What first world problem did you have today?

[lxskllr]

I have an Ontario knife.
Its nice. Good build.

Yea, I like it a lot. That didn't work out exactly as I wanted, but it's been a useful tool. I was hoping to keep part of it sharp so I'd have quick access to a sharp blade, but the steel's too heavy, and too soft to hold a lasting edge for the way I use it. I use it to dig in the ground, and use the pommel as a hammer when I don't have my stuff with me. I keep the puukko lashed to the Ontario sheath, and use that as my sharp blade.

I cringe a little every time I dig with the Ontario, but that's what I got it for. Something tough that'll take abuse. I used to have a bayonet with a broken tip that I used, but it disappeared somewhere along the way. The knife is more expensive, but a better match for the task.

 

[denis280]

WAR

 

[sdifox]

I think you have a good point there. My dad told me recently that the Exxon/Valdeze spill back in circa '89 is still washing up shore or some damn thing. It has caused a major ecological problem.

This was the spill in Alaska. MILLIONS were spent cleaning that shit up! Just think of that recent spill in the gulf. In my North Dakota accent, Uff da!

And with the amount of dispersant they used, who knows what the chemistry reaction is like at the bottom of the sea.

Also, China is having problem building a nuclear reprocessing plant due to protest. I guess there are going to be mass arrest soon. They need that reprocessing plant since they are building nuke plants lime there is no tomorrow.

 

[John Connor]

According to the bible having more than one wife will put you into that territory all by itself.

 

[JEDI]

gross pay increased by 50%.
but take home pay only increased by 40%

 

[Mixolydian]

I dunno what I'm doing

 

[Puffnstuff]

I was a little stiff this morning when I woke up and I'm not referring to my arthritic joints.

 

[sdifox]

gross pay increased by 50%.
but take home pay only increased by 40%

That means you are in a low tax bracket.

 

[Charmonium]

F*** doing things yourself. That's for peasants. I like saving money as much as the next guy but working alone and putting your safety at risk is just stupid.

I have segmented, wooden garage doors that weight at least a few hundred pounds. They're on springs rated at 250lbs each. I decided that I would try to change one of the springs (don't ask, it was long overdue). I really need to change the cable too but I didn't have time for that since it involves removing a bracket and yada, yada.

Anyway, I get the old spring off and it's so heavy that it slips out of my hand and goes crashing into the wall. Well, a tool stand in front of the wall. First mishap. I change one of the pulleys, put the new spring on, go to close the door only to find that the cable is off of the other pulley.

Now it looks like there's not enough slack to rehook the cable. So I have to get out a ratcheting strap binder and hook that between the spring and the railing to take up the slack. This is a 250lb spring remember. I'm not happy about this. Get the cable back on the pulley but now it's off on the other pulley. Reattach the strap binder, retension the spring, get the cable on. Finally everything seems to work.

But at any step I could have slipped up, fallen off the ladder, had the spring get loose and snap back or god knows what else. And let's not forget the couple of times the garage door wasn't connected the to the springs and decided to make a run for it. I'm not doing this shit any more. Plus I almost forgot to retighten the braket that connects the spring to the main support bracket. A pro would probably at least have a checklist not to mention an apprentice or helper.

 

[Imp]

Man, I live in one shitty hood. Some guy just got beaten to death overnight. In the past five years, there's been at least one gangland/mafia hit, and a bunch of other shootings.

But hey, the houses in the area go for $800k for a shack and semi-detached ones go for $1.2M and up. There ain't no bubble here.

 

[CraKaJaX]

I've had too many beers and it's only 4:20 in the afternoon.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Man, I live in one shitty hood. Some guy just got beaten to death overnight. In the past five years, there's been at least one gangland/mafia hit, and a bunch of other shootings.

But hey, the houses in the area go for $800k for a shack and semi-detached ones go for $1.2M and up. There ain't no bubble here.

That's crazy. even here it's getting bad violence wise, there was actually a murder several blocks away from my house this year. There was an attempted murder not that long ago in town too like maybe a few weeks ago. It seems every couple months something goes down.

 

[Charmonium]

Had to use super glue to glue a piece of my thumb nail back on. It had separated from the bed and hurt too much to remove it so I just glued it back in place and covered it with a bandaid to let it set. Hopefully it will stay put until it grows out.

 

[shortylickens]

Cant find Dr Strange in IMAX. Only IMAX 3D.

God dammit.

 

[highland145]

I've had too many beers and it's only 4:20 in the afternoon.

Take a nap and start over at 8:30pm




Charm, those garage door springs will put your eye out.

 

[Puffnstuff]

I just finished a plate of spaghetti for supper and thought that I'd managed to do so without getting any sauce on my shirt. I just looked down and saw several spots on me so apparently I did.

 

[lxskllr]

Had to use super glue to glue a piece of my thumb nail back on. It had separated from the bed and hurt too much to remove it so I just glued it back in place and covered it with a bandaid to let it set. Hopefully it will stay put until it grows out.

Hope your finger heals quickly. My whole garage door needs to be rebuilt, and the proper way would be to take it down, fix it, and put it back up. That's too much work, and would take some clever hacking to do it alone. I'll just repair it in-place over time, and call it done.

 

[Red Squirrel]

My garage door lets snow/rain in. I need to figure something out for that. Even if I fix/got a new door, I'm basically depending on a rubber seal that will fail over time. I think mice can squeeze their way through that too. I eventually want to finish my garage so I can heat/air condition it so I can use it all year round for projects and stuff. I sometimes even ponder getting rid of the garage door altogether and building a wall with windows, but the garage door is still handy for getting the snow blower out of. But plan is to build a shed so I'd probably put the snow blower in there. Garage doors are hard to make thermally sound too. too many moving parts that have to seal together consistently.

But that's a project for later, I'm still paying down my A/C and I would need to build a shed first so I can move all the stuff out of the garage, a lot of it would stay in the shed. Probably start on that next year.

 

[Charmonium]

Hope your finger heals quickly.

Thanks. The first time it didn't take, hence the bandaid. If it doesn't work this time, hopefully it will heal enough in a couple days that I can snip it off.

My garage door lets snow/rain in. I need to figure something out for that. Even if I fix/got a new door, I'm basically depending on a rubber seal that will fail over time. I think mice can squeeze their way through that too. I eventually want to finish my garage so I can heat/air condition it so I can use it all year round for projects and stuff. I sometimes even ponder getting rid of the garage door altogether and building a wall with windows, but the garage door is still handy for getting the snow blower out of. But plan is to build a shed so I'd probably put the snow blower in there. Garage doors are hard to make thermally sound too. too many moving parts that have to seal together consistently.

But that's a project for later, I'm still paying down my A/C and I would need to build a shed first so I can move all the stuff out of the garage, a lot of it would stay in the shed. Probably start on that next year.

You can get a plastic 8x15' shed for around $1200 I think at Costco. It might be a bit more or less. I can't remember the exact price but you should be able to check the website. It has 2 entrances one of which is a big double door iirc. You should be able to put that up with very little help. Can probably do solo if you absolutely have to. I'm looking into that for the spring. Will build on a bed of fine gravel since it comes with it's own flooring. It should be essentially indestructible as long as it has reasonably good anti-UV doping.

I want to get the equipment and other crap out of the garage so I can actually use it for the car.

 

[Red Squirrel]

No Costco here but Home Depot and such has them too. I will probably just build one myself though. Should make a fun project. Though it would be a quick and easy way to get one up fast if I went prefab.

 

[Charmonium]

No Costco here but Home Depot and such has them too. I will probably just build one myself though. Should make a fun project. Though it would be a quick and easy way to get one up fast if I went prefab.

The problem with wood is rodents. Especially if you go with press or particle board. they love to chomp on that stuff. They don't seem to like plastic as much but of course if you keep bird seed or something in the shed they will probably gnaw through that too. If you go with wood, I would consider using some galvanized flashing under the floor and at rodent level.

 

[Imp]

I think I'm losing my hearing yelling at a drug addict everyday.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I just made an exploratory hole in the chimney that's in my garage as I wanted to see if the firewall continues behind it. I found that it does not, and the firewall kinda relies on the chimney and vise versa, the way it's all interlocked. I want to get rid of the chimney and it looks like it will be a bigger job than I thought as it will be structural in nature.

I might just nevermind, or just hire it out. If I hire it out, I may as well hire out redoing the garage floor too as that is going to be a big job as well. I want to remove the fireplace in my living room and I figure I should probably remove the chimney first as part of the fireplace might actually be supporting the chimney. More $$$ to spend. That will wait till next year - probably the year after, actually.

And yeah wood shed may possibly have issues with rodents but they don't tend to chew through actual wood, especially flat surfaces, so I will build everything pretty tight. Most sheds here are built of wood. 2x4's, plywood etc. I will add house wrap, siding etc too, essentially it will be built a lot like a house.

I am dealing with a rodent problem with my house though they keep getting in the attic, have to figure out how they're getting in so I can block it. I have a few ideas but it will be hard to get to those places.

 

[Svnla]

It is just passed 5 p.m. here but it is dark outside from the return to standard time.

 

[ponyo]

Man, I live in one shitty hood. Some guy just got beaten to death overnight. In the past five years, there's been at least one gangland/mafia hit, and a bunch of other shootings.

But hey, the houses in the area go for $800k for a shack and semi-detached ones go for $1.2M and up. There ain't no bubble here.

So move. It's not like you have a house you have to worry about selling.