Random Unthreadworthy Questions

[Buster Highmen]

All vegetables are merely a cheap conveyance for lipids

[riser4]

I loved the simple taste and texture of stoned wheat thins. Awesome cracker. Probably my favorite.

[ötzi]

All vegetables are merely a cheap conveyance for lipids

He's right, you know.

[skaredshtles]

The crackers were nothing special, but they were a good cheese delivery system without overpowering the cheese.

Best cheese delivery device:

[m2711c]

you'll poke yer eye out!

[Hood26]

More of a vent than a question. Skip right over and carry on if you want.

Why can’t I have nice things?

Just got home from an Airstream rally and those old boys (we are usually at least 20 years younger than the group) had their shit dialed and polished.

I take pride in my things. I try to keep up on it all; rigs, gear, home, yard et al. But try as I might little shit just happens. Just got done washing the Airstream and there is sap all over it from a spot on the beach we camped this summer, and the truck well it needs a whole cut and polish. Clay bar, instant detailer, bug and tar, nothing touched the sap. I am going to have a real project and need to research what will get it off because the clear coat on an Airstream is not like a car, it’s called plasti-coat, so that’s a future me problem.

I grew up with a dad who’s shit was always broken, always dirty, always fucked up, so maybe I am just not raised right to really keep shit dialed? Maybe it’s a time thing because we are always going and always moving from one thing to the next? Maybe it’s a money thing and I have just enough to have nice things, but not really, really take care of them and hire professionals for help when needed? When we do hire things out, we never get an A+ product, our house for instance when we had it built 18 years ago; and there is all kinds of little shit wrong with it. We weren’t like on the contractors, you know like always over the shoulder and saying, “that’s not good enough,” like our older more experienced neighbors. Same with my old truck we had all the body and paint done 13 years ago and the fucker is rusting out on me now. Is there a way to be demanding and still nice about it?

Maybe I just need to reset my expectations because well, life happens and things are really just tools? I had a hunting buddy/mentor once empty his shotgun and just start throwing it on the ground, after I had worried about my own new gun getting a scratch, and he just kept yelling at “it’s a fucking tool.”

Maybe 20 years from now when there are no kids in the house and I am retired with time on my hands it will be easier? Maybe my shit is actually nice and I just see all the little imperfections because it’s my own shit? Maybe I should just buy less stuff and make sure it stays nice?

I should probably drink a beer and be thankful for what I have, and that we got home safe after having a fun weekend; it’s just things and they really are just tools, right?

If you read all my bullshit and have advice, thank you.

[muted reborn]

[ötzi]

I grew up with a dad who’s shit was always broken, always dirty, always fucked up, so maybe I am just not raised right to really keep shit dialed?

No, you were raised exactly right for that.

[Hood26]

No, you were raised exactly right for that.

Nah, my dad is an alcoholic and I have literally never seen him sober.

OCD, maybe though.

[BCMtnHound]

Keeping material stuff, well used for memories, a bit on the rough side is fine. Form will always follow function. Keep stuff running reliably, the patina tells a story.
That clearcoat on the airstream is a bitch. Front and rear top quarter panels on ours have CC peeling sections I’ve coated with canned acrylic. Not doing much with the filiform other than scrape with my nail and wax twice a year. At least a couple more kms on the forestry roads before snow.
Got a ‘03 truck battling rust too. She’ll carry the ‘11 sled just fine this upcoming season. But the timing belt service is coming due….
Those 20yrs to part time consulting will come fast enough. Maybe 8 for me. No plan to rush it. No time like the present! Especially with kids. But yeah, not nearly enough time in the day/weekend/month.

[mcski]

I haven’t tried it yet, but my neighbors swear by mayonnaise for getting sap out of everything

[LongShortLong]

I had great success with isopropyl alcohol removing sap from clothes. The next time I tried, it didn't work. Internet seem to have lots of suggestions... olive oil looks interesting and likely safe. Also a suggestion it may not be sap and is aphid shit instead or other excretion of bugs eating the tree..

On my car, I usually wait for the sun to dry it, then it comes off with a squeegie or a fingernail. I'm not a detailer, so those may not work to your standards.

[Mustonen]

Comparison is the thief of joy.

[Meadow Skipper]

Keep stuff running reliably, the patina tells a story.

This is what I think. And tools, not jewels.

[dan_pdx]

Hood26, I don't know the answer to your question, but I relate to this HARD. Maybe you need to be retired to have everything dialed all the time?

[m2711c]

those people don't actually have their shit dialed, they just don't use thier shit all that much...


fact.

[skaredshtles]

Comparison is the thief of joy.

[skaredshtles]

those people don't actually have their shit dialed, they just don't use thier shit all that much...

[MultiVerse]

Was BlackBerry the best smartphone? Better productivity, much lower OCD addiction. No infinite scrolling, no engagement dark patterns, just messaging with your friends and typing emails faster than a smartphone with a real clicky keyboard. Maybe someone should make new one?

[muted reborn]

I haven’t tried it yet, but my neighbors swear by mayonnaise for getting sap out of everything

I'm shocked you didn't recommend pissing on the sap.

[riser4]

Was BlackBerry the best smartphone? Better productivity, much lower OCD addiction. No infinite scrolling, no engagement dark patterns, just messaging with your friends and typing emails faster than a smartphone with a real clicky keyboard. Maybe someone should make new one?

My cousin said it was the bomb for texting and driving... :O

[Thaleia]

Next door neighbor saw me working on my road bike the other day, comes over and asks if I know much about bikes. Asks if I can help her with her sons bike, just has a flat. Asked if I can come by one early afternoon this week to fix it. She works from home, her husband works construction during the day.

She is an absolute goddess. Young fit attractive etc, 11/10 if we're going there. Smart as hell too, recently completed her masters and has a very senior position already.

Her husband wrenches on sport bikes, and assembled the two mtn bikes they ride around on..

(full disclosure - I'm sure I'm reading way too much into this but sure seems odd to me. Hubby is clearly perfectly capable. And for the record I would never cross that line.)

[MultiVerse]

To accurately asses, pictures would be helpful answering the question about repairing the bike

[skaredshtles]

Next door neighbor saw me working on my road bike the other day, comes over and asks if I know much about bikes. Asks if I can help her with her sons bike, just has a flat. Asked if I can come by one early afternoon this week to fix it. She works from home, her husband works construction during the day.

She is an absolute goddess. Young fit attractive etc, 11/10 if we're going there. Smart as hell too, recently completed her masters and has a very senior position already.

Her husband wrenches on sport bikes, and assembled the two mtn bikes they ride around on..

(full disclosure - I'm sure I'm reading way too much into this but sure seems odd to me. Hubby is clearly perfectly capable. And for the record I would never cross that line.)

[jm2e]

More of a vent than a question. Skip right over and carry on if you want.

Why can’t I have nice things?
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If you read all my bullshit and have advice, thank you.

I can’t help you. Just like I can’t help my wife. It doesn’t help at all, but I try to remind her that objects shouldn’t be precious. You can like them, and appreciate them, and try to keep them nice, but they’re just things. Relationships are precious. Memories are precious. Things are just things. But those precious things are a liability when they affect relationships and memories.
It doesn’t work. She grew up wrapping every single book in plastic. Has all her “nice” pants and jackets from the past 30 years. Wears sentimental shirts and then cries when they get stained.
Good luck.


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