First World Problems...

I hate them. They are ugly, boringly shaped, and they bloom infrequently enough... and the flowers last just a short time... that it's mostly just a squat green blob.

So, Dildo, just toss them into the growing trash-heap of failed horticultural projects!

Except... they don't ever die. And even worse, those are from cuttings that are about 800 years old! Actually, they are from my wife's grandmother, which means they will be with me -- taunting me -- forever!

Posted by: CBD at 02:00 PM

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1 Good afternoon Greenthumbs

Posted by: Skip at September 14, 2025 02:01 PM (+qU29)

2 Botanical Graveyard

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 14, 2025 02:01 PM (Q4IgG)

3 I nooded.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at September 14, 2025 02:03 PM (Qs5ht)

4 FWP: my back went out again because of the way I slept & the chiropractor isn't open on Sundays.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 14, 2025 02:04 PM (hx5BH)

5 I don't have that problem but my yard has 30 plus bushes I had to trim this week.

Considering everything, I was fine with the distraction.

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at September 14, 2025 02:04 PM (Sco7b)

6 I had some of those on a patio table, looked very nice for a couple weeks. Then damned squirrels got up there and dug them up and ate the roots, little bastards.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 14, 2025 02:05 PM (uWKK8)

7 FWP

tiny stickers on tomatoes and bananas

Posted by: Don Black at September 14, 2025 02:05 PM (AOsQT)

8 My phone went to hell trying to get downstairs

Posted by: Skip at September 14, 2025 02:05 PM (+qU29)

9 I've tried browning African violets and failed spectacularly each time. I have brown thumb as far as indoor greenery is concerned.

Posted by: Tuna at September 14, 2025 02:06 PM (lJ0H4)

10
Cleaning out the pantry today because of mucho evidence of mices.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 14, 2025 02:07 PM (kkTda)

11 Put the plexiglass top back on my mini greenhouse, had to wash them off first but should help hold heat in for my Anaheim peppers

Posted by: Skip at September 14, 2025 02:07 PM (+qU29)

12 I don't think I've ever known anybody who actively hated violets. Seems a bit...eccentric.

Posted by: Paco at September 14, 2025 02:07 PM (mADJX)

13 I think some of the older family have fig trees from cuttings that probably date back to frigging Julius Caesar. I have a 90 year old aunt that probably memorized every cutting, where it went, who got ones from that. Not me I don't give a fig.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 14, 2025 02:07 PM (snZF9)

14 Is today Sunday??

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 14, 2025 02:08 PM (RIvkX)

15 You can get ones with variegated foliage. If you have them under a grow light, they bloom a lot more.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 14, 2025 02:08 PM (kUxzU)

16 Need to go work on a thing that I'm making for the gun thread. But it's just sofa king hot outside.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 14, 2025 02:09 PM (hx5BH)

17 14 Is today Sunday?? - San Franpsycho

For now, yes.

Posted by: Paco at September 14, 2025 02:09 PM (mADJX)

18 African Violets?

My grandmother loved her African violets. She would hang grow lights over them so she could grow them inside. That distinctive purple glow would shine right through her window shades, and she lived in a neighborhood which was becoming less-reputable every year.

Fortunately, she peacefully passed on before anything terrible happened.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at September 14, 2025 02:09 PM (Qs5ht)

19 @9

browning=growing.

Posted by: Tuna at September 14, 2025 02:09 PM (lJ0H4)

20 FWP: the hummingbird feeder is attracting hummingbirds. But it's right outside the front door.

Hummingbirds don't like to be interrupted while feeding. They're like little tiny buzzbombs.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 14, 2025 02:10 PM (Q4IgG)

21 Is today Sunday??
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Unfortunately. Because that means the tomorrow is Monday.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 14, 2025 02:11 PM (hx5BH)

22 An idea to bounce off you guys...

DDG-147 The USS Charlie Kirk.

I mean, Arliegh Burke / Charlie Kirk ... it even rhymes.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at September 14, 2025 02:12 PM (DIweC)

23 FWP

the spotty availability of habanero peppers

Posted by: Don Black at September 14, 2025 02:12 PM (AOsQT)

24 If you want more of a challenge, try Christmas Cactus to bloom at Christmas

Posted by: Skip at September 14, 2025 02:12 PM (+qU29)

25 I've got two pots of spider plants (originally one) inherited from my mother in 1987 (and she first got it in 1970!). They almost croaked this spring, but after repotting and the loving care of our next door neighbor watching them while we were gone all summer they've come roaring back, but sadly without new runners. I guess they've both reached menopause.

Posted by: case sensitive at September 14, 2025 02:12 PM (kvDvI)

26 Did you experience First World Problems in France, CBD? Or is that impossible, France being a Second World nation?

Posted by: Gref at September 14, 2025 02:12 PM (5rh/l)

27 VTK I like it, at least some ship

Posted by: Skip at September 14, 2025 02:13 PM (+qU29)

28
Is today Sunday??
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 14, 2025 02:08 PM (RIvkX)

________

The Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, commemorating, in part, the recovery of the True Cross from the Mussulmen hordes in 638.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 14, 2025 02:15 PM (kkTda)

29 Pssst, come here. Keep your voice down.

(Whispering) You can get rid of that plant with very little effort and make it look like an accident. First, move it to an area in the house with minimal ventilation. Then, over water. Make sure to get some water on the blooms themselves, especially if they are at the end of their display. Keep the leaves wet as well, and keep the plant out of sunlight but near the window so it gets all the heat, and none of direct light.

PRESTO!!! You've started you very own Botrytis fungal cultivation. The bastard will be dead in a week.

I was never here. (pulls up trench coat collar, looks around, walks away)

Posted by: Orson at September 14, 2025 02:16 PM (dIske)

30 Mom loved African violets but always seemed to have trouble with them.

Berserker, most apple trees are grafted from an initial sport, the Gravenstein, for example goes back to the 1600's
Figs are better because they can be rooted directly from cuttings and not grafted.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 14, 2025 02:17 PM (rbvCR)

31 Any plant that lives that long is technically a weed.

Might as well have a pot of dandelions.

First World Problem, for sure.

Posted by: mikeski at September 14, 2025 02:18 PM (nhCoE)

32 🤣 My grandmother didn't have much of a green thumb, but she had a way with African violets.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 14, 2025 02:18 PM (KuHbi)

33
Did you experience First World Problems in France, CBD?

_________

There are no problems at all in France. Just ask our homegrown progressives.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 14, 2025 02:19 PM (kkTda)

34 Wè had a Begonia that even bloomed most years and was about 40 years ago. It was given to my wife. But it took as said 40 years but she eventually killed it.

Posted by: Skip at September 14, 2025 02:20 PM (+qU29)

35 It's global warming. Last week things were cooling down it felt like fall was, you could smell it in the air, on the way. Today, it's like mid August. Not going outside, nope.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 14, 2025 02:20 PM (S0zRh)

36 Not me I don't give a fig.
Posted by: Berserker

Ok, my first-world problem is I didn't see that coming.

* golf clap *

Posted by: mikeski at September 14, 2025 02:21 PM (nhCoE)

37 Cool. The airing of grievances. I made a list this week.

1. Why the heck can't my digital scale be more accurate at the last digit? It's just 0, 2, 4, 6 and 8. Seriously, the rest of the numbers work.

2. Shavers should be easier to clean. I bought a Chinese shaver for my head and it's held together with magnets! It's so wonderful. I detach the top, tap out the debris and the thing seals together. I love that thing.

3. I bought a Miele vacuum a while back for about $1100 Canadian. Good reviews on Amazon except people complained about the weight. German product. I HATE THAT THING! I just gave it to my friend. I was going to give it to Goodwill but he said he'd take it.

The damn thing had not 1, not 2, but 3 different filters that have to be clean or the stupid thing stops working. That is THE WORST THING I EVER BOUGHT! And I was one of the people that bought a Coleco Adam computer.

4. Went to the vacuum store, which I should have done first, and found that they still make good ole American made Electrolux vacuums. Which I love! I bought one for $1500 Canadian

I love that machine but I wear earplugs when using it. The ything is insanely loud but it gets the job done.

Thanks.

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at September 14, 2025 02:21 PM (Sco7b)

38 Kalanchoes are tough.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 14, 2025 02:21 PM (S0zRh)

39 I'm not allowed to have indoor plants. I have one last succulent that appears to remain unnoticed.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 14, 2025 02:21 PM (RIvkX)

40 There are no problems at all in France. Just ask our homegrown progressives.

Funny thing, you never see them hanging around in the banlieues.

Posted by: Marine Le Pen at September 14, 2025 02:22 PM (Riz8t)

41 My FWP today was running a repair scan on a big USB 3.0 drive and having it just basically lock out my USB remote keyboard and mouse.

I had to cancel it or I couldn't comment. Will schedule it to run overnight when I'm sleeping.

Posted by: toby928 repeats himself at September 14, 2025 02:22 PM (jc0TO)

42
Purslanes, I think, are a well-nigh indestructible flower. I can studiously neglect them and they just go on blooming.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 14, 2025 02:22 PM (kkTda)

43 What's this I hear about African Violence?

*What?*

Never mind.

Posted by: Emily Litella at September 14, 2025 02:23 PM (Riz8t)

44 France problems should be 2ndWP slipping to 3rd soon

Posted by: Skip at September 14, 2025 02:23 PM (+qU29)

45 I've got four plants left I've had for decades. I think of them as "the survivors".

Posted by: From about That Time at September 14, 2025 02:24 PM (n4GiU)

46 Did you experience First World Problems in France, CBD? Or is that impossible, France being a Second World nation?

Posted by: Gref at September 14, 2025 02:12 PM (5rh/l)

I know you are (sort of) joking, but the reality is that France was never able to reap the benefits of the wealth that it generated, because so much of it was and is wasted on social programs and government-driven infrastructure.

I loved their TGV system. Amazing stuff being able to travel that way.

But...no AC for most of the country? Tiny cars, small houses and apartments? High energy costs? And no sense of entrepreneurial spirit.

No thanks.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo [Flying the American Flag!] at September 14, 2025 02:25 PM (n9ltV)

47
France problems should be 2ndWP slipping to 3rd soon
Posted by: Skip at September 14, 2025 02:23 PM (+qU29)

_________

It eez all meaningless anyway.

*sits scowling at greasy café table*
*sticks Gauloise in corner of mouth*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 14, 2025 02:25 PM (kkTda)

48 An idea to bounce off you guys...

DDG-147 The USS Charlie Kirk.

I mean, Arliegh Burke / Charlie Kirk ... it even rhymes.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at September 14, 2025 02:12 PM

If Kirk wasn't in the Navy, I would say no.

Posted by: toby928 repeats himself at September 14, 2025 02:26 PM (jc0TO)

49 Paid forty-four dollars for a vacuum at Walmart. It's ten years old. It'll suck the varnish off a hard wood floor.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 14, 2025 02:26 PM (S0zRh)

50 I think if people are going to do movie reviews, they need to do movie reviews on the level of CookieMontser on X, reviewing Hit Men

Me a simple Monster. If me go to see a movie called Little Women, Monster expekt no actresses over 5 feet, 4 inches. If me go see a movie called Barbie, Monster expekt at least one scene wit some Australian BBQ.

https://tinyurl.com/un9tx26y

Posted by: Kindltot at September 14, 2025 02:29 PM (rbvCR)

51 We have a couple of Dyson style vacuums and an old Electrolux canister. The new ones are light and convenient but the canister with a disposable HEPA filter is a better vacuum.

Posted by: toby928 at September 14, 2025 02:29 PM (jc0TO)

52 An idea to bounce off you guys...

DDG-147 The USS Charlie Kirk.

USS Space Force Enterprise/Charlie Kirk

Posted by: rickb223 at September 14, 2025 02:29 PM (hx5BH)

53 It eez all meaningless anyway.
*sits scowling at greasy café table*
*sticks Gauloise in corner of mouth*

Ennui status:
[X] Filled with
[ ] Not filled with

Posted by: Archimedes at September 14, 2025 02:29 PM (Riz8t)

54 44 France problems should be 2ndWP slipping to 3rd soon
Posted by: Skip
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I think Italy is making plans for Europe and the EU (especially Macron).

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 14, 2025 02:30 PM (S0zRh)

55 Racist~!!!

Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 14, 2025 02:30 PM (mlg/3)

56 You need a new house to fit the plant.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 14, 2025 02:31 PM (ynpvh)

57 Idea for the Art Thread - When paintings come to life

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/A2Og9a0jSt4?feature=share

Posted by: Archimedes at September 14, 2025 02:32 PM (Riz8t)

58 We have a couple of Dyson style vacuums and an old Electrolux canister. The new ones are light and convenient but the canister with a disposable HEPA filter is a better vacuum.
Posted by: toby928

Just bought a Ryobi. Had a Hoover canister. Battery finally wore out. Hoover had discontinued that model in the mean time. F them.

Ryobi 18v battery system will last.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 14, 2025 02:32 PM (hx5BH)

59 What they need is a nicer pot to call home. That one in the pic appears to be one that is in serious need of (ahem) 'refurbishment'. A 'change of venue' for those blooms would make a helluva big diff'rents in their presentation … just sayin'.

Posted by: Dr_No at September 14, 2025 02:32 PM (ayRl+)

60 49 Paid forty-four dollars for a vacuum at Walmart. It's ten years old. It'll suck the varnish off a hard wood floor.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 14, 2025 02:26 PM (S0zRh)

Really?

Our old Electrolux lasted about 30 years. That's why I wanted another. And at the time we still had a lot of 1970 rugs and the dog.

Most of the house is flooring now. My bedroom still has a blue rug. Guest bedroom purple. My late mother's room and the guest bedroom....mirrored closets. Lol. They look good.

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at September 14, 2025 02:33 PM (Sco7b)

61 Purslanes, I think, are a well-nigh indestructible flower. I can studiously neglect them and they just go on blooming.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 14, 2025 02:22 PM (kkTda)

KT did a section on Kudzu yesterday. One thing neglected is that the root can be dug up and processed for starch that can be used like arrowroot starch. It does require a lot of grinding, washing the starch out and drying it, but it has the benefit of being as tasty as arrowroot starch.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 14, 2025 02:33 PM (rbvCR)

62 They’re not boring if you make them interesting. They’re perfect for fairy gardens.

Posted by: ZeldaC at September 14, 2025 02:35 PM (ZtAny)

63 I would like to have the Electrolux vacuum I remember from childhood. It was like a tiny jet engine with wheels.

Posted by: Don Black at September 14, 2025 02:35 PM (AOsQT)

64 I have several Rainbows. Best vacuums ever.
I also use them for air filtration when the smoke gets bad from forest fires.

Posted by: Reforger at September 14, 2025 02:36 PM (SPOEc)

65 African violets are ugly, but so are the ponytail palms we're stuck with from my MIL, that and her nasy pink philodenron

Posted by: night lifted at September 14, 2025 02:36 PM (/YboP)

66 Dildo, just toss them into the growing trash-heap of failed horticultural projects!
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That would be overt violents.

What gets at me is that they always appear dusty, which they probably are.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 14, 2025 02:37 PM (XeU6L)

67 You also described Christmas cactus. Two plants perfectly suited for those who's plant survival record is poor.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at September 14, 2025 02:37 PM (36PRH)

68 Phenotypically, the French look like cross breeds of middle eastern and Slavic races but as a people they are unique to the rest of the world.
Are they space aliens?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 14, 2025 02:38 PM (S0zRh)

69 I would like to have the Electrolux vacuum I remember from childhood. It was like a tiny jet engine with wheels.

Posted by: Don Black
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Still have/use my mother's. Must be (?) 60 years old.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 14, 2025 02:39 PM (XeU6L)

70 Girlfriend wanted a Dyson 'Animal' (she had 'show Dachshunds'), so I bought one new @ W'mart for $400± and change. Damned thing lives up to its name - it'll suck the vinyl off the floor if I'm not careful. If you have carpeting and animals, it'll suck the dropped animal hair up thru the carpet (ask me how I know). It also sucks up the powder that went thru the carpet after it was done soakin' up the pee … yeah, it happens

Posted by: Dr_No at September 14, 2025 02:39 PM (ayRl+)

71 KT did a section on Kudzu yesterday. One thing neglected is that the root can be dug up and processed for starch that can be used like arrowroot starch. It does require a lot of grinding, washing the starch out and drying it, but it has the benefit of being as tasty as arrowroot starch.
Posted by: Kindltot
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But after it starts growing inside you it never stops.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 14, 2025 02:41 PM (S0zRh)

72 >>> Democrats Move Against FBI Director Kash Patel After Charlie Kirk’s Murder, Plan Congressional Hearings Week

Democrats Legislators incite violence.
Call head of Law Enforcement to carpet for not stopping them.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at September 14, 2025 02:41 PM (/lPRQ)

73 No, they don't die but my violets - like the damn cacti - won't flower either.

I'm owner of the worst - ugly, non-flowering, unproductive, spoiled - indoor plants, all which have survived for decades.🤷

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at September 14, 2025 02:42 PM (NFX2v)

74 I hate coercion in any form. We had to get a new computer because none of our current machines can upgrade to Windows 11 even though they work fine and TurboTax and other platforms are discontinuing, very soon, software that will run on the older systems. It's not the cost, that is annoying but not a problem, it's the our way or F off attitude. And the new computer is loaded with a gazzillion apps and features I don't want or need or will ever use.

My use of a telephone consists of phone calls and texts. I don't watch movies, play games, read books or listen to music on it. Even the texts I send are usually just a word or two. Longer messages? That's what email or letters are for. My needs could be handled with a landline and an answering machine. Try finding such a simple device. They exist but are hard to find.

Rechargeable batteries in every damn device? With a few exceptions I prefer to use AA or AAA batteries, cheap and easy to replace. And they don't start fires.

The curmudgeon is strong with me this week.

Posted by: JTB at September 14, 2025 02:44 PM (yTvNw)

75 Your words are violets.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at September 14, 2025 02:44 PM (rjqpb)

76 I hope Kash ends his testimony by personally arresting the committee members.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 14, 2025 02:45 PM (RIvkX)

77 I happen to like African violets. Easy to propagate, suitable for a small container like a bottle garden, and pretty when they bloom. I think of them as a good hobby plant; something to experiment with and smile at when the flowers open.

Posted by: JTB at September 14, 2025 02:49 PM (yTvNw)

78 Bromeliads grow like weeds here.

We had one variety that we paid $50 for... Hundreds of them now.
I rooted out a patch. Set them out for our curbside bulk yard waste pick-up. People were picking through the head getting some for themselves.
Entire neighborhoods now covered waist deep with razor sharp blades of these bromeliads. Children cannot get to school. Parents cannot get out for food. Elderly waste away not being able to get their meds.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at September 14, 2025 02:49 PM (/lPRQ)

79 69 I would like to have the Electrolux vacuum I remember from childhood. It was like a tiny jet engine with wheels.

Posted by: Don Black
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Still have/use my mother's. Must be (?) 60 years old.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 14, 2025 02:39 PM (XeU6L)

The vacuum guy said they haven't changed anything. Just the look. But they last forever. We had to occasionally replace cords but that was no big deal.

I wish appliances would go back to simplicity.

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at September 14, 2025 02:49 PM (Sco7b)

80 "France problems should be 2ndWP slipping to 3rd soon"

I watch some videos on travels through Europe. Lots of pretty vistas, well kept old villages. But those areas are 99% white. Their other advantage ... they don't have to spend much on military. Not sure what they pay out in welfare and free stuff, but that aspect has to be getting much worse.

Posted by: illiniwek at September 14, 2025 02:50 PM (vbXSk)

81
The curmudgeon is strong with me this week.

Posted by: JTB
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Same here. As I sit using a laptop running Win 8.1. Stuff is no longer working. Like it or not it is time for a transition, which is f*cking maddening. This dumb little thing has always worked fine for my needs. I can understand enhanced system/computing capabilities, but discontinuing support for earlier systems should be a flogging offense.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 14, 2025 02:50 PM (XeU6L)

82 @ 71 KT did a section on Kudzu yesterday. One thing neglected is that the root can be dug up and processed for starch that can be used like arrowroot starch. It does require a lot of grinding, washing the starch out and drying it, but it has the benefit of being as tasty as arrowroot starch.
Posted by: Kindltot
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I have a couple of recipes for cooking kudzu if you need one … as I recall (haven't re-read 'em in a few years), they need at least three separate washings before cooking to get the 'schmutz' out.

Posted by: Dr_No at September 14, 2025 02:51 PM (ayRl+)

83 76 I hope Kash ends his testimony by personally arresting the committee members.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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"...and committee members, these gentlemen will escort you from chambers", cue circus music 🍒

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 14, 2025 02:51 PM (S0zRh)

84 My FiL many years ago put in a house vac system. Had 2 plu in connection and canister was permanently in basement. Worked well and had good suction

Posted by: Skip at September 14, 2025 02:51 PM (+qU29)

85
I wish appliances would go back to simplicity.

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless
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It turns out that the trend to 'Smart' is really Stupid.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 14, 2025 02:52 PM (XeU6L)

86 My wife, some 40 years ago, got talked into buying a Kirby.
We still have it. Easiest, strongest vacuum I've ever used.
Actually has a drive system.

Posted by: MkY at September 14, 2025 02:53 PM (cPGH3)

87 I suspect MS slowly but surely ruins my WIN10 desktop over time, thru 'updates', so that it eventulLY

Posted by: Don Black at September 14, 2025 02:53 PM (AOsQT)

88 runs so bad I replace it

Posted by: Don Black at September 14, 2025 02:54 PM (AOsQT)

89 I believe this is their business model

Posted by: Don Black at September 14, 2025 02:54 PM (AOsQT)

90 I have a couple of recipes for cooking kudzu if you need one … as I recall (haven't re-read 'em in a few years), they need at least three separate washings before cooking to get the 'schmutz' out.
Posted by: Dr_No at September 14, 2025 02:51 PM (ayRl+)

FWIW, Canna Lily roots are processed in the same way in Colombia and they use the starch, called achira, to make a cheesey cookie

Posted by: Kindltot at September 14, 2025 02:57 PM (rbvCR)

91
ABC is very excited to announce that college Republicans are bending over and waiting to be killed.

—-

Some college chapters of the Democratic and Republican parties are trying to turn down the temperature on discourse surrounding Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk's assassination, as several groups across the country issued joint statements condemning the attack and calling for non-violence.

One of the first examples came from Rhode Island, where the Rhode Island Young Republicans and Rhode Island Young Democrats issued a rare joint statement on Wednesday evening.

“We may disagree on policy, but we are united in our belief in the value of life, civil discourse, and mutual respect," said Ken Naylor, chairman of the Young Republicans. Anthony Cherry, vice president of the Young Democrats, added that young leaders must "make political nonviolence our pledge," warning that "when our dialogue becomes toxic it has unimaginable consequences."

—-

Even now some (maybe most?) Republicans don’t get it. They never will I guess.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at September 14, 2025 02:58 PM (qM1j6)

92
"...and committee members, these gentlemen will escort you from chambers", cue circus music 🍒

Posted by: Braenyard

["March of the Toreadors"]

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 14, 2025 02:58 PM (XeU6L)

93 I saw Cheesey Cookie open for Death Cab for Cutie at Gazzari's in '86.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 14, 2025 02:59 PM (hY4dx)

94 The Violet, Bear It Away

Posted by: Flanney O'Connor's Advice at September 14, 2025 02:59 PM (PiwSw)

95 No, African Violets like to be potbound. Good place to get them from is the Violet Barn.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 14, 2025 03:00 PM (kUxzU)

96 Windows 11 has, of all things, a printer cleanup option. Why on earth would I want that? So when I go to use that printer again I get to redo the monkeyfuck of putting it back in.
What 11 really need is a "Turn off all upgrades since Win7" button.

Posted by: Reforger at September 14, 2025 03:00 PM (SPOEc)

97 83 76 I hope Kash ends his testimony by personally arresting the committee members.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

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The old Reverse Beria maneuver.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 14, 2025 03:00 PM (hY4dx)

98 I forgot this FWP:

the use of slang words and phrases in crossword puzzles

I find this vexatious

Posted by: Don Black at September 14, 2025 03:00 PM (AOsQT)

99 @ 91: “We may disagree on policy, but we are united in our belief in the value of life, civil discourse, and mutual respect," said Ken Naylor, chairman of the Young Republicans. Anthony Cherry, vice president of the Young Democrats, added that young leaders must "make political nonviolence our pledge," warning that "when our dialogue becomes toxic it has unimaginable consequences."
_____________________________________

This is what's called a 'sucker punch' … and the 'young republicans' weren't street-smart enough to have seen it coming.

Posted by: Dr_No at September 14, 2025 03:02 PM (ayRl+)

100 My mom had a breadfruit plant that suffered on our back patio for decades. It drew life from the dryer vent and refused to die. I admire that plant now and wish I'd taken a cutting.

Posted by: Gromulin at September 14, 2025 03:03 PM (yVZas)

101 Some college chapters of the Democratic and Republican parties are trying to turn down the temperature on discourse surrounding Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk's assassination, as several groups across the country issued joint statements condemning the attack and calling for non-violence.......

Even now some (maybe most?) Republicans don’t get it. They never will I guess.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald
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They're whistling past the graveyard.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 14, 2025 03:03 PM (XeU6L)

102 Dems all over tik tok x, and Reddit; we will kill you all then dance in your graves

Republicans; oh golly I guess that means we should pledge non violence

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at September 14, 2025 03:04 PM (qM1j6)

103 Some college chapters of the Democratic and Republican parties are trying to turn down the temperature on discourse surrounding Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk's assassination, as several groups across the country issued joint statements condemning the attack and calling for non-violence.

One of the first examples came from Rhode Island, where the Rhode Island Young Republicans and Rhode Island Young Democrats issued a rare joint statement on Wednesday evening.

“We may disagree on policy, but we are united in our belief in the value of life, civil discourse, and mutual respect," said Ken Naylor, chairman of the Young Republicans. Anthony Cherry, vice president of the Young Democrats, added that young leaders must "make political nonviolence our pledge," warning that "when our dialogue becomes toxic it has unimaginable consequences."

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Even now some (maybe most?) Republicans don’t get it. They never will I guess.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald

Too late motherfuckers. Charlie WAS the voice of reason. You killed him for that.

As Brietbart said, "WAR".

Posted by: rickb223 at September 14, 2025 03:04 PM (hx5BH)

104 "...and committee members, these gentlemen will escort you from chambers", cue circus music 🍒
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["March of the Toreadors"]
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
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Too much respect.

youtube.com/watch?v=NNv2RHR62Rs

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 14, 2025 03:05 PM (y3EmU)

105 The crocodile will eat the Young Republicans last.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 14, 2025 03:05 PM (hY4dx)

106 the use of slang words and phrases in crossword puzzles

I find this vexatious

Posted by: Don Black
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Agreed!

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 14, 2025 03:05 PM (XeU6L)

107 It’s shit like this that makes me doubt all the pronouncements about how Charlie’s death will change everything. It won’t. It brought a couple of days of anger. But in the end the right will do what it always does. Write an angry letter or two and then go about their usual business of letting the left destroy everything.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at September 14, 2025 03:05 PM (qM1j6)

108 91. Even now some (maybe most?) Republicans don’t get it. They never will I guess.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald

New Testament Republicans perhaps, unfamiliar with Judges, etc.

"...with the jawbone of a donkey I have killed..."

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at September 14, 2025 03:07 PM (NFX2v)

109 Jeb Bush Republicanism lives.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 14, 2025 03:07 PM (hY4dx)

110 the use of slang words and phrases in crossword puzzles

I find this vexatious

Posted by: Don Black

You're just not a hepcat, Jack. Absolutely Squaresville. Slang is the Bee's Knees and the Cat's Meow. 23 Skidoo, Baby!

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at September 14, 2025 03:08 PM (Qs5ht)

111 African Violets.. MIL grew them and the were like energizer bunnies for her, big leaves and always flowered.
Luckily we were never gifted any.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 14, 2025 03:09 PM (kY1JY)

112 109 Jeb Bush Republicanism lives.
—

Appears to be the guiding light for college Republican organizations. Please clap as my throat is slit.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at September 14, 2025 03:09 PM (qM1j6)

113 My wife has a black thumb. She kills anything green. It's remarkable. Nothing can survive her.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at September 14, 2025 03:10 PM (Kv5Mj)

114 Write an angry letter or two and then go about their usual business of letting the left destroy everything.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald
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Most of the public have already relegated the Butler assassination attempt, and wounded President, to 'Old news'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 14, 2025 03:11 PM (XeU6L)

115 Don't care. Force them to make Charlie Kirk the respected national jewel he was and is.

Remember the great & enduring honors bestowed upon George Floyd posthumously.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at September 14, 2025 03:13 PM (NFX2v)

116 My wife has a black thumb. She kills anything green. It's remarkable. Nothing can survive her.

Posted by: bear
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When we moved in here, I was surprised that posters didn't appear on the utility poles, 'Known plant killers have moved into the neighborhood'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 14, 2025 03:13 PM (XeU6L)

117 We have a red Oreck vacuum, have had it for years. It's like an old Maytag washer. Just keeps going, though she had the belt replaced once. I was going to throw it away for a new one but apparently this one was worth repairing.

Posted by: jsg at September 14, 2025 03:13 PM (vLTJy)

118 I've had an Oreck upright for years and years. Excellent suckage. Have had to replace the brushes a couple of times but the thing just won't die. Lightweight and well made.

Posted by: Tuna at September 14, 2025 03:15 PM (lJ0H4)

119 “We may disagree on policy, but we are united in our belief in the value of life, civil discourse, and mutual respect," said Ken Naylor, chairman of the Young Republicans. Anthony Cherry, vice president of the Young Democrats, added that young leaders must "make political nonviolence our pledge," warning that "when our dialogue becomes toxic it has unimaginable consequences."

Mr. Cherry then plunged a knife into the back of Mr. Naylor, and added, "See?"

Posted by: Joe Kidd at September 14, 2025 03:15 PM (nbLIj)

120 CBD, did you by chance notice the leaf in the upper right quadrant is remarkably similar to the spade in the site's logo … ?

Posted by: Dr_No at September 14, 2025 03:15 PM (ayRl+)

121 64 I have several Rainbows. Best vacuums ever.
I also use them for air filtration when the smoke gets bad from forest fires.
Posted by: Reforger at September 14, 2025 02:36 PM (SPOEc)

Plus, if you accidentally sweep something up that you shouldn't, item retrieval is much easier from a water-filled basin than from a crud- filled vacuum bag.

Posted by: Barkingmad59, wandering lurkette at September 14, 2025 03:16 PM (0lzjf)

122 Oh-ohhhh … my bad: The upper LEFT quadrant …

Posted by: Dr_No at September 14, 2025 03:16 PM (ayRl+)

123 113 My wife has a black thumb. She kills anything green. It's remarkable. Nothing can survive her.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at September 14, 2025 03:10 PM (Kv5Mj

That's what plastic plants are for.

I'm almost done going through the house since Mom passed and the house became mine. There were so many artificial trees and flowers. I got rid of most of them.

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at September 14, 2025 03:18 PM (Sco7b)

124 > I think some of the older family have fig trees from cuttings that probably date back to frigging Julius Caesar.

If they're hardy figs, I believe those date back to some stubborn old Italian nonno who refused to believe you couldn't grow figs in Chicago.

He kept trying for 50 years or something like that, and finally found a variety that would survive. They can freeze to the ground and still come back and bear fruit the next year.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 14, 2025 03:18 PM (qpyNK)

125 Gosh guys.

Can we give it a break? Even for one thread?
Perhaps the food thread will be current events free.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 14, 2025 03:19 PM (5jjnE)

126 Hey guys,

Launch in about 2 hours

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - CRS Cygnus NG-23
SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: September 14, 2025
Launch Time: 6:11 p.m. EDT 22:11 UTC (September 15, 00:11 CEST)

https://youtu.be/5uypdu6MhfM

Posted by: Joyenz at September 14, 2025 03:21 PM (2F0/Y)

127 @ 125 Gosh guys.
Can we give it a break? Even for one thread?
Perhaps the food thread will be current events free.
__________________________________________

Wait … vacuums are current events now … ? I'm so confused.

Posted by: Dr_No at September 14, 2025 03:21 PM (ayRl+)

128 Stateless,
I’m so proud of you. You’ve really made the effort to move your life forward despite the big bumps.

Good for you!

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 14, 2025 03:23 PM (mT+6a)

129 118 I've had an Oreck upright for years and years. Excellent suckage. Have had to replace the brushes a couple of times but the thing just won't die. Lightweight and well made.
Posted by: Tuna at September 14, 2025 03:15 PM (lJ0H4)

I've got one too...

Posted by: It's me donna at September 14, 2025 03:23 PM (VE6XX)

130 I'm actually having beer, Lions are kicking ass in the background and I'm going through photo albums again looking for nice pictures of Mom and Dad.

And old family ones.

When I was going through shredding every picture of my brother and his 'family', I did find some pictures that were 60 or 80 years old.

Printed pictures are actually pretty nice with a good photographer.

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at September 14, 2025 03:23 PM (Sco7b)

131 > Purslanes, I think, are a well-nigh indestructible flower. I can studiously neglect them and they just go on blooming.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 14, 2025 02:22 PM (kkTda)

Good as a vegetable, too.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 14, 2025 03:23 PM (qpyNK)

132 Stateless but how is the carbon removed from the house without the green plastic plants?

Posted by: Skip at September 14, 2025 03:24 PM (+qU29)

133 Anthony Cherry, vice president of the Young Democrats, added that young leaders must "make political nonviolence our pledge," warning that "when our dialogue becomes toxic it has unimaginable consequences."

Mr. Cherry then plunged a knife into the back of Mr. Naylor, and added, "See?"
Posted by: Joe Kidd

... low whistle ...
Masterful!

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at September 14, 2025 03:25 PM (/lPRQ)

134 127 @ 125 Gosh guys.
Can we give it a break? Even for one thread?
Perhaps the food thread will be current events free.
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Every thread is a food thread or a music thread.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 14, 2025 03:27 PM (y3EmU)

135 Every thread is a food thread or a music thread.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 14, 2025 03:27 PM (y3EmU)

Will I be the first?

"...or a boob thread!"

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at September 14, 2025 03:29 PM (Qs5ht)

136 Not a FWP, but I am sick as a dog. I'd call it the flu, but there's no fever. Sinus congestion and headache, throat and chest congestion transitioning to somewhat productive cough after a day and a half, chills, body aches, fatigue. Bad cold? Chinese surprise, part deux? No idea.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at September 14, 2025 03:29 PM (Kv5Mj)

137 81 ... "Same here. As I sit using a laptop running Win 8.1. Stuff is no longer working. Like it or not it is time for a transition, which is f*cking maddening. This dumb little thing has always worked fine for my needs."

Good afternoon, Mike,
Exactly. Our use for a computer is minimal by today's standards. No games, no QR codes, we don't write and compile code, don't stream anything except YT videos and I'm persnickety about those videos, don't follow news on it. (I have yet to find a news source better or more timely than what is on AOSHQ.) I don't want to 'tweak' this feature or that add on. I want to open the box, read the INCLUDED set up directions, start using the machine and not have to disable a thousand things already on the machine that I will never use. We can't be the only ones who want or need a basic device.

Posted by: JTB at September 14, 2025 03:29 PM (yTvNw)

138 134 127 @ 125 Gosh guys.
Can we give it a break? Even for one thread?
Perhaps the food thread will be current events free.
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Every thread is a food thread or a music thread.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 14, 2025 03:27 PM (y3EmU)

Don't forget us ! ! !

Posted by: Boobs & Guns at September 14, 2025 03:29 PM (Yt3ED)

139 My FWP or actually more like a poor person problem: the driver side door on my 25 year old car won't open from the outside. Key won't turn in the lock either.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at September 14, 2025 03:31 PM (6U1c2)

140 Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at September 14, 2025 03:29 PM (Kv5Mj)

Hope you start feeling better.

Posted by: Joyenz at September 14, 2025 03:31 PM (2F0/Y)

141 Posted by: Joyenz at September 14

Thank you for continuing your father's efforts!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 14, 2025 03:31 PM (kY1JY)

142 See the vile Ents inherent in the system!

Posted by: The Orcs at September 14, 2025 03:32 PM (1SApS)

143 Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at September 14, 2025 03:31 PM (6U1c2)

Our 20+ year old car has one of those. We have to open one door and then reach in to lift the lock.

Posted by: Joyenz at September 14, 2025 03:34 PM (2F0/Y)

144 Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 14, 2025 03:31 PM (kY1JY)

My pleasure.

Posted by: Joyenz at September 14, 2025 03:34 PM (2F0/Y)

145 Did you know figs are masculine?

No?

You hear figaro, but never figara.

Thank you. Try the veal. Don't forget to tip you CoB!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 14, 2025 03:34 PM (0sNs1)

146 Our 20+ year old car has one of those. We have to open one door and then reach in to lift the lock.
Posted by: Joyenz

Exactly like that! I am going to call and ask our mechanic how much to just look at it.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at September 14, 2025 03:36 PM (6U1c2)

147 If there were ever First World Problems, these days are IT.

Any third world shit-hole the obvious shit-stiring small numbers of people who stir shit would have been eliminated in days. These shit stirrers are easily recognizable ..

But, First World Rights...
Can be significant problems in themselves.

BTW - some high level A-Hole pressed for an arrest ASAP... Rather than collect terrorists' chatter and exposing the network.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at September 14, 2025 03:36 PM (/lPRQ)

148 Posted by: Boobs & Guns at September 14, 2025 03:29 PM

One of you has your own Thread.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 14, 2025 03:36 PM (0sNs1)

149 128 Stateless,
I’m so proud of you. You’ve really made the effort to move your life forward despite the big bumps.

Good for you!

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 14, 2025 03:23 PM (mT+6a)

Thanks so much nurse. So many have it so much worse.

I'll have to post pictures of the house when I'm done. I will never live in a place as clean and organized. I'm almost done. Everything in the house has been touched, cleaned, put away or removed. The basement....people with OCD would go "Damn, this guy has issues."

Junk drawer - 10 items. Computer - rebuilt and organized. Even photo albums are kind of organized.

Next up...income. But I have a plan. I still have to take care of Ralphy who is 14. Dude needs me here.

All the best...always.

Try not to kill anyone. Or at least, don't get caught.

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at September 14, 2025 03:36 PM (Sco7b)

150
My wife has a black thumb. She kills anything green. It's remarkable. Nothing can survive her.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls

==============

Same for me, except I call it a red thumb. Some time ago I decided to accept it and get fake plants. Don't know what I'm going to do about the yard.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 14, 2025 03:36 PM (bmq0V)

151 One can make a very delicate-tasting jelly from (about a million pounds of) kudzu flowers (kudzu puts out lovely little purple flowers in the Fall).

Posted by: Brunnhilde at September 14, 2025 03:37 PM (3AwA+)

152 My FWP - I was in need of nail clippers and so shopped for some online.

Even since then, my IG feed has been choked with reels showing disgusting overgrown toenails being trimmed.

If I get to Heaven and the bastid the invented the algorithm to load reels is there. . . . .

Posted by: Tonypete at September 14, 2025 03:38 PM (cYBz/)

153 My FWP was installing a new dishwasher for my mother.
I got some seeds, Gustav’s lettuce, from Baker Creek, and the first batch are going into the planter. I am hoping to get three crops before the hard freezes come.

Posted by: Accomack at September 14, 2025 03:38 PM (YVT+g)

154 > You hear figaro, but never figara.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 14, 2025 03:34 PM (0sNs1)

Then there's "figure", the neuter gender form. "See figure 1".

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 14, 2025 03:39 PM (qpyNK)

155 Exactly like that! I am going to call and ask our mechanic how much to just look at it.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at September 14, 2025 03:36 PM (6U1c2)

I wish you luck in getting it fixed.

Posted by: Joyenz at September 14, 2025 03:39 PM (2F0/Y)

156 One can make a very delicate-tasting jelly from (about a million pounds of) kudzu flowers (kudzu puts out lovely little purple flowers in the Fall).
Posted by: Brunnhilde

Sounds too labor intensive, like saffron.

Been thinking about those sea-grapes. Jelly?
I know they make it. But should you?

Same with swamp cabbage. Us it really worth the effort?
Even regular cabbage may not be worth the effort.
..

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at September 14, 2025 03:40 PM (/lPRQ)

157 >>>INCLUDED set up directions, start using the machine and not have to disable a thousand things already on the machine that I will never use. We can't be the only ones who want or need a basic device.
Posted by: JTB
--------------------

Linux Mint. Try it, you'll like it.
Say goodbye to Microsnot.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 14, 2025 03:41 PM (y3EmU)

158 4. Went to the vacuum store, which I should have done first, and found that they still make good ole American made Electrolux vacuums. Which I love! I bought one for $1500 Canadian

I love that machine but I wear earplugs when using it. The ything is insanely loud but it gets the job done.

Thanks.
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at September 14, 2025 02:21 PM (Sco7b)

Vacuums are insanely over-priced for what they are. A "fair" price for a good one should be about $150. And Electrolux was originally a Swedish company.

Check out Filter Queen. They use a large conical filter than looks like a giant Melitta coffee filter. And if you take the machine outside to dump the crud, you can shake the filter out, and reuse it many times.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 14, 2025 03:41 PM (1SApS)

159 did y'all ever hear of my efforts to teach my parents about the internet?
I set up a computer for them and brought it online. I began showing them how you could find anything you wanted on it..."dad, you play golf. You want to know about improving your putting game you just type in 'putting better in golf' and boom!! pages of golf tips popped up.

"Momma, you like growing orchids. Let's see it what it says when I type in "orchids?" never ending stream of Japanese porn!!

okay that's enough for today

Posted by: DanMan at September 14, 2025 03:41 PM (8uzBS)

160 When our microwave oven died from old age we replaced it with a toaster oven that uses real physical knobs for settings, not a computer panel. Got it at a sale at Ollie's discount store. We got two of them, one for backup. That one may stay in the box for a LONG time since the one on the counter has worked perfectly for years. Same approach for using a stove top percolator and preferring cast iron over nonstick. They keep doing the job.

Posted by: JTB at September 14, 2025 03:42 PM (yTvNw)

161 Linux Mint. Try it, you'll like it.
Say goodbye to Microsnot.

Posted by: Braenyard

I have old pentium and another Seven machine which could stand to be upgraded

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at September 14, 2025 03:43 PM (/lPRQ)

162
If I get to Heaven and the bastid the invented the algorithm to load reels is there. . . . .
Posted by: Tonypete
------------------

You signed up for something. Somewhere you opened the door to let it in.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 14, 2025 03:44 PM (y3EmU)

163 "Momma, you like growing orchids. Let's see it what it says when I type in "orchids?" never ending stream of Japanese porn!!

okay that's enough for today
Posted by: DanMan

Ensure "safe search" is OFF for best results.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at September 14, 2025 03:45 PM (/lPRQ)

164 Cool. I just found a nice picture of Dad.

There were several pictures of my Mother I found back when she was in the convent. Full habit. Everything. They were kind of cool which is why I'm going through photos again.

There was a 60 or 70 year old picture of my late Aunt Pat when she was about age 6. Adorable, She looked exactly like Mara Wilson from 'Matilda.'

Another FWP is photo loss. Printed pictures don't get lost unless fire or intentional destruction.

All this digital stuff. Phones and computers die. I lost my Microsoft account. TikTok deleted all the content without warning from younger users. Too much stuff can happen.

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at September 14, 2025 03:45 PM (Sco7b)

165
I have old pentium and another Seven machine which could stand to be upgraded
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
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That's a way. Pick the machine in dis-use or dislike and try it there.
If you're savvy you can put it on a stick and boot to or from it without disrupting what is on your machine.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 14, 2025 03:46 PM (y3EmU)

166
> You hear figaro, but never figara.

Figaree. Figa ra ha ha ha ha ha ha

Posted by: Happy wanderer at September 14, 2025 03:48 PM (63Dwl)

167 Posted by: DanMan at September 14, 2025 03:41 PM (8uzBS)

My late father was 90 and had a math square computer game he loved.

And I'd sometimes wake up at 5am, check the computer room and he'd be asleep in the chair with stuff from WebMD printed out on the printer.

I was impressed.
And blessed.

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at September 14, 2025 03:48 PM (Sco7b)

168 I wish appliances would go back to simplicity.
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless

Mom and Dad had a Kenmore washing machine. They had it in the basement next to the shower head and Pittsburgh potty. the lower body of the machine rusted so thoroughly that Dad had to build a wooden frame to support the mechanical pieces parts. The thing would just not die.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 14, 2025 03:49 PM (cYBz/)

169 You hear figaro, but never figara.

Figaree. Figa ra ha ha ha ha ha ha
Posted by: Happy wanderer at September 14, 2025 03:48 PM (63Dwl)

*sticks earplug in USB port*

Ahhhh....

Posted by: Diogenes at September 14, 2025 03:50 PM (2WIwB)

170 ---Another FWP is photo loss. Printed pictures don't get lost unless fire or intentional destruction.
--

I have a business card my great grand father passed out when he was running for sheriff. It has his picture on it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 14, 2025 03:50 PM (y3EmU)

171 Same here. As I sit using a laptop running Win 8.1. Stuff is no longer working. Like it or not it is time for a transition, which is f*cking maddening. This dumb little thing has always worked fine for my needs. I can understand enhanced system/computing capabilities, but discontinuing support for earlier systems should be a flogging offense.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 14, 2025 02:50 PM (XeU6L)

We should lobby for a "right to legacy systems" as a part of any "right to repair" bill. Require that software vendors turn over the source code, for any software they cease to support, to the open source community.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 14, 2025 03:50 PM (1SApS)

172 "Momma, you like growing orchids. Let's see it what it says when I type in "orchids?" never ending stream of Japanese porn!!

okay that's enough for today
Posted by: DanMan

Ensure "safe search" is OFF for best results.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at September 14, 2025 03:45 PM

A prime example of why you should always, *always* turn to HordeSource (tm) first for all you advice needs.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 14, 2025 03:50 PM (0sNs1)

173 Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 14, 2025 03:41 PM (1SApS)

Hi AOP!

I hope you're well, despite this week. I was wondering how you were.

I'm set for vacuums now. A consumer thread every once in a while might be nice. In reality, I should have come here and asked the Horde what to buy.

I keep meaning to get back to the photo albums but keep reading the thread. FWP....the Horde is distracting.

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at September 14, 2025 03:52 PM (Sco7b)

174 My FWP...
Mrs D has admitted that it finally may be time to move as the kids and the grands will not be returning to the NW.
I look around this place and see years and years of memories tied up in a ton of crap.
How the hell do I downsize???

*pours something alcoholic*

*ponders*

Posted by: Diogenes at September 14, 2025 03:55 PM (2WIwB)

175 I was able to successfully demonstrate an eschatological example in a class today by asking someone I knew was a former Marine to respond with the first thing that popped into their mind when I said "If the Army or the Navy ever gaze on Heaven's scenes."

They immediately responded with "They will find the streets are guarded by United States Marines."

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 14, 2025 03:55 PM (0sNs1)

176 How the hell do I downsize???
*pours something alcoholic*
*ponders*
Posted by: Diogenes

There are people who professionally help empty nesters downsize.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at September 14, 2025 03:57 PM (GhIJO)

177 *sticks earplug in USB port*

Ahhhh....
Posted by: Diogenes

Your first-world problem is it took you 3 tries to do that, right?

Posted by: mikeski at September 14, 2025 03:57 PM (nhCoE)

178 I have a business card my great grand father passed out when he was running for sheriff. It has his picture on it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 14, 2025 03:50 PM (y3EmU)

That's very cool. I've found old ID cards and other stuff I'm keeping.

TonyPete.....yeah. I miss stuff like that. We had my grandfathers' refridgerator, given to my Uncle, and that thing is probably still going.

Everyone have a good Sunday. Or try too. Tough week. I'm going to at least try to get through the photo albums now.

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at September 14, 2025 03:57 PM (Sco7b)

179 > Mom and Dad had a Kenmore washing machine.
Posted by: Tonypete

My in-laws (the parents of the late Mrs. Borgia) bought a Kenmore washer when they first bought their house, back around 1970 or so. That thing lasted over 40 years. The replacement lasted 7 years. The replacement for that lasted 2 years. We'll see how long the one they have now lasts.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 14, 2025 03:57 PM (qpyNK)

180 R A W S A L E R T S
@rawsalerts
🚨#BREAKING: New higher footage shown on Fox shows 19-year-old Ryder Corral whos has been booked on multiple charges, including criminal damage and disorderly conduct, destroying a community memorial for Charlie Kirk at TPUSA headquarters. Corral is also seen wearing the exact same clothing as 22 year old Tyler Robinson during the tragic incident on September 10.
🚨#UPDATE: Here’s paused footage showing the exact same type of clothing worn by 22-year-old Tyler Robinson shoes shirt and pants.
12:47 PM · Sep 14, 2025
https://x.com/rawsalerts/status/1967313363819458624
https://x.com/rawsalerts/status/1967314311967301901

Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at September 14, 2025 03:57 PM (SI6T6)

181 How the hell do I downsize???
Posted by: Diogenes at September 14, 2025 03:55 PM

Simple. Make a positive remark about river otters, or a negative remark about sea otters.

Hordlings will be crawling over their keyboard to proclaim "Dibs on your stuff."

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 14, 2025 03:58 PM (0sNs1)

182 It was a Whirlpool for Whirlpool swap. Easy peasy.
Years ago, my wife got callaloo seeds from her sister in Jamaica. It’s an amaranth and grows like a weed around here.
Two seasons ago, I got a cowpea from Baker Creek. Vines went up to 10’+. It has self seeded and taken over our little plot of dirt in front.
My mother has the old photos from the 30’s of her mother’s German relatives. They were not very smart and stayed in Canada.

Posted by: Accomack at September 14, 2025 03:58 PM (oERdd)

183 FWP from #4 is killing me.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 14, 2025 03:59 PM (hx5BH)

184 FOOD NOOD
so get cleaned up and upstairs

Posted by: Skip at September 14, 2025 04:01 PM (+qU29)

185 FWP from #4 is killing me.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 14, 2025 03:59 PM

Have you tried getting Sidney Sweeney to walk on your back barefoot?

I read on the Daily Mail that she's quite petite.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 14, 2025 04:01 PM (0sNs1)

186 Good afternoon, Mike,
Exactly. Our use for a computer is minimal by today's standards. No games, no QR codes, we don't write and compile code, don't stream anything except YT videos and I'm persnickety about those videos, don't follow news on it. (I have yet to find a news source better or more timely than what is on AOSHQ.) I don't want to 'tweak' this feature or that add on. I want to open the box, read the INCLUDED set up directions, start using the machine and not have to disable a thousand things already on the machine that I will never use. We can't be the only ones who want or need a basic device.
Posted by: JTB at September 14, 2025 03:29 PM (yTvNw)

You may not know it, but you are the target market for user-friendly Linux distros like Mint, which I am using right this very minute. Comes with a full suite of programs that emulate MS Office, and includes a browser, and audio and video players. Most printers are natively supported, too. And you cannot beat the price, free. If you run a Windows machine, you can run a PC using Mint OS. And about the only time you need to run the "dreaded" Terminal command line box is to install new software, and then you just cut and paste.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 14, 2025 04:02 PM (Hyyh7)

187 Food is nie!

Nood!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 14, 2025 04:02 PM (kY1JY)

188 Your first-world problem is it took you 3 tries to do that, right?
Posted by: mikeski at September 14, 2025 03:57 PM (nhCoE)

Sees song.
Looks for.ear.plufgs in junk drawer
Looks for earplugs in master bathroom
Looks for earplugs in other bathroom
Finds earplugs in shooting bag
Washes off earplugs
Drops one into sink
Retrieves ear plug
Rewashes ear plug
Dries ear plug
Slips ear plug into.USB port.
Again...again...
Tapes ear plug to USB port.

Walks away.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 14, 2025 04:02 PM (2WIwB)

189 nigh!! DOH!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 14, 2025 04:02 PM (kY1JY)

190 My FWP...
Mrs D has admitted that it finally may be time to move as the kids and the grands will not be returning to the NW.
I look around this place and see years and years of memories tied up in a ton of crap.
How the hell do I downsize???

*pours something alcoholic*

*ponders*
Posted by: Diogenes

Take pictures of all the memories. Then get rid of the physical stuff.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 14, 2025 04:03 PM (hx5BH)

191 Lumpy Fetterman is out stirring up trouble by suggesting, suggesting? He'll! He outright says it! Trump is not Hitler! And the left can't deal. They also show their ignorance about Hitler's rise to power.

https://is.gd/unXxtD

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Raging Like Godzilla! at September 14, 2025 04:03 PM (L/fGl)

192 I forgot this FWP:

the use of slang words and phrases in crossword puzzles

I find this vexatious
Posted by: Don Black

In a similar vein - crossword puzzles where the correct answers span a dozen topics and eras.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 14, 2025 04:04 PM (cYBz/)

193 NOOD

Come eat, ya Morons!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 14, 2025 04:04 PM (ULPxl)

194 I have a business card my great grand father passed out when he was running for sheriff. It has his picture on it.

Posted by: Braenyard

You and I are so different. You had forbears that ran for sheriff. Mine ran from the sheriff.

Posted by: Jubilant Delinquent at September 14, 2025 04:06 PM (oftw2)

195 174 My FWP...
Mrs D has admitted that it finally may be time to move as the kids and the grands will not be returning to the NW.
I look around this place and see years and years of memories tied up in a ton of crap.
How the hell do I downsize???

*pours something alcoholic*

*ponders*

Posted by: Diogenes at September 14, 2025 03:55 PM (2WIwB)

Darn it, I keep getting dragged in.

I'm kind of doing that now. Mom passed, after horrible family stuff the house became mine.

And after 2.5 months, I've finally almost completely cleaned everything. I got rid of TONS of stuff.

Some things you will protect with your life. Keep those. Things you have to dust or upkeep - pitch. Haven't touched it in years and will never use it - gone. Things that are older and kind of shabby - get rid of. Mom had tons of Christmas stuff she LOVED but a lot of it was shabby so I got rid of it.

There were a lot of tough choices. I'm not downsizing and it's a large house for one person. It's also not a museum. I have kept a lot of Mom's stuff. I have more angels than a straight man should.

1. Precious to you. 2. Will be displayed or used. And you go from there.

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at September 14, 2025 04:09 PM (Sco7b)

196 "Ryder Corral"

A rump rider's name if there ever was one.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 14, 2025 04:09 PM (y3EmU)

197 You can get ones with variegated foliage. If you have them under a grow light, they bloom a lot more.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 14, 2025 02:08 PM (kUxzU)

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My office African violets bloomed a lot, they loved the lighting at work. Now that I am retired and at home I'm lucky if they flower once a year.

Posted by: Decaf at September 14, 2025 04:12 PM (unUNN)

198 63 I would like to have the Electrolux vacuum I remember from childhood. It was like a tiny jet engine with wheels.
Posted by: Don Black

The really old ones were on skids or runners, not wheels. No one bought red toasters then either. They had good taste.

Posted by: Twas A Better Time All 'Round at September 14, 2025 04:12 PM (oftw2)

199 AOP and Braenyard,

Thanks for the Linux Mint suggestion. I'll look into it as time allows even if it's just to play around with.

Posted by: JTB at September 14, 2025 04:18 PM (yTvNw)

200 How the hell do I downsize???
*pours something alcoholic*
*ponders*
Posted by: Diogenes

There are people who professionally help empty nesters downsize.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport

After old lady next door passed it took more than six dumpsters to clear out. That's everything that didn't get sold at estate sales.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at September 14, 2025 04:30 PM (/lPRQ)

201 and committee members, these gentlemen will escort you from chambers", cue circus music 🍒

Posted by: Braenyard

["March of the Toreadors"]
Posted by: Mike Hammer
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Acksually, I think you mean March of the Gladiators, but I think the the Benny Hill theme, Yakety Sax, would've more appropriate.

Posted by: buddhaha at September 14, 2025 04:42 PM (VxJ5N)

202 we had an ad hoc thing today for Mr Kirk down in West Chester

just .. it was amazing the turnout! and it's Eagles Sunday! (and Phillies although they lost)

anyway. I was pleasantly surprised!

still want to move tho

Posted by: BlackOrchid at September 14, 2025 04:49 PM (FHttA)

203 49 Paid forty-four dollars for a vacuum at Walmart. It's ten years old. It'll suck the varnish off a hard wood floor.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 14, 2025 02:26 PM (S0zRh)

I hear Kumala Harris can too.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 14, 2025 04:54 PM (ynpvh)

204 Our old Electrolux lasted about 30 years. That's why I wanted another. And at the time we still had a lot of 1970 rugs and the dog.

Most of the house is flooring now. My bedroom still has a blue rug. Guest bedroom purple. My late mother's room and the guest bedroom....mirrored closets. Lol. They look good.
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at September 14, 2025 02:33 PM (Sco7b)

We have an Electrolux that was given to us back in 1972 when we were first married. Still works fine. We even have my moms 1952 Electrolux with skid rails instead of wheels. My dad replaced the motor brushes twice in all the years they had it, and the hose once. The thing's a heavy beast, but still does the job.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at September 14, 2025 06:06 PM (5xuJ/)

205 Married since '72. _ Congratulations!

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 14, 2025 06:12 PM (y3EmU)

206 Give them to my wife. They won't last a week ...

Posted by: JML at September 14, 2025 08:50 PM (1UudH)

207 I've killed tons of african violets, and I have a special pot and everything. I've tried really hard to grow them.

I've killed them inside, I've killed them outside, I've killed them on the porch.
I've killed them in their special pots and I've killed them with a torch. I've killed them all, CBD-san. I kill the violets african.

Posted by: Persnickety at September 15, 2025 01:43 AM (jJdyX)

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