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    Another vote for Adblock plus. It gets rid of an...

    Another vote for Adblock plus. It gets rid of an enormous amount of junk with very few downsides.
  2. It's currently with Hanover. Might have been...

    It's currently with Hanover. Might have been Geico at the very beginning of that period, it's been Hanover for at least the last four years. My agent shops it around for the best provider every year...
  3. I hadn't thought about it for quite a while,...

    I hadn't thought about it for quite a while, probably because it has been unremarkable. I checked and our homeowners policy has increased a total of 8% over the past five years, something like 1.5%...
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    If you fix it it will show up on Carfax as having...

    If you fix it it will show up on Carfax as having been damaged and repaired degrading your future value. I don't think repairs done prior to delivery show up that way, but I might be wrong. I think...
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    Best curly maple I ever got came from a mill...

    Best curly maple I ever got came from a mill around the PA/NY border decades ago. It was way up a back road, I've never managed to find it again. I asked about figured maple and they said "oh yeah,...
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    Pretty much every piece I made is done with at...

    Pretty much every piece I made is done with at least some figured maple. It's about my favorite wood. I'm glad I started using it before I found out that it was impossible to work with ;-) This...
  7. Poll: Here's a map of soda vs pop vs coke usage in the...

    Here's a map of soda vs pop vs coke usage in the US.

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  8. Making a handle to fit your hands might well be a...

    Making a handle to fit your hands might well be a fun project. No reason to stick with what the manufacturer gives you or what someone else thinks is a nice shape. I've replaced many tool handles...
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    To mask red add green. So in choosing a dye or...

    To mask red add green. So in choosing a dye or stain that is already some kind of brown pick one with a greenish tint to try. Brown is what you get when you mix red and green, so what you want to be...
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    Just as in baking and cooking, measuring by...

    Just as in baking and cooking, measuring by weight is now faster, easier, more convenient, and more accurate. I have no idea why people mess around with liquid measures (especially of thick, sticky...
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    Unless you buy very expensive absolute ethanol,...

    Unless you buy very expensive absolute ethanol, store it in a desiccator, and use it in a sealed dry air box, all alcohol has water in it. For ethanol it equilibrates with the humidity in the air at...
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    I, at least, am in the camp of "been there, done...

    I, at least, am in the camp of "been there, done that" with respect to mortise chisels. I spent several years hanging all my (not insubstantial) weight on the end of the lever arm on my General floor...
  13. Poll: Near beer? Fizzy water? Seltzer? Pop when I...

    Near beer? Fizzy water? Seltzer?

    Pop when I was growing up in Ohio, soda for most of my life in CA, MO, and MA, and tonic now when conversing with people who grew up around Boston.
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    Mostly Starbond and Satellite City here. The tips...

    Mostly Starbond and Satellite City here. The tips are always clogged, I have a rotating stock of caps and tips that I just keep in a quart jar of acetone to dissolve the plugs. The glue itself lasts...
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    You may well be experiencing the difference...

    You may well be experiencing the difference between sharp and really sharp. To perform well the outsides of the chisel need to be honed to a mirror-like flat surfaces, as you'd do on a plane blade,...
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    I've been having great success with a company...

    I've been having great success with a company that's called sendcutsend.com (weird name, I know) who does laser and other cutting and bending of metal for extremely reasonable prices for single...
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    I've also used my 19-38 for wider boards. I...

    I've also used my 19-38 for wider boards. I thought it worked surprisingly well. I don't use it for final finish sanding, so probably didn't inspect it all that closely, but for evening up a big...
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    Hate to say it, but it makes buying from Amazon...

    Hate to say it, but it makes buying from Amazon sound like a much better option, they'd take it back, (almost) no questions asked. Between the two turning clubs I'm in there are probably 30-40 of...
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    I've been on both sides of non-competes, as...

    I've been on both sides of non-competes, as employee or as one of the founders in a startup. They can be a useful, and sometimes necessary, tool for protecting intellectual property, and I've signed...
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    It's good to see that the chocolate gets a...

    It's good to see that the chocolate gets a prominent space among the essential tools. Be sure to protect it from the heat of your stove in your final design.
  21. 64 degrees at our place in MA yesterday. This...

    64 degrees at our place in MA yesterday. This "winter" has been a little scary actually. Hope there's been enough cold for the apples, no hope of killing off any ticks.
  22. I don't have a mill, but I have benefitted from a...

    I don't have a mill, but I have benefitted from a friend who does. I think it depends a lot on how much lumber you need and of what quality. My friend is extremely selective of which trees he...
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    Utterly inconsistent with my experience, which is...

    Utterly inconsistent with my experience, which is admittedly getting to be a few years out of date. I found the kids I was hiring for biotech jobs to be incredibly well prepared and poised far beyond...
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    It's not just woodworking. As someone with over...

    It's not just woodworking. As someone with over 40 years of pretty serious work in infectious disease the last several years have really reinforced what I already knew; that knowledge, experience,...
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    The last one I needed I ordered from ABB/Baldor....

    The last one I needed I ordered from ABB/Baldor. It was smaller than what you're looking at, but I'd check with a local dealer. It wasn't cheap, but it just bolted on and has worked perfectly for...
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