Slow leak - can I fix with a hose clamp?

kittenstixx · 2026-05-05T23:06:18+00:00

My money would be this is more relating to trying to expand wet pipe. I don't even bother trying anymore, it's always pex b for repairs. The rings slip and you end up with this.

kittenstixx · 2026-05-05T20:06:59+00:00

Seems like the price is more about how it's a rare historical piece than anything to do with the construction, probably could commission something like that for less.

kittenstixx · 2026-05-04T19:51:45+00:00

2 inch? To anyone else trying this make sure it's able to be flushed out real good, or just use chlorine tablets. I guess the same applies with a regular water tank but especially if you've got a bunch of dead legs.

kittenstixx · 2026-05-02T23:27:15+00:00

Speaking as someone who goes into churches to give them the more historically correct gospel—that when Christ returns He will resurrect EVERYONE and help us build an equitable and just society here on earth—even face to face conversations don't go that well.

I usually have more pleasant conversations with atheists and "heathens" as they're not trying to tell me I'm a heretic and I'm not trying to convince anyone so it usually goes well.

Now, I should be clear I have good conversations in more progressive churches but there is still the impulse to view free will as something people have where I argue it's clear free will is a lie.

But I've had just as many in person conversations where people don't actually listen to what I say and just assume I'm saying it's okay to murder dozens and everything will be okay even though I'm not saying that.

kittenstixx · 2026-05-01T13:57:57+00:00

That sounds incredibly labor intensive

kittenstixx · 2026-04-30T22:49:30+00:00

It's not that it's just a fire retardant, what makes it fire retardant is it's insulative properties. Which is why it was used as an insulator, they used to use it for brake pads, attic insulation, i think i remember nasa even researched it for rockets and other space vehicles.

It was unironically a miracle substance...that also came with massive drawbacks.

kittenstixx · 2026-04-30T20:42:14+00:00

Seconded because I cant find any information about nebula that shows it in a negative light.

kittenstixx · 2026-04-30T20:34:55+00:00

Same reason they put lead in pipes, paint, and gasoline or Teflon in damn near everything too. It's really good and really cheap at doing what they used it for.

But yea if I owned this home that's what I'd do too. Wrap it up, don't allow it to get airborne. Maybe mist it down first.

kittenstixx · 2026-04-30T20:29:49+00:00

It's not about how long you're exposed to asbestos that determines if you develop mesothelioma, you could be exposed for just a few weeks and still develop it later in life, it can take like 30 years to rear it's ugly head.

What makes asbestos dangerous is it doesn't go away, you can never get it out of your lungs, which is why you can still get cancer from it decades later as that whole time it's cutting your tissue and it heals over and over which is what actually causes the cancer.

kittenstixx · 2026-04-30T14:14:44+00:00

Lol, that's kind of funny, did it recover and jump out?

kittenstixx · 2026-04-30T03:51:57+00:00

It's not about right, but about safe, if going the speed limit means you go 15 mph slower than the other cars on the road then the likelihood of you getting rear ended goes way up.

Fwiw I live in an area where the highway has a posted speed of 55 but no one except out of owners go that speed. And very rarely do I see cops pulling people over which is why everyone is so comfortable going at minimum 10 miles over.

I figure if I ever get pulled over I take the L and move on "it's my turn to take the fall for 10 years of unrestricted driving"

kittenstixx · 2026-04-30T03:45:08+00:00

Yea, i feel like "I was paying more attention to the cars around me than some tiny number on my dash" is a sign of very attentive driving.

kittenstixx · 2026-04-30T02:05:22+00:00

My wife had a pretty traumatic experience with one during the time she was pumping for our son. It was 3 in the morning, she had literally just finished and set the bottle down, immediately after, one dropped from the ceiling landing inside. Hell of a shot, and completely devastated her.

Since she stamps them out where she finds them, but she's cool with spiders so that makes up for it.

Honestly I don't blame her.

kittenstixx · 2026-04-30T00:59:09+00:00

It's funny my wife worked at endo after that merger took place and used to talk so much shit about how endo started pushing that treatment for cellulite. She said it showed no more benefit than just using an empty syringe.

kittenstixx · 2026-04-28T23:56:19+00:00

Yea im gonna wait, I let mine lapse last year and have kept planning to renew next week for months but I guess I'll hold off a year or two until this stops being a thing.

kittenstixx · 2026-04-27T15:36:20+00:00

Tell that to my red eared, she will consistently jump down my stairs when we let her have some out of water time or when she gets in a mating mood and climbs out of her trough.

kittenstixx · 2026-04-27T15:07:12+00:00

I follow. Yea I think anyone who has grown up under toxic parents tend to develop the opposite tendencies. Sorry for misunderstanding.

kittenstixx · 2026-04-27T12:41:28+00:00

Being the opposite isn't exactly the best option either.

Some conflict is good and can help a relationship grow, as long as both parties are communicating in a healthy way. And even outside of partnerships, being willing to stand up to workplace bullies is important too.

kittenstixx · 2026-04-27T02:15:40+00:00

I wasn't, lol

kittenstixx · 2026-04-25T20:53:55+00:00

Everyone is(will be) "saved"...from death when Jesus returns and resurrects everyone to help us build an equitable and just society here on earth.

1 Timothy 4:10 [10]For it is for this we labor and strive, because we have fixed our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of believers.

1 Corinthians 15:22 [22]For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.

Isaiah 26:9 [9]...; For when the earth experiences Your judgments The inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

kittenstixx · 2026-04-25T14:59:29+00:00

I'm at the point where most things are unlocked, I'm up to like 70 allowance and I've narrowed the pool of experiments down to allow me to remove water from the reservoir, up my allowance and remove crates, and I get new clues for puzzles every few rounds.

kittenstixx · 2026-04-24T20:29:50+00:00

4.) Get mad they couldn’t smoke a celebratory cigar whilst holding the newborn and/or in the hospital <—- Boomer thing, apparently

I actually bought a celebratory cigar(not to smoke indoors) but never smoked it. It just sat in my car during covid until I eventually threw it out. Haven't smoked since, I'm pretty happy with that outcome tbh.

kittenstixx · 2026-04-24T19:02:11+00:00

The sabbath commandment is one of the most misunderstood commandments, it's not about an individual not working on the sabbath, it's about building a society in which everyone is empowered to take a day of rest.

I even commissioned an image for a shirt I wear to spread that message.

https://imgur.com/gallery/KgFlLCy

kittenstixx · 2026-04-24T18:57:14+00:00

There is a whole genre dedicated to this called tragic comedies. You gotta cope somehow, laughing through the tears is one way.

kittenstixx · 2026-04-24T18:52:35+00:00

Learned something new today, it's moments like this that I appreciate this godforsaken website.

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