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Somewhat Heroic posted:We are not in the business of importing/exporting forum drama. Simply there was communication through private messages with clear and specific direction on topics that would be allowed on the forums. This is not full on policing, but moderating. There is a point that personal life and internet life clash and will cause exponential issues and the way to start building fresh and starting new is to separate those two things. We are extremely supportive of each other here, but the forums are not a replacement for licensed counselors or therapists. We want the best for individuals and the community here. You're a good moderator. And thorough.
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I just hope both the posters mentioned get help and do well. Actually, that goes for everyone 
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I had an interesting Uber turn up at my house this morning Then we got to the top of the hill and someone else had the nerve to copy the idea!  I took a picture of a tree  I took a picture of a city  My ears hurt like I've been at a rock concert. Good lord this thing is ferocious.
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wesleywillis posted:I wish STR/Random Idiot the best, I really do. I wouldn't compare the two, personally. I'm glad AI has good mods who dealt with this as gently as they could.
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Jan 27, 2024 00:43
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I'm not saying str is like you know who, but they can still have a similar issue. Wrt life choices that aren't the greatest for their personal lives/health etc. whether or not the system is partly or fully at fault in either of their cases. I probably didn't explain that well.
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I had one of those days in the garage where I took a reciprocating saw to a screw. The first four much more reasonable approaches didn't work, but that sure did. NEXT DAY EDIT: Followed that up with a day where everything went just as it should have and made lots of progress. Garage balance has been restored. WTFBEES fucked around with this message at 23:47 on Jan 28, 2024 |
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Jan 28, 2024 04:25
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I swear to god when I move this summer I'm going to find a place with a taller garage. The rag is on the hood because it's rubbing against the garage door.
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WTFBEES posted:I had one of those days in the garage where I took a reciprocating saw to a screw. The first four much more reasonable approaches didn't work, but that sure did. I don’t have it handy, but inset the meme about escalating fastener removal ending with “ can’t be right if it’s liquid” here. I put Covercraft seat covers in the Outback to fix the deteriorating factory leather - I’ll post about that in my personal thread later. Pretty good covers - about as well as can be expected for slip on covers versus actual upholstery. I also checked out the power steering o-ring as suggested, and it was definitely not rubber any more, so here’s hoping. Safety Dance posted:I swear to god when I move this summer I'm going to find a place with a taller garage. This is on my list for the “next house” as well, mostly so I can install and use a lift or two. I’m very tired of crawling under cars. A separate shop would be ideal. Life goals.
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Darchangel posted:This is on my list for the “next house” as well, mostly so I can install and use a lift or two. I’m very tired of crawling under cars. A separate shop would be ideal. Next house is going to be yet another rental. My wife will start her first real deal doctor job this summer so we're going to rent for another year in that area, and if she doesn't hate the facility then we'll start home shopping in earnest. A lift and a separate shop would be amazing. Work temporarily suspended this afternoon because my son fell asleep on my arm.
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Jan 29, 2024 01:32
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Safety Dance posted:I swear to god when I move this summer I'm going to find a place with a taller garage. I'll be the first to state the obvious and very reasonable solution - lift off hood and hood pins.
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Jan 29, 2024 02:01
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Safety Dance posted:I swear to god when I move this summer I'm going to find a place with a taller garage. lemme tell you after three years of hitting my loving head on shop rafters it is nice to have 20+ foot ceilings
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Safety Dance posted:I swear to god when I move this summer I'm going to find a place with a taller garage. I hate that style of door myself, because they steal so much room on the inside that would've been prime real-estate for high cabinets or shelves. I think we have the same style of ramps. Also having a big enough outdoor slab to park the car on and work outside in summer is also nice. e: I type like poo poo in the morning His Divine Shadow fucked around with this message at 06:24 on Jan 29, 2024 |
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Jan 29, 2024 05:33
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The outdoor slab is also useful when the garage is taken by a vehicle that came in for a two hour job two months ago.
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His Divine Shadow posted:
I've got a decent outdoor slab, but it's been raining. I wanted to nose into the garage to stay dry. I think those ramps are actually underrated for my car. I think they say 1 ton on the sticker -- if that's 1 ton for the pair, the front end of the cayenne is probably 1.5 tonnes. I didn't need to get under the truck so it wasn't too terrible.
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Safety Dance posted:I swear to god when I move this summer I'm going to find a place with a taller garage. You know the meme about raising the bridge? Well yeah, I'm raising the house next year.
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wesleywillis posted:I'm not saying str is like you know who, but they can still have a similar issue. Wrt life choices that aren't the greatest for their personal lives/health etc. whether or not the system is partly or fully at fault in either of their cases. your point makes sense to me. obviously you cant compare the situations that caused their individual exits from this community, but in both cases throughout their posting careers i remember having this feeling of "man i can't believe everything constantly goes so wrong in this person's life." like it seems unreal that someone can have that much bad luck, that frequently. well, it turned out in the previous case that it was due to some combination of that person's self destructive behavior, and their choice of recreational substances. the causes might be different in this case, but i am getting the impression that it might not all be just random bad luck. deja vu. Raluek fucked around with this message at 09:48 on Jan 29, 2024 |
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Jan 29, 2024 09:46
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gently caress I wish I had an actual garage. Raluek posted:your point makes sense to me. Yeah, having issues with substance abuse will, in fact, destroy your entire life, and the worse it gets the more cognitive dissonance your brain applies to protect itself, and allow it to continue to receive what it needs. The big difference here is one poster is fundamentally a piece of poo poo, the other is, afaict, a good guy, despite his issues, and it feels kinda dirty to keep discussing his life after he's been forcibly ejected from the forums.
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Jan 29, 2024 10:09
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My nailgun is ready, how many walls are we allowed to replace on your garage before it's not the same garage anymore? Can we "repair" it by building a new one outside it and then tearing the old one down inside the new one?
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Hmm, I like that idea, but I think building a whole new one at the end of my driveway near the house would be a better bet. Need to see if I can get a seperate service for it too. I'm starting on the house again in March, my old tech who left to go be a GC gave me a quote I can't refuse for the upstairs, and he's willing to just let me do the parts I want to do to save cost, hopefully kitchen and downstairs bath next year, and the house'll be done and I can focus on fun projects like a new garage. The floor near the toilet goes down about 1/2" when I walk on it right now, hopefully that doesn't somehow get worse. E: I'm also working 5x12s + 1x8 for the foreseeable future, so I dunno how I'm going to keep the lawn mowed much less built anything. Elviscat fucked around with this message at 12:06 on Jan 29, 2024 |
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slidebite posted:I just hope both the posters mentioned get help and do well.  Elviscat posted:The floor near the toilet goes down about 1/2" when I walk on it right now, hopefully that doesn't somehow get worse. Let us know how long it takes to lose track of the day of the week.
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Advent Horizon posted:The outdoor slab is also useful when the garage is taken by a vehicle that came in for a two hour job two months ago. I'd love to have room inside the garage for that to happen, actually. And my driveway has room for 4 cars, but has just enough of a slope to make heavy things on wheels want to kill you. Also has two non-op vehicles parked on it already. His Divine Shadow posted:I hate that style of door myself, because they steal so much room on the inside that would've been prime real-estate for high cabinets or shelves. Agree on the door - I'd really like a roll up "next house". Disagree wildly on the "work outside in summer." You CLEARLY don't live in Texas. I'll take sweltering heat OUT of the sun versus in it, any day. 110F in the shade beats "feels like" 120 out in the sun. Elviscat posted:gently caress I wish I had an actual garage. You (re) built an entire house. A garage should be easy! kastein posted:My nailgun is ready, how many walls are we allowed to replace on your garage before it's not the same garage anymore? Can we "repair" it by building a new one outside it and then tearing the old one down inside the new one? There you go! Elviscat posted:E: I'm also working 5x12s + 1x8 for the foreseeable future, so I dunno how I'm going to keep the lawn mowed much less built anything. Oof. Yeah, that'll put a crimp in "getting poo poo done." Elviscat posted:Yeah, having issues with substance abuse will, in fact, destroy your entire life, and the worse it gets the more cognitive dissonance your brain applies to protect itself, and allow it to continue to receive what it needs. Which is why I'm not adding to the discussion, except here. Especially since I have him on Messenger. I'm also, incredibly allergic to drama, forums or otherwise.
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Jan 29, 2024 17:02
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Yeah it's never risen above 95F where I live and it might never even reach that on a given year, you can count the days above 85F on your fingers. People are starting to feel like they're at risk of dying here when it rises above 77F. Here is Finland btw.
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His Divine Shadow posted:Yeah it's never risen above 95F where I live and it might never even reach that on a given year, you can count the days above 85F on your fingers. People are starting to feel like they're at risk of dying here when it rises above 77F. LOL. I acknowledge, however, that your winter would probably kill me.
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Jan 29, 2024 18:21
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Just stand nearer to the volcano if you're so cold!
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I moved to western New York for two years for work and went back to Florida with my tail between my legs, gently caress that poo poo never again
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What a whiner you are.
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I lived in Massachusetts my entire life until 2021 and then started splitting my time between Washington and Massachusetts, at this point I have been fully in Washington since last year and you know what gently caress the rust belt I am never going back for more than a week or two at a time on vacation. It is 60 degrees right now but I can see the snow on the mountains on my way to the hardware store and yet my truck is not and never will be covered in road salt again. I should have moved to Portland in 2008 when I started fulltime at Intel. I should have moved to Washington in 2015 when I met my wife. gently caress the Northeast. Seriously. Not worth it.
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Jan 30, 2024 15:02
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A duo of whiners.
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Winter is a season best visited.
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I think I can do Washington state/PNW as long as I have indoor workspace for the winters. Texas just getting too hot to do anything outside in the summer (and way too red.) edit: I'm not a fan of Winter, particularly, but melting into a puddle in the summer isn't high on my list, either. Looking for a happy medium, really.
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I wanna go skating on the pond and it’s not cold enough. I like winter, and it’s a shame it will never happen again.
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I am all for more PNW goons who do cool poo poo lol. I'll come play plating or milling machines any day.
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I do miss ice skating on ponds. I still have my skates but I'm not sure why. Indoor workspace is REQUIRED here, holy loving poo poo. It has been raining for 3 months. I am about to lose my mind. This is why this place creates coffee and Linux nerds.
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Y’all need to try the california coast, winters are 50°, not a lot of rain, and you can drive 3-4 hours to get to snow and mountains in the winter if you want to see that! (But lol at buying a house so I am also in washington)
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Yup, stay away from the great lakes area, nothing to see here, you got plenty of water where y'all are right now, no need for anyone to move here, it's like they say "Onterrible" and so on. There's lots of fresh water everywhere else no need to come here, you're good where you are thanks.
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TheBacon posted:Y’all need to try the california coast, winters are 50°, not a lot of rain, and you can drive 3-4 hours to get to snow and mountains in the winter if you want to see that! (But lol at buying a house so I am also in washington) also drive two hours to get to a decent hospital my wife and I have considered it over and over and this is always the sticking point, you don't actually have to die of a minor heart attack in this day and age, but maybe you do if you live somewhere that remote
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kastein posted:I lived in Massachusetts my entire life until 2021 and then started splitting my time between Washington and Massachusetts, at this point I have been fully in Washington since last year and you know what gently caress the rust belt I am never going back for more than a week or two at a time on vacation. counterpoint: you have an excuse to have “summer cars” and “winter cars”, and if you’re really sharp you promote the fun keeper winter cars to summer cars and
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Dr. Lunchables posted:I wanna go skating on the pond and it’s not cold enough. Rain, more rain, snow then -10f, back to more rain. The pond used to freeze over in November.
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trilobite terror posted:counterpoint: you have an excuse to have “summer cars” and “winter cars”, and if you’re really sharp you promote the fun keeper winter cars to summer cars and
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