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Cake day: June 18th, 2023

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  • Fyi for anyone afraid to change their own oil for fear of dumping it all on the driveway, just look up a (Canadian manufactured) “oil transfer pump” (manual or electric) and ensure the tube it comes with will fit and reach down to the bottom of your oil tank through the dipstick. Then pump it out into a container. Afterwards you can take the bolt out and get anything that may be left, in my experience a drop or two. Also saves me from having to jack up my car to fit the tub under, I can use a shallower pan.







  • I gotta say, surprised everyone is attributing the “snap” sound to hitting the pad of your thumb.

    All y’all veteran snappers, try this. Lift up your pinky, then snap. Makes a much higher pitched snap. Now lift up your ring finger, then snap. No snap at all. Your pinky and ring finger make a sort of tube, and your thumb is striking one end of it (the crevice between thumb pad and ring finger tip) to make a tone. I’m even able to smack that spot with a finger on the OTHER hand and make a (quieter) snap.

    Hope this helps.












  • What model? I have ran a couple into the ground. Philips was terrible the whole time, but got worse and I eventually got a different brand. My Braun silk epil 9 has been great, but required a head replacement at some point. These epilators wear out such that they don’t grab as well, just yanking on the same hairs and not actually plucking them - ow.

    Tips…

    • trim first. Epilating full length hairs enables the yanking-not-plucking since it’s most effective at plucking when the tweezer is directly above the hair it’s grabbing
    • be clean and not sweaty. Epilating in a hot house is really painful.
    • though they’re marketed for wet use, I’ve found this results in a bad trim and not an epilation
    • don’t try to mow areas like a lawn maximizing hairs per pass. Start at the edges of hairy areas and overlap it as little as possible with each pass unless you can stand more. If you try to make use of the full width of a 1.5" head it’s gonna be a bad time.
    • Upkeep every week or two is about 10% as much hassle and pain as upkeep every month or two. They don’t all grow back at once so density is greatly reduced when upkeeping before full regrowth occurs