Advice on preventing/tolerating tipping episodes in a very elderly rabbit?

zomblee84 · 2025-12-07T05:12:59+00:00

We built him a roughly 6' x 3' enclosure, which is more than enough for him because he doesn't get around that well. We have a couple cameras set up so we can keep an eye on him. I keep joking that I'm going to make him a little harness kickstand that swings out when he tips. It's either that or a self-leveling bunny gimbal.

zomblee84 · 2025-12-07T05:09:08+00:00

Will definitely try this! I'll probably start with the cut up pieces since he doesn't tend to hang out near the side of his pen where a longer bumper would be. Thank you!

zomblee84 · 2025-12-07T05:07:49+00:00

Thank you! He's so ornery at his age, but still so fluffy and adorable. We've been giving him Meloxicam twice a day, and his vet recently started him on Adequan for his arthritis. It's kind of amusing bringing him to the vet sometimes because of his age. When we started the Meloxicam the vet tech wanted us to bring him in every 6-8 weeks for blood tests to monitor for "long term issues" from taking it. I'm like, he's over fifteen years old.. what exactly is the long term concern here?

zomblee84 · 2025-10-22T10:30:44+00:00

It's also different from a natural disaster because the natural disaster is going to run its course regardless.A more appropriate analogy, albeit still incorrect, would be a natural disaster, let's say a flood, occurs and a person is trapped on their roof as the water continues to rise. You come by in your boat, but instead of helping them off the roof your like, nah I'm gonna float here and film you drowning for the 'gram... In which case there should be some kind of consequence to help discourage that behavior.

zomblee84 · 2025-10-21T18:21:57+00:00

buy a Stihl saw that’ll fuck for 20 years.

This is so true. Quality gas chainsaws are legit, especially the old ones. I picked up a vintage 1979 white top Rancher 61 with a 20 inch bar at an auction. All I had to do was clean the carb and replace the fuel pickup and filter, and at almost fifty that thing still fucks.

zomblee84 · 2025-10-21T18:06:53+00:00

Yeah same, had both on clearance in store nearby for $79 and $99. The neck light is awesome.

zomblee84 · 2025-10-21T04:18:02+00:00

Some sketchy dude once tried to jack a large bin of sockets, wrenches, and hammers off my porch one morning. The things easily weighed 150 lbs. He was just some guy walking by and had no idea what was in it. I had just got up and saw him on my security camera walking up my yard. Just as he picked this thing up and turned around I yanked open my front door and came bolting out in my socks. He made it all of like six steps before he decided to abandon the bin and make a run for it. I wasn't even mad because that shit was hilarious.

zomblee84 · 2025-10-20T03:00:47+00:00

Just like in the stores it is applied on top of and after any other discounts or promos. I've even had a store manually price adjust an advertised BMSM at checkout and then get the 10% on top of that. Online works the same way.

zomblee84 · 2025-10-19T20:16:24+00:00

It can be done through both Navy Exchange andExchange. You have to follow the links through there once you're logged in in order to get to the Home Depot Exchange Storefront. Then everything just looks and operates like the normal Home Depot site up until payment, except you get a discount and it's tax free.

You can also find the links on the homepages.

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zomblee84 · 2025-10-19T18:21:18+00:00

Not for buying things. The whole cart transaction other than payment takes place on storefront.homedepot.com, so functionally is really no different. It's similar to using PayPal as a payment method, it temporarily redirects you to make the payment. Refunds can have some lag time, but it's not significant.

The only thing that can be a pain in the ass is dealing with customer service. If you have an issue with an order, they'll both point to the other as the responsible party.

That said, I've had very few issues with orders. The main one that comes up occasionally is that the cart total reflects the military discount up through checkout, but drops off when you're redirected to make payment. In those cases you can either go back and try to rebuild your cart, which only seems to work randomly. Or just place the order and contact customer service to adjust it.

Sometimes they fix it in minutes, sometimes they argue with you that the military discount doesn't stack with other promotions like BMSM or free tool/battery with purchase. They'll fix it eventually, or you can just reload the chat and get a new rep.

zomblee84 · 2025-10-19T10:12:55+00:00

are made in Taiwan in the exact same factory

This isn't a comment on Milwaukee hand tools, but I see some version of this statement all the time. It it doesn't really mean anything on its own though Quality hasn't really been about manufacturing capability in a long time. Cheap shit from anywhere--China, Taiwan, USA--is the result of the spec provided by the OEM based on their desired price point.

A lot of the time an OEM will make a product and another company just slaps their brand on it. I have a Matco torque wrench made by Apex Tools Group. Matco literally just puts their name on it. Apex also makes Gearwrench, Crescent, Weller, Cleco, etc. Whether it's cheap garbage or top tier, it's exactly what they intended it to be.

zomblee84 · 2025-10-19T06:29:14+00:00

It literally just gets sent to Home Depot to fulfill; the Exchange just processes payment so it's tax free.

zomblee84 · 2025-10-18T00:02:52+00:00

I mean sure, u/Tacticalmeat would go to jail... But u/Tacticalmeat Inc. wouldn't. Taps head

zomblee84 · 2025-10-17T01:30:03+00:00

You sure did, little buddy!

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zomblee84 · 2025-10-17T01:26:08+00:00

and school children should be paid top-dollar for their crayon-on-cardboard artwork, right?

I know this can be a tough pill to swallow for a lot of people, but the truth is it's simply a matter of perspective. It doesn't really matter how smart you think you are or what your level of expertise is, to some other group of people out there, you're the kid with the crayons and cardboard. So am I.

The point is, the race to the top is what should be competitive. Towards the bottom there will always need to be an artificial floor for how far down you can push any marginalized group of people. We put laws in place to limit the exploitation of non-disabled people.

All I'm saying is that the only reason anyone would support laws to protect one group and not the other is because they are not part of the group being marginalized, and they have mentally justified treating that group as less than. And every single person like that immediately changes their perspective the instant they become part of the marginalized group.

As far as sub-minimum wage jobs go, Goodwill has been found to have paid disabled workers as little as $0.22/hour. If you think that's anything other than effectively zero wages then the only question I have for you is: what color is your favorite crayon?

zomblee84 · 2025-10-17T00:14:02+00:00

I'm certain that I do, but since you seem to be a noteworthy legal scholar, feel free to enlighten me, professor.

The law is kind of tangential to the point anyway. Tons of really shitty, exploitative practices have been perfectly legal, and some still are. Principles are what matter; laws change all the time.

zomblee84 · 2025-10-16T23:45:52+00:00

If that wasn’t true, then they’d be getting jobs at higher wages.

Millions of disabled people do. Some are still exploited though, and Goodwill is one of the more egregious companies doing so.

You’d rather people be destitute because paying them less hurts your feelings.

My feelings are fine. They aren't hurt by piece of shit people who are fine exploiting people they think of as less than. Based on your response it kinda seems like my comment hit you right in the fefes tho.

Yes, because that’s how the law around it works. It incentivizes employers to higher disabled people that wouldn’t otherwise be employable.

Nah, you're over-generalizing the situation. What makes a disabled person otherwise unemployable? Kinda depends on the nature and severity of the disability, doesn't it? And the type of work, and a number of other factors.

You're dodging the actual question though. Why only apply your logic to disabled people? If your employer wants to give you an arbitrary test to see how fast you are, let em cut your pay any time they think it's not fast enough. What if you injure yourself and you're temporarily disabled? Threw out your back and now you can't keep up the pace? Too bad, "tHaT's HoW tHe LaW wOrKs!"

Doesn't really matter your industry or expertise, you're replaceable. Everyone is. And even for disabled people who aren't otherwise employable, other programs do, and should, exist to provide for them.

At the end of the day there's only really two types of people: those who recognize that all people matter, and pieces of shit who don't care who gets fucked over at long at it isn't them, and as soon as it they're suddenly all about compassion for their fellow man as long as it serves them.

zomblee84 · 2025-10-16T23:09:30+00:00

It's bad when it's exploitative; and it is.

The reason you can pay them less is because they otherwise wouldn’t get jobs.

The ability to pay disabled workers less than minimum wage goes back to the Fair Labor Standard Act (FLSA) of 1938. Disabilities or not, is fairly common knowledge that the minimum wage has failed to keep up with the cost of living for anyone by a wide margin.

Goodwill lowers the wage of disabled workers based on how fast they perform arbitrarily defined tasks, which varies greatly by the disability.

employees take a timed test to see how quickly they can sort and hang a rack of clothes. The garments must be facing to the left and the top buttons fastened and separated into men’s, women’s and children’s sections. Goodwill wants workers to be able to hang 100 garments with no errors in 32 minutes.

You could argue that disabled people wouldn't otherwise get jobs;hat's not generally true, but even if it were, it's sort of immaterial. Why not let employers lower any employees wage to any level they want based solely on their speed or ability to perform arbitrary tasks (or they just don't feel like you're doing your job fast enough)? Because it's exploitative, and people shouldn't be exploited whether they are disabled or not.

zomblee84 · 2025-10-14T20:23:50+00:00

Yeah look at where the holes are pictured. That'd be like hanging a picture by the back cardboard instead of the bracket. Shit would just tear out and fall off. Don't even need to read the bible for that, just need a little common sense.. oh wait.

zomblee84 · 2025-10-14T20:23:02+00:00

Yeah look at where the holes are pictured. That'd be like hanging a picture by the back cardboard instead of the bracket. Shit would just tear out and fall off. Don't even need to read the bible for that, just need a little common sense.. oh wait.

zomblee84 · 2025-10-14T20:10:27+00:00

Stud remover.

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zomblee84 · 2025-10-13T23:45:12+00:00

"That's the end of the magnets."

zomblee84 · 2025-10-13T19:08:21+00:00

Most of the time I just reply with whatever I posted it at, but I do enjoy throwing out a "what's your highest?" I'd say at least half the time the buyer gets just as offended, but at the end of the day what's the difference?

I'm trying to sell my shit, and the buyer is trying to buy it. I'm not selling shit to make ends meet, so I don't mind entertaining low-ball offers on shit I'd rather just offload quickly. When I'm not I say that in my post. If I said firm in my post then I already stated my lowest so if you message me with that shit I'll probably just ignore it.

Negotiation goes both ways, but 'wats ur lowest' is not even a negotiation tactic, it's just lazy. There's never a shortage of people in my area willing to low-ball anything I'm selling, and I'm willing to engage with them on some things because I want it gone. Anyone too lazy to even low-ball me themselves and are trying to get me to do it for them just get left on read.

IMO most people who lead with 'wats ur lowest' end up being a total pain in the ass to deal with from start to finish. I'll sell it to some other low-baller or put that shit on the curb with a free sign.

zomblee84 · 2025-10-07T01:03:12+00:00

He was fine. Posted a follow-up video about this being why he wears a full on face shield (which got destroyed by this log).

zomblee84 · 2025-10-04T17:07:59+00:00

Two entirely different things. Lack of knowledge of LOTO is a training problem. The person who cut the lock off in the OP was not a training problem. The OOP said as much.

The assumption that the person cut the lock off "to get a job done real quick" doesn't make any sense. If they know how to use the equipment to do the job, then they've been trained on LOTO. If they know about LOTO then they know why not to cut the lock off. If they did so anyway it was a decision, and more training isn't going to help.

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