Just read the instructions
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Charlie98
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Those instructions come in handy once in a while. I kept sticking .30-06 brass using Hornady OneShot lube... until I read... and comprehended... the instructions.
GeoDudeFlorida
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The first line of every instruction sheet should read, "Now that you have retrieved these instructions from the trash..." 
kalielkslayer
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Or they write em for a 3rd grader. And that comes in handy sometimes.
Hooda Thunkit
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Instructions?
We don't need no steenkeen instructions!
We don't need no steenkeen instructions!
LiveLife
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So true ... guilty!The first line of every instruction sheet should read, "Now that you have retrieved these instructions from the trash..."
Swampman
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Luckily you can usually find instructions online nowadays.
That's a really good thing because I usually don't figure out that I need the instructions till AFTER the garbage truck has made its pickup.
That's a really good thing because I usually don't figure out that I need the instructions till AFTER the garbage truck has made its pickup.
When I built compressors. The blueprint was a giant 3 ring binder full of schematics. The lead electrician had a similar thing. But it was an 8x11 magnifying sheet. I think it was only 2x.
AJC1
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We can learn as much from our losses and failures, than our successes. It can lead us to look for the deeper understanding (the why). Reloading is multiaspect science and the more you know the better chance at success and the safer we become. Maximize the moment....
Swampman
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Instructions are nothing more than another guys opinion...
barnfrog
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Page 76 of the Manly Manual explicitly states that instructions are only to be used as an absolute last resort, and reading and/or following said instructions is never to be admitted to publicly.
gotboostvr
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I learned pretty quickly when writing SOP's for the lab, you gotta write them as if whoever is reading it has zero familiarity with the process.
Otherwise I'm getting woken up by a phone call with a really easy answer.
If someone has a question, it's probably a simple detail that got over looked that anyone really familiar would go "oh yeah, duh".
.308 Norma
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Especially for once upon a time wannabe handloaders, maybe the following should be in Braille: “YOU SHOULD HAVE READ THE INSTRUCTIONS IN THE FIRST PLACE!”
Or they hide the instructions in a not so obvious place. I bought the RCBS kinetic bullet puller and was wondering which way to install the collet. Looked and didn't see the instructions on the front or back of the package. So I did the next not so best thing - I Googled on line. Some idiot (yes, I'll use that term) had a video and he specifically said to install the collet a particular way. Well, it was the wrong way. After messing up the collet and a few cases, I stopped. THEN I accidentally found the instructions - the cardboard inside the clamshell package was a FOLDED piece of cardboard. I unfolded the cardboard and the Instructions were plain as day - once I found them.
ETA: It should be said, some days I just shouldn't get out of bed. I mean, who would think I needed instructions for what essentially is a fancy hammer?! Not exactly a confidence builder. I had a 50/50 shot at getting it right and got it wrong.
ETA: It should be said, some days I just shouldn't get out of bed. I mean, who would think I needed instructions for what essentially is a fancy hammer?! Not exactly a confidence builder. I had a 50/50 shot at getting it right and got it wrong.
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GeoDudeFlorida
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That is incredibly annoying! I bought an NVMe card-disk extension for my HP laptop and the silicon insulation was folded in with the multinational information slip. Why? Who knows. But the instructions said explicitly not to install the card without the insulation strip.- the cardboard inside the clamshell package was a FOLDED piece of cardboard. I unfolded the cardboard and the Instructions were plain as day - once I found them.
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What?! You read a manual to learn not to read a manual?
Turn in your man card!
GeoDudeFlorida
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That must be in the Manly Manbun Manual. The Uncivilized Redneck Manual says, “Don’t pay no mind to what anybody else thinks, just do whatever it takes to get ‘r done!”
barnfrog
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Ironic, isn't it?What?! You read a manual to learn not to read a manual?
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