Random Thought Thread

Blues said:
Dear SwarthyGnome SwarthyGnome , your man card is being rescinded for referring to the above as a cut. There are no stitches in evidence, nor any report of nerve damage.

Please remit forthwith or we will be forced to send out our repo team.

Enjoy the leggings (which will arrive in plain packaging).

The Management.

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This is what I carry in my wallet. I guess I’ll take it out now. 🥲
 
Nathan the Machinist said:
I hate this micrometer

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I think its very very dumb.

So here's the riddle, who can tell us what is wrong with these? Extra points if you can explain to me why they're like this. Paging Timmy....
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Completely unrelated question, Nathan: why are you using rubber gloves in your shop ? Looks like you made a photo for aliexpress.

Just wondering.

Roland.
 
tinfoil hat timmy said:
well. you're holding it at a funny angle. so.....
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I feel you Timmy. Every time I go to use them it takes me like 5 minutes to even figure out what the hell they're saying. And then I'm not confident in it because I know that I probably read it wrong. So then I grab another mic to double check. Which defeats the purpose of using this mic in the first place. So I can't use them, and they have sentimental value so I can't get rid of them and they're a fragile instrument that needs special care. So I guess I am encumbered with these ridiculous micrometers for the rest of my days...
 
Nathan the Machinist said:
So I can't use them, and they have sentimental value so I can't get rid of them and they're a fragile instrument that needs special care. So I guess I am encumbered with these ridiculous micrometers for the rest of my days...
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Nate, you're this close to having to turn in your card too...


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ferider said:
Completely unrelated question, Nathan: why are you using rubber gloves in your shop ? Looks like you made a photo for aliexpress.

Just wondering.

Roland.
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It started out keeping finely finished parts clean from fingerprints and coolant off of (and out of) my beautiful soft naturally rose scented skin, and it became a regular habit. Also, when I'm wearing gloves to prevent leaving incriminating evidence at crime scenes it don't strike anybody as strange because folks are accustomed to seeing me wear gloves.
 
And then there's "Of Mice and Men"...

Curley wears a “glove fulla Vaseline” on one hand because, according to Candy, “he's keepin' that hand soft for his wife.” Since farm work is physical and tough on a person's hands, the Vaseline will prevent at least one of Curley's hands from becoming chapped and rough...
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Nathan the Machinist said:
I feel you Timmy. Every time I go to use them it takes me like 5 minutes to even figure out what the hell they're saying. And then I'm not confident in it because I know that I probably read it wrong. So then I grab another mic to double check. Which defeats the purpose of using this mic in the first place. So I can't use them, and they have sentimental value so I can't get rid of them and they're a fragile instrument that needs special care. So I guess I am encumbered with these ridiculous micrometers for the rest of my days...
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Can you "retire" them and display them somewhere, so you still have them, but don't get frustrated trying to use them?
 
Nathan the Machinist said:
I feel you Timmy. Every time I go to use them it takes me like 5 minutes to even figure out what the hell they're saying. And then I'm not confident in it because I know that I probably read it wrong. So then I grab another mic to double check. Which defeats the purpose of using this mic in the first place. So I can't use them, and they have sentimental value so I can't get rid of them and they're a fragile instrument that needs special care. So I guess I am encumbered with these ridiculous micrometers for the rest of my days...
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StoneAndSteel said:
So I’m not OVERLY well-traveled, but I’ve flown a fair amount for a poor boy. The first time I flew into/out of O’Hare was almost two decades ago and it was so chaotic that it became what I compared all other international airports to (eg “on a scale of one to O’Hare…”) I just flew through it again and had that same feeling of “this feels like barely channeled chaos.” Any well traveled guys want to confirm or deny a similar experience? Or was I just tainted all those years ago and can’t I see that first experience?
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International man of mystery here (I carry 3 passports...).
I just got back from France to the DC area last night so I'll share a few experiences.
I think most airports can be a pain or breeze depending on when you go, where you are traveling to/from etc.
For example, I have stopped at O'Hare on a domestic flight with an hour stopover before connecting to St Louis (no checked luggage).
If the two gates are nearby in the same terminal it is the best possible case.
I have also arrived at O'Hare as my entry point to US from Europe and had to navigate customs and a connection in a different terminal.
Then you need to collect checked bags, pass customs, recheck bags etc. Much bigger pain.
If you are traveling internationally these days, it helps (in my experience) if your first flight is from a smaller airport.
Coming back from France yesterday was much easier going Rennes-->Paris-->DC, than it would have been if I took the train to Paris and made my first flight there. The long security lines can make you miss your flight.
The biggest international airports like CDG are at the point where you take-off and land in distant fields and get bused around between terminals, sometimes going through security again.
Covid changes flights in two ways. 1) You sit in a mask all day which sucks, and 2) the international flights were about 1/3 full, so most people had their own row of seats which is nice for a long flight. The domestic hops are still full.
 
StoneAndSteel said:
So I’m not OVERLY well-traveled, but I’ve flown a fair amount for a poor boy. The first time I flew into/out of O’Hare was almost two decades ago and it was so chaotic that it became what I compared all other international airports to (eg “on a scale of one to O’Hare…”) I just flew through it again and had that same feeling of “this feels like barely channeled chaos.” Any well traveled guys want to confirm or deny a similar experience? Or was I just tainted all those years ago and can’t I see that first experience?
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Haven't been through O'Hare in ages, but I don't recall it standing out particularly the various times I went through it.

Now if you're talking about controlled chaos and airports in Asia...
 
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