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mnementh:
On my way back up from the dwagon-cave, I made the mistake of peeking in on the Anniversary Project table...

How the fuck do you get a run in the top of a perfectly leveled table...?    :rant:

mnem
*toddles off to shop finish grits of sandpaper and a sanding block*

Vince:

--- Quote from: mnementh on July 04, 2022, 09:17:44 pm ---Having done both the "getting your maximum value out of the beginning of a car's life" and the "getting your maximum value out of the end of a car's life" thing, I know pretty much exactly how to do both, down to the penny.

Doing the latter only makes sense when you are young and dumb and fulla cum, and you can afford to have your car break down frequently, as in more often than every few years. When you get older, time and money wasted obviate the need to get a new or very low-miles current model car as your primary ride. Old faithfuls like our Saturn are okay as a second vehicle, or to keep around so you can pass it down to the kids.

But as a primary vehicle? Even at 35MPG, money pissed away and misery looking for a place to happen every time you turn the key.

mnem
*rode hard and put away wet one time too many*

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That's an excellent description of modern cars here and the main reason I will avoid getting one. My old car earned my trust, and that of all the guys on the forum, over many years.
Modern cars even brand new give trouble, you don't even have to wait 20 years to decide if they are reliable or not. They just aren't. And when they hiccup,; it's never cheap to fix, and you can't do it no the cheap by yourself because yo need fancy computers/ software and special tool and a dwarf to navigate inside the engine bay.

Vince:

--- Quote from: mnementh on July 04, 2022, 09:33:31 pm ---On my way back up from the dwagon-cave, I made the mistake of peeking in on the Anniversary Project table...

How the fuck do you get a run in the top of a perfectly leveled table...?    :rant:

mnem
*toddles off to shop finish grits of sandpaper and a sanding block*

--- End quote ---

Because it's old junk, only  misery waiting for a place to happen... just get a brand new table it's the only way to go ! Old tables are crap !  >:D
Trying to revive them is just wasted money and sweat, just get a modern shiny new table and get on with your life !  :popcorn:

Specmaster:
@bd139

No need to explain your attitude etc and I hope that you didn't feel you were in any way being attacked, because you weren't, we all have our own ideas and thoughts and my comments were merely general ones and nothing more than that.

The real point here is that not everyone can do what you did or indeed do, if that was the case then you might not have ended up in the position that you are currently in. For instance, if everyone moved to the London area, could you imagine the cesspit that would be, more so than it currently is. Equally, those opportunities you mention, could equally also turn out to be like so many other great so-called golden opportunities and become a step too far and many have taken those steps and regretted it for the rest of their lives, having lost everything as well as their self-respect in the process.

Then there are those that keep repeating the same mistakes time and time again and never learn from their mistakes what ever they were, drugs, sex, booze, gambling etc, that magnet will still keep pulling them down the same pathways.

With regard to a smartphone, I agree with you broadly on that aspect, it is becoming an essential tool, but there is really no reason why a phone should have to be confined to the rubbish heap after just a couple of years, even if it is bettered by more modern models, the makers of them and app programmers should be able to support them properly for a sensible timescale, rather than a deliberate policy of forcing people to upgrade every 2 or 3 years, by them withdrawing updates, or even putting code in their updates to slowly cripple their devices, adding pressure on their owners to think about upgrading, which could lead some people into crime in order to quench the peer pressure of keeping up with others.

The truth is that each one of us has had to make decisions in their lives and many times, these decisions are influenced by family members, especially their parents which have prevented them following their own agendas and goals through family loyalty, sense of duty, love and respect.

But the end result will always be that yes, in an ideal world what you say does make a lot of sense, but to be able to do some of the things you speak of, requires that the person has the means at their disposal to do them with, which simply is not possible for many people. Had the world's wealth been better distributed, than many people would be in a far happier place with their own immediate future taken care off and people would be able to have all of these niceties in life, and the really wealthy would still be really wealthy but a little less so, and you know what, they really would not notice the difference. But alas while their corporate greed continues unabated, then the world is ultimately going to hell in a handcart unless someone can make them see sense that them or their descendants will ultimately perish in exactly the same way as you and I will and no amount of money will save them.

That is why the situation with Russia and Ukraine is scary, if he feels that he has nothing to lose by deploying nukes even those with limited power, it could spell the end of the planet for us all and that what having all the power in the hands of a few can do to the rest of us.

Edit; Isn't the iPhone 7 really becoming EOL now, iPhone 5 is dead in the water for Apps, as is my iPad Air which a 2018 model with a lot of apps no longer supporting it, it has 32GB of storage with 22GB free. It is my understanding that the iPhone 7 was released Sept 2016 so is already 2 years older so will have the same issues?

BU508A:

--- Quote from: Zoli on July 04, 2022, 03:22:02 pm ---Loctite 4851; stays flexible after curing, see attached datasheet. :-+ But the price :scared:

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Looks like, this stuff isn't available anymore. At least to the private customer which needs only 20ml of it.

Are you aware of a replacement / successor of the Loctite 4851?

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