What I learned today, what did you learn ?

clutchsmoke wrote: I learned that I can still handily beat a 14 year old boy who plays almost nothing but FPS games in call of duty black ops. 3?

Dad of the year right there. I remember getting whooped by my dad in Mario Kart. Every. Damn. Time.

TIL that after getting 3" of rain in the last 3-4 days, you can a find 1/4" Craftsman Ratchet washed up in your ditch.

Yesterday I learned that my son can walk 10 steps. It'll be an exciting Christmas!

Yesterday I learned that when choosing a new mirror for your bathroom, you really should measure the distance between the wall and the faucet, to make sure you can actually turn the faucet on with the mirror installed.

I also learned that my Black & Decker stud finder thinks there is a stud every 3" or so..

Keith Tanner wrote: I learned that my front subframe wasn't just cracked in one spot, it was about to fall apart and was damaged all over one side. Yay!

What subframe on what car?. Few options in your stable last I checked!?

Chanel No.5 was released in 1921.

The stuff is darn near 100 years old!!!

I thought it was from the 60s or 70s not the early 20s

bluej wrote:

icaneat50eggs wrote: I learned that instead of giving away Christmas presents you bought to low income families, it is far better in many ways to set up a "store" and let the parents shop for exactly what they want there kids to have, and pay 20% or so.

I'd like to learn more about this.

As would I.

Today I learned not to fart while up on a ladder. Climbing down through your own stink stinks.

Spoolpigeon... such wisdom. Let me write that down. As for me, I learned backdating Spitfire bumpers is much more hellish than I remember it being 20 years ago. Must have taken me six hours. But much of that time was spent getting the white paint off the front spoiler that some dumb ass painted on.

In reply to Spoolpigeon:

That is not the Chanel No.5 I was talking about.

Today I learned that old school slotted brass screws are no match for modern battery power tools

Today I learned that someone is still staffing the "chat with a representative" thing on Oldsmobile.com

Whoever you are, godspeed.

Today I learned, that it was good that I did not cut the wires on the Subaru harness like instructed here:

http://www.shoptalkforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=136053

If I had, it would have been bad. The ECM is on the opposite side of the car on obd II cars.

I also learned the fender needs to come off to get the harness from the kick panel FB to the underhood FB out of the car, and that I may need to sawall the exhaust to get it off.

I also learned that Docctors office suck when it comes to returning phone calls requesting records.

Steve

Spoolpigeon wrote: Today I learned not to fart while up on a ladder. Climbing down through your own stink stinks.

Not today but I've learned to check your boots for dog E36 M3 before going up the ladder. It sucks to find it with your hand as you're coming down.

Also worthy of note: don't fart in an elevator unless you've reached your floor and the doors have opened.
Am I evil? Yes, yes I am.

Today I learned instead of spending an hour making new metric copper banjo bolt washers on a lathe that I should just spend more than 5 min looking for the lost one. Doh, not even 6inches from where it was originally.

I learned to check the easy stuff first. And that a Miata runs much better at 10deg btdc than 0deg.

Stampie wrote:

Spoolpigeon wrote: Today I learned not to fart while up on a ladder. Climbing down through your own stink stinks.

Not today but I've learned to check your boots for dog E36 M3 before going up the ladder. It sucks to find it with your hand as you're coming down.

I had also learned this in the past, however, I have forgotten about it until I read your post. I have most likely forgotten due to the lack of neighborhood dogs running free lately.

Steve

Today I learned my hard work to to eliminate 3k in gains from the sale of my only profitable stock of 2015 was for not.

I now know what a wash sale is, and I don't like it.
If you sell stock at a loss within 30 day of a buy of the same stock, you don't get the loss on that sale, it carries forward to the new purchase.

Well at its only 3000 bucks I am paying taxes on and not 1.3 billion.

Datsun310Guy wrote: I learned that getting all excited to take the daughter along with Mrs and grandpa to Texas Roadhouse for her 13th birthday that the place is a chain and that the food in my opinion is lame but it is always important to keep a happy face to not bum out birthday girl because that $20 steak was a huge purchase in her eyes.

FWIF I've found that Texas Roadhouse is a tiny bit better than the other choices we have around here ... which is probably more of an indictment of the others than any praise for Texas Roadhouse

I learned how to fuse metal together . . . Now I need to learn how to do it correctly.

I learned that changing the cabin filter in a 2009 Mazda 3 is a PITA!!!!!