December chat thread: Try it now.

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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.

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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.

# ¿ Dec 1, 2018 18:09

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

# ¿ Dec 2, 2018 16:01

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

Apart from the odd single shift here and there it'll have been 11 years since I've worked anything other than straight days, this week I'm working afternoons and it's weird being around the house when there's daylight and I've got energy. I've put the new Christmas lights up around the garage and diagnosed why the previous set failed, they can be repaired and used indoors which the kids will love, less so my wife, she hates Christmas because of rampant commercialism (agreed) and her grandad died Christmas Eve when she was 8.

She's also winding herself up about our sons stress level so I'm trying to organise anything I can think of to take that away. We don't get up super early for presents, I do the cooking, virtually all presents are bought already, we're not having visitors on Christmas Day. I'm not allowed to decorate the house or tree though, she might hate it but she hates it done badly even more :v:

# ¿ Dec 3, 2018 13:07

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

Is there such a thing as a print server I can plug my old HP all-in-one in one end and Bluetooth or WiFi photos from my phone at the other end? Because that would be neat.

# ¿ Dec 5, 2018 09:15

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

Did Basil Fawlty teach you nothing?

# ¿ Dec 6, 2018 10:23

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

ilkhan posted:

Kids are a loving treat. Book presentation due tomorrow, 3 minutes long, specific requirements, he's had the assignment issue for months. We ask him to give us his presentation for practice. It's 58 seconds long. We ask for the assignment page and it also requires a visual aid (that he doesn't have) and a specific outline on how to present it.

Fun!

You left it a little late to check there buddy. How old is he?

# ¿ Dec 7, 2018 13:23

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

InitialDave posted:

Stupidity.

Not untrue, but statistically heart disease?

I've worked 17 hours this weekend, plus 20 hours OT already this month, start of production for the new model is tomorrow morning and pretty much every department is hoping whatever level of fuckup they have to contain flies under the directors radar and subrogee else cops it. I hadn't planned to work at all this weekend and I'm just so deeply tired I want it all to stop. I want it to be warm out so I can work on the cars or in the garden or garage.

The garage is uninsulated and detached from the house, are there practical/cheapish ways to heat it? That would help. I think I'm stuck with electric, maybe I need to pick up a cheap storage heater.

# ¿ Dec 9, 2018 18:29

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

So the choice is maim and kill cyclists by car, or maim and kill pedestrians by cyclist.

# ¿ Dec 9, 2018 19:37

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

Olympic Mathlete posted:

Road infrastructure for cyclists is utter toss. Peds hate bikes on pavements, cars hate bikes on roads, cyclists hate being on the pavement... there’s no pleasing everyone unless you sort out proper segregated cycle lanes. And that ain’t happening because £££££££

Sadly true. Everyone benefits from infrastructure but no one wants to pay.

# ¿ Dec 9, 2018 21:10

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

JPS all the things. A good plan.

# ¿ Dec 11, 2018 15:38

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

I bought a handheld Inkjet printer at work for labelling pallets, so we started using it to label part locations on the floor too. I've slipped in one single location marked in comic sans so far but no one's noticed yet.

It also does wacky bubble text fonts.

# ¿ Dec 12, 2018 13:13

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

Saw an old forester earlier today, slammed with a "floorester" badge. Chuckled.

# ¿ Dec 12, 2018 22:13

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

freelop posted:

It's a bit over a month until I get my wedding ring.

It's made of Palladium which I still insist is a made up metal

Congratulations on your recycled catalytic converter? :v:

# ¿ Dec 13, 2018 22:28

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

Yeah I got hounded for that poo poo last week, bitch I spent 70 hours trying to make our product launch not a dangerous feature length you've-been-framed episode, manual labour and all. Shove your musical light-up jumper up your arse.

# ¿ Dec 14, 2018 11:38

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

Beverly Cleavage posted:

Guys.. I may be broken. I really, REALLY, want an electric minivan.

help

edit: and maybe an imported stagea for winter hooniganism.

I only know of the nissan e-NV200, are there others available?

spog posted:

I did some home electrics.

Not only did I do it and it worked, but I didn't cut a single corner - not even the easy ones that we usually do (like reusing a mounting hole in drywall when it was worn, but probably would have been okay)

Good man. I wired in a new socket I put in on the landing then replaced a dimmer that no longer dimmed the living room lights, a couple of hours later the new one failed the same way, turns out the only bulbs I have no spares of are on their way out. I had to replace 3 1000lm 6000k bulbs with halogen bulbs temporarily, the room feels dark and orange in comparison.

# ¿ Dec 17, 2018 20:53

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

Was it this thread or the last people were making great bourbon recommendations?

# ¿ Dec 18, 2018 00:46

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

InitialDave posted:

Might have been last month.

What's the budget and I assume it's in the UK?

Baseline guidance is get a bottle of Eagle Rare (Asda sell it of all places), £35ish.

That'll do, it's for my brother.

# ¿ Dec 18, 2018 15:01

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

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.

# ¿ Dec 20, 2018 10:55

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

Queen Combat posted:

Yeah, good luck. I wish you the best, but once you've been accused of stealing, it's all downhill from there.

Semi-megapost upcoming.

It's late (early?), but I had to cook for the next few weeks. This is a potato curry, the block I used was from the local Asiana marketplace, the only English words on the otherwise-Korean packaging were "Vermont Curry: Honey, Apple."

It's good!

In classes, I've been trying to be a help to everybody - one example is a teacher released the content for next semester to a single student, so I volunteered to receive the booklet, and I scanned and made copies for everyone in the class:

Having this content in everybody's hands allows them to follow along in class with the powerpoints, teacher trusts us more, we get a little more leeway when it comes to asking questions, etc. For all the previous years the teacher made these booklets, but there was a moratorium put on printing things at the school, so we have to do it ourselves if we want it. Instead of fracturing the student body, it's better if we just all have them. I'm not doing this solely to gain friends, but instead so we all pass together, and have an easier time. Also, considering things have gotten a bit awkward at school, I'm not concerned if I get completely ignored.

However, that's not what happened! People gave me plenty of kudos, and the past few weeks (month-ish?) I've been "adopted" by most of the women in class (and it's nursing school, so that's 85% of the students), given plenty of tips and supplies, and after printing these books the class all got together and gave me a big card signed by everyone, and a few individual cards and separate giftcards, all totaling way above the value of the books and whatever I'd value my tutoring time to be. It's been great and I actually cried at one point, which is something that never happened before!

All of this leads me to something comparatively inconsequential: one of the groups got me a big tumbler with a straw lid, as we're not allowed water bottles without straws anymore ( but this is a "prestige" school so whatever). However! It didn't really fit into my cupholder that well:

3D printing to the rescue! I've always hated these cupholders, cans rattle around and most cups rock back and forth anyway.

It's a snug press-fit (ABS plastic), but

...the cup fits perfectly now, and the gentle taper also guides cans into that little sunken area, improving even normal use.

It's a small thing, but 20 minutes designing and 2 hours printing (for two - they're hollow single-layer ABS for flexibility) and I won't ever have to live with that annoyance, and get to enjoy my gift.

Aside from all the other awesome stuff you keep doing I love to read about the little ways you improve everything around you with that printer.

# ¿ Dec 22, 2018 12:19

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

Really not feeling this Christmas spirit thing, trying not to snap at everyone, not well enough to go work in the garage, have to go to the shops for bread/eggs, house is understandably a mess (Christmas, 2 kids, both wife and I unwell) I don't even feel well enough to drink in the evening though that's probably a good thing. I crave alternate company just for a chat but the red plague X on the door is keeping visitors away.

# ¿ Dec 23, 2018 13:11

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

spog posted:

Ah Christmas! That time of year when you'd happily slit your wrists if it wouldn't upset the seating plan.

Good news, your corpse can remain seated whilst your blood blends into the seasonal decor. Your rectal death rattle will also blend nicely into the smell of thoroughly boiled sprouts. Be sure to adorn a festive paper hat before the light fades from your eyes.

I managed to cook a simple but real meal today for everyone, I'm recovering but we all agree I'm not up to cooking a full Christmas roast and no one's up for eating it. Turkey may be closer to new year this time round for us, no sense rushing and ruining in the name of tradition.

# ¿ Dec 23, 2018 23:50

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

My kid's been sick repeatedly this morning, can't keep tablets down. We're on full packed-and-ready standby to take him to hospital again, yay.

# ¿ Dec 24, 2018 11:27

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

tetrapyloctomy posted:

Good luck, man. In a pinch a fair number of oral meds can jut be absorbed through the mouth if you let them dissolve (though it tastes awful). It's the only way I got through work last week, my antiemetics weren't absorbing when I swallowed them. I know dexamethasone does -- I give people the IV dose orally all the time -- but I don't know about maintenance steroids for adrenal insufficiency.

His hydrocortisone are dissolve against the cheek type but he can't even keep water down so we're at the CAU now.

# ¿ Dec 24, 2018 12:45

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

Back home, he's fine. He pitched a loving fit about a blood draw though, unlike the last time when he was fantastic. Anyway, all sorted now, we've all had something to eat and we'll get an early night.

# ¿ Dec 24, 2018 19:09

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

Rhyno posted:

Nobody cares about her, this is true. But when she's around she makes this big deal about the same name thing which is why the nicknames come up. I have no problems with my friends who have the same name as me, I don't get why it's such a big deal for her. None of us understand it. I say she has low self esteem because the not having a unique name in the group (that doesn't even want her around) seems to be the end of the world for her. She truly does bring this on herself and like Meatpimp said, she overplayed her hand and seriously thought she could force us into what she wanted. She's not even really that fat but she has a really ugly personality.

And I was festively plump. Like Santa.

You looked like you ate Santa.

# ¿ Dec 29, 2018 16:15

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

God I had a social life, I'm going to take the neighbors up on their long-standing offer of a drink.

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cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

Rhyno if you can't see why teasing her about her weight and giving her nasty childish nicknames makes you a total poo poo you really are a lost cause.

# ¿ Dec 29, 2018 18:58

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