Author Topic: The Summer 2015 Anti-Chuff Thread (Read 34481 times)

BadMouth · « **Reply #160 on:** July 28, 2015, 04:06:48 pm »

FYI, Barkeeper's friend is the shiznit for stainless.

The fridge that came with the house I just bought had several long lines of pretty nasty rust spots.
As a renter, I'd scrubbed it with scouring pads and steel wool (never do that).
It would look less noticeable for a short time, then the rust would come back.

After buying the place, I was more serious about fixing it so I put more effort into researching the issue.
Barkeeper's friend contains oxalic acid which neutralizes the rust and allows the stainless surface to heal itself (chromium oxidizing IIRC).
I was amazed how easily the fridge cleaned up with it. It's been months and the rust spots have not returned.

Howard_Casto · « **Reply #161 on:** July 28, 2015, 04:18:43 pm »

That kit is really nice! I think it's more for car doors, but it would make short work of the ding in the picture.

CLR is good for rust as well. Get a plastic scouring pad or aluminum foil, soak the area in CLR and you'd be amazed how well it works.

dkersten · « **Reply #162 on:** July 28, 2015, 04:24:27 pm »

It would be easy if I could get at it from behind.. but this is a one piece door filled with foam insulation. The skin is not removable and you can't access the back of it. The bulge on the front of the door from the dent warps the front, and if I push that in it will only make the dent on the side more pronounced.

I will just have to live with it. Not a big deal, just sucks.

pbj · « **Reply #163 on:** July 28, 2015, 05:45:23 pm »

dkersten · « **Reply #164 on:** July 28, 2015, 06:02:29 pm »

lol, nah, it isn't his fault.. ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- happens. if I had been the one trying to lift it up the stairs I might have lost control of it too. Damn thing isn't light.

eds1275 · « **Reply #165 on:** July 30, 2015, 02:43:37 am »

Here's some annoying news. I was selected for the Golden Tee Mobile beta, and was actually really excited about it. I work a lot of night shifts and what better way to pass the time! So I was supposed to get it yesterday, but never got the download instructions. After a few emails back and forth, I was told the beta was only for US residents.

Malenko · « **Reply #166 on:** July 30, 2015, 07:21:27 am »

Quote from: eds1275 on July 30, 2015, 02:43:37 am

Here's some annoying news. I was selected for the Golden Tee Mobile beta, and was actually really excited about it. I work a lot of night shifts and what better way to pass the time! So I was supposed to get it yesterday, but never got the download instructions. After a few emails back and forth, I was told the beta was only for US residents.

so give them my address and have at it!

HaRuMaN · « **Reply #167 on:** July 30, 2015, 04:10:58 pm »

I'm just chuffed not to make that list...

Vigo · « **Reply #168 on:** July 30, 2015, 04:46:56 pm »

Oh, you are on that list...If you disagree, feel free to give me a custom title telling me how I am wrong.

HaRuMaN · « **Reply #169 on:** July 30, 2015, 05:02:40 pm »

Quote from: Vigo on July 30, 2015, 04:46:56 pm

Oh, you are on that list...If you disagree, feel free to give me a custom title telling me how I am wrong.

Oh, if I could make custom titles I would...

I used to be able to change people's usernames for them... until saint took that away too.

HaRuMaN · « **Reply #170 on:** July 30, 2015, 05:04:22 pm »

Quote from: Vigo on July 30, 2015, 04:46:56 pm

Oh, you are on that list...If you disagree, feel free to give me a custom title telling me how I am wrong.

Oh, I just noticed your custom title is misspelled. Lol

Vigo · « **Reply #171 on:** July 30, 2015, 05:24:43 pm »

Quote from: HaRuMaN on July 30, 2015, 05:04:22 pm

Quote from: Vigo on July 30, 2015, 04:46:56 pm
Oh, you are on that list...If you disagree, feel free to give me a custom title telling me how I am wrong.

Oh, I just noticed your custom title is misspelled. Lol

My scourge is angrier than most. Hense it is better spelt as Scourage.

HaRuMaN · « **Reply #172 on:** July 30, 2015, 05:25:51 pm »

Quote from: Vigo on July 30, 2015, 05:24:43 pm

Quote from: HaRuMaN on July 30, 2015, 05:04:22 pm
Quote from: Vigo on July 30, 2015, 04:46:56 pm
Oh, you are on that list...If you disagree, feel free to give me a custom title telling me how I am wrong.

Oh, I just noticed your custom title is misspelled. Lol

My scourge is angrier than most. Hense it is better spelt as Scourage.

Scour´age
n. 1. Refuse water after scouring.

So. Dirty dishwater of Carpathia.

Vigo · « **Reply #173 on:** July 30, 2015, 05:33:38 pm »

Quote from: HaRuMaN on July 30, 2015, 05:25:51 pm

Quote from: Vigo on July 30, 2015, 05:24:43 pm
Quote from: HaRuMaN on July 30, 2015, 05:04:22 pm
Quote from: Vigo on July 30, 2015, 04:46:56 pm
Oh, you are on that list...If you disagree, feel free to give me a custom title telling me how I am wrong.

Oh, I just noticed your custom title is misspelled. Lol

My scourge is angrier than most. Hense it is better spelt as Scourage.

Scour´age
n. 1. Refuse water after scouring.

So. Dirty dishwater of Carpathia.

Why do you think I am Vigo the Cruel? The rivers overflowed with pink dish soap water at my command. Now is the season of evil!

saint · « **Reply #174 on:** August 02, 2015, 04:32:15 pm »

Nephasth · « **Reply #175 on:** August 02, 2015, 04:50:09 pm »

Howard_Casto · « **Reply #176 on:** August 02, 2015, 05:39:06 pm »

pbj · « **Reply #177 on:** August 02, 2015, 05:55:11 pm »

Mods deleting posts about mods deleting posts.

Malenko · « **Reply #178 on:** August 02, 2015, 06:09:02 pm »

Quote from: saint on August 02, 2015, 04:32:15 pm

This is a thread to complain , I complained about a moderator who is naffing on my chuff.

There is a difference between saying someone isn't good at what they do and attacking them on a person level, I did the former and not the latter. I know you have the final say on interpretation of the rules, but I dont feel my post warranted editing by you or anyone else.

pbj · « **Reply #179 on:** August 02, 2015, 06:17:00 pm »

Quote from: Malenko on August 02, 2015, 06:09:02 pm

Quote from: saint on August 02, 2015, 04:32:15 pm

This is a thread to complain , I complained about a moderator who is naffing on my chuff.

There is a difference between saying someone isn't good at what they do and attacking them on a person level, I did the former and not the latter. I know you have the final say on interpretation of the rules, but I dont feel my post warranted editing by you or anyone else.

Seconded.

Nephasth · « **Reply #180 on:** August 02, 2015, 07:58:13 pm »

Thirded.

saint · « **Reply #181 on:** August 03, 2015, 05:10:33 pm »

Noted, but unless I've misread this thread, none of that was on topic for this thread, and once it started to turn unpleasant I just nuked the thread derail entirely, as I do on any other thread that turns unpleasant and is off topic, leaving the original meat of this thread intact.

If you want to complain about moderation, please do it in the forum discussion forum.

Also, I'd be just as happy if you didn't, not because I don't care about your opinions, but because I've heard them enough that additional discussion on it won't add anything. However, if you feel strongly, feel free in the appropriate forum.

I've said and I repeat that I won't close this forum down until the last visitor stops visiting, to the point where I've made arrangements with my wife if something should happen to me, but sometimes folks can make it hard to stick to my guns. Not a threat, just a lament.

Nephasth · « **Reply #182 on:** August 03, 2015, 05:12:05 pm »

Quote from: HaRuMaN on July 30, 2015, 04:10:58 pm

I'm just chuffed not to make that list...

What list?

yotsuya · « **Reply #183 on:** August 03, 2015, 05:13:08 pm »

HaRuMaN · « **Reply #184 on:** August 14, 2015, 01:39:14 pm »

Quote from: harveybirdman on August 14, 2015, 01:32:22 pm

Chuff is Naffed this AM because I missed out on a Vimana board by cheaping out and not offering full asking price. $300 for a Toaplan SHMUP was fair, I just got greedy.

You don't won't to buy that one anyway... Seller "sold" it to at least 4 people on KLOV for $100, taking their money, before throwing it up on eBay for $300.

harveybirdman · « **Reply #185 on:** August 14, 2015, 01:43:14 pm »

Good to know!

jennifer · « **Reply #186 on:** August 15, 2015, 11:47:16 am »

I'm all liked chuffed over saint not just parting out that star wars.... And selling me that monitor.

pbj · « **Reply #187 on:** August 15, 2015, 12:04:59 pm »

yesterday I discovered I maxed out my vacation six months ago and have lost a weeks worth of time off.

jdbailey1206 · « **Reply #188 on:** August 15, 2015, 12:09:49 pm »

Quote from: jennifer on August 15, 2015, 11:47:16 am

I'm all liked chuffed over saint not just parting out that star wars.... And selling me that monitor.

Wrong thread Jen....

jennifer · « **Reply #189 on:** August 15, 2015, 12:13:42 pm »

I can sit here all angry if I want....

yotsuya · « **Reply #190 on:** August 15, 2015, 05:24:04 pm »

Interesting quote from an article on Amazon.com's success...

Quote

As the company has grown, Mr. Bezos has become more committed to his original ideas, viewing them in almost moral terms, those who have worked closely with him say. “My main job today: I work hard at helping to maintain the culture,” Mr. Bezos said last year at a conference run by Business Insider, a web publication in which he is an investor.

Of all of his management notions, perhaps the most distinctive is his belief that harmony is often overvalued in the workplace — that it can stifle honest critique and encourage polite praise for flawed ideas. Instead, Amazonians are instructed to “disagree and commit” (No. 13) — to rip into colleagues’ ideas, with feedback that can be blunt to the point of painful, before lining up behind a decision.

“We always want to arrive at the right answer,” said Tony Galbato, vice president for human resources, in an email statement. “It would certainly be much easier and socially cohesive to just compromise and not debate, but that may lead to the wrong decision.”

Source:MSN

Vigo · « **Reply #191 on:** August 15, 2015, 06:05:54 pm »

Slippyblade · « **Reply #192 on:** August 15, 2015, 06:13:11 pm »

Wow Vigo, sorry to hear. I've still got a card from the ones you donated to the Zapcon crew - looks like I'll use it this week.

Vigo · « **Reply #193 on:** August 15, 2015, 06:22:20 pm »

Thanks, slippy! I *think* your locations are performing enough to be fine, but I can only speculate at this point.

yotsuya · « **Reply #194 on:** August 15, 2015, 06:28:32 pm »

Ugh. You're a good dude, Vigo. You'll get back on your feet ASAP. Let us know if you need anything.

Vigo · « **Reply #195 on:** August 15, 2015, 06:37:12 pm »

Thanks, man! I've always found a way, so I don't think this one will keep me down for long, but I think I am going to be reeling from the punch. Timing couldn't be worse with a baby coming, and I am in the middle of an evaluation period for a pending promotion that I will now never see. Almost 10 years with the company, it is just gonna be weird to see everything go down in flames. I hope the buyers are at least good to our restaurants and try to keep enough of them open.

Slippyblade · « **Reply #196 on:** August 15, 2015, 07:22:36 pm »

I sort of understand the pain. I watched my entire department (AOL tech support) get shutdown and sent to India. I'd only been there about 8 months so didn't have a lot invested though. Can't imagine seeing 10 years of my life swirling down the bowl like that.

pbj · « **Reply #197 on:** August 16, 2015, 01:15:55 am »

What company is headquartered in San Antonio and takes over restaurant franchises? Whataburger? Usaa? .... Tesoro?

Vigo · « **Reply #198 on:** August 16, 2015, 05:14:57 pm »

Well, we will be their largest acquisition, most everything else has been pretty small in comparison, but to give some google fodder, they bought out Cocos Bakery.

ChanceKJ · « **Reply #199 on:** August 16, 2015, 05:48:48 pm »

Sucks to hear Vigo. Good luck, and let's hope for the best.

http://m.nrn.com/corporate-news/coco-s-carrows-closures-leave-thousands-unemployed


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Author Topic: The Summer 2015 Anti-Chuff Thread (Read 34481 times)

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