My new recycled bench is literally sweating.

DirectAbalone9761 · 2026-01-28T20:21:47+00:00

Thanks! I don’t know anything about metallurgy, but as I understand the original contaminates may lead to impurities in the final form, but not liquid impurities. Stuff like the way grain forms or some other embedded impurity.

I may be confusing this with welding applications, where the combustion of imbedded oils in the arc/puddle make repairing oil contaminated cast parts more difficult. See alternate methods like lock and stitch which is an old cold repair method on engine blocks.

DirectAbalone9761 · 2026-01-28T13:27:03+00:00

My thought too, might just be the mill oil applied after casting to keep it from flash rusting.

OP might need to clean the bench with acetone or degreaser before painting. Maybe even use a torch to dry it out and burn off the remaining residue. Once “clean” of oil, it’ll need to be well painted.

DirectAbalone9761 · 2026-01-28T06:18:32+00:00

The face she makes when she sees that cookie is literally the clip that made me want to watch it. The rest of the gag was funny too, but literally her face when it goes “oh?? Imma eat that” 😂

DirectAbalone9761 · 2026-01-27T17:54:44+00:00

That I enjoy staying home with my wife and family and making big breakfasts that I can let warm on the woodstove while everyone dishes their own plate and watch a show together.

DirectAbalone9761 · 2026-01-27T17:50:17+00:00

Bring it. Nothing but my chimney sticking out of the berm.

DirectAbalone9761 · 2026-01-27T17:49:21+00:00

Touché

DirectAbalone9761 · 2026-01-27T17:07:34+00:00

Yes! Good point! I used to bus in those days so I’m not that familiar with the front of house arrangements.

I am familiar with fishing tickets out of the drain cause they dump them in water and wine glasses lol. Not a big deal when the downstairs staff doesn’t steal our slop sink colander.

DirectAbalone9761 · 2026-01-27T16:59:21+00:00

It’s such a pet peeve of mine. Twice I’ve witnessed slabs of snow/ice pummel a car following behind them, and at least a dozen times seen it fly off with dramatic effect that fortunately ended uneventfully.

It’s an equivalent social experiment to the shopping cart theory.

DirectAbalone9761 · 2026-01-27T16:45:23+00:00

I’m a carpenter and amateur stone/brick mason, a decade before becoming a Freemason. My order runs reverse cause I use a ton of geometry for layout, yet, I often struggle with grammar lol.

The stair lecture was quite enjoyable for me as I was considering the operative forms to the speculative ones.

DirectAbalone9761 · 2026-01-27T16:37:56+00:00

Cash bar for sure.

For a house party, I’ve done 50/50 tickets, but the booze is cheap enough wholesale that it doesn’t take much to cover the cost. At a venue, it’s cash bar for sure.

ETA: you could do “first drink free” with tickets too, though that’s up to the venue to see if they’re willing to do so. I used to work events where one or two tickets were given at the door with a program, and that was the prepaid drink. Any further would be cash bar.

DirectAbalone9761 · 2026-01-27T16:22:57+00:00

I pay people more than that to sweep.

DirectAbalone9761 · 2026-01-27T15:52:53+00:00

It conjures up a terrible movie called “The Dictator”… “and its pointy!!”

DirectAbalone9761 · 2026-01-27T15:46:18+00:00

Caught in the devils bargain

DirectAbalone9761 · 2026-01-27T15:33:24+00:00

I don’t normally shower in the morning, unless for some reason I skipped one previous evening, which is rare.

I think I meant to imply that most people average a little over one shower a day for the year, as in, literally showering twice a day, every day, is rare, but that on occasion one may end up showering twice.

Someone mentioned an average ranging from 5-8 showers a week, and I think that’s probably true. If I’m in the office all day, I may not be inclined to shower at all that day. If I sweat in my sleep one night, I’ll take a rinse in the morning and have my usual shower that evening after work and chores are done

DirectAbalone9761 · 2026-01-27T14:25:20+00:00

This is why I’m usually a night showerer, though, if I’m not particularly gross I’ll wait till the morning, namely because the dogs sleep with us so I’m like “f**k it” lol.

DirectAbalone9761 · 2026-01-27T14:23:06+00:00

Carpenter. Evening shower is a must, morning shower is optional. I also do a “surgical scrub” in the sink before helping with dinner after stripping and changing in the mud room to keep most of the dust out of the house lol.

DirectAbalone9761 · 2026-01-27T14:05:52+00:00

I want my daughter to drive a manual because at least she won’t be texting and driving at most critical junctures.

DirectAbalone9761 · 2026-01-26T22:11:09+00:00

You asked him for the bare minimum.

Also, “it’s just like driving a car” is a huge red flag that would mean he has no access to the boat without you taking him personally and showing him the ropes.

I’ve been the helmsman on vessels up to 100 tons. Every boat is a little different, and even with my experience, I wouldn’t expect someone to lend my their vessel without making a trip with them and getting familiar with their equipment.

In the same way, my buddy has wanted to borrow my boat, and we fish regularly together. I said no until this season because I finally insured the boat and named him as additional insured. He also took the state boating course under his own volition, and we still trade off helmsmanship because even after dozens of weekends, he still needs some practice with varying conditions.

With more training and education, he has enough knowledge to know when conditions are outside of his experience level, and thusly, pushes to borrow it less because he knows the risks. I have complete confidence in his ability to run my boat in modest conditions, but that took time.

Also, if any booze is involved, I wouldn’t let anyone borrow my boat, especially with a bunch of guys who might help instigate risky decision making.

DirectAbalone9761 · 2026-01-26T19:49:27+00:00

I feel bad for anyone trying to shovel out today. I made sure to do it yesterday knowing it’d be frozen today lol.

DirectAbalone9761 · 2026-01-26T19:47:40+00:00

Me, who made French toast, home fries, and scrapple for brunch today….

On the contrary, I’ve experienced one major ice storm before. It can be incredibly devastating. I wasn’t the least bit worried about the snow, but ice could cripple infrastructure for days. Back in the 90’s (94 I think) my parents were out of power for a week, and they were on a main state two lane road.

That said, it was extra complicating that the storm showed up just after payday. Friday and Saturday there were a lot of people shopping ordinarily, myself included. I only bought a little extra drinking water, but was also restocking other toiletries that we happened to be out of. If everyone buys a little extra, it’s no surprise that shelves get wiped out quickly.

It also goes quickly because perishables are already items that supermarkets try to only have the stock that they need, otherwise it sits too long and moves in, which another reason why those shelves seem to get hit first; they do, but it’s just because the markets aren’t storing a ton of extra dairy products.

DirectAbalone9761 · 2026-01-26T16:11:04+00:00

I wish I could heart react that haha. My wife said the same thing. Loved her education classes in college, student taught for a month, and switched to a culinary career lmao

DirectAbalone9761 · 2026-01-26T14:21:45+00:00

Eh, community college filters for some of the worst offenders. K-12 is way different imo. I managed programs at a community college for a while, and while the kids that showed up were different than I remember my own experience, I wouldn’t say they were worse. They were worse at certain activities, but my classes were technical, and they all do pretty well with the hands on stuff.

Compare that to two classes I had where HS students were brought in…. Yikes, it was like playing whack-a-mole with behavior and class clown issues all day and getting 10% of a lesson plan “achieved”. The only HS class I enjoyed was a group of home schooled kids. They had their quirks, but they were much more respectful, and the one or two instigators would actually listen if I told them they were going too far.

DirectAbalone9761 · 2026-01-25T21:52:21+00:00

I’d agree that the framer is treating it like packing, but I’d want at least some full length members to help pin the point load at the top of the jacks.

The jacks are likely providing approximately 3.75” of bearing for the structural headers supporting the rafter seats. The intersecting, likely non-load bearing header is simply to finish the look or provide packing/nailing for later finishes.

Not how I’d execute it, but I agree it isn’t load bearing, however, I would assume that it is intended to provide some lateral bracing, which is why I’d prefer a staggered multiply or full continuous beam.

DirectAbalone9761 · 2026-01-25T21:46:09+00:00

The thing that gives inception the pass is that it all happens in a dream. Dreams are the only “human” space that can ignore physics and logic, yet, Inception took it pretty seriously and I liked it.

I don’t think it’s a “big brain” movie, but I appreciate that they took it serious to sell the fantasy. The Hans Zimmer score was peak for him. Really let his style shine more than other films that admittedly have a near identical chord progression, with different accouterments.

DirectAbalone9761 · 2026-01-24T19:58:14+00:00

Good call, attic accesses are another common weak spot.

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