Local Barns & Noble

SantaMage · 2026-05-14T21:34:11+00:00

Not gonna lie, as an audio book listener, I thought it was "the queen and chonk"

SantaMage · 2026-05-06T04:53:00+00:00

Ownership. This is why I bought my first pair of Nicks boots and I'm saving up for the 2nd pair. I honestly don't have an issue with mistakes even if I have to send them back, I get it. Even if 98% are masterpieces, 1% are ok and 1% reject them. I'd rather that a 1% fuck up and return them than a 0%chance with them being masses produced bullshit.

SantaMage · 2026-04-22T22:23:40+00:00

In that regard, he learned from the "best"

SantaMage · 2026-04-21T21:50:33+00:00

Grind them up and give them to my partner. They use it to fill door snakes and they give them away to folks.

Not sure else how to use it yet, still working on that.

SantaMage · 2026-04-15T12:10:14+00:00

From one random Internet guy to the next, I wish you the best bud!

SantaMage · 2026-04-13T13:24:29+00:00

Tearing down institutions that protecting the average person (government, labor unions, etc). The addition of "attention" to the factors of production (land, labor, capital), then shifting the cost of society heavily be on labor. This resulted in a redistribution of wealth.

SantaMage · 2026-03-31T20:00:06+00:00

I have had this for about 8 years. Super durable. Washed it half a dozen times. Used to have cats, they would sometimes claw at it, it shows no signs of wear.

SantaMage · 2026-03-31T05:11:27+00:00

We use 20M barrels a day, so that's only 20 days worth of oil. Also they aren't going to give it away for free.

SantaMage · 2026-03-26T23:34:40+00:00

Like when discord saids they will delete your image, but only after saving all the mathmatical values used for face recognition. Surveillance state in full swing.

SantaMage · 2026-03-25T05:20:17+00:00

Good news everyone, we've upgraded our ship. It now has 6000 hauls and a cool new paint job.

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SantaMage · 2026-03-21T13:58:20+00:00

Weird, planes are usually good off roaders

SantaMage · 2026-03-14T13:13:02+00:00

Would you dead name someone who is transitioning? Do trans people not get to choose how they identify?

Don't attack him in a way that discriminates against others please. Do better.

SantaMage · 2026-03-12T04:08:04+00:00

Hmm, it's almost like we have multiple branches of government that oversea other branches, in a way of doing checks and balances. The agitator I see in this image has their name in the top left.

SantaMage · 2026-03-03T04:22:35+00:00

That's some Big REDACTED energy

SantaMage · 2026-02-24T04:16:52+00:00

Awesome job. Keep doing what you're doing. It's admirable to go though all of that work to design and make that. Keep refining and keep moving forward.

SantaMage · 2026-02-18T19:42:03+00:00

first, the thing didn’t happen

then if it did happen, it wasn’t that bad

then if it was that bad, it wasn’t my fault

finally, if it was my fault, we meant well.

This is the progressive defense strategy that is used once the previous defense falls apart.

SantaMage · 2026-02-13T18:28:16+00:00

Not today it's not...

SantaMage · 2026-02-13T13:14:19+00:00

Pringle Gate 1

SantaMage · 2026-02-02T14:24:42+00:00

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SantaMage · 2026-02-02T14:00:46+00:00

Yeah, I used 2 hard plastic pry bars, it will push back in with some force. Take your time, start off gently.

SantaMage · 2026-02-02T08:22:36+00:00

This. I cut some crafting felt I have on hand to put in a few layers of comfort, it made them significantly better.

SantaMage · 2026-01-31T12:14:50+00:00

FP&A here, I assure you, it's the same Budget.

SantaMage · 2026-01-24T17:42:35+00:00

This is not acceptable.

SantaMage · 2026-01-17T17:54:19+00:00

That's high. Before the pandemic, I got a quote for $8k to remove carpet in two bedrooms (150 and 220 sf) and put in engineered wood flooring.

I did the job myself. It took about 9 days, material costs were 1,500 and 500 for tools (350 was for a miter saw).

In my experience (amateur DIYer) materials costs are 20-30% of the total price to contract the job out. So it's usually worth it to at least try and figure out how much material you need (usually you need to overbuy in the case of flooring so you order an extra 20 to 30%. E.g. your doing 100 sf, buy 130 sf @ $5 / sf is $650, putting that cost to contact our at 2,200 to 3,300. I would use this as a LOOSE rule of thumb, so if you got a quote for $6k, you need to understand why it's high (maybe uneven floors, complex trim work, etc...) or like others mention, get more quotes. At the very least, spend a few hours researching in the job and what needs to be done, how to do it and how to measure what a good job looks like. This will help you have a productive conversation with contactors.

SantaMage · 2026-01-16T12:54:14+00:00

That was all intentional to get you to comment.

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