I keep seeing crews in my town set posts with barely any gravel in the bottom of the hole... like a handful at most. They pack the concrete right on the dirt. My old boss in Tampa would fire you for that. But some guys say it's fine if the soil drains well. What's your take?

Warning: my new 2-burner forge from that online auction site cracked after just two firings.

Three years ago I bought a cheap anvil from a yard sale in Boise and it's still solid, but this thing barely lasted a week.

Update: I thought the 'Great Firewall' was just a meme until I tried to send a file to a friend in Shanghai.

My buddy needed a wiring diagram for a project, and my usual cloud link just timed out. I had to dig up an old FTP server I used back in 2008 to get it through. It really hit me how a simple tech block can cut off a basic conversation. Has anyone else had to use a workaround that felt like it was from another time?

My apprentice asked me why I always cut my drawer fronts to exact size before assembly. I told him it's just how I was taught, and he said 'But what if the carcass moves a little?'

Question about the number of times a speaker got disinvited from a campus

I was reading an article from the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression last night and saw that a certain professor got disinvited from speaking at 12 different colleges over the past five years. I always figured these were one-off events, but seeing that stat made me realize how often it actually happens. Does anyone know if that's a typical number for a controversial speaker?