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    What tickles your pickle

    Boondocking in Utah.
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    You know you're getting old when.....

    Are you confusing a prostate exam with a colonoscopy? Also, I’ve had the finger up the butt exam exactly once many years ago. Since then, it’s all part of the annual blood test called the PSA.
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    Woodworking

    I think it's a great idea. It's something you can take from house to house and always remember when you made it and how old it is. The smaller the better so that you'll always have a place for it.
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    Home Improvement

    I don't know what's available, either but if I couldn't find what I wanted/needed I'd build one out of thick (5/8 or 3/4 plywood and fiberglass. One sheet of plywood, one quart of resin with hardener, a small package of mat, Harbor Freight $18 hole saw set and some screws should be enough to do...
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    Home Improvement

    Don't remove drywall like that with a hammer. You're going to need a clean edge to put it back together anyway so you might as well make a clean, thought-out cut to start with. Draw some a plumb/level lines on the wall and cut it with an oscillating tool. If you're practiced, you can saw with...
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    Woodworking

    You shouldn’t.
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    Woodworking

    I've been thinkin' that if you don't want to work with melamine, and I don't blame you, there are alternatives. Particle board is awful. I built a large litter box for a very large cat out of plywood, painted the outside to match the room it's in and brushed on 4 coats of water-based...
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    Woodworking

    Kreg Pocket Hole Jig I would buy a pretty basic version if this project is all you think you'll be doing.
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    Home Improvement

    Be aware that carpet is the least slippery of all the choices for stair covering. Also, the bullnose for laminate/luxury vinyl flooring is really expensive especially if there is a lot of waste due to the width of the stairs.
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    The Lost City (2022)

    Saw this today and enjoyed it. It’s nothing serious, just fun and sometimes pretty funny. Sandra Bullock checks all the right boxes for me. The audience seemed to enjoy it, also.
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    Home Improvement

    Finshed the guest bath remodel Before After New tub, surround, floor countertop and sink. Took me 35 days but I'm old, slow and meticulous.
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    Car ?'s

    If all you broke is the ratchet handle and you’re happy with the sockets, go back to harbor freight and by a new one. Their composite handles are actually very nice. They feel good in your hand and they’re not cold in the winter.
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    Home Improvement

    BTDT Not sure I understand how that one works. It sounds like it's always on even if in a lower power mode. While it's on, it's pushing hot water back to the water heater through the cold water. I'd rather have a unit that runs on a timer.
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    The Video Thread

    It's a cat, not a dog.
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    Nightmare Alley (2021)

    I enjoyed it. How can Cate Blanchett be so sexy and so odd looking at the same time? Weird boner indeed.
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    Home Improvement

    Disclaimer:I don't know anything about chimneys. I googled "Metalbestos SS Chimney" and found this. LINK On page 3 I found this. Now they may be only referring to the attachment collar and not the pipe. Again, I don't know. I do know I'd be asking this question at a store that sells wood...
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    What vehicle do you drive?

    We're talking about one car here, the Bronco. People would be having to overpay for almost every car purchased for this scenario to come true. Is that happening out there?
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    Home Improvement

    Chasing down all those cracks is a fool's errand. Deal with the largest ones and consider elastomeric paint for the rest.
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    Home Improvement

    I think it depends on how much you pay for the stuff. I’ve seen it from $.98/sqft to around $7.0/sqft. and they don’t look anything alike.
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    Home Improvement

    Pex and poly handle freeze much better than copper or PVC. I don't know where you read that PEX doesn't handle cold, but PEX and poly will expand when water freezes within it and actually is less conductive than copper so less likely to freeze in the first place. In Idaho, the run from the meter...
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    Home Improvement

    This is close. Like you say, a little work with a grinder or file and you might get there LINK Search for "Trunk Hardware" for other choices.
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    Who died? (Celebrity Deaths)

    Don't forget Lilies of the Field. He won Best Actor for that film. It's on Amazon Prime for free. Just watched it today for the first time since I watched it with my parents in the early 60s. It's a good watch. RIP, Sir.
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    Home Improvement

    An expansion tank and a hammer arrestor serve two different purposes. The expansion tank gives the expanding hot water room to expand because there is most likely a check valve on the city water supply to prevent you from back feeding and you can burst a rigid pipe or your water heater if the...
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    Home Improvement

    This might be the easiest way to install a hammer arrestor. LINK to Lowes It will just screw on between your bib and hose.
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    What tickles your pickle

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    Home Improvement

    If you were installing this stuff as roof insulation under shingles, you would install it foil side down towards the house. Also, if you want the room to be warmer you would install it foil side in so as to reflect heat back in. I think in this application it could have gone either way, but...
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    Home Improvement

    I bought 4x8 sheets of 1 inch rigid foam with a foil backing and cut them, with a circular saw, to fit in the spaces in my garage door. I left it out of areas where the door moves on it's hinges. I attached them to the door with six dabs of Liquid Nails per panel. They've been on there for 5...
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    And then there was just one. RIP Michael Nesmith

    RIP Michael Nesmith. Michael Nesmith, the Monkee for all seasons, dies at 78
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    What would be the motto for FoH?

    Brahma is black?
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    Are Christmas trees safe for cats?

    The tree won't; the tinsel might, but they do look festive with a few inches of the stuff trailing out their ass.
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    Home Improvement

    For me, the point of a stand alone air fryer is that when I use it, I'm using a maximum of 1500 watts vs. 3500 watts for my oven. Electricity is cheap in ID but really fucking expensive in AZ.
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    Home Improvement

    When I lived in an oak forest in CA, I self-installed something similar I got at one of the big-box stores and unless they've improved them a lot, I wouldn't bother. I had to lift them off every year to clear out the "flowers" from the trees that fell through the mesh and to remove the leaves...
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    Get a free Kyle Rittenhouse at Culver's

    Every bullet I've ever bought for my ARs has been a hollow point. I've shot 10s of thousands of rounds of Sierra Matchking HPBT bullets in High Power Rifle matches. Sierra Bullets 69gnn HPBT. They are not for hunting, they're target rounds.
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    FOH Shower Thoughts

    If it didn't, it would make walking upright painful.
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    You know you're getting old when.....

    I'm so old, I didn't know that was a thing. Thanks.
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    Shitter’s Full - An RV Thread

    You need to buy what you want and I mean that but I really don't understand the whole Airstream thing. For instance, those appliances are essentially the same ones you would find in a trailer costing half as much and that cheaper trailer would have more room by nature of its square sides and...
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    Shitter’s Full - An RV Thread

    They are mostly built like shit including Airstreams. You need to be very handy and enjoy fixing things or you will hate RVing.
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    Shitter’s Full - An RV Thread

    I've owned 2 trailers, a Class B and 2 Class Cs. My advice is don't spend a lot of money on your first RV whether it's a trailer or a motorhome and definitely don't buy new. In fact if you can rent, do that a couple of times. There is no way that you know what features or floorplans will work...
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    WTF Story Thread?

    Turkey: Drunk Man, Who Was Reported Missing, Ends Up Joining Search Party To Find Himself After some time searching, the members of the search party began calling out for the man and shouting his name loudly in the hopes that he’d hear them and respond. That was when one man within the group...
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    No Time to Die (007 Bond)

    My wife and I went to see this yesterday. Turns out the advance tickets I bought are for next month. Don't ever get old.