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12-11-20, 11:25 AM
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Originally Posted by woodcraft
Then there's this thing- I got it out of a dumpster years ago, and finally figured out that it is a ...
oh wait, I still don't know what it is.
oh wait, I still don't know what it is.
12-11-20, 11:28 AM
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Originally Posted by tntyz
Ctrl+ to increase. Ctrl- (that's a minus sign) to decrease. Ctrl0 (zero) to reset to 100%
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Originally Posted by woodcraft
Then there's this thing- I got it out of a dumpster years ago, and finally figured out that it is a ...
oh wait, I still don't know what it is.
oh wait, I still don't know what it is.
12-11-20, 02:18 PM
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The firm pads rotate- no bearings, & the spring-loaded lever changes the space between the pads from ~2.5mm to 4.5mm.
The whole thing is heavy, over 2 lbs.
The whole thing is heavy, over 2 lbs.
12-13-20, 07:56 PM
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Originally Posted by jaxgtr
If you have a caulk gun with a little hole in the handle like this one, you can use that to cut the tube of caulk, thus you dont need a knife to open the caulk....
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Originally Posted by woodcraft
The firm pads rotate- no bearings, & the spring-loaded lever changes the space between the pads from ~2.5mm to 4.5mm.
The whole thing is heavy, over 2 lbs.
The whole thing is heavy, over 2 lbs.
Not for the first time...
12-14-20, 12:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Reynolds
So I was totally wrong!
Not for the first time...
Not for the first time...
It was a good guess. Somebody must know what this thing does!
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Originally Posted by locolobo13
25 yrs ago before we were on the internet at work part of the SOP for installing workstations was removing minesweeper, free cell and other games. Can't have people goofing off on the job! Of course people just brought their own from home and installed them. 
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Originally Posted by AEO
you should learn to embrace change, and mock it's failings every step of the way.
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Originally Posted by woodcraft
The firm pads rotate- no bearings, & the spring-loaded lever changes the space between the pads from ~2.5mm to 4.5mm.
The whole thing is heavy, over 2 lbs.
The whole thing is heavy, over 2 lbs.
12-16-20, 12:50 PM
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TIL that the pull tab on a zipper, when pushed down flat onto the zipper after zipping up (like on a pair of pants), will stop the zipper from opening under pressure. A particular pair of pants I had, that were maybe 1 size too small, kept opening up on me and my wife said to make sure the tab was down, and I called bull***** on her, only to find out it's true, it only took 48 years of pants wearing to learn this.
12-17-20, 01:20 AM
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Originally Posted by jaxgtr
All the things you can do with a 14-1 painters tool is mind blowing....my Mom was a single parent of 3 and learned and taught the 3 kids many skills when we were young and one of the things she passed along was make sure you have this tool in your box.
12-17-20, 05:01 PM
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I was impressed when I learned about the "keeper" tab on aluminum foil and other rolls.
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12-17-20, 09:00 PM
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I've been using pipe vice stands like this since the '70s and could never figure out what the screw in the top was for.
Some time in the last couple of years I found out that it is used with a cut piece of pipe to brace the stand off the ceiling.
Some time in the last couple of years I found out that it is used with a cut piece of pipe to brace the stand off the ceiling.
12-17-20, 09:36 PM
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Originally Posted by jaxgtr
Yea...been there...I had several games that ran inside Excel so if they did a scan, it came up as using Excel...
12-17-20, 11:17 PM
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I'm still trying to figure out this doodad on my Spin Doctor multi tool. No luck checking their website.
12-17-20, 11:36 PM
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Originally Posted by canklecat
I'm still trying to figure out this doodad on my Spin Doctor multi tool. No luck checking their website.
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My father was a DI in WWII, so I grew up with these cartoons...
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12-19-20, 08:07 PM
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Not bicycle related but I just recently learned about this one...
Gas tank indicator arrow :
Beside the gas pump icon, on your dashboard, there is an arrow that indicates which side of the vehicle the gas tank is on. Handy to know if you rent a lot of different cars!
Gas tank indicator arrow :
Beside the gas pump icon, on your dashboard, there is an arrow that indicates which side of the vehicle the gas tank is on. Handy to know if you rent a lot of different cars!
12-22-20, 07:56 AM
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I was 67 years old before I found out that riding a recumbent was far nicer than riding ass hatchet DF bikes.
12-22-20, 05:43 PM
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Originally Posted by rydabent
I was 67 years old before I found out that riding a recumbent was far nicer than riding ass hatchet DF bikes.
12-23-20, 09:54 AM
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Originally Posted by JWK
You never stop, do you? It's almost funny.
12-23-20, 11:47 AM
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Originally Posted by downtube42
I guess I was 40 years old, mindlessly pumping gas in my car at a Shell station, when I realized their logo is actually a shell. Not really a useful thing, other than to confirm my wife is correct in that I'm clueless.
On a related note, when I was about 4 yrs old, I had one of those thick carton folding 'book' for kids with big picture on each 'page' and one of them was town square with shops that had signs above the entrance marking what that particular shop was selling. One had sign that said 'MEAT' and looking at it one day, I suddenly connected the individual letters sounds together and I read my first word ever. I learned to read fast after that. Actually it wasn't in English as I was born in what was then Czechoslovakia and the spelling was more 'learning to read friendly', that is, not like English spelling which is mostly different from how you pronounce the letters when you speak.
That universal painters tool has one function not listed on that website. If you sink drywall nail too deep, or in our modern times, the drywall screw went in a bit deep and broke the paper, creating a burr around the screw head, or more often, when the screw didn't catch and you removed it, leaving empty hole, you then use the handle end of that painters tool (it has that metal cap with nice rounded corners) to press in the hole edges so that your broad knife doesn't bump over them when you are applying thin coating to fill them in.
Sometimes when I painted for other people, they were asking about my brush/roller spinner tool and were gaping when I showed them what it is for.
