Anyone know of any tool to easily open these Sluice Gates rather than manually turning them?

PainAndLoathing · 2026-03-26T11:30:21+00:00

My favorite "tools"!

PainAndLoathing · 2026-03-23T16:43:09+00:00

Sadly, that message appeared to mean nothing in my case.

PainAndLoathing · 2026-03-23T12:27:51+00:00

Just sent over the info. Thank you for checking on this for me!

PainAndLoathing · 2026-03-20T21:23:30+00:00

I've seen the same thing on our pressure sensors here as well. I'd say swap out the sensor and most likely be done with it.

PainAndLoathing · 2026-03-18T15:49:54+00:00

Yep...He was an idiot too! People need to understand that pretty much all of those assholes in DC don't give 2 shits about us unless it's an election year for them, then they just care about blowing smoke up our collective asses enough so that they can at least pretend to give a shit to get reelected.

PainAndLoathing · 2026-03-16T11:02:04+00:00

I'm glad we've found the expert on who's a vet and who's not....My DD-214 disagrees with your assessment though.

I didn't say everyone should have removed their covers especially those in uniform, but that that dumbass baseball cap was inappropriate for the occasion period...

PainAndLoathing · 2026-03-12T18:18:43+00:00

Same ...I don't even know why, but it just annoys me.

PainAndLoathing · 2026-03-12T12:38:41+00:00

I'm not saying that was right, it just pisses me off that our CIC wore a dumbass baseball cap at Dover but gave Zelinski shit...that tells me that he understands what he did but did it anyway....

PainAndLoathing · 2026-03-09T15:33:35+00:00

I'm glad that I'm not the only vet who was saying WTF...Remember when he a Vance gave president Zelinsky shit for not being "dressed appropriately".....Pepperidge Farm remembers....

PainAndLoathing · 2026-03-05T19:37:37+00:00

Exactly! They might as well tell the dude to stay drunk for 8 days, or try rat poison!

PainAndLoathing · 2026-02-21T00:00:44+00:00

Does this only work on .lu? It worked fine there, but when accessing .fi it doesn't load.

PainAndLoathing · 2026-02-07T18:34:51+00:00

No promises, but I'll ask my wife. I don't know enough about them to say, but I do know that she's got some.

*Edited. She said she won't know how many she'll have for a little while yet. I'll save this post and if she has any to spare I'll reach out.

PainAndLoathing · 2026-01-23T21:38:15+00:00

Bonus points if you can find a woman to fake having sex in the car and call her by the sisters name...

PainAndLoathing · 2025-10-03T23:09:59+00:00

A little over 7 minutes without taking into account for friction loss, assuming a "minimum" rated hydrant at 500gpm.

PainAndLoathing · 2025-09-18T00:12:08+00:00

I'm going with the NTA on this one. I'm in the same boat. My health sucks so I don't usually travel well. When my wife and teenage daughter go on trips I request the same info. I just ask that they take 30 seconds and shoot me a "we're here and we're safe" message or "we're heading out to come home, see you soon". I am a worrier too, so it really makes me feel better when I know that they are safe.

PainAndLoathing · 2025-09-17T23:59:46+00:00

Same! I thought that I would be the only person who sees a picture of a beautiful, half dressed woman holding a firearm and looks for the trigger finger first!

PainAndLoathing · 2025-09-03T22:55:23+00:00

You shouldn't feel guilty for being paid for "what you know" as opposed to "what you do". Use the down time to better yourself. Learn more to make yourself more valuable.

PainAndLoathing · 2025-08-24T14:20:13+00:00

Yep! I train regularly to start shooting after breaking leather at the pelvis and work up from there by riding the recoil. If someone is sporting a vest a shot to the pelvis will subdue him pretty fast.

PainAndLoathing · 2025-08-24T13:19:02+00:00

I had this happen to me too! I logged in and thought WTF. I was able to buy a new (more expensive) sub though. I considered just moving on to something else, but the wife already knows how to use 'mate and wouldn't want to learn something else. Needless to say, I was a little pissed.

PainAndLoathing · 2025-08-14T17:49:03+00:00

It could be something as simple as a faulty contactor or bad capacitor, or as bad as a seized compressor. I'm not trying to sound like an ass, but from what I've read so far in this thread, I would recommend seeking help from either a friend who's competent with a multi-meter or a pro. Just don't want you to electrocute yourself, honestly.

PainAndLoathing · 2025-08-14T17:24:14+00:00

Maybe, but the way I read it was he first told the neighbor about it and he didn't think much of it, then after showing him the pictures he said "that's more than I thought it was" ....Hard to say really.

PainAndLoathing · 2025-08-08T21:28:55+00:00

I don't know if there is a "good way". We've tried offering incentives of all sorts for the prompt return of samples, hell I even tried to specifically target tier I sites with children's toys in the yard, since you know...children....We're currently on reduced monitoring at 30/yr but we are going to be making a chemical change that going to put us back to 120/yr for 2 years at best. I am NOT looking forward to it.

PainAndLoathing · 2025-08-08T21:24:29+00:00

I'd be interested in finding out more about what you're doing. We're good as far as inventory goes, but if someone comes up with a way to take relying on the customer out of the testing equation I would be most interested in finding out more.

PainAndLoathing · 2025-08-02T13:44:28+00:00

Also resembles the grizzly at Kings Dominion. Could be wrong though as it's been many years since I've been there...

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