Universal Love TRTT Part 10: Ken Things I Hate About You

[edgie]

Or indeed any power tools.

So you're not one to get on the old power tool in the AM?

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[edgie]

What brand?

Bosch/Makita

Both very old hand me downs, Bosch with aftermarket battery.

The Hitachi I used to have went alright but dad served me a requisition order.

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[Jonts]

Bosch/Makita

Both very old hand me downs, Bosch with aftermarket battery.

The Hitachi I used to have went alright but dad served me a requisition order.

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Was going to say that Makita and Milwaukee are the 2 to go.

 

[JimmyBC]

If anything could put me to sleep standing up it would be power tools talk

 

[Jonts]

If anything could put me to sleep standing up it would be power tools talk

What size battery do you run Jimmy?

 

[JimmyBC]

Err what are ya using there the mika 5000 or the nobsound 360 err ermm ohh sawdust

 

[edgie]

Err what are ya using there the mika 5000 or the nobsound 360 err ermm ohh sawdust

Is that the red one, green one, dark green one, teal one, or yellow one?

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[Del165198]

Ah. Convenience mainly, assuming battery-powered mowers aren’t complete trash. I just can’t be arsed with the mess/maintenance of a petrol mower. We had one growing up and it was an ordeal just to get the bastard started. I’m sure petrol is more powerful and what not but I only have about 250 sqm of “grass” so I don’t need unlimited power/range on this thing. I just need enough to do a 20 minute job.

I had a cheap ozito battery one for a couple of years and it's fine for a small yard as long as you don't cut when it's wet. No pull cord starts, battery does a small yard easy and it's pretty quiet compared to petrol.

Unless you have a big lawn area I wouldn't get a petrol.

 

[Del165198]

Are rechargable powered things really more convenient? I've been trying to fix the rivets on the shed for a month now, everytime I try to do it the battery on the drill goes flat. That's it for that job, get half a dozen done then needs a half dozen hours charge. Just like the ******* playstation controls, always going flat an inopportune times. Give me the Xbox and their battery controls all day, they go flat swap a new pair straight in.

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We've got DeWalt drills, grinders etc at work and the batteries are fine, last ages. I mean it pays to have a spare battery with you as well, but a lot of times Bunnings now sells kits where you get 2 batteries. If you have an early lithium ion battery it could just be a dud

 

[philthy05]

When the missus and I moved in together the dickhead father in law insisted I take his electric lawnmower. Except the bloody thing wasn’t battery op, you had to run a 50ft extension cord behind the thing and chance death while running up and down the lawn. God I hate that arseh*le.

 

[Del165198]

When the missus and I moved in together the dickhead father in law insisted I take his electric lawnmower. Except the bloody thing wasn’t battery op, you had to run a 50ft extension cord behind the thing and chance death while running up and down the lawn. God I hate that arseh*le.

Haha I had one of those too. Death traps.

Great idea to have a long extension cord in the vicinity of sharp rotating metal blades

 

[chiwigi]

You don’t need tools if you pay someone to do the job for you, which (for me) works out cheaper than buying the tools and ducking g things up!

 

[edgie]

You don’t need tools if you pay someone to do the job for you, which (for me) works out cheaper than buying the tools and ducking g things up!

Depends, but yes.

Yard work I see long term savings. It's a weekly thing.

Work on my car? Screw that send it to a professional, I can't afford a spray painters booth for one or two projects.

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[edgie]

I had a cheap ozito battery one for a couple of years and it's fine for a small yard as long as you don't cut when it's wet. No pull cord starts, battery does a small yard easy and it's pretty quiet compared to petrol.

Unless you have a big lawn area I wouldn't get a petrol.

What's the definition of a big lawn? I mean on one hand here there's you in Tassie with your the yard ends where I feel like it then on the other there's people in the city with their courtyards.

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[Contested Marx]

You don’t need tools if you pay someone to do the job for you, which (for me) works out cheaper than buying the tools and ducking g things up!

I generally agree. The $40 it costs every 6 weeks or so (more often in summer I guess) to get someone to do the lawns, edges and what not, far better result than if I do it and it's a Saturday or Sunday morn lost

But it's also nice to have achieved something manual one's self

 

[Del165198]

What's the definition of a big lawn? I mean on one hand here there's you in Tassie with your the yard ends where I feel like it then on the other there's people in the city with their courtyards.

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I had the ozito when I was living in Clare, and I have no idea what size yard it was but it was small. Took maybe 15 mins to mow.

But yeah it wouldn't cut (lol) it down here

 

[Doctor Feel]

Eddie Dingle

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[Doctor Feel]

 

[Papa G]

I generally agree. The $40 it costs every 6 weeks or so (more often in summer I guess) to get someone to do the lawns, edges and what not, far better result than if I do it and it's a Saturday or Sunday morn lost

But it's also nice to have achieved something manual one's self

Yep. I love gardening. Find it very satisfying. Manual labour in small doses is good for the soul..

 

[DaTBird187]

Anyone have a battery-powered lawnmower? Are they any good? I need to buy something soon or my house will be reclaimed by the Earth.

I got this. Love it.

The battery unit is interchangeable with all the other tools too. I've got the blower.

 

[Janus]

Remember about 8-10 months ago I was talking about how China and the US would form trading blocs that would separate the world into two areas, with one being China's Belt and Road Initiative? And that Australia would be on the US side because we had signed that agreement with the US in terms of rare earth production?

The United States is pushing to create an alliance of “trusted partners” dubbed the “Economic Prosperity Network,” one official said. It would include companies and civil society groups operating under the same set of standards on everything from digital business, energy and infrastructure to research, trade, education and commerce, he said.

The U.S. government is working with Australia, India, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea and Vietnam to “move the global economy forward,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said April 29.

Trump administration pushing to rip global supply chains from China: officials

The Trump administration is "turbocharging" an initiative to remove global industrial supply chains from China as it weighs new tariffs to punish Beijing for its handling of the coronavirus outbreak, according to officials familiar with U.S. planning.

www.reuters.com

Never let a good crisis go to waste. All that COVID-19 did was move the timetable forward.

“I’m not trying to say we’ll return to the 1930s, but if you have an economic downturn exacerbated by pandemic risks and moves toward economic autarky, it can get pretty nasty,” Zoellick said. “So don’t take things for granted.”

The Great Decoupling

Washington is pressing for a post-pandemic decoupling from China. But the last big economic split brought on two world wars and a depression. What’s in…

foreignpolicy.com

My next prediction is that World War 3 will hit in about 10-15 years, based around the same lack of resources that fuelled Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. Nationalism is already on the rise in Chinese youth, to the point where they are posting things like how the people who reported from Wuhan were 'traitors' and they would never be like them.

Might be why you're getting investment into things like this:





(No one is going to be winning any awards for acting in that clip)

 

[edgie]

Having your garden done every six weeks? Wtf? That seems like a long time between drinks

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[bomberclifford]

 

[Contested Marx]

Having your garden done every six weeks? Wtf? That seems like a long time between drinks

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This time of year

3-4 in spring and summer

 

[Sober_Rich]

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