First World Problems...

I got nothing!

What is your most ridiculous First World Problem?

As long as it's real...go for it. But no imaginary ones. You have to tell the truth...it is for posterity!

Posted by: CBD at 02:00 PM

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Posted by: Skip at October 18, 2026 02:00 PM (Ia/+0)

2 I will be out of scotch in a couple hours

Posted by: Skip at October 18, 2026 02:01 PM (Ia/+0)

3 Aerosol cans with product and no air. Shake, OK. Hit the button and nuttin.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at October 18, 2026 02:02 PM (gm9Sb)

4 I will be out of scotch in a couple hours"

Ces't la vie.

Posted by: man at October 18, 2026 02:03 PM (k0zLw)

5 wait...

Posted by: The Cleansing Fire at October 18, 2026 02:03 PM (AG5Uy)

6 Wife says oven is going on the fritz

Posted by: Skip at October 18, 2026 02:04 PM (Ia/+0)

7 I got my feet wet while draining the pool. They're cold and wet now.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 18, 2026 02:04 PM (RORbl)

8 The free internet on the flight home from Texas works so well I’m compelled to answer emails.

Posted by: Pete Bog at October 18, 2026 02:05 PM (aXOOG)

9 Tuesday should be working at a strip mall with a State Store 2 doors down.

Posted by: Skip at October 18, 2026 02:05 PM (Ia/+0)

10 Wife says oven is going on the fritz"

Where does she want to go to dinner?

Posted by: man at October 18, 2026 02:05 PM (k0zLw)

11 I got my feet wet while draining the pool. They're cold and wet now."

Just tie a string to the plug...

Posted by: man at October 18, 2026 02:06 PM (k0zLw)

12 Couldn't find transmission fluid at Auto Zone today. Probably a good thing, as the ultimate and necessary fix is new clutch and related hardware. I was just trying to put off that job for another month, but as it is, to paraphrase Merle Haggard, it won't make it through December...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at October 18, 2026 02:07 PM (08OqX)

13 @8 Starlink?

Is that a thumb in the painting?

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at October 18, 2026 02:10 PM (cWLG3)

14 My news media aside from a few websites constantly commit lies of omission forcing me to piece together 'the truth.'

Also, my 'leather' chair in my computer room has all the 'leather' peeling off. Comfortable otherwise. I'd like to see if I could get the seat upholstered.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 18, 2026 02:10 PM (Sco7b)

15 Its oven part that is quitting often enough.
I am making cheesesteak later

Posted by: Skip at October 18, 2026 02:11 PM (Ia/+0)

16 The plastic hat band on my fav ballcap broke. I am forced to throw it away and buy another $16 piece of trash for my slowly balding dome.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 18, 2026 02:11 PM (nEUC6)

17 Filipinas

Posted by: Paul at October 18, 2026 02:12 PM (71mhK)

18 brake line on the midsized van blew. can't find my flaring tool.
house heater not kicking on.

Posted by: cmeat at October 18, 2026 02:12 PM (ncRE1)

19 Berger bullets versus Hornady bullets.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at October 18, 2026 02:12 PM (eGzf1)

20 I want that picture on black velvet. It's aspirational.

I guess my TWP would be going to my local boozatorium, which is cavernous, and trying to pick out a serviceable vodka for cocktails. There are so many! Isn't capitalism grand?

They recommended Tower Vodka, which is very reasonably priced.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 18, 2026 02:13 PM (kpS4V)

21 Bought a router years ago for a home project. Used it fine, never had a reason to use but fit nicely in tool chest so…
Now want to use it to finish edges of 2x4 on outdoor fence project. Problem: its Black &. Decker. Thought I could find a nice jig so I could use it freehand BUT - well, no access to manual, no one makes a baseplate or jig that fits screws on baseplate. I will have to play with a bunch of clamps and stuff because I am not buying another router.
Curse you B&D. Glad I never bought any other of their products.

Posted by: epador at October 18, 2026 02:13 PM (mHBOF)

22 Ahem

Posted by: Val-U-Rite at October 18, 2026 02:13 PM (AG5Uy)

23 ridiculous First World Problem?"

Ridiculous? How about the newz rehashing the "students" and such rioting, now in other parts of Urrup...

Posted by: man at October 18, 2026 02:13 PM (k0zLw)

24 Putting the occasional sports bra on inside out in the AM and not finding the problem until late in the PM.

Also, the multi-CDs player in the dining room conked out after about two decades. (A tiny part that must read the CDs finally came unglued and is rattling around inside.) No favorite music during meals 😞.

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 18, 2026 02:15 PM (NFX2v)

25 Berger bullets versus Hornady bullets."

Both good in my experience. YMMV.

Posted by: man at October 18, 2026 02:16 PM (k0zLw)

26 The free internet on the flight home from Texas works so well I’m compelled to answer emails.

Posted by: Pete Bog at October 18, 2026 02:05 PM (aXOOG)

I assume StarLink. I am having a similar experience.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 18, 2026 02:16 PM (TGuwa)

27 Ahem
Posted by: Val-U-Rite at October 18, 2026 02:13 PM (AG5Uy)
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Hogmartin sent me a photo of some truck stop hooch, Value Vodka, that comes in 4 liter plastic jugs. That's for when your cocktail shaker is a trash can.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 18, 2026 02:17 PM (kpS4V)

28 Bought a router years ago"

Shoulda bought an Asis...

/

Posted by: man at October 18, 2026 02:17 PM (k0zLw)

29 Is that a thumb in the painting?

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at October 18, 2026 02:10 PM (cWLG3)

It is ChatGPT's impression of a dildo.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 18, 2026 02:18 PM (TGuwa)

30 My FWP today...
When I'm watching a program and the character on the tv uses the same ring tone in their phone as I do and I then get up to go look for my phone.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 18, 2026 02:18 PM (2WIwB)

31 9. Posted by Skip

Sounds like all of Delaware. Or NE Philly.

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 18, 2026 02:19 PM (NFX2v)

32 My FWP:

I have a US online financial account. Until recently, the old fashioned MFA method of choice was that the company sent you a physical security ID key/token, which generated a unique 6 digit time-limited number to append to your login password.

It seems that they stopped providing these. Now you need to download an app to your phone or PC to replace the physical key/token.

I don't want an app. I don't want my security dependent on a phone which I carry around with me most everywhere and all the time.

I also don't want the app installed on my PC, when I might have to login from another machine altogether.

I want to secure my logins only when I am in possession of the physical key/token, which I have locked in a safe 99.9% of the time.

It seems it's now no-can-do.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 18, 2026 02:19 PM (RkR9o)

33 My FWP... a generous church that had plenty of leftovers from breakfast. Here I am, stuck with a plateful of pastries/donuts! The horror!

Posted by: RandomDave at October 18, 2026 02:19 PM (aJQbY)

34 I then get up to go look for my phone."

Mrs was scrounging for my phone when the ringtone song played...

Posted by: man at October 18, 2026 02:20 PM (k0zLw)

35 It is ChatGPT's impression of a dildo."

Should be...steelier.

Posted by: man at October 18, 2026 02:21 PM (k0zLw)

36 I got a First World Problem.

Y'all are bleating and blathering about First World Problems, instead of discussing the 2026 WNBA Finals nonstop.

Do you even know which two teams are in the Finals?
Which of those teams just took a 1-0 lead in the Finals?
Who I am?

I thought not.

#BeBetter

Posted by: Cathy Engelbert at October 18, 2026 02:21 PM (0sNs1)

37 Is that a thumb in the painting?
Posted by: Chairman LMAO

It is ChatGPT's impression of a dildo.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

A first-world one, with no problems.

Posted by: mikeski at October 18, 2026 02:22 PM (VHUov)

38 Biden's dog, yep, they want to either text you or send you an email these days. No awareness of the risks of either, it seems (sure, it's not quite as risky as a security-trained gut-instinct says, but it's still more risky than a hardware token you can actually keep secured from interception).

Posted by: RandomDave at October 18, 2026 02:22 PM (aJQbY)

39 #BeBetter
Posted by: Cathy Engelbert"

Humperdinck?

Posted by: man at October 18, 2026 02:24 PM (k0zLw)

40 I have gates for the dog by all the steps to stop Ralphy from hurting himself. He gets a look in his eyes 'Hey! Check this out!'

I'm bringing up the Christmas tree which is 7 ft tall - from COSTCO - so my friend is coming over. I think we'll see if we can just get it over the gate without removing it.

Nothing goes up outside until after Halloween.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 18, 2026 02:26 PM (Sco7b)

41 My first world problem is all these political text messages begging for money or vote for me because the other guy/gal is a liar.

Give me a break !!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Jackson K. at October 18, 2026 02:28 PM (jGtoG)

42 My first world problem? I had some major outdoors work to do on my property and that bastard Trump didn't do anything to help me. ANYTHING!

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at October 18, 2026 02:28 PM (DSbeM)

43 My first world problem:

I usually read this site on my iPhone. When it loads, it jumps around like a spastic kid on a sugar high. It doesn't want to load the comments at all, and half the time the page crashes instead of doing so. And when it does load them, I immediately regret it due to the huge, obstructive pop-up add that is hard to navigate around and reappears every time I refresh to see new comments.

I long for gentle, soothing touch of Sonobi.

Posted by: Old MacDonald Had a Bot Farm at October 18, 2026 02:29 PM (bik42)

44 Never thought CBD would run out of things to complain about.

Posted by: bluebell at October 18, 2026 02:29 PM (uyuYG)

45 If that's a self portrait, you got ear problems...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 18, 2026 02:30 PM (l3cgK)

46 I don't even want to see the instructions you gave ChatGPT to get that image.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 18, 2026 02:30 PM (weWIX)

47 Buy Hornady! Keep my middle kid employed!

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at October 18, 2026 02:30 PM (DK5Sh)

48 Never thought CBD would run out of things to complain about.

He's probably so happy his Paris excursion was a few months ago that it's overwhelming everything else.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 18, 2026 02:31 PM (QZThv)

49 44 Never thought CBD would run out of things to complain about.

Posted by: bluebell at October 18, 2026 02:29 PM (uyuYG)

I would think New Jersey has lots of things to complain about...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 18, 2026 02:31 PM (l3cgK)

50 s that a thumb in the painting?

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at October 18, 2026 02:10 PM (cWLG3)

It is ChatGPT's impression of a dildo.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 18, 2026 02:18 PM

Looks rather French, wouldn't you say, old chap?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 18, 2026 02:31 PM (0sNs1)

51 Today my first world problem is my brother's flaky wife.

She sends me wacky emails about my brother, whom I'm very close to. Making suggestions like he's a delicate flower. I should forward the emails to him & wait to see if he divorces her they are so bad.

Today she sent an email directive basically putting me on the level with neighbors and distant kin inquiring about my mother who's in the hospital after an emergent procedure at 96yrs old.

She claims he's getting "too many calls and texts." I've spoken to him once on Friday. The rest texts and emails. I've translated the medical record. Like she's now in acute renal failure from labs, which I hope is fairly normal as her renal function was normal on admission. Discussed the procedure and L2 fracture.

Mother also, per ED MD and hospitalist was a "full code" when I was fairly sure she's a DNR. Helpful, eh? He was glad for that reading.

I ignore her emails with her cute heart emogies & crap.

For starters she's afraid of me & I don't bite or respond out of respect for my brother and mother.

He's years younger than me & we've never had a cross word in his life. I ignore her completely vs telling her to bite me.

Soon.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 18, 2026 02:31 PM (hzuYO)

52 My FWP

Doing laundry. Took sheets and towels out of the dryer. One of the towels got all scrunched and rolled into a twisted fitted sheet and nothing is dry. Untangling the mess is a chore and then the sheet will be forever wrinkled unless I iron it.

And who irons their sheets?

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 18, 2026 02:31 PM (yEz+x)

53 FWP - trying to responsibly[i/] distribute our nest egg to children, church and decent charities before I'm pining for the fjords.

But not too fast either.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 18, 2026 02:32 PM (V8Zwm)

54 6 Wife says oven is going on the fritz
Posted by: Skip at October 18, 2026 02:04 PM (Ia/+0)

More opportunities to use the grill.

Posted by: tankdemon at October 18, 2026 02:32 PM (2RJDy)

55 Sprayer on a bottle of perfume that worked just fine until it didn't. Press down on it...nothing. Now I've got 3/4 bottle of scent that I can't get to. Very frustrating.

Posted by: Tuna at October 18, 2026 02:32 PM (lJ0H4)

56 FIRST WORLD PROBLEM
REDNECK SOLUTION
https://www.facebook.com/reel
/2304162420398186

Posted by: Kathy at October 18, 2026 02:32 PM (MOK4W)

57 Is that a thumb in the painting?

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at October 18, 2026 02:10 PM (cWLG3)

It is ChatGPT's impression of a dildo.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 18, 2026 02:18 PM (TGuwa)
-

Dial 1-800-MOHEL.

You can thank me later.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 18, 2026 02:32 PM (RkR9o)

58 Never thought CBD would run out of things to complain about.
Posted by: bluebell at October 18, 2026 02:29 PM

Now that he's a Red Sox fan, he just laughs at, rather than complains about, the New York Yankees?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 18, 2026 02:33 PM (0sNs1)

59 Bought a steak for Tuesday which should be a nice day

Posted by: Skip at October 18, 2026 02:33 PM (Ia/+0)

60 I can finally report to the Führer that .........

"Paris is Burning".... Just 85 years late....

Posted by: General Dietrich Hugo Hermann von Choltitz at October 18, 2026 02:34 PM (ENxVw)

61 I haven't had golden caviar since the shah was overthrown. Match that for a FWP!

Posted by: Buck (Ofama) at October 18, 2026 02:34 PM (z6ONu)

62 The coffee is cold.

https://tinyurl.com/mrttjb2k

Posted by: Kindltot at October 18, 2026 02:34 PM (rbvCR)

63 It is ChatGPT's impression of a dildo.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 18, 2026 02:18 PM (TGuwa)

You should have prompted for green.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 18, 2026 02:35 PM (4Je4D)

64 And who irons their sheets?
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 18, 2026 02:31 PM (yEz+x)
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If my sheets came out wrinkly (usually because I forgot they were in the drier) I'd make my bed with them anyway and just iron the folded down part of the top sheet, and maybe the pillowcases.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 18, 2026 02:35 PM (kpS4V)

65 I had to go with my second gin choice for my martini at the airport.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 18, 2026 02:36 PM (weWIX)

66 I discovered Zardoz is on NetFlix. I am scared to watch it.

Posted by: Pudinhead at October 18, 2026 02:36 PM (Wp1X1)

67 I still have the dog to take care of but I wonder if Paris and other European tour packages will be deeply discounted in a couple of years.

It could be like a tour of Detroit where you just marvel at how things went wrong.

So horribly wrong.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 18, 2026 02:38 PM (Sco7b)

68 I discovered Zardoz is on NetFlix. I am scared to watch it.
Posted by: Pudinhead at October 18, 2026 02:36 PM

A whole new generation of women lusted after me because of that movie.

Posted by: zombie Sean Connery at October 18, 2026 02:38 PM (0sNs1)

69 Now want to use it to finish edges of 2x4 on outdoor fence project. Problem: its Black &. Decker. Thought I could find a nice jig so I could use it freehand BUT - well, no access to manual, no one makes a baseplate or jig that fits screws on baseplate. I will have to play with a bunch of clamps and stuff because I am not buying another router.
Curse you B&D. Glad I never bought any other of their products.
Posted by: epador at October 18, 2026 02:13 PM (mHBOF)

If you have a shape you want you can rough it out on another piece of wood, and then clamp it to the work piece, sometimes that works as a guide.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 18, 2026 02:38 PM (rbvCR)

70 Pudinhead watch it, its a riot

Posted by: Skip at October 18, 2026 02:38 PM (Ia/+0)

71 Do we live in the First World? Look around the country, really this is First World? Staggering debt, country full of bums from other countries, shitty universities, law makers on the take, terrible judges and courts, crimes going unpunished and third world crooks stealing our tax money. And most people just shrug their shoulders and take the shit. We aren't First World, we are more like Don't Give A Damn world.

Posted by: Case at October 18, 2026 02:39 PM (ROPCF)

72 65 I had to go with my second gin choice for my martini at the airport.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Omg. That’s horrible.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 18, 2026 02:39 PM (yEz+x)

73 Seen it at least 3 times

Posted by: Skip at October 18, 2026 02:39 PM (Ia/+0)

74 Hogmartin sent me a photo of some truck stop hooch, Value Vodka, that comes in 4 liter plastic jugs. That's for when your cocktail shaker is a trash can.

I still don't understand "premium" vodka. All vodka is flavorless un-aged swill distilled from whatever rotting vegetation happens to be available. Amirite?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 18, 2026 02:40 PM (4Je4D)

75 First World Problems:

You used to be able to tell some stranger's kid at the grocery store to shut up and behave themselves. Anything short of physical contact or punting them down the aisle was a perfectly acceptable response to spoiled little brats.

Now, if you take positive steps to resolve a situation you are told it is none of your business, and the parent of the screaming little bastard defends them as if they have a right to disrupt everyone else's day.

This is first world problem in that someone decided that "civility" and "discipline" are not related.

Posted by: Orson at October 18, 2026 02:40 PM (dIske)

76 Shows up on Tubi I would watch it again

Posted by: Skip at October 18, 2026 02:40 PM (Ia/+0)

77 I had to go with my second gin choice for my martini at the airport.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Omg. That’s horrible.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Devastating. Sure to ruin your flight.

Posted by: Tuna at October 18, 2026 02:41 PM (lJ0H4)

78 65 I had to go with my second gin choice for my martini at the airport.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Omg. That’s horrible.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 18, 2026 02:39 PM

I know, right? I mean, it's still good gin, but is this not America?!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 18, 2026 02:41 PM (weWIX)

79 Your dildo is missing his Gauloises.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 18, 2026 02:41 PM (yEz+x)

80 My FWP? The tv. Last winter the old tv died. The new one is just entirely too something. Everything looks like AI.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at October 18, 2026 02:42 PM (DK5Sh)

81 Your dildo is missing his Gauloises.

But zee behrechhh, she is magnifique!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 18, 2026 02:42 PM (4Je4D)

82 Seen it at least 3 times"

More than Prometheus?

Posted by: man at October 18, 2026 02:42 PM (k0zLw)

83 It is ChatGPT's impression of a dildo.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 18, 2026 02:18 PM (TGuwa)

It would be more French if you prompted it with "godemichet" I think.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 18, 2026 02:43 PM (rbvCR)

84 but is this not America?!"

That would be bourbon...

Posted by: man at October 18, 2026 02:43 PM (k0zLw)

85 Should have know it was possible to have Spotify play on my tv. I usually listen in vehicle while driving

Posted by: Skip at October 18, 2026 02:43 PM (Ia/+0)

86 71 Do we live in the First World? Look around the country, really this is First World? Staggering debt, country full of bums from other countries, shitty universities, law makers on the take, terrible judges and courts, crimes going unpunished and third world crooks stealing our tax money. And most people just shrug their shoulders and take the shit. We aren't First World, we are more like Don't Give A Damn world.
Posted by: Case

Lighten up, Frances.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 18, 2026 02:44 PM (yEz+x)

87 Nevrr suffered through Prometheus yet

Posted by: Skip at October 18, 2026 02:44 PM (Ia/+0)

88 prompted it with "godemichet"

Gesundheit.

Posted by: man at October 18, 2026 02:44 PM (k0zLw)

89 I hate the way some websites have sticky elements that follow you as you scroll. When I scroll, I want everything to scroll. Nothing left behind.

And now Salem has redesigned all its websites. I did have all those follow you as you scroll elements blocked with my adblocker, but now after their redesign, they've renamed them all in their code, so I have to block them all over again!

I do not want a follow me sticky telling me what I should read next.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 18, 2026 02:45 PM (syz1S)

90 80 My FWP? The tv. Last winter the old tv died. The new one is just entirely too something. Everything looks like AI.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at October 18, 2026 02:42 PM (DK5Sh)

Sounds like you have it on some setting. A cousin of mine has a newer TV and he always has this setting enabled that makes everything look like a really good PC game to me. Do.not.want.

Posted by: Old MacDonald Had a Bot Farm at October 18, 2026 02:45 PM (bik42)

91 Lighten up, Frances."

See, Sgt. Hulk!

(Reference Canadian artillery mishap)

Posted by: man at October 18, 2026 02:45 PM (k0zLw)

92 I discovered Zardoz is on NetFlix. I am scared to watch it.
Posted by: Pudinhead at October 18, 2026 02:36 PM

as a dystopian, biting concept for a movie, it is fantastic
As a movie, it is lacking.

I keep hoping it will be remade, instead of the twelfth remounting of Spiderman beginning with the origin story.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 18, 2026 02:45 PM (rbvCR)

93 Sounds like you have it on some setting"

Motion smoothing. Change the setting.

Posted by: man at October 18, 2026 02:47 PM (k0zLw)

94 First World Problems?

I'm jonesing for Chinese Takeout. My favorite place is up the street but it's closes early today (I'm going to evening church tonight) and is closed on Monday. There are other Chinese Takeout places but this one is close and is really good. Decisions......

(there, FWP)

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 18, 2026 02:47 PM (sAmhv)

95 I keep hoping it will be remade, instead of the twelfth remounting of Spiderman beginning with the origin story.
Posted by: Kindltot

Have no fear. When the current Spider-Man ages out Hollywood will start the story all over again.

Posted by: Tuna at October 18, 2026 02:48 PM (lJ0H4)

96 > I had to go with my second gin choice for my martini at the airport.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
----------
My wife stopped by a local, rural liquor store to get me a bottle of gin.

Beefeater. It was all they had. Better than nothing.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 18, 2026 02:49 PM (RORbl)

97 But Kindltot, who is worthy of Connery's mankini and thigh boots?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 18, 2026 02:49 PM (kpS4V)

98 When the current Spider-Man ages out Hollywood will start the story all over again."

*scriptwriter opens laptop....

Posted by: man at October 18, 2026 02:49 PM (k0zLw)

99 Have no fear. When the current Spider-Man ages out Hollywood will start the story all over again.
Posted by: Tuna at October 18, 2026 02:48 PM (lJ0H4)

I remember the sci-fi book by Robert Frezza where one of his characters mentions Rocky 10, which was set on the moons of Titan, and Rocky fought that cyborg.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 18, 2026 02:50 PM (rbvCR)

100 94 First World Problems?

I'm jonesing for Chinese Takeout. My favorite place is up the street but it's closes early today (I'm going to evening church tonight) and is closed on Monday. There are other Chinese Takeout places but this one is close and is really good. Decisions......

(there, FWP)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come

Chinese is always good second or third day. Get it now. Stuff in the fridge. Feed yourself for the next several days.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 18, 2026 02:50 PM (yEz+x)

101 Friday as soon as got home vacuumed out car and washed it. Have to do windows now

Posted by: Skip at October 18, 2026 02:50 PM (Ia/+0)

102 Posted by: Case at October 18, 2026 02:39 PM (ROPCF)

While what you say may be true, this is a lighthearted thread.

Shall we keep it that way?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 18, 2026 02:51 PM (TGuwa)

103 Tried the Shiner Gin. Not bad...

Posted by: man at October 18, 2026 02:51 PM (k0zLw)

104 >>He's years younger than me & we've never had a cross word in his life. I ignore her completely vs telling her to bite me.

Good policy!

Posted by: Lizzy at October 18, 2026 02:51 PM (rOKnE)

105 Sadly, this is truly an FWP:

Nancy Mace @NancyMace

Since Lindsay Clancy's trial 82 mothers have killed 123 of their children.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 18, 2026 02:51 PM (RkR9o)

106 mentions Rocky 10, which was set on the moons of Titan"

"Rocky five....thousand "

Posted by: man at October 18, 2026 02:52 PM (k0zLw)

107 But Kindltot, who is worthy of Connery's mankini and thigh boots?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 18, 2026 02:49 PM (kpS4V)

John Cena in a full beard and unshaved back.

The real question is who plays Arthur Frayn?

Posted by: Kindltot at October 18, 2026 02:52 PM (rbvCR)

108 I remember the sci-fi book by Robert Frezza where one of his characters mentions Rocky 10, which was set on the moons of Titan, and Rocky fought that cyborg.
Posted by: Kindltot

Speaking of Rocky, I'm looking forward to the new move "I Play Rocky" about how Stallone got the original movie made with him as star.

Posted by: Tuna at October 18, 2026 02:53 PM (lJ0H4)

109 Chinese is always good second or third day. Get it now. Stuff in the fridge. Feed yourself for the next several days."

Wisdom, there is.

Posted by: man at October 18, 2026 02:53 PM (k0zLw)

110 Chinese is always good second or third day. Get it now. Stuff in the fridge. Feed yourself for the next several days."

Wisdom, there is.
Posted by: man

Sage advice. See also Thai, Indian, and Italian.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 18, 2026 02:55 PM (8B4gm)

111 100: Hmm. I could do that. Let me ponder...

I should probably get my car inspected sometime this week. October is running out. Soviet VA has added a 'Road Use' fee (tax) to my registration, adding to the cost. Some FWP's are like getting pecked to death by ducks.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 18, 2026 02:55 PM (sAmhv)

112 lol. FWP. A video on YouTube. A guy is videoing the streets of Paris.

A wine store is all cleaned out.
Completely.
All the wine.
Gone.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 18, 2026 02:55 PM (Sco7b)

113 Geeze...I'm overwhelmed with first world problems. Water pressure regulator has failed. Storm door is sticking. P-trap of kitchen sink is begining to seep. Meanwhile I'm working at patching the canoe. That's just the short list.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 18, 2026 02:56 PM (XeU6L)

114 Sage advice. See also Thai, Indian, and Italian.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

Leftover spaghetti is always better .

Posted by: Tuna at October 18, 2026 02:56 PM (lJ0H4)

115 Recent first world problem?

Finding a deserted place to practice driving with the kid.

Generally?

Annoying people at the park where I walk (for exercise) and walk the dog. There's a paved ring within the park w/outside lane for bikes/scooters/skateboards and the inside ring for pedestrians. I HATE early morning walks when there are groups of runners (4-12, 15 or more) where they fan out and take up the entire lane or both lanes and come crashing down the lane. They know there are walkers, yet I think they expect you to jump onto the grass to let them pass? It's rude.

Ah!! I know, first world problem. It's about respecting each other's space, and how that has been eroding for years so that the most basic thing becomes a war of wills (I just stay my course and dare them to run me over).

Posted by: Lizzy at October 18, 2026 02:57 PM (rOKnE)

116 I should probably get my car inspected sometime this week.
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Thanks for the reminder, mine expires Nov.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 18, 2026 02:58 PM (XeU6L)

117 CBD … !? Being First-World-Problem'-less … ? Say it ain't so, Uncle Remus … BUT: 'Problem-less' is always better than …

Posted by: Dr_No at October 18, 2026 02:59 PM (ayRl+)

118 The real question is who plays Arthur Frayn?
Posted by: Kindltot
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Niall Buggy is one of the great British names, along with Googie Withers.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 18, 2026 02:59 PM (kpS4V)

119 >>I remember the sci-fi book by Robert Frezza where one of his characters mentions Rocky 10, which was set on the moons of Titan, and Rocky fought that cyborg.

Heh. The ending credits of "22 Jump Street" has clips from the next ten or so (fake) iterations of the franchise. Glad to see they never made a third one, let alone 10 more.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 18, 2026 03:00 PM (rOKnE)

120 A movie where the subplot is the full purpose of the movie that is being concealed under the action-adventure aspect, in which a small conspiracy of malcontents have discovered they are so enmeshed in greater conspiracy whose end goal is the subjugation of the world in poverty and enslavement to keep them alive, unchanging forever, and who come upon the gambit of destroying everything for the chance of freedom for others?

This is the ultimate radical view of the world.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 18, 2026 03:01 PM (rbvCR)

121 Every week seems reading another mom killer her kids, didn't add them up though, but seemed to be a lot.

Posted by: Skip at October 18, 2026 03:01 PM (Ia/+0)

122 Reminds me, lesburu needs an oil change. Not because I’ve driven 4000 miles. It’s been six months. And lesburus burn oil.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 18, 2026 03:01 PM (yEz+x)

123 Now’s the time to wash windows; take pictures; dig bulbs; air winter clothes; start Christmas shopping list; buy cheese for mouse trap; walk in autumn leaves; select Halloween pumpkin; memorize a favorite hymn; write to the extension office for booklet FS-995, “Winterize Your Garden Plants”; answer that letter that arrived months
ago…
—October 12, 1966, Lake Mills (Iowa) Graphic, “Around the House”

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 18, 2026 03:02 PM (kYmoU)

124 I'm kinda-sorta interested in a half-ass way about selling my IN-ENVELOPE DAY-OF-ISSUE ORIGINAL issues of the Death of Superman and the following month's Re-birth of Superman. For the right price (meaning 'many zeroes'), I will gladly surrender ownership to the new owner. Terms: Cash or Cashier's Check only. Or gold. I'd really prefer the gold …

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

125 Soviet VA has added a 'Road Use' fee (tax) to my registration, adding to the cost
Posted by: Puddleglum

Cocksuckers can't even tax right. Since it's mpg-based, my daughter's econobox gets way better gas mileage than my v8 twin turbo, though it's no better than my 90s econobox, and costs substantially more.

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at October 18, 2026 03:03 PM (7SWnf)

126 Lizzy, the parking lot at the Kaiser Permanente clinic here is usually open on Sundays,

I suggest you drop by the recycling place and get a lot of cardboard boxes to practice driving around. They are a lot cheaper to practice missing and parking than using, say, Volvos.
Easier to find than orange cones too.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 18, 2026 03:04 PM (rbvCR)

127 Terms: Cash or Cashier's Check only. Or gold. I'd really prefer the gold …

Be careful. Before his death, Superman was a very enthusiastic enforcer of the gold hoarding laws.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 18, 2026 03:05 PM (kYmoU)

128 @ 127 Terms: Cash or Cashier's Check only. Or gold. I'd really prefer the gold …
Be careful. Before his death, Superman was a very enthusiastic enforcer of the gold hoarding laws. Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 18, 2026 03:05 PM (kYmoU)
________________________________

Oh crap. "What's that you say? / That there must be a catch"? Yeah, Badfinger was right …

Posted by: Dr_No at October 18, 2026 03:08 PM (ayRl+)

129 >>Lizzy, the parking lot at the Kaiser Permanente clinic here is usually open on Sundays,

I suggest you drop by the recycling place and get a lot of cardboard boxes to practice driving around. They are a lot cheaper to practice missing and parking than using, say, Volvos.
Easier to find than orange cones too.
- - -

Hmm, thanks! You mean the big KP south od Denver?
There's so much growth now. I was thinking of a state park where there are winding roads and many parking lots.

Hadn't thought about cones or boxes, good idea! When I learned, dad had me drive around a parking lot for about 45 minutes than had me drive up Boulder canyon . I am not that mean, lol.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 18, 2026 03:08 PM (rOKnE)

130 > Recent first world problem?

Finding a deserted place to practice driving with the kid.
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Abandoned Fort Ord in California. Taught one daughter to drive a Nissan Frontier pick up with a 5-speed.

Took my son up there to shoot model rockets off as well.

Only a small part of the installation was still operational when we were there. The rest was wide open... except for the artillery ranges.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 18, 2026 03:09 PM (RORbl)

131 My FWP? Way, way too much crap in the garage, spilling over into the house. Way too much old paper. Every checking statement back to 1982, every art project and scribble the kids drew, boxes and boxes of children's books, VHS tapes, parts of broken toys.

So much stuff I can't find stuff like tools, hiking gear, etc.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 18, 2026 03:10 PM (QGaXH)

132 And who irons their sheets?

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 18, 2026 02:31 PM (yEz+x)
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I haven't done it in years, but ironed sheets are glorious to sleep in.

Posted by: 496 at October 18, 2026 03:10 PM (m8Qhu)

133 >>Only a small part of the installation was still operational when we were there. The rest was wide open... except for the artillery ranges.

Ha!

Posted by: Lizzy at October 18, 2026 03:10 PM (rOKnE)

134 Easy open/re-seal food packaging that no longer works.

Excellent designs that appeared say, 15 years ago or so. Cheese, deli meats, that sort of thing.

Many (not all) these days - you can't really open them properly without a scissors (they don't tear as designed), and you can't reseal them (interlocking thinggy simply doesn't work).

Weird. Same design. Possibly quality/gage of materials used? Doesn't apply to all brands, but widespread enough that when I come across one that opens/reseals easily, as designed and as used to be always the case, I notice it and think "well, THIS one works".

WTF?

Posted by: rhomboid at October 18, 2026 03:12 PM (U/Byj)

135 Add on to 131 - what to do with old college text books from the 1970's? Barely used. Grades to prove it!

Statics and Dynamics, anyone???

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 18, 2026 03:12 PM (QGaXH)

136 @ 131 My FWP? Way, way too much crap in the garage, spilling over into the house. Way too much old paper. Every checking statement back to 1982, every art project and scribble the kids drew, boxes and boxes of children's books, VHS tapes, parts of broken toys. So much stuff I can't find stuff like tools, hiking gear, etc. Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 18, 2026 03:10 PM (QGaXH)
_____________________________

Before you toss those VHS tapes, do an online title search for valuation. I had some that were still in the original unopened plastiwrap - I'm glad now I din't open 'em. Makes TONS of difference in what they're worth.

Posted by: Dr_No at October 18, 2026 03:12 PM (ayRl+)

137 Lizzy, I am in Oregon, but we have KP here too.
The boxes idea are from an girlfriend teaching her daughter to drive. The girl was amazed at how I could grease a car into a parking spot, but the only trick is learning how to "feel" your corners and practice.

Driving forklift for a while helped also.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 18, 2026 03:13 PM (rbvCR)

138 Is that a thumb in the painting?
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at October 18, 2026 02:10 PM (cWLG3)
It is ChatGPT's impression of a dildo.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

A dildo eating caviar? Fishy.

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at October 18, 2026 03:13 PM (xGUj2)

139 ARiK - I can say from experience that throwing old stuff out is a HIGHLY cathartic

Posted by: 496 at October 18, 2026 03:14 PM (m8Qhu)

140 Lizzy, the parking lot at the Kaiser Permanente clinic here is usually open on Sundays,

I suggest you drop by the recycling place and get a lot of cardboard boxes to practice driving around. They are a lot cheaper to practice missing and parking than using, say, Volvos.
Easier to find than orange cones too.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 18, 2026 03:04 PM (rbvCR)

School parking lots after 5 and on the weekends. It's how I taught Little..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at October 18, 2026 03:14 PM (08OqX)

141 Weird. Same design. Possibly quality/gage of materials used? Doesn't apply to all brands, but widespread enough that when I come across one that opens/reseals easily, as designed and as used to be always the case, I notice it and think "well, THIS one works".

WTF?
Posted by: rhomboid

Thinking this yesterday.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 18, 2026 03:16 PM (8B4gm)

142 If that's a self portrait, you got ear problems...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

What?

Posted by: zombie Van Gogh at October 18, 2026 03:16 PM (VHUov)

143 109 Chinese is always good second or third day. Get it now. Stuff in the fridge. Feed yourself for the next several days."

Wisdom, there is.
Posted by: man at October 18, 2026 02:53 PM (k0zLw)

For So. Cal. Morons:

Lucky Chinese on Brookhurst in Fountain Valley. Get the two- item plate. Ladies behind counter will stuff it to bursting for you, especially if you smile and make eye contact with them.

Good for three meals at least, under $15.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 18, 2026 03:17 PM (QGaXH)

144 I have wonderful neighbours. I think they left for Florida.

It's the rest of the Canucks which may or may not be FWP for you there.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 18, 2026 03:17 PM (Sco7b)

145 16 The plastic hat band on my fav ballcap broke. I am forced to throw it away and buy another $16 piece of trash for my slowly balding dome.
Posted by: weft cut-loop

Don't cheap out like that! See me for a permanent solution.

Posted by: Sy Sperling, Client AND President at October 18, 2026 03:18 PM (EdP2u)

146 Recent first world problem?
Finding a deserted place to practice driving with the kid.
Posted by: Lizzy

School parking lots after 5 and on the weekends. It's how I taught Little..
Posted by: Joe Kidd

Wait for ice fishing season, and hit the lake. That's how I learned. Bonus: teaches you how to turn and stop on ice.

Or is that just a Minnesota thing?

Posted by: mikeski at October 18, 2026 03:19 PM (VHUov)

147 ARiK, if I'm in Fountain Valley and on Brookhurst I'm likely to head for Little Saigon. Lee's Sandwiches or Brodard. But good tip to keep in mind anyway. Have not had much Chinese for a long time, even though I love it.

Got a great deal on a barely-used Uberti Model 1866 lever rifle at a store in Fountain Valley, young guy moving to Japan to study the language had started getting into cowboy action shooting and needed to unload all his stuff.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 18, 2026 03:19 PM (U/Byj)

148 Good for three meals at least, under $15.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan

Yeah, Ha Ha! No MSG!

(clossing fingers behind back)

Posted by: Mon Lee Take Out at October 18, 2026 03:20 PM (EdP2u)

149 Mrs. Ed Noorlun brings back these Eskimo recipes from Alaska.

ICE CREAM

Grate reindeer tallow into small pieces. Add seal oil slowly while beating with hand. Then add a little water while whipping. Continue adding seal oil and water until white and fluffy. Berries may also be added.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 18, 2026 03:21 PM (kYmoU)

150 I got one! Brave browser doesn't play nice with "free wi-fi" sign-ins. Cannot find the wifi log-in page. Work-around: open Firefox, log in, then use Brave to actually read Internet.

Sitting at DFW. About 4 hours to kill.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 18, 2026 03:22 PM (KNvBN)

151 Oh, the clothes need washin' and the fire won't start
Kids all cryin' and you're breakin' my heart
Whole darn place is fallin' apart
Maybe things'll get a little better in the mornin'
Maybe things'll get a little better
Work your fingers to the bone
Whadda ya get? (Whoo-hoo)
Boney fingers
Boney fingers...

Posted by: Zombie Hoyt Axton at October 18, 2026 03:23 PM (JAh4c)

152 147 ARiK, if I'm in Fountain Valley and on Brookhurst I'm likely to head for Little Saigon. Lee's Sandwiches or Brodard. But good tip to keep in mind anyway. Have not had much Chinese for a long time, even though I love it.

Got a great deal on a barely-used Uberti Model 1866 lever rifle at a store in Fountain Valley, young guy moving to Japan to study the language had started getting into cowboy action shooting and needed to unload all his stuff.
Posted by: rhomboid at October 18, 2026 03:19 PM (U/Byj)

rhomboid

I've been to Brodard. I think it's Viet Namese and a little pricey. Haven't tried Lee's. My Vietnamese car pooler did recommend it at one time.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 18, 2026 03:26 PM (QGaXH)

153 Brave browser doesn't play nice with "free wi-fi" sign-ins. Cannot find the wifi log-in page.

A lot of airports don’t keep their “free wi-fi” hardware working, or their secure keys working. A security-conscious browser like Brave will then not show it, not knowing that you need to see it. (The wifi login page isn’t any different from any other page, to the browser.)

I’ve taken to just using cell service and tethering as often as not at airports, just to avoid having to decide which insecure free wifi is the real free wifi rather than a scammer free wifi.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 18, 2026 03:27 PM (kYmoU)

154 Reminds me, lesburu needs an oil change. Not because I’ve driven 4000 miles. It’s been six months. And lesburus burn oil.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 18, 2026 03:01 PM

With the oil filter up top, they're pretty easy to change yourself.

You might also consider adding a bit of oil yourself, to make it to 6k miles, Subaru's recommended frequency.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 18, 2026 03:28 PM (0sNs1)

155 If you are putting clothes on your pets for any reason other than added warmth....YOU are a First World Problem.

https://tinyurl.com/4nrx7e3a

Posted by: Orson at October 18, 2026 03:28 PM (dIske)

156 Wait for ice fishing season, and hit the lake. That's how I learned. Bonus: teaches you how to turn and stop on ice.

Or is that just a Minnesota thing?
Posted by: mikeski at October 18, 2026 03:19 PM (VHUov)

Florida's most recent ice fishing season was during the Pleistocene Epoch. And no, I wasn't there (walks away hitching up pants and grumbling about smart-aleck kids...)

Posted by: Joe Kidd at October 18, 2026 03:29 PM (08OqX)

157 Brodard is definitely Vietnamese, and food is excellent. More range than a typical V'mese place. Prices? Same as almost all restaurants, going back to before The Great Idiocy. Too high. But Brodard is in that category where I'll shell out the excessive $ because the food is so good and obviously far beyond my ability to make myself.

Lee's Sandwiches is a chain. Very efficient and great. They're all over Orange County (oddly, tragically, none down here, though there is one good imitator). Again, not as cheap as before, but (I think) still not bad. And great sandwiches. Fresh baguettes.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 18, 2026 03:32 PM (U/Byj)

158 So what did Macron come up with?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 18, 2026 03:34 PM (Y/06r)

159 Wrinkled sheets match my wrinkled skin. Not giving that up.

Posted by: Old Man Adams at October 18, 2026 03:34 PM (EdP2u)

160 New FWP. My flight has been delayed 90 minutes.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 18, 2026 03:35 PM (weWIX)

161 So what did Macron come up with?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 18, 2026 03:34 PM (Y/06r)

Burned lips, if he was bobbing for french fries.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 18, 2026 03:35 PM (KNvBN)

162 Orson it is the Halloween season, seen some neat costumes for pets

Posted by: Skip at October 18, 2026 03:35 PM (Ia/+0)

163 Busy traffic on the roads all the way. I put 197 miles on the rentacar; used half a tank of fuel.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 18, 2026 03:37 PM (KNvBN)

164 Got a speeding ticket for the first time in decades. Ticket says must pay the fine/show up in court 30 days from the ticket's issue date. That was over a week ago, ticket's not showing up online so go over to the county courthouse to pay. Queue up with a fuming dude next to me who complains that the lone clerk behind the desk is just sitting there and why isn't she helping? Tell him, "Do not question the system, or they will get MAD at us and it'll get even MORE stupid." When in front of said clerk, I'm informed that I'll get a courtesy notice in the mail in a month and THEN I can pay. I tell her that the ticket states that if I don't pay, then I have to go to court or be in contempt, and that date is sooner than 30 days from now. Oh, it's fine, once you get the notice you'll have 60 days to pay, she says breezily. I wanted to tell her that this is not what the ticket says, but shut my trap and skedaddled. Hopefully I will not be arrested in 30 days for not ante'ing up. This is beyond stupid...

Posted by: tankascribe at October 18, 2026 03:37 PM (NtoJk)

165 160 New FWP. My flight has been delayed 90 minutes.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Hit the airport bar!

Someone needs to create an app where you can enter an airport bar, and a name and buy a person a drink. Same thing on an airplane. Flight number, seat, name…. Presto! Mr RMBS, this cocktail has been bought for you while you wait! Cheers! nurse r.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 18, 2026 03:38 PM (yEz+x)

166 162 Orson it is the Halloween season, seen some neat costumes for pets
Posted by: Skip at October 18, 2026 03:35 PM (Ia/+0)
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Halloween costumes are excluded from my proclamation. Thank you for the clarification. And, yeah, I had a smiling Collie at my door last year in a ninja suit. He got extra treats.

Posted by: Orson at October 18, 2026 03:38 PM (dIske)

167 Halloween costumes are excluded from my proclamation. Thank you for the clarification. And, yeah, I had a smiling Collie at my door last year in a ninja suit. He got extra treats.
Posted by: Orson at October 18, 2026 03:38 PM (dIske)

Here, Fido. Wear this stupid costume. People will take pity on you, and shower you with goodies. You will make out like a bandit.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 18, 2026 03:42 PM (KNvBN)

168 Gotta admit though,
The little dog giant spider coostumes are hysterical.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 18, 2026 03:43 PM (yEz+x)

169 Macron emphasized a distinction between legit protesters (fuel prices - which of course he blamed on the Iran war, technically correct but typically French in ignoring that country's enormous responsibility for making the war necessary) and looters/rioters.

Sure.

Even accepting his premise, it's a disaster, and nature's way of telling you that you have serious civic problems. Oh well.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 18, 2026 03:43 PM (U/Byj)

170 kedaddled. Hopefully I will not be arrested in 30 days for not ante'ing up. This is beyond stupid...
Posted by: tankascribe

I'll be looking forward to the bodycam vid of you being pulled from the car in 32 days. Please make 'em taze you. I always get a kick out of that.

Posted by: Just Finna Get Out The Car at October 18, 2026 03:44 PM (EdP2u)

171 168 Gotta admit though,
The little dog giant spider coostumes are hysterical.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 18, 2026 03:43 PM (yEz+x)

___________________________

You guys bring up a good point. Pets participating in Trick or Treating get a pass. And, I'm weighing an exclusion for organ grinder monkeys. Because, a monkey wearing a Jeff cap is kind of awesome.

Posted by: Orson at October 18, 2026 03:45 PM (dIske)

172 97 But Kindltot, who is worthy of Connery's mankini and thigh boots?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 18, 2026 02:49 PM (kpS4V)

Oh, yoo hoo!

Posted by: Elliot Page at October 18, 2026 03:47 PM (Ucgf4)

173 I'll be looking forward to the bodycam vid of you being pulled from the car in 32 days. Please make 'em taze you. I always get a kick out of that.
Posted by: Just Finna Get Out The Car at October 18, 2026

Yeah, I know. All I want to do is pay the stupid ticket. Only gov'ment office I've ever been in where they aren't frothing at the mouth to take my money.

And don't get me started on the FWP adventure of getting a new printer and subsequent tale of woe in trying to get it connected to the wi-fi and cough up a color photograph...

Posted by: tankascribe at October 18, 2026 03:48 PM (NtoJk)

174 Looks like they are continuing to fly burn victims from Wainwright to hospitals around Alberta. Now flying them to Calgary, as Edmonton is full up. Must be a giant clusterfuck.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 18, 2026 03:48 PM (KNvBN)

175 Might be scotch time soon

Posted by: Skip at October 18, 2026 03:48 PM (Ia/+0)

176 🍓Here you can undress a Girl and see her Naked) Please check it out ➤ https://ja.cat/nudisy

Posted by: nuday at October 18, 2026 03:48 PM (NC0qI)

177 FWP: TX MoMee XI is over.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 18, 2026 03:49 PM (jb8Ss)

178
A priest in Ecuador was livestreaming Mass and the huge crucifix on the wall behind him fell off the wall and crushed him to death.

Weird.

Daily Mail has the story.

Posted by: four seasons at October 18, 2026 03:49 PM (/QHx4)

179 Or hospitals can handle oh maybe 3 patients at a time

Posted by: Skip at October 18, 2026 03:49 PM (Ia/+0)

180 My house needs a good cleaning. I don't want to do it, and I don't want anyone else to do it. Does this count as ridiculous?

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 18, 2026 03:50 PM (w6EFb)

181 four seasons,

Was he preaching heresy?

Posted by: RandomDave at October 18, 2026 03:50 PM (aJQbY)

182 My house needs a good cleaning. I don't want to do it, and I don't want anyone else to do it. Does this count as ridiculous?
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 18, 2026 03:50 PM (w6EFb)

How is Publius' Mama doing?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 18, 2026 03:51 PM (KNvBN)

183 FWP: TX MoMee XI is over.

RWP: I only brought one of your brownies home.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 18, 2026 03:52 PM (kYmoU)

184 I thought organ grinder monkeys wore a fez. What is a Jeff cap?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 18, 2026 03:52 PM (PW3Q+)

185 >>> 181 four seasons,

Was he preaching heresy?
Posted by: RandomDave at October 18, 2026 03:50 PM (aJQbY)

Many commies in Central and South America are fond of preaching "liberation" theology. iirc former fakepope frankie was one example.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 18, 2026 03:53 PM (jb8Ss)

186 And don't get me started on the FWP adventure of getting a new printer and subsequent tale of woe in trying to get it connected to the wi-fi and cough up a color photograph...
Posted by: tankascribe

I bought a new printer two years ago, following the instructions repeatedly, wasted a couple hours, it never worked, and there it sits ever since. Went to the library to print something important once about a year ago. It looks pretty over there. I dust it now and again.

Posted by: Cranky Old Yank at October 18, 2026 03:53 PM (EdP2u)

187 174 Looks like they are continuing to fly burn victims from Wainwright to hospitals around Alberta. Now flying them to Calgary, as Edmonton is full up. Must be a giant clusterfuck.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Prayers for those poor people! Do you think we'll ever know what actually happened?

FYI, last week the fiduciary balancing our portfolio wanted us to do 20% in International stocks. Informed him in no uncertain terms that we want to keep our $$ domestic as the European economies are pretty much circling the drain. If he'd proposed that pre-2015 we would have endorsed it, but not since the Islamic invasion, nuh-uh. I think he's a closet conservative as he didn't push hard on that one and not a day later, half of France has been going up in flames. Yeah, that's a hedge we don't need. Told'ja!

Posted by: tankascribe at October 18, 2026 03:53 PM (NtoJk)

188 half of France has been going up in flames. Yeah, that's a hedge we don't need. Told'ja!
Posted by: tankascribe at October 18, 2026 03:53 PM (NtoJk)

OTOH, French fire extinguisher companies might be a strong buy.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 18, 2026 03:55 PM (KNvBN)

189 Posted by: nuday at October 18, 2026 03:48 PM (NC0qI)

My first-world problem is pr0n spammers on my first-world-problems thread. And the previous threads.

Posted by: mikeski at October 18, 2026 03:56 PM (VHUov)

190 First World Problem from 1967, courtesy the Lake Mills (Iowa) Graphic column “Around the House”:

“The advent of the electric light changed the habits of the world. If you find yourself scolding the children for forgetting to turn out the lights, perhaps you’ll feel better by noting the words of experts: It is said that electricity is so cheap now that the constant wear and tear on switches costs more than the electric current.”

I’m pretty sure I’ve paid more money on pull-switch fixtures for the closet storage upstairs than I’ve paid on electricity for the light it controls. I should just leave it on.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 18, 2026 03:57 PM (kYmoU)

191 Burns are awful. Horribly painful, stinky and a bitch to heal.

They can use a 3-D printer to produce human skin now that can be grafted onto burns. It’s pretty amazing.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 18, 2026 03:57 PM (yEz+x)

192 I bought a new printer two years ago, following the instructions repeatedly, wasted a couple hours, it never worked, and there it sits ever since. Went to the library to print something important once about a year ago. It looks pretty over there. I dust it now and again.
Posted by: Cranky Old Yank

Yeah, we eventually had to return the new printer, got a refund and purchased a different brand. Then couldn't get the software for it because the company's web site was down. Eventually got on, got the stupid software/firmware installed, and finally got a handshake between the printer and the computer. Thank G-d we have no desire to try to print something from our phones, I'd probably commit seppuku before jumping through those hoops. We have no kids nor grandkids to come over and set it up for us. Every time we have to replace something electronic, it makes me want to break out in hives. Or murder somebody. (Yup, I'm old!)

Posted by: tankascribe at October 18, 2026 03:58 PM (NtoJk)

193 My best guess for Wainwright? Artillery fire on the range sparked a grass fire, and 60 mph winds whipped it up into a firestorm. And maybe fire jumped roads, and got going behind people trying to fight it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 18, 2026 03:59 PM (KNvBN)

194 I looked up what a Jeff cap is: it’s a neologism for a newsboy cap, what some call a flat cap. Not the right thing for an organ grinder’s monkey. A diminutive fez is the traditional cap for such a monkey. And tradition is right!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 18, 2026 03:59 PM (PW3Q+)

195 AOP, she's still hanging on. Kind of amazing. She hasn't been able to eat anything since Oct 6 (the days before that, we're talking maybe half a cup of food at best. We give her water with a syringe, maybe half a ml at a time. I'm not sure if she's actually tuned in at all in the past few days.

I played her favorite song (which was actually her mother's favorite song), version 2 of "Crossing the Bar" by the Spooky Men's Chorale. Inspired by the poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Maybe it was my imagination, but I thought I saw her face relax with a ghost of a smile.

I know music has a way of breaking through, that words cannot.

It will be played at her funeral.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 18, 2026 03:59 PM (w6EFb)

196 A priest in Ecuador was livestreaming Mass and the huge crucifix on the wall behind him fell off the wall and crushed him to death.

Weird.

Daily Mail has the story.
Posted by: four seasons at October 18, 2026 03:49 PM (/QHx4)
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Something is weird about this. If you search the local stories on the occurrence, it brings up a 2024 incident where a Priest of the same name and age was kidnapped and left dead in a local trash landfill by a "foreigner." "Foreigner" in Ecuador refers specifically to Venezuelans. It's an odd quirk of the language. Almost all the stories available reference that occurrence, and say little to nothing about a crucifix killing a priest.

Posted by: Orson at October 18, 2026 04:00 PM (dIske)

197 FOOD NOOD

Posted by: Skip at October 18, 2026 04:01 PM (Ia/+0)

198 I went to a two-day picnic with some good friends and it was chilly so I sat in the sun wearing wraparound sunglasses, so the bottom half, and only the bottom half of my face is sunburned.

It's all I got.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at October 18, 2026 04:03 PM (bXODF)

199 Dang. Willowed.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at October 18, 2026 04:03 PM (bXODF)

200 Think I will go offline for a while. Later, gators.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 18, 2026 04:04 PM (KNvBN)

201 7 I got my feet wet while draining the pool. They're cold and wet now.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 18, 2026 02:04 PM

Try taking off your shoes and socks next time.

Your welcome 😁

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at October 18, 2026 04:05 PM (IOnsU)

202 193 My best guess for Wainwright? Artillery fire on the range sparked a grass fire, and 60 mph winds whipped it up into a firestorm. And maybe fire jumped roads, and got going behind people trying to fight it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 18, 2026 03:59 PM (KNvBN)

The speculation is they hit a gas line or well on the base.

Canadian Military starts training for a U.S. invasion and blows themselves up is ironic, though.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 18, 2026 04:12 PM (6ydKt)

203 The Christmas tree is up. I won't turn the light on until November and it'snot decorated but it is up.

FIRST!

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 18, 2026 04:23 PM (Sco7b)

204 Canadian Military starts training for a U.S. invasion and blows themselves up is ironic, though.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 18, 2026 04:12 P

And fat bastard ford signed a deal for Ontario to import US energy for 6 months.

I hope President Trump cancels that or puts one hell of a tax on it.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 18, 2026 04:28 PM (Sco7b)

205 Nood.
Food.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 18, 2026 04:29 PM (Sco7b)

206 I got my feet wet while draining the pool. They're cold and wet now.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Try taking off your shoes and socks next time.
Your welcome 😁
Posted by: Scuba_Dude

Nickname checks out. Trust this advice.

Posted by: mikeski at October 18, 2026 04:31 PM (VHUov)

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