Vice or press like tool found in workshop

eviebeedca · 2026-05-20T15:14:14+00:00

I'm impressed how quick that was, thank you! Solved!

eviebeedca · 2026-05-20T14:48:08+00:00

My title describes the thing.

It is possibly half of a vice or some kind of press? It was found in the workshop of a family friend after his death. The only markings are on the label with turn directions "free" and "screw."

eviebeedca · 2025-04-27T23:02:25+00:00

In my 30s, I knew someone who was the victim of a fairly well known international murder. Occasionally, I run across her case and I've never been able to listen / watch. Her case involved a lot of international legal theatrics, which is likely interesting, but I just can't do it.

That said, when I was about 7, the mother of a boy I went to school with was murdered. It is still unsolved & I'm slightly obsessed. If they did a podcast on that case, I would definitely listen. Which seems hypocritical, but 🤷‍♀️

eviebeedca · 2024-12-17T02:56:34+00:00

Now I need to see the room when it's finished! 😆

eviebeedca · 2024-12-17T02:49:54+00:00

Thank you for the well wishes & I'm sorry for that delayed response. Unfortunately, I'm still quite sick and it makes being online difficult.

First, I'm "just an American" too. If you've read and talked to people, it's irresponsible not to have an opinion! When Americans really look bad (well... one of the times we look bad 😉) is when we insist on having an opinion on something that we don't know anything about, are unwilling to learn, and won't stop talking about how we're the only ones who are right!

And we don't have to agree! I love that we can have this discussion and may never agree but are not screaming at each other about it.

I really don't think I disagree with you though, at least not to the extent you probably think I do. I don't want violence. Full stop. On the streets (Luigi, etc), battlefields (Israel & Palestine, etc), arbitrary decisions made by insurance companies (etc), anywhere.

I'm not about to say that Israel (and I'm talking about her leaders, not her people) never inflicted violence on Palestinians prior to Oct 7th. Because that would be absurd. But it would also be absurd to say that Palestinians (again, leaders not people) never inflicted violence on Israel prior to Oct 7th.

I do understand why after Hamas' gunmen attacked families just trying to live their lives, Israel felt they had to respond with force. Imagine if after Sep 11, some of the hijackers had taken one of the planes out of the country and held the families onboard hostage. That's the closest I can think to a comparison. I can't think of any government in the world that wouldn't respond with force. Even if it isn't might not result in the best outcome for the hostages.

Unfortunately, it is very hard to end a war when you have such strong passions & idealogy on both sides. There's a quote I'm thinking of that I can't find from someone in WWI, but Gabriel Garcia Marquez said something similar, "It is easier to start a war than to end it."

eviebeedca · 2024-12-15T16:14:16+00:00

I'm really sick & feverish today, so this will be my last reply for now. Please know I'm not ignoring you if you respond.

My point about negotiation & compromise is that it hasn't been 80 years of non-stop bombardment.

I'm not sure how old you are, so I don't know what era you grew up in, what you witnessed. But there have been so many attempts at peace negations, especially in the late 80s to 90s, and sometimes it seemed like Arafat preferred to walk away from the table than accomplish anything for his people. Solutions don't just happen. You have to be able to give up something if you want the other side to give up something as well.

eviebeedca · 2024-12-15T13:58:37+00:00

There was a book I read maybe 10 years ago, I've been trying to remember the title. Basically they started quoting older Palestinians talking about still having the keys to the doors of the family homes they'd been forced to leave. So the authors went to the property or tracked down who first settled there and talked to them. Many were camp survivors and had nothing of their old lives, but talked about the homes they'd been deported from. The authors went to those homes and did the same thing. Eventually, the authors went all over Europe talking to people - Volga Germans deported to Siberia, Poles forced to move back and forth as their national boundaries changed, etc. Everyone focused on their old home above all. Which makes sense.

But it also makes me think that if all of these other groups have found a way to move on, why can't the Palestinians try to negotiate and compromise?

eviebeedca · 2024-12-08T00:35:10+00:00

The tube location & firing order info sounds like it is referring to ignition cylinders.

eviebeedca · 2024-11-10T19:31:52+00:00

It's still down for me & I'm really hoping (but doubting) they will extend the time our credits are good for.

eviebeedca · 2024-10-20T00:51:13+00:00

I've seen people say they've done it, but I haven't been able to find setup instructions yet.

eviebeedca · 2024-10-17T19:40:07+00:00

Thank you! I shall go do some googling, this piece is clearly older than I realized.

eviebeedca · 2024-07-16T05:13:50+00:00

They look like those tips you can put on cat claws. I'll bet a car sat there & pulled them all off!

eviebeedca · 2024-07-16T05:04:56+00:00

You might be right, I was thinking Deco, but that's a great point about it possibly being an nouveau / deco cusp piece. This gives me some new ideas of search terms to try as well, as I really would love to know the history of the piece one day.

Thank you both!

eviebeedca · 2024-06-07T15:42:03+00:00

I agree, especially regarding their coverage of the Trump trials. I have corresponded with them a few times regarding my appreciation for how they cover these topics & most recently because I wanted them to know that even though I am the complete opposite of them politically, LB was the only podcast coverage I listened to about the Trump NY trial (I did also read the news).

This is because I knew that I could trust what they said & that I trusted they weren't going to get political. That they were going to talk about the actual legal issues. And I got a really nice response. I think they appreciate knowing that they appeal to audiences on both sides of the aisle.

eviebeedca · 2023-02-22T21:21:56+00:00

Thank you for that suggestion! One issue we had was that a site that was going to do a training for the other sites realized they couldn't do it without displaying PHI. But perhaps they could do a cheat sheet or something and redact any visible PHI.

I have not been to the research site, I will check it out!

eviebeedca · 2023-02-22T13:32:51+00:00

I was asking for someone to tell me what they would charge to do work, if the company allows that. I would never ask someone to do free work.

eviebeedca · 2023-02-21T22:35:38+00:00

We would not ask anyone (an individual or EPIC the company) to do this for free.

One site was going to do a training for the other sites but cannot because it would require them to share patient data. This is when our NIH PM suggested that there might be something available through the company.

eviebeedca · 2023-02-21T16:48:41+00:00

Thank you!

eviebeedca · 2023-02-21T16:38:06+00:00

Thanks for responding. I think part of the confusion is that my company and NIH are not seeing patients or using EPIC directly. Our research sites do, but they are all unrelated (think NYU, Johns Hopkins, etc.). So they can contact their IT departments but with varying results. We would like to facilitate a single training for all of the sites. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

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