InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works

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Cake day: June 22nd, 2023

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  • I use different things for different edges.
    Most of my hard working tools end up with a convex edge, I like them better for chopping stuff like wood and asklemmy posters bones and its good durability doing so.
    So that’s either automotive sandpaper in various grits, or 3M’s paperless abrasive sheets (easier on curvy stuff). Slap a thin foam sheet or two on your work surface, choose your paper grit, work it, change to a figer grit, repeat until happy.
    What I like about those is they’re huge and easily replaced. I’ve done flat edges with them too by simply not using the foam.

    For more traditional flat edges, I’ve mostly been using a pair of DMT’s dual sided butterfly thingies, so that’s indeed 4 different grits. That’s what I use because that’s what I got ages ago and got used to them. They’re ok. Nothing amazing, but it works and it’s small enough to sit in the kitchen drawer.

    I also have a fancy kit that clamps on the blade with a metal arm that keep the tiny stone a the same angle and whatnot but it’s kinda annoying to setup.
    It’s probably more consistent than anything I do by hand, but I never bother using it because it’s clunky.

    In the end, whatever you actually use is gonna be better than anything that sits in storage.





  • Sleep, drink plenty of water, sleep, eat, sleep.

    Cook French toast for my partner.
    Help her finish customizing the new PopOS laptop I gifted her. She’s enjoying it a lot more than Windows so far and commented on how she realized how much bullshit Microsoft makes you go through these days. Win.

    Procrastinate house projects and stuff, in no particular order: rebuilding the backyard patio (which is currently just a frame), preparing the backyard for paving stones (old aboveground pool that’s gone), finishing the concrete side-porch (currently water curing, so not much to do for now), finishing repainting my office (missing a coat), sharpen all our knives, oil the new hammock stand, fight with the neighborhood squirrels, laundry.

    I’m usually excited to tackle these when I have some downtime but I’ve worked about 30 hours in the last 2 days/nights so I’m a bit broken for now.


  • Just be honest with him, like, send him roughly the info that you wrote in this post.
    I personally wouldn’t date someone with such differing religious beliefs, but I also know people who’ve made this work… although expectations are something to manage for sure.

    Anyways, the guy seems a bit confused here, which is probably not too surprising since it seems your feelings for him are maybe unclear, even for you?
    If you don’t know what you want yourself, there’s little chance that the other person does either.

    Good luck, whatever happens.