I dispute that you can write that data on a napkin, give it to someone as payment, and have your bank remit the funds to them. I’ve had to re-write two checks before because my checkbook was physically too old and the check NUMBER was in a discontinued/deactivated range, even though the account info was the same.

Then your landlord is (was?) either a dumbass or knew he was already gouging you on rent or lack of repairs/maintenance and that it wouldn’t be worth the hassle to pursue you for it.

A decent portion of my work-month involves visiting construction sites, crawling through attics, and moving big boxes. Like the rest of my colleagues, I did not wear a safety vest and steel-toe boots to my interview to demonstrate how well I would fit in. Dress it up, kids.

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Agreed. I might not wear the suit jacket, but always a nice long sleeve button down, tie, slacks, and good shoes.

I’m just getting ready to do the same thing this weekend, except I’m sanding and painting a piece of plywood and mounting it on the drywall (through studs), and then putting hooks or whatever into that. I don’t trust those stickies to hold up anything heavy (it’s very easy to exceed 7.5lbs of force) and peg board is…

In my experience gaffer tape is a lot more expensive, unnecessarily thick for most applications, and not quite as sticky which is the whole point of using tape as a repair tool. Honestly we’re splitting hairs here, I was mostly just pointing out the shortcomings of zip ties - if I have to choose to have either tape or…

If you have to patch a hose (or, well, a duct) such that it remains airtight, then no amount of zip ties will do the job as well as a few inches of duct tape. Good quality duct tape is pretty strong, and it leaves some residue because it generally has to stick really well in a wide variety of climate conditions. If…

I think I might have heard of this “answering machine” device in my history class :-)

Get an insulating blanket around the water heater if it doesn’t have one already, and try to seal off the room/closet that it’s in as well so it doesn’t get drafts. Other than that it sounds like you’re pretty good, as long as the living areas in the apartment are reasonably temperature-sealed as well.

If anyone with the appropriate scripting skills and spare time could pull every word from an English dictionary that starts with “g + vowel + consonant” along with the phonetic pronunciation (“juh” vs “guh”) I’d love to see it. I imagine that there are ton more of the latter.

Maybe a good practice would be to make the designated driver also be the designated moderator, or some variant thereof.

I generally keep my tools and accessories in a Kobalt 3-piece roll-around set (I bought it when I was low on cash but it has lasted for years), but I have a wearable tool belt as well that I can load up with the tools I need for that day - particularly if I’m spending a lot of time on a ladder or in an attic or…

While I disagree with your use of GOTOs, the function is otherwise sound.

I usually just run a shop vac right under where I’m drilling and attach the nozzle to the wall with masking tape if I need two hands; I suppose you could figure something out for the ceiling. But regardless, for ceiling work you should be putting down a drop cloth or something just in case you drop something so it…

Tricky bastards in my hometown would tow a dummy car (disabled engine, but lights on top, current logo and reasonably fresh car wash) around town and leave it parked on side of a highway for a few weeks until people got used to it, and then they would swap it for a live car and nail a dozen or so people over a busy…

This might not be applicable for the majority of home users, but it’s worth noting that when you say “on the same network” what you really mean is “on the same subnet.” If your WiFi is on a different subnet than the hardwired network that your player is on, those apps probably won’t work out of the box and you’ll have…

Re: getting a ticket removed from your record for a fee. I don’t remember the exact legal terminology used, but when I was a teenager I was able to get a couple of speeding tickets expunged from my record by paying a fee at the same time I paid the ticket. Very above board and nothing shady, just another line item on…

Ditto. If it’s not in print, archived and/or searchable (email, calendar, dropbox\_notes.txt, etc) it doesn’t exist to me.

I have never in my life spent more than $20 for a set of sunglasses and don’t plan to. There are plenty of sunglasses in that price range that offer full UV protection, are scratch-”proof”, light, etc.