Originally Posted by PROJECTJUNKIE

I know I'm on a soap box here, but I've seen guys really fucked up going through this, so I'll keep going

She probably has a miserable cunt female egging her on, best friend, sister, or likely mom. Somebody is the leader, then the others keep it going because they like drama.

Relationships are about value. A woman's is mostly her reproductive value, so looks, youth, that's about it.

A man's value is in what he has accomplished and or is likely to accomplish, resources, stability, and what females he has access to.

Women want what other women have, that's his credit report, a chubby married guy with an attractive wife will get as much female attention as the charming eligible bachelor, he clearly has value, single guy is unknown

A man and woman get together, they both feel it's an equal trade, or one in their favor, he doesn't think he can do better, she doesn't think she can do better, so they throw a party.

She still is pretty if she maintains her weight/ looks, she still gets attention, as she gets older, her value is lower, but she still gets attention that she mistakes for value, I'll bang anything under 140lbs that smells good, but only 4 chicks have ever met my family. She might start to think she made a mistake with her man.

Now let's get to him. He had a social life, he had a few women to pick from, he went out and did fun things and socialised where women were, he had value here. Now he's a good loyal family man, takes the breadwinner job where there's no women, he's not at the bar, where there's women, he sold his motorcycle and 4wd you get an suv, there are no women after him.

Now he perceives himself as lower value than her, he's needy. Neediness is the number one turn off for women, beefy men are the polar opposite of attractive, it is weak, despicable behavior, all woman can smell it and they will turn against you. Her friends, sisters, mom, co workers, teachers at the kids school, they despise it.

A man going through a divorce or a breakup needs to get his sex appeal back, quick. Haircut, wardrobe, hit the weights, asap.

Here's what happens, she's stirring up drama over being with a low value man. Her friends agree. They all join in on the fun. He runs into them, or calls them and asks them to help him keep his marriage together. They svt nice, but are even more disgusted.

Instead, get back in the game quick. All day long the girls are gossiping about the man being a bitch, then somebody runs into him, or sees a pic online, he's looking good, doing fun things, or got a piece of ass with him, and the story doesn't jive, they've gotten all this info from her, now her story is suspect and she looks like a bitch. Now the entourage is disarmed, or even switches sides, or floats an offer for a booty call.

This takes a lot of the wind out of her sails.

When she calls the cops for whatever reason, whatever perceived wrong, technicality, or false accusations, whatever, attitude is everything.

Most cops are bitches, they got picked on in high school and have a need to exert authority over weaker people. A damsel in distress calls, they get all ampef up to go exert some authority on a weak man, he's going to start squealing that she's a lying bitch and she started it, and generally acting like a weak man, and probably going to violate some minor code and receive punishment. This is going to be used in divorce court that he's dangerous and unstable and "she had to call the cops on him"

So instead, when the cops bang on his door, a well dressed, well groomed, confident man with good posture opens the door, steps outside, closes the door and aka what the problem is, then as if has a harem he's trying to manage, he sighs, as replies, "yeah, that one has been causing me some drama". "We are going through an ugly divorce and she had been making false accusations"
Now the alpha male cops who have showed up to push around a beta male are in the presence of another alpha male, if you play it right, they are on your team now. Don't incriminate yourself, don't say too much, but you can let them know you need to get back to the girl on your couch. "Officer, if you don't mind, would you have your report reflect that I was polite and helpful during our interaction, this thing is gonna get drug thru the courts"

I can't tell you how many police reports I've got where I started out the suspect and she ended up looking like a bitch because of how the officer worded his report.

I know that's long winded, but if it helps one decent man, it's worth it

Originally Posted by Thepanzerfuhrer

Accidentally start a small tire on fire. The smoke soot should knock the lights brightness down a bit. Once the lights are up nobody ever clean them lol.

Originally Posted by PROJECTJUNKIE

I know I'm on a soap box here, but I've seen guys really fucked up going through this, so I'll keep going

She probably has a miserable cunt female egging her on, best friend, sister, or likely mom. Somebody is the leader, then the others keep it going because they like drama.

Relationships are about value. A woman's is mostly her reproductive value, so looks, youth, that's about it.

A man's value is in what he has accomplished and or is likely to accomplish, resources, stability, and what females he has access to.

Women want what other women have, that's his credit report, a chubby married guy with an attractive wife will get as much female attention as the charming eligible bachelor, he clearly has value, single guy is unknown

A man and woman get together, they both feel it's an equal trade, or one in their favor, he doesn't think he can do better, she doesn't think she can do better, so they throw a party.

She still is pretty if she maintains her weight/ looks, she still gets attention, as she gets older, her value is lower, but she still gets attention that she mistakes for value, I'll bang anything under 140lbs that smells good, but only 4 chicks have ever met my family. She might start to think she made a mistake with her man.

Now let's get to him. He had a social life, he had a few women to pick from, he went out and did fun things and socialised where women were, he had value here. Now he's a good loyal family man, takes the breadwinner job where there's no women, he's not at the bar, where there's women, he sold his motorcycle and 4wd you get an suv, there are no women after him.

Now he perceives himself as lower value than her, he's needy. Neediness is the number one turn off for women, beefy men are the polar opposite of attractive, it is weak, despicable behavior, all woman can smell it and they will turn against you. Her friends, sisters, mom, co workers, teachers at the kids school, they despise it.

A man going through a divorce or a breakup needs to get his sex appeal back, quick. Haircut, wardrobe, hit the weights, asap.

Here's what happens, she's stirring up drama over being with a low value man. Her friends agree. They all join in on the fun. He runs into them, or calls them and asks them to help him keep his marriage together. They svt nice, but are even more disgusted.

Instead, get back in the game quick. All day long the girls are gossiping about the man being a bitch, then somebody runs into him, or sees a pic online, he's looking good, doing fun things, or got a piece of ass with him, and the story doesn't jive, they've gotten all this info from her, now her story is suspect and she looks like a bitch. Now the entourage is disarmed, or even switches sides, or floats an offer for a booty call.

This takes a lot of the wind out of her sails.

When she calls the cops for whatever reason, whatever perceived wrong, technicality, or false accusations, whatever, attitude is everything.

Most cops are bitches, they got picked on in high school and have a need to exert authority over weaker people. A damsel in distress calls, they get all ampef up to go exert some authority on a weak man, he's going to start squealing that she's a lying bitch and she started it, and generally acting like a weak man, and probably going to violate some minor code and receive punishment. This is going to be used in divorce court that he's dangerous and unstable and "she had to call the cops on him"

So instead, when the cops bang on his door, a well dressed, well groomed, confident man with good posture opens the door, steps outside, closes the door and aka what the problem is, then as if has a harem he's trying to manage, he sighs, as replies, "yeah, that one has been causing me some drama". "We are going through an ugly divorce and she had been making false accusations"
Now the alpha male cops who have showed up to push around a beta male are in the presence of another alpha male, if you play it right, they are on your team now. Don't incriminate yourself, don't say too much, but you can let them know you need to get back to the girl on your couch. "Officer, if you don't mind, would you have your report reflect that I was polite and helpful during our interaction, this thing is gonna get drug thru the courts"

I can't tell you how many police reports I've got where I started out the suspect and she ended up looking like a bitch because of how the officer worded his report.

I know that's long winded, but if it helps one decent man, it's worth it

Originally Posted by squamch

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Originally Posted by squamch

She's 30, female, and initiating a divorce and total tear down of their lives, all while telling him "this isn't the end."

So, no crazier than you would expect. I have been counselling shut the fuck up, stop doing things to keep her happy, get a lawyer, get any agreements in writing with witnesses, and build your samurai.

So far, he hasn't done any of it. She was a really awesome chick until a switch flipped about 2 years ago and she all of a sudden showed a real mean streak with a lot of people. I think there is a brain chemistry issue, but that's not my concern, he just needs to save his ass, and get himself straightened out.

Originally Posted by [486]

Oh and then spent the rest of the day tearing out shoddy construction from someone turning a '50s attached garage into a total fucking rape shack of an addition

Super excited that it has concrete under it, pissed off that they dumped a shitload of blow in styrofoam in between the floor joists they put in
I'm thinking about using a gallon of acetone to turn the styrofoam into goop rather than the tiny balls that are getting everyfuckingwhere

Originally Posted by PROJECTJUNKIE

Is she bat shit crazy? If it's like that you need to buy him a $30 digital voice recorder and take him to "shut the fuck up" class

Originally Posted by squamch

Buddy is getting divorced, house is going on the market, he's all fucked up, and doesn't know which way he's going or how. So I went and made him eat some pizza last night and brought his guns home to my place for awhile. Told him even if he doesn't feel emotionally unstable, they could be used against him in a legal/red flag situation. Also told him not to tell her where they are, although she will probably be able to figure it out.

Originally Posted by [486]

we recently switched over to LEDs at work

owner knows an electrical contractor that does warehouses. they counted the T8 fixtures, figured the overall light output, chose the brightest fucking fixtures they offered and installed like a third as many of those fixtures "to get the same amount of light"

God forbid you look upwards, like when a car's on a hoist, you see spots for a while. They're right next to the hose reels, so when the hose binds up and you look up....
Then there's not as many fixtures so there's twice as many shadows

Kinda think we could salvage the ones already installed with a half-wave rectifier inline to chop off half the waveform so they see half the current and therefore half the brightness, then just add fixtures back in where needed for shadows. Nope budget's spent. Really makes you want to work there.

Originally Posted by squamch

Buddy is getting divorced, house is going on the market, he's all fucked up, and doesn't know which way he's going or how. So I went and made him eat some pizza last night and brought his guns home to my place for awhile. Told him even if he doesn't feel emotionally unstable, they could be used against him in a legal/red flag situation. Also told him not to tell her where they are, although she will probably be able to figure it out.

Originally Posted by [486]

God forbid you look upwards, like when a car's on a hoist, you see spots for a while.

Originally Posted by sceep

Swapped all the florescents for led's in the shop yesterday. I think the cat is going to need sunglasses.

Originally Posted by DMG

You can turn a 55 gallon drum (on wheels) into a shopvac and suck it up.

Originally Posted by Jeepermat

Check your dump cycle time. If its too fast that cylinder and linkage are getting too much load through them, you might continue to get failures.
Ive seen boom ends and pins snap due to this.

Originally Posted by Thepanzerfuhrer

When I first got it I had a large bucket on it. I sectioned out 16” of the bucket to get it back to a more normal size. It also has a large needle valve in the dump line of the bucket cylinder to slow it down. I’m sure the mill knows all about how their guys operate equipment.

Originally Posted by [486]

Oh and then spent the rest of the day tearing out shoddy construction from someone turning a '50s attached garage into a total fucking rape shack of an addition

Super excited that it has concrete under it, pissed off that they dumped a shitload of blow in styrofoam in between the floor joists they put in
I'm thinking about using a gallon of acetone to turn the styrofoam into goop rather than the tiny balls that are getting everyfuckingwhere

Originally Posted by Jeepermat

This actually might be your issue... Did it have an oversized bucket on it at the mill?
Over running load is hell on cylinders when dumping, most manufacturers recommend installing check orifices to slow the dump down with large buckets on them but dealers rarely do it until there is a failure.

Originally Posted by Thepanzerfuhrer

Actually even better. It spent the first 3/4 of its life at a union paper mill moving chips. In other words 3/4 of that 3/4 years was spent idling do to it being break time.

Originally Posted by 2big bronco

Pretty sure it's impossible to have to many lights

Originally Posted by DozerDan

Finally hooked up all the lights. After spending the day doing lots of leaf clean up.

That tree is getting almost too big to decorate, with out the bucket truck it would be impossible. I am debating if I want to put lights on the roof line. I think it may be too much. Not sure yet. maybe I will.