Random Thought Thread

beeinak said:
Timmy: wearing a weight vest and ankle weights can be a big help for conditioning for martial arts. Doing deep lunges followed by kicks, squats with vertical jumps, walking stairs, jogging, etc. Full power kicks and punches with a bag or a buddy holding pads help a lot (especially with practice breathing). From my experience (and helping some mma fighters), doing explosive sprints is better than simply jogging for MA endurance.

Before testing, lots of folks tend to practice most what they like the most. Try to be honest about your weaknesses and work on those.

Best wishes for your next test. Stay hydrated!
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Yup. HIIT is a lot more effective for martial arts.
 
beeinak said:
Timmy: wearing a weight vest and ankle weights can be a big help for conditioning for martial arts. Doing deep lunges followed by kicks, squats with vertical jumps, walking stairs, jogging, etc. Full power kicks and punches with a bag or a buddy holding pads help a lot (especially with practice breathing). From my experience (and helping some mma fighters), doing explosive sprints is better than simply jogging for MA endurance.

Before testing, lots of folks tend to practice most what they like the most. Try to be honest about your weaknesses and work on those.

Best wishes for your next test. Stay hydrated!
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Thanks man. I hate distance running. I feel awesome after sprinting for 40 minutes though. I feel like it's way easier on my body too for some reason.
 
Pàdruig said:
A lot of folks who decide to take up "homesteading" get a pretty stark reality check in the first couple of years. It's a LOT of work, even with just a single acre. You have to make a lot of sacrifices, and unless they are monetizing content (many of them do, fewer do it successfully), they can't or shouldn't quit their day jobs.

Some of those I know personally who took up that fantasy quit after a few years. It's a lot of work that modern society has made somewhat meaningless these days.

I still advocate for learning practical skills, mostly because it's fun and personally rewarding. Just be realistic about what the benefits, or lack thereof, are.
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I can film pornography pretty well.
 
Pàdruig said:
I still advocate for learning practical skills, mostly because it's fun and personally rewarding. Just be realistic about what the benefits, or lack thereof, are.
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Totally agree. Seems like being realistic is something a lot of people struggle with. I keep talking to my nephew about this because he has this romanticized idea about being a modern mountain man or something.
 
bluemax_1 said:
Yeah. I have a 10L 240w tank cleaner. Wanted one of these dunkable units, as mentioned, for cleaning veggies and fruits that aren’t feasible to scrub.

I actually got lucky finding this thing. They had a Kickstarter (Kickboost) for it, that ended last year. Haven’t seen them on the market since, but I found a seller on eBay who had one NIB.
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Interesting. Looks like something you'd easily find online at places like the big river site. I'll have to start looking for one.
 
SpyderPhreak said:
Interesting. Looks like something you'd easily find online at places like the big river site. I'll have to start looking for one.
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Yeah. I don’t know why they didn’t bring this to market after concluding the Kickstarter (then again, I’m not sure how those things work, or what it takes to go from a Kickstarter to make an initial run, vs going into full/regular production).

While the $199 I paid is more than the 10L 240w tank version cost, I don’t doubt people would pay it for the portability/convenience (not everyone wants, or has space for a tank version, and in my case, I didn’t have the counter space to put one in the kitchen for my intended use).

Those butt plug looking versions on Amazon are so weak, they don’t do anything.
 
tinfoil hat timmy said:
I can film pornography pretty well.
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Yeah? Mastered all the right, uh.... angles, have ya?

carnifex knifeworks said:
Totally agree. Seems like being realistic is something a lot of people struggle with. I keep talking to my nephew about this because he has this romanticized idea about being a modern mountain man or something.
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We live in a world where content creation is being pushed as a feasible and lucrative way to make a living. So many are looking to find their "edge", their breakthrough, and will latch onto any sort of niche in order to see what will get them to trend and go viral. Those who consume such content then get spun up in these unrealistic fantasies, and get fed carefully curated material that perpetuates the mythos.

It's distressing to me. I don't know how to combat it, other than to encourage more folks to read, learn to build something with your hands, take up music, go for a hike; in a different sort of parlance, go out and touch some grass.
 
Yesterday I got a metric bolt/nut assortment (400pc) in a plastic snap close container delivered to my house in an envelope… broken latch but all the pieces seem to be there.
Today I got a delivery from Polaris with 1 small bolt in a box measuring 11”x9.5” x 6.5”🤪.IMG_2474.jpeg
 
bluemax_1 said:
Yeah. I don’t know why they didn’t bring this to market after concluding the Kickstarter (then again, I’m not sure how those things work, or what it takes to go from a Kickstarter to make an initial run, vs going into full/regular production).

While the $199 I paid is more than the 10L 240w tank version cost, I don’t doubt people would pay it for the portability/convenience (not everyone wants, or has space for a tank version, and in my case, I didn’t have the counter space to put one in the kitchen for my intended use).

Those butt plug looking versions on Amazon are so weak, they don’t do anything.
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Yeah, it's surprising, you'd think they'd have gone into production right away. Maybe not enough capital?

Given the way ultrasonic transducers work, the cheap ones probably aren't screwed together properly to achieve the right amount of compressive force to cause the (usually) lead crystal to vibrate properly under current. :thumbsdown:

Nathan the Machinist said:
→machinist here←

That is an odd looking bolt

... Or, properly, screw
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What'd you expect, it's for a snowmobile, it's probably Canadian... 🤣
 
Nobody: "nathan, what is the difference between a bolt and a screw?"

Nathan: "excellent question. Amazing you should ask me that.

Contrary to popular belief it is not a designation relating to the size of the fastener. You can have a quarter of an inch bolt and you can have a 1 inch screw.

A screw is intended to be driven by the head. A bolt is intend to be tightened by a nut.

A screw will frequently have a raised circular pad under its hex head cap, to facilitate rotation by the head. A bolt will not. And frequently comes with a nut.
 
Pàdruig said:
Yeah? Mastered all the right, uh.... angles, have ya?



We live in a world where content creation is being pushed as a feasible and lucrative way to make a living. So many are looking to find their "edge", their breakthrough, and will latch onto any sort of niche in order to see what will get them to trend and go viral. Those who consume such content then get spun up in these unrealistic fantasies, and get fed carefully curated material that perpetuates the mythos.

It's distressing to me. I don't know how to combat it, other than to encourage more folks to read, learn to build something with your hands, take up music, go for a hike; in a different sort of parlance, go out and touch some grass.
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Very much agreed!!!!!!

I might not hike a ton (at all).... but my social media is this sub forum

But doing things with my hands is calming for me... guess I'm wired that way (lolz if you read that a certain way)
 
Nathan the Machinist said:
Nobody: "nathan, what is the difference between a bolt and a screw?"

Nathan: "excellent question. Amazing you should ask me that.

Contrary to popular belief it is not a designation relating to the size of the fastener. You can have a quarter of an inch bolt and you can have a 1 inch screw.

A screw is intended to be driven by the head. A bolt is intend to be tightened by a nut.

A screw will frequently have a raised circular pad under its hex head cap, to facilitate rotation by the head. A bolt will not. And frequently comes with a nut.
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Seriously, this is one of my favorite things — when I go on a forum and see some random interesting stuff like this.

Even more curious is the fact that I basically sell them by the hundreds every day, but all I knew was something like:
“You can’t screw in the same thing with a screw that you would with a bolt.”

That’s pretty much how I always explained it to myself.

And what’s funny is, even if something isn’t directly related to my work — or even completely unrelated — I still find it interesting.

Learning the exact difference between a nut and a screw ✅

Thanks!

Gonna go to sleep.
 
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