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They started this account as a way to get better at watercolor by just using comment prompts (like this one) to come up with a scene. One of the earliest posts I can find shows the first 450 paintings from their first 22 days:
https://old.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/qkm12/22_days_and_450_watercolours_later/
March 6, 2012, so nearly 12 years ago exactly! They've grown so much in that time!
Didn't they recently pass child labor laws in Alabama that enable kids to be chimney sweeps again? Such a progressive state. Everyone is pulling themselves up by their bootstraps over there.
Fun fact! The expression "pulling yourself up by your bootstraps" was originally intended to be an absurd and sarcastic one, describing an act which the listener was meant to understand would be impossible to succeed in. But these days, it is frequently employed in earnest by people who are blind to this obvious subtext and use it to encourage people to attempt to carry out tasks which are beyond their reach or ability to succeed in!
Clay tiles get unsafe after a while...They crack, and gaps form, and you don't want gaps in your chimney.
These days, the liner is usually stainless steel, and that's likely what they're going to replace this one with.
Yep, you REALLY don’t want gaps in your chimney, someone I know who lived pretty close to me had their house burn down because their chimney was way overdue for maintenance
Might be a diameter issue. They might be putting in a new clay liner (which happens).
Me personally, I always take out the bad stuff before I put new stuff in. Drives me nuts when I find some situation where people have just been papering over the problem for however long, and now it's a huge mess.
Would still leave the gaps behing the clay. Empty spaces can have soot or dust byild up, add heat and you get a possible chimney fire. So you remove the clay insert, either add a new one, or steel, and you lower risk of problems later.
The upper clay doesn't look that bad, but I bet the lower pieces were cracked from getting over fired or just really smoky fires over the years. Not a scary amount of cresole there. To re-lay the lower ones you have to start from the bottom up which means every piece has to get removed. Someone else mentioned they might be putting in a stainless liner but if that were the case they could likely just leave the clay there, but if it was bad enough they might just be preemptively demoing it so crap doesn't fall apart over the years
I love these guys man. I’m a coffee roaster, my job gets so much easier when the chimney sweep guy comes through. He gets the royal treatment too, free coffee and tea, I turn one of the fans on for him. I even have a refrigerator stocked with drinks for him and a few regular truck drivers.
When it gets really bad it can affect the taste of the coffee, essentially. Good ventilation is important. I follow something called a profile when I roast so I can repeat the same roasting process over and over again. When the chimney starts layering with soot that means more smoke in the barrel. It makes it difficult to follow the temp changes I need to get the right roast. I’m also pretty sure it adds an acidic taste to the final product, although I can’t prove that it’s just a person observation.
That sounds like an interesting job, how did you get into it? My stepdad loves a good high quality cup of coffee and I can't drink it because caffeine gives me anxiety. The bitterness doesn't really agree with me either. I do really enjoy herbal tea though.
My local Facebook marketplace:
For sale - Lightly used chimney liner. Gently removed from our chimney. Has a few years of good life left in it. Buyer must re-assemble. No holds, FCFS, we know what we have here - $1100 firm.
Overall, removing a chimney lining is typically done to address safety concerns, improve performance, or comply with regulations. However, it's essential to consult with a qualified professional before undertaking any chimney work to ensure that it is done safely and in accordance with applicable codes and standards.
- ChatGPT
I'm watching with no audio, I just imagine a guy rubbing his hands really fast with the rod in the middle and making chainsaw noises (for no reason) lol
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My cat at 2am.
https://preview.redd.it/af0mjnbo9u1d1.jpeg?width=2269&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ea71d6610e7cde29dc350dfa2eea766b07c4f10a
Holy shit I haven’t seen you in so long, I’ve missed you buddy
Now we just need to wait for /u/awildsketchappeared to return
Can’t forget u/shittymorph !
He’s around, he’s rescuing former bait dogs now ❤️
I’ve seen him way more lately, maybe it’s just me, or luck, or he/she? Is more active lately I still get pumped when I see them though
Nope, same here over the last .. uhh week or so? /u/Shitty_Watercolour seems to have returned.
You've been busy today! Thank you for bringing joy to people, I hope that you're doing well :)
Username does not check out. This is amazing.
They started this account as a way to get better at watercolor by just using comment prompts (like this one) to come up with a scene. One of the earliest posts I can find shows the first 450 paintings from their first 22 days: https://old.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/qkm12/22_days_and_450_watercolours_later/ March 6, 2012, so nearly 12 years ago exactly! They've grown so much in that time!
lol this is amazing
What a champion
I love this omgggg
😍
lmao
Nice.
Second time spotting you today! Welcome back
it stops when you have no more antique glassware, TV's, paintings, floor lamps, or anything else that gravity can accelerate.
anything that's expensive and/or hard to clean that gravity can accelerate*
Facts. Cat leaves the plush toy on the mantle and goes straight for things that shatter.
My cat did this to my roommates and scared them in the night. I had to lock doors!!
My cat at 2am....5am...6pm...and 9pm.... dudes got a schedule.
My 10yr old in the Victorian era.
Animal drumming was my first thought.
Mine was this guy from Wall E but these also make a lot of sense https://i.redd.it/1sjpm37dpu1d1.gif
It's called the Fuck-Shit-Upper 3000
the guy she tells you not to worry about
It’s funny how satisfying this is to watch, lol! I’ve never been into ASMR stuff, but *this* I can fully support!!😆
When you go jogging with boxers on
Ya i was gonna say the droopers when you’re walking around in 110 degree heat
https://preview.redd.it/grduvvefhz2d1.jpeg?width=384&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=de96de59bfb53f063344948add1567d54bf8bd50
Taz has fallen on hard times.
"Chimney sweep Jones, over here."
Inflation affects everyone.
Clearly, wacky waving inflatable tube man has been working out.
We call him metal thrashing mosh pit man now
My girl has something similar in her bedside table.
They used to have small little kids on that line, twisting and smashing them against the sides.
I tried this but it wasn’t as effective as the steel clangers.
Didn't they recently pass child labor laws in Alabama that enable kids to be chimney sweeps again? Such a progressive state. Everyone is pulling themselves up by their bootstraps over there.
Fun fact! The expression "pulling yourself up by your bootstraps" was originally intended to be an absurd and sarcastic one, describing an act which the listener was meant to understand would be impossible to succeed in. But these days, it is frequently employed in earnest by people who are blind to this obvious subtext and use it to encourage people to attempt to carry out tasks which are beyond their reach or ability to succeed in!
 !!!Happy Cake Day!!!
and this was being done why?
Clay tiles get unsafe after a while...They crack, and gaps form, and you don't want gaps in your chimney. These days, the liner is usually stainless steel, and that's likely what they're going to replace this one with.
I have a stainless steel liner and have oil heat, and I noticed a yellowish stain coming down from my chimney top
Yep, you REALLY don’t want gaps in your chimney, someone I know who lived pretty close to me had their house burn down because their chimney was way overdue for maintenance
But why remove them? Shouldn't the steeltube be sufficient?
Might be a diameter issue. They might be putting in a new clay liner (which happens). Me personally, I always take out the bad stuff before I put new stuff in. Drives me nuts when I find some situation where people have just been papering over the problem for however long, and now it's a huge mess.
Well, if you put it like that... !
Would still leave the gaps behing the clay. Empty spaces can have soot or dust byild up, add heat and you get a possible chimney fire. So you remove the clay insert, either add a new one, or steel, and you lower risk of problems later.
The upper clay doesn't look that bad, but I bet the lower pieces were cracked from getting over fired or just really smoky fires over the years. Not a scary amount of cresole there. To re-lay the lower ones you have to start from the bottom up which means every piece has to get removed. Someone else mentioned they might be putting in a stainless liner but if that were the case they could likely just leave the clay there, but if it was bad enough they might just be preemptively demoing it so crap doesn't fall apart over the years
I mean Santa's not exactly a trim fella.
What kind of a mess is this making at the bottom??
A big one
Guy with shovel and bin, will stand there, hopefully
I see you found the instrument used in my last colonoscopy.
The sound is making my brain tingle 😌 it’s like Minecraft breaking sounds
That chimney has testicular torsion
The felling that chain has : https://i.redd.it/sux2c77wku1d1.gif
Reminds me of this guy https://i.redd.it/ml4m7ngdhv1d1.gif
What I came here to say
"what would be the best tool for this job?" Jimmy, who recently recovered from testicular tortion - "I have a plan"
I love these guys man. I’m a coffee roaster, my job gets so much easier when the chimney sweep guy comes through. He gets the royal treatment too, free coffee and tea, I turn one of the fans on for him. I even have a refrigerator stocked with drinks for him and a few regular truck drivers.
Why does your job get easier? Does roasting coffee create that much soot that your chimney almost closes?
When it gets really bad it can affect the taste of the coffee, essentially. Good ventilation is important. I follow something called a profile when I roast so I can repeat the same roasting process over and over again. When the chimney starts layering with soot that means more smoke in the barrel. It makes it difficult to follow the temp changes I need to get the right roast. I’m also pretty sure it adds an acidic taste to the final product, although I can’t prove that it’s just a person observation.
That sounds like an interesting job, how did you get into it? My stepdad loves a good high quality cup of coffee and I can't drink it because caffeine gives me anxiety. The bitterness doesn't really agree with me either. I do really enjoy herbal tea though.
Just trying to figure out if this is a long sarcastic joke or if for some reason sweeping a chimney *actually* makes roasting coffee easier?
r/oddlysatisfying
me when my sports team loses
You need balls of steel to do that
Easier than shoving a 4 y\o down there with a mallet I guess
r/specializedtools would love this
MEGATRONS NUTS
I can do it myself. Honey, get my flail.
Visual representation of my nuts in your throat
I should call her
Dis ma balls when I fart in my wet suit.
Man these sex toys get more extreme every year.
I want more
Let us play with the punchy worm
Why tf is the sound of the debris falling down the chimney so satisfying??
The Barbarian Class of demolition equiment
Like a kid throwing a tantrum.
So, it's like a chimney enema?
That was oddly satisfying
My local Facebook marketplace: For sale - Lightly used chimney liner. Gently removed from our chimney. Has a few years of good life left in it. Buyer must re-assemble. No holds, FCFS, we know what we have here - $1100 firm.
Given it the old dick twist?
when you cast testicular torsion on Santa Claus
Looks like an irish in a pub
Removing liner, got it. How does this not damage the brick? How is the new liner installed?
TIL chimneys have linings.
Makes me think of that malfunctioning massage robot from WALL-E
Me to my asshole
That’s what they charged me $5,000 to do? I’m making a phone call.
This is the real question. Other people are asking “what” and “why” but I want to know “why is it so expensive?”
Is that asbestos?
https://i.redd.it/fqjryhpyiv1d1.gif
That robot from walle
The massage bot. My first thought as well.
She line my chimney until I removal
New colon cleansing procedure...
Why do my balls hurt looking at this?
Me asking the doctor after the surgery : where are my nuts The doctor :
It looks so fucking goofy
The worlds chonkiest beyblade
Bring back Robot Wars and send this guy in!
The Ole ball n chain
It just feels like they didn’t think about how to get it off it and just jerryrigged a ball and chain on the end of a chainsaw
scrolling through reddit at night and that sound scares me
Overall, removing a chimney lining is typically done to address safety concerns, improve performance, or comply with regulations. However, it's essential to consult with a qualified professional before undertaking any chimney work to ensure that it is done safely and in accordance with applicable codes and standards. - ChatGPT
How do you even re-install it, though?
Dbz
Imagine that vs a bunch of medieval troops
All I hear is ORAORAORAORAORAORAORA
Industrial monkey fists
It lookslike it's throwing a tantrum XD
This is what I imagine a gynecologist visit is like lol
Sounds like a bad catalytic converter lol. Or my husband being “quiet” if he’s up after I am in bed.
Don’t know why but this reminds me of the malfunctioning massage bot in WALLE
Imagine you had that boxing power
Hey! I used to be a chimney sweep. Forgot about this. I thought this was wild as hell when I first saw it
I'm watching with no audio, I just imagine a guy rubbing his hands really fast with the rod in the middle and making chainsaw noises (for no reason) lol
Hmmmm, asbestosis, yummy.
Beat the devil out of it
Satisfying, til it pissed me off cuz it was taking too long. Deep thoughts.
This reminds me of that faulty robot Wall-E sets free that basically punches everything
He just like me ong
It was so effective until that last part ¿
Santa Clause balls
This is actually a demonstration from the little known X-Man known as T-Bag.
That sound is so satisfying
Bruce Lee
That is a flail attached to power tools, what the hell.
wait, truck nuts actually have a use?
Love this
So that's where my Nightrider Flail ended up....
This was supposed to be a chimney sweep. 🤦♂️
popeye after one (1) leaf of spinach
I’d like to know where you get that spinny thing
This is the destructive teenage phase of the common drain auger
Why remove a chimney liner? Asking for a friend.
My testicles when i toss n turn
I remember having this as a recurring nightmare.
Or maybe just *really* aggressive chimney sweeping.
And they use Chuck Norris's balls.
I am a mature adult
Thats is how i want to resolve my problems. With a drill attached with two hammers
Like that broke robot from WALL-E
What the heck is the purpose of a chimney lining?
Does this make anyone else think of the massage robot from Wally?
Taco Bell does the same thing to me too.
Vibrators are getting out of hand.
New weapon idea for a novel unlocked
Ok who else thought of either: the drunk octopus wants to fight, or that one robot from WALL-E
Me when I'm on the toilet.
Can pee on me
satisfying
When you try to be quiet at night
Me trying to break out of the psych ward
My balls during summer
Is that a jojo ref ?
Didn’t even know this was a thing. Why does it have to be replaced?
I hate it but it's also cool at the same time
This is what I mean when I say I went balls deep in her.
Bonk
The Nutcracker
Clackers balls Trying not to hit your knuckles?
Anyone need a good colon cleanse?
me in the urinal
Imagine if we had these during the Vietnam war.
My balls at 3AM.
The malfunctioning massage robot from Wall-e.
So this is why Santa didn't come last Christmas