Walmart keeps reminding me that you can now buy Skil and Delta tools there. “Who knew?”
Skil tools are also sold at Amazon and Lowe’s, and I’m not sure about Delta.
Flex has announced via social media that New Stack Pack tool boxes and accessories are heading your way.
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They haven’t made any mention as to what types of the Stack Pack tool boxes are coming out, when this will happen, or where they will be sold.
Flir has been showing me the same handheld thermal imaging camera ad on social media for a few days in a row.
This is AI, right? They’ve showed this to me 4 or 5 times now.
The Flir E5 Pro thermal imaging cameras sell for $1300 each.
Here is an example of a SCAM text. If you get a message like this, do NOT click the link – that’s not the USPS website.
This is what a cryptocurrency SCAM text looks like.
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Here’s another one.
Do NOT call these numbers. Do NOT click those links.
If suspecting fraud to a financial account, call the phone number on the back of your credit card, or visit the legit website manually and search for official contact info.
To be extra-safe, you can take another 30 seconds to research the support phone numbers for your financial institution.
In MAJOR NEWS this week, I used nearly 40 year old popsicle craft sticks to mix some 2-part epoxy resin.
My parents – or someone else in my family – saved this pack of Rose Art craft sticks from the late 1980’s. Somehow they ended up in my possession a few years ago.
I couldn’t find our box of thinner craft sticks, but this was sitting on the art cart. I grabbed a couple and went to mix up my epoxy.
The copyright date says 1988, but maybe these are from the 1990’s.
According to the price sticker, this pack of 150 wood sticks was purchased for 79 cents.
I’m not sure if this is motivating me to hold onto materials and spare parts I don’t have immediate obvious use for, or to get rid of them.
Jared
A 35+ year-old 79-cent bag of popsicle sticks was definitely worth hanging onto. They didn’t go bad, I don’t see the problem.
AP
This was refreshing, thank you! Those popsicle sticks make me feel old.
Rog
10000000000000000% AI image in the Flir ad.
Bonnie
So weird and almost insulting to see. Is their marketing team so under-paid/amateur to not at least have a Shutterstock account?
Stuart
It’s not like they have lucrative government contracts. Oh wait…
PW
It does give off lazy / unprofessional vibes. Especially since it’s literally just a mugshot – the thing you can get for pennies from any repository of stock photos.
Michael Hammer
It is rather creepy looking. While sill easy to spot, they’re getting more sophisticated than just a couple years ago. It’s scary to think about how close we’re getting to not knowing what’s real.
MM
Agreed. It’s not even good AI artwork, it looks awful. Given that FLIR products are far from cheap it’s a poor look.
TomD
I almost wonder if they started with a “find hotties in your workplace” idea and gave up on it. It’s entirely pointless as is and has nothing to do with the product.
But it got free advertising here! lol 😂
Alexk
Love this type of post, Stuart. If it doesn’t add too much to your workload it would be nice to see this from time to time.
Rog
Agreed. I like these roundup posts
Stuart
I try to work them in on occasion, usually when there are news snippets that I could never stretch into their own posts.
I can try to work more in.
Joe E.
My local True Value just removed their Master Mechanic power tool end cap and put up a new Skil display. I think they’ll sell better, but we will see.
Josephus
We sometimes get customers walking in to complain about those scam texts. Yes, it’s a scam. No, it’s not actually USPS.
Often the number is international (so.. not USPS), the message is rife with grammatical errors, and the domain isn’t USPS.COM. There’s also commonly no tracking number, when there should be something to use for tracking.
The only way USPS would have your cell phone number is if you opted in and gave it to them.
Dallin Sorensen
Nah, put your bank info in the scam texts. It’s like gambling, it’s eventually gotta hit.
Nathan
The guy in the flir ad is Stanley Jefferson he does model work for various training demos and things. We used him in our training videos and the like at work. Nice enough person but superfluous in my opinion.
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J/k
Jack
Two of the hundreds of fun projects on the craft sticks pack appears to be an amphitheatre and an airplane, but what is the third meant to be?
Stuart
Bowl, toy plane, box with lid?
Jack
Ah yes! Does the “project booklet” have any wisdom other than “stick the sticks together”?
moe
hey where you from i see those craft sticks were purchased at amazing savings?
Reno Paddy
It will be interesting to see what Flex does with StackPack. I bought some of their boxes/drawers last year to replace my old DeWalt TS 1.0. Their boxes and accessories are good but stagnant with no signs of life on their “coming soon” page. I tried StackTech as a possible replacement for the remaining TS 1.0 and haven’t looked into Flex since.
Not knowing what they’re doing with StackPack is as frustrating as ToughBuilt teasing people with their “coming soon” products but not delivering. It’s easy to understand why Milwaukee Packout is as big and popular as it is.
Katie
Those popsicle sticks reminded me about pipe cleaners. Another handy thing that was replaced with twist ties. I don’t think kids today would be interested in these kind of craft supplies. The electronic/online world makes them seem clunky and boring to many kids. However, there will always be some kids who like to make things from real life materials.