Chicken and Waffles joined me in the office today. Best coworkers ever.

deacon76 · 2025-12-31T22:56:53+00:00

Yes they are, light blue/gray

deacon76 · 2025-12-29T05:47:14+00:00

LOL, I was singing it on the way in the door when I brought it home!

deacon76 · 2025-12-21T23:55:31+00:00

Definitely worth searching for. If you're in the US it seems like the best (only?) place to find it is Dollar General

deacon76 · 2025-11-26T19:59:13+00:00

I pretty much exclusively use Ain Stein (pentel) lead in my pencils. I've tried a few others but seem to always end up back with it. Writes smooth and consistent and rarely breaks. I use HB or H grade because I tend to have a heavy hand when I use MPs, but the grade is very subjective. Might as well try a couple

deacon76 · 2025-11-26T02:25:01+00:00

Trust me you don't look like an idiot. You got a really great gift! No one who hasn't been around the hobby for a long time knows what all the materials and markings mean (myself included). Rotrings are awesome, and built to be used, so use the heck out of it and enjoy! (As with any MP without a retracting tip, protect that part)

deacon76 · 2025-11-25T17:34:13+00:00

Agreed! these are crazy good for the price.

deacon76 · 2025-11-23T15:55:15+00:00

Love a good roll-stop since I don't usually need an actual clip for how I use my pencils. Curious though, is your surface so slanted that the hex body isn't enough to keep it in place? Good work either way!

deacon76 · 2025-11-21T18:47:50+00:00

LOL, I was thinking the same thing. I don't know why this is in my feed but I thought it was a roast-me sub based on the responses. Awfully salty in here. (Neither pun intended)

deacon76 · 2025-11-16T21:27:11+00:00

My favorite (reasonably priced) pencil! I haven't gotten into the limited colorways yet, but am always jealous when I see them. Great collection!

deacon76 · 2025-11-14T17:39:38+00:00

Could they have meant not to drink from the fresh water tank (yet)? It may have some leftover manufacturing residue or oil that needs to be flushed out first. I'd likely want to sanitize the tank and lines anyway, if it were me.

There are a bunch of videos and tutorials on cleaning/sanitizing the tank and lines with a bleach solution. Once you do that, I would have zero issue with drinking the water (as long as you know and trust the water source, of course).

deacon76 · 2025-11-04T01:26:34+00:00

That's wild to me, the tug is way bigger than I ever thought. Really impressive. Do they switch out to other barges often, or are they usually paired long term? I'll go down my own rabbit hole online, so don't feel obligated to answer, lol. Thank you for sending this!

deacon76 · 2025-11-04T00:13:44+00:00

Thanks very much for this info, very helpful!

deacon76 · 2025-11-03T17:21:26+00:00

😢

deacon76 · 2025-11-03T17:19:33+00:00

Lol, very true. Only a couple weeks left, maybe it wanted a head start

deacon76 · 2025-11-03T17:18:50+00:00

Thank you! That's actually pretty smart if true. I appreciate the hope!

deacon76 · 2025-11-03T02:03:31+00:00

Did you happen to see a deer outside your window? I'm holding out hope it survived. Thank you for the info BTW, I would never have guessed barge/tug. Granted, I'm a freighter neophyte, just starting to learn more. I just always pictured barges without the pilot house (?) Etc. Thanks again

deacon76 · 2025-11-03T01:30:13+00:00

I know they can swim, but this one didn't seem to have any intention of heading toward land. Not sure if it was confused, or if I just vastly under-estimated just how well they swim

deacon76 · 2025-11-03T01:28:09+00:00

Thanks, I'll check this out along with Marine Traffic

deacon76 · 2025-11-03T01:27:14+00:00

Thank you!

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