The tare function doesn't cure my problem, which is that I don't think about how to divide up batter until after I'm already sitting there with a bunch of mixed batter in my mixing bowl. I can find total weight (bowl + batter). But if I'm trying to put (batter/2) in each of two cake pans, I can't solve the equation,…

For fucks sake, the 9th amendment is intended to make sure the BoR didn't expand—by implication—the limitations of the State in the Constitution itself. And I still can't believe you start with "I have tried to make the argument that humans are born with inalienable rights all the way back in my first post." How…

Since I don't seem to be able to approve the comments still grayed, I'll respond to them replying to myself. Maria, zenbuffy, the point of marking on the bowl is that I only seem to want to subtract the weight of the bowl AFTER I've filled it with batter. Uptide, don't be an ass; I live and cook here on earth so…

The point is that they are only inconsistencies if you adopt a tortured reading of the English language. They are red herrings, and you are using them to avoid the central issue. And I will 100% admit that rants about libertarians are a red herring—I'll add another one, which is that I find that libertarians are…

I've always weighed things, but the problem is when I've got a mixing bowl full of batter and no idea how much the mixing bowl itself weighs. I keep telling myself I just need to weigh all my bowls and engrave the weight in grams on the side of each or write them down on the fridge or something. Or get a better…

I'm not sure I see the argument for the bucket if you are using paint that comes in a 5 gal. bucket. I don't have a problem with disposable liners for paint trays—clean up is a breeze. And I'm not sure how using the bucket helps. Seems like one more thing to wash out.

What I responded to is the only argument that matters—the point of this whole thread, notwithstanding your attempts to chase red herrings all over creation. And war is not legal recourse. So, once again, you seem to be unable to have a discussion about the law without introducing elements that are not legal in…

Cove cuts can theoretically be performed perfectly safely. But they scare the &*($&*! out of me every time.

Sure, Festool is spendy. But, if I was starting my cabinet shop anew, I'd probably forgo getting a stationary cabinet saw in favor of the TS55. There are still things I can do on my Unisaw with a 52" Bies fence that I can't do with a TS55—cove cuts, for example—but hell, that means replacing a $3K saw with a $600…

Again, you just want to use rights interchangeably to mean legal rights or moral rights, without clarification. I don't think we disagree that the BoR as basically saying "because we believe people have certain MORAL rights, we will enshrine certain things as LEGAL rights." While the moral rights existed before BoR,…

Again, you are being intentionally obtuse. When you claim that I'm saying rights are restrictions, the implication of the statement is that the rights holder is the one being restricted—it is a strange way of making the statement. I am perfectly willing to say the grant of rights to one entity restricts other…

One other saw I'd add to the list is a track saw. While people would be correct in stating that it is a variation of a circular saw, I'd argue it is a somewhat different creature. If you take something like a Festool TS55 and their guiderails, you can achieve millimeter precision over 8' long cuts. It also has…

Arguing with you people is like arguing with a brick wall. I did not say that "rights are things that restrict people," I said that the flip side of granting a right is restricting something else from acting—if I give you a right to do X, I am interfering with others rights to prevent you from doing X. This is plain…

Yup. Yet another libertarian that tries to baffle with bullshit but ultimately doesn't know what they are saying. It is like someone told you something once that you seem to think is some kind of intellectual jewel, and you keep repeating it, thinking it makes you sound smart. But I don't actually think you…

Sounds like a bunch of libertarian poppycock to me. A "right" is a legal OR moral entitlement and you seem to be conflating the two. You are effectively arguing that the Bill of Rights doesn't grant any moral entitlements, but a moral entitlement and $1 won't get you a latte at Starbucks, so its a pointless…

Something I've found with my house—new construction, probably seven years old—is that some of the door latches are wearing out. Never happened in any house I've owned or lived in before, so they must have transitioned to some shitty metal about 10 years ago or so—and these are Schlage locksets, which may not be the…

Here's the guy I'd hire. Clearly OCD, but that's kind of what I'm looking for... http://festoolownersgroup.com/workshops-and-…

I like A'zon for strange button batteries, just because they never have the ones I need in stock when I try to shop in person. I thought the prices were a little funny last time I ordered, but within reason compared to local shops. Then I found out that I didn't buy a strip of 10 button batteries, I bought 10 strips…

I did my research on buying a new car recently from Edmunds and other places, worked slavishly to figure out how much I should pay, came up with a number... Then my wife logged onto consumer reports' car buying service and got a lower number. One button press and we had five local dealers contacting us ready to…

No. I can use a couple pocket screws and get even glue squeeze out on the side of a cabinet; if you cut your panels straight and true, gluing doesn't require gorilla force. Screws are quite effective at clamping—hell, Norm used to use a pin nailer and that has less holding power than a screw.