I'm the smartest one in the room - the non-shop, non-business sub forum chat thread

[Jabrni]

I did some of that earlier today. Along with splitting. Felt good.

 

[David Mary]

Settled for stacking a good chunk. Supposed to be sunny ish next few days and I wanted to get to the shoppa for a bit tonight anyway.

 

[DocJD]

I really don’t want to do this right now.

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You'll be glad you did, if predictions are correct for a severe winter .

 

[DocJD]

I did some of that earlier today. Along with splitting. Felt good.

Me , too .


12lb splitting maul seems lots heavier these days .

 

[Jabrni]

12lb maul is a big boy.


I bought a Helko Werk Vario 5lb splitting axe. It ate through 10-14 inch rounds.

 

[David Mary]

Cold steel trail boss in the shed. Axe gang hatchet I modified at the shop. Fiskars x27 floating between the two.

 

[David Mary]

I think we just bonded.

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[David Mary]

They spelled "we're giving you a free year of diamond membership" wrong.

 

[DocJD]

They spelled "we're giving you a free year of diamond membership" wrong.

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I think we just bonded.

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Be afraid ...be very afraid !

 

[David Mary]

The modern knife era started approximately 9 days ago.

I respect his passion, and innovation like this can produce great things. But I think this knife is a solution to a problem that only exists if people don't have basic sharpening skills and a simple cloth to wipe the blade with.

 

[David Mary]

And since I popped in here, it reminded me to look and see what the email from Chess.com was all about.




Okay, so they emailed me to tell me that after 13 years of chess.com membership, they are giving me one "flair" icon, for 24 hours that I can replace my fish "flair" icon with, if I want to. And it's an orange pawn with a purple horseshoe leaning up against it.

 

[David Mary]

They are forcing me to use it.

 

[Danny Linguini]

I respect his passion, and innovation like this can produce great things. But I think this knife is a solution to a problem that only exists if people don't have basic sharpening skills and a simple cloth to wipe the blade with.

He lost me at making ‘every home cook feel great about themselves in the kitchen’. If it’s magic they need to boost their self esteem, why not just give them a voodoo doll.

 

[David Mary]

They are forcing me to use it.

I swapped it back out for my fish. It took a refresh before it registered, but all is well now.

 

[David Mary]

If it’s magic they need to boost their self esteem

Nobody needs magic. Just a little work on oneself, developing skills, and maybe trying to do some good for others.