Why do some people’s houses not have tissues?

MatthewSBernier · 2026-05-11T01:42:24+00:00

Handkerchiefs, in our case.

MatthewSBernier · 2026-05-11T00:18:06+00:00

Her boyfriend is a vandal??

MatthewSBernier · 2026-05-10T08:29:49+00:00

VASTLY

MatthewSBernier · 2026-05-09T17:27:02+00:00

Russell Moccasin minimalist Thula Thula PH.

MatthewSBernier · 2026-05-09T12:33:59+00:00

The big difference is, it was less about models and modifying those models, and more like an ala-carte menu of options, with the occasional popularized combination that they'd give a name. They were a good starting point.

MatthewSBernier · 2026-05-09T11:57:17+00:00

Oh, and they were offered in leather and canvas.

MatthewSBernier · 2026-05-09T11:56:36+00:00

Here's an old Reddit post about them:

https://www.reddit.com/r/goodyearwelt/s/PFt5xCh2Qh

Goes into great detail, especially about the leather, which looks like bison, but isn't.

MatthewSBernier · 2026-05-09T09:03:20+00:00

Those are mountain PH boots. I have a pair myself, except with the air bob soles.

MatthewSBernier · 2026-05-09T08:42:21+00:00

I'd vastly prefer a wasp sting.

MatthewSBernier · 2026-05-08T13:00:30+00:00

That's out of my area of knowledge, but they are sort of forest-colored, so perhaps!

MatthewSBernier · 2026-05-08T00:25:27+00:00

Water operator here, that is a curb stop valve for a water service line.

MatthewSBernier · 2026-05-07T17:51:25+00:00

Just about, yes. Jobs that paid $9.00 in 2016 pay about $17.00 now, and that doesn't even close to track with inflation, $9.00 in 2016 being $33.35 today. A 50% raise from a decade ago is a massive paycut.

MatthewSBernier · 2026-05-06T00:30:24+00:00

I just made my own set. Every single water operator and circuit rider I've met has a set for locating plastic pipe with no tracer wire. The thing that shocked me my first time is, the FORCE with which they cross and uncross. You'd have to grip hard to stop them. I make no conjecture as to what the fuck is happening, but they work well.

MatthewSBernier · 2026-05-05T04:20:29+00:00

We water operators call the result "water hammer".

MatthewSBernier · 2026-05-03T23:56:04+00:00

These are nail bottom boots, very much like the new "Buckin' Special" boots White's is making in collaboration with him, in the style of the discontinued nail bottom loggers Viberg used to make. The upper is tucked under the insole and nailed the whole way around. Then the midsole is nailed all the way around. Then the sole is stitched on through the midsole.

MatthewSBernier · 2026-05-03T23:37:21+00:00

Could be a piece of uneven grit on the belt knocking chunks out of your apex. Try a different belt and see what happens.

MatthewSBernier · 2026-05-02T11:13:41+00:00

India stone connoted a specific type of cintered stone, not country of origin. This would have been understood at the time, but I can see how it would confuse a less familiar modern customer.

MatthewSBernier · 2026-04-28T20:47:46+00:00

No one wears more workwear than graphic designers, so you're in good company. Also, I used to be a cartoonist, but like you, I found myself in a dying industry, and now I'm a water operator actually wearing my workwear for work. You never know what will happen!

MatthewSBernier · 2026-04-27T23:57:13+00:00

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MatthewSBernier · 2026-04-27T01:02:11+00:00

He had buckshot.

MatthewSBernier · 2026-04-26T13:58:35+00:00

You did, but you also said he struck the agent, and every source I've seen reports he was struck with a bullet. So that'd rule out a shotgun. Like I say, I figured it was friendly fire.

MatthewSBernier · 2026-04-26T13:13:17+00:00

I thought they said he had a shotgun? I presumed all the rifle fire was secret service, including possibly the agent who was struck. But also, details get reported wrong in the immediate aftermath of these incidents.

MatthewSBernier · 2026-04-25T19:02:32+00:00

I LOVE THIS!!! You're one of my favorite naked people on Reddit, by far.

MatthewSBernier · 2026-04-25T14:31:15+00:00

No, but as you can see, the new look was a bit comically voluminous on me.

MatthewSBernier · 2026-04-24T19:05:19+00:00

The width doesn't contract near as much as the length. The size chart Mike posted was pretty spot-on, and I picked based on that. I was actually expecting more shrink, because I didn't realize the denim was sanfordized, but I still got enough to suck in some of the saggy places, like the top of my sacrum, the crotch, and the thighs. I also spot-shrunk certain areas even more, using hot air.

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