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Single Step Debugger5-Jan-23 5:27

Single Step Debugger

5-Jan-23 5:27

My hope lies with my 14 yo doughtier.

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OriginalGriff5-Jan-23 5:58

5-Jan-23 5:58

Just do what she tells you and you'll be fine. Thumbs Up | :thumbsup:

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Kelly Herald5-Jan-23 6:57

Kelly Herald

5-Jan-23 6:57

Another use for the wire wheel is to instantly remove the cuff from a long sleeve sweat shirt. It happened to my brother. He didn't even get a scratch. I guess this is why they warn us to not wear loose clothing around power tools.

Kelly Herald
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Choroid5-Jan-23 9:47

Choroid

5-Jan-23 9:47

Mike here is one that some woodworkers think are safe
YEP Push Sticks

EXPLODING table saw push sticks are a real thing! - YouTube[^]

OriginalGriff5-Jan-23 9:57

5-Jan-23 9:57

There is a company (called sawstop, but I'll post no links as it's probably spamming to do that) that makes table saws with a brake that stops the blade dead when skin comes in contact with it.

I saw a YouTube vid on it a couple of years ago, demoing it with hotdogs: How Safe is a Sawstop Saw? - Never Before Seen 19,000 FPS HD Slow-Mo Video - YouTube[^]
I was impressed, but I can't justify the price - I just have to be really careful! Laugh | :laugh:

Choroid6-Jan-23 5:23

Choroid

6-Jan-23 5:23

YEP I have been around saws for a lot of my early years as a kid
sent a 4 ft 2 by 4 through the garage wall with a Dewalt Radial Arm Saw
ripping the wrong direction Dad band me from using that saw and bought
me a jig saw
Saw Stop has a new saw it is OK just not a real performance saw IMHO
here is a link to a former state highway patrolman that turned into a
YouTube "performer" The new saw is $900.00
Was I Misled or Wrong About the SawStop Compact Table Saw? - YouTube[^]

OriginalGriff6-Jan-23 5:30

At last, Christmas is finally over

6-Jan-23 5:30

I have a DeWalt crosscut mitre was that I bought ex-rental about fifteen years ago - damn fine piece of kit even now!

OriginalGriff5-Jan-23 1:56

5-Jan-23 1:56

It's Twelfth Night, so tradition requires Xmas decorations be banished from the house and stay away until late December.

So the cards are down, the tree is packed away, the baubles are back in their box. Ah. Much nicer: I can go for a pee in the night with treating on half the baubles Dij has scattered all around.

But it's the lights and strings I wanted to talk about: I use old kitchen roll tubes to wind these things around so that next time they are easy to access and haven't attempted to form a massive Gordian Knot Of Christmas when the time comes to put them back up. (I did try the "rip 'em down and throw the damn things in a box approach one year, but after contemplating the result the following December and considering wire cutters to get them apart I ended up buying fresh instead.)

So are you a "tidy away" person, or a "chuck it and hope" type when it comes to these things? Or are you lucky enough to have an SO that does it all for you? Big Grin | :-D

Richard MacCutchan5-Jan-23 2:07

Richard MacCutchan

5-Jan-23 2:07

SWMBO is very adept at getting the four strings of lights (total 260) back in their respective boxes. All I have to do is put the big box back in the attic.

PIEBALDconsult5-Jan-23 2:11

PIEBALDconsult

5-Jan-23 2:11

Nope, not until the 7th.

And that's not my problem anyway. I don't put 'em up, so I don't take 'em down.

Ron Anders5-Jan-23 2:26

Ron Anders

5-Jan-23 2:26

Tidy-ish chuck-it and forgeter.

Slacker0075-Jan-23 2:50

Slacker007

5-Jan-23 2:50

OriginalGriff wrote:
So are you a "tidy away" person, or a "chuck it and hope" type

The answer to this question tells more about a person than one would guess.

I am a tidy person. I love organization. So, wrapping your lights and string, etc. around a paper towel tube or something similar is appropriate and should be encouraged.

obermd5-Jan-23 3:38

obermd

5-Jan-23 3:38

In large parts of the US this Christmas won't be over until the spring thaws, when it's finally warm enough to remove the outdoor lights without breaking them.

theoldfool5-Jan-23 3:45

theoldfool

5-Jan-23 3:45

Wrap them around card board. Put them and the needed extension cords together in the garage. Not allowed to touch the tabletop tree which is put away decorated. I do hold the door open.
We mail our cards out only to people who sent us one last year. Trims our list, over the years it has gone from 3 sheets of labels to only one. Many friends have departed this life. Any who made it to heaven probably figure I didn't make it.

>64
Some days the dragon wins. Suck it up.

Slow Eddie5-Jan-23 4:33

Slow Eddie

5-Jan-23 4:33

Christmas might be over, but twelfth night is the start of Mardi Gras here in New Orleans.

We solved the Christmas tree dilemma with an artificial tree pre-strung with lights installed. Remove ornaments, and stuff the tree in the box it came in.

However, it is the start of Mardi Gras and the Mardi Gras tree has to come out now, and I get to start all over again. Sigh | :sigh:

modified 5-Jan-23 10:45am.

dandy725-Jan-23 8:56

dandy72

5-Jan-23 8:56

OriginalGriff wrote:
So are you a "tidy away" person, or a "chuck it and hope" type when it comes to these things?

Sadly, my proudest achievement when it comes to organizing physical things is to have come up with the idea of rolling individual Ethernet cables in those plastic blank CD spindles that have a lid you can screw back in place.

And then, I found out I'm not the first to have come up with the idea... Sigh | :sigh:

OriginalGriff5-Jan-23 9:51

5-Jan-23 9:51

I'd never heard of it, or thought of it - but I really wish I hade before I pretty much gave up collecting CAT5 cables ... Big Grin | :-D

Don't care who came up with it, it gets a thumbs up from me!

Mycroft Holmes5-Jan-23 11:10

Mycroft Holmes

5-Jan-23 11:10

Bah Humbug - not even tree anymore

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
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jmaida5-Jan-23 15:13

jmaida

5-Jan-23 15:13

I am like you. I learned tidy is mighty, chaos is not.

"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger

Damien Hansen6-Jan-23 3:57

Damien Hansen

6-Jan-23 3:57

Being a "tidy away" person has always been part of my personality. I'm the type who likes to keep things neat and organized, and I find it much easier to focus when everything is in its place.