• @[email protected]
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    796 months ago

    I prefer to buy one or two things, start the project, realize I don’t understand the project, watch a couple more YouTube videos. Go back to the hardware store. Buy some things I had no idea I needed. Return to the project. Fuck something up. Go back to the hardware store to fix or replace my mistake.

    You don’t need a cart when you spread it out into 3-4 trips.

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              Drywall mud is nothing compared to tile grout. That shit knows you’re terrified the second you step in the store. It’s laughing at you while you stare at the various bags on the shelf, knowing that you will inevitably mix the wrong amount of water and end up with a thin-set mess and uneven floors. A grout float? Hah, good luck aspiring DIYer, the only floating you’ll be doing is in a bath of your own tears after you realize how much you hate tiling.

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                True. I had to tap out at a half-tiled shower stall before I realized that I am hot garbage at cutting tile. Fortunately, the handyman we hired did a bang-up job, and was tipped substantially for the effort. But I never made it to applying grout myself.

    • @[email protected]
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      15 months ago

      I prefer to get halfway through a project, lose interest, and leave the materials in a desolate corner where I occasionally glance at them, think about how I could definitely finish said project for several weeks, while also finding something else to occupy my interest.

  • Blackout
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    When I have to grab one of these all I feel is the looming dread of a lot of work to do.

    • Apathy Tree
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      196 months ago

      Me too. Those things are impossible to steer with any precision.

      Also the actual project…

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        The trick is too pull them not push

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          46 months ago

          I’m actually aware of that, and do pull them, it was said in jest. Tongue in cheek sort of thing.

          But thank you, all the same :)

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          Nah you just gotta get good at rear wheel steering. It’s actually really great, you can squeeze into way tighter spots than with front wheel steering. There’s a reason forklifts all have rear wheel steering.

          Besides, the big one looks like it’s center pivot, not rear wheel.

    • @jubilationtcornpone
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      One time I’m loading up sheets of drywall and some kid comes up asking if I needed someone to do drywall. I said no. I went home and hung that shit myself. But I sure thought long and hard about it as I was dragging that cart out of the store.

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      36 months ago

      And I envy everyone who is just buying cute little stuff like a flower or some wall decoration. Lucky bastards! :)

  • Kairos
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    276 months ago

    Why is this picture taken in an abandoned construction building or something?

  • GladiusB
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    255 months ago

    Like we give a shit. I’m glad when my projects are under 100

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    255 months ago

    One time I went in with the intent to buy some big stuff. Ended up changing my mind but I needed gloves… So I had one of these but just a pair of gloves sitting on it lol

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    My dad used to make get the cart for him so I’d grab these, then we’d roll up to the checkout with a 5 gal bucket and a tape measure or some shit 😁

  • The Assman
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    I’m loading this bad boy up with all of the cutest plants

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    The real power move is to grab one of those contractor buckets and use it as a shopping basket. Because how else are you going to keep all those loose nuts and bolts from going everywhere?

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      Look at Mr. Money Bags buying the specialty loose nuts and bolts.

      They’re like $2.50/bolt these days. God dam

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        It’s also ridiculous the markup on fasteners. I used to work in nuts and bolts and the going rate was like 90-97% markup on fasteners.

        Edit: I was confused, it was 90-97% profit margin, not markup. Example, a bolt sold for $3.00 would cost like $0.10 to produce

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          To be fair, when you absolutely need that one or two special bolts to put your lawnmower back together, the markup isn’t a big deal.

          Otherwise, I’m buying stuff by the box, and starting to prefer metric more and more.

  • @[email protected]
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    I do the revserse and try to put a dozen 2x4s and a couple small sheets of wood into a regular cart causing it to be difficult to maneuver through the aisles.

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    95 months ago

    Home Despot - a place for wannabe interior decorators. Like Ron Swanson said to an employee at HD “I know more than you.”

    People with manly man projects go to real lumber yards where you lean on a counter and talk to a clerk and a yardman pulls and brings you your materials with a forklift and loads them on your trailer - because strapping your load down to a trailer and driving away is a manly man thing to do…No little carts needed.

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      15 months ago

      I feel this way about Lowes vs home depot. Home depot for the real projects, Lowes to buy the designer hammer that never gets used…

    • @[email protected]
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      15 months ago

      In Germany we have hardware stores (is that the right description of stores like home depot?) that have a covered outdoor section where you can drive in with your car/ trailer and load up construction supplies and then pay.

      If you are a real professional you probably go to “stores” that only sell building materials to businesses or you just get your materials delivered directly to the job site.