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PhotonWrangler
Flashaholic
Mak
Making a mental note to try this. Thanks.
I detail cars as a hobby and have a lot of glass in my house so I have tried lots of things
The towels are a bit pricey but worth it.
But cleaning glass RIGHT takes a little know how
Good luck!!
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Having a corded usb mouse & keyboard for emergency back-up on your computer.
More than a couple times in my life my computer(s) had a major brain fade, my cordless mouse & keyboard didn't work,,
unless you have a dedicated corded keyboard your really without options.
This happened out of the blue today on another system, had to find my corded keyboard.
Having a corded usb mouse & keyboard for emergency back-up on your computer.
More than a couple times in my life my computer(s) had a major brain fade, my cordless mouse & keyboard didn't work,,
unless you have a dedicated corded keyboard your really without options.
This happened out of the blue today on another system, had to find my corded keyboard.
Jean-Luc Descarte
Enlightened
I never went cordless. Don't wanna deal with input lag, possible desyncs, interference and babying even more sets of batteries.
Sometimes I wonder if all of these super high frequency radio waves aren't causing issues in the balance of nature. None us will probably live long enough to know.
But I like a cordless mouse with the laser optic. That thing works great on a dull surface without a mouse pad.
But I like a cordless mouse with the laser optic. That thing works great on a dull surface without a mouse pad.
PhotonWrangler
Flashaholic
I've been cordless at work and corded at home. At work I got tired of the mouse cable breaking right at the point where it enters the mouse, causing all sorts of intermittent wackiness. The cordless solved that problem and I only have to feed it batteries twice a year.
I issued my old corded mouse to a coworker whose cordless one had stopped working. He said "my mouse stopped working, can I have another one?" I replied "did you change the battery?" He replied "it has a battery?"
For me it's corded keyboard+ cordless mouse at home and both cordless at work. Batteries not really an issue since it's like 4-5 months per set. Also somewhat considering getting cordless headphones so I can walk around both at home and in office in those
At the office on the mother ship I use corded stuff because so many are using bluetooth stuff it drives my blue tooth stuff crazy with disconnects and longer than normal connections or just failing to connect at all.
At the remote office, cordless. It just works.
At the remote office, cordless. It just works.
Chauncey Gardiner
Flashaholic
Yep! My AirPods don't seem to understand who they belong to. They bounce around the room like a doggy begging for treats.
pnwoutdoors
Enlightened
Exceptional products, IMO. I've got a couple of their small-ish pliers, and an old set of diagonal cutters (the old "dykes" style of tool). They work as expected, every time, in every condition. Workhorses. They're in the "lifetime products" category, for sure. I suspect they won't ever fail. Haven't need to sharpen or adjust, ever. Good stuff.
pnwoutdoors
Enlightened
ThermaRest pads (the original) -- pretty great. Keeps you off the ground, insulates just enough. When topped with a "space blanket" type layer it can help with the coldest of surfaces one might be forced to camp on. (Spent a night in 6ºF on granite that had a very sparse soil layer on top, some years ago ... and spent at least some of my dreaming thinking of ThermaRest. Brr-rrrrr.)
Can't say I've used one of the recently-made ones. But the early-'80s 2-R-value ones were great for what they were. Nice to see they've now got 6-R variations, these days.
Can't say I've used one of the recently-made ones. But the early-'80s 2-R-value ones were great for what they were. Nice to see they've now got 6-R variations, these days.
Fuzzywuzzies
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Zero Tolerance and Rick Hinderer collaborated on the ZT0562TI folding knife. No-nonsense functionality in a top quality folding knife. Has never let me down, unlike not one but two other knives, which left their marks on my hands when their respective locks broke…. (No I wasn’t misusing them either time)
If it’s legal in your corner of the world, and the size works for you I simply cannot recommend it highly enough.
If it’s legal in your corner of the world, and the size works for you I simply cannot recommend it highly enough.
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Yesterday I need a specific size flat head screwdriver, didn't think I had anything that size and was getting grumpy about it.
Then I found the one I was looking for over by my wash machine (of course it was over there..LOL)
Saw that it had a chip out of it,, well I was right next my Bench Grinder.
Plugged in my grinder and tuned up my little screwdriver to make the exact size I needed, took me about 25 seconds.
Looked like a specialist screwdriver when I was done.
If you don't think you need a bench grinder, you'd be supersized on how much you use it & how handy it is to have.
Yesterday I need a specific size flat head screwdriver, didn't think I had anything that size and was getting grumpy about it.
Then I found the one I was looking for over by my wash machine (of course it was over there..LOL)
Saw that it had a chip out of it,, well I was right next my Bench Grinder.
Plugged in my grinder and tuned up my little screwdriver to make the exact size I needed, took me about 25 seconds.
Looked like a specialist screwdriver when I was done.
If you don't think you need a bench grinder, you'd be supersized on how much you use it & how handy it is to have.
I can think off hand of three specialized tools I made.
1. a 5/8 inch combination wrench cut in half, to become a super shorty. I needed to get up in the transmission well to pull the transmission out of my car. Something was in the way so that I couldn't get on the bolt with a socket. I didn't know that tools like this existed.
2. I needed a thin set 5/16 wrench to hold a lock nut in place. I used my grinder and a standard open end wrench, and made it into a thin set one.
3. I needed a bent nose, needle nose plyers, to pull a snap ring off of a pitman arm on my Bronco. The problem was the handle was too long, and the needle nose was not needle enough. I cut one of the handles down to half the length, and with the grinder, madle the needle nose more needley.
Hard starting lawn mower, snow blower, or generator?
A quick shot of ether/starting fluid into the carburetor will often do the trick.
My lawn mower is more like the 55 year old man, than like the 18 year old it once was. Just as the old man may need a shot of coffee in the morning to get going, this mower prefers a shot of starting fluid. Yes, it will start without it, but why crank and crank it, straining the battery, and heating up the starter, when a quick shot of starting fluid will get it on its way with a revolution or two?
Modern starting fluids have some lubricant in them. I think the original ones were nearly 100% ether. They might strip the top of the cylinders of lubricant, and cause excessive wear if used often enough, or long enough.
A quick shot of ether/starting fluid into the carburetor will often do the trick.
My lawn mower is more like the 55 year old man, than like the 18 year old it once was. Just as the old man may need a shot of coffee in the morning to get going, this mower prefers a shot of starting fluid. Yes, it will start without it, but why crank and crank it, straining the battery, and heating up the starter, when a quick shot of starting fluid will get it on its way with a revolution or two?
Modern starting fluids have some lubricant in them. I think the original ones were nearly 100% ether. They might strip the top of the cylinders of lubricant, and cause excessive wear if used often enough, or long enough.
A Dremel just works.
I used a dremel to cut a ring off my finger yesterday. First I slid a finger nail clipper presser under the ring. Commenced to slicing the stainless ring 5 slices at a time pouring a little water for cooling after each 5th pass. In about 5 minutes the ring had a slice through it and I used twist motion of a flat head screw driver to spread the band enough to slide over a swollen knuckle that would not allow the ring to slide over. I'd been wearing it around 10 years, cleaning it underneath a few times a year. Recently it would no longer come off so....yet another use for the mighty dremel.
Oh, and the mighty tooth brush is also a pretty good invention. Not those battery oprrated kind. Just a regular one. Use it on your teeth until it's worn out, then use it as a small places, hard to reach scrub brush after that.
I used a dremel to cut a ring off my finger yesterday. First I slid a finger nail clipper presser under the ring. Commenced to slicing the stainless ring 5 slices at a time pouring a little water for cooling after each 5th pass. In about 5 minutes the ring had a slice through it and I used twist motion of a flat head screw driver to spread the band enough to slide over a swollen knuckle that would not allow the ring to slide over. I'd been wearing it around 10 years, cleaning it underneath a few times a year. Recently it would no longer come off so....yet another use for the mighty dremel.
Oh, and the mighty tooth brush is also a pretty good invention. Not those battery oprrated kind. Just a regular one. Use it on your teeth until it's worn out, then use it as a small places, hard to reach scrub brush after that.
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Jean-Luc Descarte
Enlightened
Old toothbrushes are an indispensable part of my flashlight maintenance kit. I use one with dish soap to clean the knurling of torches so dirty they might as well be smooth-bodied and prone to droppage, and another to spread silicone grease on the threads and o-rings.
