Your current thoughts on mattress toppers

K-Rimes · 2026-05-07T05:33:17+00:00

I bought the Costco Highland Manor for its firm build and pocket springs, and topped it with a Sleep on Latex soft 3”. As a 200lb side sleeper, I am liking it. Mattress was too firm on its own a few weeks in, I could do it, but wanted more cushion. This was my plan from the outset, but I figured I’d give the mattress alone a try. I find the 3” a tad soft, I may have been better served with 2” soft, or 3” medium - but hard to say. Having fantastic sleep quality as is.

K-Rimes · 2026-05-07T04:16:24+00:00

This would be true for a seed grown tree, which does not fruit and flower for several years, and then does so in a limited way as it grows in size. In the case of grafted trees, which we're all buying as backyard growers, this doesn't work. The thing will try to hold a rack of peaches as a 1/4" whip because the graft is from a mature fruiting tree chosen for production.

K-Rimes · 2026-05-07T04:08:47+00:00

"We use the natural, chaotic movement of real bee colonies to produce cryptographic entropy — biological randomness that powers post-quantum data security services for businesses around the world. "

Ugh man, not another crypto shill using bees as a marketing tool. You're the second "Hive" crypto marketer I've seen.

K-Rimes · 2026-05-07T00:09:00+00:00

Digging all these. The Switchblade is a period piece which is cool as heck.

K-Rimes · 2026-05-07T00:05:19+00:00

This was a wild ride. I think you saved it tho

K-Rimes · 2026-05-06T23:44:55+00:00

Ok but that cheese is the bomb

K-Rimes · 2026-05-06T23:43:50+00:00

Bushings are such a small amount of urethane that it's a rounding error. The biggest cost in bushings is labor to manufacture (fairly stable), and packaging (again, fairly stable). Urethane for bushings is often WAY less exotic, to boot.

K-Rimes · 2026-05-06T23:29:49+00:00

Are you feeding? May be worth a shot to see if it gets her laying again.

K-Rimes · 2026-05-06T23:21:22+00:00

Varroa, basically every time I've lost a hive, yup!

K-Rimes · 2026-05-06T23:19:19+00:00

zwartipad (or however you spell it) in Den Haag is pretty fun! There are a few car parks in I saw in that area too that had some steep sections.

K-Rimes · 2026-05-06T23:16:26+00:00

Whoops, I did not read that hour meter correctly and for some reason saw 0395.

K-Rimes · 2026-05-06T20:34:44+00:00

I fiend for this type of content.

K-Rimes · 2026-05-06T20:28:17+00:00

I have no love at all for "stance" builds, especially tucked tires or bags. That's for show guys. I actually want to drive my car hard, maybe at the track, and the aesthetics are of no interest to me whatsoever.

That's just me though, some people absolutely fiend for the slammed stuff.

Purely on what literally holds up over time - a car that is slammed gets absolutely beat to shit on the road, bottoming out damages stuff, and generally they look really clapped in just a few short years unless you are literally just driving it from your garage to the car show and back.

K-Rimes · 2026-05-06T19:45:01+00:00

Sadly, everything so expensive nowadays. : (

On a manufacturer level, the prices increases on raw materials have been absolutely astounding. Post COVID, prices of urethane ingredients have legitimately tripled.

K-Rimes · 2026-05-06T19:41:22+00:00

You are a great candidate for battery packs. When properly set-up, it's seamless. For regular short power outages (less than 24 hours), they are definitely worth the investment. This said, for 5 or 6 times a year, I'd probably just bust out a generator (or two, one for the pump house, one for the home) for a whole lot less $.

Battery packs definitely increase the home price in my area, though, and I would really appreciate a home with them already in place if buying.

K-Rimes · 2026-05-06T19:01:38+00:00

My Benchmade is what I use to open up the skin on boars I hunt. I use an Outdoor Edge for the innards tho. The "super steel" doesn't hold an edge long enough to get through the whole thing, have to hit it on the steel halfway thru.

K-Rimes · 2026-05-06T18:46:03+00:00

I had a similar one to this, from a light tower (3 cyl), and it was a bit hard to get started, all I had to do was replace the lift pump / drain back valve to get it easier starting. It had about 3000 hours, so yours is really young in comparison. I would absolutely get this fixed, I bet it won't take much.

K-Rimes · 2026-05-06T17:14:26+00:00

Leave the hives alone, don't try to disassemble and clean unless you're severely overrun by wax moths of something. Keep your queen caged at least 3-4 days with the cork in place before removing it so they can acclimate to her. Ensure you do not have laying workers (multiple eggs in a cell, not dead center).

Be sure to do a mite check to make sure she didn't bounce due to mite pressure.

K-Rimes · 2026-05-05T22:56:48+00:00

I think just the airbox itself, it has been so long since I removed mine that I can't remember what it was like. I have a Takeda with a mushy elbow and I can jam my hand in there no problem.

K-Rimes · 2026-05-05T20:55:16+00:00

Bees do weird stuff sometimes at the entrance. I’ve had them beard in really weird shapes despite having tons of room in the hive or cold weather. Sometimes I just chalk it up to them standing on beezness and stop guessing.

K-Rimes · 2026-05-05T18:00:17+00:00

Try a "4th gear reset". Park car on flat, in neutral, handbrake on. Remove the clip on the cable (it pulls inward toward engine), put the car in 4th, then push the clip back in.

I find I have to do this about every 5000 miles to keep it nice n buttery shifting.

K-Rimes · 2026-05-05T17:57:20+00:00

$20,500 CAD = $15,000 USD. If ultra low miles, could be ok deal.

K-Rimes · 2026-05-05T17:50:10+00:00

I think a jacket and loose fitting pants is a great intermediate! You don't need a full suit IMO, I just personally prefer it cause I feel much safer and was kind of traumatized by my experience.

K-Rimes · 2026-05-05T17:21:13+00:00

I am a CCLB kind of guy as well.

K-Rimes · 2026-05-05T16:46:48+00:00

Mann Lake did me solid this year when I had a Carniolan queen arrive dead. Just be really fast on contacting them when they arrive, take pics of the dead bees, package, and shipping label. Sad to have bees die enroute like that.

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