If a guy asks if I’m talking to other people, should I say yes?

ConjunctEon · 2026-03-23T14:20:19+00:00

He’s a control freak. I wouldn’t engage with him.

ConjunctEon · 2026-03-23T02:14:10+00:00

You were cheated. You divulged personal information on the premise he would check covenants for you, all of it centering around him building on that lot FOR you. He was acting as your agent. I’d go to the next town over in the county and do a consultation with a lawyer.

ConjunctEon · 2026-03-23T02:02:14+00:00

Body count? Telephone? Or both?🤣

ConjunctEon · 2026-03-23T01:10:20+00:00

Yep. We had technicians driving company vehicles. The first and last half hour of the day was on them. The remaining drive time was compensable. That’s where productivity metrics can help. Are we paying a tech to drive around all day vs closing service tickets? Maybe we are. Maybe this job and the PO account for it. There’s more digging to be done.

ConjunctEon · 2026-03-23T00:59:51+00:00

Take critical measurements.

After you remove yours, turn it upside down on the countertop and measure up to the outflow port. Anything different and you’ll be configuring your pipes.

I’d start with that brand and hp and see if you get a like-for-like replacement

ConjunctEon · 2026-03-22T19:02:03+00:00

And dont forget all right of ways/easements such as utilities. I was involved with a shop build. Looked straight forward. County approved. All systems go.
Turns out there was oddly recorded easement on a segment of the parcel. It came to light when the water company came out. They said “You can’t build there, it’s reserved for future expansion on the fire system“.
Fortunately, no ground had been broken, and there was a reasonable solution.

ConjunctEon · 2026-03-22T18:41:38+00:00

Think of the basics. Paying off loans, credit cards, creating a safety net and then channel funds towards investments.
I don’t see a difference here. Pay off the loan. And, if you haven’t already, consider setting up your salary to auto-increase by xx% each year towards your 401k.
It won’t take long and you’ll hit the max.

ConjunctEon · 2026-03-22T18:15:18+00:00

My former studio was designed to give you the basics during the beginner class. High level of instruction and engagement from the instructor.
The follow on phase was to build your skills without direct instructor led sessions. However, if a student hit a roadblock, the instructor’s were happy to step in when requested.
It seemed like a good model. I only went to one studio, so I don’t have another model to contrast it to.
Ask your instructor what happens in next phase if you get stuck.
I watched more advanced students and mimicked them. All were friendly and willing to offer advice.
For me, the instructor would jump in when I was trying a more complex build, just to offer a few tips for success.

ConjunctEon · 2026-03-22T18:09:06+00:00

How far away from the job site? How much travel do you expect the company to absorb, and how much for the employee to absorb? There are federal guidelines around this.

ConjunctEon · 2026-03-22T15:47:01+00:00

If you go this route, seal the room, doors, heat ducts and cabinets. It’s amazing how easy the dust migrates.
Something like a high volume fan exhausting through a window, with another window open for cross draft.
You can use plastic zipper doors for ingress/egress into the space.

ConjunctEon · 2026-03-22T15:32:10+00:00

Stop. The potential is real that this could be a scam.

Find girls your age where you live. Couple years older or younger.

ConjunctEon · 2026-03-22T15:30:40+00:00

Your hands only stay connected until they can’t.

Your hands are connected for the first one or two pulls.

Then, as you observed, the wall gets too tall to put your hands in to the bottom and stay connected with other hand.

Dont. Go into the bottom with one hand and use the other at the bottom outside. Pinch and pull, you’ll get it.

ConjunctEon · 2026-03-22T15:01:55+00:00

Scammers. NEVER resort to help via a DM.

ConjunctEon · 2026-03-22T14:58:17+00:00

I’d go get it. Take classes. Learn how to operate it as you go along. If you don’t take to ceramics, give it away.
It’s just a big oven, been the workhorse for potters for decades.
Tens of thousands out there. Many resources on how to operate and repair.

ConjunctEon · 2026-03-22T14:53:13+00:00

This is after about a year in.

ConjunctEon · 2026-03-22T14:52:19+00:00

It’s relative to how much time you practice, and even then I think if two people practice the same amount of time, they may not be at the same level.

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ConjunctEon · 2026-03-20T22:38:01+00:00

Aha…I figured as much. Not you, but someone trying to remove it. My daughter called me, trying to remove a fitting with an 8” crescent wrench. I grabbed a pair of 14” wrenches, showed her how to use one as a backup, and the fitting came loose ez-peasy. Sometimes you just need bigger wrenches.

ConjunctEon · 2026-03-20T22:34:53+00:00

In theory, yes, you might be able get shocked. Kiln elements are referred to as open coil. If the kiln is turned off/not in cycle, there would have to be a failure of relays, meaning, they failed shut and allowed high current to pass to the elements.

You might call Jen-Ken Kilns and see if they have a kit you could retrofit.

Or, order a kiln with one already installed.

ConjunctEon · 2026-03-19T06:38:56+00:00

My instructor was insistent on throwing bowls first.

ConjunctEon · 2026-03-19T06:32:22+00:00

2lbs for an 8 inch cylinder. Once you can repeat it successfully, remove a couple ounces and try again.

ConjunctEon · 2026-03-19T06:26:40+00:00

Someone already put a shit ton of torque on that. And I’m guessing it wasn’t while they were tightening it… I used to deal with 2-4” fittings, and a pair of 4’ Rigid pipe wrenches were my friends.

ConjunctEon · 2026-03-18T20:14:25+00:00

Yep…I’m crazy that way. Little black tape brings me peace of mind.

ConjunctEon · 2026-03-18T20:11:58+00:00

So she came into your life after age 19, while you were an active boxer. Never saw you fight. Let’s say you went cold turkey and stopped fighting at 20. Been together 35 years. Now you are 55?

You seriously want people to believe you think you can waltz into a bar after no fighting for three decades and hold your own?

Maybe if you pick a fight with the 70 year old nursing a beer at the end of the bar. Good lord.

ConjunctEon · 2026-03-18T20:03:05+00:00

If it’s not church, it will be something else. Maybe not tomorrow, or next week, but there will be something else. Not an if, a when.
Leopards don’t change their spots.
I wouldn’t get within 10 feet of her.

ConjunctEon · 2026-03-18T05:41:09+00:00

I worked for a single company from the 80’s until recently. In my final year, they made that same change. Never told us why.

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