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Rhyno posted:He was sighted in public a few weeks ago and he looked really bad. Stage IV colon cancer will do that. 
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Liquid Communism posted:Stage IV colon cancer will do that. Yes but nobody knew he was sick.
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I have tried to make swollen laptop batteries explode from afar by throwing them or things at them unless you knife the battery you are fine
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Somewhat Heroic posted:Holy balls seriously 2020? Wakanda Forever! This clip of him talking about writing to 2 kids suffering from terminal cancer who were trying to hang in there to see the film now knowing that he was suffering from it too is brutal. https://youtu.be/6J-D86wfxiE
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The Door Frame posted:I reported the incident to my supervisor, and also told him later that my throat had started to close, so I have informed my employer that I was injured on the job and required medical intervention  Ether Frenzy posted:2020 gently caress Elviscat posted:They've pulled that poo poo with my personal packages, just mark it as delivered! Or undeliverable!
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42 is criminally unfair. RIP to a real one, gently caress cancer.
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Welp, there's a half-lumber CR-V Camino running around here now.
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loving contractors. I finally scheduled someone for Monday to look at my furnace issue that the inspection uncovered 3 weeks ago. I had someone lined up, who has ghosted me, and a request to a second contractor who ignored me. Now I'm waiting on a foundation issue, I got a contractor who fully committed to helping me out and has blown off every appointment we made so far. He told me to call him this morning and now is not answering his god drat phone. Also it's a stupid issue, there's a post supporting an I-beam in the center of the house, the inspector said it's slightly crooked. You can't even tell when looking at it. LloydDobler fucked around with this message at 17:34 on Aug 29, 2020 |
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I can’t stand trying to get contractors in to do any work because of this. They know they can just ghost people and pick the jobs they want to do because there is so much demand. I have a guy I use cash under the table for simple stuff but anything more complicated where I need to have licenses and insurance is just a nightmare.
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BigPaddy posted:I can’t stand trying to get contractors in to do any work because of this. They know they can just ghost people and pick the jobs they want to do because there is so much demand. I have a guy I use cash under the table for simple stuff but anything more complicated where I need to have licenses and insurance is just a nightmare. Yep I don't know how these guys aren't rolling in it, I have people ask me every day who they can call for a plumbing or electrical issue and the answer in this town is: if you aren't building a new house from scratch or a new apartment building well good luck
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Speaking of hard to find rubber... Nice 2” gash in a 43-16 r20 R4 on my mahindra today. So much for brush hogging. Probably down for a week on that since its past noon on a saturday. Lost a lot of washer fluid in it, and thats a $700 tire. 
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NumbersMatching320 posted:tube it Your right, if I only had the tools to get it off. I am in between two places right now, all my tools, jacks and compressors are buried. Just frustrated. Too much poo poo to get done.
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Your issues are all making me think of getting my contractors license. If there's this much work just going undone, clearly more are needed. Don't call me though. Text email and Facebook messenger only. gently caress telephones. I am a millennial, I will watch the phone ring and then text you back.
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My brother works for a property management company as a (licensed) contractor and he's constantly busy doing easy handy man type poo poo. He makes pretty good money.
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kastein posted:Your issues are all making me think of getting my contractors license. If there's this much work just going undone, clearly more are needed. You should seriously consider doing this. Although you're kinda screwing yourself if you won't answer the phone. That's all the boomers know how to use, and they have all the money.
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Goober Peas posted:You should seriously consider doing this. Although you're kinda screwing yourself if you won't answer the phone. That's all the boomers know how to use, and they have all the money. I MEAN I GUESS still not happy about it though.
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Holy poo poo. I think I'm in love. https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1984-honda-civic-5/
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Speaking of contractors, the sinks in our washrooms are the type that you push down on the basin plug to engage it, and then you push again to release. No handle or external mechanism at all. So, if one is stick down, how are you supposed to get it back up? I've tried whapping it, hoping it would jar it, and no beuno. I am able to spin it so I know it's unthreaded, but I can't remove it/bring it up. It's not magnetic enough for a rare earth to pull it out. Ideas? To be clear, this is the type of basin plug/stopper. This one works 
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That's infuriating. How hard did you whap it?
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Hard, light, with/without something, someone said to try a suction cup.. which makes sense, but I don't think I have any  I might try our crazy powerful central vacuum, but watch me suck it right out down the hose!
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Can you disconnect the P-trap and just hammer the fucker out from underneath?
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kastein posted:Your issues are all making me think of getting my contractors license. If there's this much work just going undone, clearly more are needed. I don't know much about the peninsula, but it is impossible to get contractors to show up for anything in Seattle unless you you are doing a new build or a major renovation. We are currently building a dadu in our back yard, and I was originally going to GC the project but couldn't get people to even respond to me to get a quote from different subs. The couple that did respond straight up told me they would only consider the job if they ran the whole project, and even then it was a 6+ month wait to even start talking about the project. Luckily we found a GC through word of mouth who was willing to take on the project in a reasonable timeframe. So yea, if you want to do that sort of work and are already moving out here, I would get on it asap.
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Can you disconnect the P-trap and just hammer the fucker out from underneath? LOL no, I am trying to avoid taking apart the pipe (I think it's glued) but if it's just a fitting I might try and do that. I suspect it'll come up easily if I can get it from the back side. Once I do, I need to take a look at the drat thing and do something so it doesn't happen again!
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Try being a contractor. Unless your production manager is organized and great at communicating, it's a poo poo show. People will ask me questions about even basic things on a job and I have no answers unless I'm working on exactly what they're asking about, I have to tell them to call our production manager So I finally test drove a Mazda5 It's a lot better than I'd expected, and there's going to be so much space in there once I tear apart the interior
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meatpimp posted:Holy poo poo. I think I'm in love.
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slurry_curry posted:I don't know much about the peninsula, but it is impossible to get contractors to show up for anything in Seattle unless you you are doing a new build or a major renovation. We are currently building a dadu in our back yard, and I was originally going to GC the project but couldn't get people to even respond to me to get a quote from different subs. The couple that did respond straight up told me they would only consider the job if they ran the whole project, and even then it was a 6+ month wait to even start talking about the project. Luckily we found a GC through word of mouth who was willing to take on the project in a reasonable timeframe. I don't know about Key, but Kitsap's a lot slower than Seattle, a lot of contractors live out here, and will snap up jobs so they don't have to take the ferry. E: that's not to say there's not plenty of work, Kitsap's booming, and not showing any signs of slowing down.
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I can't get the plumbers to call back about putting a toilet in the basement. I wish they'd just tell me they don't have time.
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Charles posted:I can't get the plumbers to call back about putting a toilet in the basement. I wish they'd just tell me they don't have time. have you tried texting them 
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kastein posted:have you tried texting them If I had somebody's cell phone I would!
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slidebite posted:Speaking of contractors, the sinks in our washrooms are the type that you push down on the basin plug to engage it, and then you push again to release. No handle or external mechanism at all. I agree I'd try something with a suction cup of suitable size to grab onto it so you can add more upward impetus while trying to cycle it, but if the sink is dry, you could use a hot glue stick instead.
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slidebite posted:Ideas?
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meatpimp posted:Holy poo poo. I think I'm in love. That thing is amazing. I hosed up my back swapping out my neighbors Jeep battery. Right after I found out the painters are coming on monday and I have to clear out the house and shove everything into the basement. Also wife's parents are coming tomorrow for birthday dinner that I'm supposed to be cooking. It hurts to type this. It hurts to breathe. I don't have any painkillers and my wife ate all the muscle relaxers. Tomorrow is going to be interesting.
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slidebite posted:Speaking of contractors, the sinks in our washrooms are the type that you push down on the basin plug to engage it, and then you push again to release. No handle or external mechanism at all. If the two stoppers are identical, could you take apart the working one to gain an understanding of the mechanism?
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bolind posted:If the two stoppers are identical, could you take apart the working one to gain an understanding of the mechanism? Or take the p trap apart underneath and push it up and out from below?
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Spent a few thousand $ worth of parts for new car at Automotive Superstore in Sydney two weeks ago and haven't heard a peep since. Tried many times to get in touch over the phone, their FB chat, and email support and not a single update to my order. Yesterday I said gently caress it and called a neighbouring business and he told me they get more than one call a week to see if they are open. Straight up said "They don't give a gently caress and don't respond to anyone, I'd advise you chargeback your order and contact ACCC plus leave a bad review online". Judging from the support numbers on their Zendesk - theres over 2 thousand support requests in 5 days between my 'hey mates can I get a tracking number' and my follow up support 'where's my order' My bank are being really helpful, but looks like I've gotta wait for the claim to finalize and then I can buy my parts elsewhere. If I go ahead a buy parts before the refund processes theres a real chance the shop disputes the reversal and I end up getting my parts from them too doubling up everything. Lucky these aren't critical to the operation of the car and more fun upgrades.
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Humphreys posted:Spent a few thousand $ worth of parts for new car at Automotive Superstore in Sydney two weeks ago and haven't heard a peep since. Tried many times to get in touch over the phone, their FB chat, and email support and not a single update to my order. I gather from complaints online that there are a few UK businesses doing this too. I really don't understand it! I can happily accept that due to corona things might be slower and they might be having working practice/staffing issues but there is no excuse for not handling it better. Just put a popup on your website saying 'orders may be delayed, and we are only shipping once per week' or similar and get all your admin staff to work remotely and deal with queries and support requests. On the other hand I have seen a number of the smaller indie specialists that I use post on facebook over the past 4 or 5 months saying "wow, you lot are busy on your project's - I've had to get extra staff in to deal with and pack all your orders! I've got loads of stock in so keep them coming!". Look for suppliers like this and give them your money!
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Tomarse posted:On the other hand I have seen a number of the smaller indie specialists that I use post on facebook over the past 4 or 5 months saying "wow, you lot are busy on your project's - I've had to get extra staff in to deal with and pack all your orders! I've got loads of stock in so keep them coming!". Look for suppliers like this and give them your money! It's really loving bizarre, the business is open and operating at full capacity according to the neighbouring company who initially took messages to be nice and walk over but now had a gut full of the poo poo. In my industry I have 40-50 orders of parts flying or floating from all over the world. Each order has maybe 100 parts each. I KNOW where they all are, and if a customer calls or emails me, I respond within my self imposed goal of 1 business day with SOMETHING. For example I've been actively on the phone to TNT for an ETA and while talking to them, signed for a few pallets without taking notice which exact order - whelp was part of the order I was on the phone about 'Humphreys, you literally JUST signed for it 5 seconds ago while on hold" These pricks are from what I can tell ignoring or deleting everything and playing the childhood game of "I can't see you, you can't see me" Humphreys fucked around with this message at 14:51 on Aug 30, 2020 |
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bolind posted:If the two stoppers are identical, could you take apart the working one to gain an understanding of the mechanism? The stoppers in our bathtubs are like that. If you can grab the shaft under the stopper, you might be able to unthread the cap and find the screw to release the rest of the guts from whatever they mount to. Probably doesn't help much if it's stuck down, unfortunately.
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Yeah, I know/knew how they operate. It's just a stud that the stud for the stopper mechanism sits on that either stays down or pops up, really nothing fancy and really nothing external to it at all. But, I was able to get it up. The P-trap was indeed just threaded so able to take it off and just poke it up with a coat hanger. I'm going to have to grab the threads with some pliers and try to spray some lube around the stud/whatever mechanism to try to flush out and crud/lubricate it. Most of the sinks in this house are starting to get a little sticky, so I think I'll do it on all of them.
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