AI6YR BenAha! Found the perfect replacement adjustment arm for this bicycle trainer! #BikeTooter #repair #kludge
Andrew HenryMother-in-law has a bunch of vise-grips she is trying to give away.
You make me think I can’t have too many vise-grips.
M.S. Bellows, Jr.
Red Ball Jet of Umbrage@msbellows @ai6yr @AndrewHenry When I was a callow young proto-crone, a wise man once told me that vise-grips are the first step on the way to independence and self-actualization. That advice shaped my entire adult life.
Kee Hinckley@iBlame @NilaJones @msbellows @ai6yr @AndrewHenry When my father bought a secondhand International Scout, he found a pair of vice grips clamped to the frame. Into the glovebox they went.
When the clutch cable anchor rusted through a few years later, so that stepping on the clutch moved the sheathing, not the cable, those vice grips got him home.
Lockpick Extreme@iBlame @msbellows @ai6yr @AndrewHenry When my kids were little I taught them how to bend a penny in half with a pair of vice grips. They were thrilled to have superhuman strength via the power of leverage.
#vicegrips #leverage
#vicegrips #leverage
@LockEx @[email protected] @ai6yr @AndrewHenry When I was still volunteering in Mountain Rescue, a daughter's first grade teacher asked if I could come do a presentation to her classroom. I walked in the door in full winter regalia: mountaineering overalls, big insulated boots, puffy jacket, lobster mittens, goggles, face mask, climbing helmet, wearing my rescue pack and carrying an ice ax. Not even my kid recognized me. Instant attention.
I talked a little about mountain rescue, gave them some age- appropriate tips for not getting lost and wilderness survival, and then explained that school is really important for mountain rescuers because we use math all the time, and to demonstrate I built a 3:1 rope system and initiated a tug of war between the girls and the boys.
Much weakening of masculine self-certainty occurred.
Then I had the biggest boy and the smallest girl do a tug of war.
Yeah, that was a fun day.
(I did explain how a 3:1 worked and that one side had a huge advantage, but it didn't seem to sink in as much as the "boys aren't necessarily stronger than girls!" part, which of course was the most important lesson.)
@ai6yr @LockEx @AndrewHenry (The smallest girl only stalemated with the largest boy even with a 3:1, which I think was actually a better lesson than her winning. Huzzah for equality!)