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  1. Cutlery

    Marriage and the Power of Divorce

    It would for me, I dunno his situation, I think his was fucking weird where basically he got fucked by the judge and no amount of fuckery since is gonna change it. My marriage was dissolved and it was agreed upon to use the state calculator for child support, so if (well, when) my youngest...
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    Woodworking

    So, this project has finally come to a close. Tree came down May 29th of last year. Fucking work went to complete shit doing covid and that delayed a ton. Any day I wasn't working was either 100° or 0°. I feel like I've still put in hundreds of hours on it. I also feel like I've made an...
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    Woodworking

    Also, go figure I finally git gud at sharpening a chainsaw, that was the fastest cut I've seen so far. Literally hot knife thru butter.
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    Woodworking

    I just always used beds for that purpose. Less work, easier to replace, less footprint. I will concede that point, however. Dogs came from den animals and some so have that desire. Mine still tries to hide under my desk during 4th of July. In other news, final log. And the one I hope I don't...
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    Woodworking

    A kennel inside the house? Just get a travel crate. You're not gonna keep the dog kenneled indefinitely, it's gonna be a few months while you can't trust it. Total waste of time imo. Plus things made out of wood for dog use end up being chewed/scratched thru. Unless there's something I'm...
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    Woodworking

    Well I'll probably keep a good bunch of them. Make coffee tables for friends and shit. As long as I can find a place with a planer wide enough to run it thru, no reason not to. But, and $250-$500 each, I certainly don't need to sell many to pay off a couple of chainsaws and a bit of lumber...
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    State Of Decay 2 - May 22nd Release

    gardening kinda shit on lethal too. You get all your food from outposts on lethal. But, hacker and demo will set you up just fine. Just spend a lot of time sneaking, you get your kills from stealth as you're looting houses looking for halfway useful shit. Honestly, the game is the most fun...
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    State Of Decay 2 - May 22nd Release

    I don't run gunslinger on everyone. Base queens get sharpshooter for the enemy piercing shots. You also don't really need gunslinger once you've got a sniper tower or a rooftop sniper enclave. Powerhouses really don't need it, because they've got heavy weapons for dealing with ferals...
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    State Of Decay 2 - May 22nd Release

    Pathology, absolute must to start with. You really want the reduced costs for plague curing. Increased collection is a bonus, but my pathologist is a base queen, he very rarely wanders around outside. He's actually kind of a bad character too, I just haven't found anyone better with medicine...
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    State Of Decay 2 - May 22nd Release

    Yeah, you have to be super choosy at the start. I'd let them fail and recruit them. Good news...automechanics are useful members.
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    Woodworking

    If I'm doing the math right, 2" thick, 30inch wide or so, 3 feet long... probably 16ish board feet, $250/slab.
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    State Of Decay 2 - May 22nd Release

    I'm at work right now, but later tonight I'll load up the game and think about the other stuff I've forgotten. Oh...Builder leader. The sniper tower is what you need on lethal, especially when you're first starting out. 5 minutes cooldown 50 cal sniper fire will save your bacon every time. I...
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    State Of Decay 2 - May 22nd Release

    So, I had Nightmare down pretty good and had stuff like you describe. Felt Red Talons were unstoppable, had the game on lock, etc. But I had read enough to know that Lethal is its own animal, so I rolled up 3 random survivors....good enough that I had my bases covered for skills, but not good...
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    Woodworking

    Yeah, this log went pretty well. One small issue, but that will plane out. I will probably turn these into tabletops, or sell them for such purposes. They are about 38" long, 22-24" wide. I cut them all into 2ish" thick. One log left, the guys just came over to help me get it up.
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    Woodworking

    Fun facts - I've run out of a gallon of bar and chain oil. I also got a full pint of 2 cycle oil and I will run out of that as well before the project is over.
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    Woodworking

    Log #3. This one I will cut into 2 inch slabs for live edge tabletop stuff I think. Also, the log is wider than my 36" bar, so looks like I'll be finishing the cut with a rip saw!
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    Highlander

    Actually, haven't played on anything except lethal in quite awhile. Sniper tower ftw!
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    Highlander

    If State of Decay has taught me anything, it's that one Molotov and me calling in some sniper cover from a neighboring enclave will allow me to get home safely, no matter how much I run around with my Golden AK-47!
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    Highlander

    I saw the Source in the fucking theater, so my fanboy status isn't in question either. And it's fucking AWFUL. It's quite possibly the worst piece of shit ever possibly conceived of. There can be only one.... What the fuck.
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    Highlander

    Man, I love highlander too, and I still can't wrap my head around that livejournal thread bump bullshit. Swords are a fucking meme at this point. What are you gonna do? Take sick tiktoks of yourself in the back yard slicing watermelons like the internet just came out and you're gonna get cool...
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    Kickstarters

    Yeah well, we decided that we don't want to make shit anymore, and we want to outsource everything to literally half a planet away. It's one of those YGWYFD scenarios. Until we start making shit here again and stop being a workforce or retail peons, it's not gonna change. And since everyone's...
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    Highlander

    You bumped the movie thread to post about your late night QVC purchases about a show from 30 years ago? Examine your fucking life, man.
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    Woodworking

    It's Chinese. It would probably work. Also, I'm about 98% sure the original piston/cylinder was shit, because it took me about an hour of pulling to get the thing started after I took it outta the box. After the replacement, I've had no issues and it just starts right up. 25:1 smokes up the...
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    Woodworking

    Because I know you guys wanna see this shit, uploading the video now while I run to the hardware store and let the saw cool down. Should be up in 10 or 20 min. It's about 10 minutes to make a cut, but I'm babying the throttle for a good chunk of the time to not run it full bore for 10 minutes...
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    Woodworking

    Back in business.
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    I am being given a business

    Normal people would take this advice. But, this is Brad, so he won't. And the thread will live on in infamy!
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    Depression

    I read that article. And then I read this one. https://metro.co.uk/2022/07/20/how-to-deal-with-climate-anxiety-amid-a-heatwave-17034830/?ico=more_text_links Now I think I'm depressed!
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    Single greatest song ever written?

    I dunno man, I gotta go with this. It's just a fucking masterpiece in all regards.
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    Woodworking

    Piston and cylinder replaced, saw back to running smooth. Now I just need a day where it's not 1000° Odd thing though - it literally started up first pull. It did not do that when I bought it. Wondering now if I didn't actually blow it up and got a dud. I guess we'll see when I tune it down to...
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    Woodworking

    Yeah, that looks like exactly what I would have been getting into if I didn't make the sled. I cut that tree down last spring, and then work got shitty and I couldn't get to it until the fall. And I sat all winter with a bar mounted mill in the shed wondering how in the fuck I was going to get...
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    Job Hunting

    I think yesterday was probably the last event in my whole job hunting experience this year. I've been in the same building for just about 19 years, across 4 different companies. Union gig, and it was something I was fine with for a long time - do your work and go home. 2 and a half years ago...
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    Woodworking

    My logs are only about 20 inches after the bark is off, so I guess we're out! Also, new cylinder here and I took the saw apart. Both rings melted to the piston, so be advised, 40:1 is not suitable for milling. Need a piston ring compressor for small engines, got that coming tomorrow, before I...
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    Woodworking

    Alright, see ya in a year, log #1. Also, sitting outside smells fucking amazing now. It ain't no cedar, but it sure ain't bad.
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    Board Games

    Finally got my Marvel dice Throne and Gloomhaven Crimson Scales. That might be the most fun night of gaming I've had in a very long time. We played one Crimson Scale scenario with new characters and I'm really impressed with how cool every single character is. I usually don't get into custom...
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    Woodworking

    Being an idiot is part of the process here, I'm pretty sure!
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    Woodworking

    Yeah, that'll be the next step of all of this. Thankfully from what I've read, walnut seems to be semi forgiving of this. As soon as I get it all milled, i've gotta find some room outside. Right now it's in the garage, which isn't too terrible - it's not like it's any different...
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    Woodworking

    Man, I can barely move some of them. Won't be able to mill this weekend, since they sent my cylinder USPS, fucking doubtful it's gonna get here anytime soon. So I cleaned up the garage a bit and made about 4 inches more space than I need to get my truck in without moving the mill. Can't even...
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    Kickstarters

    I'm still waiting to see if I actually get the Marvel ones first. I will probably buy DTA, however. My group is way more RPG minded, and that should help out a lot. Dice Throne is okay, but not really in their wheelhouse. Upgraded decks would be.
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    Woodworking

    Took it apart. Cylinder is melted. We have learned 2 things - One, Chinese saws are made of pot metal. Two, mill with a fuckload of oil. New piston cylinder kit will be here before the weekend and we'll keep going!
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    The Fast Food Thread

    Georgia O'queef