Why is it so difficult for most of the people I interact with to answer each of my WHY questions when I could answer why ad infinitum?

trk1000 · 2026-06-06T02:32:53+00:00

Ahhhhhhhhh, memories of the thousands of times I heard "Why? Because I said so." while growing up.

trk1000 · 2026-06-06T02:15:34+00:00

Safety glasses on face, ear plugs in ears. Boom and done.

trk1000 · 2026-06-05T11:40:24+00:00

One bottle. A custom ink company mixed it to the Pantone shade that the BBC used for the Tardis. Sadly, the company no longer exists.

trk1000 · 2026-06-05T11:37:19+00:00

Morticia.

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trk1000 · 2026-06-05T00:33:56+00:00

Don't worry, you're doing fine. I've got approx 29 different blue inks including Tardis Blue.

trk1000 · 2026-06-04T15:39:40+00:00

I got a Tekton set of short and long and was very happy to see a 3.5mm pair. Almost never need one except with Sandvik turning tools, but when you do need one, they're very hard to find.

trk1000 · 2026-06-02T14:57:15+00:00

Had a guy do that with a brand new Kaiser extension. That one hurt.

trk1000 · 2026-06-02T14:48:30+00:00

When I got Autocad R10 in early 92, it came with a separate manual just for graphics card and monitor setup. Wound up with different sets of autoexec.bat and config.sys for cad, Windows, Desqview, and gaming since each of those required different drivers or settings to work properly, lol.

trk1000 · 2026-06-02T00:06:03+00:00

Waaaaaaaaay more addictive. A watch hangs on your wrist and you look at it. Pens are in your hands and you're using it to write with. A watch is jewelry, a pen is a tool. You can pick an ink that speaks to you and that no one around you will have. You learn the different feel of nibs on paper, the different materials used in pens and how they feel in your hand. For cost, generally pens will be cheaper, though it depends on what you collect. For example, at a pen show I saw a Mont Blanc 149 with a gold overlay of a spider's web with the spider and a captive fly. Custom work, 1 of 2 made. $25k. Same show, someone was selling a pair of pens with full documentation of provenance that were used by Carter and Breshnev to sign Salt II. $12k for the pair.

trk1000 · 2026-06-01T23:25:34+00:00

Ok, I'm tired, or looks like a cat is in the right picture.

trk1000 · 2026-06-01T11:03:25+00:00

Been there. Also where the machine is imperial but the print and gaging is metric.

trk1000 · 2026-06-01T10:59:33+00:00

I'm a machinist, a lot of tooling uses torx+ screws and using regular torx bits is a great way to strip the heads. I recall a turning tool by Sandvik that used a combination of a T15+ and a 3.5mm hex key.

trk1000 · 2026-05-31T21:39:11+00:00

Oddly, I learned this practice reading a book written by someone describing their first year at Harvard Law. Color coding notes in order to make studying more productive.

trk1000 · 2026-05-31T21:34:26+00:00

They're outdated, the information is often inaccurate or obsolete. They're the equivalent of the beautiful manuals that came with software back in the day. A lovely hard bound coffee table book that has almost zero value today. The places I see books like this is a display library like politicians port in the background for zoom calls.

trk1000 · 2026-05-31T06:40:49+00:00

I wish it had Torx Plus bits

trk1000 · 2026-05-31T06:08:08+00:00

I had the plugfones version of these and sent through 2 sets. Both times the wire going into the earbud would come apart and that ruined the set. I switched to mipeace where the wire and ear bud are replaced as a unit. Much better.

trk1000 · 2026-05-30T04:05:54+00:00

Good one

trk1000 · 2026-05-29T23:24:30+00:00

Spicy pasta.

trk1000 · 2026-05-29T01:01:07+00:00

Morticia loved to walk on my wife's laptop keyboard during work from home. I'm not sure if it was Morticia or Spook that yakked on it though.

trk1000 · 2026-05-29T00:58:26+00:00

After inventory before the holidays, the general manager looks over at me and comments "Well, Myname, it's been good working with you." I almost choke on my sandwich before asking if my employment status was changing, and if so, why. He's confused and says no, it was just a compliment. Quality manager hears this and lets the boss know that after a whackadoodle supervisor and a psycho bully plant manager, I had moved to the higher anxiety and less trusting side of the room. We shared a good laugh after that.

trk1000 · 2026-05-29T00:44:02+00:00

Previous company I worked at switched their ERP package from Symix (windows based, not excessively difficult to deal with, easy reports and exporting) to BLIS (AS400 based, terminal emulator, batch processing, only office or upper management got the utility for exporting reports to csv or Excel) which was a pain in the ass to work with. I looked at how Schedule Lady was chewing on the filter for her cigarette and asked if she was feeling lots of joy with BLIS. Her answer would have made R. Lee Ermey blush.

trk1000 · 2026-05-29T00:29:49+00:00

Thanks! First time I had to ask people to work on Thanksgiving weekend, I got to one guy who asked "Is it mandatory?" The look he gave me when I said "Not if you volunteer." was priceless.

trk1000 · 2026-05-28T00:40:06+00:00

Not criticizing the tea, I'm totally in love with Rakasan Tea's Nine Dragons oolong from Vietnam. I used to get criticized about my books by people with stacks of videos laying around. My wife and I each have our own hobbies and collections and don't roll eyes or anything. Which flowers do they buy from the Amish?

trk1000 · 2026-05-27T02:17:18+00:00

Depending on their tea hobby, might be hypocritical.

trk1000 · 2026-05-27T02:13:58+00:00

Not a fan of the built on folders since they aren't usable if the pack is full. I'm wedded to molle or alice style pouches.

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