Random Rants

[Matt]

In all my years of assembling expensive toys my kids never used them half as much as they did the boxes they came in. Still to this day.

[don_pipone]

@Matt same with cats

[goosehd]

@don_pipone they have the same attention span…

[Indigo Alchemist]

@Matt I had hoped it would at least turn into some kind of father-and-son project… that lasted about three minutes. After that, I was apparently promoted to sole assembly technician while the little man moved on to more important business.

[GraemeE]

They can pry my ham from my cold dead hands

[anodyne]

@Indigo-Alchemist I'll take your duck and raise you a Tailgunner. No clue how those spots got on there as it was in a clothes bag (but some other heavier bags stacked on top). I tried to smooth it out, but created the surrounding darker area. Unsure if I can embrace the character or not. I guess I'm NOT a natural leathers guy though lmao

[Indigo Alchemist]

@anodyne that hurts!
I washed my duck pants in the meantime but it’s still there so now I need to get that pattern all over it to make it more even looking

[Indigo Alchemist]

It’s done! Unbelievable

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Damn corporates… how can there possibly be a thousand screws and parts in an aqua toy that costs €240?

[Giles]

WTAF is it anyway?

[don_pipone]

@Giles I‘d say it‘s a sort of water play table for kids

[Indigo Alchemist]

@don_pipone 100 points. It was a Easter present but the wood is really bad quality and instead of precasted water slides it came with a rubber foil at least it’s done now…
Sorry if I bothered anybody with my post, if so this is the right thread to complain about my posts

[Giles]

I don't think you bothered anybody, and if you did, then they should not be reading this thread.....

[ARNC]

@Indigo-Alchemist @anodyne it was my turn today. I put my shirt on the back of a chair when I was out (somewhere I’ve been hundreds of times with no issues) and discovered red had transferred from the upholstery to the inside of the shoulders and collar. Still there after two washes but reducing (and mostly on the inside so the shirt’s not dead. Still annoying though!

[Indigo Alchemist]

@ARNC Is that one of those coffee-dyed shirts they did a while ago? Hope with time it disappears

[ARNC]

@Indigo-Alchemist it is, and thanks!

[Indigo Alchemist]

@ARNC Really like that little ceramic button detail. Nice reference to the whole barista/coffee-dye thing they did.

[SKT]

More advice than a rant, but if you’re ever on a roadtrip and have to drive through Birmingham Alabama at 3:00 pm on a Friday get a ball peen hammer instead and tap on your forehead, the latter is more fun.

[Aetas]

@SKT said in Random Rants:

… get a ball peen hammer instead and tap on your forehead, …

To take your advice seriously, should we use the Flat or the “Peen” Face of the hammer?

[ARNC]

@SKT I can think of many places where that applies. Friday afternoon traffic is the worst.

[SKT]

@ARNC you are correct, Birmingham just happened to have some construction going on as well making it worse than usual.

@Aetas dealer’s choice on the hammer…both effective!