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re: Andy's Tightwad Tips #6

blsamuel — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 05:03:43 GMT

If Andy doesn't want your peanut butter jars, I'll take them.

I'm always dumping over a box of screws or nails of one size or another out in the garage. Or the box or bag just plain rips out. (That's often the ripped out box in a bag that then rips.)

And we've almost emptied a jar. I'll have to remind my better half and chilluns not to throw it out.

Ticked me off a few weeks ago when all the Kroger yogurt containers with lids were tossed out - they were the perfect size for cottage cheese or fruit for lunch. And they've quit including the plastic lids as a "green" initiative. Makes sense I suppose, but they sure were handy. I think the cups are thinner now too. I've thought about writing them to make the lids available. I mean there could be a few people out there who only eat half a container at one time?

I think I'll start saving all our plastic lidded jars as I'm getting tired of picking screws up off the floor.

I've still got a few 35mm film canisters in various drawers with brads and cup hooks and the like. Most are the Kodak - black with the grey lids and a few clear I think from Fuji film? Just labeled the lid of the black ones with a fine point Sharpie. Great in college for storing spare X-Acto blades.

re: Andy's Tightwad Tips #6

colterphoto1 — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:16:14 GMT

we'll all be eating a lot of peanut butter soon- want us to save our jars for you?

re: Andy's Tightwad Tips #6

InnerTuber — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:22:13 GMT

We talkin peanuts here!

www.richardspackaging.com/.../peanutbutter.html

re: Analog Filters 101, Part I

Amy Unger — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:19:22 GMT

Was that a plane I just heard flying over head? Nah, that was just Andy's blog.

Nice post!

re: Analog Filters 101, Part I

blsamuel — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:18:19 GMT

Make that a few more times for me.... I can't read math anymore, much less engineering...

re: Analog Filters 101, Part I

BuyOtherSoundEquipment — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:05:04 GMT

What's that smell?

Oh wait, my hair is on fire.

Thanks for providing my semi-weekly brain explosion, Andy.

re: Analog Filters 101, Part I

seti — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:27:36 GMT

Thanks gotta read this a couple more times :)

re: Good Design/Bad Design #1

colterphoto1 — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:08:44 GMT

written like an engineer. well said Andy

re: Good Design/Bad Design #1

blsamuel — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 19:36:20 GMT

I hadn't heard the term "duck turd" ice before.... I think my family just calls 'em ice pellets. Smallish, seems they would freeze up faster than bigger chunks of ice and they cool things off much faster.

Those crescent shaped "cubes" out of the ice makers aren't a very good design, but the way you describe it, it makes me think that the engineer who designed the shape of those may have an evil sense of humor and may still be laughing.

re: The Ultimate Driving Experience

larouchea — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:14:21 GMT

NICE!!!

I miss off roading. Can I ride along next time. With my weight on one side I could have kept that wheel on the ground...

Dre

re: The Ultimate Driving Exerience

Amy Unger — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:14:54 GMT

Ha! No Michael, I don't do much off-roading in my Stratus. Not anymore.

re: The Ultimate Driving Exerience

Andy W — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 12:25:55 GMT

Yup, two cabinets. And no I can't lift them by myself. the other criterion was that each one had to be made from a single sheet of plywood. Well, it worked except for the port and the bracing, I had to use a scrap. Each one is just ever so slightly larger than a LaScala.

re: The Ultimate Driving Exerience

colterphoto1 — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 07:00:41 GMT

oh, TWO cabinets, I get it. Yer nuts. Man those must be beasts to get in and out of there. Did you hear about the Forum member whose sub required taking the door off the hinges to install?

re: The Ultimate Driving Exerience

colterphoto1 — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 06:59:23 GMT

double the speakers in HALF the cabinet- are you mad man? Sealed?

re: The Ultimate Driving Exerience

Andy W — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 02:44:04 GMT

Funny you should ask...

I got a pair of 18" woofers for KPT-884, shall we say, at a disount, and the criterion was that I had two be able to fit both sub cabinets in the back of the Cherokee with the rear seat folded. What good would it be to have subs that I couldn't transport? (This was before we bought the van.)

The dimensions of the cabinet ended up being 2'x2'x3' or roughly half the volume of the 884, tuned to ~27Hz. I'm still looking for a tightwad amplifier.