First-World Problems...

It's tough to see in the photo, but that is a one-tablespoon measure sitting on the counter after being washed. And if you look closely you will see a bit of water sitting in the spoon. In a sane world, that measuring spoon would be sitting on the counter with the reservoir POINTING DOWN!

But in the dystopian hellscape that is Chez Dildo, gravity is not an appreciated force. In fact, it is almost universally ignored, judging by the number of bowls placed in the dishwasher on their sides...guaranteeing a lovely bowl of dishwater at the end of the cycle.

I think corporal punishment is the only solution.

Posted by: CBD at 02:00 PM

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1 Dishwashers just don't dry well now.

Posted by: CapeFear at September 01, 2024 02:02 PM (1z3/M)

2 In the coming burning times, dishwater soup will be a delicacy!

Posted by: The Voice of Terror at September 01, 2024 02:03 PM (CV8a5)

3 And a willowed good story

Posted by: Skip at September 01, 2024 02:03 PM (fwDg9)

4 If you were really in the first world, you would have a 2nd spoon, dry, at the ready.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 01, 2024 02:04 PM (QJ2FR)

5 Why stop at corporal punishment? What's wrong with the death penalty? This is America, damn it!!!

Posted by: caf at September 01, 2024 02:04 PM (p0pNW)

6 In the coming burning times, dishwater soup will be a delicacy!
Posted by: The Voice of Terror at September 01, 2024 02:03 PM (CV8a5)
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NO SOUP FOR YOU!!!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 01, 2024 02:05 PM (QJ2FR)

7 Chez Dildo seems to be grasping for perfection in an imperfect world.
CBD might need to put on those big boy pants found in the back of the Chez Dildo garage, moldering.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 01, 2024 02:05 PM (x/AH7)

8 Hand washing dishes solves this problem.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 01, 2024 02:05 PM (WbH4L)

9 kick 'em out!

Posted by: DanMan at September 01, 2024 02:05 PM (8uzBS)

10 Dishwashers just don't dry well now.
Posted by: CapeFear at September 01, 2024 02:02 PM (1z3/M)

Or wash well either. Or stay functional very long. They're kinda shit.

Posted by: Modern appliances suck at September 01, 2024 02:06 PM (tMq8W)

11 Got nothing to add to this rant, agree 100%.
Unfortunately, as the only party now in the house, if there's guilt to be had it's mine.

Posted by: From about That Time at September 01, 2024 02:06 PM (4780s)

12 Wow. I thought MY mom was strict.

Posted by: huerfano at September 01, 2024 02:07 PM (VGOMa)

13
Truly it is remarkable the size and weight of objects that can flip in the dishwasher and fill with water.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 01, 2024 02:07 PM (NRaSU)

14 When I hear corporal punishment, I think the person is going to be punished by Agarn

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 01, 2024 02:07 PM (1G9mh)

15 >>> 10 Dishwashers just don't dry well now.
Posted by: CapeFear at September 01, 2024 02:02 PM (1z3/M)

Or wash well either. Or stay functional very long. They're kinda shit.
Posted by: Modern appliances suck at September 01, 2024 02:06 PM (tMq8W)

"planned obsolescence" needs to die in a fire

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 01, 2024 02:07 PM (FnneF)

16 New almost waterless dishwasher and washing machines suck

Posted by: Skip at September 01, 2024 02:07 PM (fwDg9)

17 It's a wonder that you're able to stay sane CBD. Chin up and as Kamalangadingdong would say "Forward!".

Posted by: Tuna at September 01, 2024 02:07 PM (oaGWv)

18 >>> 16 New almost waterless dishwasher and washing machines suck
Posted by: Skip at September 01, 2024 02:07 PM (fwDg9)

"We have to save teh erf!!!" -- greentards, who either don't understand hygiene or hate it

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 01, 2024 02:08 PM (FnneF)

19 I think corporal punishment is the only solution.

Posted by: CBD at 02:00 PM

Obviously, someone needs a spanking. You've got to be cruel to be kind!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at September 01, 2024 02:09 PM (4XwPj)

20
When I hear corporal punishment, I think the person is going to be punished by Agarn
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Smacked with a hat.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 01, 2024 02:10 PM (63Dwl)

21 My first world pro is my instructor who teaches Sunday has Covid. Yay! So I am headed in to teach while she rests.

Posted by: Piper at September 01, 2024 02:10 PM (p4NUW)

22 I often find that plastic food storage containers which were placed facing down in the DW, by some black magic contort themselves to face up, whereupon they fill with water, and then dump that soapy water all over the other newly washed stuff as you pull the drawer out.

The struggle is real.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 01, 2024 02:11 PM (xCA6C)

23 Yea... we have a couple pieces of glassware that have concave bottoms. So when they're properly placed in the top rack the water collects on them and you either dump it on the dishes in the bottom rack, or get a towel and dry everything off.

This, even with the 'drying' cycle on.

I blame the glassware makers.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 01, 2024 02:11 PM (Q4IgG)

24 Helena downstairs left story that I was guilty of your friend at the Grand Canyon

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

25 >>> 16 New almost waterless dishwasher and washing machines suck
Posted by: Skip at September 01, 2024 02:07 PM (fwDg9)

"We have to save teh erf!!!" -- greentards, who either don't understand hygiene or hate it
Posted by: Helena Handbaske

They are made for big city serfs with limited water supply.
Out in countryside we fetch our water in a bucket so if we want to use more then it is our business alone.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at September 01, 2024 02:12 PM (/lPRQ)

26 first world pro is my instructor who teaches Sunday has Covid. Yay! So I am headed in to teach while she rests.
Posted by: Piper

Tell her to walk it off and teach anyway. It'll kill her or cure her. Either one is better than lying around all day!!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at September 01, 2024 02:13 PM (4XwPj)

27 1 Dishwashers just don't dry well now.
Posted by: CapeFear at September 01, 2024 02:02 PM (1z3/M)

Water is wetter because of Climate Change™

Posted by: Reforger at September 01, 2024 02:13 PM (xcIvR)

28 Madamemayhem, I so want to buy you drink !

Posted by: Ben Had at September 01, 2024 02:14 PM (WbH4L)

29 It's an unwinnable battle.

Just keep a bit of paper towel handy, when you're putting up the "dried" dishes.

Conversely. Force adoption of the "wash tonight, put away tomorrow" ethos, and let Air Drying work it's wonders to behold.

Conversely II. Back in my wee teen days as a dishwasher in the commercial kitchen. The drying cycle on the Auto-Chlor dishwasher was SO HOT, the rack of dishes would flash dry in the rack, *after* being removed from the machine.

You could burn your fingers putting clean stock back in the racks, and I often did. 'Cause those dishes were needed for service, right damn NOW!

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at September 01, 2024 02:14 PM (kQgoX)

30 Ii will put a heavy item over the corner to keep the plastics from flipping. I replaced a dishwasher in February and had to raise water heater temperature for correct functioning. The old washer replaced only because I bent the door.

Posted by: CapeFear at September 01, 2024 02:14 PM (1z3/M)

31 I blame the glassware makers.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 01, 2024 02:11 PM (Q4IgG)

I place those sorts of glasses at an angle against the stem holding rack. That helps.

But Big Glass is indeed our enemy.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 01, 2024 02:15 PM (d9fT1)

32 Back when there were others in the house putting stuff in the dishwasher, and even now when the kids are over for supper and help clean up, I almost always have to do some rearranging, both for the problems mentioned above and and just for general efficiency and order reasons.
I know I have otherworldly spatial awareness skills, but sheesh....

Posted by: From about That Time at September 01, 2024 02:15 PM (4780s)

33 Posted by: Ben Had at September 01, 2024 02:14 PM (WbH4L)

Me? Points at self, looks right, then left... Me?

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at September 01, 2024 02:15 PM (4XwPj)

34 I read an article once which explained why only certain, light plastic containers seem not to dry with everything else in the DW. The answer is that they are very thin, and plastic has a low heat capacity, so once the cycle stops, there isn't enough residual heat to evaporate the remaining water. Articles of glass and metal stay hot longer, so evaporate the water.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 01, 2024 02:15 PM (xCA6C)

35 "But in the dystopian hellscape that is Chez Dildo, gravity is not an appreciated force. In fact, it is almost universally ignored, judging by the number of bowls placed in the dishwasher on their sides...guaranteeing a lovely bowl of dishwater at the end of the cycle."

And woe betide the person who used that tablespoon to measure out maple syrup for their morning French Toast and didn't turn the spoon upside-down in the dishwasher, resulting in a mixture of syrup and dirty dishwater.

Corporal punishment would be the least of their concerns in the House of Dild.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at September 01, 2024 02:15 PM (QwtoO)

36 first world pro is my instructor who teaches Sunday has Covid. Yay! So I am headed in to teach while she rests.
Posted by: Piper

Ahh yes, the 3 day holiday flu, I remember it well.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 01, 2024 02:16 PM (x/AH7)

37 You could burn your fingers putting clean stock back in the racks, and I often did. 'Cause those dishes were needed for service, right damn NOW!

Posted by: Jim at September 01, 2024 02:14 PM (kQgoX)

Commercial dishwashers are amazing. Three-minute cycles!

Of course that is with 190 degree water and real detergent.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 01, 2024 02:16 PM (d9fT1)

38 Madamemayhem. Yes, you. You have no idea how much you fit right in at the MoMe.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 01, 2024 02:17 PM (WbH4L)

39 I have yet to see an analysis of the energy use for new vs old dishwashers. You'd think that running something for 1-2 hours, like the new DWs do would use lots more energy than heating up more water, but only using it for a 20 minutes.

However, we are expected not to ask uncomfortable questions, and just fall in line.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 01, 2024 02:18 PM (xCA6C)

40 Posted by: Ben Had at September 01, 2024 02:17 PM (WbH4L)

Thank you. That's a very nice thing to see.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at September 01, 2024 02:18 PM (4XwPj)

41 I know I have otherworldly spatial awareness skills, but sheesh....

Posted by: From about That Time at September 01, 2024 02:15 PM (4780s)

Make them unload the dishwasher and simply observe the pattern! Then when they load the dishwasher it should be easy!

That's what I do.

It doesn't work...apparently everyone is profoundly retarded.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 01, 2024 02:19 PM (d9fT1)

42
The belt on my ZTR mower broke. Replacing the belt means removing the deck. This means taking off numerous cotter pins and bolts. The deck is very heavy. Installing the new belt means loosening numerous nuts and bolts to get the belt behind the guides.

Reinstalling the deck means lifting the very heavy deck so that the lift arms fit back in the slots in the deck so that the bolts and cotter pins can be eased back into place.

After this, I found they gave me a belt for a 42 inch deck, not the one for a 48 inch deck. So now I can repeat the whole process.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 01, 2024 02:20 PM (NRaSU)

43 I think corporal punishment is the only solution.

Posted by: CBD at 02:00 PM

Damn! I hate days like this.

Posted by: The Corporal at September 01, 2024 02:20 PM (W/lyH)

44 If you drink your wine straight from the box, you avoid the wet glass problem.

Posted by: Speaker Emerita at September 01, 2024 02:21 PM (CV8a5)

45 7 Chez Dildo seems to be grasping for perfection in an imperfect world.
CBD might need to put on those big boy pants found in the back of the Chez Dildo garage, moldering.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 01, 2024 02:05 PM (x/AH7)
----
The furlongs? Or did you mean the furshorts?

https://youtu.be/23QnYahu4c0

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, e molto imbarazzante #08 at September 01, 2024 02:21 PM (qfLjt)

46 I think corporal punishment is the only solution.

You just made the list.

Posted by: The Austrian Corporal at September 01, 2024 02:22 PM (xCA6C)

47 Didn't watch it, but seeing on YouTube in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv massive protests on 6 former hostages found murdered

Posted by: Skip at September 01, 2024 02:23 PM (fwDg9)

48 A dog will lick those dishes clean in nothing flat.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 01, 2024 02:23 PM (WbH4L)

49
in the dystopian hellscape that is Chez Dildo...

The lack of Shaken Manhattans alone guarantees a hellscape, dystopian or otherwise.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 01, 2024 02:23 PM (eDfFs)

50 Dishwashers?
You elites and your dishwashers.

All i have is a sink, some soap, and a sponge. And I'm lucky to have the sponge.

Posted by: The Corporal at September 01, 2024 02:24 PM (W/lyH)

51 Hadrian, when replacing deck belt, I saw I had to replace the transmission to engine belt on a riding mower. Now I can't get the tension right. Too tight and never completely disengaged from pulley, but too loose to get speed.

Posted by: CapeFear at September 01, 2024 02:25 PM (1z3/M)

52 Off damn corporal sock.

Posted by: The Corporal at September 01, 2024 02:25 PM (W/lyH)

53 I give up.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 01, 2024 02:25 PM (W/lyH)

54
The brisket is now meandering through the Stall.

My First World Complaint is that I want the Laws of Thermodynamics changed, so I don't have to wait for the Stall to finish,

and can have my perfectly BBQ'd brisket right. now!

Posted by: naturalfake at September 01, 2024 02:26 PM (eDfFs)

55 Commercial dishwashers are amazing. Three-minute cycles!

Of course that is with 190 degree water and real detergent.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

My first house had a low end dishwasher with large water reservoir, powerful pump, short cycle, and good detergent (relative to today's).
Aluminum pots would come out looking new. It would take the 'patina' off anothing. Now? Lucky if it will take the food off.

AND it is getting harder to get TSP to bump detergent back up to what it once ws.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at September 01, 2024 02:26 PM (/lPRQ)

56 Meh just let the critter lick the plate clean, swipe it with some hand sanitizer and call good enough.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at September 01, 2024 02:26 PM (4XwPj)

57 Then there are those times you put a plastic cup in dishwasher, it flips over and fills with water.

That you don't realize is in there until you dump it all over yourself, the kitchen counter, the floor... 😤

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 01, 2024 02:27 PM (Q4IgG)

58 Dirtbag neighbors are almost finished with what so far has been an 8 day move. They just moved one of the two motor homes some of them were living in. The other one won't start. I may go assist just to speed the process up.
So my first world problem this week should be gone sometime next week.

Posted by: Reforger at September 01, 2024 02:27 PM (xcIvR)

59 Madamemayhem, dang right. What company don't know won't hurt 'em.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 01, 2024 02:28 PM (WbH4L)

60 The parties involved in this should be flayed alive.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 01, 2024 02:29 PM (4Med0)

61
You use measuring spoons? Pfft, Rookie!

Posted by: Speller at September 01, 2024 02:31 PM (pSotA)

62 You own measuring spoons?

Punishment to whomever placed the measuring spoon on the colorful kitchen towel designed to dry & wipe and then ignored it, or failed to promptly flip the newly washed spoon over on the towel/drying mat.

Posted by: L - If they'll do it with you, they'll do it to you, too at September 01, 2024 02:31 PM (NFX2v)

63 My first world problem is that the grocery store where we do 95% of our shopping is having a major remodel/reset. I've been shopping there for 7+ years and now I have to learn a new layout!!!!! The bread aisle moved from the beginning of the store to the end, for crying out loud!!

Good news is that they are going to make much better use of the space and add a lot of new features--but that won't be done until Jan. 2026. Jeez.

Of course this may have something to do with the fact that the population has doubled since the store was built.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at September 01, 2024 02:31 PM (FEVMW)

64 I think corporal punishment is the only solution.

Be advised you'll antagonize the E-4 mafia.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 01, 2024 02:32 PM (a3Q+t)

65 E-4 mafia present.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 01, 2024 02:35 PM (4Med0)

66 "Didn't watch it, but seeing on YouTube in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv massive protests on 6 former hostages found murdered"

Idiots think they will get the hostages back alive if they surrender.

Posted by: pawn at September 01, 2024 02:35 PM (QB+5g)

67 Now I have a first world problem! That song Cruel to be Kind is now stuck in my head! I blame CBD for this mess. Oh I know I was the one who said it but only because of his wavering about a deserved spanking!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at September 01, 2024 02:36 PM (4XwPj)

68 I always use the 'water plus' mode in the agitator-less washing machine. I explain myself thus: we are on a well, and a septic tank. The water will just recirculate under us, to be used again. It doesn't disappear.

Posted by: Jimmy Doolittle at September 01, 2024 02:37 PM (qQQw6)

69 Of course this may have something to do with the fact that the population has doubled since the store was built.
Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey

Population doubled because malmsley has become a go-to destination and upscale place to live. Kinda like Tuscany.

Posted by: Trendsetter Tom at September 01, 2024 02:39 PM (CV8a5)

70 Be advised you'll antagonize the E-4 mafia.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 01, 2024 02:32 PM (a3Q+t)

What is this "mafia" of which you speak?
There is no such animal.
We are a loose knit community of shammers and fuck-offs with no organization, nor skills to organize whatsoever.

Posted by: Specialist Reforger at September 01, 2024 02:40 PM (xcIvR)

71 CBD, the problem is your dishwasher is installed upside-down.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, Follow me for more Domestic Happiness Tips at September 01, 2024 02:40 PM (PiwSw)

72 >>> The bread aisle moved from the beginning of the store to the end, for crying out loud!!

Too many customers were complaining about bread being the first aisle, "I put it in the cart first and then everything else crushes the bread!". So now bread will be last in the cart.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at September 01, 2024 02:42 PM (/lPRQ)

73 I usually wash dishes by hand, but we try to run it at least once a week. It's just 3 of us.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at September 01, 2024 02:42 PM (w6EFb)

74 For those FWP junkies just pull up the Weather Channel video click bait.

Here's the latest collection of things you need to worry about:

Mosquitoes Use Infrared To Hunt Humans, Study Finds

Armyworms Could Be Coming For Your Lawn

Scientists Are Working To Save Bananas From Extinction

Bad Brews: Hurricanes Could Weaken Your Morning Coffee

Posted by: pawn at September 01, 2024 02:43 PM (QB+5g)

75 66 "Didn't watch it, but seeing on YouTube in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv massive protests on 6 former hostages found murdered"

Idiots think they will get the hostages back alive if they surrender.

Posted by: pawn at September 01, 2024 02:35 PM (QB+5g)

Apparently now it's the country's Workers Union calling for a general strike.

Because they think if Netanyahu was gone it would solve everything.

Posted by: XTC at September 01, 2024 02:43 PM (6Uni8)

76 Here's another First World Problem:

They're bringing out a 4K version of "Arabesque", which is a cheeky romantic thriller from the 60s with Sophia Loren and Gregory Peck. after

I already bought the blu-ray version, which-

I bought after already buying the DVD version.

I doubt I'll swing for this unless I can find a very low price,

but it's mere existence tasks me, sir, it tasks me!

Posted by: naturalfake at September 01, 2024 02:44 PM (eDfFs)

77 > My first world problem is that the grocery store where we do 95% of our shopping is having a major remodel/reset. I've been shopping there for 7+ years and now I have to learn a new layout!!!!!
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Kroger's here did that. I've no fucking idea who thought the layout was remotely 'logical.' Pickles are in the bread aisle? WTF

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 01, 2024 02:45 PM (Q4IgG)

78 67 Now I have a first world problem! That song Cruel to be Kind is now stuck in my head! I blame CBD for this mess...
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at September 01, 2024 02:36 PM (4XwPj)

https://is.gd/GF8Cvw

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at September 01, 2024 02:45 PM (PiwSw)

79 I liked having the arrows on the grocery store floor tile. Order is better than disorder. Compliance is easier than having to think.

Posted by: Sherman Sheeple at September 01, 2024 02:46 PM (CV8a5)

80 What is this "mafia" of which you speak?
There is no such animal.
We are a loose knit community of shammers and fuck-offs with no organization, nor skills to organize whatsoever.
Posted by: Specialist Reforger at September 01, 2024 02:40 PM (xcIvR)

Hmmm...
A couple of you guys were my driver I think.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 01, 2024 02:46 PM (W/lyH)

81 Most of the chain grocery stores around here got makeovers, except Ingles.

Shopping at our local Ingles is sadness to me. I go there mostly for Laura Lynn (store brand bacon) because Mama Publius prefers their bacon. She's pretty particular about sausage too, insists she can tell if it was butchered at the wrong time. There are only two kinds she likes - Snow Creek and McCall's.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at September 01, 2024 02:46 PM (w6EFb)

82 I guess I'm jumping the gun on the food thread.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at September 01, 2024 02:47 PM (w6EFb)

83 But certain food issues are FWP, so that counts.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at September 01, 2024 02:48 PM (w6EFb)

84 Kroger's here did that. I've no fucking idea who thought the layout was remotely 'logical.' Pickles are in the bread aisle? WTF
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Probably to put the white bread and mayo in the same aisle. Pickles just happen to go with condiments.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at September 01, 2024 02:48 PM (/lPRQ)

85 I guess I'm jumping the gun on the food thread.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at September 01, 2024 02:47 PM (w6EFb)

Not really. Sounds like First World MiL Problems.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 01, 2024 02:49 PM (eDfFs)

86 First world problems..

May I recommend to pass a 1/8 in cobalt twist drill through the apex of the dished radius to be chamfered with a 3/8 cobalt twist drill to expedite drainage.

Your Welcome

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at September 01, 2024 02:51 PM (z3xHf)

87 Kroger's here did that. I've no fucking idea who thought the layout was remotely 'logical.' Pickles are in the bread aisle? WTF
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Probably to put the white bread and mayo in the same aisle. Pickles just happen to go with condiments.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at September 01, 2024 02:48 PM (/lPRQ)

I think in large part they rearrange to disappear a lot of brands. At least, that's what happened at our Kroger's.

Too many choices make you unhappy you know.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 01, 2024 02:51 PM (eDfFs)

88 "Probably to put the white bread and mayo in the same aisle. Pickles just happen to go with condiments."

LenNeal could have explained this to us.

Posted by: pawn at September 01, 2024 02:51 PM (QB+5g)

89 Probably to put the white bread and mayo in the same aisle. Pickles just happen to go with condiments.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at September 01, 2024 02:48 PM (/lPRQ)

You missed a good opportunity to sock Tim Walz.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at September 01, 2024 02:51 PM (w6EFb)

90 Not really. Sounds like First World MiL Problems.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 01, 2024 02:49 PM (eDfFs)

Oh, not at all! She's the sweetest lady you could imagine, and it pleases me to hunt down what she likes.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at September 01, 2024 02:53 PM (w6EFb)

91 May I recommend to pass a 1/8 in cobalt twist drill through the apex of the dished radius to be chamfered with a 3/8 cobalt twist drill to expedite drainage.

Your Welcome
Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It!

This makes much more sense than anything else I've read today. Kudos!

Posted by: Brush With Greatness at September 01, 2024 02:53 PM (CV8a5)

92 Hmmm...
A couple of you guys were my driver I think.
Posted by: Diogenes at September 01, 2024 02:46 PM (W/lyH)

I was a Captain's driver for a while.
That was a fun job. Got to make up for a lot of lost sleep.

Posted by: Reforger at September 01, 2024 02:54 PM (xcIvR)

93 If Comma-la is installed, you could be washing dishes in rain barrel water, snow banks...
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But grocery market space will likely improve once store stocking product options are limited.

Posted by: L - If they'll do it with you, they'll do it to you, too at September 01, 2024 02:55 PM (NFX2v)

94 CBD has a silver spoon!

Posted by: haffhowershower at September 01, 2024 02:56 PM (NMT5x)

95 61
You use measuring spoons? Pfft, Rookie!
Posted by: Speller at September 01, 2024 02:31 PM (pSotA)

I cook kinda like my gramma did. Some of dis, some of dat. More if you like it. Less if you don't. I own measuring spoons, but my palm is probably just as accurate. It's tough when someone asks for a recipe. Then I have to try to measure.

Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at September 01, 2024 02:56 PM (sRfrW)

96
LenNeal could have explained this to us.
Posted by: pawn at September 01, 2024 02:51 PM (QB+5g)

_________

Plus his experience as a CIA agent in the Balkans.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 01, 2024 02:57 PM (NRaSU)

97 CBD, I know you are a perfectionist, so here's more fresh hell for you. The scratches in the measuring spoon's bowl mean it holds MORE than one tablespoon of liquid or powder! Get rid of it before it ruins foods you prepare! An extra pico-ounce of an ingredient could easily ruin a soup or other recipe!!!!

Posted by: Gref at September 01, 2024 02:58 PM (aBgBM)

98 Shopping at our local Ingles is sadness to me. I go there mostly for Laura Lynn (store brand bacon) because Mama Publius prefers their bacon. She's pretty particular about sausage too, insists she can tell if it was butchered at the wrong time. There are only two kinds she likes - Snow Creek and McCall's.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at September 01, 2024 02:46 PM (w6EFb)

Laura...Ingles...hmmm, that's pretty Wild(er)

Posted by: haffhowershower at September 01, 2024 02:58 PM (NMT5x)

99 Measuring spoons are for pikers.. Hooo I gauranteeeee

-Justin Wilson

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at September 01, 2024 02:59 PM (z3xHf)

100
An extra pico-ounce of an ingredient could easily ruin a soup or other recipe!!!!
Posted by: Gref at September 01, 2024 02:58 PM (aBgBM)

___________

"Eh, that looks good," is the standard I use in soup preparation.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 01, 2024 02:59 PM (NRaSU)

101 Condiments are with the baked beans. Next to the Chinese foods. The other side of that aisle is pastas. The sauces are over by soft drinks.

"logical"

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 01, 2024 02:59 PM (Q4IgG)

102 Nobody ever complained about the layout of Sam Drucker's store. Hooterville was Utopia!

Posted by: Newt Kiley at September 01, 2024 03:03 PM (CV8a5)

103 Just don't be messing with the wine aisle.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 01, 2024 03:06 PM (WbH4L)

104 Measuring spoons are for pikers.. Hooo I gauranteeeee

-Justin Wilson

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at September 01, 2024 02:59 PM (z3xHf)

Loved his cooking show. Bought one of his cookbooks off of abebooks.com a couple of years ago for nostalgia's sake.

Posted by: HTL at September 01, 2024 03:09 PM (xchKo)

105 I have found that most girls do not understand basic laws of physics and nature.

Mrs. F. thinks if the light doesn't go on, something is wrong with the wall switch.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 01, 2024 03:09 PM (RIvkX)

106 Mrs. F. thinks if the light doesn't go on, something is wrong with the wall switch.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

By our second term, we will mandate the inclusion of women into any and every STEM program.

Posted by: Harris/Walz 2024 at September 01, 2024 03:13 PM (CV8a5)

107 I have found that most girls do not understand basic laws of physics and nature.
Mrs. F. thinks if the light doesn't go on, something is wrong with the wall switch.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

- Calls tech support...
Is it plugged in?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at September 01, 2024 03:14 PM (/lPRQ)

108 Laura...Ingles...hmmm, that's pretty Wild(er)

Posted by: haffhowershower at September 01, 2024 02:58 PM (NMT5x)

LOL! My guess is that the founding Mr. Ingles named the store brand for his daughter.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at September 01, 2024 03:16 PM (w6EFb)

109 CNN has just learned that President Joe Biden was attacked by a giant Clam while sleeping on the beach in Delaware. Rushed to Walter Reed and he is doing good and stable.

Posted by: CNN Breaking News at September 01, 2024 03:16 PM (qpLSv)

110 106 Mrs. F. thinks if the light doesn't go on, something is wrong with the wall switch.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

I can write a rap song about that!

Posted by: 2028 STEAM graduate at September 01, 2024 03:17 PM (PiwSw)

111
By our second term, we will mandate the inclusion of women into any and every STEM program.
Posted by: Harris/Walz 2024 at September 01, 2024 03:13 PM (CV8a5)

___________

With appropriate work/life balance. No working in the lab 70 hours a week for Tiffany!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 01, 2024 03:17 PM (NRaSU)

112 By our second term, we will mandate the inclusion of women into any and every STEM program.
Posted by: Harris/Walz 2024

Strictly speaking traditional class curves will be prohibited, but there will be 'pass quota' resulting in about 50% being a 4.0 and remembering to write what could be your name on the exam will be 2.0, but it is NOT a curve.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at September 01, 2024 03:18 PM (/lPRQ)

113 *checks number of posts to confirm that we are past the CBD Line of 100 comments*

I finished watching the All In podcast earlier today. Two special guests: Reid Hoffman and RFKJ.

Reid worked with David Sacks at LinkedIn and is one of the largest funders of the Democratic Party. Sacks is a major Trump supporter. I thought that Reid came off as a little disingenuous regarding some of his funding expenditures, but there is no denying his business genius.

RFKJ, on the other hand, was a revelation. One thing he stated was that the Trump campaign initially reached out to him to see if he was interested in the VP slot (?!!). RFKJ turned him down. He said that the VP was basically a hostage of POTUS; if he disagreed with the boss, their budget goes *poof*. He also leaned in on the Unity portion of MAGA/MAHA. He said that Trump told him that he can publicly disagree in areas of disagreement and agree otherwise. RFKJ is really - really - no longer a Democrat. "Finish the job" indeed.

A must-watch episode.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at September 01, 2024 03:18 PM (QwtoO)

114
I would rather wash dishes by hand, and I would if I lived alone. When I am at the Sussex place by myself, everything is hand washed and dried.

We taken to using our smaller plates for most of our eating, using them three or four times more often than the full sized dinner plates. Only when we have company do we splurge and use the larger plates more.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 01, 2024 03:19 PM (xG4kz)

115 Strictly speaking traditional class curves will be prohibited, but there will be 'pass quota' resulting in about 50% being a 4.0 and remembering to write what could be your name on the exam will be 2.0, but it is NOT a curve.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at September 01, 2024 03:18 PM (/lPRQ)

Welcome to the US Military of the since about 1985.

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 01, 2024 03:23 PM (xaFKb)

116 *I wrote that Reid and Sacks worked together at LinkedIn. Correction - they worked at PayPal (part of the PayPal Mafia with Thiel, Musk, etc.). Hoffman then co-founded LinkedIn.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at September 01, 2024 03:24 PM (QwtoO)

117 Mrs Javems washes the dishes before going into the dishwasher and dries them as they come out. I have long been forbidden to touch the infernal machine. Suits me.

Posted by: javems at September 01, 2024 03:28 PM (8I4hW)

118 By the second Harris/Walz term, we will all be at the Food Bank fighting over expired canned goods. Won't be much need for a Food Thread.

Posted by: Beany Weenies, FTW! at September 01, 2024 03:28 PM (CV8a5)

119 Kroger's here did that. I've no fucking idea who thought the layout was remotely 'logical.' Pickles are in the bread aisle? WTF
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Lucky. Our bread is next to the diapers and stuff. I assume it's a warning against eating to many carbs.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 01, 2024 03:28 PM (IG4Id)

120 Since moving into our house, we've gone thru 3 dishwashers. Only one was any good, our Maytag.
The 2 following that only lasted a few years. When the last one failed, I said that's it, there are only 3 of us here and washing dishes isn't so horrible. I'm done in 10 or 15 minutes where as the latest models had cycles that ran for 90 minutes.
And our energy bill is a fraction of what it once was.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at September 01, 2024 03:28 PM (MeG8a)

121
Loved his cooking show. Bought one of his cookbooks off of abeboliked to jazz the pot with splasheoks.com a couple of years ago for nostalgia's sake.
Posted by: HTL at September 01, 2024 03:09 PM (xchKo)

I always got very hungry watching Wilson. He liked to jazz the pot with a splash of vino sometimes as well. Maybe a few splashed heh heh.

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at September 01, 2024 03:28 PM (z3xHf)

122 118 By the second Harris/Walz term, we will all be at the Food Bank fighting over expired canned goods. Won't be much need for a Food Thread.
Posted by: Beany Weenies, FTW! at September 01, 2024 03:28 PM (CV8a5)

On that day, the First World Problems thread will become the Third World Problems thread.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at September 01, 2024 03:30 PM (QwtoO)

123 118 The food thread will be what kind of bugs are in season and how to get them

Posted by: Skip at September 01, 2024 03:31 PM (fwDg9)

124 There are too many things to worry about!

Please, somebody, help me choose.

Posted by: Tom Perry at September 01, 2024 03:32 PM (MX0bI)

125 Gravity, my oldest enemy.

Posted by: HomerS at September 01, 2024 03:33 PM (FhXTo)

126 Buying only the mayo, pickles and white bread and having them rung out in a special order sends a special message to Langley through a new internet application they are trying out.

Posted by: pawn at September 01, 2024 03:33 PM (QB+5g)

127 ot: sweeping the shop floor,

A large push broom with sweeping compound into an unseen chewtobaccaspit nearly made a soprano outta me.

Posted by: DaveA at September 01, 2024 03:34 PM (FhXTo)

128 The 2 following that only lasted a few years. When the last one failed, I said that's it, there are only 3 of us here and washing dishes isn't so horrible. I'm done in 10 or 15 minutes where as the latest models had cycles that ran for 90 minutes.
And our energy bill is a fraction of what it once was.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at September 01, 2024 03:28 PM

We hand wash all of our dishes here. We have a dishwasher in our house that we run once or twice a year just to keep it from stinking up. Toss a pod* in there and push the button and two hours later the energy hog has completed the cycle.

*We use dishwasher soap pods because when we buy a box of the stuff it goes bad with the humidity we have and it gets tossed out. Pods are way cheaper for us and last forever when you put them in a plastic sealed bag.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 01, 2024 03:34 PM (QNSds)

129 We bought our current house brand new 12 years ago. Since then, we've gone through one set of washers and dryers; two refrigerators, two gas stoves; three dishwashers; one hot water heater and one disposal.

Posted by: Archer at September 01, 2024 03:35 PM (IDphi)

130 Jap Beetles are both colorful and tasty, but only have about a 6 week window.

Posted by: Crunchy, Too at September 01, 2024 03:35 PM (CV8a5)

131 When it's just my wife and I we can take up to 3 weeks to fill the dishwasher. A lot of times, if we don't have many dishes after dinner we'll just hand wash and put them away. A lot of times breakfast is only a single plate or bowl.

Now... when the refugees were here we could fill the dishwasher daily.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 01, 2024 03:36 PM (Q4IgG)

132 I always got very hungry watching Wilson. He liked to jazz the pot with a splash of vino sometimes as well. Maybe a few splashed heh heh.

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at September 01, 2024 03:28 PM (z3xHf)

One for the pot and then one for the chef...

Posted by: HTL at September 01, 2024 03:38 PM (xchKo)

133 A large push broom with sweeping compound into an unseen chewtobaccaspit nearly made a soprano outta me.

Posted by: DaveA at September 01, 2024 03:34 PM (FhXTo)

I took a floor squeegee handle to the gut because I thought that running would go faster than walking. That was not fun.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 01, 2024 03:38 PM (d9fT1)

134 131 When it's just my wife and I we can take up to 3 weeks to fill the dishwasher. A lot of times, if we don't have many dishes after dinner we'll just hand wash and put them away. A lot of times breakfast is only a single plate or bowl.

Now... when the refugees were here we could fill the dishwasher daily.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

You could sponsor another group of refugees, now that you have this group sorted out.

Posted by: Start An NGO! at September 01, 2024 03:39 PM (CV8a5)

135 131 When it's just my wife and I we can take up to 3 weeks to fill the dishwasher. A lot of times, if we don't have many dishes after dinner we'll just hand wash and put them away. A lot of times breakfast is only a single plate or bowl.

Now... when the refugees were here we could fill the dishwasher daily.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 01, 2024 03:36 PM (Q4IgG)

When you let kids cook their own lunch and they all make different things, I've filled a dishwasher twice a day every day this summer...and sometimes 3 times. I would never survive without a dishwasher...

It makes me have the momentary thought that maybe I shouldn't have taught all 4 how to cook...then I figure they'll all be prime marrying material for this area b/c absolutely no one can cook...

Posted by: Nova Local at September 01, 2024 03:40 PM (exHjb)

136 A dishwasher loading dispute is good for business!

Posted by: Marriage counselor at September 01, 2024 03:43 PM (dg+HA)

137 With just me, if I eat or drink off it it goes in the dishwasher. Pots and pans and bowls used for cooking get washed by hand.
Plenty of the former, so this way the dishwasher gets run every week or 10 days the dishwasher gets run.

Posted by: From about That Time at September 01, 2024 03:44 PM (4780s)

138 "planned obsolescence" needs to die in a fire
Posted by: Helena Handbasket

You'd like to plan for the obsolescence of planned obsolescence?

Posted by: mikeski at September 01, 2024 03:45 PM (DgGvY)

139 > You could sponsor another group of refugees, now that you have this group sorted out.
Posted by: Start An NGO!
--------
If, for a second, I thought I could grift like a NGO... I'd do it in a heartbeat. 👍

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 01, 2024 03:47 PM (Q4IgG)

140 You'd like to plan for the obsolescence of planned obsolescence?
Posted by: mikeski

What? How are we supposed to earn a living?

Posted by: Electronic Circuit Board Association at September 01, 2024 03:47 PM (CV8a5)

141 My dishwasher is crummy. It doesn't clean very well, it warps my plastic cutting boards and shatters my extra-sturdy drinking glasses. Also, I can't use it for items with aluminum, wood, or low-quality stainless steel. Then there's my vintage kitchen and table ware that I do not trust in high heat and dishwasher detergent.

I have often wondered if I would be sorry if I swapped out the dishwasher for extra cabinet space. I'll admit I like using my dishwasher as a dish drying rack. I never have to clean it because it goes through a cycle every other day and I don't have to find a storage spot for it -- just close the door.

Posted by: Emmie at September 01, 2024 03:50 PM (Sf2cq)

142 sweeping compound
Posted by: DaveA

There's a solution to a first-world problem. "I need to sweep this mostly-clean floor, so let me dump some special dirt on it first."

Posted by: mikeski at September 01, 2024 03:50 PM (DgGvY)

143 I'm voluntarily playing 'Zork 1' now. Can't figure out how to save the damn thing.

Still fun....words....crazy...

Posted by: Stateless at September 01, 2024 03:51 PM (jvJvP)

144 Sweeping compound.
Growing up, this was sawdust. Spread out on concrete garage and basement floors. Every saturday.

Posted by: From about That Time at September 01, 2024 03:54 PM (4780s)

145 In fact, it is almost universally ignored, judging by the number of bowls placed in the dishwasher on their sides...guaranteeing a lovely bowl of dishwater at the end of the cycle.

After careful consideration and millions of dollars in research, we recommend a new consumer protection requirement to have tiny pinholes added to the bottom of all bowls and spoon-shaped devices to prevent unhygienic gray-water accumulation. As these waters flow into the overall water cycle for reuse, this power is authorized under the navigable waterways doctrine of the constitution (for your old white bigots that care about such things).

Posted by: Government Dishwater Collection Issue Advisory Committee at September 01, 2024 03:54 PM (ycI94)

146 There's a solution to a first-world problem. "I need to sweep this mostly-clean floor, so let me dump some special dirt on it first."
Posted by: mikeski

I worked on commercial renovations in NYC in the 70s and 80s. When the laborer was sweeping up the drywall dust, creating a horrible dust storm, the other trades would yell "Compound!"

Posted by: Throat Still Dry at September 01, 2024 03:55 PM (CV8a5)

147 I thought having water on top of the concave surfaces was how you determined if the items in the dishwasher were "clean" or "dirty"?

P.S. Who else still has a child at home where one of their few family chores is - empty the dishwasher?

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at September 01, 2024 03:55 PM (HlyYF)

148 This is something that my wife and can't really figure out with the kids that were here with us; everything is 'ad-hoc' with them. There's no actual breakfast time, or lunch, or dinner... it's just whenever. And whatever.

Can't figure if it's a result of living in CA for so long or what. It's a bit frustrating.

And, yea... there's nothing they can cook that doesn't require a dozen pieces of silverware, every pot or pan and half the plates. Unless they're doing fastfood. Then we're taking the trash out 2-3 times a day.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 01, 2024 03:56 PM (Q4IgG)

149 105 I have found that most girls do not understand basic laws of physics and nature.

Mrs. F. thinks if the light doesn't go on, something is wrong with the wall switch.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 01, 2024 03:09 PM (RIvkX)
----
Very little Physics got taught in HS when my daughters were there, late 1990s-2001. The inner workings of a wall switch - too involved and boring. When I did Physics in HS (60-65, Kenya) we were required to calculate focal lengths of compound lenses & mirrors.

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, e molto imbarazzante #09 at September 01, 2024 03:56 PM (qfLjt)

150 Our dishwasher that was original install from 1978 when the moble home was built died aout 10 years ago. Looked at the cost of a new one and the old one still sits under the counter broken. $1500 was just beyond consideration at the time.
It sometimes serves as a drying rack for the hand washed dishes when there is too many for the counter rack.

Posted by: Reforger at September 01, 2024 03:58 PM (xcIvR)

151 Posted by: Pillage Idiot at September 01, 2024 03:55 PM (HlyYF)
====

Boy F. will not let anyone else load, run, or empty the dishwasher.

If hears the slightest tinkle of a glass, he will come running to investigate.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 01, 2024 03:59 PM (RIvkX)

152 Reforger, also a good place to stash any larger pans you might have.

Posted by: From about That Time at September 01, 2024 04:01 PM (4780s)

153 Boy F. will not let anyone else load, run, or empty the dishwasher.

If hears the slightest tinkle of a glass, he will come running to investigate.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 01, 2024 03:59 PM

Can my daughter please subscribe to his newsletter?

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at September 01, 2024 04:03 PM (HlyYF)

154 2 hours of pushing broom buys an 8x12 4 bit room

Trying to bing the lyrics is a 1st world problem if you don' t start with an older artist and correct title

Posted by: DaveA at September 01, 2024 04:05 PM (FhXTo)

155 152 Reforger, also a good place to stash any larger pans you might have.

Posted by: From about That Time at September 01, 2024 04:01 PM

1.) My wife also likes to stash large kitchen items in the oven.

2.) My wife also likes to pre-heat the oven before she actually starts cooking.

3.) I can't believe people on this blog actually have the temerity to complain about the heat of their DISHWASHERS ruining kitchen items!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at September 01, 2024 04:06 PM (HlyYF)

156 Trying to bing the lyrics is a 1st world problem if you don' t start with an older artist and correct title

Posted by: DaveA
====
Roger Miller. Have the album in the basement, don't remember the title. Dang me.

Posted by: From about That Time at September 01, 2024 04:09 PM (4780s)

157 Food thread up.

Posted by: From about That Time at September 01, 2024 04:10 PM (4780s)

158 156 Trying to bing the lyrics is a 1st world problem if you don' t start with an older artist and correct title

Posted by: DaveA
====
Roger Miller. Have the album in the basement, don't remember the title. Dang me.

Posted by: From about That Time at September 01, 2024 04:09 PM

"King of the Road".

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at September 01, 2024 04:10 PM (HlyYF)

159 No phone, no pool, no pets.

Posted by: I ain't got no cigarettes at September 01, 2024 04:16 PM (dg+HA)

160 "I think corporal punishment is the only solution."

Sagely nods head in agreement. The old ways are the best ways.

Posted by: butch at September 01, 2024 04:18 PM (hQw6C)

161 Oh, if you have stuff in the top dishwasher rack that dumps soapy water on the clean stuff below, pull out and empty the bottom rack first.

Posted by: butch at September 01, 2024 04:22 PM (hQw6C)

162
I know every engineer on e-ve-ry train

I'd type out the entire bridge but by the time I finished...
The ont would be up

Posted by: TeeJ at September 01, 2024 04:23 PM (IetnX)

163 Food nood.

Posted by: I nooded at September 01, 2024 04:30 PM (dg+HA)

164 My FWP: Got a box of some weird filled "Trix" cereal (was on sale). When the box was finished, a hefty amount of cereal dust on the bottom of the bag, enough to have made up at least a dozen or two of the cereal pieces.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2024 05:56 PM (ynpvh)

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