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Redball:
--- Quote from: Method of Madness on 25 Sep 2014, 13:17 ---
Saw this in the loo at a restaurant today. First of all...no. Second of all...why? To avoid a mess? Wouldn't "clean up after yourself" suffice?
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I've been using public rest rooms for seven decades, and nowadays I think I may be unclear on the concept. I see guys pass up an unused urinal to go into a stall, close the door, stand and pee into a toilet. What's wrong with the urinal? Are they shy because someone might see their penis? I don't recall seeing that behavior in my adolescence and young adulthood. Why did it start? And peeing through the seat instead of raising it? When did that begin? That's not how the people who had to clean our toilets in our childhood -- our mothers -- taught us. What changed? How much of the change in behavior comes from avoiding contact with contaminated things like seats and flush handles? Oh yeah -- when did adults stop flushing toilets and urinals?
GarandMarine:
--- Quote from: Akima on 25 Sep 2014, 17:01 ---
--- Quote from: GarandMarine on 25 Sep 2014, 09:35 ---In other news hand filing to super tight tolerances (thousandths of an inch) is hardcore bullshit.
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Nearly... nearly... nearly... Shit! Yeah... Even on a lathe you can do this.
My biggest personal metalworking fuck-up was snapping off a tap flush in a hole I'd spent a long time carefully drilling in a steel bike part I had hand cut and filed from bar stock, ruining the piece so that I had to start again from scratch. My Dad was all "Well, you'll be more careful next time, won't you, Elder Daughter?"
I was ready to die. :claireface:
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I imagine your father and some of my senior instructors have the same exact look on their face and tone when telling us we've fucked up. Except for SSgt. One of my junior instructors is a Marine SSgt and we're bros. So he's cool vs. taking a perverse pleasure in my fuck ups.
This is an almost complete shotgun choke tube wrench. Each "step" on the "wings" represents one of the six common gauges. The tolerances on the various widths of the working surfaces is .002 thousandths. The width of the working surfaces is .68 thousandths with the same tolerance. This is attempt.... five or six I think. We'll see how my grade is.
Method of Madness:
--- Quote from: Redball on 25 Sep 2014, 17:40 ---And peeing through the seat instead of raising it?
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What's wrong with this? It's a sufficiently large hole and why would I want to touch that seat if I don't have to? I still flush, of course...with my foot. If it's not an automatic, that is.
hedgie:
You can do what I do, and lift the seat with your boot. I tend to use my toe to flush, as well.
Method of Madness:
I could, but like I said, it's unnecessary. I take care to aim and not hit the seat, so why is it a problem if I don't lift it?
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