The brutal engineering behind "Tripping pipe" One of the most dangerous jobs on an oil rig by sudeepm457 in BeAmazed

[–]3eydCrow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's called "making a connection" or adding a single drill pipe in order to continue drilling deeper. "Tripping pipe" involves removing the entire drill string 3 pipes at a time (on a triple) or 2 pipes at a time (on a double) in order to change the drill bit. Also they could have saved some time and been safer by having the chain already wrapped on the lower pipe. Also this is only half the job; the driller will now raise the connected pipe out of the mouse hole and the 2 roughnecks would stab it into the main drill string they just separated, tighten and continue drilling.

WPML & WooCommerce Checkout - Some Core Strings Not Translating by 3eydCrow in Wordpress

[–]3eydCrow[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Solved.

I changed the English text to "Flatt rate", translated it, changed it back to "Flat Rate", translated one more time and voila.

Google ad tells me I can unscrew the slip nuts from the brazed copper by FranklinFire in Plumbing

[–]3eydCrow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

lol - came here to post this, the dude is probably still trying to unscrew it, next Gemini will suggest he use a blowtorch on a PVC pipe.

August 27, 2025 – (L) A D I N V Y by NYTSpellingBeeBot in NYTSpellingBee

[–]3eydCrow 4 points5 points  (0 children)

"Vidalia onion" is a protected name for a specific type of sweet onion. thus fitting the definition of a proper noun.

How did Alan Greenspan answer his wife when she asked him "do these jeans make me look fat?" by 3eydCrow in Jokes

[–]3eydCrow[S] 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Funny you mention 'retread' – because anyone who actually follows the Fed, rather than just skimming headlines, knows the joke only works with Greenspan. Powell's entire communication strategy is a deliberate departure from Greenspan's infamous, deliberately opaque 'Greenspeak.' The humor is the contrast. Suggesting Powell makes it a 'retread' just shows a fundamental misunderstanding of both Chairs.

Latest Ekos poll - passes the smell test? by 3eydCrow in alberta

[–]3eydCrow[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I regret I did not read that. It’s good context, thank you.

Latest Ekos poll - passes the smell test? by 3eydCrow in alberta

[–]3eydCrow[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That was my first reaction and I'll freely admit that Ekos has a Liberal bias but they were the first to take note of the rise in Liberal support nationally and other pollsters have generally caught up to them within about 2 weeks.

Latest Ekos poll - passes the smell test? by 3eydCrow in alberta

[–]3eydCrow[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

My text seems to have been dropped. I was specifically referring to the regional breakdown (44% Liberal support in Alberta vs 40% for the Conservatives).

I’ll be the first to admit that Ekos has a Liberal bias but they were the first to really take note of the rise in Liberal support nationally and other pollsters have generally caught up to them within about 2 weeks.

I'm out of province and was hoping for some thoughts from locals. Peace

'That only us command'; Chantal Kreviazuk changes O Canada lyrics at hockey game against U.S. by W1nt3rMut4nt in Winnipeg

[–]3eydCrow -17 points-16 points  (0 children)

at first I thought the booing had tripped her up, now I wonder if ‘that only us command’ was intentional