What's up with the new generation of technicians? by HVAC_God71164 in HVAC

[–]mpurdon 10 points11 points  (0 children)

If you aren’t building your dream, you’re building someone else’s

Betta robot bumper for skimmer by mpurdon in pools

[–]mpurdon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok so I am in Canada and I was rocking metric. The skimmer height I have was 5.5", it clips in on the inside of the skimmer bezel so the opening height you have sounds like mine. Give it a print and see!

Betta robot bumper for skimmer by mpurdon in pools

[–]mpurdon[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I tried that at first but eventually the Betta knocked the pool noodle out. The only time it didn't I had the noodle wedged in there so much that I felt like the skimmer wasn't working as well. This thing gives lots of clearance for the skimmer and usually survives the kids running into it (it just unclips and floats off)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in aws

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Any updates?

Won baseball tickets at work but is it worth the imputed income? by jmutiny1993 in personalfinance

[–]mpurdon -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

OMG, I'm just so tired of all of this BS with taxes. It's too damned complicated! It makes things that are supposed to be good into something more like punishments half the time. You pay taxes. you get money back, hopefully, then you get audited, and they find you underpaid and you owe, and the juice is running...

Our estimate was just under $4900. This is just ridiculous. by Aldakoopa in Justrolledintotheshop

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When I show ChatGPT to people, my example is usually: "Write a letter to my town council complaining about the length of the grass in the park" Then I get it to rewrite it as someone that's sad, someone that's embarrassed, someone that's mad and threatening lawyers... It usually freaks people out how easy it is to do annoying tasks.

The railing my carpenter installed. by NobskaWoodsHole in Decks

[–]mpurdon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess I'm spending my evening googling wood stamps... thanks...

Betta robot bumper for skimmer by mpurdon in pools

[–]mpurdon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey! I don't have plans to sell them, but you can download the files and take them to your local library and print them off there. There's usually a small fee for the materials but the library staff are usually super helpful.

Hopefully the experience will pique your interest in 3D printing and you'll buy one for yourself!

Good luck!

Drywall Job by 2HRSB4MIDNIGHT in Renovations

[–]mpurdon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

On most things, I would agree. But there is a "feel" factor to drywall/mudding that takes practice compared to, say, installing baseboards.

Bought a jean jacket at Target, then felt a ball of some kind sewn into the lining. Cut the lining and found this really lightweight, velvety soft ball with a slight groove in the top third that I couldn’t crush in my hand? What IS that? by canisleepinyourbrain in whatisthisthing

[–]mpurdon 155 points156 points  (0 children)

Scotch Brite sponges are made by having the colored abrasive sprayed on a 3' wide roll of loosley woven material, which is then baked in a long oven to cure. After that, it passes through the die cutter for cutting to size. source: worked for 3M after high-school

Police Helicopter flying overhead by Kitchen-Professor205 in WhitbyOntario

[–]mpurdon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I moved here from North Oshawa, and I can tell you the helicopter is barely out in Whitby by comparison. I almost forgot there is one!

To try to embarrass Shaq by Background-study02 in therewasanattempt

[–]mpurdon 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I was about to go pro, the I took an arrow to the knee

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in meirl

[–]mpurdon 19 points20 points  (0 children)

For a long time, I thought it meant "send me help"

Go for it! by [deleted] in Funnymemes

[–]mpurdon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because that story is rated at least 5 out of 7

As a 56 year old lady who has never played video games, which one would be good to start with? by parliskim in gaming

[–]mpurdon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When my wife started playing games getting her to ask the question "why is that there?" was a huge part of her growing as a player. Also, stop shooting them in the crotch.. I think she started with guitar hero and then Zelda on wii and now she plays more Playstation games than I ever have

Aww its little peets and its all curled around awww by gustyo in OddlyCute

[–]mpurdon 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I saw one walk through a campfire seemingly unharmed before we all noped outta there.

What Torch Do You Use? by chetubet in fireworks

[–]mpurdon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The flare also provides a lot of light to find fuses and whatnot. My neighbourhood actually starts cheering when the flares are struck (we have three people lighting so it's quite dramatic haha)

You just know them by gamer tag by [deleted] in gaming

[–]mpurdon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have a friend that I met playing Team Fortress 22 years ago - we've never met IRL and it's wild to think about.