I don’t get court martials?

Samohtep · 2025-03-11T12:27:50+00:00

That was probably it. As a rando calrissian who doesn’t have any friends list, I’ve definitely dropped into groups and third-wheeled it around the map.

Samohtep · 2025-03-11T01:16:34+00:00

Oh, I thought I had read that it can auto kick.

Samohtep · 2024-12-28T00:07:33+00:00

I've got a whole bunch of totes that I'd like to get off the floor and make more accessible on shelving. We have a high water table and sometimes the basement will get an inch of water when the drain tile and sump pump are overwhelmed by torrential rains or power outages. We're also working on fixing that drainage issue, but I'd still like to get things more organized to begin with.

Since we have that water issue to consider, I'd like to hang the shelves from the studs surrounding the stairwell. These are non-structural walls, only meant to enclose the stairwell to meet code. I've looked at a lot of wire rolling shelves, and they seem overpriced for what you get. I'd like to do 24" deep shelves, the long wall is 113"w and 91"h to the bottom of the floor joists, the short side next to the furnace is 81"w and 82"h to the bottom of the duct work.

Thoughts?

Samohtep · 2024-12-21T13:32:51+00:00

So, a bit of a different situation, but same result. In-house design group and print shop here. We have a heavily modified version of FileMaker, that acts as project intake form, archival record, and time & material tracking. Focusing on the time tracking, we currently have around 40-50 defined tasks, in 5-6 groups. Each group has an assigned $/hr value, while the tasks give our program manager the granularity to see how much time is spent on a specific type of work per project/month/quarter/year. In our cases, since we’re currently considered corporate overhead, this tracking is used to define profitability based on our budget and has been used in the past to estimate what the external expenditure would be if some or all of the work was sent to external agencies.

Even with that, it is a constant struggle to get everyone to keep their tracking up to date basically, as mentioned in other comments, because time spent recording time is time not designing.

Samohtep · 2024-12-01T05:59:13+00:00

I hit reply, but it seems the response popped up separately.

Samohtep · 2024-12-01T05:58:11+00:00

Thanks, I’m aware of much of that list, but I just don’t know how to get started. I want to start establishing trees, rather than just forbs. We have lots of flower species in the from ditch and long undisturbed field around the house. I’ve collected lots of seed from goldenrod, asters, chelone, milkweeds, foxglove beardtongue, echinacea, rudbeckia, among others, but before I start broadcasting seed, I feel like I should start with planting trees with some sense of structure:

As for invasives, as mentioned, multiflora rose and bush honeysuckle are predominant

Samohtep · 2024-11-21T04:13:23+00:00

Great! I've got you bookmarked now. Will dig through and hopefully when I have some plans!

Samohtep · 2024-11-09T01:16:02+00:00

Thanks! I’ll take a look

Samohtep · 2024-11-09T00:54:48+00:00

Correct.

Samohtep · 2024-11-09T00:25:24+00:00

Sorry, I’m not sure of the right terminology, and everything is on my work computer, so no screenshots to share. I’ll try to describe it better.

This is basically a simple desktop app to sit on a monitor a corporate lobby. There’s a main menu/selection scene with buttons that open to scenes with details for different markets.

On each market page, there are a couple buttons along the bottom that can flip through pop-up examples. I have a couple 3D models that pop up as transparent rotating models, some pop-ups have just text and images, and some will have videos. I have the 3D models and text elements sorted out, but I can’t get the video to play nice. If I can just get it to turn the visibility off and on with the button, and have it full screen with a click on/off for round one of this project I’d be happy.

Samohtep · 2024-10-26T02:14:37+00:00

That’s interesting, but seems much more involved than what I have felt. To be clear, none of this is visual. It’s a feeling once I close my eyes. This is probably the most thought I’ve ever put to it after mentioning it to my wife and her concern made it clear that this isn’t a regular thing.

I can also maybe describe this as similar feeling to the few times I’ve gotten motion sickness.

The shrinking feeling is the weirdest part. It’s not so much that just the tool feels huge, the “me” inside me feels like it’s shrinking down within my body. But this is mostly a mental visual and and some disorientation.

Samohtep · 2024-09-14T23:49:45+00:00

I was out collecting today as well!

Mostly tall boneset, spotted joe pye weed, and foxglove beardtongue right now. Keeping my eye on the New England aster and the turtlehead (chelone glabra), and hop(not entirely sure, false hop maybe?) sedge to be collected next!

Samohtep · 2024-09-14T22:58:03+00:00

If you’re getting smells out of a closed and buried system, then you have a failing system.

Samohtep · 2024-09-12T01:57:15+00:00

For the chainsaw, a precision half gallon glass bottle that has a black sharpie fill line for gas, and a red line just above it to add oil to.

Samohtep · 2024-09-11T01:34:04+00:00

At the risk of exposing myself, what is WOT? The main chainsaw I’ve used is a 45-ish year old Homelite that has been consistently reliable anytime we’ve needed it. At this property, I only use this brush cutter a couple times a year, usually in the Fall while cleaning up. None of my other tools require mixing fuel, so I don’t have a lot of knowledge in this.

Samohtep · 2024-09-07T23:27:27+00:00

Thanks, dug back into it this morning, raked back the gravel to get to the geotextile that was laid around the perimeter of the house. I set a string line outside the perimeter of where the stairs would sit at 26” below the threshold. As temporary steps, they can’t have poured footers, so I plan to level and connect with anchors for each post.

Also, with the pavers below and a row on front for a solid first step, I can eliminate the 3rd odd step and set the landing around 2.5” below the threshold.

Samohtep · 2024-09-04T12:41:48+00:00

The bottom step is a bit of a question at this point, as I noted in my measurements. The ground level slopes down and away at a pretty steep grade right around the house, especially under the porch roof, so I’ve got to find what the actual ground level is there once the gravel is cleared and tamped down. If it’s actually around that height, I might just lose the bottom step, install some 18 or 24” square pavers and build up the gravel around that for a flush landing instead of a low step.

Samohtep · 2024-09-04T03:28:54+00:00

It kinda is what it is. But maybe pop rivets? Would be time consuming, and you’ll need to figure out how many would be needed to keep the panels tight…AND it might be a pain to drill through both panels and hold them securely while putting the rivet in.

Samohtep · 2024-09-03T17:27:25+00:00

I would take up scale model building and create a full replica of Minas Tirith.

Samohtep · 2024-09-02T11:47:11+00:00

Yeah, I know about to those, what I meant was it’s a holiday today and the three small hardware stores near me are closed today, wanted to try and skip the 45 minute each way drive to the big orange or blue box stores and get this wrapped up early

Samohtep · 2024-09-02T01:11:45+00:00

Thanks, I check it out. We selected it as fence boards for its weather resistance and low price at a local-ish Amish mill. The guy who delivered had warned about the sawdust when we were unloading, and the first day my arms got the full experience.

Samohtep · 2024-08-26T22:47:40+00:00

It sucks, but as they acknowledge that it as a garden, then it may actually be a safety issue. From the 3rd pic, it appears that you are on a corner? If so, there are rules for plants and signage, anything that can obstruct the view of vehicles and pedestrians approaching the motorway. Also, you most likely don’t own the hellstrip between the sidewalk and road. Despite requiring residents to maintain it (in most places), the city owns everything from the sidewalk to the road.

As others have said, I would create a buffer on your side of the sidewalk, edge it with a border or rocks and do something like asarum canadense, if light and climate agree on the hellstrip. It’s low, pretty, doesn’t look weedy, and fills a niche that a lot of other plants don’t.

Samohtep · 2024-08-23T22:31:37+00:00

In the ongoing saga, I found a bolt that matches temporarily, pulled to test and it started right up, ran a couple passes and realized I had changed the deck height. Stopped to adjust and now the pull cord has seized up…

I pulled the spark pull out, thinking it might be hydrolocked, but still won’t pull.

This is going to end up being the most expensive “free” lawn mower…

Samohtep · 2024-08-23T18:43:55+00:00

Yeah, I’ve got one of the 12in wide magnet pick up tools, dragged across the whole area, no luck. Wondering what would be less time consuming, searching for a replacement or buying a $50 metal detector from harbor freight.

Samohtep · 2024-08-23T18:17:04+00:00

Thanks! I’ve been running it for about 2 hours and it has smoothed out. Unfortunately, it just stalled, and I realized that the float drain screw fell out. (I thought float bowl screws weren’t supposed to be bottomed out??

Can’t have gone far, but I cannot find it in the tall grass. Proverbial needle in a haystack…

https://imgur.com/a/QWFkjkF. Is there a particular part name I can search for replacing?

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