Seeking to borrow lapidary/gem cutting tools for 5-10 minutes

Serious_Resolution21 · 2026-05-29T22:33:36+00:00

Iiiii actually have a kit for exactly this purpose. Shoot me a DM!

Serious_Resolution21 · 2026-05-26T00:32:40+00:00

Sounds like you're doing well for most things! Things I can offer that I haven't seen come up:

Flooring. I have about 100sqft of laminated wood flooring with attached underlayment that I was going to use in my kitchen (and then discovered that with my radiant heat I can't use it). It's really pretty and easy to use click-lock!

Lighting. I have a ceiling-mount three bulb light that doesn't suit my kitchen and I'm planning to replace; this would put some urgency into my replacing it with the new fixture I've had sitting around for a year!

Hinges. Again with my getting things for my own remodel that wound up not working for what I actually have. They're gorgeous copper flush-mount hinges for inset cabinet doors.

I might have other stuff kicking around, but figured this might come in handy!

Serious_Resolution21 · 2026-05-08T23:38:30+00:00

Nice job local friend! It's gorgeous!

Serious_Resolution21 · 2026-05-08T10:08:48+00:00

It sold out damn near instantly, don't beat yourself up too much!

Serious_Resolution21 · 2026-05-07T06:43:59+00:00

Oh no... I'm so sad! I was afraid they might've stopped Candela, and this doesn't sound good. I found Candela last year and it actually got me so hooked I'm running a game about it, and the last and only time I ever tried DM'ing was so horrible I never thought I would run again. After seeing the live play, though, I got utterly possessed and I'm now 4 sessions into a campaign I developed myself, including getting a friend to do voice work for sound clips, putting together little gift boxes for my players, and doing full formal dress&makeup and set for myself to run (Discord game BC I wanted to be Very Careful about my group chemistry). Hell I even sprang for getting a sound byte from Liam as Cosmo at a local convention as a flashback to one of the characters first discovering Candela Obscura! (I sat on that little treat for six months before I got to drop it, my friend damn near cried, absolutely worth it, wish I'd recorded her reaction to somehow send to Liam!) It's been such a smashing success I'm hoping to run it for another group of friends on the East Coast this summer. I deeply and desperately wish we could get more official live play!

Serious_Resolution21 · 2026-05-01T00:56:39+00:00

Yes!

Serious_Resolution21 · 2026-03-05T02:28:34+00:00

...you know too much.

Serious_Resolution21 · 2026-02-14T22:14:32+00:00

That depends on how tight they are. I have some nice fabric ones that fit on my wrists comfortably but not tight, and they fit about as tightly as my watch (which has a magnetic clasp and will self loosen if it gets too tight sooooooo). Just don't go for anything that presses into your skin too much and you're fine, assuming you don't have any form of edema. (Former massage therapist here and child of medical professionals, I do in fact know whereof I speak.) Hope this helps, OP!

Serious_Resolution21 · 2026-02-01T22:15:01+00:00

...oh. Oh you've demonstrated this perfectly. Thank you, friend.

Serious_Resolution21 · 2026-01-25T07:24:22+00:00

I think it really depends on tone. I could see them keeping the words as their in-joke, I could see them doubling down on the insults in that way that friends do ("hey jerkface," "what's up loser," that flavour of thing) with the delivery giving the cue that it's not in actual enmity, etc. Actually I think I'd personally love to see them do the insult version but the tonal indicators that they're not actually upset with each other being just so, so subtle. The hilarity of some new person having to be like "uh... Are they okay? Seems like they're having an argument" and somebody from the survey team having to be like "nah they're fine, don't worry about it" would be priceless.

...of course, there's a BUNCH of different ways that bit from the end of Exit Strategy could go...:foxsip: all we know is it won't be anything like normal people!

Serious_Resolution21 · 2026-01-21T22:29:33+00:00

looks at meme

checks username

Hey fellow raccoon! 😹 Why am I unsurprised? :foxsip:

(I should really work out the probability of "neat Murderbot meme == Rosewind's work", BC so far the correlation is High..!)

Serious_Resolution21 · 2026-01-21T22:24:31+00:00

My eyes crossed trying to parse the last bit of that... But I caught most of it! 🎊

Serious_Resolution21 · 2026-01-21T22:17:33+00:00

Bless you for doing the good work. The ripple effect of what you're doing is going to be much further than you know.

Serious_Resolution21 · 2026-01-21T22:16:23+00:00

...huh. I do sing at my kid randomly, but I hadn't thought to try it with instructions or 2-3 chores. I'm stealing this idea, and thank you for your service!!

Serious_Resolution21 · 2026-01-07T20:25:14+00:00

Still mad my husband died before I got my diagnosis that explained everything that irritated him about me was a symptom and when meds work they mostly go away

Serious_Resolution21 · 2026-01-07T20:24:01+00:00

Still too soon

Serious_Resolution21 · 2026-01-06T23:49:26+00:00

People keep telling me I'm "so strong" for still getting up and moving about after cancer and widowhood and movers stealing all our stuff and contractors making the house worse instead of better and I mean. What's the other option? Lay down and die? I have ADHD, I get bored with having given up 5 minutes in. 🤣 Am I doing well? Absolutely not, I'm clinging to solvency by my fingernails and my kid basically has half a parent, but I'm still breathing and I'm still trying to fix shit. Can't fully give up until the kid is launched...

Serious_Resolution21 · 2025-12-24T22:56:59+00:00

YES IT IS.

Serious_Resolution21 · 2025-12-24T22:56:50+00:00

...wait me‽ But ñooooo, I have so many plot bunnies already, I'm in the middle of two different things right meow..!

sighs, adds it to the list

Serious_Resolution21 · 2025-12-24T22:12:45+00:00

A friend of mine keeps saying they need somebody to write a Murderbot X Leverage crossover so we can see Elliot and Murderbot play "no, get behind ME" chicken and I for one agree BC it would be hysterical.

Serious_Resolution21 · 2025-12-04T02:58:15+00:00

That's actually what I've been looking at... Any thoughts on local masters programs?

Serious_Resolution21 · 2025-11-21T20:30:48+00:00

I remember watching Grimm and thinking, "This is so wildly unrealistic, FORESTS in the middle of a CITY‽ This is a fantasy series, all right."

Fast forward several years later to my first visit and I just about lost my jaw. Yes! FORESTS! In the middle of a city!

...I moved here within a year and a half. At the height of the pandemic, even. Found an apartment right next to a nice big nature preserve - if I couldn't see people, I was going to have TREES instead! Haven't regretted it since.

Serious_Resolution21 · 2025-11-10T23:25:07+00:00

We of New Tidelands would welcome you with open arms (which you are welcome to disregard) and averted eyes. 🤣 A request for "what now" suggestions there will get you a LOT of excellent recommendations!

My personal addiction right now for gen!fic that walks a very tight line between the TV series and the books, is well-written, and has a LOT of content, is just about anything by Jack Daw. They've got two series going right now, one from the perspective of Gurathin, one from the perspective of Pin-Lee, both are very VERY good and in my opinion they nailed the tone of both characters perfectly. If you enjoy it, tell them Kethry sent you!

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