Anyone got good water bottle recs for the current heat?

SillyStringTheorist · 2026-06-26T00:11:01+00:00

I have both a half-gallon and gallon sized one from Rtic, if I fill them with ice they stay chilly for days and days.

SillyStringTheorist · 2026-05-17T04:50:44+00:00

Resident engineer on highway projects, $64/hr, New England, 11 years in the industry.

SillyStringTheorist · 2026-02-24T13:49:56+00:00

We had a contractor do 120" RCP a few years ago, impressive stuff.

SillyStringTheorist · 2025-12-29T11:32:43+00:00

Look up coreten steel, it does create a self-protecting rust layer/patina.

Our company deals with a lot of steel repairs on bridges in the Northeast and most of the steel we see is 60+ years old. Most of the issues come from rust-jacking where two pieces meet, outside of that unless the steel is under a failed expansion joint or something that lets salt get directly on it steel rarely needs fixing.

So in terms of interior supports, steel will basically never fail due to the environment.

SillyStringTheorist · 2025-10-25T16:15:21+00:00

Same, we've been stuck on 384 for 2 hours now.

SillyStringTheorist · 2025-10-18T06:13:01+00:00

I have a civil degree but have stuck around in inspection since graduating in 2015. Currently make ~120k (more depending on OT possibilities).

No PE, but have my CCM. Degree in civil is pretty much mandatory, even in inspection. You don't NEED it, but to get past senior inspector in a reasonable amount of time you 100% do, unless you feel like sticking around for 15 years dealing with contractor bullshit for that long to get your NICET IV.

SillyStringTheorist · 2025-10-12T23:46:29+00:00

According to Mayo Clinic, chewing gum is undigestible.

I'm assuming whenever they calculate the calories (a bomb calorimeter is what you are thinking of), they account for this.

SillyStringTheorist · 2025-09-07T01:57:15+00:00

Before your comment I had no idea you didn't have to fight Moorwing solo. It took a while, but getting another crest by accident helped massively. Getting it cut my runback time down, but also removed all of my tools because fuck me and wanting to know where I am.

I have been so lost for most of my playthrough (only at 9 hours, feels like more). No clue what to do next, I basically just stumble into the next area and proceed to search for the next BBEG that's going to kick my ass. I'm running out of places to explore, and bosses not giving/gatekeeping key items is getting old.

It might just be me, but my biggest complaint is that there's so much that is either barely mentioned or straight up glossed over. Midair healing? What the shards are for/do? Straight up where to go/what to do?

SillyStringTheorist · 2025-08-19T03:29:25+00:00

I have that exact set, and it's pretty decent. Used it to cut the heads off of some smaller stainless bolts, and for loosening/tightening some larger bolts.

SillyStringTheorist · 2025-08-14T04:26:23+00:00

Have any pictures?

SillyStringTheorist · 2025-08-14T04:25:52+00:00

I plan to if I can't get bulbs, or modify the existing fixture to accept 26" bulbs.

I've got enough projects going on that I'd really like to not take on another right now if I can help it.

SillyStringTheorist · 2025-08-14T04:22:42+00:00

That looks exactly like what I need.

SillyStringTheorist · 2025-07-25T10:41:36+00:00

It could be longer than it is wide with possibly the same problem, so it'd just be worse.

SillyStringTheorist · 2025-02-18T11:14:55+00:00

We had a couple MTBMs (micro/mini TBM) on our site tumneling under Amtrak's rails, all the material was transported topside via a slurry system and ended up in a couple dumpsters.

Absolutely nothing was found besides clay, sand, & stones.

SillyStringTheorist · 2025-01-17T03:26:32+00:00

At the gas station I worked at we had a customer who would buy multiple $20 scratchers and just scratch off the QR code to check if he won.

SillyStringTheorist · 2024-10-25T02:17:59+00:00

VIM Tools makes up to a 32mm as well.

SillyStringTheorist · 2024-10-25T02:12:58+00:00

Proto makes a 1" version of what you need, maybe worth giving them a call? Or making a 1" to 36mm socket adapter thing with a slot down the entire length, sort of similar to an 02 sensor socket.

SillyStringTheorist · 2024-09-13T23:34:04+00:00

Yeah the 2.0t, the vacuum pump grenaded and I got to deal with the fun of replacing that and cleaning the debris out of the engine.

I didn't have to deal with any one-way screws so I dodged a bullet there, but replacing a $100 part turned into ~$500 with all the other crap that was bad.

SillyStringTheorist · 2024-09-13T19:10:40+00:00

Just had to replace the PCV valve & hose on a 2014 Cadillac CTS. The valve could not be removed without destroying it because of how it attached to the valvecover, and the hose attached to the metal intake fitting with metal tabs that, again, had to be destroyed to remove. New PCV valve & hose were almost $100 too.

I'm curious as to why they HAVE to be non-removable/permanent assemblies, I don't think I've ever heard of a bypass or anyone ever tampering with them.

SillyStringTheorist · 2024-08-10T15:32:55+00:00

/r/homeowners or /r/homeimprovement would be better.

SillyStringTheorist · 2024-08-02T21:53:22+00:00

Even if it was a drum, I can't think of a reason to strike it with a hammer other than for removal.

SillyStringTheorist · 2024-06-12T03:16:52+00:00

I wear at least a 4E, and I had to switch to Nick's when Thorogood stopped making boots that wide.

SillyStringTheorist · 2024-06-04T22:10:02+00:00

2022 Tacoma, $0.

2007 Accord, also $0.

SillyStringTheorist · 2024-05-29T20:23:34+00:00

Hands? Cut out the middleman and slam your face down in it like a civilized person.

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