Random Unthreadworthy Questions

[riser4]

No, officer, its 'hi, how are you?'

[old goat]

So with the way I've figured out how to get into the forums it always seems to take me to May. So am I actually going back in time? Could I change a post I made in may and change the future? Or if I try to edit the post and it disappears will I disappear?

[mcski]

Today I went from the actual link on the TGR homepage using the forum link and it worked. On mobile. Not sure if that was a fluke but it took me too the main page

[Meadow Skipper]

Do you think it would work?

By”work” what exactly do you mean? What results? Crossbreeding screaming and fainting goats.

[ötzi]

No I mean if the male is the fainter and she’s the screamer he’d never be able to finish the job. She’d scream, he’d faint, No baby goats.

And if the female is the fainter it could work but there’d be a kind of necrophilia vibe happening, and maybe goats aren’t into that.

[riser4]

Hey Ice, whatever strain you're smoking, please go buy up their entire stock. I want some.

[riser4]

Do gas stations slow down their pumps to increase the time spent watching/listening to the annoying advertisements?

[evdog]

Maybe. I've been to a couple stations where the pump was so slow I had to ask the employee if they charged by the hour or by the gallon.

[old goat]

Since most stand up paddleboarders don't stand up, why don't they use kayak paddles.

[XXX-er]

Only the really bad SUPers can't stand up but I don't think 2 blades would make any difference

[MakersTeleMark]

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Since most stand up paddleboarders don&#39;t stand up, why don&#39;t they use kayak paddles.

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Because a J stroke is pretty simple and you don&#39;t have to throw your shoulder out switching sides?</p>

[old goat]

J stroke? Really? Most of these folks aren't sure which end of the paddle goes in the water.

[ötzi]

Well a kayak paddle does solve that problem.

[riser4]

Well a kayak paddle does solve that problem.

That's hysterical.

[evdog]

Anyone have paywall bypass sites that currently work? https://archive.ph/ and a few others seem to get foiled now and just bring up the paywalled version not the complete archive.

[XXX-er]

when I started hanging out with real paddlers in a Kayak & Canoe club I learned that nobody did the J stroke it was callled a drag literaly

Real marathon canoe racers would take 3 strokes on one side call hut and switch

A sure sign of the newby is when they hold a bentshaft marathon paddle backwards

[riser4]

Will report back

Hey Ice, what was your thought process that led you to the AprilAire E050 in the first place?

[ötzi]

Ive replaced the basement dehumidifier the last three years in a row. In looking around for one that would last longer I found that people all over the place (mostly on Reddit) said that in pretty much all residential dehumidifiers are now made in China and the quality had drastically decreased in the past 5 years (which my experience bears out). Theres only a couple companies still making them here (all based in Wisconsin, oddly).


One of them is AprilAire and Ive had a lot of their stuff over the years with no problems. I saw some reccos for the E050, I knew the company to a degree, and I decided to take a flyer on the EO50. So far it seems fine, we&#39;ll see how it goes. Finding one for $500 cheaper than other places was part of the decision. At full price I dunno. Walder Foundation Products was where I bought it and they seem fine and normal as far as I can tell.

[riser4]

I&#39;ve replaced the basement dehumidifier the last three years in a row. In looking around for one that would last longer I found that people all over the place (mostly on Reddit) said that in the past 5 years pretty much all residential dehumidifiers are now made in China and the quality had drastically decreased in the past 5 years (which my experience bears out). There&#39;s only a couple companies still making them here (all based in Wisconsin, oddly). One of them is AprilAire and I&#39;ve had a lot of their stuff over the years with no problems. I saw some reccos for the E050, I knew the company to a degree, and I decided to take a flyer on the EO50. So far it seems fine, we&#39;ll see how it goes.

eta: Finding one for $500 cheaper than other places was part of the decision. Walder Foundation Products was where I bought it and they seem fine and normal as far as I can tell.

Ok. Im looking at the E070. Its still $350 less than other places. Seems like Sante Fe is the other player in the AprilAire niche. I had to replace the actual Sante Fe and the white label one with sooner than id want to. So I think that tears it.

[gravitylover]

I get whatever is around $100 at Lowes. I think we have a HiSense, had it for a few years now.

[ötzi]

Good luck with it. When it comes time to replace it you may find the next one is not as good.

[riser4]

AprilAire E070 has been ordered. Now id like to figure out additional air filtration. Anyone got any good suggestions? There's a pottery studio in the back room. I want to keep the filtration inlet down low to the floor to avoid sucking dust past our faces. Air cleaner brands that can handle a lot of fine dust? How to compliment the dehumidifier? Other side of room by the studio or over by the dehumidifier which is on the opposite side? Inline solutions? Previously the only filtration was the two stage system on the old dehumidifier comprised of a washable prefilter and a replaceable merv-11 filter and it was therefore sucking across the main basement. The new unit only has a washable merv-8. Obviously keeping the dust under control should improve the lifespan of the dehumidifier. But I also want to make sure that its getting proper inflow to keep from stressing it.

[ötzi]

You could DIY a very effective and cheap one:






otherwise I hear the spendy Dyson ones are pretty good

[riser4]

You could DIY a very effective and cheap one:






otherwise I hear the spendy Dyson ones are pretty good

The thought had crossed my mind. However, it needs to run a lot and I dont want to burn my house down if the fan catches on fire. And if it does, I want some recourse. Although, a simple timer and running such a contraption intermittently might fix that. I admittedly haven't watched the video, so maybe they suggest that very thing. It only needs to take some of the load off the dehumidifier filter. I was also half interested in being able to attach flexible ducting to any solution. Hopefully the E070 is easy to clean out, im already going to have to exceed the recommended cleaning intervals.

So I forgot to order risers. Heh. But im riser4, I dont need no stinkin risers! Walder is shopping the dehumidifier for free, but wanted $12 to ship the risers separately. FTN. I went on Amazon to make use of free Prime shipping. Here's a great review and I probably will just buy cinder blocks.

Not worth it - get cinder blocks or something else
Reviewed in the United States on April 16, 2023
Product came damaged, sticky pads on cones didnt even line up with the top of the cones. Figured I’d look past that and still use them. Set them up in crawl space, tried leveling ground multiple times but still a wobble with these cones even after adjusting leveling feet on Aprilaire dehumidifier. Bought a few cinder blocks from Home Depot that not only are much more stable but also look better. Save yourself the money and just use cinder blocks ! Cheap plastic cones

[riser4]