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Holy pope on a rope. GF finally got a storage unit. It only took 2 1/2 months of constant nagging! (and it turns out the GM of the storage place has distant connections to my family in our mutual home town... small world! his brother in law's family worked with my grandfather and uncle) She was pushing for a 5x10. I pushed for a 10x10 and pointed out all the crap in the garage. Everything I'm stacking is stacked nearly 8 ft high in the storage room, and the 10x10 room is already half full (though to be fair there's a bit of non-stackable stuff in there). I've also claimed 1/3 of it as my own. She's annoyed that I won't mix our stuff, I guess she still hasn't processed the fact that I'm moving out once the lease is up. I haven't seen half of the living room since I moved in. Or two walls of the garage. I can see them now! Now the fun part... I started just hauling anything I knew she wasn't immediately attached to to the storage room. So now she wants to methodically inspect each and every box before I touch it (... poo poo will still get hauled out when she's at work). Everything I had in the garage (except for tools and soon-to-be-installed parts) is now in storage. Everything I had in the apartment, except for a few boxes under the desk (and stuff used at least once a month) is in storage. I finally don't feel like I'm living like a hoarder (even if my desk is still a disaster). I can even get my car into the garage (not hers though.. hers is shorter, but wider - I can barely open the doors as it is, and have to angle the car pretty decently to be able to actually walk out without climbing over it). But I want to get the garage to where I can not only get the car in, but I can actually do poo poo like change the oil, or even get to the front of the car once it's parked. And not squeeze myself between all of her cross stitch stuff and the car trying to leave the garage. Now I see why my stepdad was such a dick about the garage at my parents house. My mom has TONS of poo poo out there. I've organized it 3 or 4 times over the past several years enough to get her car in, then stuff starts creeping back out. This last time was the charm, her car's been in the garage for a year. Still, 2 car garage, the remaining half is 2/3 her stuff, 1/6 stepdad's stuff, 1/6 my stuff (not counting stuff like the lawn mower, edger, etc). I was promised the garage for my parking (and wrenching needs) before I moved in w/GF; I've been here since August 1st and finally got the car in for the first time last week (with a 55 gallon drum of lube and a few prybars). I also found out the lease is until May.  So unless I win the lottery, I'm stuck unless I couch surf and continue to pay rent here.Barely related - finally found a remote that can do both gates and garage doors. Supports the code hopping that the apartment garage door opener uses (it's just an Overhead Door Legacy from ~2004) and the more specialized stuff for the entry gates (I want to say the receivers are either DoorKing or Lanier, but the remote they gave me is a generic one with no branding). A whopping $20 on Amazon. Pain in the dick to clone the remotes though, and still required programming into the garage door opener. Was apprehensive based on the reviews, but once you figure out the fickle programming, it works fine (and it's only $20 anyway). Javid posted:Three parts I need and there is absolutely no combination of them that comes from one goddamned warehouse. With all that shipping factored in, O'Reilly's is cheaper, so gently caress it I'm not even gonna wait for shipping. This is why I cross shop Amazon. Parts cost is usually higher, but factor in Prime and suddenly Amazon is a lot more attractive for a lot of car parts. randomidiot fucked around with this message at 10:19 on Dec 20, 2018 |
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Queen Combat posted:Yo, I got one of these in March because we have lovely in-wall hotel AC units and it's great. You are right on the geofencing! It borked out. Was hoping for 2 different zones - one to turn it on when X distance from home (obviously coming home from work), and the other for when I leave the house. Obviously I could set it to 'half way'. The IFTTT idea seems doable though! Thanks for the tip!
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STR posted:This is why I cross shop Amazon. Parts cost is usually higher, but factor in Prime and suddenly Amazon is a lot more attractive for a lot of car parts. The way Amazon is going I feel you're more likely to get counterfeit parts from Amazon these days. I spent last night shivering and sweating on the sofa, called in sick first thing this morning. I've since chucked up twice so I'm not going in tomorrow either. No biggie but my lad seems to have the flu-like part of the same bug so we've had to ramp his meds up and wake him at midnight to dose him, my wife has had zero sleep and is trying to look after the both of us, I've told her to let me be and just look after him, in response she's bought me painkillers, hot tea, biscuits etc, she's really an amazing woman to put up with so much.
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cakesmith handyman posted:I spent last night shivering and sweating on the sofa, called in sick first thing this morning. I've since chucked up twice so I'm not going in tomorrow either. No biggie but my lad seems to have the flu-like part of the same bug so we've had to ramp his meds up and wake him at midnight to dose him, my wife has had zero sleep and is trying to look after the both of us, I've told her to let me be and just look after him, in response she's bought me painkillers, hot tea, biscuits etc, she's really an amazing woman to put up with so much. Ugh, sounds awful. Hope you all feel better. My whole family is sick too, but just colds for the most part. At least the kid is feeling better and actually slept last night. SeaGoatSupreme posted:Is losing the 10mm socket an achievement I still don't think I've ever done this in all my years. I'm pretty good about putting stuff back and haven't gotten into any really big jobs for awhile. I did drop one down in the fascia of my G35 while doing something once but I was determined to get that fucker back. About 20 minutes punching the undertray and fiddling with a magnet found it.
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STR posted:Now the fun part... I started just hauling anything I knew she wasn't immediately attached to to the storage room. So now she wants to methodically inspect each and every box before I touch it (... poo poo will still get hauled out when she's at work). Everything I had in the garage (except for tools and soon-to-be-installed parts) is now in storage. Everything I had in the apartment, except for a few boxes under the desk (and stuff used at least once a month) is in storage. I finally don't feel like I'm living like a hoarder (even if my desk is still a disaster). I can even get my car into the garage (not hers though.. hers is shorter, but wider - I can barely open the doors as it is, and have to angle the car pretty decently to be able to actually walk out without climbing over it). But I want to get the garage to where I can not only get the car in, but I can actually do poo poo like change the oil, or even get to the front of the car once it's parked. And not squeeze myself between all of her cross stitch stuff and the car trying to leave the garage. Welcome to living with women dude. My wife is the same way, she has weird attachments to stuff she can't get rid of because she has an emotional reaction every time she sees it. Even if it sits for years and years and she never touches it, all it takes is that emotional response and it's not going anywhere. Some stuff I can understand, but most of it is unreasonable. Her mom is the same way and has tons of poo poo, so of course when she eventually passes it will all go to my wife and it will be a huge problem because there is no room for any of it.
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Applebees Appetizer posted:Welcome to living with women dude. My wife is the same way, she has weird attachments to stuff she can't get rid of because she has an emotional reaction every time she sees it. Even if it sits for years and years and she never touches it, all it takes is that emotional response and it's not going anywhere. Some stuff I can understand, but most of it is unreasonable. Her mom is the same way and has tons of poo poo, so of course when she eventually passes it will all go to my wife and it will be a huge problem because there is no room for any of it. So as a gay dude, my husband is like this, but with small machines and motors. So our garage is half full of old small motors and engines that just hang out. There's still enough space for motorcycles, tools, and for work stuff, but still. So much random stuff. I've lived most of my life having only as much as I can fit in a car and it's hard for me to understand the mindset.
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I'm a type A gay dude - so I have all of my sentiments well organized. And yes gay dudes can be just as bad. I've dated a few.
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My wife has bins of clothes/shoes from when my son was a baby and older. She can't let it go. She also keeps tons of poo poo because of "what if" we need it someday. She gets upset if I try to get her to let go of some of it, but I finally got her to get rid of some bins full of winter clothes from when she lived in Boston in the 90's that have absolutely no use in Florida. I've always been a bit of a minimalist so i don't get it either. Goober Peas posted:I have all of my sentiments well organized. Pretty much this.
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Applebees Appetizer posted:Welcome to living with women dude. Same clutter situation, different motives. My wife is the "I'm going to have a garage sale with this stuff!" kind. Which inevitably means 2 things: 1, I never actually have a 2 car garage and 2, said yard sale never happens. As soon as I eventually take everything to the dump, more poo poo gets thrown back in, because "I'M SAVING THIS FOR A GARAGE SALE!" It used to be a 0 car garage, but after a few years and some shrewd negotiating, I finally have at least 1/2 the garage, so it's now a perpetual 1 car garage, the other side is just a pig sty. Goober Peas posted:I have all of my sentiments well organized. My sentimental stuff (3 watches) live in a Japanese Viagra box in a fireproof safe. keykey fucked around with this message at 15:20 on Dec 20, 2018 |
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keykey posted:Same clutter situation, different motives. My wife is the "I'm going to have a garage sale with this stuff!" kind. Which inevitably means 2 things: 1, I never actually have a 2 car garage and 2, said yard sale never happens. As soon as I eventually take everything to the dump, more poo poo gets thrown back in, because "I'M SAVING THIS FOR A GARAGE SALE!" It used to be a 0 car garage, but after a few years and some shrewd negotiating, I finally have at least 1/2 the garage, so it's now a perpetual 1 car garage, the other side is just a pig sty. Coincidentally, I keep my Viagra in a Japanese watch box.
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When we moved into our house, I declared the garage would always be for 2 cars and my tools and it's stayed that way the entire time we've lived there. It's packed tight in there now (I keep buying more stuff -tire racks, bigger toolbox, a bike, storage shelves, etc) but not having a full basement and keeping this mindset has kept us from acquiring too much stuff. We routinely purge stuff and it's been working out well. It's harder with kids though since you get a ton of toys and garbage that takes up a lot of space. Thankfully she's on the same page about stuff but does get some emotional attachment to things, like our house. Trying to find a larger house in the near future is going to be tough to get her to detach. Me, even heirloom type stuff I see as just things. I don't get attached to cars or objects really so it's never hard letting stuff go. Sure pissed my mom off when I traded in her mom's engagement ring towards the one I bought (old style that my wife wouldn't have wanted to wear for her entire life). But that poo poo would have sat in a box somewhere unused forever, for her or me.  I'm too practical and robotic, I guess.
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I can't judge people for keeping stuff as I can't throw out computer, car, or bike stuff. Also, my dining room is basically full of bikes. Can you tell I'm single?
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asmasm's game is out in early access! Please do the needful and check it out: https://store.steampowered.com/app/936720/Wrench/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8uZMoTHZyc
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ex still refusing to go and get the Prius transferred, breathing down my neck for her alimony check, I have literally thousands of dollars of special orders at my store NO ONE WILL COME PICK UP AND PAY FOR (yes there were small deposits on everything) when I have communicated for weeks I leave to take the kids out of town tomorrow. No one will answer the phone or text. I am in a bad situation today anyways merry Christmas to all goons sincerely, I hope everyone has a good one EDIT: some people have paid, and one even gave me $50 extra and said it was a Christmas blessing, and I know ya'll hate this stuff but man I really needed something like that today everdave fucked around with this message at 19:35 on Dec 20, 2018 |
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I have two bikes on my back porch, one in my living room, and one locked up on my front porch, because I am too utterly stupid to turn down a free decent bike. Since this is Oregon's annual "rain for 75 days straight" season, I have ridden zero of them in the last calendar month. The living room one has been used to hang things I've painted for drying because it's got convenient hooky-bits on the handlebars and is right in front of the heater. I freely admit I have too much stuff, but everyone else who likes to constantly remind me about it like I don't know suddenly loses interest when I ask for help sorting through the boxes. Thanks, guys! e: also O'Reilly's beat RockAuto on 2 of my 3 parts so lol. The physical stores are finally learning how to compete, maybe? Javid fucked around with this message at 20:04 on Dec 20, 2018 |
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everdave posted:ex still refusing to go and get the Prius transferred, breathing down my neck for her alimony check, I have literally thousands of dollars of special orders at my store NO ONE WILL COME PICK UP AND PAY FOR (yes there were small deposits on everything) when I have communicated for weeks I leave to take the kids out of town tomorrow. No one will answer the phone or text. I am in a bad situation today I hear your pain: I fitted a new air freshener to my car and it smells like lavatory cleaner. E: with hindsight, perhaps not the greatest example of sympathy.
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nm posted:I can't judge people for keeping stuff as I can't throw out computer, car, or bike stuff. If you're single it's a different story, I'd have a handful of bikes and probably more cars if i were single. But this house is only so big and there's three of us living in it now, you gotta purge now and then. When i first met my wife she was living in a small beach condo with two full sets of furniture (couch, loveseat, chair tables etc) because one set was her aunt's and she didn't want to get rid of it
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Stopped by Autozone. My Escape was in fact throwing trouble code P051B, which is a potential fault in the crankcase pressure sensor. The dealer was booked until mid-January. So I took it into a local repair shop, they said the sensor was reading fine, I had no symptoms of a faulty sensor and it was probably just a bad read. loving new cars. Macichne Leainig fucked around with this message at 22:16 on Dec 20, 2018 |
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SeaGoatSupreme posted:Is losing the 10mm socket an achievement I don't know, but it should be. ExplodingSims posted:Holy gently caress why does everything HVAC related on cars have to be so impossibly difficult? Because, cars. At least you don't have to climb on the roof, or go in the basement. Javid posted:loving RockAuto. I've done this a number of times. Due to their shipping fuckery, Rock Auto is becoming less of a deal, especially up against Amazon. As STR has noted before, I use RA to look up the part numbers, then use those on Amazon, since Amazon's "what fits" database is suspect. cakesmith handyman posted:The way Amazon is going I feel you're more likely to get counterfeit parts from Amazon these days. This is real problem, particularly with electronic, and Amazon needs to tackle it before it's big enough that people stop using them. Someone posted a podcast a while back that talked about it, and why it started happening. Basic reason is: third party stores. Phone posted:asmasm's game is out in early access! Please do the needful and check it out: https://store.steampowered.com/app/936720/Wrench/ I'm sad and disappointed that you don't read my posts: Darchangel posted:Wrench is on Steam Early Access, if you want to work on a race car virtually. (I'm kidding. I get that people sometimes skim.)
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For those people that haven't listened yet here is the link for the Reply All episode about Amazon. It's good https://www.gimletmedia.com/reply-all/124 I get a ton of poo poo from Amazon but I usually scroll a lot past the first listings and check for stuff shipped from China or overseas and I it worked pretty well so far. I haven't been burned (yet I guess).
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I'll see if I can track down the article when I get to a real computer but I read that one issue is counterfeit stuff is right in the bins with the real stuff at the Amazon warehouses. Same barcode, same part number, same bin. Comes down to luck of the draw whether you get a real or fake one.
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 ONLY ONE MORE DAY LEFT TO SHEEP YOU FILTHY INGRATES. IT'S FUN FUCKIN DO IT ALREADY
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Applebees Appetizer posted:My wife has bins of clothes/shoes from when my son was a baby and older. She can't let it go. She also keeps tons of poo poo because of "what if" we need it someday. She gets upset if I try to get her to let go of some of it, but I finally got her to get rid of some bins full of winter clothes from when she lived in Boston in the 90's that have absolutely no use in Florida. I used to be the same way - I would never get rid of anything. But about 8 years ago I just threw almost everything out except for clothing, furniture currently being used, and, well, my old comic books (which I still have... I really need to toss most of them into recycling, 99% of them aren't worth poo poo). The only things I have in storage are a PC, my TV, end table, and decor. I have dishes and cookware at the apartment. The garage is still a tight fit. At least now I can open one door halfway though. 
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Sending an email with this 18 times constitutes playing. Why are you so bad? Queen Combat posted:I did it, but you're not gonna like it. If it's Miata I'm absolutely going to like it.
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STR posted:I used to be the same way - I would never get rid of anything. But about 8 years ago I just threw almost everything out except for clothing, furniture currently being used, and, well, my old comic books (which I still have... I really need to toss most of them into recycling, 99% of them aren't worth poo poo). The only things I have in storage are a PC, my TV, end table, and decor. I have dishes and cookware at the apartment. Separating is so loving hard. My (ex) wife has mad anxiety and depression, so she'll let trash pile up, and her cats crap/piss all over, which is one of the major factors of breaking up with her.
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Rhyno posted:Ahahahaha Mattis resigned. Yeah and he wrote a public resignation letter that said "I believe strongly in supporting our allies and opposing our adversaries so our incompatible views on these matters means I must resign"
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