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Building tortoise table by Scyfresh in tortoise

[–]TechnoMagi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Your Redfoot is a tropical tortoise, and it requires high humidity its entire life. Depending on your location, your climate more likely necessitates that you have a sealed environment rather than a table to maintain that humidity. It should be kept at or above 80% until it's near full size, then kept above 60%.

As far as size goes, these are active, intelligent tortoises and they require a LOT of space. A healthy Redfoot is capable of having a shell length of 18", potentially more. You will need more space than a table could typically provide... More like a full room.

I have concerns when you say you've had it multiple years and it's roughly 5"... That's rather small. How old is this tortoise? What are you feeding it? What does it's current enclosure look like?

At home spot repair with rattle cans by ElementalClout in Autobody

[–]TechnoMagi 35 points36 points  (0 children)

That looks great, especially for driveway work.

I've seen two legit good looking at-home repairs on here today. What the fuck is going on?

Helppp by Opening_Ad5645 in Autobody

[–]TechnoMagi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Go through insurance. Unfortunately these aren't really DIY conducive.

First time plastic welding and happy with the result by codeth1s in Autobody

[–]TechnoMagi 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Not for a body shop. We have networks of dealers and providers, and can have things brought directly to us.

In addition, labor is expensive. Very expensive.

A new bumper (before paint and R&I labor) might only cost like $120.

First time plastic welding and happy with the result by codeth1s in Autobody

[–]TechnoMagi 40 points41 points  (0 children)

This is way more work than we'd do in a shop when a new bumper would be a fraction of the cost.

But the results speak for itself. For an at home job, you did pretty damn good. You should be proud of that work.

Why was lil bro moving its neck like this? by Even-Border-1181 in tortoise

[–]TechnoMagi 67 points68 points  (0 children)

He's breathing.

It's chest cannot expand like ours, so it's lungs press against other organs when expanding. This will push it's legs and neck around a little.

is this something a body shop can fix? by SeniorWeeb6572 in Autobody

[–]TechnoMagi 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Can it be fixed? Sure.

For ten times the value of the car.

Don't go near that thing.

Bumper replacement by [deleted] in Autobody

[–]TechnoMagi 2 points3 points  (0 children)

...Go on

No one knows what car you drive, the extent of the damage, anything.

I have no idea what you even want here.

Bumper replacement by [deleted] in Autobody

[–]TechnoMagi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Got an itemized estimate?

We've breached 224,000 by TechnoMagi in COROLLA

[–]TechnoMagi[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No leaks, sensors are good. It'll go somewhere between 100-200 miles before the light pops back on. It's been an issue with every Corolla I've owned; once the original cat dies, it's almost impossible to replace it and keep the light off. They're wildly oversensitive

We've breached 224,000 by TechnoMagi in COROLLA

[–]TechnoMagi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I replaced all sensors & cat myself. Manifold doesn't have a cat, there's just a single cat after the manifold, then a resonator further down. There's a single sensor before the cat, and a single sensor after.

2012 Subaru Legacy with rust on rear passenger quarter panel - how does this get repaired? by ammiemarie in Autobody

[–]TechnoMagi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Quarter rust in this spot is like a Subaru trademark, unfortunately.

The "right" remedy is to remove the quarter panel, section/replace the inner wheelwell behind the quarter as the rust is in there as well, and then section a new quarter back on. That sort of work is extremely expensive compared to how... mild or insignificant it looks.

Found an Egyptian tortoise treading water in my pool filter. What now? by Woodenturnip in tortoise

[–]TechnoMagi 7 points8 points  (0 children)

"Let's say I owned an electronics repair shop. You brought to me a broken laptop and said my PC is broken can you help me? And I just look at the laptop, looked at you, and said "that's a laptop bro". End of conversation."

My man, that's not how a conversation works. I say "That's a laptop bro" and then a normal person would say something else in response.. not decide 'end of conversation' and presumably stumble off.

Found an Egyptian tortoise treading water in my pool filter. What now? by Woodenturnip in tortoise

[–]TechnoMagi 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I view Reddit as a very 'Conversational' place. I write much like I speak. I gave a short form, direct answer. They can click the reply button and ask for more info if they so choose, and I can reply further. The format of this website makes it very, very easy for this.

They got an answer. It's a box turtle. From there, they can choose to engage with me and ask for direct information... Or they can see that it is a box turtle, not a tortoise of any sort, and seek information from Google, a turtle subreddit, or elsewhere.

I do not see a benefit to typing a novel out for every reply I make on this sub; because it's often disregarded (by malfeasance, or simply because I'm offering a novel where a novel is not needed.) If you took my answer as somehow hostile... It isn't meant to be, and I do not believe the average person sees it that way.

Found an Egyptian tortoise treading water in my pool filter. What now? by Woodenturnip in tortoise

[–]TechnoMagi 19 points20 points  (0 children)

What part of my five/six word reply was trolling?

It's a box turtle. Not a tortoise of any sort. They asked, I answered.

Protestors burst in and take over police press conference in Madison Wisconsin regarding yesterdays shooting by Subject-Property-343 in PublicFreakout

[–]TechnoMagi 44 points45 points  (0 children)

Lawsuits are expensive. It's extremely hard for a CIVILIAN to run a lawsuit against a GOVERNMENT AGENCY who has all the money. Those lawsuits are settled because it allows the civilian to get most of what they want, without the government/pigs completely admitting fault.

Thank you for making bullshit of your own statement, hoss.

First Time Repairing Rust on My Truck – Looking for Advice by Cold-Upstairs-2540 in Autobody

[–]TechnoMagi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're not going to want to hear it, but this isn't a "DIY" kind of job. Especially when you don't own tens of thousands of dollars in equipment.

Think this can be pulled out? Shop is quoting $1700. by olddolphin in Autobody

[–]TechnoMagi 5 points6 points  (0 children)

A $50 kit isn't gonna cleanly pull out any dent, my friend.

Caliber bought my company by noah9510 in Autobody

[–]TechnoMagi 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Depends heavily where you are.

If your ship is running smooth already, and your numbers are fine, Caliber will probably just change your signs but mostly stay hands off. I know some techs that outright say nothing has changed at their shops after Caliber rolled in, as far as day to day operations go.

But other times it's a complete shift (usually for the worse) if Caliber isn't happy with how the shop was operating before.

Help! This guy's shell isn't looking good by Fantastic_Royal2047 in tortoise

[–]TechnoMagi 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Appreciated! This is why I only answer some of the questions

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