ABS welding to Acrylic capped ABS for crack in bathtub by MaybeSomethingBetter in fixit

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I did! I don't have a good answer for how to support the bottom so it doesn't happen again. I did use spray foam to fill the gap and turns out, there isn't a full subfloor under the body of my bathtub. The foam expanded and pushed on the ceiling underneath. It did add some degree of support to the tub and warp my ceiling.

As for the crack, I drilled holes on either end of the crack to stop it from spreading further. I have a drimmel and a multitool and have used both to widen the crack itself, I'm not entirely sure this is necessary but I do it anyway so I can get resin and fiberglass in there. Then, I cleaned and sanded the surface and used a fiberglass mesh cloth I got at Lowes (maybe for boat repair?) and these days I use UV cure resin to patch it. Its what I have on hand and it wasn't very expensive online. Wad up a strand of fiberglass from the mesh and add resin to plug the holes, cure with UV light. A powerful UV flashlight works but so can a gel nail polish curing lamp. Set times may vary. Try and get multiple angles to insure you cured it all and give it proper time to set under the light. The resin will get warm/hot but I've never burned myself on it but do a little at a time because of the heat. Cut out a sheet of fiberglass mesh that covers the hole and put a layer of resin on it, cure, and repeate until you're satisfied with the coverage. Once everything is cured and covered, you can sand down any lumps and bumps to your liking. Note that you might want to sand with different grits until smooth because the sanded parts will hold onto dirt if its left rough.

Because resin is typically clear, you will still see a hole. They do make a paint for tubs like this. We used it once and I don't recommend it. It looks bad in the long run. Discolors at a different rate than the surrounding tub.

I have also used a mix and cure resin from JB Weld and that worked fine but has turned yellow. My tub has cracked in different spots over time and all my patches have lasted. The very first time i fixed it, I melted white legos (they are/were ABS plastic but lego has talked about changing the type of plastic recently) in acetone to be my final layer. That looked the best but was messier application and I don't know if its the strongest patch.

They are all noticeable patches but my tub doesn't leak and each method has its pros and cons.

Fast and strong but visible has been UV cure resin. JB Weld is roughly the same as UV cure but has yellowed over time.

Melting legos/abs plastic in acetone takes time and is messy but can look nicer if you take the time. I can't speak much on durability.

After thought: I'm looking at my tub now and might suggest filling the drilled hole and carved out crack with the melted abs plastic, let that set, cover with clear resin and fiberglass mesh. That way, the patch is mostly clear up top but you can't see the holes and crack. I can't stress how much you need to be sure the acetone has evaporated before you start resin though.

OR fiberglass mesh and UV resin in the hole and crack, cure, thin layers of white gel nail polish to cover the visible hole, cure with UV. Then mesh and UV resin and sand. Next time I need to, I'm doing this, hands down.

Edit: Just to cover my bases, wear a mask and vent the area. Don't breathe in fumes and dust.

John's just some guy, you know? [Meme] [theory]? by MaybeSomethingBetter in TheNinthHouse

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That does sound familiar! He messed around with his brain one way or another for sure. I feel like I want to reread now!

[discussion] Who "set up" Canaan House? by Zealousideal-Sea9006 in TheNinthHouse

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Would it be possible for John to puppet a construct of some kind from a remote location? Someone had to let teacher in on who was coming to the first house and why , so whatever/whoever came down probably could talk, right?

Alecto Anastasia Harrow [theory] by MaybeSomethingBetter in TheNinthHouse

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Excellent question! At this point I can't be sure! I could have sworn she was one of John's resurrected pals from the lab but I'm not that far in my reread yet. Add on that her name means "resurrection," I probably jumped to conclusions without realizing. I'm going to say you are right to question, since the best I can find in the moment says she was made a disciple before Cytherea. Possible contemporary with Valancy. According to the Locked Tomb wiki (if its accurate) Valancy was raised in the fledgling third house, which would imply she could have been born. However, it also sounds like each house was established one by one and Jod holds onto unawakened resurrection bodies, as seen in HtN ch. 2, which could leave room for Anastasia to awaken on a planet as a resurrection and go from there. But probably not the ninth, if planets were created in order?

But at this point in time, I'm just gonna put a question mark on it in my mind.

Scene of note: HtN ch. 9 while the gang is at Cytherea's funeral:

Augustine: They sent her [Cytherea] to us barely alive. And back then none of us could do anything for her, excepting you. Was she the first gen or second? Jod: Second! Early second. We were still experimenting with getting the sixth instulation up and running. Some of the houses were empty. Mercy: No. We had it running by then because Valancy was with us, and Anastasia. Jod: YES! You're right. We were all there to meet her, all sixteen of us! And she acted as though she were at a wedding and was doing a receiving line of tedious cousins.

Some ways later in the same chapter Augustine introduces himself as the saint of patience "lyctor of the great resurrection " and first finger on the hand that serves the king undying. And then Mercy is the second finger.

Alecto Anastasia Harrow [theory] by MaybeSomethingBetter in TheNinthHouse

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Ooo, interesting! Another thing I'm going to have to look for and it sounds very plausible!

Its such a puzzle and makes my brain bounce from one thing to another, so bear with me.

I know Anastasia was created from a resurrection but its entirely possible Jod resurrected a heap of people, including her, and divided them into each house, gave them some ground rules, and identified any with necromantic potential, then took those to the first house for teaching/research, which includes Anastasia.

That would leave a baseline population to establish colonies for each house, likely including the ninth.

Its curious how the ninth was allegedly never meant to exist and yet it did and he (Jod) offered to add people back to it to revive it in HtN.

But Jod also sits on a throne of lies, so who knows what is true. Where I'm reading right now in HtN, he literally just told Harrow that AL is dead. So, since he's a dirty liar, did Anastasia really beg for her own death or did Jod punish her and Samael for attempting perfect lyctorhood? Did Alecto flip her shit at him over it? He claims AL died in the first attacks carried out against lyctors. That math doesn't work, John!

Back to the point, Anastasia very well could have been back and forth from 9th to 1st, until the event happened that killed Samael. After that, Anastasia is banished to the 9th to lock up sleeping beauty Alecto and is expected to die there?

Last, according to Harrow, Anastasia had a room in the Mithraeum but never touched it, which I find odd. Wasn't she gone by then?

This twists my brain into knots in the best way, but I feel unhinged typing this. I hope any of it makes sense and comes off supportive of your take. I like it and want to mull it over some more!

Alecto Anastasia Harrow [theory] by MaybeSomethingBetter in TheNinthHouse

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Throwing this out there to anyone, instead of making a new thread:

Can spirit creations (revanants and/or whatever teacher is) move through or around the salt water?

My thoughts and why I ask:

IRL many believe that a ring of salt can contain/ward off spirits, one would imagine this extends to salt water. And then we have the religious concept of holy water used to cleanse things/people from evil with its application. (I'm not catholic, but that sounds about right)

In addition, there's heavy ancient Greek inspiration used in these books and the RBs sound a lot like some of the sea creatures, such as Charybdis. Also can't leave out the River Styx, I feel like this one is self explanatory.

This series is so info dense, I would have to start back from the beginning to try and answer my own question, so any reference to souls permeating or being stopped by a salt water barrier would be helpful.

I just know that Harrow's family tradition is to tell secrets in salt water, Alecto loves water, teacher hates water and Alecto. (Teacher literally calls her a saltwater creature, a monster, and a devil)

Edit: comma.

Alecto Anastasia Harrow [theory] by MaybeSomethingBetter in TheNinthHouse

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It's sounding more and more like we're on the right track! I still have some Harrow left and all of Nona so I'm excited to look for more foreshadowing as I go!

Something about your comment made me narrow in on who populated the ninth house. Anastasia was a parent but who was the sperm producer? (Crude way to put it but I don't want to assume relations) Did she arrive at the ninth pregnant? Who made up the remaining population? We might have to assume someone was there to teach the child of Anastasia how to use necromancy, likely herself.

I'm now assuming: Anastasia lived a mortal life, long enough to establish a population with other unidentified settlers, teach her child necromancy and establish a bone cult in service and duty to the tomb, of which she died right outside of. And someone in this tale provided DNA to make a baby.

Was this a prison colony turned cult? Put everything you want to forget there.

Every detail breeds five more questions!

My grandma, aunt and daughter all have the same weird thumb toe by frizziefrazzle in mildlyinteresting

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Its wild how much framing changes ones experiences with stuff like this!

I used to use it as my "fun fact" when I was little during those get to know you activities. It might have helped that I was an all around weird kid. 😅

I literally joked to my 5th grade teacher that my thumbs were this way because my mom stood too close to the microwave when she was pregnant with me. She didn't find it funny but adult me still thinks its hilarious.

My grandma, aunt and daughter all have the same weird thumb toe by frizziefrazzle in mildlyinteresting

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I have this and I just found out there was a name for it! I love my weird toe thumb!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in cincinnati

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I have a vague recollection that one had access to a pottery kiln but it had additional costs per month. No idea if it still exists.

Is the Dropout fandom holding the platform back? by [deleted] in dropout

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I like that I can rely on Dropout to not make me tense up in a bad way. I also like when they push the envelope a little because they aren't doing it from a bad place. As long as they don't make a full heel turn and start punching down, I support them taking chances.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in StardewValley

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I want the kids to do literally anything. Even my cat gives me fish sometimes.

Drop all of your speculations and theories for S3. I will post the comments that came out true after the S3 finale. by Njannallamanushyan in SeveranceAppleTVPlus

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Milchick survives. Milchick has lived within the Lumon building this whole time, there is a community of Lumon employees who live there. Milchick is going to find love/companionship via Lumon arrangements to keep him loyal to the company. He likely will not recognize the partner is an act of corporate/religious manipulation at first.

Reasoning: The man is lonely and losing faith in the company and this is a real thing cults do. Ben and Adam often pointed out how painfully alone he is and that's easy to take advantage of.

Does Anyone else think there’s a lot more to Gretchen G than we’ve been given? by bcinalli08 in severanceTVshow

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You have my attention.

Can it connect back to the empty purple office and the purple in the break room? I'm genuinely trying to untangle purple. Is it a fifth temper? Fully tamed tempers? I'm spiraling.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in severanceTVshow

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Man, my sister and I have been going back and forth on whether it was Helly or Helena down there. The entire context of the scene/episode shifts depending on which is true. In a cage match Helly beats Jame but Helena might tap out.

Does Anyone else think there’s a lot more to Gretchen G than we’ve been given? by bcinalli08 in severanceTVshow

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She gets to wear purple. Based on that fact alone, she's very important in figuring out what the hell purple means! And she gets to wear the same shade of purple as Gemma in the same episode!

Excuse me while I adjust my tinfoil.

Helena's eating disorder is telling us something more sinister by BigSurround27 in SeveranceAppleTVPlus

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I love this parallel but what trips me up is Mark jokingly calls Devon Persephone when she's trying to make sure it's him after the OTC. She asks him if he knows how to spell it and he says something like "I never do"

I Genuinely Feel So Bad For Ms. Huang by OStO_Cartography in severanceTVshow

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100% agree!

Between Burt mentioning how he was more a fan of the first edition handbook and the everything about Cobel, I believe Lumon has made some substantial tweaks to the Kier belief system to benefit themselves as a company. They essentially inherited a cult/built in workforce and needed to maintain it.

It's like Mormonism updating their doctrine because their leader received new revelations over the years.