First-World Problems...

The straw is ubiquitous! WD-40 probably began it, but it seems like every aerosolized chemical has that nifty applicator. And I get it! They work pretty well. But what about storage after that first use? The straw probably has a bit of lubricant on it, so the little bit of tape that held it onto the side of the can isn't going to work. And leaving it in the nozzle is a plan to fail, because it will get knocked off the second you turn your back.

Do I have to move to a new house with aerosol applicator straw storage?

Posted by: CBD at 02:00 PM

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Posted by: Skip at August 11, 2024 02:01 PM (fwDg9)

2 Whoa

Posted by: Jamaica at August 11, 2024 02:01 PM (4dsHO)

3 Damn. Nice day at OC Md

Posted by: Jamaica at August 11, 2024 02:01 PM (4dsHO)

4 Duct tape of course.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 11, 2024 02:02 PM (T0LzB)

5 If you can locate the place where all the single socks reside, you'll find the straws.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 11, 2024 02:02 PM (xCA6C)

6 *Do I have to move to a new house with aerosol applicator straw storage?*

Yes.
Next question?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 11, 2024 02:02 PM (dg+HA)

7 Keep a bag of rubber bands handy. That's how I deal with the straw problem.

Posted by: Gus at August 11, 2024 02:03 PM (w2XOC)

8 The straw is for your first use only

Posted by: Skip at August 11, 2024 02:03 PM (fwDg9)

9 If you're lucky, you have a collection of those straws.

Posted by: Gmac - WTF did you think was going to happen? at August 11, 2024 02:03 PM (qZdIZ)

10 Afternoon.

Wipe it off, apply with fresh tape.

Posted by: Robert at August 11, 2024 02:03 PM (MWBxy)

11 It's quite gorgeous here in se Pa, almost mid September like

Posted by: Skip at August 11, 2024 02:03 PM (fwDg9)

12 Hair tie.

Posted by: Piper at August 11, 2024 02:04 PM (pZEOD)

13 These first world problems are hard to relate to.

Here's one that plagues me: the damned hummingbirds drink too fast.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 11, 2024 02:05 PM (w6EFb)

14 I wear a utility belt at all times that has ample aerosol applicator tubing storage. Intelligent, civilized people come up with ideas like this in red states. The belt is hard to sleep and shower in, however.

Posted by: Inventiveness to Infinity at August 11, 2024 02:06 PM (CV8a5)

15 It's quite gorgeous here in se Pa, almost mid September like
Posted by: Skip at August 11, 2024 02:03 PM (fwDg9)

It's cause of the climate crisis. You'll know it's bad if the leaves change colors. Especially red. Red is a very bad sign.

Be afraid. Be very afraid.

Posted by: Robert at August 11, 2024 02:06 PM (MWBxy)

16 If you can locate the place where all the single socks reside, you'll find the straws.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 11, 2024 02:02 PM (xCA6C)

For the first time in my life, I live in a household with NO missing socks. Publius rules them with an iron hand. I don't believe he's ever lost a sock.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 11, 2024 02:06 PM (w6EFb)

17 WD-40 is a solvent not a lubricant. Use 3 in 1 oil if you want to lubricate something.
Fight me.

Posted by: Ron at August 11, 2024 02:07 PM (9NOiL)

18 WD40 cans now have a folding rig for the straw.

Posted by: davidt at August 11, 2024 02:07 PM (i0F8b)

19 Here's one that plagues me: the damned hummingbirds drink too fast.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 11, 2024 02:05 PM (w6EFb)

You ever try telling a hummingbird to slow down and savor?

Posted by: Robert at August 11, 2024 02:07 PM (MWBxy)

20 The straw? In my day you were lucky to get even halfway through a wd-40 before somebody knocked the little push button off the top of the can and lost it. Then what do you do?

Posted by: Fozzy at August 11, 2024 02:08 PM (hJFKB)

21 A rubber band makes a fine tubing organizer, but it forces me to buy asparagus or lobsters to get them.

Posted by: Very Fixed Income at August 11, 2024 02:08 PM (CV8a5)

22 Robert, they nag me constantly for not keeping up. Ingrates!

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 11, 2024 02:08 PM (w6EFb)

23 Obviously we need to have a Small Long Hollow Tube Czar to get to the root cause of this problem. I have the perfect person in mind..

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 11, 2024 02:09 PM (PiwSw)

24 WD-40 has a hinge that the straw folds down against the bottle.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 11, 2024 02:09 PM (JvZF+)

25 But it's the hottest year ever, you know it's coming. There was a few weeks of high 90s

Posted by: Skip at August 11, 2024 02:11 PM (fwDg9)

26 I liked WD-40 better when it was unhinged.

Posted by: Pilgrim State Hospital Bldg. 23 at August 11, 2024 02:11 PM (CV8a5)

27 17 WD-40 is a solvent not a lubricant. Use 3 in 1 oil if you want to lubricate something.
Fight me.
Posted by: Ron at August 11, 2024 02:07 PM (9NOiL)

Yeah yeah yeah but everybody uses it as a lubicrant anyways because everybody always has some.

Posted by: Fozzy at August 11, 2024 02:11 PM (+4AdO)

28 If you're like me you have 4 or 5 different cans of WD-40 in various sizes stashed around the house

I don't know how it happens

Posted by: Don Black at August 11, 2024 02:11 PM (/7KEl)

29 Just roll up a hundy.

Posted by: Hunter B at August 11, 2024 02:11 PM (i0F8b)

30 'The straw probably has a bit of lubricant on it, so the little bit of tape that held it onto the side of the can isn't going to work.'

I just reinforce the tape with a couple of 1-5/8" drywall screws. Whirrr! Whirrr! Done.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 11, 2024 02:11 PM (3wi/L)

31 I'm fortunate to have a garage with some built-in shelves (touchy topic, I know) where I keep all of said aerosol spray cans that use said straw. These include the obligatory WD-40, Silicone, PB Blaster, Engine Starter, etc. At the right end of one of those shelves up against the vertical is a sacred inch of width known as the Straw Repository. Strict garage protocol requires that after any use of such aerosol The Straw Must Be Returned To The Straw Repository. NO EXCEPTIONS!

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 11, 2024 02:12 PM (dg+HA)

32 WD-40 is a water displacement product

smells like victory

Posted by: Don Black at August 11, 2024 02:13 PM (/7KEl)

33 >Pubic hair trimmers are a thing

Well I'm not going to use my nose-trimmer down there.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at August 11, 2024 02:13 PM (lhenN)

34 Anyone know if the aerosol applicator tube hole diameter is metric, SAE, Whitworth?

Posted by: OCD is A-OK at August 11, 2024 02:13 PM (CV8a5)

35 We sell these cool things called "rolls of tape that you could use to adhere the straw to the can... just give it a couple of wraps around and I think you will be pleased with the outcome.

Posted by: The Masking, Duct, and Electrical Tape Manufacturers Association at August 11, 2024 02:13 PM (5AVMW)

36 TBH, I'm kind of surprised the CC lunatics haven't come after these straws yet, and demanded they be made of paper.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 11, 2024 02:15 PM (xCA6C)

37 "...even halfway through a wd-40 before somebody knocked the little push button off the top of the can and lost it. Then what do you do?"

Save it for your next camp fire.

Posted by: My twelve year old self at August 11, 2024 02:15 PM (dg+HA)

38 Build a shelf exclusively for the storage of all your straws... that's what I am doing right now!

Posted by: Shelvy Shelverton at August 11, 2024 02:15 PM (5AVMW)

39 But what about storage after that first use?

Easy peasy. Barely an inconvenience.

Procure a block of 6061-T6 aluminum. (Titanium may also be used. Zirconium if you're feeling luxe.)

Drill enough appropriately-sized holes to hold the number of 'straws' required + 50% more. (Older 'straws' are 0.085" outer diameter. Newer cans of WD-40 apparently are a different diameter, and will need to be measured.)

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 11, 2024 02:16 PM (a3Q+t)

40 We sell these cool things called "rolls of tape that you could use to adhere the straw to the can... just give it a couple of wraps around and I think you will be pleased with the outcome.

Ha ha! He made a joke, but it was spoiled because he failed to close the quote.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 11, 2024 02:16 PM (xCA6C)

41 Is the Straw Repository a similar idea to the Dallas Book Suppository?

Posted by: Dr. Shemp, Professor of Voice at August 11, 2024 02:16 PM (CV8a5)

42 My first world problem is that people dress like slobs now, so decent clothing items are getting harder to find. One side benefit - the chip off of the old block likes to dress well also, and found a thrift shop selling all silk ties for fifty cents apiece. He bought three dozen and gave me a few.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 11, 2024 02:16 PM (RRH8W)

43 33 >Pubic hair trimmers are a thing

Well I'm not going to use my nose-trimmer down there.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at August 11, 2024 02:13 PM (lhenN)

WD-40 can be used to prelube your pubic hair before trimming for a closer trim, softer pubic area skin and a fresh pubic aroma.

Posted by: Helpful hints from your freinds at WD-40 at August 11, 2024 02:17 PM (Yt3ED)

44 My FWP right now is the smell of fresh paint on the walls

Posted by: Don Black at August 11, 2024 02:18 PM (/7KEl)

45 never ever pay money for hummingbird nectar. Its 1 part sugar to 4 parts water. I make mine right in the feeder using hot tap water. Find out how much it holds, subtract that much for sugar, put hot tap water in, shake and hang.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Women pursuing older men must desire incestous father fantasies at August 11, 2024 02:18 PM (mIykB)

46 Ha ha! He made a joke, but it was spoiled because he failed to close the quote.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 11, 2024 02:16 PM (xCA6C)

And I would have got away with it, too, if it wasn't for you meddling morons!!!!

Posted by: The Masking, Duct, and Electrical Tape Manufacturers Association at August 11, 2024 02:18 PM (5AVMW)

47 A package of 100 6" replacement 'straws' is available on Amazon for $10.99.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 11, 2024 02:18 PM (a3Q+t)

48 Get a soda straw. Flatten and bend the bottom inch over to touch the straw. Tightly tape the bent portion of the straw near the bottom of the side of the can. Trim the straw. Add an other piece of tape near the top of the straw, but just tight enough to feel some resistance when the spray-straw is inserted.

Posted by: Daddybob at August 11, 2024 02:19 PM (y0S++)

49 I spent a little more and got a multi-purpose nose-ear-pube-back-pit shaver> Norelco makes a nice one.

Posted by: Hints From Heloise at August 11, 2024 02:19 PM (CV8a5)

50 >WD-40 can be used to prelube your pubic hair before trimming for a closer trim, softer pubic area skin and a fresh pubic aroma.

---

....and don't forget the Steve Martin's Penis Cream

For a softer more luxurious penis.

Posted by: Don Black at August 11, 2024 02:19 PM (/7KEl)

51 I thought they banned plastic straws.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 11, 2024 02:20 PM (63Dwl)

52 WD40 cans now have a folding rig for the straw.
Posted by: davidt

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I saw one of those recently and thought it was clever. IIRC it's a normal spray nozzle if you want it, or you can fold the straw nozzle up to lock in place. Hopefully they'll still be making it in a few years when I need WD40 again.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Women pursuing older men must desire incestous father fantasies at August 11, 2024 02:20 PM (mIykB)

53 WD-40 has a hinge that the straw folds down against the bottle.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Those have sucked on every can I have purchased. The entire top pops off when one tries to move the straw.

The ideal solution is the rubber band used to hold a newspaper rolled up. Ask your grandparents what a newspaper was.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 11, 2024 02:20 PM (RRH8W)

54 "put hot tap water in, shake and hang."

The Paolo has used this technique for other, how you say, activities.

Posted by: The Paolo at August 11, 2024 02:20 PM (dg+HA)

55 49 I spent a little more and got a multi-purpose nose-ear-pube-back-pit shaver> Norelco makes a nice one.

Posted by: Hints From Heloise at August 11, 2024 02:19 PM (CV8a5)

Have you tried it on the cat?

Posted by: BillyD at August 11, 2024 02:21 PM (Yt3ED)

56 Watching the very end of Double Jeopardy.
So much TV horseshit, but entertaining.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at August 11, 2024 02:21 PM (ufFY8)

57 You could get one of those dentist's office cabinets that have many, many shallow drawers that hold all kinds of tiny thingies, and put them in there. On the front of every drawer, you could put a label that identifies what kinda gunk is on the straw in that drawer.

Posted by: m at August 11, 2024 02:21 PM (64Zez)

58 Have you tried it on the cat?
Posted by: BillyD at August 11, 2024 02:21 PM (Yt3ED)

Yes, they have. Why do you think I look this way?

Posted by: Bill the Cat at August 11, 2024 02:22 PM (5AVMW)

59 The new cans have a flipup/flipdown nozzle that includes a shut off/lock and a sliding valve that controls output from barely misting...to full stream.

Posted by: birddog at August 11, 2024 02:22 PM (lWs+l)

60 I got yer damn WD-40 straw right here, ya bastard!

Posted by: Sea Turtle in EPA Commercial at August 11, 2024 02:22 PM (dg+HA)

61 Here's one that plagues me: the damned hummingbirds drink too fast.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 11, 2024 02:05 PM (w6EFb)

And too much! My problem as well. Am I oversharing?

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 11, 2024 02:22 PM (qQfd5)

62 WD-40 can be used to prelube your pubic hair before trimming for a closer trim, softer pubic area skin and a fresh pubic aroma.
Posted by: Helpful hints from your freinds at WD-40 at August 11, 2024 02:17 PM

Fur Oil is much better, and can be for other personal-care needs. As Emma Watson said, "I’ll use [Fur Oil] anywhere from the ends of my hair to my eyebrows to my pubic hair. It’s an amazing all-purpose product."

Posted by: Gwenyth P. at August 11, 2024 02:22 PM (a3Q+t)

63 7 Keep a bag of rubber bands handy. That's how I deal with the straw problem.
Posted by: Gus at August 11, 2024 02:03 PM (w2XOC)

But rubber bands dry out, and then they break, and then mayhem would ensue.

Posted by: m at August 11, 2024 02:23 PM (64Zez)

64 Straws are racist

Posted by: Redenzo at August 11, 2024 02:23 PM (V/pbu)

65 The ideal solution is the rubber band used to hold a newspaper rolled up. Ask your grandparents what a newspaper was.
Posted by: Thomas Paine

This is some of the worst advice I've ever read. The Sunday NY Times is like $10 now!

Posted by: Poor, But Proud at August 11, 2024 02:24 PM (CV8a5)

66 "...a sliding valve that controls output from barely misting...to full stream."
Posted by: birddog at August 11, 2024 02:22 PM (lWs+l)

The Paolo appreciates your kind words.

Posted by: The Paolo at August 11, 2024 02:24 PM (5AVMW)

67 Almost thinking 2nd nap time, and slept pretty well

Posted by: Skip at August 11, 2024 02:24 PM (fwDg9)

68 But rubber bands dry out, and then they break, and then mayhem would ensue.
Posted by: m at August 11, 2024 02:23 PM (64Zez)

That's why you lube them with WD-40!

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at August 11, 2024 02:25 PM (5AVMW)

69 Keep a bag of rubber bands handy. That's how I deal with the straw problem.
Posted by: Gus at August 11, 2024 02:03 PM (w2XOC)

But rubber bands dry out, and then they break, and then mayhem would ensue.

Not if you keep it well lubricated with some sort of spray lubricant, then....oh, wait.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 11, 2024 02:26 PM (xCA6C)

70 But it's the hottest year ever, you know it's coming. There was a few weeks of high 90s
Posted by: Skip

A bit of unreported news. The overnight lows in north America the past three days from the Texas border to southern Saskatchewan have been the lowest ever recorded for August.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 11, 2024 02:26 PM (3yy8E)

71 Missed it by *that* much.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 11, 2024 02:26 PM (xCA6C)

72 ....and don't forget the Steve Martin's Penis Cream

For a softer more luxurious penis.
Posted by: Don Black at August 11, 2024 02:19 PM (/7KEl)

Blimey!

Posted by: Harry Markle at August 11, 2024 02:27 PM (PiwSw)

73 A bit of unreported news. The overnight lows in north America the past three days from the Texas border to southern Saskatchewan have been the lowest ever recorded for August.

This is clearly evidence of global warming. You know it's coming.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 11, 2024 02:27 PM (xCA6C)

74 I've quit using WD-40 because it seems like a week after using it on that squeaky hinge, it needs another shot of it.

3-in-1 oil lasts longer. But can be (is) messy if you don't have steady hands.... like me.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 11, 2024 02:27 PM (Q4IgG)

75 Bo Nix looks like the real deal
this could be good

Posted by: Don Black at August 11, 2024 02:28 PM (/7KEl)

76 Not sure a FWP of hobby thread, pondering if I could melt brass scrap I have a lot of around here

Posted by: Skip at August 11, 2024 02:28 PM (fwDg9)

77 Is this the straw that stirs the drink, the straw that broke the camel's back, or just the last straw in general?

Posted by: Straw Poll at August 11, 2024 02:28 PM (CV8a5)

78 For the first time in my life, I live in a household with NO missing socks. Publius rules them with an iron hand. I don't believe he's ever lost a sock.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 11, 2024 02:06 PM (w6EFb)

My goal was to have only one color, style and length of sock, so if one went missing I would never be able to tell.
Then my beloved wife got me a lifetime supply of socks. I will never achieve my goal

Posted by: Kindltot at August 11, 2024 02:29 PM (D7oie)

79 Not sure a FWP of hobby thread, pondering if I could melt brass scrap I have a lot of around here
Posted by: Skip at August 11, 2024 02:28 PM (fwDg9)

You can, there are a lot of how-to videos out there.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 11, 2024 02:29 PM (D7oie)

80 Recently a stone arch in Utah collapsed, after 190,000,000 years in the making

this is what arches do, given time

of course, it is being attributed to human activity

Posted by: Don Black at August 11, 2024 02:30 PM (/7KEl)

81 45 never ever pay money for hummingbird nectar. Its 1 part sugar to 4 parts water. I make mine right in the feeder using hot tap water. Find out how much it holds, subtract that much for sugar, put hot tap water in, shake and hang.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Women pursuing older men must desire incestous father fantasies at August 11, 2024 02:18 PM (mIykB)

I make mine a quart at a time (I've got 4 feeders), and wash the feeders every week in hot water and detergent (so they don't get moldy and end up killing the hummingbirds). The juice is good for up to 2 weeks in the fridge.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 11, 2024 02:31 PM (w6EFb)

82 77 Is this the straw that stirs the drink, the straw that broke the camel's back, or just the last straw in general?
Posted by: Straw Poll at August 11, 2024 02:28 PM (CV8a5)

Domicile.

Posted by: Turkey in the Straw at August 11, 2024 02:31 PM (PiwSw)

83 The finish on that nice oak floor seems a tad dull. A generous coating of silicon spray could gussy it up, as well as making less drag as you walk on it.

Posted by: Two Left Feet at August 11, 2024 02:31 PM (CV8a5)

84 Stone arches made of rock
Slip into the sea
Eventually

Posted by: Skip at August 11, 2024 02:32 PM (fwDg9)

85 The WD in WD40 stands for Water Displacement formula #40. I think it was supposed to be a contact cleaner.

Posted by: TC at August 11, 2024 02:32 PM (cHOHf)

86 For the first time in my life, I live in a household with NO missing socks. Publius rules them with an iron hand. I don't believe he's ever lost a sock.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist

I bought dozens of those whatchamacallits that hold socks together in the laundry, and never lose socks. The rest of the household doesn't bother using them, and end up with missing socks every laundry day.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 11, 2024 02:33 PM (3yy8E)

87 42 My first world problem is that people dress like slobs now, so decent clothing items are getting harder to find. One side benefit - the chip off of the old block likes to dress well also, and found a thrift shop selling all silk ties for fifty cents apiece. He bought three dozen and gave me a few.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 11, 2024 02:16 PM (RRH8W)

Yay, chip off the old block!

Posted by: m at August 11, 2024 02:33 PM (64Zez)

88 [i[We sell these cool things called "rolls of tape that you could use to adhere the straw to the can... just give it a couple of wraps around and I think you will be pleased with the outcome.
Posted by: The Masking, Duct, and Electrical Tape Manufacturers Association at August 11, 2024 02:13 PM (5AVMW)

You do know there is this thing called the Black Tape Project which has models in "bikinis" of tape?

Posted by: Kindltot at August 11, 2024 02:34 PM (D7oie)

89 You'll give those hummingbirds diabeetus with all that sugar.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 11, 2024 02:34 PM (63Dwl)

90 another FWP is trying to understand the new NFL kickoff rules

Posted by: Don Black at August 11, 2024 02:34 PM (/7KEl)

91 Texas took home 41 total Olympic medals of which 16 were Gold. We would have placed 7th in total medal count.

I don’t think that includes foreigners who go to Texas colleges.

Posted by: polynikes at August 11, 2024 02:34 PM (B1dzx)

92 77 Is this the straw that stirs the drink, the straw that broke the camel's back, or just the last straw in general?
Posted by: Straw Poll at August 11, 2024 02:28 PM

I think it would be a good choice to build a house with.

Posted by: The first little pig at August 11, 2024 02:34 PM (dg+HA)

93 I cut back to one feeder, as there is usually one bird who hogs it and fights the other birds. That way I have a clean one to put out all the time, and only make 1 cup of "nectar" at a time.

Posted by: Bidenomics at August 11, 2024 02:34 PM (CV8a5)

94 74 I've quit using WD-40 because it seems like a week after using it on that squeaky hinge, it needs another shot of it.

3-in-1 oil lasts longer. But can be (is) messy if you don't have steady hands.... like me.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 11, 2024 02:27 PM (Q4IgG)

WD-40 isn't intended to be a lubricant, or a penetrating oil. It can be used for either purpose, but doesn't work as well as a dedicated product. You're better off with a can of real penetrating oil for loosening sticky fasteners, and a variety of oils and greases for lubricating purposes.

Posted by: AOS Sunday Lubrication Advice at August 11, 2024 02:34 PM (Yt3ED)

95 A bit of unreported news. The overnight lows in north America the past three days from the Texas border to southern Saskatchewan have been the lowest ever recorded for August.

This is clearly evidence of global warming. You know it's coming.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 11, 2024 02:27 PM (xCA6C)

Sure wish this was reflected in my electric bill.

Posted by: Robert at August 11, 2024 02:34 PM (MWBxy)

96 >>> 15 It's quite gorgeous here in se Pa, almost mid September like
Posted by: Skip at August 11, 2024 02:03 PM (fwDg9)

It's cause of the climate crisis. You'll know it's bad if the leaves change colors. Especially red. Red is a very bad sign.

Be afraid. Be very afraid.
Posted by: Robert at August 11, 2024 02:06 PM (MWBxy)

Reasons why I love the Horde, #572

Going to steal this to scare greentards

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 11, 2024 02:35 PM (FnneF)

97 The WD in WD40 stands for Water Displacement formula #40. I think it was supposed to be a contact cleaner.
Posted by: TC

All I can say is that the inventor of WD 40 found success much sooner than the inventor of Formula 409.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 11, 2024 02:35 PM (vqSMO)

98 Yeah, what a dumbass the first little pig was! Tasty, though.

Posted by: The Big, Bad, Wolf at August 11, 2024 02:36 PM (CV8a5)

99 One needs discipline to maintain the straws. Save them after the product runs out and soon you will have a stockpile of straws and need not worry about losing one.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 11, 2024 02:36 PM (g57MQ)

100 I think it was supposed to be a contact cleaner.
Posted by: TC at August 11, 2024 02:32 PM

Yes, but it really makes my eyes burn.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 11, 2024 02:36 PM (dg+HA)

101 Every thread eventually becomes a pubic hair removal thread

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 11, 2024 02:36 PM (JvZF+)

102 I cut back to one feeder, as there is usually one bird who hogs it and fights the other birds. That way I have a clean one to put out all the time, and only make 1 cup of "nectar" at a time.

Posted by: Bidenomics at August 11, 2024 02:34 PM (CV8a5)

We have at least four hummingbirds, and I want to provide for them all.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 11, 2024 02:37 PM (w6EFb)

103 Okay, our Marine identifying 'Rons might appreciate this one.

https://youtube.com/shorts/L0nAeAfn890

Posted by: Robert at August 11, 2024 02:37 PM (MWBxy)

104 Bo Nix looks like the real deal
this could be good
Posted by: Don Black at August 11, 2024 02:28 PM (/7KEl)

"cattle in the snow"?

Posted by: Kindltot at August 11, 2024 02:38 PM (D7oie)

105 > For the first time in my life, I live in a household with NO missing socks.
-----
I have two pair of socks that, for some reason, had "R" and "L" printed on them.

Both pair are now made up of only "L" socks.

I be conflicted.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 11, 2024 02:39 PM (Q4IgG)

106 It doesn't get much more Auburn than Bo Nix and I love it.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Women pursuing older men must desire incestous father fantasies at August 11, 2024 02:39 PM (mIykB)

107 I've got a nose-eyebrow trimmer, hair trimmer, manscaper, and a back trimmer that folds out like an HK MP-5. All of these are cheaper than getting waxxed.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at August 11, 2024 02:40 PM (lhenN)

108 You have no kitchen junk drawer with seperators?

Posted by: L - If they'll do it with you, they'll do it to you, too at August 11, 2024 02:40 PM (NFX2v)

109 I seem to recall my first use of WD40 was with a lighter, searching for an effective weapon against fire ants.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 11, 2024 02:40 PM (vqSMO)

110 *Bo Nix looks like the real deal
this could be good*

Is the NFL still putting those silly virtue signalling slogans on the backs of player jerseys?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 11, 2024 02:40 PM (dg+HA)

111 47 A package of 100 6" replacement 'straws' is available on Amazon for $10.99.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 11, 2024 02:18 PM (a3Q+t)

'merica.

Posted by: m at August 11, 2024 02:40 PM (64Zez)

112 My wife always brought a small can of 3 in 1 oil on vacation, travelling, or even staying at someone's house. She oiled many a hinge, because she hated squeaky hinges, mostly because it would wake her up.

Posted by: Ernst Lubitsch at August 11, 2024 02:41 PM (CV8a5)

113 I have two pair of socks that, for some reason, had "R" and "L" printed on them.

Both pair are now made up of only "L" socks.

I be conflicted.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Just don't go dancing.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 11, 2024 02:41 PM (3xX8/)

114 113 I have two pair of socks that, for some reason, had "R" and "L" printed on them.

Both pair are now made up of only "L" socks.

I be conflicted.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Just don't go dancing.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 11, 2024 02:41 PM (3xX8/)

heh

Posted by: m at August 11, 2024 02:41 PM (64Zez)

115 One nose hair trimmer a month ought to be enough for anybody. Especially if it has the thing that goes up.

Posted by: Karen McAwfl at August 11, 2024 02:42 PM (dg+HA)

116 I have two pair of socks that, for some reason, had "R" and "L" printed on them.

Both pair are now made up of only "L" socks.

I be conflicted.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Try them on different feet.

Posted by: Help Desk at August 11, 2024 02:43 PM (CV8a5)

117 Both pair are now made up of only "L" socks.

I be conflicted.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Try them on different feet.
Posted by: Help Desk

I assume those are the only feet he has.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 11, 2024 02:45 PM (3xX8/)

118 111 47 A package of 100 6" replacement 'straws' is available on Amazon for $10.99.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 11, 2024 02:18 PM (a3Q+t)

'merica.
Posted by: m at August 11, 2024 02:40 PM (64Zez)

Probably Chy-na.

Posted by: Emmie at August 11, 2024 02:45 PM (Sf2cq)

119 I have black lithium grease, I like using it but being black it's very noticeable

Posted by: Skip at August 11, 2024 02:45 PM (fwDg9)

120 I don't know what that means

he just looks comfortable in the pocket
and he can run

Posted by: Don Black at August 11, 2024 02:45 PM (/7KEl)

121 99 One needs discipline to maintain the straws. Save them after the product runs out and soon you will have a stockpile of straws and need not worry about losing one.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 11, 2024 02:36 PM (g57MQ)

Dad? Is that you?

Posted by: Emmie at August 11, 2024 02:47 PM (Sf2cq)

122 Recently a stone arch in Utah collapsed, after 190,000,000 years in the making

this is what arches do, given time

of course, it is being attributed to human activity

Given the numbers involved, that's probably not a bad guess.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 11, 2024 02:48 PM (xCA6C)

123 I like to have a supply of smoke shifters, left handed monkey wrenches and sky hooks on hand for emergencies.

Posted by: Archer at August 11, 2024 02:48 PM (IDphi)

124 The Paolo is also very, how you say, comfortable in the, how you say, the pocket.

Posted by: The Paolo at August 11, 2024 02:48 PM (dg+HA)

125 I zip-tie the straw to the can.

That way you always have the straw, PLUS you always have one zip tie if your wife borrows your stash and forgets to put them back!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 11, 2024 02:50 PM (HlyYF)

126 Use an elastic band to afix the straw to the aerosol can.

WD-40 was invented to be sprayed inside American ICBM silos and on the rocket ignition systems to keep moisture from degrading the launch capability.

Posted by: Speller at August 11, 2024 02:53 PM (pSotA)

127 My dad used a rubber band for his straws on cans…

Posted by: Nan in cool AZ at August 11, 2024 02:53 PM (AUuUW)

128 Nix was a talented college QB that was squandered at Auburn. He was thrown into the SEC, wasn't supported, was left undeveloped by the school / coaches, and eventually booed by the fan-base because they were convinced he was the problem. IIRC they removed him as captain after his first year.

He transfers to a different program and becomes NC caliber talent and is now shining in the NFL.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Women pursuing older men must desire incestous father fantasies at August 11, 2024 02:54 PM (mIykB)

129 Do I have to move to a new house with aerosol applicator straw storage?

Every house has that. Why doesn’t your house have one? Where do you live? Bongo Bongo ?

Posted by: I live in civilization at August 11, 2024 02:55 PM (9X60i)

130 Do I have to move to a new house with aerosol applicator straw storage?

Posted by: CBD at 02:00 PM

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You could always use a very special Solo cup with a masking tape label that reads "WD-40 STRAWS" on it.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 11, 2024 02:56 PM (6ydKt)

131 Usually that 1st round rookie QB goes out there and proceeds to run around as if he fears for his life

not seeing that with Nix
but it's very early in the process

Posted by: Don Black at August 11, 2024 02:56 PM (/7KEl)

132 Buy the WD40 16 oz. cans. They have a flexable straw that folds down so you can spray too.

Posted by: Reforger at August 11, 2024 02:57 PM (xcIvR)

133 You put the straws in the solo cup, then you put the solo cup in the junk drawer.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Women pursuing older men must desire incestous father fantasies at August 11, 2024 02:57 PM (mIykB)

134 So I want to watch the entire 'Saw' series.

Most of the horror and slasher flicks I've been watching for free on Pluto, Tubi, Roku or Plex which has tons of commercials.

But the 10 saw movies are on PAID services, like Netflix.

But NOT ALL OF THEM. I'll have to have another service for some of the others. And some of the movies weren't even listed.

I can't wait until my computer room is set up again so I can just stream everything.

Oh, last thing. Some of the services edit movies. 'The Serbian' is supposed to be really screwed up bit there's only an edited version available.

Posted by: Stateless at August 11, 2024 02:57 PM (jvJvP)

135 You could always use a very special Solo cup with a masking tape label that reads "WD-40 STRAWS" on it.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 11, 2024 02:56 PM (6ydKt)
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Only a hoarder would do that.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 11, 2024 02:58 PM (JvZF+)

136 Rubber band around the can that you tuck the applicator straw into after use

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at August 11, 2024 02:59 PM (1FWWQ)

137 >You could always use a very special Solo cup with a masking tape label that reads "WD-40 STRAWS" on it.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 11, 2024 02:56 PM (6ydKt)
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Only a hoarder would do that.

Posted by: San Franpsycho

----
screams OCD

Posted by: Don Black at August 11, 2024 02:59 PM (/7KEl)

138 We used to spray WD 40 on our salmon lures

Seemed to catch fish

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 11, 2024 03:00 PM (WF/xn)

139 I don't think it screams Hoarder.
A true hoarder would never label anything.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 11, 2024 03:02 PM (6ydKt)

140 I only buy white lithium grease because of my racist forebears and upbringing.

Posted by: The Grand Kleagle at August 11, 2024 03:02 PM (CV8a5)

141 screams OCD
Posted by: Don Black at August 11, 2024 02:59 PM (/7KEl)
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Yes. "Adjust my medication, please."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 11, 2024 03:02 PM (JvZF+)

142 Besides they have black Solo cups now, and as you know black goes with everything, so CBD won't have to worry about it clashing with his decor.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 11, 2024 03:03 PM (6ydKt)

143 A true hoarder would never label anything.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 11, 2024 03:02 PM (6ydKt)
====

*onetwothreefour*
Maybe you're right.
*onetwothreefour*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 11, 2024 03:04 PM (JvZF+)

144 I had the contractor out to take a look at what needs to be done. Didn't see any real issues. The local auction house uses them to redo houses before they go on the market. They worked on the house across the street from me. Bathroom makeover is up first. Lots of little things to do like retrimming the doors. I'm replacing all the windows and he thinks we can use blow in insulation for the outside walls. This will be a first for me, but they seem like competent folks.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 11, 2024 03:04 PM (dDSBl)

145 I shouldn't make fun
when I emptied my kitchen for the painters, I realized just how much stuff I have
a lot I don't need
BUT I CAN'T PART WITH MY STUFF I MIGHT NEED IT SOMEDAY

FWP: too much stuff

Posted by: Don Black at August 11, 2024 03:05 PM (/7KEl)

146 I collect and save the spray straws. Having one place to put all the different straws saves time and frustration. Extras can go into your vehicle tool kit.

Posted by: Braenyard at August 11, 2024 03:07 PM (6TYi0)

147 136 Rubber band around the can that you tuck the applicator straw into after use
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at August 11, 2024 02:59 PM (1FWWQ)

Oh, you saucy little Vixen, you!!!!!!

Posted by: Transvestite Storytime Host Intrigued With Your Technique at August 11, 2024 03:07 PM (5AVMW)

148 Black Solo cups are only for more formal occasions in the evening. Pretentious to use them during the day, like putting out the Royal Doulton China with the hand-painted periwinkles.

Posted by: Hyacinth Bucket at August 11, 2024 03:08 PM (CV8a5)

149 You need a receptacle for the rubber bands, and of course it will need to be labeled

Posted by: Don Black at August 11, 2024 03:08 PM (/7KEl)

150 now Zach Wilson is not doing well
just threw a pick 6

Posted by: Don Black at August 11, 2024 03:09 PM (/7KEl)

151 You'll need to sort the rubber bands by size, then sub-categorize them by tensile strength

Posted by: Don Black at August 11, 2024 03:10 PM (/7KEl)

152 OK I got that wrong
no INT, it was a scoop n score
sorry Zach

Posted by: Don Black at August 11, 2024 03:12 PM (/7KEl)

153 "You'll need to sort the rubber bands by size, then sub-categorize them by tensile strength"

Honey, have you seen the label maker?

Posted by: I'M NOT OCD! at August 11, 2024 03:13 PM (dg+HA)

154 You put the straws in the solo cup, then you put the solo cup in the junk drawer.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Women pursuing older men must desire incestous father fantasies at August 11, 2024 02:57 PM

Or you get the hose.

Posted by: Jame Gumb at August 11, 2024 03:13 PM (a3Q+t)

155 138 We used to spray WD 40 on our salmon lures
Seemed to catch fish

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 11, 2024 03:00 PM (WF/xn)

WD-40 is rumored to be deodorized fish oil and maybe a few other additives. It was never patented as the inventor(s) didn't want to release the formula.

Posted by: that know-it-all guy at August 11, 2024 03:13 PM (HWIAW)

156 Aerosocial distancing.

Posted by: Ben Sears at August 11, 2024 03:13 PM (vM11h)

157 White Solo cups should not be used after Labor Day.

Posted by: Jame Gumb at August 11, 2024 03:14 PM (a3Q+t)

158 I'm going to get rid of more stuff. I want to set up a spot I can sit on the floor. Chairs make my back hurt after awhile. And it's my house should okay if I get a bit crazy. I'll still have places for people to sit, if I ever have company.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 11, 2024 03:14 PM (dDSBl)

159 The WD in WD40 stands for Water Displacement formula #40. I think it was supposed to be a contact cleaner.
Posted by: TC at August 11, 2024 02:32 PM (cHOHf)

It's mostly a solvent. But what it can do well is remobilize old oil or grease that was in an assembly, and get back into the crucial area that needs it.

My FWP? Fucking Amazon. Working on a Husqvarna string trimmer a friend. Replaced the gearcase at the business end with one from a scrap trimmer I had here, and it works, by golly. But the engine didn't run worth a shit. Blubbering and smoking, and spitting fuel droplets out the air intake. Took the carb off, Diaphragm stiff as a board. Look on amazon: very few carb kits for the Zama carb, but a veritable plethora of complete replacement carbs, from under 20 dollars to over 80 dollars, and delivery dates from next week to late September. Took a lot of research to find the cheapest/fastest sweet spot.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 11, 2024 03:15 PM (GGPfC)

160 151 You'll need to sort the rubber bands by size, then sub-categorize them by tensile strength
Posted by: Don Black

Thanks for the timely reminder. I need to have my elastic tensile-strength measuring equipment calibrated. Can't be too thorough, or careful.

Posted by: Anal-Retentive Artie at August 11, 2024 03:15 PM (CV8a5)

161 Olympics closing ceremony spoiler:

The Mission Impossible star is set to abseil into the Stade de France stadium to pick up the five-ring Olympic flag and transfer it to Los Angeles

Posted by: Don Black at August 11, 2024 03:16 PM (/7KEl)

162 There are red Solo cup states and there are blue Solo cup states.

Posted by: ABC "News" at August 11, 2024 03:16 PM (dg+HA)

163 Collect all the applicator straws you encounter. Wash and store. Never be caught empty handed again.

Posted by: Jim at August 11, 2024 03:17 PM (zhWvq)

164 The Olympics are over? Huh.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 11, 2024 03:19 PM (4Med0)

165 *Blubbering and smoking, and spitting fuel droplets out the air intake.*

That's why you don't see him out in public much anymore.

Posted by: "Doctor" Jill at August 11, 2024 03:20 PM (dg+HA)

166 You made me look up "abseil"

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 11, 2024 03:20 PM (63Dwl)

167 >Collect all the applicator straws you encounter. Wash and store. Never be caught empty handed again.
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you have to wash them in even numbers, sorted by size

Posted by: Don Black at August 11, 2024 03:21 PM (/7KEl)

168 166 You made me look up "abseil"
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 11, 2024 03:20 PM

And I thought I was the only one.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 11, 2024 03:21 PM (dg+HA)

169 As others have said, rubber band around the can.

Posted by: KCSteve at August 11, 2024 03:22 PM (bxAlI)

170 >You made me look up "abseil"

yeah me too
sounds like Tom is gonna rappel from a helicopter or some shit

Posted by: Don Black at August 11, 2024 03:23 PM (/7KEl)

171 The Mission Impossible star is set to abseil into the Stade de France stadium to pick up the five-ring Olympic flag and transfer it to Los Angeles
Posted by: Don Black

Doesn't Milan 2026 need the flag first?

Posted by: Damaged Goods at August 11, 2024 03:23 PM (CV8a5)

172 AoSHQ: Come for the puns, stay for new vocabulary.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 11, 2024 03:23 PM (a3Q+t)

173 100 I think it was supposed to be a contact cleaner.
Posted by: TC at August 11, 2024 02:32 PM

Yes, but it really makes my eyes burn.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 11, 2024 02:36 PM (dg+HA)

aagghh

Posted by: m at August 11, 2024 03:24 PM (64Zez)

174 You made me look up "abseil"
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 11, 2024 03:20 PM (63Dwl)

The neck belay, if done badly, can be a deal-breaker.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 11, 2024 03:24 PM (GGPfC)

175 >Doesn't Milan 2026 need the flag first?

summer games, summer flag
LA 2028

Posted by: Don Black at August 11, 2024 03:26 PM (/7KEl)

176 Doesn't Milan 2026 need the flag first?

Posted by: Damaged Goods at August 11, 2024 03:23 PM (CV8a5)

The Winter Olympics are in Michigan?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 11, 2024 03:26 PM (d9fT1)

177 I had to mute the pubic hair commercial

and the pubic hair guy has a man bun

what is happening to this country

Posted by: Don Black at August 11, 2024 03:26 PM (/7KEl)

178 Well, back to the salt mines. Gather the loose pieces of the string trimmer, and place in a box until the new carb arrives, and find something else to work on.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 11, 2024 03:27 PM (GGPfC)

179
It's "sales-tax-free" weekend in MA.

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 11, 2024 03:28 PM (HCayI)

180 127 My dad used a rubber band for his straws on cans…
Posted by: Nan in cool AZ at August 11, 2024 02:53 PM (AUuUW)

He was a Rubber Band Man?

Posted by: m at August 11, 2024 03:28 PM (64Zez)

181 WD40 cans now have a folding rig for the straw.
Posted by: davidt at August 11, 2024 02:07 PM (i0F8b)

Yep, down for spray, up for tube.

Also, you know that you can recharge a can that has lost it's fizz with an air compressor. Don't throw those full but flat cans away.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at August 11, 2024 03:28 PM (8KZLC)

182 My can of WD40 has the straw applicator as a flip up thingy. When you want regular spray just flip it back down. No more loose straws.

Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at August 11, 2024 03:29 PM (PWI4f)

183 No need to sell the house this time. Simply glue the straw to the side of the can.

Posted by: Weasel at August 11, 2024 03:29 PM (uGpeQ)

184 177 I had to mute the pubic hair commercial

and the pubic hair guy has a man bun

what is happening to this country
Posted by: Don Black

You, being normal, are repulsed and turn it off or mute. Sad thing is, this commercial will appeal to enough people for this to make economic sense to produce and air. End times, indeed.

Posted by: Bell is Tolling at August 11, 2024 03:30 PM (CV8a5)

185 Ya'll had straws to applicate solvent to your gear?

Luxury! We had to use cigarette-box cardboard, hand-fashioned into little funnel-like nozzles to provide the precision needed for our application.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at August 11, 2024 03:31 PM (2UBPP)

186
Those flip-up/down straws leak, tho.

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 11, 2024 03:31 PM (HCayI)

187 so you people have WD-40 cans with the thing that goes up?

Posted by: Don Black at August 11, 2024 03:32 PM (/7KEl)

188
I had to mute the pubic hair commercial

How about the Ball Hammock shorts commercial?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 11, 2024 03:33 PM (63Dwl)

189
btw, I save metal twist-ties. They come in handy for rolling up extra usb cables.

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 11, 2024 03:33 PM (HCayI)

190 > We had to use cigarette-box cardboard, hand-fashioned into little funnel-like nozzles to provide the precision needed for our application.
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Cardboard? You were lucky.

Posted by: Don Black at August 11, 2024 03:34 PM (/7KEl)

191 Chicago's first world problem.

Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist
@DeAngelisCorey
BREAKING: Chicago Teachers Union president Stacy Davis Gates says testing is "junk science rooted in white supremacy" and "born out of eugenics."
She was responding to this radio host asking her about Chicago Public Schools spending a ton of money and still failing children.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I got 99 problems but Vance ain't one at August 11, 2024 03:35 PM (L/fGl)

192 We had to use cigarette-box cardboard, hand-fashioned into little funnel-like nozzles to provide the precision needed for our application.
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Cardboard? You were lucky.
Posted by: Don Black at August 11, 2024 03:34 PM (/7KEl)
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Hands? You had hands?

Posted by: Weasel at August 11, 2024 03:35 PM (uGpeQ)

193 But what about storage after that first use? The straw probably has a bit of lubricant on it, so the little bit of tape that held it onto the side of the can isn't going to work.
__________________

Close one end of a drinking straw (thereby saving a turtle, per some 10 year-old brat), tape it to the side of the can, drop the applicator straw into it.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at August 11, 2024 03:36 PM (YqDXo)

194 >Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 11, 2024 03:33 PM (63Dwl)
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all the commercials suck
and for some reason, the stream I'm watching has a lot of ads for teen adoption
kinda creepy

Posted by: Don Black at August 11, 2024 03:36 PM (/7KEl)

195
Incidentally, you know what "odd" puchase I made recently?

Clipboards. Old fashioned clipboards. Very low-tech, but still excellent for note pads in the kitchen, garage, basement, etc. Even the bathroom, you know, for taking notes of important thoughts and musings.

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 11, 2024 03:37 PM (HCayI)

196 Oh, so now you guys are all shag carpet rather than hardwood floors!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I got 99 problems but Vance ain't one at August 11, 2024 03:37 PM (L/fGl)

197 And leaving it in the nozzle is a plan to fail, because it will get knocked off the second you turn your back.

I mentioned this the other day. Finally found the lost straw, but the dog had chewed it up.

What I found that works is, those wide, small rubber bands that are on broccoli (sometimes) -- fit snugly on a WD-40 can, and will hold the straw.

Follow me for more first world solutions.

Posted by: mindful webworker - broccoli bands ftw at August 11, 2024 03:37 PM (KlLcF)

198 Testing is junk science and racist at the core. Competency, the same thing.

Posted by: Cooter Brown at August 11, 2024 03:38 PM (CV8a5)

199 165 *Blubbering and smoking, and spitting fuel droplets out the air intake.*

That's why you don't see him out in public much anymore.
Posted by: "Doctor" Jill at August 11, 2024 03:20 PM (dg+HA)

; )

Posted by: m at August 11, 2024 03:38 PM (64Zez)

200
What's funny is I think I've thrown out a few clipboards in the past, and here I am, in 2024, buying wooden clipboards again.

There Is No Substitute for Pen & Paper.

My "app" on my phone for "memos" doesn't cut it.

Same goes for "reading" on Kindles and tablets. It sucks. And it's stupid.

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 11, 2024 03:39 PM (HCayI)

201 183 No need to sell the house this time. Simply glue the straw to the side of the can.
Posted by: Weasel at August 11, 2024 03:29 PM (uGpeQ)

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Better yet, bathroom silicone sealant. Then you can be sure it never comes off the side of the can.

Problem solved.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 11, 2024 03:39 PM (vjVW5)

202 I don't understand why CBD doesn't go for the obvious solution: Call Ace's Shelving Emporium and have some straw shelves installed by a professional.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at August 11, 2024 03:39 PM (tT6L1)

203 what we need is some kind of plastic straw 'keeper ' that attaches to the WD-40 can with a powerful magnet

the keeper should be labeled with a description of the contents

the label should be International Safety Orange

Posted by: Don Black at August 11, 2024 03:39 PM (/7KEl)

204 A rubber band makes a fine tubing organizer

Posted by: Very Fixed Income at August 11, 2024 02:08 PM (CV8a5)
________________

This just in: Democrats have now banned rubber bands, because reasons.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at August 11, 2024 03:40 PM (YqDXo)

205 'The straw probably has a bit of lubricant on it, so the little bit of tape that held it onto the side of the can isn't going to work.'

I just reinforce the tape with a couple of 1-5/8" drywall screws. Whirrr! Whirrr! Done.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 11, 2024 02:11 PM (3wi/L)

You guys are full of life hacks.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) takes notes at August 11, 2024 03:40 PM (8KZLC)

206 now, about the font for the label....

Posted by: Don Black at August 11, 2024 03:40 PM (/7KEl)

207 Clipboards. Old fashioned clipboards. Very low-tech, but still excellent for note pads in the kitchen, garage, basement, etc. Even the bathroom, you know, for taking notes of important thoughts and musings.

Posted by: Soothsayer

Clipboard, hard hat, safety vest, and a tape measure. You can go anywhere without question. Official, indeed.

Posted by: Assistant Vice Foreman at August 11, 2024 03:41 PM (CV8a5)

208
That reminds me: I need to use my little "label maker" more. I bought it years ago to help me organize.

*That's a sign of being an "old man," yes? Put little label stickers on everything all over the house?

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 11, 2024 03:42 PM (HCayI)

209 196 Oh, so now you guys are all shag carpet rather than hardwood floors!

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I can find a brazilian reasons to disagree.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 11, 2024 03:42 PM (vjVW5)

210 That reminds me: I need to use my little "label maker" more. I bought it years ago to help me organize.

*That's a sign of being an "old man," yes? Put little label stickers on everything all over the house?
Posted by: Soothsayer at August 11, 2024 03:42 PM (HCayI)

I bought a truck with a cap from a guy that had one of those. He even had the height of the cap measured in inches and labelled onto the mirror.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) takes notes at August 11, 2024 03:43 PM (8KZLC)

211 BREAKING: Chicago Teachers Union president Stacy Davis Gates says testing is "junk science rooted in white supremacy" and "born out of eugenics."
________________

If her demographic did well on tests, she'd say they were the gold standard and indispensable to the education undertaking.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at August 11, 2024 03:43 PM (YqDXo)

212 Even the bathroom, you know, for taking notes of important thoughts and musings.

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 11, 2024 03:37 PM (HCayI)

Notes such as the size, shape, and color of all your bowel movements? Interesting!

Posted by: Guy Breaking into Your House to Use Your Bathroom at August 11, 2024 03:43 PM (5AVMW)

213 My late mother was an office supplies junkie. When she died I inherited several clipboards of numerous sizes. And you're right--they're surprisingly useful.

She died in 2012 and I think we finally ran out of the notepads I inherited last year.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at August 11, 2024 03:44 PM (FEVMW)

214 >Oh, so now you guys are all shag carpet rather than hardwood floors!
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it was a commercial for dudes
it is grotesque
no hot girls trimming the welcome mat

Posted by: Don Black at August 11, 2024 03:44 PM (/7KEl)

215 You can also fashion a straw holster to wear on your belt.

Posted by: Weasel at August 11, 2024 03:44 PM (uGpeQ)

216 My Dad used to say that a 2nd Lieutenant with a clipboard is the most dangerous thing in the Army.

Posted by: javems at August 11, 2024 03:45 PM (8I4hW)

217 How about the soul-crushing frustration of getting the little straw into the nozzle?

Eh, who can afford to spend the extra for the newer model with the ritzy flip-up spray straw?

What am I, Rockefeller?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 11, 2024 03:45 PM (HZHVc)

218
Ace mentioned something last week about not being to find things he already owns so he just buys another.

That Me!

I have spent an hour looking for something on many occasion, to just go online and order another. Very frustrating.

Hence, the need for a Label Maker!

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 11, 2024 03:45 PM (HCayI)

219 Scientists estimate that at least 11,380 whales are lost every year because they inhaled a WD-40 straw and it fatally clogged their blowholes.

WD-40 straws kill.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 11, 2024 03:46 PM (vjVW5)

220 Ace mentioned something last week about not being to find things he already owns so he just buys another.

That Me!

I have spent an hour looking for something on many occasion, to just go online and order another. Very frustrating.

Hence, the need for a Label Maker!
Posted by: Soothsayer at August 11, 2024 03:45 PM (HCayI)

That's how one ends up with twelve 10MM sockets.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) takes notes at August 11, 2024 03:46 PM (8KZLC)

221 >>That's a sign of being an "old man," yes? Put little label stickers on everything all over the house?
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make sure the labels are properly labeled

Posted by: Don Black at August 11, 2024 03:46 PM (/7KEl)

222 Good news, everyone!

PA Department of State
@PAStateDept
Pennsylvanians won’t always know the final results of all races on election night. Any changes in results that occur as counties continue to count ballots are not evidence that an election is “rigged.”

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So glad I don't need to worry about rigged elections!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I got 99 problems but Vance ain't one at August 11, 2024 03:46 PM (L/fGl)

223 >Ace mentioned something last week about not being to find things he already owns so he just buys another.
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that's how you end up with 5 cans of WD-40

Posted by: Don Black at August 11, 2024 03:47 PM (/7KEl)

224 This is some of the worst advice I've ever read. The Sunday NY Times is like $10 now!

Posted by: Poor, But Proud at August 11, 2024 02:24 PM (CV8a5)
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They'd have to pay me more than that!

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at August 11, 2024 03:48 PM (YqDXo)

225 I own an old popup camper that we haven't used in 25 years. I went to raise the top to see if it was all rotted inside and the cable seems to have snapped. So I have had to lift each corner a few inches at a time and prop them with different lengths of scrap lumber. And that is why you never throw any scraps away.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) takes notes at August 11, 2024 03:49 PM (8KZLC)

226
That's how one ends up with twelve 10MM sockets.
Posted by: G'rump

True, but we all know where most of them are: in the unreachable, un-seeable spots under the hood.

Which is why I bought a long, flexible magnet! Everyone should own one.

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 11, 2024 03:49 PM (HCayI)

227 Ace mentioned something last week about not being to find things he already owns so he just buys another.
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It's the only way to find the first one.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at August 11, 2024 03:49 PM (YqDXo)

228 You'll appreciate Kindles more when you are an old guy. I love books but I don't love trying to hold big heavy biographies. And you can change the font and do a search. I use it for books that I probably won't keep long term. I just use a Paperwhite.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 11, 2024 03:49 PM (dDSBl)

229 that's how you end up with 5 cans of WD-40
Posted by: Don Black at August 11, 2024 03:47 PM (/7KEl)

"Why are there 5 wd40 cans in the junk cupboard?"
"I lost the straws."

Posted by: Reforger at August 11, 2024 03:50 PM (xcIvR)

230 OK Denver has a play called the 'toss crack'

Posted by: Don Black at August 11, 2024 03:50 PM (/7KEl)

231 Notes such as the size, shape, and color of all your bowel movements? Interesting!

Posted by: Guy Breaking into Your House to Use Your Bathroom at August 11, 2024 03:43 PM (5AVMW)
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Ask me how I know you're a German.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at August 11, 2024 03:51 PM (YqDXo)

232 It's the only way to find the first one.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at August 11, 2024 03:49 PM (YqDXo)

It's always the last place you look

Posted by: javems at August 11, 2024 03:51 PM (8I4hW)

233 We have a "junk drawer" in the kitchen, like most people probably do. There's an assortment of twisty-ties, rubber bands, key rings, pens, tiny baggies, batteries, chip-clips (aka clothes pins) bottle and wine openers, etc. in there.

I also save my cigar boxes and store assorted hardware bits, nails, screws, small tools and whatever else will fit in them. Pro-tip; write on the box what is inside.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 11, 2024 03:51 PM (Q4IgG)

234 Ace mentioned something last week about not being to find things he already owns so he just buys another
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As I was searching for something the other day, I came to this realization:
If it's so hard for me to find something in my own house then all these shows of strangers searching someone's house and finding what they were looking for are full of shit.

Ain't nobody finding nothing anywhere.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 11, 2024 03:51 PM (HZHVc)

235 Oh, I forgot to mention that when you use your compressor to recharge your spray cans, don't over do it. Mrs928 had some anti-stink spray that had gone flat and the first can more or less exploded when I was charging it. I ended up smelling like a French Whorehouse.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) takes notes at August 11, 2024 03:52 PM (8KZLC)

236 and wear your safety goggles.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) takes notes at August 11, 2024 03:52 PM (8KZLC)

237 I also save my cigar boxes and store assorted hardware bits, nails, screws, small tools and whatever else will fit in them. Pro-tip; write on the box what is inside.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 11, 2024 03:51 PM (Q4IgG)

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Yep. "JUNK"

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 11, 2024 03:52 PM (vjVW5)

238 You'll appreciate Kindles more when you are an old guy. I love books but I don't love trying to hold big heavy biographies. And you can change the font and do a search. I use it for books that I probably won't keep long term. I just use a Paperwhite.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 11, 2024 03:49 PM (dDSBl)
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Back in the day, when I traveled half of the weight in my luggage consisted of books. (I tend to rotate between reading different ones.) The Kindle is a Godsend.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at August 11, 2024 03:53 PM (YqDXo)

239 What Teachers Union representative isn't a Cultural Marxist?

Posted by: Skip at August 11, 2024 03:53 PM (fwDg9)

240 It's hard to throw away a perfectly good thing, just because you haven't used it in a decade

Posted by: Don Black at August 11, 2024 03:53 PM (/7KEl)

241 She will retire early on a fat pension, and her kids will be stupid and Marxists

Posted by: Skip at August 11, 2024 03:54 PM (fwDg9)

242 I also save my cigar boxes and store assorted hardware bits, nails, screws, small tools and whatever else will fit in them. Pro-tip; write on the box what is inside.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 11, 2024 03:51 PM (Q4IgG)
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You know how you find a part of something, but don't know what it came from? And then later, when you realize what it came from, you can't the part anymore?

I put all such orphan parts in a small box, so when I figure out where the part came from, I can reunite with whatever that was.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at August 11, 2024 03:54 PM (YqDXo)

243 240 It's hard to throw away a perfectly good thing, just because you haven't used it in a decade
Posted by: Don Black at August 11, 2024 03:53 PM (/7KEl)

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This is why my 8-tracks are meticulously organized by genre.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 11, 2024 03:55 PM (vjVW5)

244 I have a box of keys that I have forgotten what they go to.

One day I will make a windchime out of them.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) takes notes at August 11, 2024 03:55 PM (8KZLC)

245 241 She will retire early on a fat pension, and her kids will be stupid and Marxists

Posted by: Skip at August 11, 2024 03:54 PM (fwDg9)

Her kids go to private school I believe.

Posted by: that know-it-all guy at August 11, 2024 03:57 PM (HWIAW)

246 244 I have a box of keys that I have forgotten what they go to.

One day I will make a windchime out of them.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) takes notes at August 11, 2024 03:55 PM (8KZLC)

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When word comes down from the Regime to operate backyard smelting furnaces, they'll be the first thing to go.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 11, 2024 03:58 PM (vjVW5)

247 ...You can also fashion a straw holster to wear on your belt. Posted by: Weasel at August 11, 2024 03:44 PM (uGpeQ)

And then stand in front of a mirror and practice your Quick Straw?

*runs serpentine, dies tired*

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at August 11, 2024 03:58 PM (kQgoX)

248 >You know how you find a part of something, but don't know what it came from? And then later, when you realize what it came from, you can't the part anymore?

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my experience is, I never find out what the thing is, I toss it, and it remains ever a mystery

Posted by: Don Black at August 11, 2024 03:58 PM (/7KEl)

249 First world solution!

I kid you not, Dolce & Gabbana just released a perfume for dogs

Guardian news
@guardiannews
‘Delicate, authentic, charismatic’: Dolce & Gabbana launches €99 dog perfume

For €99 (£84), owners can have their pets smelling of the ‘warm notes' of ylang ylang, musk and sandalwood.

https://is.gd/iaFH18

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I don't know how much €99 (£84) in funny money is in real money but it sounds expensivd

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I got 99 problems but Vance ain't one at August 11, 2024 03:58 PM (L/fGl)

250 My old dog used to perfume himself by rolling on dead fish.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) takes notes at August 11, 2024 03:59 PM (8KZLC)

251 233 We have a "junk drawer" in the kitchen, like most people probably do. There's an assortment of twisty-ties, rubber bands, key rings, pens, tiny baggies, batteries, chip-clips (aka clothes pins) bottle and wine openers, etc. in there.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 11, 2024 03:51 PM (Q4IgG)

Yes to all that! Pens and pencils are in a different drawer than the junk drawer, tho.

Posted by: m at August 11, 2024 04:00 PM (64Zez)

252 Something entirely different: Hurricanes for those who live on the coast. Joe Bastardi says that we will probably have, at least, three more hurricanes this year. That 3/4 of all hurricanes occur in this time period forward. Generators anyone? Canned goods? Visit Aunt Martha in Omaha?

Posted by: Braenyard at August 11, 2024 04:00 PM (6TYi0)

253 FOODIE NOODIE TIME

Posted by: Skip at August 11, 2024 04:01 PM (fwDg9)

254 I kid you not, Dolce & Gabbana just released a perfume for dogs

Guardian news
@guardiannews
‘Delicate, authentic, charismatic’: Dolce & Gabbana launches €99 dog perfume

For €99 (£84), owners can have their pets smelling of the ‘warm notes' of ylang ylang, musk and sandalwood.
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Spray it on the dog's butt. Confuse the hell out of the other dogs.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at August 11, 2024 04:01 PM (YqDXo)

255 216 My Dad used to say that a 2nd Lieutenant with a clipboard is the most dangerous thing in the Army.
Posted by: javems
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Dad from an earlier era said if you had a clipboard you could go anywhere you wanted.

Posted by: Braenyard at August 11, 2024 04:01 PM (6TYi0)

256 197 And leaving it in the nozzle is a plan to fail, because it will get knocked off the second you turn your back.
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Ill designed attachment area. Using the straw to spay the rollers on the garage door (marksman I are - hit the bearing right in the slot everytime) the straw flew off and landed in parts unknown.

Posted by: Braenyard at August 11, 2024 04:05 PM (6TYi0)

257 256 197 And leaving it in the nozzle is a plan to fail, because it will get knocked off the second you turn your back.
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Ill designed attachment area. Using the straw to spay the rollers on the garage door (marksman I are - hit the bearing right in the slot everytime) the straw flew off and landed in parts unknown.
Posted by: Braenyard at August 11, 2024 04:05 PM (6TYi0)

heh

Posted by: m at August 11, 2024 04:06 PM (64Zez)

258 I have WD-40 canisters with attached straws that fold down. Really. I probably paid extra, but worth it when cold weather strikes the door locks.

My FWP is Handy aka Angie's List. Again I was sent notification of the time the plumber would arrive. He didn't.

When I called, I got a customer service rep whose English was impossible. Really. She was reading from a script with no thought to pauses or pronunciation. I pride myself on figuring out ESL students' mangled grammar and pronunciation; I couldn't do it.

I asked for someone else; she said something about "sorry" and "call", so I said I'd try again. I did. Several times.

They picked up and put me on hold (different muzak). A man picked up, said something in his native tongue, and put me on hold. Then they put me on speaker and I got to hear men taking other calls.

Funny thing is that when I called the hardware store's customer service, the rep who answered had an Indian accent but utterly proficient and professional. He flat out said customers had been complaining about Handy's terrible customer service.

However, he said I'd have to eat the cost of my defective toilet because warranty lasted only 30 days. Grr.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at August 11, 2024 04:10 PM (orWEt)

259 Wall Street Silver
@WallStreetSilv
Boeing Starliner could be junk and stuck at the Space Station permanently.
NASA has lost confidence in the safety of the Starliner due to leaks and won't allow astronauts to return on it.
But Boeing installed software on Starliner that does not provide for automated undocking. They need a human inside of the Starliner to undock. But the problem is, there would be no way to get the astronaut back on the Space Station, the space suits are too bulky to fit thru the port.
Boeing wants to upload new software while Starliner is in space, but NASA is worried it will fail and then brick Starliner forever, thus blocking one of only two ports where Dragon and others arrive and leave from.
The two astronauts were only supposed to be on the space station for 8 days for this Starliner test flight and have now been there for 2 months. The most likely plan is for their return in February 2025 aboard a Dragon Crew capsule.

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And February is a government estimate and we all know how often they come in on time and under budget. I'm thinking May if they're lucky.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I got 99 problems but Vance ain't one at August 11, 2024 04:11 PM (L/fGl)

260 When at a fast food place that still uses plastic straws, save your straw. Hold one end closed with pliers then use a flame to seal it shut. Cut the straw to just a little shorter than the spray can straw, then duct tape it to the side of the spray can. Now you have a holster for the spray can's stray.

Posted by: Michael Gilson at August 11, 2024 04:34 PM (kS4zg)

261 A bandaid works great. It never comes off the can, and the actual bandage part is flexible enough to allow you to insert the straw without having to grab it with your thick clumsy fingers and pull it out (like an elastic requires).

Posted by: La Rossa's Lover at August 11, 2024 05:01 PM (opOty)

262 Zip tie around the can. Better than a rubber band

Posted by: Tim at August 11, 2024 05:08 PM (Lx730)

263 WD-40 products now have what they call a "smart straw." The straw is permanently attached and folds down after use. Has worked well so far.

Posted by: Brad at August 11, 2024 05:44 PM (1TQUx)

264 "and then brick Starliner forever"

I think the 'brickening' has already begun, no waiting required.
Maybe give an astronaut a saw-zall, undock, then spacewalk. ISS has airlocks, right?

Posted by: boynsea at August 11, 2024 06:16 PM (cx155)

265 Those straws also get brittle over time.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO, AI Expert at August 11, 2024 06:45 PM (2xB3Z)

266 Soda straw crimped at one end. Tape to side of can. Spray straw holster😁

Posted by: Gabby at August 11, 2024 07:07 PM (L8+qb)

267 Wow. So many creative solutions. All I do is attach the WD-40 straw I just used to my handy compressed air can nozzle and blow it out and then reattach it to the WD-40 can. Works for me. (I make sure not to blow it out over my wife's linen table cloth, the one that was handed down from bride to bride over the past 200 years.)

Posted by: Donaldo at August 12, 2024 01:26 PM (y5/EV)

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