First-World Problems...

I used to have two of them, but one perished in an industrial accident. Well, I knocked it off a banister and it cracked into about 10 pieces, mostly along the repair lines! So my one remaining mug, which is barely 40 years old, must last the rest of my life!

Pathetically, the company doesn't make them any more. How a consumer products company can last without paying attention to their customers is a mystery, but I will persevere...maybe.

Unless the remaining one breaks. Then...I'll be coming for you Waechtersbach!

Posted by: CBD at 02:00 PM

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Posted by: Skip at November 09, 2025 02:01 PM (+qU29)

2 2

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at November 09, 2025 02:02 PM (/HDaX)

3 Are you cracked?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 09, 2025 02:02 PM (K84Yn)

4 Is that porcelain coated metal or what?

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at November 09, 2025 02:03 PM (/HDaX)

5 I have too many branded coffee cups from various places I've worked to ever worry about running out of them.

Posted by: Gmac - WTF did you think was going to happen? at November 09, 2025 02:05 PM (DY7Xb)

6 The hidden human costs of the Schumer shutdown.

CNN's Ashley Allison says SNAP is having a "massive impact" after she went to her eyebrow technician who told her they had to fire people because clients don't have money to do their brows.
The horror.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Why Do the Heathen Rage? at November 09, 2025 02:06 PM (L/fGl)

7 Oh we used to dream of mugs for coffee. Our parents would put the beans in our mouths, punch us in the jaw until they were ground up, then pour boiling water down our gullets. After they'd send us to work 27 hours a day at mill for tuppence a week, which they took from us straightaway after thrashing us unconscious.

Posted by: Yorkshiremen unite! at November 09, 2025 02:07 PM (TbWk/)

8 Shutdown news:

The Kobeissi Letter
@KobeissiLetter
17m

BREAKING: US Congress is reportedly close to reaching a deal to reopen the government after Senate Democrats signaled they are ready to back a bipartisan proposal.

At least 10 Democrats are expected to support advancing a spending and short-term funding bill.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 09, 2025 02:08 PM (K84Yn)

9 Ceramic mugs? Have several, a collection actually, most are commemoratives. I do have two classic white mugs like the pictured one. They were rescued when the local lunch counter closed.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 09, 2025 02:08 PM (XeU6L)

10 mmmpph...MMMPPHHHH!

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith... the anal behind anal sex at November 09, 2025 02:08 PM (H7CBK)

11 It's time to retire that mug to a shaving cup.

Break out your grandpa's shaving brush and cut your losses.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at November 09, 2025 02:09 PM (uM32G)

12 Oh do I have a 1WP story to tell.
Thursday I pointed out to wife a small electric space we have had a wire fraying issue right out of the unit. I said couple days before it would be easy maybe to cut the connection, open it up and shortened the cord. She said it had some kind of security screw to get it opened. Thursday we decided to fix this.
The security screw was one I didn't have on hand. It was a straight slot with a raised bump in the middle.
Getting on small straight slot screwdriver used my Dremel to cut a groove into the blade to get the screws out.
Wasn't putting those back so used my Dremel to grind that bump out making them back to a straight slot regular screw.

Posted by: Skip at November 09, 2025 02:09 PM (+qU29)

13 First world problem or third world problem.

Ilhan Omar went into a full rage, lashing out after other Somalian clans refused to back her clansman, Fateh and instead voted for Jacob Frey, calling for rival clans to be expelled and pushed out, especially since they were translating her Somalian speaking videos to the to the American audience.

Minnesota politics are turning into a Somalian primitive clan war

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Why Do the Heathen Rage? at November 09, 2025 02:10 PM (L/fGl)

14 Should have taken pictures to send to CBD

Posted by: Skip at November 09, 2025 02:10 PM (+qU29)

15 A long time ago, I was out of town for while and came back to the office to resume my normal routine. After a couple of days back, I realized my personal coffee mug was leaking. Someone had broken it and then done a pretty good, but not perfect, job of gluing it back together.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at November 09, 2025 02:11 PM (utsBX)

16 Just had my last slug of coffee for the day. My mug is at least 25 years old, and I sure do have older ones. I figure I have a lifetime supply.

Time for me to hit the shower, and go outside and mess with cars. I'm not going to try to change over the 3 remaining tires on the white Suburban. Load 'em in the back, drive to Kal Tire, and let them do the mount & balance. They are right at the limit for my little old tire machine, and damned heavy for me to lift. And I cannot fit the 8-lug rims on my little old bubble balancer.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 09, 2025 02:12 PM (npFr7)

17 Minnesota politics are turning into a Somalian primitive clan war

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Why Do the Heathen Rage? at November 09, 2025 02:10 PM (L/fGl)
-

Aim higher:

https://tinyurl.com/y4y9t3kh

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 09, 2025 02:12 PM (K84Yn)

18 they do not make them as they used to

Posted by: Gref at November 09, 2025 02:12 PM (5rh/l)

19 None on ebay? That's where my family gets replacement American made tableware. Occasionally replacements.com

Posted by: night lifted at November 09, 2025 02:12 PM (/YboP)

20 They were rescued when the local lunch counter closed.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 09, 2025 02:08 PM (XeU6L)

This is an 18 ounce mug, which is exactly the correct amount for my caffeine fix every morning. The difficulty of making two cups of coffee rather than having one correctly-sized cup is too massive for me to contemplate.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 09, 2025 02:13 PM (n9ltV)

21 13 First world problem or third world problem.

Ilhan Omar went into a full rage, lashing out after other Somalian clans refused to back her clansman, Fateh and instead voted for Jacob Frey, calling for rival clans to be expelled and pushed out, especially since they were translating her Somalian speaking videos to the to the American audience.

Minnesota politics are turning into a Somalian primitive clan war
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Why Do the Heathen Rage? at November 09, 2025 02:10 PM (L/fGl)

Third world problem in a degenerating first world country. You bring in enough third-world shitholery, you eventually become a third-world shithole. UK is almost there. We're in the early stages but metastasis is speeding up.

Posted by: Tribal savagery is not a good thing at November 09, 2025 02:14 PM (TbWk/)

22 Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at November 09, 2025 02:08 PM (H7CBK)

Juan Valdez' ASS is braying again.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 09, 2025 02:15 PM (npFr7)

23 Being from PA we always had a lot of Pfaltzgraff hanging around the cabinets. Now less as they outsourced, but there seems to be an endless supply on ebay.

Posted by: night lifted at November 09, 2025 02:16 PM (/YboP)

24 13 First world problem or third world problem.

Ilhan Omar went into a full rage, lashing out after other Somalian clans refused to back her clansman, Fateh and instead voted for Jacob Frey, calling for rival clans to be expelled and pushed out, especially since they were translating her Somalian speaking videos to the to the American audience.

Minnesota politics are turning into a Somalian primitive clan war

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Why Do the Heathen Rage? at November 09, 2025 02:10 PM (L/fGl)

country over party? not in the third world. there it is blood over party, country, everything.

Posted by: Gref at November 09, 2025 02:16 PM (5rh/l)

25 country over party? not in the third world. there it is blood over party, country, everything.
Posted by: Gref at November 09, 2025 02:16 PM (5rh/l)

And islam is just tribalism, codified.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 09, 2025 02:17 PM (npFr7)

26 CBD get yourself a nice Fiesta brand mug. They don't stain and last forever.

Posted by: Tuna at November 09, 2025 02:17 PM (lJ0H4)

27 there it is blood over party, country, everything.

Posted by: Gref at November 09, 2025 02:16 PM (5rh/l)

Family...clan...tribe...

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 09, 2025 02:17 PM (n9ltV)

28 Definite first world problem.

Adult star accused of beheading child's father after having affair with stepson

Las Vegas woman Devyn Michaels was charged with the murder of the father of two of her children following an alleged affair with her stepson.

Jonathan Willette was found beheaded and chemically burned in his Las Vegas home. Prosecution claims that Willette's body was found "defiled" with bleach and ammonia at his residence. His head has never been recovered. Michaels and Willette, both 46, reportedly had a complicated relationship, sharing two young daughters and being on-and-off partners.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Why Do the Heathen Rage? at November 09, 2025 02:18 PM (L/fGl)

29 Minnesota politics are turning into a Somalian primitive clan war
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Why Do the Heathen Rage? at November 09, 2025 02:10 PM (L/fGl)

We should build a wall around Minnesota and throw guns, ammo, and copies of Garrison Keillor's books over it, then wait until the shooting stops.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at November 09, 2025 02:18 PM (utsBX)

30 Minnesota might get to a civil war before the country due to Somalian tribes.
Have they gone to using piratecy to make money yet?

Posted by: Skip at November 09, 2025 02:18 PM (+qU29)

31 30 Minnesota might get to a civil war before the country due to Somalian tribes.
Have they gone to using piratecy to make money yet?
Posted by: Skip at November 09, 2025 02:18 PM (+qU29)

They don't need piracy, they have elected officials!

Posted by: It's all legal-like at November 09, 2025 02:19 PM (TbWk/)

32 Wow, even Replacements doesn't have any.

May I suggest the Apilco mugs as a substitute? Those things last forever.

Posted by: William F. 'Buck' Dharma at November 09, 2025 02:19 PM (Ft5W9)

33 There is only one real solution to this problem. Fire. Lots of fire.

Posted by: Somewhere South of I-80 at November 09, 2025 02:19 PM (89Sog)

34 Jonathan Willette was found beheaded and chemically burned in his Las Vegas home. Prosecution claims that Willette's body was found "defiled" with bleach and ammonia at his residence. His head has never been recovered. Michaels and Willette, both 46, reportedly had a complicated relationship, sharing two young daughters and being on-and-off partners.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Why Do the Heathen Rage? at November 09, 2025 02:18 PM (L/fGl)

I'm guessing the dumb broad was not so much "defiling" the body as she was trying to dissolve it so it could be flushed away.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 09, 2025 02:21 PM (npFr7)

35
A four-member symposium - including teen fossil Taylor Lorenz - on the reasons for the decline in American journalism.

https://tinyurl.com/53v9yjkv

1) You're stupid
2) We weren't leftist enough

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 09, 2025 02:22 PM (dXrys)

36
This is an 18 ounce mug...
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
------------

*!*
That's like....beer stein size.
Hold it, You've given me an idea.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 09, 2025 02:22 PM (XeU6L)

37 FWP...I have 3 of those yeti mugs, two 16 oz and a smaller 10 oz, and at least half a doze ceramic mugs...for me and the wife. And it seems the granddaughters have developed an affinity for coffee in the mornings.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 09, 2025 02:24 PM (3Ope8)

38 Minnesota might get to a civil war before the country due to Somalian tribes.
Have they gone to using piratecy to make money yet?
Posted by: Skip

They don't need piracy, they have elected officials!
Posted by: It's all legal-like

So, yes, they have.

Posted by: mikeski at November 09, 2025 02:24 PM (nhCoE)

39 Wow, even Replacements doesn't have any.

May I suggest the Apilco mugs as a substitute? Those things last forever.
Posted by: William F. 'Buck' Dharma at November 09, 2025 02:19 PM (Ft5W9)

You can get microwave-safe double-walled Pyrex coffee mugs. Double-walled means they stay hot longer. And Pyrex is very tough, and has no glaze to chip.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 09, 2025 02:25 PM (npFr7)

40 I love the old heavy diner coffee cups.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 09, 2025 02:25 PM (jc0TO)

41 We have four Smilatte mugs that (allegedly) contain 20 ounces that we use for coffee. It's a nice size.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at November 09, 2025 02:25 PM (FEVMW)

42
Adult star accused of beheading child's father after having affair with stepson

Las Vegas woman Devyn Michaels was charged with the murder of the father of two of her children following an alleged affair with her stepson.

__________

Life imitates art. Isn't "MILF seduces stepson" a staple of porn videos?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 09, 2025 02:25 PM (dXrys)

43
Oh we used to dream of mugs for coffee. Our parents would put the beans in our mouths, punch us in the jaw until they were ground up, then pour boiling water down our gullets. After they'd send us to work 27 hours a day at mill for tuppence a week, which they took from us straightaway after thrashing us unconscious.
Posted by: Yorkshiremen unite! at November 09, 2025 02:07 PM (TbWk/)

You had boiling water?? Luxury!

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 09, 2025 02:27 PM (y9nCu)

44 Adult star accused of beheading child's father after having affair with stepson

Las Vegas woman Devyn Michaels was charged with the murder of the father of two of her children following an alleged affair with her stepson.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Strange. You'd expect a pr0n star to be the very vision of mental stability.

Posted by: mikeski at November 09, 2025 02:29 PM (nhCoE)

45 Adult star accused of beheading child's father after having affair with stepson

Las Vegas woman Devyn Michaels was charged with the murder of the father of two of her children following an alleged affair with her stepson.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

His fault for being a cis-het patriarchal oppressor and/or failing to be the Christlike servant-leader God has called all men to be. Not guilty.

Posted by: It was self-defense if you really think about it at November 09, 2025 02:31 PM (TbWk/)

46 Hard time getting child support from a corpse, that's 1 stage thinking

Posted by: Skip at November 09, 2025 02:33 PM (+qU29)

47 But … but … you still have ONE left … (yes, I know … )

Posted by: Dr_No at November 09, 2025 02:33 PM (ayRl+)

48
40 year old coffee mug?

That's for amateurs!

I have a 45 year old coffee mug from Clearman's Northwoods Inn that has been in service almost every single day of that 45 year period.

There were 3 others mugs that died in the line of service or committed Porcelainicide by diving off the counter.

But, this one...still standing strong!

Posted by: naturalfake at November 09, 2025 02:34 PM (iJfKG)

49
But, this one...still standing strong!
Posted by: naturalfake at November 09, 2025 02:34 PM (iJfKG)

_________

*cat stalks 45 year old cup on counter*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 09, 2025 02:35 PM (dXrys)

50 @ 40 I love the old heavy diner coffee cups.
____________________________________

I'm more comfortable with the old white military 'no-handle' / 'two-handed' mugs …

Posted by: Dr_No at November 09, 2025 02:36 PM (ayRl+)

51 49
But, this one...still standing strong!
Posted by: naturalfake at November 09, 2025 02:34 PM (iJfKG)

_________

*cat stalks 45 year old cup on counter*
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 09, 2025 02:35 PM (dXrys)

Fuck this...*swipe*
Fuck that...*swipe*
Fuck this thing in particular...*swipe*

Posted by: Meme Cat LIVES at November 09, 2025 02:36 PM (TbWk/)

52 There were 3 others mugs that died in the line of service or committed Porcelainicide by diving off the counter....

Avenge us!

Posted by: Lizzo's 7 Broken Toilets at November 09, 2025 02:36 PM (PiwSw)

53 Will someone explain to me the perverse fascination the general public has with seeing people humiliate themselves in public?

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 09, 2025 02:37 PM (mT+6a)

54
Will someone explain to me the perverse fascination the general public has with seeing people humiliate themselves in public?
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 09, 2025 02:37 PM (mT+6a)

_________

Relief that it's not them.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 09, 2025 02:38 PM (dXrys)

55 Oddly enough mugs also mesh with my refusal to consider the Daevabad Trilogy as a gift. I'll go full Swallows and Amazons.

Posted by: night lifted at November 09, 2025 02:38 PM (/YboP)

56 Many FWP's this weekend. Winterize the RV, winterize lawn equipment, put the stupid foam things on the out door faucets, and winterize the irrigation system. Can't wait to get to AZ fulltime, they don't deal with any of this winterizing shit. F*ck cold weather. I hate it.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 09, 2025 02:39 PM (abIsI)

57 CBD,
There's always kintsugi, but that would be more fit for the Saturday Hobbies thread...

An no, probably not $20, same as in town...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 09, 2025 02:39 PM (ynpvh)

58 Wait, did the father have the affair with the stepson?

That would make the story a lot more understandable.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 09, 2025 02:40 PM (06Hmj)

59 There are stores where you can buy new mugs now.

Posted by: Boss Moss at November 09, 2025 02:41 PM (q2Q7i)

60 48
40 year old coffee mug?

That's for amateurs!

I have a 45 year old coffee mug from Clearman's Northwoods Inn that has been in service almost every single day of that 45 year period.

There were 3 others mugs that died in the line of service or committed Porcelainicide by diving off the counter.

But, this one...still standing strong!

Posted by: naturalfake at November 09, 2025 02:34 PM (iJfKG)

I have a 51-year old split-ring key ring
also a 50-year old hammer i made myself in college engineering machine shop class. Steel head, aluminum handle. threaded connection

sadly i expect AOP has a zillion things older than those, some dating to when the earth began to cool!

Posted by: Gref at November 09, 2025 02:41 PM (5rh/l)

61 Draining the lawnmowers and weekenders to put away for winter. I can't stand winter.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at November 09, 2025 02:41 PM (LjSYW)

62 53 Will someone explain to me the perverse fascination the general public has with seeing people humiliate themselves in public?
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 09, 2025 02:37 PM (mT+6a)

Try watching Japanese Reality TV shows.

Many are versions of the port-o-pot at some public event, poor unsuspecting soul goes in, suddenly a piston elevates the commode and the one seated on it 10 feet up in the air, in the middle of a crowd. And all the Japanese look and point and say in that Japanese way "ha. ha. ha."

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 09, 2025 02:41 PM (uWKK8)

63
Wait, did the father have the affair with the stepson?

That would make the story a lot more understandable.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 09, 2025 02:40 PM (06Hmj)

____________

That would be sickening. Almost Bidenesque in its perversity.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 09, 2025 02:41 PM (dXrys)

64 59 There are stores where you can buy new mugs now.
Posted by: Boss Moss at November 09, 2025 02:41 PM (q2Q7i)

Overwhelmingly from China and many of us prefer not to.

Posted by: night lifted at November 09, 2025 02:41 PM (/YboP)

65 Will someone explain to me the perverse fascination the general public has with seeing people humiliate themselves in public?

Is this comment directed specifically at AOSHQ commenters?

Posted by: Archimedes at November 09, 2025 02:42 PM (Riz8t)

66 And I don’t understand the entertainment value of watching people eat weird shit or get into a cage with snakes or try to drown themselves.

Don’t get me started on watching people injure themselves doing stupid shit.

Why do people like to watch others
Suffer?

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 09, 2025 02:42 PM (mT+6a)

67 61 I can't stand winter.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner

*fist bump*

Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 09, 2025 02:42 PM (abIsI)

68 I saw Perverse Fascination open for Freak Flag in West Hollywood at the Whiskey A Go Go in 69.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at November 09, 2025 02:43 PM (uM32G)

69
Can't wait to get to AZ fulltime, they don't deal with any of this winterizing shit. F*ck cold weather. I hate it.
Posted by: Maj. Healey

There you have to summerize.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 09, 2025 02:43 PM (pkeXY)

70 My 20 year old Kroger dinnerware is mostly broken now. $1 A piece.

Posted by: Boss Moss at November 09, 2025 02:43 PM (q2Q7i)

71 60: On holidays we use my grandmother's pre WWII tableware.

Posted by: night lifted at November 09, 2025 02:43 PM (/YboP)

72 Weedeaters, not weekenders. What the fuck.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at November 09, 2025 02:44 PM (LjSYW)

73 Don’t get me started on watching people injure themselves doing stupid shit.

Why do people like to watch others
Suffer?
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 09, 2025 02:42 PM (mT+6a)

If it was Kenny Rogers on MadTV's rendition of Jackass, that was pretty damned funny.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 09, 2025 02:45 PM (uWKK8)

74 72 Weedeaters

In Australia they call them Whipper Snippers. WTF?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 09, 2025 02:46 PM (abIsI)

75 Launch in 30 minutes

Blue Origin - New Glenn - ESCAPADE
LC-36 - Cape Canaveral SFS - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: November 9, 2025
Launch Time: 2:45 p.m. EST (1945 UTC, 20:45 CET)

https://youtu.be/4prMkRu-iQA

Posted by: Joyenz at November 09, 2025 02:47 PM (2F0/Y)

76 I'm about ready for lunch.

Posted by: Boss Moss at November 09, 2025 02:47 PM (q2Q7i)

77 Weedeaters

In Australia they call them Whipper Snippers. WTF?
Posted by: Maj. Healey

Approved.

Posted by: the guy what named Walkie-Talkies at November 09, 2025 02:48 PM (nhCoE)

78 Will someone explain to me the perverse fascination the general public has with seeing people humiliate themselves in public?

Is this comment directed specifically at AOSHQ commenters?
Posted by: Archimedes at November 09, 2025 02:42 PM (Riz8t)

School plays, maybe. Parents only record it to embarrass their poor kids in ten years when they bring home their first boyfriend/girlfriend anyway.

Posted by: Enjoying making/watching other suffer is in our created nature at November 09, 2025 02:49 PM (TbWk/)

79 I admit. Jackass entertains me.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at November 09, 2025 02:49 PM (LjSYW)

80 Bridget Jones' Diary was pretty much entirely Bridget Jones being stupid

Posted by: gkwve at November 09, 2025 02:51 PM (N0mBW)

81 I solved a 'First World Problem' last week. I had an old TV that I wanted to dispose of. It still 'worked' but was well on its way to death. Looked around a while but it's too old to donate (one of the early flat screens, about 16-17 years old) and all the recycle electronics places were to far or required driving through Babylon DC traffic to get to. So, I took it to the area where I dispose my trash Monday morning and like magic, it disappeared. I figured if the trash guys didn't take it, I'd drive down I95 and dispose of it at the County trash place. But, they took it! Success!! Now I need to get rid of an ancient VCR, DVD player, old PC's. You do gather a lot of electronic junk. I thought of repurposing the old PC's (make them storage servers or something), but I'm lazy.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 09, 2025 02:51 PM (sAmhv)

82 Just quit yer whining’ and get a Starbucks bear cup.

Posted by: Jimbo at November 09, 2025 02:52 PM (VdSt0)

83 77 Weedeaters

In Australia they call them Whipper Snippers. WTF?
Posted by: Maj. Healey

Approved.

Posted by: the guy what named Walkie-Talkies at November 09, 2025 02:48 PM (nhCoE)

Whipper Snipper sounds kinda S&M...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 09, 2025 02:53 PM (ynpvh)

84 There is a new Apple TV show that isn't Terrible. Pluribus. Kind of science fictiony.

Posted by: Boss Moss at November 09, 2025 02:53 PM (q2Q7i)

85 This week will be the last time I mow and edge the lawns, then it's time to winterize them and change the oil and sharpen the blades on the mower. Need to sand and oil the handles on the other implements of construction/destruction, oil the cedar on the front porch and the back porch. Depending on the time of the day, all of this effort requires either coffee with Jameson's or scotch and cigars.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 09, 2025 02:54 PM (3Ope8)

86
Whipper Snipper sounds kinda S&M...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Aussie's are kind of a weird peoples.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 09, 2025 02:55 PM (abIsI)

87 Most of the land down under isn't good for much.

Posted by: Boss Moss at November 09, 2025 02:56 PM (q2Q7i)

88 My first world irritation right now is waiting for Amazon to deliver my new electric blanket so I can make my bed with it and my new flannel sheets. I keep checking the front door. Nope. Still not here. I'm annoyed.

Posted by: Tuna at November 09, 2025 02:57 PM (lJ0H4)

89 Whipper Snipper sounds kinda S&M...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 09, 2025 02:53 PM (ynpvh)

A mohel moonlighting as a dom.

Posted by: Use a safeword and get a good tip at November 09, 2025 02:57 PM (TbWk/)

90
I have a plain vanilla handle-less tea mug that I got in Korea mumblety years ago that refuses to break. I looked for the same mug when I was in Seoul last year. Can't find it. This IS a fwp, gang. I expect foreign countries to keep up their old manufacturing for my utility and enjoyment.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 09, 2025 02:59 PM (n7rxJ)

91 Dearest coffee mug snobs ...
Replacements-dot-com might have something suitable.
Ditto katom-dot-com.
Ditto webstaurantstore.com
Ditto your local Goodwill or 2nd Avenue Thrift store.

Posted by: Kathy at November 09, 2025 03:00 PM (zuKcR)

92 Winterizing....

Spent yesterday prepping my new generator. Put oil in it, checked the battery and gave it a test run on propane (it's dual fuel.) Electric / remote start. Gave my old one to the kids. Still need to disconnect the outside garden hose and put that silly cover over the faucet. Oh, and make sure the pool pump/filter are drained and not holding any water.

Supposed to see 20's tomorrow night.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 09, 2025 03:01 PM (NwnyJ)

93 Hit the local thrift store for a wide selection. Some humorous.

Posted by: DaveA at November 09, 2025 03:01 PM (FhXTo)

94 The biggest difference of the US and other countries is land use available.

Posted by: Skip at November 09, 2025 03:02 PM (+qU29)

95 There is a new Apple TV show that isn't Terrible. Pluribus. Kind of science fictiony.
Posted by: Boss Moss

Just finished season 5 of Slow Horses. Gary Oldman is a wonder. Enjoyed his portrayal of the slovenly Jackson Lamb.

Posted by: Tuna at November 09, 2025 03:02 PM (lJ0H4)

96 So my one remaining mug, which is barely 40 years old, must last the rest of my life!
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Which is older? The last time a barber considered bloodletter to cure a headache? Or that mug. Impressive!

Posted by: scampydog at November 09, 2025 03:03 PM (2XoYv)

97
Kind of OT but when I saw that mug....

So last night I had a weird dream where I took a big swig of coffee and noticed something was wrong: the cup was hugely broken, like with a big shard missing on one side (how I had filled the cup is beyond me) and it was spilling all over me. It was kind of funny but kind of scary in the dream.

I preferred not to ponder its meaning, because it might be a reflection of my outlook on my life at the moment.

So this morning I make a pot of coffee, pour it into a cup, and the coffee is going all over the counter, down the front of the dishwasher, and onto the floor! It turns out the cup had a fatal crack in the bottom that finally gave out with this pouring; when I lifted it up a chunk fell out of the bottom.

So the dream was prophetic? About a stupid broken coffee cup? Dream fairies, do one about the lottery.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 09, 2025 03:04 PM (n7rxJ)

98 My first world irritation right now is waiting for Amazon to deliver my new electric blanket so I can make my bed with it and my new flannel sheets. I keep checking the front door. Nope. Still not here. I'm annoyed.
Posted by: Tuna at November 09, 2025 02:57 PM (lJ0H4)

And the cold front just heaved into town.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at November 09, 2025 03:05 PM (/HDaX)

99 put the stupid foam things on the out door faucets,
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[smugly ponders the frost-proof sillcocks here]

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 09, 2025 03:05 PM (XeU6L)

100 My first world irritation right now is waiting for Amazon to deliver my new electric blanket...
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Hope it wasn't passing through Louisville via UPS.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 09, 2025 03:06 PM (XeU6L)

101 And the cold front just heaved into town.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy

Yep. Gonna be 25 tonight. Cold for this time of year in Nashville.

Posted by: Tuna at November 09, 2025 03:08 PM (lJ0H4)

102 91 Dearest coffee mug snobs ...
Replacements-dot-com might have something suitable.
Ditto katom-dot-com.
Ditto webstaurantstore.com
Ditto your local Goodwill or 2nd Avenue Thrift store.
Posted by: Kathy at November 09, 2025 03:00 PM (zuKcR)

Starbucks coffee cup collection.

Drinking from the Berlin coffee cup - one of four - because today IS the Ninth of November.

Posted by: Cow Demon at November 09, 2025 03:08 PM (vwL3N)

103 Hope it wasn't passing through Louisville via UPS.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 09, 2025 03:06 PM (XeU6L)

You make a joke of course but you aren't wrong. SDF is a MAJOR hub for UPS.

Posted by: Cow Demon at November 09, 2025 03:09 PM (vwL3N)

104 90
I have a plain vanilla handle-less tea mug that I got in Korea mumblety years ago that refuses to break. I looked for the same mug when I was in Seoul last year. Can't find it. This IS a fwp, gang. I expect foreign countries to keep up their old manufacturing for my utility and enjoyment.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Remember when everything was “Made in Japan”

I had an amazing collection of tiny ceramic animals. Don’t know what happened to them.

I still have some beautiful hand painted wooden dolls with silk clothing from Japan. My grandfather was there pre WW II. I have no idea what all the markings mean. I took them to a Japanese physician I worked with a long time ago and she said the characters were very old and she couldn’t decipher them.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 09, 2025 03:10 PM (mT+6a)

105 The Kobeissi Letter
@KobeissiLetter
17m

BREAKING: US Congress is reportedly close to reaching a deal to reopen the government after Senate Democrats signaled they are ready to back a bipartisan proposal.

At least 10 Democrats are expected to support advancing a spending and short-term funding bill.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 09, 2025 02:08 PM (K84Yn)
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If they had left this unresolved long enough to impact the Thnksgiving travel schedule, there might have been an ...uhhh... insurrection!

Apparently some agencies will be funded for a year in the deal, some only through December (meaning another big brouhaha will come right before Christmas), and Democrats get a vote on subsidies being paid to insurance companies. Trump offered this last thing a week after the shutdown started, so it appears the Dems got zippo for this whole mess.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 09, 2025 03:10 PM (3pbwk)

106 Nauseating. Bezos has his employees cheering in some hibay as a big guy waves a big flag when the countdown is set to hold.

DEI is very much alive and well at BO.

I think they fill the rocket with soy and avocado based fuels.

Posted by: it's always been a joke at November 09, 2025 03:11 PM (sPsWv)

107 How do I deal with old gas? There's maybe a half gallon in a can and I need to drain the tank on the Honda mini tiller. It's from the summer. Do I just put it in the gas tank of my Yukon?

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 09, 2025 03:11 PM (znHU2)

108 [smugly ponders the frost-proof sillcocks here]

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 09, 2025 03:05 PM (XeU6L)

Preach it! They are great.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 09, 2025 03:11 PM (n9ltV)

109 Trump offered this last thing a week after the shutdown started, so it appears the Dems got zippo for this whole mess.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 09, 2025 03:10 PM (3pbwk)

Except for the VA and NJ elections...which something tells me was the reason for the "shutdown". If true, it says something when the Dems had to use a government shutdown to secure elections in "blue" states. If true.

Posted by: Cow Demon at November 09, 2025 03:12 PM (vwL3N)

110 You make a joke of course but you aren't wrong. SDF is a MAJOR hub for UPS.
Posted by: Cow Demon
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Not joke. Putting aside the loss of life, many, many people are going to be missing shipments.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 09, 2025 03:13 PM (XeU6L)

111 They have stainless steel Yeti Rambler coffee muge. Even in Crab Orange.

Posted by: Boss Moss at November 09, 2025 03:13 PM (q2Q7i)

112 Have mercy on that poor mug CBD. Use it for a planter or something.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 09, 2025 03:14 PM (A6iMD)

113 I am assuming heavy porcelain? I like thlse kind of mugs.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 09, 2025 03:14 PM (h4uy9)

114 Blue Origin should paint their dildo-shaped rocket green, just as a giant meme

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 09, 2025 03:14 PM (Hudzg)

115 I wouldn't mix epoxy in that homely, stained, cracked mug. Even I have appearances to keep up.

Posted by: Richard Bucket at November 09, 2025 03:16 PM (oftw2)

116 Blue Origin should paint their dildo-shaped rocket green, just as a giant meme
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 09, 2025 03:14 PM (Hudzg)

Then go to a wnba game.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 09, 2025 03:16 PM (h4uy9)

117 Blue Origin has a couple of really annoying Karens talking over each other congratulating themselves for "inspiring people all over the world". For doing what, you ask? Yeah, no idea.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 09, 2025 03:16 PM (Hudzg)

118 Lake effect threatening to require snow blower start before lawn mower put away..

Posted by: DaveA at November 09, 2025 03:16 PM (FhXTo)

119 Except for the VA and NJ elections...which something tells me was the reason for the "shutdown". If true, it says something when the Dems had to use a government shutdown to secure elections in "blue" states. If true.
Posted by: Cow Demon

NJ is corrupt and no chance for the GOP there. VA is a beautiful state and I have a love/hate relationship with it from living here for a long time. I live in Soviet NoVA and it is a parasitic tick attached to a host (the rest of VA). Its frustrating.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 09, 2025 03:17 PM (sAmhv)

120 You should repair your coffee mug chips with nail polish.. it does a fantastic job and dishwasher safe.

Posted by: JJLive at November 09, 2025 03:17 PM (lM/jM)

121
I took them to a Japanese physician I worked with a long time ago and she said the characters were very old and she couldn’t decipher them.
Posted by: nurse ratched

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Wow. You'd have to take them to some sort of fricking scholar. Or maybe you could take pictures and load them up to an AI to see what it says.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 09, 2025 03:18 PM (n7rxJ)

122
I had a set of 80 year old hand painted glasses with scenes of San Francisco; I'm down to the Fisherman's Wharf one.

Seasonality isn't for everyone. It was beautiful in the woods last week here with trees turned yellow and the underbrush fallen. Today it was light snowflakes covering them.

Posted by: Auspex at November 09, 2025 03:18 PM (Y8DZL)

123 This is an 18 ounce mug, which is exactly the correct amount for my caffeine fix every morning. The difficulty of making two cups of coffee rather than having one correctly-sized cup is too massive for me to contemplate.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 09, 2025 02:13 PM

Have you checked Replacements.com?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 09, 2025 03:19 PM (Wnv9h)

124 Good morning folks, so glad to be here. Running late - life intrudes.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 09, 2025 03:19 PM (FtvNE)

125 Ha,ha, ha! Looks like the range is pulling a fast one on BO. and holding until the lightning that is far away come close enough to cause problems.

This happened all the time on the shuttle program.

Posted by: it's always been a joke at November 09, 2025 03:19 PM (sPsWv)

126 Porcelainicide

That's the serial killer granite trying to hide the bodies.

Posted by: DaveA at November 09, 2025 03:19 PM (FhXTo)

127 That mug is ugly.

Posted by: The Art Thread Makes Sense Now at November 09, 2025 03:20 PM (KO2Z0)

128 About the UPS MD-11 crash in Louisville earlier....

FedEx, UPS and anyone else flying MD-11's has ceased their operations with those aircraft.

Just in time for the holidays.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 09, 2025 03:20 PM (NwnyJ)

129 Ya'll got some skills with that glue, but it probably hurt the resale value.

Posted by: Indy Bill at November 09, 2025 03:21 PM (q6iaE)

130 >>>At least 10 Democrats are expected to support advancing a spending and short-term funding bill.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey,
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Let's wait and see what garbage dump items they tack on.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 09, 2025 03:21 PM (FtvNE)

131 old gas?

I strain it thru a coffee filter and add it to a non-empty car.

AOP?

Posted by: DaveA at November 09, 2025 03:23 PM (FhXTo)

132 I just entertained myself for ten minutes trying to get chatgpt to explain the legal basis for different tax rates, when the NJ state Consititution requires "uniform" rates.

The AI finally gave up and said, yeah, we agree, the state Supreme Court illegally allows these differing rates.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 09, 2025 03:23 PM (J3LHW)

133 128 About the UPS MD-11 crash in Louisville earlier....

FedEx, UPS and anyone else flying MD-11's has ceased their operations with those aircraft.

Just in time for the holidays.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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It's a sad thing, those guys dying. If that plane had ten foot more lift for ten more seconds those guys would be home.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 09, 2025 03:23 PM (FtvNE)

134 Yep. Gonna be 25 tonight. Cold for this time of year in Nashville.
Posted by: Tuna at November 09, 2025 03:08 PM (lJ0H4)

28 here just west of Knoxville and 22 tomorrow night.

I think that's about it for the back patio garden this year.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at November 09, 2025 03:23 PM (/HDaX)

135 I have some heavy hand made mugs from a potter in TX. They are perfect, except a bit too small. I still use them, because they are so nice.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 09, 2025 03:23 PM (znHU2)

136 Have mercy on that poor mug CBD. Use it for a planter or something.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

No! He's a plant killer!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 09, 2025 03:24 PM (hUzUC)

137 Now, the Karens are lathering on about how important tortoises are to their corporate code

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 09, 2025 03:24 PM (J3LHW)

138 load them up to an AI to see what it says.

It say: most honorable dive bomber.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at November 09, 2025 03:25 PM (i2iTx)

139 FedEx, UPS and anyone else flying MD-11's has ceased their operations with those aircraft.

Just in time for the holidays.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 09, 2025 03:20 PM (NwnyJ)

I recollect seeing that MD-11's constitute about 11% of UPS's air fleet. That'll squeeze things somewhat.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at November 09, 2025 03:25 PM (/HDaX)

140
The difficulty of making two cups of coffee rather than having one correctly-sized cup is too massive for me to contemplate.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Why the hell can't Kurig have a setting that just makes coffee until i release the damned button? Two 8oz (smallest setting) is too much, one 12oz (largest setting) isn't enough. The damned cup is both too small and too large, but it's thick enough to hold the coffee temp decently without being uncomfortable in my hand.

I should probably put them all on a fence post and shoot them with my air rifle out of spite.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at November 09, 2025 03:25 PM (QVmho)

141 131 old gas?

I strain it thru a coffee filter and add it to a non-empty car.

AOP?
Posted by: DaveA
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There's no such thing as gas too old.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 09, 2025 03:25 PM (FtvNE)

142 Will someone explain to me the perverse fascination the general public has with seeing people humiliate themselves in public?
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 09, 2025 02:37 PM

Tragedy is when I stub my toe. Comedy is when you fall into an open manhole and die.

Posted by: Mel Brooks at November 09, 2025 03:25 PM (jc0TO)

143 42 Life imitates art. Isn't "MILF seduces stepson" a staple of porn videos?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 09, 2025 02:25 PM (dXrys)

Not always. Stepson seduces MILF is also popular, followed closely by stepson blackmails MILF, stepson coerces drunk MILF, stepson wakes sleeping MILF, and in Minnesota, stepson seduces MILF's goat....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at November 09, 2025 03:26 PM (i5rSZ)

144 old gas?

Use it to start the charcoal. Just stand back a few feet.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 09, 2025 03:26 PM (abIsI)

145 My twelve year old FaberWare 5 cup (that's what it says) coffee maker is simply marvelous.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 09, 2025 03:27 PM (FtvNE)

146 143 42 Life imitates art. Isn't "MILF seduces stepson" a staple of porn videos?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 09, 2025 02:25 PM (dXrys)

Not always. Stepson seduces MILF is also popular, followed closely by stepson blackmails MILF, stepson coerces drunk MILF, stepson wakes sleeping MILF, and in Minnesota, stepson seduces MILF's goat....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (

LOL. Those filthy Scandi's will put their junk in anything.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 09, 2025 03:27 PM (abIsI)

147 Not always. Stepson seduces MILF is also popular, followed closely by stepson blackmails MILF, stepson coerces drunk MILF, stepson wakes sleeping MILF, and in Minnesota, stepson seduces MILF's goat....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at November 09, 2025 03:26 PM (i5rSZ)
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and, in California, "goats pimped out by MILF's"

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 09, 2025 03:27 PM (J3LHW)

148 NJ is corrupt and no chance for the GOP there. VA is a beautiful state and I have a love/hate relationship with it from living here for a long time. I live in Soviet NoVA and it is a parasitic tick attached to a host (the rest of VA). Its frustrating.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 09, 2025 03:17 PM (sAmhv)

Having been a frequent visitor to NoVA for the first half of this decade...I feel your pain.

Posted by: Cow Demon at November 09, 2025 03:28 PM (vwL3N)

149
That mug is ugly.
Posted by: The Art Thread Makes Sense Now

Bwahahahahahaha! This ^^^^^ is why he punishes us like a cat with a mouse.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at November 09, 2025 03:29 PM (QVmho)

150 Thanks for the reccommendation Tuna was it?

Posted by: Boss Moss at November 09, 2025 03:29 PM (q2Q7i)

151 Is it weird there is a guy in an Exxon uniform holding what looks like a gasoline pump line up to the Blue Origin rocket?

JK, launch on indefinite hold for "reasons"

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 09, 2025 03:29 PM (J3LHW)

152 Just mix that last years gas in your vehicle tank, it'll get along fine.
If your vehicle sits for long periods of time pour in a bottle of alcohol to get rid of the condensation. We've poured beers in the tank to get the level up to the fuel pump in order to make the filling station.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 09, 2025 03:30 PM (FtvNE)

153 It's a 30 gallon gas tank, so I thought I could mix it in. Thanks!

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 09, 2025 03:32 PM (znHU2)

154 146 143 42 Life imitates art. Isn't "MILF seduces stepson" a staple of porn videos?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 09, 2025 02:25 PM (dXrys)

Not always. Stepson seduces MILF is also popular, followed closely by stepson blackmails MILF, stepson coerces drunk MILF, stepson wakes sleeping MILF, and in Minnesota, stepson seduces MILF's goat....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (

LOL. Those filthy Scandi's will put their junk in anything.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 09, 2025 03:27 PM (abIsI)

You are missing one of the odder newer ones: MILF gets hand/head stuck in contraption. stepson takes advantage.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 09, 2025 03:32 PM (bss/y)

155
Tragedy is when I stub my toe. Comedy is when you fall into an open manhole and die.
Posted by: Mel Brooks
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"The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow" - Mark Twain

I would add, 'someone else's sorrow'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 09, 2025 03:33 PM (XeU6L)

156 >>>Tragedy is when I stub my toe. Comedy is when you fall into an open manhole and die.
Posted by: Mel Brooks
-------------

I've got one. If you don't laugh you're not alive.

https://tinyurl.com/4a2vupvz

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 09, 2025 03:33 PM (FtvNE)

157 here is a launch channel without the annoying commentary:

youtube.com/live/XQaApJw0u7Y

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at November 09, 2025 03:34 PM (GjEvj)

158
Any gas containing ethanol goes bad. Even Sta-bil doesn't stop that.

High octane pure gasoline from 2022 is still powering all my yard equipment flawlessly.

Posted by: Auspex at November 09, 2025 03:34 PM (Y8DZL)

159 old gas?

Use it to start the charcoal. Just stand back a few feet.
Posted by: Maj. Healey

Mix with used motor oil to kill weeds

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at November 09, 2025 03:35 PM (/lPRQ)

160 133 128 About the UPS MD-11 crash in Louisville earlier....

FedEx, UPS and anyone else flying MD-11's has ceased their operations with those aircraft.

Just in time for the holidays.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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It's a sad thing, those guys dying. If that plane had ten foot more lift for ten more seconds those guys would be home.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others
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There's speculation here that in addition to losing the #1 (left side) engine the #3 (right side) ingested FOD (crap on the runway, probably from the other engine that fell off) and was in compressor stall before the plane reached V1 (take-off/no go) with only a few seconds for the crew to react. They'd likely not have saved the plane given how fast and far down the runway they were with one working engine.

It didn't help it was loaded with max fuel for a trip to Hawaii either. And one of the buildings it hit was a fuel disposal facility.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 09, 2025 03:36 PM (NwnyJ)

161
I have a plain vanilla handle-less tea mug that I got in Korea mumblety years ago that refuses to break. I looked for the same mug when I was in Seoul last year. Can't find it. This IS a fwp, gang. I expect foreign countries to keep up their old manufacturing for my utility and enjoyment.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

I got a 1917 Centennial Watch USMC mug when they came out, very nice mug. $50 well spent.
https://is.gd/Uz6yxQ
Link goes to glass beach mugs

Posted by: BifBewalski - at November 09, 2025 03:36 PM (QVmho)

162 Do I just put it in the gas tank of my Yukon?

That's what I do. (Well, not a Yukon but...) Be sure to run it til it stops after draining so the line and carb are clear.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 09, 2025 03:37 PM (DCXGC)

163 Healey wife got a new curling iron, on the box there is a disclaimer "“for external use only” Where else would a person use this?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 09, 2025 03:38 PM (abIsI)

164 It didn't help it was loaded with max fuel for a trip to Hawaii either. And one of the buildings it hit was a fuel disposal facility.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 09, 2025 03:36 PM

Really? That is sadly Wiley Coyote like. Surprised it wasn't a fireworks warehouse.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 09, 2025 03:42 PM (jc0TO)

165 157 here is a launch channel without the annoying commentary:

youtube.com/live/XQaApJw0u7Y
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
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Oil well flare in the background, perfect.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 09, 2025 03:42 PM (FtvNE)

166 Healey wife got a new curling iron, on the box there is a disclaimer "“for external use only” Where else would a person use this?
Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 09, 2025 03:38 PM (abIsI)

"Anything can be a dildo if you're brave enough"

Posted by: Abraham Lincoln at November 09, 2025 03:43 PM (GjEvj)

167 That mug has had too much washing.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 09, 2025 03:44 PM (zzXla)

168 I wash my coffee mug monthly whether it needs it or not.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 09, 2025 03:44 PM (jc0TO)

169 Healey wife got a new curling iron, on the box there is a disclaimer "“for external use only” Where else would a person use this?
Posted by: Maj. Healey

We tried to be very general, to keep the lawsuits to a minimum.

It was originally "For curling hair only. Not for cauterizing hemorrhoids."

Posted by: the lawyers at November 09, 2025 03:45 PM (nhCoE)

170 167 That mug has had too much washing.
Posted by: Ben Had
I agree.
The inside should have a patina that's at least 3 mils thick.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 09, 2025 03:45 PM (abIsI)

171 72 Weedeaters, not weekenders. What the fuck.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at November 09, 2025 02:44 PM (LjSYW)

FWIW I envisioned 'weekenders' being a catchall term for summer toys like jet skis, boats, etc

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at November 09, 2025 03:46 PM (i5rSZ)

172 @171, lol, I thought that too.

Posted by: skywch at November 09, 2025 03:47 PM (uqhmb)

173 If everything goes well they will have the booster back and refurbished in time for next years scheduled launch. hahahahahah

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 09, 2025 03:53 PM (FtvNE)

174 got a 1917 Centennial Watch USMC mug when they came out
Posted by: BifBewalski

You are a bit over 29, right?

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 09, 2025 03:54 PM (hUzUC)

175 This commentary is interesting, explaining why it is important to launch early (ie, now) when the trip to Mars actually won't even start until next year. The payload is going to just start of hang out until it slingshots next year.

The reason is that to settle Mars, thousands of rockets will need to transit between earth and Mars within a three month period every two years. Because earth has a limited number of launch pads/windows, companies going to Mars will need to launch all year long, have payloads hang around space, and then transit en masse during the window.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 09, 2025 03:55 PM (idPbW)

176 I understand the sentimentality of a favorite mug. But, coffee drinking is serious business and should be treated as such.

Pragmatism should outweigh sentiment in this situation. That's why I switched to an insulated mug. However, I purposefully got one that doesn't look like the standard "travel" mug. People who use those are not serious about coffee. They are merely vagabonds.

A good insulated mug will keep coffee hot for nearly 6 hours. This is important, because a regular mug forces you to drink your coffee at a speed decided by the mug. It should be the other way around. And, if you can pace out your consumption you don't drink as much coffee...which is important based on the way I brew it. If the spoon doesn't stand up on its own, the coffee is weak.

Posted by: Orson at November 09, 2025 03:55 PM (dIske)

177

You are a bit over 29, right?
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron

Just a wee small bit. Was comparing notes with Vic, he used the AN/PRC-77 squad radio. I've actually unboxed a new one.

He was older than I by about a decade, I'm only a year or two into my third round of being under 29.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at November 09, 2025 03:56 PM (QVmho)

178 McDonald Douglas the second most major aircraft manufacturer in USA.
---------------

There's speculation here that in addition to

losing the #1 (left side) engine
the #3 (right side) ingested FOD (crap on the runway, probably from the other engine that fell off) and was in compressor stall before the plane reached V1 (take-off/no go)

with only a few seconds for the crew to react. They'd likely not have saved the plane given how fast and far down the runway they were with one working engine.

It didn't help it was loaded with max fuel for a trip to Hawaii either. And one of the buildings it hit was a fuel disposal facility.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
---------

Before it ever leaves the ground one engine falls off and another blows up.
Yes sir, I'm running to the ticket counter.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 09, 2025 03:57 PM (FtvNE)

179 Food fight upstairs
Bring your cream pies

Posted by: Skip at November 09, 2025 04:01 PM (+qU29)

180 The reason is that to settle Mars, thousands of rockets will need to transit between earth and Mars within a three month period every two years. Because earth has a limited number of launch pads/windows, companies going to Mars will need to launch all year long, have payloads hang around space, and then transit en masse during the window.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 09, 2025 03:55 PM

Food is going to be the largest hurdle to overcome in getting a colony started on Mars. Whoever wants to start a colony there will have to ship hundreds of thousands of pounds of food during each launch window towards Mars for decades until enough food can be grown there to support the colonists. It is all pretty much going to have to be freeze dried stuff that lasts 20-25 years. And that is assuming a reliable source of water can be found on the planet.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 09, 2025 04:01 PM (0N4FZ)

181
128 About the UPS MD-11 crash in Louisville earlier....

FedEx, UPS and anyone else flying MD-11's has ceased their operations with those aircraft.

Just in time for the holidays.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 09, 2025 03:20 PM (NwnyJ)

There was a similar crash in the late 70's of a DC10 - essentially same aircraft. I knew a guy who worked in M&PE at Douglas at the time. Apparently the clevis that held the front of the engine to the wing was damaged by maintenance being too rough (expedited to save money) reinstalling the engine and it failed..

I wonder if this will be a repeat because the people that knew all retired/got outsourced and the reason forgotten.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at November 09, 2025 04:03 PM (i5rSZ)

182 Lessee... I got my personal coffee mug (stoneware with a nice Japanese-style fish design on it) in about '87, when my buddy moved to the lower 48, and it wasn't new even then.

At least 38 years old, probably more like 45 or 50.

I also got his nice TV (the first color set I ever owned) and his entire liquor collection. He had everything. It me a popular fellow while the supply held out.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 09, 2025 04:03 PM (IG3/x)

183 There will be warehouses in orbit with constant shipments filling them. The amount of food shipped to Mars will only be limited to the size of shipping tanker they can build in space.

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

184 Buy a Waffle House mug for a backup. One of your great grandchildren will end up with it.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 09, 2025 04:04 PM (XQo4F)

185 A lot of little incidentals with the launch that shouldn't have occurred.
Bezos needs to pay more attention to detail.

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

186 6. CNN's Ashley Allison says SNAP is having a "massive impact" after she went to her eyebrow technician who told her they had to fire people because clients don't have money to do their brows.
The horror.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks,

Lies, if course. Contractors who rent working space & hide their earnings.

Not fired. In lieu of renting space, they'll take their clients - if they have a book - and work somewhere else.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day. at November 09, 2025 04:09 PM (NFX2v)

187 Launch scrubbed.

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

188 The only thing I wanted from my dad when he passed was his coffee cup from the Navy. He grabbed it on his first cruise on the old.Lexington in 1936. He was a torpedoman. After.tat he carried it.with him on every sub he was on. It broke about three months before he died.
Sadz.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 09, 2025 04:11 PM (2WIwB)

189 Contractor envy?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 09, 2025 04:11 PM (FtvNE)

190 I find it's tough finding a nice coffee mug both microwave and dishwasher safe. But now I have many lovely mugs for tea.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day. at November 09, 2025 04:11 PM (NFX2v)

191 166 Healey wife got a new curling iron, on the box there is a disclaimer "“for external use only” Where else would a person use this?
Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 09, 2025 03:38 PM (abIsI)

"Anything can be a dildo if you're brave enough"
Posted by: Abraham Lincoln at November 09, 2025 03:43 PM (GjEvj)

Like the nic choice for this.

Other options:

Sandra Fluke
Pete Buttigege
The Rick Wilson

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 09, 2025 04:13 PM (bss/y)

192 Chineseium, a porcelain mug, a microwave; what more to life is there?

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

193 188. Diogenes.

Its not the same but Cafe Press, Standard Mugs
USS LEXINGTON CV-2 LADY LEX WORLD WAR I 11 oz. Ceramic Mug

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day. at November 09, 2025 04:14 PM (NFX2v)

194 Bezos is calling from his yacht asking WTF is wrong with you people.

That's the difference between a salesman and an engineer running things.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 09, 2025 04:17 PM (FtvNE)

195 I have an abundance of coffee mugs and dishes, especially for one person. My friends are coming Wednesday so dishes will actually be used.

I sometimes cycle through the dishes just so they'll be used....

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at November 09, 2025 04:19 PM (Sco7b)

196 I have about 20 coffee cups, all different, three that I actually use, one is a wide bottom "Ships cup" that doesn't slosh, slide or splash aboard the boat(or in the car), the other two are heavy porcelain, just the right size, with a large handle (for my large hands)....If you have a hard time finding a Goldilox/3bears cup....get thee to the salvation army/Goodwill, that is where all of the random, one off, orphan cups from the entire world gather, waiting to be adopted into a new Forever Home.

Posted by: birddog at November 09, 2025 07:53 PM (s5LY2)

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