My plan is to catch squirrels in live traps, dye them blue, and let them go. I want to see how long it takes before it becomes a crisis and makes the news. But idk how to dye them. I imagine they won't be too cooperative.
>>3009707i kneel
>>3000316Get some gas that will put them to sleep and find youtube tutorials, get the stuff from cosmetics shop.Id use brushes and rup the paint down to their skin also to avoid painting their eyes and ears in order not to kill or poison them, look for vegan options on hair dye, women are retarded so they probably sell those. The color lasts as long as hair grows, so they wont stay painted for that long.
>>3005026third worlder here. appreciate being included in this great discussion, but we don't have squirrels where im from.
>>3000316One of these but with a bucket of dye at the bottom and a way for them to escape?
>>3000316Put them in a cage and lower it into a bucket of dye for a few seconds, sheep dip style. Use food safe dye so you don't need to care if they get it in their eyes or swallow some.
What the hell is wrong with flippers?Why do they do this?
>>3009207It looks like they moved the walls on the right and the mezzanine towards the left, just like >>3007027 said.
>>3009229No! stop tearing that down!>>3009251If they scrape off the lead paint or abate the insulation it won't be original.
>>3008357EASIER?? EASIER TO KEEP CLEAN?????YOU TOUCH *ANYTHING* IN THAT WHITE HELLSCAPE OF A HOUSE AND IT WILL BE STAINED FOREVER
don't ask why ask how
>>3010009Why would you touch the walls? Are you some sort of savage?
I have a feeling in the future houses "decorated" with solar panels like this with complete disregard towards looks will be a mark of an impoverished area
>>3000175Those anime girls don't create electricity you can use.
>>3006944how can you be so sure about that
There are panels that visually integrate quite well nowadays
>>3008593yeah and those bright ones are retarded because of the efficiency loss
>>3009944who fucking cares retard, just overpanel the fuck out of it, that shit in the pic probably makes 15kw
I want to build a backyard shed that insulated from outside noises such as planes, traffic, dogs, mowers etc>Stagger stud method >(2x6 plates , 2x4 stud staggered so insulation weaves between)>Rockwool or Sheepwool> Top quality window and door>insulated latch to cover door or window>double layer of drywallIt HAS to at be pretty good and blocking all those sounds right? I am going to be pissed if I build it and still hear a damn lawnmowerIt seems impossible to find someone nearby that has built one like this to go and "test it out" I suppose I could at least find someone with a rockwool 2x6 house and decent windows, and see how loud a lawnmower soundsHoping one of you guys have some input or experience
>>3009668>(2x6 plates , 2x4 stud staggered so insulation weaves between)This isn't as good as two 2x4 walls separated by ~1.5-2" air gap>>3009684I used to live in an RV lke OP and actually have built a soundproof room in my workshopexterior I used 2 layers of 3/4" plywood, overlapping seams, all seams caulkedinterior I used 2 layers of 5/8" drywall, green glue, seams caulked.two separated walls, not staggered studs on a shared play. both walls rockwool insulated. i used thin slats of wood to make sure the rockwool wouldn't slump out of the stud cavities.cieling was double walled too and insulated the same way, and was not touching the exterior cieling. so it was completely a room-within-a-room, except for the concrete floor.I didn't put a window in because it seemed too risky for sound to get in.doors are made just like the interior and exterior walls: just a secton of "wall" on hinges, with rockwool batting, weather stripping to seal the gap.This was built on a concrete pad which was already under the existing workshop.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>3009903> not staggered studs on a shared playMeant to say 'shared plate'
>>3009903>just a secton of "wall" on hinges, with rockwool batting, weather stripping to seal the gap.Can you explain where exactly the weather stripping is ? inside? outside? both?So is it just your relax chill room? or full bedroom? does the lack of ventilation both you ?Thanks for sharing your room plans and experiences and feedbackIt is also likely I build this thing on a trailer (omg tinyhome!!!) so I can move it if need be or sell it easier etc Which I imagine the double wall would be harder to build as a tiny home rather than the stagger stud and take up more floorspace etc.>>3009893What if they point outwardsThey are more for absorbing bouncing noises from inside of tin can type rooms etc
Hearing protection used at the airport. Add foam ear plugs for added noise cancellation.https://www.honeywellstore.com/store/images/products/large_images/1035104-vs.jpg
Put a shed inside the shed. Or a shed over the shed. It might also help to have the window and door face away from sound sources.
any tips for COLLECTING water samples to test if I'm checking out rural home for sale that might have been unoccupied for a while?Do I need to get the water turned on, run in for a while and come back in a few days, or WTF?What to look for in scumbag Real Estate Agents or sellers trying to pawn off a house with bad water?
>>3010005theres almost always a spigot in the wellhouse right next to the pump and pressure tank
>>3010005ToT
put a water quality condition on your offer to buy
I have a 1 year + 27 day old microwave and it's blowing a fuse when I try to use it. I'm not sure what's wrong with it and I'd like to save it from a landfill. It came with a 1 year warranty and warranty expired like 20 days before it broke and the company (Hamilton Beach) refused to service it.I rarely used it and I've used it maybe 20 times to warm up some food over the past year. After I used it last time, it died while cooking in mid-cycle. I could see a flash of light. When I opened it, I saw a blown fuse. It uses those small glass fuses and I had to order them from Amazon.I was hoping it would be as simple as replacing a fuse but obviously that's not the case. Clock and electronics works fine but it immediately blows a fuse when I try to actually cook with it.What's wrong? What can I check? I have a DMM.
>>3003316No!
My multimeter doesn't have capacitance on the dial. What now?
>>3006484Buy a dedicated meter (ESR or LCR), or just buy a new capacitor and cross your fingers.
>>3006484capacitance is a guess anway
>>2963731never never assume a hv capacitor has a functioning bleeder circuit. i once had a tv open, i measured the 500v capacitor with a multimeter and it didn't have voltage. for a second i got tempted to touch it by hand, i was just about to, when i decided to test it with a screwdriver. it fucking popped in my face with a loud bright spark. my finger would be toast if i gave in to reckless stupidity. so even when the multimeter said it was safe, i shouldn't have trusted it. and this is no where near the voltage you'll find in a microwave cap.
I've got a low spot in this concrete pad that collects water after it rains and inundates the steel post. What to do for drainage?
I'd just grout around the column itself to give it a slight slope and keep the water out from under it, then hit it with your leaf blower immediately after a rain if it bothers you.
>>3008863by the looks of it, you have a slight ledge on the edge of the slabget a concrete grinder, one of those with a stone and be miserable one weekend to shave it down
dap it up using the tampons from your purse
Keep around a very tiny monkey which you feed salty snacks to it is very thirsty at all times, only unleash it when the puddle gets too big.Here, to make things easier for you, I"ve picked him a name. He shall be called Mc Bethfuck
>>3008863Try moving those pavers where the water is trying to drain. If that doesn't work put down some concrete leveler.
How bad of an idea are these? I think I could complete it for $150-$300 depending how much a second mower costs. Mowing my property currently takes over an hour, and a ride on isn't currently an option.
>>3009378Looks like it uses a gear trans instead of a hydrostat, depending on what fuckery has been wrought, you could be looking at real money to fix it.That being said I've seen some where the trans housing exploded, and was "returned to service" via loads of bailing wire and hose clamps.
>>3006897NTA but buddy, I live on a farm and mowing the lawn is a day long task and it too needs to be done once a week or so thro9ugh spring/summerYou've made it clear that you're lazy and out of shape, figure it out.
>>3009378>>3009379>>3009380He's giving you $400 to haul this ancient piece of shit to the scrapyard, right?
>>3009378The "blocked transmission" isn't giving me the warm fuzzies on that one...
Just get a goat
I have an old laptop that caught on fire I could maybe repurpose, and a Raspberry Pi.I'm unemployed, broke as fuck, and want to teach myself the (complete and FOSS, unlike CISCO packets) CISCO CLI, VLAN, and other bare metal networking fundamentals. I know jack shit about networking, so I really gotta get this right.I'm also going to use sims like GNS3, but I prefer physical tinkering over sims so that I actually learn.
>>3009431>No one gives a shit if you 'know' Cisco networking either. They want certsI've always made do without. You won't get hired by the Backbone Cartel, but there's plenty of places with Cisco gear in places that fired or had their network guy quit on them.>You could be a networking god and no one will hire you without a cert for anything other than entry level bullshit. You will be stuck doing helpdesk shit or running and terminating ethernet cable, not actually managing the network.Again, not my experience. Plenty of organizations out there who can't into networking but need their shit run/fixed. You do a good job a couple of times, word will get around. That being said, while the bar for a good job is pretty low these days, you better be competent and honest - otherwise you'll run into something you can't handle and fail in a comical manner at some point. I am a Europoor though - given them 'merkins love for certs it may well be exactly as horrible as you describe in Leftpondistan.>Get your own wiring and terminating tools. Start with the cheap shit but once you get a job upgrade to the nice stuff.Go with mid-nice stuff right away. A Klein cable tester with TDR, a Klein crimper and a IDC tool with Krone scissors will remain good tools for a long time even as you get pickier about quality.>If you really want to be next level, learn to run and splice fiber for networking installs. That is becoming much more common and in demand.Hm. Really long runs are telcos and that's (a) hard to get into (b) requires Fujikura or Sumituomo splicers with calibration certificates plus a brand name OTDR with calibration certificates. A mid tier Chink splicer is what non-telco uses these days. But they don't need a lot of splices because they have distances around 100-300m and you can get plenty of perfectly fine pre terminated trunk cables in that length range. Is the splicing situation really that different in the US?>watch/mark toolsComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>3009425Get a desktop support job and steal old switches and routers. That's what I dif
>>3009601>it may well be exactly as horrible as you describe in Leftpondistan.It very much is. Entry level jobs want a two year degree in a related field, certs, or job experience. How they expect someone without certs or a degree to have job experience is left unsaid. Things like apprenticeships are basically unknown in IT out here.>Is the splicing situation really that different in the US?>perfectly fine pre terminated trunk cables in that length rangeIt depends. In my case we see it when running trunk line between switches. These pre-terminated stuff is available but my understanding, not being a wiring guy so not seeing the cost of such things directly, the pre-terminated stuff is expensive enough that having someone that can do the termination is worth the hassle. Splices are strictly for repairs in my experience.>>3009747At my jobs they generally let you have old stuff if you asked. It would delay a trip to the e-waste facility.
>>3009750>Things like apprenticeships are basically unknown in IT out here.Yeah, that absolutely is one very big difference. We've got these as an institution over here. It's still a mixed bag - depending on who you end up with you can end up well rounded or utterly useless, but apprenticeships are available. That being said, we've got the same ridiculous requirements, the same HR gatekeepers and it all has the same purpose of hiring some jeet on the moral equivalent of a H1B visa (visa tied to the job, need to prove you can't find someone local). I'm very senior and I've done everything from wire pulling, DC operation, networking through programming but I doubt I could pass the interview process in Current Year. I have to admit I haven't tried, though - been self employed for years now. Hence my experience of a lot of desperate people needing their networks run/fixed out there.>not being a wiring guy so not seeing the cost of such things directly, the pre-terminated stuff is expensiveInteresting. I'm a wiring guy among other things and I do see the prices. If you go for cheap Chinesium which is fine except in terms of fire protection rating, you can get 150m of PVC clad 12E9 for less than 150 Euros here. If you go with a premium tier Chinesium reseller you'll pay 200 to 500 Euros depending on length to get something halogen free and whatnot with a certified fire protection rating suitable for escape routes and intensive care units.Availability in exactly the right length is spotty at times, which is where splicing often comes into play ("I cannot wait two more weeks, I need this fiber up and running yesterday!"). At my usual rates, splicing is definitely more expensive since the whole dance including 2x equipment setup and teardown, installation of splice trays/boxes, etc. on either end may well take a day.
>>3009431> like A+, Network+, and Security+. I have my Novell networking cert from the 90s. and I still have all the volumes on my desk to impress the right people.
Is it possible to build something like this with just $100k?
>>3009628On our current project our customer bought a house without consulting us first, put a new roof on it and then when we started electrical/HVAC/drywall it turned out all the trusses were structurally compromised by termites and their realtor didn't get them a proper inspection. 450k remodel went to 750k just like that.
>>3009663Not all of that is the trusses, probably 100k for the truss repair from the inside of the house, but it's really impossible to know what you are getting into until you open up a wall or get into the attic and crawlspace. Walls were bad to, and it isn't just replacing the wall, it's all new electric and plumbing etc.
>>3009663What state? When I was in Louisiana, termite inspections(wood destroying insects, technically) were required by law before closing. I figured most regions that had them would require something similar.
>>3009670Florida
>>3009645my brother did this, put a 10k driveway on a $70k piece of land but then couldn't afford the $800+k to build the home he wants.
Gimme tipps how i can puke.I binged again
>>3007092You gotta fucking stop.
>Faggot with an eating disorder can't throw up on command Why would you ever become bulemic if you can't do it on your own
>>3007228discovered the milk one at like 7yrs old, parents were forcing me to eat eggplant and I washed down every bite with a glass of milk. puked all over my plate in no time, and got out of finish the eggplant.
>>3007078Warm beer and cigarettes
>>3007078Epicac
You should charge 2.5×–3× direct equipment cost to cover your fuel, transport to/from the site, insurance, depreciation, permits, and your own labor. >Utility Trenching (water, sewer, electrical) >$15–$40/linear ft Machine trenching with backfill. $500 minimum is common. Rocky or deep work pushes it higher.>Foundation Excavation (slab-on-grade or crawl space) $3,000–>$12,000Includes digging, grading, and stockpiling soil. Slab work on the low end; full basement dig $12K–$20K. >Dirt/Debris Hauling (dump truck) $150–$400/load (delivery) or >$1,400–$2,300/truckload (removal) Removal (hauling off) costs more than delivery due to dump fees at the landfill. 10–16 yd3 per load.>Site Clearing & Grubbing >$1,000–$5,000+ Depends on acreage and vegetation density. Often quoted per acre or as a flat project bid.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Top paying gigs: >Crane work (mobile/tower) NCCCO cert, high liability, few qualified operators $800–$2,000+/day; tower crane $1,200–$2,500/day>Utility trenching (water/sewer/gas) Permit-driven, can't be DIY'd, recurring demand $15–$40/ft; $2K–$10K per project>Refinery/industrial shutdowns 3–6 week stints, OT-heavy, remote locations $55–$88/hr (CA prevailing wage); $75K–$120K+ per stint>Foundation excavation + basement digs High ticket, one job = weeks of income $8K–$20K per basement>GPS-guided excavation / machine control Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
how much do (you) get per emdash?
>>3009761>–gm sir thank you for doing the AI needful and reverting back with the same
What happened here and why is the gas cylinder stuck. Shit is a wobbly mess, anything I can do? Ignore the bits of string I stuck in there, I was trying something.
>>3009478Here's a closer angle before I put string in it.
>>3009481Yes, the weld failed. As has been stated. Don't buy shitty chairs. As has also been stated.
>>3009481Re-weld it. Shrimple as.
Tried something but I feel like I might still need to find a welder.
>>3009484ah, the bondage chair tie it into submission until it fix itself
A breaker bar is a breaker bar, right?ITT: Shit tier tools
>>3008965>t. never done dozer undercarriage work
>>3008985Dozer, combine, semi, tractor and a dozen+ pieces of equipment.We've got it all on the farm.You don't snipe a flex handle and then jump on it, you put even pressure, if you're not fucking your tool like a jackass moron the flex handle doesn't break, the bolt does.
>>3008964>>3008982Another pic just for clarity. Couple pieces of angle on a suitable sized pipe. Space them to work with the thickest handled wrench you might want to use it with and it should be golden.
>>3009011No need, the first picture was very self-explanatory.Usually I don't go hunting giant pipe though, I use a second wrench and put the box end into the open end of the wrench i'm using, just sometimes the angle isn't ideal and I don't like putting all that force on one half of the open end.
That's the way to do it.
Scored a caravan in a friend's forest with this old gas/electric heater in it.The nearest electric post is around 90m away so I might run it only on gas with maybe a battery if needed.But first it'll need some service as it wasn't used for at least a decade, any fellow wagon dwellers know how not to blow up?
>>3009651Primus sucks!
>>3009654Alright, does it just mean that it breaks down often or that it'll go full jihad on me?Did they suck already in the 80s?
>>3009706That's what that crowd chants at Primus concerts. As far as the water heater, I have never even seen one much less used one, but I found a service manual here:https://www.wanderlodgeownersgroup.com/downloads/PRIMUS/PrimusManual.pdf
>>3009651> how not to blow upLeak test everything, don't put it inside if it isn't made for it because you'll gas yourself and explode at the same time
