Grabthar

joined 2 years ago
[–] Grabthar@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

SSC would still find a way to make everything in it dependent on AWS

[–] Grabthar@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

Heck, Jack has him.beat.

[–] Grabthar@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I remember the post office having a foyer full of little PO boxes that were loaded from the rear, and most people in town had to go there to get their mail. That was in small town Ontario 40 years ago, but they'd have probably used these super boxes now instead.

[–] Grabthar@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Mostly a big deal in dense cities, apparently. Figuring out where to put a great many of them when most of the space is taken up by other things. They're considering using parking spots for some of them, which has raised questions about the safety of the people accessing them. Other solutions and problems as well. Everywhere I have lived for the last 25 years has had these boxes, and they tend to build spots into new neighbourhoods to support them, but subdivisions aren't super dense, so I can see why cities might have challenges.

[–] Grabthar@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Is that the end that goes into the atomic vector plotter, or the spare improbability drive?

[–] Grabthar@lemmy.world 44 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

OMG I did the same thing at a local pub. Thinking steak sandwich. Ordered one up. Pretty good! Went home, went to bed. Three hours later - gurgle - glorp - oh shit! The rest of the night it was coming out both ends. Feel fine after some sleep. Forget all about it. Three weeks later, at the same pub. Thinking steak sandwich again. Pretty good! Went home, went to bed. Sure enough, three hours later, lather, rinse, repeat. Feel fine after some sleep. Forget all about it. Three weeks later, go to the same pub. Thinking steak sandwich again, third time's the charm, right? My face when the pub had a sign up saying it was closed down for health code violations :/ To be fair, it was a good sandwich.

[–] Grabthar@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

He didn't die. He's been training the last few weeks. The fight with Death waa scheduled for today, where he can try for a best two out of three challenge. Odds favour him getting four wins.

[–] Grabthar@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago

Sorry folks, country's closed. Moose out front shoulda told ya.

[–] Grabthar@lemmy.world 5 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

*Epstein Fury. Makes more sense in that context.

[–] Grabthar@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Bitches in the Dark

Who Mourns for Bitches?

Requiem for Bitches

[–] Grabthar@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Hey, it's the guys who installed my kitchen counters! They sent a measuring crew to validate everything before fabrication, and I confirmed with them thay everything loomed right, but during the fabrication process, someone screwed up the citout for the apron sink. Fortunately they did it the right way and didn't cut it deep enough. But what did the installers do? Should they ask someone on site? Maybe check the original measuring and layoit diagram? Nah. Let's unplumb the sink drain, pull the cast iron sink forward, prop it up with a 1x2, and install it with a two inch gap between the apron and the cabinet front. No, that's how people are doing it these days, they tried to say. You just need to add more cabinet filler pieces to close the gap. Unbelievable.

And this was after I stopped them from running one of the counter slabs right up against one of the side walls. The natural slab wasn't long enough to allow that, so the cabinets end about 3" from the wall. No big deal, and I finished the cabinet row with a finished end piece, had already tiled under the cabinets right to the wall anyway, and installed a fancy skirting board around the visible gap space. And it solved the problem of the cabinets finishing about flush with an arch to the dining room, the trim around which would have posed a problem if I had run the cabinets right into the wall. No problem for these guys though. Without even checking to see where that slab should sit, they tried pushing it against that wall immediately, ran it into the archway trim, then pulled out an oscillating saw to carve it up to make room. Those boys were good with some things, but following a design plan or making decisions on the fly were just like in the video. I bet those guys were supposed to have installed the tub rotated 90 degrees but didn't check with the homeowner.

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