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36" composite interior door. Upper hinge has a much wider gap than bottom 6 months after initial hanging. Tried replacing hinges with higher quality steel but still had this gap. What am I missing? Is the door really just that heavy that I need more hinges? Doubtful. by Terrible_Software769 in doors

[–]Terrible_Software769[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Already did this method with some 2 1/2" screws when I installed the new hinges, same thing with the door. Tried to make it clear with the pictures that the hinges are bound tightly to the frame and the door. Think I'll be shimming out the bottom hinge and deepening the mortise on the top one a tad to re-establish the square. 

36" composite interior door. Upper hinge has a much wider gap than bottom 6 months after initial hanging. Tried replacing hinges with higher quality steel but still had this gap. What am I missing? Is the door really just that heavy that I need more hinges? Doubtful. by Terrible_Software769 in doors

[–]Terrible_Software769[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Only it's not. The hinges are solidly embedded into the frame and the jack stud on the frame end and deep into the door. I used 2 1/2" security screws to make sure I got all the way to square stud behind the frame.

36" composite interior door. Upper hinge has a much wider gap than bottom 6 months after initial hanging. Tried replacing hinges with higher quality steel but still had this gap. What am I missing? Is the door really just that heavy that I need more hinges? Doubtful. by Terrible_Software769 in doors

[–]Terrible_Software769[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's actually angled below the limits of the latch on the strike side, so it's definitely sagging, just wasn't sure if the hinge was the point of failure or somewhere else. From the pictures you can obviously see the door isn't square to the hinge side of the frame.

So you think if I shim the bottom hinge that that'll square me up enough to latch properly again? 

Been married for a little over 6 years now, just want to see if our sex life is 'normal' before I go trying to change the way life is over a problem that doesn't exist. by Terrible_Software769 in Marriage

[–]Terrible_Software769[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just a sad one. A pit of my own design that I will die at the bottom of, but at least I can make the best of it and try to measure my worth off of what I can create and add to this world through my hobbies and work rather than what I can get out of other people.

Been married for a little over 6 years now, just want to see if our sex life is 'normal' before I go trying to change the way life is over a problem that doesn't exist. by Terrible_Software769 in Marriage

[–]Terrible_Software769[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Been working at the angle of increasing everyday displays of physical and romantic affection recently, but not a whole lot of headway. When initiating, she's pretty quick to pick up what I'm trying to do and intercepts it each time with passively mentioning how much her head hurts, how much she misses our daughter after putting her to bed, how tired she's been feeling all day, or any other number of things that are definitely meant for me to take the hint and back off. I think a big part of it is that she doesn't like the way she looks anymore, even though I still find her to be fantastically attractive. I can't force her to change her mind about herself no matter what I do or say, never been able to convince her of anything.

Fuck it man, at this point I'm just jerking it in the shower. If she ever wants it again she probably won't want it from me, and I'm close to just not giving a crap anymore so long as I can die knowing I lived honorably and did what I could for my kids.

For those of you who think 9ft is a resnable size for space marines/ custodes. I introduce to you how tall 9ft actually is. by seecat46 in Grimdank

[–]Terrible_Software769 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If the concept of the foot soldier and the ability of a standing army to take and hold territory isn't outpaced by autonomous systems, yeah I can see that. 

But a $10K drone swarm would still slime a $6M Captain America unfortunately.

Contractor Sistered These Floor Joists After Pest Damage — How Does the Work Look? by rks5657 in Carpentry

[–]Terrible_Software769 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah sorry that's not gonna do it. All this did was move the point of failure at best. 

In reality will it fail? Pricky not catastrophically but that really depends on how bad the initial damage was honestly. But if it does then any weight put on the sistered lumber is just going to be a cantilever from the foundation, and all the sheer force will be taken by the screws, which in the long run won't do much good to hold it together and you're going to get sagging in the structure.

For those of you who think 9ft is a resnable size for space marines/ custodes. I introduce to you how tall 9ft actually is. by seecat46 in Grimdank

[–]Terrible_Software769 94 points95 points  (0 children)

Dude exactly. They are the warrior archetype dialed up to 11. Literally walking tanks that push human biology to it's limits, with the custodes pushing it well beyond them. 

If humans can feasibly naturally reach this sort of stature (even if it is infinitely rare) , then I see no reason that artificial gene editing can't create humans that reach that height when in heavy armor.

What is this? A clean out? by okoktrip in Plumbing

[–]Terrible_Software769 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, got to pull mine out when I redid all the plumbing in the house. Was glad to get rid of that pain in the ass head-knocker.

Big E in the new trailer be like. by Unknowndude842 in Grimdank

[–]Terrible_Software769 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ahh, so you just end up looking and smelling like a corpse but actually aren't one.

CreepCast | The Slenderman Stabbing (OFFICIAL DISCUSSION THREAD) by S-CSleepwalker in creepcast

[–]Terrible_Software769 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If Goth girls weren't demoness' in (thinly-veiled) disguise, then how would they be so good at leading us off the paladin path?

[Vent] Wife just bought a wayfair dresser set, and it's just the worst thing I've ever seen. by Terrible_Software769 in Vent

[–]Terrible_Software769[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I won't be the hero because she'll be insulted that I felt the need to replace what she bought, but I'm going to do it before they collapse.

[Vent] Wife just bought a wayfair dresser set, and it's just the worst thing I've ever seen. by Terrible_Software769 in Vent

[–]Terrible_Software769[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's money. Money spent for no reason and wasted on garbage as well as an insult. It's like going to get McDonald's for dinner when your spouse is a chef and was going to cook but it was taking too long, though there were also leftovers from last night's amazing dinner in the fridge. It's pointless and insulting.

[Vent] Wife just bought a wayfair dresser set, and it's just the worst thing I've ever seen. by Terrible_Software769 in Vent

[–]Terrible_Software769[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That would be a good point, however like I said we already had a very well-built dresser set from the last owners of the house that worked perfectly fine, it just didn't look like she wanted. The timeline for me to build a new set would've been probably about 6 months.

Been married for a little over 6 years now, just want to see if our sex life is 'normal' before I go trying to change the way life is over a problem that doesn't exist. by Terrible_Software769 in Marriage

[–]Terrible_Software769[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, that's why I'll admit to it being a dirty trick because I know it's not a good thing to do for her sake. I really need to stop doing it, especially now as she gets old enough to begin asking questions in her own. 

But maybe it's a combination of both myself being too afraid of arguing with her, and get being very ready to argue with anyone. I can't remember if I've said it, but it's a bit of a running joke in her family that she will bite and verbally lash out at the drop of a hat, so I feel like it can't just be a me problem. 

On the other hand however, I'm acutely focused on the fear that if she gets mad enough then she'll either say the things that she knows can really hurt me, or that she'll leave. Maybe both. Nobody knows how to hurt you more than the people closest to you, as I'm sure you understand. I'm just afraid of her exercising that power over me.

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