tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post39372345884887894..comments2024-03-28T11:28:51.868-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/28/24: Stud Neil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-5880021022586816452020-12-21T09:50:33.689-06:002020-12-21T09:50:33.689-06:00loved the montana reference. great song. I love py...loved the montana reference. great song. I love pygmy ponies...<br />I too have the ($25) zircon model and it works fine.<br />But yes a simple magnet will find drywall screws/nails.<br />Congrats on successful home improvement job.<br />dodahmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16956857111371773320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-83480900655431491302020-12-21T07:28:55.029-06:002020-12-21T07:28:55.029-06:00I have the Zircon model. Works just fine.I have the Zircon model. Works just fine.Charlie Meyersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06381827310845177039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-79577806655369422172020-12-20T16:58:53.918-06:002020-12-20T16:58:53.918-06:00I've acquired a few stud finders over the year...I've acquired a few stud finders over the years. They're very convenient. I just handed the best one to the handyman I hired last winter, to put a pair of those "geezer grab-bars" above our bathtub and shower. No way was I going to try to use it myself. The wall would have ended up looking like the one on N. Clark Street, after the St. Valentine's Day Massacre.<br /><br />"If you live 60 years without a particular device, the temptation is to keep going through life without it." For me, it's over seventy years, and it's phones. After almost twenty years of getting by with various flip-phones, AT & T made our perfectly serviceable device "obsolete"...thanks a lot! <br /><br />So we had to buy our first smartphone last month, and we're totally flummoxed and bamboozled by it. Never been much of an early adapter when it comes to technology. And our three liberal arts degrees (English, journalism, English) are useless when it comes to figuring out all the bells and whistles on a new smartphone. <br /><br />Perhaps we should have gone with a basic dumbphone, or a good geezerphone (a Jitterbug?) instead. Or else we need to take a course in phones. Via Zoom, natch. Bought one of those cameras, too. Still haven't installed it yet. This is where sons and grandsons come in handy. No such luck. No kids.Grizz 65https://www.blogger.com/profile/02892702223228764894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-8294737347455584142020-12-20T16:31:24.345-06:002020-12-20T16:31:24.345-06:00Hmm. My Zircon Studfinder Pro seems to locate stud...Hmm. My Zircon Studfinder Pro seems to locate studs just fine and has lasted for at least a decade, probably more. I can't believe I paid more than $20 or $25 for it. I like the magnet idea, though, and I'll try that next time, just for grins.Dave Jacquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17609959560089421718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-78215130953102566282020-12-20T10:32:31.692-06:002020-12-20T10:32:31.692-06:00I never do my own repairs, no patience. I was brie...I never do my own repairs, no patience. I was briefly a bit of a machinist in my salad days, so i do know my way around a tool box, but hire someone to do it (i can afford it-spread the wealth and all, especially these fraught days). but i must say, that magnetic dart carries with it an almost poetic elegance. nicely done. pgwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03804745965409667786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-84137786392705842292020-12-20T09:21:46.220-06:002020-12-20T09:21:46.220-06:00This is great. The satisfaction of simplicity. This is great. The satisfaction of simplicity. Carenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15948322374348472360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-51922998755917863602020-12-20T08:58:36.981-06:002020-12-20T08:58:36.981-06:00Lovely when a project comes together — especially ...Lovely when a project comes together — especially when your own ingenuity is the reason! Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15373960140777556685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-30109918842078615632020-12-20T08:49:07.784-06:002020-12-20T08:49:07.784-06:00You were spared the aggravation of pounding a nail...You were spared the aggravation of pounding a nail, or three, at a false positive location of that cheap stud finder. Fortunately, you could have returned the device when you went to purchase spackle, since any on hand had probably dried beyond a useful state. The outlet trick or a simple tapping test is as good as any stud finder I ever borrowed.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08613528527379198505noreply@blogger.com