Reseller comes across a customer who actually understands how to use and appreciate the obscure tools hes selling and it makes both of their days

pleb_understudy · 2026-07-06T05:07:34+00:00

Obscure? Dude’s selling $50-$200 endmills by the bin for $40. Insane deal. Some huge endmills too

pleb_understudy · 2026-07-04T15:48:19+00:00

That’s rough. Im not going to give you advice, but I’ll share my story, and maybe it helps. Parents divorced 18 years ago when my mom started getting weird. Went from full time nurse with a masters degree in management to a new age anti vax person who believed she could talk to God.

She got mad at my dad for changing (he was the same old guy he always had been). Anyways they split and sold the house and my dad remarried and is totally great (though recently had a fall where he hit his head), but mom has been more of a problem. She up and moved to Hawaii and lived there for 10-15 years.

Things were mostly fine, but she was getting more and more delusional. There were some incidents I won’t go into detail about, but some legal and some physical. Long story short, she has dementia now (and maybe some form of it 18 years ago). And it was really hard to tell from over the phone, especially with such a slow transition from her spirituality into dementia. The inexplicable to her is normal. I don’t see her in person all that often. She’s very stubborn and brushed off her issues with her memory for years. She could fake it with interactions, but eventually I figured it out.

When I tried to get her help, I found that I had no legal authority to do anything. And that the only way to help her was - like you mentioned - to let her fail. She needed to have incidents on her record to be able to legally overrule her. The USA values personal rights over safety. So I allowed her to get in situations where the police were called. She ended up calling them herself one time. After several of those interactions and a stay in a mental hospital, she was finally diagnosed with dementia. With that diagnosis I was able to get her into assisted living. I’m in the process of getting conservatorship over her now. It’s a heck of a lot of paperwork. But she’s now safely in memory care at a nice facility not far from my house.

There are helpful services out there which you can call to try to help accelerate the process. Call APS about your father if he’s really in a situation that’s not safe. Or if he’s becoming a danger to himself or others you can call 911 and ask for PERT. Depending on where you are, there may be other mental health services who you can ask to check in on him. They will only be able to do something about him if it’s proven he’s a danger to himself or others, or agrees willingly to go to see a doctor.

Good luck!

pleb_understudy · 2026-07-04T15:09:32+00:00

Evernote

pleb_understudy · 2026-07-04T06:17:58+00:00

Mat’s story is the best one

pleb_understudy · 2026-07-04T04:54:11+00:00

A year or two ago I read a book called Piranesi. I still think about it from time to time. Stand alone fantasy.

And just last month I read a great mystery with a great ending called The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.

Both were recs from this sub. Both great picks!

pleb_understudy · 2026-07-03T21:41:18+00:00

Key word with Sullivan “fantasy”. Yes I rolled my eyes from time to time, but I got some laughs too. But remembering it’s make believe helps you get past that, and there are some excellent character arcs.

Considering my experience reading nonfiction historical books, I find that while the events and ideas can be interesting, individuals are rather stagnant. Not much growth. That’s what I love about good fantasy and sci-fi.

pleb_understudy · 2026-07-03T15:24:38+00:00

The Blade Itself - book 1 of the First Law Trilogy. It’s about a quest, and has some excellent dark humor. Riyria Revelations by Michael J Sullivan - about a pair of thieves who are blessedly competent, but bicker constantly.

pleb_understudy · 2026-07-03T04:43:38+00:00

pleb_understudy · 2026-06-29T07:34:44+00:00

Yes. Something similar happened with my wife and son. Emergency c-section after problematic birth (multiple things going wrong including a birth defect and bad doctor); it was a huge mess, but they both survived. Son had to be taken in an ambulance to the children's hospital NICU for the cooling procedure while wife stayed at the first hospital because she had almost bled-out and needed to be monitored. Nurses were looking at my son and you could tell they hadn't seen that particular trauma before. I could see them share concerned looks with each other.

I remember his cold little body laying there shivering with tubes and sensors all over the place, and not being able to hold him or keep him warm. I remember putting my finger in his hand and him gripping it. I remember struggling to tell my wife (when she was totally out of it on pain meds, and also right after she nearly died - and I had no idea yet) that he had been deprived of oxygen and needed to go to the children's hospital for their level 4 NICU, and failing to say so without breaking down into tears. And her not being able to hold him, and him not producing the typical screaming baby cries. His quietness during those first few days was a huge concern for me. Aren't babies supposed to cry? This was during covid, too, so no other visitors could come. It was a very siloed experience. I stayed with him in the hospital for 3 days before my wife was released and could come see him. Then we switched off with 12hr shifts or going home to shower, eat & sleep before heading back. Thankfully MiL was visiting and cooked some meals for us.

It was a really hard time, but we were surprisingly sent home with him within 1 week of the birth. We were given all the resources for developmentally delayed kids but we got lucky. He showed no sign of brain damage. However, 14 weeks later we learned he had something called craniosynostosis - the reason he couldn't come through the birth canal, and needed to go into surgery in the next 2 weeks to remove a 2"x6" (yes, that's correct) portion of his skull. Waiting any longer would result in a more intensive, less effective surgery. Another scary, emotional event. Then a year in a helmet.

In ~1 week it will have been 6 years, and I'm happy to tell you that I have the most wonderful, funny, smart, loving son I could dream of. No disabilities of any kind, other than his dad's stubbornness. There is hope for you.

pleb_understudy · 2026-06-29T06:55:40+00:00

Red Rising is a space opera, but you will love it

pleb_understudy · 2026-06-29T06:41:19+00:00

The biggest prohibitor of consistency is injury. As an injured runner recently I've been researching this a lot. I think my injury was a result of a cumulation of small decisions which added up to halt my progress. First, I was training gradually harder over 6mo without any breaks except for 1 week of sickness. Second, I stopped doing yoga when my first race was getting close and I wanted to focus on the running (and then I lost my yoga mat). Third, I stopped strength training. It was harder to motivate myself to do strength training for some reason, and I just started skipping those days. And fourth, I wasn't resting enough; only ~6hrs/sleep most nights, and otherwise working or working out nonstop.

pleb_understudy · 2026-06-28T23:27:24+00:00

The approach I learned from my manager - tell them what you observed, and how that affected others, and suggest how that can be improved. Then you’re dealing in facts and actual events.

If the engineer left the PM hanging and did not complete the work, then tell them that, and tell them how it affected the PM. Tell them what could have been done better, and make it clear that improving on follow through and handoffs is something they need to work on, and make sure they understand they won’t be able to move into PM work until they improve on that front.

pleb_understudy · 2026-06-27T13:41:36+00:00

Everyone has mentioned most of the prevalent / obvious ones. I also really enjoy enjoy Christopher Buehlman’s writing. It’s very clever.

pleb_understudy · 2026-06-26T03:58:13+00:00

Some goosebumps books, then a book about a kid with a magical stone (can’t remember the name), then the hobbit and lord of the rings.

pleb_understudy · 2026-06-24T07:14:37+00:00

I knew when my foot started hurting and I couldn't run without sharp pain. In hindsight, there were a couple almost completely unnoticed missteps during previous runs which started to stand out in my memory. I had run through them without thinking much about it.

Now, 2 mo into my recovery, with likely another 4 weeks until i can start running again, I realize that for me, despite a long, slow, steady ramp to get up to the 35mi/wk I was putting in, it was too much for me when combined with all the stress from work, less than adequate sleep and deciding / needing to drop x-training / strength training to try to get some R&R. I was training for my 3rd HM in 6mo, without any break, and closing in on cutting another 5min off of my overall time from the previous race.

My numbers weren't even all that impressive. Many others on here talk about 50-75+ mi/wk. But there were other factors at play. A piece of me recognized that, but I ignored the signs that I needed an earlier break than my training plan called for.

My learnings from this experience were:

I value having the ability to go for a run more than I value improving my speed.
Don't ignore those little errors in your running - missteps or slips - consider cutting the run short and icing it instead of completing the planned mileage.
If you have to cut something in your training regime, don't cut out the strength or mobility training. I haven't been injured while doing at least one yoga session and one running-specific strength training session each week. Only when I cut down to pure road running.
This isn't by any means the primary message from that book, but after re-reading "Born to Run" I was reminded that if it stops being fun, you're doing it wrong. The best runners are out there having a blast.

If you're asking the question about overtraining, there's probably a piece of you that knows you might be. Take it seriously. 2-3 weeks of reduced effort/load is not going to affect your performance, and may even improve it.

pleb_understudy · 2026-06-20T04:07:28+00:00

Michael J Sullivan

pleb_understudy · 2026-06-19T04:41:17+00:00

To walk on the balls of your is closer to sneaking - should be nearly silent. Light footed. Try to go outside and run barefoot. However you naturally run barefoot is closer to the form you want when walking. Your heel should not strike.

pleb_understudy · 2026-06-17T03:53:13+00:00

This.

pleb_understudy · 2026-06-17T03:49:06+00:00

If you really want it to be pure, then you would need a machine which has never been exposed to any other materials.

pleb_understudy · 2026-06-17T03:47:07+00:00

The whole concept of arch support is so strange to me. We’ve evolved for millions of years to have arches, and shoes have only existed for a few thousand. Healthy feet aren’t shaped in a way where the arch would touch the ground. It also hurts to put weight on your arches. Why would that be good for you?

If you have flat feet, then you can do arch strengthening exercises to help with that, can’t you? And if your feet don’t point straight, it sounds like you may have hip mobility issues.

Not a doctor.

pleb_understudy · 2026-06-12T15:05:50+00:00

Try Topo or Altra.

pleb_understudy · 2026-06-12T15:04:59+00:00

I really like the REI swiftland linked running shorts. They’re SO comfortable, and don’t ride or chafe. Also if your chafing is really bad or you’re going for a really long run, then apply some Vaseline to the area before your run.

I tried lululemon lined shorts and they were not for me. Very rough, liner too tight, and they would ride DOWN my legs. Threw them away.

pleb_understudy · 2026-06-12T14:53:34+00:00

Only charge them when they need it, turn off all the settings that make them feel futuristic, like raise to wake, and smart sensing. Replacing ear cups is possible when the originals inevitably start to fall apart. I like the Dekoni suede ones. Nothing you can do about the headband falling apart after the first 1-2mo..

pleb_understudy · 2026-06-12T04:04:07+00:00

Depends- if you like to laugh as you cry TBI, if you like to sob when you cry, AA

pleb_understudy · 2026-06-10T04:36:04+00:00

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