First World Problems...

I would be shocked if the total weight of all of the plastic straws made across the world were more than a rounding error of the total weight of plastic manufactured. The maniacal fixation on plastic straws, created by some idiot middle-school retard who misread some data, took off around the world like a shot, proving Mark Twain's admonition* that "A lie is halfway round the world before the truth has got its boots on." Even granting that plastic pollution is an existential problem for the aquatic life of the world's oceans, rather than a manageable issue for the developing and third world countries that are responsible for the vast majority of the plastics dumped in our oceans (the West is far better at dealing with its garbage), why do the do-gooders (read: virtue-signaling twats) have to replace plastic straws with paper straws that are coated and can't be easily recycled and fall apart halfway through my otherwise excellent G&T!

From my perspective, that paper straw is much more of an affront to the natural order of things than the theoretical possibility that my straw will end up in the stomach of a lesser pink finned snarkfish.

G&Ts are sacred, and the world needs to show them the appropriate amount of deference and respect!

*He probably wasn't the originator of the aphorism, but I like Twain, so he gets credit today!

Posted by: CBD at 02:00 PM

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1 Being 1

Posted by: Skip at August 20, 2023 02:01 PM (MOY79)

2 I thought it's just another Gaia Religion so get with the program

Posted by: Skip at August 20, 2023 02:03 PM (MOY79)

3 China is the #1 polluter of plastic into our oceans.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 20, 2023 02:04 PM (ynpvh)

4 th!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 20, 2023 02:04 PM (kF4Fp)

5 The great tragedy of the modern world is that those who seek to consolidate power have come to the conclusion that surveillance and covert societal punishment is more effective than armed action in the streets

Posted by: Kindltot at August 20, 2023 02:04 PM (xhaym)

6 in

Posted by: DanMan at August 20, 2023 02:04 PM (8uzBS)

7 China is the #1 polluter of plastic into our oceans.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 20, 2023 02:04 PM (ynpvh)

That is mostly because the first world ships all their plastic refuse there to be "recycled" and that means "dumped in the ocean because it is the only way to make a profit on it"

Posted by: Kindltot at August 20, 2023 02:05 PM (xhaym)

8 --- G&Ts are sacred,

Well said

Posted by: Braenyard at August 20, 2023 02:05 PM (ZwWhn)

9 Straws, like ammo, have a long shelf life.

Posted by: Next2Nothing at August 20, 2023 02:06 PM (tA1/w)

10 3 China is the #1 polluter of plastic into our oceans.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 20, 2023 02:04 PM (ynpvh)

That's what I read at one time. Just looked it up, a recent study says it's the Philippines
https://is.gd/XsaAVs

I wonder if China paid for that study...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 20, 2023 02:06 PM (ynpvh)

11 Admittedly I’m the worst about conserving since I’m single and use a lot of plastic ware .

Posted by: polynikes at August 20, 2023 02:07 PM (MNhXM)

12 If the lie is big enough...

1. Second hand smoke causes cancer
2. Fat is bad for you
3. Shaken baby syndrome is real

Those are just some of the less obvious ones.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 20, 2023 02:07 PM (B1UW2)

13 Right after the paper straw mandate was implemented in Calif., I was in Yosemite with a Lady friend and stopped off for a couple Irish Coffees...

Yeah... paper straws put into may $12 Irish Coffee... which promptly disintegrated... needless to say I was NOT impressed. Yes, they replaced with no straw.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 20, 2023 02:07 PM (oHd/0)

14 Yeah... paper straws put into may $12 Irish Coffee... which promptly disintegrated... needless to say I was NOT impressed. Yes, they replaced with no straw.
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 20, 2023 02:07 PM (oHd/0)

Did the coffee have the plastic tops ?

Posted by: polynikes at August 20, 2023 02:08 PM (MNhXM)

15 13 Right after the paper straw mandate was implemented in Calif., I was in Yosemite with a Lady friend and stopped off for a couple Irish Coffees...

Yeah... paper straws put into may $12 Irish Coffee... which promptly disintegrated... needless to say I was NOT impressed. Yes, they replaced with no straw.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 20, 2023 02:07 PM (oHd/0)

And the enviros said, "Well, use a reusable straw". How much water do you waste trying to wash one of those? And if you're out and about, how many of those should you keep on hand? I mean, it's seems unsanitary to reuse straws without washing them first...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 20, 2023 02:09 PM (ynpvh)

16 Paper straws in plastic sleeves. Perfect.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 20, 2023 02:09 PM (Q4IgG)

17 Ooh. Better charts on this website.
https://is.gd/apNkAZ

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 20, 2023 02:10 PM (ynpvh)

18 My favorite is the individually plastic wrapped paper straw - sanitized for your protection!

Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 20, 2023 02:10 PM (p8A+W)

19 Those are just some of the less obvious ones.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 20, 2023 02:07 PM (B1UW2)

SIDS is caused by letting infants sleep on their bellies.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 20, 2023 02:10 PM (xhaym)

20 US: Responsible for releasing 0.2% of the ocean's plastics.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 20, 2023 02:10 PM (ynpvh)

21 hurricae hillary

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at August 20, 2023 02:11 PM (glGDV)

22 My wife's summer drink of choice is a G&T, and my daughters are Tom Collins drinkers, so we can go through a lot of gin on family vacations.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 20, 2023 02:11 PM (vAVFv)

23 I don't argue against strawmen!

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at August 20, 2023 02:11 PM (krqg6)

24 16 Paper straws in plastic sleeves. Perfect.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 20, 2023 02:09 PM (Q4IgG)

Worst of both worlds: Biodegradable paper straws in biodegradable paper sleeves.

They melt in your mouth, not in your hands...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 20, 2023 02:11 PM (ynpvh)

25 Catturd ™ @catturd2 1h
Breaking ...
Elon Musk says he won't be watching football this year.
Too much blocking

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at August 20, 2023 02:12 PM (krqg6)

26 It is fascinating to try to work out why obsessions like this take hold, because I think it has a bearing on the entire environmental movement. People "feel" uneasy about most of the world today, making them perpetually anxious - some of this is justified, some of it is simply because most people are now completely divorced from understanding the things that make their privileged lives possible.

So, how to deal with this perpetual anxiety? Pick something common, cheap, and familiar, blame it for All the Evil in the World, and then stage a ritualistic burning of the Hated Thing, so everyone can fell that They Did Something and can now feel good about themselves.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 20, 2023 02:12 PM (S6gqv)

27 21 hurricae hillary

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at August 20, 2023 02:11 PM (glGDV)

TS Hilary.
Tropical Storm, not tranny.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 20, 2023 02:12 PM (ynpvh)

28 Considering I don't dump my straws, bottles, and other goods in to the ocean, the only way they can get there is due to the ineptitude or criminality of the government body that collects said waste.

Posted by: Rbastid at August 20, 2023 02:12 PM (ulunB)

29 And the enviros said, "Well, use a reusable straw". How much water do you waste trying to wash one of those? And if you're out and about, how many of those should you keep on hand? I mean, it's seems unsanitary to reuse straws without washing them first...]

Just wear a disposable mask if you are worried about your health.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 20, 2023 02:13 PM (p8A+W)

30 SIDS is caused by letting infants sleep on their bellies.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 20, 2023 02:10 PM (xhaym)

I haven't really looked into SIDS, but the shaken baby lie is based on a "study" that was done sometime in the 50s, I believe. The data is... weak.

But courts continue to convict and imprison people who swear they did nothing to harm the babies. Interestingly, Sickle Cell Anemia can cause the same types of symptoms exhibited by supposed "Shaken Baby Syndrome."

Posted by: BurtTC at August 20, 2023 02:13 PM (B1UW2)

31 Dumps can become a beautiful piece of real estate. A former dump in Houston is now a 36 hole golf course and probably the highest elevation point in the City of Houston.

Posted by: polynikes at August 20, 2023 02:14 PM (MNhXM)

32 Make America Great Again
America was great when straws were made of plastic.
I don't like seeing single use plastic bags blowing around everywhere until Jesus returns

Posted by: Paul at August 20, 2023 02:14 PM (mn/HW)

33 They have plastic reinforced paper straws at McD's here.

Posted by: Reforger at August 20, 2023 02:14 PM (B705c)

34 I like TNTs

cheap gin is fine with me

Posted by: REDACTED at August 20, 2023 02:15 PM (us2H3)

35 Force purchasing of metal straws.

Losing a few more autistic kids but to save the sea turtles is worth it.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at August 20, 2023 02:15 PM (krqg6)

36 > My wife's summer drink of choice is a G&T, and my daughters are Tom Collins drinkers, so we can go through a lot of gin on family vacations.
Posted by: Huck Follywood
_________

Define "a lot of gin."

Cuz I'd really like to see how I measure up.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 20, 2023 02:15 PM (Q4IgG)

37 My problem is can't find my bottle of wood glue

Posted by: Skip at August 20, 2023 02:15 PM (MOY79)

38 Straws are for fags.

Posted by: Yogi Bear at August 20, 2023 02:15 PM (KVGVf)

39 TS Cankles

Posted by: REDACTED at August 20, 2023 02:15 PM (us2H3)

40 28 Considering I don't dump my straws, bottles, and other goods in to the ocean, the only way they can get there is due to the ineptitude or criminality of the government body that collects said waste.

Posted by: Rbastid at August 20, 2023 02:12 PM (ulunB)

https://is.gd/apNkAZ
% contribution to ocean plastics
Philipines: 36.4%
India: 12.9%
Malaysia: 7.5%
China: 7.2%
...
Ghana: 0.4%
...
Mexico: 0.4%
...
Egypt: 0.3%
Honduras: 0.2%
US: 0.2%
Guinea: 0.2%
Jamaica: 0.2%
Japan: 0.2%
...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 20, 2023 02:16 PM (ynpvh)

41 Straws are for fags.
Posted by: Yogi Bear at August 20, 2023 02:15 PM (KVGVf)

It is an identifier when one is used in a mixed drink.

Posted by: polynikes at August 20, 2023 02:16 PM (MNhXM)

42 Posted by: Paul at August 20, 2023 02:14 PM (mn/HW)
---------
You STINK!!

Posted by: Megan Rapinoe's jockstrap at August 20, 2023 02:16 PM (krqg6)

43 I have a box of those candy-stripe bendy straws in the cupboard. I don't use them, but they're there.

Molon Labe

Posted by: DB - for what it's worth at August 20, 2023 02:16 PM (geLO8)

44 Considering I don't dump my straws, bottles, and other goods in to the ocean, the only way they can get there is due to the ineptitude or criminality of the government body that collects said waste.

Incinerators are clearly a "renewable" energy resource since they are fueled by difficult to recycle objects.

Why transport perfectly good plastic straws out to the middle of the Pacific ocean when they can be burned locally to keep the A/C bills down?

Furthermore, fuel can be stockpiled next to the incinerator to deal with transportation disruptions.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 20, 2023 02:17 PM (p8A+W)

45 So, how to deal with this perpetual anxiety? Pick something common, cheap, and familiar, blame it for All the Evil in the World, and then stage a ritualistic burning of the Hated Thing, so everyone can fell that They Did Something and can now feel good about themselves.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 20, 2023 02:12 PM (S6gqv)

Why... it's almost like, I don't know, a set of beliefs that rely on faith rather than reason, to explain the universe in a way that allows people to feel connected to something greater than themselves.

If only there was a word for such a thing.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 20, 2023 02:17 PM (B1UW2)

46 I put some stuff in my attic in some single-use plastic bags. Didn't need it for about 5 years, attic of course had 5 summers of getting quite hot. All of the single-use bags were crumbling into dust, so much for them not being degradable.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 20, 2023 02:17 PM (S6gqv)

47 Metal straws can also serve as an improvised weapon. I might be able to live with that. Until the feral guvamint outlaws them.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 20, 2023 02:17 PM (Q4IgG)

48 My first world problem is that my corded weedwhacker cannot reach from my house's outside plug to my front curb so I can trim it. My 100 foot orange cord isn't long enough.

Can I attach a fifty foot orange cord to the other cord to make it reach, or will it overheat?

Posted by: skywch at August 20, 2023 02:18 PM (uqhmb)

49 5 years ago, I found an unopened box of Sysco plastic straws

400 ct

still unopened cuz straws are for fags and purty ladies

Posted by: REDACTED at August 20, 2023 02:18 PM (us2H3)

50 TS Cankles

Its going to be harder to grift billions in federal aid for a thunderstorm.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 20, 2023 02:18 PM (p8A+W)

51 Gee.

Paul sucks through plastic bags and not straws.

Just a little health tip, maybe you should look for "mouth dams" on Google?

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at August 20, 2023 02:19 PM (krqg6)

52 48 My first world problem is that my corded weedwhacker cannot reach from my house's outside plug to my front curb so I can trim it. My 100 foot orange cord isn't long enough.

Can I attach a fifty foot orange cord to the other cord to make it reach, or will it overheat?
Posted by: skywch at August 20, 2023 02:18 PM (uqhmb)

target has a 2500KW backpack generator

problem solved

Posted by: REDACTED at August 20, 2023 02:19 PM (us2H3)

53 Paper straws?

https://youtu.be/78LiJnPqsDw

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 20, 2023 02:19 PM (adINt)

54 46 I put some stuff in my attic in some single-use plastic bags. Didn't need it for about 5 years, attic of course had 5 summers of getting quite hot. All of the single-use bags were crumbling into dust, so much for them not being degradable.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 20, 2023 02:17 PM (S6gqv)

But they aren't BIOdegradable! /sarc
UV and heat do wonderful jobs of breaking down lots of plastics. Realizing this, the enviros latest thing is "nano-plastics", the microscopic pieces left over.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 20, 2023 02:20 PM (ynpvh)

55 So, how to deal with this perpetual anxiety? Pick something common, cheap, and familiar, blame it for All the Evil in the World, and then stage a ritualistic burning of the Hated Thing, so everyone can fell that They Did Something and can now feel good about themselves.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 20, 2023 02:12 PM (S6gqv)

Why... it's almost like, I don't know, a set of beliefs that rely on faith rather than reason, to explain the universe in a way that allows people to feel connected to something greater than themselves.

If only there was a word for such a thing.

Literally Moloch worship.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 20, 2023 02:20 PM (p8A+W)

56 Dumps can become a beautiful piece of real estate. A former dump in Houston is now a 36 hole golf course and probably the highest elevation point in the City of Houston.
Posted by: polynikes at August 20, 2023 02:14 PM (MNhXM)

Yep, if one really cared about overdevelopment, they would support the idea of the local dump. Which in time will ALWAYS be green spaces that will resist any temptation to build on.

Plants are resilient. They don't care that tons of plastic are buried underneath, as long as enough biodegradable stuff is buried there too.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 20, 2023 02:20 PM (B1UW2)

57 Even if a plastic straw was found in a turtles nose and other plastic trash was found around a fishes neck (do they have necks?). It is the polluters that are the problem not the plastic items that make our lives easier and more enjoyable.

Most people don't pollute but probably about 5-10% of Americans* absolutely don't give a shit about anything. They take up 2 spaces when they park, they don't use their turn signals, and they throw garbage everywhere they go amongst other behaviors that define them as complete assholes. Instead of banning straws and bags, we should round the assholes up and beat them with hoses for our amusement.

*other counties have way more assholes than us others less but everyone has them.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at August 20, 2023 02:22 PM (9dBi8)

58 One of the Xtwitter news sites I use was only reporting flooding and, luckily, just a few deaths in Mexico's Baja Peninsula and that was 10 or so hours ago.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at August 20, 2023 02:22 PM (krqg6)

59 ut they aren't BIOdegradable! /sarc
UV and heat do wonderful jobs of breaking down lots of plastics. Realizing this, the enviros latest thing is "nano-plastics", the microscopic pieces left over.

Great. Now we are supposed to be terrified over microscopic plastic.

I have an idea, just don't swim around in the middle of the Pacific ocean.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 20, 2023 02:22 PM (p8A+W)

60 47 Metal straws can also serve as an improvised weapon. I might be able to live with that. Until the feral guvamint outlaws them.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 20, 2023 02:17 PM (Q4IgG)

Kali has you covered. Icepicks and Knitting needles, if carried in a bag or purse can be considered concealed knives.

https://www.shouselaw.com/ca/defense/knife-laws/

"Examples of these knives include kitchen knives, ice picks, and any other fixed-blade knives."

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 20, 2023 02:22 PM (ynpvh)

61 I put some stuff in my attic in some single-use plastic bags. Didn't need it for about 5 years, attic of course had 5 summers of getting quite hot. All of the single-use bags were crumbling into dust, so much for them not being degradable.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 20, 2023 02:17 PM (S6gqv)

NO! You don't understand, now all that plastic is microscopic particles that you breath in, and then when you poo and pee, it goes in the sewers, and eventually makes it out to the ocean, where the fish drink it.

Which is.... bad? Somehow? We haven't figured it out, but we will. After you give up all your freedoms.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 20, 2023 02:23 PM (B1UW2)

62 SIDS is caused by letting infants sleep on their bellies.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 20, 2023 02:10 PM (xhaym)

I used to believe that. Then SADS came along with a very strong correlating factor. I have now revised my theory about SIDS.

Posted by: Emmie at August 20, 2023 02:23 PM (Sf2cq)

63 59 ut they aren't BIOdegradable! /sarc
UV and heat do wonderful jobs of breaking down lots of plastics. Realizing this, the enviros latest thing is "nano-plastics", the microscopic pieces left over.

Great. Now we are supposed to be terrified over microscopic plastic.

I have an idea, just don't swim around in the middle of the Pacific ocean.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 20, 2023 02:22 PM (p8A+W)

Sharks gotta eat, you know.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 20, 2023 02:23 PM (ynpvh)

64 > ...have to replace plastic straws with paper straws that are coated and can't be easily recycled and fall apart halfway through my otherwise excellent G&T!
________________

Wait... Wut? 👀

You drink G&T's with a fucking straw!? Awww, man that's just so... sad.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 20, 2023 02:24 PM (Q4IgG)

65 48 "Can I attach a fifty foot orange cord to the other cord to make it reach, or will it overheat? "

Try it for five minutes and see if the cord is warm ? Don't try this on a sunny day. I do this with a leaf blower - I did splurge on a heavier gauge extension.

Posted by: Next2Nothing at August 20, 2023 02:24 PM (tA1/w)

66 Trump does a Seinfeld routine on plastic straws:

https://youtu.be/mAOLyi_4AbQ

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 20, 2023 02:24 PM (NBVIP)

67 48 My first world problem is that my corded weedwhacker cannot reach from my house's outside plug to my front curb so I can trim it. My 100 foot orange cord isn't long enough.

Can I attach a fifty foot orange cord to the other cord to make it reach, or will it overheat?

Posted by: skywch at August 20, 2023 02:18 PM (uqhmb)

Use larger AWG cables. Lower resistance, so don't heat up as much. Dependent on how much current your whacker uses.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 20, 2023 02:24 PM (ynpvh)

68 latest study says the amount of plastics in the oceans is vastly overestimated

Posted by: REDACTED at August 20, 2023 02:25 PM (us2H3)

69 I cover my compost piles with sheet plastic to keep moisture/ heat control. Plastic outside in air doesn't last long. 5 years about in my case before it crumbles to touch it.

Posted by: Skip at August 20, 2023 02:25 PM (MOY79)

70 My first world problem is that my corded weedwhacker cannot reach from my house's outside plug to my front curb so I can trim it. My 100 foot orange cord isn't long enough.

Can I attach a fifty foot orange cord to the other cord to make it reach, or will it overheat?
Posted by: skywch at August 20, 2023 02:18 PM (uqhmb)

Pretty sure the answer is to hire illegal mexicans.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 20, 2023 02:25 PM (B1UW2)

71 70 My first world problem is that my corded weedwhacker cannot reach from my house's outside plug to my front curb so I can trim it. My 100 foot orange cord isn't long enough.

Can I attach a fifty foot orange cord to the other cord to make it reach, or will it overheat?
Posted by: skywch at August 20, 2023 02:18 PM (uqhmb)

Pretty sure the answer is to hire illegal mexicans.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 20, 2023 02:25 PM (B1UW2)

BAttery powered Weedwacker! And, as a bonus, might set your house on fire like an EV!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 20, 2023 02:27 PM (ynpvh)

72 straw poles are for fags

Posted by: REDACTED at August 20, 2023 02:27 PM (us2H3)

73 We don't have that FWP, no straw usage.

My G&T want to thank those that recommended Tonic Mixers.
We now have both the Libor Premium and the Top Hat Classic Tonic Syrups of course I like the Libor and SWMBO like the Top Hat.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 20, 2023 02:27 PM (uE4Pp)

74 Sea turtles are apparently huge coke fiends.

Posted by: Not like they can roll up $100 bills with their flippers at August 20, 2023 02:28 PM (fhX0j)

75 Some time ago, a blogger or commenter here linked a video about a fellow using discarded plastics as fuel to produce energy in some third-world place that didn't have sophisticated infrastructure. It was a very resourceful approach to reducing waste and producing a necessity.

Posted by: Emmie at August 20, 2023 02:28 PM (Sf2cq)

76 Most people don't pollute but probably about 5-10% of Americans* absolutely don't give a shit about anything.

A number of years ago in Austin, when city bureaucrats were returning from their tax funded City Management Seminars in Vegas, Aruba and other educational venues they were all hot and bothered to ban plastic bags everyone was forced to buy reusable or bring their own bags - Except the welfare recipients were entitled to the free bags we all used to enjoy.

Curious thing though, as a bicyclist who used to ride everywhere, I noticed before and after the ban that loose plastic bags were almost exclusively found among the welfare demographic. Low discipline people are comprehensively obliviots and do not share luxury virtues the empty souled elite and their sycophants have.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 20, 2023 02:28 PM (p8A+W)

77 75 Some time ago, a blogger or commenter here linked a video about a fellow using discarded plastics as fuel to produce energy in some third-world place that didn't have sophisticated infrastructure. It was a very resourceful approach to reducing waste and producing a necessity.

Posted by: Emmie at August 20, 2023 02:28 PM (Sf2cq)

But Gore wants him to buy Carbon indulgences for all the CO2 he's released...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 20, 2023 02:29 PM (ynpvh)

78 Todays FWP is there seems to be a snail population explosion in the pond. So many that they're beginning to clog the fountain pump. The circulation pump just chews through them.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 20, 2023 02:29 PM (YRsIm)

79 people stihl used corded tools ?

Posted by: REDACTED at August 20, 2023 02:29 PM (us2H3)

80 "G&Ts are sacred, and the world needs to show them the appropriate amount of deference and respect!"

Only a savage would drink one with a straw.

Posted by: George Cleghorn at August 20, 2023 02:29 PM (d9q+b)

81 You drink G&T's with a fucking straw!? Awww, man that's just so... sad.

Agree. The Brits in India would have fainted, and not from the combination of heat and wool uniforms.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 20, 2023 02:30 PM (I/Qkd)

82 76
Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 20, 2023 02:28 PM (p8A+W)

Same in Kalifornia. If you have an EBT card, you get your plastic bags for free. Otherwise, IF you need one from the store, 10¢ each.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 20, 2023 02:30 PM (ynpvh)

83 Straws are for children and fags.

Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 superfan! at August 20, 2023 02:30 PM (U2p+3)

84 And milkshakes.

Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 superfan! at August 20, 2023 02:31 PM (U2p+3)

85 74 Sea turtles are apparently huge coke fiends.
Posted by: Not like they can roll up $100 bills with their flippers at August 20, 2023 02:28 PM (fhX0j)

Heaven knows, Mr Allison

Posted by: Deb Kerr at August 20, 2023 02:31 PM (us2H3)

86 Can I attach a fifty foot orange cord to the other cord to make it reach, or will it overheat?
Posted by: skywch at August 20, 2023 02:18 PM (uqhmb)

Pretty sure the answer is to hire illegal mexicans.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 20, 2023 02:25 PM (B1UW2)

Truly relatable. The tax thing bothers me about the illegals as in ANOTHER wound to America the Progressives don't care about.

Also a GFI plug won't let you burn the joint down.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at August 20, 2023 02:31 PM (glGDV)

87 Sharks gotta eat, you know.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 20, 2023 02:23 PM (ynpvh)

Eli Roth has apparently become a huge advocate for sharks. I don't remember all of it, but supposedly when people kill sharks for sport, it destroys the ecosystem to the point where beaches become unusable, due to the overabundance of algae or something.

I was only half listening. He seems to believe we need to leave the sharks alone though, and tolerate the occasional oopsie bites they give to humans.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 20, 2023 02:31 PM (fbZT9)

88 there seems to be a snail population explosion in the pond
-------------
Cut a deal with the local French restaurant/s.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at August 20, 2023 02:31 PM (krqg6)

89 Petco started charging 10 cents a bag. I immediately became a PetSmart customer.

Posted by: polynikes at August 20, 2023 02:33 PM (MNhXM)

90 Cartwright Law firm has a memo on the dangers of metal straws after a four year nearly died from a punctured throat.

I don't know how much death and carnage of people have resulted from the use of plastic straws, but I'm sure John Wick 6 will show us how it can happen.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 20, 2023 02:33 PM (p8A+W)

91 Plastic is absolutely a First World Problem: it's enabled a society to all but eliminate diseases caused by sharing containers. Single-use plastics are, what, THE reason for the general safety of the First World? Combined with even a bare minimum of cleaning agents, hand-washing and basic hygiene, single-use plastics have revolutionized and created the First World.
So obviously they must be totally eliminated.

Posted by: LenNeal at August 20, 2023 02:33 PM (43xH1)

92 I do not see how banning plastic grocery bags reduces plastic consumption. Now people must buy small trash can liners instead of getting one (or more) uses out of a grocery bag before lining the can.

Posted by: Emmie at August 20, 2023 02:33 PM (Sf2cq)

93 79>>> *snort*

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 20, 2023 02:33 PM (YRsIm)

94 Most of the third world is a garbage dump, wait until that blessing of immigration starts to take hold here.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at August 20, 2023 02:34 PM (oWBc3)

95 >Otherwise, IF you need one from the store, 10¢ each.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Luxury. 20 cents each here in CO.

Posted by: DB - for what it's worth at August 20, 2023 02:34 PM (geLO8)

96 88 there seems to be a snail population explosion in the pond
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Cut a deal with the local French restaurant/s.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at August 20, 2023 02:31 PM (krqg6)

You need to feed them cornmeal for 2 or 3 weeks to purge their bodies of any toxic plants they've been eating...
Then, cook them and serve them with a nice garlic/butter.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 20, 2023 02:35 PM (ynpvh)

97 Posted by: BurtTC at August 20, 2023 02:25 PM (B1UW2)

BAttery powered Weedwacker! And, as a bonus, might set your house on fire like an EV!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 20, 2023 02:27 PM (ynpvh)

Yeah, I bought what I thought were some halfway decent battery operated tools.

Given how often the batteries need recharging, and how they are lacking in real oomph, I figured I would buy an EV when they can pry my combustible engine from my cold dead... well, not fingers, but yeah.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 20, 2023 02:35 PM (fbZT9)

98 I have another FWP. I'm having my deck rebuilt, and of course the crew is all Hispanic. They are absolute beasts for work, arriving at 0800 and often leaving at 1800 or later. So far, they've done an excellent job.

The problem is that the wife and I are in the habit of sitting in the sunroom in the morning at about 0830, drinking coffee and chatting. We do the same at 1700, except then it's a cocktail, often a G&T. The sunroom overlooks the deck under construction, so we can see them, and they can see us.

I suspect the crew thinks we're mocking them, but we aren't. Should we wear straw hats and white suits?

Posted by: Archimedes at August 20, 2023 02:35 PM (I/Qkd)

99 We ought to all carry three piece, screw together, metal straws in leather straw cases which we could pretentiously screw together like serious billiard players screwing their custom pool cues together.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at August 20, 2023 02:35 PM (FVME7)

100 The one good thing about banning plastic grocery bags is that one sees far fewer of them in trees, cyclone fences, phone lines, blowing about, hitting you in the face. They are a blight.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at August 20, 2023 02:36 PM (MeG8a)

101 92 I do not see how banning plastic grocery bags reduces plastic consumption. Now people must buy small trash can liners instead of getting one (or more) uses out of a grocery bag before lining the can.

Posted by: Emmie at August 20, 2023 02:33 PM (Sf2cq)

Yup. And those paper and cloth bags? Some study was done as to how many times you need to use them to make them pay for themselves/be environmentally sound. It was a lot. IIFC, hundreds of uses, minimum.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 20, 2023 02:37 PM (ynpvh)

102 Define "a lot of gin."

Cuz I'd really like to see how I measure up.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 20, 2023 02:15 PM (Q4IgG)
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Given your nic of choice I'm guessing we don't measure up, but we try!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 20, 2023 02:37 PM (+B+bS)

103 Can I attach a fifty foot orange cord to the other cord to make it reach, or will it overheat?

Either plug in to your neighbor's outlet (if it is closer) or drag around a portable generator. while you are regretting not buying a proper gasoline powered yard tool.

OTOH, if you do burn the motor out, you can get a nice fresh and expensive battery operated version.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 20, 2023 02:38 PM (p8A+W)

104 I hope Senile Joe smears shit all over his billionaire friend's house and someone has to clean it up with a paper straw.

Posted by: That Northernlurker what lurkd at August 20, 2023 02:38 PM (VdGjU)

105 I'm shocked that they don't have plastic, washable toilet paper

Posted by: REDACTED at August 20, 2023 02:38 PM (us2H3)

106 The Governer of Californica shoulds make it his be furst priority helps Gays and Childrin of Coller ...

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, VT at August 20, 2023 02:38 PM (y9QBQ)

107 Next thing ya know, CBD will be putting one of those little umbrellas in his cocktails.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at August 20, 2023 02:38 PM (Xrfse)

108 99 We ought to all carry three piece, screw together, metal straws in leather straw cases which we could pretentiously screw together like serious billiard players screwing their custom pool cues together.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at August 20, 2023 02:35 PM (FVME7)

Or a assassin putting his rifle together.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 20, 2023 02:39 PM (ynpvh)

109 #31 polinicks
Wildcat, where Hugh Roy Cullen made his fortune. That hill is as high as Radio Hill in Tomball.

Posted by: DanMan at August 20, 2023 02:39 PM (8uzBS)

110 Japan has the most intense recycling rules I've ever even heard of. I looked it up and it took about an hour to properly categorize, and fully wash, everything before I took it to the block trash/recycling kiosk, and then it turned out I did a more thorough job than most of the natives.
Japanese trash and recycling has to be in transparent, burnable plastic bags, and if the trash guys see so much as a cigarette butt in with your aluminum cans, they return your trash and you are issued a fine. It's fucking heavy-duty, I was all anal retentive about it because it was right when the place opened post-Rona and I wanted to make a good impression.
Japan burns a lot of their stuff too: incinerators in every town, practically.

Posted by: LenNeal at August 20, 2023 02:40 PM (43xH1)

111 Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, VT at August 20, 2023 02:38 PM (y9QBQ)

Almost like it was meant to be Children of Choler.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 20, 2023 02:40 PM (ynpvh)

112 I was a grocery store checker when plastic bags first came out. We switched from paper to plastic in order to save the planet.

The reason anti-human movements need to get rid of seasoned citizens is because we remember things like that. We also remember when man-made global cooling was going to kill us all.

When we've acquired some personal history and experience, we start to get a bit suspicious about some things we're told.

Posted by: Emmie at August 20, 2023 02:40 PM (Sf2cq)

113 I do not see how banning plastic grocery bags reduces plastic consumption. Now people must buy small trash can liners instead of getting one (or more) uses out of a grocery bag before lining the can.

For reasons I can't yet quite figure out, shortly after the ban on disposable plastic shopping bags, the HOA had installed several dog poop plastic bag dispensers throughout the hike and bike trail.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 20, 2023 02:40 PM (p8A+W)

114 In my local blue shithole, not on the coast but in the eastern half of the US they banned plastic bags.

Why? Well as the teenager making the case pointed out a whale in the Philippines died from a plastic bag or something.

This is *literally* the other side of the earth. What did it have to do with us? Well...nothing. But the vote passed.

It later was reversed with Wu Flu and then quietly re-instated.

Two other amusing things....plastic bags from some retailers, like the local pharmacies and food places are still allowed. Oh and the town mandates you use THEIR plastic bags to throw out your trash. No, they aren't special biodegradable ones...the town just makes money off them.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 20, 2023 02:40 PM (lc5cP)

115 Posted by: Archimedes at August 20, 2023 02:35 PM (I/Qkd)

Have an ice chest full of cold water during the day and cold cervezas at the end of the day for them.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 20, 2023 02:40 PM (YRsIm)

116 What did the world use for straw-making material before plastic was invented?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 20, 2023 02:41 PM (+B+bS)

117 Metal straws can also serve as an improvised weapon. I might be able to live with that. Until the feral guvamint outlaws them.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Cut one end at an oblique and you have an improvised weapon.
Cop: This is a weapon.
You: Why?
Cop: because it is cut at the end which makes it sharp.
You: Excuse me, that angled cut makes it so I can get all the fluid from my glass.
Cop: Damn.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 20, 2023 02:41 PM (uE4Pp)

118 > We ought to all carry three piece, screw together, metal straws in leather straw cases which we could pretentiously screw together like serious billiard players screwing their custom pool cues together.

there is such a thing

Posted by: DB - for what it's worth at August 20, 2023 02:41 PM (geLO8)

119 Combined with even a bare minimum of cleaning agents, hand-washing and basic hygiene, single-use plastics have revolutionized and created the First World.
So obviously they must be totally eliminated.
Posted by: LenNeal at August 20, 2023 02:33 PM (43xH1)

Not only that, but obviously their use in medical care has been monumental in reducing infections being spread in healthcare settings.

But this, as just about everything else, indicates how much this is NOT about what they claim, but is indeed an effort to take personal freedom away, and possibly... maybe, lower the world's population by somewhere in the vicinity of 90%.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 20, 2023 02:41 PM (7Vil+)

120 I was a grocery store checker when plastic bags first came out. We switched from paper to plastic in order to save the planet.

Because trees are not renewable in the mind of an urban environmentalist.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 20, 2023 02:42 PM (p8A+W)

121 forgot the link

https://tinyurl.com/3ywbx3vx

amazon

Posted by: DB - for what it's worth at August 20, 2023 02:42 PM (geLO8)

122 On phone but CSL talks about do-gooders never sleeping. Worse than a robber Baron. Also my guess why PMRC types were forced out of DNC.

Nothing worse than a daughter showering idiot telling you how to be good.

Posted by: Rhenigantx at August 20, 2023 02:42 PM (DB0ns)

123 110 Japan has the most intense recycling rules I've ever even heard of. I looked it up and it took about an hour to properly categorize, and fully wash, everything before I took it to the block trash/recycling kiosk, and then it turned out I did a more thorough job than most of the natives.
Japanese trash and recycling has to be in transparent, burnable plastic bags, and if the trash guys see so much as a cigarette butt in with your aluminum cans, they return your trash and you are issued a fine. It's fucking heavy-duty, I was all anal retentive about it because it was right when the place opened post-Rona and I wanted to make a good impression.
Japan burns a lot of their stuff too: incinerators in every town, practically.

Posted by: LenNeal at August 20, 2023 02:40 PM (43xH1)

And yet, on the ocean pollution list:
US: 0.2%
Guinea: 0.2%
Jamaica: 0.2%
Japan: 0.2%

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 20, 2023 02:42 PM (ynpvh)

124 In my local blue shithole, not on the coast but in the eastern half of the US they banned plastic bags.
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Here too, and my theory is that the grocery stores pushed it through the legislature, to cut their costs.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 20, 2023 02:42 PM (+B+bS)

125 When I was young, all they had was paper straws. And yet somehow we managed.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 20, 2023 02:42 PM (Mzdiz)

126 I looked it up and it took about an hour to properly categorize, and fully wash, everything before I took it to the block trash/recycling kiosk

I saw an AWFL in my town talking about it. She argued, "And everyone can spend a little more time cleaning their recyclables before disposing of them!" I also know she has a full time maid.

So when she says "everyone" she means everyone that has...a full time maid.

Of course a lot of government waste is like this - they see no problem with spending citizens' time on stupid things because it is "free"

Posted by: 18-1 at August 20, 2023 02:43 PM (lc5cP)

127 ...have to replace plastic straws with paper straws that are coated and can't be easily recycled and fall apart halfway through my otherwise excellent G&T!
________________

Wait... Wut? 👀

You drink G&T's with a fucking straw!? Awww, man that's just so... sad.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

With the amount of ice in that glass there is no way any paper straw would break down unless there is alcohol abuse involved (letting the drink sit unconsumed for an extended time period).

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 20, 2023 02:43 PM (uE4Pp)

128 I do not see how banning plastic grocery bags reduces plastic consumption. Now people must buy small trash can liners instead of getting one (or more) uses out of a grocery bag before lining the can.

Posted by: Emmie at August 20, 2023 02:33 PM (Sf2cq)

I still buy those t-shirt bags to line my cans, but they're single use now. Which is a shame.

Posted by: Grudge Harbor at August 20, 2023 02:44 PM (hCzfy)

129 a couple of my childhood friends were shocked when i took them into my dad's basement, which in Dallas was an oddity within itself, and saw all the cases of liquor and wine etc stored in a room

the guy like to drink and have pool parties

Posted by: REDACTED at August 20, 2023 02:44 PM (us2H3)

130 Also my guess why PMRC types were forced out of DNC.

Posted by: Rhenigantx at August 20, 2023 02:42 PM (DB0ns)

PMRC?

Posted by: Emmie at August 20, 2023 02:44 PM (Sf2cq)

131 116 What did the world use for straw-making material before plastic was invented?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 20, 2023 02:41 PM (+B+bS)

Straw?

https://is.gd/QrYHLz

"back in the 1880s, in fact—Marvin Stone, a Washington, D.C., resident, was drinking a mint julep with what was then the standard of straws: a stalk of rye grass."

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 20, 2023 02:45 PM (ynpvh)

132 I always buy paper bags at the grocery store

just to fuck with Earth

Posted by: REDACTED at August 20, 2023 02:45 PM (us2H3)

133 Japan burns a lot of their stuff too: incinerators in every town, practically.
Posted by: LenNeal at August 20, 2023 02:40 PM (43xH1)

Built by their former allies, I'm wondering?

Posted by: BurtTC at August 20, 2023 02:46 PM (7Vil+)

134 If you look at Asian stuff, you'll find they sell utensils in a carrying case. There's usually a metal straw with them. I have one of those sets in my car, in case they forget to add utensils with a fast food order.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 20, 2023 02:46 PM (ouTlx)

135 >>When I was young, all they had was paper straws. And yet somehow we managed.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist

You were lucky. The best we could manage was to suck on a piece of damp cloth.

Posted by: DB - for what it's worth at August 20, 2023 02:46 PM (geLO8)

136 My FWP is that my main computer decided it was fixin' to die, so I took it to local computer joint and told him if it couldn't be fixed, to try and save as much of my files as possible.

Well it was unfixable, but he did salvage everything. Had to buy a new tower. Bit the bullet and went ahead with Windows 10. I *guess* I'll get used to it.

Problem is that Windows Media Player does not have the ability to play movies on a CD. I need to download a program. There are so many, I don't know what to try. Microsoft makes suggestions, but I don't trust them. What says the Horde?

Posted by: cfo mom at August 20, 2023 02:47 PM (Q8bDL)

137 Have an ice chest full of cold water during the day and cold cervezas at the end of the day for them.

The thought actually occurred to me, but they already bring their own water and ice chest, and I don't want to be responsible if one has an accident while driving after my cerveza.

They even bring a microwave with them to heat their lunches.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 20, 2023 02:47 PM (I/Qkd)

138 it's hard to imagine that the Nip's debt problem is twice as worse than ours

Posted by: REDACTED at August 20, 2023 02:47 PM (us2H3)

139 [Of course a lot of government waste is like this - they see no problem with spending citizens' time on stupid things because it is "free"

Otherwise known as IRS tax forms.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 20, 2023 02:47 PM (p8A+W)

140 Straw?

https://is.gd/QrYHLz

"back in the 1880s, in fact—Marvin Stone, a Washington, D.C., resident, was drinking a mint julep with what was then the standard of straws: a stalk of rye grass."
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 20, 2023 02:45 PM (ynpvh)
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How about that!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 20, 2023 02:48 PM (+B+bS)

141 >116 What did the world use for straw-making material before plastic was invented?

what about that movie cliche were the hero hides underwater and breathes thru a reed he plucked from streamside

Posted by: DB - for what it's worth at August 20, 2023 02:48 PM (geLO8)

142 You were lucky. The best we could manage was to suck on a piece of damp cloth.

Luxury! We had to eat sand, while dodging the worms.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 20, 2023 02:48 PM (I/Qkd)

143 What did the world use for straw-making material before plastic was invented?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 20, 2023 02:41 PM (+B+bS)

Same thing as they used before mass-produced toilet paper:

Beaver pelts.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 20, 2023 02:49 PM (7Vil+)

144 Here too, and my theory is that the grocery stores pushed it through the legislature, to cut their costs.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 20, 2023 02:42 PM (+B+bS)

Almost certainly. And to circle back to Target and its awful policies, they charge you $1 bag fee for online orders. They charge you 10x their "reusable" plastic bag fee and then pinky swear to refund the difference if your order only comes in 1-2 bags.

Posted by: Grudge Harbor at August 20, 2023 02:49 PM (hCzfy)

145 Burt TC at work we do it all the time, it cN get scary seeing 1 cord feed 4 others and another after that.

Suggest buying a 4 stroke weed Wacker

Posted by: Skip at August 20, 2023 02:50 PM (MOY79)

146 23 I don't argue against strawmen!
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at August 20, 2023 02:11 PM (krqg6)

LOL I knew that was andycanuck before I read that that was andycanuck.

Posted by: m at August 20, 2023 02:50 PM (aWeTk)

147 41 Straws are for fags.
Posted by: Yogi Bear at August 20, 2023 02:15 PM (KVGVf)

It is an identifier when one is used in a mixed drink.

Posted by: polynikes at August 20, 2023 02:16 PM (MNhXM)
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mixed drink as in drink of color?

Posted by: Ciampino - names can be funny under different circumstances at August 20, 2023 02:51 PM (qfLjt)

148 143 What did the world use for straw-making material before plastic was invented?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 20, 2023 02:41 PM (+B+bS)

Same thing as they used before mass-produced toilet paper:

Beaver pelts.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 20, 2023 02:49 PM (7Vil+)

I thought that was smooth stones (like the greeks used, and would sometimes scratch the names of enemies on before using)
Or corn cobs like the Pilgrims.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 20, 2023 02:52 PM (ynpvh)

149 Problem is that Windows Media Player does not have the ability to play movies on a CD. I need to download a program. There are so many, I don't know what to try. Microsoft makes suggestions, but I don't trust them. What says the Horde?

Posted by: cfo mom at August 20, 2023 02:47 PM (Q8bDL)

VLC media player is what I use. Free and very popular. Should install everything you need, though you may still need an MPEG decoder or codec.

Posted by: Grudge Harbor at August 20, 2023 02:54 PM (hCzfy)

150 What people used before toilet paper...

https://is.gd/ZpfSH9

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 20, 2023 02:54 PM (ynpvh)

151 I make Dark n Stories with homemade/fermented ginger beer. Can't be properly imbibed with a straw.

Posted by: Regular joe at August 20, 2023 02:54 PM (nnp+f)

152 143 What did the world use for straw-making material before plastic was invented?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 20, 2023 02:41 PM (+B+bS)

sounds like a jew problem

Posted by: Ramses at August 20, 2023 02:54 PM (us2H3)

153 143 What did the world use for straw-making material before plastic was invented?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 20, 2023 02:41 PM (+B+bS)

Same thing as they used before mass-produced toilet paper:

Beaver pelts.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 20, 2023 02:49 PM (7Vil+)
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But bears in the woods still use White Rabbit correct?

Posted by: Ciampino - names can be funny under different circumstances ... at August 20, 2023 02:55 PM (qfLjt)

154
I still buy those t-shirt bags to line my cans, but they're single use now. Which is a shame.
Posted by: Grudge Harbor

I was contemplating giving a box of T-Shirt bags to each of my Cali friends for Christmas.
Then they could bring them to the store for use.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 20, 2023 02:55 PM (uE4Pp)

155 I thought that was smooth stones (like the greeks used, and would sometimes scratch the names of enemies on before using)
Or corn cobs like the Pilgrims.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 20, 2023 02:52 PM (ynpvh)

I thought the Greeks used smooth stones as "marital aids."

As did the Pilgrims with corn cobs.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 20, 2023 02:55 PM (7Vil+)

156 You were lucky. The best we could manage was to suck on a piece of damp cloth.

Posted by: DB - for what it's worth at August 20, 2023 02:46 PM (geLO

We had to hold soda bottles above our heads with strings hanging out of them and wait for the drops to fall on our tongues.

Worse than catching snowflakes. Oh how we suffered.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 20, 2023 02:56 PM (Mzdiz)

157 I suspect the crew thinks we're mocking them, but we aren't. Should we wear straw hats and white suits?

Posted by: Archimedes at August 20, 2023 02:35 PM (I/Qkd)

Give them a case of good beer on Friday.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 20, 2023 02:56 PM (g0MSz)

158 Suggest buying a 4 stroke weed Wacker

The trimmer head finally gave out on my Ryobi so went to buy a Universal kit - but the 4-stroke engine was 2001 and the Universal doesn't support anything before 2004 and parts are not available.

FiL had a good trimmer head attachment but his 2 cycle was no good, so with minimum modifications got the Echo trimmer head to snap in to the Ryobi.

Those 4 stroke engines last forever and still start on the second or third pull and can power through lake shore grasses and weeds where an electric will struggle.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 20, 2023 02:56 PM (p8A+W)

159 A Jurassic Park reboot that might actually be good.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zovrM0LdrZ0

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at August 20, 2023 02:57 PM (FVME7)

160 Egyptians used reeds to drink their fruity drinks

Posted by: Skip at August 20, 2023 02:57 PM (MOY79)

161 --- it cN get scary seeing ---

Flash. Didn't we have a long time commenter with the nic, CN? A nurse I believe.

Posted by: Braenyard at August 20, 2023 02:58 PM (ZwWhn)

162 We got into gin and tonics during an enforced extended stay in Egypt back in the seventies. Bombay gin and an unopened half litre of tonic or Perrier. No ice or lime unless you really didn't like your g.i. tract.

Posted by: Cosda at August 20, 2023 02:59 PM (M9hZV)

163 159 A Jurassic Park reboot that might actually be good.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zovrM0LdrZ0

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at August 20, 2023 02:57 PM (FVME7)

LOL

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 20, 2023 03:01 PM (ynpvh)

164 *VLC media player is what I use. Free and very popular. Should install everything you need, though you may still need an MPEG decoder or codec.*

Thank you. I seem to recall that I have VLC on a different computer and that it worked. However I do not understand the language "MPEG decoder or codec".

Posted by: cfo mom at August 20, 2023 03:01 PM (Q8bDL)

165 What happens with the excessive power cord extension is that the voltage drop becomes so large that you loose a significant amount of power from the motor. If you use a larger sized conductor (smaller AWG or wire gauge number) this will minimize the voltage drop.

There's really is no easy way you could have a fire hazard with a loose extension corn unless you had it in contact with something highly flammable. It might get hot to the touch if you ran it a long time.

Posted by: pawn at August 20, 2023 03:02 PM (wsHtO)

166 You people eat French Toast with maple syrup, so you have no right to criticize my straw use!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 20, 2023 03:02 PM (g0MSz)

167 not that I'm proud of it but I had a RL white linen suit that I bought at NM last call

really inexpensive but wholly unpractical

Posted by: REDACTED at August 20, 2023 03:03 PM (us2H3)

168 162 We got into gin and tonics during an enforced extended stay in Egypt back in the seventies. Bombay gin and an unopened half litre of tonic or Perrier. No ice or lime unless you really didn't like your g.i. tract.

Posted by: Cosda at August 20, 2023 02:59 PM (M9hZV)

On my vists to China, my wife and her family would always take the boiling hot pot of tea and pour over the cups, plates and chopsticks before using them...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 20, 2023 03:03 PM (ynpvh)

169 I never use a straw for my gin and tonics.
A pretty paper umbrella, on the other hand...

Posted by: gourmand du jour at August 20, 2023 03:03 PM (MeG8a)

170 166 You people eat French Toast with maple syrup, so you have no right to criticize my straw use!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 20, 2023 03:02 PM (g0MSz)

I even use a straw to suck up the excess maple syrup off the plate after the French toast is finished.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 20, 2023 03:04 PM (ynpvh)

171 San Fernando valley weather report:
Wet.
Cute feral cat sheltered cozy inside Model T.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko stuff at August 20, 2023 03:04 PM (8tkni)

172 A pretty paper umbrella, on the other hand...

Posted by: gourmand du jour at August 20, 2023 03:03 PM (MeG8a)

Good man!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 20, 2023 03:04 PM (g0MSz)

173 169 I never use a straw for my gin and tonics.
A pretty paper umbrella, on the other hand...

Posted by: gourmand du jour at August 20, 2023 03:03 PM (MeG8a)

When I see those little umbrellas, I always think of Wile E. Coyote...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 20, 2023 03:05 PM (ynpvh)

174 Jordan Peterson and Vivek discuss long format podcasts, and why some people prefer them for complex material, particularly for political discussions.

https://tinyurl.com/43vpdhms

I'm not one of them. I simply lose patience listening, and would far rather read, but to each their own.

Peterson observes that the idea that attention spans are shrinking fails to account for the widespread consumption of audiobooks and very long podcasts. Ramaswamy first responds by speculating that there's a kind of "low-level dyslexia," and most people are a little slower reading than listening, and that means they are really capable of absorbing more complex material than they're willing or able to read.

Ramaswamy immediately posits a second theory: There's a hunger for "human connectivity," and people want a "disintermediated relationship" that they get from hearing the voice of the person who is generating ideas. Peterson jumps on that: It's why unscripted podcasts work so well. Peterson says books can go deeper, but it's easier to deceive people with a book. You can "craft your lies." But with a podcast, you get spontaneity, tone, and demeanor. People experience Joe Rogan as "genuine."

Posted by: Archimedes at August 20, 2023 03:05 PM (I/Qkd)

175 first time I had a GNT in London

my response to the bartender

"well, is Boodles a man or a woman ?"

Posted by: REDACTED at August 20, 2023 03:05 PM (us2H3)

176 A Jurassic Park reboot that might actually be good.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zovrM0LdrZ0
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at August 20, 2023 02:57 PM (FVME7)

That was enjoyable. Solves the writer's strike problem too.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 20, 2023 03:05 PM (7Vil+)

177 I haven’t had to deal with a paper straw (inevitably dissolving in my drink, which is disgusting) since I moved from CA to TX…. One of the many benefits of that relocation…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 20, 2023 03:06 PM (xT8gx)

178 Someone staged a photo so that wealthy white people could feel like they were accomplishing something.

It's no different than the silly masks for a cold virus.

Posted by: Have you figured out that the gay flag is a p3d0 flag? at August 20, 2023 03:07 PM (g6ohO)

179 You were lucky. The best we could manage was to suck on a piece of damp cloth.
Posted by: DB - for what it's worth at August 20, 2023 02:46 PM (geLO

We had to dampen the cloth with our own saliva.

Posted by: That Northernlurker what lurkd at August 20, 2023 03:07 PM (VdGjU)

180 171 San Fernando valley weather report:
Wet.
Cute feral cat sheltered cozy inside Model T.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko stuff at August 20, 2023 03:04 PM (8tkni)

TS Hilary not has <65MPH winds, center still south of here (San Diego). Since about 2am this morning, only about 0.4" of rain thus far with winds a brisk...1 or 2 mph with gusts to...5mph.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 20, 2023 03:08 PM (ynpvh)

181 I'm a really conscientious recycler. It's aesthetically unpleasing to me to think of garbage being buried for eternity-- unless it's biodegradable, which 99.9% of it isn't.

Here are some of my own first world gripes about recycling:

1) If a Big Gulp cup (courtesy of my kids) has a triangle on the bottom, is the lid automatically recyclable too, even though the lid DOESN'T have a separate triangle?

2) How about this message, from Pringles-type containers? "Can not recyclable. Lid check locally." How many people, in all the decades we've had recycling, have EVER bothered to pick up the phone and "check locally"? I see "check locally" a lot, btw.

3) Should every plastic box (crouton containers) be presumed non-recyclable UNLESS it has a triangle symbol on it?

If recycling is important, you'd think manufacturers would make these things clearer to the consumer.

Posted by: mnw at August 20, 2023 03:09 PM (NLIak)

182 179 You were lucky. The best we could manage was to suck on a piece of damp cloth.
Posted by: DB - for what it's worth at August 20, 2023 02:46 PM (geLO

We had to dampen the cloth with our own saliva.

Posted by: That Northernlurker what lurkd at August 20, 2023 03:07 PM (VdGjU)

At least you didn't have to piss on it first.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 20, 2023 03:09 PM (ynpvh)

183 174 - I might be unusual but I just can’t/won’t do podcasts. I read much faster than people can speak (and therefore obviously much faster than I can listen)…. And I just don’t have the patience. However I’m happy to read a piece of “long form” journalism or a long book. I get fidgety trying to listen to a podcast

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 20, 2023 03:11 PM (xT8gx)

184 Using a straw with a G&T allows you to draw the liquid over the roof of your mouth which really quenches your dry and parched thoat quickly.

Posted by: pawn at August 20, 2023 03:13 PM (wsHtO)

185 181
Posted by: mnw at August 20, 2023 03:09 PM (NLIak)

Here in San Deigo, the city issues a flyer with the pick up dates for trash, recycling, and greens, with a list of the types of items (and triangle codes) that can be recycled.
That said, they just started official kitchen scraps recycling and it's been...less than optimal.
Sent a message off about what the list doesn't mention: bones. I use ham hock when making my beans (for refried beans), but what do I do with the bones? Recycle in greens or throw away? 2+ weeks, no answer. Maybe they just don't know.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 20, 2023 03:13 PM (ynpvh)

186 166 You people eat French Toast with maple syrup, so you have no right to criticize my straw use!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August

Fag

Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 superfan! at August 20, 2023 03:13 PM (U2p+3)

187 VDH (friend of the blog) does podcasts, he's been dropping about 4 a week, about an hour long. I swear that guy knows his stuff. And he has a very calm and soothing voice. They are free.
I also subscribed to his new blog. It's called The Blade of Perseus. Excellent.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at August 20, 2023 03:14 PM (MeG8a)

188 I recycle nothing except for cardboard and metal. I don't even mean aluminum cans, I mean steel or copper. The county does have a trash/recycle center close by but I figure I am doing my part by letting them sort it all out. If it is worth $$, they'll do it. If not, oh well . . . .

Posted by: Tonypete at August 20, 2023 03:14 PM (YmKky)

189 Fag

Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 superfan! at August 20, 2023 03:13 PM (U2p+3)

9mm shooter!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 20, 2023 03:15 PM (g0MSz)

190 If recycling is important, you'd think manufacturers would make these things clearer to the consumer.
Posted by: mnw at August 20, 2023 03:09 PM (NLIak)

It’s not widely advertised but in many locales the contents of your recycling bin go to exactly the same location as your trash bin. It’s a scam to make people feel better…. This is not true everywhere but it is in many locations

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 20, 2023 03:15 PM (xT8gx)

191 If recycling is important, you'd think manufacturers would make these things clearer to the consumer.

-

It's not important.

It never has been. It's always been pretend. The only reason it exists is for job creation. We were paying China to burn our "recyclables", and when they said they weren't going to do it anymore our fake market crashed. Now people are diligently rinsing spaghetti jars and putting them in the correct bin so that the recycling trucks can pick them up and take them to the landfill.

Posted by: Have you figured out that the gay flag is a p3d0 flag? at August 20, 2023 03:15 PM (g6ohO)

192 Hunter Biden's lawyers are said to have put Resident Depends on their witness list for the upcoming trial (*Narrator* "there won't be a trial").

That'll be fun.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 20, 2023 03:15 PM (fVyiH)

193 "If recycling is important, you'd think manufacturers would make these things clearer to the consumer."

But what if it's not and just some anal retenal, OCD enabled fad?

Posted by: pawn at August 20, 2023 03:15 PM (wsHtO)

194 Also "check locally" means throw it in the trash.

Posted by: Have you figured out that the gay flag is a p3d0 flag? at August 20, 2023 03:15 PM (g6ohO)

195 Fag

Posted by: nurse ratched

9mm shooter!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

That escalated quickly!

Posted by: Tonypete at August 20, 2023 03:16 PM (YmKky)

196 189 Fag

Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 superfan! at August 20, 2023 03:13 PM (U2p+3)

9mm shooter!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August

Glowie

Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 superfan! at August 20, 2023 03:16 PM (U2p+3)

197 188 I recycle nothing except for cardboard and metal. I don't even mean aluminum cans, I mean steel or copper. The county does have a trash/recycle center close by but I figure I am doing my part by letting them sort it all out. If it is worth $$, they'll do it. If not, oh well . . . .

Posted by: Tonypete at August 20, 2023 03:14 PM (YmKky)

Wife keeps the recyclable $$$ stuff to turn in. Usually comes out with $20 or $30 after collecting for some time. On the radio an couple of months ago, the local guy (Carl de Maio) said the city pretty much only sorts for the stuff I DON'T recycle (but get $$$ for) and throw the rest away. Lovely.

Reminds me of my workplace in the mid 90's: They changed from a trash bin to a reycle bin (blue) and a trash bin (black) for all of us. One night, I see the cleaning lady go through and empty BOTH into the same large trash bin she was wheeling around...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 20, 2023 03:17 PM (ynpvh)

198 CA is about 6 months away from 2am knocks for warrantless searches looking for lightbulbs and straws.

Posted by: Last Days of the Republic at August 20, 2023 03:17 PM (I9VBH)

199 189 Fag

Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 superfan! at August 20, 2023 03:13 PM (U2p+3)

9mm shooter!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 20, 2023 03:15 PM (g0MSz)

9mm > 5.56mm ?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 20, 2023 03:18 PM (ynpvh)

200 Now people are diligently rinsing spaghetti jars and putting them in the correct bin so that the recycling trucks can pick them up and take them to the landfill.

Here in deep blue Fairfax Co., they tell you to separate out the glass, not because they're necessarily going to recycle it, but because the glass gets broken, and hurts the machinery and people working in the recycling center. You're supposed to take the glass to a center, and put it in a separate trailer. I actually do it, because I go tp the dump often enough anyway, but I suspect very few do.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 20, 2023 03:18 PM (I/Qkd)

201 I recycle aluminum because it makes financial sense. I also recycle glass, even though that is on the edge.

Plastic and paper is bullsh*t and a total waste of time

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 20, 2023 03:19 PM (g0MSz)

202 The recycling industry is pretty much exactly like EVs.

The market didn't exist, so the government makes laws requiring newspapers and cardboard box manufacturers to use X% of recycled materials. They kept adding to it and expanding it to residents, I assume under the guidance of lobbyists for the industry who saw an enormous market that doesn't exist without legislation.

That was how the market got started after the garbage barge photo from the 80s. Exactly like the straw nonsense.

Posted by: Have you figured out that the gay flag is a p3d0 flag? at August 20, 2023 03:20 PM (g6ohO)

203 It's not about recycling, it's about control.

Posted by: Infidel at August 20, 2023 03:20 PM (n2500)

204 Now people are diligently rinsing spaghetti jars and putting them in the correct bin so that the recycling trucks can pick them up and take them to the landfill.

Folks buy spaghetti (sauce) in a jar?

Wait - what?

Oh my stars and garters! I'm feeling faint.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 20, 2023 03:20 PM (YmKky)

205 200 Now people are diligently rinsing spaghetti jars and putting them in the correct bin so that the recycling trucks can pick them up and take them to the landfill.

Here in deep blue Fairfax Co., they tell you to separate out the glass, not because they're necessarily going to recycle it, but because the glass gets broken, and hurts the machinery and people working in the recycling center. You're supposed to take the glass to a center, and put it in a separate trailer. I actually do it, because I go tp the dump often enough anyway, but I suspect very few do.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 20, 2023 03:18 PM (I/Qkd)

I've had to throw away expired sauces in glass jars. I'm not going to empty the damn jars in my sink or on my lawn, so the the whole thing goes in the trash. Sorry, but I ain't gonna do it.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 20, 2023 03:20 PM (ynpvh)

206 Thank you. I seem to recall that I have VLC on a different computer and that it worked. However I do not understand the language "MPEG decoder or codec".

Posted by: cfo mom at August 20, 2023 03:01 PM (Q8bDL)

Sorry, the videos on your CD could be stored in various formats, including MPEG or .MPG. Just go ahead and install VLC and see if that will play them. If it won't, it should tell you what's missing and (I think) where to get it.

Posted by: Grudge Harbor at August 20, 2023 03:20 PM (hCzfy)

207 Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 20, 2023 03:15 PM (g0MSz)

9mm > 5.56mm ?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 20, 2023 03:18 PM (ynpvh)

.45 ACP > 9mm > 5.56mm?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 20, 2023 03:20 PM (xT8gx)

208 So... here's my ongoing FWP; I have a couple outside clocks. Recent purchases. They will not run longer than a couple weeks on a single AA battery. My previous clocks were both destroyed during violent wind storms earlier in the year and worked for a year or so with a single AA battery.

I have a couple of the "quartz movement" clock mechanisms (like for crafts) that I can use, but I'd like to figure out why all of sudden these things suck so bad.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 20, 2023 03:21 PM (Q4IgG)

209 I use ham hock when making my beans (for refried beans), but what do I do with the bones? Recycle in greens or throw away? 2+ weeks, no answer. Maybe they just don't know.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Just throw them into the street downtown.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 20, 2023 03:21 PM (uE4Pp)

210 I save up my aluminum cans and take them in to Target Customer Service. They always pay cash and there is no wait.
Then I thank them, walk out, having bought nothing.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at August 20, 2023 03:22 PM (MeG8a)

211 174 Archy

Ramaswamy makes my adz hurt, in ANY format, long OR short.

"We should continue to support Taiwan for the 5 years or so it will take to relocate semiconductor manufacturing."

And then we sit and watch the Taiwanese get what Hong Kong got, huh? Thanks for the memories, but.. we're out of here! Nice way to abandon a free, democratic polity that's been a loyal ally to the U.S. for 74 years.

Talk about a jerk.

I generally don't trust candidates without any voting record (Trump being the exception), and Ramaswamy is Exhibit A. Has there ever been a candidate more likely to do a Liz Cheney than him?

Posted by: mnw at August 20, 2023 03:22 PM (NLIak)

212 The maniacal fixation on plastic straws, created by some idiot middle-school retard who misread some data, took off around the world like a shot
______________

I bet that middle-school retard wishes he'd had the PR firm of St. Greta of Cabbage Patch.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at August 20, 2023 03:23 PM (DXT9A)

213 CA is about 6 months away from 2am knocks for warrantless searches looking for lightbulbs and straws.

Posted by: Last Days of the Republic at August 20, 2023 03:17 PM (I9VBH)

Yes. They already block us from buying certain "inefficient" LED bulbs. If you see a lamp you want online that comes with one of those bulbs? Too bad. No one will ship it to you, unless the importer stocks the same lamp with an approved bulb.

Posted by: Grudge Harbor at August 20, 2023 03:23 PM (hCzfy)

214 Last time I was in Maui, they didn't recycle ANYTHING. Everything went into the waste bin.

Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 superfan! at August 20, 2023 03:23 PM (U2p+3)

215 recycle aluminum because it makes financial sense. I also recycle glass, even though that is on the edge.

-

We've got a "cans for disabled vets" bin near us that I'll drop stuff into if I think about it, but I don't bother otherwise.

I learned my lesson when I saved cans for months, went to sell them and got $40 or so, and had to replace a $170 truck tire after the trip to the metal facility.

Nope. All done. I'm pretty sure whatever energy savings those cans provided were completely wiped out by producing and shipping that new tire.

I know I went in the hole.

Posted by: Have you figured out that the gay flag is a p3d0 flag? at August 20, 2023 03:24 PM (g6ohO)

216 The state told you to rinse and separate.

So do it.

LOLGF

Posted by: Last Days of the Republic at August 20, 2023 03:24 PM (5v5Je)

217 I go tp the dump often enough anyway, but I suspect very few do.
Posted by: Archimedes

I hadn't thought of actually TPing the dump... that probably really jerks their chains!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 20, 2023 03:25 PM (uE4Pp)

218 211 174
I generally don't trust candidates without any voting record (Trump being the exception), and Ramaswamy is Exhibit A. Has there ever been a candidate more likely to do a Liz Cheney than him?

Posted by: mnw at August 20, 2023 03:22 PM (NLIak)

Hell, I didn't trust Trump either, but figured Hillary was much, much worse. Not that my vote counted for anything in Kalifornia.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 20, 2023 03:25 PM (ynpvh)

219 a manageable issue for the developing and third world countries that are responsible for the vast majority of the plastics dumped in our oceans
_______________

You see, we export our "recycling" to the Asians, feeling good about ourselves (at least liberals do, anyway), where the Asians then dump the crap into rivers so it ends up in the ocean.

See how that works?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at August 20, 2023 03:25 PM (DXT9A)

220 Is there any market or energy savings for glass? I'd be shocked if so.

Posted by: Have you figured out that the gay flag is a p3d0 flag? at August 20, 2023 03:25 PM (g6ohO)

221 In SC we don't recycle can or bottles. We use them for target practice

Posted by: Regular joe at August 20, 2023 03:25 PM (nnp+f)

222 "On my vists to China, my wife and her family would always take the boiling hot pot of tea and pour over the cups, plates and chopsticks before using them..."
******
How to survive third world cuisine.

Posted by: Cosda at August 20, 2023 03:25 PM (M9hZV)

223 Hell, my city is actively "auditing" our trash to make sure "recyclables" are in the proper bins. I kind of feel sorry for the "auditors", which are the garbage guys. I pay no attention to any of this nonsense. So far, so good.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at August 20, 2023 03:25 PM (Xrfse)

224 213 CA is about 6 months away from 2am knocks for warrantless searches looking for lightbulbs and straws.

Posted by: Last Days of the Republic at August 20, 2023 03:17 PM (I9VBH)

Yes. They already block us from buying certain "inefficient" LED bulbs. If you see a lamp you want online that comes with one of those bulbs? Too bad. No one will ship it to you, unless the importer stocks the same lamp with an approved bulb.

Posted by: Grudge Harbor at August 20, 2023 03:23 PM (hCzfy)

I have to buy heatlamps for the turtles. Those emit lots of IR...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 20, 2023 03:26 PM (ynpvh)

225 Grudge Harbor, thank you.

Posted by: cfo mom at August 20, 2023 03:26 PM (Q8bDL)

226 " by: Martini Farmer at August 20, 2023 03:21 PM (Q4IgG)

209 I use ham hock when making my beans (for refried beans), but what do I do with the bones? Recycle in greens or throw away? 2+ weeks, no answer. Maybe they just don't know.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)"
*******
Woof? Woof?

Posted by: Cosda at August 20, 2023 03:27 PM (M9hZV)

227 I've had to throw away expired sauces in glass jars.

As TonyPete said in #204, if you use spaghetti sauce from a jar, you deserve everything bad that happens to you.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 20, 2023 03:28 PM (I/Qkd)

228 226 " by: Martini Farmer at August 20, 2023 03:21 PM (Q4IgG)

209 I use ham hock when making my beans (for refried beans), but what do I do with the bones? Recycle in greens or throw away? 2+ weeks, no answer. Maybe they just don't know.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)"
*******
Woof? Woof?

Posted by: Cosda at August 20, 2023 03:27 PM (M9hZV)

Sorry, meow, meows here.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 20, 2023 03:28 PM (ynpvh)

229 You people eat French Toast with maple syrup, so you have no right to criticize my straw use!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

I wouldn't dare !

Posted by: JT at August 20, 2023 03:29 PM (T4tVD)

230 Would have been $100 for gas hadn't I had some off and only got 3/4 tank

Posted by: Skip at August 20, 2023 03:29 PM (t3Whg)

231 I have been given straws made from Agave waste as a byproduct of the manufacture of Tequila. They are very much "plastic-like" and one wouldn't know the difference if not told. I, for one, am eager to do my part to support the need to produce more agave waste. After all, anything to save just one more sea turtle.

Posted by: Here to Help at August 20, 2023 03:29 PM (zLdnv)

232 I've been asking this question for the last ten years or so.

Can anyone point to a self-funding all-items recycling facility anywhere in the United States?

Posted by: Have you figured out that the gay flag is a p3d0 flag? at August 20, 2023 03:30 PM (g6ohO)

233 227 I've had to throw away expired sauces in glass jars.

As TonyPete said in #204, if you use spaghetti sauce from a jar, you deserve everything bad that happens to you.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 20, 2023 03:28 PM (I/Qkd)

eh, I cook up the ground beef I spiced up, and use the costco marinara sauce, simmering until it all reduces some. But there are other saucy things wife buys in glass jars that sometimes don't get used...and I'll be damned if I'm gonna empty them down my sink or on my yard.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 20, 2023 03:30 PM (ynpvh)

234 I use ham hock when making my beans (for refried beans), but what do I do with the bones?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

A better idea... provide them to Ace for Hobo bait.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 20, 2023 03:30 PM (uE4Pp)

235 My trash pickup forbids the inclusion of yard waste; grass, small branches, dead flowers, etc. I don't know that they check but they are a private firm so, they can say whatever they want.

Luckily, my backyard butts up against an 80,000 acre state managed woods. True recycling there.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 20, 2023 03:31 PM (YmKky)

236 232 I've been asking this question for the last ten years or so.

Can anyone point to a self-funding all-items recycling facility anywhere in the United States?

Posted by: Have you figured out that the gay flag is a p3d0 flag? at August 20, 2023 03:30 PM (g6ohO)

Recyclers gyp those who drop recycling to them (pay by the lb, not by the CA CRV value). They go around and get the CRV credits from the State.
So no, just another grift.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 20, 2023 03:32 PM (ynpvh)

237 It’s not widely advertised but in many locales the contents of your recycling bin go to exactly the same location as your trash bin. It’s a scam to make people feel better…. This is not true everywhere but it is in many locations

Its a form of Simon Says hosted by the power freaks and imposed on the law abiders. There is a vast irresponsible demographic, dependent on entitlements and special privileges and they are exempt from being expected to follow all of these stupid make-work rules.

This is meant to torment law-abiders, by piling up senseless acts upon senseless act with the constant pressures of guilt and anxiety to avoid being a "bad person"

Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 20, 2023 03:32 PM (p8A+W)

238 Can anyone point to a self-funding all-items recycling facility anywhere in the United States?
Posted by: Have you figured out

Self funding isn't the goal: grift to your political PAC donors is the reason.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 20, 2023 03:32 PM (uE4Pp)

239 Be careful with that straw. One made ny nose bleed real bad.

Posted by: Eromero at August 20, 2023 03:33 PM (NxC5+)

240 235 My trash pickup forbids the inclusion of yard waste; grass, small branches, dead flowers, etc. I don't know that they check but they are a private firm so, they can say whatever they want.

Luckily, my backyard butts up against an 80,000 acre state managed woods. True recycling there.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 20, 2023 03:31 PM (YmKky)

Yeah, the green recycling does NOT take certain types of plant waste either, like cactus or, I believe, bird of paradise leaves. I had to throw those out in the trash.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 20, 2023 03:33 PM (ynpvh)

241 The corporation I work for uses paper straws but plastic cups and lids for its take out beverages.

Square that circle.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at August 20, 2023 03:33 PM (mAN5b)

242 Can anyone point to a self-funding all-items recycling facility anywhere in the United States?
Posted by: Have you figured

Columbus OH had a waste burning plant for a time.

The only thing it really burned was $$$. No longer in operation - imagine that.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 20, 2023 03:33 PM (YmKky)

243 239 Be careful with that straw. One made ny nose bleed real bad.

Posted by: Eromero at August 20, 2023 03:33 PM (NxC5+)

Maybe you shoulda stuck with a spoon instead.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 20, 2023 03:34 PM (ynpvh)

244 We've got a "cans for disabled vets" bin near us that I'll drop stuff into if I think about it, but I don't bother otherwise.
_________

California, in its relentless effort to extract money from the kulaks, required a "refundable deposit" on cans, and bottles. Then they closed all of the refund centers.

Do they still require a deposit? You betcha.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at August 20, 2023 03:34 PM (DXT9A)

245 Luckily, my backyard butts up against an 80,000 acre state managed woods. True recycling there.

The unofficial landfill for old mattresses, burned out car hulks, upholstered furniture, and corroding oil drums with mystery substances oozing out.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 20, 2023 03:34 PM (p8A+W)

246 241 The corporation I work for uses paper straws but plastic cups and lids for its take out beverages.

Square that circle.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at August 20, 2023 03:33 PM (mAN5b)

Styrofoam FTW?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 20, 2023 03:34 PM (ynpvh)

247 "Luckily, my backyard butts up against an 80,000 acre state managed woods. True recycling there.
Posted by: Tonypete"
*******
We've a couple of dumpsters at the end of our dirt road for the dozen or so homeowners on the road. Every property is 5+ acres so when I find the dumpsters stuffed with lawn trimmings, leaves or tree limbs it's always a WTF moment.

Posted by: Cosda at August 20, 2023 03:34 PM (M9hZV)

248 I loved that photo of a turtle with a plastic straw stuck in his schnoz. Those turtles, anything for a laugh!

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at August 20, 2023 03:35 PM (DXT9A)

249 Yeah, the green recycling does NOT take certain types of plant waste either, like cactus or, I believe, bird of paradise leaves. I had to throw those out in the trash.

That is what backyard burn piles are for.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 20, 2023 03:35 PM (p8A+W)

250 Actually been using vanilla syrup on my pancakes and French Toast, though I would try it some weeks ago.

Posted by: Skip at August 20, 2023 03:36 PM (MOY79)

251 When we lived in California recycling was mandated in our city. 3 different bins; 1 for "trash", 1 for recyclables and 1 for yard waste. All picked up on the same day, by the same truck, dumped into the same compartment. 🤡 🌎

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 20, 2023 03:36 PM (Q4IgG)

252 249 Yeah, the green recycling does NOT take certain types of plant waste either, like cactus or, I believe, bird of paradise leaves. I had to throw those out in the trash.

That is what backyard burn piles are for.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 20, 2023 03:35 PM (p8A+W)

Um, Kalifornia!? I'd need a burn permit. My yard is too small for that kinda stuff.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 20, 2023 03:37 PM (ynpvh)

253 Its a form of Simon Says hosted by the power freaks and imposed on the law abiders.
___________

Here in California we play "Gavin says."

God I hope he never gets to national office.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at August 20, 2023 03:37 PM (DXT9A)

254 I had to get rid of a loveseat some years ago. Of course where I live, the authorities make it a pain in the ass to discard furniture.

So I cut it to pieces with a saw and tossed it in the community dumpster.

Posted by: DB - for what it's worth at August 20, 2023 03:38 PM (geLO8)

255 48 My first world problem is that my corded weedwhacker cannot reach from my house's outside plug to my front curb so I can trim it. My 100 foot orange cord isn't long enough.

Can I attach a fifty foot orange cord to the other cord to make it reach, or will it overheat?

Posted by: skywch at August 20, 2023 02:18 PM (uqhmb)

Assuming the weedwhacker's current rating doesn't exceed the current rating of the extension cords it should be fine in terms of overheating the cord. If the weedwhacker seems to run slow on the extra-long cord you shouldn't run it like that as it can damage the weedwhacker.

Posted by: a.moron at August 20, 2023 03:39 PM (F6Xpw)

256 Our county's recycling spots will take anything (except yard waste) though - used oil, old tires, cooking grease and oils, paint, matresses, etc. If you can get it there, they'll take it.

Nice!

Posted by: Tonypete at August 20, 2023 03:39 PM (YmKky)

257 I use ham hock when making my beans (for refried beans), but what do I do with the bones?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

A better idea... provide them to Ace for Hobo bait.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 20, 2023 03:30 PM (uE4Pp)
_______________

Send them to us in Cali, we've got a buttload of vagrants here, and would be grateful for anyone culling them.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at August 20, 2023 03:39 PM (DXT9A)

258 251 When we lived in California recycling was mandated in our city. 3 different bins; 1 for "trash", 1 for recyclables and 1 for yard waste. All picked up on the same day, by the same truck, dumped into the same compartment. 🤡 🌎

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 20, 2023 03:36 PM (Q4IgG)

The greens folks were nazis. The city did NOT supply us with containers, but we had to use our own, or bundle sticks and branches tie them up with plant-based cords. If the branches in a bin went over the edge of the container, BAM, no pickup and a nastygram from the greens people. The one black lady was a real bitch, and when, while she was on her tirade, I put up a hand, turned around, and walked away, oh, she just about blew a gasket.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 20, 2023 03:39 PM (ynpvh)

259 And then we sit and watch the Taiwanese get what Hong Kong got, huh? Thanks for the memories, but.. we're out of here! Nice way to abandon a free, democratic polity that's been a loyal ally to the U.S. for 74 years.

What is the alternative?

Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 20, 2023 03:39 PM (p8A+W)

260 "So I cut it to pieces with a saw and tossed it in the community dumpster.
Posted by: DB - for what it's worth"
********
Same here. Power tools are your friend.

Posted by: Cosda at August 20, 2023 03:40 PM (M9hZV)

261 I had to get rid of a loveseat some years ago. Of course where I live, the authorities make it a pain in the ass to discard furniture.

So I cut it to pieces with a saw and tossed it in the community dumpster.
Posted by: DB - for what it's worth at August 20, 2023 03:38 PM (geLO

______________

I had a metal frame that used to support an awning before it gave up the ghost. Ten minutes with my sawzall and a metal-cutting blade, and into the trash it went.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at August 20, 2023 03:41 PM (DXT9A)

262 254 I had to get rid of a loveseat some years ago. Of course where I live, the authorities make it a pain in the ass to discard furniture.

So I cut it to pieces with a saw and tossed it in the community dumpster.

Posted by: DB - for what it's worth at August 20, 2023 03:38 PM (geLO

Funny. I do the same thing. I diassemble as much as possible, and the pieces that are too big get cut small enough to pass snuff. Then I dispose of it over a period of several weeks with the other trash...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 20, 2023 03:41 PM (ynpvh)

263 (wonders briefly about the biscuit, gravy, fudge, etc. making abilities of the people who criticize spaghetti sauces in jars)

Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at August 20, 2023 03:41 PM (/BX3R)

264 257 I use ham hock when making my beans (for refried beans), but what do I do with the bones?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

A better idea... provide them to Ace for Hobo bait.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 20, 2023 03:30 PM (uE4Pp)
_______________

Send them to us in Cali, we've got a buttload of vagrants here, and would be grateful for anyone culling them.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at August 20, 2023 03:39 PM (DXT9A)

...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 20, 2023 03:42 PM (ynpvh)

265 "My 100 foot orange cord isn't long enough."

I solved a similar problem by purchasing a battery pack. There has been lots of discussion about them here and there lately. Mine is a Jackery, someone else likes Bluetti. I just hook it to the AC panel and let 'er rip.
It is maybe an expensive solution, but it may be cheaper than buying a separate cordless whacker.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at August 20, 2023 03:42 PM (MeG8a)

266 I had to get rid of a loveseat some years ago. Of course where I live, the authorities make it a pain in the ass to discard furniture.

Richardson, a suburb of Dallas, has an "anything on the curb on Tuesday will go away, no questions asked" policy.

I emptied a four bedroom house on to the curb, what the neighbors didn't pick over, the city came by and completely removed using a crane truck.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 20, 2023 03:42 PM (p8A+W)

267 Penn and Teller have a great series on Youtube debunking recycling.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at August 20, 2023 03:42 PM (DXT9A)

268 .

Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at August 20, 2023 03:43 PM (/BX3R)

269 Ban the straws! Those thrown into trash cans pollute the ocean in a way the homeless trash heaps blown/washed into the nearby river/sea do not!

Posted by: Hal Dall MD at August 20, 2023 03:43 PM (S1uX8)

270
Shit.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 20, 2023 03:43 PM (ynpvh)

271

Posted by: DB - for what it's worth at August 20, 2023 03:43 PM (geLO8)

272 I was framed!

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at August 20, 2023 03:43 PM (DXT9A)

273 I am aware that a lot of recycled stuff ends up in a landfill, right where all the non-recyclable trash goes.

However, my understanding is that some counties with curbside recycling actually recycle 80% of the recyclables, and other counties only 30%.

Again, the whole recycling "system" seems kind of ad hoc to me. I don't think it's quite up to Raytheon/Northrop Grumman standards just yet.

Posted by: mnw at August 20, 2023 03:43 PM (NLIak)

274 Message for Jim ( In Kalifornia)
~Love, the barrel

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 20, 2023 03:44 PM (uE4Pp)

275 God I hope he never gets to national office.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at August 20, 2023 03:37 PM (DXT9A)

Well... If you hate the idea, then he'll likely be President someday soon.

I think a lot of things go into Party decision-making about which stuffed shirt will be farcically crowned Clown Emperor of the Sham Republic every so often.

But I also think "who would most enrage our hated petit-bourgeouis subject-victims" is a *heavily* weighted factor.

A whole, whole lot of the motivation behind our national soap opera is about grinding it in the audience's face. Like if only the heels ever won in the WWF.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 20, 2023 03:44 PM (0FoWg)

276
> Same here. Power tools are your friend.
________________

Battery or corded?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 20, 2023 03:44 PM (Q4IgG)

277 I see dumpsters at office complex 1 for trash, one for cardboard, same truck stop often picks them both and emptied.

Posted by: Skip at August 20, 2023 03:45 PM (MOY79)

278 I just used a rip saw

Posted by: DB - for what it's worth at August 20, 2023 03:45 PM (geLO8)

279 Remember when the president of the Philippines
got POed at us and sent shiploads of trash back?

Posted by: Braenyard at August 20, 2023 03:46 PM (ZwWhn)

280 Well... If you hate the idea, then he'll likely be President someday soon.

I think a lot of things go into Party decision-making about which stuffed shirt will be farcically crowned Clown Emperor of the Sham Republic every so often.

But I also think "who would most enrage our hated petit-bourgeouis subject-victims" is a *heavily* weighted factor.

A whole, whole lot of the motivation behind our national soap opera is about grinding it in the audience's face. Like if only the heels ever won in the WWF.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 20, 2023 03:44 PM (0FoWg)
______________

I think you're right. If so, it'll be Kamala Harris/Hank Johnson 2024.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at August 20, 2023 03:46 PM (DXT9A)

281 >>> 177 I haven’t had to deal with a paper straw (inevitably dissolving in my drink, which is disgusting) since I moved from CA to TX…. One of the many benefits of that relocation…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 20, 2023 03:06 PM (xT8gx)

I don't know if I caught that you had moved to TX before.

Will you make it to the TX MoMee?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 20, 2023 03:46 PM (llON8)

282 97
BAttery powered Weedwacker! And, as a bonus, might set your house on fire like an EV!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 20, 2023 02:27 PM (ynpvh)

Yeah, I bought what I thought were some halfway decent battery operated tools.

Given how often the batteries need recharging, and how they are lacking in real oomph, I figured I would buy an EV when they can pry my combustible engine from my cold dead... well, not fingers, but yeah.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 20, 2023 02:35 PM (fbZT9)

I got a Ryobi battery powered weedwhacker a couple of years ago and I'm happy with it. It doesn't seem under-powered and runs all summer on a charge, although I don't whack weeds every time I mow.

Posted by: a.moron at August 20, 2023 03:46 PM (F6Xpw)

283 Old furniture? Use the Morgantown, WV technique... burn it.

In the front yard. With friends and booze.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 20, 2023 03:46 PM (Q4IgG)

284 Richardson, a suburb of Dallas, has an "anything on the curb on Tuesday will go away, no questions asked" policy.

I emptied a four bedroom house on to the curb, what the neighbors didn't pick over, the city came by and completely removed using a crane truck.
Posted by: Reuben Hick

Tempe AZ has those quarterly.
An 8x8ft spa finally failed (couldn't find the leak, I think it was inside the foam insulation). I cut up with the saws-all and lined the curb from one side of the property to the other with about a 3ft high wall of spa. I'm sure the neighborhood loved it(heh) at least most of them slowed down to look at the impressive wall of junk trying to figure out what it had been.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 20, 2023 03:47 PM (uE4Pp)

285 Old furniture? Use the Morgantown, WV technique... burn it.

In the front yard. With friends and booze.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 20, 2023 03:46 PM (Q4IgG)
_____________

Or use the La Raza technique, and dump it in some rural location.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at August 20, 2023 03:48 PM (DXT9A)

286 259

deterrence

Just like the last 74 years.

Posted by: mnw at August 20, 2023 03:49 PM (NLIak)

287 My FWP - no frosted mugs available.

So, beer with ice.

I know, I know - I'm desparate.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 20, 2023 03:50 PM (YmKky)

288 >> …quite up to Raytheon/Northrop Grumman standards just yet.
Posted by: mnw at August 20, 2023 03:43 PM (NLIak)

I have worked for and with both of those large defense contractors and I will just say….. their standards are not the quality against which you’d want to measure high standards… I’ll leave it at that

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 20, 2023 03:50 PM (xT8gx)

289 However, my understanding is that some counties with curbside recycling actually recycle 80% of the recyclables

---

hahahahaha

No, there's no possible way. Even if conditions were perfect there's going to be enough contamination to screw up everything to the point where best case scenario could probably never break 50%

The "other counties 30%" you were given is probably a pretty realistic month-to-month number.

It's a massive waste of energy and money. Not just at the industrial level, either. Think about each household using time and water and power to accomplish nothing except job creation for the recycling industry.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at August 20, 2023 03:50 PM (/BX3R)

290 My FWP - no frosted mugs available.

So, beer with ice.

I know, I know - I'm desparate.
Posted by: Tonypete

I gagged reading that...

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 20, 2023 03:50 PM (uE4Pp)

291 Penn and Teller on recycling:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCBaiKjF0Zg

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at August 20, 2023 03:51 PM (DXT9A)

292 The old way was
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.

Now they push 'recycle' which is one step before Refuse.
Forgotton are Reduce and Reuse.

I am big on Reuse. Had a drinking jar fo almost twenty years before it broke. It was a glass instant coffee jar. About 1 qt. Pefect for water, beer, lemonade, beer and lemonade... Broke and I cried a tear.
Use Mid's pizza sauce jars are good for mixed drinks (old fashion size).

Sending paper and plastic to the waste-energy plany is Reuse.
If one has a waste-energy plant it is cost effective to take mixed waste, shred it, run it through a magnet to pull out the ferrous metal (scavangers and real recyclers already picked out the aluminum and copper) and stockpile it all, sorted according to juiciness.

That old french fry oil goes to the rendering plant to be reborn as makeup and other things one would not fry in.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 20, 2023 03:52 PM (ga8qR)

293 Oh, and don't forget:

Residential trash only represents 3% of U.S. trash. 97% is industrial.

It's all pretend.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at August 20, 2023 03:52 PM (/BX3R)

294 But I also think "who would most enrage our hated petit-bourgeouis subject-victims" is a *heavily* weighted factor.

A whole, whole lot of the motivation behind our national soap opera is about grinding it in the audience's face. Like if only the heels ever won in the WWF.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 20, 2023 03:44 PM (0FoWg)

A boot stomping on a human face… forever. - George Orwell

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 20, 2023 03:52 PM (xT8gx)

295 I like reading about the Cali cities who mandate cleaning before recycling and Calif State instituting water rationing below normal family water usage.
(Except for people with pools, they can use all the water they need.)

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 20, 2023 03:53 PM (uE4Pp)

296 Can I attach a fifty foot orange cord to the other cord to make it reach, or will it overheat?
Posted by: skywch

The red cord is rated for higher temps.
Plug that in first and then your orange one.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 20, 2023 03:54 PM (ga8qR)

297 TS Hilary update in my neck of San Diego:
Pressure dropped from 1005mb last night to 996mb now. Still no wind, about 0.5" since 2am this morn. Last update on Hilary had her at 65mph w/ 988 mb pressure.
I guess I'll see how bad she'll be in the next 4 or 5 hours...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 20, 2023 03:54 PM (ynpvh)

298 "One casualty of China’s decision has been plastics numbered 3 through 7 on the ubiquitous triangular recycling labels. Today, these types of plastics mostly wind up in landfills."

https://tinyurl.com/26h5a3lw

There's 42% of plastics alone right there.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at August 20, 2023 03:55 PM (/BX3R)

299 Really smokey out here. Can't even see halfway across the water, much less the mountain rain he on the other side.

Smells like a campfire out there.

Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 superfan! at August 20, 2023 03:56 PM (U2p+3)

300 295 I like reading about the Cali cities who mandate cleaning before recycling and Calif State instituting water rationing below normal family water usage.
(Except for people with pools, they can use all the water they need.)

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 20, 2023 03:53 PM (uE4Pp)

Yeah, the irony. Don't use water! Wash the recyclables! My kids use tons of water (dude, you don't need to take a shower for an hour). I use less that a few years ago, but pay about 2x for the water. Oh, and the idiots here in San Diego approved charging city residents for trash pickup...which is already paid via property taxes. Double taxation? It's a feature!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 20, 2023 03:56 PM (ynpvh)

301 I don't know if I caught that you had moved to TX before.

Will you make it to the TX MoMee?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 20, 2023 03:46 PM (llON

I am planning on attending the TX MoMee! The only potential obstacle is my dear wife is not a member of the horde; she’s never been here. I mention this place to her regularly but I don’t think she gets it. When I soon announce that I’d like us to attend, I anticipate a confused reaction… What?? Go meet a bunch of strangers?? I think what’s gonna win her over is the chance to get some shooting practice :-)

I’ve been in contact with Ben Had so I have all the necessary details

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 20, 2023 03:56 PM (xT8gx)

302 *range

Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 superfan! at August 20, 2023 03:57 PM (U2p+3)

303 Oh, and don't forget:

Residential trash only represents 3% of U.S. trash. 97% is industrial.

It's all pretend.
Posted by: Moron Robbie

But Industry tries not olny to reuse but make a buck of it.

"What do we do with all this left over gooey coal tar?"

"If we run it though this distillation stack we can sell the different parts as food coloring and sweetener... and this one tastes like vanilla!"

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 20, 2023 03:57 PM (ga8qR)

304 91 Plastic is absolutely a First World Problem: it's enabled a society to all but eliminate diseases caused by sharing containers. Single-use plastics are, what, THE reason for the general safety of the First World? Combined with even a bare minimum of cleaning agents, hand-washing and basic hygiene, single-use plastics have revolutionized and created the First World.
So obviously they must be totally eliminated.
Posted by: LenNeal at August 20, 2023 02:33 PM (43xH1)

I like that summary!

Posted by: m at August 20, 2023 03:58 PM (aWeTk)

305 I gagged reading that...

Same here.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at August 20, 2023 03:58 PM (Xrfse)

306 >>> 301 I don't know if I caught that you had moved to TX before.

Will you make it to the TX MoMee?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 20, 2023 03:46 PM (llON

I am planning on attending the TX MoMee! The only potential obstacle is my dear wife is not a member of the horde; she’s never been here. I mention this place to her regularly but I don’t think she gets it. When I soon announce that I’d like us to attend, I anticipate a confused reaction… What?? Go meet a bunch of strangers?? I think what’s gonna win her over is the chance to get some shooting practice :-)

I’ve been in contact with Ben Had so I have all the necessary details
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 20, 2023 03:56 PM (xT8gx)

Awesome!

We have lots of tasty food, too...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 20, 2023 03:58 PM (llON8)

307 I like reading about the Cali cities who mandate cleaning before recycling and Calif State instituting water rationing below normal family water usage.
(Except for people with pools, they can use all the water they need.)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 20, 2023 03:53 PM (uE4Pp)
______________

As can state and local government. During our last "water emergency" the city had a crew that pressure-washed an entire plaza.

Fun fact: liberals lie, example #674392. Liberals claimed that 80% of the water is used by industry and agriculture, and 20% by residences, so residences needed to cut back on water usage by 10%.

But 50% of the available water - right off the top - flows into the ocean for the benefit of the delta smelt, so the real figures are industry and agriculture use 40% of the water, and residences 10% of the water. So a 10% cutback on residences would reduce water usage by ... say it with me ... 1 effing percent. Woot!

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at August 20, 2023 03:59 PM (DXT9A)

308 183 174 - I might be unusual but I just can’t/won’t do podcasts. I read much faster than people can speak (and therefore obviously much faster than I can listen)…. And I just don’t have the patience. However I’m happy to read a piece of “long form” journalism or a long book. I get fidgety trying to listen to a podcast

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 20, 2023 03:11 PM (xT8gx)

Same here. I want to read the material myself, because I can read it faster than bozo can talk, and if I need to stop and think about a concept or re-read a passage, I can.

And I have no use for EweToob videos of talking heads droning on and on. Unless there's some actual visual content, forget it.

Posted by: a.moron at August 20, 2023 03:59 PM (F6Xpw)

309 So, beer with ice.

I know, I know - I'm desparate.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 20, 2023 03:50 PM (YmKky)

Obviously you are joking but you had me going for a bit!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 20, 2023 03:59 PM (g0MSz)

310 I had to get rid of a loveseat some years ago. Of course where I live, the authorities make it a pain in the ass to discard furniture.

So I cut it to pieces with a saw and tossed it in the community dumpster.
Posted by: DB - for what it's worth

Sawzall is a wonderful tool.
Gonna take mine to some unwanted furnishers here shortly.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 20, 2023 04:00 PM (ga8qR)

311 It’s not widely advertised but in many locales the contents of your recycling bin go to exactly the same location as your trash bin. It’s a scam to make people feel better…. This is not true everywhere but it is in many locations

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 20, 2023 03:15 PM (xT8gx)

My Swedish BiL worked part time at thee dump, and he told us that everything went to the same old place.

The old Same place.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 20, 2023 04:00 PM (Mzdiz)

312 I use old mason jars for drinking. Wide mouths are good for beer. They're thick and if put in the freezer about a half hour prior to imbibing keeps the brew pretty chilled.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 20, 2023 04:00 PM (Q4IgG)

313 Our trash service accepts #1 and #2 plastics. Also, the plastics must have a neck. Does anyone here know why?

Posted by: Emmie at August 20, 2023 04:00 PM (Sf2cq)

314 I am planning on attending the TX MoMee! The only potential obstacle is my dear wife is not a member of the horde; she’s never been here. I mention this place to her regularly but I don’t think she gets it. When I soon announce that I’d like us to attend, I anticipate a confused reaction… What?? Go meet a bunch of strangers??
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

My wife was similar before her first one. After we arrived, she was like - "Who are these nerds and where did they all come from"? and absolutely had the time of her life. Fell in love with Ben Had and Beserker and all of the handguns de jour. Now, she'll go even if I can't.

And she still never reads or comments here.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 20, 2023 04:00 PM (YmKky)

315 FOODIE NOODIE

Posted by: Skip at August 20, 2023 04:01 PM (MOY79)

316 My kids use tons of water (dude, you don't need to take a shower for an hour).
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Put a ball valve on the hot water line so you can turn the water off in the middle of their shower...
When they scream they have soap in their eyes they get 5 more minutes *only*.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 20, 2023 04:01 PM (uE4Pp)

317 Now people are diligently rinsing spaghetti jars and putting them in the correct bin so that the recycling trucks can pick them up and take them to the landfill.

Posted by: Have you figured out that the gay flag is a p3d0 flag? at August 20, 2023 03:15 PM (g6ohO)

I save ALL jars.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 20, 2023 04:01 PM (Mzdiz)

318 When they scream they have soap in their eyes they get 5 more minutes *only*.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron

Or tell them to rinse off with cold water.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 20, 2023 04:01 PM (uE4Pp)

319 TS Hilary update in my neck of San Diego:
Pressure dropped from 1005mb last night to 996mb now. Still no wind, about 0.5" since 2am this morn. Last update on Hilary had her at 65mph w/ 988 mb pressure.
I guess I'll see how bad she'll be in the next 4 or 5 hours...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 20, 2023 03:54 PM (ynpvh)
____________

Don't ya love the hysteria surrounding this? It's raining; a little bit, anyway, and there's not a puff of wind. Maybe that'll come later, but ... we'll see.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at August 20, 2023 04:02 PM (DXT9A)

320 If you drink it fast enough, it's tolerable although now I have brain freeze.

Small price to pay. Lesson learned - always have a few in the fridge. The two cases sitting in the garage aren't doing anyone any good.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 20, 2023 04:02 PM (YmKky)

321 316 My kids use tons of water (dude, you don't need to take a shower for an hour).
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Put a ball valve on the hot water line so you can turn the water off in the middle of their shower...
When they scream they have soap in their eyes they get 5 more minutes *only*.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 20, 2023 04:01 PM (uE4Pp)

I have a tankless water heater. I knock on the door and tell them I'm cutting off the hot water in x minutes...with the push of a button.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 20, 2023 04:03 PM (ynpvh)

322 Sawzall is a wonderful tool.
Gonna take mine to some unwanted furnishers here shortly.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 20, 2023 04:00 PM (ga8qR)
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It's one of the Big Five, along with cordless drill, cordless impact driver, oscillating saw, and angle grinder.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at August 20, 2023 04:04 PM (DXT9A)

323 Ow, my back!

Posted by: The Camel at August 20, 2023 04:05 PM (DsA2n)

324 319 TS Hilary update in my neck of San Diego:
Pressure dropped from 1005mb last night to 996mb now. Still no wind, about 0.5" since 2am this morn. Last update on Hilary had her at 65mph w/ 988 mb pressure.
I guess I'll see how bad she'll be in the next 4 or 5 hours...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 20, 2023 03:54 PM (ynpvh)
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Don't ya love the hysteria surrounding this? It's raining; a little bit, anyway, and there's not a puff of wind. Maybe that'll come later, but ... we'll see.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at August 20, 2023 04:02 PM (DXT9A)

Explained to older child yesterday (called me saying, "A hurricane is coming up Baja, Dad!") that by the time it gets here it'll be, at worst, a Tropical storm, and that the winds from what's left will be less than what we sometimes get from Santa Ana winds, only with lots more rain.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 20, 2023 04:05 PM (ynpvh)

325 It's my willie and it's my soap and I'll wash it as long as I want to!

Posted by: teens everywhere at August 20, 2023 04:05 PM (MeG8a)

326
It's one of the Big Five, along with cordless drill, cordless impact driver, oscillating saw, and angle grinder.

I'm not seeing "welder" in that list.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 20, 2023 04:06 PM (p8A+W)

327 When they scream they have soap in their eyes they get 5 more minutes *only*.

Huh. I would call it "character building" and "time management training" for them to rinse using cold tap water.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 20, 2023 04:08 PM (p8A+W)

328 Water is too cold for even a tropical storm.

Posted by: pawn at August 20, 2023 04:08 PM (wsHtO)

329 328 Water is too cold for even a tropical storm.

Posted by: pawn at August 20, 2023 04:08 PM (wsHtO)

the other thing I told my son. On it's way up, Hilary's either over cold water (slowly killing it) or dry land (quickly killing it). Either way, weakened considerably by the time it gets here.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 20, 2023 04:09 PM (ynpvh)

330 So, beer with ice.

I know, I know - I'm desparate.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 20, 2023 03:50 PM (YmKky)

Obviously you are joking but you had me going for a bit!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Beer with ice is island style.
Little/no electricity but they have warm beer and an ice plant.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 20, 2023 04:11 PM (ga8qR)

331 My kids use tons of water (dude, you don't need to take a shower for an hour).
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Ask them how clean does their crotch need to be...

I'd just shut off the hot water after 10 minutes.
They think they used all the hot water up and get more proficient at buffing up in a hurry.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 20, 2023 04:14 PM (ga8qR)

332 It's one of the Big Five, along with cordless drill, cordless impact driver, oscillating saw, and angle grinder.

I'm not seeing "welder" in that list.
Posted by: Reuben Hick

When they come out with a cordless one.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 20, 2023 04:16 PM (ga8qR)

333 I used to love Wunderground for weather forecasts, but it seems something has gone wrong with them. Usually their reported temperature is only one degree warmer than the reading on our outdoor thermometer. But today, Wunderground is five degrees warmer.

Also, back in olden times, the heat index would be within 3-5 degrees of the actual temperature. Right now, the heat index at WU 22 degrees hotter than their temp and 27 degrees hotter than our thermometer temp.

I'm beginning to suspect they are trying to gin up global warming panic.

Posted by: Emmie at August 20, 2023 04:18 PM (Sf2cq)

334 Nood, y'all.

Posted by: Emmie at August 20, 2023 04:20 PM (Sf2cq)

335 But you knew that already, which is why I'm talking to myself here.

Posted by: Emmie at August 20, 2023 04:21 PM (Sf2cq)

336 When they come out with a cordless one.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

Bluetti or Jackery will help you right out!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 20, 2023 04:21 PM (uE4Pp)

337 When they scream they have soap in their eyes they get 5 more minutes *only*.
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Tell them to wash their face and hair FIRST. Then ... no problem.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at August 20, 2023 04:21 PM (DXT9A)

338 I have a stainless steel straw for home use. Doubles as poison dart blowgun.

Posted by: VizzinisGuess at August 20, 2023 04:27 PM (h8s0C)

339 >>>Luckily, my backyard butts up against an 80,000 acre state managed woods. True recycling there.

The unofficial landfill for old mattresses, burned out car hulks, upholstered furniture, and corroding oil drums with mystery substances oozing out.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 20, 2023 03:34 PM (p8A+W)

We've actually got an old toilet in the woods nearby. My brother put a roll of tp out there as a gag.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 20, 2023 05:07 PM (Mzdiz)

340 Plastic straws are the classic bullshit of 'WELL I GAVE MONEY TO CHARITY'.

It's something stupid and easy to do, and it lets asshole rich people virtue signal without having to make an actual meaningful disruption of their own lives.

After all, drinking from straws is what PEASANTS do.

Posted by: DudeAbiding at August 20, 2023 05:32 PM (setIA)

341 Linus van Pelt--

Well, if it helps encourage you to bring your wife to the Texas MoMe, husband and I went a few years ago and I spent the first evening having a delightful conversation with a non-involved spouse of a Moron. Unless she's a complete introvert--BTW I am--she'll jump right in wholeheartedly.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at August 20, 2023 05:37 PM (fTtFy)

342 IBM bought Wunderground and ruined it.

&The very good USG airport radar that is no more is not their fault. Amazing. The GIF they were using was discontinued- they had to reconfigure.

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Posted by: www.Payathome7.com at August 20, 2023 09:39 PM (ZFJBv)

344 Hodwy all, back in beatiful WI. You know you're in WI when you here repeated ads for hiring at Land O' Lakes employment.
Damn butter is expensive, since Biden has been in office it's way more than the inflation they report. What used to be $3 or under in now $5 or more. That is not a slight increase.

Posted by: Farmer at August 26, 2023 01:07 AM (a8Bg6)

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