First-World Problems...

It's a crap design, but it seems to be ubiquitous! Luckily with the advent of LEDs the designs are changing, but for the vast majority or recessed lights in ceilings across America, those three little spring clips are all that hold the light into the can mounted in the ceiling.

Did I say three? Well, no. There are only two. The third one snapped off as I tried to reinstall the fixture after it dropped out of the ceiling. Why did it fall? I have no idea. Expansion and contraction of the joists maybe? Those springs are made of crappy metal riveted into the plastic base, so no surprise it didn't survive a little bit of torque.

And of course the plastic cracked, so there isn't even an easy way to fix it. Luckily they aren't expensive, otherwise I would have to hunt down the designer and have him flailed.

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[Hat Tip: "hmosquito]

Posted by: CBD at 02:00 PM

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Posted by: Skip at May 22, 2022 02:00 PM (2JoB8)

2 LED lights are the bomb.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at May 22, 2022 02:02 PM (yQpMk)

3 Martini Farmer, there's your tool for the washing machine.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 22, 2022 02:03 PM (SKXSf)

4 My FWP is the coffee carafe is empty.
Why do they only make SS carafes in 10 cups... I need *more* coffee but, I don't need another 10 cups today.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 22, 2022 02:03 PM (56+8G)

5 Seriously, CBD, you do not have duct tape handy for such repairs?

Weirdo.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at May 22, 2022 02:04 PM (5pTK/)

6 I have a few in my outbuilding, one seems to shake loose as walking up in loft rattles it.

One First World Problem is almost done, 2019s leaf collection will be processed and in the garden.

Posted by: Skip at May 22, 2022 02:05 PM (2JoB8)

7 Weirdo.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at May 22, 2022 02:04 PM (5pTK/)

My framing hammer didn't work, so I gave up before I used duct tape.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 22, 2022 02:05 PM (XIJ/X)

8 I think you're just lucky CBD (or cursed). I haven't seen that recessed can design and I've replaced a bunch of them in a number of homes.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 22, 2022 02:06 PM (56+8G)

9 My FWP.
That 10mm socket.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 22, 2022 02:06 PM (anj39)

10 hiya

Posted by: JT at May 22, 2022 02:06 PM (arJlL)

11 I have those same lights all over my house including the patio in the back. They are a stone cold biotch to change light bulbs in. Talked to an electrician buddy and he told me about sealed LED replacement units. Pull out the entire old unit and plug in the LED and shove it back in the ceiling. No more bulbs to change and the bugs can't get in them. Used to have to get up on the ladder twice a year to clean the bug debris out of the three on the back patio. So many bugs would get in them that I had to use shop goggles to keep them out of my eyes when I pulled the fixture loose to clean it.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at May 22, 2022 02:07 PM (bVYXr)

12 At first glance at the photo above, without my glasses, I thought it was one of CBD's sous vide contraptions.

Posted by: Winston, GOPe, not one dime, not one vote at May 22, 2022 02:08 PM (Ueqns)

13 And of course the plastic cracked, so there isn't even an easy way to fix it.
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JB Weld?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 22, 2022 02:08 PM (keiIU)

14 Obviously, CBD is smarter than I am, because I can see that fixture falling out while I'm in the midst of taking a shower, and I, being slow of wit, grabbing the light, to push it back in.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at May 22, 2022 02:08 PM (5pTK/)

15 FWP: I thought there wasn't a pink version of this, but I was wrong, and may have to buy it
https://www.bugasalt.com/ products/pink-3-0

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at May 22, 2022 02:09 PM (llON8)

16 He did not want to get the wheels dirty before getting it home.
/obviously

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2022 02:09 PM (EZebt)

17 I see we have the trifecta of home repair listed already:

Duct tape, hammer and JB Weld.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at May 22, 2022 02:09 PM (5pTK/)

18 It is common to hear about how duct tape and WD-40 solve every problem.

I submit that hose clamps are just as helpful and versatile, and everyone should have a few in their toolbox at all times.

Posted by: 496 at May 22, 2022 02:09 PM (VJsqe)

19 That picture reminded me of a series of photos popular years ago, "Why Women Live Longer than Men," that showed men doing all sorts of crazy, unsafe crap trying to build or fix things. Some of those really were hilarious.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at May 22, 2022 02:11 PM (sWM8x)

20 I have 6 of those crappy fixtures in my family room ceiling 19 feet high. Replacing the bulbs over the years with a suction cup on an extender pole has resulted in three of the fixtures breaking and no longer held in place. Luckily, LEDs have at least prevented me from having to replace them for a few years now.

Side note...CFLs were the crappiest device ever invented. The lighting sucked and the supposedly 7 year lifetime lasted more like 7 months.

Posted by: JT Smith at May 22, 2022 02:11 PM (frfx6)

21 My FWP.
That 10mm socket.
Posted by: Diogenes

My 12mm combination wrench is keeping it company.

Somewhere close by.

But out of sight. Quietly hiding.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 22, 2022 02:11 PM (Msys3)

22 Bet that two-wheeler get some Nitrogen for the tires.

Posted by: klaftern at May 22, 2022 02:13 PM (taPSh)

23 CBD - I truly thought that was some type of coffee maker at first glance.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 22, 2022 02:13 PM (Msys3)

24 Say, anyone need a 10mm socket? Got a whole bushel basket of em.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 22, 2022 02:13 PM (u73oe)

25 Get home to find the mexicans are back at building a house next door to me with no permits. We have been fighting this disaster for two years now. The Town took over the property last week because the owners refused to respond to their letters or clean the mess up. The Town has shut them down three times now, but they are back at it and not a single one claims to speak English. Calling the Town back again tomorrow morning.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at May 22, 2022 02:14 PM (bVYXr)

26 I've got a 10mm socket, but for the life of me I can't hold onto 10mm combination wrenches.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at May 22, 2022 02:16 PM (sWM8x)

27 Flash Email Traffic

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https://bityl.co/CJkn

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at May 22, 2022 02:17 PM (yQpMk)

28 I found out last night that if I want the bed light on in my truck as I unload, i have to listen to a 130dB ding ding ding ding ding to remind me that the bed light is on. You can't listen to the radio with the doors open anymore, now you can't turn on your bed light while unloading. What is the point of the light then? And the kicker is that it is an LED which could probably run for a month without killing the battery. The dinger draws 100 times the power.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at May 22, 2022 02:18 PM (f8jdA)

29 " the plastic cracked, so there isn't even an easy way to fix it."

gorilla tape, or gorilla glue. They are surprisingly useful (well the tape, I have not tried the glue). My tailout on my 2007 Silverado started popping out on my rough lane after about two years. Gorilla Tape has been a solid fix. I replaced the lights once, but they also became loose. So Gorilla Tape is permanent.

Fortunately I kinda like the utilitarian look, and it holds up well when the truck gets its annual washing.

Posted by: illiniwek at May 22, 2022 02:18 PM (Cus5s)

30 My FWP - my beloved/hated cigar box full of Allen wrenches. I must have 200 of them in there. But just try to locate the exact one needed for the job at hand.

Oh, it's in there alright. And six of his twin brothers. But just try to find it.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 22, 2022 02:18 PM (Msys3)

31 Mister Scott they claim to not speak English because they can't. It's yes, no but they do what they want like it's a Ancient Greek telling you what to do.

Posted by: Skip at May 22, 2022 02:19 PM (2JoB8)

32 Wait, wut? Tonypete has a toolbox less organized than mine?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at May 22, 2022 02:19 PM (5pTK/)

33 Ah, the Four Horsemen of DIY are now complete: duct tape, hammer, JB Weld, and Gorilla tape.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 22, 2022 02:20 PM (keiIU)

34 Ah, the Four Horsemen of DIY are now complete: duct tape, hammer, JB Weld, and Gorilla tape.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara

No drywall screws (to be used everywhere?

Posted by: Tonypete at May 22, 2022 02:21 PM (Msys3)

35 Why did it fall? I have no idea.

Ummm. Gravity?

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 22, 2022 02:21 PM (U2p+3)

36 People that drywall screws everywhere need horse-whipped.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 22, 2022 02:22 PM (4ErMj)

37 Use

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 22, 2022 02:23 PM (4ErMj)

38 Why did it fall? I have no idea.

Ummm. Gravity?
Posted by: nurse ratched

Nah, that couldn't be it.
-- Overcredentialed 'scientist'

Posted by: Tonypete at May 22, 2022 02:23 PM (Msys3)

39 My FWP - my beloved/hated cigar box full of Allen wrenches. I must have 200 of them in there. But just try to locate the exact one needed for the job at hand.
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I love watching YouTube videos on tips for DIYers.

For this problem some Russian guy suggested putting the smaller Allen wrenches into the cut end of a piece of cardboard, and the larger ones into holes punched out perpendicular to the plane of the cardboard.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 22, 2022 02:23 PM (keiIU)

40 I ordered 25 pounds of wheat berries for $59. Just checked and was paying $33 for 25 pounds in 2019. This will do wonders for grocery prices

Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at May 22, 2022 02:23 PM (YynYJ)

41 28 I found out last night that if I want the bed light on in my truck as I unload, i have to listen to a 130dB ding ding ding ding ding to remind me that the bed light is on. You can't listen to the radio with the doors open anymore, now you can't turn on your bed light while unloading. What is the point of the light then? And the kicker is that it is an LED which could probably run for a month without killing the battery. The dinger draws 100 times the power.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

Try using a headlamp. Seriously. Solves all kinds of lighting issues.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 22, 2022 02:25 PM (U2p+3)

42 People that drywall screws everywhere need horse-whipped.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

Truly a crime against humanity.

I pulled one out of a (very poor) 'fix' of the neighbor girl's lacrosse stick. Jeeze Dad......

Posted by: Tonypete at May 22, 2022 02:25 PM (Msys3)

43 Side note...CFLs were the crappiest device ever invented. The lighting sucked and the supposedly 7 year lifetime lasted more like 7 months.
Posted by: JT Smith

You didn't mention:
1) That if the CFL breaks it releases Mercury and needs a hazmat team to clean it up. If it breaks over carpet you're supposed to cutout and hazmat dispose of the carpet.
2) CFL bulbs spontaneously burst in to flame (a la Teslas). Again this results in a potential house fire *and* a hazmat situation.

Yes, this house had many, many exposed CFLs in recessed cans throughout the house. I think I have purchased and used all 30 of them so far there are a few more in hard to reach areas.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 22, 2022 02:25 PM (56+8G)

44 People that drywall screws everywhere need horse-whipped.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 22, 2022 02:22 PM (4ErMj)
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Along with anyone who uses slotted screws anywhere. Grrrr.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 22, 2022 02:25 PM (keiIU)

45 I want a Phillips head screwdriver, they are all flat heads in my box. Need a flat head? All Phillips.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at May 22, 2022 02:26 PM (f8jdA)

46 Try using a headlamp. Seriously. Solves all kinds of lighting issues.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 22, 2022 02:25 PM (U2p+3)
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Headlamps are great in many contexts, e.g., in my case, working in a pitch black attic. My squawk: the head straps stretch out after a couple of uses, to the point that you cannot cinch them down to stay on your head.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 22, 2022 02:28 PM (keiIU)

47 I helped demo a deck with a buddy. Whoever owned the camp before used whatever screws were in the coffee can to build said deck.

Needed horse-whipped.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 22, 2022 02:28 PM (4ErMj)

48 They minute someone figured out a + head screw worked better anyone making a straight slot screw should have been executed.

Posted by: Skip at May 22, 2022 02:28 PM (2JoB8)

49 People that drywall screws everywhere need horse-whipped.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 22, 2022 02:22 PM (4ErMj)
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Bit your tongue! I built a sled for my table saw so I could make some box joints. Dry wall screws came in very handy for the build.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at May 22, 2022 02:28 PM (5pTK/)

50 One other fun nannyism with the truck. I have a flat trailer which I can't see over the bed of the truck when backing, and I can't see it well enough in the mirrors to back it in precisely where I want it in the yard. Open the door to look behind while backing? Nope! Truck slams itself into park as soon as the door is opened and sounds alarms. You will be made to be safe!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at May 22, 2022 02:30 PM (f8jdA)

51 They minute someone figured out a + head screw worked better anyone making a straight slot screw should have been executed.
Posted by: Skip at May 22, 2022 02:28 PM (2JoB

This is correct.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 22, 2022 02:31 PM (4ErMj)

52 I want a Phillips head screwdriver, they are all flat heads in my box. Need a flat head? All Phillips.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at May 22, 2022 02:26 PM (f8jdA)
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My favorite screw driver knocks that problem on the head. It's got a double-ended bit, one end slotted, the other Phillips. It's also got another double-ended bit that's a bigger size. Last, if you remove the bit entirely, you've got a small socket wrench.

It looks like this: https://tinyurl.com/29xr8m68

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 22, 2022 02:31 PM (keiIU)

53 I want a Phillips head screwdriver, they are all flat heads in my box. Need a flat head? All Phillips.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

You can make flat heads out of Phillips really quickly with a grinder.
Hard to go the other way unless you have a fine grind grinding wheel and *really* know how to use it...

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 22, 2022 02:31 PM (56+8G)

54 I finally defeated the flat/Phillips inversion by getting a screwdriver with a changeable tip, but the gods will not be denied. I drop the tip all the time when I'm up on the ladder.

Posted by: pawn at May 22, 2022 02:31 PM (wsHtO)

55 Let's get real. The best screws out there, bar none, are Torx head screws.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at May 22, 2022 02:32 PM (5pTK/)

56 Any application for flat heads which requires more than a couple turns is sadistic.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at May 22, 2022 02:32 PM (f8jdA)

57 I coulda' used that hand truck yesterday to move the washer and dryer. Mine has gimp wheels.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 22, 2022 02:33 PM (BFigT)

58 Torx/Square head screws work best for me in outdoor projects.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 22, 2022 02:33 PM (4ErMj)

59 Truck slams itself into park as soon as the door is opened and sounds alarms. You will be made to be safe!
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

Brand?
My son got his settlement for his totaled car and wants a truck...

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 22, 2022 02:34 PM (56+8G)

60 Helena Handbasket - Hubby and I have 2 bugasalts. We love them. Work so well and so fun. I'd like to get me a pretty pink one, but maybe I'll just get the laser adapter.

Posted by: cfo mom at May 22, 2022 02:34 PM (Q8bDL)

61 My FWP: replacing the three-way switch on a ceiling fan, which involves pushing a thin braided wire (maybe 16 gauge?) into each of the four holes on said switch.

WTF would you use braided wire for this? Braided wire is great for large diameter wire, which benefit from the greater flexibility. Of course, in the present context, flexibility is NOT what you want.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 22, 2022 02:34 PM (keiIU)

62 WTF would you use braided wire for this? Braided wire is great for large diameter wire, which benefit from the greater flexibility. Of course, in the present context, flexibility is NOT what you want.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 22, 2022 02:34 PM (keiIU)

Because cheap.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 22, 2022 02:36 PM (4ErMj)

63 I'm so glad I have an older truck that doesn't have quite so many nanny features.

I was able to solve my FWP. The pole saw wouldn't run anymore. I decided to gamble on replacing the older LI Ion battery. Wallys.com had a decent deal on a pair in that size. Put one on this morning and no go. I cleaned the contacts on the saw and made sure I the connections tight and yay. The old battery was probably not quite dead yet but it is stamped 2012, and the saw cut faster and I was done before the battery.

Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at May 22, 2022 02:36 PM (3cGpq)

64 I finally defeated the flat/Phillips inversion by getting a screwdriver with a changeable tip, but the gods will not be denied. I drop the tip all the time when I'm up on the ladder.
Posted by: pawn at May 22, 2022 02:31 PM (wsHtO)
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I bought a couple of those rare earth magnets at (gulp) Harbor Freight. They're invaluable. Take a couple of screws up the ladder? Put 'em on the magnet. Take out the existing screws? Put 'em on the magnet. Need to swap out screwdriver bits? Put 'em on the magnet.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 22, 2022 02:37 PM (keiIU)

65 DJG,

Tin the wires with a soldering iron. I've done that a couple of times. I keep a stock of various gauges of solid conductor wire. It is very useful for other odd applications.

Posted by: pawn at May 22, 2022 02:38 PM (wsHtO)

66 "25 pounds of wheat berries for $59. Just checked and was paying $33 for 25 pounds in 2019. This will do wonders for grocery prices" Posted by: Notsothoreau

Need to get it direct from the farmer ... $12 for 60 pounds is what they get now. But there may be some processing involved to get wheat berries from wheat, idk.

This place says $34 for 50 pound of hard red winter wheat. Shipping would make it a lot more, but they offer store pickup (california).

https://tinyurl.com/ysf8etf6

Posted by: illiniwek at May 22, 2022 02:38 PM (Cus5s)

67
We used hanging lights in those recessed light cans. It was simple enough that even I could put them in. Much nicer and more light.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 22, 2022 02:38 PM (/U27+)

68 If that can didn't house a halogen bulb with a special connector, I'd tell you to go to home depot and get a Commercial Electric trim. They're all we ever use.

Posted by: Ex-ex at May 22, 2022 02:38 PM (RU4sa)

69 Because cheap.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 22, 2022 02:36 PM (4ErMj)
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Yeah. In the past I've actually tinned the end of braided wires with my soldering iron just to facilitate ramming the wires into the fasteners. Grrr.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 22, 2022 02:39 PM (keiIU)

70 Yeah. In the past I've actually tinned the end of braided wires with my soldering iron just to facilitate ramming the wires into the fasteners. Grrr.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 22, 2022 02:39 PM (keiIU)
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Been there, done that.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at May 22, 2022 02:40 PM (5pTK/)

71 23 CBD - I truly thought that was some type of coffee maker at first glance.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 22, 2022 02:13 PM (Msys3)

My first thought: an orange juicer made by Rube Goldberg. The electric cable at the top looks like a black plastic lever-handle to press half an orange onto the glass juicer.

Posted by: crusader at May 22, 2022 02:40 PM (X0SpM)

72 Tin the wires with a soldering iron. I've done that a couple of times. I keep a stock of various gauges of solid conductor wire. It is very useful for other odd applications.
Posted by: pawn at May 22, 2022 02:38 PM (wsHtO)
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Sorry, just saw this. GMTA. I love those push-in connectors (in place of wire nuts), but you really have to tin braided wires to use push-in connectors on them.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 22, 2022 02:40 PM (keiIU)

73 Those little LED lamps that clip on to the bill of your baseball cap are terrific.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at May 22, 2022 02:41 PM (jTmQV)

74 I bought a couple of those rare earth magnets at (gulp) Harbor Freight.
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I'm terrible about losing parts. I have several HB magnetized parts holders now that I use all the time.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at May 22, 2022 02:41 PM (sWM8x)

75 CBD replace it with Halo or Elko brands. looks like it's "contractor grade" which are crap always. Halo now makes flat retro fit LED's that are also rated for wet locations "shower trim" you can get them on amazon...

Posted by: Joe in TX at May 22, 2022 02:41 PM (HbWjI)

76 When we remodeled the kitchen all the under cabinet lights were replaced with LEDs. Dimmable too.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 22, 2022 02:41 PM (BFigT)

77 CBD - I truly thought that was some type of coffee maker at first glance.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 22, 2022 02:13 PM (Msys3)

My first thought: an orange juicer made by Rube Goldberg. The electric cable at the top looks like a black plastic lever-handle to press half an orange onto the glass juicer.
Posted by: crusader at May 22, 2022 02:40 PM (X0SpM)
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You're all wrong!

Posted by: Andy Warhol at May 22, 2022 02:42 PM (5pTK/)

78 Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at May 22, 2022 02:14 PM (bVYXr)

Burn it down.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 22, 2022 02:43 PM (XIJ/X)

79 I'm terrible about losing parts. I have several HB magnetized parts holders now that I use all the time.
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at May 22, 2022 02:41 PM (sWM8x)
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Everyone is. Take screws up the ladder, and invariably one or more of them roll off. You lunge to catch them, and are lucky if you don't fall off and break your neck. The magnets preclude all of that.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 22, 2022 02:43 PM (keiIU)

80 CBD replace it with Halo or Elko brands. looks like it's "contractor grade" which are crap always.

Posted by: Joe in TX at May 22, 2022 02:41 PM (HbWjI)

Thank you. I will probably do that. Have you used those brands?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 22, 2022 02:44 PM (XIJ/X)

81 78 Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at May 22, 2022 02:14 PM (bVYXr)

Burn it down.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 22, 2022 02:43 PM (XIJ/X)
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Yell "La Migra!" at the top of your lungs, and watch the pandemonium erupt.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 22, 2022 02:45 PM (keiIU)

82 INS! INS!

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 22, 2022 02:46 PM (4ErMj)

83 5 Seriously, CBD, you do not have duct tape handy for such repairs?
Weirdo.
Posted by: blake
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Time and place.
This is a job for metal clothes hanger.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 22, 2022 02:47 PM (SKXSf)

84 DJG we used to do that on job sites in so. cal. in the 80's. Hilarious.

Posted by: Infidel at May 22, 2022 02:47 PM (E0NVW)

85 84 DJG we used to do that on job sites in so. cal. in the 80's.
Posted by: Infidel at May 22, 2022 02:47 PM (E0NVW)
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The magnets, or the tinning?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 22, 2022 02:48 PM (keiIU)

86 lol, wetbacks.

Posted by: Infidel at May 22, 2022 02:49 PM (E0NVW)

87 Like the guy with the baseball cap on backwards shading his eyes from the sun with his hands.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at May 22, 2022 02:49 PM (jNAzB)

88 84 DJG we used to do that on job sites in so. cal. in the 80's. Hilarious.
Posted by: Infidel at May 22, 2022 02:47 PM (E0NVW)
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Sorry, I'm slow today. You meant yelling "La Migra!" I bet it was hilarious.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 22, 2022 02:49 PM (keiIU)

89 Yell "La Migra!" at the top of your lungs, and watch the pandemonium erupt.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara

You're a bad man.

Newsletter details please!

Posted by: Tonypete at May 22, 2022 02:49 PM (Msys3)

90 Three words. Made. In. China.

Posted by: Mr Gaga at May 22, 2022 02:49 PM (KiBMU)

91 87 Like the guy with the baseball cap on backwards shading his eyes from the sun with his hands.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at May 22, 2022 02:49 PM (jNAzB)
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He wasn't quite clear on the concept.

Fashion > utility.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 22, 2022 02:50 PM (keiIU)

92 Yell "La Migra!" at the top of your lungs, and watch the pandemonium erupt.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara

Anymore INS is probably showing up to drop off a case of modello.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at May 22, 2022 02:51 PM (f8jdA)

93 Why would illegals care about the Border Patrol anymore?

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at May 22, 2022 02:52 PM (oWBc3)

94 Fashion > utility.
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The story of modern pick-ups.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at May 22, 2022 02:52 PM (sWM8x)

95 One of the mexicans just tried to reach through the fence to pet the dogs, bad idea. I told him to stop after he yanked his hand away.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at May 22, 2022 02:53 PM (bVYXr)

96 Yes I pretend to be a master electrician... you should be able to remove the housing with a stubby phillips screwdriver and pull it out through the hole in the the drywall. Then the new 4" LED downlight and J-box should fix up into the hole once the romex is connected to the new J-box. https://tinyurl.com/bdcvn7y3

Posted by: Joe in TX at May 22, 2022 02:53 PM (HbWjI)

97 My area: No permits. And I can't see any of my neighbors anyway.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at May 22, 2022 02:54 PM (f8jdA)

98 As I understand it, we need a $5 permit to put in a culvert and drive across the road easement at the property in Wilow, but we don't need any permits to build the house. I'm kinda liking that.

Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at May 22, 2022 02:57 PM (LOVUx)

99 Here's a first world problem re climate change. Bunch of my rancher friends in West Texas are becoming convinced the ubiquitous windmill farms are altering the micro climate around them making it drier than normal.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at May 22, 2022 02:58 PM (oWBc3)

100 Another FWP: Faulty mathematical models.

According to the April 29 letter from the head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Richard Spinrad, a subagency "discovered a miscalculation" that's responsible for the massive backlog, the Daily Caller reports.

Who's to blame? The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) - which is responsible for analyzing the impact of offshore drilling projects on wildlife - used faulty modeling which overestimated the effects on wildlife.

"NMFS understands the concerns of industry and is working with [the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)] to expeditiously develop … revised regulations," wrote Spinrad.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at May 22, 2022 02:58 PM (f8jdA)

101 Anymore INS is probably showing up to drop off a case of modello.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at May 22, 2022 02:51 PM (f8jdA)

Baby formula.

Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at May 22, 2022 02:58 PM (LOVUx)

102 $50 building permit and $50 demo permit.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 22, 2022 02:58 PM (4ErMj)

103 Anymore INS is probably showing up to drop off a case of modello.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at May 22, 2022 02:51 PM (f8jdA)
____________

I play baseball with several Border Patrol agents. They are NOT happy about the present situation. Not one little bit happy.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 22, 2022 02:58 PM (keiIU)

104 Who's to blame? The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) - which is responsible for analyzing the impact of offshore drilling projects on wildlife - used faulty modeling which overestimated the effects on wildlife.
______________

Notice the "errors" are always in the same direction.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 22, 2022 03:00 PM (keiIU)

105 You think you have it bad... the seat air conditioning on my Benz stopped working and it is 95 fucking degrees out. Sweat DID run down the crack of my ass and I WAS uncomfortable.

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at May 22, 2022 03:00 PM (flINI)

106 Well, a windmill is taking energy out of the wind. That energy was going to do something, but the windmill stole it.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at May 22, 2022 03:00 PM (f8jdA)

107 Homeowner upgrades/repairs are exempt from permits here but they will come out to inspect your work if you ask them. The last time my electrical inspector suggested I add one more staple to hold my armored cable in place. That was it - have a nice day Sir.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 22, 2022 03:00 PM (Msys3)

108 Swamp ass in a Benz is unacceptable.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 22, 2022 03:02 PM (4ErMj)

109 Who's to blame? The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)

-
Should've read One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, You Didn't Build That Back Better! at May 22, 2022 03:02 PM (FVME7)

110 Pfizer CEO is excited about microchips in pills which can report ingestion back to your insurance company so they can track compliance with prescribed medications. Like plugging one of those things into your car to report your "good driving" to the insurance company.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at May 22, 2022 03:04 PM (f8jdA)

111 Pfizer CEO loves Hugo Boss.

Posted by: klaftern at May 22, 2022 03:05 PM (taPSh)

112 Pfizer CEO is excited about microchips in pills which can report ingestion back to your insurance company so they can track compliance with prescribed medications.
___________

I'd like to put microchips in a suppository for the use of the Pfizer CEO.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 22, 2022 03:05 PM (keiIU)

113 Are they using microchips currently?

*shakes Magic 8-ball* More than likely.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 22, 2022 03:06 PM (4ErMj)

114 Try using a headlamp. Seriously. Solves all kinds of lighting issues.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 22, 2022 02:25 PM (U2p+3)

Don't need lights up here in the summer anyway. But a headlamp is very useful in the attic and basement, and in the winter.

Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at May 22, 2022 03:07 PM (LOVUx)

115 Oh goody. The word obesity is racist. This shit will never end.

Posted by: Infidel at May 22, 2022 03:08 PM (E0NVW)

116 My FWP.
That 10mm socket.
Posted by: Diogenes

was looking for a 12mm socket. found six 10mm sockets and no 12mm. tried to get just a 12mm? no. comes as a set, with another damned 10mm, so now i have seven of the little shits.

Posted by: BifBewalski @ (UgAdJ) - at May 22, 2022 03:09 PM (UgAdJ)

117 Really mad about the Jif peanut butter recall. I stock up on the 40-oz. Jars, and found that seven of them are in the recalled ones. Geez, people...that's forty bucks' worth. Another moron this a.m. said he was in the same boat.

Yes, it's first world problem since I won't starve. But feels like such a defeat, when we're all trying to economize. Blah

Posted by: skywch at May 22, 2022 03:10 PM (uqhmb)

118 I'm in the process of building a low water land crossing over an intermitterent stream in the back 10

got deal least fall on a 20ft stalk of 36 inch corrugated culvert pipe at a smalll tool auction. 91 bucks

it was a bitch getting it home from Hartford

and I can't tell the building official cause they would say "no, you can't do that"

fuck em

Posted by: REDACTED at May 22, 2022 03:12 PM (us2H3)

119 skywch, I looked at mine. I have skippy. Must have been on sale.

Welcome to Bidet world.

Posted by: Infidel at May 22, 2022 03:12 PM (E0NVW)

120 G'rump928(c) at May 22, 2022 02:17 PM (yQpMk)

Thanks for the link. Ordered 1k.

Posted by: oldraceral at May 22, 2022 03:13 PM (qRi2K)

121 106 Well, a windmill is taking energy out of the wind. That energy was going to do something, but the windmill stole it.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at May 22, 2022 03:00 PM (f8jdA)

Been wondering about this meself. Would not a large amount of windmills CREATE Climate Change?

Just like solar power would? You take sunlight out in the country, use it to make electricity, which should slightly lower temps there, as that energy is not being radiated back into the atmosphere... then ship it to cities where EVERYONE is heating their buildings.... thus you are moving heat from the country, to the city (heat Island Effect)....

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 22, 2022 03:13 PM (oHd/0)

122 Really mad about the Jif peanut butter recall. I stock up on the 40-oz. Jars, and found that seven of them are in the recalled ones. Geez, people...that's forty bucks' worth. Another moron this a.m. said he was in the same boat.

Posted by: skywch

It's a plot!
When you return them you'll get a refund; but, the current prices are up so replacement will cost more than the refund.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 22, 2022 03:14 PM (56+8G)

123 115: That's rich Infidel. Under Obama they changed the definitions for obesity so that a lot more people fell into the obese or morbidly obese categories.

Considering people are bigger as well as fatter than previous generations (bigger frames from all the extra nutrition) it would have made better sense to go the other way as far as having any meaning for predicting health and serving as a caution that one needed to get serious about changing what and how they eat. Just another example of gub'mint stupidity.

Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at May 22, 2022 03:16 PM (3cGpq)

124 The obesity piece at WZ comes with a pic that requires brain bleach.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 22, 2022 03:16 PM (4ErMj)

125 And my cleaning lady cannot come tomorrow because she has to take her kid to an appointment...

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at May 22, 2022 03:16 PM (flINI)

126 Good call RN, I use headlamps all the time and I also have some of those lighted gloves - plumbing godsend.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at May 22, 2022 03:18 PM (oWBc3)

127 Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 22, 2022 03:14 PM (56+8G)

Stick around for the Food Thread!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 22, 2022 03:20 PM (XIJ/X)

128 an auction website I use for tools is Bidspotter

has auctions from all over the country

you can sometime score great stuff for really cheap

Posted by: REDACTED at May 22, 2022 03:21 PM (us2H3)

129 Should've read One fish two fish red fish blue fish

This Fed has a little star
This Fed has a government car
Say, what a lot of regs there are!

Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at May 22, 2022 03:22 PM (hIsVd)

130 Really mad about the Jif peanut butter recall. I stock up on the 40-oz. Jars, and found that seven of them are in the recalled ones.

Yeah, so is my 40 oz jar. But the good news is it's half gone and I'm not.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 22, 2022 03:24 PM (ju2Fy)

131 It looks like this: https://tinyurl.com/29xr8m68
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 22, 2022 02:31 PM (keiIU)

For tight clearance areas like the glove boxes I used to maintain, I had something similar but much squatter:

https://tinyurl.com/amprodriver

Also, one of these:

https://tinyurl.com/teenyratchet

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at May 22, 2022 03:24 PM (ZSK0i)

132 A really horrible feeling is when you get so old, like me, you realize you can't bull your way through jobs

I used to be a monster when it came to work

now, I'm an old woman

Posted by: REDACTED at May 22, 2022 03:25 PM (us2H3)

133 Really mad about the Jif peanut butter recall. I stock up on the 40-oz. Jars, and found that seven of them are in the recalled ones. Geez, people...that's forty bucks' worth. Another moron this a.m. said he was in the same boat.

Posted by: skywch

Saw that on last night's ONT. Just one 16 oz jar and I'm going to see if I can't find my receipt and return it.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at May 22, 2022 03:26 PM (ZSK0i)

134 now, I'm an old woman
Posted by: REDACTED at May 22, 2022 03:25 PM (us2H3)

Are you named after your mother?

Posted by: John Prine at May 22, 2022 03:27 PM (PiwSw)

135 watched some of that "searching for Italy" BS on CNN

sucked

Posted by: REDACTED at May 22, 2022 03:27 PM (us2H3)

136 Old dog, glad you're okay. Yeah, AZ, probably a plot to shut down another distribution center like they did the baby formula one.

Posted by: skywch at May 22, 2022 03:27 PM (uqhmb)

137 My FWP: My local farm box sends their fresh spinach uncleaned and with the long stems. And my spouse and kids don't eat the long stems. So, to make spinach salad, I've got to destem every piece. Yes, I just did that. And yes, my dinner plans will be on the next thread.

Note to self - sub out the spinach if something is better next box (of course, most of the allowed subs are herbs in my garden b/c the herbs in my garden are the idiot proof herbs that grow in everyone's VA gardens)...

Posted by: Nova local at May 22, 2022 03:27 PM (exHjb)

138 Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at May 22, 2022 03:24 PM (ZSK0i)
____________

Interesting. Thanks for the tips!

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 22, 2022 03:28 PM (keiIU)

139 Ive done to the conclusion it doesn’t matter what happens in 2024. We’re all gonna be dead from a combination of monkey pox, WuFlu, Russian nuclear war and global warming.

So fuck it, party like it’s 1999 Dudes!!!

Posted by: Joe XiDen at May 22, 2022 03:28 PM (3vQN0)

140 134 now, I'm an old woman
Posted by: REDACTED at May 22, 2022 03:25 PM (us2H3)

Are you named after your mother?
Posted by: John Prine at May 22, 2022 03:27 PM (PiwSw)

nope, named after my dad's best Marine buddy

my mother's last wish was that he would not do this but did he listen ?

nope

Posted by: REDACTED at May 22, 2022 03:30 PM (us2H3)

141 The passage of time is cruel indeed. Tasks at 70 seems far harder than 20 years ago - and the heat is a 50% time limiter these days. Still a bull, just short bursts it seems.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at May 22, 2022 03:31 PM (oWBc3)

142 140 134 now, I'm an old woman
Posted by: REDACTED at May 22, 2022 03:25 PM (us2H3)

Are you named after your mother?
Posted by: John Prine at May 22, 2022 03:27 PM (PiwSw)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkjFgO-v1O0&t=22s

Posted by: John Prine at May 22, 2022 03:32 PM (PiwSw)

143 I'm not as good as I once was, but I'm as good, once, as I ever was

Posted by: gourmand du jour at May 22, 2022 03:32 PM (jTmQV)

144 Somebody up the road is having a major first world problem... they apparently ran off the road or swerved to avoid something and ran off the road.

Either way... they're fucked and in a ditch. No injuries. Just bent sheet metal and lots of broken plastic.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 22, 2022 03:32 PM (BFigT)

145 We need news stories on what is NOT racist. Because we can simply assume everything else is, by default.

Posted by: Joe XiDen at May 22, 2022 03:33 PM (3vQN0)

146 Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at May 22, 2022 03:24 PM (ZSK0i)
_____________

Just ordered the two things you recommended. Thanks again!

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 22, 2022 03:34 PM (keiIU)

147 I'm trying to decide if I should keep Working or retire. If I retire, I have more time to find deals on food and process it. And I'd have more time to garden. But I'd have less money. I don't want to think that I have to keep working till I drop.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at May 22, 2022 03:34 PM (YynYJ)

148 141 The passage of time is cruel indeed. Tasks at 70 seems far harder than 20 years ago - and the heat is a 50% time limiter these days. Still a bull, just short bursts it seems.
Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at May 22, 2022 03:31 PM (oWBc3)
____________

Preach it, brother! I thought that was just me.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 22, 2022 03:35 PM (keiIU)

149 A really horrible feeling is when you get so old, like me, you realize you can't bull your way through jobs

I used to be a monster when it came to work

now, I'm an old woman
Posted by: REDACTED at May 22, 2022 03:25 PM (us2H3)
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Yep

Posted by: Andy Warhol at May 22, 2022 03:36 PM (5pTK/)

150 Once you get past 29, when you drop som, the floor is a lot farther away. I'd just as soon leave it there.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 22, 2022 03:37 PM (anj39)

151 Hierarchy of screws: GRK, Spax and Grip Rite yellow zinc. Spax screws are actually Torx+. Bondhus ball end hex head screw drivers. I have both SAE and metric as well as a bunch of long handled ones.

Posted by: Jamaica on the Sheepscot at May 22, 2022 03:37 PM (YQ3O7)

152 147 I'm trying to decide if I should keep Working or retire. If I retire, I have more time to find deals on food and process it. And I'd have more time to garden. But I'd have less money. I don't want to think that I have to keep working till I drop.
Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at May 22, 2022 03:34 PM (YynYJ)

Do you have a pension (over and above SS) or some income stream that will be inflation adjusted? If not, you might want to ride a few years with a job (bird in hand), so you don't have the stress of wondering if your assets will recover as fast as you might want/need them to before you need to use them and if they'll go as far as you want them to...

Posted by: Nova local at May 22, 2022 03:37 PM (exHjb)

153 I can still get the job done, but, I really have to pace myself.

Posted by: Andy Warhol at May 22, 2022 03:37 PM (5pTK/)

154 I could splice wires with the best of them back in the day. Snip....slip....pigtail.....tape..viola!

Now they sell those little quick connect contraptions which take all of the work and fun out of it.

Bastards.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at May 22, 2022 03:38 PM (R/m4+)

155
Stick around for the Food Thread!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

I usually do!
However, I don't sou vide... I know a scandal in the making.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 22, 2022 03:39 PM (56+8G)

156 Just ordered the two things you recommended. Thanks again!
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 22, 2022 03:34 PM (keiIU)

Cool. But Amazon says the Ampro's currently unavailable. Did you order the Powerbuilt, Titan or similar?

Also, I forgot to mention, I also have one of these that might be handy as well:

https://tinyurl.com/AdjLenScrwDriver

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at May 22, 2022 03:39 PM (ZSK0i)

157 I'd like to put microchips in a suppository for the use of the Pfizer CEO.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 22, 2022 03:05 PM (keiIU)
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8086 processor?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at May 22, 2022 03:39 PM (5pTK/)

158 "a windmill is taking energy out of the wind"

They are actually causing climate change.

Posted by: fd at May 22, 2022 03:40 PM (vrz2I)

159 Ive done to the conclusion it doesn’t matter what happens in 2024. We’re all gonna be dead from a combination of monkey pox, WuFlu, Russian nuclear war and global warming.

I have come to the conclusion that if the government didn't want people to suffer from monkey pox, WuFlu, Russian nuclear winter to offset Global Warming then they wouldn't have made these things in the first place.

The Evil Ones: "We need to stop the spread of ____"
Me: "Then you shouldn't have created it in the first place."

Posted by: Reuben Hick at May 22, 2022 03:41 PM (AHeqJ)

160 Anti doesn't matter:

You were asking about places in Manhattan that still had pier pillars...

The Ear Inn on Spring Street has been around since the early 1800s and has a very interesting history through Prohibition and even the name has a story. It was a place for sailors and still has those Hillary bollards in front.

Great burgers too if you're ever in the area.

Posted by: IrishEi at May 22, 2022 03:41 PM (VhE0u)

161 Snack time, pretzels and water

Posted by: Skip at May 22, 2022 03:41 PM (2JoB8)

162 Skippy peanut butter FTW!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at May 22, 2022 03:41 PM (f8jdA)

163 > I'm trying to decide if I should keep Working or retire.
________________

My wife and I retired in 2020 during the great covid freak out. We'd been working at home for about half a year and had been eligible to retire for several years (government service.) Pretty much said fuck it... we're done.

A lot's changed since then, but we've no plans to go back to work in any capacity right now. Either things level out, get better or go totally to shit. Having a job won't change that.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 22, 2022 03:42 PM (BFigT)

164
8086 processor?
Posted by: blake

I had the same thought; but, my choice was a 80286 without it's socket, so all those pins stick out.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 22, 2022 03:43 PM (56+8G)

165 My First world problem is wifi out in my yard

Posted by: Skip at May 22, 2022 03:44 PM (2JoB8)

166 "a windmill is taking energy out of the wind"

They are actually causing climate change.
Posted by: fd at May 22, 2022 03:40 PM (vrz2I)
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I read an article, years ago, about a study of the possibility of harnessing the Gulf Stream to produce electricity. However, one huge caveat was the potential for changing the the ocean life in the area, through taking energy out of the Gulf Stream. It always seemed to me a similar principle would be at stake with wind farms.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at May 22, 2022 03:44 PM (5pTK/)

167 Anyone else excited than europe sent us a little over a truckload of baby formula? We just cemented our third word status for a truckload of formula!

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at May 22, 2022 03:45 PM (flINI)

168 Now I’m a old woman.
You are just transitioning into old age.

Posted by: 4thewin at May 22, 2022 03:47 PM (8Dwik)

169 And I sliced my knee, probably on my Mason wire screening compost

Posted by: Skip at May 22, 2022 03:47 PM (2JoB8)

170 Anyone else excited than europe sent us a little over a truckload of baby formula? We just cemented our third word status for a truckload of formula!
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at May 22, 2022 03:45 PM (flINI)
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The usual barking seals will clap their flippers and holler, "Yay Brandon, that's my resident" while not stopping to ask themselves why asking another country for baby formula was necessary in the first place.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at May 22, 2022 03:47 PM (5pTK/)

171 I had the same thought; but, my choice was a 80286 without it's socket, so all those pins stick out.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 22, 2022 03:43 PM (56+8G)
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Wasn't the 8085 soldered directly to the board? Because, well, gosh, I'd hate to separate them, just for this purpose.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at May 22, 2022 03:48 PM (5pTK/)

172 Why did it fall - because gravity.
Agreed, now explain centripetal force.

Posted by: 4thewin at May 22, 2022 03:49 PM (8Dwik)

173 You are just transitioning into old age.

Ix-nay on the anny-tray stuff.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty of New Normal at May 22, 2022 03:50 PM (hWaIR)

174 The passage of time is cruel indeed. Tasks at 70 seems far harder than 20 years ago - and the heat is a 50% time limiter these days. Still a bull, just short bursts it seems.
Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at May 22, 2022 03:31 PM

I said the same thing last week when I was tossing cases of water into the cart at Sams. Looked at the wife and said in 10 years I am not going to be able to do this.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at May 22, 2022 03:50 PM (bVYXr)

175 So is it all the 40 year olds and younger with no smallpox vaccines that are in danger of monkey pox? Is that the next division planned?

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at May 22, 2022 03:51 PM (oWBc3)

176 No pension but I make the max amount on SS. I intend to buy a house outright and I will have a small amount left over. I've considered just working till the end of the year. I work from home so I can bring the job with me. But I worry about some down turn in my health that leaves me unable to garden. I'd hate to miss out on that. I have time to think it over.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at May 22, 2022 03:51 PM (LQibT)

177
Friday- sunny, 80s
yesterday- 6" snow, tree limbs falling on my truck, power going in and out, freezing temps
today- sunny 56 F right now, snow gone

effin CO weather

Posted by: DB at May 22, 2022 03:51 PM (geLO8)

178 And I sliced my knee probably on the Mason wire I use on my compost

Posted by: Skip at May 22, 2022 03:53 PM (2JoB8)

179 176 No pension but I make the max amount on SS. I intend to buy a house outright and I will have a small amount left over. I've considered just working till the end of the year. I work from home so I can bring the job with me. But I worry about some down turn in my health that leaves me unable to garden. I'd hate to miss out on that. I have time to think it over.
Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at May 22, 2022 03:51 PM (LQibT)

In this environment, especially with a work from home job, I wouldn't want to live on SS and "just a little extra" - SS only adjusts for inflation every 12 months, so it's always behind the price increases, and the gov keeps those "official" numbers suppressed in order to keep SS increases down. I'd wait it out awhile, although you can always look for the house you want, since you can bring the work with you...

Posted by: Nova local at May 22, 2022 03:54 PM (exHjb)

180 He did not want to get the wheels dirty before getting it home.
/obviously
Posted by: San Franpsycho

That's possible. If I were going to hand-cart some furniture or stacks of boxes or whatnot around my house, I'd rather not have Home Depot parking-lot sludge ground into my living room carpet.

Posted by: mikeski at May 22, 2022 03:55 PM (P1f+c)

181 Here's a first world problem re climate change. Bunch of my rancher friends in West Texas are becoming convinced the ubiquitous windmill farms are altering the micro climate around them making it drier than normal.
Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at May 22, 2022 02:58 PM (oWBc3)
***

The damn things probably are.
There are hundreds of them in eastern Washington state. Besides being a blight to the vistas, and to bird life, it "feels" different. The air is displaced, not a normal wind. It's a micro issue and not a good one.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 22, 2022 03:55 PM (anj39)

182 effin CO weather
Posted by: DB

We could box up some MN humidity and send it to you, then your temperatures wouldn't swing so much.

Posted by: mikeski at May 22, 2022 03:57 PM (P1f+c)

183 The passage of time is cruel indeed. Tasks at 70 seems far harder than 20 years ago - and the heat is a 50% time limiter these days. Still a bull, just short bursts it seems.
Posted by: Indignacio
-------
Loading a 5 gal. can of gas into the pickup bed, I thought, 'When did 5 gallons of gas get so damned heavy?'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 22, 2022 03:57 PM (Go9h8)

184 My First world problem is wifi out in my yard

Posted by: Skip at May 22, 2022 03:44 PM (2JoB

This is what I got for my house, and it works wonderfully. Excellent coverage in the back yard!

You can play around with the placement to tailor it to your specific needs.

https://tinyurl.com/3k2banmm

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 22, 2022 03:57 PM (XIJ/X)

185 My wife's grampa retired. He was 65.

He was dead within a year. She killed him with love. and bacon. She would feed him a pound of bacon every day.

He died. She lived into her late 80s.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at May 22, 2022 04:01 PM (lKAqb)

186 Notsothoreau, it seems I may have suggested this before, but does moving to NW. Arkansas appeal to you at all? We are enjoying it there, although it's more humid than we're used to.

Posted by: Emmie at May 22, 2022 04:01 PM (6RgRK)

187
FOOD NOOD

Get cleaned up and upstairs

Posted by: Skip at May 22, 2022 04:02 PM (2JoB8)

188 Anymore INS is probably showing up to drop off a case of modello.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at May 22, 2022 02:51 PM (f8jdA)

Or Enfamil.

Posted by: Fox2! at May 22, 2022 04:03 PM (qyH+l)

189 I'd like to put microchips in a suppository for the use of the Pfizer CEO.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara

There's a microchip shortage; you shouldn't waste them. He can't be doing that much ass math. Just shove an abacus up there.

Posted by: mikeski at May 22, 2022 04:03 PM (P1f+c)

190 Well there going to be a total eclipse of the sun visible in the US in April of 2024 so I am hoping we/us/I'm are able to make it till then.

Goes right through Texas.

Posted by: pawn at May 22, 2022 04:04 PM (wsHtO)

191 Notsothoreau, it seems I may have suggested this before, but does moving to NW. Arkansas appeal to you at all? We are enjoying it there, although it's more humid than we're used to.

That's where my brother Psycho moved to. We found out later when one of his kids texted a cousin.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at May 22, 2022 04:04 PM (vvLKM)

192 At some point, your time becomes more valuable than anything they can pay you. You only have so much time left. And my job involves sitting all day. Would I be healthier if I were out doing things and getting some exercise? You just don't know what the future will bring.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at May 22, 2022 04:05 PM (YynYJ)

193 Well there going to be a total eclipse of the sun visible in the US in April of 2024 so I am hoping we/us/I'm are able to make it till then.

Goes right through Texas.
Posted by: pawn at May 22, 2022 04:04 PM (wsHtO)

I've already begun pre-planning a trip there. Older son saw the one a couple of years ago in Idaho, and planted himself in that sweet spot where it goes totally dark for a few minutes. Here in NoCo it was 90% and it was cool and weird, but what he saw was even more awesome.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Ne'er-Do-Well at May 22, 2022 04:10 PM (x8Wzq)

194 Here's a thought, generally, local codes will require fixtures, etc., that are UL Listed. Now, look at a swirch, fixture, etc., that was made 50-60 years ago, not UL. It will be robust. Brass, copper, assembled with screws and heavy porcelain.

When construction is undertaken today, such fixtures have to be replaced, because 'Not UL.'. Now, look at a UL Listed fixture; cheap, thin stamped aluminum, with aluminum rivets, plastic, etc.

It's another bullshit consequence of, 'We're from the government, and we're here for your own good.'

There's more to this, of course, after all, UL has become the clearing house for industry, If UL says it's good, then, it's good. Now, contemplate who controls UL. Oh, and btw, 'Double Insulated' is a dangerous farce..., but UL.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 22, 2022 04:11 PM (tFWfv)

195 I'm looking at Northern KS. I wanted to move further north as I don't handle heat as well as I used to. But the pool of inexpensive places dried up in SD and NE.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at May 22, 2022 04:15 PM (YynYJ)

196 We had a total ecplipse of the Sun a few years ago. It was great. Set up chairs on the driveway. 2 minutes of awesome wonder and peace.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at May 22, 2022 04:15 PM (lKAqb)

197 Those total eclipses aren't all that they are cracked up to be.

Posted by: Bonnie Tyler at May 22, 2022 04:18 PM (kPbVu)

198 Most businesses closed for a few minutes so that the workers could go outside.

BTW, you don't need the "uv glasses" during totality. They are great for looking at the partial as it approaches and as it leaves.

Not needed during the totality.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at May 22, 2022 04:19 PM (lKAqb)

199 Those total eclipses aren't all that they are cracked up to be.

Please explain.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at May 22, 2022 04:19 PM (lKAqb)

200 I flew from FL to Idaho to see the totality. Lucky coincidence a good friend of mine retired and moved to McCall, ID and I went and visited and had a wonderful time watching the eclipse.

Idaho is a great place to visit when you've spent most of your life in Florida.

Posted by: pawn at May 22, 2022 04:20 PM (wsHtO)

201 195 I'm looking at Northern KS. I wanted to move further north as I don't handle heat as well as I used to. But the pool of inexpensive places dried up in SD and NE.
Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at May 22, 2022 04:15 PM (YynYJ)

Well, I admit that it does get hot and humid where we live. Last week I stepped out into the backyard and got a steam-sauna blast. But it's often breezy and I've always been comfortable on the porch. Plus we now have air conditioning, which is a nice thing to have in the mid-south.

Posted by: Emmie at May 22, 2022 04:27 PM (6RgRK)

202 There were two days last summer where it was 113 and 115. Most houses here don't have air conditioning. I wound up driving to the coast to get out of the heat. I'm resigned to having to have air conditioning.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at May 22, 2022 04:31 PM (YynYJ)

203 199 Those total eclipses aren't all that they are cracked up to be.

Please explain.
Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at May 22, 2022 04:19 PM (lKAqb)

Read the nic.

Posted by: m at May 22, 2022 04:33 PM (CRS/E)

204 ool. But Amazon says the Ampro's currently unavailable. Did you order the Powerbuilt, Titan or similar?
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Yeah, I got IIRC the Powerbuilt.

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