The Official Status Thread
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It also failed to fit in her butt
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.... Butt pocket
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I'm on my way to a night out with a lady friend. I will attempt to get my enormous [spoiler]phone[/spoiler] in her pants for science.
Excellent. Make sure you tell her why.
Status: It don't fit. <image>
That is a ridiculously small [spoiler]pocket.[/spoiler]
It also failed to fit in her butt
FTFY
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That is a ridiculously small pocket.
looks about standard for ladies pants.
now you see why i dislike clothing designers?
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It also failed to fit in her butt
Looks like it should have, from the picture. Jeans too tight?
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now you see why i dislike clothing designers?
What kind of amazes me is, why isn't there a campaign about this? Every damn woman should write a letter to the clothing makers with a threat to boycott their clothes if they don't start putting in useful pockets.
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OH goody, we have the invisible post syndrome again!
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AND NO A PURSE IS NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR POCKETS
But a purse is a substitute for a backpack ready for a 3 day hike ... or so it seems by the weight my woman carries around.
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purse
It's us who should petition designers for a small container acceptable to use by men. I mean holy hell, it's always "is it in my right coat pocket, or left jeans pocket, or inner suit jacket pocket, or..."
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What kind of amazes me is, why isn't there a campaign about this?
Probably for the obvious reason. Women don't want pockets.
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Is the opposite of what every woman I have spoken to on the topic tells me.
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You need a housecarl.
She doesn't look much like Carl.
http://the-walkingdead.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Top-5-Carl-Grimes-Moments.jpg
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Is the opposite of what every woman I have spoken to on the topic tells me.
Not me. Maybe they think they want pockets, but then they'll see what their clothes look like when the pockets actually get used and they'll stop wearing them.
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Status: Using the WiFi at Firestone while they give my car a tune-up. Try to change the spark plugs; one of the wires falls apart when they try to disconnect it. Yay, another $200.
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; one of the wires falls apart when they try to disconnect it
surely mechanic error should be resolved free of charge to the client?
right?
right?
oooh... mechanics... right. nope. that's charge everything to the client and never fix it completely to guarantee a repeat visit.
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Status: Today I ran new gas line for the cooktop (which should be here on the 19th) and I removed the cabinet over the cooktop location and replaced it with an over-the-range microwave. Electrical had to be run, had to cut a hole in the roof for the exhaust fan, flash it, etc. I also had to build a 3.5" tall "cabinet" (basically just a bulkhead extension) to get the microwave down to a reasonable height. Had to cut the countertop because the dimensions of the new cooktop will be larger than the old. Kitchen is all cleaned up and ready for new cooktop installation and I am absolutely exhausted now.
10 hours worth of work, anyone who is waiting on a reply from me will have to wait until tomorrow. I put in a 12-hours of work on home remodeling and I just don't have any rankling in me tonight.
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surely mechanic error should be resolved free of charge to the client?
That is why I do all my own automotive work. Most mechanics are as crooked as vacuum salesmen.
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I do my own plumbing for the same reason. I've never seen a competent plumber. (Honest, yes. Just... incompetent.)
Status: thought I had enough ingredients to make a stir-fry. Now that the rice is cooking I think I might have been mistaken-- well, weird stir-fry for dinner I guess.
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I do my own plumbing for the same reason.
I do my own plumbing, and probably shouldn't. I do everything properly, but it takes me many trips to Home Depot to get all the parts I need. I also always end up with lots of parts left over. At some point, I will have enough parts in drawers around here that I will not have to make so many runs to the hardware store. In theory anyway...
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I do my own plumbing for the same reason. I've never seen a competent plumber.
They're fairly rare, or rather they tend to have plenty of work and customers and haven't the time to take on more. Local word-of-mouth is the usual way to find the good ones…
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one of the wires falls apart when they try to disconnect it
surely mechanic error should be resolved free of charge to the client?
He's probably got coil-on-plug wires ($$$) that wore out and are due to be replaced but he didn't know it. Those are an item that wear out and are replaced in sets.
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can you tell i got burned on a contract once?
This is one reason I like T-Mobile. No contracts.
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Try to change the spark plugs; one of the wires falls apart when they try to disconnect it.
If they're replacing the spark plugs, shouldn't they also be replacing the wires?
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@Intercourse said:
trips to Home Depot
My favorite thing about the local Home Depot is that they are absolutely awesome about keeping their carts organized. Always plenty of every kind sitting right out front (except for nice Spring weekends when they're all in use).
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My favorite thing about our local Home Depot is that they have a cute girl working there that lets me use Harbor Freight 20% off coupons when I buy tools.
They generally have their shit pretty together, unlike yours it seems.
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@Intercourse said:
They generally have their shit pretty together, unlike yours it seems.
I've never tried to use Harbor Freight coupons, but they have their shit generally together. But the carts thing really stands out compared to other stores (including other Home Depots and even grocery stores).
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I've never tried to use Harbor Freight coupons
The worst they can do is say no. I think it is general policy to not accept them as HF is in a completely different market segment than they are, but she will let me do it. It saved me $110+tax when I bought my tile saw and $106+tax when I bought my table saw.
But the carts thing really stands out compared to other stores
Ever read about how Menards does their management of stores? I am not sure if it is true or not, but I read once that they keep tabs on the security cameras from their corporate offices and if there are more than X number of carts outside in their stalls the manager gets some money deducted from their quarterly bonus. Seems a bit odd, but you never see more than a handful of carts in their parking lot and there are always plenty inside.
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@Intercourse said:
Ever read about how Menards does their management of stores? I am not sure if it is true or not, but I read once that they keep tabs on the security cameras from their corporate offices and if there are more than X number of carts outside in their stalls the manager gets some money deducted from their quarterly bonus.
I've never heard that. But then, we don't have Menards around here. It's generally either Home Depot or Lowes (all of which are seemingly actively hostile about customers being able to find carts, especially flatbeds or whatever).
@Intercourse said:
Seems a bit odd, but you never see more than a handful of carts in their parking lot and there are always plenty inside.
It's a good way to differentiate yourself. My HD keeps the carts out front, so you see them first thing.
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I've never heard that.
Found the article: http://www.isthmus.com/daily/article.php?article=7726 I have no clue how credible this source is, YMMV, IANAL, etc.
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Status: Flu is evolving! Flu has become bronchitis!
So I'm on antibiotics again for the first time since I was a child. I'm slightly disappointed my Amoxycillin is capsules rather than the banana-flavour gloop I remember.
Thankfully typing is something I can still do without gasping so I'm writing a little REST service in WCF.
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@Intercourse said:
Found the article: http://www.isthmus.com/daily/article.php?article=7726 I have no clue how credible this source is, YMMV, IANAL, etc.
Heh...my favorite part about that was how he told us how terrible these guys were after admitting to scamming them.
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Yeah, the article reads a bit like anti-WalMart stuff. There is likely some truth in it though. I don't shop at WalMart, not because I am avoiding them because they treat their employees like shit. I don't shop there because it is a horrible shopping experience and it wastes my time. Menards has always been a pleasant shopping experience, so I will continue to shop there and other people can make their own decisions about whether or not they want to work there.
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Current status: Still recovering from the work I did on the house yesterday. It was one of those days where nothing went properly. When we tipped the microwave up in to place, the bolts knocked out the captive nuts (exactly like the ones in a server rack) that were to hold it in to place. So we had to split the case on a brand new microwave and those things are a real bastard to get back together.
Then, the gas line that I needed to replace ran above an HVAC duct. So I had to remove the ductwork to replace the gas line. It also meant that the cuts needed to be very precise in order to slip between the floor joists and the ductwork. It was..."fun".
I also found frayed and burned wires as I was redoing all the wiring under the cabinets, so it was a good thing that I tore it all apart. The wire nuts had melted and just fell apart in my hands. Luckily that did not get worse before I replaced it.
Now I need to order a sheet of stainless to make my backsplash.
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You need a housecarl. They don't have pockets, but they're sworn to carry your burdens.
Status: finding out @ben_lubar's housecarl got kidnapped and thrown in a tinfoil box in the middle of space, courtesy of the same Blooder who decided to dump a bunch of folks in tinfoil boxes in the middle of space over the weekend. Cleaning that up was so satisfying, in its own twisted way -- the 40% survival rate wasn't what we hoped for, though.
Filed under: makes me want to throw said Blooder into a tinfoil box in the middle of space
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@Intercourse said:
it takes me many trips to Home Depot to get all the parts I need.
Any non-trivial project takes a minimum of three trips to Home Depot. That's one of the fundamental laws of DIY. You could buy the entire B*****ming store on your first trip, and you'd still have to go back because you'd need something that was out of stock.
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If they're replacing the spark plugs, shouldn't they also be replacing the wires?
Not necessarily. I changed the spark plugs on my 2004 minivan about 5 years ago, when it hit 100K miles, and they didn't change the wires.
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That link to that article about Menards--what the hell is with an 11px font? Thankfully, F12 lets me turn their stupid styling off.
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mechanic error
Apparently, it had been so long since they'd been changed that the connector had permanently bonded itself to the plug. I don't know when the plugs were last changed, but the wires were probably original equipment (13 years old).
If they're replacing the spark plugs, shouldn't they also be replacing the wires?
Is that required? AFAIK, it wasn't when I used to do my own repairs, 30+ years ago.
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Is that required? AFAIK, it wasn't when I used to do my own repairs, 30+ years ago.
I think I've had it done once on a different car. I think the wires are independent of the plugs, in terms of the replacement cycle.
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Is that required? AFAIK, it wasn't when I used to do my own repairs, 30+ years ago.
The three times I've had to have spark plugs replaced the wires also were worn out. Maybe that's just because I was waiting until experiencing performance problems to do it.
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Is that required? AFAIK, it wasn't when I used to do my own repairs, 30+ years ago.
Really? I am 35 and it has been a part of my procedure for my entire life, for vehicles that have plug wires anyway. I have always replaced the plug wires when I did plugs. It is likely overkill to do it every time, but they do fail and subtly so when they do.
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Any non-trivial project takes a minimum of three trips to Home Depot. That's one of the fundamental laws of DIY. You could buy the entire B*****ming store on your first trip, and you'd still have to go back because you'd need something that was out of stock.
Every project takes n+1 trips to the Despot.
Status: hoping I can make enough room in the basement for that Harbor Freight workbench that's on sale...
... so I'll have a place to build the world's most awesomest workbench. So I can build storage for all the stuff in the basement.
Crud. Recursion, right?
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Status: hoping I can make enough room in the basement for that Harbor Freight workbench that's on sale...
... so I'll have a place to build the world's most awesomest workbench. So I can build storage for all the stuff in the basement.
Crud. Recursion, right?
Are you married? I am, and for me the recursion goes something like:
Wife brings home useless shit, I build more storage, she sees open space and buys more useless shit.
If you need storage space, there is a very simple shelving design that I have used successfully:
I built one ladder and then screwed blocking around each of the members to make a jig of sorts. Then I cut all of my pieces (I have a miter saw with an adjustable stop so I can batch them out really quickly) and then just put the pieces on top of the jig and glue and nail them in to place. They go together really quickly and are very sturdy.
I also put leveling feet under all of my shelves as our basement floor is not the most level thing around. As an added benefit, it keeps bare wood off of concrete, to help keep it from rotting. I knocked out 4 sets of shelving, 8'x8'x2' in a Saturday afternoon for under $200.
Leveling feet: http://www.rockler.com/plastic-leveler-glides
T-Nuts for leveling feet: http://www.rockler.com/t-nut-for-3-4-thick-material-10-per-pack
Drill a 3/8" hole in the end of your legs, hammer in a t-nut and screw in a leveling foot. Easy.
Any non-trivial project takes a minimum of three trips to Home Depot.
Yeah, I will even make diagrams of what I want to do and write down materials along the way, but something will change in the process (quite common in old houses) and then it is back to the store. Plumbers have to charge a large sum because they probably have $200K in inventory in the bins of their truck so that they have everything that they need.
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Status: interview prep.
Cramming late breakfast into my maw so my stomach won't be growl-y during the last interview at 2:00.
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Status: interview prep.
Luck of the Goddess be with you.
for the interview and for the next place you work for to be less WTFy than the last one.
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Their location really sucks, so if I take it I'll have a shitty commute. We'll see how it goes. I'm kind of sick of unemployment.
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This pile of stuff is mostly mine ;)
Must stop acquiring camping gear.
@Intercourse said:
T-Nuts for leveling feet: http://www.rockler.com/t-nut-for-3-4-thick-material-10-per-pack
Good tip.
From the comments (really, a comments section for t-nuts?)
@Dude on the internet said:
out of 5
I ...did not have much luck setting these in poplar ply-wood or solid poplar. ... I’m glad I tried in scrap before using in my project.
Filed under: measure once, cut twice.
"If you can balance a tack hammer on your head, you will head off your opponents with a balanced attack."
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Just like with anything, you will always find idiots who don't know what the hell they are doing. If you cannot operate a t-nut, you might want to hire a handyman. ;)