive. I guess I need a new bigger drive :^D I remember when I bought a 120gb HD, and I thought I'd never fill it. I carry more data than that on my phone :^D

 

[Red Squirrel]

It's crazy how big hard drives are now. I remember buying a 40GB drive to install in my computer that had a 10GB drive and it felt like so much space. Even 10GB felt like a lot, because I had used computers with <1Gb drives before.

Now I have like 40TB+ on my NAS. I bought several 10TB drives a while back to resize my raid arrays and those are not even the biggest drives you can get. 22TB is what they're at now I think. 10TB was just the best bang for the buck at the time.

 

[Red Squirrel]

As for a reverse FWP the other day I found the socket that was missing from my socket set. It was really bothering me that it had gone missing. Turns out I just never put it away and it was still on my impact.

 

[mindless1]

Probably illegal, but ... deep pit 100'-200' past the gate.

"Probably"? lol, yeah unless there's a lit billboard sign reading "road to deep pit do not use". Easier to skip the pit and have the billboard read "beware of rabid dogs, I tried to catch them but lost 3 fingers".

 

[spacejamz]

My Dyson hand held vacuum stopped charging. It was a simply battery replacement (which is only held in place with two phillip screws. was pretty happy they weren't Torx some other weird fastener)....

Was completely amazed that they made swapping it so easy and not using some proprietary method that would make it impossible for the user to replace.

Generic battery on Amazon was $30. Time to swap: 5 minutes

 

[mindless1]

My Dyson hand held vacuum stopped charging. It was a simply battery replacement (which is only held in place with two phillip screws. was pretty happy they weren't Torx some other weird fastener)....

Was completely amazed that they made swapping it so easy and not using some proprietary method that would make it impossible for the user to replace.

Generic battery on Amazon was $30. Time to swap: 5 minutes

Had same issue, refused to pay Dyson over $100 delivered for a mere 6 cell 18650 battery but read that the generics had poor performance, so opted to get a $15 adapter on ebay to run Ryobi batteries which I already had. It does need the battery removed to empty the vac but no screws so not a big deal. Other brand batteries/adapters may not have that issue.

I would have just rebuilt the Dyson pack but those bassturds cause the BMS to go into a lockout mode if cell voltage drops too low. You cannot just replace worn out cells with new ones, maybe if you catch it early enough and hook up an electrical equivalent of an IV line to the BMS board to trick it into thinking all cells (individually) have an ideal voltage during the operation to keep it from lockout. There is a hacked firmware out there that gets rid of the lockout, but given the ability to use Ryobi packs, too much work for too little reward.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I have a Ryobi stick vacuum that is actually pretty decent. I tend to use it for quick vacuuming of dust bunnies and litter sand that tracks around the house fairly fast due to having 2 cats. Then I have a regular Hoover canister plug in vacuum for main vacuuming. I find myself using the Ryobi more though.

Makita actually makes a commercial grade battery operated vacuum for about 1k that uses their batteries. I don't really want to spend that kind of money on a vacuum but it's kinda tempting. Maybe one of these days I'll decide to splurge. Battery operated stuff has come a long way. I still can't get over how well my battery operated snow blower works. Basically feels like using a gas one. It's not crappy plastic either, it's all steel construction.

 

[lxskllr]

Here's your daily spam... I replied to a Hany's Harvest survey request, and the enticement was winning a 6pack of their products. Well, it turns out I won. They asked me which products I'd like, and I told them to surprise me. Honestly, none of them really excite me aside from the Carolina reaper fire cider, and I already buy that by the gallon, but the other products may be good, and I might find something I really like if it's just given to me without spending money. I used to get Shire City's cider, but they went out of business,and I found these guys doing a search for a replacement, and their fire cider blows Shire City's away.

Anyway, here's a link to the fire cider. Highly recommended...

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[Red Squirrel]

I don't work in IT, or as a coder for Crowdstrike. I think that's a pretty good win right now.

 

[Geekbabe]

I woke up, always a good thing 🥰

 

[IronWing]

We got rain. Water is life.

 

[highland145]

HVAC blower fan on the 2010 Tacoma intermittently stopped. Sunday nothing but high. This week, fine. Google the front 3 knob cluster...$300. And the box it plugs into...$680. 😮😮

Bless Google, long story short, the hvac resistor module is crapping out (hopefully). New one..$40 and only 2 screws under the dash.

Win fo sure.

 

[highland145]

And another...new child's friend's car was running really rough Saturday. I knew 1 cylinder wasn't firing. Asked when the last time the plugs were changed...uh, never, 200K. Put the cheap code scanner I have on it, piston 4 is misfiring. Figured I'd just change the plugs. Mentioned the code error to the guy at Auto Zone...that prolly means #4 coil is bad. Get the plugs and 1 coil. Try to get #1 plug out...nope, not moving. Didn't want to put a cheat bar on it, thankfully. Swapped out coil #4 (that plug said FU too). Runs like a champ. Win.

My mechanic bud said I should be glad I didn't. Something about aluminum heads and other type metal plugs don't mix without anti seize. Use a cheat bar and you get the threads along with the plug.

I really can't support more sister wives or new children.

 

[lxskllr]

Removing sparkplugs I'm unfamiliar with from alloy heads terrifies me. Stripped threads are fixable, but not by me with the stuff I have available, and it takes something that should've been trivial, and turns it into a huge hassle. Otherwise, replacing sparkplugs would be a cheap chance at performance gains, and something I did by default cause it was so easy and cheap to eliminate a potential problem. I used antiseize religiously on stuff I was in charge of from the start.

 

[highland145]

Removing sparkplugs I'm unfamiliar with from alloy heads terrifies me. Stripped threads are fixable, but not by me with the stuff I have available, and it takes something that should've been trivial, and turns it into a huge hassle. Otherwise, replacing sparkplugs would be a cheap chance at performance gains, and something I did by default cause it was so easy and cheap to eliminate a potential problem. I used antiseize religiously on stuff I was in charge of from the start.

I didn't even know it was a thing. Never used it. Guess I've been fortunate.

Gave her the new plugs and told her to go to a mechanic.

 

[Charmonium]

The trees really make the yard so much more inviting and I couldn't see getting rid of them. But if either were uprooted and fell on the house, it would be ugly - especially the oak tree that about 60-80ft tall but only about 30 feet from the house.

At one point, I had to have an arborist take out about a dozen ash trees in the back yard - at the request of the neighbor whose house was in striking distance.

While the crew was there, I had them prune the trees to shift their center of gravity away from the house. That's not a 100% solution to the problem, but it makes the trees much less likely to fall in the direction of the house.

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

Got money I wasn't expecting. In mid-July, I pulled everything out of a savings account I'm getting ready to close. Today I get a notice of deposit ... interest for the few days in July the money was still there after the July statement date.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Just opened up a new coffee can at work, it's always exciting when you first open it and get that awesome smell of fresh coffee.

That's about as exciting as things can get at the office.