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6h ago
inBack in the day, my uncle would hand mix every shellac batch from memory...
Bet you never thought you'd miss ruining a batch of shellac, but those screw-ups were the best teachers. Adding too much thinner showed you the material's limits better than any perfect mix. Pre-mixed stuff skips the messy learning that actually sticks with you. Now you just get a can of mystery goop without the story behind it.
22h ago
inMy expired student ID still works for travel deals, and I'm conflicted
Wait, but isn't the money already there? Feels like it's just getting moved to the wrong places.
23h ago
inMy expired student ID still works for travel deals, and I'm conflicted
It's not victimless if it affects funding for real students.
1d ago
inSkipping furnace soak time to hit a deadline? That's how you wreck a batch and your reputation.
Careful control" sounds good in theory, but you can't control residual stress. Rushing the soak is a gamble where the cost is your entire batch being out of spec. Just don't do it.
1d ago
inConstruction digging next door showed a fault line in the bedrock
Our town paved right over some dinosaur prints.