First World Problems...

See anything missing?

Yup...the key!

And yet I will not discard this useless chunk of pot metal, because hope springs eternal!

I will find that damned key, no matter where it is!

Posted by: CBD at 02:00 PM

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1 1it

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

2 Take it to a locksmith and have a key made? Should only cost you a few times the value of a new padlock.

Posted by: mikeski at October 04, 2026 02:01 PM (VHUov)

3 Now a combination lock would be difficult

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

4 You probably don't need a key for that.

Invest in a set of lockpicks.

They can probably open that lock just as fast.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 04, 2026 02:01 PM (FZ29D)

5 Trust me, you'll never find it.

Posted by: Man Of A Thousand Locks at October 04, 2026 02:02 PM (gTT+/)

6 Carve you and your wife’s initials into it and lock it to a chain link fence on a bridge somewhere in Paris.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 04, 2026 02:03 PM (Stoym)

7 5 Trust me, you'll never find it.

Posted by: Man Of A Thousand Locks at October 04, 2026 02:02 PM (gTT+/)

It's always the last place you look...that is if you find it.
Why? Because it'd be stupid to keep looking for the key after you found it...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 04, 2026 02:04 PM (l3cgK)

8 I can pick a lock, I can pick my nose, I just can't pick a winner at the race track.

Posted by: Born To Lose at October 04, 2026 02:04 PM (gTT+/)

9 Want to report my FWP of last week is completely fixed.
Garage door wasn't working, so got 2 new springs, 2 piulleys. Replaced on one side spring, 2 pulleys and used old cable, other side, due to my Lowes not having 2 more pulleys used tje 2 best I had, greased them and used those, new cable and new springs.
Took about little over a hour and half to put them all together.

Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2026 02:05 PM (Ia/+0)

10 Bagel and cream cheese!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 04, 2026 02:05 PM (PvM3F)

11 I have a couple fancy combo locks that had their shackles inadvertently turned to new combinations. Only 10,000 possible combinations

Posted by: Accomack at October 04, 2026 02:05 PM (4c58h)

12 Put that one plus all the other keyless locks you have into a sock. Might come in handy sometime.

Posted by: Luigi at October 04, 2026 02:06 PM (2Ez/1)

13 >>I will find that damned key, no matter where it is!

The key is in the same place the three 10mm sockets you misplaced, the paint can lid pry tool, and the live circuit test pen.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 04, 2026 02:06 PM (XV/Pl)

14 I save up my orphan padlocks until I get about a dozen, then I go out front and throw them at passing cars.

Posted by: Neighbors Love Me at October 04, 2026 02:06 PM (gTT+/)

15 Have you checked your key drawer?

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

16 I have a FWP for the horde: what is the best penetrating oil to free rusted parts? My shop got flooded and I need to free the mandrels from their hole saws.

Posted by: Accomack at October 04, 2026 02:07 PM (4c58h)

17 One of my friends had a magnetic panel on one of his hallway doors that had few dozens keys inside all labeled in code. He was really keyed in.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 04, 2026 02:08 PM (nEUC6)

18 This reminds me of one of my earliest memories of Learning How The World Works.

We lost the key to the padlock on the shed.

First-grade-or-so-mikeski had no idea how we'd fix it. He'd seen the commercials where they shoot the padlock with a gun and it still doesn't open!

Dad grabbed a hacksaw out of the garage, and cut through the galvanized-whatever-metal hasp on the shed door, and removed the still-locked padlock.

First-grade-or-so-mikeski wondered what the point of the lock was, if it could be bypassed so quickly.

"Locks keep honest people honest."

Posted by: mikeski at October 04, 2026 02:08 PM (VHUov)

19 Put all of your unused locks in a box and then label it "Smarter Than AOC."

Posted by: Follow me for more tips at October 04, 2026 02:08 PM (2Ez/1)

20 Get one of those nice high powered rifles and shoot it. Problem solved

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 04, 2026 02:08 PM (jivel)

21 Yay, Skip, we knew you could do it! Way to endeavour to persevere!

Posted by: Excelsior! On To Greenland! at October 04, 2026 02:09 PM (gTT+/)

22 Posted by: Accomack at October 04, 2026 02:07 PM

Yoo-hoo!

Posted by: PB Blaster at October 04, 2026 02:10 PM (2Ez/1)

23 See anything missing?

A bullet hole through the center proving it’s a Master Lock.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2026 02:10 PM (6ydKt)

24 That rug looks familiar. You didn't buy it at Nasser Aftab's Carpet Emporium on Route 17, did you?

Posted by: Thirtieth Year Going Out Of Business Sale! at October 04, 2026 02:11 PM (gTT+/)

25 See anything missing?
----
The ankle bracelet.

Posted by: Your parole officer at October 04, 2026 02:12 PM (2Ez/1)

26 Check the junk drawer for the key.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 04, 2026 02:12 PM (NGvkg)

27 15 Have you checked your key drawer?

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

I think he lost that key too...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 04, 2026 02:13 PM (l3cgK)

28 In the Battle of Texas today, the Dallas Vaqueros currently losing 10 - 6 to the Houston Tejans.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2026 02:14 PM (6ydKt)

29 Trust me, you'll never find it.

Posted by: Man Of A Thousand Locks at October 04, 2026 02:02 PM (gTT+/)

I know, but I like to pretend...

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 04, 2026 02:14 PM (k5CNB)

30 3in1 oil seems to work well for rusted srews and bolts

Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2026 02:14 PM (Ia/+0)

31 My shop got flooded and I need to free the mandrels from their hole saws.
Posted by: Accomack

Love the Mandrel Sisters! Louise is my favorite!

Posted by: Free The Mandrel Sisters! at October 04, 2026 02:14 PM (gTT+/)

32 free the mandrels

Posted by: Accomack at October 04, 2026 02:07 PM (4c58h)

Bette than "Free Palestine!"

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 04, 2026 02:15 PM (k5CNB)

33 I inherited a bike cable lock from a former roommate and figured out the combination by trying his birth year. Bingo..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at October 04, 2026 02:16 PM (08OqX)

34 A bullet hole through the center
_-_
Oh, hey, careful about that. If you're new to guns, I'd definitely recommend not doing that with a pistol.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 04, 2026 02:16 PM (8MBAg)

35 Houston now at 13.
Dallas still looking for an offense.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2026 02:16 PM (6ydKt)

36 30 3in1 oil seems to work well for rusted srews and bolts
Posted by: Skip

Right. 2 in 1 is shoe polish.
3 in 1 is oil.

Posted by: Miss Crabtree Taught Me That at October 04, 2026 02:17 PM (gTT+/)

37 Houston now at 13.
Dallas still looking for an offense.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

*Hic*

Posted by: Tony Romo at October 04, 2026 02:17 PM (NGvkg)

38 I remember in England we foundxa combination lock with that 9999 possible combination. Between another crew mate and me would take turns trying it. Took a long time, but then had hours often waiting in the truck to work on it. My crew mate got it.

Actually have 1 now that no ide what the combination is

Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2026 02:17 PM (Ia/+0)

39 34 A bullet hole through the center
_-_
Oh, hey, careful about that. If you're new to guns, I'd definitely recommend not doing that with a pistol.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 04, 2026 02:16 PM (8MBAg)

Pops didn’t raise no fool.
I’d hang it off a tree about 50 feet away, at least, and wear an orange vest, safety glasses, and plastic tumblers in case I drop my beer.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2026 02:18 PM (6ydKt)

40 I feel for you, CBD. I have a bunch of padlocks without keys, and a bunch of padlock keys without locks. It is a puzzlement, indeed.

There ought to be a bunch of Youtubes dealing with this subject. The Lockpicking Lawyer, maybe?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2026 02:19 PM (i9VX2)

41 .
.
Take it to Tx MoMe.
.

Posted by: Marooned at October 04, 2026 02:19 PM (W2rvL)

42 The Paolo he, how you say, requires no penetrating oils.

Posted by: Natural Lubrications Suffice at October 04, 2026 02:20 PM (gTT+/)

43 38 I remember in England we foundxa combination lock with that 9999 possible combination. Between another crew mate and me would take turns trying it. Took a long time, but then had hours often waiting in the truck to work on it. My crew mate got it.

Actually have 1 now that no ide what the combination is

Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2026 02:17 PM (Ia/+0)

Museum for Kids in St. Louis back in the early 80's...they had a "safe" for kids to play with; I played with it for a few minutes, and the door popped open. I then closed it. Apparently a guy had been working through the combinations asked, "What was the combination?". I said, "I dunno, I was just playing"...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 04, 2026 02:21 PM (l3cgK)

44 I have a FWP for the horde: what is the best penetrating oil to free rusted parts? My shop got flooded and I need to free the mandrels from their hole saws.
Posted by: Accomack at October 04, 2026 02:07 PM (4c58h)

SeaFoam Deep Creep has been working well for me.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2026 02:21 PM (i9VX2)

45 So, Kroil is not worth the expense?

Posted by: Accomack at October 04, 2026 02:21 PM (4c58h)

46 An unlocked lock with no key is much better than a locked lock with no key. There may be a time and place for one to apply that open lock with no key, not that the applicant would be there to help the object recover.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 04, 2026 02:21 PM (jU8k8)

47 42 The Paolo he, how you say, requires no penetrating oils.

Posted by: Natural Lubrications Suffice at October 04, 2026 02:20 PM (gTT+/)

What if someone had the Paolo pegged?...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 04, 2026 02:22 PM (l3cgK)

48 I bet you can get a locksmith to make a key for under $50...what are you waitin' for?

Posted by: DanMan at October 04, 2026 02:22 PM (8uzBS)

49 Too many numbers to remember, takes too much time. I just set it to 1-1-1-1 and call it good.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2026 02:24 PM (6ydKt)

50 The key is in the same place the three 10mm sockets you misplaced

Thomas Bender is a savant

Posted by: DanMan at October 04, 2026 02:25 PM (8uzBS)

51 So, Kroil is not worth the expense?
Posted by: Accomack at October 04, 2026 02:21 PM (4c58h)

Kroil is good. So is PB Blaster, but the cans tend to lose pressure too soon. GibbsOil if you can find it. WD-40 is about the bottom of the list.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2026 02:25 PM (i9VX2)

52 9-9-9 was the combination to all my locks!

Posted by: Zombie Herman Cain at October 04, 2026 02:25 PM (gTT+/)

53 I’d hang it off a tree about 50 feet away"

And leave it there as a puzzle for the future...

Posted by: man at October 04, 2026 02:25 PM (pfXMo)

54 Kroil is magic...I work on antique cars and it's good stuff

Posted by: DanMan at October 04, 2026 02:26 PM (8uzBS)

55 Yeah, well, like all such things, the frustrating fact is that the key is where you left it.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 04, 2026 02:26 PM (XeU6L)

56 9-9-9 was the combination to all my locks!"

I use 12345 ... especially on luggage

Posted by: man at October 04, 2026 02:27 PM (pfXMo)

57 For giggles would try picking it

Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2026 02:27 PM (Ia/+0)

58
Every time I see an image of a padlock like that, the first thing that comes to mind is an old ad for Yale locks where they shot a hole through the body of a lock, and it remained lock. Second thought is "note to self: cut through the bar to remove the lock."

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 04, 2026 02:27 PM (VWtfl)

59 what is the best penetrating oil to free rusted parts? My shop got flooded and I need to free the mandrels from their hole saws.
Posted by: Accomack

Kroil Original Penetrant

You can get spray or pour the pour is cheaper, the spray applies easier/more quickly.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 04, 2026 02:28 PM (NnhvP)

60 6-6-6 is the combination to all my locks!

Posted by: Beelzeboob at October 04, 2026 02:28 PM (gTT+/)

61 Houston 16 Dallas 10.
End of first half.

Dallas currently trying to recruit illegals so they can finally sneak over the line into the endzone.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2026 02:29 PM (6ydKt)

62 Don't know for sure, but that looks like a Yang Poon knockoff of a real Master lock. The better grade of padlock have a brass cylinder which uses pins and tumblers like the door lock on a house. The el-cheapo ones use a mostly-flat steel key with notches down either edge.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2026 02:29 PM (i9VX2)

63 I use 12345 ... especially on luggage
Posted by: man

Thanks for the info!

Posted by: Sam Brinton At The Airport at October 04, 2026 02:29 PM (gTT+/)

64 34 A bullet hole through the center
_-_
Oh, hey, careful about that. If you're new to guns, I'd definitely recommend not doing that with a pistol.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 04, 2026 02:16 PM (8MBAg)

A good pair of bolt cutters can do wonders.

If all else fails; dynamite.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2026 02:31 PM (6ydKt)

65 Once a mechanic recommended a penetrant to me called Thrust.
And, no, his name was not Paolo.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 04, 2026 02:32 PM (2Ez/1)

66 Ken Paxton has one good ad and one bad one on this Houston/Dallas slapfight.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 04, 2026 02:33 PM (c3GdF)

67
Our front gate is locked. Each of us has a key in our cars and on our key rings. There's another by the front door.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2026 02:33 PM (eRlcH)

68 When the Feds finally come to get me, I will die in a pile of spent Yang Poon padlocks!

Posted by: Sovshit Citizen at October 04, 2026 02:33 PM (gTT+/)

69 Second thought is "note to self: cut through the bar to remove the lock."
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 04, 2026 02:27 PM (VWtfl)

Was replying to that, but the iPad tricked me with a false flag copy/paste, again.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2026 02:33 PM (6ydKt)

70 I had Cleveland winning in our TxDOT pool, it's actually a SDHPT pool because that's where I worked when it was started.

I guess State Department of Highways and Public Transportation is a bit girthy and SDHPT doesn't really off the tongue like TxDOT.

Posted by: DanMan at October 04, 2026 02:34 PM (8uzBS)

71
Kroil Original Penetrant

You can get spray or pour the pour is cheaper, the spray applies easier/more quickly.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron

Or DIY ATF and acetone.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 04, 2026 02:34 PM (NnhvP)

72 All of my keys are under the front Welcome-Now Go Home mat.

Posted by: Safe And Secure Here at October 04, 2026 02:35 PM (gTT+/)

73 I've tried most of the penetrating oils, with no clear winner emerging. Adherents of one brand or another always sing its merits. Haven't tried the Seafoam product.

If it's possible, heat and impact wrench are the ultimate assists. Even a little bit of heat (post penetrating stuff) can help a lot. Just my two cents.

I'll also add to the list 'Break Free'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 04, 2026 02:35 PM (XeU6L)

74 It's just right!

Posted by: Goldie Locks at October 04, 2026 02:37 PM (Cqx++)

75 Yeah, well, like all such things, the frustrating fact is that the key is where you left it.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

The secret is to think of "the last place you'd look," and look there first.

Posted by: mikeski at October 04, 2026 02:37 PM (VHUov)

76 A good pair of bolt cutters can do wonders.

If all else fails; dynamite.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2026 02:31 PM (6ydKt)

AS mikeski said, padlocks just keep the honest people out. The advent of cheap cordless angle grinders means even hardened steel shackles can be cut in seconds, with very little noise. If you must use a padlock on a gate, have a welder fab up a steel enclosure for the lack, so it cannot be accessed by an angle grinder or prying tools. Of course, the steel enclosure can itself be cut open by use of an angle grinder, but much more time is needed.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2026 02:37 PM (i9VX2)

77 65 Once a mechanic recommended a penetrant to me called Thrust.
And, no, his name was not Paolo.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 04, 2026 02:32 PM (2Ez/1)

Gotta be better than the lawyer, candidate ads, ads attacking those candidates, and the Tubi ad where the black girl fakes her own death so she can see who shows up for her funeral, that they’re showing here.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2026 02:38 PM (6ydKt)

78 As "Perfesser" Squirrel said, just get some lockpicks. Those locks are sometimes easier to pick than open with a key.

Posted by: KCSteve at October 04, 2026 02:38 PM (2+WvJ)

79 Now we all know how to invade Schloss Hadrian and make off with his two ton pile of Borzoi Dander.

Posted by: Ye Old Rug Weaver d at October 04, 2026 02:38 PM (gTT+/)

80 Hammer and chisel, the old ways are the best ways.

However

Soaked several old and very rusty drill bits in a bath of CocaCola,
worked wonders for a first step.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 04, 2026 02:40 PM (jU8k8)

81 Of course, the steel enclosure can itself be cut open by use of an angle grinder, but much more time is needed.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2026 02:37 PM (i9VX2)

At some point it might be cheaper to buy some security cameras and a rottweiler.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2026 02:40 PM (6ydKt)

82
The NFL has become what Moltke the Elder is supposed to have said about the Civil War: mobs chasing each other around the countryside.

Runners can't hit holes, receivers can't catch passes, linemen can't block, the secondary can't tackle and quarterbacks run around like it's a Chinese fire drill. No generalship. Coaches who look like the kids who were beaten up at the bus stop. But stylin' and celebrating? We do great at that.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2026 02:40 PM (eRlcH)

83 ‘Put the candle back!’

Posted by: Eromero at October 04, 2026 02:40 PM (jdlda)

84 A locked gate breached establishes intent.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 04, 2026 02:42 PM (jU8k8)

85 At some point it might be cheaper to buy some security cameras and a rottweiler.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2026 02:40 PM (6ydKt)

Heh. But Rotties eat. And shit. Means cleanup must happen. I usually have steel scrap lying around, so making such a box is an easy project for me.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2026 02:44 PM (i9VX2)

86 9mm is not sufficient to unlock that lock.

Posted by: fd at October 04, 2026 02:44 PM (MWfyi)

87 A woven Borzoi Dander rug would be quite a pretty sight. Maybe even a sweater.

Posted by: Who Needs Alpacas? at October 04, 2026 02:44 PM (gTT+/)

88 But stylin' and celebrating? We do great at that.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2026 02:40 PM (eRlcH)

Endzone dances get good clicks on TikTok though.
You might be too old to understand the intricacies of the modern game?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2026 02:46 PM (6ydKt)

89 >>>I will not discard this useless chunk of pot metal, because hope springs eternal! I will find that damned key

As soon as you throw away the lock, you will find the key!

Posted by: m at October 04, 2026 02:46 PM (odBC9)

90
A woven Borzoi Dander rug would be quite a pretty sight. Maybe even a sweater.
Posted by: Who Needs Alpacas? at October 04, 2026 02:44 PM (gTT+/)

___________

We could go into production our very selves.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2026 02:46 PM (eRlcH)

91 Well, time for me to get on with my day. Sunny day out there; best I get out and enjoy it. I will be missing the Food Thread, but I have a pork roast in the slow cooker, with baby potatoes, cut-up carrots, and chunks of rutabaga.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 04, 2026 02:47 PM (i9VX2)

92 Cashmere has nothing on a Borzoi fur sweater.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2026 02:48 PM (6ydKt)

93 The solution to needing locks is not to have anything worth stealing.
All my best things are in hock
I'm living on a Chinese Rock
Everything is in the pawn shop

Posted by: Dee Dee Ramone, 1980 at October 04, 2026 02:49 PM (gTT+/)

94 The lock on the gate at the farm in up in a steel pipe that you have to reach in to unlock. Short of a cutting torch you would be there an hour before you got thru the pipe.

Posted by: fd at October 04, 2026 02:50 PM (MWfyi)

95 "I have a FWP for the horde: what is the best penetrating oil to free rusted parts? My shop got flooded and I need to free the mandrels from their hole saws.
Posted by: Accomack"

PB Blaster is pretty good and not krazy expensive.

Posted by: fd at October 04, 2026 02:52 PM (MWfyi)

96 16 I have a FWP for the horde: what is the best penetrating oil to free rusted parts? My shop got flooded and I need to free the mandrels from their hole saws.
Posted by: Accomack

Get some Kroil, best penetrating oil I've ever used but pricy. Cheap old SoB's such as myself do a one to one mix of ATF and acetone. Also brake fluid works, again somewhat pricy.

To open that cheap imitation Master lock get a wave pick and rake it, opens faster than with the key. LPL on YT is your buddy FTW.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at October 04, 2026 02:52 PM (Q/FnY)

97 I have a FWP for the horde: what is the best penetrating oil to free rusted parts? My shop got flooded and I need to free the mandrels from their hole saws.
Posted by: Accomack at October 04, 2026 02:07 PM (4c58h)

a 50/50 mix of kerosene and automatic transmission fluid is good, if you need a gallon or so.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 04, 2026 02:52 PM (P/woT)

98 And here's some breaking news from the "NY Post" Al-Sayed apparently farts in public. ( and is quite immature) I'm so glad I now know that. /s. Now you can too:

https://tinyurl.com/5y3uhmww

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 04, 2026 02:52 PM (JrHfD)

99 It's always the last place you look...that is if you find it.
Why? Because it'd be stupid to keep looking for the key after you found it...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 04, 2026 02:04

As the key was last Thurs. After 2 hrs of us both searching and pondering I gave up. I reached in Dad's recliner one last time before sitting down and found the keys!

We were at Dad's to help get things ready for an online auction. They had a huge old house where the experienced auction hands were amazed at how every nook and cranny was filled. Mom had an antique business for 40+ yrs. Unfortunately another FWP besides lost keys is that what she liked is out of favor now. It will be interesting to see what the cut glass and flow blue china will bring.

Today's my second birthday without Dad. It's not a FWP I think, more universal really...I miss being able to talk to Dad.

Today

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at October 04, 2026 02:52 PM (4Qj8V)

100 AOP can not only improve your fence security, rebuild your car engine, hookup Starklink. and restore old Studebakers, but he can also make you a Sunday dinner that momma would be proud of.

Why Canada wastes so much talent is beyond me.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2026 02:52 PM (6ydKt)

101 Been looking all over the damn place for a flashlight. I have a dozen. But this one was for my wife's car. It's special. It's a little gold colored LED one. I took it out months ago when the Explorer was in for service, never put it back. Thought about it today when I put our new insurance proofs in the vehicles. And noticed the little flashlight was missing.

I be a bit more than absent minded.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 04, 2026 02:53 PM (RORbl)

102 FWP: 12 lb male Siamese cat with very sharp claws who really did not want to get in the carrier to go on the ferry in rough seas.

Posted by: RI Red at October 04, 2026 02:54 PM (rYvai)

103 Hope that some nasty animal doesn't take that pipe for a secure home.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 04, 2026 02:54 PM (jU8k8)

104 We had 2 cats who wete sisters, yet Sugar's fur was so silky-smooth than her sister Cinnamon

Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2026 02:54 PM (Ia/+0)

105 63 I use 12345 ... especially on luggage
Posted by: man
-----------
I've been hacked!

Posted by: John Podesta at October 04, 2026 02:54 PM (n9eFH)

106 "Hope that some nasty animal doesn't take that pipe for a secure home."

It's open at the top and bottom.

Posted by: fd at October 04, 2026 02:55 PM (MWfyi)

107 If you really wanted to get around the gate you could go down the road a little bit and cut thru the trees if you don't mind knocking down some little ones.

Posted by: fd at October 04, 2026 02:56 PM (MWfyi)

108 As soon as you throw away the lock, you will find the key!

Posted by: m at October 04, 2026 02:46 PM (odBC9)

This guy gets it!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 04, 2026 02:59 PM (k5CNB)

109
FWP,

Our new dishwasher we bought this time last year is still sitting in the garage. Appliance store won't install because of insurance reasons. We found a company who we scheduled an appointment with and they never showed up.

Why the hell does an appliance store not install what they sell?

Anyways people have worse problems..

Posted by: four seasons at October 04, 2026 02:59 PM (/QHx4)

110 89 >>>I will not discard this useless chunk of pot metal, because hope springs eternal! I will find that damned key

As soon as you throw away the lock, you will find the key!

Better-phrased:

IF you ever find the key, it will be after you throw away the lock.

Posted by: m at October 04, 2026 02:59 PM (odBC9)

111 "what is the best penetrating oil to free rusted parts? "

I always liked Kroil ... hard to find, though ... and expensive when you do.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 04, 2026 03:00 PM (VyBeY)

112 18 This reminds me of one of my earliest memories of Learning How The World Works.

We lost the key to the padlock on the shed.

First-grade-or-so-mikeski had no idea how we'd fix it. He'd seen the commercials where they shoot the padlock with a gun and it still doesn't open!

Dad grabbed a hacksaw out of the garage, and cut through the galvanized-whatever-metal hasp on the shed door, and removed the still-locked padlock.

First-grade-or-so-mikeski wondered what the point of the lock was, if it could be bypassed so quickly.

"Locks keep honest people honest."
Posted by: mikeski at October 04, 2026 02:08 PM (VHUov)

Good one, mikeski's dad.

Posted by: m at October 04, 2026 03:00 PM (odBC9)

113 I’ll try the Kroil. I have PB Blaster and works, I suppose, but makes a mess.

Posted by: Accomack at October 04, 2026 03:00 PM (FqNtp)

114 I be a bit more than absent minded.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Good news, Sir, you're being promoted to Level II!

Posted by: Joan Lunden For A Place For Mom at October 04, 2026 03:02 PM (gTT+/)

115 LOL we were simultaneously typing.

108 As soon as you throw away the lock, you will find the key!

Posted by: m at October 04, 2026 02:46 PM (odBC9)

This guy gets it!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 04, 2026 02:59 PM (k5CNB)

110 89 >>>I will not discard this useless chunk of pot metal, because hope springs eternal! I will find that damned key

As soon as you throw away the lock, you will find the key!

Better-phrased:

IF you ever find the key, it will be after you throw away the lock.
Posted by: m at October 04, 2026 02:59 PM (odBC9)

Posted by: m at October 04, 2026 03:02 PM (odBC9)

116 I have several battery powered lights mostly for emergencies.
To solve the problem of battery run down little slips of plastic block electron leak. One, MagLite Solitare, unsheathed, is on the ready to assist in freeing electrons to the other lights.

The Harbor Freight, luminar Outdoor, that requires 3 AA batteries is a value item.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 04, 2026 03:03 PM (jU8k8)

117 Today's my second birthday without Dad. It's not a FWP I think, more universal really...I miss being able to talk to Dad.

Today

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at October 04, 2026 02:52 PM (4Qj8V)

September 25th was the first anniversary of my Dad's death.
I understand completely.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2026 03:04 PM (6ydKt)

118 Amazon is turning into a shit show. I got my wife some boots that were the last pair they had for 20$ instead of 60$. Fucking USPS lost the package. Now, these fuckheads have a package in Seaford since 3am yesterday that they swear will be here today.
I understand why Pergula fired McDermott and made Brady HC, but, damn, the defense is worse.

Posted by: Accomack at October 04, 2026 03:04 PM (28cZF)

119
Why the hell does an appliance store not install what they sell?

Anyways people have worse problems..

Posted by: four seasons

Wish I lived near you. Even in my dotage, I could do that toot-sweet!

Posted by: Handy Capable at October 04, 2026 03:04 PM (gTT+/)

120 I be a bit more than absent minded.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 04, 2026 02:53

I had to laugh, that certainly describes this Farmer. At least now I'm old enough to be able to blame it on age. One of the few advantages of turning 71.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at October 04, 2026 03:06 PM (4Qj8V)

121
Why Canada wastes so much talent is beyond me.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2026 02:52 PM (6ydKt)

___________

If he's that talented, the authorities will hunt him down and arrest him. Success, our leftists tell us, must be the result of malfeasance.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2026 03:06 PM (eRlcH)

122 Our new dishwasher we bought this time last year is still sitting in the garage. Appliance store won't install because of insurance reasons. We found a company who we scheduled an appointment with and they never showed up.

Why the hell does an appliance store not install what they sell?

Anyways people have worse problems..

Posted by: four seasons at October 04, 2026 02:59 PM (/QHx4)

They'll install them here.
They'll charge extra but they'll do it.

The only insurance problem I can think of is that they'd have to hire another person to do installs and they don't want to pay for insurance and everything else for them.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2026 03:07 PM (6ydKt)

123 I had to laugh, that certainly describes this Farmer. At least now I'm old enough to be able to blame it on age. One of the few advantages of turning 71.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take

I turn 71 at midnight.

Posted by: Handy Capable Harry at October 04, 2026 03:07 PM (gTT+/)

124 My FWP today was a dead battery in the HEB parking lot after grocery shopping. Don't know why it went dead suddenly and suspected it was something else going on. Only a year and 10 months old. Got GM roadside service to get someone to come to jump me but was going to take estimated 90 minutes. I had called friend first to take my groceries home and he came in about 15 minutes where I was able to jump without an issue. Canceled the roadside service.

Now I'm home and just going to relax and see tomorrow if battery has 13-14 volts or lost its charge again before arranging for the dealer to get me a new battery under the warranty.

All in all turned out well as no groceries were lost .

Posted by: polynikes at October 04, 2026 03:07 PM (KC5Lt)

125 Good news! I found the flashlight!

It was exactly where I put it months ago....

And now needs new batteries. Which I'll now have to go find too.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 04, 2026 03:08 PM (RORbl)

126
Son in Washington State mailed a package to Husband 6 days agp. We're in WY.

Go two notices from the post office saying the package is being delivered the next day.

Yesterday the notification said the package is now in Hawaii.

Lol, never a dull moment.

Posted by: four seasons at October 04, 2026 03:08 PM (/QHx4)

127 I fell down a rabbit hole watching this guy who can pick locks like it's second nature. Most people are familiar with "the lockpicking lawyer", but the guy I'm referring to puts him to shame. His name is Trevor McNally, and the ease in which he opens presumably "unpickable" locks is comical.

His videos are usually taking a lock right out of the sealed packaging (that almost always advertises it to be unpickable) and then McNally pulls off the tab from a soda can or something and proceeds to open the lock in seconds.

He's the one a lock manufacturer accused of misrepresenting himself when tearing apart their lock, to which he answered the suit by doing it in front of them. It was hilarious.

The take away is that those padlocks are just decoration to the wrong people.

Posted by: Orson at October 04, 2026 03:09 PM (dIske)

128 Might be slightly crooked. Cornering the Studebaker Market for an entire Province is very suss.

Posted by: Dept. of Compliance at October 04, 2026 03:09 PM (gTT+/)

129 If he's that talented, the authorities will hunt him down and arrest him. Success, our leftists tell us, must be the result of malfeasance.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2026 03:06 PM (eRlcH)

...and greed, and white supremacy.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 04, 2026 03:09 PM (6ydKt)

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