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The current community here on world will stay open. I have no plans of shutting it down unless the community decides it should.

Thank you all again for creating such a wondetful place,I look forward to seeing the community continue to grow.

I've created a new Lemmy instance at dullsters.net

When I created this community several months ago I had no aspirations of it becoming much of anything. In a short amount of time it has grown to over 1500 subscribers and is one of the top recommended non-political communities. I am always looking forward to the posts that are shared here, and the unique culture being developed.

I see the importance of the decentralized aspect of the Fediverse. We frequently see drama surrounding moderation and federation policies. None of that applies to the content in this community.

I have no qualms with admins running their site the way they want to and they are often placed in difficult positions. However, this is one of the true places of neutrality on the Fediverse and it should remain that way.

In the few months this community has existed there have been maybe a half dozen moderation actions taken. You have remained, for the most part, very dull, and I thank you for that.

The name of the community should be changed, I hadn't realized that dull men's club was the result of someone else's ideas and work. The new name should represent this community that you all have created and the place it exists, The Fediverse.

The new instance won't have any users except for the purpose of moderation, you will still use your account from a federated instance. I'm still ironing out a few wrinkles with the site, it should be done whenever I get around to it.

In the meantime suggestions for the new name should be made in a top level comment so that they can be voted on.

Thank you all once again for making this community what it is.

This is a tad embarrassing. You see, I thought that I was merely copying a popular Facebook group. I was unaware that Dull Men's Club was an official club. Please give the site a peruse as it is quite a delight!

Cheese making tour outside Bolongna.

Tried 12 month, 24 month, 36 month, and 60 month aged Parmigiano. I’m a fan of the 36 with some honey as table cheese.

The knife skates off the crust and the inside is fluffy and soft.

Focaccia with burrata, prosciutto, Calabrian salami, tomatoes, lettuce, and a little bit of olive oil.

Delicious.

Been hard to get out and do it with baby demands and energy levels.

I think it does a good job. Definitely better then my old self propelled one

Had a few deck boards that were completely rotten through. As in step in the wrong spot and the foot is going through the deck. And a few others that were just half rotten.

Previous owner, I swear bought the cheapest deck paint. Or not even deck paint and just bought outdoor paint and gave the deck a coat before selling it. Within a year it was completely worn off. Luckily due to hail damage insurance is paying for a sanding and painting of the deck (and other things too, but that's irrelivent)

I still have one more I need to do tomorrow.

Last night, while I was on the train trip from Hell, my cat found a young rabbit. My wife was home and managed to prevent the half-feral asshole from killing it in the house and put it in a quiet spot in the yard; hoping for the best.

This morning it was still breathbg.

She had to leave early but asked me to handle it. I tried giving it some water with a straw, and I didn’t see any obvious injury, but he laid there breathing hard.

So I put on my welding gloves and got a plastic grocery bag. I gently picked it up and cradled it in the bag until it stopped moving.

I am a monster. Hate me.

Took out the grass below, came out in a nice sheet (zoysia). Planted that in a bare spot behind the pool.

Had to reroute the irrigation line and move the sprinkler connection. Went rounded on the blocks, so when I mow it is a bit easier to manage (I detest right angles).

Leveled with sand, then got some limestone retaining wall blocks. Leveled as best as I could, then used three bags of quikrete. I cut some small metal posts I had leftover. Drilled holes and installed retaining bolts to seat the hose reel once the whole thing sets. Yes one is comically too large currently. Will clean up with the angle grinder once hardened, and yes I know I will have some leftover concrete to take care of since my "form" is more of a shoring-up for the blocks.

The slab will be topped off afterward to smooth. Have pitched at a slight angle to drain when it rains.

Curious to know how many of y'all hate concrete as much as I do. Please be gentle, first time posting and I figured I should contribute to a community that I do like to peruse for some good ideas from time-to-time!

The kids wanted pasta for dinner, but not "Pasta La Dorka" as we call it here when it's simplified as much as possible. They wanted my homebrewed one. It takes time, but it's alright. Currently reducing to get all the water from canned tomatoes and shrooms away.

It's almost at the stage where it's been reduced enough where I can add spices, herbs, and salt to taste.

I have a JD 4720 Tractor that I use to do heavier work around the 5 acre yard. I have a loader on it and I use a 6 way blade to move snow come winter.

This past May, one of the two blower fan motors quit working while clearing the last snowstorm. I could smell the angry pixies blowing out the magic smoke inside the cab and then it quit altogether. My cab windows frosted over very quickly and I had to finish with the heat off and the door open to prevent the frost build up.

I put the repair off for the summer and finally got around to trouble shooting and getting parts for the repair about 2 weeks ago. I needed to remove the cab roof to get at the motors. After looking up the part number from JD, those blowers are $500 a piece. There has got to be a better way.

I tried to locate the 3 speed resistor, (.75+ .75 216/22) used for the motor. JD does NOT sell them. They are unavailable anywhere on the North American continent. But I could try and get one from the factory in Italy, or oddly enough Ukraine. Not likely.

I could actually take the resistor apart very easily by removing 2 tiny screws. On the inside, there are 2 resistor coils and with some serious searching and a couple of dumb questions ID'ed as a thermal fuse soldered in to 2 terminals. I got a good lead to DigiKey and I found the correct one under mini fuses. I ordered a pack of 5 pieces on Wednesday. Got them this morning and had one soldered into the resistor before dinner. And everything reinstalled and buttoned up 2 hours later. Everything runs like new again.

I changed what was a $500 repair down to an .83 cent repair. And yes, there is a pour of well earned bourbon today.

This one spins the lead as you write so it stays sharp!

Might order the fancier metal one is this one proves to be good. But this one was available locally.

Today I got an estimate for fixing my cheap Amazon-special 9000 BTU mini split that the proper prior resident installed.

Heating guy said that repairing the old one would cost $2-4K if he could find a new compressor for it, but nobody sells parts. A new high-quality 12000 BTU Mitsubishi unit with warranty and parts support would cost $7500 installed.

Meanwhile Home Depot is selling 12000 BTU mini splits for $500-$1000 (not including installation but I don’t think installation can cost more than about $1000)

What am I missing here? I would much rather have a quality unit with parts support and proper trained professionals installing it, but at this price differential that just seems untenable. Are air conditioners really unreliable cheap throwaway items now?