First World Problems...

That lock got heavy use for many years, and it simply wore out. The Baldwin Company stood by their warranty and sent me new guts for the lock, which is a very gratifying thing.

But...it also required a new face plate (is it called an escutcheon for a lock?).

AND IT'S NOT THE SAME SHAPE!

Obviously I need to replace the entire door.

Posted by: CBD at 02:00 PM

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1 I'll help

Posted by: Skip at January 04, 2026 02:00 PM (Ia/+0)

2 Or replace the house with on in Texas!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 04, 2026 02:01 PM (9MJNg)

3 Yes its a escutcheon and different model number is my guess

Posted by: Skip at January 04, 2026 02:01 PM (Ia/+0)

4 Have you tried hitting it with a stick?

Posted by: guy who can't be trusted with sticks at January 04, 2026 02:02 PM (iidJN)

5 Two words for you:

Portcullus

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 04, 2026 02:02 PM (2XHCB)

6 I am surprised you wore it out

Posted by: Skip at January 04, 2026 02:02 PM (Ia/+0)

7 The escutcheon is piece between cylinder and door

Posted by: Skip at January 04, 2026 02:03 PM (Ia/+0)

8 Or replace the house with on in Texas!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron

Seconded!

Now we need a vote!

Posted by: rickb223 at January 04, 2026 02:04 PM (c115l)

9 >>Obviously I need to replace the entire door.

You could just put a brass plate behind the lock face.

Posted by: garrett at January 04, 2026 02:04 PM (ddphe)

10 Oh the horror!

(But seriously that would bug me too.)

Posted by: LASue at January 04, 2026 02:04 PM (/DBoU)

11 >> I am surprised you wore it out

It can happen.

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at January 04, 2026 02:05 PM (ddphe)

12 Obviously I need to replace the entire door.

Posted by: CBD

Or take the lock off and wash the grit and dirt off the existing paint before re installing.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 04, 2026 02:05 PM (9MJNg)

13 Take the hardware off and repaint the door. EZPZ, as the kids say. (They probably don't).

Posted by: Ian S. at January 04, 2026 02:06 PM (t5upi)

14 I have Schlange locks. Lifetime warranty on some parts. Had to replace a deadbolt a few years ago. Excellent customer service.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 04, 2026 02:06 PM (NwnyJ)

15 Those lucky Venezuelans now get to experience the warm embrace of rugged individualism instead of the cold shackles of collectivism.

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at January 04, 2026 02:07 PM (MNCvZ)

16 Don't stand in front of that lock CBD, it might up and shoot you some day.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 04, 2026 02:07 PM (O7YUW)

17 I concur that Baldwin customer service and warranty are exceptional. I have an entry door lockset that failed and they sent me a new one, with free shipping even. However, the new one failed within a year! They sent me another new one, hopefully it will last longer. If you send them the key code, they will also rekey the lock for you.

Posted by: jayhawkone at January 04, 2026 02:07 PM (yRNjl)

18 This is a case for 3-D manufacturing!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 04, 2026 02:07 PM (RIvkX)

19 Only wreckers who are trying to keep out the warmth of collectivism need locked doors.

Posted by: Zihadist Mandummi at January 04, 2026 02:08 PM (wXeE5)

20 My FWP today is it's raining cat and dogs and little fishies here in normally sunny California!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 04, 2026 02:10 PM (QGaXH)

21 I really should go fix my snow shovel, the original steel edge rusted off so pop riveted a aluminum one. I was using it to chip ice and it broke loose

Posted by: Skip at January 04, 2026 02:11 PM (Ia/+0)

22 Going through that now, the Dexter lock no longer is working well with keys cut for it. In fairness I think it may be as old as the house...65 years. I expect that tumbler or pin replacement will make it okay.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 04, 2026 02:11 PM (XeU6L)

23 he Baldwin Company stood by their warranty and sent me new guts for the lock, which is a very gratifying thing.

But...it also required a new face plate (is it called an escutcheon for a lock?).

AND IT'S NOT THE SAME SHAPE!

Obviously I need to replace the entire door.
-

Teach you for buying from Alec.

You need his products like a bullet in the head!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 04, 2026 02:11 PM (Ippjd)

24 Boorn it. Boorn the hoose to the groond.

Posted by: Scottish Lightning at January 04, 2026 02:12 PM (TbWk/)

25
Obviously I need to replace the entire door.
Posted by: CBD

Whole house. Nuke it from orbit.

Same problem on our front door, think it was a Baldwin as well.

Makes me want to change the BOG standard 8.5" x 11" letter paper size for copy machines, just so companies have to purchase new printers.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 04, 2026 02:12 PM (QVmho)

26 20 My FWP today is it's raining cat and dogs and little fishies here in normally sunny California!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 04, 2026 02:10 PM (QGaXH)

but the forecast says it's supposed to stop tonight then we're clear for at least a week....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 04, 2026 02:12 PM (QGaXH)

27 A little touch up paint would make it presentable. First clean the accumulated dirt and grime though.

Posted by: Tuna at January 04, 2026 02:14 PM (lJ0H4)

28 but the forecast says it's supposed to stop tonight then we're clear for at least a week....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK)
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Put out some pans and save it for the coming drought.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 04, 2026 02:15 PM (yZU0/)

29 You should probably just move.

Posted by: Don Black at January 04, 2026 02:15 PM (ZxPkt)

30
They sent me another new one, hopefully it will last longer. If you send them the key code, they will also rekey the lock for you.
Posted by: jayhawkone

DO NOT DO THIS!!!!!

The locks and the corresponding key indexes are shared with law enforcement, for suprise warrant and perp gathering purposes. How many swattings of conservative people have happened and the damned cops just rolled up with the dang single key because some Boasberg gave them permission to get it. No. Go to a local locksmith, get it rekeyed, watch him do the work, ensure he keeps no copies, and take your lock home and install it yourself.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 04, 2026 02:16 PM (QVmho)

31 I'm surprised you need locks at all in this totally safe and protected society... (says every member of Congress)...

Posted by: Mudshark at January 04, 2026 02:17 PM (Zr7us)

32 Obviously I need to replace the entire door.
----
Unfortunately at this point we are past simply replacing the entire door.

Posted by: Weasel at January 04, 2026 02:17 PM (PVV5z)

33 5 Two words for you:

Portcullus
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 04, 2026 02:02 PM (2XHCB)
_____________________

+1

Posted by: Mudshark at January 04, 2026 02:18 PM (Zr7us)

34 The Baldwin manufacturing site should be carpet bombed.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 04, 2026 02:18 PM (EKbN/)

35 Obviously I need to replace the entire door.
Posted by: CBD

Yeah, just put in a screen door.

Posted by: dantesed at January 04, 2026 02:18 PM (Oy/m2)

36 That Baldwin lock is screaming "lifestyle." Does it deter solicitors?

Posted by: scampydog at January 04, 2026 02:19 PM (41CYW)

37 Locks and beagles.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 04, 2026 02:20 PM (pkeXY)

38 teaser during football game:

CBS pimping a new action drama TV series about

the CIA
it's called "CIA"

Posted by: Don Black at January 04, 2026 02:20 PM (ZxPkt)

39 Unfortunately at this point we are past simply replacing the entire door.
Posted by: Weasel at January 04, 2026 02:17 PM (PVV5z)

Well, after Gropin' Joe did a number on it with a shotgun...

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 04, 2026 02:20 PM (8zz6B)

40 'Obviously I need to replace the entire door.'

No. Just cover the entire door surface with a layer of wood putty. Sand and paint. Good as new.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 04, 2026 02:20 PM (fd80v)

41 Ugh, I feel your pain. I like clunky very old door hardware. It's hard to keep it working though. I'm a sucker for a good patina.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 04, 2026 02:21 PM (3uBP9)

42 What kind of locks do the French use?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 04, 2026 02:22 PM (pkeXY)

43 CBS pimping a new action drama TV series about

the CIA
it's called "CIA"
Posted by: Don Black

Creative.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 04, 2026 02:23 PM (EKbN/)

44 Locks are for honest people anyway just remove the whole door.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 04, 2026 02:23 PM (e2+im)

45 Escutcheon locks > Phoenician blinds ....

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 04, 2026 02:25 PM (nbLIj)

46 Put a hot iron to it.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 04, 2026 02:25 PM (abIsI)

47 Hit it with some Brasso.

Posted by: Reforger at January 04, 2026 02:29 PM (gKsV+)

48 The list of US Senators on the take from Venezuela (or whatever the list was about), posted last thread, included US Senator James Lankford (R) of Oklahoma.

This proves the list is bogus. Not my good old Jimmy boy!

[eyeroll tongue-in-cheek emojis]

Posted by: mindful webworker - Okie by birth and choice at January 04, 2026 02:29 PM (dESj/)

49 Or replace the house with on in Texas!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 04, 2026 02:01 PM (9MJNg)

I like our house! The one problem is that it isn't in America!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 04, 2026 02:31 PM (n9ltV)

50 Lock-related FWP: When moved a while back, my grandfather's heavy duty steel four-drawer file cabinet got locked, and the key is… somewhere in the catacombs. Perhaps.

I don't know if the lock can be cracked. Only has all the original art for mindfulwebworks.com, folders full of stuff yet to post, and tax info from the past decade or two. Nothing important.
🙄

Posted by: mindful webworker - St Anthony please come around... at January 04, 2026 02:32 PM (dESj/)

51 CBD is locked and loaded.

Posted by: Oh, no... at January 04, 2026 02:33 PM (2Ez/1)

52 Can you show us on this doll where the bad, bad escutcheon hurt you?

Posted by: Adriane the Carefully Concerned Critic . . . at January 04, 2026 02:34 PM (3ZUWJ)

53 Replacing the door doesn't fix the lock, unless you get the door company to put lock in before delivery.
That could happen

Posted by: Skip at January 04, 2026 02:34 PM (Ia/+0)

54 I don't know if the lock can be cracked.

Posted by: mindful webworker - St Anthony please come around... at January 04, 2026 02:32 PM (dESj/)

Angle grinder for the win!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 04, 2026 02:35 PM (n9ltV)

55 A locket full of mumbles such are promises.

Posted by: P. Simon at January 04, 2026 02:36 PM (2Ez/1)

56 Can you get a new jamb? Is that the right term?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 04, 2026 02:36 PM (eq9pm)

57 Time to sell.

Posted by: Always the default solution at January 04, 2026 02:37 PM (2Ez/1)

58 Go to a local locksmith, get it rekeyed, watch him do the work, ensure he keeps no copies, and take your lock home and install it yourself.

Posted by: BifBewalski
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No need to 'stand watch' while the work is done-- just pay with cash and they'll never know who you are or where you live. Not that they'd keep a key anyway... locksmiths are under a lot of extra pressure to stay honest.

Certainly, some do "go bad" but they are generally after much larger game than your average home would offer.

Posted by: JQ at January 04, 2026 02:37 PM (rdVOm)

59 I don't know if the lock can be cracked. Only has all the original art for mindfulwebworks.com, folders full of stuff yet to post, and tax info from the past decade or two. Nothing important.
🙄
Posted by: mindful webworker - St Anthony please come around... at January 04, 2026 02:32 PM (dESj/)

4 pin tumbler. Easy to pick. Then you just replace the mechanism. I have to do it all the time at work when people get fired or quit. Someday I'll get HR to hold their checks until the keys make it home.

Posted by: Reforger at January 04, 2026 02:38 PM (gKsV+)

60 Clunky Old Patina

Posted by: banana Tone Dream - imagine a funny line over one of the letters at January 04, 2026 02:39 PM (3uBP9)

61 Iran revolting. Revolting is thirsty work.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 04, 2026 02:39 PM (eq9pm)

62 My FWP today is it's raining cat and dogs and little fishies here in normally sunny California!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 04, 2026 02:10 PM (QGaXH)

Cold and dreary and wet! At least yesterday was beautiful. I can't wait to get back to Texas.

Posted by: LASue at January 04, 2026 02:39 PM (/DBoU)

63 50 Lock-related FWP: When moved a while back, my grandfather's heavy duty steel four-drawer file cabinet got locked, and the key is… somewhere in the catacombs. Perhaps.

Posted by: mindful webworker - St Anthony please come around... at January 04, 2026 02:32 PM (dESj/)

If there's a code on the lock, go here: https://tinyurl.com/5n995xdf

Got replacement keys more than once.

Posted by: Some Lurker at January 04, 2026 02:40 PM (nPp6w)

64 4 pin tumbler. Easy to pick. Then you just replace the mechanism. I have to do it all the time at work when people get fired or quit. Someday I'll get HR to hold their checks until the keys make it home.
Posted by: Reforger at January 04, 2026 02:38 PM (gKsV+)
==
Many states make that pretty much impossible.

Posted by: Black JEM at January 04, 2026 02:40 PM (UVyKP)

65 Apparently most locks are easy to pick.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 04, 2026 02:40 PM (eq9pm)

66 Remember, you hold the key to solving this FWP.

Posted by: Groan... at January 04, 2026 02:40 PM (2Ez/1)

67 Lock-related FWP: When moved a while back, my grandfather's heavy duty steel four-drawer file cabinet got locked, and the key is… somewhere in the catacombs. Perhaps.
Posted by: mindful webworker
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Call a locksmith shop and explain the problem. They *might* be able to look up a number & generate a key for you. Or... come to your home and pick the lock open for you. Make a key for you right there. Or replace the lock. Several possibilities.

Posted by: JQ at January 04, 2026 02:41 PM (rdVOm)

68 Many states make that pretty much impossible.
Posted by: Black JEM at January 04, 2026 02:40 PM (UVyKP)

I know.

Posted by: Reforger at January 04, 2026 02:41 PM (gKsV+)

69 Just the punchline.

Posted by: They stink on ice at January 04, 2026 02:41 PM (2Ez/1)

70 Slap a hot iron on it.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 04, 2026 02:42 PM (EXyHK)

71 Any machine shop could cut a wrap-around plate in 15 minutes.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 04, 2026 02:42 PM (mlg/3)

72 Has your lock been in any movies yet?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 04, 2026 02:43 PM (eq9pm)

73 Any machine shop could cut a wrap-around plate in 15 minutes.
Posted by: weft cut-loop
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There are several styles of pre-made "repair plates" too, available in different finishes, to match your existing hardware.

Posted by: JQ at January 04, 2026 02:44 PM (rdVOm)

74 I'm terrible at video game lockpicking minigames. I don't think I'm cut out to be a thief.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 04, 2026 02:45 PM (3uBP9)

75 Fashion a giant badger.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 04, 2026 02:45 PM (eq9pm)

76 Oh damn! Now, THAT's Sirius! It's time to contact Baldwin's Customer Service / Complaint dept and give them 'what-for!'. Surely they still have the original piece that's needed to do a proper repair job … ? Give 'em hell until they relent and correct their mistake … !

Posted by: Dr_No at January 04, 2026 02:45 PM (ayRl+)

77 Portcullus
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy

I had a bad case of Portcullus once but penicillin cleared it right up.

Well, that, and slapping hot iron to it.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 04, 2026 02:45 PM (cYBz/)

78 Is the Shah coming back? It's good to be King.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 04, 2026 02:48 PM (eq9pm)

79 It's not, surely. And stop calling me Sirius.

Posted by: The lock at January 04, 2026 02:49 PM (2Ez/1)

80 Did not the old escutcheon work with the new cylinder. Cylinders are are pretty standardized. In fact, they are all made in the factory in Chyna now.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 04, 2026 02:51 PM (/lPRQ)

81 Good lock with that.

Posted by: Punz? at January 04, 2026 02:52 PM (2Ez/1)

82 Maybe some really stout caulk?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 04, 2026 02:53 PM (eq9pm)

83 Perhaps you should check out the Lockpicking Lawyer's channel for ideas and recommendations. For example, this more humorous video of his regarding his ex-girlfriend's back door might be enlightening. https://tinyurl.com/7ey47zc9

Posted by: Moron Analyst at January 04, 2026 02:53 PM (ycI94)

84 The Baldwin manufacturing site should be carpet bombed.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin
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Pianos, or locks?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 04, 2026 02:53 PM (XeU6L)

85 Oh damn! Now, THAT's Sirius! It's time to contact Baldwin's Customer Service / Complaint dept and give them 'what-for!'. Surely they still have the original piece that's needed to do a proper repair job … ? Give 'em hell until they relent and correct their mistake … !
Posted by: Dr_No
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Now do that with Microsoft.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 04, 2026 02:55 PM (XeU6L)

86 I'll help
Posted by: Skip at January 04, 2026 02:00 PM

Me too.

Posted by: Fire at January 04, 2026 02:55 PM (jc0TO)

87 Did not the old escutcheon work with the new cylinder.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 04, 2026 02:51 PM (/lPRQ)

Nope! And I assumed that it would. There is a flange on the old one that keeps it from sitting flush.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 04, 2026 02:55 PM (n9ltV)

88 The Baldwin manufacturing site should be carpet bombed.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin
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Pianos, or locks?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 04, 2026 02:53 PM (XeU6L)
-

Both are key manufacturers.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 04, 2026 02:55 PM (Ippjd)

89 Maybe some really stout caulk?
Posted by: Boss Moss
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A judicious consumption of Stout will suppress concern with it at all.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 04, 2026 02:56 PM (XeU6L)

90 England or France?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 04, 2026 02:56 PM (eq9pm)

91 CBD-- if the old escutcheon is damaged or lost, you can still try to get a used replacement from a locksmith shop. The place I worked, kept a "boneyard" of parts from locksets we removed at various jobsites.

Show them the photo! Worth a try, right?

Posted by: JQ at January 04, 2026 02:57 PM (rdVOm)

92 Oh c'mon man. A little filler. A little sanding. A little paint.

Posted by: No one at January 04, 2026 02:58 PM (qFwJc)

93
Both are key manufacturers.
Posted by: Biden's Dog
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A perfect setup, and I missed it.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 04, 2026 02:58 PM (XeU6L)

94 I've kicked in doors and repaired them with caulk. They look good as new. Little plastic scrape tool.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 04, 2026 02:58 PM (eq9pm)

95 Nope! And I assumed that it would. There is a flange on the old one that keeps it from sitting flush.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
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Oops, I missed this.

Still, you may be able to find something that *works* in a locksmith's boneyard. Plenty of newer hardware gets swapped out, in favor of fancier models...

Posted by: JQ at January 04, 2026 02:59 PM (rdVOm)

96 54
'I don't know if the lock can be cracked.

Angle grinder for the win!'

Too slow. Tannerite.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 04, 2026 02:59 PM (fd80v)

97 Dunno CBD, I would look at painting the door after filling up the hole in the upper left with some wood putty.

Unless you want a new door...............:-)

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at January 04, 2026 03:00 PM (QdaMw)

98 Lock puns?
That's a door able.

Posted by: Make it stop at January 04, 2026 03:00 PM (2Ez/1)

99 "CIA"

Let me guess. They are all very patriotic, sincere, intelligent, and have the highest of morals.

Posted by: No one at January 04, 2026 03:01 PM (qFwJc)

100
I'm terrible at video game lockpicking minigames. I don't think I'm cut out to be a thief.
Posted by: banana Dream

I had to support a multi week deployment for an exercise back in '20. I brought three or four training locks and a lock pick set, and let my engineers attempt to learn a new skill. They were all aghast that Technical Fellow Bif could pop them open in under 10 seconds each. "Bif! When/where did you learn this?"

That trip and time period gave me the opportunity to meet Ben Had, Eromero, hogmartin, Cow Horse Queen, and Rancher Bob in people space. Good fun.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 04, 2026 03:01 PM (QVmho)

101 --------

No need to 'stand watch' while the work is done-- just pay with cash and they'll never know who you are or where you live. ...

Posted by: JQ
---

Cash is king.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 04, 2026 03:01 PM (yZU0/)

102 Nope! And I assumed that it would. There is a flange on the old one that keeps it from sitting flush.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Nice.
Must have a really old lock.

But nothing a couple hours with a Dremel couldn't fix.
Or just swing AOP's place and could forge you a new one out of sn old Studebaker wheel.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 04, 2026 03:02 PM (/lPRQ)

103 $1.50/dozen eggs.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 04, 2026 03:03 PM (eq9pm)

104 Ball bearings. It's all ball bearings now.
And some spackle.

Posted by: HogWildforIslam with a side of bacon at January 04, 2026 03:04 PM (Q+twu)

105 Still, you may be able to find something that *works* in a locksmith's boneyard. Plenty of newer hardware gets swapped out, in favor of fancier models...

Posted by: JQ at January 04, 2026 02:59 PM (rdVOm)

Or take off the new one, sand and paint, and then reinstall.

I think I'll just buy a new door.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 04, 2026 03:05 PM (n9ltV)

106 Do they make really badass spackle now?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 04, 2026 03:05 PM (eq9pm)

107 29 years ago was locking up an old house for the last time. Key came apart like it was dry playdough.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 04, 2026 03:06 PM (Kt19C)

108 Fire the person that installed the lock.
A pro would have sanded and painted beforehand.

This installer must have been a real dummy!

Posted by: RI Red at January 04, 2026 03:07 PM (LMRVO)

109 Since we're into this, I have a couple of doors that have squeaky hinges. The question is, after extracting, cleaning pins (and probably the, female portions), what lubricant to use? Both grease and oil will migrate over time, so maybe...But then, there are dry lubricants, PTFE, powdered graphite.

Lithium? Molybdenum disulfide?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 04, 2026 03:07 PM (XeU6L)

110 Pay the extra 2 bucks for the brass key.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 04, 2026 03:07 PM (eq9pm)

111
Fire the person that installed the lock.
A pro would have sanded and painted beforehand.

This installer must have been a real dummy!

Posted by: RI Red

Probably doesn't even like maple syrup. Especially on french toast.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 04, 2026 03:08 PM (QVmho)

112 This installer must have been a real dummy!

Posted by: RI Red at January 04, 2026 03:07 PM (LMRVO)

The same idiot installed the bolt carrier group on my AR-10...upside down!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 04, 2026 03:08 PM (n9ltV)

113 Here's the answer. Of course, the higher the price the nicer the nice.

Door Reinforcement Plate, 1 Set Doors Reinforce Repair for 1-3/8" Thick Door 9" Size Door Knob Lock

Latch Deadbolt Cover Plate Home Security,
Gold

https://tinyurl.com/mtx2fbv9

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 04, 2026 03:08 PM (yZU0/)

114 Do they make really badass spackle now?
Posted by: Boss Moss
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I think Butt Spackle is a product.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 04, 2026 03:09 PM (XeU6L)

115

Lithium? Molybdenum disulfide?
Posted by: Mike Hammer

Powdered graphite. Comes in an itty bitty tube with a needle applicator. I used that stuff exclusively on the locks and doors i maintained in my aprenticeship at the Marriott.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 04, 2026 03:09 PM (QVmho)

116 Just move.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 04, 2026 03:10 PM (eq9pm)

117 It can't hurt to spray lube the cylinder or a few drops of oil on the key every once in awhile

Posted by: Skip at January 04, 2026 03:10 PM (Ia/+0)

118 Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 04, 2026 03:07 PM (XeU6L)

I usually use white lithium grease, or sometimes lithium grease spray if I need it to penetrate a bit.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 04, 2026 03:10 PM (n9ltV)

119
The same idiot installed the bolt carrier group on my AR-10...upside down!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Dang. Does weasel know? This is a rough group to give free ammo like that to. See also croks, garrett, and ace.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 04, 2026 03:11 PM (QVmho)

120 Powdered graphite. Comes in an itty bitty tube with a needle applicator. I used that stuff exclusively on the locks and doors i maintained in my aprenticeship at the Marriott.
Posted by: BifBewalski
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I have it on hand...thus the list of options.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 04, 2026 03:11 PM (XeU6L)

121 Any thoughts on the S&W MP9s?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 04, 2026 03:11 PM (eq9pm)

122 is it called an escutcheon

Ahhh
One of the rivers in Hades and Greek mythology.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 04, 2026 03:11 PM (2WIwB)

123 Is there nothing that damn Trump won't do?

Leonardo DiCaprio was unable to appear at a California awards show on Saturday, January 3, because of the fallout of the U.S. military operation in Venezuela.

DiCaprio, 51, was supposed to accept a Desert Palm Achievement Award for his acclaimed performance in Oscar contender One Battle After Another at the Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala but was unable to travel to the event.

“Leonardo DiCaprio is unable to join us in person tonight due to unexpected travel disruptions and restricted airspace,” a Palm Springs International Film Festival spokesperson confirmed to Us Weekly.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 04, 2026 03:13 PM (L/fGl)

124 Air fryer takes forever to cook bacon. Needs a burner.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 04, 2026 03:13 PM (eq9pm)

125 Actually, I like just saying 'Molybdenum disulfide'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 04, 2026 03:14 PM (XeU6L)

126 Why do you need an escutcheon? Are you showing of your ancestry?

https://is.gd/reMrkB

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 04, 2026 03:14 PM (D7w1V)

127 I don't like people knowing how good I am at lock picking. My dad owned a jewlery store that when I was 7-11 yo. I got dropped off there after school. When I was 8 or so I was bored in the back room so I shut the safe and went to work cartoon style on it with a fisher price stethascope. My brother and I playing thief. About an hour later I was proudly presenting the combo to my dad. He called his co-owner and a new safe was there the next afternoon.
I started young. Combo bycycle locks. Master locks. I never stole anything, just showed people how easy it was. My neighbor had locked hereself out once and I was in in 10 seconds. She about shit.
I've worked as a locksmith twice but always felt like I was ripping people off so I don't do it unless as part of my job. So as to save being ripped off by a locksmith.

Posted by: Reforger at January 04, 2026 03:15 PM (gKsV+)

128 Leonardo DiCaprio was unable to appear at a California awards show on Saturday, January 3, because of the fallout of the U.S. military operation in Venezuela.

DiCaprio, 51, was supposed to accept a Desert Palm Achievement Award for his acclaimed performance in Oscar contender One Battle After Another at the Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala but was unable to travel to the event.

Electric car must not have been able to travel that far. FWP.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 04, 2026 03:15 PM (c115l)

129
It can't hurt to spray lube the cylinder or a few drops of oil on the key every once in awhile
Posted by: Skip

For home use, probably okay. Commercial, like where i used to work, 44 floors on one tower, 42 on the other, each with 25 to 30 rooms.... de-gumming the cylinders, and hinges becomes short term labor intense. Graphite worked lomg term, and required less periodic maintence. Generally the maids would lose a floor master key quicker than the maintence interval of a full year of heavy use.

We'd maintain a complete suite of a full floor's locks, complete with a floor and tower master pre-keyed, with spare keys for the front desk. Then the remove and replace could be knocked out quickly and the new set of spare locks rekeyed overthe next week or so. That's when we would do the graphite maintenance.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 04, 2026 03:16 PM (QVmho)

130 Dang. Does weasel know? This is a rough group to give free ammo like that to. See also croks, garrett, and ace.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 04, 2026 03:11 PM (QVmho)

Bif, I had the pleasure of watching it happen, diagnosing it, and cackling all the way to the gun Thread.
I will say that CBD laughed at it, too.

Posted by: RI Red at January 04, 2026 03:16 PM (LMRVO)

131 Dang. Does weasel know? This is a rough group to give free ammo like that to. See also croks, garrett, and ace.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 04, 2026 03:11 PM (QVmho)

It's actually an interesting story...

On every other BCG I have seen, the bolt cam pin hole is round on one side and eccentric on the other, so the bolt can't be installed upside down so that it ejects the wrong way.

On this BCG, both sides were round!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 04, 2026 03:17 PM (n9ltV)

132
I've worked as a locksmith twice but always felt like I was ripping people off so I don't do it unless as part of my job. So as to save being ripped off by a locksmith.
Posted by: Reforger

This is the way. Why pay when you can do it yourself.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 04, 2026 03:18 PM (QVmho)

133 I'm terrible at video game lockpicking minigames. I don't think I'm cut out to be a thief.
Posted by: banana Dream

You would be surprised how easy it is!

Posted by: Quality Lockickng Center at January 04, 2026 03:18 PM (Y3swt)

134 I've worked as a locksmith twice but always felt like I was ripping people off so I don't do it unless as part of my job.

I locked myself out of my car once, probably back in about 1995. Cost me $75 to have someone come out and unlock it, which they did in less than five minutes. I was very happy to pay them for their skill, and for me, in 1995, that was a lot of money. But I did wonder what the point of locking was after that.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 04, 2026 03:20 PM (EXyHK)

135
On every other BCG I have seen, the bolt cam pin hole is round on one side and eccentric on the other, so the bolt can't be installed upside down so that it ejects the wrong way.
On this BCG, both sides were round!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Palmetto brand? Mine was the same way. Or is it just all the AR-10 bcg are the same? At least i caught it before attatching upper to lower and charging it for a function check.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 04, 2026 03:20 PM (QVmho)

136 Palmetto brand? Mine was the same way. Or is it just all the AR-10 bcg are the same? At least i caught it before attatching upper to lower and charging it for a function check.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 04, 2026 03:20 PM (QVmho)

Bif, mine is also a Palmetto, but the cam hole is eccentric. Maybe they sub out the BCGs?

Posted by: RI Red at January 04, 2026 03:22 PM (LMRVO)

137 Palmetto brand? Mine was the same way. Or is it just all the AR-10 bcg are the same? At least i caught it before attatching upper to lower and charging it for a function check.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 04, 2026 03:20 PM (QVmho)

Bingo! Although I fired the damned thing. It didn't work well.

RI Red...is yours eccentric on one side?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 04, 2026 03:23 PM (n9ltV)

138 -22 degrees just now, was a bit cooler overnight. Gorgeous frost on the trees. The cold has not stopped the squirrels or birds from hitting the feeders like crack pipes. Imma stay in today, thanks.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 04, 2026 03:23 PM (6Bc88)

139 But I did wonder what the point of locking was after that.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 04, 2026 03:20 PM (EXyHK)

Locks just keep honest people honest.

Posted by: Reforger at January 04, 2026 03:23 PM (gKsV+)

140 I do not like self-key locksets.

Posted by: Eromero at January 04, 2026 03:23 PM (Qp4d3)

141 Leonardo DiCaprio was unable to appear at a California awards show on Saturday, January 3, because of the fallout of the U.S. military operation in Venezuela.

Teacher, the war in Venezuela ate my homework.

Posted by: t-bird at January 04, 2026 03:25 PM (BswBb)

142 So, about that global warming…

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 04, 2026 03:25 PM (6Bc88)

143 Thinking hot chocolate or going to cognac early than anticipated

Posted by: Skip at January 04, 2026 03:26 PM (Ia/+0)

144 Fun fact. Louis XVI, beheaded in the French Revolution, was a locksmith hobbyist.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 04, 2026 03:27 PM (L/fGl)

145 filler and paint

Posted by: kilroy at January 04, 2026 03:27 PM (QMNUD)

146 I was really good at picking locks on Skyrim.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 04, 2026 03:27 PM (eq9pm)

147 Locks just keep honest people honest.
Posted by: Reforger at January 04, 2026 03:23 PM (gKsV+)

Yup.
Had the locks.replaced.a.couple.years ago. The guy doing the work was pretty good. This was pretty much his slogan. I asked him how long it would take someone to defeat the locks? About.15 seconds if they know what they are doing. But then he pointed out if its just a thief, he's breaking the window anyway.
Oh well.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 04, 2026 03:27 PM (2WIwB)

148 Thinking hot chocolate or going to cognac early than anticipated

You know, cognac (brandy) is very good in hot chocolate…

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 04, 2026 03:27 PM (EXyHK)

149 Hennessy?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 04, 2026 03:28 PM (eq9pm)

150 Imma stay in today, thanks.
Posted by: tcn in AK
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-22 is a bit chilly.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 04, 2026 03:28 PM (yZU0/)

151 We folks in the South don't lock our doors. We are on the Honer System.

Posted by: Zeke from down the Holler at January 04, 2026 03:28 PM (oftw2)

152 Any thoughts on the S&W MP9s?"

Nice gub. Buddy has newish full and compact size. As with all pistols, try one on for size first...

Posted by: man at January 04, 2026 03:29 PM (XuXeR)

153 Locks just keep honest people honest.
Posted by: Reforger

People are good if they have no other choice.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 04, 2026 03:30 PM (L/fGl)

154 Got a lot of nerve thinking Morons can read or even know what an escutcheon is.

Posted by: Weakly Reader! at January 04, 2026 03:30 PM (oftw2)

155 I hear that the Delta boys who snatched Maduro had “lock picks”. Of the extremely high heat kind.

Posted by: RI Red at January 04, 2026 03:30 PM (LMRVO)

156 Security cameras.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 04, 2026 03:31 PM (eq9pm)

157 155 I hear that the Delta boys who snatched Maduro had “lock picks”. Of the extremely high heat kind.
Posted by: RI Red
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10ga ?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 04, 2026 03:32 PM (yZU0/)

158 Do they have a presidential bodyguard?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 04, 2026 03:32 PM (eq9pm)

159 156 Security cameras.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 04, 2026 03:31 PM (eq9pm)

The kind that put the little red laser dot on the burglar's forehead.

Posted by: Roy at January 04, 2026 03:33 PM (qwype)

160 We have issues with tweakers out here. They have been taking crowbars to mailboxes looking for gift cards and checks. They will try doors, but even they know most folks are handsomely armed out here. We are far enough away from Wasilla that we don’t get much of that crap. We lock things up but if they are serious they would just break a window.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 04, 2026 03:34 PM (6Bc88)

161 10ga ?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 04, 2026 03:32 PM (yZU0/)

Torches/Welders of some sort. President Huge Balls said 47 seconds if they needed them.

Posted by: RI Red at January 04, 2026 03:34 PM (LMRVO)

162 It's too cold out to go camping if the replacement fails.

Move to a rental til spring.

Or a Magic Eraser cleaning.

Posted by: DaveA at January 04, 2026 03:35 PM (FhXTo)

163 Get a tiny house.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 04, 2026 03:35 PM (eq9pm)

164 You guys ever see the McNally Lockpicking guy on YouTube? The best ones are when he shows the packaging that says, unpickable. He continues to open the lock one-handed in seconds while drinking a beer.

Posted by: Orson at January 04, 2026 03:35 PM (dIske)

165 You're lucky Alec Baldwin hasn't driven his Range Rover through your door, so be thankful for this blessing.

Posted by: Billy Crash Craddock at January 04, 2026 03:36 PM (oftw2)

166 Got a lot of nerve thinking Morons can read or even know what an escutcheon is.
Posted by: Weakly Reader!

Immanentize the escutcheon!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 04, 2026 03:37 PM (L/fGl)

167 I have a FWP, but it’s more appropriate for the Food Thread.

Posted by: RI Red at January 04, 2026 03:38 PM (LMRVO)

168 "Don't immanentize the escutcheon" - Eric Voegelin

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 04, 2026 03:38 PM (XeU6L)

169 You guys ever see the McNally Lockpicking guy on YouTube? The best ones are when he shows the packaging that says, unpickable. He continues to open the lock one-handed in seconds while drinking a beer.
Posted by: Orson

He's pretty amazing. I watched him pick an Army Series 200 padlock once. Those things are beyond my skill set.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 04, 2026 03:38 PM (QVmho)

170
Immanentize the escutcheon!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
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I was just a few seconds slow.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 04, 2026 03:39 PM (XeU6L)

171 White Doors are Racist and Supremacist. Go with green.

Posted by: Marilyn Chambers at January 04, 2026 03:39 PM (oftw2)

172 163 Get a tiny house.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 04, 2026 03:35 PM (eq9pm)

Can’t. I have a full sized husband.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 04, 2026 03:39 PM (6Bc88)

173 Husband swears by this product to lubricate locks; it was recommended by our decades-old lockshop in Austin.

https://tinyurl.com/2h9uvay7

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at January 04, 2026 03:40 PM (FEVMW)

174 I locked myself out of my car once, probably back in about 1995. Cost me $75 to have someone come out and unlock it, which they did in less than five minutes. I was very happy to pay them for their skill, and for me, in 1995, that was a lot of money. But I did wonder what the point of locking was after that.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 04, 2026 03:20 PM (EXyHK)
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Working at a convenience store, I've seen a few lock-out situations. The funniest one was the lady who left her Jack Daniels Russell terrier (just acquired) in the car while she ran in for a pack of smokes. I could see the pooch bouncing around in the car. She left, then came back inside cussing up a storm because the dog had locked the doors. People tried to help, and the JDR enjoyed the attention, but after she paid the locksmith, the dog was gone by the next weekend.

Posted by: mrp at January 04, 2026 03:40 PM (rj6Yv)

175 even know what an escutcheon is.

$20, same as in town.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 04, 2026 03:40 PM (Kt19C)

176 In the lunchroom trying to seduce the coffee machine to accept my dollar bill to no avail.

I walks salesman Bob and one of the guy's says give it to Bob he can do it. ??? OK. Bob takes the dollar bill and the machine takes it in no hesitation.

Bob's hobby was close magic. He had hands.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 04, 2026 03:41 PM (yZU0/)

177 Can’t. I have a full sized husband.
Posted by: tcn in AK at January 04, 2026 03:39 PM (6Bc8

Hey, TCN, I’ve met him. I’d say he’s plus-sized!

Posted by: RI Red at January 04, 2026 03:41 PM (LMRVO)

178 He picks locks with aluminum cans.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 04, 2026 03:42 PM (eq9pm)

179 We have issues with tweakers out here.

===
We have zombies. People who are folded over in half "standing" immobile and semi conscious in the middle of the sidewalk.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 04, 2026 03:43 PM (RIvkX)

180 Has Boasberg issued a ruling demanding to restore Maduro back into power yet?

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 04, 2026 03:44 PM (0U5gm)

181 Hey, TCN, I’ve met him. I’d say he’s plus-sized!
Posted by: RI Red at January 04, 2026 03:41 PM (LMRVO)

He speaks fondly of your tutelage, fine sir.😁

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 04, 2026 03:44 PM (6Bc88)

182 Horse tranquilizers like Kensington?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 04, 2026 03:44 PM (eq9pm)

183 Has Boasberg issued a ruling demanding to restore Maduro back into power yet?
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 04, 2026 03:44 PM (0U5gm)

Ha!
Maduro. The only Hispanic the dems want out of the country.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 04, 2026 03:45 PM (2WIwB)

184 I can pick a lock, but am better at picking my nose.

Posted by: Henry Nostrilman at January 04, 2026 03:45 PM (oftw2)

185 We have zombies. People who are folded over in half "standing" immobile and semi conscious in the middle of the sidewalk.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 04, 2026 03:43 PM (RIvkX)

If they did that here they would freeze to death. In this weather, movement is your friend.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 04, 2026 03:46 PM (6Bc88)

186 Does Madura need a visa?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 04, 2026 03:46 PM (eq9pm)

187 One thing the Trump administration did was caught the Marxists flat footed, it was over before they knew of it. Kind of has them peddling for something to go on.

Posted by: Skip at January 04, 2026 03:47 PM (Ia/+0)

188 He speaks fondly of your tutelage, fine sir.😁
Posted by: tcn in AK at January 04, 2026 03:44 PM (6Bc8

But I’m betting he’s not going outside to practice right about now!
It’s been single digit sub-zero here, so neither have I.

Posted by: RI Red at January 04, 2026 03:48 PM (LMRVO)

189 That Super Lube spray dry lubricant is great. It's a PTFE based (Syncolon® powder) and it is superior to others for applications like locks and hinges.

Posted by: pawn at January 04, 2026 03:49 PM (Rmqfl)

190 We have zombies. People who are folded over in half "standing" immobile and semi conscious in the middle of the sidewalk.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 04, 2026 03:43 PM (RIvkX)

I've seen this here in New Orleans. I imaging it's in all bigish cities.

Posted by: javems at January 04, 2026 03:50 PM (8I4hW)

191 Does Madura need a visa?

Posted by: Boss Moss

He already got an American Express

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 04, 2026 03:50 PM (0U5gm)

192 Musicians and lawyers are often good at picking locks for some reason.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 04, 2026 03:51 PM (eq9pm)

193 Does Madura need a visa?
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 04, 2026 03:46 PM (eq9pm)

At the moment, he needs an attorney.

Posted by: mrp at January 04, 2026 03:51 PM (rj6Yv)

194 But I’m betting he’s not going outside to practice right about now!
It’s been single digit sub-zero here, so neither have I.
Posted by: RI Red at January 04, 2026 03:48 PM (LMRVO)

No, but we did shoot NY Eve for a bit. Was only about -5 that afternoon. Just backyard plinking, nothing fancy.

The ranges have heated shelters, but it is still too damned cold.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 04, 2026 03:52 PM (6Bc88)

195 Tranq. Horse Tranquilizers. They take up impossible poses all day long.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 04, 2026 03:52 PM (eq9pm)

196 Thought I remembered Baldwin Lock being somehow related to the former BLH conglomerate, so I looked it up. Practically every lock you ever heard of now belongs to the same one big company, no not the locomotive and piano works, and they're made in Nogales, Mexico. 150 years of brand name distinction got rolled up by the MBA's in one quick lurch, and it all happened close to 30 years ago. I don't think we can blame the kids or the English majors for this one.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at January 04, 2026 03:53 PM (zdLoL)

197 My wife always packed a little can of 3 in 1 oil when traveling. A squeaky hinge would drive her nuts. Especially if you're renting a cottage for a week. She was a keeper.

Posted by: RIP, Darling at January 04, 2026 03:53 PM (oftw2)

198 Immanentize the escutcheon!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
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I was just a few seconds slow.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.

Yeah, it's a fast track.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 04, 2026 03:54 PM (L/fGl)

199 One thing the Trump administration did was caught the Marxists flat footed, it was over before they knew of it. Kind of has them peddling for something to go on.
Posted by: Skip at January 04, 2026 03:47 PM (Ia/+0)
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It takes a dedicated, well-paid agitator to hit the streets for Maduro. My assumption at the moment is that every one who is bleeding his/her heart out for the dictator is on the PRC's payroll, directly or indirectly.

Posted by: mrp at January 04, 2026 03:55 PM (rj6Yv)

200 Learned a new word -- Syncolon = PTFE = Teflon
Anyway

Locked out of F-150. How do they open the door?

First at the top corner they wedge (bend) it open enough to insert a bladder, then pump up the bladder, insert a rod and press the unlock button.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 04, 2026 03:55 PM (yZU0/)

201 So, yesterday evening I sat down to watch a movie. "Lost at Christmas."

Really shitty ending. They should have called it "A Tryst for Christmas" or "A Hook-up for Christmas." Those losers finally find love and walk away from it.

Posted by: No one at January 04, 2026 03:55 PM (qFwJc)

202 No, this is fentanyl induced. You can see it in videos of Portland,

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 04, 2026 03:55 PM (+mUZM)

203 Soo Baldwin for everything they've got!

Posted by: Soo Locks at January 04, 2026 03:56 PM (DsA2n)

204 even know what an escutcheon is.

$20, same as in town.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 04, 2026 03:40 PM (Kt19C)

escutcheon, y repeaton. 4th grade Spanish.

Posted by: LASue at January 04, 2026 03:57 PM (zizoB)

205 Their faces age a decade per year.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 04, 2026 03:57 PM (eq9pm)

206 My wife always packed a little can of 3 in 1 oil when traveling. A squeaky hinge would drive her nuts. Especially if you're renting a cottage for a week. She was a keeper.
Posted by: RIP
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The squeak of a hinge convinces our dog that an ax murderer has entered. Premptive barking follows.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 04, 2026 03:57 PM (XeU6L)

207 186 Does Madura need a visa?
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 04, 2026 03:46 PM (eq9pm)

Or Madur-o needs a vis-o!

Posted by: m at January 04, 2026 03:58 PM (RuTUS)

208 Get cleaned up and upstairs
ITS MOVIE TIME

Posted by: Skip at January 04, 2026 04:01 PM (Ia/+0)

209 I never learned how to speak Mexican.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 04, 2026 04:01 PM (eq9pm)

210 It takes a dedicated, well-paid agitator to hit the streets for Maduro.

Whoever's got those deep pockets, don't forget about that $25 million bounty that you now owe Donald Trump.

Posted by: t-bird at January 04, 2026 04:01 PM (BswBb)

211 Finally, some good winter driving advice.

https://is.gd/yMbZP5

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 04, 2026 04:01 PM (L/fGl)

212 I have a FWP. There's a piece of information I got from the internet, probably pointed to by a Moron, and now that I need it, I can't find it. I have a friend who is competing against H1Bs for a job, and there was a "secret" application website that was known among H1Bs but not Americans. Since the jobs were posted but hidden, companies could claim they weren't getting American applicants and hence were allowed to take H1B employees. But somebody exposed the secret job postings so Americans could have access as well. But, darn it, I don't know where to retrieve that info.

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 04, 2026 04:02 PM (FMtrg)

213 FOOD NOOD

Posted by: Skip at January 04, 2026 04:02 PM (Ia/+0)

214 MBA's in one quick lurch, and it all happened close to 30 years ago. I don't think we can blame the kids or the English majors for this one.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver
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It was the second generation of college profs after the first wave of WWII, GI Bill graduates.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 04, 2026 04:03 PM (yZU0/)

215 My wife always packed a little can of 3 in 1 oil when traveling.

The Paolo, he always have the special extra respect for the beautiful lady who, how do you say, think ahead.

Posted by: The Paolo at January 04, 2026 04:03 PM (8DR9B)

216 The courage CBD shows dealing with the adversities of life is inspiring and soul-stirring.

Posted by: Endeavour To Persevere! at January 04, 2026 04:03 PM (oftw2)

217 But, darn it, I don't know where to retrieve that info.
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous!
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If you don't get an answer try Grok.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 04, 2026 04:05 PM (yZU0/)

218 I thought this was America!

https://is.gd/IBrhBh

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 04, 2026 04:07 PM (L/fGl)

219 Elon Musk @elonmusk

Had a lovely dinner last night with @POTUS and @FLOTUS.

2026 is going to be amazing!

X image: https://bit.ly/3N1Xlao

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 04, 2026 04:23 PM (P5BPp)

220 I think you just need to paint your door, CBD.

Posted by: Ralph at January 04, 2026 04:45 PM (8WZD4)

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