I learned about the cascading effect a malfunctioning brake lever can have on an electric bike. A frustrating lesson but a diagnostic bit of knowledge I will never forget. Especially after spending hours replacing parts that were fine.

I also learned (painfully) that eye protection isn’t a bad idea to have when servicing front suspension forks for mountain bikes. 10w oil or potentially isopropyl alcohol is no fun to get in your eyes….

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Originally posted by Jim Shugart:
I learned not to save money by buying one-ply toilet paper.

One-ply toilet paper is a real breakthrough.

teaches you not to bite your fingernails

Put together a bunk bed. My wife thought our granddaughters, who stay with us frequently, would enjoy them, so we pulled the queen bed out of the upstairs guest bedroom and I assembled a rather well made bunk bed with a full bed bottom and a twin bed top bunk. My gripe was the universal pictures-only assembly instructions, but it went ok and I agree that the girls will have a fun time with them.

Today I learned that the auto-leveling function on our the large 3D printer at work doesn't work well... and I learned to level it manually.

I also learned that I need practice on that -- clearly, I didn't get it right the first time.

*** Bringing back an old thread ***

I was asked yesterday to rehab a tool for the production crew. Easy enough, I've worked on this one before. Hammer, punch, vise... knock the top from the bottom, adjust the mechanism, clean the mating surfaces, glue it back together. No sweat!

So this morning I took the tool to the shop, clamped it in the vise, got the hammer and punch and started to whack on it. Dang! This thing's not budging! What the heck??

When I took it back out of the vise it became clear that I was not the last person to work on this tool. The fella who worked on it last drilled and tapped the upper part, drilled and counterbored the bottom part, and bolted it back together. No darn wonder I couldn't knock it apart like usual!

So. Today's [first] lesson is, "look it over well before you try taking it apart."

I learned that a dromedary’s heart can be over 15cm wide, and their ability to copulate totally on their own is disputed since they’ve been domesticated for such a long period of time. Neat, I guess?

This was actually two days ago If I purchase another revolver anytime soon, I may be single.
Don't collect girly stuff, shoes, purses, dolls, trinkets, blah blah...but show me a double action revolver, especially a 2-4"...

^^^

Um, yeah, Today I learned that the company I do part time with has an allowance for apparel.

One of the things on the list was an $800 pair of flip flops. I couldn't not order them.

I can also say that a Magnum Research BFR is a sweet five-shooter...

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an $800 pair of flip flops.

Man, you gotta show those off when you get them!

Not today, but a couple of days ago: how to pronounce Lululemon (the exercise wear maker). It's "lulu-lemon," not "loo-LOO-leh-mon."

Learned that a motorist can drive a Dodge Charger across a bridge under construction and make it over 4 three foot long gaps in the floor of the bridge. This is 60 feet over the water.

But apparently you can’t do 5.

Holy moly!

After dealing with several women today....two of them my sisters...I'll just say...they're different.

But I don't think I'll ever learn.

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Originally posted by .38supersig:
an $800 pair of flip flops.

Man, you gotta show those off when you get them!

Unfortunately, there is a wait list.

Not counting the heel cap, they are hand made entirely out of shark skin. The inside is sueded, the top and sole are not. Looks really cool.

The guy that showed me his pair said he had them for over two years and they still look new.

He said that if my order got cancelled, I could buy his pair instead. I'm almost tempted either way.

I learned that Marauder was more a trim level or option pkg rather than a full model from Mercury in way back times.

cannot think of anything new.

This afternoon I learned the girl I was dating apparently didn't appreciate that I didn't text her good morning every day (she rarely messaged me), and was not amused that I was not coming up with ever increasing ways to keep her entertained. I guess we weren't moving in the right direction.

Ok then.....

Well, better you found out now rather than after your last, permanent, lifelong alimony payment, is made...

I learned that those aluminum pop up umbrella clothes dryers can be salvaged when the center post breaks off at ground level.

Go to Home Depot, buy a piece of 1 1/2” PVC pipe and slip it over the post. Set it to the height you need, run a couple 1/4” X 2” or so screws through it and fixed. It fits into the ground stake better (tighter) that the original post did.

This dryer was not quite two years old when it broke off and at the time it cost around fifty dollars, now about eighty bucks. And since I just spent just under 200 dollars at Wally World for a new battery for the Jeep Monday night I’m feeling cheap.

Went to the surgeon today to get a small basal cell carcinoma removed from the side of my nose near the nostril. Those numbing injections into your nose and next to it hurt like hell! Had no idea it would be that painful in that area.