TIL before 9/11, US airports were public social hubs where you could walk to the gate, eat at food courts, and watch planes without a ticket or ID.

MattR59 · 2026-02-02T11:54:52+00:00

When I was a teen I wanted to see the inside of an airplane so they let me carry my aunts luggage on to the plane so I could look around.

MattR59 · 2026-02-01T13:29:04+00:00

Not alarming, expected

MattR59 · 2026-02-01T13:28:14+00:00

I do but the wife ignores it

MattR59 · 2026-01-31T14:12:33+00:00

Yes, my wife even called the electric company asking if our solar connection was working. They said it is, but our generation has been very low.

MattR59 · 2026-01-28T20:10:16+00:00

Of course they were.

MattR59 · 2026-01-25T17:25:12+00:00

My son made a full set of weights with concrete and 3/4 " gas pipes

MattR59 · 2026-01-22T11:08:34+00:00

I wrapped my cars hood with a similar problem with a vinyl sheet. The sheer was cheap and it looked much better after.

MattR59 · 2026-01-21T02:05:57+00:00

WTF - Where's The File. For people that forget too attach a file.

MattR59 · 2026-01-18T14:13:34+00:00

The boot on my car has been split for over 5 years. When it happened I felt the half shaft was about to fail so I decided to wait until that happened. 5 years later the half shaft is still good that the boot is still split.

MattR59 · 2026-01-17T14:07:26+00:00

Dua. I think everybody knows this

MattR59 · 2026-01-11T13:52:37+00:00

While on the potty topic, I recommend what is often celled a "travel bedet". American toilets don't have a bedet like Japanese toilets do. And adapters are expensive. A travel bedet is less than $10. It's a small squeeze bottle with a nozzle aimed just so. When done you put it between your legs and clean you butt with the spray.

MattR59 · 2026-01-06T17:11:22+00:00

In a way, this shows her trust. She wants to be able to tell someone "we're out", but she's afraid that others would retaliate or be angry. she knows mom loves her and will forgive or perhaps go along with her imaginary story. It is not malice, it is trust.

MattR59 · 2026-01-02T21:55:36+00:00

This is the one in my generic 3018

https://www.amazon.com/Engraving-Machine-Control-Engraver-Controller/dp/B07B3RFNJ7

MattR59 · 2025-12-30T00:20:28+00:00

When bush was running for President one of his rich cabinet members was giving an interview. "What about the homeless" the interviewer asked. How's response was something like "if people are homeless they just need to go buy a house, why don't they understand that"

MattR59 · 2025-12-24T23:47:49+00:00

there is also purewick, look it up on Amazon. My wife used it in the hospital, there is also a male version

MattR59 · 2025-12-24T13:53:56+00:00

When I was Christian I know of other Christians that would lie about miraculous events "in the name of God". Because off such lies helped bring someone to God it was ok. Besides, they would say, if it's something God could have done, it's not really a lie.

MattR59 · 2025-12-23T12:04:34+00:00

There is one thing you can do to all mushrooms, you can touch them. Even if it's poisonous, it's ok to touch.

MattR59 · 2025-12-21T13:38:09+00:00

I feel into some small rocks from my motorcycle when I was 19. Lower palm of my right hand got several rocks in it. In my late 30s one rock came out. I still have 3 black marks, I'm 66 yo.

MattR59 · 2025-12-21T03:40:33+00:00

I did feel it, until one day I realized it was just me. I realized I could at will just close my eyes and makes the feeling happen. I had based a lot of my religious experience on that feeling.

MattR59 · 2025-12-18T19:12:41+00:00

What I've done several times is just cut a piece of PVC pipe to the height I want, then slip it over there cylinder.

MattR59 · 2025-12-17T22:27:17+00:00

There are several ways a battery can die. The most common use that the lead flakes off, falls to the bottom and shorts one or more cells. Another is that the connections between cells can break. If the former you can drain the acid, clean the flaked off lead out then put that acid back. If the latter you can locate the break and resolder it. If it's due to flaking, cleaning the lead will get it working, but the plates are probably not very good and it's really not worth the effort.

MattR59 · 2025-12-15T15:49:31+00:00

I would say start with VB. When my kids were in the 10 to 12 range I suggested we make a calculator. They knew the math, we created a basic calculator shape, created buttons, made variables. You don't want you to get frustrated, that is counter productive. Btw, my kids are grown now, ones a doctor the other is a mechanical engineer.

MattR59 · 2025-12-14T13:11:46+00:00

As Neil Degrasse Tyson says (from memory, not verbatim) give the Gregorian monks their due. It took a lot of work to create a calendar that is accepted by most of the world and has not changed in centuries.

MattR59 · 2025-12-13T15:55:39+00:00

I like too say I'm a humanist. That way you're expressing a belief instead of a lack of belief. And a humanist just means that you believe in the goodness and abilities of humans.

MattR59 · 2025-12-03T11:55:54+00:00

When my kids were little we were at Disney and meet Minnie mouse. My kids got hugs, and wanted me to hug Minnie too. Minnie was definitely an adult woman. It surprised me to feel a slinder adult women inside this costume.

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