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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 drag the heel of my hand across the wall while holding the end off the magnet the tiniest bit off the surface off the wall and when I feel a tug I gently let them stick. I've never marked up the wall doing that. They're strong enough that I can easily feel them pulling towards nails and screws and they firmly hold on through any compound and paint but they don't dig in at all. They're 1/4" x 1/4" x 1" bar magnets (supposedly n48 but they were from amazon so who knows) that I bought for general magnet based fuckery but somehow I ended up using them as a stud finder when I got pissed at my 'real' stud finder. The size works out well as there's a lot of magnet to hold onto but the narrow end is just about the same size as the head of drywall nail or screw. The really small disk magnets would probably be difficult to get back off the wall without leaving a mark. I've got a couple regular stud finders and the one I got at Costco, which is similar but not exactly the same as the one meatpimp posted, is pretty good but I still find the magnets to be more precise. Sometimes it's hard to find that first fastener though and a stud finder gets you in the ballpark pretty quick. 
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Ether Frenzy posted: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. Funniest thing ever is that it doesn't even show up on IE. Just firefox or chrome (with ublock).
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You crazy northerners and your "winter" at this time of the year. It's summer time people
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You Am I posted:You crazy northerners and your "winter" at this time of the year. It's summer time people I get to call it "winter" but at most I might see a handful of nights where the overnight low approaches just below freezing. Win/win? Also, Whamageddon time.
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Galler posted:I drag the heel of my hand across the wall while holding the end off the magnet the tiniest bit off the surface off the wall and when I feel a tug I gently let them stick. I've never marked up the wall doing that. They're strong enough that I can easily feel them pulling towards nails and screws and they firmly hold on through any compound and paint but they don't dig in at all. They're 1/4" x 1/4" x 1" bar magnets (supposedly n48 but they were from amazon so who knows) that I bought for general magnet based fuckery but somehow I ended up using them as a stud finder when I got pissed at my 'real' stud finder. The size works out well as there's a lot of magnet to hold onto but the narrow end is just about the same size as the head of drywall nail or screw. The really small disk magnets would probably be difficult to get back off the wall without leaving a mark. Belt test for Taekwondo today. Pretty sure I did OK because my instructor came up to me afterwards and told me I did good (though it's not for her to judge, it's the masters), but the coolest part was we did blackbelt testing today as well which only happens 2x per year, and one was a "mature" woman, I'd say 50-ish, going for her 3rd dan/degree. She's been 2nd for many years, probably 10+, but decided to do it several months back and trained drat hard. There is something cool as hell seeing a ~50ish woman breaking multiple boards with knife hand and kicks, and then fighting off a 2 on 1 of 3rd dan blackbelts in sparring coming after her. She was getting exhausted, being constantly chased down by them and after about 3 minutes of SOLID hard core sparring (which is god drat exhausting even if it doesn't sound like much) the master said "score one more point and we'll call it" the crowd went full in cheering her on and about 15 seconds after she did an awesome high section punch on one of them, a 21 year old dude, and just landed it perfect. Snapped the guys head back and surprised him. The crowd of about 75-100 people, plus us students went nuts. Was fantastic to watch something like that with a woman old enough to be a grandma to kick rear end.
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slidebite posted:I have a decent studfinder too but that's a neat trick. That's cool af
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slidebite posted:I have a decent studfinder too but that's a neat trick. Do you think if I ask nicely she'll be my grandma?
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You Am I posted:You crazy northerners and your "winter" at this time of the year. It's summer time people Even then it cant make its loving mind up. Queensland is on fire (as it needs to be) Sydney is underwater (finally getting the wash it needs) and the other parts cant make their loving mind up. Adelaide's forecast. Tomorrow (Monday). High of 23, low of 14 deg science. Thursday. Low of 22 degrees, high of 37!
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Adiabatic posted:Do you think if I ask nicely she'll be my grandma? Are you 3 years old? If not, 50 puts her more likely in your dating range than your grandma range.
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Ether Frenzy posted:Are you 3 years old? If not, 50 puts her more likely in your dating range than your grandma range. Ive seen some educational videos on pornhub that suggest these two things are not mutually exclusive.
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She's happily married and one of her daughters is 2nd dan as well so your odds are probably pretty slim with mom... but pretty sure the daughter is single so that might be a possibility? and if she isn't receptive she would probably beat the poo poo out of you if she thought you had a thing for mom Seriously though, it really was cool. Most people in the martial arts are younger, but our club has a healthy population of 30+ of various belts so it's a ton of fun and we're pretty tight. Today for my test I was partnered with a 16-17 year old which is close to my height (although I probably outweigh him by 75+lbs) and to be fair he got a really good kick in on me in sparring because he's fast which got a good reaction from the crowd, but after that I was after him, blocking the hell out of him and then he was defensive but fun as hell.
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Fucks sake... Trying to fix a leaking 90mm stormwater pipe at home and clipped the 25mm high pressure reclaimed water feed running along side it with the sawzall. At 5pm on a sunday. In Australia when NOTHING is open. Guess whos now got two thumbs and zero flushing toilets?
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So one of GF's cats absolutely HATES the vacuum. She'll hiss at it if you're just moving it around (not plugged in, just moving it into the closet or something similar), and if you move it towards her, she goes into full on halloween cat mode. I vacuumed today. She was... unhappy. I needed to put her back in the bedroom before leaving for work. I made the mistake of picking her up while she was still a bit spooked..... and walking through the room with the vacuum (across the room at that point).  Not doing that again. Randall's (our version of Safeway) had BOGO for 4x4" bandages and triple antibiotic ointment. Went ahead and got a tetanus shot while there, since (a) I'm way overdue and my Dr was already pushing me to get one, and (b) there's a very slight chance of getting it from a deep cat scratch (cat scratch fever is far more likely, but hey, been putting off the shot for awhile). Since I handle a lot of food, I get to wear a glove on one hand (on top of bandages) for several days until this starts healing. I keep disposable latex gloves in the car (in case of a flat, insomnia-inspired oil changes, etc), so I've been wearing one all day. Galler posted:I drag the heel of my hand across the wall while holding the end off the magnet the tiniest bit off the surface off the wall and when I feel a tug I gently let them stick. Years ago I bought a bunch of small, plastic-coated neodymium magnets. They don't mar the fridge or anything else I've used them on. They're small ones; small enough that they'll barely hold each other if you put one on each side of your hand (instead of crushing your hand), but they'll find any nail through drywall easily. randomidiot fucked around with this message at 09:07 on Dec 2, 2018 |
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Ferremit posted:Fucks sake... Trying to fix a leaking 90mm stormwater pipe at home and clipped the 25mm high pressure reclaimed water feed running along side it with the sawzall. At 5pm on a sunday. In Australia when NOTHING is open. Bunnings is open till 6pm on weekends
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There's a racing series here in NZ where every car running has to be purchased for under $2k and then there's a very tight limit on what modifications are allowed (Mostly safety and braking improvements) I'm genuinely tempted to do it and my friend is still trying to sell his lovely '97 VW Golf still.  Worth it for the laughs I think?
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You Am I posted:Bunnings is open till 6pm on weekends Coincidently i did this on the day where I had to drive the hour into town to pick my parents up from the airport. Except the virgin computer system for AU fried and instead of getting in at 8:30 I’m now sitting at the ikea next to the airport waiting for em to ring me at 10:40pm to say they’re ready to pick up, cos gently caress paying $12 am hr to park the car. I’ll fix it in the morning
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slidebite posted:Was fantastic to watch something like that with a woman old enough to be a grandma to kick rear end.
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InitialDave posted:Ask Billy Connolly to record a theme song for her. Wow, now that's a reference so obscure that you deserve some kind of award. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88do1WgHIwU spog fucked around with this message at 14:45 on Dec 2, 2018 |
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Previa_fun posted:Acquaintance of mine is posting on Facebook about the local university trying to fill a position. They require a degree and two years of administrative experience for a salary of.... Lemme guess, they justify the wage by calling it an "entry level" position  gently caress all employers paying poo poo wages then complaining they can't find good help.
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Applebees Appetizer posted:Lemme guess, they justify the wage by calling it an "entry level" position They'll fill the position, and easily. I took an 18k job right out of college half a lifetime ago, because my girlfriend at the time was finishing up school in the city, and because I didn't want to go without health insurance. I had a 3.8 GPA with two degrees under my belt. They offer crap wages because they'll still fill the position, because this country makes it an attractive option.
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The resort I work at pays the lowest housekeeping wages on the beach so it's a revolving door and the owner complains he can't find good help. gently caress off, pay the good employees a decent living wage and it wouldnt be a problem idiot.
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Applebees Appetizer posted:The resort I work at pays the lowest housekeeping wages on the beach so it's a revolving door and the owner complains he can't find good help. gently caress off, pay the good employees a decent living wage and it wouldnt be a problem idiot. I'd love to see what the employee market would look like if we gave everyone medical, prescription, dental, and vision coverage. If people could job-hunt without that hanging over them, employers would have to actually compete rather than being able to rely on people being desperate for any job. Throw a universal basic income in there too for added shareholder and CEO handwringing.
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It would certainly get some boomers to retire and enable some upward mobility. The number of practically useless (not because of age necessarily, but laziness and refusal to learn new skills) employees at my job who hold off on retiring is pretty annoying to me, looking at my future options.
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tetrapyloctomy posted:I'd love to see what the employee market would look like if we gave everyone medical, prescription, dental, and vision coverage. If people could job-hunt without that hanging over them, employers would have to actually compete rather than being able to rely on people being desperate for any job. The number of people that are only staying in the job they have now for the health insurance is staggering. It is absolutely having an effect on our overall economy's productivity. I've got a couple friends that would go out on their own in entrepreneurial ventures, but the cost/risk of health care for their family is prohibitive.
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One of the best days of my life was when I was about 4, we'd just moved into a new house like 3 months previously (how I know the general age) and they were developing the lot across the road and I watched 3 successive and increasingly macho-looking 1970's tow trucks get stuck in the swampy mud they were building on as they tried to rescue the previous tow truck. They finally got a semi tow truck to come yank all of the failed trucks the ~300m out to the road. Would still appreciate now, 40 years later.
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Who was it asking for a gift of Eve stuff? Send me a pm.
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It's still at the PO's house, picking it up tomorrow.
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Dagen H posted:It's still at the PO's house, picking it up tomorrow. May I recommend driving and not lifting  How's everyone's weekend wrapping up? Ran a water stand for a marathon on Saturday, otherwise normal weekend festivities here.
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Ether Frenzy posted:One of the best days of my life was when I was about 4, we'd just moved into a new house like 3 months previously (how I know the general age) and they were developing the lot across the road and I watched 3 successive and increasingly macho-looking 1970's tow trucks get stuck in the swampy mud they were building on as they tried to rescue the previous tow truck. They finally got a semi tow truck to come yank all of the failed trucks the ~300m out to the road. Would still appreciate now, 40 years later. A couple years ago one of my AI friends, ace, went to take his Toyota through the mud in my front yard and he got it buried to the frame. I figured I could get it out with my tractor with 4wd and rear locker. Nope, got that stuck too. Then took my dump truck and that had the leaf sucker still on it to try that and got that stuck too. I put out the bat signal to any of my friends with lifted trucks with huge tires. The down the street friend with a lifted Ford was able to pull the Toyota and my tractor out and Ace got the sucker truck out himself somehow. All together it started at like 1 in the afternoon and by 10 we had everything back on dry land. That day sucked but it's funny now.
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Dagen H posted:Lol I just bought a loving Aztek Waiting for the thread.
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shy boy from chess club posted:A couple years ago one of my AI friends, ace, went to take his Toyota through the mud in my front yard and he got it buried to the frame. I figured I could get it out with my tractor with 4wd and rear locker. Nope, got that stuck too. Then took my dump truck and that had the leaf sucker still on it to try that and got that stuck too. I put out the bat signal to any of my friends with lifted trucks with huge tires. The down the street friend with a lifted Ford was able to pull the Toyota and my tractor out and Ace got the sucker truck out himself somehow. All together it started at like 1 in the afternoon and by 10 we had everything back on dry land. That day sucked but it's funny now. I worked in an ag-lime pit one summer and we managed to sink an end-loader in wet lime up to mid-wheel. I had to go rescue the driver with a cherry picker so we could go get the dozer to drag it out, and that was real touchy. Hell of a day. Goober Peas posted:May I recommend driving and not lifting Just scored tickets for my best friends and I to a NCAA bowl game as a Christmas present. Gonna be goood.
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KozmoNaut posted:What, no pics? From the ad:  meatpimp posted:Waiting for the thread. Nah.
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