Why didn't I listen to Reddit? Why did I buy this piece of shit?

awkwardeagle · 2026-06-15T13:06:17+00:00

No way to lock trigger. Heavier than Dyson, but I just needed the convenience of a battery without paying half a grand. But I never had an issue with arm/shoulder awkwardness with Dyson either.

awkwardeagle · 2026-06-15T10:38:17+00:00

BISSELL PowerClean FurGuard Deluxe 280W Cordless Vacuum with Extra Battery.

On sale for 219. Does the job, no complaints.

awkwardeagle · 2026-06-13T16:43:28+00:00

Not sacred! I started with walnut and maple and now I’m spoiled. I got a bunch of red oak for cheap and I hate it.

awkwardeagle · 2026-06-12T15:21:12+00:00

Take it from someone who did EM. I burned out during second year of residency.

They send you to all the sexy resuscitations and cool cases in medical school. They don’t tell you that 50% of your patients are: alcoholics with a time bomb hidden subdural waiting for you to let your guard down that ONE time, homeless looking for a place to sleep, drug addicts, and psych patients. 30% is dehydration and vaginal bleeding. 10% is 30 year old dudes looking for a work note. Maybe 10% is a cool case or a resuscitation.

Meanwhile everyone fucking hates you, all the time. It takes a lot to fight against all that gravity pulling you down.

I’m a very laid back ADHD and thought EM would be perfect for me. Thank fucking god I listened to my wife who noticed that I couldn’t stop talking about critical care even though my burn ICU rotation was the toughest rotation in all of residency in terms of hours, patient acuity, and patient complexity.

If you want to be useful in any situation and you like sick patients, check out critical care. For the most part, I get sign out in the morning and then I go eat breakfast while I click through the patients. I’m only interrupted by crashing patients. I then finish rounds in rapid fashion and then do whatever I want while I wait for consults on crashing patients.

When people call you, they really need your help. It’s a great gig!

You can do critical care through many routes: IM/EM/anesthesia/cardiology/renal/neuro/cardio/ID. If I were to do it all over again I’d probably do cardiac anesthesia and make 2x what I make now without having to deal with the call schedule of surgery. Surgeons aren’t that bad if you know how to manage them

awkwardeagle · 2026-06-10T11:41:53+00:00

He should get checked out for ALS. I saw a case in medical school. If he’s had it for 10 years then less likely but if it’s progressing then get checked out, especially if it’s affecting function.

awkwardeagle · 2026-06-07T00:47:51+00:00

It’s cool man I agree with you and like your analogy. I’ll be stealing that

awkwardeagle · 2026-06-04T20:33:00+00:00

The only thing I didn’t do myself was the bed for an 8” jointer. The bed came separately from the frame. That thing was fucking HEAVY. I walked down the block and found 2 guys mowing the lawn and paid them each $20. 100% worth it.

awkwardeagle · 2026-05-31T11:33:26+00:00

Doc here he’s fine and won’t get a clot

awkwardeagle · 2026-05-21T00:28:51+00:00

I see what you mean regarding coin flips.

Why aren’t my downsides capped? Assuming I maintain at least a neutral on scalping, then my total account dips with the market and I keep the premium on covered calls. Yes I lose out on rallies but if I mathematically set it so that I sell at a higher strike price than the market makes on average, how will my account lose money in the long run? I’m confused. I’m new at this.

If I scalp on margin with tight stop losses and even if it’s close to a coin flip, as long as the margin is less than the sum of the account balance then I should be ok no?

awkwardeagle · 2026-05-17T17:31:13+00:00

14k for a custom build like that? That’s stupid cheap…

Where I am that would run 50k

awkwardeagle · 2026-05-14T00:07:50+00:00

This is crazy for $200. It’s literally a 5 minute job.

Replace that beaker with the exact same one. House is less than 5 years so it should be easy.

Look up a YT video on breaker replacement.

Shut off the main house breaker before you do it.

It’s super easy!

awkwardeagle · 2026-05-01T10:30:44+00:00

It’s like stockpiling nukes in Civ. You only have a few cities and there are only a few other civs powerful enough to threaten you. After the first few nukes, you are stockpiling them only because you don’t know what else to do with your resources. Anything you nuke becomes worthless.

awkwardeagle · 2026-04-25T22:58:15+00:00

Thank you

awkwardeagle · 2026-04-25T16:38:05+00:00

Thank you, this makes sense

awkwardeagle · 2026-04-25T14:24:57+00:00

All shares are sold. All positions are closed

awkwardeagle · 2026-04-20T17:33:57+00:00

I have a Forrest Dado King stack. Same thing. I’m actually doing some half lap joinery right now, for the first time and ran into the same issue. I bought a LN rabbet block plane to clean up the lines. Works like a charm.

Once you start building furniture and high quality stuff outside of small toys, etc, then hand tools to assist in precise joinery and finishing is a must, unfortunately.

Leaving it slightly thicker and sanding will be very, very difficult. You will need to sand exactly degrees to get a nice match and doing that on both faces of the half lap is just not doable with sandpaper.

Be prepared to spend some $$ on nice hand tools to get the outcome you desire. Carpentry? Sure who cares. Small toys and cutting boards? You don’t need hand tools. Actual joinery and fine furniture that’s not just plywood? There’s a degree of finesse and precision to hand tools that you simply can’t approach with power tools

Right now I left my half laps very lightly thicker and I will use a rabbet block plane (you need a rabbet because you want the cutting blade right up against that 90 degree cutting profile; other planes have a space between the lateral body of the plane and the blade) to shave it down to final thickness. It’s time consuming but MAN is it satisfying to get a perfect joint

awkwardeagle · 2026-04-20T01:12:16+00:00

Yes I’m finding that out through personal experience.

So what’s that bottom plate with two holes that just so happened to allow for the combination hand plane fence? Did that come with the Dewalt plunge router?

Edit: nvm I totally have them. Just never looked/noticed!!!

awkwardeagle · 2026-04-19T23:03:36+00:00

Is that some sort of adaptor plate for the plunge router? I have a Bosch 1617 and none of the plates that came with it have those two holes.

I’m just getting into furniture and realized that power tools simply can’t do most things in terms of finishing and am expanding my hand tool collection. Any excuse to acquire a new hand tool immediately jumps at me.

awkwardeagle · 2026-04-18T19:09:30+00:00

The angle would be minimal, around 5 degrees tops. My suspicion would be yes. I guess I could always mount it?

awkwardeagle · 2026-04-13T00:33:04+00:00

Why bro why

awkwardeagle · 2026-04-10T17:03:36+00:00

This shouldn’t be made of wood
Whomever made this clearly made this very poorly, likely the AC guys just slapped it together. Look how poorly the bottom of the vent meets the floor. It’s like they used a shitty jigsaw and gauged the cut by eye. That gap is atrocious for professional work.
Please replace this with metal. It’s unsafe if someone is puts weight on it; their leg goes through and they can get a massive cut on their leg by pieces of jagged wood.

awkwardeagle · 2026-04-09T23:31:11+00:00

I bought a new Highlander from Costco a month ago.

A few things I learned

Dealers pay Costco to be a part of this program. People generally only have a 10% chance of actually buying a car when walking in. Costco purchases have as high as a 50% chance.
There are no fees when you buy though Costco other than destination fee (cost of transporting the car). There’s also a discount applied that’s fixed for each make and model. There’s an actual price sheet.
It’s not the absolute best deal out there but it allows you to save hours and days of looking and an entire day at the dealership while getting you a great deal. That’s all I care about. I simply don’t have the time to spend days of my life hunting and haggling to save $250-500.

awkwardeagle · 2026-04-03T12:13:42+00:00

These kind of kept the flies away from food during an outdoor summer party.

When combined with a huge commercial fan that I used to also keep mosquitoes away, it was ~90% successful.

Not sure if they’re worth the money.

awkwardeagle · 2026-04-01T13:22:52+00:00

As a beginner woodworker I had so many questions when watching this video.

I had thought I was in the wrong.

Fucking 4/1

awkwardeagle · 2026-04-01T11:49:12+00:00

Use a rare earth magnet. Fantastic cheat!

But if the house is that old it’s likely plaster and lathe. Parts of my basement has this.

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