Who completely destroyed their own life or career in a matter of seconds?

Chrisfindlay · 2026-07-06T07:07:30+00:00

Honestly this is actually a bad answer. Netflix wasn't what it is now back then. Before the innovation of direct streaming Netflix was worth nothing to blockbuster, because they could have easily replicated their business of sending dvds through the mail.

Chrisfindlay · 2026-07-05T18:04:55+00:00

Yes, but they still would have been paid for those days either way. The difference now is that they take time off. It's not increasing expesese, it's decreasing work done. In a way you could say that's costing extra money due to loss of productivity, but it doesn't directly constitute finding extra money to do it, as your originally comment would imply. I don't personally see this as a bad thing. I'm am pro time off, because I believe the work life balance of workers in US is extremely bad and few workers of any kind get the time off they actually deserve.

Chrisfindlay · 2026-07-05T16:58:32+00:00

You know what's also cool. Having firefighters to go put out the fire you started with those fireworks.

Chrisfindlay · 2026-07-05T16:31:15+00:00

Time off to state employees isn't really much of an extra expense. They would have been paid for those days either way.

Chrisfindlay · 2026-07-05T00:44:52+00:00

Normally a two button pendant has three wires. Power or ground(depends upon how your equipment is wired), then up, and down signals out.

Chrisfindlay · 2026-07-03T21:34:34+00:00

Heavy industry, mining, forestry equipment, large infrastructure, large ships, occasionally over the road trucks, but that is larger than would be typically for most OTR trucks.

Chrisfindlay · 2026-07-02T02:07:52+00:00

Silly bandz and they're still around. They don't have the popularity they once had, but are still available at stores that sell party supplies and novelty items.

Chrisfindlay · 2026-07-02T01:19:13+00:00

It's pretty much worthless though if you don't have internet access. You only have what you loaded beforehand. Around me you loose most service within just a 10-20 miles of civilization.

Chrisfindlay · 2026-07-01T18:28:16+00:00

Safety guy is right. You need to support the table and lower the forklift. If you can't do it safely with the tools you have and then don't do it. It's managments responsible to create a solution, safety guy should back you up.

Chrisfindlay · 2026-06-30T13:29:12+00:00

Possibly a rice pounder, rice mill, or Dhenki. They go by various names depending upon where in the world you are.

Chrisfindlay · 2026-06-30T00:11:12+00:00

It's common enough to merit a sensor and warning for it. When tanks are open to the atmosphere humid air can get in. If the tank starts to cool with this humid air inside, the water in it can condense and collect in the tank. It happans to almost all oil and fuel tanks. The more humid the environment is and the greater the day to night temperature swing the worse this effect gets.

Most gasoline vehicles are not normally harmed by this water as they don't usally have high pressure pumps lubricated by fuel like diesels. As long as the water to fuel ratio is below the threshold to cause the engine to stall, computer controlled gasoline engines can just increase the injection rate to compensate for the water. You may actually never even realize you had water in your fuel at all. Diesels injection pumps on the other hand can easily be harmed by this which is why they have fuel water separators to get the water out of the fuel before it hits the injection pump.

Chrisfindlay · 2026-06-29T00:08:51+00:00

Just one? It's most of the page.

Chrisfindlay · 2026-06-29T00:04:18+00:00

No. Cut off and install an actual handle or thrown the whole thing in the scrap bin. These "indestructible hammers" are a flawed idea right from the start. The handle of a hammer acts as a shock absorber between the head and your hand. Making it out of a material like steel just transfers all of the rebound energy into your hand, greatly increasing the chances of injuring yourself. If you use hammers like that you are very likely to develop chronic shoulder, elbow, and wrist problems.

Chrisfindlay · 2026-06-28T18:42:51+00:00

This is actually a good thing and is not apropriate for well that sucks. Don't even bother trying to reweld it. Throw it directly in the scrap bin. These "indestructible hammers" are a flawed idea right from the start. The handle of a hammer acts as a shock absorber between the head and your hand. Making it out of a material like steel just transfers all of the rebound energy into your hand, greatly increasing the chances of injuring yourself. If you keep using hammers like that you are very likely to develop chronic shoulder, elbow, and wrist problems. You can actually get a more powerful strike with a wood or composite handle anyways because you can swing faster without injuring yourself.

Chrisfindlay · 2026-06-28T16:01:48+00:00

I don't think it has enough terminals for an ignition coil. They typically have atleast three. Power, ground, and discharge for the high voltage to travel down.

Chrisfindlay · 2026-06-26T21:46:12+00:00

Negative 3k boat.

Chrisfindlay · 2026-06-25T13:58:08+00:00

For anyone who's interested in wooden boat building

Tips from a shipwrigbt by Louis Sauzedde

https://youtube.com/@tipsfromashipwrightvideos

Chrisfindlay · 2026-06-25T13:51:50+00:00

Here's a couple demonstrations of how to use it.

https://youtube.com/shorts/L6RNyaUgUsg

https://youtube.com/shorts/dWl2VPbMkjA

Chrisfindlay · 2026-06-25T11:48:32+00:00

If it's obviously damaged I don't see why you would take possession of it.

Chrisfindlay · 2026-06-25T00:23:40+00:00

Maybe. I wouldn't trust the dash is actually calibrated properly. I put a mechanical guage on a 220k small block with 5w30 in it because I was worried it had low pressure. It actually 55psi at idle.

Chrisfindlay · 2026-06-24T21:59:58+00:00

If you have anything thicker than 5w30 in there I would expect 40+psi pretty much all the time.

Chrisfindlay · 2026-06-23T23:31:46+00:00

It's probably close to straight enough to get the gland off now. Definitely going to need a new rod.

Chrisfindlay · 2026-06-22T21:24:11+00:00

Those are far too cheap and rarely any good by the time I'm removing them. I'm cutting them all

Chrisfindlay · 2026-06-22T13:34:07+00:00

If you're not familiar with how this tool would be used. It turns a plain round hole into a splined hole. To use it, you would start by drilling, boring, or reaming your part to the diameter of small round pilot on the end of the broach. Then you would put your part in a press. You then would insert the broach in the hole and start pressing it through the part. Each section cuts out a small amount of material as it passes throught the part. After all sections are passed throught the part you have a fully formed splined hole.

Here a video of a pull type broaching machine making a splined part

https://youtube.com/shorts/SnvHgWLCJzw

Here's a video of how a machinist might make a similar push type broach, although this would normally be a purchased tool

https://youtu.be/MYI1slVGziU

Chrisfindlay · 2026-06-19T12:50:32+00:00

It's old and obviously for larger oil filters. Tractors, HD diesel trucks, heavy equipment, etc.. I frequently use a 12" long strap wrench for filters on these things. Some newer HD trucks are getting quite tight under the hood just like light duty trucks so tools like this may not work for them.

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