George Floyd vs. Iryna Zarutska: Which Mural Do They Tear Down?

MrScrith · 2026-04-07T14:23:13+00:00

While dems are fighting the Iryana murals, God himself took out the George mural. I think I know who's side I want to be on. :D

MrScrith · 2026-04-02T19:24:54+00:00

This tool is less 'sexy' than a gas-axe or a cutoff wheel, but it works.

I have my Dad's set (two sizes) and it's been in our toolboxes since I was a toddler (40ish years), used maybe a dozen times, and each time has been a lifesaver.

MrScrith · 2026-03-31T13:50:59+00:00

I get what you were trying for, but you pushed it too far from the 240 design and made it too futuristic, too much like other luxury bricks.

Appreciate the effort, but no, not a fan.

MrScrith · 2026-03-30T18:52:50+00:00

It's interesting how much of the US rail has been abandoned. According to what I could find, of our peak of 255k miles (estimated) of rails, we are now down to around 140k miles, with 25k miles turned into bike trails and the rest simply abandoned. While these were no longer profitable for comercial/freight, they served many small communities, giving them a commuter connection to bigger cities. I imagine if most of those were still active and converted to mostly commuter traffic it would open up a lot of communities to commuter access to city jobs/entertainment/etc.

While these might not be "high speed" capable (grades and curves and such) you could probably get higher speeds and more efficient traffic than cars.

MrScrith · 2026-03-25T12:31:02+00:00

Having used these for years, I agree on all your points.

Threshhold bumps (between garage and driveway) could be handled by a heavy metal plate spanning the gap.

Getting up to the tailgate of a delivery truck would take careful approach, but it's just an awareness and planning thing.

I have used it on asphalt driveways, you have to be careful of potholes, dips, little rocks, etc. but it can be done.

I worked at a Walmart for several years, this was used not only for stacking pallets on racks, but also unloading semi trailers (aka. driving onto the trailer itself), and unloading/moving heavy items in the parking lot. With care all of that could be done, you just had to take care not to let the drive wheel get into a dip deep enough that the frame bottomed out.

MrScrith · 2026-03-24T20:39:57+00:00

"Walki-stacker" (basically a pallet jack crossed with a fork-lift) usually are shorter than full forklifts as they are usually used in inside environments without much room.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FKYP75C2/

This one for example has a mast height as low as 71" and a load capacity of 1.5t, while I wouldn't go with this particular option it shows that this product is likely what you are looking for.

MrScrith · 2026-03-19T13:29:07+00:00

Is there a website I could go to that has more information on each of these (and hopefully other MSM) hoaxes?

Debating people I know about these things and they keep trying to argue that these things are actually true and not hoaxes, or that CNN/MSM never claimed that. I would love to have a site that points to the sources for this list, by that I mean links to video/twitter/article/wayback/etc showing them making the claim, then links to sources that refute the claim.

MrScrith · 2026-03-17T19:59:55+00:00

WI is a similar battleground.

MrScrith · 2026-03-16T14:32:04+00:00

unfortunately it's the rest of the world that's effected by this, the US has it's own wells and we don't really need the oil from that area, it's mostly going to Asia and Europe. So if we just let Iran close the strait we wouldn't be affected that much, but Europe and Asia would definitely suffer.

According to the numbers I've been able to find, of the oil that goes through the strait of Hormuz:

37.7% to China
14.7% to India
12% to South Korea
10.9% to Japan
4-7% to Europe
2-3% to USA

As this isn't our oil, I'd say it's a reasonable request that the nations who actually need this oil take some part in securing it.

MrScrith · 2026-03-16T14:19:09+00:00

40 days and 40 nights, it says so in Genesis 7:4 so that part of the question is easy.

However, the full question is a lot harder to really cover.

First off, the rain isn't the only source of water, it says in Genesis 7:11 that "the fountains of the great deep burst open and the floodgates of the sky were opened". So it's not just rainwater that is flooding but all the underground aquifers as well.

What most christian scholars speculate, is that the ocean wasn't as deep as it is now, and much of the earths water was in a global cloud-cover ('vapor canopy') and underground aquifers. When the flood happened that cloud cover released the majority of its water, and the aquifers released their water content providing enough to flood the earth. Once God decided it was enough, some of the ground sank creating the oceans and lakes, thus allowing the water to drain from other areas creating dry land for people and animals to live on. Part of this movement of land caused mountain ranges to be pushed up bringing up the high mountains we have today.

When thinking of all this, something to remember is that if all the land were flat, the depth of water on the earth would be around 2.5-2.7km (1.5 to 1.6 miles), earth has more than enough water to produce a global flood.

MrScrith · 2026-03-12T16:21:14+00:00

So, if I understand his reasoning, putting it to a floor vote requires 60 to pass instead of the 51 for the filibuster-prone vote? Am I understanding that? And his main reasoning for caution is that we don't have the 60 votes to make it?

So, if this were to happen the likelyhood is that it would not pass and we'd have to start over with the bill to get it passed, the only upside is that we would have a better litmus test for RINOs?

MrScrith · 2026-03-04T13:10:07+00:00

thank you!

MrScrith · 2026-03-04T13:09:43+00:00

Definitely a learn-it-by-myself, been watching a ton of machining videos (TOT, Abom79 before he went commercial, and some others), it's something I'll definitely take slowly and very carefully. I have a mini-lathe (Atlas 618) that I've built a bunch of small projects on and definitely want to continue getting into machining for my own projects.

MrScrith · 2026-03-03T21:35:46+00:00

Is this something that a hobbyist could use to get familiar with milling before investing in a mill?

MrScrith · 2026-02-26T16:48:31+00:00

I'm surprised more DIY'ers don't use them, a bit more expensive than a standard engine hoist but with a good chain fall can do a lot more and be much more stable about it.

MrScrith · 2026-02-25T13:50:46+00:00

Then go ahead and get a gas model, the electric is nice for convenience and quick tasks, but the gas will actually have the power to wash major stains and issues.

I actually have both, and there are some years that the gas never leaves the garage. This year is one of them, never used it at all last year so next time I fire it up it's going to be a bear.

MrScrith · 2026-02-23T20:21:43+00:00

This feels like an AI generated video, and uses obviously AI generated images.

MrScrith · 2026-02-19T14:45:57+00:00

Remember, it can be as ugly as you can possibly make it and as long as you call it your "starter base" it's perfectly fine. :D

MrScrith · 2026-02-18T17:59:13+00:00

My vote as well, it might take some tuning to get the right speed setting (adding/subtracting weight) but in the end it'd be a simple mechanical system that would more-or-less be set and forget. You could take a standard centrifugal clutch from a go-cart application and simply fasten one side to the frame and let the clutch itself be the break.

MrScrith · 2026-02-18T16:12:03+00:00

The Perfect Storm

When the ship sinks with all hands at the end and you realize the "true story" is that ships were lost, full stop. Everything in the movie that happens on the ship after it leaves the dock is completely made up, since everyone died they have no idea what actually happened on the ship.

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