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Fo3 posted:Would you expect them to wall mounting it or something? What are they supposed to do with it? Except for my brother they are all huge nerds. I was also gonna give each of them a bottle of hot sauce with free refills for life.
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Waffle House posted:I gave up for now earlier, the car iced over as I was trying to fumble with some connectors. I think I have one wire to go. nicely done Rhyno posted:So is giving each of my groomsmen a sword too much for the groomsmen gifts? lol this can't be real OBAMNA PHONE fucked around with this message at 16:17 on Jan 1, 2018 |
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BraveUlysses posted:lol this can't be real Sorry you've never been to a wedding that doesn't suck
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yup nothing says cool wedding like adult sword owners
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Well, Happy loving New Year. My wife wakes me up at 9 AM to tell me that there's water coming up in the front yard. Goddamned water main decided that a 17 degree F day was the PERFECT day to split and make me play in the water. It's obviously not frozen, 'cuz it's flowing across the yard and driveway. Not how I wanted to start the new year, on a holiday day off, not getting paid (because contractor.) The only bright side is I'm not having to take an extra unpaid day off, I guess.
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BraveUlysses posted:yup nothing says cool wedding like adult sword owners Just don't cross the streams
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BraveUlysses posted:yup nothing says cool wedding like adult sword owners I have a sword on my wall and a Captain America shield above it.
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Darchangel posted:Well, Happy loving New Year. My wife wakes me up at 9 AM to tell me that there's water coming up in the front yard. Goddamned water main decided that a 17 degree F day was the PERFECT day to split and make me play in the water. It's obviously not frozen, 'cuz it's flowing across the yard and driveway. Yeah, I freaked out a little bit this morning - the water flow was about 1/4 what it normally is. I fixed my coffee and noticed there's a river going down the street in front of my house. City trucks going by every 5-10 minutes. When the wind blows it generates a little puff of snow. My neighbors also have a shoe frozen to the ground at the base of their driveway.
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Darchangel posted:Well, Happy loving New Year. My wife wakes me up at 9 AM to tell me that there's water coming up in the front yard. Goddamned water main decided that a 17 degree F day was the PERFECT day to split and make me play in the water. It's obviously not frozen, 'cuz it's flowing across the yard and driveway. Same kind of luck here. Woke up, house was cold, furnace is broke. It was 0 degrees F outside. Its got a code for the pressure switch, all the vents and lines look clear. Runs for a minute and shuts back down. I have a backup outdoor wood boiler but it needs a bunch of parts installed that I have, and even then its a crapshoot. I know what I will be doing today.
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Rhyno posted:I have a sword on my wall and a Captain America shield above it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRsPheErBj8
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Rhyno posted:I have a sword on my wall and a Captain America shield above it. Pffft. Captain America doesn’t use a sword. Do you even know about comic book characters? What sword would you get them? Slade Wilson’s? The master sword from Zelda?
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I think something more practical would be better. Like cattle prods.
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Somewhat Heroic posted:Pffft. Captain America doesn’t use a sword. Do you even know about comic book characters? The sword on my wall is the Master Sword. I'm looking at roman styled swords because Gladiator was an awesome flick.
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BraveUlysses posted:yup nothing says cool wedding like adult sword owners 
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Rhyno posted:I'm looking at roman styled swords because Gladiator was an awesome flick. Convinced you're taking the piss at this point. 
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I was 100% drunk at the time of the original post.
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Swords might be overkill, but a nice knife is a legit good groomsman gift. My best friend gave me and the rest of his groomsmen handmade sgianan dubh since we were all wearing kilts for the ceremony. 
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rdb posted:Same kind of luck here. Woke up, house was cold, furnace is broke. It was 0 degrees F outside. Its got a code for the pressure switch, all the vents and lines look clear. Runs for a minute and shuts back down. Ick. Not sure if that's better or worse than no water. Digging sucks, but the ground was thoroughly soft. Still working 3' down in a hole in the cold. Thankfully I have all the tools from the last time I had to do it, and (thanks to Kastein's sweating copper videos from back then) I know how to do it successfully. Rule number 1: clean and dry. Like really, really, really clean. This was the spot this morning - that bit of dirt was where water was bubbling up like a natural spring.  Water everywhere, going across the driveway, then down the side of the house into the back yard, freezing around the edges:   Here's the problem:   Fracture from compression and expansion, thanks to the crappy shifting clay in my area.
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Let's do this https://i.imgur.com/rzub31F.mp4
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Pomp and Circumcized posted:loving great start to the new year: One of the other news articles says that the fire started "in an old land rover", so the chance of a lucas branded item being the ignition source is real. Having experienced a tannoy announcement of "can the owner of the old landrover in the car park please go outside because there is smoke coming out of it" when my mates ignition switch decided to melt itself, this is no surprise to me.
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Somewhat Heroic posted:What sword would you get them? Slade Wilson’s? The master sword from Zelda? Tomarse posted:One of the other news articles says that the fire started "in an old land rover", so the chance of a lucas branded item being the ignition source is real.
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The new building code for 2018 allows for a 50 m2 garage instead of just a 35 m2 one, so 2018 is already OK in my book. Also, 2017 saw me become a dad to an awesome little dude, sell my flat for 53% more than I paid for it and bought a
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Aside from the political poo poo that occurred I lost two of my dogs and was laid off twice in 2017 - glad we can finally pound the last nail in its coffin. Sword as a groomsmen gift: a friend of mine got one from a friend's wedding, and now has this giant useless prop sitting around the house. If you want to splurge on gifts for your groomsmen get them something useful.
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Explain to me how a sword is not useful.
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BraveUlysses posted:yup nothing says cool wedding like adult sword owners rdb posted:Same kind of luck here. Woke up, house was cold, furnace is broke. It was 0 degrees F outside. Its got a code for the pressure switch, all the vents and lines look clear. Runs for a minute and shuts back down. Are you on gas? I wonder if you've got moisture in the regulator and it's frozen up?
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angryrobots posted:
Or everyone on the street is running their furnaces at full blast, and the main isn't keeping pressure.
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Rhyno posted:Explain to me how a sword is not useful. Things I need or use daily that could be gifted: multi tool or nice knife, classy subtle watch. Things I've never needed and will never use: swords, holiday-themed decorations.
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Rhyno posted:Explain to me how a sword is not useful. Counterpoint: explain to me how a sword is useful outside of a dystopian collapse of society scenario or cosplaying at a renaissance fair 
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Let's just hear him out -- what kind of sword?
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My workplace literally issues sabres, for use on the factory floor.
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Seriously get nice folding knives instead
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Get everyone a pair of Leather Rebars.
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Hey Rhyno, I would be very happy to receive a sword as a wedding groomsman related gift. Loads better than any of the boring stuff I have received from the weddings I have been to. Ignore these guys Yeah, nobody needs a sword, but one sword doesn't take up much space and is an interesting thing to have on the wall.
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Imagine if it becomes a thing everyone does and every time you get invited to a wedding, you get a sword. You'd soon get pissed off with them cluttering up the house. And it's not like you could pretend you've mislaid them, like you can do with cufflinks, because who loses a sword?
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Wrar posted:Seriously get nice folding knives instead My groomsmen got titanium oxide / rainbow side folders. Reddiculous and practical all in one.
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Just wait till a watery tart lobs a scimitar at your head.
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I got mora workknives for my grooms, engraved and with a nice leather sheath but still just a basic but solid knife. 6 years later and they are still owned and in use by everyone that got em. Something like a sword would be cool in my nerdy eyes, but something longlasting that sees more use like a knife or a watch might be a more meaningful.
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McTinkerson posted:My groomsmen got titanium oxide / rainbow side folders. Reddiculous and practical all in one. Don't forget the traditional buying of $1000 cars to drive through the mountains for a bachelor party.
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The only sword I'd want on my wall would be one I'd made myself.
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