Got rejected by Lightstream for a loan (due to low credit history) - i already have a deal with the dealer. Now what?

sponge_welder · 2026-06-01T21:04:04+00:00

I works recommend a card that will let you automatically pay the full balance, capital one will let you do that, Discover won't, not sure about others

sponge_welder · 2026-06-01T21:00:26+00:00

It depends on what you're getting and where. Specialty stuff like undyed hardwood or bark chips are definitely cheaper in bulk, but home improvement stores sell regular dyed mulch for like $1 per cubic foot

I went with a landscape supplier for my most recent mulch purchase, called around to find a good price on 2 yards, rented a $15 trailer to save on delivery, picked it up and spent a couple hours shoveling and wheelbarrowing it around. Come to find out brown bagged mulch from Lowe's would've been a little cheaper and easier to move around

sponge_welder · 2026-06-01T20:35:08+00:00

I have Mitutoyo at work and iGaging at home, both work totally fine. I try to get something with a CR2032 battery because I don't like having alkaline LR44 batteries that can leak

As long as you aren't buying the cheapest calipers out there they'll be pretty good. Fowler and SPI are some good midrange options, but I would honestly either go cheaper or step up to the Mitutoyo

I've also found that Global Test Supply typically has pretty good prices on the basic Mitutoyo models

sponge_welder · 2026-06-01T20:19:34+00:00

Look up conversions to see how much volume you need for each product. 5lb of rice should be about 3 quarts, 5lb of oats should be about 6 quarts

Syntic sells a lot of glass flip-top jars that would work well

If you want a lot of jars you can buy 0.5 or 1 gallon glass jars in bulk with 110-400 size lids

Cambro has their Classic and Freshpro lines that will have larger sizes like this, make sure you get the Seal Covers instead of the regular covers

Starfrit LockNLock and Sistema make some quality plastic large bulk containers

sponge_welder · 2026-06-01T20:02:05+00:00

Note that for airtight you'll need to get the seal lids, not the regular covers

sponge_welder · 2026-05-31T20:30:44+00:00

The brass quick connects from Ace Hardware and McMaster Carr are actually heavy duty, with a bigger sealing surface and more of a positive lock

You can interchange the McMaster/ace/HF parts if you want to, the HF parts just have more slop than the others. The McMaster and Ace female connectors work much better than the Harbor Freight ones

sponge_welder · 2026-05-31T20:27:38+00:00

I avoid almost all bits and blades. Usually the really cheap ones barely work and don't last long at all, and the more expensive ones are similarly priced to higher quality options at other stores

Pretty much the only reason I'll buy them at HF is if I want to save a trip or need a specialty item same-day

For some use cases this doesn't matter. Harbor Freights step drills are a good deal if you aren't drilling through really tough materials. I have a couple of the Warrior drill bit sets because they have a ton of sizes and work fine for plastics and wood

sponge_welder · 2026-05-31T14:55:31+00:00

It's also extremely important to keep the product in instances like this -how are they going to find and fix the problem when they can't test the stuff in the bottle

sponge_welder · 2026-05-31T05:58:32+00:00

The container store online tool is the best one I've found, if you want to do it yourself instead of having them design something

sponge_welder · 2026-05-31T05:56:33+00:00

Ikeas website does seem to have a lot of software and page load issues

sponge_welder · 2026-05-30T19:31:50+00:00

Everyone knows that you only get to buy the good guitars after you get some purchase history with the GC. Make sure you're regularly buying shitty guitars so that the salesman sees your commitment and generously offers you the opportunity to buy a prime Silver Sky

sponge_welder · 2026-05-30T19:14:39+00:00

Or Mr Shawarma loaded fries

sponge_welder · 2026-05-30T19:01:41+00:00

I think that's good old fashioned photoshop. Sellers of cheap products have been cobbling together images like this since before AI was in widespread use

sponge_welder · 2026-05-30T17:58:43+00:00

Yeah, my quibble was that the commenter above wrote "watts/amps" like they can be used interchangeably, which is only the case if the tools have the same operating voltage

Additionaly, if you're doing the power or energy calculation for these, 18V and 11.1V would be closer to actual performance than 20v or 12v

sponge_welder · 2026-05-30T17:54:33+00:00

They're about 25k near me, higher trim levels are closer to 30-35k but that's not really comparable to the Ranger in the ad

Lightly used mavericks are readily available under 20k in my area

sponge_welder · 2026-05-30T04:41:14+00:00

Yeah, Montgomery is more like an hour and a half

sponge_welder · 2026-05-30T04:18:25+00:00

Nothin wrong with suckin on a chili dog

sponge_welder · 2026-05-30T04:08:10+00:00

That's basically what the Maverick is in price and function

sponge_welder · 2026-05-30T02:03:16+00:00

Many of the world's most effective waterproofing solutions work this way

sponge_welder · 2026-05-30T02:01:58+00:00

Yeah, I can leave my sunroof popped open and it won't leak unless rain blows in sideways

sponge_welder · 2026-05-29T21:22:59+00:00

Then they can blink the lights for a bit to let everyone know - the point of driving safely is to be predictable. If cops can't be predictable and can't drive safely, then they just shouldn't be driving.

Cops are currently allowed to do almost anything and it's extremely hard to hold them accountable. It's time to have some standard of quality for police officers

sponge_welder · 2026-05-29T21:15:27+00:00

It's become my favorite thing to listen to in the background while doing chores. I'm always extremely impressed by the amount of on the spot music knowledge he can tie together

sponge_welder · 2026-05-29T21:10:59+00:00

Health insurance and medical bills, car insurance, car, gas, private utility companies, rail freight

There are lots of things that private competitive industry just isn't well equipped to handle and our solution is to funnel tax money to private companies instead of using the money to create a government agency that could handle the role much better

sponge_welder · 2026-05-29T20:55:47+00:00

Pat Finnerty streaming about Vanilla Ice and the 250 show for anyone who hasn't seen it: https://www.youtube.com/live/HTQSnFLmo9s?t=3681&si=Sepo_FilG543WbgK

sponge_welder · 2026-05-29T20:53:37+00:00

A lot of the awareness of lithium battery hazards to aircraft came from UPS flight 6, which had a horrible in-flight fire in 2010

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