First World Problems [Doof]

That's a 24 inch linear shower drain. It's in the master bathroom (yes, I still use that term) of the house I'm currently renting. That's only relevant to convey that this was NOT a drain setup that I intentionally chose. Sure, it's a clean finished look to match the stone of the shower floor. But it is a pain in the ass to maintain.

What's so difficult about it? I'm glad you asked!

The actual drain part below that 24" x 3" slab is only 1.5 or 2 inches in diameter. That little basket sits in the drain. If anyone with even a moderate amount of hair on their head (obviously not referring to myself here) uses the shower regularly, the basket fills up with hair seemingly every other day. Water doesn't drain well through hair, so the shower floor becomes a lake of soapy water.

The slab is heavy. I think it's concrete with stones grouted (or whatever the term is) over it. That little tool next to the basket is what you use to lift it up. It also can be used to grab the wad of hair in the basket. The slab itself is clunky and slippery! Careful where your fingers are if it slips out of your other hand or tips over when titled up on the shower floor (ask me how I know). There are 4 little plastic clips underneath of the slab that hold it in place and keep it flush with the shower floor. Guess what? Those clips like to collect hair, too!

I've tried just letting the hair go down the drain without the basket. It makes a little bit of difference as far as the intervals between clearing the drain. But the clips still collect hair, and then what appears to be a small hairy rodent is trapped in the drain.

Since this isn't my house, I can't tear up the shower floor and redo it. But I am certain that I will NEVER have a set up like this in any house I own. Give me the ugly 4 inch drain plate in the middle of the shower floor any day!

Posted by: Open Blogger at 02:00 PM

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1 1ith

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

2 w4tgvg4w w4ggvw44

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 02, 2026 02:01 PM (mmrXZ)

3
Skip, Skip, Skip. What are we going to do with you?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 02, 2026 02:02 PM (mmrXZ)

4 "Since this isn't my house, I can't tear up the shower floor and redo it."

Wrong, its not your house but if say in 1 hour you decide to tear it up who is going to stop you?

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

5 I like these household issues

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

6
Give me clunky classic easily-maintained fixtures over sleek modern pain in the ass ones any day. I have no aesthetic sense anyway.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 02, 2026 02:04 PM (O0L8i)

7
w4tgvg4w w4ggvw44

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 02, 2026 02:01 PM (mmrXZ)

__________

*grabs rifle*
*heads out*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 02, 2026 02:05 PM (O0L8i)

8 I've stayed in some high-end places that do it better. The drain is actually old school. You build up the tile, or stone, or whatever, and have a great big blind gap where the water flows. Big enough where you can still use a Zip Strip or something else to retrieve hair. And its always hair, and my cat doesn't sneak in there and shower ... who could it be ?

So its just a one course higher toe stubber, but if done with good materials it looks really good. How they make that final connection under the masonry or tile I do not know. But it looks classy as Hell. And if you're so drunk you stub your toe ? Oh well.

Posted by: Howdy at August 02, 2026 02:05 PM (CxvtJ)

9 You know, the water drains better if there's something like, oh maybe a hole, for the water to go down.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero 43) at August 02, 2026 02:05 PM (T5NEI)

10
Shower? What's that?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 02, 2026 02:05 PM (O0L8i)

11 >>>tips over when titled up

tilted

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 02:06 PM (odBC9)

12 That's a 24 inch linear shower drain.

You just think it's a shower drain. It's actually a portal to another dimension through which the Kaiju come.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 02, 2026 02:06 PM (Riz8t)

13 >>>tips over

Like Guam.

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 02:06 PM (odBC9)

14 I would get permission before I would burn a rental unit down to the foundation to get rid of that drain.

Your local police authority may frown upon 1st degree aggravated arson but then again, maybe not!

Posted by: Will Robinson at August 02, 2026 02:06 PM (zBgIx)

15
I've never seen one of those things. My fwp right now is the dust in my laptop. They make little vacuums for computers, but they're not strong enough to get anything out.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 02, 2026 02:06 PM (mmrXZ)

16 5 I like these household issues
Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2026 02:03 PM (Ia/+0)

me, too

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 02:07 PM (odBC9)

17 You should see some modern sinks used in offices, doubt some you would want in the house

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2026 02:07 PM (Ia/+0)

18 Doof, have you tried showering with Liquid Plumber Body Wash?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 02, 2026 02:07 PM (DGD6U)

19 11 >>>tips over when titled up

tilted
Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 02:06 PM (odBC9)

------------

*phew*

Posted by: Enguerrand VII de Coucy at August 02, 2026 02:08 PM (T5NEI)

20
w4tgvg4w w4ggvw44

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 02, 2026 02:01 PM (mmrXZ)

__________

*grabs rifle*
*heads out*
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

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

You guys never fail me. lolol

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 02, 2026 02:08 PM (mmrXZ)

21 I have an old fashioned tub drain that actually collects most hair on top. Swipe it with a rag after showering to get the hair and lint. No need to mess with a basket. I almost always just shower in it. I was going to do an epsom salt soak a couple months ago and the inline plug would work. So I looked at the push to seal replacements but most all of them have a basket to collect hair. "just rinse the hair out" Sure wu, like I want to have my sink get all that hair, or have to go outside to the hydrant to rinse it out. I started to type sure Jack, but these are Chinese products.

Posted by: PaleRider at August 02, 2026 02:09 PM (PV+Zw)

22 First world problems demand first world solutions!

https://tinyurl.com/yr98j9jz

Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 02:09 PM (pZEOD)

23 Argh. inline plug would NOT work.

Posted by: PaleRider at August 02, 2026 02:09 PM (PV+Zw)

24 And if you're so drunk you stub your toe ? Oh well.
Posted by: Howdy
__________

Drunk showers are a thing?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 02, 2026 02:11 PM (XvL8K)

25 That is one ugly shower floor. Looks like a microphotograph of a bacillus culture. And a stupid design for a drain.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 02, 2026 02:11 PM (1z8ji)

26 I would be tempted to just leave the strip of concrete and stone pulled up in that rental shower if the edges of the drain were not too sharp and uncomfortable on the feet.

Posted by: PaleRider at August 02, 2026 02:11 PM (PV+Zw)

27 >>>tips over when titled up

tilted
Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 02:06 PM (odBC9)

Nope - not gonna change it!

Posted by: Doof at August 02, 2026 02:11 PM (QMAsf)

28 Every month I pull a wad of my wife's hair out of the shower drain and put on a napkin, then set it at her place at the table. It looks like something the cats bring us.

It's a tribute.

My wife thinks otherwise.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 02, 2026 02:11 PM (2Cry5)

29 22 First world problems demand first world solutions!

https://tinyurl.com/yr98j9jz
Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 02:09 PM (pZEOD)

Have you used that, Piper?

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 02:12 PM (odBC9)

30 27 >>>tips over when titled up

tilted
Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 02:06 PM (odBC9)

Nope - not gonna change it!
Posted by: Doof at August 02, 2026 02:11 PM (QMAsf)

; )

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 02:12 PM (odBC9)

31 Drunk showers are a thing?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 02, 2026 02:11 PM (XvL8K)

Sure as shit are when I'm the one taking a shower.

Minimum levels are Breakfast, At Work, or Buzzed. After work if I need to shower ? Its at least Buzzed.

Posted by: Howdy at August 02, 2026 02:14 PM (CxvtJ)

32 First world problems demand first world solutions!

https://tinyurl.com/yr98j9jz
Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 02:09 PM (pZEOD)

That may have put you back in the running for employee of the month!

Posted by: Doof at August 02, 2026 02:14 PM (QMAsf)

33 29 22 First world problems demand first world solutions!

https://tinyurl.com/yr98j9jz
Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 02:09 PM (pZEOD)

Have you used that, Piper?
Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 02:12 PM

No, I don’t have a shower drain like that. I do have a hair catcher thing over our drain because I have a lot of hair, though.

Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 02:14 PM (pZEOD)

34 I started to type sure Jack, but these are Chinese products.
Posted by: PaleRider at August 02, 2026 02:09 PM (PV+Zw)
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The Chinaman is not the issue here!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 02, 2026 02:14 PM (amcLV)

35 Recently got at Lowes what looks like 2 very large zip ties but has barbs on them, theory being shoved down drain and pulled back up the barbs grab hair and soap muck.
Only used once but at least cleared the clog.

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2026 02:15 PM (Ia/+0)

36 32 First world problems demand first world solutions!

https://tinyurl.com/yr98j9jz
Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 02:09 PM (pZEOD)

That may have put you back in the running for employee of the month!

Posted by: Doof at August 02, 2026 02:14 PM

I can’t wait for my bonus this year!

Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 02:16 PM (pZEOD)

37 35 Recently got at Lowes what looks like 2 very large zip ties but has barbs on them, theory being shoved down drain and pulled back up the barbs grab hair and soap muck.
Only used once but at least cleared the clog.
Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2026 02:15 PM (Ia/+0)

I like that idea!

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 02:16 PM (odBC9)

38 First world problems demand first world solutions!

A lack of adhesive ducks is responsible for many household injuries.

Posted by: Dr. Sheldon Cooper at August 02, 2026 02:16 PM (Riz8t)

39 Been reading out on deck all afternoon waiting for rain as have laundry on clothes line.
Its getting close

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2026 02:16 PM (Ia/+0)

40 Yeah, I'm sure the Chinese merchants did not invent the hair catcher basket under the mushroom drain plug. But its Chinese product descriptions telling me I can easily rinse out the basket - which exists to keep the hair from clogging up the actual plumbing pipes.

Posted by: PaleRider at August 02, 2026 02:17 PM (PV+Zw)

41 m less than 5 bucks

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2026 02:17 PM (Ia/+0)

42 Mrs B has longish hair, mine is longer than hers. Every few months I'm pulling a racoon tail out of the drain. This house, the old house, doesn't matter. Every few months I get the warning "the shower is clogged". I just went through it a few days ago.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 02, 2026 02:17 PM (S41Gd)

43 Recently got at Lowes what looks like 2 very large zip ties but has barbs on them, theory being shoved down drain and pulled back up the barbs grab hair and soap muck.

EXACLTY what I'm calling a Zip Strip. They work. Don't use one until 30 minutes after eating.

Mine always pull up a bunch of jet black hair. Some very long. Other really short and curly. I'm brown headed - what's left.

It's a damn mystery, whose clogging up that shower.

Posted by: Howdy at August 02, 2026 02:17 PM (CxvtJ)

44 The DNC has gone full Ernst Stavro Blofeld.

https://tinyurl.com/5y9jahxp

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 02, 2026 02:18 PM (ndZc7)

45 This time of the year I just shower in the wash rack

Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 02:18 PM (abScH)

46 22 First world problems demand first world solutions!

https://tinyurl.com/yr98j9jz

Posted by: Piper
----

Alternate answer for the rectangle (it's a match!) bottom rt of the same page.

https://tinyurl.com/sr7ewz87

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 02, 2026 02:18 PM (+yTe/)

47 >>Recently got at Lowes what looks like 2 very large zip ties but has barbs on them

Called a plastic drain snake

Posted by: one hour sober at August 02, 2026 02:19 PM (J4Dwc)

48 When I was teaching in South Korea, I was in a small 500 ft apartment.

The bathroom had a drain in the middle and you just showered there. Different.

Still raining heavily. I wish my friends cat was here. Most days she's here at this time for a 5 or 6 hour nap. Outside then back to sleep with the dog and I.

But not in a perverted Democrat 2027 campaign platform way.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 02, 2026 02:19 PM (Sco7b)

49 That little tool next to the basket is what you use to lift it up.

That little tool looks exactly like the tool that came with my bread machine, to remove the two paddles from the bread if they stay in the bread.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 02, 2026 02:19 PM (kYmoU)

50 46 22 First world problems demand first world solutions!

https://tinyurl.com/yr98j9jz

Posted by: Piper
----

Alternate answer for the rectangle (it's a match!) bottom rt of the same page.

https://tinyurl.com/sr7ewz87

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others

We are truly out here doing the Lord’s work. High-five!

Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 02:19 PM (pZEOD)

51 The DNC has gone full Ernst Stavro Blofeld.

https://tinyurl.com/5y9jahxp

Flamboyant gaywad says what?

Posted by: Archimedes at August 02, 2026 02:20 PM (Riz8t)

52 We never think about how it has to be maintained.

Posted by: People who design stuff at August 02, 2026 02:21 PM (2Ez/1)

53 The DNC has gone full Ernst Stavro Blofeld.

I love that this douche decries the "negativity" in today's politics and then calls out that "motherf***er Trump". I'm sure he meant it in a positive way, though.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 02, 2026 02:22 PM (Riz8t)

54 Alternate answer for the rectangle (it's a match!) bottom rt of the same page.

https://tinyurl.com/sr7ewz87

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others

That's essentially what's already there.

Posted by: Doof at August 02, 2026 02:22 PM (QMAsf)

55 'er's one with oles init

cheaper too

https://tinyurl.com/uxu37e8p

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 02, 2026 02:22 PM (+yTe/)

56 Round is easier to clean too.

Posted by: DaveA at August 02, 2026 02:22 PM (FhXTo)

57 w4tgvg4w w4ggvw44
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Depictions of two of the plastic-clip hairballs?

Posted by: mikeski at August 02, 2026 02:23 PM (VHUov)

58 'er's one with oles init

cheaper too

https://tinyurl.com/uxu37e8p

All of these problems would disappear if you people would just forego the shower and hose yourselves off in the yard.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 02, 2026 02:23 PM (Riz8t)

59 All of these problems would disappear if you people would just forego the shower and hose yourselves off in the yard.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 02, 2026 02:23 PM (Riz8t)

Or go with my hairstyle

Posted by: Doof at August 02, 2026 02:24 PM (QMAsf)

60 Spanish Socialist Leader Sánchez Blasts Fellow EU Leaders as “Selfish” over Response to Ceuta Migrant Invasion

-
Well, that's a winning argument.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 02, 2026 02:28 PM (ndZc7)

61 I wish I had enough hair left to clog any drain.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 02, 2026 02:28 PM (JvZF+)

62 Spanish Socialist Leader Sánchez Tells Fellow EU Leaders to "Calm Down!"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 02, 2026 02:29 PM (JvZF+)

63 “Luck? I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else: hard work—and realizing what is opportunity and what isn't.”—Lucille Ball

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 02, 2026 02:29 PM (kYmoU)

64 60 Spanish Socialist Leader Sánchez Blasts Fellow EU Leaders as “Selfish” over Response to Ceuta Migrant Invasion
---

He wrote a letter to Brussels
and bitched about his strife

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 02, 2026 02:29 PM (+yTe/)

65 I can’t wait for my bonus this year!
Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 02:16 PM (pZEOD)

Coupon entitling you to one free restroom token with every 3 purchased

Posted by: Doof at August 02, 2026 02:31 PM (QMAsf)

66 "Master bedroom." I used that term with my cow worker once when she described her renovation project. She nearly had an aneurysm, as if I had said "Gran Wizard Bedroom." Btw, her name was Karen.

Posted by: fly gal at August 02, 2026 02:31 PM (aOxVF)

67 That's not a first world problem, that's a retard design.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 02, 2026 02:31 PM (8E0Ba)

68
master bedroom
noun
the main or largest bedroom in a house or apartment: the master bedroom overlooks the communal garden, as do the bathroom and kitchen.

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 02:32 PM (odBC9)

69 All of these problems would disappear if you people would just forego the shower and hose yourselves off in the yard.
Posted by: Archimedes

The front yard, to keep it classy

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at August 02, 2026 02:32 PM (Pm0eT)

70 That's not a first world problem, that's a retard design.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 02, 2026 02:31 PM (8E0Ba)

The retard design is the inferred part of the FWP

Posted by: Doof at August 02, 2026 02:33 PM (QMAsf)

71 If one is not concerned about 'looks', that shower has a 2" drain pipe, most all of them do. There are work arounds.

If the drain cup is collecting that much hair it may be saving you the cost of several plumber trips.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 02, 2026 02:34 PM (+yTe/)

72 >>It's actually a portal to another dimension through which the Kaiju come.

First read that as 'Saijo' and wondered if Soup had become multidimensional.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 02, 2026 02:34 PM (NcvvS)

73 You've got hair in your drain? Well, there's your problem.

Posted by: Rep. Ayanna Pressley at August 02, 2026 02:34 PM (B0NCh)

74
Would "mistress bedroom" be better?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 02, 2026 02:35 PM (O0L8i)

75 He wrote a letter to Brussels
and bitched about his strife

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 02, 2026 02:29 PM (+yTe/)

Sent a copy to his lawyer?
Memo heading: FML?

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 02, 2026 02:35 PM (nbLIj)

76 But, but...it's such an elegant design! Why, it could be a display at MoMA!

Posted by: Modernists at August 02, 2026 02:35 PM (XeU6L)

77 >>>the master bedroom overlooks the communal garden
---

Fuck that, this isn't Britain.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 02, 2026 02:36 PM (+yTe/)

78 "Communal garden." What could possibly go wrong?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 02, 2026 02:37 PM (T5NEI)

79 72 >>It's actually a portal to another dimension through which the Kaiju come.

First read that as 'Saijo' and wondered if Soup had become multidimensional.
Posted by: Nazdar at August 02, 2026 02:34 PM (NcvvS)

Soup’s body size is very deceptive as to the amount of hair it is capable of generating. I am glad he gets monthly spa days and I don’t have to bathe him. The tub would be a disaster.

Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 02:38 PM (Wmg4n)

80 I suppose installing the slots so you can use the Lewis wedges for lifting that block more easily is out. Perhaps you could just remove the block and put in a stainless perforated grate that would fill the hole, and act as a pre-filter for hair?
It wouldn't change anything permanently and would be easier to scrap clean, with the lower filter basket in place to keep even more out of the drain.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 02, 2026 02:38 PM (rbvCR)

81 74
Would "mistress bedroom" be better?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
--

If one were a faggot.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 02, 2026 02:38 PM (+yTe/)

82 can you still say jack and jill bathroom or could that be offensive to jacks who think theyre jills etc and other tranny nonsense

Posted by: nckate at August 02, 2026 02:39 PM (enNUy)

83 Primary bedroom, scoldy superblow commercials, all commercials black or absurdly mixed-race, tearing down statues. All this bullshit started about what, 2020? Fuckers are rewriting history and revising English more brazenly than ever.

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at August 02, 2026 02:40 PM (lgI1T)

84 Selfish? If so ship some Muslims to them.

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2026 02:40 PM (Ia/+0)

85 83 Primary bedroom, scoldy superblow commercials, all commercials black or absurdly mixed-race, tearing down statues. All this bullshit started about what, 2020? Fuckers are rewriting history and revising English more brazenly than ever.
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at August 02, 2026 02:40 PM (lgI1T)

Glad we kicked them out.

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 02:40 PM (odBC9)

86 Kangz bedroom

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 02, 2026 02:41 PM (Cqx++)

87 ; )
Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 02:12 PM (odBC9)

He is M-titled!

Posted by: Kindltot at August 02, 2026 02:41 PM (rbvCR)

88 85 83 Primary bedroom, scoldy superblow commercials, all commercials black or absurdly mixed-race, tearing down statues. All this bullshit started about what, 2020? Fuckers are rewriting history and revising English more brazenly than ever.
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at August 02, 2026 02:40 PM (lgI1T)

Glad we kicked them out.
Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 02:40 PM (odBC9)

(the English)

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 02:41 PM (odBC9)

89 It wouldn't change anything permanently and would be easier to scrap clean, with the lower filter basket in place to keep even more out of the drain.

Posted by: Kindltot
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Cut a 2X6 to size, cut a 2" hole at the drain pipe and put a round grill over it.
_a redneck

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 02, 2026 02:42 PM (+yTe/)

90 >>Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 02:38 PM (Wmg4n)

Wife bathes her("our") chubby Chorkie in the bathroom sink. Thankfully, the pup does not generate a lot of hair.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 02, 2026 02:42 PM (NcvvS)

91 87 ; )
Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 02:12 PM (odBC9)

He is M-titled!
Posted by: Kindltot at August 02, 2026 02:41 PM (rbvCR)

Maybe he meant "tittled."

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 02:42 PM (odBC9)

92 >>The retard design is the inferred part of the FWP

Posted by: Doof at August

>FWP: I would slip on that shit and do a face plant. These showers are tricky.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 02, 2026 02:42 PM (8E0Ba)

93 Have everyone who uses the shower shave their heads, and get a complete Brazilian body wax before using.

Problem solved.

Posted by: HordeSource (tm) at August 02, 2026 02:43 PM (0sNs1)

94 It's a rental. Burn it down and make the landlord start over.

Posted by: Reforger at August 02, 2026 02:43 PM (zhLil)

95 Sony is demanding I sign in to my account periodically or it won't let us use the good old PS4. I thought I solved the problem by not allowing the console to connect to the internet, but evidently a timer was downloaded with the last, unexpected update in June. I don't want to pay a subscription fee to play Blurays or old games.

I have too much inherited stuff and curating has tough. Of particular interest to 'Ettes, I culled jewelry - my own as well as inherited from four relatives - down to four boxes and a table/top rack.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at August 02, 2026 02:44 PM (Eh8hH)

96 The interwebs say "master bedroom" first appeared in a 1920s Sears catalogue.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 02, 2026 02:45 PM (XvL8K)

97 I too have a lot of hair and those drain zippers bring up shoggoth-sized hair wads. Fascinatingly disgusting.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 02, 2026 02:46 PM (kpS4V)

98 adjective
1 having or showing very great skill or proficiency: a heart-warming story from a master storyteller.
• denoting a person skilled in a particular trade and able to teach others: a master bricklayer.
2 main; principal: the apartment's master bathroom has a free-standing oval bathtub.

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 02:47 PM (odBC9)

99 Primary bedroom, scoldy superblow commercials, all commercials black or absurdly mixed-race, tearing down statues. All this bullshit started about what, 2020? Fuckers are rewriting history and revising English more brazenly than ever.
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at August 02, 2026 02:40 PM (lgI1T)

Started about 2012. Also,

Wall Street Apes
@WallStreetApes
7h
WOAH 🚨 Secretary of State Marco Rubio CONFIRMS they have evidence that the mass protesters that come out for different protests like Anti-ICE, pro-Hamas and even the 2020 protests ARE ALL THE SAME PROTEST GROUPS

“There's nothing organic about it. It is funded, it is organized.” They just remake signs for each different protest

“They were the same people you saw on the streets burning things in 2020. They then flip it around and they become the pro-Hamas protesters, then they flip it around and within 48 hours of Maduro's arrest have pre-printed signs outside the courthouse demanding his release. Then they're out there doing the ICE stuff, attacking ICE agents.

There's nothing organic about it. It is funded, it is organized, and Cuba is a part of that network, and in some cases, a critical part of that [ . . .]

Posted by: Kindltot at August 02, 2026 02:48 PM (rbvCR)

100 100

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 02:48 PM (odBC9)

101 Maybe he meant "tittled."
Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 02:42 PM (odBC9)

You have tits?

Posted by: Kindltot at August 02, 2026 02:49 PM (rbvCR)

102 This time of the year I just shower in the wash rack
Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 02:18 PM (abScH

You know the rules, BH!

Posted by: RI Red - at August 02, 2026 02:49 PM (30Gj0)

103 It's a rental. Burn it down and make the landlord start over.
Posted by: Reforger at August 02, 2026 02:43 PM (zhLil)

It's a great house for our needs. Backs up to woods and has an awesome screened-in porch. Sitting out there listening to rain and birds right now. It'll likely be my last address in MD as I will definitely not be buying another house here ever.

Posted by: Doof at August 02, 2026 02:49 PM (QMAsf)

104 I can't think of any reason to have a drain like that. I put sticky disposable screens on the drain to collect long hair. I also dustmop the bedrooms at least once a week. It's like Shetland ponies live here.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at August 02, 2026 02:50 PM (Eh8hH)

105 Spaniards Horrified To See Their Country Turning Into Minnesota

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From the Bee.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 02, 2026 02:50 PM (ndZc7)

106 90 >>Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 02:38 PM (Wmg4n)

Wife bathes her("our") chubby Chorkie in the bathroom sink. Thankfully, the pup does not generate a lot of hair.
Posted by: Nazdar at August 02, 2026 02:42 PM (NcvvS)

Saijo is bigger than a sink dog, at his very intimidating 25 pounds. 🤣

Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 02:50 PM (Wmg4n)

107 Saijo is bigger than a sink dog, at his very intimidating 25 pounds. 🤣
Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 02:50 PM (Wmg4n)

That is not really impressive. I have a cat who is 23 lbs.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 02, 2026 02:51 PM (rbvCR)

108 This time of the year I just shower in the wash rack
Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2026 02:18 PM

I'm always here for you, you know.

Posted by: The Horse Trailer at August 02, 2026 02:52 PM (0sNs1)

109 I think bathing my 23 lbs cat would be a task. He is a softy and a chonker, but I think he might be able to outfight me.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 02, 2026 02:54 PM (rbvCR)

110 “There's nothing organic about it. It is funded, it is organized.” They just remake signs for each different protest
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Gee, if only there were black-letter federal laws against such things. Oh well.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 02, 2026 02:54 PM (McFGI)

111 My dog Ralphy is still alive.

Last Sunday I was thinking I'd have to put him to sleep but the vet increased the dosage of his pain pills and he's good as new.

People come by and he shows an insane amount of life for being 105. 15 this month. He's a rescue dog so that's the best I have. And he loved and adored my late mother, stood by her every minute so he's getting that same amount of love.

I'm in a two level split. Ralphy is fine in and out of the house where there are two stairs and he has a running jump. But 44 pound puppy gets lifted and carried up and down the stairs in the house. I have gates blocking stairs because he gets a "Hey, Check this out!" look in his eyes.

It's a bit tiring since he wants to be with me all the time. But we've been finding balance. A lot of carrying but that's alright.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 02, 2026 02:54 PM (Sco7b)

112 104 I can't think of any reason to have a drain like that. I put sticky disposable screens on the drain to collect long hair. I also dustmop the bedrooms at least once a week. It's like Shetland ponies live here.
Posted by: NaughtyPine at August 02, 2026 02:50 PM (Eh8hH)

hahahahahaha

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 02:55 PM (odBC9)

113 >>Saijo is bigger than a sink dog, at his very intimidating 25 pounds. 🤣

Sassy (the name certainly fits) is, according to the vet last week, 'a 9 pound dog on a 7 pound frame'. She is now on a diet.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 02, 2026 02:56 PM (NcvvS)

114 Oh, I called the vets office to tell them Ralphy is doing great on the pills.

And his middle name is now Lazarus.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 02, 2026 02:57 PM (Sco7b)

115 >>Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 02, 2026 02:54 PM (Sco7b)

Great to see this, Stateless!

Posted by: Nazdar at August 02, 2026 02:57 PM (NcvvS)

116 07 Saijo is bigger than a sink dog, at his very intimidating 25 pounds. 🤣
Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 02:50 PM (Wmg4n)

That is not really impressive. I have a cat who is 23 lbs.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 02, 2026 02:51 PM (rbvCR

So do I! 2 of them, I have Savannahs, remember? I Shibas are only big in their minds.

Posted by: Piper at August 02, 2026 02:58 PM (OoFl2)

117 >>So do I! 2 of them, I have Savannahs, remember? I Shibas are only big in their minds.

Chorkies, similar.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 02, 2026 02:58 PM (NcvvS)

118 44 The DNC has gone full Ernst Stavro Blofeld.

https://tinyurl.com/5y9jahxp
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at August 02, 2026 02:18 PM (ndZc7)

I had to google Ernst Blofeld and lo and behold it was Blythe the Forger from The Great Escape. Him I know, Blofeld not so much.

Posted by: TxAnn at August 02, 2026 02:59 PM (SjAWL)

119 Damn. I missed the post this morning about the unemployed weasel of the welfare state.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 02, 2026 02:59 PM (T5NEI)

120 And his middle name is now Lazarus.
Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 02, 2026 02:57 PM (Sco7b)

Aww! I hope he keeps going as long as he likes.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at August 02, 2026 03:00 PM (Eh8hH)

121
I think bathing my 23 lbs cat would be a task. He is a softy and a chonker, but I think he might be able to outfight me.
Posted by: Kindltot

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What?! Has this creature been shown on the pet thread? I must see the 23-pound cat.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 02, 2026 03:00 PM (mmrXZ)

122 If the DNC thinks it's not getting favorable press from the lickspittle MSM, I don't know what to say...

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 02, 2026 03:00 PM (B0NCh)

123 Watching RFK jr verbally smack Dana Bash around was a thing of beauty. Not enough people treat the propaganda ministers like they be treated, like shit

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 02, 2026 03:00 PM (BFvh9)

124 I had to google Ernst Blofeld and lo and behold it was Blythe the Forger from The Great Escape. Him I know, Blofeld not so much.
Posted by: TxAnn at August 02, 2026 02:59 PM (SjAWL

My lawn. You may depart.

Posted by: RI Red - at August 02, 2026 03:00 PM (30Gj0)

125 96 The interwebs say "master bedroom" first appeared in a 1920s Sears catalogue.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 02, 2026 02:45 PM (XvL8K)

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Before that they called it the Oberseer's Bedroom.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 02, 2026 03:01 PM (T5NEI)

126 Yay!

My friends cat Snowflake was meowing by the door.

It's still raining, I dried her up, seh's in my bedroom now. Ralpjy's friend is here!

I hope all of you have a very happy week!

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 02, 2026 03:02 PM (Sco7b)

127 123 Watching RFK jr verbally smack Dana Bash around was a thing of beauty. Not enough people treat the propaganda ministers like they be treated, like shit
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 02, 2026 03:00 PM (BFvh9)

She was so rude.

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 03:02 PM (odBC9)

128 >>I had to google Ernst Blofeld and lo and behold it was Blythe the Forger from The Great Escape. Him I know, Blofeld not so much.

6 different actors have done Blofeld in the flicks. Did not recall that Telly Savalas was one of them.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 02, 2026 03:03 PM (NcvvS)

129 She was so rude.
Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 03:02 PM (odBC9)

Fauci's diary was revelatory in multiple ways....

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 02, 2026 03:03 PM (B0NCh)

130 N. GA mountain cabin owned by a friend. No well. 'Shower' was a suspended, perforated bucket which hung over an open 4'x4' platform down the mountain from a spring-fed pool. The bucket was fed by a hose. Mind you, this was just in open wooded mountainside. I recall dancing around under the thing, freezing damn cold.

Posted by: Modernists at August 02, 2026 03:04 PM (XeU6L)

131 What?! Has this creature been shown on the pet thread? I must see the 23-pound cat.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 02, 2026 03:00 PM (mmrXZ)

I have a picture of my wife holding him. The cat is 1/5th her weight and has a panicked look in his eyes

Posted by: Kindltot at August 02, 2026 03:05 PM (rbvCR)

132 Black cats do not photograph well

Posted by: Kindltot at August 02, 2026 03:06 PM (rbvCR)

133 127 123 Watching RFK jr verbally smack Dana Bash around was a thing of beauty. Not enough people treat the propaganda ministers like they be treated, like shit
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 02, 2026 03:00 PM (BFvh9)

She was so rude.
Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 03:02 PM (odBC9)

Right after I watched it, I saw a years'-old clip of Peter Robinson interviewing Mark Steyn. Dana Bash could take some lessons from Peter Robinson.

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 03:07 PM (odBC9)

134 127 123 Watching RFK jr verbally smack Dana Bash around was a thing of beauty. Not enough people treat the propaganda ministers like they be treated, like shit
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 02, 2026 03:00 PM (BFvh9)

She was so rude.

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 03:02

I think I'd suck at politics.

With every sentence, me calling subhumans like her 'stupid bitch would make for a short career.

And after being barred from restaurants, travel, education, etc during covid, I get to freely use the n word.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 02, 2026 03:07 PM (Sco7b)

135 Dana Bash and Margaret Brennan are "Journalism" the same way Tony Fauci is "Science."

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 02, 2026 03:09 PM (B0NCh)

136 Every month I pull a wad of my wife's hair out of the shower drain and put on a napkin, then set it at her place at the table. It looks like something the cats bring us.
It's a tribute.
My wife thinks otherwise.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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If I pulled that stunt, my wife would probably appear at the dinner table looking like Ayanna Pressley, albeit with much less melanin. I married a girl with baby-fine red hair to her waist. To keep me happy she does keep it (now baby-fine silver) shoulder length. We use different showers, so the blob in my shower is my own damned fault.

Posted by: buddhaha at August 02, 2026 03:09 PM (Lmo2r)

137 > Watching RFK jr verbally smack Dana Bash around was a thing of beauty. Not enough people treat the propaganda ministers like they be treated, like shit
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A lot of the propaganda ministers feel unencumbered by decorum and treat administrative officials with disdain. Bash is particularly obnoxious. So's what's her name that aggravated Trump so much he up and left the interview.

They feel there'll be no recriminations for being belligerent. They're correct.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 02, 2026 03:10 PM (2Cry5)

138 I think I'd suck at politics. With every sentence, me calling subhumans like her 'stupid bitch would make for a short career.

I've never made a political contribution in my life.

You'd be my first. I'm in for a hundy. Not a handy, a hundy.

Posted by: Howdy at August 02, 2026 03:11 PM (Hsef8)

139 When I was teaching in South Korea, I was in a small 500 ft apartment.
The bathroom had a drain in the middle and you just showered there. Different.
Posted by: Stateless
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In RV land, that's referred to as a "wet bath".

Did you have the rectangular porcelain hole in the floor with molded in footprints?

Posted by: buddhaha at August 02, 2026 03:13 PM (Lmo2r)

140 Speaking of plumbing, my wellhead fixture corroded off and water was gushing everywhere in my backyard. Well guys just finished the repair and water is back on. Interesting living for a time with no running water.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at August 02, 2026 03:14 PM (YcOeP)

141

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 03:18 PM (odBC9)

142 oops

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 03:18 PM (odBC9)

143 The inside of the drain should be black … that way it looks like money drop at a bank. But yeah, you're right - the simple 4" drain works just as well and has the added benefit of being WAY cheaper (okay, maybe 'less fashionista', but WGAF?) …

Posted by: Dr_No at August 02, 2026 03:18 PM (ayRl+)

144 I've never made a political contribution in my life.

You'd be my first. I'm in for a hundy. Not a handy, a hundy.

Posted by: Howdy at August 02, 2026 03:11 PM (Hsef

It'd be worth it just for the entertainment. This is one reason people love President Trump.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 02, 2026 03:19 PM (Sco7b)

145 140 Interesting living for a time with no running water.
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at August 02, 2026 03:14 PM (YcOeP)

During the big TX freeze of 2021 when I had zero electricity and a broken pipe, I had the entire contents of my refrigerator in the snow in the back yard.

Posted by: TxAnn at August 02, 2026 03:21 PM (SjAWL)

146 That infamous 2016 exchange between Bill O'Reilly and Jennifer Rubin on The O'Reilly factor is More of the Same!

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 03:22 PM (odBC9)

147 Lesson one when cleaning the drains...make damned sure the wife isn't around. Years ago daughter #2 of Diogenes came home to visit briefly and her friend (long blond hair) used the shower. I had to call daughter #2 and have her tell her mother that her friend had used the shower.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 02, 2026 03:23 PM (2WIwB)

148 In RV land, that's referred to as a "wet bath".

Did you have the rectangular porcelain hole in the floor with molded in footprints?

Posted by: buddhaha at August 02, 2026 03:13 PM (Lmo2r)

Good to know.

No, just the drain. And we had plastic slippers for the washroom at other times.

Ralphy just ate. Snowflake is in. Time for a horror movie.

I put Ralphy on my bed and Snowflake goes there next to him.Too cute. I have pictures I'll put on my website soon.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 02, 2026 03:23 PM (Sco7b)

149 Outdoor shower with a wooden privacy enclosure.

Keep the indoor shower clean and unused, like the guest towels and decorative show soaps.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 02, 2026 03:27 PM (wVcYX)

150 We're on a septic system so we have to be mindful of what can, and can't go down the drain(s).

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 02, 2026 03:30 PM (2Cry5)

151 146 That infamous 2016 exchange between Bill O'Reilly and Jennifer Rubin on The O'Reilly factor is More of the Same!
Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 03:22 PM (odBC9)

https://tinyurl.com/zzrpr7jm

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 03:31 PM (odBC9)

152 Speaking of plumbing, my wellhead fixture corroded off and water was gushing everywhere in my backyard. Well guys just finished the repair and water is back on. Interesting living for a time with no running water.
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks
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Try it for a solid month. And...no electricity. There is a LOT that we take for granted.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc., post Helene at August 02, 2026 03:34 PM (XeU6L)

153 151 146 That infamous 2016 exchange between Bill O'Reilly and Jennifer Rubin on The O'Reilly factor is More of the Same!
Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 03:22 PM (odBC9)

https://tinyurl.com/zzrpr7jm
Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 03:31 PM (odBC9)

It's, like, comedy.

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 03:37 PM (odBC9)

154 It's 80 something degrees, but cloudy with a breeze, so I'm comfortably sitting in the back yard. Listening to my two AC compressors happily burning up my money. Seems odd.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 02, 2026 03:38 PM (sl73Y)

155 That's a 24 inch linear shower drain.

My favorite is when an upscale hotel puts a metal one directly under the dripping shower head so that it rings like a gong with each drip.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 02, 2026 03:40 PM (a4flb)

156 uh-oh

Stephen L. Miller retweeted
Greg Price
@greg_price11
2h
Minnesota Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve is wearing a “Trans Kids Belong” shirt during their game against the Indiana Fever and Sophie Cunningham.

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 03:42 PM (odBC9)

157 My favorite is when an upscale hotel puts a metal one directly under the dripping shower head so that it rings like a gong with each drip.
Posted by: Community Notes

I've stayed there myself.

At least the First-world solution there is easy. They give you a whole pile of bathroom linens, and leaving them on the bathroom floor is how you say "I've used it, take it away and wash it."

Posted by: mikeski at August 02, 2026 03:45 PM (VHUov)

158 Minnesota Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve is wearing a “Trans Kids Belong” shirt during their game against the Indiana Fever and Sophie Cunningham.
Posted by: m

Counting the seconds until the 'shopped/AI'ed pic shows up with "In The Mental Ward" added.....

Posted by: mikeski at August 02, 2026 03:46 PM (VHUov)

159 147 Lesson one when cleaning the drains...make damned sure the wife isn't around. Years ago daughter #2 of Diogenes came home to visit briefly and her friend (long blond hair) used the shower. I had to call daughter #2 and have her tell her mother that her friend had used the shower.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 02, 2026 03:23 PM (2WIwB)

Good call. I’ve seen even more benign situations end up on a Dateline episode.

Posted by: TxAnn at August 02, 2026 03:46 PM (SjAWL)

160 .....or, more subversively, "In The Girls' Shower."

Posted by: mikeski at August 02, 2026 03:47 PM (VHUov)

161 The sort of ovoid shapes in that floor tile look like, I don't know, paramecia?

Posted by: m at August 02, 2026 03:47 PM (odBC9)

162 Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2026 02:15 PM (Ia/+0
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I've used those before. They seemed to do a good enough job.

Posted by: 496 at August 02, 2026 03:47 PM (TV54s)

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