Hikermick

@Hikermick@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ideas for deadspace behind fridge⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I bought a house in the inner city like that. Some things off the top of my head: wiring from a wall switch to the ceiling light was wired with an extension cord. Not a heavy duty orange one, the brown twisty kind you would use for Christmas lights. Knob and tube wiring that was capped at a dead end (no junction box) protruding from a hole in a closet. At the panel everything was updated romex so it was tied in somewhere. Never figured out where. Wires were sliced together in the kitchen ceiling without being in a junction box, squirrels got in and would cause it to short out.

  An outlet tester costs $10 and will tell you if outlets are wired properly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ideas for deadspace behind fridge⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  So odd. The trim on the left has a notch cut in it to accommodate the light switch cover? Seems like it would have been easier to move the box on inch to the right or cut the plastic cover rather than the trim? Why not make better use of the space by accessing it from another wall? This looks like a novice handyman’s work. It would make me worry about what you can’t see.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hey look, a giant sign telling you to find a different job⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I would i would find another job and forget to give Jenny my two weeks notice

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Honestly wtf?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve eaten the seeds, they’re nasty unless dried out. Read the dangers beforehand. It’ll mess with your vision the next day, supposedly there is a chance of going blind. The hallucinations I experienced were pretty convincing, you might want to have a friend keep an eye on you. My buddy overdid things and got picked up by the cops, they put him in the psych ward

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stretch marks⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Balls have stretch marks? I’ve been focused on it being the last patch of hair to turn grey

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Feeling that groove⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  A microscope? That must be a tiny record player. The needle arm looks like it’s made of clay

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Feeling that groove⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What’s that a picture of? Doesn’t like a needle and vinyl to me

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone know what's inside this building?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Prisoners

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do air purifiers really reduce dust much?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My understanding is that the types that are ozone generators don’t remove particles from the air, they charge the particles so that they stick to surfaces and aren’t floating in the air

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When kids come trick-or-treating, what happens if I choose trick?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  They’ll shit in your jack-o-lantern

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dear neighbor...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Right out of school I got a job working in a shitty retail store where we would prank each other. For some reason there was a smoke detector still in the box that had a dying battery and chipped every few minutes. I would hide it in other worker’s aisles in the morning when we would straighten before opening. Fun times

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do seemingly all politicians (and no one else) do that hand gesture when they talk, the one where it looks like they're holding an invisible fishing rod?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Correct answer right there. Politicians and business people are very aware of their body language. Another rule is never touch your face. When they do, photographers will snap a picture. In the photo they will look frustrated

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨And what car did you learn in?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Lot of people searching “clutch” right now

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ok, boomer⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  IMO a big factor is that the production quality of music (as well as movies and TV) hit a point where it no longer sounds or looks as dated. Digital remastering cleans up any flaws, now the only tip off to the age is content.

  Yeah I’m hip to the schmaltzy tunes of the 70’s, I’m a big fan. Looking at you BJ Thomas.

  I’m sure there is good rock going on now, it’s just not making it into the mainstream. I’m a product of 80’s punk rock. It never got mainstream attention but it did spawn acts that did in the 90’s.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ok, boomer⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  They have it backwards. Young people think old people had it easy. This is their justification for not trying. Truth is every generation has it’s challenges. Rather than turn to social media for validation, look for information. There’s no one-size-fits-all solution for everyone but if you’re facing a challenge, someone before you faced the same. Don’t listen to those who tell you not to try. Listen to folks who succeeded, what worked, what didn’t.

  PS The only derogatory I can say about the young generation as a whole is, where the fuck is your rock and roll? You’re listening to your grandparent’s music. Lame.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Don't fix the problem just change the parameters⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe it’s because everyone has a clock in their pocket? One that is accurate and doesn’t need batteries changed or altered twice a year

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A roundabout⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Got a few roundabouts in an old residential neighborhood with narrow streets near me. There’s nothing in the middle and the curb is so shallow, it’s tempting to drive right through them

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Insuranace is a joke⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Just watched someone explain this but it was about house insurance. When you sign up they give you a replacement dollar amount. Should your house burn to the ground they deduct money from that amount due to depreciation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Happy Thanksgiving everyone!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Is it ribbed on the inside too?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cracker Barrel Outrage Was Almost Certainly Driven by Bots, Researchers Say⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  For all we know CB may have been behind the outrage

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨*A clean colon is like driving on a country road on a sunny day...*⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Almost heaven?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨moonshine⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So there’s evolutionary reasoning for the way I am?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I Got This Right, Right?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Gotta unite the base that was fractured over the Epstein files

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just a little bit more⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I had a retread blow out on my panel truck while peeing into a soft drink cup. Middle of the night in the middle of nowhere Indiana

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Clueless sports fans⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The media tells them what to care about.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Make it make sense ⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It happens when people tailgate. They over react and it causes an according effect.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"ok, imagine a gun."⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  An American thing? Do people in other countries drive and hold the shotgun too?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Have most people never seen a full starry night sky⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve never been there but have spent lots of time in the PA Wilds, the region which encompasses it and a whole lot more. The reservoir I described is the Allegheny Reservoir to the west of Cherry Springs

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Have most people never seen a full starry night sky⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve spent quite a bit of time backpacking in Pennsylvania. One of my favorite places is a reservoir where they lower the water level drastically in the winter months. You can walk out to where it’s normally underwater, lie on your back and have a 360 degree unobstructed view of the night sky. There are so many stars that you can’t pick out constellations. I’ve seen what i assume were satellites, a continous red glare moving incredibly fast and silent. Unfortunately development is encroaching. First a new highway then a casino.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lemmy is a tech literate echo chamber⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Being smart about one thing doesn’t mean a person is smart about all things.