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Quote: DRichQuote: EvenBob. Tools are a legacy every man should pass down
My father passed away about six weeks ago and since their house flooded during hurricane Ian we had to gut the complete house. I threw away hundreds of tools and probably kept 5. Why does any man need 11 different drills, 4 chainsaws, 6 jugsaws, multiple rotary saws, etc. I probably threw away what new would have costed $10,000.
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I can only say that they're not all equivalent.
As far as drills, my go-to is a Yankee type push-drill (easier for EDC), but sometimes I prefer a shoulder drill (a hand crank rig you lean into) for better control of the speed/feed rates.
Both of these are better than a cordless or corded hand drill if you're working by feel to cut the hole cleanly.
Smaller holes need a smaller bit (in general), which calls for a smaller drill so that you're less likely to break the bit.
Confined spaces call for a special head arrangement (right angle drill).
Drilling into certain materials (like masonry) is aided by a percussive (hammer) drill, which in addition to turning, applies varying forward pressure on the drill bit.
If you want your holes to be perpendicular to the material you're drilling into, you either need a drill with a guide, or a drill press. The guide mechanism gets in the way in some instances, so you need a common (non-guide) drill as well.
I am pleased that I have never needed to go bigger than a Milwaukee 1854 for my casual hole-making.
If you're talking about a big heap of 3/8" cordless drills (some red, yellow, blue, black, pink camouflage, etc), yeah. I get that makes little sense, unless the batteries wouldn't hold a charge anymore and a new drill and battery were cheaper than a new battery for the old one. That's just failure to get rid of the old stuff.
I can say there is a similar variety of saws, for a similar variety of reasons.
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I probably have 15 complete ratchet sets of all kinds. I don't need 15, I just ended up having 15. Throwing away tools, brilliant. Good grief
What am I supposed to do with them? Move them to my house and clutter up my garage and end up throwing them away anyway when I move. Some of them were heavy and just hauling them to the curb was labor intensive.
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I probably have 15 complete ratchet sets of all kinds. I don't need 15, I just ended up having 15. Throwing away tools, brilliant. Good grief
What am I supposed to do with them? Move them to my house and clutter up my garage and end up throwing them away anyway when I move. Some of them were heavy and just hauling them to the curb was labor intensive.
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Donate them to Goodwill so somebody else can get some use out of them. Throwing good tools away to me is. like sacrilege. Some of my best hand tools are ones I bought second-hand at auctions. I don't think I've ever bought a new screwdriver in my life but I've got scores of them.
I recently gave away a lot of old tools I picked up over the years., many made in Switzerland. You'll be happy to know they found a good home.
Quote: DRichQuote: EvenBob
I probably have 15 complete ratchet sets of all kinds. I don't need 15, I just ended up having 15. Throwing away tools, brilliant. Good grief
What am I supposed to do with them? Move them to my house and clutter up my garage and end up throwing them away anyway when I move. Some of them were heavy and just hauling them to the curb was labor intensive.
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Habitat for Humanity Restore usually accepts tools as donations. They can possibly send a truck and help to load them up.
Any Grandpas in need of Grandpa grade tools, maybe check them out.
Quote: DRichQuote: EvenBob. Tools are a legacy every man should pass down
My father passed away about six weeks ago and since their house flooded during hurricane Ian we had to gut the complete house. I threw away hundreds of tools and probably kept 5. Why does any man need 11 different drills, 4 chainsaws, 6 jugsaws, multiple rotary saws, etc. I probably threw away what new would have costed $10,000.
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My condolences to you, DRich.
Atlantic City before casinos - it was a tremendously popular destination for a long time until its decline
the 2nd pic - men and women wearing suits on the Boardwalk in the summer - that's really crazy - circa 1915 - actually the 1st pic too
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Donate them to Goodwill so somebody else can get some use out of them. Throwing good tools away to me is. like sacrilege. Some of my best hand tools are ones I bought second-hand at auctions. I don't think I've ever bought a new screwdriver in my life but I've got scores of them.
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Totally! Always someone needs tools. So many people throw away lots of good stuff not just tools. I know a guy is very well off yet still pulls good stuff left out in people's trash. Barely used things. The USA wastes so much.
Quote: DRichI like the idea of donating items but not enough to inconvenience myself. It would take many trips to take them somewhere or else I would have to rent a truck. If someone was going to pick them up I would have to carve time out to meet them at the house. Taking them to the curb is more convenient to me. It looks like someone has already went through the pile, I don't see the table saw or big jigsaw out there anymore.
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If it's still sitting at the curb, a phone call or two might be appreciated.
I also realized that "maker spaces" are often looking for tools for their workshops.
And to offset the inconvenience, material donations can often get a receipt from the organization that accepts the stuff.
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And to offset the inconvenience, material donations can often get a receipt from the organization that accepts the stuff.
That is true but in this case it is not my stuff so I wouldn't realize any tax benefit from it. Sadly, I am just that lazy and entitled. A lot of the stuff will be re-imbursed for by the insurance company as hurricane loss.
Quote: billryanIf the people of Florida are anything like New Yorkers, the stuff you put on the curb will be picked thru, and anything of value will be scavenged.
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Absolutely. Especially with the hurricane many people are throwing just about anything in their house away. I hauled out a 1 year old Bosch dishwasher that wasn't on the curb 15 minutes before it was gone. Washer, Dryer, and Refrigerator were gone the first night. I am guessing every used appliance store will be overflowing with merchandise.
Quote: billryanAfter Super Storm Sandy, many people used the storm as an opportunity to redecorate. They used mold as an excuse to replace ten-year-old bedroom sets in houses that barely got any water.
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Mold is NOT covered by insurance. It is specifically excluded from property coverages.
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Quote: DRichQuote: Dieter
And to offset the inconvenience, material donations can often get a receipt from the organization that accepts the stuff.
That is true but in this case it is not my stuff so I wouldn't realize any tax benefit from it. Sadly, I am just that lazy and entitled. A lot of the stuff will be re-imbursed for by the insurance company as hurricane loss.
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I understand, appreciate, and respect that.
Dragging junk out is a horrible chore.
Ashly is not cooperative with my own efforts, and believes that the 84 years worth of bric-a-brac she got when her great aunt died has some deep personal sentimental value, despite her never unpacking it in the old house and now it's piled up in the same boxes in the garage at the new place.
She watches "tiny house" inspirational TV and wants the lifestyle, but I don't think she has internalized the understanding yet.
(If anyone desirous of Sisyphean tasks wants to explain the Swedish tradition of "döstädning" to my stubborn aging relatives, or the general benefits of a minimalist lifestyle to my stubborn younger relatives... PM's are open.)
My sympathies on your father's passing.
Quote: tuttigymQuote: billryanAfter Super Storm Sandy, many people used the storm as an opportunity to redecorate. They used mold as an excuse to replace ten-year-old bedroom sets in houses that barely got any water.
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Mold is NOT covered by insurance. It is specifically excluded from property coverages.
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Not when it is storm-related.
Quote: billryanQuote: tuttigymQuote: billryanAfter Super Storm Sandy, many people used the storm as an opportunity to redecorate. They used mold as an excuse to replace ten-year-old bedroom sets in houses that barely got any water.
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Mold is NOT covered by insurance. It is specifically excluded from property coverages.
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Not when it is storm-related.
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Yes, mold remediation is covered in our insurance if a result of flood or storm. The prices these mold remediation places are getting seems crazy to me but it is probably just the demand down here right now. My Mom's house is about 2500 sq ft and the mold remediation in $27,000. Fortunately the insurance covers that.
Another price that I thought was crazy was just having the roof tarped to prevent further damage until the roof is replaced cost $5000. Yes, $5000 to put blue tarps on the roof. Crazy
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1966 - little Bobby Joe Hill of Texas Western broke the back of basketball powerhouse Kentucky in the National Championship game stealing the ball twice within one minute - once from All American Louis Dampier and once from Tommy Kron - and getting uncontested layups on the other end after the steals
it was the most exciting one minute of basketball I have ever see
when I saw it happen live - I felt like the game was over - that Kentucky could not recover from this
KY Coach Adolph Rupp would not allow black players on his teams
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Quote: billryanIf the people of Florida are anything like New Yorkers, the stuff you put on the curb will be picked thru, and anything of value will be scavenged.
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That happens in California, too. At least it does in Los Angeles. Kind of convenient, sometimes.
Quote: TigerWuQuote: billryanIf the people of Florida are anything like New Yorkers, the stuff you put on the curb will be picked thru, and anything of value will be scavenged.
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That happens in California, too. At least it does in Los Angeles. Kind of convenient, sometimes.
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In the 1970s, during a long garbage strike, people would gift wrap their garbage and leave it in their unlocked cars. It worked well for a few days, but eventually, the thieves caught on.
Now PETA would have you carry a tomato on a keychain I suppose.
(Rabbits still make them, but you know what I mean)
Quote: rxwineAnyone carry a rabbit's foot for good luck? I used to have one as a kid, that was like part of keychain. No doubt they still make them, but I haven't seen one in years.
Now PETA would have you carry a tomato on a keychain I suppose.
(Rabbits still make them, but you know what I mean)
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The cover to "Rabbit Foot Blues", a blues song by Blind Lemon Jefferson, links the rabbit's foot tradition with the bones of the dead.
Quote: rxwineAnyone carry a rabbit's foot for good luck? I used to have one as a kid, that was like part of keychain. No doubt they still make them, but I haven't seen one in years.
Now PETA would have you carry a tomato on a keychain I suppose.
(Rabbits still make them, but you know what I mean)
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I had that keychain rabbit's foot when I was a kid, too (I think it was a green one), but one day our dog got a hold of it and tore it up. I never got another one.
According to the legend, it's supposed to be the back left foot of the rabbit that's the lucky one. I guess there's also a certain way you're supposed to kill the rabbit, too.
Quote: avianrandyAnybody remember back in the 80s when a and w Introduced the 1/3 pound burger to compete with the quarter pounder? It flopped because people thought the quarter pounder had more meat.
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I'm sure the same people prefer to play 6-5 blackjack compared to 3-2, because the numbers are bigger.
Dematha (Hyattsville, Maryland) star Bernard Williams gets 2 with his off hand in front of Lou Alcindor (Jabbar) as Dematha ends Alcindor and Power Memorial's 71 game winning streak in Cole Field House in front of 12,000 screaming fans
many have called it the greatest h.s. basketball game ever played
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I live in a really old house built in the middle of the 19th century and they weren't big on windows so there are lots of dark places that need to be lit all the time. In the 80s I used to buy GE 15 watt bulbs that were really expensive and leave them on 24 hours a day 7 days a week. They were guaranteed to last two thousand hours so I kept the receipts and kept track and they never lasted 2000 hours, fifteen hundred hours at the very most. So I would send them back to GE with the receipt and they would always send me new 15 watt bulbs. I did this for at least 10 years until I got bored with it but I saved a ton of money. I mean if your bulb doesn't last 2000 hours don't claim that it does. These LED spotlights are guaranteed to last 14 years if I use them less than 4 hours a day. I'm not going to keep track. I've been using LED for years now and have yet to have one burn out. I guess they don't really burn out they just get dimmer and dimmer.
Quote: EvenBobI ordered 2 GE 65 watt LED spotlights from Amazon for $3.50 each. They put out 700 lumens each and use 8 watts and will cost less than a dollar each for a year if you use them less than 4 hours a day everyday. I marvel at this and think what planet am I living on.
I live in a really old house built in the middle of the 19th century and they weren't big on windows so there are lots of dark places that need to be lit all the time. In the 80s I used to buy GE 15 watt bulbs that were really expensive and leave them on 24 hours a day 7 days a week. They were guaranteed to last two thousand hours so I kept the receipts and kept track and they never lasted 2000 hours, fifteen hundred hours at the very most. So I would send them back to GE with the receipt and they would always send me new 15 watt bulbs. I did this for at least 10 years until I got bored with it but I saved a ton of money. I mean if your bulb doesn't last 2000 hours don't claim that it does. These LED spotlights are guaranteed to last 14 years if I use them less than 4 hours a day. I'm not going to keep track. I've been using LED for years now and have yet to have one burn out. I guess they don't really burn out they just get dimmer and dimmer.
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I think we all wonder what planet you live on. It's good to be frugal, although one has to make sure one don't cross the line.
Quote: billryanQuote: EvenBobI ordered 2 GE 65 watt LED spotlights from Amazon for $3.50 each. They put out 700 lumens each and use 8 watts and will cost less than a dollar each for a year if you use them less than 4 hours a day everyday. I marvel at this and think what planet am I living on.
I live in a really old house built in the middle of the 19th century and they weren't big on windows so there are lots of dark places that need to be lit all the time. In the 80s I used to buy GE 15 watt bulbs that were really expensive and leave them on 24 hours a day 7 days a week. They were guaranteed to last two thousand hours so I kept the receipts and kept track and they never lasted 2000 hours, fifteen hundred hours at the very most. So I would send them back to GE with the receipt and they would always send me new 15 watt bulbs. I did this for at least 10 years until I got bored with it but I saved a ton of money. I mean if your bulb doesn't last 2000 hours don't claim that it does. These LED spotlights are guaranteed to last 14 years if I use them less than 4 hours a day. I'm not going to keep track. I've been using LED for years now and have yet to have one burn out. I guess they don't really burn out they just get dimmer and dimmer.
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I think we all wonder what planet you live on. It's good to be frugal, although one has to make sure one don't cross the line.
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I I had four 15 watt bulbs burning 24 hours a day with the promise they would last 2000 hours each and they didn't even come close. Frugality had nothing to do with it. I did the same thing in the late 60s when I would get a bad Hershey's candy bar out of a machine where I worked I had no recourse but to send it to Hershey with a complaint and they always sent me back a box of candy. I was totally satisfied with this transaction.
Now I see the competition has something rated for 50000 hours or 45 years, whichever comes first.
I guess I'll have to let you know if I have a problem.
these are the old style fan shaped backboards that were in playgrounds and in most h.s. gyms in the DC area 60s and 70s. I liked the way it was easy to see the red rim against the white board. harder for layups and bank shots - not as much board and no square. I don't know what's outdoors now.
don't actually know for sure but I would guess that these style boards were all over the U.S. back in the day
in my County only 2 teams had glass boards out of about 14 in our division.
I believe it gave them an advantage. away teams were not used to shooting against that background.
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Jerry Lucas shot an incredible .624 from the field thru his 3 year college career while averaging almost 25 p.p. g. - amazing
that's a higher % than Wilt who probably shot 80% dunks and finger rolls
for comparison purposes - in college - West shot .508 and Oscar .535
there is no doubt in my mind that many players, including pros, could not shoot .624 from the field even if they're in a gym shooting around by themselves
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/jerry-lucas-1.html
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Jerry Lucas shot an incredible .624 from the field thru his 3 year college career while averaging almost 25 p.p. g. - amazing
He was probably scared that Bobby Knight would throw a chair at him if he missed.
With reminiscences about these Horn and Hardart Automats from Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Mel Brooks, Colin Powell, Elliot Gould, Carl Reiner (Woody Allen, sadly missing). The Automat - where people of all races and socioeconomic groups dined together at the same table, dating back to the turn of the century!
I’d assume those people would prefer triple-zero roulette over double, and double over singleQuote: WizardQuote: avianrandyAnybody remember back in the 80s when a and w Introduced the 1/3 pound burger to compete with the quarter pounder? It flopped because people thought the quarter pounder had more meat.
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I'm sure the same people prefer to play 6-5 blackjack compared to 3-2, because the numbers are bigger.
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Quote: MDawgBefore my time and back East only, The Automat (2021) - available now on HBO. Might constitute a "Remember When" for some of you, but in any case, a very well done documentary.
With reminiscences about these Horn and Hardart Automats from Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Mel Brooks, Colin Powell, Elliot Gould, Carl Reiner (Woody Allen, sadly missing). The Automat - where people of all races and socioeconomic groups dined together at the same table, dating back to the turn of the century!
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My Aunts and Uncles would take us to Automats and make it out to be a big thing. I greatly preferred going to Nedicks, but we were just kids. The biggest thrill was searching for change that was left behind.
womens roller derby - a truly great sport - debuted on national television in the 50s and stayed pretty strong thru the 60s and part of the 70s
it changed form and hung around - it's still around in some places in some form - I was a big fan of the Jersey Jolters - they were a very tough team
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It is definitely worth attending a bout just to witness the spectacle - the names are just a bonus.
For the uninitiated, I can only describe it as a recreational form of combat ballet on wheels.
this type of poster was not just from the old wild west
they hung around in the U.S. thru some of the 30s
the Dillinger gang allegedly killed 10 men including a Sherriff
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The Washington Senators
I loved that team so much - as bad as they were
when they left DC for good I was devastated - it was a dark, dark, day
the pic is Griffith Stadium - operational from 1911 thru 1965
in 1924 Walter Johnson went a tremendous 23-7 there and led the Senators to their only World Series Championship
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The Washington Senators
I loved that team so much - as bad as they were
when they left DC for good I was devastated - it was a dark, dark, day
the pic is Griffith Stadium - operational from 1911 thru 1965
in 1924 Walter Johnson went a tremendous 23-7 there and led the Senators to their only World Series Championship
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Frank Howard lived in my aunt’s apartment building and she got me an autographed ball when I was a kid.
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The Washington Senators
I loved that team so much - as bad as they were
when they left DC for good I was devastated - it was a dark, dark, day
the pic is Griffith Stadium - operational from 1911 thru 1965
in 1924 Walter Johnson went a tremendous 23-7 there and led the Senators to their only World Series Championship
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Frank Howard lived in my aunt’s apartment building and she got me an autographed ball when I was a kid.
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Frank Howard was a mountain of a man.
Quote: billryanWashington- First in War, First in Peace, last in the American league.
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The only place I have heard that quote used was on a 1930s-era Our Gang (renamed The Little Rascals in syndication because MGM still owned the rights to the "Our Gang" title) short, and the line was changed to, "Third in the American League."
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Frank Howard lived in my aunt’s apartment building and she got me an autographed ball when I was a kid.
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Harmon Killebrew hit 573 homers in his career
he rode the bench his first 5 years with the Senators - played very little - probably due to inept management
the first year he started he he hit 42 homers
if he had started those 5 years there would have been an excellent chance he would have been in the 700 club
what a shame
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Quote: lilredroosterQuote: Hunterhill
Frank Howard lived in my aunt’s apartment building and she got me an autographed ball when I was a kid.
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Harmon Killebrew hit 573 homers in his career
he rode the bench his first 5 years with the Senators - played very little - probably due to inept management
the first year he started he he hit 42 homers
if he had started those 5 years there would have been an excellent chance he would have been in the 700 club
what a shame
Harmon was a Bonus Baby.
Baseball, at the time, had a Bonus rule that if you received too much money, you had to stay on the big ball clubs roster and couldn't play in the minors. Harmon rode the Washington bench as an afterthought for two seasons before he could be sent to the minors and then split the next few seasons bouncing back and forth.
Had the rule not been in effect, or had he signed for less money, he would have made better progress and most likely would have hit his 600 home runs. In the 1960s, the Twins were my favorite ballclub due to my Uncle being one of the team's chaplains.
Harmon may have been one of the slowest players ever, but he made his MLB debut as a pinch-runner.
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I was very early into the hippie thing - I wasn't a real hippie - I was kinna a faux hippie
I went to the very first head shop in our area - they sold cigarette papers, bongs, pipes, incense and bell bottom jeans
I tried on some bell bottoms - looked in the mirror - thought I looked ridiculous - and bought them any way
those were some seriously ugly a** pants
another clothing disaster from even further back were ring neck tee shirts - if you played ball and you sweated - and the top ring was white - it turned black real quick
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