First-World Problems...

Well...as long as we are on the topic of locks...take a look at this! That is the key to a converted closet in which I keep my wine. And why do I need a lock on it? Well, in a word: teenagers. Why tempt the little bastards?

Although...the only time I should have locked it and I didn't was a long time ago when we had a get-together and a relative brought two friends who turned out to be less than ideal guests.

Anyway, that lock gets a lot of use, and not even 20 years after it was installed it snaps like a cheap Chinese knock-off!

But I took the key to the building supply company where the lock (and a lot of other stuff) was purchased, and they promptly made me a couple of copies from the code on the key.

And they didn't charge me, which I thought was quite unnecessary and quite nice. It's not like I would go somewhere else....they are the best in the business around here and their countermen seem to know everything about everything, which makes it effortless to get the correct stuff.

So...First-World Pleasure?

Posted by: CBD at 02:00 PM

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1 Super glue

Posted by: Skip at December 03, 2023 02:01 PM (fwDg9)

2 A gun safe with combination is better

Posted by: Skip at December 03, 2023 02:02 PM (fwDg9)

3 The door handle and now a key, next a door?

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 03, 2023 02:03 PM (rgx1M)

4 I do that with that blammo closet........American round key lock.....less chance to break than a flat key....imho.

Posted by: zooomzooom at December 03, 2023 02:03 PM (Y0Ei4)

5 A gun safe with combination is better
Posted by: Skip

As long as the dial numbers don't drift.
Of course if it is an electronic combination you can ask the FBI for the master key code.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 03, 2023 02:04 PM (rgx1M)

6 Good afternoon everyone.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 03, 2023 02:05 PM (QG3cQ)

7 >>And why do I need a lock on it? Well, in a word: teenagers. Why tempt the little bastards?

I would recommend an electronic keypad lock for security and quick entry, they still have a key for backup entry if for some reason you can't gain entry, ie the battery dies.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 03, 2023 02:06 PM (XV/Pl)

8 guests that took some of your wine instead of bringing some as a gift to the host? Indeed the left has made savages of way too much of the population.

Posted by: PaleRider at December 03, 2023 02:07 PM (3cGpq)

9 Customer Service

Something you don't hear much good news about anymore.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 03, 2023 02:07 PM (Q4IgG)

10 Although...the only time I should have locked it and I didn't was a long time ago when we had a get-together and a relative brought two friends who turned out to be less than ideal guests.
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Ah...did they wind up s pewing improbable jets of madeira?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at December 03, 2023 02:07 PM (ScR16)

11 Do not lose the code on the key. I have a heavy file cabinet where I keep a few things I'd rather a casual thief not get into, realized I should have a couple extras, and was able to send the code to an online locksmith (nobody around me had any blanks!) and did not realize until a few days ago the extra keys did not have the code on them like the original.

Number punch to the rescue but... keep the code.

Posted by: Rona impoverished Japanese modelmakers at December 03, 2023 02:08 PM (43xH1)

12 And why do I need a lock on it? Well, in a word: teenagers. Why tempt the little bastards?

I would recommend an electronic keypad lock for security and quick entry, they still have a key for backup entry if for some reason you can't gain entry, ie the battery dies.

Posted by: Thomas Bender
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But then, the FBI would also have access...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 03, 2023 02:08 PM (Q4IgG)

13 A gun safe with combination is better
Posted by: Skip at December 03, 2023 02:02 PM

Yes...better. Yes.

Posted by: Liberty Safes at December 03, 2023 02:08 PM (aQy7p)

14 Gun safes are for keeping in plain sight where everyone can see them and then putting your guns someplace else.

Posted by: LenNeal at December 03, 2023 02:09 PM (43xH1)

15 >>>And why do I need a lock on it? Well, in a word: teenagers. Why tempt the little bastards?

Never occurred to me to lock up booze when my boys were teens. It was not an issue.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 03, 2023 02:09 PM (aYmfF)

16 But I took the key to the building supply company where the lock (and a lot of other stuff) was purchased, and they promptly made me a couple of copies from the code on the key.
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'Murica!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 03, 2023 02:09 PM (RIvkX)

17 As long as the dial numbers don't drift.
Of course if it is an electronic combination you can ask the FBI for the master key code.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 03, 2023 02:04 PM (rgx1M)

I have a Stack-On, with a dial, and the lock sucks. Don't know why. It's not smooth, if you accidentally stop just a smidge off the number, it won't open.

I should just get another safe, but then I'd have to figure out how to get rid of this one (FWP). Can't just throw it away, don't know who I could give it to. Oh well, guess I'll keep it.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 03, 2023 02:09 PM (QBaJw)

18 Most valuable thing in the world at a place I was at was a key to the shithouse.

It was on a hubcap up by the front desk so if you needed it you had to clang clang on the way to the shitter.

I made copies and handed them out for favors of a non-sexual nature but the recipients had to keep it on the down low so no one would know.

I think by the time I left everyone had a copy of the shithouse key. Think I still got mine somewhere.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 03, 2023 02:09 PM (R/m4+)

19 I live alone. Don't need locks except on my doors. Don't drink either, so no liquor cabinet. Eliminates a lot of concerns.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 03, 2023 02:10 PM (BdMk6)

20 Briefly OT: Jeremy Boreing being interviewed by Patrick Bet David.

The man is his name.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 03, 2023 02:10 PM (QBaJw)

21 When I was a youngster, I found a really old long hasp brass combination Master Lock at my grandparents house in a box of stuff. I wanted to use it to lock my bike at school. But nobody remembered the combination any longer.

Dad took me and the lock to Marvin’s Hardware on Falls Ave., and armed with the lock serial #, they wrote the Master Lock company. After an interminable wait of almost 2 weeks, I got a letter in the mail. They had the answer I was seeking. I thought that was amazing, they had a record of the combination numbers.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 03, 2023 02:11 PM (M9fC/)

22 Never occurred to me to lock up booze when my boys were teens. It was not an issue.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 03, 2023 02:09 PM (aYmfF)

Our brats knew better. But their friends?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 03, 2023 02:11 PM (3Gtis)

23 I would recommend an electronic keypad lock for security and quick entry, they still have a key for backup entry if for some reason you can't gain entry, ie the battery dies.

Posted by: Thomas Bender'

Absolutely not. No electronic keypads for me EVER. My office has huge ranks of 'secure' lockers from a heavy hitter in the electronic keypads industry and they are the most unreliable, dumbest, stupidest, thing ever invented.

NO. HARD NO.

Posted by: LenNeal at December 03, 2023 02:11 PM (43xH1)

24
Our over-the-stove microwave has gone out. A breaker tripped when HM was using it and she woke me from a sound sleep to reset it. Started it again and there was a definite electrical smell as it ran.

Then our toaster surrendered to age. And now the dog laundry dryer in the garage no longer heats up, which may be the thermostat. Heigh ho!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 03, 2023 02:11 PM (9mNHV)

25 Can't just throw it away, don't know who I could give it to. Oh well, guess I'll keep it.
Posted by: BurtTC

Someone on Craigslist will come and get it... just don't list it for 'free' because 'free' indicated worthless.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 03, 2023 02:12 PM (rgx1M)

26 I like that about my local hardware store. I can go in there with a broken doo dad and I figure if they have it will be 5 bucks and I'd gladly pay it. Walk in, show the clerk the broken doo dad, he says, oh yeah, we've got some, walks with me to some part of the store I've never seen before, pulls out a new one, terrific, rings me up.
35 cents with tax.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at December 03, 2023 02:12 PM (MeG8a)

27 I live alone. Don't need locks except on my doors. Don't drink either, so no liquor cabinet. Eliminates a lot of concerns.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 03, 2023 02:10 PM (BdMk6)

Yeah, I don't leave my safes locked, except when I'm out of town.

Guess I should when I leave the house, but I don't.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 03, 2023 02:12 PM (QBaJw)

28 In a previous life, I had a low market gun safe and late wife stole a Oxy/Acetylene outfit and cut her way in.

Spend the $$$ and get a good one. Just saying.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 03, 2023 02:13 PM (QG3cQ)

29 Someone on Craigslist will come and get it... just don't list it for 'free' because 'free' indicated worthless.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 03, 2023 02:12 PM (rgx1M)

Put an ad out? That would take effort.

Pass.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 03, 2023 02:13 PM (QBaJw)

30 Well I guess I should go run errands. Dad is sleeping and will probably stay that way so the aide should be OK on her own.

Posted by: PaleRider at December 03, 2023 02:13 PM (3cGpq)

31 CBD, when you open the wine-door, looks like you use the key (while turning) to draw back the latch. This puts unnecessary strain on the key. Newer keys are made of even softer alloy than in years past, so suggest that you find a way to simply unlock with the key, then turn the knob with your hand.

Also suggest removing the lock and cleaning/lubing the latch assembly and put a puff of graphite into the keyway.

Keeps it operating smooooothly.

Posted by: JQ at December 03, 2023 02:13 PM (njWTi)

32 In a previous life, I had a low market gun safe and late wife stole a Oxy/Acetylene outfit and cut her way in.

Spend the $$$ and get a good one. Just saying.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 03, 2023 02:13 PM (QG3cQ)

Yeesh! Guess it could have been worse, she could have used the torch on you.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 03, 2023 02:14 PM (QBaJw)

33 We had ready access to liquor when I was a teenager. Yes it was abused but rarely.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 03, 2023 02:14 PM (RIvkX)

34 Posted by: JQ at December 03, 2023 02:13 PM (njWTi)

It's a deadbolt with a blind knob below it.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 03, 2023 02:15 PM (3Gtis)

35 I wonder if the pliers had something to do with the broken key..

Posted by: Reforger at December 03, 2023 02:15 PM (IlHsm)

36 Our over-the-stove microwave has gone out. A breaker tripped when HM was using it and she woke me from a sound sleep to reset it. Started it again and there was a definite electrical smell as it ran.

Then our toaster surrendered to age. And now the dog laundry dryer in the garage no longer heats up, which may be the thermostat. Heigh ho!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Well if things really go south in threes you're golden!

Removing and installing an over the oven microwave isn't difficult (unless you're Ace or CBD) the new one will have a template to use to get the 'hanger' hung correctly.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 03, 2023 02:15 PM (rgx1M)

37 I wonder if the pliers had something to do with the broken key..

Posted by: Reforger at December 03, 2023 02:15 PM (IlHsm)

The key snapped, and after I went into a panic about not being able to get to my wine...running around the house screaming and crying...I used the pliers to turn the remains of the key.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 03, 2023 02:16 PM (3Gtis)

38 I wonder if the pliers had something to do with the broken key..
Posted by: Reforger at December 03, 2023 02:15 PM (IlHsm)

No, I wouldn't think so. Those kind of pliers are only used for nose hairs.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 03, 2023 02:16 PM (QBaJw)

39 Another grim milestone of the Biden administration.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 03, 2023 02:17 PM (NBVIP)

40 I just noticed on CBD's picture the shadow on the right hand side. If that isn't a shadow of your arm, well - let's just say the next time we meet I'm going to shake your hand!!

Posted by: Tonypete at December 03, 2023 02:18 PM (QG3cQ)

41 I love keypad locks, I just hate how they look. I hate fumbling with a multitude of keys. Ultimately, every door is easily defeated anyway if someone really wants to get in there.

"the only time I should have locked it and I didn't was a long time ago when we had a get-together and a relative brought two friends who turned out to be less than ideal guests."

Are you saying guests stole your wine at your home? Damn, that takes balls.

Posted by: Blago at December 03, 2023 02:18 PM (wMRY8)

42 I wonder if the pliers had something to do with the broken key..
Posted by: Reforger

Noticed the pliers need a 'parts dip' to make them more useable.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 03, 2023 02:18 PM (rgx1M)

43 Although...the only time I should have locked it and I didn't was a long time ago when we had a get-together and a relative brought two friends who turned out to be less than ideal guests.
________________

Once a friend of mine drove down to my parents' house from Berkeley bringing my girlfriend (so far, so good) and a friend of his whom I didn't know.

During a stay of a couple days he 1) rummaged through my parents' drinks cabinet, and 2) hit on my girlfriend.

I was not best pleased.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 03, 2023 02:18 PM (YqDXo)

44 Keep on wining about your problems!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 03, 2023 02:19 PM (zutzM)

45 Oh: the ignitor on the kitchen stove oven (NG) is either too dirty to function or broken. I tried to make frozen fried chicken the other day; I set a timer and walked back into the kitchen to a very strong smell of mercaptan.
So, had to look up the model number and go online and shop for the parts.
I insist Tha Interwebz is amazing for... SOME things. Finding parts is one of them.

Posted by: LenNeal at December 03, 2023 02:20 PM (43xH1)

46 Keep on wining about your problems!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 03, 2023 02:19 PM (zutzM)

Just a bunch of sour grapes, it seems to me.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 03, 2023 02:20 PM (QBaJw)

47
"Spend the $$$ and get a good one.*

Gun safe or wife?

Posted by: Please clarify at December 03, 2023 02:20 PM (NBVIP)

48 There is the problem of a key and a wax block
Capt Queeg

Posted by: Skip at December 03, 2023 02:20 PM (fwDg9)

49 And now the dog laundry dryer in the garage no longer heats up, which may be the thermostat. Heigh ho!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

The dishwasher is apparently not heating the water so I've got some youtubing and an this may be a job for a pro after I've boogered it project.

Or I could drive over and the dogs clean the plates.

Posted by: DaveA at December 03, 2023 02:20 PM (FhXTo)

50 The key snapped, and after I went into a panic about not being able to get to my wine...running around the house screaming and crying...I used the pliers to turn the remains of the key.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo'

HAHAHA! Okay that was funny

Posted by: LenNeal at December 03, 2023 02:21 PM (43xH1)

51 Never occurred to me to lock up booze when my boys were teens. It was not an issue.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 03, 2023 02:09 PM (aYmfF)
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Same here. My parents never locked up their booze either, and I never touched it.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 03, 2023 02:22 PM (YqDXo)

52 We have a hardware store in town that was run by the same family for three generations. They knew their stuff, could make suggestions as to what would solve your problem, and carried everything from individual nuts and bolts to stove top percolators to paint to enameled cookware and wood finishing materials. We even got a bicycle horn and handlebar streamers for a great nephew's tricycle. The last generation just retired but it was bought out by another local family run hardware store and they run it the same way. It was a genuine relief to learn that the knowledge and service would continue.

Posted by: JTB at December 03, 2023 02:22 PM (7EjX1)

53 Needlenose pliers. Is there anything they can't do?

Posted by: Homer Simpson at December 03, 2023 02:22 PM (NBVIP)

54 Gun safe or wife?
Posted by: Please clarify

After that weekend I was without both. No kidding.

It's all good now though.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 03, 2023 02:22 PM (QG3cQ)

55 Once a friend of mine drove down to my parents' house from Berkeley bringing my girlfriend (so far, so good) and a friend of his whom I didn't know.
During a stay of a couple days he 1) rummaged through my parents' drinks cabinet, and 2) hit on my girlfriend.
I was not best pleased.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara'

You let someone, anyone, from Berkeley in your house?

Posted by: LenNeal at December 03, 2023 02:23 PM (43xH1)

56 The hardware stores around me are just places like Home Depot and Ace. Employees know next to nothing.

The Ace I believe is a "family owned" franchise, but I'm not exaggerating when I say their prices are like 100% markup over Home Depot for the same thing.

Posted by: Blago at December 03, 2023 02:24 PM (wMRY8)

57 Repair Clinic dhat calm.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 03, 2023 02:25 PM (NBVIP)

58 So...First-World Pleasure?

Alabama gets to beat Michigan in the Rose Bowl on New Years Day.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) Native Texan and Alabama Alumn, Twice as Smug as You at December 03, 2023 02:25 PM (aD39U)

59 We have a hardware store in town that was run by the same family for three generations
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We have one like that here, a real treasure. Unfortunately, TPTB are now going to convert that shopping area into a high rise for vagrants - five blocks from the beach, in one of the most desirable places to live in California - so bye bye hardware store.

Grrr.

I'm sure that free accommodation in such a desirable spot will definitely put off the vagrant influx.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 03, 2023 02:26 PM (YqDXo)

60 Same here. My parents never locked up their booze either, and I never touched it.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 03, 2023 02:22 PM (YqDXo)

We hung out sometimes with a guy when I was in high school. Possibly the most boreing person on the planet. But his dad had lots of booze. And he'd bring a bottle with him.

Not proud of it, just saying that's what we did.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 03, 2023 02:26 PM (QBaJw)

61
crying...I used the pliers to turn the remains of the key.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

__________

And when that didn't work, I chewed through the metal to get to my wine.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 03, 2023 02:26 PM (9mNHV)

62 And now the dog laundry dryer in the garage no longer heats up, which may be the thermostat. Heigh ho!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh'

The 220v electric dryer stopped heating a while back and incredibly it was neither the thermostat for the tumbler or the heating element, it was the dial control.

Posted by: LenNeal at December 03, 2023 02:27 PM (43xH1)

63 prior:
Saw Godzilla Minus One,
...
Basically, everyone should see this film, it's that good.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

Is it worth IMAX?

Posted by: DaveA at December 03, 2023 02:27 PM (FhXTo)

64 You let someone, anyone, from Berkeley in your house?
Posted by: LenNeal at December 03, 2023 02:23 PM (43xH1)
________________

All three of us were grad students at Berkeley. But your point remains.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 03, 2023 02:27 PM (YqDXo)

65 Are you saying guests stole your wine at your home? Damn, that takes balls.

Posted by: Blago at December 03, 2023 02:18 PM (wMRY

No...but they went into my wine storage and opened a wine they chose, which was a very expensive and rare bottle that I had been saving for a special occasion...and they weren't special, or an occasion!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 03, 2023 02:27 PM (3Gtis)

66 After that weekend I was without both. No kidding.

It's all good now though.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 03, 2023 02:22 PM (QG3cQ)

I did lock up all my guns, at one point during my marriage. Because I thought she might use one on herself.

Looking back, there was more chance she'd use one on me, rather than herself, but I didn't know then what I know now.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 03, 2023 02:28 PM (QBaJw)

67 If you get an electronic keypad type lock make sure it'll work with no power and/or internet.

I know a fool who lost power and was locked out of his house.

In winter.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 03, 2023 02:29 PM (Q4IgG)

68 No...but they went into my wine storage and opened a wine they chose, which was a very expensive and rare bottle that I had been saving for a special occasion...and they weren't special, or an occasion!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 03, 2023 02:27 PM (3Gtis)
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Their funeral would've been a special occasion, no?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 03, 2023 02:29 PM (YqDXo)

69 No...but they went into my wine storage and opened a wine they chose, which was a very expensive and rare bottle that I had been saving for a special occasion...and they weren't special, or an occasion!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
____

Okay, definitely still a party foul, but not as bad as someone just walking out the door with a bunch of your stuff.

It's so funny how some people have no self-awareness.

Posted by: Blago at December 03, 2023 02:30 PM (wMRY8)

70 No...but they went into my wine storage and opened a wine they chose, which was a very expensive and rare bottle that I had been saving for a special occasion...and they weren't special, or an occasion!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Ffs. Who does that? Honestly.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 03, 2023 02:30 PM (HU4DS)

71 My FWP has nothing to do with keys, but money. For the past several years I have been buying chain mail scales from one company. I make earrings with them. A couple weeks back, I ordered some red scales so I could make both Christmas and Valentine's Day earrings.

The bastards changed size and prices on me!

The old large is now medium, the old medium is now small, and the new larges are huge. Not to mention they enlarged the fastening hole by about a factor of four, then doubled the price! I've got a show in two weeks!

And, no, I don't want to see a word about The Ring Lord. Their rings suck!

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- I stand with Israel and all Jews everywhere at December 03, 2023 02:30 PM (6TzTY)

72 I wish I had a store like that near me.

Posted by: Montec at December 03, 2023 02:31 PM (R39Ad)

73 It's so funny how some people have no self-awareness.

Posted by: Blago at December 03, 2023 02:30 PM (wMRY

How true...

I will happily drink every drop of someone's booze...as soon as they offer. Taking some without an invitation simply isn't in my DNA.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 03, 2023 02:31 PM (3Gtis)

74 On my single-car garage entry door I put a hasp lock with a Masterlock padlock on it; the door was salvaged from some dumpster, a hard pine panel door, I used to have dozens of those things people would toss them and I'd rack them up and use them for all kinds of things. Anyway, I thought to reinforce the entry door so it couldn't be kicked in by screwing 1x2s to the backside in a bordered X-pattern. And buried the hasp and bolted the staple.
I had to get to work one icy night and discovered the padlock frozen fucking solid. I put a propane torch on it, and was running out of time to get to work (short on points!) and finally had to break in with a crowbar, what a bitch! I had no idea all that would be so tough.

Posted by: LenNeal at December 03, 2023 02:32 PM (43xH1)

75 We have an Ace about three blocks from my house. Their prices are much higher that the big box stores but, three blocks from my house.

Perfect for a project where I might need A screw that I don't have.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) Native Texan and Alabama Alumn, Twice as Smug as You at December 03, 2023 02:32 PM (aD39U)

76 Noticed the pliers need a 'parts dip' to make them more useable.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 03, 2023 02:18 PM (rgx1M)

Those are an old pair that I have in the kitchen small tool drawer. I use them for salmon bones and other fine work. They get washed a lot, so it's tough to keep them sparkly and nice looking.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 03, 2023 02:33 PM (3Gtis)

77 65 Are you saying guests stole your wine at your home? Damn, that takes balls.

Posted by: Blago at December 03, 2023 02:18 PM (wMRY

No...but they went into my wine storage and opened a wine they chose, which was a very expensive and rare bottle that I had been saving for a special occasion...and they weren't special, or an occasion!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 03, 2023 02:27 PM (3Gtis)

Solution: Put a locked cabinet in your locked wine closet.

Posted by: Gref at December 03, 2023 02:33 PM (5fDan)

78
It's so funny how some people have no self-awareness.

Posted by: Blago

__________

It's sad how many people have no self-awareness.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 03, 2023 02:33 PM (9mNHV)

79 CBD-- deadbolt, got it.

Advice on lubing the latch's moving parts stands, if you're brave enough to remove & replace this unit onto the door. If not, read on:

Is there any resistance when you turn the key either way? If so, leaving the key fully inserted, open the door & loosen the mounting screws (just a little, only until you can move the cylinder(s) around a little, relative to the main bore. Gently try turning the key after moving the assembly a tiny bit up/down, right/left, until you achieve the very least resistance when turning the key. Hold the unit still in that position while retightening the mounting screws. Check again. Also, sometimes, it's just better to not completely crank down the screws.

Posted by: JQ at December 03, 2023 02:34 PM (njWTi)

80 Sometimes when it snows, instead of using the snowblower or shoveling I’ll use a Leaf blower. The snow has to be the light and fluffy kind for this to work, if the snow is heavy water content it doesn’t. This is particularly useful to get snow off cars, without using abrasive brushes.

I started a trend in my hood, I see other people doing it now.

Posted by: Montec at December 03, 2023 02:35 PM (R39Ad)

81 My parents didn't lock up the liquor, but they would have a martini most evenings - and I loathe gin; potential problem solved. They also made sure that we *did* have small quantities of drink (sweet wines, mostly) occasionally, so it was never a mystery, or forbidden pleasure. My sibs and I enjoy alcohol on a cordial & limited basis.

Posted by: Nazdar at December 03, 2023 02:37 PM (9XWKq)

82
I will happily drink every drop of someone's booze...as soon as they offer. Taking some without an invitation simply isn't in my DNA.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

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And me knowing nothing about wine, I'd be terrified at even opening even a medium priced wine on accident.

Luckily I'm a beer guy, hard to do any serious damage no matter what I open.

I have a wine closet/cellar and my in-laws basically think they are entitled to a $50 bottle of wine whenever they come over. They've had a lot of bad things happen to them, so I let it happen. But still.

Posted by: Blago at December 03, 2023 02:37 PM (wMRY8)

83 I put a propane torch on it, and was running out of time to get to work (short on points!) and finally had to break in with a crowbar, what a bitch'

In old 'action movies' from the 1930s, you won't see cops kick in a door because you CAN'T! Those old growth White Pine doors and cast/forged locks were tough. You'll break your leg.

Posted by: LenNeal at December 03, 2023 02:38 PM (43xH1)

84 This is particularly useful to get snow off cars, without using abrasive brushes.

I started a trend in my hood, I see other people doing it now.
Posted by: Montec

Or you could just put your car in the garage.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 03, 2023 02:38 PM (ZfvV/)

85 My FWP: a gopher has been wreaking holy hell on the ground cover on a bank outside our garage. He's been a wily one, and so far no luck in trapping him. (I usually have a high batting average on this.)

Walking up the bank right now is a problem, as I'm in the on-deck circle for hip replacement, and walking up the bank is a trial.

I'm tempted to try something I saw on YT: sticking a flare into a hole, and gently circulating the toxic combustion gases with a leaf blower on the very lowest setting. There's a hole very conveniently near the bottom of the bank, obviating the problem above.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 03, 2023 02:40 PM (YqDXo)

86 Or you could just put your car in the garage.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 03, 2023 02:38 PM (ZfvV/)

(Jump to top of page)

More cars than garage space.

Posted by: Montec at December 03, 2023 02:40 PM (R39Ad)

87 BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
Oh stop it! You're killing me.
Enough wine left over to store?
It this even possible?
HA!
Thats funny CBD.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 03, 2023 02:40 PM (uSHSS)

88 Sometimes when it snows, instead of using the snowblower or shoveling I’ll use a Leaf blower. The snow has to be the light and fluffy kind for this to work, if the snow is heavy water content it doesn’t. This is particularly useful to get snow off cars, without using abrasive brushes.

I started a trend in my hood, I see other people doing it now.
Posted by: Montec
_____

No snow problem where I live, but I got a battery powered leaf blower at Costco and I use it all the time. So handy.

Thing is insanely powerful, almost like recoil from a gun when you hit the "turbo" button.

I use it all the time around the house.

Posted by: Blago at December 03, 2023 02:41 PM (wMRY8)

89 I'm tempted to try something I saw on YT: sticking a flare into a hole, and gently circulating the toxic combustion gases with a leaf blower on the very lowest setting. There's a hole very conveniently near the bottom of the bank, obviating the problem above.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara'

By all means try something involving toxic gas you saw on YouTube! Video or it didn't happen

Posted by: LenNeal at December 03, 2023 02:42 PM (43xH1)

90 BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
Oh stop it! You're killing me.
Enough wine left over to store?
It this even possible?
HA!
Thats funny CBD.
Posted by: Diogenes'

Right? There is NEVER alcohol in my house.

Posted by: LenNeal at December 03, 2023 02:43 PM (43xH1)

91 By all means try something involving toxic gas you saw on YouTube! Video or it didn't happen
Posted by: LenNeal at December 03, 2023 02:42 PM (43xH1)
___________________

The combustion gases will be underground, but in any case, a flare is no biggie.

And it kinda sounds like anyway.

So ... hold my beer!

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 03, 2023 02:43 PM (YqDXo)

92 Our brats knew better. But their friends?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 03, 2023 02:11 PM (3Gtis)

Years ago one of my sons friends got into my liquor stash. Got pretty sick drinking some liqueur or something. The kids mother comes over my house and gets in my wifes grill about how irresponsible we were. Bye the way, the kids father was a local minister. I guess not a very good one.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at December 03, 2023 02:43 PM (N6UT3)

93 First world problems = which of my teams to root for in NO? Either way, we're going to the national championship!

Posted by: LASue at December 03, 2023 02:43 PM (llS7k)

94
I am regularly pestered about the hatch locks on the RV and HM can't get them to turn and can I do something about it. Oh, and check the oil in the generator...

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 03, 2023 02:43 PM (9mNHV)

95 The combustion gases will be underground, but in any case, a flare is no biggie. And it kinda sounds like anyway.
Deplorable Jay Guevara'

YES! YES! Do it!

Posted by: LenNeal at December 03, 2023 02:45 PM (43xH1)

96 Whoa!! Biden at 33% approval today. TIPP poll.

Posted by: Montec at December 03, 2023 02:46 PM (R39Ad)

97 BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
Oh stop it! You're killing me.
Enough wine left over to store?

-----------

Your point raises another FWP.

My wine collection is kept in a room temperature rack for reds and a wine cooler for whites. I accumulate wines from various sources -- i buy them, I get some as gifts, etc. Over the years much of my storage capacity becomes occupied by bottles in which I have no interest. They just sit there as Cellar Queens taking up space I could use for wines that I like.

I don't want to just toss perfectly good bottles or give them away, so there they sit.

I've considered ending the conundrum by suicide but that seems a little drastic.

Ideas?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 03, 2023 02:46 PM (eaI2m)

98 Years ago one of my sons friends got into my liquor stash. Got pretty sick drinking some liqueur or something. The kids mother comes over my house and gets in my wifes grill about how irresponsible we were. Bye the way, the kids father was a local minister. I guess not a very good one.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at December 03, 2023 02:43 PM (N6UT3)
________________

Ah, the warble of an incompetent parent! Don't teach the kid to be responsible and trustworthy, instead insulate him from any temptations.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 03, 2023 02:47 PM (YqDXo)

99 I don't want to just toss perfectly good bottles or give them away, so there they sit.

I've considered ending the conundrum by suicide but that seems a little drastic.

Ideas?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) '

Is this post a joke?

Posted by: LenNeal at December 03, 2023 02:47 PM (43xH1)

100 Russell Wilson = tackling dummy

Posted by: Don Black at December 03, 2023 02:47 PM (geLO8)

101 And it kinda sounds like anyway.
________________

kinda like fun

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 03, 2023 02:48 PM (YqDXo)

102 Uh oh, Internet Historian just posted hours ago, a video on wine. Don't watch it, if you're into expensive wine.

Seriously, don't:

https://tinyurl.com/2pevmyd9

Posted by: BurtTC at December 03, 2023 02:49 PM (QBaJw)

103 Is this post a joke?
Posted by: LenNeal at December 03, 2023 02:47 PM (43xH1)

Umm, yes.

Yes it was.

I have a funnier one.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 03, 2023 02:49 PM (eaI2m)

104 I basically paved my entire back yard just to get rid of gophers. Damn things were gonna give me or mine a broken ankle. Prior to the paving I tried everything to get rid of them. Ever-y. thing.
If they push thru the pavement I will move.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at December 03, 2023 02:50 PM (MeG8a)

105 Sometimes when it snows, instead of using the snowblower or shoveling I’ll use a Leaf blower. The snow has to be the light and fluffy kind for this to work
Posted by: Montec'

Do go on.

Posted by: Wisconsin at December 03, 2023 02:50 PM (43xH1)

106 A local hardware store has everything you can need, and only they know where to find it. Wash tubs and wash boards in the window for those that need them, cast iron cook wear, and shovels and stuff, all quality made in America Ames products (the shovels). Stopped at the pawn shop two stores down and picked up a gun worthy of resurrection. Astra .25 missing a grip screw. "Oh that's one of those metrics, lets see what we have in the drawers". The guy found one.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 03, 2023 02:51 PM (0EOe9)

107 My FWP is my Mr Coffee filters are the wrong size for my larger pour-over coffee maker's basket

all is lost...

Posted by: Don Black at December 03, 2023 02:51 PM (geLO8)

108 Umm, yes.

Yes it was.

I have a funnier one.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)'

Well, there is the FWP with the guy complaining he has to leaf blower the snow off his car because it won't fit in his garage because he what has too many cars? So it's kind of hard to tell what's a joke on this weekend thread or not...

Posted by: LenNeal has too many books at December 03, 2023 02:53 PM (43xH1)

109 My FWP is my Mr Coffee filters are the wrong size for my larger pour-over coffee maker's basket

all is lost...
Posted by: Don Black'

Finally a serious issue.

Posted by: LenNeal at December 03, 2023 02:53 PM (43xH1)

110 I've considered ending the conundrum by suicide but that seems a little drastic.

Ideas?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 03, 2023 02:46 PM (eaI2m)

Absolutely.

Buy two vinegar making casks; One for red and one for white.

Then have a party for your friends who like wine. Have good snacks. Open them one at a time, and if you like the bottle? Have at it...if you don't like the bottle? Into the vinegar cask!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 03, 2023 02:53 PM (3Gtis)

111
*gopher has been wreaking holy hell*

I was in this movie once...

Posted by: Bill Murray at December 03, 2023 02:55 PM (NBVIP)

112 A local hardware store has everything you can need, and only they know where to find it. Wash tubs and wash boards in the window for those that need them, cast iron cook wear, and shovels and stuff, all quality made in America Ames products (the shovels). Stopped at the pawn shop two stores down and picked up a gun worthy of resurrection. Astra .25 missing a grip screw. "Oh that's one of those metrics, lets see what we have in the drawers". The guy found one.
Posted by: bill in arkansas'

When I first moved to where I live now, I walked into the local Ace and bought an Austrian-made aluminum handled weed scythe right off the rack. My locale has... changed.

Posted by: LenNeal at December 03, 2023 02:55 PM (43xH1)

113 why do I need a lock on it? Well, in a word: teenagers.
The wines in my cellar make a teenager's lip curl back.
You couldn't force feed it to them.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 03, 2023 02:55 PM (FCs/J)

114 So it's kind of hard to tell what's a joke on this weekend thread or not...

Did I come off as a bit Moo-Moo-ish?

Just substitute "malt liquor" for "wines" then. Problem solved.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 03, 2023 02:56 PM (eaI2m)

115 +100, OT.

Missed the prior thread. If we ever get a second Republic, government must be forbidden from establishing schools, the same as churches. No public schools, ever. Under no circumstances should a government thug be put in charge of molding young minds.

Hell, I'd be for a permanent restraining order, demanding that nobody who draws a treasury check be permitted within fifty feet of a minor. And that they be sterilized upon employment. We don't need them messing up their own kids, either. Or breeding more of themselves.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 03, 2023 02:57 PM (0FoWg)

116 Then have a party for your friends who like wine.

Stop right there. I'll need friends for this, right?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 03, 2023 02:57 PM (eaI2m)

117 Did I come off as a bit Moo-Moo-ish?
Just substitute "malt liquor" for "wines" then. Problem solved.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)'

I will! Although Mike's Hard Lemonade is the hoity-toity drink of choice around me. It's what you pour into the plastic wine glasses Walmart sells.

Posted by: LenNeal at December 03, 2023 02:59 PM (43xH1)

118 Did I come off as a bit Moo-Moo-ish?
.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 03, 2023 02:56 PM (eaI2m)

“Moo-Moo-ish; Is that a flowered frock worn with fuzzy bedroom slippers?

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at December 03, 2023 02:59 PM (N6UT3)

119 My parents only drank occasionally but when my sister and I were teenagers, my dad would make us Old Fashions on Thanksgiving and Christmas. Neither one of us really got into drinking as adults.

Posted by: washrivergal at December 03, 2023 02:59 PM (FL9yc)

120 Cars used to have steering columns ignition/locks (and some still do) - Skilled use of a 12" flat tip screwdriver was faster than fumbling for a key.

The primary purpose of a lock is to ensure unauthorized access is a B&E instead of simple theft.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 03, 2023 02:59 PM (cOq4q)

121 I am regularly pestered about the hatch locks on the RV and HM can't get them to turn and can I do something about it.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Would grab an absorbent rag (to wipe up drips/overspray) and can of WD40 & flush out the keyways. Then check if the cams (the little bars at back of locks) are binding due to misalignment, swollen wood, whatever... Or, are the keys tiny and difficult to insert fully?

It's just hard to diagnose without seeing/doing for myself, LOL

Posted by: JQ at December 03, 2023 02:59 PM (njWTi)

122 That story should be headline news.
"Great service/No Cost!"

Posted by: jimmymcnulty at December 03, 2023 03:01 PM (BJgzI)

123 "The primary purpose of a lock is to ensure unauthorized access is a B&E instead of simple theft."

^THIS

Locks keep honest people honest.

Posted by: JQ at December 03, 2023 03:01 PM (njWTi)

124 My wife's oldest daughter ran with some real lowlifes at one point. They skipped school one day, went over to our place while we were at work and stole my wife's stash of old coins and bought drugs with them. Then came back to the house and drank most of my Bourbon and gin.

A few days later one of the lowlifes robbed the house and stole more money, electronics AND my booze... all of it.

He came in though a bathroom window on the side of the house. Dude was scrawny AF so he was able to squeeze through a 2'X2' opening.

It was not a pleasant time to be around me.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 03, 2023 03:04 PM (Q4IgG)

125 I'm coming across as a little critical of FWPs and yeah I kind of am. My neighborhood has been The Poorest Place in (State) the entire time I've lived here (decades) and has resisted all efforts to improve it as nobody wants their taxes to go up.
It's a dump and nobody works to make it look better because, Why? It just costs more then. The City has tried fining people but then they just leave and then nobody wants the housing stock, not even investors because nobody wants to live here.
So it's entirely possible to have a pretty nice house, inside your house. But otherwise, why bother?

Posted by: LenNeal at December 03, 2023 03:04 PM (43xH1)

126 >>> The key snapped, and after I went into a panic about not being able to get to my wine...running around the house screaming and crying...I used the pliers to turn the remains of the key.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

I know who needs a fire axe for Christmas.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 03, 2023 03:05 PM (cOq4q)

127 Stop right there. I'll need friends for this, right?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 03, 2023 02:57 PM (eaI2m)

Your usual imaginary friends will work too!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 03, 2023 03:05 PM (3Gtis)

128 He came in though a bathroom window

Protected by a silver spoon.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 03, 2023 03:06 PM (V8he0)

129 laundry dryer in the garage no longer heats up

It's possible to have a paired fuse where only half goes out, or a circuit breaker that passes partial current. Theoretically impossible, but then there's the world we live in. I was about to write off a dryer once, checked the fuse block with a multi-meter, and that's all it was. Worth a look.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 03, 2023 03:07 PM (FCs/J)

130 It's possible to have a paired fuse where only half goes out, or a circuit breaker that passes partial current. Theoretically impossible, but then there's the world we live in. I was about to write off a dryer once, checked the fuse block with a multi-meter, and that's all it was. Worth a look.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver'

I'd call that statistically highly unlikely but... worth a look.

Posted by: LenNeal at December 03, 2023 03:08 PM (43xH1)

131 I never touched my parents alcohol, only at big parties did I ever get a drink or 2.

Posted by: Skip at December 03, 2023 03:09 PM (fwDg9)

132 >>53 Needlenose pliers. Is there anything they can't do?
Posted by: Homer Simpson

Truth.

Posted by: Kermit Gosnell at December 03, 2023 03:09 PM (eYF7X)

133 Moved with Mom & step-dad to new house when I was 15. It had a small bar with a locking liquor cabinet.

Took me a few seconds to figure out one just needed to pull out the drawer above to reach inside & jimmy the door. I had no interest in the booze; I just liked figuring things out.

Years later, my younger sister & her friends might have had different interests. Dunno; I was gone by then.

Posted by: mindful webworker - I was a good boy once, I was, at December 03, 2023 03:10 PM (PGE+Y)

134 My wife's oldest daughter
Posted by: Martini Farmer'

Yeah I think my own daughter has more sense than to risk her friend's lives by doing anything like what you describe.

Posted by: LenNeal at December 03, 2023 03:11 PM (43xH1)

135 Alcohol? I've been working since 12 and full-time since 17 and nobody on the construction crew cared about my age after work.

Posted by: LenNeal at December 03, 2023 03:12 PM (43xH1)

136 The Ace I believe is a "family owned" franchise, but I'm not exaggerating when I say their prices are like 100% markup over Home Depot for the same thing.
Posted by: Blago at December 03, 2023 02:24 PM

-------------------------

I must be lucky. The Ace that's 3 blocks from my house prices most things at 10-20% markup over HD. And it's so much more pleasant and convenient to shop there that I don't mind paying the upcharge for stuff that isn't expensive.

Posted by: Bigsmith at December 03, 2023 03:13 PM (euLky)

137 holy crap the Broncos scored

Posted by: Don Black at December 03, 2023 03:13 PM (geLO8)

138 My new Chevy truck has many different sounding dings, dongs, braaaps, gongs, and lights to alert you of a problem or a feature is activated. I'm pretty much effed if something goes wrong. I would have no idea what the sounds(s) indicate. The DIC (Driver Info Center) truly is a dick. Worthless.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 03, 2023 03:15 PM (eYF7X)

139 I like Ace HW too
I can buy a light bulb without having to walk the aisles a quarter mile like Lowes or HD

Posted by: Don Black at December 03, 2023 03:15 PM (geLO8)

140 I maintain a "Clearance" wine collection. Any time I find wine on clearance I buy it and add it to the collection. Not the cheap stuff just what is left over from resets at the local CVS.
Always a hit when the relatives visit from over the pond and costs me next to nothing.

Posted by: Reforger at December 03, 2023 03:16 PM (wFlxQ)

141 A Fun Fact about my immediate 'hood is that the general community has sent Section 8 would-be invaders fleeing with their tails between their legs terrified for their lives.

The one rule is, Don't Improve The Community! It leads to higher tax bills.

Posted by: LenNeal at December 03, 2023 03:17 PM (43xH1)

142 Maj. Healey @ 138-
Does your new truck bray like an ass?

Posted by: Eromero at December 03, 2023 03:19 PM (NxC5+)

143 Ace is the place of the shelving hardware man

I like Ace HW

Posted by: Skip at December 03, 2023 03:20 PM (fwDg9)

144 All the how-to's for burrowing rodents include instructions to make sure you block off all the vents and exits to the burrow before you, for instance, stuff an ammonia-soaked sock into the front door.

Finding all the exits to a burrow can be quite a challenge.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 03, 2023 03:23 PM (FCs/J)

145
My wine cellar only has covid era wine left. FWP.

Hope that stuff gets better over time because it was a bitch and a half to buy wine during those years.

The cardinal rule of southern Chester County PA residents is - after buying wine or other booze - always head south for a few miles. Never immediately north back to PA. 'Josh' Shapiro is sitting in an unmarked car at the DE wine and spirits looking for PA plates.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 03, 2023 03:24 PM (enJYY)

146 Reforger when was big in wine buying I did that, getting last bottle or two often got better aged wine.

Posted by: Skip at December 03, 2023 03:25 PM (fwDg9)

147 I like Atwoods and Tractor Supply, they’re not woke as HD and Lowes. And after all, most of the stuff comes from China, just like Harbor Freight, where the brass screw breaks the end off the screwdrivers.

Posted by: Eromero at December 03, 2023 03:26 PM (NxC5+)

148 Maj. Healey @ 138-
Does your new truck bray like an ass?
Posted by: Eromero'

A good hacker prank really would be to program a good, loud 'Hee-Haw' whenever the vehicle was activated, which from rental cars I learned can happen with the 'key' in your pants.

Posted by: LenNeal at December 03, 2023 03:26 PM (43xH1)

149 Bill Murray is a supergenius.

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/ca2sU1dr8Hs

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at December 03, 2023 03:27 PM (FVME7)

150 Had 5 items on my list, would have been cheaper to go to the Lowe Depot but I chose to go to my closer local family owned hardware store. Smaller chain. An employee met me at the door and took me directly to each thing I needed. Great experience and much faster than going to the big store.

Posted by: NC Ref at December 03, 2023 03:27 PM (8M3r5)

151 125 -- We ran into that problem. Our neighborhood wasn't a slum, but a lower working class neighborhood. Years ago, I inherited some money and we thought seriously about fixing up the old homestead. But then we looked around and wondered if anyone would be interested in buying a $65,000 house in a $35,000 neighborhood. So we replaced the roof and gutters, fixed a few other problems and called it good.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- I stand with Israel and all Jews everywhere at December 03, 2023 03:28 PM (6TzTY)

152 I like Atwoods and Tractor Supply, they’re not woke as HD and Lowes. And after all, most of the stuff comes from China, just like Harbor Freight, where the brass screw breaks the end off the screwdrivers.
Posted by: Eromero
___

Just FYI, the founder of Home Depot is like a super conservative that's spent hundreds of millions on conservative causes.

Posted by: Blago at December 03, 2023 03:28 PM (8XMBO)

153 Those behind the counter guys that know everything about everything (and aren't just claiming they do) are worth their weight in gold. And they always disappear when one of those small mom and pop companies closes because the owner finally retired, or they got bought out by a large chain.

Tell 'em how much you appreciate 'em while you got 'em. And that's good advice generally in life. Be thankful for what you have while you have it.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 03, 2023 03:30 PM (qPw5n)

154 Washer is a side loader and has been getting progressively louder for the past few weeks.
Finally pulled it apart yesterday, drum bearings gave up the ghost.
Took me a day but got them replaced and everything back together. I miss my old top loader.

Posted by: Inogame at December 03, 2023 03:32 PM (D/9Qo)

155 speaking of made in China

I naturally assumed my Stanley thermos was made in USA
turned it upside down, saw 'ETHICALLY MADE IN CHINA'

'ethically made'
wtf does that mean- not slave labor or what

Posted by: Don Black at December 03, 2023 03:32 PM (geLO8)

156 We ran into that problem. Our neighborhood wasn't a slum, but a lower working class neighborhood. So we replaced the roof and gutters, fixed a few other problems and called it good.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin'

Yeah, I correct myself here, it really is an old-fashioned lower-working-class neighborhood. It's not a slum or anything like that, it's just not... what? Aspirational. We're fine. I have a very nice house, I think, and don't bother spending fixup money on stuff I will NEVER see a return on, like a trick bathroom or some shit. I'll never see that money again. I patch it up as needed knowing the value is in the structure not the ornaments.

Posted by: LenNeal at December 03, 2023 03:33 PM (43xH1)

157 An employee met me at the door and took me directly to each thing I needed. Great experience and much faster than going to the big store.
Posted by: NC Ref at December 03, 2023 03:27 PM (8M3r5)

What a wonderful shopping experience. I used to live near a small HW store that would do the same thing. Fischers hardware, great people that helped with a number of projects. Now in the big box stores, if you can find someone and make eye contact, they run away.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at December 03, 2023 03:33 PM (N6UT3)

158 Took me a day but got them replaced and everything back together. I miss my old top loader.
Posted by: Inogame'

Still running a top loader and really need to take a look and check the frame.

Posted by: LenNeal at December 03, 2023 03:34 PM (43xH1)

159 There is a funny story about a guy in his 50s who pissed away his life I think following the Dead or some shit and then inherited a vacant lot here. He pulled a permit from the City to build a house which, if you are building it yourself, allows occupancy in 'a temporary structure'. He then had a porta-potti delivered and set up a for-real Plains Indian teepee next to his old van.

Posted by: LenNeal at December 03, 2023 03:37 PM (43xH1)

160 >>> Just FYI, the founder of Home Depot is like a super conservative that's spent hundreds of millions on conservative causes.
Posted by: Blago

At Home Despot i get my verteran discount by merely entering the phone number associated with my account.
At the Lowes I have to also scan my ID and I guess it to use OCR to find my name on it (the state ID also has a bar code). PITA... rather see the Despot.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 03, 2023 03:38 PM (cOq4q)

161 The guy lived in it for a year then renewed the permit for another year. He went back the 3rd year and the City was like, "Yeah, we don't think you're building a house at all we think you're living in a teepee." So he got signatures from ALL his neighbors stating nobody gave a shit what he did, but finally the city told him he had to 'build' SOMETHING, so he built his own log cabin about 12x16 feet on the lot.
He is still legendary around here, he's our hero

Posted by: LenNeal at December 03, 2023 03:39 PM (43xH1)

162
There is a funny story about a guy in his 50s who pissed away his life I think following the Dead or some shit and then inherited a vacant lot here. He pulled a permit from the City to build a house which, if you are building it yourself, allows occupancy in 'a temporary structure'. He then had a porta-potti delivered and set up a for-real Plains Indian teepee next to his old van.

Posted by: LenNeal at December 03, 2023 03:37 PM

No one wants to hear stories about JackStraw on a fun thread like this.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 03, 2023 03:40 PM (enJYY)

163 My WI 'hood's motto is,

"FUCK your property values."

Posted by: LenNeal at December 03, 2023 03:40 PM (43xH1)

164 No one wants to hear stories about JackStraw on a fun thread like this.
Posted by: Divide by Zero'

I speculated, 'OR' some shit.

Did you miss the Book Thread?

Posted by: LenNeal at December 03, 2023 03:41 PM (43xH1)

165 Whoa!! Biden at 33% approval today. TIPP poll.
Posted by: Montec at December 03, 2023 02:46 PM (R39Ad)

Very embarrassing that 1/3 of our country are complete dolts.

Posted by: LASue at December 03, 2023 03:41 PM (bLe0J)

166 Blago

@ 152
I didn't say I won't shop shop HD or Loews. I do for building materials. 10% off is hard to.beat. But don't doubt that they are big on D I E.

Posted by: Eromero at December 03, 2023 03:42 PM (NxC5+)

167 My WI 'hood's motto is,

"FUCK your property values."
Posted by: LenNeal at December 03, 2023 03:40 PM (43xH1)

Nice, but in most places, property taxes phuck you.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at December 03, 2023 03:42 PM (N6UT3)

168
Did you miss the Book Thread?

Posted by: LenNeal at December 03, 2023 03:41 PM

Yup, completely.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 03, 2023 03:43 PM (enJYY)

169 Nice, but in most places, property taxes phuck you.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly'

Not if your house isn't worth anything! Don't live in major areas and don't fix anything up until you get The Letter.

Posted by: LenNeal at December 03, 2023 03:43 PM (43xH1)

170 Those behind the counter guys that know everything about everything (and aren't just claiming they do) are worth their weight in gold. And they always disappear when one of those small mom and pop companies closes because the owner finally retired, or they got bought out by a large chain.

Tell 'em how much you appreciate 'em while you got 'em. And that's good advice generally in life. Be thankful for what you have while you have it.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

___

I hate to say it, I honestly don't know why somebody that knows what they're doing would be working a job like that, unless they own the place.

Same with a parts counter with auto parts. If you have the knowledge, it's better served not making minimum wage behind a register.

It seems like post-Covid, places are lucky to hire someone that even shows up, much less knows anything.

Posted by: Blago at December 03, 2023 03:43 PM (8XMBO)

171 How else are teenagers going to be compelled to learn lockpicking?

Posted by: All Hail Eris at December 03, 2023 03:45 PM (Rz7ER)

172 Man, I read stories here from people in HOAs and I'm stupefied at the compliance. Nobody where I live would do this. There is simply no money and no money to condemn anything to even tear it all down! Nobody here would tolerate the kind of pissant behavior from people I read about here.
Nobody.
I mean, it would just lead to violence, people where I live don't care if they go to jail or what, it just... they don't send well-dressed women out to measure grass, they'd get mugged. I'm at this point baffled at why anyone would, in this USA, bother with property values or 'nice anything' at all.

Posted by: LenNeal at December 03, 2023 03:47 PM (43xH1)

173 I feel bad that my parents never locked up the booze yet I was never tempted to partake. What a nerd!

Posted by: All Hail Eris at December 03, 2023 03:48 PM (Rz7ER)

174 I hate to say it, I honestly don't know why somebody that knows what they're doing would be working a job like that, unless they own the place.

Blago: it seemed to me that most of the guys I dealt with were retired contactors . They new their trade, very helpful, but didn’t suffer fools arguing with them. They always gave me good advice and I took it and thanked them

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at December 03, 2023 03:48 PM (N6UT3)

175 Our new washer & dryer are Speed Queen brand. (Thanks Horde for advice.) They look like the dials would rotate to show time remaining on the cycle, but, no such indicator!

Our new oven is some foreign-made thing. Worst bit: When the oven reaches the set temperature, a light xomes on (okay), and it honks loudly three times!

At least the new LP fridge door-open alert is a gentle pinging.

I think all appliances should have programmable ring tones.

"Master, the oven is ready now." Sweet lady voice.

Posted by: mindful webworker - modernity sux at December 03, 2023 03:51 PM (PGE+Y)

176 *contractors = contactors

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at December 03, 2023 03:51 PM (N6UT3)

177 CBD, may I suggest Tri-Flow for lubricating locks. WD40 has a tendency to gum things up when it dries. I have cleaned and repaired many a lock that was "fixed" with WD40 over the years...

Posted by: Brewingfrog at December 03, 2023 03:52 PM (xQoA0)

178 Lowes and HD just ask my phone number for veteran discount, although Lowes has stopped appliances discounts so I go HD for that stuff.

Posted by: Eromero at December 03, 2023 03:52 PM (NxC5+)

179 I guess the necktie GOP and myself diverge on this point: I do not believe being socially conservative and valuing my land and property is synonymous with 'having a pile of expensive shit I barely even need or at all'.

Posted by: LenNeal at December 03, 2023 03:52 PM (43xH1)

180 Nice, but in most places, property taxes phuck you.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly'

They can't fuck you if the property isn't worth anything. They can try, but it won't work.

Posted by: LenNeal at December 03, 2023 03:56 PM (43xH1)

181 {155}... 'ethically made'
wtf does that mean- not slave labor or what

Posted by: Don Black at December 03, 2023 03:32 PM (geLO

I really hope that Stanley is doing some destructive testing on random samples of their product when they're imported from China to ensure that the product quality still meets the original design specifications.

Look up the term "tofu-dregs-project" or "tofu construction".

In China there are two considerations to ethics:
1. Did we win? Then we were right.
2. NEVER embarrass the party. If you do that, you're always in the wrong.

I had to laugh during corporate ethics training in North America when the training materials would make a claim that high ethical standards are the same the world over. An obvious falsehood that immediately let me know the ethics training was both unethical, and was bullshit, and was only present so the corporate leaders could tick off a check-mark requirement for some government contract they had.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 03, 2023 03:56 PM (qPw5n)

182 For FWP property, there was a lady here who had some worthless property in where, Seattle, all but abandoned that homeless had taken over and she was on the hook for selling this plot? It went on for I think 2-3 years?
She'd post with obviously stress stories.

Her story was nightmarish, but if I recall she was not the occupant.

Posted by: LenNeal at December 03, 2023 03:59 PM (43xH1)

183 I consider the made-in-USA thing to be the authentic thing

hundreds of years ago, I had an Eddie Bauer bomber jacket

Made in Seattle Wash, USA
the real thing
all gone now

Posted by: Don Black at December 03, 2023 04:01 PM (geLO8)

184 GET CLEANED UP AND UPSTAIRS
FOOD NOOD

Posted by: Skip at December 03, 2023 04:02 PM (fwDg9)

185 Her story was nightmarish, but if I recall she was not the occupant.
Posted by: LenNeal at December 03, 2023 03:59 PM (43xH1)

And that’s the problem; the PTB come after her and she is hosed. Don’t know that back story but wish her the best.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at December 03, 2023 04:02 PM (N6UT3)

186 I miss Sears and Robuck.

Posted by: Eromero at December 03, 2023 04:03 PM (NxC5+)

187 We can just dig another exit hole, ya know.

Posted by: gophers at December 03, 2023 04:04 PM (MeG8a)

188 You lock your wine closet.

But you don't lock your gun closet.

You are one based mofo, bro.

Posted by: Jonah Kyle at December 03, 2023 05:18 PM (h/+j7)

189 Yo

Posted by: Not trying to be mean but... at December 03, 2023 06:21 PM (hyfWQ)

190 Basically, everyone should see this film, it's that good.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

Only if I can steal it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 03, 2023 06:47 PM (0waCl)

191 Walking up the bank right now is a problem, as I'm in the on-deck circle for hip replacement, and walking up the bank is a trial.

I'm tempted to try something I saw on YT: sticking a flare into a hole, and gently circulating the toxic combustion gases with a leaf blower on the very lowest setting. There's a hole very conveniently near the bottom of the bank, obviating the problem above.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 03, 2023 02:40 PM (YqDXo)

Get the Giant Destroyer:

https://www.thegiantdestroyer.com/products/

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 03, 2023 06:53 PM (0waCl)

192 Looks like an easy lock to pick

Posted by: JOHN DAVID HAYS at December 04, 2023 12:36 AM (11+Ri)

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