Happy Father's Day to all the dads and everyone who has Dad Energy
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Happy Father's Day to all the dads and everyone who has Dad Energy
(you don't need to be a man to have Dad Energy, you don't even need to have a kid to have Dad Energy, all it takes is an outward expression of confidence and a small selection of dowels)
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A Bouquet of Dowels to all the dad and dad-adjacent people out there
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I made the dowels joke on other Father's Days and I'll make it again because repeating the groan jokes is Dad Privilege
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With a hammer and a circle hole in metal you can make your own dowels
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If you can't make your own dowels then store-bought is fine
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I invite you to do Dad Shaped Things today that you can do regardless of what sort of person you are or what sort of family you're part of or not part of
If you have a shed, you can do something in it or to it
Putter or potter about, perform tasks that will go unnoticed until they're not done
If there are any two-stroke engines around you can do things that make you smell like a two-stroke engine
Screws, and their interactions with jam jars, could be investigated today
Clean a filter
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Do you have wood screws mixed in with sheet metal or machine screws? You don't have to sort that out today, but if you do then you'll have the psychic energy of millions of dads cheering you on, just something to think about
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@ifixcoinops so, my dad was hopeless with mechanical stuff and I didn't realize until college that wood screws were not made of wood. Similar realization much more recently that metal drill bits did not refer to drill bits made of metal.
I love mechanical stuff and I'm suuuuper late to it. I don't have a point to make, just something amusing to share.
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@iris @ifixcoinops But confusingly, treenails are made out of trees!
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@attoparsec @iris @ifixcoinops
And don't forget tin whistles and fog horns!
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@attoparsec @ifixcoinops TIL of treenails.
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@GustavinoBevilacqua @attoparsec @ifixcoinops even I did not think fog horns were made of fog, thankfully.
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@iris @attoparsec @ifixcoinops
Then learn another one: the "double head nails".
It sounds like a prank, but actually they are very useful for temporary woodworking.
Duplex (Double Head) Nails for Temporary Construction Projects
Duplex nails, with double head, are designed for temporary applications where nail removal is required. E.g. concrete forms, scaffolding & braces.
(www.ironwirenails.com)
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@GustavinoBevilacqua @iris @ifixcoinops Plus, they make great little swords with a bit of filing.
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@GustavinoBevilacqua @attoparsec @ifixcoinops it *does* sound like a prank. What next, double-sharp-ended nails?? (ouch, ow, oh no)
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These?
I make them by myself, when I need one…
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@GustavinoBevilacqua @iris @attoparsec @ifixcoinops ok brilliant but surely these are called double-pointy nails, no?
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@poswald @iris @attoparsec @ifixcoinops
Probably.
I'm not resposible for the mistakes of other people.
