Things That Are Bothering You, Got You All Hibbeldy-Jibbeldy, or just downright pissed, RIGHT NOW!

StephenHero said:

Bought a Danish dresser from Craigslist that had a glossy oil polyurethane finish. It's probably about thirty years old. I planned on refinishing it by chemically stripping the finish coat with steel wool, re-staining in a different color, and then sealing it with a satin polyurethane. I started today and noticed its going to be very difficult to remove the existing varnish with steel wool, because I suspect there are three coats of it on there. That leaves me with hand-sanding or power sanding, but the drawers have a veneer on top of solid wood, which risks sanding through. So I'll probably have to sand it by hand with a much finer grade paper that I'd want, which will take forever, and I'll have to do it outside in the cold over a couple days, bringing it back inside after each day. Otherwise it will get stolen. Once it's sanded, then it will probably need a coat of conditioner, two coats of stain, and then finishing sealer. We're talking a lot of work.

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StephenHero said:

Bought a Danish dresser from Craigslist that had a glossy oil polyurethane finish. It's probably about thirty years old. I planned on refinishing it by chemically stripping the finish coat with steel wool, re-staining in a different color, and then sealing it with a satin polyurethane. I started today and noticed its going to be very difficult to remove the existing varnish with steel wool, because I suspect there are three coats of it on there. That leaves me with hand-sanding or power sanding, but the drawers have a veneer on top of solid wood, which risks sanding through. So I'll probably have to sand it by hand with a much finer grade paper that I'd want, which will take forever, and I'll have to do it outside in the cold over a couple days, bringing it back inside after each day. Otherwise it will get stolen. Once it's sanded, then it will probably need a coat of conditioner, two coats of stain, and then finishing sealer. We're talking a lot of work.

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Rambo said:

just couldn't go to ******* IKEA, could you?

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StephenHero said:

Bought a Danish dresser from Craigslist that had a glossy oil polyurethane finish. It's probably about thirty years old. I planned on refinishing it by chemically stripping the finish coat with steel wool, re-staining in a different color, and then sealing it with a satin polyurethane. I started today and noticed its going to be very difficult to remove the existing varnish with steel wool, because I suspect there are three coats of it on there. That leaves me with hand-sanding or power sanding, but the drawers have a veneer on top of solid wood, which risks sanding through. So I'll probably have to sand it by hand with a much finer grade paper that I'd want, which will take forever, and I'll have to do it outside in the cold over a couple days, bringing it back inside after each day. Otherwise it will get stolen. Once it's sanded, then it will probably need a coat of conditioner, two coats of stain, and then finishing sealer. We're talking a lot of work.

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StephenHero said:

Vad fan är det här skiten?

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otc said:

someone done stole my photo!
...but they stole it for diabetes

Spoiler: Warning: Spoiler!

I now see it getting shared all around facebook between the cyclists...

I'm not sure how to respond.
On one hand, I took these photos for people to see pictures of themselves racing and don't mind (and am happy) if someone puts up the photo as their profile or something, especially if they at least say where they got it.
On the other hand...they've modified the photo and turned it into an advertisement. It may be an advertisement for an insiprational team of diabetic athletes but it is still an advertisement and they didn't even bother to leave a photo credit. I suppose I could watermark everything, but this shot cropped out the part of the image where the water mark would have been anyways.
I don't want to **** up their facebook post complaining about not at least getting credit...but I feel like I should at least contact them privately and express my concerns right?

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LawrenceMD said:

running is like math.... some people just end up liking it... and some are just adverse to it.

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in stitches said:

just got a call from one of my credit card companies. someone got a hold of one of my card numbers and charged about $1500.00 in the past few days.
thankfully the CC company is taking care of it, but its still a bit of a pain **********, and kind of disconcerting.

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JayJay said:

This has happened to me a couple times or so. Sorry it happened to you, but glad the bank intervened quickly.

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in stitches said:

thanks, yeah they were on the ball. did you ever have to foot the bill, or did your CC companies take care of it?

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FLMountainMan said:

In the government anti-fraud industry, we use the credit card industry as a role model. Less than one percent of all purchases are fraudulent, compared to 30% (conservatively) of all Medicaid/Medicare purchases. We're trying to implement the same sort of predictive algorhythmic analytics that they use. But since it's goverment, it's literally taken decades and full implementation is at least another decade away.

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HRoi said:

you can't be held responsible for unauthorized charges on your credit card. it's Federal law.

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imatlas said:

What do you mean by "chemically stripping with steel wool"? Would a chemical stripper take off the outer finish by itself?

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