https://www.foxnews.com/us/alligator-florida-pants

Florida woman pulls alligator from her pants during traffic stop

A Florida woman pulled an alligator out of her pants during a traffic stop on Monday — a strange move that might just rank on the state's list of odd reported crimes.

Ariel Machan-Le Quire, 25, was in the passenger's seat of a vehicle around 3:30 a.m. in Punta Gorda when she was pulled over, the Miami Herald reported, citing an incident report from the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office.

The department said that the woman was asked if she had anything else in the vehicle, and then “proceeded to pull an alligator out of her yoga pants (about one foot in length) and placed it into the bed of the truck."

Last night, while riding in the passenger seat of a 31' RV on a little country highway in Florida, I got to witness some truly impressive braking performance when, I shit you not, a litter of kittens ran into the road. Really wish I'd have gotten a picture of that.

Did you keep them all?

We're traveling with a 60lb Visla pup. It would have made chew toys of them.

Two other drivers also stopped, and they negotiated for the kittens. We left before it was finalized.

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I removed counter to install an xray machine that weights 290lbs. The base of the machine is about 10"x6" so there's a lot of weight being supported on that tiny base. I have a crawlspace with 1/2" plywood subfloor (which I believe is thinner than what's required). It was just cut out and replaced with 1/2" ply due to termite damage. I'm worried this $40k machine is going to drop through the floor. Is this a baseless fear?

I've thought about using 1/2" ply to help distribute this load over 2 joists but I've read on aquarium forums this doesn't really help. Any explanation why it wouldn't? Edit: realized they are talking about large aquariums where a large piece of plywood would likely flex. Any recommendations for wood type that is rigid? Size would likely be 17”x12” to span 2 joists.

The floor is very uneven too due to previous owners placing laminate over vinyl. I've since removed the counter which did not have vinyl underneath it - that section is level but lower
(you can see in the last picture how the floor near wall is lower by the gap in the molding).

Pic1: machine
Pic2: rotting wood that was cut out
Pic3: original counter untouched
Pic4: counter removed but uneven floor

Almost killed myself today. Forgot to torque the front lug nuts. Felt like something between a badly out of balance wheel and a bad CV. Holy hell. First time for every form of stupid I guess.

Did the exact same this yesterday. Not good feelings

I did this years ago with my track rat Miata. I forgot what I had been working on, but with the car up in the air, I went ahead and threw the wheels on and gave a quick snug because I knew I was taking it off the jack stands later.

Lowered it down when I was done so I could take a quick drive through the neighborhood to make sure whatever I was doing had worked. Turned a corner and felt a really strange "shift" of the car. I crawled back to the house to discover the left hand nuts were at the end of the studs, and the studs had ground some nice little marks into the holes on the wheels.

Many faceplams were had that evening.

My wife always has crazy ideas and dreams.

My pleasure is to make those come true.

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WHAT IS IT?

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It's for butts.

But also it's for shits:

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It'll get trimmed and painted and have a vent for the newly-hidden air return vent in the center. It'll also get some electrical outlets to remedy the recently hidden one of those as well.
Note the pile of removed baseboard trim. I'm a nice guy. Whoever removes this will have those to return to their original place or to take for copies. They will be hidden inside where nobody will mess with them.

Start with an accurate model. Unfortunately I don't live in an accurate house. Walls and floor are not quite straight and perpendicular, but are within a 1/4 inch. Tweaks and trim will help.

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Secret strategy is to get my sister (who makes clothes) to make some cushions for it. Or I might. I'm renaissance like that.

I thought my Monday was about to be bad. I work from home on Monday/Friday every week. My boss sent me a message through Slack, "Hey, do you have time for a quick call? We need to talk about something."

Long story short, I got a salary raise and 250 RSUs. I knew our new Fiscal year started June 1, but I had no idea I would be getting a raise or anything like that. Great way to start the day and the week.

We share similar thoughts. Happy wife = Happy (Car) life.

A couple fairly recent projects.

Dining room wainscoting
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Family room fireplace surround

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In fairness though, I didn't make the paneling but designed the surround and sourced the panels then assembled everything and added the cornice and stuff and fitted it in place.

In the end it's all "yes dear"...

If the women don't find ya handsome, they should at least find you handy.

I noticed a low speed rattle as I left the dealership parking lot after having my Ford's PTU replaced under warranty.

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My thoughts.

Why is it that yankee transplants so often show their asses in traffic and unnecessarily honk at other drivers? Such uncivilized and uncouth behavior is indicative of poor breeding. No respectable southern man would behave in a manner so unbefitting.

Exactly. Makes me want to tell them they are welcome to stay and become part of Southern Hospitality, but leave the harried hurried attitude back where they came from.

EDIT: Atlanta, traffic wise, is now solidly a Northern City.

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My wife told me today she wants me to wear tighter jeans. I am not sure how to feel about being made into a sex object.

You're gonna want that.

I think I would have offered that dealership an opportunity to give me some free stuff after that.