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Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 12h

The j-man installer thought it was hilarious when I finally snapped. Apparently asking, "if I draw boobs on all the pictures will you look at it then?" really kicked over his giggle box.

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Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 12h

If you're an apprentice on a multi-unit install asking questions is a good thing. If the answer has consistently been, "what does the IOM* say?" then maybe just maybe you should try reading the gods bedamned manual. *Installation & Operation Manual. One comes with every bit of HVAC equipment.

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Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 14h

Quesabirria and a mango margarita. Yum

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Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

If Caligula is Latin for Little Boots what would Little Hands be? And can we get a similar ending?

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Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

There's plenty of space for TTRPG food content. Heck I have three or four D&D themed cookbooks. Just doing a recipe a week would get you enough content for a while.

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Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Ugh. Crawl spaces suck. Whomever decided that all of the critical systems should be placed where a grown adult can't stand up to work on them deserves fiberglass in their underwear drawer.

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Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Love it when a forced update renders an app you use daily completely unusable. Hey Apple! 27.0.1 is a turd! Context: Maps lags so badly after the latest update that it is literally unusable for navigation in a vehicle. Bit problematic for a guy in a service van that uses an ipad for work.

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Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Soooooo..... We using deer slugs or an aSalt rifle? Okay, okay, I'm going, you don't have o shove... geez...

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Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Seriously though York... Those Deltas are an absolute waste of money on any system that isn't running multiple zones. Getting and extra couple of percent of efficiency out of your blower is kinda useless if you're heat source is only 80% efficient. And the reduced reliability is atrocious.

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Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

If either of you ever change your mind, for any reason, and want a bit of instruction let me know. I let my instructor and RSO certifications lapse but am happy to teach anytime.

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Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Magic smoke goes *poof*. Spinny wind makers no go roundy round. Inside folks get grumpy. Calloused hand types get monies.

A collection of dead Variable Frequency Drives from the last couple of weeks.

3 Deltas pulled from York RTUs that were getting absolutely zero benefit from having them in the first place.

1 Wood's out of a Thermal Solutions boiler. A design which absolutely answers the question, "What happens when engineers have zero exposure to actual tools and never see their designs in the real world?"

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Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Arctic Murder Ponies are the mammal equivalent of the Canuckistani Cobra Chickens.

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Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I'm sure the black dogs will welcome the chance to fry themselves in the sun while I recoil extension cords and secure tanks.

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Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

All the news and chatter is a morass of bleak distopia. It is sunny outside and warm. I think I will take this moment of calm and see to my tools. Work has been a bit manic and organization has fallen victim to the the urgency of the next call.

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Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I chose the public shaming option. Posted the pic on the community Facebook page and let the masses loose. The perpetrator entered the chat after a "friend" tagged him and is now complaining about the folks yelling at him. Judging by the comment s he's spent a fair bit of his day responding.

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Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

If I'd had my work van I'd have probably taken my portaband to the trailer's toungue. If Katy ever posts from my account just assume she's asking for bail money.

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Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Sorry to hear that packmate. If any of us can do anything to beat the bureaucracy into submission you lnow we'll be happy to.

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Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

What the actual fuck is wrong with you people? It is Saturday ferchristsakes. Where's the fucking coffee?

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Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Oh it exists. It's just surly and not inclined to be social.

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Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

"It's what my character would do....." Listen to me you little shits. See that case? There are nine tarrasque in there. Count 'em. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. See? I will TPK your asses so hard your next three characters starts out dead. I will stat a tarrasqueolich and give it Power Word Fuck You.

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Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

* The party's first attempt to retrieve their barbarian got them A barbarian but not The barbarian. You find a nice narrative way to write one player out for a while and a new player in and the murder hobos ho looking for the player who's work schedule changed. This is why I drink.

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Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Because their DM need a giggle too the party of 5 level 10s (Ranger, Wizard, Fighter, Fighter, Barbarian*) encountered a pair of bone stock CR ⅛ bandits. The DEX build fighter critted on her opening longbow shot. The wizard took a free action to remind them they need a live "volunteer".

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Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

My group last night was looking for a "volunteer" to be portal swapped for their barbarian who got mazed by the Lady of Pain. So they decided to go fishing for bandits on the road to Luskan.

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Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Fair. I'd hopesume (hope + assume) they forced the electric heat strips on and checked amp draw.

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Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Yeeeeeaaaaaahhhhhh....... The creak, click, and twang concerto has replaced the rooster's crow here too. Sounds like somebody shifting in thr saddke every time I stand up.

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Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Walk out the door to false dawn and 48⁰. Hoist filters and belts to the roof in orange, slanting light of a sun whose heart isn't in it. 10:00 AM and there's hoodies tied to the ladder. The weather this time of year is annoying.

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Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Betcha a nickel that idiot light is run off a timer and doesn't actually correlate to airflow through the filter.

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Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Heh. Try being me. I've stopped the manager at the local grocery store and told him to call his guy because they've got an economizer stuck open before.

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Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

And yet you are with every lung full. The filters don't catch everything.

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Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Siiiiiiiiiiigh... That time of year again.

Screenshot from the local fire department tracking bookface page reporting not one but two local volunteer fire departments being paged out for a homeowner reporting a burning smell when they fired up their furnace for the first time this season.

No smoke or flames reported.

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Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Caught myself yesterday saying "we'll stop for food when the work is done."

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Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

So who else read Animal Farm and subconsciously adopted Boxer as a role model?

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Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

It's the logical conclusion to this Greek tragedy.

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Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Should we start a GFM to cover Melissa's medical bills when she gets beaned by a falling turdcicle in late January?

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Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

And now the CG is orbiting another point near by. Am I watching someone beat the odds after hours in the N. Atlantic? Or an aircrew exhausting all possibilities because that's what they do? All from a chair a thousand miles away...

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Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

A little searching and I found another map showing a USCG cutter also assigned to the search changing course to intecept that point. And then the plane returned to it's grid search. Surreal.

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Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The vast amount of information available through this little box in my pocket is bizarre. I read a little item about a medical flight presumed down off Nantucket. I just watched the ADS-B track of a Coast Guard SAR plane break off it's grid search to orbit a location for a bit.

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Ben with lotsa numbers @kittehofdovrefjel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

If you're looking for a reason I suspect an even mix of 'Murica and Yee Yee.

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