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OT - What are you doing right now?

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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 20,383
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    Dremel'd ice scraper into paint scraper for quarter round mouldings


    bought a scraper yesterday to scrape grease and grunge out of the nut side of this screw. did a similar mod to match the odd screw. will be measuring the female nut on monday to find out why the new piece doesnt fit


    its a giant modified thread similar to a plastic soda bottle thread for extremely high pressure
    The scale of that is hard to imagine.

    Maybe your purpose in life is only to serve as an example for others? - LPL


  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 33,346
    Catch and release is an unusual take on why your car insurance is expensive. 
     Crime rates (especially property crimes) impact rates.  Shop prices based on zip codes and you will see a direct impact.

    So I gather the baked in assumption here is that more migrants means more crime?

    or the fear that the ins companies are selling to increase their rates. never trust an ins agent
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
  • Legume
    Legume Posts: 15,121
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    Dremel'd ice scraper into paint scraper for quarter round mouldings


    bought a scraper yesterday to scrape grease and grunge out of the nut side of this screw. did a similar mod to match the odd screw. will be measuring the female nut on monday to find out why the new piece doesnt fit


    its a giant modified thread similar to a plastic soda bottle thread for extremely high pressure
    The scale of that is hard to imagine.
    Wait until you see the size of the Allen wrench for it.  Is Ikea making skyscrapers now?
    Not a felon
  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 33,346
    .
    Dremel'd ice scraper into paint scraper for quarter round mouldings


    bought a scraper yesterday to scrape grease and grunge out of the nut side of this screw. did a similar mod to match the odd screw. will be measuring the female nut on monday to find out why the new piece doesnt fit


    its a giant modified thread similar to a plastic soda bottle thread for extremely high pressure
    The scale of that is hard to imagine.

    imagine one flying a quarter mile and landing several feet under a parking lot when things didnt go well....
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 17,890
    Legume said:
    .
    Dremel'd ice scraper into paint scraper for quarter round mouldings


    bought a scraper yesterday to scrape grease and grunge out of the nut side of this screw. did a similar mod to match the odd screw. will be measuring the female nut on monday to find out why the new piece doesnt fit


    its a giant modified thread similar to a plastic soda bottle thread for extremely high pressure
    The scale of that is hard to imagine.
    Wait until you see the size of the Allen wrench for it.  Is Ikea making skyscrapers now?
    Do you remember @CTMike talking about torquing bolts on the reactors? That was crazy. 
  • Catch and release is an unusual take on why your car insurance is expensive. 
     Crime rates (especially property crimes) impact rates.  Shop prices based on zip codes and you will see a direct impact.

    So I gather the baked in assumption here is that more migrants means more crime?

    or the fear that the ins companies are selling to increase their rates. never trust an ins agent
    That’s what I’m saying, she was going on and on about used car parts, and pandemic and nationwide shortages kids are stealing Kia’s this and that and don’t be mad at renewal time she will do the best she can yada yada.
    South of Columbus, Ohio.


  • Gulfcoastguy
    Gulfcoastguy Posts: 6,684
    Catch and release is an unusual take on why your car insurance is expensive. 
     Crime rates (especially property crimes) impact rates.  Shop prices based on zip codes and you will see a direct impact.

    So I gather the baked in assumption here is that more migrants means more crime?
    Alternative explanation?
  • Gulfcoastguy
    Gulfcoastguy Posts: 6,684
    Catch and release is an unusual take on why your car insurance is expensive. 
     Crime rates (especially property crimes) impact rates.  Shop prices based on zip codes and you will see a direct impact.

    So I gather the baked in assumption here is that more migrants means more crime?

    or the fear that the ins companies are selling to increase their rates. never trust an ins agent
    That’s what I’m saying, she was going on and on about used car parts, and pandemic and nationwide shortages kids are stealing Kia’s this and that and don’t be mad at renewal time she will do the best she can yada yada.
    Ah a KIA? That part is valid Kia’s and Hyundais are some of the easiest to steal. 
  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 16,164
    Nothing wakes a person up quite as quickly as wheeling out the lawnmower into the morning sun, and seeing a Black Widow on her web in between the handlebars... 😳  
    ___________

    "When small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set."

    - Lin Yutang


  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 32,328
    edited September 5
    Catch and release is an unusual take on why your car insurance is expensive. 
     Crime rates (especially property crimes) impact rates.  Shop prices based on zip codes and you will see a direct impact.

    So I gather the baked in assumption here is that more migrants means more crime?
    Alternative explanation?
    Given the large number of studies that have been done on undocumented immigrants that indicate they're not actually more likely to commit crimes than the general population, if Arizona crime rates have in fact risen significantly over the past few years, I suspect there is an alternative or several alternatives, yes.

    Sometimes things don't come down to one root cause, but rather a constellation of factors.  But we don't like that as a society, because we always want there to be someone or something to blame.  We never really seem to be all that interested in fixing our problems so much as fixing the blame.  
     
    "I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike
  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 17,890
    kl8ton said:
    @DoubleEgger

    You splashed the Cobalt yet?
    Yes sir. They delivered it to us last Friday. We have enjoyed it thus far.  
  • ColbyLang
    ColbyLang Posts: 3,797
    Watching it rain in Louisiana. 2.7” since this morning, another 3 projected by Saturday morning 
  • Catch and release is an unusual take on why your car insurance is expensive. 
     Crime rates (especially property crimes) impact rates.  Shop prices based on zip codes and you will see a direct impact.

    So I gather the baked in assumption here is that more migrants means more crime?

    or the fear that the ins companies are selling to increase their rates. never trust an ins agent
    That’s what I’m saying, she was going on and on about used car parts, and pandemic and nationwide shortages kids are stealing Kia’s this and that and don’t be mad at renewal time she will do the best she can yada yada.
    Ah a KIA? That part is valid Kia’s and Hyundais are some of the easiest to steal. 
     There is no Kia in my stable.  The insurance broker was going on and on about insurance prices going up and the reasons why. 
    South of Columbus, Ohio.


  • @JohnInCarolina nobody said anything about immigrants, wtf are you carrying on about?
    South of Columbus, Ohio.


  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 32,328
    @JohnInCarolina nobody said anything about immigrants, wtf are you carrying on about?

    "I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike
  • ColbyLang
    ColbyLang Posts: 3,797
    I think, honestly, theres a myriad of reasons all of our premiums went up. Natural disasters/fires/personal injury lawyers etc. couple that with the inflation we’re seeing in the construction sector and the cost to rebuild is astonishing. 

    My house was over valued easily by 3-400,000 for “replacement cost” by one carrier. The same carrier wanted 3x what my homeowners cost last year. Zero claims in 20 years of owning. 
  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 32,328
    ColbyLang said:
    I think, honestly, theres a myriad of reasons all of our premiums went up. Natural disasters/fires/personal injury lawyers etc. couple that with the inflation we’re seeing in the construction sector and the cost to rebuild is astonishing. 

    My house was over valued easily by 3-400,000 for “replacement cost” by one carrier. The same carrier wanted 3x what my homeowners cost last year. Zero claims in 20 years of owning. 
    Certainly the case with home insurance.

    There were a few stories recently of entire counties (in Iowa, I think) where the companies simply won’t provide any insurance, period.  More and more are pulling out of Florida as well, for obvious reasons.  
    "I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike
  • ColbyLang
    ColbyLang Posts: 3,797
    Louisiana as well
  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 32,328
    ColbyLang said:
    Louisiana as well
    Yep, sorry about that.
    "I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike
  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 16,164

    There were a few stories recently of entire counties (in Iowa, I think) where the companies simply won’t provide any insurance, period.  More and more are pulling out of Florida as well, for obvious reasons.  
    Marshalltown, IA.  Sucks if you're already a homeowner there, too: you're not covered whatsoever if something happens, nor can you sell your home and leave as the lenders won't cover a buyer if he can't provide proof of insurance, which they now can't.  
    ___________

    "When small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set."

    - Lin Yutang


  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 20,383
    edited September 5
    ColbyLang said:
    I think, honestly, theres a myriad of reasons all of our premiums went up. Natural disasters/fires/personal injury lawyers etc. couple that with the inflation we’re seeing in the construction sector and the cost to rebuild is astonishing. 

    My house was over valued easily by 3-400,000 for “replacement cost” by one carrier. The same carrier wanted 3x what my homeowners cost last year. Zero claims in 20 years of owning. 
    A good friend of mine pressure washed, cleaned, and recoated his roof (Santa Fe style).  Insurance dropped him after 22 years of no claims because he couldn’t provide a receipt from a contractor ….. mind you many contractors do **** work and this guy is in the trades himself, but they cancelled his policy.

    Maybe your purpose in life is only to serve as an example for others? - LPL


  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 17,890
    Excited for the game tonight but I don’t know if I am ready for another season of Collinsworth. 

     
  • ColbyLang
    ColbyLang Posts: 3,797
    Excited for the game tonight but I don’t know if I am ready for another season of Collinsworth. 

     
    He’s by far the worst in the booth. Brees was better than him and Brees was difficult to listen to
  • zaphod
    zaphod Posts: 265
    Botch said:
    Nothing wakes a person up quite as quickly as wheeling out the lawnmower into the morning sun, and seeing a Black Widow on her web in between the handlebars... 😳  
    bringing it back to the question "OT - what are you doing right now?", I guess your answer would be "scheduling the lawn care for later in the day"
    ~~
    Walk softly, leave a good impression.
    large BGE, vegegrilltarian
  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 17,890
    ColbyLang said:
    Excited for the game tonight but I don’t know if I am ready for another season of Collinsworth. 

     
    He’s by far the worst in the booth. Brees was better than him and Brees was difficult to listen to
    NBC should snag Greg Olsen from Fox and replace Collinsworth. 

  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 16,164
    zaphod said:
    Botch said:
    Nothing wakes a person up quite as quickly as wheeling out the lawnmower into the morning sun, and seeing a Black Widow on her web in between the handlebars... 😳  
    bringing it back to the question "OT - what are you doing right now?", I guess your answer would be "scheduling the lawn care for later in the day"
    Not quite.  Her web was down on the deck of the mower, where the handlebars are bolted on (I'm actually kinda surprised she actually got up on the deck, they normally have their webs attached directly to the floor and then up on a vertical surface).  Having lived in NM for 5 years and UT for 28 (14 of them crawling into Munitions Igloos) I've had a fair share of run-ins with the damn things.  It just wasn't something I was expecting to see early this morning!  She and her egg sack were lifted off with a broom and "swept" into the grass over my fence (and the broom is still out there, for a couple days).  
    ___________

    "When small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set."

    - Lin Yutang


  • zaphod
    zaphod Posts: 265
    i'd be buying a new broom. that might just be me.
    ~~
    Walk softly, leave a good impression.
    large BGE, vegegrilltarian
  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 16,164
    zaphod said:
    i'd be buying a new broom. that might just be me.
    Will be pricing them tomorrow; not just you.   ;)  
    ___________

    "When small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set."

    - Lin Yutang


  • ColbyLang
    ColbyLang Posts: 3,797
    Wired. Nothing like a cortisone shot to let you take a nap but then wake you up at 1am speeding like a junkie
  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 20,383
    ColbyLang said:
    Wired. Nothing like a cortisone shot to let you take a nap but then wake you up at 1am speeding like a junkie
    Time to start disassembling and cleaning your production line like a midnight tweaker.

    Maybe your purpose in life is only to serve as an example for others? - LPL