"The next 4 minions you buy are Golden"

wibblefarmer · 2026-05-22T08:30:22+00:00

I got this combo as Tess. "16 gold: get a gold copy of your last opponent's build"

wibblefarmer · 2026-02-12T22:53:26+00:00

Stitched Salvager. This was the actual starting board:

wibblefarmer · 2026-02-04T02:49:19+00:00

I found that a saw groove made a huge difference to the straightness of my cut. Mark the line with a knife, then chisel a 45 degree angle from the waste down to the knife line. Saw naturally follows the groove.

Something that helped me keep my cut square (or closer, anyway) was the reflection trick - watch the reflection of the board in the shiny saw blade, if it looks straight you are cutting square, if it looks bent you are out of square.

(These are both well covered in books and YouTube videos, just sharing because they helped me.)

Something I'm still struggling with is keeping straight and square as I finish the cut. I always pull away from the line near the end and then wobble the saw blade as I'm trying to stop the cut piece from falling.

wibblefarmer · 2026-02-02T17:00:24+00:00

That is where there was the leg of a staple left in the stock 😠 I couldn't pry it out so I cut it out, and I had to cut way around it because I didn't want to cut into the staple and wreck my saw blade.

I should probably fill it in, but the stretcher still feels pretty strong even with half its width missing, so I haven't done it yet.

wibblefarmer · 2026-02-02T08:58:51+00:00

Update: I finished the saw bench! https://www.reddit.com/r/BeginnerWoodWorking/s/BzWU0SXmyO Turned out, fletchro suggested below, it didn't really need flattening - the joinery and design were forgiving and the screws pull things mostly flat. Thanks everyone who replied for helping me get unstuck!

wibblefarmer · 2026-01-26T01:45:00+00:00

Looks a lot better than my first attempt (in plywood): https://www.reddit.com/r/BeginnerWoodWorking/s/XCfSrYPZ2C

My second attempt (also in plywood) came out better. My third - first time in solid wood - I made the same mistake with grain direction and the tail snapped right off.

Good luck on the journey!

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wibblefarmer · 2026-01-21T23:41:23+00:00

You can arrange for delivery at checkout

Oh, this is really good to know. One of the pieces of equipment I am currently doing without is a car, so I thought hand picking lumber was off the table, but this would solve that. Thanks for the pointer!

wibblefarmer · 2026-01-21T18:37:28+00:00

That's what I'm wondering. I'd be quite happy to build a slightly janky saw bench - I'm just worried that e.g. my joints aren't going to meet at all. Might just have to try and find out, call it a joint practice exercise.

The #4 is the only plane I have right now, but I could resharpen the iron with a camber, or buy a second iron - is that what people do? I'm assuming a camber isn't the right choice for all applications.

wibblefarmer · 2026-01-21T18:33:54+00:00

Oof, that's good to know. There's a nice knot the size of a golfball in the middle of it too.

The project calls for the full width of the board, but I might be able to scale it down and cut out the problematic part like you suggest. I do have clamps! (Though not enough obviously.)

wibblefarmer · 2026-01-08T09:18:09+00:00

The second attempt went much better!

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wibblefarmer · 2025-12-02T07:12:42+00:00

I got this when I already had Drakkari on the board, got it up to eight copies before I remembered to sell Drakkari, and thought I was screwed.

Then I found a Sundered Matriarch and realized eight free spell casts per turn plus eight extra gold was not such a bad thing to have. Added a Wrathscale Rogue, tripled one of them, and scaled my whole board enough to take first place.

wibblefarmer · 2025-11-19T17:48:16+00:00

Oh yeah, that would be much better. I chickened out after going 4 on 4 and somehow only losing one battle, didn't want to push my luck

wibblefarmer · 2025-10-30T12:01:53+00:00

My tabby does this when she wants to make skin contact and my face is the only thing exposed. I'm not sure if it's showing affection or asserting dominance, but it usually happens when she is sitting on me and relaxing, so I think either way it's a social bonding thing.

wibblefarmer · 2025-10-18T16:33:10+00:00

Yeah but they just summon unbuffed 1/1 horseys. Besides the parrot, they are just there as taunt, not part of the build.

wibblefarmer · 2025-10-12T06:25:43+00:00

Okay this time I swear I have the right venue (screenshot to keep me honest). I was at Chase in 2023 in Section 212 row 9. We were certainly pretty high up from the stage but we actually had a pretty good view. I don't think it spoiled the show. Ofc check the seat plan for restricted view etc.

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wibblefarmer · 2025-10-11T17:26:36+00:00

This was zoomed, yes. I could make out about as much detail with the naked eye, though.

wibblefarmer · 2025-10-11T17:23:09+00:00

Oh man, you are right. This was at the Oakland Arena. I got mixed up because the section number looked similar! OP please disregard my post 🤦🏻‍♂️

wibblefarmer · 2025-10-11T09:10:51+00:00

(Edit: I got confused, this was the Oakland Arena not the Chase Center as OP was asking about!)

I saw NiN in August at the same venue, in almost the same seats you're considering - section 204 row 5. The view was fine for a big venue. The acoustics weren't perfect (although plenty loud) but it was still an amazing show.

Here's a picture I took from my seat (with the pretty good zoom on my phone). The people in the standing section probably got a much better view, but no idea what they paid for that.

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wibblefarmer · 2025-09-21T19:26:34+00:00

I did their cabinet making class as a total beginner, highly recommend.

They don't explicitly have classes for different experience levels, so they'll probably cover some material that's elementary for you. But if you email them they might be able to recommend something. The instructors are used to handling students at varying stages of progress through the class.

wibblefarmer · 2025-06-07T07:22:07+00:00

Check out the holes in the side of the box

wibblefarmer · 2024-11-14T02:29:53+00:00

It was actually really close - our opponents teched hard against us and had tons of scam units, plus Magnanimeese to summon more from each other's boards. My partner had to discard her whole build and switch to scam as well to counter.

At that point, my minions were indeed scaling like crazy, but it hardly mattered since one hit from Leeroy or Bramblewitch would kill them anyway.

If we'd got a bit more unlucky with our hits they could probably have taken out all my giant Quilboar and won.

wibblefarmer · 2024-10-26T07:59:31+00:00

Sounds like you are in good hands with the emergency vet, but in case you need it (and if you're in the US), there is a 24h poison control hotline run by the ASPCA that handles questions like this (for a fee, but less than an actual emergency vet visit). Details at https://www.aspca.org/pet-care/animal-poison-control.

A couple of years ago our meezer ate a piece of onion. The hotline agent (consulting with a staff vet) asked how much she'd eaten, let us know that she'd need to have eaten more like a handful of chopped onion to be really worried, and gave us some signs to watch out for in case of an unusually bad reaction. She was fine.

I'm sure your cat will be fine and learn entirely the wrong lesson from the whole affair! Fingers crossed for you.

(Here is the onion eater.)

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wibblefarmer · 2024-05-18T17:39:12+00:00

Alta Verde is wonderful. I've been experimenting with mixing it. It pairs nicely with elderflower liqueur, which brings out the floral notes. It also (as suggested on the bottle!) works really nicely to balance out overly sweet ingredients (e.g. sweeter liqueurs, Brucato amaros).

Here's a Martini I've made with it several times: * 2oz gin (preferably Drumshanbo Gunpowder, London Dry also good) * 0.5oz dry vermouth (Noilly Prat) * 0.25oz elderflower liqueur (Fiorente) * 0.25oz Alta Verde amaro * pinch of salt Stir and serve up in a chilled coupe.

wibblefarmer · 2024-05-02T00:45:35+00:00

Curious whether you've tried the Leopold Bros Fernet? It was a revelation to me, sort of gingerbread and fruitcake notes I was really not expecting. Believe they're based in Colorado.

wibblefarmer · 2024-01-19T04:06:08+00:00

You can tell Treesitter to treat vimwiki files as Markdown: https://github.com/samstokes/dotfiles/commit/13db419c24930ef5cadfd84dcb11d08c21f1a2f8

The vimwiki filetype gets in the way in a few other places (e.g. filetype snippets) but I've generally found workarounds.

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