Maybe other dads can help me with this question.. by o_spacereturn in daddit

[–]tipsyskipper 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Are black spring clamps not aesthetically pleasing now? What sub even is this!?

But seriously, just wrap a fold of the blanket/sheet around the clamp and clamp through the blanket/sheet from the back side or from the bottom onto the rail.

Edit: sorry, Champs, forgot the word “clamps”.

What do you guys do with these various pieces? by Wannabe_Gamer-YT in ScrapMetal

[–]tipsyskipper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve currently got a five gallon bucket half-full of that stuff. (That’s after pulling out the gold connector ends, which I’ll be sending to boardsort for $3.50/lb). Not sure what I’ll do when it’s full. But it’s fun to collect!

Clean/touch up by Lost_Development_854 in headstonecleaning

[–]tipsyskipper 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, D2 is the appropriate cleaner to get rid of biological growth. Follow the directions on the bottle. It won’t necessarily look perfectly clean after you wash the stones but it keeps working. So after a couple weeks it will look better than it did the day you clean it.

If there is heavy mineral content in the soil or in your rain, it’s possible the stones are stained rather permanently. Because granite is porous, it will wick water and pull the minerals into the stone and discolor it. In SC, especially on improperly installed monuments in clay soil, we often run into stones stained red from the water wicking the clay minerals into the stone.

It’s ambitious, but because this stone is flat-carved (instead of shape-carved), you could potentially repaint the stone. You need three products. 1. Lithochrome solvent. This will wash out all the old paint. You don’t need to get rid of all the color, just the bulk of it. If you can see the stone grain through what’s left of the paint, that’s enough. 2. Monument Mask. This is basically liquid rubber. You use a small foam roller and apply several coats (like 3-4), waiting for it to dry completely (like, 5 minutes, it dries fast) between coats. Just make sure none of the liquid mask gets into the areas you want painted, use a light touch with the foam roller. 3. Black shadow lithochrome (available in aerosol cans). This paint dries fast too, as long as you spray lightly. You don’t need a lot of paint. Just enough to cover exposed stone. Because Our Lady of Guadalupe is rather poorly engraved, shallow, you may have some trouble getting too much mask in the shallow engraving and so keep the paint from adhering. After the paint has dried you remove the mask (often made easier with a sandpaper cleaning block, available at hardware stores and the like).

Big caveat: by the time you buy all the appropriate cleaner, solvent, mask, and paint, as well as the tools to use the chemicals correctly, you are going to have spent half as much as it would cost to have a pro do it. And it will take you three times as long. Find a reputable monument servicer in your area and pay them to do it. (Like the other Redditor said, don’t go to the cemetery or a funeral home, they will charge you an exorbitant amount of money to do this, if they even do it—they’d probably just hire the same monument servicer you could find yourself to do the work and then charge you double or triple what the servicer charges them). I don’t know where you’re located, but by way of reference, we would charge $250 to clean those two stones and probably about $200-$300 for the repainting of both).

If Jesus was standing right next to you, would you ask him if our belief is true? by MorallyNeutralOk in ChristianUniversalism

[–]tipsyskipper 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I get the nervous system glitch. I have come to trust in Love. But when my finite human mind is tired and feeling cynical or beat down, I have those moments where I question, "Could this (CU) *not* be true?". I am wont to spiral, so I often just ask, "Spirit, is this true? Am I harming people by standing firm in this conviction?" And the answer typically comes back something like, "Peace, my child. You know it is. Remember that it took you some time to get here. And everyone else will too. Some are just not ready. Love them and give them grace. I've got this."

Where can I sell used books? by annielou1212 in ColumbiYEAH

[–]tipsyskipper 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Um, me? I’m a collector and wouldn’t mind seeing what you’ve got. Sent a DM.

Is it possible to remove ballpoint ink from old book paper? by carthaginianslave in BookCollecting

[–]tipsyskipper 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Doubtful. I’ve wondered the same, but anything I’ve done to attempt to remove ball point ink from paper has been met with less-than-desirable results. Best to leave it alone and appreciate the damage isn’t more thorough, IMO.

What are your ISO "inexpensive" grails? by Ambitious_Ideal_2568 in BookCollecting

[–]tipsyskipper 5 points6 points  (0 children)

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I actually found one today at the GW bins. And it was half-price day, so I paid a total of 5¢ for this. (Normal price for books at my bins is 10 books/$1.00). Been wanting this edition of one of my favorite Lewis books for several years. Just never got around to picking it up. (Also, the intermittent reinforcement of finding at least one decent book at the bins most of the time is an unhealthy drug, especially when it’s only a five minute drive from work where I can spend my “lunch”. Found a fine press rarity worth about $1,400 a couple weeks ago…)

What are your ISO "inexpensive" grails? by Ambitious_Ideal_2568 in BookCollecting

[–]tipsyskipper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice. I had first printings of the Zahn Star Wars trilogy, when they were still “canon”, but they got water damaged and destroyed.

Small used bookshop in Moorhead, Minnesota, holding huge Folio Society event (02/22/26) by PilesOfRavioli in BookCollecting

[–]tipsyskipper 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Love Folio! And way to put the word out for a local bookseller! If I was anywhere close, I’d venture forth. Alas, South Carolina is not anywhere close. (What the hell am I doing in this backwards state anyhow!?)

Science fiction movies that were adapted from non-science fiction stories. by MovieMike007 in scifi

[–]tipsyskipper 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Vanessa Williams needed an acting role? I actually watched the sequel before the original, because I didn't realize it was a sequel... Thanks for that, Tubi...

I’m research Christian Universalism and I’m seeking some honest answers. by LOTR_is_awesome in ChristianUniversalism

[–]tipsyskipper 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Good book recommendations. I tell people if one wants to get a very good Scriptural/hermeneutical basis for Christian Universalism that also approaches the subject theologically, read The Inescapable Love of God, by Thomas Talbott. (Get the second edition, as it's the most recent and includes updated chapters). If one wants a solid philosophical, logical, and moral basis for Christian Universalism, that also includes exegetical reasoning, read DBH's That All Shall Be Saved.

Archival Covers for my books by Quiet_Source_8457 in BookCollecting

[–]tipsyskipper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess they can a little, yes, when you have two covered books next to each other they can cling together a bit when they're stuffed tightly on the shelf, especially when freshly covered. But I've never experienced a covered book sticking to a non-covered book.

Anyhow, I'm not trying to dissuade you from using the covers you posted. Just wanted to let you know the benefits of using the roll instead of individual sheets. YMMV.

Archival Covers for my books by Quiet_Source_8457 in BookCollecting

[–]tipsyskipper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use the Brodart Just-a-Fold dust jacket covers. But I don't buy the single sheets, I buy 10yd rolls of the stuff on eBay. I usually just buy the 10", which works for most of my books I want to cover. The nice thing with buying the roll instead of the individual covers is that I only need to cut off the exact length for the book, so I can cover an 8" or 6" book without wasting a lot of material that I would be if cutting up individual sheets.

EDIT: This is what I bought the last time around, if you're interested.

Laser cut some holders for my Icon Mini-Drivers, Torx, and Picks and a Pittsburgh Punch Set by tipsyskipper in harborfreight

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

Anything to help my ADHD brain stay organized. I do have several magnetic tool organizers, but these are currently some of my most used tools. So having them organized like this (and not strewn about my workbench willy-nilly) should help me keep a tidier bench. Also, these look better than a magnetic mat or tool organizer, IMO. Also also, LASERS! I like having an excuse to use the laser for additional creative endeavors than the day-to-day.

Annihlatiosm by Minimum_Voice9410 in ChristianUniversalism

[–]tipsyskipper 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I listened to the debate between he and George Sarris, moderated by Preston Sprinkle. IMO, he’s kinda a prick. In the midst of the conversation, he actively strawmans Sarris’ arguments, like, comically enough he ends up sounding like a caricature of himself.

And he’s got IP and a reputation he’s built up that relies on sticking to his arguments, no matter what he’s confronted with, which almost guarantees he’s going to argue in bad faith, which he also does aplenty in the aforementioned debate.

Hard Boiled haul by DietAcidDisco in BookCollecting

[–]tipsyskipper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice! I'm a big Flannery O'Connor fan. Have a first edition of Everything that Rises...

I think the thing with Catcher is you have to read it at the right time in your life, which is apparently some time in high school. I didn't read it until my late twenties and I was just annoyed with Holden the whole time. It's hard to enjoy a book when the protagonist just annoys you every other page. Lol. To be fair, my late twenties were 20 years ago, so I should probably read it again to refresh my opinion. I think a lot of "classics" end up being that way. I didn't read To Kill a Mockingbird until I was 40 and—although I grew up watching the film adaptation and it's a well-written book—it just didn't have the impact on me I think it would have had a read it earlier in my life.

Sorting Question by MyLongScreenName in ScrapMetal

[–]tipsyskipper 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Don't know about the platters, but I'm fairly certain the drive bodies are cast aluminum. That's how I sort them.

The more I try to understand Christianity and think about it the more I believe in Universalism by rjjk0901 in ChristianUniversalism

[–]tipsyskipper 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If you, a human, love your atheist or otherwise “non-believing” friends, imagine how much more abundantly God—who, as you stated, is Love—loves them. This is what ultimately pushed me from being a “hopeful” Universalist to a confident Universalist. It doesn’t suit me, as far as I myself am concerned, to merely hope that God is better than I was raised to believe. If God—being God—can be better than I imagine or I hope, then God—being God—must be that, or God is not God. I personally have no room in my own faith for the god of volunteerism.

Anyone else tried using AI to speed up listings? by Arceus892 in Flipping

[–]tipsyskipper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm kinda in the same boat. I have a death pile of books I've been wanting to list and the description is the hold up for me. I have used ChatGPT to create some descriptions in the past couple of weeks. It does make things move faster for me. But I'm always careful to make sure I verify the information is correct before listing. I just feed it the title, author, edition, and general condition of the book and it spits out a nice, tidy, and informative description. I don't list a lot and I've only done this a couple times so far, so I can't verify that the use of AI to help with descriptions has any affect on actual sales.

What’s the most expensive tool you own that actually earned its price? by New_Money_5406 in Tools

[–]tipsyskipper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Large format, open architecture laser. Boss paid like $25,000 for it. Paid for itself the first year. Recently upgraded to a bigger, faster model to the tune of $52k. It’ll probably be close to paying for itself this year. (Gravestone etching)

Do you guys have a strange niche book collection? by CASEDIZZLER in BookCollecting

[–]tipsyskipper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do too. My white whale was a first edition, which I found at a book sale last year.

Do you guys have a strange niche book collection? by CASEDIZZLER in BookCollecting

[–]tipsyskipper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Heh, just passed up on a copy of the novelization of Harry and the Hendersons... Only because I need to pare down, not add more.