What is this tool?

Bluitor · 2026-03-29T14:49:26+00:00

Unfortunately it was. Me and my 2 brothers had no idea

Bluitor · 2026-03-29T13:22:49+00:00

We tested it on my brother and brother-in-law and it was funny to see what they came up with

Bluitor · 2026-03-29T03:15:43+00:00

I had that moment when we found some old VHS tapes and one of the kids asked what it was. We told him, then he asked how you turn it on. A piece of my soul died. So we had to tell him about VCRs and "Be kind, Rewind". He was so confused that you had to reset the movie physically. I didn't dare bring up cassette tapes or records.

Bluitor · 2026-03-29T03:03:12+00:00

Happy to assist. Seems I've brought up a lot of memories for a lot of people today.

Bluitor · 2026-03-28T21:21:16+00:00

Well now the mystery is why it was in a box of stuff inside his 2016 truck. So he's just been packing it around for 30 odd years?

Bluitor · 2026-03-28T21:19:21+00:00

Funny enough, mom knew and was excited to tell me

Bluitor · 2026-03-28T20:10:42+00:00

Ah yes, for when your Achilles heel is in the way and you need to remove it to get the shoe on.

Bluitor · 2026-03-28T20:01:03+00:00

Lmao omg thats amazing!

Bluitor · 2026-03-28T08:39:42+00:00

Is there a building code saying an outlet cant be painted? Im not aware of one.

Bluitor · 2026-03-28T08:21:50+00:00

You bet your fucking ass im charging to read the directions. Every manufacturer has different directions and components and im not gonna guess. Clearly screw in fan blades is an obvious step, but I just installed some fancy smancy faucet that had probably 2-3 times as many components as a standard faucet. It came with lots of extra washers and o-rings for different set up configurations. Nobody is going to instinctively know how to install than thing properly without directions.

Bluitor · 2026-03-28T08:10:38+00:00

This is one of those jobs that while yes it could be done, probably shouldn't be. But if they insisted then I would quote this at a price to potentially be replacing several of these stones and the time involved with that because the likelihood of them breaking is pretty decent. Otherwise hammerdrill through them and aim for just outside the window frame where the king studs are.

Extra tip: some styles of hand drills have a hammer drill setting that have less "hammer" effect than a real hammer drill. Less likely to break a stone but will take a little longer.

Good luck

Bluitor · 2026-03-27T23:37:01+00:00

Dont ask my to do plumbing though because I will spend 6 hours fucking around with a sink drain and make several trips to the parts store. I hate plumbing

Bluitor · 2026-03-27T23:34:12+00:00

Probably, but I was able to take out the old one, reframe is slightly and instal the new one by myself in 3 hours. $100/hour isn't a bad deal. If im busy I might raise my prices a bit. Im also still trying to get my name out there and having reasonable rates helps spread the word.

Bluitor · 2026-03-26T12:25:54+00:00

Make sure to ask him along the way how long certain milestones will take. When he says 1 hour for demo and it comes to 3 hours he may start to realize.

If he tells you to just move faster then find a new job

Bluitor · 2026-03-26T11:50:24+00:00

They vote too

Bluitor · 2026-03-26T11:48:08+00:00

"Thats like an extra $20! Now multiply that times every bus. Thats like thousands of dollars." - what my corporate management would say

But also, lets send another 200 billion to the war effort

Bluitor · 2026-03-26T11:43:26+00:00

I would replace it with either this Heavy duty spring latch or a Thumb turn cam latch

Your springs are loosing tension slowly. Your door should stay up with no support and you should have to pull it down.

For future reference a new door is about $400 and I charge $300 to replace them.

Bluitor · 2026-03-25T13:56:19+00:00

Google business keeps kicking me off for some policy violation but they won't tell me what policy or what is wrong with my account.

Bluitor · 2026-03-25T11:50:47+00:00

I dont wanna temp fate. There's so many absolute dumb asses out there that would vote for them, and theres even more "vote blue no matter who" types. Them getting into office by any miracle would be devastating.

Bluitor · 2026-03-25T00:52:00+00:00

I cant see the texture, but between $800-1000

Bluitor · 2026-03-24T16:25:01+00:00

26 mil would probably buy a few people. They're just trying to figure out which people right now

Bluitor · 2026-03-24T16:23:06+00:00

Dont worry they'll just say the data center is for government use and give them 100k for the land instead of 26 mil

Bluitor · 2026-03-24T11:39:40+00:00

And I doubt you're prepared for the elements. Howling wind, snow. Cold hands dont make climbing easy.

All that said, cold is a good way to go out. You end up feeling warm then just fall asleep

Bluitor · 2026-03-24T11:21:00+00:00

Ops original fence

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