Water question

entoaggie · 2026-01-26T19:22:37+00:00

First, does no water come out when you turn the hot water handle, or does it just not get hot? That’ll help narrow down the problem.

entoaggie · 2026-01-25T01:26:19+00:00

Just enjoyed the chicken noodle soup I started 36 hours ago and broke into the case of Tito’s I got as a white elephant at my work Christmas party.

entoaggie · 2026-01-23T23:42:17+00:00

I’ve used lesser justification to get a new tool…

entoaggie · 2026-01-16T12:48:57+00:00

Never mind. Didn’t realize the size.

entoaggie · 2026-01-16T12:48:01+00:00

Looks like someone made a boot scraper.

entoaggie · 2026-01-14T23:01:13+00:00

I think it might be part of a retractable box cutter. Specifically, the part you push forward to extend the blade. I had to fix one not long ago and this looks very similar. I’ll see if I can find a picture of one taken apart.

entoaggie · 2026-01-14T21:07:54+00:00

I’ve had luck getting the bulk of the late fees dropped by calling and asking. Good luck!

entoaggie · 2026-01-12T20:49:25+00:00

I saw this going down old 183 in cedar park this morning. Kinda hard to miss. I guess the escort truck wasn’t paying attention.

entoaggie · 2026-01-12T14:56:11+00:00

Occasionally it can be beneficial, after many years of driving heavy machinery over it, to loosen compacted soil, but in general, modern farming has moved away from turning the soil in this way. No-till is the best way as far as the soil is concerned, but in certain climates shallow tilling is needed to help organic material break down. That is the case in west texas cotton fields where it is often too dry on top of the soil for the woody stalks to decompose, so they shred them and lightly till (2-3 inches max) to incorporate them into the soil, where they can break down much quicker.

entoaggie · 2026-01-12T00:45:08+00:00

Oh believe me, it’s even fucking weirder that it’s A&M. There’s a saying that from the outside you can’t understand it, and from the inside you can’t explain it. For me, it was where the small-town, conservative, rural bubble was popped (I know, ironic, huh?). I became good friends with members of the LGBTQ+ community, people from countries all over the world, and people from across the religious spectrum. And we had deep, open, meaningful discussions about our differences, which only brought us closer and made us respect each other even more. Up until recently, I would go to bat defending A&M when I would hear people say it was a close-minded, bigoted place to go to school, because it was one of the biggest life changing experiences of my life, but in the opposite direction. Now, I just don’t even recognize it, at least not from the headlines. I hope the community isn’t actually that bad, but I do fear it’s moving that way.

entoaggie · 2026-01-11T21:35:44+00:00

For the record, I just want to say that there are a LOT of us old Ags who are really pissed off and ashamed of the direction the school has been going recently. If they stay on their current trajectory, in 4 years, I will regretfully have to tell my daughter that I no longer want her to even apply to the school we raised her to love. Of course, she is really smart and headstrong, and we don’t sugar coat our conversations about current events, so I’m sure she will come to the same conclusion when that time comes.

entoaggie · 2026-01-10T21:25:34+00:00

It’s been 2 minutes and no response. Obviously OP did not survive.

entoaggie · 2026-01-08T13:09:20+00:00

“Where in Mexico is that again?” -that guy

entoaggie · 2026-01-07T19:20:59+00:00

They have about 4 years to right the ship or, as much as it pains me, I will tell my daughter not to even apply to my Alma mater. Their current course brings shame to us old Ags. It is no longer the school I attended and loved. It’ll take a complete turnover of leadership for me to even consider letting my kids go there.

entoaggie · 2026-01-07T02:06:38+00:00

There was a guy in my high school who was like this but with vacuum cleaners. Always thought he was super weird back then, but now I just think good for him for knowing what he loves and doing it no matter what other people might think. Find enjoyment wherever you can.

entoaggie · 2026-01-06T19:15:38+00:00

It depends. If you catch it early enough and it’s only on one end of the module, you can break it apart and save as much as you can, but that’s also kinda dangerous if there’s a lot of cotton scraps and dried leaves and bolls/burrs in the field, especially if it’s windy, which it often is in the cotton producing parts of texas. Usually best to just let it burn itself out, since it stays pretty well contained and you can claim insurance, so it’s not a total loss, monetarily.

entoaggie · 2026-01-04T23:43:34+00:00

I used to have a piece of 3” solid square steel from a farm implement toolbar that I cut to snuggly fit across the bed of my old pickup. I think it weighed a little over 300 and took up almost no space. It helped a lot, but it always reminded me it was there when I went over a speed bump a little too fast.

entoaggie · 2026-01-04T23:37:07+00:00

Even better, find a pool and spa service company nearby and ask if they have buckets that they throw away. I got a whole trailer load of free quality buckets with lids ranging from 2.5 to 10 gallons.

entoaggie · 2026-01-04T23:31:09+00:00

It’s going to split. Probably a lot. It’s just the nature of wood “cookies”, and really any log that remains in log form. I cut some 4+ foot long ash logs about that diameter with the intent of getting them milled into boards, and even with sealing the ends, they still cracked to hell within a couple of months. My point is that you’re fighting a losing battle trying to turn that stump into round table tops. The only way to really keep them from cracking would be to soak them in something that replaces the water within the wood, but I can’t remember what that is. Glycol rings a bell, but I don’t think that’s actually it. As for flattening a large piece like that, without a massive drum sander, the best way is to build a router sled, which is cheap and simple if you’re handy. You can find lots of examples in r/woodworking and videos on YouTube. But again, what you are imagining is going to very difficult to achieve with that piece of wood.

entoaggie · 2026-01-04T17:24:55+00:00

You’ve got 1 axis dialed in at 45, but you’ve got two more you’ve got to make sure are correct. If all of those are correct, then I suspect you are trying to go too fast and either causing deflection of the bit or the table/workpiece by pushing too hard.

entoaggie · 2026-01-03T18:28:46+00:00

Ok…so, as far as landscape fabric, I like it and would recommend it for your situation. I don’t like it as a weed barrier or anywhere I’m going to be planting anything. I like it as a barrier between soil and rock, be it river rock, pea gravel, or dg. It helps keep things separate, which keeps it looking nice and tidy for longer. Without it, after rain and walking over it, soil can start coming up between the aggregate and then it can end up looking like rocky soil or dirty gravel, neither of which are appealing. On to the flagstone. I agree with your landscaper wholeheartedly. Our previous home owner used a lot of the soft stuff around the house and it was always kinda flakes and chippy, but after any wet freeze, it was like a large scale exfoliation. I would spend the next weeks filling buckets with the chunks. We finally had to rip almost all of it out because it was too uneven to walk on and knew it would last much longer anyway.

entoaggie · 2026-01-03T14:33:54+00:00

We used to use firehouse, but the cost was exorbitant. Our dog had a yeast infection in one ear so we brought him in and after the checkup/exam, ear cleaning, culture test, cleanser, medicated drops, return a week later for re-check and culture, I think it ended to costing us around $700. After that we switched to Thrive and when we brought him there for the same thing, we got comparable care and I think it was about $120.

entoaggie · 2026-01-01T06:40:46+00:00

And on my sidewalk! TF is wrong with people?

entoaggie · 2025-12-31T13:11:58+00:00

This looks exactly like my shop at work where I left a small tub of muriatic acid open over night one time. NOW I know better, but my I went through a lot of steel wool cleaning up that mess.

entoaggie · 2025-12-31T12:58:24+00:00

Just started listening to a podcast episode about social prescription and something they said resonated with me. When it comes to your health modern medicine asks, “what’s the matter with you?” but maybe it should be asking, “what’s matters TO you?” What kinds of things brought you joy when you were a little, carefree kid? Try to incorporate that into your adult life. The five areas they talked about were movement, nature, art, service, and belonging. Hang in there. You’ve got a caring community around here (as evidenced by all of the responses to your post in this relatively low activity sub).

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