This could be work or recreational related. Anything you’ve done that you sit back and go “hell yeah I did that”. I’m typically wary of working on cars because I have big hands and no auto specialty tools. But, I was able to make a pretty involved (for me) repair last week and I’ve felt really great about it since. What about you?

  • Sheridan@lemmy.worldEnglish
    24·
    10 days ago

    I bought a Pentium II 450Mhz Dell tower for $40 at a flea market recently. It was in great condition except for missing a hard drive. Installed a 32gb ssd with a SATA to IDE converter kit and installed Windows 98. It works! This was my first time doing something like this.

    Looking for a good graphics card now. I want a VooDoo 2 but those are like $300 on ebay.

  • Suck_on_my_Presence@lemmy.world
    21·
    10 days ago

    When I get depressed or stressed, I tend to withdraw hard. I’ve ghosted friends for months at a time before. The guilt that comes with a relative ghosting makes it really hard for me to reach out again and usually I instead just let go of the relationship.

    But I had a frank conversation with someone I recently withdrew from and it feels like there’s still a friendship there for us both. So it’s tentative and covered in bandaids, but we’re on good terms again.

    • otacon239@lemmy.world
      4·
      10 days ago

      Your friends want to hear from you or they’re not your friends. Simple as. Reach out, I’m sure they miss you :)

    • Chippys_mittens@lemmy.worldOP
      41·
      10 days ago

      It takes a lot of guts on both sides to have a conversation like that. Good for you, keep reaching out, we need people like we need water.

  • Fondots@lemmy.world
    19·
    10 days ago

    Couple weeks back, but this is still one of the things I’m most proud to have ever done in my life

    My friend works security at a bar. He texts me a pic of a guy sitting at the bar wearing a shirt with some SS lightning bolts, and said the girl he was with was wearing them too.

    They’re not otherwise causing a problem, so the manager won’t let my friend kick these guys out, but he really wanted to.

    I’m at work, probably 5 miles away, and I can’t leave to go start a ruckus. But I like this bar and I’ll be damned if I let Nazis get a foothold there.

    So I think through my options. I remember that the bar has a jukebox with an app you can queue songs up on. I open up that app and see that I, for some reason, have a ton of credits on there.

    And even better, you don’t actually even need to be at the bar to play songs there.

    So I begin queuing up every anti-nazi, anti-fascist, anti-racist song I could find.

    According to my friend, after a couple songs he got visibly frustrated and steps outside to have a cigarette as All You Fascists Bound to Lose comes on (sadly the jukebox did not have much Woody Guthrie, so I had to settle for the Billy Bragg and Wilco version)

    He comes back inside and is created with Youth Against Fascism by Sonic Youth.

    I keep it up. I find a version of Bella Ciao to play, Racist Friend by The Specials, This Is America, etc.

    This bar has their jukebox set to a family friendly mode, since they also operate as a restaurant during the day. This limited my options somewhat, but I managed to put together a pretty solid dozen or so songs.

    He starts looking around the bar, trying to figure out who is playing all this music obviously targeted at him. Of course I’m not even in the same town, so he finds nothing. My friend is keeping busy checking IDs and such at the door and occasionally texting me an update.

    At some point in the middle of this someone queued up a single kid rock song, and I strongly suspect it was them.

    It only took about an hour and they decided to close out their tab. He walks out to Michael Jackson’s They Don’t Care about Us.

    But that’s not the end of this. I’m on a warpath now. I fire up a throwaway Google account and leave a 1 star review of the bar complaining about the Nazi. This causes a bit of stir with the management, and my friend is successfully able to argue for more authority to throw Nazis out.

    Nazi punks can fuck off.

  • DaniNatrix@leminal.space
    18·
    10 days ago

    My mother died from cancer three weeks ago. I held her face and stroked her hair as she passed away. I whispered to her the entire time, I told her that she’d done a great job, that she was loved and safe and that I hoped she had an easy journey. It’s a transformative thing to watch someone you love take their last breath. Hardest thing I’ve ever done and I’m proud and honored that I was able to bear witness to her transition out of this life. Heartbroken and shattered, but also proud. Fuck cancer.

    • SlicedPotato@feddit.dkEnglish
      3·
      10 days ago

      My condolences. You did the right thing by being there for her and comforting her while she took her last breath. Kudos to you.

  • mech@feddit.org
    17·
    10 days ago

    I replaced my 3-beers-a-day habit with a new bicycle-30-miles-a-day habit.
    Still kind of an addiction, but one I can live and raise a son with.

  • dohpaz42@lemmy.worldEnglish
    16·
    10 days ago

    I just wrapped my kids’ Christmas presents and put them under the tree. I really took my time this year too.

  • Today@lemmy.world
    14·
    10 days ago

    We’re in the middle of remodeling a house that was builtt in 1981. I’m pretty proud of the changes we’ve made so far. I just draw it out and the contractor does the work, but i think we’ve really improved the design, function, storage, and feel of the house. My biggest disappointment is that I should have hired a real plumber instead of a guy with a truck to replace the cast iron sewer lines.

      • bizarroland@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        10 days ago

        I think it depends on the job. In house cast iron sewer line replacements are only a few steps in difficulty above swapping a sink, not counting the muscle you need to move them, assuming you’re swapping to PVC.

        • Chippys_mittens@lemmy.worldOP
          31·
          10 days ago

          I have a decent bit of pipe fitting under my belt. I really only call my plumber if it has to do with gas (like my stove). Pipes that move water, no problem. I try not to fuck with electric systems at all though.

        • Today@lemmy.world
          2·
          10 days ago

          He went over instead of under the French drain lines because he was digging with a shovel. Now it’s not deep enough to allow proper drainage from a new bar sink. Awaiting next plumber’s ideas.

      • spicy pancake@lemmy.zipEnglish
        3·
        10 days ago

        in that case I highly recommend also getting the little rubber charging cord holders to grip the bottom of each utensil so when you inevitably fling the cupboard door open in a rush because you forgot the damn bay leaf again, the utensils don’t go swinging about making a ruckus lol

        for larger things I use a second sideways hook or cord keeper clip at the side/bottom. these ones:

  • foodandart@lemmy.zip
    8·
    10 days ago

    I finally am allowing myself to take some down time for my own sanity. It’s weird how slowly a work ethic can take over your mindset and the next thing you know, you’re putting in 24- 25 days in a row of work and are burnt out… Rather than be frizzle-fried by Christmas, I decided to stop now and actually enjoy the holiday. This is a first, and it’s been a long time - too long - that I’ve allowed myself to relax.

      • foodandart@lemmy.zip
        1·
        10 days ago

        I’ll find a nice planet and build a base in Creative Mode in No Man’s Sky.

        Have a save file editor for my build game, so I don’t have to grind to get the fancy parts and I can just relax and settle in and let my imagination fly.

  • Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    8·
    10 days ago

    I’m about halfway through the biggest furniture commission I’ve had so far. It’s only a small bookshelf, but it’s solid 1" thick red oak with wenge accents. I’ve only messed up a couple of minor things along the way 😅