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Powershift
Nov 23, 2009


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RO-3R-_BswU

Winter is back. One of these years we're going to figure it out.

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Elmnt80
Dec 30, 2012


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjiS20NqNqs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdT_BygNBZs

Dear god help I can't stop listening to this man's music. I'm gonna die if I find a jukebox that will play this man's music at some lovely hick bar. But know this, I'll die loving laughing.

Powershift
Nov 23, 2009


Elmnt80 posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjiS20NqNqs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdT_BygNBZs

Dear god help I can't stop listening to this man's music. I'm gonna die if I find a jukebox that will play this man's music at some lovely hick bar. But know this, I'll die loving laughing.

You sound like the sort of gentleman who would appreciate Roger Alan wade https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6AY6OJh6wM

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
Probation
Can't post for 10 years!
Awesome! I have 29 days to finish the house!

Powershift
Nov 23, 2009


Rhyno posted:

Awesome! I have 29 days to finish the house!

Great news, December has 31 days! bonus day!

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
Probation
Can't post for 10 years!

Powershift posted:

Great news, December has 31 days! bonus day!

We have ti turn our keys in on the 30th since the 31st is a holiday! Whooo!

They already rented our apartment so we gotta GTFO ASAP.

Queen Combat
Dec 29, 2017

Lipstick Apathy
I have no holiday money, school is difficult, my parents have disowned me, I can't numb my boredom at night with alcohol, and my peenor doesn't really work anymore (and likely never will again).


This is by far the best time I've ever had in my life.

Queen Combat fucked around with this message at 10:24 on Dec 1, 2018

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
Probation
Can't post for 10 years!

Queen Combat posted:

I have no holiday money, school is difficult, my parents have disowned me, I can't numb my boredom at night with alcohol, and my peenor doesn't really work anymore (and likely never will again).


This is by far the best time I've ever had in my life.

Just remember the thing you did for your neighbor, that alone shows how great of a person you are. If you were local I'd take you out for dinner and beers.

Queen Combat
Dec 29, 2017

Lipstick Apathy
Nah that was last month, let December blossom into it's own mix of gently caress Yeah, Awesome! and gently caress 2018 events.


Also don't know if I said it but neighbor is going to rehab and most likely moving out and back in with parents, which in itself can be a good thing if things were really where they appeared to be.

cakesmith handyman
Jul 22, 2007

Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

everdave posted:

Took my 4 year old for her flu shot and surprise they told us 3 other vaccines (no more until 11 years) because her mom without a job has said she would take kids to the doctor for past 2-3 months but can’t be bothered. Not even lying these 4 shots looked scary. Hey that was fun holding my daughter alone while they jammed those in her. So there went another day of work. I have had the kids 45-50 days out of past 61. And I pay alimony and child support.

At least me and the girls managed to get up the Christmas tree tonight.

Christ man, I've no advice but I really hope your situation gets simpler at some point, I don't know how you're coping with this.

QC you're amazing, glad things are working out for you.

Wall anchors: I had to hang a bigass TV on a dot and dab plaster-over-block wall, the only thing that gave me confidence was sinking anchors 100mm into the block wall.

Liquid Communism
Mar 9, 2004


Out here, everything hurts.




Elmnt80 posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjiS20NqNqs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdT_BygNBZs

Dear god help I can't stop listening to this man's music. I'm gonna die if I find a jukebox that will play this man's music at some lovely hick bar. But know this, I'll die loving laughing.

You'll be fine. David Allan Coe and Chris LeDoux were fuckin' with it long before now.

Not to mention that anybody in country who's got a problem with drugs never met Willie Nelson or any of the Williams boys. :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDQANmQO2g0

meatpimp
May 15, 2004

Psst -- Wanna buy

:) EVERYWHERE :)
some high-quality thread's DESTROYED!

:kheldragar:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaH5OxX8f34

IOwnCalculus
Apr 2, 2003





Rhyno - get a magnetic stud finder. The electronic ones are all poo poo.

fridge corn
Apr 2, 2003

NO MERCY, ONLY PAIN :black101:
Hello

meatpimp
May 15, 2004

Psst -- Wanna buy

:) EVERYWHERE :)
some high-quality thread's DESTROYED!

:kheldragar:

IOwnCalculus posted:

Rhyno - get a magnetic stud finder. The electronic ones are all poo poo.

The electronic one I got from Costco was really good, marking exactly where the studs were, along with width... until I shot a brad through the sensor. :(

Edit: Costco had it for $20: https://www.amazon.com/Precision-Sensors-Professional-Scanning-Profinder/dp/B00OIHLV3Q

keykey
Mar 28, 2003

     

IOwnCalculus posted:

Rhyno - get a magnetic stud finder. The electronic ones are all poo poo.

That or you can tap on the wall. Hollow sound = drywall only, solid sound = stud.

Wall anchor chat: the aluminum screw anchors that mushroom out are a pain in the rear end to remove unless you’re sure that you leave it not completely compressed so you can back it out when you want to move things. Usually removal = dry wall spackle + texture and paint match. My grandpa was a huge fan of those and after he passed away and the house was being sold we had the pleasure of patching 3/4 of the anchor holes, we were lucky and could back out the other 1/4.

tetrapyloctomy
Feb 18, 2003

Okay -- you talk WAY too fast.
Nap Ghost
How in the gently caress is it December?

FAT32 SHAMER
Aug 16, 2012



omae wa mou shindeiru

spog
Aug 7, 2004

It's your own bloody fault.

Queen Combat posted:

I have no holiday money
Christmas is too commercialised anyway

Queen Combat posted:

school is difficult
You just aced your last project.

Queen Combat posted:

my parents have disowned me
We all love you here.

Queen Combat posted:

I can't numb my boredom at night with alcohol
Good, drinking alone is a Bad Thing.

Queen Combat posted:

and my peenor doesn't really work anymore (and likely never will again).
Aren't you trading that in for a pair of shirt potatoes? Almost as much fun to play with and can get you out of speeding tickets.

mewse
May 2, 2006

Queen Combat posted:

Also don't know if I said it but neighbor is going to rehab and most likely moving out and back in with parents, which in itself can be a good thing if things were really where they appeared to be.

My sister took on a roommate shortly after buying her house who was messed up with pills. It was rough on everybody and I think that girl eventually went back to her parents.

Wrar
Sep 9, 2002


Soiled Meat
I survived another orbit and now I'm 36.

This year will go better than the last one if only because I'm getting to sleep again.

cursedshitbox
May 20, 2012

Your rear-end wont survive my hammering.



Fun Shoe

Powershift posted:


Winter is back. One of these years we're going to figure it out.

Winter sucks.



Especially in California.

briefcasefullof
Sep 25, 2004
[This Space for Rent]
Welp. My wife's aunt had to put her dog down. She's basically intellectually disabled and that dog is her life. Like, she believes it's her mother / embodies her mom's spirit or her mom sent it or all three.

So, yeah. December is off to a poo poo start.

cakesmith handyman
Jul 22, 2007

Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

keykey posted:

That or you can tap on the wall. Hollow sound = drywall only, solid sound = stud.

Doesn't work with 1/2" drywall, at least in my house. Magnetic stud finder all the way for me.

spog posted:

Aren't you trading that in for a pair of shirt potatoes?

Never heard that one before, giggled.

Just got my daughter back from her rainbows (youngest stage of girl guides) trip on a steam train to meet Santa, when they're not shrieking little girls are adorable. Now celebrating my archery personal best (531/600) with a glass of glayva.

MrChips
Jun 10, 2005

FLIGHT SAFETY TIP: Fatties out first

Rhyno posted:

Awesome! I have 29 days to finish the house!

And you've also got 20 days to play the Sheep Game too!

:siren::siren:

slidebite
Nov 6, 2005

Good egg
:colbert:

Only good thing about December is the days start getting longer in 3 weeks.

From the last thread talking about Laptops/tablets,

quote:

Also not reparable at all, and you won't be able to clean the fans in these (unless they dramatically changed something from the 3/4), if that matters to you. I've enjoyed my SP3 a ton, but I would never buy one again.
The last couple gens have no fans for the i5 based (or lower) CPUs and are truly silent and reliable.

Point still absolutely stands though that opening up for repair is difficult at best, but they are extremely reliable and great units. i5 w/8GB is the sweet spot for value, IMHO. You can always stick in a big MicroSD card for bulk storage.

freelop
Apr 28, 2013

Where we're going, we won't need fries to see



FAT32 SHAMER posted:

omae wa mou shindeiru

NANI?!

I got round to completing Legendary today.
There's a reason you likely haven't heard of it but I still had a fun time with the jankiness of it.

Galler
Jan 28, 2008


The most reliable stud finder I've used has been half a dozen neodymium magnets. I just wave some around on the wall until they stick to something and then repeat above and below the one that stuck. It doesn't take very long to create a line of magnets showing where the drywall got nailed or screwed to the stud.

randomidiot
May 12, 2006

by Fluffdaddy

(and can't post for 11 years!)

Why the gently caress am I having to run the AC in December?

And what's up with this poo poo?

Only registered members can see post attachments!

Gingerbread House Music
Dec 1, 2009

by FactsAreUseless
Lipstick Apathy

STR posted:

Why the gently caress am I having to run the AC in December?

And what's up with this poo poo?



some dumb poo poo

The Prong Song
Sep 7, 2002


WHITE
DRIVES
MATTER

STR posted:

Why the gently caress am I having to run the AC in December?

And what's up with this poo poo?



lowta.cx got his poo poo hacked again

Fo3
Feb 14, 2004

RAAAAARGH!!!! GIFT CARDS ARE FUCKING RETARDED!!!!

(I need a hug)
Time to face facts man.
It's funny as it's a BYO av when scrolling down threads :D
Also, it's december in australia and in the parts not flooding or on fire, it's loving cold right now at 3AM.
13C!? got to be kidding for the start of summer even if it's night time it usually never gets below 18-20C over night this time of year

Fo3 fucked around with this message at 20:08 on Dec 1, 2018

slidebite
Nov 6, 2005

Good egg
:colbert:

Galler posted:

The most reliable stud finder I've used has been half a dozen neodymium magnets. I just wave some around on the wall until they stick to something and then repeat above and below the one that stuck. It doesn't take very long to create a line of magnets showing where the drywall got nailed or screwed to the stud.

I never thought of doing that. I presume you just put a cloth between it and the drywall as your moving the magnet?

ExplodingSims
Aug 17, 2010

RAGDOLL
FLIPPIN IN A MOVIE
HOT DAMN
THINK I MADE A POOPIE


STR posted:

Why the gently caress am I having to run the AC in December?

And what's up with this poo poo?



Lol look at this dumb poo poo

IOwnCalculus
Apr 2, 2003





slidebite posted:

I never thought of doing that. I presume you just put a cloth between it and the drywall as your moving the magnet?

I haven't tried it with a bare magnet, but the commercial magnetic ones do have a bit of plastic on the bottom to help them slide.

Ether Frenzy
Dec 22, 2006




Nap Ghost

STR posted:

Why the gently caress am I having to run the AC in December?

And what's up with this poo poo?



lowtax is experimenting with putting a difficult to block ad on the website using cloudflare by nesting it within the nav

Fo3
Feb 14, 2004

RAAAAARGH!!!! GIFT CARDS ARE FUCKING RETARDED!!!!

(I need a hug)

Ether Frenzy posted:

lowtax is experimenting with putting a difficult to block ad on the website using cloudflare by nesting it within the nav

If that was the intention then too bad as it's already gone now.

meatpimp
May 15, 2004

Psst -- Wanna buy

:) EVERYWHERE :)
some high-quality thread's DESTROYED!

:kheldragar:

Avenging Dentist posted:

If the dumb poo poo makes you sad in your heart, here is a uBlock rule: forums.somethingawful.com##cloudflare-app[app="corner-ribbon"]

Fo3
Feb 14, 2004

RAAAAARGH!!!! GIFT CARDS ARE FUCKING RETARDED!!!!

(I need a hug)
Yeah, that's what I did. Have to turn on advanced user to add a rule, but it keeps it when you uncheck advanced user afterwards (because I don't want to deal with manually setting everything else anyway)

Fo3 fucked around with this message at 21:21 on Dec 1, 2018

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Ether Frenzy
Dec 22, 2006




Nap Ghost
Yeah, I meant 'difficult' for the casual adblock user to pinpoint since it's got a bunch of actually necessary features laid over the top of it but not difficult-difficult.

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