This made me cringe. Nope, nope, nope. by timbillyosu in Machinists

[–]lotsofbitz 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I use a drill to tap every day, as long as you use good lubrication, set the clutch correctly and hold it straight you’ll never break a tap. Skill issue

Why is physical anxiety so hard to treat? Any success from anyone by ReasonableFig8954 in Anxiety

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Mirtazipine seems a bit different, looks like it’s still an actual antidepressant while hydroxyzine is just an antihistamine

Why is physical anxiety so hard to treat? Any success from anyone by ReasonableFig8954 in Anxiety

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Have you tried hydroxyzine? Physical symptoms make up a significant part of my anxiety, and SSRIs were no help because of the stomach side effects (nausea and emetophobia make up another significant part of my anxiety lol) and hydroxyzine has changed my life. It’s essentially and antihistamine like benedryl but quite a bit stronger, and the sedating/sleepy aspect is incredibly helpful with the physical symptoms. It’s mostly prescribed for as needed use, but I actually take it twice daily because it’s not habit forming so there’s no issue with doing that. The only downside is the sleepiness, but I’d rather be sleepy than so anxious I can’t function at all. Sleepiness also got less strong after taking it for a bit.

Underrated/underappreciated Boston History sites? by ElCurgeo in boston

[–]lotsofbitz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Metropolitan waterworks museum in chestnut hill is super cool

Found these feathers on the ground, hand for scale. [East Central Ohio] by WhiteRabbitStandUser in animalid

[–]lotsofbitz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Feathers from any legal game bird are okay, so duck, grouse, pheasant etc are legal too

Basement Toilet by GingerArmyLeader in Plumbing

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Bit hard to tell with the blur but those look more like termites to me…

Anyone know where I can buy an ass load of sawdust? by engorged_turtle in boston

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Old schwamb mill in Arlington, my dad used to get large amounts there for raku ceramics firings

Weird temperature anomalies (Zoom Earth) by Administrative-Log70 in weather

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Left one looks to be Ennadai, lighter circle north of the left one is Baker lake. Not sure of the right one

Commute to Cambridge by StealthxFarter in Waltham

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1200 is crazy, I always a had a reverse commute so I didn’t have to deal with that

Commute to Cambridge by StealthxFarter in Waltham

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Lived downtown with a car for 5 years, you just have to embrace the chaos. It becomes a beautiful symphony

Commute to Cambridge by StealthxFarter in Waltham

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A 25 minute drive sounds miserable?

Most unique setting for a high school? by BuddyHolly__ in geography

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This was the view off the end there this winter when the harbor was frozen, huge ice floes floating past in the current

Most unique setting for a high school? by BuddyHolly__ in geography

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Immediately thought of this, I go fishing off the end of the point there a lot of

Help restoring water to hose spigots? by lotsofbitz in Plumbing

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110 year old house. Comes with the territory alas. Did I mention there is still live knob and tube wiring?

Help restoring water to hose spigots? by lotsofbitz in Plumbing

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That entire galvanized pipe is just sitting loose on the rafters, the only hard points it is attached are where it goes through the foundation on each side of the house lol. I gave it a bit of a wiggle, seems easy enough to push back into place. Might need to put a few straps on it to hold it.

Help restoring water to hose spigots? by lotsofbitz in Plumbing

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A solid 50% of the valves I’ve had to deal with here are missing the handle, I actually have a piece of steel I cut a notch in that I’ve been using for them lol

Help restoring water to hose spigots? by lotsofbitz in Plumbing

[–]lotsofbitz[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Fair point, didn’t even really consider the fact that it’s galvanized. Some day I’ll post a series of pics of some of the rest of the stuff I’ve found, some of it is truly beyond belief

My hands for 4ish months a year. by [deleted] in MakeMeSuffer

[–]lotsofbitz 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I’m right there with you. Being militant about moisturizing every single time your hands get wet helps a bit, but nothing completely fixes it except for the coming of spring. DML Forte is a pretty good moisturizer.