Don’t do welding, or pipe fitting. Speaking from the counsel of family whose profession was this (and they were one of the best, truly). In their own words they’d never advise anyone to go into that these days.

To do things over, as much as they loved it, they said they’d probably join the sparkies. Electrician or lineman.

Meanwhile hvac trade is a wash with really terrible people, the most conservative trade, low union, and highly variable in competency.

It’s not, “No (such thing as) stupid questions”; it’s “no stupid questions!”

/s

But OP doesn’t know why. Nothing wrong with learning the reasons behind why diarrhea smells, or how the condition manifested in the first place.

I’m not here to enforce r6. It’s here until it’s not, so I’m responding. Kind of a dumb rule anyway but I digress.

Weird many here took offense. I get this is also a time zone thing when this was posted.

If some upset Europeans in here knew better, they’d understand what you’re asking is nearly akin to asking why nazis have no redeeming qualities.

I also noticed so far nobody here could mention a redeeming quality.

The answer is they are a party of Psychopaths at this stage. If you’re still a republican after the Tea Party takeover and especially after these years of Trump, then you have major psychological or critical-thinking issues.

Yeah I think my RO membrane probably isn’t a top quality one, as it has a rated TDS rejection rate of 97%, so absent of the mineral-adder, that probably tracks. I think the adder does throw about 20-30ppm back in and evens out the pH.

Get an under-sink RO system. 6 stage is the sweet spot imo.

Water went from 750 TDS to 40, and that’s with minerals readded with a mineral adding filter. Tastes as good or better than bottled water to me.

If you have hard water, it’s true that water softeners can help with other issues in the house (scaling of faucets, dishwasher cleaning I effectively), and possibly if your family has skin issues from showering in it. I thought about it but for simplicity, we’re foregoing for now.

Time, money, and land ideally haha, but mostly the latter two. I have such big dreams that are closer to something of an EcoVillage. On a smaller scale, I just have fun with it and am slowly scaling up my yields with no illusions that I’ll be able to eliminate our grocery bills anytime soon.

Hey nice! This is kind of a dream for me. For my small plot I’ve gotten a good hang of the basics, and very good at composting. My main goal is a sustainable garden whose fertilizer comes from within. Phosphorus is the biggest challenge to that, imo.

That said, Jerusalem artichokes are a big winner, alongside soy beans, kale (hardy as hell), and beets (also hardy), followed next by carrots, onions, tomatoes (increasingly picky in my experience). Obviously there are a ton of others including herbs, but I love growing these.

I should’ve clarified I’m on a treadmill with audible open in front of me

I think my oldass san disk mp3 player has a bookmark function as well if I’m out on a run somewhere, but I tend to listen to music on those faster runs. The slower zone 2/3 runs tend to be longer and invoke more boredom, so audiobooks or podcasts suit the pace. Harder runs begin to increasingly divert your focus.

That hasn’t been my experience. I listen to The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich while jogging and bookmark moments with notes. Seems equally efficient (and arguably more so, if considering combining a menial task that creates boredom with something that centers your focus)

The only step above this I can think of is if you’re actually sitting down and reading it like a textbook, taking notes and making flashcards.

this right before

hahahahah what? This was made 10-month-ago, and I never blocked anyone. Maybe stop parroting right-wing misinformation, and you won’t be so upset when called out.

Doubtful an unresponsive unwitnessed fall would survive with such minor injuries. Hip fracture is practically a guarantee at the very least.

haha my bad. I had Mitch on the mind.

It will still be “Ding Dong the Witch is Dead” except someone will use AI to flip that W to an M.

The heat alone is off the fucking charts, too. These are 1,100-1,500F. Like trying to walk through an oven only 3 or 4x hotter.

Would we know if they stopped a plot? Would it not at least be an imperfect deterrent for those considering but deciding against it?

Very well said. My old man can attest to the struggle of running a small-business with a couple employees while managing the overhead of health insurance both for himself, and them.

This is honestly how Democrats should be pushing it: We’re Pro Small-Business. (1) Entrepreneurship, (2) Innovation, (3) True competition, (4) Keeping money within communities… I could go on.

Fly in my coffee is up there.

It smells like sweaty feet but I liked it in my pasta. Good source of K2 as a fermented food

Same here. Personally I thought the British comedy Coupling was so much better done.