First-World Problems...

It's called an "attachment thumb screw," and all it does is hold the attachment power shaft firmly in the KitchenAid mixer.

The mixer is barely 30 years old, and I find this failure to be completely unacceptable. That little piece of plastic should last at least 400 years, although why it was designed that way is beyond me. Why not just make it a single piece of steel?

Oh...I know...to save 14 cents!

Posted by: CBD at 02:00 PM

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1 Being 1st

Posted by: Skip at November 20, 2022 02:00 PM (xhxe8)

2 Try epoxy

Posted by: Skip at November 20, 2022 02:02 PM (xhxe8)

3 Doubles as a urethral expansion device.

Posted by: Sounding just awful at November 20, 2022 02:02 PM (pLSJi)

4 hiya

Posted by: JT at November 20, 2022 02:02 PM (T4tVD)

5 $0.14?

Why, that makes no cents at all !

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at November 20, 2022 02:02 PM (e6UQI)

6 Or super glue, though plastics are tough to glue to, might help since it has grooves

Posted by: Skip at November 20, 2022 02:03 PM (xhxe8)

7 Doubles as a urethral expansion device.
Posted by: Sounding just awful at November 20, 2022 02:02 PM (pLSJi)

I just experienced one of those. Not funny !!

Posted by: polynikes at November 20, 2022 02:03 PM (QKJnV)

8 Does the plastic part hold something together on the mixer?

If not, then that is why vise-grips were invented.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 20, 2022 02:04 PM (HlyYF)

9 If not, then that is why vise-grips were invented.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 20, 2022 02:04 PM (HlyYF

I thought they were made as a TV channel changer?

Posted by: polynikes at November 20, 2022 02:05 PM (QKJnV)

10 I would search high and low in my collection for another plastic ot even aluminum that would fit onto the grooved parts, something around here would fit it

Posted by: Skip at November 20, 2022 02:05 PM (xhxe8)

11 I thought they were made as a TV channel changer?
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Heh.

I remember those.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at November 20, 2022 02:06 PM (tKb8s)

12 Where's Rodney Dangerfield? "You wanna make 14 cents the hard way?"

Posted by: Don Draper at November 20, 2022 02:06 PM (SXH3O)

13 Does the plastic part hold something together on the mixer?

If not, then that is why vise-grips were invented.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 20, 2022 02:04 PM (HlyYF)

The mixer has a port at the front where attachments (such as a meat grinder, or pasta roller) can be inserted. That part holds the attachment firmly to the mixer.

Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at November 20, 2022 02:06 PM (wmDcS)

14 I have an GE electric knife, thing is like 50 years old and will probably go another 100+ years. From my cold dead hands.

Part of the problem with our disposable culture is shit is just WAY cheaper than it used to be (when you adjust for inflation)

Appliances are a good example, 40 years ago, in today's dollars and entry level dishwasher would be like $1000 plus. And they would last 40 years. Today, an entry level dishwasher is like $300. And so we probably shouldn't be surprised it only lasts 10 years.

People want cheap, disposable shit that's made with slave labor.

Posted by: Blago at November 20, 2022 02:07 PM (HLmUK)

15 this is definitely in the wheelhouse of hot iron

Posted by: REDACTED at November 20, 2022 02:07 PM (us2H3)

16 J B Weld

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at November 20, 2022 02:07 PM (fv0Fk)

17 I thought they were made as a TV channel changer?

Posted by: polynikes at November 20, 2022 02:05 PM

Of course!

Did the original channel changer turn into a busted plastic part?

QED, deploy the vise-grips.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 20, 2022 02:08 PM (HlyYF)

18 BTW, I use a little JB Weld to fix that. Super glue won't cut it.

Posted by: Blago at November 20, 2022 02:08 PM (HLmUK)

19 I still have the commercial blender my Dad had when he owned a bar 40 years ago.

Posted by: polynikes at November 20, 2022 02:09 PM (QKJnV)

20 I use a little JB Weld to fix that. Super glue won't cut it.
Posted by: Blago
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JB Weld is every mechanic's best friend.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at November 20, 2022 02:09 PM (tKb8s)

21 stop monkeying around get some gorilla glue

Posted by: REDACTED at November 20, 2022 02:09 PM (us2H3)

22 First World Problem? Looking at the coverage of the shooting in Colorado... isn't any shooting driven by Hate? Why are some 'communities' special? Perp was a whack job who was only on the street, because the legal system failed... if he had walked into a church, and killed, would it be called a Hate crime?

Tired of this making people WHO SET THEMSELVES APART, being treated special.

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 20, 2022 02:09 PM (oHd/0)

23 14 cents times 10 million units is 1.4 million dollars. A fat bonus for the design engineer who made the suggestion.

Posted by: T C at November 20, 2022 02:09 PM (6aZ5k)

24 Having that attachment screw fail is annoying enough. Even worse, KitchenAid has gone to using cheap plastic gearing in the mixer drive train and the result is quite noticeably less reliable.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at November 20, 2022 02:09 PM (ZSK0i)

25 I would not try to use an epoxy to glue those pieces back together.

What I would do with an epoxy, is to build up a larger-than-knob-shaped blob on the steel, where the plastic knob used to be. Let it cure at least 24 hrs, then file it into a slightly larger than knob shaped approximation of the former knob. Then, thread the screw part into a properly fitted nut, chuck the thing into a lathe, and turning at a slow speed, apply a file and then sandpaper to reduce the epoxy to "knob size", nice and smooth and symmetrically round. You can knurl it for grip, if you like.

The solid epoxy knob replacement will be hella strong, and not a "Bubba" repair if done with even a modicum of craftsmanship.

Plan B would be to mail all the bits off to AOP or Berserker, and let them work their magic on it?

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at November 20, 2022 02:10 PM (e6UQI)

26 JB Weld is every mechanic's best friend.
Posted by: SMH
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It's funny, I didn't really know about JB Weld until later in life.

I still think it's such a miracle product.

Posted by: Blago at November 20, 2022 02:10 PM (HLmUK)

27 I'll try epoxy first. I think that will do the trick, but the design is definitely lacking. Although...it did last a long time, so...

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 20, 2022 02:11 PM (XIJ/X)

28 Find a high school kid who takes shop
Let him make a casing of it in aluminum
A win win situation

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at November 20, 2022 02:11 PM (fv0Fk)

29 JB Weld is every mechanic's best friend.
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at November 20, 2022 02:09 PM (tKb8s)

just under his Grindr

Posted by: REDACTED at November 20, 2022 02:11 PM (us2H3)

30 Two words: Gorilla Glue

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at November 20, 2022 02:11 PM (BdMk6)

31 14 I have an GE electric knife, thing is like 50 years old and will probably go another 100+ years. From my cold dead hands.

Part of the problem with our disposable culture is shit is just WAY cheaper than it used to be (when you adjust for inflation)

My SIL still has an American-made barber's electric razor from the 50's that was passed down from her mother.

Still works like a charm. Of course it weighs about 3 pounds. I suspect the razor motor could also drive a Prius up to about 15 MPH.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 20, 2022 02:11 PM (HlyYF)

32 Oh...I know...to save 14 cents!

Most of our world's problems can be laid at the feet of the accountants . On another note, I salute your tireless persistence CBD. You epitomize the spirit of Calvin Coolidge's " press on" quote.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * Ungovernable at November 20, 2022 02:11 PM (N4w1e)

33 RUBBER BULLETS! THEY'RE USING RUBBER BULLETS ON THE PROTESTERS!!!11!1!

Posted by: 29Victor at November 20, 2022 02:12 PM (BJKQV)

34 Why not just make it a single piece of steel?

Because then it would need to be turned/milled to have two different diameters instead of being swedged from a piece of single-diameter stock. Would add way more than $0.14 to the manufacturing cost.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 20, 2022 02:12 PM (nfrXX)

35 15 this is definitely in the wheelhouse of hot iron

Posted by: REDACTED at November 20, 2022 02:07 PM

So you're saying an Israeli bandage WOULDN'T fix the mixer?

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 20, 2022 02:13 PM (HlyYF)

36 30 Two words: Gorilla Glue
Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at November 20, 2022 02:11 PM (BdMk6)

fucking right wingers, can't even count

Posted by: Joe at November 20, 2022 02:13 PM (us2H3)

37 Probably like a hub in a boat prop, designed to be the break point on overload. JB should work.

Posted by: RT at November 20, 2022 02:13 PM (MRAeO)

38 My FWP: Bringing my spouse with me to get my "free" Safeway turkey. They only had 8-9lbers and 24lbers. Well, a man and a huge protein source that I cook well.

The real FWP - an entire 1/2 of my fridge beverage shelf is filled top to bottom with an immoveable turkey and will be through Thanksgiving. Trying to figure out where to put pre-prepped pumpkin dip and cranberry sauce on Wednesday afternoon should be fun...

PS - The spouse now has to lift the dang thing in and out of the oven for me Thursday...

Posted by: Nova local at November 20, 2022 02:13 PM (exHjb)

39 My 60 year-old house has been making some strange noises as it's gotten colder. Hope it's just normal contraction. I would not much like to wake up in a pile of rubble. Is that a first or a second-world problem?

Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 20, 2022 02:13 PM (Xrfse)

40 Would add way more than $0.14 to the manufacturing cost.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 20, 2022 02:12 PM (nfrXX)

FINE!

Ruin my post.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 20, 2022 02:13 PM (XIJ/X)

41 I use gorilla glue all the time

Posted by: Big Mike at November 20, 2022 02:14 PM (us2H3)

42 People want cheap, disposable shit that's made with slave labor.
Posted by: Blago
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Grandma went from hand washing, yes I caught my finger in the wringer, to a Maytag. My father (none of his business grandpa said) had a cow.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at November 20, 2022 02:14 PM (fv0Fk)

43 Can't remember what early American business titan did it but I remember the story of reducing the amount of oil in a can of tuna by one or two cents.

Posted by: polynikes at November 20, 2022 02:14 PM (QKJnV)

44 19 I still have the commercial blender my Dad had when he owned a bar 40 years ago.

Posted by: polynikes at November 20, 2022 02:09 PM

Any chance you also still have the bar?

If so, I predict a MoMe in your future!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 20, 2022 02:14 PM (HlyYF)

45 After you glue it, wrap it with wire, then cover with electrical tape.

Posted by: Marooned at November 20, 2022 02:14 PM (w6hJ9)

46 9 If not, then that is why vise-grips were invented.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 20, 2022 02:04 PM (HlyYF

I thought they were made as a TV channel changer?

Posted by: polynikes at November 20, 2022 02:05 PM (QKJnV)
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Steering wheel replacement.

Posted by: Ciampino - what a grip or what a gripe? at November 20, 2022 02:15 PM (qfLjt)

47 A lot of these things are built in a way that the plastic gear is like a "fuse" that's supposed to break so a more serious failure is avoided. But it seems dumb to me because usually these small failures just mean the thing goes in the garbage anyway.

Posted by: Blago at November 20, 2022 02:15 PM (HLmUK)

48 ..I'll try epoxy first. I think that will do the trick, but the design is definitely lacking. Although...it did last a long time, so...Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 20, 2022 02:11 PM (XIJ/X)

Get a small, stainless steel hose clamp. Coat the whole thing with a good layer of automotive paste wax, and then use the clamp TO clamp the bits after you've applied the epoxy. But, you don't want to glue the clamp to your knob (literally or figuratively), hence, the wax as a parting compound.

But, you've gotta clamp the assembly, or that epoxy really isn't going to give you much strength in the bond.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at November 20, 2022 02:15 PM (e6UQI)

49 lol CBD

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at November 20, 2022 02:15 PM (tKb8s)

50 Bring the screw shank to me, and I will weld a T-handle on on it. 5 minuts, tops.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 20, 2022 02:16 PM (Q4xg7)

51 Hmm, just saw this story show up on ZH The Arizona attorney general's office has launched an investigation into irregularities in Maricopa County's handling of the midterm elections.

So, uh, is the GOP actually going to do something about fraud or is this more failure theater?

Ok, I know its going to be the latter...but I guess Brnovich is feeling the heat? Or is someone on his team going against what he wants and DOING something?

Posted by: 18-1 at November 20, 2022 02:17 PM (ESjRY)

52 Any chance you also still have the bar?

If so, I predict a MoMe in your future!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 20, 2022 02:14 PM (HlyYF)

Hah no. It was in Lake Charles, LA in any event.
I don't know how many morons live in that area. Has to be close to zero.

Posted by: polynikes at November 20, 2022 02:17 PM (QKJnV)

53 A lot of these things are built in a way that the plastic gear is like a "fuse" that's supposed to break so a more serious failure is avoided. But it seems dumb to me because usually these small failures just mean the thing goes in the garbage anyway.
Posted by: Blago at November 20, 2022 02:15 PM (HLmUK)

My understanding is that KitchenAid's gone from the "sacrificial gear" to a plastic gear train in general. And it doesn't last.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at November 20, 2022 02:17 PM (ZSK0i)

54 36 30 Two words: Gorilla Glue
Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at November 20, 2022 02:11 PM (BdMk6)

fucking right wingers, can't even count
Posted by: Joe at November 20, 2022 02:13 PM (us2H3)

🙂

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at November 20, 2022 02:18 PM (BdMk6)

55 Fabricate a new one. Can you fashion a rudimentary lathe?

Posted by: fd at November 20, 2022 02:19 PM (sn5EN)

56 Also, JB Weld makes an epoxy "clay" called WaterWeld (also is sold under other names) and it can sometimes be better if you need to form something around what you want joined. It's two pieces of clay you knead together to start the epoxy.

Stuff will last forever if you do it right. It's like concrete after it dries.

Posted by: Blago at November 20, 2022 02:19 PM (HLmUK)

57 FINE!

Ruin my post.

After I hit post, I realized it could probably be hot-forged from bar stock, which would be pretty cheap if you were going to make thousands of them every day. Lots of factors go into industrial design and everything is a compromise.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 20, 2022 02:19 PM (nfrXX)

58 I don't know how many morons live in that area. Has to be close to zero.
Posted by: polynikes

Ask Miklos. He knows things .

Posted by: Sock Monkey * Ungovernable at November 20, 2022 02:19 PM (N4w1e)

59 Get a chunk of wood, sand it down, drill a hole, and pound it on. Finish it any way you like or not.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at November 20, 2022 02:20 PM (geVLo)

60 I have a Kenmore dishwasher that is nearing it's 25th birthday. Still cranking along. Hope I didn't jinx myself.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 20, 2022 02:21 PM (Xrfse)

61 What amazes me is the number of parts you can find online to repair just about any gadget. I replaced something similar on my wife's KitchenAid blender a year or so ago. Cost a couple bucks. Replaced a couple carburetors because I was too lazy to empty the Ethanol treated fuel in my push lawnmower and portable generator... about $20 each. New powerhead for an expensive 12 year old Dyson vacuum was $100 vs several hundred for a new machine. The list goes on...

That said, some of the junk built today isn't worth the time or effort to fix... if it can be repaired at all.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 20, 2022 02:21 PM (Q4IgG)

62 46 9 If not, then that is why vise-grips were invented.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 20, 2022 02:04 PM (HlyYF
I thought they were made as a TV channel changer?

Posted by: polynikes at November 20, 2022 02:05 PM (QKJnV)
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Steering wheel replacement.
Posted by: Ciampino
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Reasons why they are available in different sizes.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at November 20, 2022 02:21 PM (fv0Fk)

63 Plan B would be to mail all the bits off to AOP or Berserker, and let them work their magic on it?

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at November 20, 2022 02:10 PM (e6UQI)

Actually, serious hardware stores that have aisles with those little tray boxes filled with nuts and bolts may well have a suitable replacement. There is a category for knobs of that type.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 20, 2022 02:21 PM (Q4xg7)

64 isn't any shooting driven by Hate?

-
When the Weather Underground were killing people, they were love murders.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 20, 2022 02:22 PM (FVME7)

65 stop monkeying around get some gorilla glue
Posted by: REDACTED

Macaq can't handle the glue.

Posted by: BifBewalski's Phone at November 20, 2022 02:22 PM (3CCua)

66 I'd probably find an old cracked 3/4 inch socket and weld that sucker on

that would probably CBD proof it

he is such a torque nut

Posted by: REDACTED at November 20, 2022 02:22 PM (us2H3)

67 My understanding is that KitchenAid's gone from the "sacrificial gear" to a plastic gear train in general. And it doesn't last.

KitchenAid used to be the consumer brand of Hobart industrial machinery. Some years back it apparently got sold off and the designs were targeted to a lower price point. My mother used to have a home-based cake decorating business. My dad must have rebuilt her old KitchenAid mixer a half-dozen times over many years.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 20, 2022 02:22 PM (nfrXX)

68 Flex Seal has to have a product that addresses this problem. After using the product your mixer could also double as a boat according to the commercials.

Posted by: polynikes at November 20, 2022 02:22 PM (QKJnV)

69 It's funny, I didn't really know about JB Weld until later in life.

I still think it's such a miracle product.

Posted by: Blago at November 20, 2022 02:10 PM

I always kick myself on a DIY project when I finally learn the EASY way to do it!

Why the f*ck have I previously done this project five times the hard way over the last 20 years?

I think my latest epiphany was using a hammer drill to drill holes with masonry bits. I always slowly managed it before with a regular drill. Got a hammer drill for a bigger job and it is 20X faster.

Can't believe all of the holes I drilled the hard way!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 20, 2022 02:22 PM (HlyYF)

70
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at November 20, 2022 02:15 PM

I knew a mechanically inclined individual could fix that. My mechanic at my shop has fixed any number of things for me that would have been thrown away. Cheap jewelry, a heel on my boot, cat toys, He always clamps everything and I have to wait for it to dry. He's even repaired an old broken bird bath with some sort of epoxy glue stuff and yes it holds water.

Posted by: CaliGirl at November 20, 2022 02:23 PM (SC/56)

71 40 Would add way more than $0.14 to the manufacturing cost.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 20, 2022 02:12 PM

FINE!

Ruin my post.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 20, 2022 02:13 PM

It wasn't Oddbob that ruined your post, it was Bidenflation!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 20, 2022 02:24 PM (HlyYF)

72 68 Flex Seal has to have a product that addresses this problem. After using the product your mixer could also double as a boat according to the commercials.
Posted by: polynikes at November 20, 2022 02:22 PM

The flex seal duct tape works on holes in water troughs.

Posted by: CaliGirl at November 20, 2022 02:25 PM (SC/56)

73 Slot the top of the bolt / screw and epoxy a dine into the slot. You will still be 4 cents ahead and it will be all metal.

Posted by: Indy Bill at November 20, 2022 02:26 PM (WS+Gm)

74 That's just a thumbscrew. I probably have one like it in my collection of thumbscrews.

Posted by: Guy who collects thumbscrews at November 20, 2022 02:26 PM (sn5EN)

75 The flex seal duct tape works on holes in water troughs.
Posted by: CaliGirl at November 20, 2022 02:25 PM (SC/56)

I bought a roll of that tape in case of a water pipe leak. I have galvanized piping.

Posted by: polynikes at November 20, 2022 02:27 PM (QKJnV)

76 I'm a big fan of JB Kwik

or is it Kwik BJ ?

Posted by: REDACTED at November 20, 2022 02:27 PM (us2H3)

77 52 Any chance you also still have the bar?

If so, I predict a MoMe in your future!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 20, 2022 02:14 PM

Hah no. It was in Lake Charles, LA in any event.
I don't know how many morons live in that area. Has to be close to zero.

Posted by: polynikes at November 20, 2022 02:17 PM

The Moron Horde (like the Mongol Horde) travels well - especially if there is alcohol at the end of the journey!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 20, 2022 02:27 PM (HlyYF)

78 Actually, serious hardware stores that have aisles with those little tray boxes filled with nuts and bolts may well have a suitable replacement. There is a category for knobs of that type.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

In my neck of the woods it's Hillman. My decision to shop at a hardware store is based on the size and how well maintained their Hillman section is. Local hardware/grocery store has the best around.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * Ungovernable at November 20, 2022 02:27 PM (N4w1e)

79 3D printing can make a new knob for less than $0.14 if you don't count the $800 for the mach8ne, and the $75 shipping, and the $35 for the plastic string to feed it, and the . . .

Posted by: Posting "First" should be a killin' offense! at November 20, 2022 02:28 PM (qtB+p)

80 Should have made it out of Bakelite - the forever plastic. Millennia from now - all our metals will have oxidized - and anthropologists will label the period from 1950 onward and call it the "Bakelite Epoch"

Posted by: Java Joe at November 20, 2022 02:28 PM (VsPm9)

81 The flex seal duct tape works on holes in water troughs.
Posted by: CaliGirl

Flex Seal in a can works better

Posted by: Sock Monkey * Ungovernable at November 20, 2022 02:29 PM (N4w1e)

82 Sorry CBD, it has a designed purpose. That design prevents Neanderthals like us from tightening it too much. Over time with a solid piece, you can dimple and crimp the metal and put pressure on the shaft that powers any attachments.

Posted by: Picric at November 20, 2022 02:30 PM (13tTk)

83 My BBS handle for years was bakelite.

Posted by: fd at November 20, 2022 02:30 PM (sn5EN)

84 75 The flex seal duct tape works on holes in water troughs.
Posted by: CaliGirl at November 20, 2022 02:25 PM (SC/56)

I bought a roll of that tape in case of a water pipe leak. I have galvanized piping.
Posted by: polynikes at Novem

We put that in a trough about 6 months ago, someone shot a trough and it's still holding. You have to get these rubber liners to repair them or buy a new trough and they are expensive.

Posted by: CaliGirl at November 20, 2022 02:30 PM (SC/56)

85 That plastic looks pretty slick, and I doubt any adhesive will stick well to it. Jim's suggestion of molding a new handle from epoxy paste seems sound.

Or, Walmart sells a replacement:

https://tinyurl.com/54xkuwzs

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 20, 2022 02:30 PM (Q4xg7)

86 0 I have a Kenmore dishwasher that is nearing it's 25th birthday. Still cranking along. Hope I didn't jinx myself.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 20, 2022 02:21 PM (Xrfse)

Had replace my 30 year old Kenmore dishwasher a couple of months ago. The new one should last until I die in a decade or so.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at November 20, 2022 02:30 PM (BdMk6)

87 81 The flex seal duct tape works on holes in water troughs.
Posted by: CaliGirl

Flex Seal in a can works better

Posted by: Sock Monkey * Ungovernable at November 20, 2022 02:29 PM (N4w1e)

Didn't have that in the tool box. I will tell my husband.

Posted by: CaliGirl at November 20, 2022 02:31 PM (SC/56)

88 *hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at November 20, 2022 02:31 PM (wh8gZ)

89 Or, Walmart sells a replacement:

I think you may be missing the point of the thread. Which is not to solve the problem but to give all us bored geeks something to talk about that isn't politics or bewbs.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 20, 2022 02:33 PM (nfrXX)

90 do not rely on Flex Seal to contain the wayward fart

Posted by: REDACTED at November 20, 2022 02:33 PM (us2H3)

91 KitchenAid used to be the consumer brand of Hobart industrial machinery. Some years back it apparently got sold off and the designs were targeted to a lower price point.

That would explain a few things.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at November 20, 2022 02:33 PM (ZSK0i)

92 I have a Kenmore dishwasher that is nearing it's 25th birthday. Still cranking along. Hope I didn't jinx myself.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 20, 2022 02:21 PM (Xrfse)

Had replace my 30 year old Kenmore dishwasher a couple of months ago. The new one should last until I die in a decade or so.
Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons

I've had the worst luck with dishwashers over the last 20 years.

A lot of it is because they now all have circuit boards in order to hit government efficiency numbers.

Posted by: Blago at November 20, 2022 02:33 PM (HLmUK)

93 In my neck of the woods it's Hillman. My decision to shop at a hardware store is based on the size and how well maintained their Hillman section is. Local hardware/grocery store has the best around.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * Ungovernable at November 20, 2022 02:27 PM (N4w1e)

Apache Junction has 3 stores in about an 8-block interval: Best Hardware, Ace Hardware, and Shopper's Supply. All have a big section of Hillman hardware, and all slightly different. Very handy, it is.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 20, 2022 02:33 PM (Q4xg7)

94 Had to go change a outside light bulb, enough 1st world problem enough for me today

Posted by: Skip at November 20, 2022 02:33 PM (xhxe8)

95 60 I have a Kenmore dishwasher that is nearing it's 25th birthday. Still cranking along. Hope I didn't jinx myself.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 20, 2022 02:21 PM (Xrfse)
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Maytag drier from late 1994 is still going. The Maytag washer of the same date gave up a few years ago but no spare parts so had to be replaced. The gas furnace, probably as old as the house (about 70 years), won't light so my house temp is currently 57. Very cold. I have a ticket in for a service and I hope they come tomorrow.

Posted by: Ciampino - thank goodness for cats as warmers at November 20, 2022 02:34 PM (qfLjt)

96 That happened to my vibrating anal plug once. I liked it.

Posted by: David French at November 20, 2022 02:34 PM (ya9BE)

97 I see where this part goes on a KitchenAid mixer

Posted by: Skip at November 20, 2022 02:35 PM (xhxe8)

98 Get a Vita Mix (without electronics). They seem to know how to make stuff. I did buy a refrub Kitchen Aid mixer. It's not as heavy as the old one I was using. But it will do.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 20, 2022 02:35 PM (uz3Px)

99 I think you may be missing the point of the thread. Which is not to solve the problem but to give all us bored geeks something to talk about that isn't politics or bewbs.
Posted by: Oddbob at November 20, 2022 02:33 PM (nfrXX)

Well, this bored geek DDG'ed "kitchen aid replacement knob", looked at the pictures, and clicked on the first one that looked like CBD's knob.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 20, 2022 02:35 PM (Q4xg7)

100 I bought my Maytag dishwasher in 2008 when I bought and renovated my current abode. I haven't used it once.

Posted by: polynikes at November 20, 2022 02:36 PM (QKJnV)

101 my house temp is currently 57. Very cold. I have a ticket in for a service and I hope they come tomorrow.

That's a bit chilly. Best of luck.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 20, 2022 02:36 PM (Xrfse)

102 I think my latest epiphany was using a hammer drill to drill holes with masonry bits. I always slowly managed it before with a regular drill. Got a hammer drill for a bigger job and it is 20X faster.

Can't believe all of the holes I drilled the hard way!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 20, 2022 02:22 PM (HlyYF)

You are approaching Dildo-level knuckleheadedness!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 20, 2022 02:36 PM (XIJ/X)

103 isn't any shooting driven by Hate?
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Is defending yourself a hateful act?

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at November 20, 2022 02:36 PM (tKb8s)

104 New part options - The original appliance manufacturer or maybe Adult World.

At about $12 for a replacement part and shipping, the original appliance manufacturer would likely be the less expensive, more durable option.

Posted by: Lola at November 20, 2022 02:36 PM (NIYa7)

105 Bullet hole? _ Cork

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at November 20, 2022 02:37 PM (fv0Fk)

106 "isn't any shooting driven by Hate?'

Could be driven by boredom and insufficient appreciation that other human being are, in fact, human.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 20, 2022 02:37 PM (oRXQU)

107 Is defending yourself a hateful act?
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at November 20, 2022 02:36 PM (tKb8s)

I would hate, hate, hate being beaten to death, so yes.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 20, 2022 02:37 PM (Q4xg7)

108 AOP has been eyeballing CBD's knob haha

Posted by: Balrog of Morgoth at November 20, 2022 02:38 PM (ya9BE)

109 And just a warning. Wine coolers don't last long at all relatively speaking.

Posted by: polynikes at November 20, 2022 02:38 PM (QKJnV)

110 89 Or, Walmart sells a replacement:

I think you may be missing the point of the thread. Which is not to solve the problem but to give all us bored geeks something to talk about that isn't politics or bewbs.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 20, 2022 02:33 PM

Yes, and it also serves as a warm-up for the discussion on the Gun Thread!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 20, 2022 02:38 PM (HlyYF)

111 "Well, this bored geek DDG'ed "kitchen aid replacement knob", looked at the pictures, and clicked on the first one that looked like CBD's knob."

Phrasing!

Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 20, 2022 02:38 PM (oRXQU)

112 "Can't believe all of the holes I drilled the hard way! "

LOL, I had all hand tools all my (29+) life. Finally I got a power drill.
But, you should see my forearms!

Posted by: gourmand du jour, clear and cool at November 20, 2022 02:38 PM (jTmQV)

113 AOP has been eyeballing CBD's knob haha
Posted by: Balrog of Morgoth at November 20, 2022 02:38 PM (ya9BE)

Red meat for the Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 20, 2022 02:39 PM (Q4xg7)

114 76 I'm a big fan of JB Kwik

or is it Kwik BJ ?

Posted by: REDACTED at November 20, 2022 02:27 PM (us2H3)
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That's what she said.

Posted by: Ciampino - Me love you long timearmers at November 20, 2022 02:40 PM (qfLjt)

115 I can't believe you run a kitchen without a decent pair of robogrips. Loser.

Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at November 20, 2022 02:40 PM (LOVUx)

116 So… over 100 comments, not sure if this is really 1WP or OT…

MiladyJo just pulled a package of bacon out of the fridge. It's been in the back, surely less than 40° vacuum-sealed, with a sell-by date of… late September.

Looks okay… Professor Intrawwwebz says two weeks past sell-by date, maximum. What do the mad food scientists of the horde think? Tossing a whole pack of bacon is tragic!

Fortunately, there's more in the freezer.

Posted by: mindful webworker - with big bag of people chow at November 20, 2022 02:41 PM (E78bp)

117 Well, it has warmed up to freezing here, and the Sun is shining brightly, so I'm heading outside to start up a few cars and move them into the pole building shop.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 20, 2022 02:41 PM (Q4xg7)

118 This is literally about to happen to my mixer.

Posted by: Miss Issippi at November 20, 2022 02:42 PM (EunUE)

119 I think you may be missing the point of the thread. Which is not to solve the problem but to give all us bored geeks something to talk about that isn't politics ~~or bewbs~~.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 20, 2022 02:33 PM (nfrXX)

FIFY

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 20, 2022 02:42 PM (XIJ/X)

120 3rd world problem. Prometheus is on IFC right now.

Posted by: polynikes at November 20, 2022 02:42 PM (QKJnV)

121 Didn't have that in the tool box. I will tell my husband.
Posted by: CaliGirl

Had a plastic bathtub as a trough for my goats. It developed a crack which I sealed with Flex seal tape . It started leaking after one winter. Sealed it with the Flex seal spray and have not had any issues. I've already had near zero temps and the plastic tub is now in Billy Goat Gruffs pen. He's considerably harder on it then the girls.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * Ungovernable at November 20, 2022 02:43 PM (N4w1e)

122 102 I think my latest epiphany was using a hammer drill to drill holes with masonry bits. I always slowly managed it before with a regular drill. Got a hammer drill for a bigger job and it is 20X faster.

Can't believe all of the holes I drilled the hard way!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 20, 2022 02:22 PM

You are approaching Dildo-level knuckleheadedness!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 20, 2022 02:36 PM

That is just one example out of a multitude!

I now almost always call a friend if they are an expert on a particular type of project. I do enjoy it when a 5" phone call saves two hours of labor!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 20, 2022 02:43 PM (HlyYF)

123 115 I can't believe you run a kitchen without a decent pair of robogrips. Loser.
Posted by: tcn in AK
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Have a pair of forged Channel Locks that were my fathers. When they wear out I'm going to check those out. Pretty tough looking they are.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at November 20, 2022 02:43 PM (fv0Fk)

124 3rd world problem. Prometheus is on IFC right now.

An easy fix. Turn the channel.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at November 20, 2022 02:44 PM (ZSK0i)

125 Looks okay… Professor Intrawwwebz says two weeks past sell-by date, maximum. What do the mad food scientists of the horde think? Tossing a whole pack of bacon is tragic!

Fortunately, there's more in the freezer.
Posted by: mindful webworker - with big bag of people chow at November 20, 2022 02:41 PM (E78bp)

I just ate a plate of Kirkland bacon, bought in May, and stuck in the freezer compartment, until taken out a couple of weeks ago. Perfectly good, yummy, even. One more meal left in the pack. And there is one more frozen, yet.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 20, 2022 02:44 PM (Q4xg7)

126 13 Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at November 20, 2022 02:06 PM (wmDcS)

so a by design pressure point was made into a thoroughly fallible and brittle over time solution....

BRILLIANT must be American made.

Posted by: sven at November 20, 2022 02:44 PM (Lzpvj)

127 Here's a first world problem: I can't decide if it's better to leave the tire air filler attachment permanently screwed on to the 25' air hose, or to go get a little 10 inch nipple and screw the tire filler to that, with a quick disconnect hose coupling on the other end.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 20, 2022 02:44 PM (oRXQU)

128 3rd world problem. Prometheus is on IFC right now.

An easy fix. Turn the channel.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at November 20, 2022 02:44 PM (ZSK0i)

I lost my vice grips.

Posted by: polynikes at November 20, 2022 02:44 PM (QKJnV)

129 98 Get a Vita Mix (without electronics). They seem to know how to make stuff. I did buy a refrub Kitchen Aid mixer. It's not as heavy as the old one I was using. But it will do.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 20, 2022 02:35 PM (uz3Px)

Bought a rebuilt Kirby vacuum a few years ago. Fuck the plastic ones.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at November 20, 2022 02:45 PM (BdMk6)

130 "What do the mad food scientists of the horde think?"
Cook some up and feed it to someone else.
See what happens.
Just kidding. Cook it up, it's probably fine.

Posted by: gourmand du jour, clear and cool at November 20, 2022 02:45 PM (jTmQV)

131 Watched Slim Potatohead's video of setting up his woodstove in his cabin. People these days are scared to death of heating with wood. They always suggest CO2 monitors and fire extinguishers. Yet they wouldn't think twice about my natural gas forced air furnace in the attic.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 20, 2022 02:45 PM (uz3Px)

132 "MiladyJo just pulled a package of bacon out of the fridge. It's been in the back, surely less than 40° vacuum-sealed, with a sell-by date of… late September."

cook it and see if it smells funny. If yes, compost. If no, enjoy!

Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 20, 2022 02:45 PM (oRXQU)

133 What do the mad food scientists of the horde think? Tossing a whole pack of bacon is tragic!

Fortunately, there's more in the freezer.
Posted by: mindful webworker
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What does it look like?
What does it smell like?
What does it smell like while cooking?

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at November 20, 2022 02:46 PM (fv0Fk)

134 Posted by: mindful webworker - with big bag of people chow at November 20, 2022 02:41 PM (E78bp)

I think the "sell by" dates are mostly bullshit. That's cured meat that has been kept cold and sealed from bacteria. I would eat it.

Cook it first though....

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 20, 2022 02:46 PM (XIJ/X)

135 99
and clicked on the first one that looked like CBD's knob.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 20, 2022 02:35 PM (Q4xg7)
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phrasing?

Posted by: Ciampino - Me love you long time at November 20, 2022 02:46 PM (qfLjt)

136 "CO2 monitors "

Proving that most people today are terribly misinformed, and probably idiots.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 20, 2022 02:46 PM (oRXQU)

137 Pillage Idiot, it's a shame obviously you just were never shown how a proper tool in this case was the best tool to use

Posted by: Skip at November 20, 2022 02:47 PM (xhxe8)

138 131 Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 20, 2022 02:45 PM (uz3Px)

GloboSocioHomo is slowly working their way to outlawing wood burning.

They seem hellbent to put us back to before the stone age in QOL unless we bend knee.

Posted by: sven at November 20, 2022 02:47 PM (Lzpvj)

139 Fortunately, there's more in the freezer.
Posted by: mindful webworker -

You have bacon that has passed its use by date?

* shakes head*

Stuff it in the usb, I'll eat it

Posted by: Sock Monkey * Ungovernable at November 20, 2022 02:47 PM (N4w1e)

140 I thought they were made as a TV channel changer?

You mean children.

Posted by: Those of a certain age know at November 20, 2022 02:47 PM (pLSJi)

141 136 Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 20, 2022 02:46 PM (oRXQU)

We probably need them near our mouth and nostrils as well.

Posted by: sven at November 20, 2022 02:47 PM (Lzpvj)

142 phrasing?
Posted by: Ciampino - Me love you long time at November 20, 2022 02:46 PM (qfLjt)

LOL. That thought went through my mind, and i deliberately left it that way to amuse the Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 20, 2022 02:47 PM (Q4xg7)

143 MiladyJo just pulled a package of bacon out of the fridge. It's been in the back, surely less than 40° vacuum-sealed, with a sell-by date of… late September.

Bacon with salt on it? I have eaten way older than that!

(With no noticeable drop in IQ that would send me below the level of an Idiot.)

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 20, 2022 02:48 PM (HlyYF)

144 116. fsis dot usda dot gov

Product dating (i.e., applying "sell-by" or "use-by" dates) is not required by Federal regulations. However, many stores and processors may voluntarily choose to date packages of bacon. Use or freeze products with a "sell-by" date within 7 days of purchase. If the manufacturer has determined a "use-by" date, observe it. It's always best to buy a product before its date expires. It's not important if a date expires after freezing bacon because all foods stay safe while frozen.

Posted by: Lola at November 20, 2022 02:48 PM (NIYa7)

145 Best solution: AOP's welding a "T" handle to the splined portion of the fastener.

Most ELEGANT solution: Indy Bill's suggestion to slot the spline, and epoxy a dime into the slot. MY improvement: Use an actual silver dime, and silver solder it into place.=tres' elegance!

Most DIRECT solution: AOP's having found and listed the actual replacement part.

Most "Bubba" solution: Vice Grips. (y'all hold m'uh beer'n watch this!)

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at November 20, 2022 02:49 PM (e6UQI)

146 I always tell them to buy a big box of baking soda and use some of that if the fire gets too hot. Much better than a fire extinguisher.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 20, 2022 02:49 PM (uz3Px)

147 For the bacon, don't cook it if you open the pack and it smells bad, is slimy, is discolored, or is moldy. Also, probably don't cook it if anyone if your family is immunocompromised or has a touchy immune system.

And if you cook it, kill it - no chewy bacon allowed.

Posted by: Nova local at November 20, 2022 02:49 PM (exHjb)

148 Gas furnaces are buttoned down better than most wood stoves. Personally I'd be more concerned over operational discipline and not burning the house down than CO2.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at November 20, 2022 02:50 PM (fv0Fk)

149 if = in

Posted by: Nova local at November 20, 2022 02:50 PM (exHjb)

150 144 Posted by: Lola at November 20, 2022 02:48 PM (NIYa7)

I would pay good money to have a genuine manual for frontier prospectors on survival matters.

I am also pondering when we return to Ohio God willing building an icehouse and a coldstore- look for ever increasing energy costs.

Posted by: sven at November 20, 2022 02:50 PM (Lzpvj)

151 If you think that's unacceptable, you should try the KitchenAid can opener attachment.

Posted by: Socratease at November 20, 2022 02:50 PM (oqnjT)

152 Can food will be good 20 or more years past their best used date as long as kept at a consistent reasonable temperature.

Posted by: polynikes at November 20, 2022 02:50 PM (QKJnV)

153 152 Posted by: polynikes at November 20, 2022 02:50 PM (QKJnV)

so Fallout4 was a documentary?

Posted by: sven at November 20, 2022 02:51 PM (Lzpvj)

154 Fabricate a new one. Can you fashion a rudimentary lathe?
Posted by: fd

So glad you said it because I was going to.

"Get off the line, Guy!!!"

Posted by: mindful webworker - never surrender! at November 20, 2022 02:51 PM (E78bp)

155 Great News everyone!

Wal-mart was completely out of milk....

Thank God we have an ironclad supply chain.

Posted by: sven at November 20, 2022 02:52 PM (Lzpvj)

156 Looks okay… Professor Intrawwwebz says two weeks past sell-by date, maximum.!

Trust your nose. If it smells OK when you open the pack, I would use it.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 20, 2022 02:52 PM (nfrXX)

157 I've seen bacon cooked that had green mold on it, the mold was scraped off. In to the pan it went.
No one noticed a thing.

Posted by: gourmand du jour, clear and cool at November 20, 2022 02:53 PM (jTmQV)

158 I am also pondering when we return to Ohio God willing building an icehouse and a coldstore- look for ever increasing energy costs.

Posted by: sven at November 20, 2022 02:50 PM

You can also do a lot of good meat preservation on the opposite end of the scale with a good smoker and/or a dehydrator.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 20, 2022 02:53 PM (HlyYF)

159 You have problems, MY Kitchen Aid mixer is barely 11 years old and it won't stay turned off, the switch is worn down. Eventually I will have to open it to see if jiggering with it will work or if I need a replacement part.
Mom's is so old the paint has started to be cleaned off of it and it works fine, so I may just get that one out of the cabinet.

Since every home repair I make winds up having that "dieselpunk" air I won't be surprised if you decide it is a bad idea, but you might consider replacing that broken plastic part with something else. A roll-pin, some drilling and you are half way home.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 20, 2022 02:54 PM (xhaym)

160 I saw a cabin in TN with a springhouse. Always wanted one of those. I've lived at two places with a gravity fed spring water system but no springhouses. And I would like a root cellar too. There is a vacant lot down the street that seems to have either a root cellar or storm cellar on it.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 20, 2022 02:54 PM (uz3Px)

161 158 Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 20, 2022 02:53 PM (HlyYF)

My fantasy is all of the anointed beautiful people live in domed megacities on the coasts and we are left the fuck alone in the middle.

Posted by: sven at November 20, 2022 02:54 PM (Lzpvj)

162 Superglue + baking soda

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at November 20, 2022 02:54 PM (S7une)

163 131 Watched Slim Potatohead's video of setting up his woodstove in his cabin. People these days are scared to death of heating with wood. They always suggest CO2 monitors and fire extinguishers. Yet they wouldn't think twice about my natural gas forced air furnace in the attic.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 20, 2022 02:45 PM (uz3Px)
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That would be a CO (carbon monoxide) monitor and not CO2 right?

Posted by: Ciampino - that one O makes a difference at November 20, 2022 02:55 PM (qfLjt)

164 you might consider replacing that broken plastic part with something else. A roll-pin, some drilling and you are half way home.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 20, 2022 02:54 PM (xhaym)

There have been some good ideas...I think I will use one of them. The slot cut into the screw and then a dime of something glued into it makes a lot of sense.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 20, 2022 02:56 PM (XIJ/X)

165 Wow, I had no idea I'm just under 22,000 miles from lifetime 1,000,000 on United. I've flown once since 2016 and that was an award ticket flight. Last I had checked I was at about 945,000. Hmm....

Posted by: SFGoth at November 20, 2022 02:56 PM (KAi1n)

166 Here's a first world problem: I can't decide if it's better to leave the tire air filler attachment permanently screwed on to the 25' air hose, or to go get a little 10 inch nipple and screw the tire filler to that, with a quick disconnect hose coupling on the other end.

Quick connectors all the way. Get 'em at Harbor Fright.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 20, 2022 02:56 PM (nfrXX)

167 >>>Can't believe all of the holes I drilled the hard way!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 20, 2022 02:22 PM (HlyYF)

You are approaching Dildo-level knuckleheadedness!

>I would like to introduce you to the rotary hammer. You're welcome.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at November 20, 2022 02:57 PM (geVLo)

168 If I were to buy some wooded land, I'd be using wood for heat. Nothing wrong or scary about it.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at November 20, 2022 02:57 PM (BdMk6)

169 Posted by: Kindltot at November 20, 2022 02:54 PM (xhaym)

I have an embarrassment of riches in the mixer department.

Mine is from the early 1990s, and I have my mom's which is from the 1970s and is even heavier than mine!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 20, 2022 02:58 PM (XIJ/X)

170 Even better: superglue + powdered graphite + baking soda

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at November 20, 2022 02:58 PM (S7une)

171 150. An interesting site: Survival Food of the American West

Via frontieramericaillustratednews dot com

I think that's a good building idea & you can find some good reference sources online.

Posted by: Lola at November 20, 2022 02:58 PM (NIYa7)

172 160 Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 20, 2022 02:54 PM (uz3Px)

If I were going completely nuts and money were no object I would make a hillbilly solar water heater-the size of 2/3ds a water tower gravity feeding a semi-potable water loop.....

cold store, root cellar, icehouse, with a solar array and yacht batteries.....

I'd have a deep well to draw potable water for drinking and cooking, and a fairly robust fallout shelter given my near total faith that we will be EMPd in the next twenty years.

Posted by: sven at November 20, 2022 02:58 PM (Lzpvj)

173 Wood stove produces creosote and other nasties that gum up the flue. A fire in the flue/chimney can be disastrous if not it's designed properly.

Regular maintenance is always good but good design is done around worst-case scenarios.

Posted by: pawn at November 20, 2022 02:58 PM (wsHtO)

174 134
I think the "sell by" dates are mostly bullshit. That's cured meat that has been kept cold and sealed from bacteria. I would eat it.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 20, 2022 02:46 PM (XIJ/X)
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That!

Posted by: Ciampino - one O makes a difference at November 20, 2022 02:58 PM (qfLjt)

175 I lost my vice grips.
Posted by: polynikes at November 20, 2022 02:44 PM (QKJnV)

Well, not that you really *need* an excuse to go to the hardware store, but...

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at November 20, 2022 02:58 PM (ZSK0i)

176 Replacement $6 available from Amazon.

Posted by: Next2Nothing at November 20, 2022 02:58 PM (tA1/w)

177 Have you tried slapping a hot iron to it?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 20, 2022 02:58 PM (4YnoT)

178 My fantasy is all of the anointed beautiful people live in domed megacities on the coasts and we are left the fuck alone in the middle.

Posted by: sven at November 20, 2022 02:54 PM

I am already there, brother!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 20, 2022 02:59 PM (HlyYF)

179 Squeaking of old appliances, when we moved back to Oklahoma, this old cement house was so deteriorated it was valued at $0. A bargain. New roof, new hot water tank, new furnace/AC, and a lot of repairs, it's probably worth ten times as much now.

The furnace and water heater were both Sears Kenmore. From 1994, don't you know. Glad this fall when I turned on the furnace and it sparked right up, good as new.

The water heater just had to be replaced, though. Water was dribbling out of it, and getting worse. I read some discussion on here about others with such problems, and someone suggested the leaks might be from the connections, while the tank was still good. In fact although old, I think the basic tank was still good. The connections were corroded solidly, though, no way to fix them.

It's nice to have a new water heater, non-leaking, fast-reheating, efficient. Bet it won't last 28 years like the last one, though.

Posted by: mindful webworker - drip drip drip at November 20, 2022 02:59 PM (E78bp)

180 You're right. I thought it looked funny.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 20, 2022 02:59 PM (uz3Px)

181 Posted by: SFGoth at November 20, 2022 02:56 PM (KAi1n)

United treats 99.9% of their customers like shit, but at the very top it is a wonderful airline. It might pay to get those last 22k miles!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 20, 2022 02:59 PM (XIJ/X)

182 Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 20, 2022 02:45 PM (uz3Px)
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That would be a CO (carbon monoxide) monitor and not CO2 right?
Posted by: Ciampino - that one O makes a difference at November 20, 2022 02:55 PM (qfLjt)
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Picky
When I purchase my travel trailer I'm also going to purchase propane detectors.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at November 20, 2022 03:00 PM (fv0Fk)

183 What kind of startled me and woke me up was watching Cold Mountain and the food problem.

Posted by: polynikes at November 20, 2022 03:00 PM (QKJnV)

184 Solar water heater?
I've lived in a house that had 25 feet of black garden hose filled with water on the roof.

Posted by: gourmand du jour, clear and cool at November 20, 2022 03:01 PM (jTmQV)

185 Also, if anyone is interested, AvE (our favorite Canadian backwoods mechanical engineer) does a tear down of a KitchenAid mixer

https://youtu.be/0qKp-0h9P18

Posted by: Kindltot at November 20, 2022 03:01 PM (xhaym)

186 165 Wow, I had no idea I'm just under 22,000 miles from lifetime 1,000,000 on United. I've flown once since 2016 and that was an award ticket flight. Last I had checked I was at about 945,000. Hmm....
Posted by: SFGoth at November 20, 2022 02:56 PM (KAi1n)

I've got 500,000 miles with American. Don't ever plan to fly again. I may transfer them to my favorite nephew before I assume room temperature.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at November 20, 2022 03:01 PM (BdMk6)

187 My KA stand mixer has been shit since I bought it 10 yrs ago. It is geared way to high. The slowest speed isn't.

I, at times, have seriously considered buying a 40 qt Hobart floor model, but - Keto being what it is, sort of puts the kibosh on that idea.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 20, 2022 03:02 PM (qoGsy)

188 184 Posted by: gourmand du jour, clear and cool at November 20, 2022 03:01 PM (jTmQV)

The combination of silver and black paint works miracles....

I have said it to the Goreons face, I can happily live without electricity in a jam....

I don't think you can.

Posted by: sven at November 20, 2022 03:02 PM (Lzpvj)

189 An oldie but goodie cheap solar hot water heater is to string a couple lengths of garden hose up in your attic and connect it to the hot water heater.

Posted by: pawn at November 20, 2022 03:02 PM (wsHtO)

190 Quick connections on air tools are way to go

Posted by: Skip at November 20, 2022 03:03 PM (xhxe8)

191 Do you not have a drawer full of $1 Hazard Fraught mini vice grips for just such an emergency? Hmm...man card status uncertain.

Posted by: Farmer Bob at November 20, 2022 03:04 PM (5B+J1)

192 187 Posted by: Tonypete at November 20, 2022 03:02 PM (qoGsy)

In a genuine survival situation the carbs and starches become literal lifesavers. These dumbfucks are slowly meanmugging their way to ending combine harvesting if they have the courage of their convictions. There is going to be a lot of post-plenty nostalgia for boutique diets.

Posted by: sven at November 20, 2022 03:04 PM (Lzpvj)

193 I got my first natural gas bill for last month. It was $40. Now, it wasn't all that cold then and I expect the next will be higher. But I think I may put a gas water heater back in and I definitely want a gas stove.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 20, 2022 03:04 PM (uz3Px)

194 Some of my last trips for work, I flew American. Not by choice, as my company paid for the tickets.

They were the friendliest and I had the most pleasant flight. Was shocked because this was absolutely not the case 15 years ago.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 20, 2022 03:04 PM (yFgCz)

195 189 An oldie but goodie cheap solar hot water heater is to string a couple lengths of garden hose up in your attic and connect it to the hot water heater.
Posted by: pawn
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What about the water pressure?

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at November 20, 2022 03:06 PM (fv0Fk)

196 That would be a CO (carbon monoxide) monitor and not CO2 right?
Posted by: Ciampino - that one O makes a difference at November 20, 2022 02:55 PM (qfLjt)

Nope. CO2 is a pollutant. Must be monitored. Yes sir.

Posted by: The EPA at November 20, 2022 03:06 PM (PiwSw)

197 193 Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 20, 2022 03:04 PM (uz3Px)

unless and until we get unfettered nuclear gas will always be better economically than electric.....

better for cooking, quicker heating, and frankly safer on a long timeline....

Posted by: sven at November 20, 2022 03:06 PM (Lzpvj)

198 My FWP - we left our 15 yr old washer/dryer set (Whirlpool) at the old house as this home has a newer Samsung washer and Whirlpool dryer. The washer is in great shape EXCEPT for a rusted spot alongside the bleach dispenser on the lid panel itself.

The lovely wife is not happy as the rust flakes into the newly washed items and is especially noticeable on the whites. Well, I ignorantly told her, I'll simply remediate the rust spots.

The lid is miserable to remove so I can prep the surface and repaint and the bleach dispenser itself is giving me the 'Seriously Bub? I'm gonna break when you remove me." look.

FML

Posted by: Tonypete at November 20, 2022 03:07 PM (qoGsy)

199 I am going to experiment with making keto friendly garlic bread made from a caulipower crust....

I'll let you know how it turns out.

Posted by: sven at November 20, 2022 03:07 PM (Lzpvj)

200 Gas is cheaper than electric over all and better to cook with.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at November 20, 2022 03:08 PM (fv0Fk)

201 Is this the part you're looking for?
https://tinyurl.com/5fjrxv8d

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at November 20, 2022 03:08 PM (S7une)

202 You could just make a T handle by drilling through the end with your drill press and running a Brad through the hole. Pound on the pointy end after to flatten it out so it won't slip back through.

Posted by: Farmer Bob at November 20, 2022 03:08 PM (5B+J1)

203 FWP. Developing.....

48" kitchen refrigerator just shut down!!! Not a breaker.

Posted by: olddog in mo at November 20, 2022 03:08 PM (ju2Fy)

204 Chy-nah.

Posted by: clutch cargo - Now fortified with CPM-S90V at November 20, 2022 03:08 PM (zB/T/)

205 197 193 Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 20, 2022 03:04 PM (uz3Px)

unless and until we get unfettered nuclear gas will always be better economically than electric.....

better for cooking, quicker heating, and frankly safer on a long timeline....
Posted by: sven at November 20, 2022 03:06 PM (Lzpvj)

Unless you live in attached housing and have a suicidal neighbor...MD had that issue last week and about 8 condos were eviscerated b/c a suicidal idiot couldn't just go out a normal way...it's that tendency to go "boom" that has always made me leery of gas, and I bought specifically to avoid it...

Posted by: Nova local at November 20, 2022 03:09 PM (exHjb)

206 Should have made it out of Bakelite - the forever plastic. Millennia from now - all our metals will have oxidized - and anthropologists will label the period from 1950 onward and call it the "Bakelite Epoch"
Posted by: Java Joe at November 20, 2022 02:28 PM (VsPm9)

you laugh, but I have a 1920's pastry cutter that looks like the wires will wear away before the Bakelite handle does.
(I use it for making mashed potatoes because I like lumpy taters, just not really lumpy bashed taters)

Posted by: Kindltot at November 20, 2022 03:10 PM (xhaym)

207 Or just the knob:
https://tinyurl.com/3mpdctmp

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at November 20, 2022 03:10 PM (S7une)

208 **unless and until we get unfettered nuclear gas**

Now I want Nuclear Gas!

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko Solutions at November 20, 2022 03:10 PM (WQlnC)

209 I saw Unfettered Nuclear Gas open for the Electric Light Orchestra at Wembley in 1979.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 20, 2022 03:11 PM (ykBBE)

210 205 Posted by: Nova local at November 20, 2022 03:09 PM (exHjb)

Looking at it from an actuarial standpoint the occasional gas mishap is horrific in the micro, but on a long enough timeline someone will get their Dyatlov on and there will be a radiological event.

For non-serious cooking I am a new fan of induction cook surfaces.

We roll our dice and we take our chances.

Posted by: sven at November 20, 2022 03:11 PM (Lzpvj)

211 better for cooking, quicker heating, and frankly safer on a long timeline....
Posted by: sven
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When the lights go out you can fire up the oven.
And if you have an old house or a friendly plumber
drag out the blue flame space heater until the lights come on.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at November 20, 2022 03:11 PM (fv0Fk)

212 >>> 198 My FWP - we left our 15 yr old washer/dryer set (Whirlpool) at the old house as this home has a newer Samsung washer and Whirlpool dryer. The washer is in great shape EXCEPT for a rusted spot alongside the bleach dispenser on the lid panel itself.

The lovely wife is not happy as the rust flakes into the newly washed items and is especially noticeable on the whites. Well, I ignorantly told her, I'll simply remediate the rust spots.

The lid is miserable to remove so I can prep the surface and repaint and the bleach dispenser itself is giving me the 'Seriously Bub? I'm gonna break when you remove me." look.

FML
Posted by: Tonypete at November 20, 2022 03:07 PM (qoGsy)

Ditch the Samsung and get a Speed Queen.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 20, 2022 03:12 PM (llON8)

213 I just ate a plate of Kirkland bacon, bought in May, and stuck in the freezer compartment, until taken out a couple of weeks ago.…
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Yeah, well, a little different than sitting in the fridge for six weeks. I might take the risk; MiladyJo just read all the things bacon-gone-bad can do to you, and is wary.

What could go wrong? go wrong? gorong? grrnngg.

Posted by: mindful webworker - grilled cheese, bacon, and green chile sandwiches at November 20, 2022 03:12 PM (E78bp)

214 What a fortuitous typo...

they tried to use nuclear fracking that irradiated natural gas pockets....

Project GasBuggy....

apologies

Posted by: sven at November 20, 2022 03:12 PM (Lzpvj)

215 Gas is cheaper than electric over all and better to cook with.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at November 20, 2022 03:08 PM (fv0Fk)

Amen!

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at November 20, 2022 03:12 PM (BdMk6)

216 Ditch the Samsung and get a Speed Queen.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket

Good advice - I know that Samsung is on borrowed time. And yes, Speed Queen W/D are in our future.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 20, 2022 03:13 PM (qoGsy)

217
https://youtu.be/F3MHOkHApRc

Project gasbuggy

or

"Holy Shit you mean radioactive isotopes happily attach themselves to natural gas molecules!?!"

Posted by: sven at November 20, 2022 03:13 PM (Lzpvj)

218 My brother bought a Samsung washer, dryer, and frig.

Maybe they should stick to phones and tv's.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 20, 2022 03:14 PM (yFgCz)

219 I altered the gas outlet to standard valve for my wood burning fireplace. The body of the fire place now houses a blue flame heater.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at November 20, 2022 03:14 PM (fv0Fk)

220 Watched Slim Potatohead's video of setting up his woodstove in his cabin. People these days are scared to death of heating with wood. They always suggest CO2 monitors and fire extinguishers. Yet they wouldn't think twice about my natural gas forced air furnace in the attic.

Posted by: Notsothoreau

I have heated exclusively with wood for over 30 years . My stove is neither EPA certified nor airtight. It is an Amish built wood cook stove . Adding to potential issues is the fact that I have 28 feet of stove pipe. I clean my stove pipe and the stove itself ( creosote buildup) once a year. I have a CO monitor . Never heard a peep from it. I know it works because I took it out to the garage with the car running to prove a point to Mrs. Sock. People's desire for a risk free world to live in have gone over the edge.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * Ungovernable at November 20, 2022 03:14 PM (N4w1e)

221 Why not just contact Kitchen Aid and see if a replacement part is available? Surely you are not the first person to have had this part break.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas at November 20, 2022 03:14 PM (SRRAx)

222 Yeah, well, a little different than sitting in the fridge for six weeks. I might take the risk; MiladyJo just read all the things bacon-gone-bad can do to you, and is wary.

What could go wrong? go wrong? gorong? grrnngg.
Posted by: mindful webworker - grilled cheese, bacon, and green chile sandwiches at November 20, 2022 03:12 PM (E78bp)

Just remember, crispy beats chewy when you're unsure...

Posted by: Nova local at November 20, 2022 03:15 PM (exHjb)

223 204 Chy-nah.

Posted by: clutch cargo - Now fortified with CPM-S90V at November 20, 2022 03:08 PM (zB/T/)

I think his pronunciation is closer to Chyi-nah.

Posted by: Gref at November 20, 2022 03:15 PM (AMIL/)

224 Surely you are not the first person to have had this part break.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas at November 20, 2022 03:14 PM (SRRAx)
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They'll act like you are, though.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 20, 2022 03:16 PM (ykBBE)

225 "Holy Shit you mean radioactive isotopes happily attach themselves to natural gas molecules!?!"
Posted by: sven at November 20, 2022 03:13 PM (Lzpvj)

I was wondering why I was growing an extra finger.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at November 20, 2022 03:16 PM (BdMk6)

226 Actually the wood idea I could make work.
Use hardwood, drill hole if shaft size, carve handle around hole, glue in shaft.

Posted by: Skip at November 20, 2022 03:16 PM (xhxe8)

227 Alternate, possibly viable, solution: tap new threads on the mixer that will accommodate the new, steel, set screw.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 20, 2022 03:16 PM (UD9kD)

228 Speaking of mechanical epiphanies, did y'all know drilling holes is much easier, using standard bits, when you set the drill to turn clockwise?

Posted by: Farmer Bob at November 20, 2022 03:17 PM (5B+J1)

229 225 "Holy Shit you mean radioactive isotopes happily attach themselves to natural gas molecules!?!"
Posted by: sven at November 20, 2022 03:13 PM (Lzpvj)

I was wondering why I was growing an extra finger.
Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at November 20, 2022 03:16 PM (BdMk6)

I know what you Morons are thinking. Cut it out, right now. Consequences!

Posted by: Giselle Fetterman at November 20, 2022 03:17 PM (PiwSw)

230 Gas is cheaper than electric over all and better to cook with.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at November 20, 2022 03:08 PM (fv0Fk)

Amen!
Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at November 20, 2022 03:12 PM (BdMk6)
****
We heard it was cheaper and clean so we're banning it. You'll have nothing and love it.

Posted by: California at November 20, 2022 03:17 PM (Y274z)

231 Thanks for the replies on the bacon. Milady, having recently experienced food poisoning, gets to decide.

gourmand du jour: Just kidding. Cook it up, it's probably fine.
FeatherBlade: cook it and see if it smells funny. If yes, compost. If no, enjoy!
Braenyard: What does it look like? What does it smell like? What does it smell like while cooking?

Posted by: mindful webworker - but but but, bacon! at November 20, 2022 03:18 PM (E78bp)

232 Teresa yes he is the first, there is no reason on the planet to have broken that part

Posted by: Skip at November 20, 2022 03:18 PM (xhxe8)

233 Speaking of mechanical epiphanies, did y'all know drilling holes is much easier, using standard bits, when you set the drill to turn clockwise?
Posted by: Farmer Bob at November 20, 2022 03:17 PM (5B+J1)
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Yeah, I figured that one out, too.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 20, 2022 03:18 PM (ykBBE)

234 I saw a cabin in TN with a springhouse. Always wanted one of those. I've lived at two places with a gravity fed spring water system but no springhouses. And I would like a root cellar too. There is a vacant lot down the street that seems to have either a root cellar or storm cellar on it.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 20, 2022 02:54 PM (uz3Px)

If I had a springhouse I would put a greenhouse over it. Ground temperature here is a constant 50F and that is good enough for coffee plants and guavas, which is what I really want to do.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 20, 2022 03:19 PM (xhaym)

235 **unless and until we get unfettered nuclear gas**

Now I want Nuclear Gas!
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko Solutions at November 20, 2022 03:10 PM (WQlnC)
______________

Then eat a radioactive burrito!

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 20, 2022 03:19 PM (UD9kD)

236 "Project gasbuggy"

Can i just say that I wish I could slap the person who came up with the name "Project Plowshare".

Someone was being too clever by half.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 20, 2022 03:22 PM (oRXQU)

237 219 I altered the gas outlet to standard valve for my wood burning fireplace. The body of the fire place now houses a blue flame heater.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at November 20, 2022 03:14 PM (fv0Fk)

Due to silly laws, we can't burn wood here most times, like we did when I was a kid. Looking into getting a gas log for the fireplace.... but this being Calif, when will they make THAT illegal?

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 20, 2022 03:22 PM (oHd/0)

238 218 My brother bought a Samsung washer, dryer, and frig.

Maybe they should stick to phones and tv's.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 20, 2022 03:14 PM (yFgCz)

I just bought a Samsung tv and I like it. The picture is phenomenal.

Posted by: CaliGirl at November 20, 2022 03:22 PM (SC/56)

239 236 Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 20, 2022 03:22 PM (oRXQU)

On the one hand "yeah" of course on the other hand I suspect it was someone snarking on the peaceniks.
I look back on how awesome the country I was born into was, and I am ashamed of how it has devolved over my span.

Posted by: sven at November 20, 2022 03:24 PM (Lzpvj)

240 "did y'all know drilling holes is much easier, using standard bits, when you set the drill to turn clockwise?"

Way easier to drive in screws, too!

Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 20, 2022 03:24 PM (oRXQU)

241 United treats 99.9% of their customers like shit, but at the very top it is a wonderful airline. It might pay to get those last 22k miles!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

I was 1K for several years a decade ago. Though I mostly flew coach, I could get the occasional domestic business class upgrade and even, on the blue moon, an int'l one. It really came in handy when weather played havoc with flights because I had much priority in rebooking.

Posted by: SFGoth at November 20, 2022 03:25 PM (KAi1n)

242 Funny, I read the post, commented a few times, then started reading the comments. I'm entirely, happily redundant and replaceable. I love the horde mind.

Posted by: Farmer Bob at November 20, 2022 03:25 PM (5B+J1)

243 Or just the knob:
https://tinyurl.com/3mpdctmp
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent

A small voice in my head said don't click on the link. Being Sock Monkey I did anyway. On one hand I was disappointed . On the other, with Mrs. Sock sitting next to me, I was relieved .

Posted by: Sock Monkey * Ungovernable at November 20, 2022 03:25 PM (N4w1e)

244 About airline miles that you don't plan to use, airlines allow you to donate them to various charities. Most choices are revoltingly leftist, but you CAN donate them to organizations that support veterans. I think they mostly use them to fly family members in case of injury or death of a service member.

For example, American Airlines' program is called Miles for Heroes. I don't fly much, so I always donate my miles too them before they expire.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at November 20, 2022 03:25 PM (fTtFy)

245 I've got two burned out mixers in the basement, I can send you parts CBD

Posted by: Inogame at November 20, 2022 03:25 PM (D/9Qo)

246 I thought the picture caption was going to be "I put it back together alright, so why do I still have these parts?"

Posted by: exdem13 at November 20, 2022 03:26 PM (W+kMI)

247 I saw Unfettered Nuclear Gas open for the Electric Light Orchestra at Wembley in 1979.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 20, 2022 03:11 PM (ykBBE)

The Thatcher years were lit. We may never see the like again over there.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 20, 2022 03:26 PM (xhaym)

248
If I had a springhouse I would put a greenhouse over it. Ground temperature here is a constant 50F and that is good enough for coffee plants and guavas, which is what I really want to do.
Posted by: Kindltot at November 2

I had no idea what a spring house was. They look really cool.
The natural springs that I am aware of around here are hot springs and they smell like sulphur.

Posted by: CaliGirl at November 20, 2022 03:26 PM (SC/56)

249 "they smell like sulphur."

Sulfur's supposed to be good for driving off biting insects, though!

Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 20, 2022 03:29 PM (oRXQU)

250 178 My fantasy is all of the anointed beautiful people live in domed megacities on the coasts and we are left the fuck alone in the middle.

Posted by: sven at November 20, 2022 02:54 PM

I am already there, brother!
=========
Well, that's the world of Judge Dredd, or so I remember. Could be worse, I suppose.

Posted by: exdem13 at November 20, 2022 03:30 PM (W+kMI)

251 207 Or just the knob:
https://tinyurl.com/3mpdctmp

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at November 20, 2022 03:10 PM (S7une)
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Wow $14.91
Someone mentioned a $0.14 saving by not making it all one-piece metal. This is x100.

Posted by: Ciampino - one O makes all the difference at November 20, 2022 03:34 PM (qfLjt)

252 198 My FWP - we left our 15 yr old washer/dryer set (Whirlpool) at the old house as this home has a newer Samsung washer and Whirlpool dryer. The washer is in great shape EXCEPT for a rusted spot alongside the bleach dispenser on the lid panel itself.
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I own a Whirlpool washer & dryer set that I bought on layaway at Kmart in 1995. They still work, although the washer has had some problems with colors bleeding and a recent experiment with liquid bleach ended poorly. And the washer has eaten about 12 pairs of socks and possibly two pairs of wool boxers in its working life. But hey, they're still going!

Posted by: exdem13 at November 20, 2022 03:36 PM (W+kMI)

253 With hotsprings you could run an Orchid conservatory!

Posted by: Kindltot at November 20, 2022 03:36 PM (xhaym)

254 Someone was being too clever by half.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 20, 2022 03:22 PM (oRXQU)
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Probably better than being too stupid by three-quarters.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 20, 2022 03:37 PM (ykBBE)

255 252 198 My FWP - we left our 15 yr old washer/dryer set (Whirlpool) at the old house as this home has a newer Samsung washer and Whirlpool dryer. The washer is in great shape EXCEPT for a rusted spot alongside the bleach dispenser on the lid panel itself.
====
I own a Whirlpool washer & dryer set that I bought on layaway at Kmart in 1995. They still work, although the washer has had some problems with colors bleeding and a recent experiment with liquid bleach ended poorly. And the washer has eaten about 12 pairs of socks and possibly two pairs of wool boxers in its working life. But hey, they're still going!
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Now that I think of it, maybe the dryer is the sock thief. It's always suspicious when a load finishes with 1 less sock and a whole lot of lint!

Posted by: exdem13 at November 20, 2022 03:38 PM (W+kMI)

256 I saw a video where someone took a drier apart and, on removin the drum, found a plethora of socks hidden there behind it.

Posted by: Ciampino - I thought lost socks became Tupperware lids at November 20, 2022 03:39 PM (qfLjt)

257 The oldest things I have that still work are a Toshiba am/fm receiver that I use in my garage, it's a 1980 unit and an Amiga 2000 that's from 87, that I occasionally haul out to see if it still works, it still works.

I have had to replace the battery on the Amiga and some of the caps on the receiver over the decades but they still function fairly well.

All though the floppy drive on the Amiga makes quite the racket when inserting and ejecting discs.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 20, 2022 03:42 PM (up/3i)

258 Now that I think of it, maybe the dryer is the sock thief. It's always suspicious when a load finishes with 1 less sock and a whole lot of lint!
Posted by: exdem13

Honestly, where do the lonely socks go? The couldn't all be in the vent piping or lint trap. And I'm thinking if they were hidden within other clothing dried at the same time, wouldn't they eventually be found?

If I am blessed to get to heaven, this is the first question I'll ask St. Peter. NOT, anything about the grassy knoll.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 20, 2022 03:42 PM (qoGsy)

259 "Project gasbuggy"
Can i just say that I wish I could slap the person who came up with the name "Project Plowshare".
Someone was being too clever by half.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 20, 2022 03:22 PM (oRXQU)

The British were considering detonating a nuke under the Yorkshire Downs to create a void to hold a national reserve store of Natural gas.

Tom Scott did a video, "The top secret plan to explode a nuclear bomb in Yorkshire"

Posted by: Kindltot at November 20, 2022 03:43 PM (xhaym)

260 There's a laundromat in Jackson, Wyoming called "The Missing Sock." I have always thought that was the most brilliant business name ever.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at November 20, 2022 03:44 PM (fTtFy)

261 Now that I think of it, maybe the dryer is the sock thief. It's always suspicious when a load finishes with 1 less sock and a whole lot of lint!
Posted by: exdem13

Do you actually count the socks as you are throwing them in the washer? Makes my OCD moments seem normal .

Posted by: Sock Monkey * Ungovernable at November 20, 2022 03:45 PM (N4w1e)

262 My Samsung washer plays Fisherweise when it is done. At first I thought it was The Magic Flute.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at November 20, 2022 03:47 PM (ybIRR)

263 261
Do you actually count the socks as you are throwing them in the washer? Makes my OCD moments seem normal .

Posted by: Sock Monkey * Ungovernable at November 20, 2022 03:45 PM (N4w1e)
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No but I count them when I collect them to make sure both of a pair are picked up. See my comment #256 earlier.

Posted by: Ciampino - Uneven count = missing sock at November 20, 2022 03:49 PM (qfLjt)

264 I remember reading an "operation plowshare" plan to build a sea level canal between the atlantic and the pacific oceans using buried nuclear weapons, all detonated simultaneously. It would have worked, but the Nicaraguans could never be sold on the benefits of detonating 20 H-bombs inside their territory.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 20, 2022 03:50 PM (q3gwH)

265 My Grammi's dryer played "How dry I am. . . " when the cycle finished. I don't remember the brand but it was already ancient when I was a kid. When I sold the farm a few years ago, I finally 'retired' it.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 20, 2022 03:50 PM (qoGsy)

266 1) Steal socks
2) ????
3) Profit!

Posted by: BourbonChicken at November 20, 2022 03:50 PM (ybIRR)

267 TP, you just reminded me that my mom's dryer played "How dry I am". I am 29+ The good old days were really great!

Posted by: Admirale's Mate at November 20, 2022 03:52 PM (9mxKg)

268 193 I got my first natural gas bill for last month. It was $40. Now, it wasn't all that cold then and I expect the next will be higher. But I think I may put a gas water heater back in and I definitely want a gas stove.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 20, 2022 03:04 PM (uz3Px)

When I bought our current house, first big change I made was to junk the electric stove and replace it with a good gas range. Gas water heaters heat up a lot faster than the electric ones, too.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 20, 2022 03:52 PM (q3gwH)

269 It would have worked, but the Nicaraguans could never be sold on the benefits of detonating 20 H-bombs inside their territory.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 20, 2022 03:50 PM (q3gwH)

Mewling insects led by their fear of the unknown. This is what prevents us from Mastery of the World through the SCIENTIFIC APPLICATION OF THE ATOM!!!

Posted by: Kindltot at November 20, 2022 03:52 PM (xhaym)

270 Samsung washers/dryers apparently have a bad rep, but I've had excellent service from mine. Got Samsung primarily so as to have smart-home connectivity; I have it set up to have Alexa alert me when the washer or dryer is done (I had a habit of forgetting I had laundry going, and then remembering the next day, when the wrinkles had semi-permanently set in the clothes in the wash).

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at November 20, 2022 03:53 PM (S7une)

271 No but I count them when I collect them to make sure both of a pair are picked up. See my comment #256 earlier.
Posted by: Ciampino

I no longer care to solve the mysteries of life. I throw all my orphan socks in a basket in the closet. I have no problem wearing mismatched socks. I have no fashion sense and I am old and don't care.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * Ungovernable at November 20, 2022 03:53 PM (N4w1e)

272 270 Samsung washers/dryers apparently have a bad rep, but I've had excellent service from mine. Got Samsung primarily so as to have smart-home connectivity; I have it set up to have Alexa alert me when the washer or dryer is done (I had a habit of forgetting I had laundry going, and then remembering the next day, when the wrinkles had semi-permanently set in the clothes in the wash).
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at November 20, 2022 03:53 PM (S7une)

My laundry room is outside, I forget I'm doing laundry too so I set a timer.

Posted by: CaliGirl at November 20, 2022 03:55 PM (SC/56)

273 Dailytimewaster.blogspot.com has a picture ( from couple days ago) of a electric aircraft. Only holds 4 people and seems big for that small capacity ( a single engine small plane could hold 4) but wonder how quiet it is.

Posted by: Skip at November 20, 2022 03:57 PM (xhxe8)

274 If I am blessed to get to heaven, this is the first question I'll ask St. Peter
Posted by: Tonypete at November 20, 2022 03:42 PM

I've heard the first question he asks you is "Who did you bring with you?"

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 20, 2022 03:58 PM (a3Q+t)

275 Something fun to watch to forget the week's troubles.

https://twitter.com/buitengebieden/status/
1594280287642521602

And it includes a nice ass.

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) cancel your NY Post at November 20, 2022 03:58 PM (yikp0)

276 Well went to my sister's "significant other's" Birthday party. And besides me and her dad,2 Brothers of and one Brother in Law we were the only men there. Holy shit

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 20, 2022 03:59 PM (Irn0L)

277 FWP: The Eagles played terribly again today. Thankfully, they still pulled it out, thanks solely to Hurts and the defense...

Posted by: Nova local at November 20, 2022 03:59 PM (exHjb)

278 Sorry. I guess that's a horse and not an ass.

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) cancel your NY Post at November 20, 2022 04:01 PM (yikp0)

279 I've heard the first question he asks you is "Who did you bring with you?"
Posted by: Duncanthrax

Ouch.

I think, if I make it, I will be surprised by two things;

1) Some folks that made it and I thought - not a chance
And 2) Some folks that didn't make it and I thought they were shoo in's.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 20, 2022 04:01 PM (qoGsy)

280 Well went to my sister's "significant other's" Birthday party. And besides me and her dad,2 Brothers of and one Brother in Law we were the only men there. Holy shit
Posted by: Nevergiveup

The female version of the "He Man's Women Hater's Club"?

Posted by: Tonypete at November 20, 2022 04:03 PM (qoGsy)

281 So since I was incommunicato at the the lesbian birthday party, any news on the gay club shooter? Motive?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 20, 2022 04:05 PM (Irn0L)

282 Well the J E T S Jets found an interesting way to lose with 5 seconds to go LOL

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 20, 2022 04:06 PM (Irn0L)

283 The female version of the "He Man's Women Hater's Club"?
Posted by: Tonypete at November 20, 2022 04:03 PM (qoGsy)

Yup

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 20, 2022 04:06 PM (Irn0L)

284 Motive?
-------------
No. MFM still reporting it's unknown if hate-motivated that the cops et alia didn't say outright either.

You know the guy was a nut who wasn't charged over five felonies in 2021? So the cops knew of him but aren't discussing him.

I wonder if he's gay or allied??

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) cancel your NY Post at November 20, 2022 04:11 PM (yikp0)

285 Well went to my sister's "significant other's" Birthday party. And besides me and her dad,2 Brothers of and one Brother in Law we were the only men there. Holy shit
Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 20, 2022 03:59 PM (Irn0L)
______________

I saw photos of the "wedding" reception for the daughter and "wife" of a liberal acquaintance. It looked like it was filmed on location in the cantina scene in Star Wars, between everyone having hair of a primary color, nose rings, etc.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 20, 2022 04:11 PM (UD9kD)

286 "...any news on the gay club shooter?"

Democrats want more laws even tho' this shooter was already out on 5 felonies.
Same stuff different day.

Posted by: gourmand du jour, clear and cool at November 20, 2022 04:13 PM (jTmQV)

287 Fun 38-second video about PDT's un-banning from Twitter!

Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage · 6h
Boom.

https://twitter.com/Nigel_Farage/status/
1594336359686311941

BTW:
Brian C Martin @bmartin1979 · 6h Replying to @Nigel_Farage
83 million followers in 12 hours! G.O.A.T.

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) cancel your NY Post at November 20, 2022 04:17 PM (yikp0)

288 Food nood but I think going OT there is a delete-able offence.

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) cancel your NY Post at November 20, 2022 04:19 PM (yikp0)

289 284 Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) cancel your NY Post at November 20, 2022 04:11 PM (yikp0)

They are gunshy of giving too many details because at the end of the day this like Darrell Brooks is another case of "how the fuck was this guy walking around?"

It speaks to either being a favored group or a fellow traveler.

Posted by: sven at November 20, 2022 04:19 PM (Lzpvj)

290 Alternate, possibly viable, solution: tap new threads on the mixer that will accommodate the new, steel, set screw.

Or hacksaw a notch in the end so you can use a screwdriver.

Posted by: t-bird at November 20, 2022 04:34 PM (CaJIi)

291 Mine too! Pissed me off so much that I got an Ank (Ankarsrum) to replace the Kitchen Aid (that and the fact after it was serviced it still didn't work)...

Posted by: Val Karie at November 20, 2022 04:53 PM (T72bV)

292
Replace that plastic capped POS with an appropriately sized threaded thumbscrew. Some filing may be needed to get the pointed end, if that is important.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 20, 2022 05:59 PM (pNxlR)

293 Epoxy and a zip tie. Could try multiple dips in something like flex seal.

Posted by: yobobbyb at November 20, 2022 06:31 PM (et0yP)

294 Drill the appropriate size hole, and put a roll pin in where the knob was. (Make a mini tee handle)

Posted by: boynsea at November 20, 2022 07:18 PM (sshap)

295 Superglue with baking soda. It will outlast the metal.

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296 Make another knob out of the hardwood of your choice and be done with it.

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