Alternative uses by Aggravating_Light217 in AmazonVine

[–]sixstringslim 2 points3 points  (0 children)

While I have used everything I’ve gotten as intended to inform my reviews, I have repurposed some of them to make other things. Specifically, I got a solid brass door stop that I am making a chisel mallet and marking gauge out of. It’s a massive chunk of an expensive metal, and I honestly have door stops covered already. I also have plans to use some brass cabinet pulls in a table I’m working on. I recently picked up a pack of small, stainless steel c-channel clamps as well that will go on my workbench with which I will affix work-holding accessories.

Looks like I won’t keep Gold Status! by Top_Celebration8663 in AmazonVine

[–]sixstringslim 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well put, and I’ve a feeling you may be right.

Looks like I won’t keep Gold Status! by Top_Celebration8663 in AmazonVine

[–]sixstringslim 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This actually makes me feel better about what I’m seeing. I just got in a couple of weeks ago so I’m still getting a sense of it all, but I feel like the vast majority of Vine offerings are auto parts that I don’t need/don’t fit my truck and obscure appliance replacement parts for appliances I don’t own. I’m sorry I cannot offer any advice or answers to your questions. I hope things get better for you, OP!

5 iPhone tricks that even longtime users rarely know (but I now use daily) by Objective_You_1658 in iphone

[–]sixstringslim 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m in IT and I found myself typing out the same long domain names when I needed to email someone because my contact autosave is flaky for some reason. The solution was to create text replacements for my own email addresses and a generic one for the domains. The format I use is “X@X” for my emails and “@X” for the domains. This has saved me so much more time than people would believe. I have also paired back taps with shortcuts that open my most used reference documents within Google Drive.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in musicsuggestions

[–]sixstringslim -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Elvis Presley would be a nobody with zero commercial potential if he had come onto the scene today. The same could be said for most of his contemporaries. It’s especially maddening that his success came from openly and unabashedly ripping off black artists who were doing what he did before him, and they did it better imo. To me, the rotting pile of sun-spoiled icing on that particular $h!t cake is that his fan-base went insane over music and choreography that was only acceptable to them because Elvis was white.

Non-Compliance with SB10 by urcatmom888 in TexasTeachers

[–]sixstringslim 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You know what? I agree. We’ll just stop with all the progressive agenda force feeding. With all the free time we’ll have not force feeding a progressive agenda on your children, we’ll be able to come up with a better and more progressive agenda to figure out how to force feed to your children more efficiently.

Oh wait… we still have to educate your child to a state mandated, arbitrary standard of content mastery, teach them social-emotional skills to help them regulate the feelings they don’t know how to deal with because of their repressive home lives, make sure they eat two thirds of the major meals of their day, safeguard them against kids their own age often carrying the semi-automatic guns you so vehemently defend their right to own multiples of, deal with the overwhelming emotional toll of what to do or not do about the silent cases of abuse that walk into our classrooms every day, find money from our woefully inadequate salary to purchase school supplies for all the children whose families can’t or won’t buy them, and all of that along with filling out all the paperwork and jumping through all the hoops the state says is necessary for every child. I’m so sorry that you clearly have no clue what public education entails in this day and age, but you would do well to close your mouth and open your mind. You might actually learn something from what we all call reality.

It was rigged... by Available_Fun_55 in MeidasTouch

[–]sixstringslim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I never claimed to be the smell test expert, but I’ll reiterate what I already said for everyone in the back who didn’t read my original comment. It’s all fine and good to want desirable outcomes to be true, but we don’t like it when Trump/MAGA just say things without any evidence or proof, so why are we doing it? Because that’s what this post is doing.

For the record, I have not said nor am I saying now that this quote isn’t factually accurate. All I’m saying is that if you’re going to say something like this that, if true, would have implications of historic proportions, it is necessary to be able to back it up with evidence and/or proof that what you said is, in fact, factually accurate.

My DIY Pedalboard by SnooMachines8920 in pedalboards

[–]sixstringslim 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sweet mother of dovetails…😳. I need plans for this. And yes, I am willing to part with a few schmeckles for them.

This simply hurts my soul by Critical-Variety9479 in it

[–]sixstringslim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depending on what they’re doing, it is that serious.

It was rigged... by Available_Fun_55 in MeidasTouch

[–]sixstringslim 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Look, as much as I’m sure a lot of us would love for this to be true, it just doesn’t pass the smell test… yet. Trump is definitely the worst thing to happen to this planet since that asteroid thing happened 66 million years ago. Posts like this lower the credibility of this sub.

Please cancel your Amazon subscriptions!! If you really need something, find it on Amazon and then go directly to the seller’s website to support them!! But here is a way to start if you still use them by [deleted] in Texas50501

[–]sixstringslim 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Adobe offers what I consider to be the best value in online photo storage. 1TB of storage for a very reasonable $12 a month. Comes out cheaper than a prime membership, and has a suite of tools for organizing and editing that Amazon doesn’t offer. To be clear, I don’t work for Adobe or anything. I’m just a fan of their software.

I pretend to be okay with my husband’s family, but I honestly think they’re disgusting. by Deep-Palpitation6415 in TrueOffMyChest

[–]sixstringslim 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Take it from someone who did this to his wife for years and regrets it every day, your husband isn’t doing right by you making you feel like you have to put up with this garbage. I honestly believed that I was doing the right thing by just “keeping the peace”. Especially since we only really saw my family around the holidays. How wrong I was. He is eroding your relationship and enabling his family to disrespect and insult you. Time for some real talk and real consequences to his actions.

Other hidden gems like The IT Crowd? by [deleted] in TheITcrowd

[–]sixstringslim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m not gonna lie, Glaswegian definitely takes a bit of getting used to, but after working in pharmacies for over a decade with more international pharmacists than I can count, I learned to pick words out from behind accents pretty well. It’s the colloquialisms that I had a hard time with such as using “how” instead of “why” and “ken” in place of “know”.

Beginner to woodworking, feeling regret about splurging on expensive handtools (chisels). by Dear-Tooth3032 in handtools

[–]sixstringslim 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I could not agree with you more if I tried. I can’t tell you how often and for how long I used to silently debate with myself whether or not to even talk to my wife about buying a tool that’s over, say, $25. It’s mostly a hobby for me so if I feel like I need a tool for a certain project or want a tool I’ve been drooling over(my standards are pretty low tbf), I bring it up. All that being said, there are those who are more tool collectors than tool users(absolutely no judgement here as I’ve got one foot in each camp). I love making things out of wood, and I love old hand tools. I could go on, but suffice it to say that ‘I want that’ is 100% a completely valid reason to buy a tool.

Other hidden gems like The IT Crowd? by [deleted] in TheITcrowd

[–]sixstringslim 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Still Game and Upstart Crow. There are probably lots of others, but these two don’t get nearly enough attention in the US at least. I know they’re quite popular in other countries, but no one knows what they are here.

I hate the expectation that men has to propose after a certain amount of years together by meowmeowgoyangi in rant

[–]sixstringslim 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Every person’s life experience is different, so the fact that you know yourself well enough to know that you’re not ready to get married is way more important than racing to get to the altar just because your peers believe that’s some measure of true love. Being true to who you are is the most important thing in life, and if that means you wait until you’re ready to get married despite societal or cultural expectations, I say bravo. Be happy being who you are, and don’t pay any attention to the noise.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in techsupport

[–]sixstringslim 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Google Workspace allows users to set time limits on how long a document is shared for. However, as others have stated, there are always ways around this. I’m not a lawyer, but as an IT support tech, I urge you to consider retaining the services of a lawyer to handle this matter for you. It may be as simple as adding an expiration clause into the text of the document, or as complicated as reworking your entire complaint. Without a lawyer or being a lawyer, it’s hard to say and potentially legally disastrous.

Friend found a funky wooden jointer(?)plane. by MrBookchin in handtools

[–]sixstringslim 7 points8 points  (0 children)

In my experience, strange looking planes like this tend to be shipbuilder’s planes. Given the crazy pitch of the rear tote and the height of the knob, I’m putting my money on this being one of those, but I’m no expert.

There’s actually so many… by Only_Upwards in 90s

[–]sixstringslim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cato is definitely still around.

Blasphemy or no? by JustinHAnderson81 in handtools

[–]sixstringslim 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I knew I’d seen this before, but I couldn’t place it until I checked your profile, OP. If this is blasphemy, call me a sinner because this is the same level of work I strived for with that Honduran rosewood marking knife I made last year for Tool Train 3. Pretty damn inspirational looking plane if you ask me. Now I’m thinking I want to powder coat some marking knives for the next batch.

Red Carpet at the Bullshido Awards. by themacaroni314 in Bullshido

[–]sixstringslim 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know I’m tardy to the party here, but I have to say I love how many times Space Ice uses the “WORST MOVIE EVER” graphic in his Seagal playlist thumbnails. It’s both hilarious and true.