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swickles posted:Tag yourself. I call dibs on Gritty Gritty Bang Bang Snowcially Distant and Tam'O'Salter for me.
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swickles posted:Tag yourself. I call dibs on Gritty Gritty Bang Bang Sled Zepplin ofc
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Lord Coldemort & You’re a Blizzard Harry.
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Incidentally, Texas right now feels like a recipe for huge numbers of carbon monoxide poisonings, please please please do not try to run a generator inside or near open windows
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shirts and skins posted:Incidentally, Texas right now feels like a recipe for huge numbers of carbon monoxide poisonings, please please please do not try to run a generator inside or near open windows Sounds like a lot of people could use some propane and propane accessories.
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shirts and skins posted:Incidentally, Texas right now feels like a recipe for huge numbers of carbon monoxide poisonings, please please please do not try to run a generator inside or near open windows Poor southerners are good enough at doing this without a polar vortex. I've been in a depressing number of drafty trailers with gas ovens running full blast door open for home heating.
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Bird in a Blender posted:Lord Coldemort & You’re a Blizzard Harry. Taken  Its Rinaldo posted:Lord Coldemort & You're a Blizzard Harry
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If it was the US I would fully expect one to be called White Plower which would be the most well compensated plow in Texas.
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shirts and skins posted:Yeah very fair answers. I think people like to buy "stuff" but we're practical people. We probably actually would use a Kitchenaid, but it feels like we'll need to know how the space in our kitchen will work before deciding to get one of those. Tools actually seem like the right answer. I have a bunch of stuff from living in a rental house but it's all fairly cheap. I hear a good drill and a good saw can be lifesavers. You need a ten foot ladder, a sawzall, an outlet tester, a copy of the Black & Decker guide to home wiring, a tack hammer, a claw hammer... hey, have you decided on which 18v battery ecosystem you're going with yet? Ryobi is the home depot one and it's fine for homeowners, lots of people swear by bosch or milwaukee, definitely don't get the black & decker ones (they make a good book about wiring but everything else they sell is garbo). You're gonna want a shop vac, maybe a power washer, a squeegee, get yourself some knee pads/pucks if you have a crawlspace, think about what sorts of shovels your yard/driveway/weather conditions call for. Got grass? Any bushes? The Fiscars shears are fine, maybe consider some loppers, hedge shears, or some of the power tool options in that arena, I'm assuming you're already thinking about the lawnmower and/or string trimmer to go with. Welcome to home ownership, the above represents some fraction of your first two month's purchases, not a full list, but it'll get ya started.
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I don't own 75% of those items lol
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swickles posted:If it was the US I would fully expect one to be called White Plower which would be the most well compensated plow in Texas. There’d also be two Mr. Plow’s, a Plow King, and something referencing cocaine.
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shirts and skins posted:Incidentally, Texas right now feels like a recipe for huge numbers of carbon monoxide poisonings, please please please do not try to run a generator inside or near open windows Or straight up deaths from exposure inside people's homes. This poo poo is legal crime. The state's cutting more customers shortly, going down to 1/3 of meters. Pretty much down to circuits with critical infrastructure now...hospitals, fire, nursing homes, large businesses, rich neighborhoods, the major shelters. Equity is still possible though - the entire grid could fail later tonight. e: Oh and the nuclear power plant in Bay City, which supplies about 1/3 of Houston, had to scram their reactors an hour ago to prevent a meltdown. dirty shrimp money fucked around with this message at 04:56 on Feb 16, 2021 |
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Spoeank posted:I don't own 75% of those items lol I'm sorry sir but I'm afraid I'm going to have to confiscate your homeowner's license.
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Spoeank posted:I don't own 75% of those items lol do you just borrow your wife's tools then?
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I haven't needed to do wiring work, haven't needed a sawzall or a tack hammer, a shop vac or knee pads. I have a 7 foot ladder. I buy tools as I need em and I haven't needed them in 3.5 years.
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Leperflesh posted:You need a ten foot ladder, a sawzall, an outlet tester, a copy of the Black & Decker guide to home wiring, a tack hammer, a claw hammer... hey, have you decided on which 18v battery ecosystem you're going with yet? Ryobi is the home depot one and it's fine for homeowners, lots of people swear by bosch or milwaukee, definitely don't get the black & decker ones (they make a good book about wiring but everything else they sell is garbo). You're gonna want a shop vac, maybe a power washer, a squeegee, get yourself some knee pads/pucks if you have a crawlspace, think about what sorts of shovels your yard/driveway/weather conditions call for. Got grass? Any bushes? The Fiscars shears are fine, maybe consider some loppers, hedge shears, or some of the power tool options in that arena, I'm assuming you're already thinking about the lawnmower and/or string trimmer to go with. Interesting list, thanks! I have about half of the stuff on there since I'm in a rental house and handle yardwork myself, just a question about whether I want to upgrade the cheaper stuff I have. A couple of ryobi devices but I have few enough things that I could probably swap systems if it's worthwhile. Appreciate you writing this out, definitely some things to add to the shopping list
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hifi posted:do you just borrow your wife's tools then? Labor is what the help is for Also here’s some snow zoomies https://mobile.twitter.com/ptdefiancezoo/status/1361417266831585282?s=21
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Leperflesh posted:You need a ten foot ladder, a sawzall, an outlet tester, a copy of the Black & Decker guide to home wiring, a tack hammer, a claw hammer... hey, have you decided on which 18v battery ecosystem you're going with yet? Ryobi is the home depot one and it's fine for homeowners, lots of people swear by bosch or milwaukee, definitely don't get the black & decker ones (they make a good book about wiring but everything else they sell is garbo). You're gonna want a shop vac, maybe a power washer, a squeegee, get yourself some knee pads/pucks if you have a crawlspace, think about what sorts of shovels your yard/driveway/weather conditions call for. Got grass? Any bushes? The Fiscars shears are fine, maybe consider some loppers, hedge shears, or some of the power tool options in that arena, I'm assuming you're already thinking about the lawnmower and/or string trimmer to go with. The only thing I need is the wiring book...
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I must be on the same circuit as something important because I still have power but outside of my street the rest of the neighborhood doesn't
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dirty shrimp money posted:Or straight up deaths from exposure inside people's homes. This poo poo is legal crime. We’ve been p lucky to be in a part of town that’s had power stay on so far and it’s def not a rich part of town. Never seen weather like this before in all my time living here.
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I'm watching The Wall on NBC and it's hosted by Chris Hardwick. If that name sounds familiar it's because he was accused of being an incredibly lovely and abusive husband. I guess he rehabbed his image just enough to get the gig.
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Nick Jr. Face posted:I'm watching The Wall on NBC and it's hosted by Chris Hardwick. If that name sounds familiar it's because he was accused of being an incredibly lovely and abusive husband. He was specifically a lovely abusive boyfriend to SA poster pilot IIRC
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He produces the show. Did anything of consequence actually happen to him? Seems like he’s still doing his podcast and whatnot.
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And he’s a talentless hack on top of being a lovely person. I wish he would go away.
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Chris Hardwick sucks rear end, is unfunny and is a psychical and mental abuser. gently caress him.
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Intruder posted:He was specifically a lovely abusive boyfriend to SA poster pilot IIRC
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Neil Armbong posted:He produces the show. Did anything of consequence actually happen to him? Seems like he’s still doing his podcast and whatnot. He got dropped from The Talking Dead for a few weeks then Hollywood did its thing
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GD_American posted:I was almost sent there. I was saved by a literal, honest to god, actual coin flip that I didn't find out about until a month later. Holy poo poo need more info
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Neil Armbong posted:We’ve been p lucky to be in a part of town that’s had power stay on so far and it’s def not a rich part of town. Never seen weather like this before in all my time living here. I live down the street from a fire station; I think that's the only reason I haven't gone dark. This is easily the worst weather I've seen in 38 years living here. This is way worse than Harvey in terms of the raw number of people affected, and arguably more dangerous.
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How it started https://twitter.com/JohnCornyn/status/1189236086767259655?s=20 How it's going https://twitter.com/ERCOT_ISO/status/1361215084010352644?s=20
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We're doing rolling blackouts here which is better than long blackouts for places. But I'm quite annoyed that I can't seem to easily find a map and schedule. If you're planning it let us know the plan. e: oh the company's site says it's not doing that at the moment, so I guess we'll see. They did/said they were going to earlier. Grittybeard fucked around with this message at 05:47 on Feb 16, 2021 |
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A US senator unironically citing a babylon bee article?
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Hot Diggity! posted:Holy poo poo need more info That's like 90% of the story. I was qualified on a satellite terminal that had just started being fielded, so the battalion only had a handful of operators. They needed someone attached to 1-4 Cavalry for the Fallujah push, and it was between me and a guy in Tikrit. A coin was flipped in our SYSCON. I ran into the guy a month later in our dining facility, he had lost 20 pounds since I saw him pre-deployment and had the body language of a pile of dirty laundry. I asked where he had been and he told me, and very unhappily told me. And about the bullet I had missed.
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Intruder posted:A US senator unironically citing a babylon bee article? Ted Cruz did it last week.
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So my boss shared this on Teams about four hours ago:quote:Happening now, in the middle of the winter storm: A water main broke on Green Bay Rd (1 block over from us). While repairing the break, they caused a gas leak, and the truck and generator they were using caught fire: Then followed up with this video a while later: quote:Current Update The flaming gas coming out of the manhole is like a fire geyser in the road.
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TITTIEKISSER69 posted:So my boss shared this on Teams about four hours ago:  poo poo, I recognize that street. My aunt and uncle live like 3 blocks from there
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The Glumslinger posted:
https://patch.com/illinois/highlandpark/flaming-inferno-bursts-broken-gas-line-highland-park
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Mother Jones had this decently researched, but overreaching piece on the move away from gas stoves in new construction. https://www.motherjones.com/environ...e=pocket-newtab I kind of laughed at the whole "America was fooled into thinking gas cooks better", which somehow doesn't mention the entire restaurant industry that also apparently got fooled too
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