This works for me. I got it for $10 on sale. It doesn't hurt them at all and at this point the sound of cocking the hammer (or even picking it up as it rattles a bit sometimes) is enough to get the cat to knock off whatever he's doing. He's pretty good though, the only thing he does at this point is talk too much when…

Pritty kitty!!!

Underwear, to my mind, was invented to protect one's pants/skirt from one's ass and balls/cunt. Panty lines indicates that your jeans aren't covered in shit and also sack-sweat/pussy-juice.

Considering that 'rethink(ing) urban policy" likely entails spending other people's money to fix up houses whose owners couldn't afford to otherwise, I think that letting the free market do it's thing is the most reasonable way to go about it.

People decried (and decry still) the 'white flight' of the last half of the last century, claiming that the result was shabbily maintained, high crime neighborhoods.

Right, this goes back to my previous statements about price vs. cost (being the price of having it done or the materials and tools vs the cost of losing time on other important projects among any other costs) as well as enjoyment.

a stiff machine is very critical

"JUST WALK AWAY" ..... wait that's the Road Warrior.

Yeah yeah five miles each way, in the snow, uphill, with my brother and sister on my back. You are about the 1735th person to repeat this. Try reading the comments and starring/replying to ones you agree with rather than blathering on with the exact same comment as everyone else.

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HAH, I just noticed your avatar, my cat Scrambles looks just like that, sans police hat.

Seems like we agree on most of this, and I did gloss over as to why exactly knowing how to trim shit out is so important, because as you seem to know, trim is to cover your fuck-ups, not because everyone loves scrollwork so much. But as you know trimmery isn't always as simple as cutting nice neat 45 degree angles and…

To be clear, I don't mean to dissuade you from doing it, just to consider the costs of the whole job as opposed to the price. Knowing that you have a buddy with experience in it changes the calculus a great deal. Further I agree to maybe glossing over some of the things that zakany001 below me mentioned, mostly why…

I've been to skyline and goldstart countless times, and beyond the fries, none of it is fried. That looks like a coney, but the bun looks a bit .. deep fired for some reason. I won't lie I would eat a coney on a deep fried bun.

In the last two apartments I lived in before I bought my home the hot water heaters were located in a closet somewhere, as it has to serve any and all sinks/showers and not just the one in the kitchen. It was generally a closet that was pretty well solely dedicated to the hot water heater and the furnace. A sort of…

Zorlox's idea about epoxy and bondo seems about right. I would add that I'd recommend drilling some matching holes into the foam on either side of the break and try to get some dowel rods or some such to reinforce the broken foam to go along with the epoxy. You may need to cut the bottom the rest of the way out in…

Also, how likely is it that a first-timer will screw it up noticeably.

The hot water should be easy, find your hot water heater and locate the temperature dial (in my case it just says 'hot' and 'warm') then adjust it until you find a temp you like.

I use these guys, they have good tutorials and reasonable prices.

I realized halfway through that it needed many pictures. Thanks though.