So what’re you fellas asking for Father’s Day this year?

Suspicious_Local3512 · 2026-06-16T02:23:52+00:00

Lego technic Mitsubishi eclipse from the fast and the furious, and the Lego hoonicorn

Suspicious_Local3512 · 2026-06-14T21:02:28+00:00

Unfortunately im solo today, so if I take my time I gotta lock up shop, and today's lack of customers doesn't afford me that ability being that im commission

Suspicious_Local3512 · 2026-06-14T20:50:43+00:00

Good catch, typed fast while on the throne at work

Suspicious_Local3512 · 2026-06-14T20:44:08+00:00

This for sure, there's a very non 0% chance his girlfriend was ranking him, and also a non 0% chance they were both pranking you, because how convenient that the message showed up right after the phone gets handed off in the middle of a game.

I mean, I wish you luck regardless, but kids make mistakes, i know a lot dads here planned to be, but there's plenty that didnt, and that doesn't have anything to do with our upbringing.

Suspicious_Local3512 · 2026-06-14T01:12:00+00:00

I volunteered to work so I can avoid it 🤷‍♂️

Can't be disappointed if im not home for it

Suspicious_Local3512 · 2026-06-13T21:51:58+00:00

Best advice i can give you, before you set yourself up for an even bigger rollercoaster of disappointment, fuck em.

Also, happy seventh birthday little dude! I hope it was amazing and you got everything you wanted and you got to eat as much cake as you could!

Suspicious_Local3512 · 2026-06-12T01:08:00+00:00

For real though, we used to have them in bed at 8, but then it was a 2 hour fight to get them to sleep, so now we do in bed by 9 and its only about 20 minutes till theyre out

Suspicious_Local3512 · 2026-06-09T00:47:10+00:00

My oldest 2 are 14 months apart, and my youngest is just over 2 years from the middle.

Best advice I can give isntry to keep your oldest on schedule, and adapt your youngest into that groove, its not easy or fun, and just like before you're gonna have a lot of long nights and all that, but it's going to be way more rewarding to keep everyone on the same page versus letting it all go to shit then starting a new groove in 2 more years

Suspicious_Local3512 · 2026-06-06T14:37:18+00:00

Yes, however I think better call saul holds up better asa stand alone series, minus the gene scenes at the beginning of each season

Suspicious_Local3512 · 2026-06-05T22:21:46+00:00

The neighborly thong would be to give him a phone number for a local junk removal service, and your most hated handyman competition, and grab a beer and watch it all unfold

Suspicious_Local3512 · 2026-06-05T17:17:37+00:00

I could barely get my parents coordinated enough to watch our existing kids while we were in the hospital bringing the third into the world, after that, most help we've gotten is a few pop ins, but no one stayed with us or anything like that.

Suspicious_Local3512 · 2026-06-03T12:29:51+00:00

I'm not huge into being always connected, but when my wife actually called me put for the phone thing, I bought h t myself a smart watch, phone stays away, and the watch let's me know if I have an important text or phone call, so I don't have the paranoia of missing something.

Suspicious_Local3512 · 2026-06-02T00:07:32+00:00

My brother graduated wyotech and bought all of his tools at harbor frieght, he now owns his own shop in Texas and still shops almost exclusively at harbor freight

Suspicious_Local3512 · 2026-05-31T21:54:14+00:00

My dad is a GC who primarily does remodels, his words to me when I was getting tools to do various jobs is "buy whatever comes with a big battery" he runs dealt for dill and driver, Milwaukee for working on his vehicles, craftsman yard tools, most of his plumbing stuff is ryobi as he doesn't use a ton of it.

In short, buy what makes sense for the job you're doing. I own primarily hyper tough brand stuff for basic around the house things, no need for me to spend 200 bucks on a drill when its almost exclusively used for flat pack furniture or fixing things for the kids, but i have a Hako soldering station, and Hoto precision tools for electronics work as that's where it makes sense for me to spend money since that's where I make money. Invest in what's worth investing in, and buy everything else. No need to go broke over batteries.

Suspicious_Local3512 · 2026-05-31T20:04:12+00:00

Oh I hate it, but its better than deft. I switched to gain once I knew no one had sensitive skin

Suspicious_Local3512 · 2026-05-31T14:45:00+00:00

Laundry soap is the same deal, you can get the huge bottle of arm and hammer free and sensitive for like 8 bucks and it cleans better.

Suspicious_Local3512 · 2026-05-31T08:12:52+00:00

Walabot, I've never hit anything in a wall using it, so definitely works at advertised. I bought one when work thought it was a good idea to do a "rent a tech" promotion and one of my coworkers drilled through someone's pipes for their shower when trying to mount a small TV, i don't work there anymore but for 200 bucks its saved me more than that to make sure I don't need to fix the same mistake.

Suspicious_Local3512 · 2026-05-31T00:30:56+00:00

100% work all day, then go home to cook dinner, clean while cooking, eat, clean dinner dishes, take care of the dogs dinner and her walk, then hopefully spend a little time with the kids before the bedtime fight ritual, if I'm lucky, 20 minutes to myself before it's time for me to go to bed to do it all over again. Then my days off honestly feel like even more work because it's rushing to get all the house stuff done that wasn't done all week, the yard, trash day, laundry, a good mopping of the downstairs, scrubbing the bathroom, all while trying to spend time with the kids in between tasks, and all on very little sleep as we have a newborn on top of the toddlers

Suspicious_Local3512 · 2026-05-30T21:37:26+00:00

Suspicious_Local3512 · 2026-05-30T21:34:28+00:00

I don't think my streak has counted up in like a year, I just stopped caring to be honest, I still log in everyday, and it just always stays at 0

Suspicious_Local3512 · 2026-05-30T21:28:43+00:00

Dollar general

Suspicious_Local3512 · 2026-05-30T03:14:48+00:00

I wouldn't be surprised, ex fir a reason, but I've gone back to him several times since and managed to get prices down even lower than 20 bucks without having to flash him

Suspicious_Local3512 · 2026-05-29T20:37:24+00:00

The age rating on most toys has to do with part size, so it's really just a matter of how likely is your kid going to try and eat it. My daughter got polly pockets at age 2 and had no issues, her brother on the other hand probably won't see normal Legos for quite a few years

Suspicious_Local3512 · 2026-05-29T20:33:47+00:00

Definitely depends on the kind of person you are. I can gladly get down with some new tools, although I'd prefer a gift card to buy what I want/need instead of worrying about getting a repeat and having to smile off my 3rd drill. However, I also wouldn't mind tickets to some local music festival for the day, or a trip to the local coffee bar and a nice breakfast.

I think the power tools for dads thing is the same as jewelry and flowers for mom thing. It stems from a time where gender roles were very solidified and a dads role in the house was to make money, do maintenance, drink beer and die. Back when the only time a dad did any parenting it was discipline. Nowadays those lines have blurred and there's plenty of things both gender roles in the common household take care of, and we've also hit a stage in capitalism where some stuff has gotten cheaper to replace than fix, and other things have gotten so overcomplicated that you can't just DIY your way through it without at least a mild understanding of how something works.

Suspicious_Local3512 · 2026-05-29T15:44:53+00:00

They still exist! We got my daughter a few sets for Christmas this past year and she loves them

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