In reply to prowlerjc :
This is an accelerated course so we're doing it in 7 weeks instead of 14, so rather than actually write a research paper, the semester's goal is to write a research paper proposal on a historical topic of our choosing. I chose the brewing history of Cincinnati, focusing on the Over-The-Rhine area, from about 1916 until about 1924 to see how the economic landscape shifted with the onset of Prohibition.
In reply to eastsideTim :
One of my jobs in college (part uno) was working in the periodicals section of the library. I'd have to shelve the various academic journals that had been pulled for people as well as put the latest edition out on the shelves and take the nth one off the shelves and put it in the box. The nun to whom I reported was always admonishing me for spending more time reading the journals than processing them. I couldn't help it - it would flip open and there would be something interesting that just jumped right off the page.
Holy carp.
I was out in the trails last night cleaning up and doing a little arrowing. Somehow I lost the push rod from the hammer stapler, not once, but twice. No problem, I'll just order a couple, these staplers have been the same since the beginning of time.
I can find them in the UK, and Australia, but not in the US or Canada. Shipping from the UK, and even Australia, to Canada is normally very to fairly inexpensive, but neither will ship outside their own country.
The company website is horrible, and even though they do have a contact form, it's so poorly done I don't expect anybody to respond. New staplers are fifty bucks.
First thing this morning I knocked my coffee off my desk. Naturally, it hit the floor and exploded everywhere. It was a really good cup of coffee.
Now, the carpet is soaked and coffee was splashed all over my desk and filing cabinet. And worse, I only have about 1/4 of the cup left and the only emergency coffee I keep at the office is instant. It's good instant but it's not the same as fresh ground.
This has been a E36 M3ty couple of weeks and this one is not starting off well.
berkeley Mondays.
In reply to Peabody :
That looks like the same part as my Arrow staple guns use.
How likely is it you could find an entire hammer stapler cheap on eBay or Kijiji or Goodwill or what have you? Might be cheaper and/or easier than waiting for parts.
You guys all have parts tools in the backyard to keep your driver tools working, don't you?
It's now just under a full week (we got back at like 7pm last Monday) since we got back from our just-over-a-weeklong cruise vacation in Northern Europe- and today is the first day that I've not just felt completely fatigued and mildly depressed and am actually feeling like myself and not a zombie. Don't know whether I was a bit under the weather, was just depressed due to having to come back to 'real life' after the amazing vacation, or something else- but the last week has pretty much sucked. Glad to be feeling closer to my usual self- hopefully The Dancer is feeling back to normal as well, we were both just drained down in the dumps.
In reply to Peabody :
Do yourself a favor and just buy one of these:
Much lighter, less effort, easier to load... I've used a ton of staplers over a lot of years, and this thing is fantastic. Mine's been going strong for ~5 years, but even if I had to replace it every two years I'd do it over the old metal craptastic staplers.
I was helping my 16 year old daughter on a project and she reversed the "new style" stapler and shot it into her finger.
For five minutes she and my wife cried and freaked out and I kept telling to just pull it out. Finally she took a breath and pulled it out. Then all was good - it wasn't that deep.
In reply to Datsun240ZGuy :
I have one of those guns, too. Why in the hell did they decide that they needed to build a backwards staple gun?
In reply to wae :
They are awesome if you have a lot of staples to shoot. No squeezing or holding the nose of the gun tight. Just lean on it and bang. After 3-4 hours of stapling screen, you will never use anything else unless it's air-powered or electric.
Peabody said:Holy carp.
I was out in the trails last night cleaning up and doing a little arrowing. Somehow I lost the push rod from the hammer stapler, not once, but twice. No problem, I'll just order a couple, these staplers have been the same since the beginning of time.
I can find them in the UK, and Australia, but not in the US or Canada. Shipping from the UK, and even Australia, to Canada is normally very to fairly inexpensive, but neither will ship outside their own country.
The company website is horrible, and even though they do have a contact form, it's so poorly done I don't expect anybody to respond. New staplers are fifty bucks.
In reply to Toyman! :
Except, I had one and I left way more staples loose with it than a traditional one. It takes a different feel to make it work. If you'd never used a stapler before, or chose to learn the new ways, I presume it would be great
In reply to tester (Forum Supporter) :
Can you post a link to that? I can find it on Amazon.com but it says no current offers available. No listings on Amazon.ca.
Regarding the other staplers, when I do a course layout I can use up to 500 staples, 90% of them overhead. I'm not sure one of those would work better than a hammer stapler.
In reply to Streetwiseguy :
I have both. The reverse style is better once you get used to it. It does take a little movement for it to reset after each staple. Once you get the rhythm, it really is an awesome tool.
I thought my truck needed a head gasket which sucked but that actual problem seems to be much, much worse.
DarkMonohue said:In reply to Peabody :
How likely is it you could find an entire hammer stapler cheap on eBay or Kijiji or Goodwill or what have you? Might be cheaper and/or easier than waiting for parts.
You guys all have parts tools in the backyard to keep your driver tools working, don't you?
Yes, and how I didn't think of that I don't know.
Looks like I found a complete tool for sale on MP for less than the part would cost.
Thanks!
EDIT: I walked the trails this morning, at least the areas I was working, and found one of them.
What are the odds of that?
Probably better than losing two in the same night when I've been doing this job three years and not lost a single one yet.
Who was the idiot at microsoft that decided it was a good idea putting Delete right next to Rename in the file drop-down menu?
In reply to Rodan :
The same person who decided that the Windows control panel names should be organized in columns but read in rows.
A sociopath.
I am glad I took the fiat to work today. If I had taken the Landy, I would still be there. People in the parking garage were making up their own parking spots today.
In reply to mad_machine :
4 flats would have eased my petty pain. 1-2, well, maybe it was just bad luck? 4 flats? You pissed someone off.
APEowner said:I thought my truck needed a head gasket which sucked but that actual problem seems to be much, much worse.
That's a very Grand-Canyony looking cylinder wall.
You have my sympathy.
In reply to APEowner :
The 1.6 Suzuki (G16) engines in the Sidekick/X90, etc do that.
Duke said:In reply to Rodan :
The same person who decided that the control panel names should be organized in columns but read in rows.
A sociopath.
Okay- so I've always known that it was hard to find things in CP but never realized why. It's like REALLY hard
Stapler company got back to me with some really poor responses (about getting parts in Canada) and I said, I'd really like to continue to use your product. If you're trying to discourage that you're doing a good job.
Please send your info, sir, I will submit for a full replacement at no cost to you.
Idiots.
But that is not the rant.
We have a hare scramble scheduled for this weekend but the land owner has pulled out citing liability. In all likelihood, it's politics, but if it's not resolved the idea will be to host it on our property rather than cancel. I'm onside with that but it will probably give me 2-3 days to prep the entire trail section for competition, come up with an interesting layout, then arrow it. Good thing I still have a working stapler.
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