It’s f’in neato. I’ll be looking into it.

I knew about the relict popularion of mammoths that was still around. Wasn’t aware of the tigers. Can you please tell me more?

Yes, not at all uncommon in the BDSM community. Neither are 24/7 kink relationships. However, reality is different from fantasy and there is a fair amount of nuance in how this works in the context of a LTR and not a fun weekend.

That’s what I was referring to about very few handguns. It was all wood stock rifles and shotguns. And, this was among conservative rural types. We’re in a very different place now.

Deep south born and raised, it’s changed in the last twenty years, but guns used to be a fun tool. Most people owned long guns with much fewer handguns. Guns were for hunting, varmint management, and plinking. City folk don’t really get it. Shotgun in the corner of the living room is normal.

I have an acquaintance from West Virginia that is similar. They’re also a non-binary, super queer, sexually sadistic top. We met in the BDSM community.

You dirty rat. You put that under the spoiler tag to sucker me into looking at that unholy thing.

I should not have clicked. It could have been something nice like tubgirl or goatse.

It’s an old saying, longer version I know is:

“Saddest thing in the world is a cat scratching at the window because it used to be an inside cat.”

After a foray into consulting and plant management, I’m back in the shop working with my hands and programming. My favorite part of the trade is teaching kids. (Enough grey in my beard that anyone under 30 is a kid). I could make more money doing other things but I don’t need the stress.

I hope I’m able to work until I die, even if I ‘retire’. I’ve begun learning Blender and mixing it with CAD so that I can do sculpture.

I love the smell of black cutting oil.

Skinner’s glare of disdain would have flayed the flesh from his bones. It would have been a Monster of the Week episode. Mulder would actually help with the coverup and chalk it up to a one time involuntary psychic event. Scully would have cocked her head, pursed her lips, squinted, and said, “hmph.”

That makes more sense. Nothing to do with wear. I guess the dimple would be a removable insert. You could have a selection of them and swap when calibrating the line.

I would think that blow mold is happening right before washing and bottling. Tube blanks are probably supplied in Gaylord’s coming from the plastic producer. Transporting semis full of empty jugs doesn’t make sense.

I’m suprised there is that much variation in volume, I would expect the temps to be more consistent. I guess the compressed air temp is the main variable, mold temps should be pretty consistent. Ambient air temp when the bottle is cooling probably also plays a role, more or less shrink before it “freezes”. Not sure if they’re made from LDPE or HDPE but those are both really stretchy, so I guess they very well could jump all over on size.

Most of my mold experience is in automotive, which is going to be a tighter process.

I don’t think this is correct and would need to see a source before I believe it. I doubt the dimple is adjustable in the way you’re describing.

The amount of wear needed to change the volume by a noticable margin would be quite significant. Surface finish of the mold would be degraded enough that they would probably scrap the mold before using an adjustment like this as the mold would have sticking problems.

It might be volumetric compensation, but I doubt it’s directly wear related.

The mold is going to be at least two parts that split to get the blown jug out. The jug feedstock probably starts as a molded tube blank with the threads already in it. Would look like a test tube with a milk jug mouth.

Thinking about it, and I suppose you could actually call it wear compensation. Machine the mold with max dimple present. As your parting faces/lines take damage, you reface, and take some off the dimple to compensate for reduced volume. Maybe. That’s my best guess if it isn’t structual. Usually the rest of the mold has taken enough damage/wear that you’re scrapping the entire thing.

Ah. Mistook the red pepper for a jar of instant coffee.

I don’t know about the coffee and salad dressing, but, I totally keep a bottle of Ajax dish soap in the shower.

It’ll cut the gear oil off you.