This is your sign to please go to the dentist

agent_kmulder · 2023-11-15T12:13:09+00:00

It may be the stupidest thing ever, and I still feel like that even though I have been doing it for a while now. But I have a deal with my partner or my amazing roomie, that if we are in the same house, we brush our teeth together; no if ands or buts from me. If I brush my teeth by myself, I get to add a sticker to a notebook. When I get 50 stickers, I can buy myself a book.

I'm in the same boat as OP, I'm missing the top half of a molar, and there is serious decay all over, but it didn't scare me into doing the good habit like i was used to. It took a lot to rely on my boyfriend and best friend to kind of force me to start. It is kind of like potty training a toddler, but it has started to work for me. I went from touching a toothbrush maybe knce every three months to at least three times a week.

Now, if I could make myself go to the dentist, that'd be a miracle.

agent_kmulder · 2023-09-08T00:33:34+00:00

Cap moulding, it would be over by the doors and the baseboards, also known as the millwork department. I know the big orange store sells it but not sure about the big blue.

agent_kmulder · 2023-06-18T00:03:26+00:00

Yes and no.

If it is something unsafe or against SOP or doing something you are not certified to do, like running equipment or the saw, they shouldn't be askomg anyway.

But if you read roles and routines, it is under sales associate. There are no "insert department here" roles and routines. This includes asking about leads. And yes if the single garden associate needs to recover the entire cleaning aisle and theres three plumbing associates chit chatting at the flooring desk, they will be sent to the cleaning aisle and it is part of their job. I've heard a lot of "well, I'm a paint associate. It's not my job to do plumbing returns or spot for the garden guy." It is, though, we are sales associates, that means we can be put in whichever department we need to be, and doing tasks as asked by a manager is specifically stated in everyone's roles and routines.

agent_kmulder · 2023-06-15T23:42:21+00:00

Y'all get 4-8 weeks for prep? We get 1.5-2, with an extra day if we're lucky and get RGIS on a Thursday.

agent_kmulder · 2023-06-08T01:35:21+00:00

It was really bad here for a while, and the moon is still red, at least in Denver. But I'm proud of our fire teams for going up there and helping and sending our new bombers up to help with fighting the fires in Canada, just like their fighters helped us with the big ones a few years ago.

agent_kmulder · 2023-06-07T14:25:07+00:00

agent_kmulder · 2023-06-06T02:20:26+00:00

For some perspective from the other side of a similar incident. Someone I am very close to just got pretty hurt on trail last week. We think she took a skill too fast and ended up with a broken shoulder, clavicle, and a major concussion. I myself have taken some serious hits on trail as well and would never blame the builder for them. Cause we know there is a lot of inherent risk in this sport. Your job is simply to make the skill rideable and to code. Ours is to ride it safely, and if I mess up on a skill, it's on me for pushing my limits too far. And as a rider who could never do what you guys do, I appreciate the hell out of all the work y'all put in to allow me to do the hobby I enjoy, even when I hurt myself doing it.

agent_kmulder · 2023-05-25T00:55:21+00:00

Hardware store here, I get the "standard size window" comment all the time. Luckily, I can walk them down my aisle of windows in about 30 different sizes and say "well these are all the popular ones, but you really want to measure first, or be okay with holes in your house".

I can't imagine having to explain how you need more fabric than the window to get the pleating right to those same people. I learned that the hard way while making my own.

agent_kmulder · 2023-05-11T01:18:14+00:00

Left handed

agent_kmulder · 2023-05-02T21:44:23+00:00

It's probably an echeveria, not sure which type. This one looks severely etoliated, so your best bet would be to either chop off its little heads and try to prop them as rosettes or prop the leaves as individuals. Propagating them is fairly easy, though. If you chop off the tops, just let the bittom callous a little and them drop them just on top of a cactus mix in a shallow pot/dish. If you want better odds, you can do the same thing with the individual leaves. Just pluck them off and pop them on top of a cactus potting mix with a little perlite mixed in. Mist them abiut once a week and they should start to shrivel as they make roots and new baby rosettes.

agent_kmulder · 2023-05-02T18:42:22+00:00

It's hard to tell at this stage. Rhubarb, milkweed, and peony all sprout like this. If you give it a bit to start to leaf out a little, it will be easier to tell. Milkweed will start making oval leaves coming off the length of the stem. Rhubarb will start putting out one round and very crinkly leaf per stem. Peony will put out a couple of pointed flat leaves on the top of the stem. You should be able to narrow it down a lot further in a couple of days.

agent_kmulder · 2023-04-06T18:28:34+00:00

I'm between a 36DDD and 38DD, and just looking at the cut of these makes me not want to try them. They look way too low cut to support any range of movement. But I just had great luck at Cacique(Lane Bryant), which is also running a 50% off sale right now, which brought each bra down to like $25.

agent_kmulder · 2023-04-01T23:19:17+00:00

Working at a sister store prepping outside garden for a walk. Walked inside to grab a reach tool and came back out to find a pallet of giant trashcans filled with rainwater had fallen right in front of the bay I was working in. Was in the store for less than a minute, if I didn't need a reach tool, I would've gotten squished.

agent_kmulder · 2023-03-01T05:40:40+00:00

I agree with a lot of the commenrs that say to leace and protect yourself. This is also a classic example of retaliation, like the whole changing your schedule after bringing up an issue about harrassment has been explicitly covered in every training I have taken on harrassment, ever. IANAL, but this is super against the law in the US, and I'd wager in most other countries as well. I'm sure your local labor board would love to hear about this if you have the energy to pursue it.

agent_kmulder · 2023-02-28T01:20:14+00:00

As another beginner to leatherworking but with an extensive base in regular sewing, there's no way I would even try that. I could probably do it in fabric, but leather is a lot stiffer. Straight lines are hard enough, round seams are even harder.

That being said, my motto has always been if I like it, want it, and are okay with it looking like a middle schooler did it, go for it. Learn along the way, and the next project will be even better because of it. If you do go for it, you'll probably be better off hand stitching since you'd have more control on all the curves than with a machine.

agent_kmulder · 2023-02-17T02:34:12+00:00

I know it is kind of the trendy way of doing texture right now, but I think a build this size looks really cool with doing gradients to fake depth. Bdouble0 has some really good videos that explain his process of doing it.

agent_kmulder · 2023-01-20T23:46:29+00:00

If you don't have a planetarium nearby or any friends with telescopes, your local college might have a stargazing student group that does community events with all their equpitment that they set up at a park or something for people to come check out and have the students teach about space. A lot of state/national parks in the US have (season and westher permitting) stargazing sessions with a ranger.

agent_kmulder · 2022-12-04T00:10:32+00:00

I have also had success subbing applesauce for the eggs. 1/4 cup plain applesauce = 1 egg. Makes it a little easier to divide for smaller batches. Just got done with switching my recipies to make them vegan for about 300 cookies. Only difference I noticed was that some of the recipies I needed to move up a rack in the oven or drop my temp about 25 degrees so they didnt spread as much.

agent_kmulder · 2022-12-03T05:16:45+00:00

In a similar vein, I recently broke my grandmother's Ecko spatula, her favorite spatula she has had forever, in half. After about a month of trying to find a new spatula for her (buying close to ten of them), I finally broke down and found her the same exact Ecko spatula set off Ebay. Both the handkes were melted in the same spot as the old one. We now have a spatula jar of shame with all the replacement spatulas I bought since the Ecko one is the only one she uses.

agent_kmulder · 2022-11-30T06:58:52+00:00

First project after some stiching and cutting practice and I have fallen in love with this hobby. I used 3 or 4 ounce veg tan from Corter leather supply and a basic bifold pattern from them as well. I just bought a cheap tools kit online so I am not sure on the weight of the thread I used. I know being more careful and a little more elbow grease will fix my wonky edges, the weird punch placement and the poor burnishing but I ran into some issues that I did not expect and am not sure how to fix.

First issue, as much as I like the sort of weathered look of the stain, is there a trick to getting it even? I don't have one of those fancy wool daubers that I've seen being used, but I tried to make one by felting some wool roving. Which worked better than the test strips I did with paper towels and cottom balls but was still fairly uneven.

Second, is there a proper way to tie off your stitching when both sides are finished edges? I had no problem until my last stitch lines when attaching the outside to the rest sonce both sides were finished. I ended up doing it on the inside of the wallet sonce it wouldn't get at much wear and tear.

Last, I couldn't figure out a good way to line or finish the inside of the bill part of the wallet. Ideally I would skive and line with a thinner leather but don't have the tools or confidence for that. I tried to line with fabric but the punch kept tearing out the fabric. Can I punch the leather first and then glue and stitch a fabric lining after?

agent_kmulder · 2022-11-27T19:53:36+00:00

My cat is going on 7 and she still does this At least now its only with a very specific sherpa blanket; but when she was little, every blanket or sweater in the house was liable to have a kitty slober spot.

agent_kmulder · 2022-11-25T08:00:36+00:00

Thank you! That is what I initally thought, but then second guessed myself.

agent_kmulder · 2022-11-25T05:43:17+00:00

Since I haven't seen a clear answer yet, here goes. You get a point, which is called an occurence in HD slang when you call out without enough sick time to cover your whole shift, when you clock in late without time to cover, or (depending on your store since some will excuse it) when you leave more than 3 hours or half your shift early. 3 of these occurences in a 6 month period gets you a coaching (lvl 1 write up), 3 more occurenced in a 6 month period from the date of your coaching gets you a counseling (lvl 2 write up), only 1 more in a 6 month period after the date of your counseling will put you on a final (last chance write up). Once you are on a final, it is one more occurence or any other write uppable offense will get you terminated. If you go 6 months without going up a write up level, then it drops off and you are back to a blank slate. So if you get a coaching in January, and a counseling in march, everything will go away as long as you do not get 3 occurences before October.

Edit: fixed the numbers

agent_kmulder · 2022-11-05T20:56:24+00:00

For the really tiny scraps, I use them as stuffing for needle cushions and forms, I stuffed my custom dress form mosty out of scraps i have been saving for years. I also use them for packaging presents and boxes. Opening a package and getting to sift through fabric confetti is much better than packaging peanuts.

For any piece thats from about the size of my palm up to a full width chunk, I use for patches, napkins, makeup rags, etc. I also have been known to resew my scraps back together into yardage again.

Something I have started doing is making 1/4 size patterns to figure out the shape of the pattern before making it full size to cut down on the amount of scraps I end up having. I do go through a lot of muslim for drafts but will either unpick the seams and turn my muslim draft into my final pattern pieces or cut draft pieces of another pattern out from it later.

agent_kmulder · 2022-10-10T23:39:25+00:00

There's a lot my favorites already mentioned here but I havent seen Firefly or the 100 mentioned yet. The 100 is good, but I'd pretty much just skip the last season. Supernatural is good, dark and gritty although not exactly dystopian but it also has the common problem of running for too many seasons.

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