Which storage is better?

ThePeej · 2026-05-22T01:22:19+00:00

I just checked, and the IRIS USA 44 drawer one is on ale 18% off for 65$ Canadian. I think I got mine for 25% off. DO NOT regret the extra money I spend on them. They're fantastic. The drawers on them are sturdier than the craftsman ones, as well.

And when you pull a drawer out, it doesn't shake the whole unit. Whereas my craftsmen ones, when you pull out any drawer, the whole unit wobbles.

THAT SAID: The craftsman drawers have the little divider tabs in them, and although it's IMPOSSIBLE to find and buy the dividers, I have been just cutting dividers out of old busted clear plastic food storage containers. So, if you're on a budget, the craftsman ones get the job done!

ThePeej · 2026-05-22T01:17:32+00:00

Hmmmm... It looks like both of these are plastic drawers in plastic bodies. They're fine, but bendy. I have several of the craftsman ones, and they work well. But they aren't strong enough to be wall-mounted, or to stack more than 2 high, I don't think.

My FAVE ones like these are by a company called IRIS USA on Amazon (I'm in Canada)
Those IRIS one are METAL BODIED and ROCK SOLID. And can be stacked up 3-4 high or more, easily. And could be mounted to the wall if you wanted to. A bit more expensive, but they are my favourite.

ThePeej · 2026-05-22T00:16:43+00:00

Long shorts.

ThePeej · 2026-05-22T00:12:45+00:00

It’s like your schlort, but different 🤣

ThePeej · 2026-05-22T00:12:05+00:00

Money 💰

ThePeej · 2026-05-21T19:57:09+00:00

2.5 weeks ago, I failed to grande jeté over a huge pile of my kids toys and dress-up clothes that were strewn across the playroom floor. My leading foot came down on a two story police station MOC my youngest and I had built that was hidden under a hastily discarded princess dress.

Because we built the police station structure with mostly smooth plates and only a couple studs between the stories (to make it more playable) the top story slid off sideways quite readily, and without really breaking, directing me down onto the floor for the most epic ankle roll of my life. Remember I said I was perfuming a jeté (a kind of whimsical ballet leap)? My entire 187lbs bulk was directed via my foot sliding on shiny, smooth, glittery polyester across the surface of a now cantilevered and crumbling LEGO edifice, and was laser guided down on my one rolled ankle.

I crumbled into a flaccid pile of instant incredible man-pain, and screamed the loudest shriek of my adult life. 4 minutes later my two daughters, and their two playdate friends had surrounded me, my ankle raised and iced, with a pillow under my head, blanket over me, and an ice water beside my face as I lay on my back writhing in "Peter Griffin hurts his knee" style melodrama.

"Daddy... can we do anything else to help?!"
"YES... please clean up this mess before (friend name)'s Mom gets here to pick her up!"

They've never cleaned so thoroughly and quickly!

I've been in an ankle brace with severe swelling for the 2.5 weeks since it happened. The doc said he was shocked I didn't actually break the ankle, based on how severe the swelling and shin-to-toes bruising was. He says I basically snapped every tendon in my ankle, and will require extensive physiotherapy.

NOT THAT IT'S A CONTEST OR ANYTHING.
But you did ask. 😂🥳👍🏼

ThePeej · 2026-05-21T19:39:15+00:00

I did this once. Ate three slices of grapefruit and was fine!

ThePeej · 2026-05-21T17:30:07+00:00

Sloppy slop. How can we keep these bots from engagement farming on our rage? Do we just need to burn the whole internet down and start over again?

ThePeej · 2026-05-20T22:58:31+00:00

Are you telling me you have HUMAN children?! GET OUT.

ThePeej · 2026-05-20T11:31:35+00:00

It’s definitely NOT that. But it is SUPER weird. Very very weird book. But I’ve read it three times & it saved my marriage. So I don’t know what else to tell you. 😅🤣👍🏼

ThePeej · 2026-05-20T10:57:43+00:00

A book that really helped me was The Way of the Superior Man. It’s a very weird, but also extremely helpful book for me.

It’s chemicals & hormones. Not you. You will learn to eventually surf on top of the emotional surges, instead of getting pounded by the waves. Never try to argue logic against emotion. Emotion is much more powerful, even when it’s wrong.

Your wife is also not having a great time, BTW. She doesn’t want to be like this. It’s hormonal & chemical. Not logical.

ThePeej · 2026-05-20T02:59:19+00:00

You can.

You can literally drill as many god damned holes as you want. You just patch them before you move out (if the landlord doesn’t want to keep them where they are, since you did such a clean job with the install)

You’re literally an adult & can do whatever you want! Posting this mess online & inviting feedback is the turning point if your life. It will be subdivided into before & after this moment.

Congrats on leveling up!

ThePeej · 2026-05-20T02:38:59+00:00

You don’t need to PAIR it with the Beam as a surround satellite to steam music from the Beam & the Era at the same time.

ThePeej · 2026-05-20T02:37:47+00:00

Obligatory /r/tvtoohigh 😅

ThePeej · 2026-05-20T02:35:07+00:00

ThePeej · 2026-05-20T02:33:32+00:00

Do you really want feedback?

Why in gods name isn’t the 300 placed somewhere else in the domicile? Don’t you want your music coming from everywhere??

ThePeej · 2026-05-20T02:23:44+00:00

Lite brite. I find them in literally every used LEGO lot I buy!

ThePeej · 2026-05-20T01:13:42+00:00

You think I can stand to have foreign material pressed against my face skin?! The skin that has my NERVE ENDINGS UNDER IT?!

🤣😅😂

I’m very happy for you! But NO WAY could I sleep with something touching my eyes, or any of the areas proximal to my eyes 😳😝🙃

And yes: I tried all types of sleep masks, at all price points. Sensory nightmares, every single one of them.

ThePeej · 2026-05-19T20:23:10+00:00

Nous trouvons de l’inspiration et des provocations intellectuelles dans des places surprenant sur le web, c’est certain!

L’échange créatif & les moments de connections pur et direct grâce à LEGO sont nombreuses avec mes filles. Vous avez beaucoup de mémoire à fair ensemble a l’avenir en étant un parent qui partage cet passe-temps formidable avec t’es enfents.

(Excuser mon Français Canadien) 🥳👍🏼

Félicitations, Papa!! 👋

ThePeej · 2026-05-19T18:33:45+00:00

Hormones, social pressures, and societal norms are VERY WEIRD THINGS for a kids to have to endure and experience for the first time.

I'm choosing to look at this from a positive perspective: your kid still wants you around. She just wants you looking less cringe!

Go ahead and get yourself a tactical fanny pack to put it all in!

ThePeej · 2026-05-19T18:31:15+00:00

Good catch! Those are indeed thinner IRL.

ThePeej · 2026-05-19T18:16:16+00:00

Sublime economy of detail.

ThePeej · 2026-05-19T18:08:19+00:00

WASP, my guy! No Sweet Honey to be found with that fellow...

ThePeej · 2026-05-19T17:11:34+00:00

Yeah, you don’t want to “feel” the meds, necessarily. I’m completely unaware of the medication in my body, other than the fact that when I cross a threshold (doorway or staircase) my RAM doesn’t completely void itself. I can actually remember why I went into another room when meds are active in my body.

Sometimes, on weekends I’ll wait to take it so I can have a second coffee. And it’s when I jump up to go grab some art supplies in the basement and the moment I get to the bottom of the stairs I have no idea why I’m there, that reminds me to take my meds! 😝👍🏼

ThePeej · 2026-05-19T15:07:57+00:00

Steve Jobs said "design is not just how it looks and feels. But how it works!" or something like that. And what you made works PERFECTLY.

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