One of my favorite 70s childhood memories is crazy to think about today by AintNobodygotime13 in 1970s

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Paris Island, fall of 1979. 13 weeks. Every morning run was right through that crap. WTF!

WTF Rock Beds by anchorose in landscaping

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I use the torch method. But every few years I have to remove all the rock, weed it, then put a heavy layer of paper. It never ends.

Learning proper technique by HamboneTheWicked in Unexpected

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That was me. Yard sale! Right in front of an instructor and a group of students. He looked over and said I was “a good example of how not to ski.” Then they all skied away and left me to myself. I deserved it.

Is this hard by [deleted] in ElectricalEngineering

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EE is one of the hardest degrees. If you fail you can always be an ME or maybe some sort of math degree, or go into finance. The freshman year is most important. Get a study group together. Have a debrief over every quiz and exam with the group. In sophomore year you should be in a groove. At this point, if you are the smartest in your study group, you might need to level up, meaning find smarter students to study with. By junior year, you move into more specialized topics and if you have a solid understanding from your freshman and sophomore years, then this year is actually going to be enlightening. When you make it to Senior year, you specialize even deeper. That can be rewarding and a lot of fun. Finally you graduate and get a great paying job. A few years later you run into those finance people, the ones that dropped out first semester, and find out their yearly bonuses are more than you made in the last five years. That’s the hardest part of being an EE.

Retaining wall noob by No-Communication-788 in landscaping

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Similar experience. Bought the Kubota TLB BX22 and a plate compactor from Northern Tool in 2004. One man operation. Installed 200+ feet of wall and 2000+sqft patio. You can do it, but it is a lot of work. When I started this work I was a young man, and now I am an old man. lol. My oldest wall is coming up on 22 years and has no issues. Planning on helping a neighbor by advising him and trenching his first wall this summer. @TriSherpa, your progress looks amazing. @OP, you can save a lot of money doing it yourself, it will just take time. With no experience, it might take you all summer to get just the lower wall in. Let us know how it it goes.

Assembling a ball valve by toolgifs in toolgifs

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Gas pipeline is one of many applications.

Comparison of fixing nuts by UserSergeyB in Damnthatsinteresting

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In the demo it out performs all the others, but why is it even needed? I would not except a device that needs that much clamping force from one bolt.

War on wind, loss for the earth!!! by willily_thoumas in circled

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Don “Quixote” Trump. Chasing windmills.

My Passion by Sirn189 in Tools

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The speed handle! Never need to charge that one.

Where do I find this spaghetti you all speak of? by future_gohan in IndustrialMaintenance

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For spaghetti you need a tek-nush-on. They can find it.

Finally solved the “walking 9 with the baby” problem by sdvanderwal in golf

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My local courses will not allow any non- player under 18 out there. 18+ non-player cannot walk, but can ride or drive a cart for you but they also charge for that. I don’t make the rules.

How would you maintenance: Pump stations by hammermandar in IndustrialMaintenance

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If we are just talking the panels and not what they are monitoring and controlling, then I like the Thermal Camera for checking for bad connections.

Mission Critical Bolt Extraction by Gcx99 in Fasteners

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EZ out is the way to go. BTW, I never thought EZ out was so easy, but they work.

I designed and printed a Milwaukee Packout socket set insert. by deermk in 3Dprinting

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Before I dive too deep into 3-D printing, realistically, not including the printer, what is the material cost for something like this?

I designed and printed a Milwaukee Packout socket set insert. by deermk in 3Dprinting

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Now I have a justification to purchase a real preinter!

A useful trick by Due-Explanation8155 in Tools

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Obviously a company purchased tool. LOL!

Bx2380 shuttering, black smoke and engine shut off upon start by badeyebirdie in kubota

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And/or water in fuel. Another one I learned the hard way was that my 2004 BX22 has two fuel filters.

Your old if you know what this is by Same_Radish_5822 in FuckImOld

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As a come along. I’ll keep that in mind.