First-World Problems...

Has anyone in the long and sordid history of glue ever finished a bottle without it solidifying, or setting into an impenetrable plug in the nozzle?

The number of different glues we have available to us is truly amazing. From the lightest paper glues (remember Elmer's glue from grade school?) to the amazing super glues we have today that can glue pretty much anything...unless the damned thing has cured in the tube just when you absolutely need to glue something.

The most frustrating thing is when the applicator is glued solid, and there is plenty of liquid glue left in the container. What to do? I usually punch a small hole into the tube and use it that way. it's even odds whether it will cure solid and I will have to toss it immediately, or I can get two uses out of it before it turns to shit.

But the worst ones? Check below the fold.

Yup. I can get a few uses out of those stupid tubes before it cures completely. And damn! They are expensive!

Big Glue is evil...

Maybe not as bad as Big Ice (their monopoly on clear ice should be unconstitutional), or even the cable companies, but they aren't too far behind.

Posted by: CBD at 02:00 PM

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1 Gorilla glue works great as a hair gel.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 29, 2021 01:00 PM (U2p+3)

2 Good stuff but be careful

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2021 01:00 PM (znIQ9)

3 And superglue works well as a substitute for sutures in the backcountry. Ask me how I know.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 29, 2021 01:01 PM (U2p+3)

4 Made with bits of real gorilla.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 29, 2021 01:03 PM (vuisn)

5 I have this issue regularly with plastic cement. It's compounded by the fact that for what I need it for, the applicator hole has to be very small.

Posted by: CppThis at August 29, 2021 01:03 PM (UewuT)

6 I have probably gone through 100 tunes of super glue as I use it to fasten my metal miniatures to my wood bases and mount metal to metal on horse riders and vehicle connections.
I get through them well unless a big down time of months.

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2021 01:03 PM (znIQ9)

7 Hardening is inevitable once opened. I think you are supposed to huff the remainder to celebrate a successful project once you are done using it.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 29, 2021 01:03 PM (QU5/8)

8 All the kids want somethin' to do.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 29, 2021 01:04 PM (vuisn)

9 Don't know about Gorilla glue, but cyanoacrylate typically has a 'Use By' date stamped on it. I mean, the stuff polymerizes in *air*, so it can't last long.

As an aside, why in the hell doesn't someone make a litter box/liner combination that fits smoothly?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 29, 2021 01:04 PM (DMQdU)

10 I often have to get a longer pin to break through the dried tips, rarely cutting tip off to get to wider part of nozzle, but that's as bad as it gets.

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2021 01:05 PM (znIQ9)

11 Always buy super glue in the multi packs, because you will usually need a new one next time.

Also the thing you've been looking for in order to repair plastics is called "Plast-Aid"

You mix the two parts, stir, and it bonds with plastic. And can be worked and shaped with your fingers, and won't stick to non-plastics.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - (BMWRT) The booster shots are unchanged doses for COVID-19. It's 2021. at August 29, 2021 01:06 PM (de2/z)

12 I worked for some years in aerospace and let me tell you, you ain't seen glue. Aerospace adhesives will blow your mind. Insanely strong. Tearing steel tensile test tab strong. Insanely expensive. Civilian commercial adhesives are crap.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at August 29, 2021 01:06 PM (eJn7u)

13 You know, Skip, no one likes a glue braggart, man.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 29, 2021 01:06 PM (QU5/8)

14 Yeah, I just buy those multi-packs that have 3-4 smaller tubes. Probably more expensive, but I know I will have a new tube for next time, if the used one does not come clean.

Posted by: MikeM at August 29, 2021 01:07 PM (jbRB1)

15 Good afternoon all!

Posted by: Rosasharn at August 29, 2021 01:07 PM (PzBTm)

16 JB Weld comes in 2 sizes:
1) not near enough for the project you're working on.
2) way too much for the project you're working on.

Posted by: Lrrr at August 29, 2021 01:07 PM (+Sp+2)

17 EBG for the win.

(EBG = Electric Boat Green)

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 29, 2021 01:07 PM (BbnPB)

18 I'm really, really glad that consumers can't buy stronger glues.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - (BMWRT) The booster shots are unchanged doses for COVID-19. It's 2021. at August 29, 2021 01:08 PM (de2/z)

19 I didn't realize morons were so finicky about their mucilage.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 29, 2021 01:08 PM (vuisn)

20 I have never understood why glue and other adhesives aren't sold in tubes, like toothpaste, to minimise the amount of air in the container.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 29, 2021 01:09 PM (g5pdH)

21 I'm really, really glad that consumers can't buy stronger glues.

YES.

On the other hand, think of the ONT Genius Award postings we are missing out on.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 29, 2021 01:09 PM (QU5/8)

22 Hiya Rosasharn !

Posted by: JT at August 29, 2021 01:09 PM (arJlL)

23 Eh, the 3 for $1 cyanoacrylate they sell that Dollar Tree works as well as any other kind, and if your tube dries out, who cares?

Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at August 29, 2021 01:09 PM (DXFDM)

24 Yeah, I just buy those multi-packs that have 3-4 smaller tubes. Probably more expensive, but I know I will have a new tube for next time, if the used one does not come clean.
Posted by: MikeM at August 29, 2021 01:07 PM

I just buy them one at a time out of the gas station bathroom vending machine.

Posted by: J. Random Moron at August 29, 2021 01:09 PM (3j6XC)

25 I use Gorilla Glue to glue down the non-skid strips on my rear door ramp. That stuff is good!

Posted by: Vic at August 29, 2021 01:10 PM (mpXpK)

26 With wood glue, you can pull out the dried chunk to reopen the tube.

Posted by: Weak Geek at August 29, 2021 01:10 PM (Om/di)

27 Isn't Gorilla clue what they use on Biden's Brain so it doesn't ooze out of his skull ??

Posted by: james at August 29, 2021 01:10 PM (24+Vp)

28 Who thought this was going to be a complaint about the Gorilla Glue failing to work as a birth control device?

Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at August 29, 2021 01:10 PM (DXFDM)

29 Before he separated from the Navy, my son liberated a few rolls of 'missile tape' that were used in his work on SM-3s and SM-6s.

I was warned - "Dad, DO NOT put this on anything and then expect to get it off."

Posted by: Tonypete at August 29, 2021 01:10 PM (mD/uy)

30 Jonathan Winters related that he glued his cat to the floor.

He was laying tile.

Posted by: JT at August 29, 2021 01:11 PM (arJlL)

31 Gorilla Glue makes a anti-slip grip tape that is really good, too. We put it on our boat trailer in places people tend to step and climb. It's stayed on over the summer after a couple of dozen trips of being dunked and immediately exposed to summer sun in the South.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - (BMWRT) The booster shots are unchanged doses for COVID-19. It's 2021. at August 29, 2021 01:11 PM (de2/z)

32 Has anyone in the long and sordid history of glue ever finished a bottle without it solidifying, or setting into an impenetrable plug in the nozzle?

I cram an ice pick in the nozzle to keep it open. That works like a charm. And ice picks are cheap.

Posted by: Vic at August 29, 2021 01:11 PM (mpXpK)

33 You can super glue your peeny hole closed so you don't wet the bed.

Posted by: Joe Biden at August 29, 2021 01:11 PM (mNhhD)

34 My tooth fell out and I used Gorilla Clue to put it back..... Does anyone think that this is a problem ??

Posted by: james at August 29, 2021 01:11 PM (24+Vp)

35 Loctite sells super glue (aka CA / cyanoacrylate) in a container that offers very good shelf life (multiple months, and longer if stored in a refrigerator).

Posted by: JFG at August 29, 2021 01:11 PM (OD+pv)

36 I just bought a new super glue. It has a little pump. You press the tip on a surface, it clicks and dispenses a drop. We'll see if it hardens up like the squeeze tubes do.

Posted by: Behold gp's Bulged Trunnion at August 29, 2021 01:11 PM (qpX6U)

37 Funny, but years ago my Revell's airplane glue was usable for a very long time. You'd pierce the nozzle with a straight pin and leave the pin in place between uses. Maybe that would work . . . but where do you buy straight pins any more? We used to go to Woolworth's for stuff like that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 29, 2021 01:12 PM (+nNqu)

38 I have worked in three different glue factories and the practical jokes are often amazing

Posted by: scottst at August 29, 2021 01:13 PM (oI2Vm)

39 Hola chamucos y chamucas

Posted by: estes ese at August 29, 2021 01:13 PM (oSX/P)

40 My tooth fell out and I used Gorilla Clue to put it back..... Does anyone think that this is a problem ??
Posted by: james

We won't tell NGU.

Posted by: JT at August 29, 2021 01:13 PM (arJlL)

41 I have worked in three different glue factories and the practical jokes are often amazing

**

So long as you're not the horse.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - (BMWRT) The booster shots are unchanged doses for COVID-19. It's 2021. at August 29, 2021 01:13 PM (de2/z)

42 I find that the Flex seal products are crap .

Posted by: Just a side note at August 29, 2021 01:13 PM (2DOZq)

43 and if your tube dries out, who cares?
Posted by: Dworkin Barimen

You will when you're older Son.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 29, 2021 01:13 PM (mD/uy)

44 https://postIMG.cc/BX5YCdMV

Super glue mania

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2021 01:13 PM (znIQ9)

45 I remember as a kid I could go to the store and buy little bottles of chemical powders for your chemistry set.

Posted by: james at August 29, 2021 01:14 PM (24+Vp)

46 This is a pet peeve of mine. You only get a few uses out of glue and then you have to toss it.
From gorilla to fabric glue to nail glue. I get half way through the bottle and it solidifies.I waste a lot of money on this stuff.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 29, 2021 01:14 PM (NpAcC)

47 at my restorative peak, I would buy 2 part 5 minute epoxy by the gross

some company near Boston sold it to me for 4 or 5 bucks a kit.

and GG aint that bad, used it once

but if you have working time and you want something to hold forever, use cascamite

Posted by: REDACTED at August 29, 2021 01:14 PM (uCLWI)

48 There is one that cures with a UV light. I've had good luck with that.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at August 29, 2021 01:14 PM (ybIRR)

49 but where do you buy straight pins any more? We used to go to Woolworth's for stuff like that.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 29, 2021 01:12 PM

Fabric stores, Hobby Lobby, Walmart.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 29, 2021 01:14 PM (IJ3Cz)

50 I like the 2 part epoxies.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 29, 2021 01:15 PM (TayrX)

51 A few tips: (1) wrap glue containers in a few layers of Saran, wrapping tightly to squeeze out any air. (2) store containers lid down. That way the air (which is what causes plugs) is at the opposite end of the bottle. Works for paint also.

Posted by: Zumkopf at August 29, 2021 01:15 PM (Rk7NI)

52 They're making glue out of gorillas now? We're saved!

Posted by: Old Horses at August 29, 2021 01:15 PM (mNhhD)

53 I bought some DAP glue. It adheres pretty good and sets in 30 seconds.

Posted by: Just a side note at August 29, 2021 01:15 PM (2DOZq)

54 Store the open bottle of gorilla glue inverted.

Posted by: Phuk Ho Le at August 29, 2021 01:15 PM (+Es0o)

55 34 My tooth fell out and I used Gorilla Clue to put it back..... Does anyone think that this is a problem ??
Posted by: james at August 29, 2021 01:11 PM (24+Vp)

if you are not dragging your knuckles

I see no problem

Posted by: REDACTED at August 29, 2021 01:15 PM (uCLWI)

56 Have had some luck with Flex Seal on plumbing if only a temporary fix.

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2021 01:16 PM (znIQ9)

57 I find that the Flex seal products are crap .
Posted by: Just a side note at August 29, 2021 01:13 PM (2DOZq)

I have heard that from BIL, who was trying to fix a hole in their above ground pool.

Posted by: Jordan61 at August 29, 2021 01:16 PM (hP4QN)

58 40 My tooth fell out and I used Gorilla Clue to put it back..... Does anyone think that this is a problem ??
Posted by: james

We won't tell NGU.

Posted by: JT at August 29, 2021 01:13 PM (arJlL)

I used super glue to reattach a crown my neighbor had that fell out. She had no problems with it after we glued it. I threw the tube out after we used it.

Posted by: Vic at August 29, 2021 01:16 PM (mpXpK)

59 Wood glue, bane of my existence.

The bottle says, "30 minute work time."

I think there's a really fine print decimal in there and it actually says, "3 minute work time."

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (2SdPm) at August 29, 2021 01:16 PM (2SdPm)

60 >I find that the Flex seal products are crap .
Posted by: Just a side note at August 29, 2021 01:13 PM (2DOZq)

Are you trying to tell me that Phil Swift is a huckster? I shan't believe it.

Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at August 29, 2021 01:16 PM (DXFDM)

61 Maybe we can leave some C-17s behind to help the Taliban with Diversity Operations after Blo Joe declares victory .....

Posted by: james at August 29, 2021 01:16 PM (24+Vp)

62 Posted by: Phuk Ho Le at August 29, 2021 01:15 PM

ISWYDT.

Posted by: Wong Sum Ting at August 29, 2021 01:17 PM (IJ3Cz)

63 I used super glue to reattach a crown my neighbor had that fell out. She had no problems with it after we glued it. I threw the tube out after we used it.
Posted by: Vic at August 29, 2021 01:16 PM (mpXpK)
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My uncle used super glue on a crown. He said the dentist had a heck of a time removing the old crown so it could be replaced.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (2SdPm) at August 29, 2021 01:17 PM (2SdPm)

64 You know, Skip, no one likes a glue braggart, man.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 29, 2021 01:06 PM (QU5/

You beat me to it!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 29, 2021 01:17 PM (Q9lwr)

65 I'm surprised the woke generation hasn't demanded the name be changed.

Posted by: Marybeth at August 29, 2021 01:18 PM (4pK1/)

66 I wonder if that is what romney uses to glue his dentures in with? And I see he blamed trump again

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 29, 2021 01:19 PM (Irn0L)

67 I have built many reproductions of antiques with cascamite

yeah, it's kinda nasty and lots of work to mix properly

but when you come back the next morning

solid

Posted by: REDACTED at August 29, 2021 01:19 PM (uCLWI)

68 Some woodworking channels on YouTube are using a 2 part thing on projects. Liquid from a tube on one part, spray from a can on the other, then press the parts together. I think they call it PA-6 or something.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 29, 2021 01:19 PM (TayrX)

69 I've called that yellow 3M weatherstrip adhesive "gorilla snot" for for years before there was a Gorilla Glue.

The clear Gorilla glue is not as good as the regular no matter what they say.

Posted by: f'd at August 29, 2021 01:19 PM (Tnijr)

70 Why are we flying C-17s into Kabul when Biden tells everyone to stay away from the Airport ???/

Posted by: james at August 29, 2021 01:19 PM (24+Vp)

71 Have had some luck with Flex Seal on plumbing if only a temporary fix.
Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2021 01:16 PM (znIQ9)

Admittedly I have not used their tape yet that I had purchased for plumbing emergencies. Though I see Jordan's post that it didn't work on her BIL pool. ( I assume it was tape)

Posted by: Just a side note at August 29, 2021 01:19 PM (2DOZq)

72 Hubbymayhem is a truly wonderful man and one of the most patient and loving men I have ever known.

He is driving me batshit insane. He doesn't do sick well. His covid journey is much like a bad head cold, so far. (God, let it remain this simple). Anyone seeing or hearing his reaction to this would think he is so physically weakened that he is incapable of any movement whatsoever.

I love this man heart and soul but I am thisclose to telling him to go out and jog 2 miles it could kill you or cure you, either way its better than laying around like third base and whining all fucking day.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at August 29, 2021 01:20 PM (Vxu+H)

73 Biden still alive ???

Posted by: james at August 29, 2021 01:20 PM (24+Vp)

74 Eh, the 3 for $1 cyanoacrylate they sell that Dollar Tree works as well as any other kind, and if your tube dries out, who cares?

Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at August 29, 2021 01:09 PM (DXFDM)

Fvcking 1%ers!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 29, 2021 01:20 PM (Q9lwr)

75 I built a C-17 using flex seal and chicken wire ........

Posted by: james at August 29, 2021 01:21 PM (24+Vp)

76 I love this man heart and soul but I am thisclose to telling him to go out and jog 2 miles it could kill you or cure you, either way its better than laying around like third base and whining all fucking day.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at August 29, 2021 01:20 PM (Vxu+H)
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Ply hubbymahem with hot toddies. Three of those and you won't hear a thing from him for hours.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (2SdPm) at August 29, 2021 01:21 PM (2SdPm)

77 I glued my dad's weedeater back together without attaching my fingers to it. I felt pretty good about myself that day, I can tell you.

Posted by: huerfano at August 29, 2021 01:21 PM (MzKgG)

78 >>> 72 Hubbymayhem is a truly wonderful man and one of the most patient and loving men I have ever known.

He is driving me batshit insane. He doesn't do sick well. His covid journey is much like a bad head cold, so far. (God, let it remain this simple). Anyone seeing or hearing his reaction to this would think he is so physically weakened that he is incapable of any movement whatsoever.

I love this man heart and soul but I am thisclose to telling him to go out and jog 2 miles it could kill you or cure you, either way its better than laying around like third base and whining all fucking day.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at August 29, 2021 01:20 PM (Vxu+H)

Tell him to go shopping at farm supply and feed stores.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 29, 2021 01:22 PM (ACi07)

79 The gorilla on gorilla glue made me think of a black person a d I feel guilty. I better start a twitter campaign to force a name change and blame republicans for being racists.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 29, 2021 01:22 PM (TayrX)

80 any glue that dries hard and solid is OK

never use a glue that dries semi soft

for that, use some sort of caulk and mechanical device such as a screw or a nail

Posted by: REDACTED at August 29, 2021 01:23 PM (uCLWI)

81 I buy the multi-packs of "super glue" and Loctite that are basically one 'n done. Really small tubes. Not worth trying to save as they'll end up a solid mass of unusable shit.

Keep them away from temp extremes. I lost several to sub-freezing temps.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 29, 2021 01:23 PM (BFigT)

82 With the original Gorilla glue as it says on wood, dampen and clamp it, better than the original wood.

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2021 01:24 PM (znIQ9)

83 42 I find that the Flex seal products are crap .
Posted by: Just a side note
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But the commercials! Who hasn't wanted to go into alligator infested swamps on a craft made of mesh steel covered with rubbery paint. 'Murica where every problem, made up or not, has a solution on sale.

Posted by: LostInSpace at August 29, 2021 01:24 PM (ESLBo)

84 CBD, check your google spyware service.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 29, 2021 01:24 PM (TayrX)

85 E6000 gums up around the nozzle for me. If you can manage to get a little loose, you can pull it out (it stretches) and salvage the tube. Though, I think they changed the formula because it hasn't seemed to hold quite as well on as many substrates in my more recent projects.

Posted by: She Hobbit at August 29, 2021 01:24 PM (ftFVW)

86 China Joe has a snooze to get to. Let's hurry this up!

https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/
1432033253490401282

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at August 29, 2021 01:25 PM (UHVv4)

87 Cat Ass Trophy you are a racist because they are not BLACK people..They are PEOPLE OF COLOR !!!!!!!!

Biden is so dumb he thinks that Che Guevara used this glue to cause a revolution in 1959 Cuba using "Gorilla Glue Tactics"

Posted by: james at August 29, 2021 01:25 PM (24+Vp)

88 Frau Blucher!

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 29, 2021 01:25 PM (U2p+3)

89 I have retreated to my MP3 player. Yes I still have a functional MP3 player. He has risen from the recliner to grumble that we have no orange juice. I'm listening to Janis sing Cry Baby.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at August 29, 2021 01:26 PM (Vxu+H)

90 I love this man heart and soul but I am thisclose to telling him to go out and jog 2 miles it could kill you or cure you, either way its better than laying around like third base and whining all fucking day.
Posted by: Madamemayhem

This is why children are so beautiful, wives are so lovely and husbands are so handsome:

So you don't kill them.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 29, 2021 01:26 PM (mD/uy)

91 From gorilla to fabric glue to nail glue. I get half way through the bottle and it solidifies.I waste a lot of money on this stuff.
Posted by: redridinghood at August 29, 2021 01:14 PM (NpAcC)

I have found that brush-on nail glue lasts a long longer than the one in the tube.

Posted by: Jordan61 at August 29, 2021 01:26 PM (hP4QN)

92 I've tried hacking GG several times: carefully cleaning the threads on the nozzle, slowly purging the air out of the bottle, but yeah, once it starts to react, it's a brick. Note about GG: it's hydro-reactive, if you want a fast set, wet the surface ahead of application.
Which makes me wonder: I live in an area that averages probably 70% humidity, a LOT more in the warmer months. How long does GG last in west Texas??

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at August 29, 2021 01:26 PM (7Fj9P)

93 Super glue on fingers?

Acetone or fingernail polish remover.

Used to build RC airplanes. That's how I know.

Posted by: Golfman at August 29, 2021 01:26 PM (MRVKV)

94 As an aside, why in the hell doesn't someone make a litter box/liner combination that fits smoothly?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 29, 2021 01:04 PM (DMQdU)

Why would you need a liner? No, really, why? Use TidyCats 24/7 lightweight clumping litter (unscented). Works great (except my current kittens dig until they break down the clumps so some of them are almost too small to scoop out). Hopefully they'll grow out of that.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess, #SuperStraight #maskless (Mzdiz) at August 29, 2021 01:27 PM (Mzdiz)

95 I still have a few bags of rabbit skin glue crystals down in my shop

it is a great glue when one is hammering down veneer

let me know if you understand that

Posted by: REDACTED at August 29, 2021 01:27 PM (uCLWI)

96 Gorilla Glue is good if you know that it expands all over the place if you use too much.

Posted by: dartist at August 29, 2021 01:27 PM (+ya+t)

97 >Fvcking 1%ers!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 29, 2021 01:20 PM (Q9lwr)

/me orders another set of top hat, spats, and monocle.

Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at August 29, 2021 01:28 PM (DXFDM)

98 I still have a few bags of rabbit skin glue crystals down in my shop

it is a great glue when one is hammering down veneer

let me know if you understand that
Posted by: REDACTED

Oh yeah - apprenticed at a reproduction Queen Anne, Chippendale and Hepplewhite repair shop in Boston three eons ago.

Stir, stir, stir. . . .

Posted by: Tonypete at August 29, 2021 01:29 PM (mD/uy)

99 "Eh, the 3 for $1 cyanoacrylate they sell that Dollar Tree works as well as any other kind, and if your tube dries out, who cares?"

Not so much the price, but the annoyance of having to go to the store in the middle of a project upon discovering the tube has sealed itself. It is a very minor thing, fer sure.

I wonder how often, while trying to uncap a sealed tube, folks burst the tube and spray their hands and work area with the stuff?

Posted by: Bladder Full Of Hot gp at August 29, 2021 01:29 PM (qpX6U)

100 We used a really really slick lubricant in one of our ecm systems back in the day. Prolly still use it.

If spilled, it left a permanent slick spot on the floor.

12 I worked for some years in aerospace and let me tell you, you ain't seen glue. Aerospace adhesives will blow your mind. Insanely strong. Tearing steel tensile test tab strong. Insanely expensive. Civilian commercial adhesives are crap.
Posted by: Xipe Totec at August 29, 2021 01:06 PM (eJn7u)

Posted by: weirdflunky at August 29, 2021 01:29 PM (cknjq)

101 Release the Kragle!

Posted by: Lord Business at August 29, 2021 01:29 PM (II3Gr)

102 93 Super glue on fingers?

Acetone or fingernail polish remover.

then just lightly brush with cutting torch

Posted by: REDACTED at August 29, 2021 01:29 PM (uCLWI)

103 Posted by: Madamemayhem

Fortunately for my wife, I don't get sick often (once every couple of years or more). Her problem with me is that I just want to be left alone. I don't whine like a lot of people. I suffer in silence. But she wants to baby me with soup and water and stuff, and that's when I get cranky, and tell her I'm fine. I just need some rest. Calls me a stubborn bastard.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Keith's Son at August 29, 2021 01:29 PM (4l77G)

104 What is this "First World" of which you speak?

Posted by: Miklos, vaguely recalling Jan. 19, 2021 at August 29, 2021 01:29 PM (QzkSJ)

105 He is driving me batshit insane. He doesn't do sick well.
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Heh: someone Twittered: "I am fighting a man cold. Women giving birth may understand part of what I'm going through."

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at August 29, 2021 01:30 PM (7Fj9P)

106 I find that the Flex seal products are crap .

Posted by: Just a side note at August 29, 2021 01:13 PM (2DOZq)

You've killed my dreams.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess, #SuperStraight #maskless (Mzdiz) at August 29, 2021 01:30 PM (Mzdiz)

107 There is at least one instance on record of a previously opened super glue tube that didn't plug.

https://tinyurl.com/3dzfjncw

Posted by: LostInSpace at August 29, 2021 01:30 PM (ESLBo)

108 Calls me a stubborn bastard.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

Well. . . ? Is she wrong?

Posted by: Tonypete at August 29, 2021 01:30 PM (mD/uy)

109 Fortunately for my wife, I don't get sick often (once every couple of years or more). Her problem with me is that I just want to be left alone. I don't whine like a lot of people. I suffer in silence. But she wants to baby me with soup and water and stuff, and that's when I get cranky, and tell her I'm fine. I just need some rest. Calls me a stubborn bastard.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Keith's Son at August 29, 2021 01:29 PM (4l77G)
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You, sir, are welcome on my lawn.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (2SdPm) at August 29, 2021 01:30 PM (2SdPm)

110 1-2-3-4-Now I wanna sniff some glue..
Now I wanna have something to do...

Posted by: Jeffrey Hyman at August 29, 2021 01:31 PM (JPtHE)

111 Calls me a stubborn bastard.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

Well. . . ? Is she wrong?
Posted by: Tonypete at August 29, 2021 01:30 PM (mD/uy)

Nope. Spot on, really. She's pretty observant.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Keith's Son at August 29, 2021 01:31 PM (4l77G)

112 Oh yeah - apprenticed at a reproduction Queen Anne, Chippendale and Hepplewhite repair shop in Boston three eons ago.

Stir, stir, stir. . . .
Posted by: Tonypete at August 29, 2021 01:29 PM (mD/uy)

I get no fucking respect

Posted by: Robert Adam at August 29, 2021 01:31 PM (uCLWI)

113

OT

Youth suicide crisis in Sydney as FORTY teens are rushed to hospital every day for self-harm amid 10-week lockdown - as Gladys Berejiklian complains 'I'm criticised no matter what I do'

this is real shit, my nephew really struggled durring school lockdowns last year. lockdowns are really bad for teenagers

Posted by: will choose a nic later at August 29, 2021 01:31 PM (bTQ72)

114 "But she wants to baby me with soup and water and stuff"

Women want to heal things. They worship aloe vera, smear it on every minor injury.

Posted by: Check Out gp's Rehoboth Beach Tan! at August 29, 2021 01:32 PM (qpX6U)

115 This thread is nothing to sniff at.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at August 29, 2021 01:33 PM (WFMLs)

116 Do not use Gorilla Glue in lieu of a condom

Posted by: JoeF. at August 29, 2021 01:33 PM (mR6Gs)

117 Ed Asner died.
Now Hollywood liberals will have the sadz

Posted by: JoeF. at August 29, 2021 01:34 PM (mR6Gs)

118 I use gorilla glue which works fine. I also use this little glue gun I got years ago with the glue sticks which the gun melts and glues what you need to glue.

Glue is good.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at August 29, 2021 01:34 PM (R/m4+)

119 >Youth suicide crisis in Sydney as FORTY teens are rushed to hospital every day for self-harm amid 10-week lockdown - as Gladys Berejiklian complains 'I'm criticised no matter what I do'

Oh boo fucking hoo, it's so tough to be part of the elite, who don't have to follow their own rules.

>this is real shit, my nephew really struggled durring school lockdowns last year. lockdowns are really bad for teenagers
Posted by: will choose a nic later at August 29, 2021 01:31 PM (bTQ72)

Not just teens, it hits the youngers ones badly as well. It's had a lasting negative effect on my kids. I'd get banned if I was candid about what I think should befall the politicians who imposed lockdowns on us.

Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at August 29, 2021 01:34 PM (DXFDM)

120 I usually use and epoxy mix.
For the stuff with applicators, when finished unscrew the applicator and rinse/clean it out.

Next put a piece of Sarah Ann wrap over the mouth of the bottle, then screw the applicator back on.

Posted by: Braenyard at August 29, 2021 01:35 PM (Xoxgm)

121 Hardening is inevitable once opened. I think you are supposed to huff the remainder to celebrate a successful project once you are done using it.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls
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The assumption is that the project will have sharp edges. Thus, the excess can be used to seal the wound. Win-win.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 29, 2021 01:35 PM (pbStR)

122 It's best if one thinks about the movement of the two things he wishes to join.

you know, the thing most people overlook

Posted by: REDACTED at August 29, 2021 01:35 PM (uCLWI)

123 Pudgy commie Ed Asner croaked.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 29, 2021 01:36 PM (AVDhF)

124 Women want to heal things. They worship aloe vera, smear it on every minor injury.
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Run for the hills when she breaks out the Vicks and Castor Oil.

Posted by: dartist at August 29, 2021 01:36 PM (+ya+t)

125 This thread is nothing to sniff at.
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks

If you're gonna make puns, adhere to the rules.

Posted by: Miklos, jam up and jelly tight at August 29, 2021 01:36 PM (QzkSJ)

126 Ed Asner died.
Now Hollywood liberals will have the sadz
Posted by: JoeF. at August 29, 2021 01:34 PM (mR6Gs)

Good riddance. Some comedian had a bit years ago that he once had to use a crapper after it had been occupied by Ed Asner. He explained it smelled like some wild animal had been living in there...

Whew!

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at August 29, 2021 01:36 PM (R/m4+)

127 Cut yourself in the shop, superglue that thing.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 29, 2021 01:36 PM (r+sAi)

128 Hubbymayhem says I am the farthest from high maintenance he had ever met. No drama just do what ya gotta do. I rarely get sick but have allergies that have caused chronic sinus problems for decades. If it ain't ER worthy, I can ignore it and carry on. And if there isn't blood or broken bones involved then it isn't ER worthy.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at August 29, 2021 01:36 PM (Vxu+H)

129 Just think -- somebody who got a chemistry degree wound up developing adhesives.

Posted by: Weak Geek at August 29, 2021 01:37 PM (Om/di)

130 As an aside, why in the hell doesn't someone make a litter box/liner combination that fits smoothly?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 29, 2021 01:04 PM (DMQdU)

https://modkat.com/

These have liners. This is the litter box I use but I don't use the liners. The top entry boxes.

Posted by: CaliGirl at August 29, 2021 01:38 PM (0VhWt)

131
Ed Asner died.
Now Hollywood liberals will have the sadz

Posted by: JoeF. at August 29, 2021 01:34 PM

another grim milestone for the biden administration

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 29, 2021 01:38 PM (DUIap)

132 127 Cut yourself in the shop, superglue that thing.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 29, 2021 01:36 PM (r+sAi)

I have rarely nicked myself in 60 years and never really a cut

but I usually use duct tape and nepsporin

Posted by: REDACTED at August 29, 2021 01:38 PM (uCLWI)

133 I get no fucking respect
Posted by: Robert Adam

HA! No kidding - folks would bring in pieces of his style all the time and call them everything but. The Peabody Museum had some nice RA originals.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 29, 2021 01:38 PM (mD/uy)

134 I find that the Flex seal products are crap .

Posted by: Just a side note
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Yeah, well, you just wait, pal, until *your* lighthouse is falling over.

Posted by: Lighthouse keeper at August 29, 2021 01:38 PM (pbStR)

135 I thought he died a long time ago.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 29, 2021 01:39 PM (TayrX)

136 Acetone or fingernail polish remover.
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Acetone is actually pretty gnarly shit. It purges the skin oil completely: the times I've used it, my fingertips turn white. It also boils at ~60 degrees Fahrenheit. Like a lot of hydrocarbon solvents, it hangs around inside cells for a long time.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at August 29, 2021 01:39 PM (7Fj9P)

137 I run a small, 14ga, bailing wire up through the tip.

For other smaller one's brazing tip cleaners can be used. - work on windshield washer emitters too.

Posted by: Braenyard at August 29, 2021 01:40 PM (Xoxgm)

138 116 Do not use Gorilla Glue in lieu of a condom
Posted by: JoeF

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Further proof that 99.9999% of us will never have an original thought. This is not necessarily a negative.

https://tinyurl.com/r8n2nbbc

Posted by: LostInSpace at August 29, 2021 01:40 PM (ESLBo)

139 "why in the hell doesn't someone make a litter box/liner combination that fits smoothly?"

I have four cats. The skyrocketing price of cat litter is going to bankrupt me.

Posted by: Can't Spell Bagpipe Without gp at August 29, 2021 01:40 PM (qpX6U)

140 Ernest Borgnine > Ed Asner

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at August 29, 2021 01:40 PM (R/m4+)

141 I use that expensive super slide litter. I can take a full morning piss in the box and it doesn't stick to the sides.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 29, 2021 01:41 PM (TayrX)

142 Zombie Ed probably pissed he didn't kill a few thousand conservatives.

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2021 01:41 PM (znIQ9)

143 I have four cats. The skyrocketing price of cat litter is going to bankrupt me.
Posted by: Can't Spell Bagpipe
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I have certainly noted that, up 15-20%. May not matter soon, as cat food is becoming scarce.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 29, 2021 01:42 PM (1vynn)

144 Borgnine had the best eyebrows in show business.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 29, 2021 01:42 PM (AVDhF)

145 Which glue to use on Biden's eyelids? To keep em open, ya know.

Posted by: Ziba at August 29, 2021 01:42 PM (S1hrL)

146 Ed Asner died.
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Satan is slowly jerking his barbed cock awaiting his arrival. Was it COVID?

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at August 29, 2021 01:43 PM (7Fj9P)

147 Skin Shield works good for me when I remember I have it.

Posted by: dartist at August 29, 2021 01:43 PM (+ya+t)

148 C.A.T. he did sell his soul to the Devil decades ago

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2021 01:43 PM (znIQ9)

149 I run a small, 14ga, bailing wire up through the tip.

For other smaller one's brazing tip cleaners can be used. - work on windshield washer emitters too.
Posted by: Braenyard
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Wait...this is to fix a wound?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 29, 2021 01:43 PM (1vynn)

150 HA! No kidding - folks would bring in pieces of his style all the time and call them everything but. The Peabody Museum had some nice RA originals.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 29, 2021 01:38 PM (mD/uy)

25 years ago, an auction in Albany had an interesting box on stand

I liked it and was prepared to pay

it went for like a million and the guy that bought it collected for the Quenn. Even had the orginal drawings by Adam for the thing

Posted by: REDACTED at August 29, 2021 01:43 PM (uCLWI)

151 MadameMayhem, I hear ya.
When hubby gets sick he is the biggest baby ever

Posted by: vmom sic semper stabbicus (oEn12) at August 29, 2021 01:43 PM (rdRAT)

152 The skyrocketing price of cat litter is going to bankrupt me.

Really no excuse for it either, its clay with perfume.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 29, 2021 01:44 PM (KZzsI)

153 I loved the Borgnine movie where he was smashing hobos with a big fucking hammer.

Posted by: Durable Yet Minimal gp-Based Barrier at August 29, 2021 01:44 PM (qpX6U)

154 140 Ernest Borgnine > Ed Asner Posted by: Hairyback Guy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuC3t-d0Zao

Posted by: LostInSpace at August 29, 2021 01:44 PM (ESLBo)

155 Big Glue is evil...

Maybe not as bad as Big Ice (their monopoly on clear ice should be unconstitutional), or even the cable companies, but they aren't too far behind.

Pikers.

Posted by: Big Pharma (the first couple doses are free!) at August 29, 2021 01:45 PM (kOpft)

156 ==================
Acetone is actually pretty gnarly shit. It purges the skin oil completely: the times I've used it, my fingertips turn white. It also boils at ~60 degrees Fahrenheit. Like a lot of hydrocarbon solvents, it hangs around inside cells for a long time.
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at August 29, 2021 01:39 PM (7Fj9P)

a twist of lime counteracts all that shit

Posted by: REDACTED at August 29, 2021 01:45 PM (uCLWI)

157 When hubby gets sick he is the biggest baby ever

Guys who rarely get sick do not handle it well. Guys like me who have been ill all their lives shrug at it and don't make a fuss. Prefer not to be noticed, honestly.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 29, 2021 01:45 PM (KZzsI)

158 Maybe we can glue Lindsey Graham's mouth shut. I k ow it's really slimy, but with a little persistence we can do it.

Mr Slimebag was begging for money a few months ago. Now he's giving it to us up the ass. F Him.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 29, 2021 01:45 PM (zVC9v)

159 Which glue to use on Biden's eyelids? To keep em open, ya know.
Posted by: Ziba
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Was in for an MRI this past week. There was the usual long list of 'Do you have any of the following?' All metal things, of course. Theone I do not recall ever ssing before, or hearing of was, 'Eyelid springs'. I'm not looking it up...as it were.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 29, 2021 01:46 PM (AytXr)

160 Borgnine was great in everything, and he would take all kinds of roles. I think he acted because it was fun and paid well, not because he was pretentious about it. Like Michael Caine.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 29, 2021 01:46 PM (KZzsI)

161 The skyrocketing price of cat litter is going to bankrupt me.

pussy has always been expensive

Posted by: REDACTED at August 29, 2021 01:46 PM (uCLWI)

162 It isn't just glue. Caulk tubes is another big waste. I usually cram an old screw driver into the tube before I put the partially used tube away. And dont get me started on expanding foam! I buy a can, use about one tenth of the can to fill whatever and that is it. The next day the can will not spray out anymore no matter how hard I try to clear the passage.

Posted by: Jt Smith at August 29, 2021 01:46 PM (frfx6)

163 Ed, you're spunky. I don't like spunky.

Posted by: Satan at August 29, 2021 01:47 PM (mNhhD)

164 "Really no excuse for it either, its clay with perfume."

I think there are some energy inputs: mining it, heating it until it's dry and absorbent, and transpo. Some cats can be trained to use the flush toilet. Mine are either too dumb or too disobedient to do that. I love em just the same.

Posted by: Doge gp So Girth Wow Such Hard at August 29, 2021 01:47 PM (qpX6U)

165 Eyelid springs are devices that allow a person with paralyzed eyelids to open and close them normally. Anything metal like that will be very unpleasant in the MRI. Even some red tattoos with iron in the ink, which becomes agonizing in the MRI

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 29, 2021 01:48 PM (KZzsI)

166 Gorilla glue works great as a hair gel.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Apply to peen before applying condom.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 29, 2021 01:48 PM (OCTRt)

167 I have fallen so in love with my MIG welder that I just bought a TIG welder

really fun to use

Posted by: REDACTED at August 29, 2021 01:48 PM (uCLWI)

168 117 Ed Asner died.
Now Hollywood liberals will have the sadz
Posted by: JoeF. at August 29, 2021 01:34 PM (mR6Gs)

Maybe romney is available to escort him all the way on his final journey

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 29, 2021 01:48 PM (Irn0L)

169 Ed Asner died.
Now Hollywood liberals will have the sadz

Posted by: JoeF. at August 29, 2021 01:34 PM

another grim milestone for the biden administration
Posted by: AltonJackson at August 29, 2021 01:38 PM (DUIap)

Lets blame George Bush.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 29, 2021 01:48 PM (axyOa)

170 What a sticky mess.

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at August 29, 2021 01:49 PM (ufFY8)

171 "Borgnine was great in everything"

I rate this 100% true.

Posted by: El gp De Los Vientos at August 29, 2021 01:49 PM (qpX6U)

172 A tree has fallen, blocking an on-ramp to I-10 Westbound -- a ramp near the Quarter. And the local news people keep repeating this is only the beginning, that it's gonna get worse.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 29, 2021 01:49 PM (+nNqu)

173 Even some red tattoos with iron in the ink, which becomes agonizing in the MRI
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
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AKA, 'an object lesson'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 29, 2021 01:49 PM (AytXr)

174 It isn't just glue. Caulk tubes is another big waste.

Yeah they are one use items, no matter how much you actually use. Thankfully they aren't horribly expensive.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 29, 2021 01:49 PM (KZzsI)

175 Expanding foam is a bitch to get off your hands too. Forget about the warning to wear gloves.

Posted by: dartist at August 29, 2021 01:49 PM (+ya+t)

176 all together now

FUCK ED ASNER

Posted by: REDACTED at August 29, 2021 01:49 PM (uCLWI)

177 If it ain't ER worthy, I can ignore it and carry on. And if there isn't blood or broken bones involved then it isn't ER worthy.

My wife is the same way. You can tell she's miserable during a bad cold, but she bears it like a stoic. It's a great quality.

I am a real pain in the ass when ill. I rampage like a bear who has finally had it with circus life. I'm
extremely angry about being sick and feeling unwell. It's not terribly rational or admirable.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 29, 2021 01:50 PM (QU5/8)

178 Guys who rarely get sick do not handle it well.

That be me.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 29, 2021 01:50 PM (OCTRt)

179 We used to go to Woolworth's for stuff like that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 29, 2021 01:12 PM (+nNqu)
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How's the storm doing?

Posted by: Braenyard at August 29, 2021 01:50 PM (Xoxgm)

180 I loved the Borgnine movie where he was smashing hobos with a big fucking hammer.
Posted by: Durable Yet Minimal gp-Based Barrier at August 29, 2021 01:44 PM (qpX6U)

"Emperor of the North". He was "Shack"....hobo beating was his claim to fame.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at August 29, 2021 01:50 PM (R/m4+)

181 We are so proud of Presdent Bidum today, so proud for showering up st that Diver Afb in Marylsnd to pay tiubetute to those people who died because Trump lyied!!!!

Posted by: Mary Cloginstien from Brattleboro, VT at August 29, 2021 01:52 PM (D9mnB)

182 Ed Asner died.
Now Hollywood liberals will have the sadz

Posted by: JoeF.

No shit?

Fuck him.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 29, 2021 01:52 PM (OCTRt)

183 Ernest Borgnine > Ed Asner Posted by: Hairyback Guy

Ernest Borgnine > Mr Ed > Ed Asner

Posted by: Diogenes at August 29, 2021 01:52 PM (axyOa)

184 Gorilla Glue is good if you know that it expands all over the place if you use too much.

I found that out the hard way trying to repair the foot grip on a step in my church choir loft when I was working as custodian. I had to come back later and chisel the excess off. The chairs I repaired later were much better off for the lesson, though.

Posted by: Methos at August 29, 2021 01:53 PM (kOpft)

185 Ernest Borgnine > Mr Ed > Ed Asner
Posted by: Diogenes at August 29, 2021 01:52 PM (axyOa)

This kinda fits with the glue topic.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 29, 2021 01:53 PM (AVDhF)

186 I'm sorry to hear that Ed Asner is gone. He may have been a serious commie -- but if so, why was he not working much since the '80s? -- but he was a very effective actor. He began as a character actor, usually playing villains and tough security guys. Only after about 10-12 years did he get the big break on Mary Tyler Moore. The producers' idea on that show was not to hire comedians, but to hire actors who could be funny, and they did (Ted Knight, Asner, Gavin MacLeod as Murray, etc.). After that, as Lou especially, Asner was thought of as the big grumpy teddy bear in most things he did.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 29, 2021 01:53 PM (+nNqu)

187 Borgnine was great in everything, and he would take all kinds of roles. I think he acted because it was fun and paid well, not because he was pretentious about it. Like Michael Caine.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 29, 2021 01:46 PM (KZzsI)

Concur. He made everything better.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 29, 2021 01:53 PM (axyOa)

188 Mary Tyler Moore >>> Ed Asner. He would have wound up homeless if he hadn't luckily landed that show.

Posted by: From Tinker To Evers To gp, Who Boots It at August 29, 2021 01:53 PM (qpX6U)

189 First world problem. I feel like I'm traveling with a 6 year old instead of a grown man! I don't know what he'd do if I wasn't here to answer his million questions.

Posted by: Jewells45 at August 29, 2021 01:54 PM (nxdel)

190 Asner was a liberal douchebag.

Never struck me as a nice guy, but I really have no clue.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at August 29, 2021 01:54 PM (ufFY8)

191 Eh, the 3 for $1 cyanoacrylate they sell that Dollar Tree works as well as any other kind, and if your tube dries out, who cares? Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at August 29, 2021 01:09 PM (DXFDM)

Sort of OT, but my wife went to Dollar Tree yesterday and now it's up to $5. The inflation, you know.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at August 29, 2021 01:55 PM (BMmaB)

192 When I'm in the hospital or sick at home I tell everyone to stay away from me. You don't really want to see me and I don't want to see you.

Posted by: dartist at August 29, 2021 01:55 PM (+ya+t)

193 How's the storm doing?
Posted by: Braenyard at August 29, 2021

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Doing pretty much what it wants to! A tree fell on an on-ramp to I-10, blocking it completely. Wind speeds are picking up, including here. Not much rain, mostly wind here.

Even if my power stays on, I think it would be a good idea to make my run to Birmingham tomorrow. This place will be in disaster recovery mode for quite a while. My employer may well be closed, and there will be long lines at the groceries and gas stations.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 29, 2021 01:56 PM (+nNqu)

194 Borgnine had the best eyebrows in show business.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

Which explains this battle with Ethel Merman.

Hmmmm. I wonder if his "Mermaid Man' character on Spongebob was a slap at Ms. Merman?

Hey, it could have been!

Posted by: Tonypete at August 29, 2021 01:56 PM (mD/uy)

195 "I don't know what he'd do if I wasn't here to answer his million questions."

'Are we there yet?'

Posted by: gutta percha at August 29, 2021 01:56 PM (qpX6U)

196 Ladies.
Please stop complaining about your husbands.

It's heartbreaking to some of us.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 29, 2021 01:56 PM (U2p+3)

197 Ernest Borgnine > Mr Ed > Ed Asner
Posted by: Diogenes at August 29, 2021 01:52 PM (axyOa)

This kinda fits with the glue topic.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 29, 2021 01:53 PM (AVDhF)

I know, right?

Posted by: Diogenes at August 29, 2021 01:57 PM (axyOa)

198 I use gorilla glue at work for countertop edge repair. We get the big bottles, and we use most of the bottle, but we still have about 20% of the bottle wasted from solidifying inside, or clogging the spout. Worst waste is from GE Iron Grip. I've had the upper half of a tube solidify in a week after being tightly sealed and 1 use. It's a great weather-resistant adhesive for Wyoming temperature swings, but damn... 1 use out of a 10 oz. tube.

Posted by: Plaid Wearin' Man at August 29, 2021 01:58 PM (EcQad)

199 cascamite is probably a lot cheaper than GG

and yes, you must mix it

but mix it like wasabi, just a littile liquid to make a paste and then add liquid to desired thickness

I have used it for like 50 years and it has never failed

Posted by: REDACTED at August 29, 2021 01:58 PM (uCLWI)

200 We used to go to Woolworth's for stuff like that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
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If you've never heard it, Nancy Griffith (who just passed away last week, RIP) ,'Love at the Five and Dime' https://tinyurl.com/3spnak27

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 29, 2021 01:58 PM (1vynn)

201 WWL is driving its "Mobile Forecast Center" around downtown. Some debris on the streets. Traffic lights are still on along Canal Street, oddly enough.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 29, 2021 01:58 PM (+nNqu)

202 Borgnine is in one of my favorite 70s Satanism films: The Devil's Rain. Also features The Shat.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 29, 2021 01:59 PM (QU5/8)

203 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuC3t-d0Zao
Posted by: LostInSpace at August 29, 2021 01:44 PM (ESLBo)

Hahaha....I believe it! He was always happy about something.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at August 29, 2021 01:59 PM (R/m4+)

204 Has anyone in the long and sordid history of glue ever finished a bottle without it solidifying, or setting into an impenetrable plug in the nozzle?

I did, but I used the whole bottle at once.

Posted by: Stifler's pal Jim at August 29, 2021 02:00 PM (kOpft)

205 Hide glue is the best

Posted by: Jeffry at August 29, 2021 02:01 PM (Xoxgm)

206 WWL is driving its "Mobile Forecast Center" around downtown. Some debris on the streets. Traffic lights are still on along Canal Street, oddly enough.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 29, 2021 01:58 PM (+nNqu)

$5 says if you run a red light now you'd still get a tix.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 29, 2021 02:01 PM (axyOa)

207 Looks like part of a roof has fallen at Decatur and Toulouse (edge of the Quarter, near the river). Mostly an awning.

Here, you can watch: https://www.wwltv.com/watch

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 29, 2021 02:01 PM (+nNqu)

208 Has anyone in the long and sordid history of glue ever finished a bottle without it solidifying, or setting into an impenetrable plug in the nozzle?
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I've had a bottle of wood glue for at least 20 years, maybe longer. I'm always surprised it stays good.

Posted by: dartist at August 29, 2021 02:03 PM (+ya+t)

209 Ernest Borgnine > Mr Ed > Ed Asner
Posted by: Diogenes at August 29, 2021 01:52 PM (axyOa)

This kinda fits with the glue topic.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

Hide glue is the best
Posted by: Jeffry
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I don't like the direction this thread is taking.

Posted by: Mr. Ed at August 29, 2021 02:03 PM (CTJwJ)

210 If we only had more electric cars this storm would have never happened ........

Posted by: james at August 29, 2021 02:03 PM (24+Vp)

211 He's dead.
Good.

Posted by: Zombie Bette Davis. Maybe at August 29, 2021 02:04 PM (hgy3v)

212 Maybe not as bad as Big Ice (their monopoly on clear ice should be unconstitutional)

Got point, CBD! I like to make mixed drinks here at the not-so-palatial Chez Doof. My old fashioned is damn near perfect, if I do say so myself. I always use store-bought ice. When I tell folks that I won't even make a mixed drink without clear ice, they are often perplexed. They just can't understand why it makes a difference. But once you know, there's no going back!

Posted by: Doof at August 29, 2021 02:06 PM (mZUr4)

213 Looks like part of a roof has fallen at Decatur and Toulouse

Wonder if it was because it was too loose?

Posted by: rickb223 at August 29, 2021 02:06 PM (OCTRt)

214 my mom and dad had a policy that I never once saw them deviate from: never, ever complain about the other to outsiders. They can fight at home, but NEVER be anything but loving to those outside the home.

Not only does it help solidify the bond (us vs them) but it presents marriage in a positive, wholesome light to the rest of the world, which God knows we need.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 29, 2021 02:06 PM (KZzsI)

215 Some debris on the streets. Traffic lights are still on along Canal Street, oddly enough.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 29, 2021 01:58 PM (+nNqu)
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Don't give 'em your guns!

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at August 29, 2021 02:06 PM (7Fj9P)

216 For caulk, I saw someone recommend cutting the finger off of a latex glove and tying it on the nozzle with a rubber band. Tried it and it's been working for a few weeks. YMMV.

Posted by: Grudge Harbor at August 29, 2021 02:07 PM (uhPTO)

217 If we only had more electric cars this storm would have never happened ........
Posted by: james

Watch 10,000 vehicles short out because of high water.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 29, 2021 02:07 PM (OCTRt)

218 I use gorilla glue at work for countertop edge repair. We get the big bottles, and we use most of the bottle, but we still have about 20% of the bottle wasted from solidifying inside, or clogging the spout. Worst waste is from GE Iron Grip. I've had the upper half of a tube solidify in a week after being tightly sealed and 1 use. It's a great weather-resistant adhesive for Wyoming temperature swings, but damn... 1 use out of a 10 oz. tube.

Posted by: Plaid Wearin' Man at August 29, 2021 01:58 PM

I use gorilla glue at home for small repair stuff. I use it so rarely that I get one or maybe two repair jobs from the bottle before it crystallizes up in the bottle and I have to toss it out.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at August 29, 2021 02:07 PM (JUOKG)

219 Back in the day Testors glue never let you down. I can't remember how many times I left the cap off and it'd still be good the next day.

It also gave you a pretty good buzz.

Or headache. Whichever...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 29, 2021 02:08 PM (BFigT)

220 The gov., John "Bell Pepper" Edwards, is speaking now. He encourages us to stay put for at least 72 hours after the storm passes. F that noise; by noon tomorrow, or maybe a bit sooner, I want to have Linda and the cats loaded and be rolling northeast. I sneaked out of town about 24 hours after the hurricane in '12 and had no trouble.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 29, 2021 02:08 PM (+nNqu)

221 It's amazing Ed Asner was still alive. He was the old guy in sitcoms when I was a kid and still watched TV in the 70s. 50 years ago.

Posted by: azjaeger at August 29, 2021 02:08 PM (3/XaG)

222 Local news people are rarely original when it comes to weather events, imho.

Posted by: Ziba at August 29, 2021 02:10 PM (S1hrL)

223 205 Hide glue is the best

anyone who has spent a lot of time around a nasty smelling glue pot would not say this

Posted by: REDACTED at August 29, 2021 02:10 PM (uCLWI)

224 Ed Asner was on an episode of The Untouchables earlier today on H&I.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 29, 2021 02:10 PM (63Dwl)

225 "Back in the day Testors glue"

I live two miles away from the abandoned factory. Used to be a nice-looking building,

Posted by: gutta percha's Pube Fires at August 29, 2021 02:10 PM (qpX6U)

226 Mary Tyler Moore >>> Ed Asner. He would have wound up homeless if he hadn't luckily landed that show.
Posted by: From Tinker To Evers To gp, Who Boots It at August 29, 2021 01:53 PM (qpX6U)

Mary Tyler Moore once tried to purchase an abnormally large lobster that was in a tank at a restaurant. She wanted to return it to the ocean. Then El Rushbo got into a bidding war with her - making it clear that if he bought it, the lobster was going to be dinner.

Man, do I miss El Rushbo

Posted by: Doof at August 29, 2021 02:10 PM (mZUr4)

227 Back in the day Testors glue never let you down. I can't remember how many times I left the cap off and it'd still be good the next day. . . .

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 29, 2021

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I discovered Revell's model cement after I had been building kits for a while. Immediately I realized it was in another class of glue. In late '66 I built the Monogram 1/8 scale Jaguar E-Type 2 + 2 model. Twenty years later, when my mother died, I found she'd kept it in a paper bag on a closet shelf. Except for a couple of the chrome bits like door handles falling off, it was still completely intact.

I wish I'd kept it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 29, 2021 02:11 PM (+nNqu)

228 Hubs & I are driving to ID to do some shopping and have some lunch in a free state. A car just passed us with a Venmo thing painted on the back windshield, asking for money for his/her birthday on 8/31.

Posted by: Jordan61 at August 29, 2021 02:11 PM (xIwtf)

229 It also gave you a pretty good buzz.

Or headache. Whichever...
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It was also delightfully flammable. My bros. and I had many, many realistic crash landings of model airplanes, with the ensuing aftermath.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at August 29, 2021 02:11 PM (7Fj9P)

230 It's amazing Ed Asner was still alive. He was the old guy in sitcoms when I was a kid and still watched TV in the 70s. 50 years ago.
Posted by: azjaeger at August 29, 2021

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And he began his career relatively late. I caught him in a minor role as a cop on the Decoy series from 1959.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 29, 2021 02:12 PM (+nNqu)

231 You Look Like You're Sick is another of my fine songs.

Posted by: Jeffrey Hyman at August 29, 2021 02:12 PM (JPtHE)

232
Hide glue is the best

But then you can't find it.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 29, 2021 02:13 PM (63Dwl)

233 @214

Hubbymayhem and I rarely argue or fight about anything and our rule is .... Take it outside. Doesn't matter what the weather is the grumbling goes outside. Not in front of the kids. Of course our most intense argument was about whether he was gonna sell his old pickup truck and get a motorcycle. I asked one simple question that ended the argument. ......

Can you live in that motorcycle?

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at August 29, 2021 02:13 PM (Vxu+H)

234 For caulk, I saw someone recommend cutting the finger off of a latex glove and tying it on the nozzle with a rubber band. Tried it and it's been working for a few weeks. YMMV.
Posted by: Grudge Harbor at August 29, 2021 02:07 PM (uhPTO)

Plastic wrap. Small piece. Wrap it around the end of the tube an leave a tiny pocket of air. Secure the plastic wrap to the tip with a rubber band, looped until it's very tight. Squeeze some caulk out to fill the air pocket. Store with the tip facing upward.

I have tubes that have stayed useful for years.

Posted by: Doof at August 29, 2021 02:13 PM (mZUr4)

235 Mary Tyler Moore once tried to purchase an abnormally large lobster that was in a tank at a restaurant. She wanted to return it to the ocean. Then El Rushbo got into a bidding war with her
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Ha! That story made my day.
Thanks!

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at August 29, 2021 02:13 PM (7Fj9P)

236 Have fun, Jordan!
If you've never been to The Bardenay, please go there. The owner is very conservative and a Trump supporter. Nice view and excellent food.

Cheers!

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 29, 2021 02:14 PM (U2p+3)

237 Maybe not as bad as Big Ice (their monopoly on clear ice should be unconstitutional), or even the cable companies, but they aren't too far behind.

I'm late. Learned last night, that COMCAST has logged into the cable modem i leased from them for my internet service, and turned back on (enabled) the xfinitywifi public hotspot. Again.

Some trouble shooting, due to bad wifi signal, and every single neihbor is using the same two channels on their wifi, AND xfinitywifi has a nice strong signal.

Those fuckers are doing this shit on the sly to their customers. If you have COMCAST and a leased modem, check that shit, disable it, and purchase your own hardware stat.

Posted by: BifBewalski @ (VcFUs) - at August 29, 2021 02:14 PM (VcFUs)

238 Really bad highrise fire in Milan. Looks like that one they had in Britain a few years back.

Posted by: Hey Good Lookin, gp Will Pick You Up Later at August 29, 2021 02:15 PM (qpX6U)

239 Ernest Borgnine > Mr Ed > Ed Asner
Posted by: Diogenes at August 29, 2021 01:52 PM (axyOa)
This kinda fits with the glue topic.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

Hide glue is the best
Posted by: Jeffry
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I don't like the direction this thread is taking.
Posted by: Mr. Ed at August 29, 2021 02:03 PM (CTJwJ)

Tell me about it!

Posted by: Trigger at August 29, 2021 02:15 PM (axyOa)

240
Plastic wrap. Small piece. Wrap it around the end of the tube an leave a tiny pocket of air. Secure the plastic wrap to the tip with a rubber band, looped until it's very tight. Squeeze some caulk out to fill the air pocket. Store with the tip facing upward.

I have tubes that have stayed useful for years.
Posted by: Doof at August 29, 2021 02:13 PM (mZUr4)

4" wood screw. Same as Doof, i have tubes that stay useful for years.

Posted by: BifBewalski @ (VcFUs) - at August 29, 2021 02:16 PM (VcFUs)

241 Ha! That story made my day.
Thanks!
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at August 29, 2021 02:13 PM (7Fj9P)

YW! El Rushbo was awesome

Posted by: Doof at August 29, 2021 02:16 PM (mZUr4)

242 FEMA still does not have my parish on its list for eligible assistance. May take a while, I guess.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 29, 2021 02:16 PM (+nNqu)

243 I wish I'd kept it.
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So much shit like that from my youth. I remember my dad giving away a treasure trove of Tonka trucks and 12" GI Joes to some unknown family in our subdivision before a move.
Just typing that pisses me off.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at August 29, 2021 02:16 PM (7Fj9P)

244 180 I loved the Borgnine movie where he was smashing hobos with a big fucking hammer.
Posted by: Durable Yet Minimal gp-Based Barrier at August 29, 2021 01:44 PM (qpX6U)

"Emperor of the North". He was "Shack"....hobo beating was his claim to fame.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at August 29, 2021 01:50 PM (R/m4+)

Lee Marvin starred as the long-time hobo who swore he could ride Borgnine's train. I can think of two other movies with Bornine and Marvin, Bad Day at Black Rock and The Dirty Dozen. There must be more but I'm too lazy to do that search today.

Posted by: Gref at August 29, 2021 02:18 PM (AMIL/)

245 4" wood screw. Same as Doof, i have tubes that stay useful for years.
Posted by: BifBewalski @ (VcFUs) - at August 29, 2021 02:16 PM (VcFUs)

That's a good idea too - thanks!

Posted by: Doof at August 29, 2021 02:18 PM (mZUr4)

246 Put on Accu Weather chane, Laplace LA seeing poles being blown over

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2021 02:18 PM (znIQ9)

247 So much shit like that from my youth. I remember my dad giving away a treasure trove of Tonka trucks and 12" GI Joes to some unknown family in our subdivision before a move.
Just typing that pisses me off.
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin

A buddy of mine's mother gave away his Lionel train set to the neighborhood kid while he was deployed.

The kid played with them in his sandbox.

My buddy was monumentally P.O.'d with his Mom for years.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 29, 2021 02:18 PM (mD/uy)

248 >>> 246 Put on Accu Weather chane, Laplace LA seeing poles being blown over
Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2021 02:18 PM (znIQ9)

Poles blown? Where???

Posted by: Shep! at August 29, 2021 02:19 PM (ACi07)

249 I wish I'd kept it.
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So much shit like that from my youth. I remember my dad giving away a treasure trove of Tonka trucks and 12" GI Joes to some unknown family in our subdivision before a move.
Just typing that pisses me off.
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at August 29, 2021

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My mother kept the collection of Hartland TV Western character figurines (Roy Rogers, Paladin, Bat Masterson, etc.) from my childhood -- something else I wish I'd kept. They're going to wild prices on eBay now. On the other had she threw away all my Silver Age Superman/Batman/Jimmy Olsen comics. Grrrr.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 29, 2021 02:19 PM (+nNqu)

250 Speaking of glue, I have a hell of a time getting my wife's hairspray off of surfaces. Whatever overshoots her head lands as a fine powder on the tub, the wall, shelf, and floor. If it gets wet, it turns back to glue. Would love to find an easy way to clean this up. Drive me nuts.

Posted by: Grudge Harbor at August 29, 2021 02:19 PM (uhPTO)

251 Did you know a male lion will sleep for 23 hours/day? Know what he does with the other hour?
I always thought that was my destiny...

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at August 29, 2021 02:19 PM (7Fj9P)

252 I never had much luck with Gorilla Glue..found this stuff at an Ace Hardware and it has glued multiple things and they have stayed glued. I have had the bottle for a year and it doesn't dry out. Comes off hands easy at least before it cures and it really does dry clear. Beacon MultiGrip Hardware, Household & Marine Glue. Highly recommended

Posted by: azjaeger at August 29, 2021 02:20 PM (3/XaG)

253 Hubbymayhem and I rarely argue or fight about anything

Can't even remember the last fight we had. I just have to be more patient with him in the last few years since his stroke. It's a challenge sometimes.

Posted by: Jewells45 at August 29, 2021 02:20 PM (nxdel)

254 @250

Ever try Goo Gone?

Posted by: Ziba at August 29, 2021 02:20 PM (S1hrL)

255 Latest tube of super glue of some sort seems to be fine, in fact the last couple of various kinds.

Wood screw, or one of this little sewing straight pins, in the nozzle, depending one size. Or the plastic wrap thing. All have worked for me. But my current line-up seems to be fine with the nozzle/tips they came with.

But a burgeoning First World Problem - easy-open, or simply sealed, food containers - that don't "work" now. New comment follows to address.

Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at August 29, 2021 02:21 PM (OTzUX)

256 ut on Accu Weather chane, Laplace LA seeing poles being blown over
Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2021

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LaPlace is way to the west of me -- but it's not that far.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 29, 2021 02:21 PM (+nNqu)

257 Terrebonne Parish president, Gordon Dove, says to evacuate.

One of the flood gates around the airport had been removed for repair and is not in place. But that could be a good thing, says the news caster.

Posted by: Braenyard at August 29, 2021 02:21 PM (Xoxgm)

258 Ever try Goo Gone?

Posted by: Ziba at August 29, 2021 02:20 PM (S1hrL)

I did when I had to paint the bathroom. But for routine cleaning, it's a lot of surface to cover. I've even brushed it off dry before, but the lowest layer clings to the paint and tile.

Posted by: Grudge Harbor at August 29, 2021 02:24 PM (uhPTO)

259 >Speaking of glue, I have a hell of a time getting my wife's hairspray off of surfaces. Whatever overshoots her head lands as a fine powder on the tub, the wall, shelf, and floor. If it gets wet, it turns back to glue. Would love to find an easy way to clean this up. Drive me nuts.
Posted by: Grudge Harbor at August 29, 2021 02:19 PM (uhPTO)

Isopropyl alcohol should do the trick

Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at August 29, 2021 02:24 PM (DXFDM)

260 One of the flood gates around the airport had been removed for repair and is not in place. But that could be a good thing, says the news caster.

Oh, that is good. Remove the flood gate during hurricane season.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 29, 2021 02:25 PM (TayrX)

261 Used gallons upon gallons of Barge cement with nothing but fans blowing it around for years for shoe repair and leather work. Surprised that shit hasn't killed me yet.

Posted by: dartist at August 29, 2021 02:25 PM (+ya+t)

262 You know those great food packaging designs that started a few years ago and have become near universal? The packages of cheese or nuts or whatever with the strip you tear off, and then the re-sealable pressure zipper?

Uh huh. Except for the major brands, and not in all cases - they've ceased "working". They still mostly re-seal, which is the main thing. But the tear strip? Ha! Fugettaboutit. Except with brands that I know still work, I just take a scissors and cut, don't even try to use the tear strip engineered in, because they don't tear properly.

Related, the clear tight plastic seals over items like hummus, or dips, or anything in a plastic tub. Many of those - even though they still have a clear "tab" at some point, intended to give you a grip to tear them off - don't work any longer either. You just have to take out a knife and cut around the inside edge.

And these things all used to work, they were a great advance in convenience, and storage/freshness. Where's Aetius? He's in the business. I'm guessing quality of plastic, glues, assembly process - some combo of declining QC has essentially ruined many of these designs.

Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at August 29, 2021 02:26 PM (OTzUX)

263 The reasons why boomer era toys are so expensive now are actually two:
Boomers are old and many have money and nostalgia
That was probably the last generation where toys were not in abundance, and most were played with and then tossed once outgrown.
I had a set of the first gen Hot Wheels cars that are now worth tons as a kid. Like most of the other kids, I launched them off the tracks and they got chipped and the axles got bent. There weren't many adults buying them and carefully putting them away in the mint package. You would have have to have been a serious weirdo adult to do that.

Posted by: azjaeger at August 29, 2021 02:26 PM (3/XaG)

264 I did when I had to paint the bathroom. But for routine cleaning, it's a lot of surface to cover. I've even brushed it off dry before, but the lowest layer clings to the paint and tile.
Posted by: Grudge Harbor

Have you considered moving?

What!?

Posted by: Tonypete at August 29, 2021 02:26 PM (mD/uy)

265 Listening to Mark Levin podcast of today. Interesting guest analysis of the AF catastrophe.

Posted by: Ziba at August 29, 2021 02:27 PM (S1hrL)

266 Isopropyl alcohol should do the trick
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Iso also is effective on pine tree sap. I tried everything, even Pine-Sol, which is weird, b/c you'd think pine sap/ pine solvent would be a no brainer.
ALSO, isopro comes in 70% and 90% versions.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at August 29, 2021 02:28 PM (7Fj9P)

267 My street is littered with leaves and small branches. Odd thing: My door seems to take a little more effort to open, as if the pressure in my place is a little higher than the pressure outside. It can't be that much of a differential, but I notice it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 29, 2021 02:28 PM (+nNqu)

268 I sure hope trump had a hurricane plan for NO for biden to follow.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 29, 2021 02:28 PM (TayrX)

269 One of the flood gates around the airport had been removed for repair and is not in place. But that could be a good thing, says the news caster.

Are they counting on the Taliban to keep the water out?

Posted by: t-bird at August 29, 2021 02:28 PM (ELgVT)

270 Wife and I rarely have an actual argument, as in anger. We often trade bantz, because I learned early on that if she was going to get bitchy with me that I need to flick some shit back at her and not be a doormat. Just enough to pass ye olde shit test. That's worked pretty well, but the funny thing is that my son will say "please stop fighting" when this is happening and I'm like "kid, you haven't even seen fighting".

Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at August 29, 2021 02:29 PM (DXFDM)

271 Isopropyl alcohol is also good when your asshole hipster neighbor asks you for an IPA when you offer a beer.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 29, 2021 02:30 PM (TayrX)

272 >>> My door seems to take a little more effort to open

Swollen from moisture?

Posted by: fluffy at August 29, 2021 02:30 PM (UnQlg)

273 As far as I can tell, the storm is still moving NW at a good 15 mph. Maybe it will be past the metro area by late tonight.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 29, 2021 02:30 PM (+nNqu)

274 , I have a hell of a time getting my wife's hairspray off of surfaces.

Hand your wife a magic eraser and some spray cleaner.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 29, 2021 02:31 PM (TayrX)

275 "why boomer era toys are so expensive now"

My gf and I used to harvest stuff at garage sales and eBay it. She had a really good eye for stuff that would sell. She lamented all the junk she should have kept from the 1960s.

Truth of the matter is, she would have been better off buying and holding precious metals and common stock. If you have a sixty year(!) maturity period on your investment, forget about collectibles. Collectibles have to stored and insured, and you can't predict what the market will be when you are ready to sell.

Antiques and collectible heyday was stimulated by the Antiques Roadshow. It's over now. Antique malls stuffed with shit that nobody wants.

Posted by: It's OK To Be gp at August 29, 2021 02:31 PM (qpX6U)

276 My door seems to take a little more effort to open

Swollen from moisture?
Posted by: fluffy at August 29, 2021

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Maybe. The air outside here is usually super-moist, one of the things I hate about this climate, so you'd think the phenomenon would show up all the time.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 29, 2021 02:31 PM (+nNqu)

277 [i/]Acetone is actually pretty gnarly shit. It purges the skin oil completely: the times I've used it, my fingertips turn white. It also boils at ~60 degrees Fahrenheit. Like a lot of hydrocarbon solvents, it hangs around inside cells for a long time.
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at August 29, 2021 01:39 PM (7Fj9P)

You're thinking of Celsius, not Fahrenheit. Otherwise, the stuff would blast right out of the bottle when you took the cap off.

Another delightful characteristic of acetone is that it dissolves quite a few plastics. Don't use it as a cleaner w/o testing a surface first.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 29, 2021 02:32 PM (ZSK0i)

278 >Isopropyl alcohol is also good when your asshole hipster neighbor asks you for an IPA when you offer a beer.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 29, 2021 02:30 PM (TayrX)

I think I'd rather swill isopropyl than that hoppy shit.

Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at August 29, 2021 02:32 PM (DXFDM)

279
Communist actor Ed Asner is mort?

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at August 29, 2021 02:33 PM (78llE)

280 254 @250

Ever try Goo Gone?

Posted by: Ziba at August 29, 2021 02:20 PM (S1hrL)

Goo Gone is terrific on stuff iso alcohol has trouble with. Note: after using Goo Gone on a smooth surface, I always wipe the area with 90 percent iso to remove the last bit of Goo Gone.

Posted by: Gref at August 29, 2021 02:34 PM (AMIL/)

281 The reasons why boomer era toys are so expensive now are actually two:
Boomers are old and many have money and nostalgia
That was probably the last generation where toys were not in abundance, and most were played with and then tossed once outgrown.
I had a set of the first gen Hot Wheels cars that are now worth tons as a kid. Like most of the other kids, I launched them off the tracks and they got chipped and the axles got bent. There weren't many adults buying them and carefully putting them away in the mint package. You would have have to have been a serious weirdo adult to do that.

Posted by: azjaeger at August 29, 2021 02:26 PM

Same with baseball cards. We didn't "collect" them, we just bought them and played with them. Put them on bicycle spokes and played baseball with them. Wore them out and nobody ever thought about keeping them for the future until the 1980s or so. That ruined the collectible baseball card market.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at August 29, 2021 02:35 PM (JUOKG)

282 271 Isopropyl alcohol is also good when your asshole hipster neighbor asks you for an IPA when you offer a beer.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 29, 2021 02:30 PM (TayrX)

It's a good thing i really do like room temperature beer it keeps all of my asshole neighbors from bumming one during block parties and cookouts. Try it with Juengling. One cold, and one at room temperature. At worst, you'll only waste one beer that is cheap. The taste delta is really phenominal.

Posted by: BifBewalski @ (VcFUs) - at August 29, 2021 02:35 PM (VcFUs)

283 Isopropyl alcohol should do the trick

Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at August 29, 2021 02:24 PM (DXFDM)

I haven't tried that yet. But is that safe on latex paint? I thought it would mess up the sheen. Should be fine for the tub and tile. I'd likely go through a large bottle every time I cleaned it.

Maybe I should knock it down with a brush and clean the paint every few months with alcohol or GG.

Posted by: Grudge Harbor at August 29, 2021 02:35 PM (uhPTO)

284 Storm seems to be moving NW at about 12, and the inner eye wall may be weakening.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 29, 2021 02:35 PM (+nNqu)

285 Since we're on the topic of glue, here's a question for any scientifically-inclined Moron. What is it about glue and other adhesives that make them stick? On the molecular (or even atomic) level, I mean. Is it electrical charge?

If a surface is highly regular and impermeable, like a crystal, it doesn't seem like anything should stick to it. That's my take, anyway.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 29, 2021 02:35 PM (guGkK)

286 Communist actor Ed Asner is mort?

Just trying to be less of a burden to the collective.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 29, 2021 02:35 PM (TayrX)

287 Borgnine got an oscar for "Marty."

Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at August 29, 2021 02:36 PM (xopIz)

288
Ohhhhhh, Mr Grannnt!

Posted by: mort mary tyler moore at August 29, 2021 02:36 PM (78llE)

289 Same with baseball cards. We didn't "collect" them, we just bought them and played with them. Put them on bicycle spokes and played baseball with them. Wore them out and nobody ever thought about keeping them for the future until the 1980s or so. That ruined the collectible baseball card market.
Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at August 29, 2021

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Ditto with bubblegum cards from TV shows. I had the entire set of Combat cards. I have almost the complete set of U.N.C.L.E. cards, but I got those years later -- I never knew they existed when the show was new.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 29, 2021 02:37 PM (+nNqu)

290 The more ground up twigs a glue has, the stickier it is.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 29, 2021 02:37 PM (TayrX)

291 Have you considered moving?

What!?

Posted by: Tonypete at August 29, 2021 02:26 PM (mD/uy)

I've thought about asking her to switch hairspray brands. Might still end with me moving.

Posted by: Grudge Harbor at August 29, 2021 02:37 PM (uhPTO)

292 Has anyone in the long and sordid history of glue ever finished a bottle without it solidifying, or setting into an impenetrable plug in the nozzle?

In elementary schools, I successfully finished off a bottle of paste.

As I got older, it was nothing for me to use up a tube of model airplane glue successfully.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at August 29, 2021 02:38 PM (5We2S)

293 So State issued a statement jointly with a few dozen other countries, from NATO-types to the Comoros, stating that they have received assurances from the Taliban that all foreign nationals and people with travel authorization from one of these countries will be allowed to depart the country. The statement notes the Taliban's public commitment to this in recent days.

Cue all the abuse and derision for relying on the Taliban. But, under the circumstances, not much more can be said.

Behind the scenes, of course, lots is and can be done, from lots of $$$ into the right hands, to exfil by small groups (also happening), to overland departures under the radar. These will be mostly for Afghan nationals. I still doubt the Talib want to borrow the trouble of "hostages" - though it's A'stan, their "coalition" is rather rough, so others who haven't received winks and nods about $$$ and diplomatic goodies might take a different approach.

Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at August 29, 2021 02:38 PM (OTzUX)

294 Antiques and collectible heyday was stimulated by the Antiques Roadshow. It's over now. Antique malls stuffed with shit that nobody wants.
Posted by: It's OK To Be gp at August 29, 2021 02:31 PM (qpX6U)

I think the market is going to collapse on Boomer-era toys as all the Boomers die off and their heirs unload that stuff, flooding the market.
Same goes for Boomer-era rock albums

I could be wrong on that though.

Posted by: JoeF. at August 29, 2021 02:39 PM (mR6Gs)

295 Antiques and collectible heyday was stimulated by the Antiques Roadshow. It's over now. Antique malls stuffed with shit that nobody wants.

It's a hard game. If everyone saved something, the supply will meet the demand and the price will be low. A few things will always be valuable but their prices will never really drop. If I was trying to make money, I would try to think of semi disposable, popular items that were about 20 years old that were usually owned by the upper middle class that the less fortunate kids probably wanted but couldn't afford. When they hit 50-55 they will pay for them. Maybe, if there don't happen to be a lot around.

Posted by: azjaeger at August 29, 2021 02:39 PM (3/XaG)

296 " all foreign nationals and people with travel authorization from one of these countries will be allowed to depart the country."

Alive?

Posted by: Lithiated gp For Vigor at August 29, 2021 02:39 PM (qpX6U)

297 The oval office supply room can't keep paste stocked.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 29, 2021 02:40 PM (TayrX)

298 With Asner gone, who's left from the show? Betty White, natch. What about the guy who played Gordy/Gordie?

Posted by: Weak Geek at August 29, 2021 02:40 PM (Om/di)

299 Foam sealant is the same way. Once you crack open a can, if you don't use it all, you might as well write the rest of the can off. It will develop a clog in the spout no matter what you do.

Expanding foam sealant is ferociously sticky when wet, and indestructible when it dries. It didn't surprise me at all when someone took this stuff and made a glue out of it.

Posted by: MW at August 29, 2021 02:41 PM (u33s0)

300 Borgnine got an oscar for "Marty."
Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at August 29, 2021 02:36 PM (xopIz)

A friend of mine worked at a Hollywood restaurant--parking cars-- in the late '90's. He saw Borgnine and described him as built and and much younger looking than his years.

Posted by: JoeF. at August 29, 2021 02:41 PM (mR6Gs)

301 Just lost my Internet for a moment. Back up now.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 29, 2021 02:41 PM (+nNqu)

302 Ruby Tuesday's decor change flooded the market.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 29, 2021 02:42 PM (TayrX)

303 With Asner gone, who's left from the show? Betty White, natch. What about the guy who played Gordy/Gordie?
Posted by: Weak Geek at August 29, 2021 02:40 PM (Om/di)

Of the major players, only Betty White.

Posted by: JoeF. at August 29, 2021 02:42 PM (mR6Gs)

304 Strongest glue I've ever known is the one keeping my ass in my chair reading AOSHQ with a drink.

Posted by: dartist at August 29, 2021 02:42 PM (+ya+t)

305 The oval office supply room can't keep paste stocked.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 29, 2021 02:40 PM (TayrX)

Have you tried keeping it in the refrigerator with the other snacks?

Posted by: Joe Biden at August 29, 2021 02:42 PM (guGkK)

306 273 As far as I can tell, the storm is still moving NW at a good 15 mph. Maybe it will be past the metro area by late tonight.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 29, 2021 02:30 PM (+nNqu)

Ida's moving fast and that's good. The slow-moving ones cause the most damage. Everything gets hammered longer by the winds and gusts, and there is more rainfall per square mile. Houston had so much flooding during Harvey four years ago because it barely moved for over 24 hours, and Houston was on the wet-side of the storm (NE of center).

Posted by: Gref at August 29, 2021 02:43 PM (AMIL/)

307 all foreign nationals and people with travel authorization from one of these countries will be allowed to depart the country

Whom does the travel authorization have to come from? The TalleyWhackers, or the exfiltrating person's home country?

TinFoilHat me thinks of embracing the power of AND, here.

Posted by: BifBewalski @ (VcFUs) - at August 29, 2021 02:43 PM (VcFUs)

308 I think I'd rather swill isopropyl than that hoppy shit.
Posted by: Dworkin Barimen

My Brother!!

Posted by: Tonypete at August 29, 2021 02:43 PM (mD/uy)

309 Isopropyl alcohol is also good when your asshole hipster neighbor asks you for an IPA when you offer a beer.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 29, 2021 02:30 PM (TayrX)

Hmmm. I am far from a hipster and I am a big IPA fan. I can barely drink a "regular" beer anymore. I like my coffee black and strong. I like my whiskey high proof and usually drink it neat. I guess my palette is tuned to strong flavors.

Posted by: Doof at August 29, 2021 02:44 PM (mZUr4)

310 Not just teens, it hits the youngers ones badly as well. It's had a lasting negative effect on my kids. I'd get banned if I was candid about what I think should befall the politicians who imposed lockdowns on us.
Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at August 29, 2021 01:34 PM (DXFDM)

Not just kids. I've found it depressing as fuck.

Posted by: Insomniac - Zhou Bai-Den Is Not My Chairman at August 29, 2021 02:45 PM (II3Gr)

311 Foam sealant is the same way. Once you crack open a can, if you don't use it all, you might as well write the rest of the can off. It will develop a clog in the spout no matter what you do.

Expanding foam sealant is ferociously sticky when wet, and indestructible when it dries. It didn't surprise me at all when someone took this stuff and made a glue out of it.

Posted by: MW at August 29, 2021 02:41 PM

I busted four basement windows with that spray expanding foam sealant. It really expands as it is drying.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at August 29, 2021 02:46 PM (JUOKG)

312 Whom does the travel authorization have to come from? The TalleyWhackers, or the exfiltrating person's home country?

We've issued enough blank, untraceable visas for everyone.

Posted by: US State Dept. at August 29, 2021 02:47 PM (ELgVT)

313 Stalin loving POS Ed Asner died.

Not polite to speak ill of the dead, but can I snicker a little?

Posted by: Regular joe at August 29, 2021 02:47 PM (L9P9s)

314
Glossy Latex is pretty resilient and easy to clean. Satin Latex is not.

Posted by: mort mary tyler moore at August 29, 2021 02:47 PM (78llE)

315 State issued a statement jointly with a few dozen other countries, from NATO-types to the Comoros, stating that they have received assurances from the Taliban that all foreign nationals and people with travel authorization from one of these countries will be allowed to depart the country.

When will they be allowed to leave, Tony? Within the next 48 hours? Time's up in 48 hours - midnight of Aug. 31 in Kabul.

Posted by: Gref at August 29, 2021 02:48 PM (AMIL/)

316 295 Antiques and collectible heyday was stimulated by the Antiques Roadshow. It's over now. Antique malls stuffed with shit that nobody wants.

for some reason, I know not why, I was gifted with the ability to buy antiques that rich people wanted at the age of 10

It led me on a meteoric monetized ascent and left all other pursuits behind

I see now it was somewhat of a curse

Posted by: REDACTED at August 29, 2021 02:48 PM (uCLWI)

317 VDH is on repeat Mark Levin now, VDH says the Taliban just got more than 60 years of what Israelis got.

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2021 02:48 PM (znIQ9)

318
Those glues are cyanoacrylates. In the presence of nucleophiles they instantly begin to polymerize. So with any moisture (electron pairs on the oxygen being nucleophilic) they turn solid rather quickly. That's why you buy single-use tubes instead of big bottles.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 29, 2021 02:48 PM (/U27+)

319 I went to church today without a mask. Nobody said anything. I was the only one.

I left as soon as it was over. Social distancing.

Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at August 29, 2021 02:49 PM (xopIz)

320 Regular Joe go ahead and kick him, he doesn't care

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2021 02:49 PM (znIQ9)

321 The long term effect of the whole Wu thing is going to be that people are self dividing into those that believe what authority tells them, those that will listen but draw their own conclusions, and those who believe the opposite automatically.

Posted by: azjaeger at August 29, 2021 02:49 PM (3/XaG)

322
Houston had so much flooding during Harvey four years ago because it barely moved for over 24 hours, and Houston was on the wet-side of the storm (NE of center).

__________

We got a year's worth of raIn in four days. Don't care where you are, you're going to have problems.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 29, 2021 02:50 PM (/U27+)

323 Asner lived to 91, it wasn't as if being a lefty hurt his life span. But lefty he was and several 20 year olds in AF died because of lefty stupidity. Not fair. And yes I know that life isn't fair.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at August 29, 2021 02:51 PM (2NHgQ)

324 Houston had so much flooding during Harvey four years ago because it barely moved for over 24 hours, and Houston was on the wet-side of the storm (NE of center).

do they still have the low water underpasses ?

those are like fun

Posted by: REDACTED at August 29, 2021 02:52 PM (uCLWI)

325 My First World Problem: Thor gets to throw hammers with impunity. When I try that, I get banned from Home Depot.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 29, 2021 02:53 PM (a3Q+t)

326 Herrrrrrrrrrs Ida:

https://is.gd/tP4Zb5

Posted by: Braenyard at August 29, 2021 02:53 PM (Xoxgm)

327
Everyone from Mary Tyler Moore show is mort except for Capt Stubbing.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at August 29, 2021 02:53 PM (78llE)

328
Capt Stubbing is the sole survivor of McHale's Navy and MTM Show?

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at August 29, 2021 02:54 PM (78llE)

329 I went to church today without a mask. Nobody said anything. I was the only one.

I left as soon as it was over. Social distancing.

Posted by: JAS

Luckily, our church still has their head about them and masking is optional. The priest wrote this in today's bulletin:

"I realize that the mask issue is discouraging and divisive. In our increasingly divided society, we are called to be a witness of unity and charity. Please be respectful of the various strong opinions and emotions that surround this and please seek to build bridges of trust with those with whom you may disagree."

I found those interesting words.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 29, 2021 02:54 PM (mD/uy)

330 I build models. I have used up multiple bottles. I have also had multiple bottles harden up before I even opened them. Need to stop buying so many at once. But, if you clean the tip and properly use the lid and store it correctly you can use the whole bottle. If your glue us drying up like that you dont really use it often enough to bother.

Posted by: Douglas Whiddon at August 29, 2021 02:55 PM (ziriD)

331 Cousin and I had to drink hot beer one. Wasn't bad, maybe the circumstances. Driving from Bellingham to Portland for Thanksgiving in a snow storm in a little 60's VW beetle in the dark.

Posted by: Infidel at August 29, 2021 02:55 PM (Kx3kq)

332 Sooth. Nope, Capt Stubbing went the way of all things. Died a short while ago. Betty White is it.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at August 29, 2021 02:55 PM (2NHgQ)

333 >>>do they still have the low water underpasses ?

those are like fun

Posted by: REDACTED at August 29, 2021 02:52 PM (uCLWI)
---------------------

Do you dislike your car?
Is it fully insured?
You know when and where to take it.

Posted by: Braenyard at August 29, 2021 02:55 PM (Xoxgm)

334 Late to the thread. The only glue I can think of that stays usable is rubber cement with the brush on the cap. I may be the only one who still uses it.

Posted by: JTB at August 29, 2021 02:55 PM (7EjX1)

335 Jocko Willink on instagram

"If I were president, and I had put our country into the current situation in Afghanistan, I would tell America, our allies, our enemies, and the world, something like this"

https://tinyurl.com/2v78j5n4

Posted by: m at August 29, 2021 02:55 PM (6dJKT)

336 Are any of the MTM writers or producers still around? The only one of them I can name is Jay Sandrich.

Posted by: Weak Geek at August 29, 2021 02:56 PM (Om/di)

337 VDH is on repeat Mark Levin now, VDH says the Taliban just got more than 60 years of what Israelis got.

Which may have been the point of leaving it.

Posted by: Methos at August 29, 2021 02:56 PM (kOpft)

338
Oh, I thought Gavin MacLoud was still un-mort.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at August 29, 2021 02:57 PM (78llE)

339 330 I build models. I have used up multiple bottles. I have also had multiple bottles harden up before I even opened them. Need to stop buying so many at once. But, if you clean the tip and properly use the lid and store it correctly you can use the whole bottle. If your glue us drying up like that you dont really use it often enough to bother.
Posted by: Douglas Whiddon at August 29, 2021 02:55 PM (ziriD)

yeah, in my spare time, I would fuck with models

Posted by: REDACTED at August 29, 2021 02:57 PM (uCLWI)

340 The statement talks about "travel authorization from our countries", so, those who have visas from the foreign countries issuing the statement.

Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at August 29, 2021 02:57 PM (OTzUX)

341 The glut of collectibles -- now that's a First World problem.

Posted by: Weak Geek at August 29, 2021 02:57 PM (Om/di)

342 >>>do they still have the low water underpasses ?

those are like fun

Posted by: REDACTED at August 29, 2021 02:52 PM (uCLWI)
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It take real genius to build underpasses twenty feet below ground level in a swamp.

Posted by: Braenyard at August 29, 2021 02:57 PM (Xoxgm)

343 Everyone from Mary Tyler Moore show is mort except for Capt Stubbing.
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at August 29, 2021 02:53 PM (78llE)

Gavin MacLeod is gone too, he passed earlier this year

Posted by: JoeF. at August 29, 2021 02:57 PM (mR6Gs)

344 Old and Busted: The Keno Brothers valuing everything beween 1K - 2K.
New Hotness: Rick and Chumley looking at you like you have two heads no matter what price you mention.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 29, 2021 02:58 PM (PiwSw)

345 And the reference is clearly to "from now on", when the Taliban is the de facto governing power. Obviously the countries doing evacs could determine who gets on their planes, once they're inside the airport perimeter. This is for the situation once the evacs have ended.

Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at August 29, 2021 02:58 PM (OTzUX)

346
I don't think that equipment will last long in the hands of the Taliban. They'd be better off selling it to the Pakis and the Chinx.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 29, 2021 02:58 PM (/U27+)

347 Why are we talking about hair care products?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 29, 2021 02:58 PM (z4k8L)

348 We got a year's worth of raIn in four days. Don't care where you are, you're going to have problems.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 29, 2021 02:50 PM (/U27+)

44 inches at my place in 72 hours. it rained off and on another two days, at a much lower rate. I didn't bother to measure it. I was tired of emptying the 5-gallon bucket I used as my rain gauge. I live near NASA.

Posted by: Gref at August 29, 2021 02:59 PM (AMIL/)

349 Posted by: Tonypete at August 29, 2021 02:54 PM (mD/uy)

Good for your priest!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2021 02:59 PM (AJzTi)

350
Gavin McLoeod was supposedly a real Christian.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at August 29, 2021 02:59 PM (78llE)

351 It take real genius to build underpasses twenty feet below ground level in a swamp.
Posted by: Braenyard at August 29, 2021 02:57 PM (Xoxgm)

In front of the old Allen Park Inn

also in Dallas, like on Skillman

Posted by: REDACTED at August 29, 2021 03:00 PM (uCLWI)

352 The air here today is thick with smoke. Makes your eyes burn.

Posted by: Infidel at August 29, 2021 03:00 PM (Kx3kq)

353 Gavin MacLeod is mort too.

Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at August 29, 2021 03:01 PM (xopIz)

354
It take real genius to build underpasses twenty feet below ground level in a swamp.
Posted by: Braenyard at August 29, 2021 02:57 PM (Xoxgm)

________

It takes ultra super real genius to drive into flooded underpasses twenty feet below ground level in a swamp. But they do. And they die.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 29, 2021 03:02 PM (/U27+)

355 for some reason, I know not why, I was gifted with the ability to buy antiques that rich people wanted at the age of 10

It led me on a meteoric monetized ascent and left all other pursuits behind

I see now it was somewhat of a curse

I kind of see that sort of antique business as separate from the norm. Like the difference between car collectors who have a couple GTOs and those who deal in vintage Ferraris.

Posted by: azjaeger at August 29, 2021 03:02 PM (3/XaG)

356 Isn't one of the reasons for the ubiquity of the ak47 is that it is very forgiving of... lax maintenance? One of the problems with the M-16 platform being the opposite?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 29, 2021 03:03 PM (z4k8L)

357
Home from the show. Lying down for a while. It's been a long, hard day.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 29, 2021 03:04 PM (/U27+)

358 344 Old and Busted: The Keno Brothers valuing everything beween 1K - 2K.
New Hotness: Rick and Chumley looking at you like you have two heads no matter what price you mention.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 29, 2021 02:58 PM (PiwSw)

the Keno's are Americana experts

It is a whole different game than other antiques

American collector furniture must be virtually untouched

why I never got into that game

Posted by: REDACTED at August 29, 2021 03:04 PM (uCLWI)

359 Fenelon - you'd have loved the homily this morning - based on Mark 7:21-23 -

(From within people, from their hearts, come evil thoughts, unchastity, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, . . .etc. )

He spun it around the Grinch having found his heart and changing to love the Whos.

Terrific stuff!

Posted by: Tonypete at August 29, 2021 03:04 PM (mD/uy)

360 My bishop sent a letter strongly recommending the wearing of masks and the reception of Holy Communion in the hands.

Okay, I will let the body and blood, soul and divinity of Jesus touch my unconsecrated hands.

But I just got fed up with the mask bs.

Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at August 29, 2021 03:05 PM (xopIz)

361 At least here, even with the bullshit fear mongering, I only see a few wearing masks. Food places primarily.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 29, 2021 03:06 PM (z4k8L)

362 It takes ultra super real genius to drive into flooded underpasses twenty feet below ground level in a swamp. But they do. And they die.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 29, 2021 03:02 PM (/U27+)

I once drove my now wife's husband's jag in such a situation

He hated me more for that than stealing his woman

Posted by: REDACTED at August 29, 2021 03:06 PM (uCLWI)

363 LOL. I was pissed at my father for refinishing my mom's portable Victrola. You know how important the patina is.

Then I looked up its value.

They made a million of them. Not at all rare.

Otoh, mine as a really nice finish on it.

Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at August 29, 2021 03:07 PM (xopIz)

364 Posted by: Tonypete at August 29, 2021 03:04 PM (mD/uy)

It's always nice for me to hear that people go to church (I know that you are one of the regular attenders at church who post on here) and when they have nice things to say about their clergy's sermons.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2021 03:08 PM (AJzTi)

365 I remember Lou Grant being the first TV show I had a genuine hatred for. I was probably in my teens and I just couldn't understand how there could be a TV show where every single character was unlikeable.

Posted by: lowandslow at August 29, 2021 03:08 PM (4thlk)

366 Contra, it is also from within our hearts that Charity, Grace, Kindness, Generosity, Honor, Truth and the concept of Justice comes.

People are funny things. Capable of both Evil and Good.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 29, 2021 03:09 PM (z4k8L)

367 Hadrian, yes, and Aetius, also yes.

I know I might never see the answer but a relevant first question here is how much of this materiel was slated to be left for the Afghan regime/army when/if we had an orderly withdrawal? I'd think quite a bit of it.

Only point being that there'd be no removal plans for most of it, nor need for any.

One of the many ?s I had listening to Kash Patel's interview was his seeming implication that Bagram was key to removing equipment. But I don't think air was the primary method for moving bulk materiel. Could be wrong, but we didn't fly most of that stuff in, came in by surface transport.

Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at August 29, 2021 03:09 PM (OTzUX)

368 Two things to do with anything that air cures or humidity cures (like RTV) in a tube or a bottle. If in a bottle, always store upside down. It'll last quite a bit longer (also store paint cans upside down). If in a tube, put the cap over the end and hold it, then squeeze a big glob of the stuff, while holding the cap in place, so a decent sized glob comes oozing out around the cap. Then push the cap all the way on and tighten it. Clean up the goo that oozed out. This purges all of the compound that may have been exposed to air or humidity so that the cure reaction can't get started. The tube will last almost as long as an unopened one.

Posted by: John at August 29, 2021 03:09 PM (uka36)

369 Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at August 29, 2021 03:07 PM (xopIz)

a lesson everyone should learn

Posted by: REDACTED at August 29, 2021 03:10 PM (uCLWI)

370 One of my brothers is being ordained next month. I so look forward to receiving Communion from him the proper way.

My family likens his turnaround to that of St. Augustine - a horribly lost soul, scamp, player, and drunk to that of a holy man.

Which I suppose would equate my mother to that of St. Monica - Patron saint of, among other things, disappointing children.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 29, 2021 03:10 PM (mD/uy)

371
Quick-set polyurethane products like Gorilla
Glue deteriorate when exposed to light. It may be one of the strongest glues available, but it darkens and crumbles pretty fast after it sets if exposed to light. I tend to use epoxy, and the epoxy putty with the consistency of modeling clay is particularly useful.

That yellow expanding insulating foam in a can is also polyurethane based, and it deteriorates under light exposure very fast.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 29, 2021 03:11 PM (2iDSr)

372 Which I suppose would equate my mother to that of St. Monica - Patron saint of, among other things, disappointing children.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 29, 2021 03:10 PM (mD/uy)

You mean the children are disappointing, or someone is disappointing the children?

Posted by: Insomniac - Zhou Bai-Den Is Not My Chairman at August 29, 2021 03:11 PM (II3Gr)

373 nood food

Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at August 29, 2021 03:11 PM (xopIz)

374 John, good reco on storing materials that cure/dry out.

Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at August 29, 2021 03:11 PM (OTzUX)

375 We need a Realistic real political dead pool.

I put $100,000.00 on the junta man.

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at August 29, 2021 03:13 PM (b6XqY)

376 To make cyanoacrylate last longer, store it in the freezer (NOT refrigerator, that makes things worse) between uses. Learned this trick when my husband was building R/C models.

Posted by: empire 1 at August 29, 2021 03:19 PM (JJatH)

377 The long term effect of the whole Wu thing is going to be that people are self dividing into those that believe what authority tells them, those that will listen but draw their own conclusions, and those who believe the opposite automatically.
Posted by: azjaeger

So, what used to be: conservatives, libertarians, and hippies, in that order.

Posted by: SFGoth (KAi1n) at August 29, 2021 03:24 PM (KAi1n)

378 Glues everyone needs to know about -

3M 5200 marine adhesive sealant

Smooth-On Metalset A4 epoxy

I'm sure I'll think of more.

Posted by: JEM at August 29, 2021 03:33 PM (vBH2i)

379 I FELL THIS PAIN

Posted by: Winnie SC at August 29, 2021 03:37 PM (0HQgb)

380 The long term effect of the whole Wu thing is going to be that people are self dividing into those that believe what authority tells them, those that will listen but draw their own conclusions, and those who believe the opposite automatically.

Posted by: azjaeger at August 29, 2021 02:49 PM (3/XaG)

Anyone who believes a fucking thing they see or hear from the news media - ANY news media - ever again is a submoron of the lowest fucking order.

They literally get everything wrong. And when you know the truth about something - even the most benign seemingly nonpolitical shit - all you ever hear from them is the opposite.

They obfuscate, cover up, lie, cheat, misreport, misinterpret, misunderstand, mislead and insult. And that's on a *good* day.

Posted by: ... at August 29, 2021 03:55 PM (h38PC)

381 How many gorillas died to make your glue?

Posted by: bebark at August 29, 2021 04:03 PM (RMB72)

382 So, what used to be: conservatives, libertarians, and hippies, in that order.

There also needs to be a complete redo of political terminology for people to truly get it. Once the "left" aged into being the establishment, we got the strange sight of Authority pretending to have the ideals of outsider rebels. The world is topsy turvy when a straight Christian patriotic male is your actual countercultural rebel by society's standards. The "anti-fascists" are textbook fascists. And the 1% claim to support socialism and communism.

Posted by: azjaeger at August 29, 2021 04:24 PM (3/XaG)

383 Right up there with Big Ink Inc.

Posted by: leber at August 29, 2021 04:30 PM (MxeFh)

384 Gorilla Glue keeps well in Arizona. It's moisture that catalyzes it.

1. Store the bottle upside down.

2. If it becomes too viscous to dispense easily, warm it in the microwave for a few seconds only.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 29, 2021 04:45 PM (9vpZx)

385 Hubs & I are driving to ID to do some shopping and have some lunch in a free state. A car just passed us with a Venmo thing painted on the back windshield, asking for money for his/her birthday on 8/31.
Posted by: Jordan61 at August 29, 2021 02:11 PM (xIwtf)

Can you send one cent?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 29, 2021 05:03 PM (9vpZx)

386 I don't understand electricity or wiring. Here's my dilemma, I have a kind of old house, about 80 years old. The wiring is all original, never been upgraded. Some kind of solid copper wrapped with what looks like paper but might be something else. Doesn't look like plastic. So, old.

The house has 2 prong outlets as would be expected but also 3 prong. That surprised me so I took an outlet checker by Klien that came with a multimeter and plugged it in to the outlet. It said all good, hot, neutral, and ground all good. It has a code for open ground and that was off. Ok interesting. I also have a power strip that has a ground checker and it also said the ground was good.

Well, the outlet was upside down. Contractors will do that now days to signal the outlet is connected to the room switch but this wasn't the case. So I powered down the house, to take it out and flip it and I see the ground is open. Only two wires neutral and hot as would be expected in an old house. So how can I have a ground there? Magic? I'm sorry for my ignorance I'm stumped. Shouldn't they have put a gfi there? Is it really grounded? Maybe at the panel? What does that all mean?

Posted by: banana Dream at August 29, 2021 05:42 PM (AcGRr)

387 A flashbang + crazy glue....

In the name of not the government....don't move!

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at August 29, 2021 05:46 PM (b6XqY)

388 A pin will usually punch through. A hot needle has also worked.

Posted by: MikeN at August 29, 2021 06:01 PM (yQSoz)

389 Gorilla Glue:
1. Purchase absolute smallest container you can. I bought the .75 oz "Pen" version.
2. When finished dispensing, point tube up and squeeze tube to expel as much air as possible. This also pushes excess glue out of the tip.
3. Screw cap onto tube.
4. Store upright so glue does not flow into tip.

Pro Tip: Gorilla Glue sets up in the presence of water. Expelling air expels any moisture too, giving the glue a longer life.

Posted by: Dan at August 29, 2021 07:21 PM (+NG5U)

390 Super Glues:
I found keeping them upright in the refrigerator extends their life by years.

Posted by: Dan at August 29, 2021 07:22 PM (+NG5U)

391 Also Super Glues:
Buy a bunch of tiny tubes of the stuff at Harbor Freight. You'll get perhaps two uses out of them before they set up.

Posted by: Dan at August 29, 2021 07:23 PM (+NG5U)

392 Gorilla glue sets up in the presence of moisture, so if you can re cap it BEFORE you release the squeeze, that may help to keep from sucking humidity back into the bottle. Easier said than done.

As to the cured plug in the applicator neck, you can twist in a #6 drywall screw a ways, and usually the plug will pull out with a little effort.

But it will eventually turn into a semi liquid glop in the bottle. Damned strong glue, though. Ya gotta take the bad with the good!

Posted by: boynsea at August 29, 2021 07:36 PM (cx155)

393 Dont let air into the bottle when you use it, squezze the air out before you cap it...

You are welcome.

Posted by: Sixiron at August 29, 2021 09:45 PM (c4Wfm)

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