Soapbox

I have a 2003 Kenmoore fridge that came with the house that won’t die. Ice maker works perfect. No repairs needed in the decade I’ve had it.

True “Lets go down to the pub for a 500 milliliter.” might actually be funnier.

“Lets go down to the pub to have a liter.”

Before self checkout I always sought out the dead eyed teenage cashier who looked like they didn’t want to be there. No small talk. Fantastic.

The worst are the grown woman cahiers who want to chat about every item you are buying.

All the criticisms of self checkout are valid. Can’t argue against them.

However I’ve been kind of a fan since they first came out. Simply because I don’t have to make smalltalk with a cashier.

I have to to deal with customers all day at work. Shopping is a chore I want to be over with without having to further drain my limited extroversion tank.

Quick draws are the little bit of strap with a carabiner on both ends. One end clips into a bolt in the wall/rock, the other end clips around your rope so if you fall, you only fall as far as the last one you attached.

Yeah, I would install a safety strap or something underneath it.

I’ve got a portable work table thing sketchily mounted to my garage wall. Out of paranoia of someone bumping it off when getting something underneath it I have a very old rock climbing quick draw (no longer safe for climbing purposes) attached to it and an eye bolt in the wall.

I had no idea those things in the picture existed.

We had a leak due to a gap between the shower pan and actual drain pipe so it would leak under the wall into the garage. I removed the drain cover and artfully packed the gap full with clear silicone caulk using a tongue depressor as a long thin spatula.

It held up for several years after that until we finally did a full remodel of that bathroom.

Ah, yeah that make sense. Mine is stuck to the side of the top part of the press, and I rarely drill through any steel so its never been an issue for me.

I just use a magnet to keep mine stuck to the side of the press.