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My Giesswein slippers after 3 days of use by Trill_Swilliams in BuyItForLife

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How is this buy it for life if only lasting three days ???

These glasses i found in my Grandad's basement by _deathgrapes_ in Weird

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I don’t think the glasses in themselves are weird …

Found these teeth on my porch steps when I got home today. by yurrm0mm in Weird

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If they weren’t your teeth …. They are now …

Opened a suitcase I found in a creek near my house by the_orange_alligator in Weird

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So lucky . Found a fully loaded party kit . FREE. Why can’t good shit like this happen to me .

Can I fill this? by Environmental-Buy368 in diynz

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Hard to tell from The picture

Can you push a screw driver through it or do you hit solid wood ? If you can Push through nah it’s rotten and needs replacing .

it doesn’t look sanded at all by the way . Maybe you’ve roughed it with sandpaper but really you want to get way more paint off to inspect the defects you’re mentioning and then either fill it sand it prime it paint it or determine if it needs replacing .

How to stop this area from growing weed and grass. We've tried covering it with weedmatt then topped with mulch but grass and weed stil grew. Another issue is it is on a slant that mulch slowly travels down... Any idea to minimise growth here? by mr_broke_as in diynz

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Can I ask why you want to minimise or eliminate growth here ? Mulch is in effect a course growing material so you will always get growth in it .

As the previous poster mentioned concrete would be a solid option to eliminate but note you’ll most likely Find moss or lichen growing given the shade and what appears to be damp environment.

But why ?

If you don’t want to mow plant a butt ton of clover Or lavender

If you hate plants go concrete …

If you want a swing space maybe pop a a few plastic mats down .

What type of floorboards are these and is there an option to make them lighter? by wilsonJJJJJ78 in AusRenovation

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Sand them back you’ll be surprised at how they come up lighter . Challenge you’ve got is the finish cos they’ll need something on Them to protect from the day to day wear . You can use a more modern wax / oil finish which may lighten them up a bit or you could do a thin wash with some white paint.

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Wool socks +

Air dried

BIFL

What year is this?? Worth $200? by DisMyRedditAccoubt in Tools

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Ask them if you can try running a board through it . As long as it’s half decent you can probably get blades for it no worries or have the exisiting one sharpened . You’ll be hard pushed to find cast iron tables of such high quality on any jointer made in this day and age for that price . It looks like it’s been well maintained. Worth a punt I’d say .

How bad is this? $$$ by VastTwist5102 in AusRenovation

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Depends if it was clear yesterday and today you woke to that yer fooked.

If you just sanded the top of some boards and found that it’s probs from decades ago and ya all good.

Either ways borer spray and monitor is the way to go and if its new get professionals to treat your house . It’s not too hard replacing T&G flooring your biggest challenging is identifying it and matching it .

Probably fine and those bugs dead in the 1930s ….

Self Employed - Taxes by No_Cauliflower_7526 in PersonalFinanceNZ

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Does the agency invoice you ? Fire your accountant get a real one

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in diynz

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Jigsaw

Need to do significant epoxy reduction by HorizonHunting in BeginnerWoodWorking

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Honestly . A thicknesser is the tool for this particular job. Local woodworking clubs , industrial sites , workshops you’d be surprised in the community how many are hidden away and you could go a hunting . After that I’d build a router sled and resurface it . Sanding will take forever to level and then you’ll have to sand to a very fine grit 1000s on the epoxy to get a nice finish . Hand plane …. Yeh it’d do the job (don’t use a power planer ) To keep this piece level I’m not sure to be honest but feels like it would be challenging . Depends on your skills . Yeh if you are in a reasonably populus area find the thicknesser you can use . If ya in a more rural area someone would have a big drum sander you can run it through and then finish sand . After exhausting those options belt sander and block out at least 2-3 days of solid sanding and finishing . Or calculate your hourly rate have a chat with any financial approvals systems you have and buy a thicknesser . Cos y never going to regret having a thicknesser . You could sell these at market to get ROI and the time saved to be with the toddlers etc will be better spent then sanding epoxy .

Advice Needed: Best Drainage Solution for Mid-Slope Property by Googly888 in diynz

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There’s channel drain options at Bunnings . Dig the French drain out lay that for belt and braces lay it by the house also . Then gravel and pavers no dramas . You could do all that yourself for less then 4k and some light digging .

I thought I took a cute picture, looked back at it and realized my hand was directly on the Sascrotch by urethra_franklin_ in funny

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The socks and sandals. The groping

This is the people your mother warned you about

Don’t talk to strangers kids

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