First-World Problems...

You all know the problem. A small rug slides on the hardwood floor and people die! It's long past time that Congress regulates this issue, with registration, serial numbers, training and qualification mandates, minimum age before legal use, etc.

But in the meantime, regular Americans have to struggle with the sometimes existential problems associated with the deadly combination of highly polished and slick floors, and inadequate slide resistance on small rugs.

Hell, should we call them "Saturday Night Specials?"

[Addendum] For some reason an earlier version posted instead of the complete opus.

That strip of perforated material is sticky on both sides to hold the floor and the rug.

Of course it doesn't work for more than a few weeks, and every time one moves the rug to clean its stickiness is degraded. I even tried spraying some glue on it, which didn't work for more than a week!

Posted by: CBD at 02:00 PM

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1 The horror!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 26, 2023 02:00 PM (S4nmY)

2 Howdy, CBD!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 26, 2023 02:01 PM (u73oe)

3 Too much pine is my first

Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2023 02:01 PM (xhxe8)

4 I'll go fetch the art/perv people.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 26, 2023 02:01 PM (S4nmY)

5 Was out splitting up logs to start getting rid of it.

Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2023 02:02 PM (xhxe8)

6 First World problem or/and Third World?

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Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at March 26, 2023 02:03 PM (Vwz3I)

7 We have patterned cement floors in this place. You know what you *DO NOT* use on cement floors?
Any rug with those built in little rubber anti-slip pieces because they mark the floor and you can't get the damn marks out!
A real FWP!

Beautiful floor in the pic!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 26, 2023 02:04 PM (S4nmY)

8 Sure, the old tiger is loose so stay inside routine, they always fall for that one.

Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2023 02:04 PM (xhxe8)

9 My wife still laughs at me because I love to slide on those floors with new socks. I'm guessing most all men do that to some degree up to the point where it might become dangerous and a health concern.

I assume that women who cut their hair and wear mens clothes and pretend to be men immediately begin doing that sort of thing, too. Because that's Science.

Posted by: Daddy, why do muffin pans have 12 spaces instead of five? at March 26, 2023 02:04 PM (5lbKt)

10 Hell, should we call them "Saturday Night Specials?"

People don't kill people. Slick rugs kill people.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 26, 2023 02:04 PM (eOEVl)

11
"Do you like oak?"
"Oak is nice."

Posted by: Pulp Fiction at March 26, 2023 02:05 PM (SYTee)

12 Spray adhesive would be my suggestion.
Then when time to clean it ,move.

Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2023 02:05 PM (xhxe8)

13 "because I love to slide on those floors with new socks."

Paging Tom Cruise in Risky Business

Posted by: Ignoramus at March 26, 2023 02:05 PM (RqMSv)

14 I don't see the problem. It's a wood floor. You have nails and a hammer. Use them.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 26, 2023 02:06 PM (eOEVl)

15 It's high time for common sense small rug laws.

Posted by: Karen down the street at March 26, 2023 02:06 PM (DhOHl)

16 Then when time to clean it ,move.
Posted by: Skip

Still laughing at this one, Skip!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 26, 2023 02:06 PM (S4nmY)

17 flex seal makes a rug stabilizer

Posted by: REDACTED at March 26, 2023 02:07 PM (us2H3)

18 I'll tell you what irritates me, the fact they haven't created a humidifier/dehumidifier combo. I mean, you're sucking the moisture out of the air and condensing it, why should you be able to hit a reverse switch and pump it right back out.

Why should I have to buy both?

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at March 26, 2023 02:07 PM (gBL2d)

19 Howdy, CBD!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 26, 2023 02:01 PM (u73oe)

Good afternoon!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 26, 2023 02:08 PM (XIJ/X)

20 You can buy better rubber underlay than what is pictured above and combine it with patches of two-sided tape beneath the underlay.

Posted by: Speller at March 26, 2023 02:08 PM (pSotA)

21 flex seal makes a rug stabilizer
Posted by: REDACTED

Must be a trained seal.....

Posted by: JT at March 26, 2023 02:08 PM (T4tVD)

22 That looks like the ruggedizing attachment. I have one of those too.

Posted by: PG at March 26, 2023 02:09 PM (84jHt)

23 Lose the rug and wear slippers. Rugs just collect dirt and dog hair anyway.

Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at March 26, 2023 02:09 PM (LOVUx)

24 Cats love rugs because they are the most comfortable place to puke up hairballs.
The only thing cats like better than rugs is paths where I walk in the dark wearing socks.

I love cats, I really do. Sometimes I wonder why.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 26, 2023 02:09 PM (xhaym)

25 17 flex seal makes a rug stabilizer

Posted by: REDACTED at March 26, 2023 02:07 PM (us2H3)

I'm sure the My Pillow guy does also.

Posted by: Javems at March 26, 2023 02:09 PM (AmoqO)

26 I hear the OSHA will outlaw banana peels as hazardous materials.

Posted by: JM in Fla/Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at March 26, 2023 02:09 PM (0S/8h)

27 We used to dream of having flooring. When I was growing up, there were 149 of us in a 3x3 mud hut with a dirt floor.

Posted by: Some at March 26, 2023 02:10 PM (elMkS)

28 That is z beautiful floor!

Posted by: JM in Fla/Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at March 26, 2023 02:10 PM (0S/8h)

29 Keep small rugs safe, legal, and rare.

Posted by: Planned Flooring at March 26, 2023 02:10 PM (DhOHl)

30 Bah

Posted by: Some Yorkshireman at March 26, 2023 02:10 PM (elMkS)

31 21 flex seal makes a rug stabilizer
Posted by: REDACTED

Must be a trained seal.....
Posted by: JT at March 26, 2023 02:08 PM (T4tVD)

science has established that seals are monogamous

Posted by: REDACTED at March 26, 2023 02:10 PM (us2H3)

32 Didn't watch rally yesterday but saw Tweets if the crowd, Sundowner hasn't had that if added up every appearance he has done in 2 years

Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2023 02:10 PM (xhxe8)

33 Why should I have to buy both?
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at March 26, 2023 02:07 PM (gBL2d)

Do what I always did to moderate the humidity: spill the full reservoir from the dehumidifier while lugging it to the shower to dump.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 26, 2023 02:10 PM (xhaym)

34 I just tripped on a small unsecured throw rug this morning. Had a cup of coffee in one hand and went flying into the corner of a bookcase. Coffee all over the wall and a nice knot on my forehead. First world problems indeed.

Posted by: Tuna at March 26, 2023 02:11 PM (gLRfa)

35 flex seal makes a rug stabilizer
Posted by: REDACTED

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And you can make a boat out of it!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 26, 2023 02:13 PM (u73oe)

36 27 We used to dream of having flooring. When I was growing up, there were 149 of us in a 3x3 mud hut with a dirt floor.

Posted by: Some at March 26, 2023 02:10 PM (elMkS)

You had a dirt floor?

Must be nice. We couldn't afford land, so I spent the first 8 years of my life floating on a raft made of discarded 2 liter bottles on the holding pond at the sewage treatment plant.

We never complained because we knew some kids had it worse than us.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at March 26, 2023 02:13 PM (gBL2d)

37 As already mentioned, there are much better rug underlays. And the underlay show be just smaller than the entire rugs dimensions, so that the underlay doesn't show.

This looks like first world cheapskate problems.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2023 02:13 PM (9cS6m)

38 Alien Tape.

Posted by: Dark Force Thirsting For Power at March 26, 2023 02:13 PM (+tKFt)

39 Heck, I have an 8 x 8 area rug and when I do situps on it, it moves. I need to put some weighty things on it. I do have beautiful, mahogany floors. Sadly, they're a tad too orange for me. I could've had Brazilian cherry wood - a beautiful red - but it would've taken another 6 weeks and I was living in/through a home remodel, not just new floors. I couldn't wait the 6 weeks. Blue is my favorite color, but for home interior, it's red.

Posted by: SFGoth at March 26, 2023 02:13 PM (KAi1n)

40 flex seal makes a rug stabilizer
Posted by: REDACTED

Must be a trained seal.....
Posted by: JT at March 26, 2023 02:08 PM (T4tVD)

science has established that seals are monogamous
Posted by: REDACTED

They only have one gamous ?

Posted by: JT at March 26, 2023 02:14 PM (T4tVD)

41 I just love carpet. The stickier, the better.

Posted by: Ready For Hillary!!! at March 26, 2023 02:14 PM (Xrfse)

42 I just tripped on a small unsecured throw rug this morning. Had a cup of coffee in one hand and went flying into the corner of a bookcase. Coffee all over the wall and a nice knot on my forehead. First world problems indeed.
Posted by: Tuna at March 26, 2023 02:11 PM (gLRfa)

Can Camp Lejeune water be blamed for this? If so, call us!

Posted by: 1-800-SUE-THEM at March 26, 2023 02:14 PM (s12c9)

43 I have the same flooring and rug mat in my front hall. It doesn't work even a little bit to keep the rug in place.

But Elvis loves to run and jump on the rug and slide it into the front door. Keeps him entertained so in that sense it works.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 26, 2023 02:15 PM (ZLI7S)

44 They only have one gamous ?
Posted by: JT at March 26, 2023 02:14 PM (T4tVD)

you'd have one too if you'd eaten your pancakes

Posted by: REDACTED at March 26, 2023 02:15 PM (us2H3)

45 Carpet tape works fine for me. We put it on the runner in in in-laws' hallway and it resists even a walker pushed across the end.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at March 26, 2023 02:15 PM (Mzdiz)

46 The answer to this problem is obvious. Dirt floors.

According to Bill Gates we'll all have them soon.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 26, 2023 02:15 PM (s12c9)

47 I want to get Alien Tape.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at March 26, 2023 02:16 PM (Mzdiz)

48 FWP: I took my family to the Friday night KoC Lenten Dinner at my own Church. I was able to eat the coleslaw, and that's it. Needless to say, I had brought my own dinner, so I fixed my own FWP, although paying full price for only for coleslaw put my full Lenten almsgiving in effect.

I will say, the Knights were very interested in how our alternate Church Lenten dinner runs, and how they manage the food and accommodate more diners, so who knows...maybe I fixed my own FWP for next year. Needless to say, we'll be back at the alt Church this week for the last Lenten dinner, although even without me eating, all my kids and spouse also preferred the food at the other site. I said that was cheating b/c I do help make the food there, and did not here...

Posted by: Nova Local at March 26, 2023 02:17 PM (exHjb)

49 Throw rugs on hardwood floors kill 100x as many as guns. And half of gun deaths are throw rug related.

Posted by: illiniwek at March 26, 2023 02:17 PM (Cus5s)

50 Have you been injured by a small rug? You may be entitled to compensation!

Posted by: Dewey, Cheatham & Howe at March 26, 2023 02:18 PM (s12c9)

51 "The answer to this problem is obvious. Dirt floors."

The wonderful thing about dirt floors is that they soak up nuisance spills. No messy cleanup. Think of all the money saved on cleaning products.

Posted by: Tuna at March 26, 2023 02:19 PM (gLRfa)

52 Nails. Make rug not move.

Stupid Hu-mans.

Posted by: Strong at March 26, 2023 02:19 PM (33cLL)

53 >>Cats love rugs because they are the most comfortable place to puke up hairballs.
The only thing cats like better than rugs is paths where I walk in the dark wearing socks.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 26, 2023 02:09 PM (xhaym)

Truth.

As for keeping throw rugs from moving - never found anything that works well. As I get older and clutzier, I'm leaning towards none at all.

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at March 26, 2023 02:19 PM (fjZJe)

54 Nail the rug to the floor wall to wall .

Posted by: polynikes at March 26, 2023 02:20 PM (IhbYA)

55 No one needs more than one throw rug a month.

Posted by: Karen down the street at March 26, 2023 02:20 PM (DhOHl)

56 Year in and year out, Big Small Rug inflicts serious injury and death on thousands across the nation. And they think nobody can touch them.

Posted by: Dewey, Cheatham & Howe at March 26, 2023 02:21 PM (s12c9)

57 "The wonderful thing about dirt floors is that they soak up nuisance spills. No messy cleanup."

You don't have to have dirt floors.
You can have a dirty rug and the spills won't soak in, they'll just sit on top of the dirt until you wipe them up.

Posted by: Speller at March 26, 2023 02:21 PM (pSotA)

58 Carpet tape works fine for me. We put it on the runner in in in-laws' hallway and it resists even a walker pushed across the end.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist

So, runners resist walkers.....hmmmmm.

Posted by: JT at March 26, 2023 02:21 PM (T4tVD)

59
Can Camp Lejeune water be blamed for this? If so, call us!
Posted by: 1-800-SUE-THEM at March 26, 2023 02:14 PM (s12c9)

My Father was at Camp Lejeune in '46, and had dementia when he died several years ago. Do we have a claim?

( I know we don't, it these thingshave a habit of expanding. Ads start with a specific group of, say, cancers, for specific groups of trades. Next thing you know, everybody and their brother shoul call to assert a claim.

Posted by: Fox2! at March 26, 2023 02:23 PM (qR50u)

60
I have some two sided tape that sticks to the floor like a summa bitch. Problem is it sticks to the floor like a summa bitch. To the carpet? Not so much.

Heat gun at 1300 degrees does soften the adhesive a little and starts a small and easily contained fire.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 26, 2023 02:24 PM (enJYY)

61 Straight up rubber mat under the rug should fix it. Get one made for outdoor use, put it under the rug. Nail it down.

Posted by: Jimco Industries at March 26, 2023 02:24 PM (buTO7)

62 You have floors?
Luxury!

Posted by: Weasel at March 26, 2023 02:24 PM (RG6z4)

63 My hardwood floor is very smooth. Prettygirl gets to use a countertop on the side of the kitchen opposite the stove -- that's where I put her food. She can leap onto the counter from the floor but prefers to jump onto a barstool beside the counter that's a couple inches shorter. Well, one time she took a running leap onto the barstool and when she got on top, it slid forward a few inches. I'd never seen a cat with such a shocked face. But she held on. <3

Posted by: SFGoth at March 26, 2023 02:24 PM (KAi1n)

64 I still prefer carpet in my bedrooms . I have hardwood or tile in the rest of the house.

Posted by: polynikes at March 26, 2023 02:25 PM (IhbYA)

65 "Heat gun at 1300 degrees does soften the adhesive a little and starts a small and easily contained fire."

So many good tips this afternoon.

Posted by: Tuna at March 26, 2023 02:25 PM (gLRfa)

66 Shitcan the rugs. Nasty critters live in them. Put the sticky strips on the soles of your feet. Renew as needed.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 26, 2023 02:26 PM (tkR6S)

67 This looks like first world cheapskate problems.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2023 02:13 PM (9cS6m)

Harrumph!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 26, 2023 02:26 PM (XIJ/X)

68 britt Hume has outlived his uselessness

Posted by: REDACTED at March 26, 2023 02:27 PM (us2H3)

69 Get a truckload of gravel and dump it on the rug.
Problem solved.

Posted by: fd at March 26, 2023 02:27 PM (iayUP)

70 This looks like first world cheapskate problems.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2023 02:13 PM (9cS6m)

Harrumph!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Blazing Saddles!
I didn't know we did movie reviews in the FWP thread!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 26, 2023 02:28 PM (S4nmY)

71 The grocer didn't have the sourdough bread I like. They had the sourdough bread I like, but with sesame seeds.

All is lost.

Posted by: DB - polishing the marble at March 26, 2023 02:28 PM (geLO8)

72 For the record, San Francisco is still one of the fag capitols of the world

Learn how to spell. [CBD]

Posted by: Thom Brennaman at March 26, 2023 02:28 PM (wxTD7)

73 Have you tried metal golf cleats?

Posted by: Weasel at March 26, 2023 02:28 PM (RG6z4)

74 When throw rugs become whoa rugs.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 26, 2023 02:29 PM (anj39)

75 They had the sourdough bread I like, but with sesame seeds.

Posted by: DB - polishing the marble at March 26, 2023 02:28 PM (geLO

That is an abomination.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 26, 2023 02:30 PM (XIJ/X)

76 My mom calls that stuff 'slip-stop'. RVers are well aware of this product, as it keeps stuff from sliding around in the cabinets or on countertops.

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 26, 2023 02:30 PM (JOtiF)

77 >We used to dream of having flooring. When I was growing up, there were 149 of us in a 3x3 mud hut with a dirt floor.

Posted by: Some

Dirt? You were lucky. The best we could manage was a pile of broken glass from an old rubbish tip.

Posted by: DB - polishing the marble at March 26, 2023 02:31 PM (geLO8)

78 Have you tried metal golf cleats?

Posted by: Weasel at March 26, 2023 02:28 PM (RG6z4)

Instead of the rug? That would probably work!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 26, 2023 02:31 PM (XIJ/X)

79 I bought it anyway

Posted by: DB - toasting the bread at March 26, 2023 02:32 PM (geLO8)

80 I like ZONGOOL Rug Grippers.
You can get them on Amazon.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 26, 2023 02:32 PM (NpAcC)

81 I'd also like to point out that we use the same stuff under our rugs and it works just bueno. Pretty sure it has to do with my rejection of the potato bun in all of its insidious forms.

Posted by: Weasel at March 26, 2023 02:32 PM (RG6z4)

82 My first world problem is that our dryer has quit heating. Everything else (controls, rotation) works fine. Husband has ordered two parts that MAY fix it. If that doesn't work, probably time for a new dryer. Either way, getting it out of the tight corner into which it's wedged won't be fun.

It came with the house so it's somewhere between 6 and 16 years old, but that seems kind of brief to me. Brief, but not remarkable anymore.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at March 26, 2023 02:33 PM (fTtFy)

83 I don't care for tile flooring other than the bathroom

Posted by: DB - toasting the bread at March 26, 2023 02:34 PM (geLO8)

84
I still prefer carpet in my bedrooms . I have hardwood or tile in the rest of the house.

Posted by: polynikes at March 26, 2023 02:25 PM

Original owner installed red oak flooring in the master (yes master, suck it woke folk) bedroom and while I would love to have carpeting the thought of covering that beautiful and exceptionally cold wood? Can't do. Two pair of propane fueled socks and slippers.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 26, 2023 02:34 PM (enJYY)

85 FWP: So I decided that this weekend would be an appropriate time to christen a new electric skillet I had picked up recently. And what better way to do that then to give it the 'bacon treatment' on its maiden voyage? So I went to the store, grabbed a pound of bacon and headed home for the sacred ceremony.

To my surprise and dismay, I learned that what had once traditionally been a 1lbs. package of bacon now only contains 12oz. of bacon! This is an outrage!

Heads should roll for this travesty! I blame the Joe Biden Administration and his piss-poor 3rd world economics!

Posted by: Dr. Bone at March 26, 2023 02:34 PM (Jg7EG)

86 My mom calls that stuff 'slip-stop'. RVers are well aware of this product, as it keeps stuff from sliding around in the cabinets or on countertops.
Posted by: GnuBreed at March 26, 2023 02:30 PM (JOtiF)
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Also makes an inexpensive alternative to toolbox drawer liners.

Posted by: Weasel at March 26, 2023 02:35 PM (RG6z4)

87 And a pound of coffee weighs 12oz, too

Posted by: DB - toasting the bread at March 26, 2023 02:35 PM (geLO8)

88 I saw ZONGOOL open for Gwar at the Whiskey in ‘84.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 26, 2023 02:36 PM (u73oe)

89 I didn't get a harrumph outta THAT guy...

Posted by: Mel Brooks at March 26, 2023 02:37 PM (DhOHl)

90 I am getting ready to go to a gun show. Yay, me!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 26, 2023 02:37 PM (tkR6S)

91 Puppers likes when we throw things from living room to upstairs hallway.

There is not a product on earth that is both temporary, yet grippy enough, to hold the rug at the base of the steps secure.

"Let's get a dog!" she said. . . .

Posted by: 2009Refugee at March 26, 2023 02:37 PM (Jqskl)

92
The coffee and bacon ration has been increased from 16 to 12 ounces.

Posted by: Winston Smith at March 26, 2023 02:37 PM (enJYY)

93 Dirt? You were lucky. The best we could manage was a pile of broken glass from an old rubbish tip.
Posted by: DB - polishing the marble at March 26, 2023 02:31 PM (geLO

Broken Glass?
High living!
Every morning my mom made me get up early to go out and cut sod. All before walking to school.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 26, 2023 02:38 PM (anj39)

94 71 The grocer didn't have the sourdough bread I like.

Another grim milestone of the Biden administration.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 26, 2023 02:39 PM (DhOHl)

95 And a pound of coffee weighs 12oz, too
Posted by: DB - toasting the bread at March 26, 2023 02:35 PM (geLO

Do have Big Lots stores in your AO? Here in Apache Junction, they sell "Java Time" brand coffee, packed in Australia, I think. 24 ounce bag for six bucks. It is pretty decent coffee, too. Sipping on a mug right now.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 26, 2023 02:40 PM (tkR6S)

96 90 I am getting ready to go to a gun show. Yay, me!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 26, 2023 02:37 PM (tkR6S)
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Nice! Have fun.

Posted by: Weasel at March 26, 2023 02:40 PM (RG6z4)

97 Sourdough with sesame seeds is the perfect accompaniment to chili with carrots.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 26, 2023 02:40 PM (u73oe)

98 The best bacon is baking bacon.

Posted by: Just sayin' at March 26, 2023 02:41 PM (DhOHl)

99 Every morning my mom made me get up early to go out and cut sod.
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You had sod!

Posted by: Jimco Industries at March 26, 2023 02:41 PM (buTO7)

100 96 90 I am getting ready to go to a gun show. Yay, me!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 26, 2023 02:37 PM (tkR6S)

eat your pancakes

Posted by: REDACTED at March 26, 2023 02:41 PM (us2H3)

101 I use double sided carpet tape and it works great

Posted by: It's me donna at March 26, 2023 02:42 PM (bs+z0)

102 >>>The coffee and bacon ration has been increased from 16 to 12 ounces.

>I guess it wasn't such a good deal after all.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at March 26, 2023 02:43 PM (Jg7EG)

103
Sesame seeds are proof, like corn, that your body simple rejects the nutritional value of stuff and ejects it unscathed.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 26, 2023 02:43 PM (enJYY)

104 Bacon averages out. Some of the better brands (Wright comes to mind) have a standard size of 20 or 22 ounces. One of the reasons they used to teach in-your-head arithmetic in grade school was so that you could judge the price of things per ounce, and not just by the package.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at March 26, 2023 02:44 PM (jYCXf)

105 Now that I'm retired, I've been thinking about becoming a coffee snob. Get a burr grinder, grind my own beans, get an espresso maker maybe. I don't know.

Posted by: DB - toasting the bread at March 26, 2023 02:44 PM (geLO8)

106 well the sesame seeds weren't baked into the bread, just sprinkled on top.

Sourdough pairs well with Vegemite.

Posted by: DB - toasting the bread at March 26, 2023 02:45 PM (geLO8)

107 Corn, depending on the color, has a variety of phytonutrients. Yellow corn is a good source of carotenoids and polyphenols. Decent source of fiber too, especially the popped kind. Blue is an even better source of stuff with a slightly lower sugar content, IIRC.

Posted by: SFGoth at March 26, 2023 02:46 PM (KAi1n)

108 Have the rug issue in my home.
I've just been perfecting my slip and falls. Getting good.

Posted by: From about that Time at March 26, 2023 02:46 PM (4780s)

109 Posted by: DB - toasting the bread at March 26, 2023 02:44 PM (geLO

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Once it dawned on me I was drinking a gallon of coffee per day, I switched to Irish Breakfast Tea after lunch and really like it!

Posted by: Weasel at March 26, 2023 02:46 PM (RG6z4)

110 Sesame seeds are proof, like corn, that your body simple rejects the nutritional value of stuff and ejects it unscathed.
Posted by: Divide by Zero

How to tell everyone you don't chew your food without saying you don't chew your food.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 26, 2023 02:47 PM (S4nmY)

111 >Once it dawned on me I was drinking a gallon of coffee per day, I switched to Irish Breakfast Tea after lunch and really like it!

Posted by: Weasel

In the green box. Good stuff.

Posted by: DB - toasting the bread at March 26, 2023 02:48 PM (geLO8)

112 Once it dawned on me I was drinking a gallon of coffee per day, . . . . .
Posted by: Weasel

Is that wrong? If I had known that was wrong. . . .

Posted by: Tonypete at March 26, 2023 02:48 PM (qoGsy)

113
How to tell everyone you don't chew your food without saying you don't chew your food.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 26, 2023 02:47 PM

You have teeth? This really is a First World Problem thread.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 26, 2023 02:48 PM (enJYY)

114 You have teeth? This really is a First World Problem thread.
Posted by: Divide by Zero

Just gum it into submission!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 26, 2023 02:49 PM (S4nmY)

115 Toasted sesame oil is great for cooking. A splash added to a pot of cheap-ass ramen noodles greatly improves them.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 26, 2023 02:49 PM (tkR6S)

116 Is this the food thread?

Posted by: The Food Thread at March 26, 2023 02:50 PM (Xrfse)

117 In fact, I'm going to have some hot tea right now!

Posted by: Weasel at March 26, 2023 02:51 PM (RG6z4)

118 Looks like a job for duct tape.

Posted by: DaveX64 - AWFLs smell like dryer sheets at March 26, 2023 02:51 PM (XkBm+)

119 >Is this the food thread?

Posted by: The Food Thread

not yet

Posted by: DB - toasting the bread at March 26, 2023 02:51 PM (geLO8)

120 Now that I'm retired, I've been thinking about becoming a coffee snob. Get a burr grinder, grind my own beans, get an espresso maker maybe. I don't know.
Posted by: DB - toasting the bread at March 26, 2023 02:44 PM (geLO

Do it and don't look back.
I have a Breville coffee maker. It's excellent!!!
My FWP is when I run out of descaling tablets. Such a catastrophe!

Posted by: Diogenes at March 26, 2023 02:51 PM (anj39)

121 This afternoon's FWP - I needed to water in the roses and I noticed there was a pretty good spray coming from where the hose attaches to the faucet. No amount of fussing with it fixed it.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 26, 2023 02:51 PM (qoGsy)

122
I'll puncf anybody in ta facf who laffs at my teef.

Posted by: Mike Tyson at March 26, 2023 02:53 PM (enJYY)

123
The reason why the Rug Gripper above doesn't work is because it's damn small.

You need a Gripper pad at least 75% the size of the rug!

Posted by: Soothsayer, the HQ's Most Respected Commenter at March 26, 2023 02:53 PM (wojhP)

124 Looks like a job for duct tape.
Posted by: DaveX64 - AWFLs smell like dryer sheets at March 26, 2023 02:51 PM (XkBm+)

Or pecker-tucking tape.

Posted by: Admiral Rachel Levine at March 26, 2023 02:53 PM (tkR6S)

125 I think this is more of an appetizer thread.

Posted by: Weasel at March 26, 2023 02:53 PM (RG6z4)

126 >Posted by: Tonypete at March 26, 2023 02:51 PM (qoGsy)

Plumber's tape around the sillcock threads

Posted by: DB - toasting the bread at March 26, 2023 02:54 PM (geLO8)

127 Plumber's tape around the sillcock threads
Posted by: DB - toasting the bread at March 26, 2023 02:54 PM (geLO

Or a new hose washer.

Posted by: Admiral Rachel Levine at March 26, 2023 02:55 PM (tkR6S)

128 don't use any kind of brush-on goo on the threads- you'll never get the hose off again

Posted by: DB - toasting the bread at March 26, 2023 02:55 PM (geLO8)

129 This afternoon's FWP - I needed to water in the roses and I noticed there was a pretty good spray coming from where the hose attaches to the faucet. No amount of fussing with it fixed it.

---

Not being a smart-alec PSA:

You can buy a pack of the rubber garden hose washers so that you have them on hand if / when you discover one has fallen out (or one of your kids has removed it).

Handy to have around.

Posted by: Daddy, why do muffin pans have 12 spaces instead of five? at March 26, 2023 02:55 PM (5lbKt)

130 And a pound of coffee weighs 12oz, too
Posted by: DB

If measuring in Troy ozs, sure.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 26, 2023 02:55 PM (qoGsy)

131 121 This afternoon's FWP - I needed to water in the roses and I noticed there was a pretty good spray coming from where the hose attaches to the faucet. No amount of fussing with it fixed it.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 26, 2023 02:51 PM (qoGsy)

Simple.
Turn water off.
Go inside.
Pour a generous dollop of whiskey.
Wait for gun thread.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 26, 2023 02:57 PM (anj39)

132
Speaking of food..

Supposebly "box wine" lasts a lot longer in the fridge than bottle wine. Bottle wine turns bad after a few days, supposebly. But wine in a box is said to last for a couple of weeks.

I only drink a little wine with my Spaghetti & Meatballs about 2X week.

Posted by: Soothsayer, the HQ's Most Respected Commenter at March 26, 2023 02:57 PM (wojhP)

133 Not being a smart-alec PSA:

You can buy a pack of the rubber garden hose washers so that you have them on hand if / when you discover one has fallen out (or one of your kids has removed it).

Handy to have around.
Posted by: Daddy

I thought of that too but - no worky.

Surely the hose washers being 30-40 years old wouldn't have an impact - right?

Posted by: Tonypete at March 26, 2023 02:57 PM (qoGsy)

134 This wouldn’t be a problem if you, like me, grew up in a bouncy-house.

Posted by: Joseph Ringling Biden at March 26, 2023 02:58 PM (s05xh)

135 Pour a generous dollop of whiskey.
Wait for gun thread.

Gonna need more than a dollop. We got a ways to go before the gub hits.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 26, 2023 02:59 PM (Xrfse)

136
Supposebly "box wine" lasts a lot longer in the fridge than bottle wine. Bottle wine turns bad after a few days, supposebly. But wine in a box is said to last for a couple of weeks.
Posted by: Soothsayer

Boxed wine still has some air in the bag. If you take the bag out of the box and carefully let the air out you'll whine much less.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 26, 2023 02:59 PM (S4nmY)

137 Surely the hose washers being 30-40 years old wouldn't have an impact - right?
Posted by: Tonypete

I guess you have to sell the house and move into a newer one!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 26, 2023 02:59 PM (S4nmY)

138 Simple.
Turn water off.
Go inside.
Pour a generous dollop of whiskey.
Wait for gun thread.
Posted by: Diogenes

I can always count on the Horde to provide on point advice. I did pick up a Knob Creek single barrel select bottle today. Dayum, it's tasty!

Posted by: Tonypete at March 26, 2023 03:00 PM (qoGsy)

139 Well, how rare! A subject upon which I can opine with some experiential authority.

On our house's cement floors, we have area carpets, runners, small, carpet-sample size. It's interesting, as time passes, to see which different materials bear up well. Some turn to dust because they're sitting right on cement floors and we didn't have any pads or that non-skid mesh stuff to protect them.

Thing is, as we head for our third pass at 29, Milady and I find that the edges of rugs really do indeed become greedy and grab at our shuffling toes, trying to take us down. To add to that, our dear madcap Malinois, Daisy, gets excited and races around and sliiiides on the takeoffs, turns, and stops, turning the various carpets sidewise, or curling them up. Straightening up the rugs is a constant exercise.

No point in trying to put the non-skid stuff under the current rugs. Time to throw everything out and start over (except the carpet right at the entry, which the dog has not been able to claw or chew up, and upon which she skiiids with delight without moving it - I'd carpet the whole place in that).

Sorta related
https://youtu.be/Ywk5mWO3EMM

Posted by: mindful webworker - tripping in old age is not the same as tripping back in college! at March 26, 2023 03:00 PM (i2zoD)

140
Boxed wine still has some air in the bag. If you take the bag out of the box and carefully let the air out you'll whine much less.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron

Now that's a good moron tip!

Posted by: Soothsayer, the HQ's Most Respected Commenter at March 26, 2023 03:02 PM (wojhP)

141 A pound of coffee from King Harv weighs a full 16 oz, and the shipping is included in the price.

If you keep on buying the cheapest package you can find, you will bankrupt yourself.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at March 26, 2023 03:02 PM (jYCXf)

142 A small rug slides on the hardwood floor and people die!

Acceptable losses.

The cat tobogganing off the TV/treat table is a real problem.

Posted by: DaveA at March 26, 2023 03:03 PM (FhXTo)

143
Dissimilar metals ate up a connection on my garden hose to pex line running 50 feet to an outdoor shower. You can't fix that with a new washer. Hack saw, blow torch, an hour later good as new. The fire when the pex inflamed was extinguished pretty quickly.

On the way back from the lake local radio was talking about a car fire that was blocking traffic in and out of Philly. Was it wrong that I automatically assumed it was an EV and won't be brought under control for hours?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 26, 2023 03:04 PM (enJYY)

144 Now that I'm retired, I've been thinking about becoming a coffee snob. Get a burr grinder, grind my own beans, get an espresso maker maybe. I don't know.
Posted by: DB - toasting the bread

Levels of Coffee Twee-ness:
Vintage percolator
Aeropress
Keurig
DeLongi essssssprewwwo *
Siphon Coffee Maker gas burner

*( these will break in less than 18 months )

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 26, 2023 03:05 PM (jzzG8)

145 I’m unfamiliar with the concept of leftover wine.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 26, 2023 03:06 PM (u73oe)

146 Boxed wine still has some air in the bag. If you take the bag out of the box and carefully let the air out you'll whine much less.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 26, 2023 02:59 PM (S4nmY)

But wine more.

Posted by: That Northern skulker at March 26, 2023 03:06 PM (VdGjU)

147 Or leftover bacon.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 26, 2023 03:06 PM (u73oe)

148 When the box of whine gets air in it, it gives us gas. *hic* *shart*

Posted by: Suburban Wine Moms at March 26, 2023 03:09 PM (Xrfse)

149 I’m unfamiliar with the concept of leftover wine.
Posted by: Duke

Box of table wine is equivalent to 4 bottles.

Posted by: There is a lush among us at March 26, 2023 03:11 PM (S4nmY)

150 At Gateway Pundit:

"Madrid explained to police that he saw the shoplifter enter the Family Dollar store and told him to leave. ... the shoplifter punched Madrid in the face with his left fist, knocking off his eyeglasses. Madrid responded by allegedly pulling out his gun and shooting the man at least ten times. Once the man dropped to the ground, Madrid then allegedly fired more bullets into him."

I'm gutta percha, and I endorse this message.

Posted by: gp Sets In Motion Various Apparatuses at March 26, 2023 03:11 PM (MvF+J)

151 When Mr. Bassman reached *that* age, his doctor was asking him a checklist of questions, including asking if we had hazards like area rugs. I laughed and told him, "We have a cat!"

I can't imagine anything trickier than navigating the house while a kitty slaloms your ankles.

Posted by: Emmie will be dancing to Flash Cadillac April 1 at March 26, 2023 03:11 PM (N5qKs)

152 Or leftover bacon.
Posted by: Duke Lowell

Well, that 3lbs-er from Kroger has some that go in the freezer for sammiches.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 26, 2023 03:11 PM (jzzG8)

153 Madrid responded by allegedly pulling out his gun and shooting the man at least ten times. Once the man dropped to the ground, Madrid then allegedly fired more bullets into him."

—————

File this under “don’t start none won’t be none.”

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 26, 2023 03:12 PM (u73oe)

154 Posted by: Emmie

I let the wife know about April 1st and she immediately said "Where"?
We will not be able to make it; but, would have loved to be there to see and hear Bassman.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 26, 2023 03:14 PM (S4nmY)

155 HO-lee crap
driver was unhurt

https://tinyurl.com/yc5723cy

Posted by: DB - toasting the bread at March 26, 2023 03:15 PM (geLO8)

156 The bane of hardwood floors. There is a simple solution though...don't use rugs. Why does one want to cover up beautiful hardwood floors in the first place?

Posted by: Flywheel at March 26, 2023 03:15 PM (LD6DN)

157 I let the wife know about April 1st and she immediately said "Where"?
We will not be able to make it; but, would have loved to be there to see and hear Bassman.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 26, 2023 03:14 PM (S4nmY)

Awww! It would be fun to see you! And it's a cool venue.

Ya know, the band is willing to play in other states if someone wants to invite them.

Posted by: Emmie will be dancing to Flash Cadillac April 1 at March 26, 2023 03:16 PM (N5qKs)

158 Guy at the pub is mansplaining beer to his lady.

Posted by: That Northern skulker at March 26, 2023 03:16 PM (VdGjU)

159 FDA regulations 2023: "Tomato products like pizza sauce are allowed to contain up to 30 fruit fly eggs per 100 grams."

FDA regulations 2024: "Tomato products like pizza sauce must contain a minimum of 30 fruit fly eggs per 100 grams."

Posted by: gp Sets In Motion Various Apparatuses at March 26, 2023 03:17 PM (MvF+J)

160 136 Boxed wine still has some air in the bag. If you take the bag out of the box and carefully ~~let~~ suck the air out you'll whine much less.

fixt

Posted by: kamala at March 26, 2023 03:18 PM (cFL1s)

161 d'oh!

Posted by: kamala at March 26, 2023 03:18 PM (cFL1s)

162 HO-lee crap
driver was unhurt

https://tinyurl.com/yc5723cy
Posted by: DB

The tire running into the rear end of the flipped car was the final insult it had in it.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 26, 2023 03:19 PM (qoGsy)

163 Ya know, the band is willing to play in other states if someone wants to invite them.
Posted by: Emmie

That would be a great MoMe!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 26, 2023 03:19 PM (S4nmY)

164 Once the man dropped to the ground, Madrid then allegedly fired more bullets into him.

"Anything worth doing, is worth doing well."
-- Sum Wisedood

"Everything in moderation. One target, one bullet."
-- MoMe graduate

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 26, 2023 03:20 PM (a3Q+t)

165
Why does one want to cover up beautiful hardwood floors in the first place?

Posted by: Flywheel at March 26, 2023 03:15 PM

This is the year 2023 and for some inexplicable reason Joe Biden is President so the best (and final) answer is:
Covering up the trap door to the basement dungeon?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 26, 2023 03:20 PM (enJYY)

166 Shorter: Rugs Kill.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 26, 2023 03:20 PM (EZebt)

167 156 The bane of hardwood floors. There is a simple solution though...don't use rugs.

or... one could attach small, portable, individualized rugs to one's feet.

Posted by: stochastic kulak anachronda at March 26, 2023 03:20 PM (cFL1s)

168 Shorter: Rugs Kill.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

We need common sense rug control!!

Posted by: Tonypete at March 26, 2023 03:21 PM (qoGsy)

169 Ya know, the band is willing to play in other states if someone wants to invite them.
Posted by: Emmie will be dancing to Flash Cadillac April 1 at March 26, 2023 03:16 PM

Would there be, like, you know, bass solos following the drum solos?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 26, 2023 03:21 PM (a3Q+t)

170 or... one could attach small, portable, individualized rugs to one's feet.
Posted by: stochastic

Brilliant!
Pure genius!
You should patent the idea!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 26, 2023 03:21 PM (S4nmY)

171 It was shirt nap time.
Hardwood floors look nice but are cold in winter

Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2023 03:22 PM (xhxe8)

172 170 or... one could attach small, portable, individualized rugs to one's feet.
Posted by: stochastic

Brilliant!
Pure genius!
You should patent the idea!

i'd have to pay a marketing guy to think up a name.

Posted by: stochastic kulak anachronda at March 26, 2023 03:23 PM (cFL1s)

173 "We need common sense rug control!!"

Just try to find a place that sells carpet bumpstocks these days! Sheesh.

Posted by: gp Sets In Motion Various Apparatuses at March 26, 2023 03:23 PM (MvF+J)

174 i'd have to pay a marketing guy to think up a name.
Posted by: stochastic kulak anachronda at March 26, 2023 03:23 PM

What? What a croc! We're here for you!

Posted by: HordeSource (tm), your One Stop Advice Shop at March 26, 2023 03:24 PM (a3Q+t)

175 "i'd have to pay a marketing guy to think up a name."

Shag Sneakers. Plush Pile Slippers.

Posted by: gp Sets In Motion Various Apparatuses at March 26, 2023 03:24 PM (MvF+J)

176 Madrid responded by allegedly pulling out his gun and shooting the man at least ten times.

.45 ACP. Never leave home without it.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 26, 2023 03:25 PM (Xrfse)

177 Area Shoes. Persian Penny Loafers.

Posted by: gp Sets In Motion Various Apparatuses at March 26, 2023 03:26 PM (MvF+J)

178 That would be a great MoMe!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 26, 2023 03:19 PM (S4nmY)

Truly epic!

Posted by: Emmie will be dancing to Flash Cadillac April 1 at March 26, 2023 03:26 PM (N5qKs)

179 Looks like he brought a gun to a slap fight.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 26, 2023 03:28 PM (u73oe)

180 Would there be, like, you know, bass solos following the drum solos?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 26, 2023 03:21 PM (a3Q+t)

That sounds like a cultural reference that is going right over my head.

Posted by: Emmie will be dancing to Flash Cadillac April 1 at March 26, 2023 03:28 PM (N5qKs)

181 Beautiful oak floors!

A one piece, waffle-like, rubbery pad so large that is beneath the entire area rug. They're a royal pita lifting and repositioning neatly if/when the area rug gets moved to another location but will prevent slipping. (PS - Do not use spray wood polish on the floors. Walk over in socks, etc. and wind up on butt, if you're lucky.)

Posted by: Lola - free Jacob Chansley at March 26, 2023 03:28 PM (GshMh)

182
It was shirt nap time.

Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2023 03:22 PM

Nine out of ten medical professionals agree - a Shirt nap is better then a Dirt nap. The 'other' guy wants to cut off your junk.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 26, 2023 03:28 PM (enJYY)

183 Why are there 'area rugs,' but no 'volume rugs?'

Posted by: gp Sets In Motion Various Apparatuses at March 26, 2023 03:29 PM (MvF+J)

184 Why does one want to cover up beautiful hardwood floors in the first place?
Posted by: Flywheel at March 26, 2023 03:15 PM (LD6DN)
-----------
That rug really tied the room together, man.

Posted by: The Dude at March 26, 2023 03:29 PM (2hlEI)

185 Why are there 'area rugs,' but no 'volume rugs?'
Posted by: gp

Just wait until the morons pile on to that one.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 26, 2023 03:30 PM (S4nmY)

186 Why are there 'area rugs,' but no 'volume rugs?'
Posted by: gp Sets In Motion Various Apparatuses at March 26, 2023 03:29 PM (MvF+J)

——————

The answer is plane as day.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 26, 2023 03:30 PM (u73oe)

187 Let’s not jump too quickly here in the war against slick floors. A ‘fast’ floor is our preference for doing pivots in tango.

Posted by: David Davies at March 26, 2023 03:31 PM (gQ0JI)

188 7 We have patterned cement floors in this place.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 26, 2023 02:04 PM (S4nmY)

I never knew that's what those were called!

Posted by: m at March 26, 2023 03:32 PM (CQE5S)

189 I ordered two point rugs from Amazon. They sent me an empty package.

Posted by: gp Sets In Motion Various Apparatuses at March 26, 2023 03:32 PM (MvF+J)

190 AZ deplorable, we actually had a jam session at a Colorado Morondezvous. Turned out all the musicians were bass players, but Piercello was great at coordinating the available talent into fun music. Meremortal was one of the bass players and another person whose nic I forget.

Posted by: Emmie will be dancing to Flash Cadillac April 1 at March 26, 2023 03:33 PM (N5qKs)

191 Almost 200 comments and no one has brought up carpet VS hardwood? It’s like I don’t even know you people.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 26, 2023 03:33 PM (u73oe)

192 That sounds like a cultural reference that is going right over my head.
Posted by: Emmie will be dancing to Flash Cadillac April 1 at March 26, 2023 03:28 PM (N5qKs)
------------
Great White Hunter: The drums have been sounding in the jungle all day long. Is that a bad sign.

Native Guide: No. Only bad happen after drums stop.

GWH: And then what happens?

NG: Bass solo.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 26, 2023 03:33 PM (2hlEI)

193 I ordered two point rugs from Amazon. They sent me an empty package.
Posted by: gp Sets In Motion Various Apparatuses

You should see the Mobius Strip rugs - We never could get them to lay flat!!

Posted by: Tonypete at March 26, 2023 03:34 PM (qoGsy)

194 34 I just tripped on a small unsecured throw rug this morning. Had a cup of coffee in one hand and went flying into the corner of a bookcase. Coffee all over the wall and a nice knot on my forehead. First world problems indeed.
Posted by: Tuna at March 26, 2023 02:11 PM (gLRfa)

Yikes! Weirdly topical!

Posted by: m at March 26, 2023 03:35 PM (CQE5S)

195 My FWP today... I bought 80lbs of soil additives for the garden; limestone and fertilizer but don't have a spreader.

Red Solo Cup and well arced throws.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 26, 2023 03:36 PM (Q4IgG)

196 GWH: And then what happens?

NG: Bass solo.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 26, 2023 03:33 PM (2hlEI)

Oh my word! Shared that with Mr. B.

Posted by: Emmie will be dancing to Flash Cadillac April 1 at March 26, 2023 03:36 PM (N5qKs)

197 Almost 200 comments and no one has brought up carpet VS hardwood? It’s like I don’t even know you people.
Posted by: Duke Lowell

If you can work the word 'shag' into that we'd have an epic first sentence of romance novel.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 26, 2023 03:37 PM (qoGsy)

198 Red Solo Cup and well arced throws.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

I see bands of green in your future.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 26, 2023 03:38 PM (S4nmY)

199 "Red Solo Cup and well arced throws."

Voila! Crop circles.

Posted by: gp Sets In Motion Various Apparatuses at March 26, 2023 03:39 PM (MvF+J)

200 Oh my word! Shared that with Mr. B.
Posted by: Emmie will be dancing to Flash Cadillac April 1 at March 26, 2023 03:36 PM (N5qKs)
------------
It was a joke told to me by a music teacher.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 26, 2023 03:39 PM (2hlEI)

201 I knew she was trouble as she walked into my office, tripping over the shag carpet swatch I’d laid over the hardwood.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 26, 2023 03:39 PM (u73oe)

202 I ordered two point rugs from Amazon. They sent me an empty package.
Posted by: gp Sets In Motion Various Apparatuses

So, you're saying buying from Amazon is...yeah...that's right. I'm gonna go there!

...pointless?

Posted by: Diogenes at March 26, 2023 03:41 PM (anj39)

203 Good grief. I'm streaming the Creighton v. SDSU game. Pretty good so far but halftime was like 20 minutes of non-stop ads.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 26, 2023 03:41 PM (Xrfse)

204 193 You should see the Mobius Strip rugs - We never could get them to lay flat!!

i've got a small one i use as a koozie for my klein bottle.

Posted by: stochastic kulak anachronda at March 26, 2023 03:42 PM (cFL1s)

205 202 I called to complain. They said 'WTF? We threw in two extra for free!'

Posted by: gp Sets In Motion Various Apparatuses at March 26, 2023 03:42 PM (MvF+J)

206 Go to the kitchen aisle at Walmart and get a roll of "shelf paper". I like the black mesh kind. Put pieces of it under anything that slides and it will stop the sliding.

Posted by: KCSteve at March 26, 2023 03:45 PM (bxAlI)

207 You should see the Mobius Strip rugs - We never could get them to lay flat!!

i've got a small one i use as a koozie for my klein bottle.
Posted by: stochastic kulak anachronda at March 26, 2023 03:42 PM (cFL1s)
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*starts drawing furiously*

Posted by: Maurits Cornelis Escher at March 26, 2023 03:45 PM (2hlEI)

208 I knew shag carpet wasn’t good enough for a classy dame like that, but I hadn’t had time to clean up the blood stains the carpet was concealing. Then the murders began.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 26, 2023 03:45 PM (u73oe)

209 I love this guy. I wish there was even one person in govt who is as highly skilled and competent as he is:
youtube.com/watch?v=tBFPyOQWwxY

Posted by: gp Sets In Motion Various Apparatuses at March 26, 2023 03:45 PM (MvF+J)

210 ordered two point rugs from Amazon. They sent me an empty package.

-

If there is even the slightest thing wrong with my Amazon order - late, product problem, etc - I contact them via chat and complain until I get a $5 or $10 credit. We're not friends, we're operating under an agreement where I pay for something and you deliver it per the agreed upon terms.

I doubt I've "paid" for my prime account in ten years or so.

Posted by: Daddy, why are muffin pans made with twelve spaces instead of five? at March 26, 2023 03:47 PM (0+Kup)

211 FWP swapped out pants before heading to India point for walk around park and waterfront. Parked at my favorite dive pub, three or four mile circuit.
Forgot to swap belt.

Posted by: From about That Time at March 26, 2023 03:47 PM (rfL1m)

212 the carpet was concealing.
Posted by: Duke

So the hardwood was concealed by the shag carpet?

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 26, 2023 03:48 PM (S4nmY)

213 Been eyeballing dumpsters and pickups for ropes, no luck. And boats still shrink-wrapped.

Posted by: From about That Time at March 26, 2023 03:49 PM (rfL1m)

214 It's weird how "hardwood" started becoming mainstream and pushed in fashion at almost exactly the same time normalizing of the p3do stuff was being pushed by the same people, isn't it?

Probably just a coincidence.

Posted by: Daddy, why are muffin pans made with twelve spaces instead of five? at March 26, 2023 03:53 PM (QGxS/)

215 If I secure the big run by the front door, then it won't be as funny when the German Shepherd hits it at full speed and goes sliding all ass over tea kettle.

Posted by: PabloD at March 26, 2023 03:57 PM (ffPN2)

216 Big rug, not big run. Autocucumber...

Posted by: PabloD at March 26, 2023 03:58 PM (ffPN2)

217 210 These days, I feel immense gratitude when any service or product turns out to be excellent. I always leave good online reviews when it happens.

Amazon story: in the end, I did find the four point rugs in the box, but I had to switch in my 300X objective to see them.

Posted by: gp Sets In Motion Various Apparatuses at March 26, 2023 03:58 PM (MvF+J)

218 nood

Posted by: gp Sets In Motion Various Apparatuses at March 26, 2023 04:00 PM (MvF+J)

219 FOODIES NOOD

Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2023 04:01 PM (xhxe8)

220 These days, I feel immense gratitude when any service or product turns out to be excellent. I always leave good online reviews when it happens.

--

I used to, but now I mostly just leave reviews when there is something significant that I think needs to be noted.

I learned my lesson after leaving a highly detailed review for a piece of electronics equipment that was a POS, and the review got 300+ helpful votes, and the review disappeared only to be replaced with a "most helpful critical review" that is a 3* review having something to do with the color of the piece of equipment.

My review still exists and can still be read, but you have to click on the star ratings and scroll through until you get to page three or four and see it. It still has the most helpful votes but it doesn't matter. The manufacturer spoke to Amazon and got it to not be helpful to potential buyers.

So nope, no more. Not for free. Not unless it's something significant like "this hard drive dock will corrupt your drives", and even then one has to hope someone bothers to read the reviews to see it.

Everything is manipulated and an op.

Posted by: Daddy, why are muffin pans made with twelve spaces instead of five? at March 26, 2023 04:04 PM (w/UQv)

221 "The grocer didn't have the sourdough bread I like."

Another grim milestone of the Biden administration.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 26, 2023 02:39 PM (DhOHl)

It Had To Happen This Way

Posted by: Q at March 26, 2023 04:11 PM (Mzdiz)

222 During the interval between services at church, I want to quicky check the progress of the Roomba.

That shouldn't be a problem, just open the app see what progress has been made, less than a minute.

No. The application needs to "update". This isn't an option. And I get less than optimal mobile data reception. And this isn't a modern Big Box church that has public high-speed WiFi for those who need to keep up on the Latest Thing during the service.

Then the application will likely forget its username/password which I didn't bother to memorize either.

Now I can't tell if the floors have been vacuumed.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at March 26, 2023 04:17 PM (YXHzG)

223 Okay, so I have a solution to the problem, if someone else hasn’t mentioned it already. Pick up the little pieces, swish it in lukewarm water with a little soap like a few drops of dawn, rinse, and air dry. The stickiness will return so you can replace them under the rug after sweeping the dust bunnies up. Be good for another couple of weeks.

Posted by: Nan in cool AZ at March 26, 2023 05:21 PM (y2IMO)

224 Velcro for the rug.

Posted by: comradearthur at March 26, 2023 05:31 PM (ttOM0)

225 CBD, I guess I have had more luck with those rubberized mats than you have. I don't put down strips of them. I put the mat under the whole rug. That way, wherever you step, you compress the mat a little bit and it grips the floor and the rug.

I have some that have lasted for years with no problems. If they eventually go bad, they're not too expensive to buy a new one, but I haven't had one go bad.

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227 Staple gun, stainless staples. Get them down in the pile as flush with the floor as you can and you won't see or feel them. The hallway runners stayed put for years even with four kids tearing around like they live in a parkour playground.

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