Took a trip to the old ironworks museum in Scranton and spotted something in the forge room

They had a display of 19th century tongs, and one pair had a really unique twist in the reins I've never seen before. It looked like it was made to lock onto a specific size of square stock, maybe for repetitive work. Has anyone run across a design like that or know what that style is called?

Rant: I just read that the average woman's closet holds $550 worth of unworn clothes, according to a survey from Good Housekeeping.

That fact, which I found in a magazine at my dentist's office, makes me think we should design more clothes that people actually want to wear, not just buy.

Walked past a car dealership in Austin and their financing pitch made my skin crawl.

The salesman told a young couple they could get a loan with a 22% rate, no problem, because 'everyone starts somewhere.' That's not advice, it's a trap. Has anyone actually gotten a decent deal from a place that pushes those terms?

Appreciation post: That time a kid squirmed and I nicked his ear in my chair

It was my third cut of the day, and I had to stop everything to grab a styptic pencil while his mom glared. Has anyone found a good way to keep the really young ones still without making it a whole thing?

I used to watch every new seasonal anime premiere, but now I just wait for the full season to finish and read the episode threads on Reddit first.

The change happened after I got burned by three shows in a row that started strong but had terrible endings, so now I check the final episode discussion to see if the payoff is worth the time before I start anything.

PSA: My old way of painting trim was a total waste of time

I used to paint all my trim with a brush, cutting in by hand and trying to get a smooth finish. It would take me a whole weekend just to do one room, and I'd always have brush marks and uneven lines. About two years ago, after my third attempt on the baseboards in my living room, my neighbor saw me and asked why I wasn't using a trim guard. I had never even heard of one. I bought a basic plastic one for maybe eight bucks at the hardware store. Now, I tape off the floor, use the guard against the wall, and roll the trim with a small foam roller. It takes a quarter of the time and the finish is way cleaner, with no messy touch-ups on the wall. Has anyone else switched to a method like this for painting, or found a better tool for the job?

Read an old vet journal that said draft horses used to get shod with shoes weighing over 5 pounds each

Found it in a box of my grandpa's stuff. He was a farrier in the 50s. The journal said they'd make them from bar stock right at the farm. Can't imagine shaping that much steel on a portable forge. Makes our modern keg shoes look tiny. Anyone here ever worked on a true draft horse with shoes that big?

Remember when we all used those old school knee kickers on every job? I switched to a power stretcher full time about five years ago.

Started with a big coding book, switched to a free online course and finished my first project in a week

A server room in Omaha taught me to always check the humidity

I was troubleshooting random shutdowns for a week before I found the environmental monitor was reading 15% RH. The static buildup from the dry air was zapping components. Anyone else run into weird failures from low humidity in a data center?