First World Problems...

Weasel is up to his old tricks...causing trouble with his catastrophic choice of container closing system.

I know, I know, the choice is obvious. The clip is the only way to go, because the twist-tie fails spectacularly when reused. Look at the one he uses... the damned thing could take out an eye!

But real men...men who think John Moses Browning was an effete poseur because he didn't design a .50 ACP... use binder clips!

Posted by: CBD at 02:00 PM

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1 By using two differently sized binder clips, one can build an office-expedient weapon capable of flinging the smaller clip several cubicals in distance, and depending on the size of the binder clips available, can cause distinct welts, even through office casual clothing.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 20, 2025 02:02 PM (D7oie)

2 Bread bag clips can be cut in half, leaving two identical pieces that can be flung by the index finger, much in the way that a shirukin can be flung, though with much less damage when they hit.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 20, 2025 02:04 PM (D7oie)

3 The plastic clips that Walmart brand baked goods use for their packaging fail after 2-3 uses, so they aren't perfect. I wonder if they import their clips from China.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 20, 2025 02:05 PM (LPS7w)

4 the only use I have found for the twist ties is to bind up earbud cables, and various types of cords in a vain attempt to keep them from tangling.

otherwise they are relegated to tying up droopy tomato starts (to a single chop stick preferably) or possibly for flossing a fork, should that become important.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 20, 2025 02:05 PM (D7oie)

5 The giant plastic clips that come on some brands of bagged potatoes are useful for securing bundled up phone cords. They are a tad small for decent quality CAT-5 cable, though. I wound up using strips torn off of old shirts instead.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 20, 2025 02:07 PM (D7oie)

6 @4 The plastic covered ones that come with electronics hold up better than the paper covered ones that come with bread bags.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 20, 2025 02:07 PM (LPS7w)

7 possibly for flossing a fork, should that become important.
Posted by: Kindltot

Dare we ask what this is...?

Posted by: MkY at April 20, 2025 02:08 PM (cPGH3)

8 Then again, my wife uses old spring loaded hair clips to hold back the curtains, which in a way tells me I should replace the white linen tablecloths I have been using as a temporary measure since I moved in 15 years ago.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 20, 2025 02:09 PM (D7oie)

9 We use a lot of binder clips at the office, so we have plenty in the kitchen for various bags. Very useful for extra garden seed sleeves, too.

Posted by: MkY at April 20, 2025 02:10 PM (cPGH3)

10 Dare we ask what this is...?
Posted by: MkY at April 20, 2025 02:08 PM (cPGH3)

sometimes while digging in the garden with a fork, they get grit and chaff wedged between the tines. You gotta get that out of there before washing them and returning them to the silverware drawer.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 20, 2025 02:11 PM (D7oie)

11
New law #1: You get one and only one shot at backing into a parking space. If you have to put the car in drive after having it in reverse, you have to go somewhere else.

New law #2: Waiting time for a parking space to open is limited to 20 seconds.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 20, 2025 02:11 PM (QnmlO)

12 I hate those plastic clips. It's almost impossible to twist a bag closed small enough to reuse them.

Posted by: Tuna at April 20, 2025 02:12 PM (lJ0H4)

13 Old tricks?

I prefer to think of them as wacky hijinks!

Posted by: Weasel at April 20, 2025 02:14 PM (Fi21F)

14 Kindltot

Ah, so. I don't do that. My entire garden experience is dedicated to avoid getting on my hands and knees.
I do have a garden fork. I also have the neatest japanese hoe you've never tried.
Stainless steel, sharp. Angled so when you pull, you cut as deeply as you want. Turn it on its side, and make a nice thin furrow for seeds.
I'll see if I can find a pic.

Posted by: MkY at April 20, 2025 02:14 PM (cPGH3)

15 https://www.fine-tools.com/japanese-garden-hoes.html

Imagine this with a long handle, and stainless. The angle is the key.

Posted by: MkY at April 20, 2025 02:15 PM (cPGH3)

16 New law #1: You get one and only one shot at backing into a parking space. If you have to put the car in drive after having it in reverse, you have to go somewhere else.

New law #2: Waiting time for a parking space to open is limited to 20 seconds.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

The parking lot was packed for Easter brunch, eh?

Posted by: mikeski at April 20, 2025 02:16 PM (DgGvY)

17 real men.... use binder clips!

fold the bag under and push it against the wall.

Posted by: DaveA at April 20, 2025 02:16 PM (FhXTo)

18 The message is clear: if the hardware provided for reclosing the packaging is in any way deemed inadequate then the entire contents of said package was intended to be consumed in one sitting.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 20, 2025 02:17 PM (dg+HA)

19 Among the many advantages of being a tobacco pipe smoker is you have access to multiple lengths of pipe cleaners (AKA chenille stems) which are far superior to those flimsy wire ties.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at April 20, 2025 02:18 PM (zZSxi)

20 We just keep a couple of spring clothespins for this. Old school, like a True Conservative.

Posted by: toby928 at April 20, 2025 02:19 PM (jc0TO)

21 fold the bag under and push it against the wall.
Posted by: DaveA

This is the way.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 20, 2025 02:19 PM (mT+6a)

22 What I hate is that, at least here, all the twist ties are put on left handed from the bakery.

Posted by: toby928 at April 20, 2025 02:20 PM (jc0TO)

23 The message is clear: if the hardware provided for reclosing the packaging is in any way deemed inadequate then the entire contents of said package was intended to be consumed in one sitting.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

Russian vodka bottles have caps made of very flimsy aluminum. Cannot be screwed back on, and who would want to anyway?

Posted by: Miklosov Miklosevich at April 20, 2025 02:21 PM (UOzvC)

24 https://tinyurl.com/pkdyfrsw

Notice this one is "rest resistant". Ha

Posted by: MkY at April 20, 2025 02:21 PM (cPGH3)

25 and Western Empire Easter to the Morons.

We had 200 people at church between two services and an Easter Breakfast. The women were in their finest and the children were adorable in their flowery dresses and bow-tied shorts suits.

Posted by: toby928 at April 20, 2025 02:22 PM (jc0TO)

26 10 Dare we ask what this is...?
Posted by: MkY at April 20, 2025 02:08 PM (cPGH3)

sometimes while digging in the garden with a fork, they get grit and chaff wedged between the tines. You gotta get that out of there before washing them and returning them to the silverware drawer.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 20, 2025 02:11 PM (D7oie)

We're on the same page, Kindltot. Forks can be problematic to clean, especially when cheesy bits get stuck between the tines after having pasta. Getting something to get rid of that can be a real pain.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at April 20, 2025 02:22 PM (6aNMs)

27 Happy Wester Empire Easter.

FMF

Posted by: toby928 at April 20, 2025 02:23 PM (jc0TO)

28 We use binder clips

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 20, 2025 02:23 PM (0JWOm)

29 Made my 1st ever Easter brunch today (for 7).

FWP: Now will have to make Easter brunch for the next 25 years b/c everyone asked for a return next year. Threw it together with 2 days notice, but apparently, I should try less hard next time to get less work.

Oh well - at least I still don't cook on Christmas. And I admit, it's nice to have a new holiday tradition as the kids have aged.

PS - It did lead to the interesting situation yesterday when a Trader Joe's employee, hearing me talk through my plan with the spouse at the register, said "wow, you can cook" - and I'm thinking 2/3rds of this menu is me just chopping and not cooking. Again, NoVa is an area where it apparently is easy to impress people if you just know how to use a blender...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 20, 2025 02:25 PM (tOcjL)

30 Depends what I'm doing. I use the binder clips to keep some bags closed. Sometimes I use the stout rubberbands that come with celery. BUT - the nylon-wrapped bag ties are excellent for keep the suet cages closed so that local wildlife (likely raccoons) don't make off with an entire suet cake.

Posted by: Nancy@7000ft at April 20, 2025 02:26 PM (qFnnL)

31 Harbor Freight to the rescue.
Keep a set of these in your kitchen:

PITTSBURGH Micro Spring Clamp Set, 6 Piece
Two bucks.

https://tinyurl.com/35pjjyp5

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 20, 2025 02:27 PM (dg+HA)

32 This is what I use:
https://tinyurl.com/247w8tvg

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at April 20, 2025 02:28 PM (XMwZJ)

33 FWP: Now will have to make Easter brunch for the next 25 years b/c everyone asked for a return next year. Threw it together with 2 days notice, but apparently, I should try less hard next time to get less work.

One word: Breakfast Casserole. Set it up the night before and just pop it in the oven. Add a cookie sheet of oven crisped bacon and a gallon of citrus juice with Champagne and your good. Lay out a fruit plate for extra credit.

Posted by: toby928 at April 20, 2025 02:28 PM (jc0TO)

34 Bread bag clips may be saved and used to manufacture scale armor for cats.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 20, 2025 02:29 PM (6K6Eu)

35 Bread bag clips may be saved and used to manufacture scale armor for cats.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 20, 2025 02:29 PM

Brilliant!

Posted by: toby928 at April 20, 2025 02:30 PM (jc0TO)

36 Binder clips are essential here. Good for sleeves of crackers, especially. I keep a dozen in my utensil drawer.

We can't use those plastic bread clips because Mama doesn't like them.

I reuse twist ties all the time and they work fine.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at April 20, 2025 02:31 PM (w6EFb)

37 Bread bag clips may be saved and used to manufacture scale armor for cats.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea

Pro tip: make some armor for yourself before attempting to place your cat in armor.

Posted by: mikeski at April 20, 2025 02:31 PM (DgGvY)

38 Those plastic keyhole clips are great for the packaging tape that otherwise is impossible to start the next time you go to use it. When you fold the tape to be able to start it the next time, you have to cut that fold off. Binder clips rock but I have some cheapo plastic things with a magnet glued in so they stay handy on the side of the fridge instead of getting lost in the junk drawer. They aren't super durable but they work ok.

Posted by: PaleRider at April 20, 2025 02:32 PM (CKOCg)

39 We are in the blessed but transient Strawberry season around here. I have had some really good ones this past week.

Posted by: toby928 at April 20, 2025 02:32 PM (jc0TO)

40 Thanks for letting us know about Jewells. Not right or fair, just life; I wish she had won her battle and was still here being feisty on the threads.

Posted by: BarcelonaCarmen at April 20, 2025 02:33 PM (CZtU8)

41 Nova Local, speaking of Easter buffet, met some friends this morning at Kilroys for their buffet. $26. Included prime rib and some delicious mussels.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 20, 2025 02:34 PM (dg+HA)

42 33 FWP: Now will have to make Easter brunch for the next 25 years b/c everyone asked for a return next year. Threw it together with 2 days notice, but apparently, I should try less hard next time to get less work.

One word: Breakfast Casserole. Set it up the night before and just pop it in the oven. Add a cookie sheet of oven crisped bacon and a gallon of citrus juice with Champagne and your good. Lay out a fruit plate for extra credit.

Posted by: toby928 at April 20, 2025 02:28 PM (jc0TO)

Casserole has dairy...and not special. See, I can't disappoint the kids and myself - not when it comes to cooking. It's like that talents parable - can't bury it if you're asked to do it.

And 2nd FWP - kids who have to work all through the holiday...I mean, the reason we had brunch is the boyfriend is working (in healthcare) 2pm-12am today and both collegiate girls had a pile of homework and no days off. They did spend the morning with an egg hunt (all asked for that) and brunch (after Church last night), and then took 30 minutes to dye eggs now. So, holiday traditions fit in with a packed week. No break here!

Posted by: Nova Local at April 20, 2025 02:34 PM (tOcjL)

43 Wood clothespins. I'm still using some that are at least 50 years old.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at April 20, 2025 02:34 PM (PiwSw)

44 Um, Ikea bag sealing clips:

https://tinyurl.com/5n72htw4

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 20, 2025 02:35 PM (Y+jbb)

45 41 Nova Local, speaking of Easter buffet, met some friends this morning at Kilroys for their buffet. $26. Included prime rib and some delicious mussels.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 20, 2025 02:34 PM (dg+HA)

Yeah, me and brunches I don't make also tend to be a fail. Everyone wants to put dairy in everything...and for the vegan dishes, they like to use nuts. It's why no one takes me for Mother's Day brunch, either

...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 20, 2025 02:36 PM (tOcjL)

46 31 Harbor Freight to the rescue.
Keep a set of these in your kitchen:

PITTSBURGH Micro Spring Clamp Set, 6 Piece
Two bucks.

https://tinyurl.com/35pjjyp5
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 20, 2025 02:27 PM (dg+HA)

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Ah, Shenzhen aka "Pittsburgh", China

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 20, 2025 02:37 PM (LPS7w)

47 Our wild blackberries are coming in now. I leave some portions of our land scraggly just for these.

My FWP is I just eat them as they ripen and can not gather a sufficient quantity to make any thing from them.

Posted by: toby928 at April 20, 2025 02:37 PM (jc0TO)

48 Gonna put my menu (which only took an hour start to finish this morning - thank you Trader Joe's with an assist from Aldi's and Safeway - although I did cheat and premade a dip I'm gonna skip next year b/c it wasn't needed) on the food thread. Then, I'm gonna have to run b/c college kids decided they wanted to treat mom to the dining hall for dinner (b/c they have too much money left on their meal plans) and there is an allergy section. Since I'm not cooking again, nor do I want the college to keep my money, I'm all for the plan.

Posted by: Nova Local at April 20, 2025 02:39 PM (tOcjL)

49 The Shenzhen Steelers should have a pretty good team this year.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 20, 2025 02:39 PM (dg+HA)

50 On another subject, Trump admin changed Fauci website

https://covid.gov

Check it out.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 20, 2025 02:40 PM (Y+jbb)

51 The Shenzhen Steelers should have a pretty good team this year.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 20, 2025 02:39 PM (dg+HA)
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Yeah, but watch one of their games and in an hour you need to watch another one.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 20, 2025 02:41 PM (6K6Eu)

52 *Yeah, but watch one of their games and in an hour you need to watch another one.*

Snort.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 20, 2025 02:42 PM (dg+HA)

53
Harbor Freight to the rescue.
Keep a set of these in your kitchen:

PITTSBURGH Micro Spring Clamp Set, 6 Piece
Two bucks.

Pittsburgh, China

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 20, 2025 02:44 PM (63Dwl)

54 iT'S FUNNY BECAUSE THE HORDE REPEATED THE JOKE.

Posted by: bEN rOETHLISBERGER at April 20, 2025 02:46 PM (FhXTo)

55 Bread bag clips may be saved and used to manufacture scale armor for cats.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 20, 2025 02:29 PM

Brilliant!
Posted by: toby928 at April 20, 2025 02:30 PM (jc0TO)

When you try putting it on, we want video - with sound. Also, let us know how much blood you needed to be restored.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 20, 2025 02:46 PM (VNX3d)

56 Why does the Canadian version of the Haliaeetus Sickle Hoe go for $201.38 (presumably Canadian dollars) whereas on American Amazon the same hoe goes for $62.99 (American dollars). Checking the exchange rates one American dollar buys just over $1.38 Canadian. But the Canadian price divided by the American is a ratio of 3.197. Divide that by1.38 and you’re still paying well over twice as much to buy that Canadian hoe!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 20, 2025 02:48 PM (VphID)

57 My 35 year old come-along died yesterday. The ratchet just broke off trying to pull a widow-maker down in my back yard. Was looking at ChinaFreight and I see that they have improved in the last 3 decades. Now they have TWO ratchets rather than one! The question I have is now that I am old and fat, should I buy an electric winch for such tugging?

Posted by: toby928 at April 20, 2025 02:48 PM (jc0TO)

58 Oh no, the obvious answer is that American hoes are a better deal than Canadian hoes.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 20, 2025 02:49 PM (VphID)

59 The 36-hour Easter Ceasefire appears to be more or less holding in Ukraine. Peace on Earth, goodwill to men.

Mars will undoubtedly return from his break at midnight.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at April 20, 2025 02:51 PM (zZSxi)

60 *Checking the exchange rates one American dollar buys just over $1.38 Canadian. But the Canadian price divided by the American is a ratio of 3.197. Divide that by1.38 and you’re still paying well over twice as much*

It's a write off, Jerry.
They just write it off.

Posted by: Kramer at April 20, 2025 02:54 PM (dg+HA)

61 Our wild blackberries are coming in now. I leave some portions of our land scraggly just for these.

My FWP is I just eat them as they ripen and can not gather a sufficient quantity to make any thing from them.
Posted by: toby928 at April 20, 2025 02:37 PM (jc0TO)

The very green shoot tips are very good this time of year. You can nip them off, and they taste like the over-tone blackberries have when you pick them, or you can dump a bunch in a pot and pour boiling water over them and have a tolerable herbal tea.
It is probably good for you, cleanses the liver or some other possibly positive thing to a major organ.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 20, 2025 02:54 PM (D7oie)

62 "I hate those plastic clips. It's almost impossible to twist a bag closed small enough to reuse them."

For single-use freezer bags, I use rubber bands. Not the most convenient but they hold a seal.

Posted by: Bombadil at April 20, 2025 02:55 PM (MX0bI)

63
getcha summa these big ass chip clips from OXO

https://tinyurl.com/yc7ke6ak

Posted by: Savage Henry at April 20, 2025 02:55 PM (AOsQT)

64 *or some other possibly positive thing to a major organ.*

(Insert Paolo joke here.)

Posted by: Person who is always on the lookout for a good Paolo joke opportunity at April 20, 2025 02:57 PM (dg+HA)

65 Collection of binder clips from 1/2" to 3". Corn chips are always fresh.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 20, 2025 02:58 PM (5KR1B)

66 Marco Rubio, apparently in Ukraine, speaks clearly about ending the war and what We will do if they will not come to terms.

"I'm talking about days not weeks"
_Marco Rubio

https://tinyurl.com/mwesp5wj

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 20, 2025 02:59 PM (5KR1B)

67 Oh no, the obvious answer is that American hoes are a better deal than Canadian hoes.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 20, 2025 02:49 PM (VphID)

(Little Marquellus, crying) "My sister be a hoe and she don't look nothing like that!"

Posted by: Just the Punchline at April 20, 2025 02:59 PM (zZSxi)

68 The very green shoot tips are very good this time of year. You can nip them off, and they taste like the over-tone blackberries have when you pick them, or you can dump a bunch in a pot and pour boiling water over them and have a tolerable herbal tea.
It is probably good for you, cleanses the liver or some other possibly positive thing to a major organ.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 20, 2025 02:54 PM

Intriguing. Thanks.

Posted by: toby928 at April 20, 2025 03:00 PM (jc0TO)

69 I've been using binder clips for years.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 20, 2025 03:01 PM (XeU6L)

70 FWP. Couldn't open new propane tank for grill. Mallet took care of that. Then no gas came out. Yes, it was full. Thankfully had second tank backup. However, ribs on going on grill 40 minutes later than planned.

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 20, 2025 03:02 PM (hoCmQ)

71 Why does the Canadian version of the Haliaeetus Sickle Hoe go for $201.38 (presumably Canadian dollars) whereas on American Amazon the same hoe goes for $62.99 (American dollars). Checking the exchange rates one American dollar buys just over $1.38 Canadian. But the Canadian price divided by the American is a ratio of 3.197. Divide that by1.38 and you’re still paying well over twice as much to buy that Canadian hoe!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit `

Canada protecting their japanese hoe market

Posted by: MkY at April 20, 2025 03:03 PM (cPGH3)

72 FWP. Couldn't open new propane tank for grill. Mallet took care of that. Then no gas came out. Yes, it was full. Thankfully had second tank backup. However, ribs on going on grill 40 minutes later than planned.
Posted by: olddog in mo at April 20, 2025 03:02 PM

You might need to reset the overload (?) valve inside the nozzle. If at some point too much gas was coming out it will trip. You stick a screw driver into the outlet to reset it. Check YouTube for videos.

Posted by: toby928 at April 20, 2025 03:04 PM (jc0TO)

73 Overload? HighFlow? I don't know what to call it.

Posted by: toby928 at April 20, 2025 03:05 PM (jc0TO)

74 5 The giant plastic clips that come on some brands of bagged potatoes are useful for securing bundled up phone cords. They are a tad small for decent quality CAT-5 cable, though. I wound up using strips torn off of old shirts instead.
Posted by: Kindltot

Cat 5 is as obsolete as buggy whips and Whale Oil. Keep up or be left behind. Do you still take Polaroids?

Posted by: Hep Cat, With It! at April 20, 2025 03:06 PM (G5+As)

75 fold the bag under and push it against the wall.

Posted by: DaveA at April 20, 2025 02:16 PM (FhXTo)

Give it a twirl first.

Posted by: easy the elder at April 20, 2025 03:06 PM (8I4hW)

76 >>>It is probably good for you, cleanses the liver or some other possibly positive thing to a major organ.
Posted by: Kindltot
-----------

It'll do something for sure.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 20, 2025 03:08 PM (5KR1B)

77 Divide that by1.38 and you’re still paying well over twice as much to buy that Canadian hoe!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

Hoesers

Posted by: Bob, Doug, and Miklos McKenzie at April 20, 2025 03:09 PM (UOzvC)

78 youtube calls it a safety valve

https://tinyurl.com/4s82t853

Posted by: toby928 at April 20, 2025 03:09 PM (jc0TO)

79 Those bread clips make terrible nipple clamps!

Posted by: Mayor Pete at April 20, 2025 03:09 PM (G5+As)

80 FWP. Couldn't open new propane tank for grill. Mallet took care of that. Then no gas came out. Yes, it was full. Thankfully had second tank backup. However, ribs on going on grill 40 minutes later than planned.

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 20, 2025 03:02 PM (hoCmQ)

Modern propane tank have a flow restrictor built in so if you open them too fast they will shut off. To reset them you need to disconnect the bottle to release pressure, reconnect, and then crack the valve open, very slowly. I found this out the hard way, convinced that my gas burner was broken.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at April 20, 2025 03:09 PM (zZSxi)

81 56, I'm'a guess Canadian tariffs?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 20, 2025 03:12 PM (/Ghsb)

82 If .45 ACP was good enough for John Moses Browning (PBUH), it's good enough for me.

And, let it not be lost in the current rush to 9mm fandom by certain Euro-residing Hordlings, that the .50 BMG was invented by JMB.

Now, if you can fire a .50 BMG in a handgun, I'll doff my chapeau to you.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 20, 2025 03:13 PM (0sNs1)

83 I love binder clips and use them all over: sealing bags of cereal, mixes, and chips; hanging decorations; sweating confessions from heretics.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 20, 2025 03:13 PM (dnU9n)

84 I love binder clips and use them all over: sealing bags of cereal, mixes, and chips; hanging decorations; sweating confessions from heretics.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 20, 2025 03:13 PM

Do you use them as suspender clips for your Book Thread pants?

Asking for Bob from NSA.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 20, 2025 03:15 PM (0sNs1)

85 sweating confessions from heretics.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes

You do parties?

Posted by: Local masochist at April 20, 2025 03:15 PM (cPGH3)

86 Do you use them as suspender clips for your Book Thread pants?
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Trick question!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 20, 2025 03:17 PM (dnU9n)

87
Cat 5 is as obsolete as buggy whips and Whale Oil. Keep up or be left behind. Do you still take Polaroids?
Posted by: Hep Cat
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I have a nice collection of RS-232 cables...which still see use.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 20, 2025 03:19 PM (XeU6L)

88 I use metal paper binder clips for sealing chip bags and such. None of this sissy plastic clamp or twist tie stuff.

For larger bagged items, jumper cable clamps.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 20, 2025 03:20 PM (/U5Yz)

89 It is probably good for you, cleanses the liver or some other possibly positive thing to a major organ.
Posted by: Kindltot

Blackberries and their leaves have antioxidants and vit c, among other cool vitamins, so this would be health supportive!

Posted by: Piper at April 20, 2025 03:21 PM (p4NUW)

90 I use the paper clamp to fasten the corners of my windshield sunscreen on Old Red, the 92 F150.

Posted by: Eromero at April 20, 2025 03:21 PM (LHPAg)

91 For larger bagged items, jumper cable clamps.

Like a bag of weasels, maybe?

Posted by: MkY at April 20, 2025 03:21 PM (cPGH3)

92 I use the paper clamp to fasten the corners of my windshield sunscreen on Old Red, the 92 F150.
Posted by: Eromero
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I use a binder clip to suspend a calendar from a small picture hanger on the end of a kitchen cabinet. Easy to lift the calendar down to flip through the pages. Oh...I forgot, you folk all rely on the battery in your 'smart phone'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 20, 2025 03:24 PM (XeU6L)

93 15 https://www.fine-tools.com/japanese-garden-hoes.html

Imagine this with a long handle, and stainless. The angle is the key.
Posted by: MkY at April 20, 2025 02:15 PM (cPGH3)
Always have gloves and seed packets in your vehicle in cast you’re pulled over. Especially in NJ.

Posted by: Eromero at April 20, 2025 03:26 PM (LHPAg)

94 Yeah, my cat found one of the wire bag ties, from where I do not know, and now he carries it around with him and wants to play fetch with it.

I didn’t even know cats PLAYED fetch.

Posted by: Lurking Lurker at April 20, 2025 03:27 PM (sJSth)

95 Can’t be tariffs. The Canadian site doesn’t know where I am (not logged in there). So why are American hoes a better deal than Canadian hoes?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 20, 2025 03:28 PM (VphID)

96 See paul lukas on substack: binder-clip-an-appreciation

Posted by: 53x59 at April 20, 2025 03:29 PM (uIaAn)

97 The plastic one can also be used as a guitar pick; the wire tie can be used to bundle cables; but the the metal one is useful only to clip papers. Otherwise they are like legos in the carpet...lurking...waiting...for that bare foot to come along.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 20, 2025 03:30 PM (W/lyH)

98 So why are American hoes a better deal than Canadian hoes?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

Why do Japanese hoes cost more in Canada than US?
They have to hit Canadian soil to be sold from there. It's a perfect example of tariffs.
My guess.
Order beef from Canada vs US.

Posted by: MkY at April 20, 2025 03:31 PM (cPGH3)

99 sweating confessions from heretics.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes

You do parties?
Posted by: Local masochist at April 20, 2025 03:15 PM

I'd like to know that, as well.

Posted by: The Gimp at April 20, 2025 03:34 PM (0sNs1)

100 I use a binder clip to suspend a calendar from a small picture hanger on the end of a kitchen cabinet. Easy to lift the calendar down to flip through the pages. Oh...I forgot, you folk all rely on the battery in your 'smart phone'.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 20, 2025 03:24 PM (XeU6L
At Fort Eromero there ate 7 hanging wall calendars, some using the paper clamp for raffle tickets and such.

Posted by: Eromero at April 20, 2025 03:35 PM (LHPAg)

101 So a Canadian tariff on Japanese goods. Interesting. Curiously my VPN makes me look like I am logged in in Tokyo, but Canadian Amazon is defaulting to a delivery in Balzac, Alberta. Shades of AOP?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 20, 2025 03:35 PM (VphID)

102 The use of the words ‘raffle tickets’ and the numeral ‘100’ is purely a coincidence.

Posted by: Eromero at April 20, 2025 03:37 PM (LHPAg)

103 I don't mind the twist ties. The little plastic clips can break one side off if an aggressive kid is messing with it. The metal clips should only be used when you can't find a clothespin to hold the potato chip bag closed.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at April 20, 2025 03:38 PM (lUFok)

104 Here's a FWP: What will be the content of today's Food Thread? Preparing lamb?

Or a combined Food and Gun thread - how to hunt and prepare your Easter meal? This might work better near Thanksgiving, though.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 20, 2025 03:39 PM (VNX3d)

105 Oh, noes!

California's so-called Governor, Gavin Newsom (D), is catching heat for his involvement in the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games from both left and right-wing groups, as the Games appear headed for a financial meltdown as sponsors drop out, executives resign and costs spiral, according to a DailyMail.com investigation.

Couldn't happen to a nicer fella.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 20, 2025 03:39 PM (0sNs1)

106 Yeah, my cat found one of the wire bag ties, from where I do not know, and now he carries it around with him and wants to play fetch with it.

I didn’t even know cats PLAYED fetch.
Posted by: Lurking Lurker at April 20, 2025

***
Tatiana the Wonder Siberian loved to fetch a small rubber ball. I'd throw it for her the length of the living room and kitchen floors, and she'd give a squeak and race after it, seize it in her jaws, and trot back to drop it near me. Not to please me, understand, but ti continue the game.

She also found twist ties fascinating. I was worried she might swallow one, so I put them in a cabinet near the stove. Darned if the clever little feline didn't watch me, then climb up to the counter, paw the cabinet door open, and reach inside for the twist ties! I had to move them to another cabinet she couldn't reach.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 20, 2025 03:40 PM (omVj0)

107 I am a binder clip user. Have a bag of tortilla chips so closed in the pantry right now. Also use them on toothepaste tubes.

Extending condolences to Salty Dog on the passing of his wife Linda.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 20, 2025 03:40 PM (8zz6B)

108 A binder clip is the perfect tool for when the toothpaste tube is nearly empty. Just steamroller the remaining product to the top of the tube using any available can. Then roll up the flattened tube as high as possible. Put the binder clip on the rolled-up tube. Your toothpaste tube is now functional to the last blob of paste.

Next week on Cicero's Life Hacks, learn how to avoid the need for expensive cemetery plots through Home Internment.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 20, 2025 03:40 PM (lF9cc)

109 Couldn't happen to a nicer fella.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 20, 2025 03:39 PM (0sNs1)

Or a nicer organization.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 20, 2025 03:41 PM (W/lyH)

110 "Here's a FWP: What will be the content of today's Food Thread? Preparing lamb?"

Oh lord no. Not lamb again. Please no.

Posted by: Tuna at April 20, 2025 03:41 PM (lJ0H4)

111 >>The question I have is now that I am old and fat, should I buy an electric winch for such tugging?

What are we talking about here?

Posted by: JackStraw at April 20, 2025 03:41 PM (viF8m)

112 I be ewnts the thanx everybody foor making the Childrin of Coller Gay Prides Egg Hunt a big success.

The childrin loved it and lerned about Love id good no matters where it be froms. They be somes childrin of no coler two that attended and ths OK with us..

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at April 20, 2025 03:42 PM (FDlb9)

113 I haven't saved the wire twist ties in a while. Seems like most of the bread and other products I buy now have those flat little constrictor cards. I do use binder clips to hold popcorn bags and cheese bags -- I hate dealing with those "resealable" bags.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 20, 2025 03:42 PM (omVj0)

114
[senses an opportunity for AOP to run a bootleg hoe business on his trips north/south]

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 20, 2025 03:44 PM (XeU6L)

115 What!? No mention of DUCT TAPE?

Posted by: m at April 20, 2025 03:45 PM (CQE5S)

116 115 What!? No mention of DUCT TAPE?
Posted by: m at April 20, 2025 03:45 PM (CQE5S

WABBITT Season!!!

Posted by: Eromero at April 20, 2025 03:47 PM (LHPAg)

117 Why does the Canadian version of the Haliaeetus Sickle Hoe go for $201.38 (presumably Canadian dollars) whereas on American Amazon the same hoe goes for $62.99 (American dollars). Checking the exchange rates one American dollar buys just over $1.38 Canadian. But the Canadian price divided by the American is a ratio of 3.197. Divide that by1.38 and you’re still paying well over twice as much to buy that Canadian hoe!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 20, 2025 02:48 PM (VphID)

Why not get either a Dutch Hoe or a Hula Hoe? Hula hoes are very popular here in Arizona, and they cuts weeds below grade on both the front stroke and the back stroke, no stooping. And cheaper than the sickle hoe.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 20, 2025 03:49 PM (8zz6B)

118 What!? No mention of DUCT TAPE?
Posted by: m at April 20, 2025 03:45 PM (CQE5S

WABBITT Season!!!
Posted by: Eromero at April 20, 2025 03:47 PM (LHPAg)

Duck Tape!
Rabbit Tape!
Duck Tape!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 20, 2025 03:49 PM (VNX3d)

119 The question I have is now that I am old and fat, should I buy an electric winch for such tugging?

What are we talking about here?
Posted by: JackStraw at April 20, 2025 03:41 PM

Not sure, but it has some intriguing possibilities.

Posted by: 'Pee Wee' Herman at April 20, 2025 03:49 PM (0sNs1)

120 "Binder clips".
Got it.

Alwys wondered why they looked funny at me in work when I sk for nipple clamps.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 20, 2025 03:51 PM (/lPRQ)

121 Only if he taking the hoes north to Canada. That’s not breaking some law is it?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 20, 2025 03:51 PM (VphID)

122 Biden honored Trans Visibility on Easter, 2024.

President Trump honors Christ's resurrection on Easter 2025.

We are not the same.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 20, 2025 03:53 PM (0sNs1)

123 So a Canadian tariff on Japanese goods. Interesting. Curiously my VPN makes me look like I am logged in in Tokyo, but Canadian Amazon is defaulting to a delivery in Balzac, Alberta. Shades of AOP?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 20, 2025 03:35 PM (VphID)

Amazon had a yuuuge "fulfillment centre" in Balzac, which is immediately north of Calgary city limits, and very near YYC airport.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 20, 2025 03:53 PM (8zz6B)

124 youtube calls it a safety valve

https://tinyurl.com/4s82t853
Posted by: toby928 at April 20, 2025 03:09
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Thank you.

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 20, 2025 03:54 PM (hoCmQ)

125 I use the paper clamp to fasten the corners of my windshield sunscreen on Old Red, the 92 F150.
Posted by: Eromero
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Alien tape!

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 20, 2025 03:55 PM (XeU6L)

126 >>The question I have is now that I am old and fat, should I buy an electric winch for such tugging?

What are we talking about here?
Posted by: JackStraw at April 20, 2025 03:41 PM

My come-along broke. Should I buy an electric winch to fill the niche to move heavy things? 12 volt so I can use it anywhere I can get my truck? Or 120v so I can use it anywhere an extension cord can reach. (I have miles of extension cords, maybe 800' worth)

Or I could just buy another come-along.

Posted by: toby928 at April 20, 2025 03:55 PM (jc0TO)

127 Is this a found art thread?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 20, 2025 03:55 PM (6n6EQ)

128 Only if he taking the hoes north to Canada. That’s not breaking some law is it?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 20, 2025 03:51 PM (VphID)

Probably not, unless bringing them in by the caseload, Seriously, I would not buy that damned thing. Looks like the blade is offset to one side, which would put a torque on your wrist every time you hit a stubborn root. Dutch hoe and hula hoe have the center of the blades on the handle axis, and blade is flat to the ground when in working stance. Both cut on bothe fore and back stroke too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 20, 2025 03:58 PM (8zz6B)

129 #TeamTwistTie

The plastic breaks too easily, the twist tie can indeed be reused.

I mostly use binder clips to weight down my Aloha shirts when I use them as a cover to conceal my EDC in Summer.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at April 20, 2025 03:59 PM (xcxpd)

130 ]i\Here's a FWP: What will be the content of today's Food Thread? Preparing lamb?

Or a combined Food and Gun thread - how to hunt and prepare your Easter meal? This might work better near Thanksgiving, though.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 20, 2025 03:39 PM

I literally just walked back after going to WinnDixie because they are having a boneless ribeye weekend sale. 5.99/lb. I went in expecting to be disappoint with thin slices but, hallelujah!, there were two family packs with greater than 1 1/2" thick cuts. One looks like a freaking pot roast.

Posted by: toby928 at April 20, 2025 03:59 PM (jc0TO)

131 I am off to buy a battery. BBIAB.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 20, 2025 03:59 PM (8zz6B)

132 Good to see you AOP! But I don’t think you should try importing Japanese hoes from the US to Canada. More trouble than it’s worth.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 20, 2025 03:59 PM (VphID)

133 and blade is flat to the ground when in working stance. Both cut on bothe fore and back stroke too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 20, 2025 03:58 PM

So, like an old-skool putter?

Posted by: zombie Arnold Palmer at April 20, 2025 04:00 PM (0sNs1)

134 >>>Weasel is up to his old tricks...causing trouble with his catastrophic choice of container closing system.

Why would Mr. Weasel DO something like this?

Posted by: m at April 20, 2025 04:01 PM (CQE5S)

135 FOODIE NOODIE TIME

Posted by: Skip at April 20, 2025 04:02 PM (PwaOl)

136 123 So a Canadian tariff on Japanese goods. Interesting. Curiously my VPN makes me look like I am logged in in Tokyo, but Canadian Amazon is defaulting to a delivery in Balzac, Alberta. Shades of AOP?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 20, 2025 03:35 PM (VphID)

Amazon had a yuuuge "fulfillment centre" in Balzac, which is immediately north of Calgary city limits, and very near YYC airport.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 20, 2025 03:53 PM (8zz6B)
---'
There's a city named after the scrotum?

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 20, 2025 04:03 PM (LPS7w)

137 134 >>>Weasel is up to his old tricks...causing trouble with his catastrophic choice of container closing system.

Why would Mr. Weasel DO something like this?
Posted by: m at April 20, 2025 04:01 PM (CQE5S)

He's retired now. He has no fucks left to give!

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at April 20, 2025 04:05 PM (xcxpd)

138 106 Yeah, my cat found one of the wire bag ties, from where I do not know, and now he carries it around with him and wants to play fetch with it.

I didn’t even know cats PLAYED fetch.
Posted by: Lurking Lurker at April 20, 2025

___________________________

My cat is going to give me a hernia one of these days. She steal straws. Then, she pushes them under the refrigerator (for no particular reason). Monthly ritual at my house is me sliding the fridge out so we can collect all the straws. The first few times, we just put the straws in the waste can...until we realized that that's from where the pilfering began. Currently , we have no idea where she's getting them from. Maybe another stash she has under something somewhere.

Posted by: Orson at April 20, 2025 04:06 PM (dIske)

139 As Mighty as the Clip de Binder may be, I still resort to the Tried et True Methode as does Bro. Weasel (PBUH). There are (and have been) times when the Mighty Jaws of The Clip were just too much for whatever was being secured, and I was left disheartened with a collexion of 'stuff' instead of a neat li'l package. The flip side is that - on occasion - the breadbag holder and the TwisteeTie have both lacked sufficient 'holding power' to prevent a 'that which hath been joined together' becoming an 'asundering' of Titanic proportions. Ergo, there is room in God's Creation for all manner of joineries, and who are we to say we know more than … oh, YOU knowwww …

Posted by: Dr_No at April 20, 2025 04:07 PM (ayRl+)

140 I didn’t even know cats PLAYED fetch.
Posted by: Lurking Lurker at April 20, 2025 03:27 PM (sJSth)
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Lily is a fetch fiend. She drops catnip toys in my face to wake me up and get the games started.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 20, 2025 04:08 PM (dnU9n)

141 129 #TeamTwistTie

The plastic breaks too easily, the twist tie can indeed be reused.

I mostly use binder clips to weight down my Aloha shirts when I use them as a cover to conceal my EDC in Summer.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at April 20, 2025 03:59 PM (xcxpd)
That one deserves ab encore on the gubthread tonight, MAE.

Posted by: Eromero at April 20, 2025 04:13 PM (LHPAg)

142 I use rivets, myself.

Posted by: stv at April 20, 2025 05:10 PM (+opPw)

143 Emily Kaplan is a General Public 6, but a Hockey Wench 8.

Which, according to Moron Math, means she is a One.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at April 20, 2025 05:17 PM (ufFY8)

144 Do not underestimate the lowly baggie tie. My automatic transmission shifter cable broke, and the towing tech was looking of a small cable tie. To fix it. Couldn’t find one, but he did have a baggie tie on his lunch! It was good enough for me to drive 20+ miles to the dealer instead of being towed.

Posted by: MacArch at April 20, 2025 05:59 PM (magV5)

145 I always use binder clips. Why nit?

Posted by: MGA at April 20, 2025 08:31 PM (ebZXP)

146 50 wood clothespins cost$1.66 at Walmart. Easy and economical bag closures.

Posted by: Ksw at April 21, 2025 01:01 AM (33x2A)

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