Terry Ellis (u/terrye50)

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A guy on a job in Toledo told me my weld prep was a joke

He pointed at a boiler header I was about to weld and said, 'Your bevel is maybe 20 degrees, you need a full 37.5 for proper penetration on this steel.' I felt like an idiot but he was right. I bought a proper angle gauge that afternoon and now I check every single joint. Has anyone else had a veteran call them out on something basic like that?

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29d ago

My rock hammer handle snapped on a shale outcrop near Moab

What is it with stuff just not being made right anymore? My dad's old tools never broke like that.

29d ago

A guy at a library in Boise once told me his best story idea came from a misprinted receipt.

My grocery list from last Tuesday had "milk, eggs, bread, one complete lack of original ideas." I stared at it for twenty minutes hoping a plot would come to me. All I got was a funny look from the cashier and some expired yogurt. That novel is not getting written.