First-World Problems...

I found this damned thing rooting through my garbage this morning. And then it started squawking about shelves and intermittent fasting and hobo jerky.

What the hell!

Do we have to move?

Posted by: CBD at 01:55 PM

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1 The Irish have invaded!

Posted by: javems at March 17, 2024 01:57 PM (8I4hW)

2 This is what bingeing on Irish whiskey will do to you. Let him sleep it off.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 17, 2024 01:59 PM (guGkK)

3 But no Methodist

Posted by: MAC V SOG at March 17, 2024 01:59 PM (P4Pk9)

4 Is he selling "Kiss me, I'm Ewok!" T-Shirts?

Posted by: Flyguy at March 17, 2024 01:59 PM (OYxA4)

5 Think found problem with my Garmin, the cord adapter seems to be finished.

Posted by: Skip at March 17, 2024 02:01 PM (fwDg9)

6 Gotta do the grocery shopping later today. Hopefully most of the green stuff is already in the discount bin.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 17, 2024 02:01 PM (lkgB6)

7 3 But no Methodist

Posted by: MAC V SOG at March 17, 2024 01:59 PM (P4Pk9)

Does he carry jello molds? Might be Lutheran.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 17, 2024 02:01 PM (ynpvh)

8 I'm waiting until tomorrow to see if I can get some corned beef on sale...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 17, 2024 02:01 PM (ynpvh)

9 The Ewok picture is good

Posted by: Skip at March 17, 2024 02:02 PM (fwDg9)

10 if you move you have to take him with you...them's tha rule

Posted by: DanMan at March 17, 2024 02:02 PM (8uzBS)

11 I found this damned thing rooting through my garbage this morning. And then it started squawking about shelves and intermittent fasting and hobo jerky.

I didn't realize Leprechauns were so hirsuite.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 17, 2024 02:03 PM (ynpvh)

12 Make it happy, offer it some whiskey.

Posted by: Next2Nothing at March 17, 2024 02:03 PM (tA1/w)

13 12 Make it happy, offer it some whiskey.

Posted by: Next2Nothing at March 17, 2024 02:03 PM (tA1/w)

Being it's probably Irish, offer it some Vodka...it was one potatoes.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 17, 2024 02:05 PM (ynpvh)

14 Love it!
Happy St. Patrick's Day, Y'all!☘️☘️☘️

Posted by: redridinghood at March 17, 2024 02:05 PM (NpAcC)

15 6 Gotta do the grocery shopping later today. Hopefully most of the green stuff is already in the discount bin.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 17, 2024 02:01 PM (lkgB6)

This is the 1st year I'm skipping that...I just really didn't want corned beef. I also didn't really want ham, but my FWP budget told me that it was corned beef or ham...so I will be having spiral sliced ham this week.

I did my shopping today with the spouse - he didn't add too much to my total...

Posted by: Nova Local at March 17, 2024 02:06 PM (exHjb)

16 Can't figure out what kinda screwdriver it's holding...looks like the end may be sharpened. Take care around it!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 17, 2024 02:06 PM (ynpvh)

17 didn't want corned beef.
Posted by: Nova Local

You could get the corned beef and make pastrami if you want something different.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 17, 2024 02:08 PM (JJRgX)

18 Greetings. Long time, no comment but usually lurking.
One of my favorite columns, with Morning Report.

Posted by: CapeFear at March 17, 2024 02:08 PM (1I2Zq)

19 No blah blah blah

Posted by: Dr. Varno at March 17, 2024 02:09 PM (Dedor)

20 That's one ugly squirrel.

Posted by: fd at March 17, 2024 02:10 PM (vFG9F)

21 Look what followed you home, Darby. It's one of them little people.

Posted by: Michael McBride at March 17, 2024 02:10 PM (4I/2K)

22 17 didn't want corned beef.
Posted by: Nova Local

You could get the corned beef and make pastrami if you want something different.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 17, 2024 02:08 PM (JJRgX)

Weirdly, I just really want my beef "plainer"...

I did buy cabbage, potatoes, and onions the last 2 weeks b/c I wasn't leaving the veg deals behind, even if skipping the corned beef - again FWP grocery budget.

Posted by: Nova Local at March 17, 2024 02:12 PM (exHjb)

23 >>>Do we have to move?

Posted by: CBD at 01:55 PM

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As long as it isn't harping on about Disney, I think you're okay.

Posted by: Turn 2 at March 17, 2024 02:13 PM (JfxgE)

24 Looks like it just finished a shelving project

Posted by: Skip at March 17, 2024 02:14 PM (fwDg9)

25 I don’t have any food in the cupboard so I'm just gonna go hungry today. That's Irish, right?

Posted by: Dr. Varno at March 17, 2024 02:14 PM (Dedor)

26 hiya

Posted by: JT at March 17, 2024 02:15 PM (T4tVD)

27 Happy St Patrick's Day. I'm mostly Irish. While drinking I've seen ewoks , both with and without green hats. They usually didn't look as well groomed as this one, in fact they smelled like puke

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 17, 2024 02:15 PM (5q0pY)

28 12 Make it happy, offer it some whiskey.
Posted by: Next2Nothing at March 17, 2024 02:03 PM (tA1/w)

It's magically delicious.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at March 17, 2024 02:16 PM (Dedor)

29
You know what happens when there are no household FWP's to report this week? Four next week. Something is going wrong right now. A lot of them. Just waiting to loll you into complacency. Thinking you have a handle on things.

You think wrong.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 17, 2024 02:16 PM (RKVpM)

30 It just wants some new crocs so it can power-walk to French lessons.

DO NOT even think of giving it a hug. That’s like feeding gremlins after midnight.
*shudders*

Posted by: Lizzy at March 17, 2024 02:17 PM (aWe7L)

31 I don’t have any food in the cupboard so I'm just gonna go hungry today. That's Irish, right?
Posted by: Dr. Varno at March 17, 2024 02:14 PM (Dedor)

Have any children around?

Posted by: Jonathan Swift at March 17, 2024 02:17 PM (4I/2K)

32 Windy out thar.....

Posted by: JT at March 17, 2024 02:18 PM (T4tVD)

33 My FWP:

My cousin just got out of the custom beef business. I've been buying 1/4's and sometimes 1/2's from him for 20 years. Never paid more than $2.60/LB. Much better beef than you could get in a grocery store. Thankfully I just bought a1/2 last month, so I have a year to find a new supplier.

Posted by: Turn 2 at March 17, 2024 02:18 PM (JfxgE)

34 Looks like a Phillips screwdriver.
You're toast.
Move quick before values drop.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 17, 2024 02:18 PM (W/lyH)

35 Have any children around?

I think they were sold for medical experiments.

Posted by: Next2Nothing at March 17, 2024 02:19 PM (tA1/w)

36 My internet went out 5 minutes before posting the Sunday Morning Book Thread.

Fortunately, I could post it from my phone on time...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 17, 2024 02:19 PM (BpYfr)

37 Just finished some really great corned beef, with tge customary carrot, cabbage, and potato. I have to say, if you time the cooking right, it's great. If not, you have the reason most people don't like it.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 17, 2024 02:19 PM (1Ckos)

38
I took my garden hose last November, before any sort of nasty frost, emptied it completely, then rolled it out down hill till I got the last drop of water out of it. Turned the water on yesterday?

Pinhole leak aerating/waterating everything within ten feet.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 17, 2024 02:20 PM (RKVpM)

39 No hugs.

Srsly

Posted by: Lizzy at March 17, 2024 02:20 PM (aWe7L)

40 Never take care of modern garden hoses. They'll only break your heart.

Posted by: Moron Robbie- 80% positives in a mate to a man is a soulmate, the same 80% to a woman is settling at March 17, 2024 02:20 PM (Wg1x4)

41 Dang, forgot to make soda bread…

Posted by: Lizzy at March 17, 2024 02:25 PM (aWe7L)

42 My FWP.
The front of my iPhone has chipped at the very bottom, just where I rub my thumb up to turn it on. Very small, but sharp. Twice now it has given me a paper cut like slice. And of course that screws up my golf swing. And because me golf swing is messed up, my scores suck and the old geezers laugh at me. So I come home from golf with a sore thumb and a shitty game and then I yell at the dog. So now the dog hates me, Mrs D is annoyed and I'm out of beer.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 17, 2024 02:26 PM (W/lyH)

43 You misspelled 'Rutting'.

Posted by: davidt at March 17, 2024 02:27 PM (SYTee)

44 Garden hose related: I absolutely hate the garden hose reel carts they make these days. I used to have a good cart, made of steel, with large rear wheels. Don't know what became of it. The ones I have now are plastic and have ridiculously small rear wheels. The damned carts are so light that the weight of the rolled up hose forces you to pull by the handle while simultaneously exerting downward pressure, in order to prevent the cart from springing into an upright position and causing a sudden stop in forward motion. I wind up looking like Quasimodo, incongruously dragging a hose cart across the yard.

Posted by: Paco at March 17, 2024 02:29 PM (njExo)

45 I wind up looking like Quasimodo, incongruously dragging a hose cart across the yard.
Posted by: Paco at March 17, 2024 02:29 PM (njExo)

Dang!
And I was literally getting ready to go up to Home Depot to buy one for my new hose.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 17, 2024 02:31 PM (W/lyH)

46 Do ewok leprechauns hide their gold at the end of the rainbow, or under a fallen shelf?

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at March 17, 2024 02:31 PM (w6EFb)

47 An unprecedented or at least extremely rare attack has just targeted a military base in the pro-Russian breakaway Moldovan republic of Transnistria on Sunday.

Uh, oh. Pro-Russian? We better send Moldova $100B for democracy and shit.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 17, 2024 02:32 PM (jtTfW)

48 The front of my iPhone has chipped at the very bottom, just where I rub my thumb up to turn it on. Very small, but sharp. Twice now it has given me a paper cut like slice. And of course that screws up my golf swing. And because me golf swing is messed up, my scores suck and the old geezers laugh at me. So I come home from golf with a sore thumb and a shitty game and then I yell at the dog. So now the dog hates me, Mrs D is annoyed and I'm out of beer.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 17, 2024 02:26 PM (W/lyH)
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And THAT'S why America collapsed.....

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 17, 2024 02:32 PM (BpYfr)

49
"Out of beer" is a concept I do not understand. 'Down to my last beer' I maybe understand. A little.

I don't really drink that much beer but I always have some around and inventory control was sorta my specialty in life.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 17, 2024 02:32 PM (RKVpM)

50 They hide it…

In
Their
Messenger bag

Posted by: Lizzy at March 17, 2024 02:32 PM (aWe7L)

51 God willing this is the last year we'll have to endure Biden using his office to make St. Patrick's Day all about Joe Blarney O'Biden.

Posted by: Gref at March 17, 2024 02:32 PM (5fDan)

52 My game camera picked up 2 raccoons up in the woods last night. I have never seen a raccoon in the 3 years I have lived here.
Porcupines, Fisher Cats, possums, Fox, Coyotes, giant man-eating woodpeckers... never a coon.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 17, 2024 02:34 PM (jtTfW)

53 Diogenes maybe find a glue to smooth out that sharp edge

Posted by: Skip at March 17, 2024 02:34 PM (fwDg9)

54 45. Maybe you'll have better luck in finding a decent hose cart. Or maybe you're strong enough to wrestle the damned thing without it being too much trouble.

Posted by: Paco at March 17, 2024 02:35 PM (njExo)

55 What state has the highest Ewok population.

Posted by: Northernlurker at March 17, 2024 02:35 PM (6z9Vj)

56 Diogenes, get a case that will cover the chipped part?

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at March 17, 2024 02:35 PM (TirNb)

57 Diogenes maybe find a glue to smooth out that sharp edge
Posted by: Skip at March 17, 2024 02:34 PM (fwDg9

I'll try that.
The little sliver of duck tape really looks trailer-trashy.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 17, 2024 02:36 PM (W/lyH)

58 Is that thing in the photo an Ewokrachaun?

Posted by: Northernlurker at March 17, 2024 02:37 PM (6z9Vj)

59 Y'know the thing about a Ewok, he's got... lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a doll's eyes.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 17, 2024 02:38 PM (R/m4+)

60 Yub-nub, and may the Finnigan be with you.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 17, 2024 02:38 PM (IG4Id)

61 Ewoks! Why did it have to be Ewoks?

Posted by: Indiana Solo at March 17, 2024 02:40 PM (SYTee)

62 There are several HueTeub videos on mixing super glue with baking soda. The videos show it becoming a thick putty that sticks as well as the original glue.

Posted by: Braenyard at March 17, 2024 02:40 PM (7XWTX)

63 Never seen a raccoon?!! I wish we could say that. We see them frequently on our house security cams. We always know when they've had young because mom brings the 3 or 4 young uns around to scope out the place.

Less often since we got a dog, even though she sleeps inside, but they still come.

Better than our old house though. There they got into the attic...and then had babies.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at March 17, 2024 02:41 PM (FEVMW)

64 An unprecedented or at least extremely rare attack has just targeted a military base in the pro-Russian breakaway Moldovan republic of Transnistria on Sunday.
Uh, oh. Pro-Russian? We better send Moldova $100B for democracy and shit.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

Transnistria is adjacent to Odessa, the port city that is the key to the Russians having total control in the Black Sea. NATO lusts after Odessa, and is looking for any excuse to grab it.
The military base is defended by a small garrison of Russians, its most significant feature is it has a huge stockpile of Soviet-era weapons, which Ukraine is in desperate need of. Expect more shenanigans in the area over the next few weeks.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at March 17, 2024 02:41 PM (J3VZx)

65 LOL, love the Oirish Ewok!

I just assembled a shepherd's pie for supper later. Chef John's recipe. My FWP is having to wait until a civilized time to cook and snarf this peasant's delight.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at March 17, 2024 02:42 PM (3e3hy)

66
I'll try that.
The little sliver of duck tape really looks trailer-trashy.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 17, 2024 02:36 PM

I read at some dating advice site that women should avoid men with a cracked screen on their cell phone. I laughed 'cause my last phone had a cracked screen for a decade. It worked fine.

I think it showed how little of importance a cell phone was to my life. A think duck tape conveys a perfectly fine ambiance. Especially if actual ducks were used.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 17, 2024 02:43 PM (RKVpM)

67 64 An unprecedented or at least extremely rare attack has just targeted a military base in the pro-Russian breakaway Moldovan republic of Transnistria on Sunday.
Uh, oh. Pro-Russian? We better send Moldova $100B for democracy and shit.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy
-------------------------

Came across an old Gates of Vienna article that described how Stalin did the same thing to Moldova and other satellites that he did to Ukraine. Enmity abounds in that region.

Posted by: Braenyard at March 17, 2024 02:44 PM (7XWTX)

68 Thanks for the hose reminder... I have to cover the outside faucet with one of those Styrofoam things to keep it from freezing tonight. Supposed to get down into the low-20's.

Goddamn groundhog lied.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 17, 2024 02:44 PM (Q4IgG)

69 That reminds me of the episode where Kirk beamed down to Alice In Wonderland and had to fight that Ewok from the Academy.

Posted by: fd at March 17, 2024 02:46 PM (vFG9F)

70
Moldovan republic of Transnistria

Heading there right now with some Bud Light to cool the tensions.

Posted by: Dylan Mulvaney at March 17, 2024 02:49 PM (RKVpM)

71 Thinking a nap, maybe slept too much last night

Posted by: Skip at March 17, 2024 02:49 PM (fwDg9)

72 Can't figure out what kinda screwdriver it's holding...looks like the end may be sharpened. Take care around it!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 17, 2024 02:06 PM (ynpvh)

Could be an O'Torx.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 17, 2024 02:49 PM (guGkK)

73 I just noticed that the Ewok is brandishing a screwdriver.

He, Bluebell, and Vmom would have RULED Five Points.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at March 17, 2024 02:49 PM (3e3hy)

74 Benny Johnson
@bennyjohnson

“Joe Biden” at a St. Patrick’s Day parade

https://tinyurl.com/4j8uvnrk

Posted by: redridinghood at March 17, 2024 02:50 PM (NpAcC)

75 Looks kind of like an AIwok

Posted by: Northernlurker at March 17, 2024 02:50 PM (6z9Vj)

76 Thanks for the hose reminder... I have to cover the outside faucet with one of those Styrofoam things to keep it from freezing tonight. Supposed to get down into the low-20's.

Goddamn groundhog lied.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 17, 2024 02:44 PM (Q4IgG)

Once they become celebrities.....

Posted by: JT at March 17, 2024 02:50 PM (T4tVD)

77 They hide it…

In
Their
Messenger bag
Posted by: Lizzy at March 17, 2024 02:32 PM (aWe7L)

I'm betting that a full-length picture would have revealed a pair of green Crocs.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 17, 2024 02:51 PM (guGkK)

78 My FWP...

Temporarily "fixing" the hail damaged vinyl siding with duct tape. It'll be months before it can be replaced.

FML

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 17, 2024 02:52 PM (Q4IgG)

79 Ewoks are midget Sasquatch. There, I said it.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 17, 2024 02:52 PM (IG4Id)

80 Is that the Ace of Green Clubs?

Posted by: tankdemon at March 17, 2024 02:56 PM (FeuFo)

81 What is ‘hobo jerky’?

Posted by: UnkleSteve at March 17, 2024 02:59 PM (t9mSz)

82 Where's the Vespa?

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, Stochastic Dwelling Maintainer at March 17, 2024 03:00 PM (PiwSw)

83 81 What is ‘hobo jerky’?
Posted by: UnkleSteve at March 17, 2024 02:59 PM (t9mSz)
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Urban bush meat for the Burning Times.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at March 17, 2024 03:02 PM (3e3hy)

84 "What is ‘hobo jerky’?
Posted by: UnkleSteve"

20 bucks. Same as in town.

Posted by: fd at March 17, 2024 03:02 PM (vFG9F)

85 68 Thanks for the hose reminder... I have to cover the outside faucet with one of those Styrofoam things to keep it from freezing tonight. Supposed to get down into the low-20's.

Goddamn groundhog lied.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 17, 2024 02:44 PM (Q4IgG)

Don't blame him. Since de Blasio dropped him on his head, he's been a little "off".

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Stochastic Dwelling Maintainer at March 17, 2024 03:02 PM (PiwSw)

86 Love the Ewok picture !

CDB : I'm curious, if you don't mind answering, what AI system did you use to generate the Ewok picture, what was the prompt you used, and how many tries did it take to get that picture?

Thanks

Posted by: BillyD at March 17, 2024 03:03 PM (F6Xpw)

87 79 Ewoks are midget Sasquatch. There, I said it.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 17, 2024 02:52 PM (IG4Id)

No, they're cosplaying gremlins.

Posted by: tankdemon at March 17, 2024 03:03 PM (FeuFo)

88 "What is ‘hobo jerky’?

When there are no female hobos around.

Posted by: davidt at March 17, 2024 03:04 PM (SYTee)

89 Ireland ruined St Paddy’s day for me.

Considered wearing orange today.

Posted by: polynikes at March 17, 2024 03:05 PM (MNhXM)

90 My local grocery has carried corned beef to card customers at 1.27lb all week.
Which is exactly the same as they charged last year for the one I just defrosted and am cooking today.
Don't see how they can go much lower post st. paddy's.

Posted by: From about that Time at March 17, 2024 03:06 PM (4780s)

91
We need a modern day St. Patrick to chase all the snakes out of Washington, DC.

Posted by: Dylan Mulvaney at March 17, 2024 03:09 PM (RKVpM)

92 My FWP...

Temporarily "fixing" the hail damaged vinyl siding with duct tape. It'll be months before it can be replaced.

FML
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 17, 2024 02:52

You can get close to the matching color duct tape these days.

Posted by: polynikes at March 17, 2024 03:10 PM (MNhXM)

93 Pinhole leak aerating/waterating everything within ten feet.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at
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Dried out. Too much care.

Posted by: From about that Time at March 17, 2024 03:10 PM (4780s)

94 My FWP is the "digital U coupons" Why can't they just offer the same deal to old luddites like myself just from their card? One advantage with Wallys, if something is on sale its on sale w/o so much as having to give them a phone # or show them a card.

Posted by: PaleRider at March 17, 2024 03:11 PM (wTs+0)

95 Price of beef will stay down until they run out of cattle. Between the drought coupled with higher feed costs and no apparent relief on the fertilizer they are selling off cattle.

It's like our population they are running below replacement rate.

Posted by: Braenyard at March 17, 2024 03:12 PM (7XWTX)

96
You can get close to the matching color duct tape these days.

Posted by: polynikes at March 17, 2024 03:10 PM

Nobody needs that many choices in duct tape.

"Less work for you, fight for 32!"

Posted by: Bernie Sanders at March 17, 2024 03:12 PM (RKVpM)

97 My FWP is the "digital U coupons" Why can't they just offer the same deal to old luddites like myself just from their card? One advantage with Wallys, if something is on sale its on sale w/o so much as having to give them a phone # or show them a card.
Posted by: PaleRider at March 17, 2024 03:11 PM (wTs+0)

I hate that for deals at some of these sandwich shops .

Posted by: polynikes at March 17, 2024 03:13 PM (MNhXM)

98 One can at least keep those pinhole hose leaks from spraying everywhere by wrapping duct tape around the hose where the hole is.

This is your cheapskate redneck tip of the day.

Posted by: PaleRider at March 17, 2024 03:13 PM (wTs+0)

99 This is your cheapskate redneck tip of the day.
Posted by: PaleRider at March 17, 2024 03:13 PM (wTs+0)

I bought the Flex Tape for emergency temp repair in case my galvanized water pipes spring a leak .

Posted by: polynikes at March 17, 2024 03:15 PM (MNhXM)

100
Transnistria is adjacent to Odessa

Is that where they invented the transistor?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 17, 2024 03:16 PM (63Dwl)

101 There was once a young man who was minding his own business when he was kidnapped, taken to a foreign land, and made a slave.
His new circumstances made him consider the denizens of his new land and thought, "Wow, these people really need Jesus."

Apparently, he was not exactly a big fan of snakes, either.

Posted by: tankdemon at March 17, 2024 03:16 PM (FeuFo)

102 Didn't get any corned beef this year, mostly Didn't want a massive amount of it if I did get it.

Posted by: Skip at March 17, 2024 03:16 PM (fwDg9)

103
Dried out. Too much care.

Posted by: From about that Time at March 17, 2024 03:10 PM

Brand new garden hose last year. 100 mg of Viagra/Brandi Love pron scene stiffness factor. Or so I've been told.

I shoulda put it in the garage. Somehow some water got into it and froze.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 17, 2024 03:16 PM (RKVpM)

104 My FWP...

Temporarily "fixing" the hail damaged vinyl siding with duct tape. It'll be months before it can be replaced.

FML
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 17, 2024 02:52

Say, have you considered the benefits of FlexSeal?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 17, 2024 03:21 PM (guGkK)

105 Apparently, he was not exactly a big fan of snakes, either.
Posted by: tankdemon at March 17, 2024 03:16 PM (FeuFo)

They say St. Partick personally drove all the snakes out of Ireland. I can only imagine what that car must have smelled like.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 17, 2024 03:23 PM (guGkK)

106 I used flex seal on a hole punched by a lawn mower rock in the back of my house. Yellowed in time, but basically held for a few years.
Back of the house, like who give's a .....

Posted by: From about that Time at March 17, 2024 03:24 PM (4780s)

107 Flex Seal is good stuff

Posted by: Skip at March 17, 2024 03:27 PM (fwDg9)

108 They say St. Partick personally drove all the snakes out of Ireland. I can only imagine what that car must have smelled like.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 17, 2024 03:23 PM (guGkK)

Who called the Uber? Where are we going? I knew I shouldn't have had that last Guinness. I can't pay for this, I don't have any pockets!

Posted by: Irish snake at March 17, 2024 03:28 PM (PiwSw)

109 Do we have to move

Yes

Posted by: Ron DeSantis's garbage at March 17, 2024 03:29 PM (ibTVg)

110 > My FWP...

Temporarily "fixing" the hail damaged vinyl siding with duct tape. It'll be months before it can be replaced.

FML
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 17, 2024 02:52

You can get close to the matching color duct tape these days.
Posted by: polynikes at March 17, 2024 03:10 PM (MNhXM)
____________

The siding is well sun-bleached. Almost white, but still a bit off grey. I have some whiteish duct tape that almost matches. From 50 feet you can't really tell unless the sun hits it just right.

Since it might be months before the contractor can get to it, I may have to resort to some Flex-Seal. Some of the holes are the size of ping-pong balls, in other spots there are 4 - 6 inch long cracks.

Hundreds of homes in the area were damaged in severe storms about 10 days ago.

I'm getting a new roof at some point too.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 17, 2024 03:32 PM (Q4IgG)

111 what AI system did you use to generate the Ewok picture, what was the prompt you used, and how many tries did it take to get that picture?

Thanks
Posted by: BillyD at March 17, 2024 03:03 PM (F6Xpw)

I am offended! How do you know I didn't draw that freehand?

I used the new one...Gemini. And it took one try. I asked it to "Generate an image of an Irish Ewok holding a screwdriver!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 17, 2024 03:36 PM (tChwj)

112 iirc, it was a power drill accidentally in reverse.

Posted by: davidt at March 17, 2024 03:40 PM (SYTee)

113 CBD surprised it didn't give you a Ewok holding a vodka and oj

Posted by: Skip at March 17, 2024 03:41 PM (fwDg9)

114 I used the new one...Gemini. And it took one try. I asked it to "Generate an image of an Irish Ewok holding a screwdriver!

Ewoks are brown, so it makes sense Gemini wouldn't mess with that request.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 17, 2024 03:41 PM (FD5dr)

115 mmmm Hobo Jderky!!

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at March 17, 2024 03:42 PM (djLbh)

116 Jerky too!!

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at March 17, 2024 03:43 PM (djLbh)

117 111 what AI system did you use to generate the Ewok picture, what was the prompt you used, and how many tries did it take to get that picture?

Thanks
Posted by: BillyD at March 17, 2024 03:03 PM (F6Xpw)

I am offended! How do you know I didn't draw that freehand?

I used the new one...Gemini. And it took one try. I asked it to "Generate an image of an Irish Ewok holding a screwdriver!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 17, 2024 03:36 PM (tChwj)

Thanks, nice picture. I think if I were a young commercial artist I would be worried about my future career prospects.

I have a granddaughter who's graduating high school this year and wants to study "journalism" in college. I'm not happy about that choice, but I'm not in charge, and everyone else thinks it's a great idea. That seems like another job with less than brilliant long term prospects.

Posted by: BillyD at March 17, 2024 03:44 PM (F6Xpw)

118
The siding is well sun-bleached. Almost white, but still a bit off grey. I have some whiteish duct tape that almost matches. From 50 feet you can't really tell unless the sun hits it just right.

Since it might be months before the contractor can get to it, I may have to resort to some Flex-Seal. Some of the holes are the size of ping-pong balls, in other spots there are 4 - 6 inch long cracks.

Hundreds of homes in the area were damaged in severe storms about 10 days ago.

I'm getting a new roof at some point too.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 17, 2024 03:32 PM (Q4IgG)

In NJ/PA call Sun Siding contact Vince..609-207-9587 windows too..Lic/Ins

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at March 17, 2024 03:45 PM (djLbh)

119 Drunk Irish (repeat myself) Ewoks ar nasty

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 17, 2024 03:45 PM (ENQN6)

120 I have a granddaughter who's graduating high school this year and wants to study "journalism" in college. I'm not happy about that choice, but I'm not in charge, and everyone else thinks it's a great idea. That seems like another job with less than brilliant long term prospects.
Posted by: BillyD at March 17, 2024 03:44 PM (F6Xpw)

She needs to be writing on anything that moves. She can substack college.

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 17, 2024 03:48 PM (ENQN6)

121 Thanks, nice picture. I think if I were a young commercial artist I would be worried about my future career prospects.

I have a granddaughter who's graduating high school this year and wants to study "journalism" in college. I'm not happy about that choice, but I'm not in charge, and everyone else thinks it's a great idea. That seems like another job with less than brilliant long term prospects.
Posted by: BillyD at March

I understand you can direct AI to draw the opposite of am Irish Ewok holding a screwdriver. I wonder what that would look like.

Posted by: Northernlurker at March 17, 2024 03:49 PM (6z9Vj)

122 Ewok sees his shadow and we have 8 more months of Uncle Joe.

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 17, 2024 03:49 PM (ENQN6)

123 Good one..

From the Bee: Media Reports Trump Threatened Nuclear War After He Says, 'This Guacamole Is The Bomb!'

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at March 17, 2024 03:50 PM (djLbh)

124 There's a small airplane circling over my 'hood, dragging a banner promoting "High Noon Hard Seltzer".

Hard pass.

Talking about First-World problems. This morning I tried to log into my on-line banking in the usual way. Got presented with a demand for 2-factor authentication. Finally got in by using an answer to a security question. Did my banking, and then tried to review my "messages" to see if there had been an alert about attempted fraud. Was deleting old messages, and got locked into a page. Ended up having to log into online banking again, more 2-factor bullshit. Started composing a long email complaining (civilly) about the 2-factor BS. Got fucking timed out of the banking site! Had to log back in, more 2-factor BS. This time, they got a short nastygram , for them to get in touch with me, or lose my business.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 17, 2024 03:52 PM (tkR6S)

125 Will no one think of the suffering Ophidians?

Posted by: Eeyore at March 17, 2024 03:52 PM (1bNHn)

126 Get cleaned up and upstairs
ITS FOODIE NOODIE TIME

Posted by: Skip at March 17, 2024 04:01 PM (fwDg9)

127 >>> 51 God willing this is the last year we'll have to endure Biden using his office to make St. Patrick's Day all about Joe Blarney O'Biden.
Posted by: Gref at March 17, 2024 02:32 PM (5fDan)

My turn!!

Posted by: Kamala Harris at March 17, 2024 04:02 PM (llON8)

128 >>> 74 Benny Johnson
@bennyjohnson

"Joe Biden" at a St. Patrick’s Day parade

https://tinyurl.com/4j8uvnrk
Posted by: redridinghood at March 17, 2024 02:50 PM (NpAcC)

OMG INSURRECTION!!!

Posted by: leftists at March 17, 2024 04:05 PM (llON8)

129 Diogenes maybe find a glue to smooth out that sharp edge
Posted by: Skip

Super glue, multiple thin layers.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 17, 2024 04:06 PM (2mRLP)

130 Netanyahu ❤️
https://tinyurl.com/7hehpxnw

We deserve leaders like this. Where did we go wrong?

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 17, 2024 04:07 PM (t/2Uw)

131 Wife dropped her phone and work and it shattered the glass. She uses her phone constantly while at work so she coated it with gorilla glue. The phone surface is rough (the glue didn't dry smooth) and works just like it is still glass.
Very weird.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 17, 2024 04:09 PM (2mRLP)

132 Watching the Players Championship. It’s looking like it’s going to be an exciting finish.

Posted by: polynikes at March 17, 2024 04:13 PM (MNhXM)

133 9 The Ewok picture is good
Posted by: Skip at March 17, 2024 02:02 PM (fwDg9)

Agreed!

Posted by: m at March 17, 2024 05:26 PM (o3SCB)

134 105 Apparently, he was not exactly a big fan of snakes, either.
Posted by: tankdemon at March 17, 2024 03:16 PM (FeuFo)

They say St. Partick personally drove all the snakes out of Ireland. I can only imagine what that car must have smelled like.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 17, 2024 03:23 PM (guGkK)

Ha!

Posted by: m at March 17, 2024 05:34 PM (o3SCB)

135 119 Drunk Irish (repeat myself)
Posted by: rhennigantx at March 17, 2024 03:45 PM (ENQN6)

heh

Posted by: m at March 17, 2024 05:37 PM (o3SCB)

136 95 Price of beef will stay down until they run out of cattle. Between the drought coupled with higher feed costs and no apparent relief on the fertilizer they are selling off cattle.

It's like our population they are running below replacement rate.
Posted by: Braenyard at March 17, 2024 03:12 PM (7XWTX)

Beef prices here are through the roof.... $9 a lbs for HAMBURGER?

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 17, 2024 05:53 PM (xaFKb)

137 Curse that Ewok

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 17, 2024 06:51 PM (8sMut)

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