First-World Problems...

Sorry...pre-hung doors don't arrive out of square or plumb or cherry or apricot!

Demo the entire second floor? Maybe all the way to bedrock and then rebuild on six feet of concrete.

I suffer so much!

Wall it off, with your nemesis inside.
Posted by: E. A. Poe at September 29, 2024 02:33 PM

Posted by: CBD at 02:00 PM

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1 1st, I'll be back

Posted by: Skip at September 29, 2024 02:00 PM (fwDg9)

2 nd

Posted by: m at September 29, 2024 02:00 PM (64Zez)

3 oneth?

Posted by: Gref at September 29, 2024 02:01 PM (aBgBM)

4 We Hung Lo

Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at September 29, 2024 02:01 PM (DTX3h)

5 noeth

Posted by: Gref at September 29, 2024 02:01 PM (aBgBM)

6 Did you try unplugging it and plugging it back in

Posted by: m at September 29, 2024 02:02 PM (64Zez)

7 There needs to be a hangin'

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 29, 2024 02:03 PM (O7YUW)

8

Tent the house and pump full of Helium. Fixed!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 29, 2024 02:03 PM (x0n13)

9 oops, I left off a

?

Posted by: m at September 29, 2024 02:03 PM (64Zez)

10 7 There needs to be a hangin'
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 29, 2024 02:03 PM (O7YUW)

LOL

They're just a-swangin'.

Posted by: m at September 29, 2024 02:03 PM (64Zez)

11 Spackle and wood glue with a little buffing ought to fix... sorry HIDE that...

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 29, 2024 02:05 PM (niARo)

12 I do hang and fix doors and hardware for a living
They could be out of square but more likely the problem is other.
If hinges are in exact location, what is gap at the bottom like? If equal top and bottom ( top gap looks good) frame could be out of level.

Posted by: Skip at September 29, 2024 02:06 PM (fwDg9)

13 Go with the flame thrower. Works every time!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at September 29, 2024 02:06 PM (4XwPj)

14 How HIGH from the ground is that top gap? Can anybody under 7 feet tall even see it head-on?

Posted by: m at September 29, 2024 02:07 PM (64Zez)

15 Framing a door, even if purchased with the frame, is not for the faint of heart.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 29, 2024 02:08 PM (bxYeq)

16 Don't look so close. Now go fishing.

Posted by: Cosda at September 29, 2024 02:08 PM (iTA1W)

17 Go with the flame thrower. Works every time!
Posted by: Madamemayhem

???
I thought he used that after the sous vide? Oh... wrong thread...

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 29, 2024 02:08 PM (niARo)

18
Roof got replaced this week. It is not a neat operation. There are lots of nails. Lots and lots of nails. Nails that can go through feet or paws.

We and they have swept and swept using magnetic brooms. Back and forth, then up and down. Four or five sweeps. And we're still picking them up.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 29, 2024 02:09 PM (BkEzK)

19 16 Don't look so close. Now go fishing.
Posted by: Cosda at September 29, 2024 02:08 PM (iTA1W)

; )

Posted by: m at September 29, 2024 02:09 PM (64Zez)

20
One of my half dozen levels would help you out. Levels are like Bubba's shrimp.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 29, 2024 02:10 PM (RKVpM)

21 If equal top and bottom ( top gap looks good) frame could be out of level.
Posted by: Skip at September 29, 2024 02:06 PM (fwDg9)

This describes every door, window, wall and floor in my old house. And people wonder why we had to tear it down. It was leaning south in the front, west in the middle and north at the back.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at September 29, 2024 02:10 PM (4XwPj)

22 Hadrian I did my roof and long after would find Nails around.

Posted by: Skip at September 29, 2024 02:10 PM (fwDg9)

23 I suffer so much!

Posted by: CBD

************

C'mon man!. Don't come unhinged!!

Posted by: muldoon, proud owner of a three-legged cow at September 29, 2024 02:10 PM (uCfKO)

24 I doubt I'm the first one to point this out, but has anyone else noticed that the "Eat the cat" memes from the Left have been completely spun around against them?

"Eat the cat, eat, eat the cat" has become the Yankee Doodle of the current cultural revolution. The Left can't meme? The Left could never meme. That's what the first American civil war proved. Hell, "Yankee Doodle" was the first meme.

Now, "They're eating the dogs, they're eating the cats, they're eating the pets...of the people that live there" is resonating deeply with Trump supporters and making the Pedocrats look like fools.

Posted by: insurgens ad opus at September 29, 2024 02:10 PM (/9TP/)

25 Alternative: a sliding door that won't close all the way because the installer but the guide inside the bottom groove of the door panel rather than outside the door.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 29, 2024 02:11 PM (5p7su)

26 Posted by: insurgens ad opus at September 29, 2024 02:10 PM (/9TP/)
===

I'm sorry for what is about to happen to you.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 29, 2024 02:12 PM (5p7su)

27 Now, "They're eating the dogs, they're eating the cats, they're eating the pets...of the people that live there" is resonating deeply with Trump supporters and making the Pedocrats look like fools.
Posted by: insurgens ad opus at September 29, 2024 02:10 PM (/9TP/)

I think they are singing it in Germany, now, instead of the club mix version of "auslander raus"

Posted by: Kindltot at September 29, 2024 02:12 PM (D7oie)

28 All the guys I know have been prehung. Not sure what your problem is....

Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at September 29, 2024 02:12 PM (sRfrW)

29 Pre-hung doors? Have you tried asking The Paolo for help?

Posted by: 496 at September 29, 2024 02:12 PM (hz41t)

30 Still almost zero electricity in Greenwood county SC. We were lucky that my parents have an old Honda EU2000i left over from their Airstream days. I dump the old fuel and filled it with gas siphoned from the full tank in my truck and it started right up. It's running two refrigerator freezers, a couple of lights and charging the phones and this laptop. I am lucky to have internet and phone off the T-Mobile network.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 29, 2024 02:12 PM (MOvwx)

31 Even if a house is very reasonably level and plumb when built, it will move and settle longer after.

Posted by: Skip at September 29, 2024 02:12 PM (fwDg9)

32 You could just go on with life and let your heirs worry about fixing the house's flaws.

We do it with deficits.

Posted by: Weak Geek at September 29, 2024 02:13 PM (p/isN)

33 Maybe this is more of a rant than a FWP:

I live in a state (well I'm always in 'quite a state') that requires all cars have FRONT and rear license plates.

There are also a remarkable number of Teslas on the roads here.

Lately I've noticed - almost NONE of them have front license plates.

WHY? Are they privileged similarly to being able to drive alone in the (mostly useless) car-pool lanes? Are the police no longer enforcing ANY traffic laws? Maybe I should take the front plate off my truck and when ticketed go to court and tell the judge 'I'll put my plate back on when I see the Tesla's putting their plates on'?

Ok - rant over. I'm happy now. Thank you everyone.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at September 29, 2024 02:13 PM (QGaXH)

34 I think they are singing it in Germany, now, instead of the club mix version of "auslander raus"
Posted by: Kindltot at September 29, 2024 02:12 PM (D7oie)
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Frigging awesome.

Posted by: insurgens ad opus at September 29, 2024 02:13 PM (/9TP/)

35 Replace them with a barn door. Slides on a rail to one side. Stylish and solid.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at September 29, 2024 02:13 PM (4XwPj)

36 Tear down the doors and put up a bead curtain, man. Peace.

Posted by: Haight-Ashbury Interior Designer, circa 1969 at September 29, 2024 02:15 PM (PiwSw)

37 Did see a YouTube commercial from Kamaunist
Trump is worried about eating cats but she is working for the economy.
Even they know the economy is #1, just don't say it's been her economy the last 4 years

Posted by: Skip at September 29, 2024 02:15 PM (fwDg9)

38 Posted by: Skip at September 29, 2024 02:06 PM (fwDg9)

The gap is the same on the bottom. The hinges were mounted wrong...or at least out by a 1/16.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 29, 2024 02:15 PM (d9fT1)

39 Add caulk , or putty. Or caulk and putty.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 29, 2024 02:15 PM (RTfY1)

40 I always arrive, how you say, pre-hung, and prefer a snug fitment.

Posted by: The Paolo at September 29, 2024 02:16 PM (CV8a5)

41 You should probably just move

Posted by: Don Black at September 29, 2024 02:16 PM (/7KEl)

42 You should probably just move
Posted by: Don Black

To a State that follows the 2nd Amendment!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 29, 2024 02:17 PM (niARo)

43 Double doors are tricky. There is a lot of shimming and swearing involved. Patience is the key.

Posted by: Accomack at September 29, 2024 02:17 PM (WWhXE)

44 20 One of my half dozen levels would help you out. Levels are like Bubba's shrimp.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 29, 2024 02:10 PM (RKVpM)

Isn't it a little late for that?

Posted by: m at September 29, 2024 02:17 PM (64Zez)

45 To a State that follows the 2nd Amendment!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 29, 2024 02:17 PM (niARo)

In the works.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 29, 2024 02:18 PM (d9fT1)

46 If gap on those doors is bigger at bottom shim bottom right hinge between hinge and frame with sliver of cardboard or my favorite a plastic zip.

Posted by: Skip at September 29, 2024 02:18 PM (fwDg9)

47 I maintain that the most deceitful sentence in any assembly instruction is: "Adjust to fit."

Posted by: Weak Geek at September 29, 2024 02:18 PM (p/isN)

48 43 Double doors are tricky. There is a lot of shimming and swearing involved.
Posted by: Accomack at September 29, 2024 02:17 PM (WWhXE)

I double-door dare you!

Posted by: m at September 29, 2024 02:18 PM (64Zez)

49 Sometimes the solution is to pop off the stop and put a screw at the same height as the hinge underneath the stop.
Hollow doubles are not too bad but solid cores are not for amateurs.

Posted by: Accomack at September 29, 2024 02:20 PM (WWhXE)

50 Next week preview. Rubber feet on CBD's Hurry-Cane wearing unevenly.

Posted by: Only The Strong Survive at September 29, 2024 02:21 PM (CV8a5)

51 Do they doors work without rubbing or wearing? Live with it. Maybe shim on the lower right of the frame.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 29, 2024 02:21 PM (0eaVi)

52 I always pop the stops and use GRK 2.5" cabinet screws and wood shims to hang doors.
Stabila jammer levels are helpful.

Posted by: Accomack at September 29, 2024 02:22 PM (WWhXE)

53 We have a door on the back of our house that when it's been damp, or wet, like over the last 3-4 days, the frame swells to the point you can hardly open or close it.

I feel like a prisoner in my own house.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 29, 2024 02:22 PM (Q4IgG)

54 I feel like a prisoner in my own house.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 29, 2024 02:22 PM (Q4IgG)
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I can give you some lube for it.

- P. Diddy

Posted by: 496 at September 29, 2024 02:24 PM (6gP2i)

55 53 We have a door on the back of our house that when it's been damp, or wet, like over the last 3-4 days, the frame swells to the point you can hardly open or close it.

I feel like a prisoner in my own house.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Hmmm, sounds much cheaper than an ankle monitor. Perhaps we will adopt this for our home detention program.

Posted by: Sheriff Taylor at September 29, 2024 02:25 PM (CV8a5)

56 To a State that follows the 2nd Amendment!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 29, 2024 02:17 PM (niARo)

In the works.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

I hadn't heard, congrats and good luck on the hunt/move!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 29, 2024 02:28 PM (niARo)

57 In the works.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
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Unintended benefit: Even the best of moves will include enough FWP's to carry you half a year or more!

Posted by: 496 at September 29, 2024 02:30 PM (t+VLa)

58 Martini Farmer you need to shim the door back, if all even gap between door and frame at lock side. Shim with cardboard sliver only on inside( away from pivot pin)
Do all hinges if equal gap.

Posted by: Skip at September 29, 2024 02:30 PM (fwDg9)

59 Even if a house is very reasonably level and plumb when built, it will move and settle longer after.
Posted by: Skip
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My previous home was built 100 years ago. Nothing truly plumb or square after settling.

Put a marble down on the kitchen floor & watched it roll...LOL, it was like perpetual motion...

Posted by: JQ at September 29, 2024 02:30 PM (njWTi)

60 My wife went to the Farmer's Market yesterday. She was looking for fruit nectar. She got apricot...

...wait for it...

...because the market was out of plumb!!

Posted by: muldoon, proud owner of a three-legged cow at September 29, 2024 02:31 PM (uCfKO)

61 I worked with a guy for a few months one summer who did punch-outs to finish houses.

When he had that problem he’d find the offending hinge and bear down on the screws with the electric driver as hard as he could to push the hinge into the frame more.

It worked surprisingly well for most of the doors.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 29, 2024 02:31 PM (6ydKt)

62 Fire. The solution to this problem is fire.

Posted by: Weasel at September 29, 2024 02:32 PM (uGpeQ)

63 Wall it off, with your nemesis inside.

Posted by: E. A. Poe at September 29, 2024 02:33 PM (hCzfy)

64 Adjust the knuckle with an adjustable wrench. Takes a couple of minutes.

Posted by: Robert17 at September 29, 2024 02:33 PM (KEuti)

65 CBD they could be fixed if wood, plug existing holes cut hinge downward amount needed .

Posted by: Skip at September 29, 2024 02:33 PM (fwDg9)

66 The doors are also uneven at the bottom, yes? Time to demo the 2nd floor. Or plane the top of the left door and bottom of right door to match each other. But the manual labor! Removing doors, planing, sanding, painting, re-installing doors! Time to demo the 2nd floor.

Posted by: Gref at September 29, 2024 02:33 PM (aBgBM)

67 Doors and windows are one of those things that I feel every retrofit install seems to not go as planned.

I just had several done, it was such a mess (2 different installers) that we just decided to not move forward with other windows and doors we wanted to swap out.

I also can't believe how insanely expensive this sort of stuff has become.

Posted by: Blago at September 29, 2024 02:34 PM (wMRY8)

68 My FWP is I haven't been able to shitpost or even read AOSHQ much because I'm on day 3 without power. But the giant oak trees in my yard didn't fall, so that's good.

Posted by: screaming in digital at September 29, 2024 02:34 PM (mb9ui)

69
Trump live in Erie County, PA:

https://is.gd/DbRf3f

Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 29, 2024 02:34 PM (RKVpM)

70 Thoughts and prayers.

Posted by: No Bueno at September 29, 2024 02:35 PM (jmW3Q)

71 Now that is not a FWP so much as it is OCD running wild.
I bet the knives in the silverware drawer aren't turned the same way.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 29, 2024 02:35 PM (W/lyH)

72 Oh my. Why, that's clearly reason enough to either move or burn down the house. One of those is less traumatic than the other.

Posted by: Dr_No at September 29, 2024 02:36 PM (ayRl+)

73 Current kitchen cabinets drive me nuts! All the doors 'rub' and they creak-- sometimes a snapping sound-- when opening/closing. I think it's because the 2 hinges of each door are not in straight line with each other.

Gonna take a whole lotta time & toothpicks to solve it, and the doors need refinishing anyway. Ugh. Mission creep.

Posted by: JQ at September 29, 2024 02:37 PM (njWTi)

74 My previous home was built 100 years ago. Nothing truly plumb or square after settling.

Put a marble down on the kitchen floor & watched it roll...LOL, it was like perpetual motion...
Posted by: JQ at September 29, 2024 02:30 PM (njWTi)

Describes my current 100+ year old home.

Posted by: No Bueno at September 29, 2024 02:37 PM (jmW3Q)

75 I think we'll have beef shoulder roast tomorrow for dinner.

Posted by: muldoon, proud owner of a two-legged cow at September 29, 2024 02:37 PM (uCfKO)

76 Posted by: muldoon, proud owner of a three-legged cow at September 29, 2024 02:31 PM (uCfKO)

Three legged-cow reminds me of the three-legged pig joke - which is better than the lame Olympic joke on last night's ONT....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at September 29, 2024 02:37 PM (QGaXH)

77 69 Trump live in Erie County, PA:

https://is.gd/DbRf3f
Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 29, 2024 02:34 PM (RKVpM)

"37 days 'til election day."

Posted by: m at September 29, 2024 02:37 PM (64Zez)

78 68 My FWP is I haven't been able to shitpost or even read AOSHQ much because I'm on day 3 without power. But the giant oak trees in my yard didn't fall, so that's good.
Posted by: screaming in digital

Shitposting is a Constitutional right. Sue your energy provider.

Posted by: Sam Melonhead, Attorney-at-Law at September 29, 2024 02:37 PM (CV8a5)

79 68 My FWP is I haven't been able to shitpost or even read AOSHQ much because I'm on day 3 without power. But the giant oak trees in my yard didn't fall, so that's good.
Posted by: screaming in digital at September 29, 2024 02:34 PM (mb9ui)

Hang in there, SiD!

Posted by: m at September 29, 2024 02:40 PM (64Zez)

80
"37 days 'til election day."
Posted by: m
___

I'm so ready for it to be over.

Jeff Flake (fmr AZ Senator) just endorsed Kamala.

The mormons still really hate Trump.

Posted by: Blago at September 29, 2024 02:41 PM (wMRY8)

81 Is the default of the human condition the desire for security over freedom? I think we will be finding out the answer to that question in the next fifty years.

Posted by CBD at 12:00 PM Comments
From previous thread. Answer may come in the next fifty days, CBD.

Posted by: Eromero at September 29, 2024 02:41 PM (LHPAg)

82
FWP
the grocery was out of shallots
But I will carry on

Posted by: Don Black at September 29, 2024 02:42 PM (/7KEl)

83 How do you sleep at night? That closet door is a crime against all that is good and holy.
Maybe an exorcism would help.

Posted by: jimmymcnulty at September 29, 2024 02:43 PM (i9eJI)

84 I am trying to put together a Gay Pride Day Parade for Beirut on Monday and inviting all mostly peaceful Hezbollah and Hamas to also participate. Us Military will provide security for all the guests to the parade.

Posted by: Kamal Harris at September 29, 2024 02:44 PM (PYJJG)

85 The doors are also uneven at the bottom, yes?
Posted by: Gref

If they are, just cut a bit off the top of the taller door and glue it to the bottom.

Or, if it's Daylight Savings Time, do the opposite to the shorter door.

Posted by: mikeski at September 29, 2024 02:44 PM (DgGvY)

86 FWP
the grocery was out of shallots
But I will carry on
Posted by: Don Black

You did as bad as me at the supermarket. I got kicked out of Kroger's for taking a leek in the produce section.

Posted by: Shopper's Delight at September 29, 2024 02:45 PM (CV8a5)

87 83 How do you sleep at night? That closet door is a crime against all that is good and holy.
Maybe an exorcism would help.

Posted by: jimmymcnulty at September 29, 2024 02:43 PM (i9eJI)

Absolutely.

CBD, call 1-666-MER-RIN!

Posted by: Gref at September 29, 2024 02:45 PM (aBgBM)

88 The FWPs I'm seeing here are slammin' it!

Posted by: Diogenes at September 29, 2024 02:45 PM (W/lyH)

89 We had all the doors and windows in our place replaced about 4 or 5 years ago. The place had single pane windows and uninsulated doors. In the winter we'd get ice on the inside.

Made a huge difference, not only in the heating and A/C bills, but the noise is so much less. (Not that there was much here anyway.)

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 29, 2024 02:45 PM (Q4IgG)

90 Why do I give a F88K about who these idiots endorse???

If I cannot buy food or put gas in my car then I will vote them out whether it is Bribum, Harris, or Trump ............

Posted by: Franklin Stein at September 29, 2024 02:46 PM (15lwl)

91 Seems a lot of morons still without power, sparing a thought for all a y'all.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 29, 2024 02:48 PM (5p7su)

92 Now that is not a FWP so much as it is OCD running wild.
I bet the knives in the silverware drawer aren't turned the same way.
Posted by: Diogenes

Oh thank you!
Now I have something else to check.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 29, 2024 02:48 PM (niARo)

93 WHY? Are they privileged similarly to being able to drive alone in the (mostly useless) car-pool lanes? Are the police no longer enforcing ANY traffic laws? Maybe I should take the front plate off my truck and when ticketed go to court and tell the judge 'I'll put my plate back on when I see the Tesla's putting their plates on'?

Ok - rant over. I'm happy now. Thank you everyone.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at September 29, 2024 02:13 PM (QGaXH)

Maybe the Teslas already transmit all the location data that is needed for the panopticon state. Less sophisticated cars need a more analog way to have their movements tracked.

*adjusts jaunty tinfoil chapeau*

Posted by: Emmie at September 29, 2024 02:48 PM (Sf2cq)

94 Door on the left, door on the right, and CBD (musical accompaniment):

https://youtu.be/sXldafIl5DQ?t=333

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 29, 2024 02:48 PM (O7YUW)

95 Jeff Flake (fmr AZ Senator) just endorsed Kamala.

The mormons still really hate Trump.
Posted by: Blago

Slight correction:
AZ (nominally) Republicans hate all real conservatives. (See all of McCain's ilk in AZ)

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 29, 2024 02:50 PM (niARo)

96 This house has so many issues, it would probably be easier to just burn it down & rebuild. Seriously.

Love the location, hate the house.

Posted by: JQ at September 29, 2024 02:50 PM (njWTi)

97
The mormons still really hate Trump.

Posted by: Blago at September 29, 2024 02:41 PM

I can't imagine for a moment why any religion would be so eager to get their hands on men, or women, or children of low intelligence who can't speak a common language.

It's a head scratcher.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 29, 2024 02:51 PM (RKVpM)

98 "The Kiffness," the guy who wrote and sings that song, is South African. You know Trump is making a dent when he inspires people halfway around the world!

Posted by: Lizzy at September 29, 2024 02:53 PM (scDBq)

99 Slight correction:
AZ (nominally) Republicans hate all real conservatives. (See all of McCain's ilk in AZ)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron

___

There's a weird Trump hate with Mormons in AZ that seems suicidal.

It's been obvious I have my issues with Trump (mostly on electability concerns) but he still has my vote. I'm not flipping on everything I believe in.

Posted by: Blago at September 29, 2024 02:54 PM (wMRY8)

100 100

Posted by: m at September 29, 2024 02:54 PM (64Zez)

101 Husband's sister and her husband live in the western exurbs of Charlotte. They've been without power since 9:30 Friday morning. But they are otherwise unscathed so they are in much better shape than everyone in western NC.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at September 29, 2024 02:55 PM (FEVMW)

102 94 Door on the left, door on the right, and CBD (musical accompaniment):

https://youtu.be/sXldafIl5DQ?t=333
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 29, 2024 02:48 PM (O7YUW)

Doors to the left of me, doors to the right, here I am, stuck in the middle with you.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at September 29, 2024 02:55 PM (QGaXH)

103 I don't know if everyday Mormons hate Trump. I'm sure Romney and Flake hate him for breaking their grifting trough. Flake is well named or grew into his name.

Posted by: PaleRider at September 29, 2024 02:56 PM (UKUm3)

104 61 I worked with a guy for a few months one summer who did punch-outs to finish houses.

When he had that problem he’d find the offending hinge and bear down on the screws with the electric driver as hard as he could to push the hinge into the frame more.

It worked surprisingly well for most of the doors.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
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Brute force can work for some problems. But, a FWP is that Chinesium screws, hardware, etc. are of uneven quality so you get one screw that deforms while another one has the head snap off in the same batch.

Used to, you could assume a certain quality level in screws, nails, etc. back when we made things here.

Posted by: whig at September 29, 2024 02:56 PM (SI97o)

105 For a number of reasons, I built using some previously-installed doors, and developed the habit of making sure they were square, knowing where I wanted the hinges, and then basically building a frame around them. Unemployed union carpenter neighbor could not stand to see this done, so when I changed a door in "the other building" I gave the spec and job to him. Pre-hung frame was the wrong thickness for our very considerable wall, old header was made of 3x12's, floor was designed to slant away for drainage, etc. Took him more than a day, and cost me hundreds. "First World" can be a tricky definition.

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at September 29, 2024 02:57 PM (zdLoL)

106 My 1979 house has double panel windows, and since I've lived here most of them have popped the seals, meaning they are unfixably cloudy in between the two glass sheets. I live with it because of the cost of replacing.

In my sewing room, in the morning sun, the top of the lower panes shows two sets of prints of four fingers, where the original maker picked up the glass. When they first appeared, it creeped me out but now I think it's kind of cool. Some guy, back in the 70's, making windows...

Posted by: skywch at September 29, 2024 02:57 PM (uqhmb)

107 99 Slight correction:
AZ (nominally) Republicans hate all real conservatives. (See all of McCain's ilk in AZ)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron

___

There's a weird Trump hate with Mormons in AZ that seems suicidal.

It's been obvious I have my issues with Trump (mostly on electability concerns) but he still has my vote. I'm not flipping on everything I believe in.
Posted by: Blago at September 29, 2024 02:54 PM (wMRY

I don't understand how Kamala can be an acceptable alternative?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at September 29, 2024 02:57 PM (QGaXH)

108 >>Jeff Flake (fmr AZ Senator) just endorsed Kamala.

Who?

More seriously, it's a really interesting strategy - instead of campaigning, simply schedule in a VIP* endorsement a day as one steady/relentless Appeal to Authority. It gives the MSM a new headline: Just in -- now Mark Cuban endorses her! Yesterday, Taylor Swift! . . .

*I use the term loosely, but it's been a combo of political, governmental, business and celebrities. Like they've put together a list of target demographics and pay one of 'em to read the Kamala talking points on cue to give the impression she's inevitable and loved by all.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 29, 2024 02:58 PM (scDBq)

109 Channel 7:

The IDF confirmed on Sunday that during an extensive, intelligence-based aerial operation, dozens of IAF aircraft—including fighter jets, mid-air refueling aircraft, and intelligence aircraft struck military targets belonging to the Houthi terrorist rebels in the Ras Isa and Hudaydah areas of Yemen.

The targets included power plants and a seaport used to import oil, which was "used by the Houthi terrorist regime to transfer Iranian weapons to the region, in addition to military supplies and oil," the IDF stated.
===

Protecting freedom of the seas that the USN can't. Or won't.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 29, 2024 02:59 PM (5p7su)

110 103 I don't know if everyday Mormons hate Trump. I'm sure Romney and Flake hate him for breaking their grifting trough. Flake is well named or grew into his name.
Posted by: PaleRider
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Flake admitted employing illegals at his family farm. Romney's ancestor (grandpa? great grandpa?) fled to Mexico for a time I think.

The Southwest has had a tendency of the elites willing to look the other way to hire cheap illegal labor for farmwork.

Posted by: whig at September 29, 2024 02:59 PM (SI97o)

111 >>There's a weird Trump hate with Mormons in AZ that seems suicidal.

"Ahem"
-- Harry Reid and Mitt Romney

Posted by: Lizzy at September 29, 2024 03:00 PM (scDBq)

112 Supposedly, when the Mormons asked for Statehood, they were told they would have to have two political parties before they would be allowed in.
Thereupon the Elders called a big meeting. Once everyone was settled in their pews, they were told that now everyone on one side of the center aisle would be Republicans, and the folks on the other would be Democrats.
Having settled the issue, they then went about their business.
I don't know if it's true, but it could be.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at September 29, 2024 03:00 PM (6qFjh)

113
It's been obvious I have my issues with Trump (mostly on electability concerns) but he still has my vote. I'm not flipping on everything I believe in.

Posted by: Blago at September 29, 2024 02:54 PM

Don't be too concerned about the electablility - he's definitely there... already. Worry about the cheat. The more we talk about the cheat, the more it becomes unlikely.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 29, 2024 03:00 PM (RKVpM)

114 I don't know if everyday Mormons hate Trump. I'm sure Romney and Flake hate him for breaking their grifting trough. Flake is well named or grew into his name.
Posted by: PaleRider

____

It's a big disconnect between rank and file and Mormon leadership. Almost like the Vatican and the average Catholic.

Problem is, every Mormon wants to sit at the "cool table" and think they are part of the top hierarchy, so these high profile Mormon endorsements carry some weight.

Posted by: Blago at September 29, 2024 03:01 PM (wMRY8)

115 Used to, you could assume a certain quality level in screws...

*********

I worry that some yahoo will take advantage oof this phrasing.

Posted by: muldoon, proud owner of a two-legged cow at September 29, 2024 03:02 PM (uCfKO)

116 back when we made things here.

We put on an addition in the mid-60's, and dad traded work with an architect/homebuilder for the framing. He brought in a new box of 16-penny spikes that must have weighed a hundred pounds. They were made in Austriab. I still have a few around here someplace.

Austria.

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at September 29, 2024 03:02 PM (zdLoL)

117 The more we talk about the cheat, the more it becomes unlikely.
Posted by: Divide by Zero

____

I want fraud exposed, but I think if you talk about it too much, people just don't bother to vote.

The amount of people here saying they think its all rigged by Dems and Trump doesnt have a shot in hell is shockingly high.

People that think the outcome has already been decided don't donate, don't knock on door and don't even bother showing up.

Posted by: Blago at September 29, 2024 03:03 PM (wMRY8)

118 Most modern cabinet hinges actually are adjustable to the point of taking a lot of time to simply line each door up.

Easy way to blow a hour or two piddling and twiddling with a hinges to line them up, make sure the reveal is similar to the next cabinet, and so on.

Built and installed several flat pack pantry cabinets in a row quickly but the door installs and hinge adjustment took the longest to get them just right.

I also recommend using a light coating of nail polish on screws to help them retain their settings because over time, opening and closing cabinet doors can cause them to drift from the original settings.

Posted by: whig at September 29, 2024 03:04 PM (SI97o)

119 I can't imagine Flake in that club, but I suppose some Mormons might think that Harris getting elected and having the world crash now would be better than the slow rot if Trump is elected and undoes some of the damage, knowing that one man cannot fix all the marxist teachers and journalists polluting impressionable minds.

I'm enough of a cynic that I don't want to gamble on if we get a restored Republic versus an a fully totalitarian government or third world shithole with varied local or regional feudal strongmen.

Posted by: PaleRider at September 29, 2024 03:05 PM (UKUm3)

120 98 "The Kiffness," the guy who wrote and sings that song, is South African. You know Trump is making a dent when he inspires people halfway around the world!
Posted by: Lizzy at September 29, 2024 02:53 PM (scDBq)

He was singing that song in Germany. I don't know whether to be embarrassed about having our dirty laundry aired internationally or to be encouraged that there are a lot of people around the world who sympathize with our plight.

Posted by: Emmie at September 29, 2024 03:06 PM (Sf2cq)

121 >>> 62 Fire. The solution to this problem is fire.
Posted by: Weasel at September 29, 2024 02:32 PM (uGpeQ)

Weasel Johnson is right!!!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 29, 2024 03:07 PM (FnneF)

122
Trump talking about punishing the cheaters, and citizens watching every moment that goes on at the polls, and people talking about the cheat, and the current poll numbers?

The left can't do it.

Oh, I know they're working on Plan B right now. For the third time.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 29, 2024 03:07 PM (RKVpM)

123 You should probably just move
Posted by: Don Black

To a State that follows the 2nd Amendment!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 29, 2024 02:17 PM (niARo)

HAHAHAHA!! WHAT 2nd Amendment? I'll fix THAT!

Posted by: Kamala - New President Of The Socialist States Of America at September 29, 2024 03:08 PM (iODuv)

124 75 I think we'll have beef shoulder roast tomorrow for dinner.
Posted by: muldoon, proud owner of a two-legged cow at September 29, 2024 02:37 PM (uCfKO)

ISWYDT

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at September 29, 2024 03:08 PM (QGaXH)

125 ISWYDT
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue

*********

Nice catch. I was trying to sneak that one by the Horde,

Posted by: muldoon, proud owner of a two-legged cow at September 29, 2024 03:11 PM (uCfKO)

126 I can't imagine Flake in that club, but I suppose some Mormons might think that Harris getting elected and having the world crash now would be better than the slow rot if Trump is elected and undoes some of the damage, knowing that one man cannot fix all the marxist teachers and journalists polluting impressionable minds.

Posted by: PaleRider

____

It's a lot of different things. A big one is the Mormon leadership wants open borders, the fastest growing Mormon demo has been from Latin America. It's a huge source of new recruits.

The leadership has also started going in a very woke direction on a number of issues.

But they really view Trump as some sort of Republican cancer and have decided its better he's defeated than working with him. Again, suicidal, but it's out there.

Posted by: Blago at September 29, 2024 03:11 PM (wMRY8)

127 121 >>> 62 Fire. The solution to this problem is fire.
Posted by: Weasel at September 29, 2024 02:32 PM (uGpeQ)

Weasel Johnson is right!!!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 29, 2024 03:07 PM (FnneF)

Helena Handbasket (nee Johnson) is right about Weasel Johnson being right.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at September 29, 2024 03:11 PM (QGaXH)

128 I'm enough of a cynic that I don't want to gamble on if we get a restored Republic versus an a fully totalitarian government or third world shithole with varied local or regional feudal strongmen.
Posted by: PaleRider
=======
A financial sovereign debt crisis is baked into the cake right now. Trump's plan, such as it was, back in his first term was to grow the private economy at a faster rate than the increase in government debt. Covid knocked that on the head due to shutdowns etc. but something like Erhard's economic miracle in post war W. Germany could forestall the crisis for a decade or more.

Social security is actually the easiest to fix via raising retirement age.

Medicare/Medicaid requires major tax increases and probably benefit cuts which is going to shake the foundations of the Big Med interest groups as they are going to face austerity for a generation or two.

Posted by: whig at September 29, 2024 03:11 PM (SI97o)

129 >>> 56 To a State that follows the 2nd Amendment!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 29, 2024 02:17 PM (niARo)

In the works.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

I hadn't heard, congrats and good luck on the hunt/move!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 29, 2024 02:28 PM (niARo)

Seconded!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 29, 2024 03:11 PM (FnneF)

130 Don't be too concerned about the electablility - he's definitely there... already. Worry about the cheat. The more we talk about the cheat, the more it becomes unlikely. Yup

Posted by: doug at September 29, 2024 03:12 PM (Hy+R4)

131 125 ISWYDT
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue

*********

Nice catch. I was trying to sneak that one by the Horde,
Posted by: muldoon, proud owner of a two-legged cow at September 29, 2024 03:11 PM (uCfKO)

Took a while to realize it....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at September 29, 2024 03:12 PM (QGaXH)

132 AZ was voted the best state for the 2nd Amendment. I just hope shit bag CA expats dont ruin that.

Posted by: Blago at September 29, 2024 03:13 PM (wMRY8)

133 Whig is correct, you start down a row of cabinets and see 1 is at its maximum

Posted by: Skip at September 29, 2024 03:13 PM (xAE9E)

134 We had our patio door replaced last year-- $2k for door, installation including new trim, haul away old door.

All our windows are the old aluminum framed sliders-- leaky as hell. Hot, cold & dust. Can see the drapes move when it's windy out.

Come on, lottery!

Posted by: JQ at September 29, 2024 03:13 PM (njWTi)

135 Don't get me started on accordion doors or hanging sliding doors. I wanna rip 'em all out and hang curtains.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at September 29, 2024 03:14 PM (kpS4V)

136 Marsha Marsha Marsha!

Posted by: Eve Plumb at September 29, 2024 03:14 PM (REJSF)

137 132 AZ was voted the best state for the 2nd Amendment. I just hope shit bag CA expats dont ruin that.
Posted by: Blago at September 29, 2024 03:13 PM (wMRY

There's a gun store in Quartzsite with a large billboard facing the eastbound I-10 that says (paraphrasing)

'Welcome back to freedom - don't vote here for what you left there....'

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at September 29, 2024 03:15 PM (QGaXH)

138 my FWP is I have a wasp nest inside the rotting soffit at the front of my tack room shed where the door is. I feel like I can't get wasp spray on the nest without taking out the soffit. I could probably take a crowbar to the soffit at night once the wasps are settled in, but I want to just wait till winter. These are paper wasps, so not very aggressive, but since they hang around near the door. I'll probably just leave or move the tack I'll use until we get some hard freezes somewhere else.

Posted by: PaleRider at September 29, 2024 03:16 PM (UKUm3)

139
Trump reading 'the snake' again at rally.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 29, 2024 03:17 PM (RKVpM)

140 >>> 68 My FWP is I haven't been able to shitpost or even read AOSHQ much because I'm on day 3 without power. But the giant oak trees in my yard didn't fall, so that's good.
Posted by: screaming in digital at September 29, 2024 02:34 PM (mb9ui)

I saw a claim somewhere that almost all oaks are prone to rotting internally, probably on purpose so they can fall on houses.

... seriously, if they are within range, I would look at having them taken down and maybe cut into firewood (if you have a fireplace, or even if you don't you could get a firepit) as a pre-emptive strike. With some of the interesting weather events at my new place I am *very* happy I don't have any trees nearby. Now if only I could get the Other Neighbor to work on his fcking side of the fence line ...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 29, 2024 03:17 PM (FnneF)

141 138 my FWP is I have a wasp nest inside the rotting soffit at the front of my tack room shed where the door is. I feel like I can't get wasp spray on the nest without taking out the soffit. I could probably take a crowbar to the soffit at night once the wasps are settled in, but I want to just wait till winter. These are paper wasps, so not very aggressive, but since they hang around near the door. I'll probably just leave or move the tack I'll use until we get some hard freezes somewhere else.
Posted by: PaleRider at September 29, 2024 03:16 PM (UKUm3)

See Post 62

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at September 29, 2024 03:18 PM (QGaXH)

142 116 back when we made things here.

We put on an addition in the mid-60's, and dad traded work with an architect/homebuilder for the framing. He brought in a new box of 16-penny spikes that must have weighed a hundred pounds. They were made in Austriab. I still have a few around here someplace.

Austria.
Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at September 29, 2024 03:02 PM (zdLoL)
We framed houses with foreign nails back in the 60s. Coated sinkers.

Posted by: Eromero at September 29, 2024 03:18 PM (LHPAg)

143 Been running into pocket doors on new commercial construction lately, too much in one space

Posted by: Skip at September 29, 2024 03:19 PM (fwDg9)

144 If we didn't hang doors, how would we up our swearing game?

Posted by: 2009Refugee at September 29, 2024 03:20 PM (smSrp)

145 Are the police no longer enforcing ANY traffic laws? Maybe I should take the front plate off my truck and when ticketed…

I hesitate to tempt fate but they don’t seem to enforce this law. I drive pretty much the anti-Tesla, and after replacing the front fascia due to Driving In Winter have been too lazy to put the plate back. It’s sitting in my passenger seat well. That was two years ago.

(Now that I’ve posted this I probably better get off my ass.)

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at September 29, 2024 03:20 PM (nyilr)

146 Seeing video of celebrations everywhere, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Idlib, London, Tripoli.

Everyone's happy when someone else does the dirty work.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 29, 2024 03:21 PM (5p7su)

147 We had our patio door replaced last year-- $2k for door

Business is brisk under Bidenomics. My Pella, that I thought needed new rollers, turned out to have rot in the hidden wood. Naturally Pella no longer makes that size or style. Just a basic vinyl slider, installed, was going to be close to $6K, and my town is not an outrageous market for things.

Wife found a 'new' pair of panels, wrong color, for $20.
Have you seen the price of Rustoleum spray lately?

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at September 29, 2024 03:21 PM (zdLoL)

148 141 138 my FWP is I have a wasp nest inside the rotting soffit at the front of my tack room shed where the door is.

----------

According to YouTube videos, a generous spritz of aerosol Gorilla Glue around the nest entrance guarantees that hilarity will ensue.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 29, 2024 03:21 PM (REJSF)

149 Wall it off, with your nemesis inside.

Posted by: E. A. Poe at September 29, 2024 02:33 PM (hCzfy)

This is why I love this place.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 29, 2024 03:21 PM (d9fT1)

150
I cannot help but wonder if the handlers for Timpon, the Prancing Prairie Primate, are frantically flipping through their "Big Book of Excuses for How to Duck Out of A Mutually Agreed To Debate" right now

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 29, 2024 03:23 PM (xG4kz)

151 149 Wall it off, with your nemesis inside.

Posted by: E. A. Poe at September 29, 2024 02:33 PM (hCzfy)

This is why I love this place.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 29, 2024 03:21 PM (d9fT1)

We're serious people who don't take ourshelves too seriously...

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at September 29, 2024 03:25 PM (QGaXH)

152 Business is brisk under Bidenomics. My Pella, that I thought needed new rollers, turned out to have rot in the hidden wood. Naturally Pella no longer makes that size or style. Just a basic vinyl slider, installed, was going to be close to $6K, and my town is not an outrageous market for things.

Wife found a 'new' pair of panels, wrong color, for $20.
Have you seen the price of Rustoleum spray lately?
Posted by: Way,Way Downriver

____

Doesn't Pella have a lifetime warranty? Not a fan of their product, it's all marketing.

One thing I have heard is Milgard is actually good about honoring their lifetime warranty. I've heard stories of people with like a 20+ year old leaking sliding glass door and they'll replace it for free.

Posted by: Blago at September 29, 2024 03:25 PM (wMRY8)

153 All our windows are the old aluminum framed sliders-- leaky as hell. Hot, cold & dust. Can see the drapes move when it's windy out.

Come on, lottery!
Posted by: JQ
=======
Sash replacement is not difficult for a lot of windows. However, a big thing in the 70's and 80's were custom oversized single and double glazed windows of odd shapes and those are a thoroughly expensive and PITA to replace.

Our house uses std. sized and shaped windows for the most part and we went with Okna vinyl framed windows during the Covid era.

A couple of basement windows were replaced after that when we redid the basement about 18 months ago. For that, we used cheaper big box store windows for that as insulating the walls of the basement made the minor marginal increase in R values of better windows superfluous.

Minor air leaks have much less effect when much of the basement is underground anyway and at a fairly constant temperature.

Next is encapsulating the remaining crawlspace to the degree of insulating walls and sealing it off from external weather and humidity.

Posted by: whig at September 29, 2024 03:25 PM (SI97o)

154 As I recall, two-legged cow is called "Lean Beef".

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 29, 2024 03:26 PM (6ydKt)

155 First time I replaced doors I aligned them very carefully to the wall at the base and was fanatical about setting them plumb.

Did a great job of it but never noticed that the WALL was out of plumb, about 3/4" at the top of the door, until I tried to install trim.

Posted by: TexasDan at September 29, 2024 03:26 PM (1yplv)

156 >>> 145 Are the police no longer enforcing ANY traffic laws? Maybe I should take the front plate off my truck and when ticketed…
==
I hesitate to tempt fate but they don’t seem to enforce this law. I drive pretty much the anti-Tesla, and after replacing the front fascia due to Driving In Winter have been too lazy to put the plate back. It’s sitting in my passenger seat well. That was two years ago.

(Now that I’ve posted this I probably better get off my ass.)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at September 29, 2024 03:20 PM (nyilr)

Yeah, you should.

Posted by: Bob from NSA at September 29, 2024 03:27 PM (FnneF)

157
Wife found a 'new' pair of panels, wrong color, for $20.
Have you seen the price of Rustoleum spray lately?
Posted by: Way,Way Downriver

It'll get better for you: there's a better than even chance that the spray nozzle for that can will not function or will function badly (i. e., slobber and drool the paint rather than spray it).

That happened to me last year and the can spent six months under the miniature tree where I had hurled it when it failed me. Now it is in a landfill somewhere nearby.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 29, 2024 03:28 PM (xG4kz)

158 "Lean Beef"

********

Heh!

Posted by: muldoon, proud owner of a two-legged cow at September 29, 2024 03:28 PM (uCfKO)

159 Recently we noted a window was opaque, yeah a failed dual pane. That should really be spelled pain as to replace it cost $600.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 29, 2024 03:29 PM (niARo)

160 Not sure it's always possible but watched a YouTube a guy used spray foam on a wasp nest.

Posted by: Skip at September 29, 2024 03:29 PM (fwDg9)

161 AZ was voted the best state for the 2nd Amendment

Read Prescott had more FFLs per Capita in the USA. plus Ruger factory.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at September 29, 2024 03:29 PM (BLBGH)

162 I've had fine results with late evening spraying of plain old wasp or flying insect spray, when the nest is exposed and the spray will reach all the sleeping paper wasps. But I can see wasp nests through the 1/2 gaps at the bottom of the soffit, but I cant spray them directly. I'm a wimp about wasp bites and don't want to end up riling them up instead of getting them dead. If they weren't by a doorway, I'd just leave them since these are not an aggressive wasp species. FWP. If I had a DH, he'd be in charge of deciding how to deal with them but it is just me.

Posted by: PaleRider at September 29, 2024 03:30 PM (UKUm3)

163 Used to be able to 'spruce up' a room-- cheaply-- with a gallon or 2 or paint.

Paint is now outrageously expensive. And, very hard to find TSP for the required pre-cleaning anyway.

Spray paint is ridiculous too. About 10 bucks for a 3-dollar can of Rustoleum.

Posted by: JQ at September 29, 2024 03:30 PM (njWTi)

164 I've built things out of cherry, I've smoked meat with cherry and apricot, but I've never built anything out of apricot. Point to CBD.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 29, 2024 03:30 PM (a3Q+t)

165 Is it a FWP that I had so much trouble making up my mind to which processor to take two beeves?

I finally decided on the new-ish place not even 10 miles away.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 29, 2024 03:30 PM (FnneF)

166
I'm fortunate that bee stings don't effect me much. But I get stung a lot of times with little conseq

Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 29, 2024 03:32 PM (RKVpM)

167 On a hive, throw some Sevin dust at it (can get it at Home Depot) works great. They take it with them and expose all of the colony to it. Everything will probably be dead the in 12 hours. I just found a bad bee infestation in my exterior wall, worked great.

Posted by: Blago at September 29, 2024 03:32 PM (wMRY8)

168 Amazon has real TSP.

Posted by: Accomack at September 29, 2024 03:32 PM (4qMiv)

169 >>> 168 Amazon has real TSP.
Posted by: Accomack at September 29, 2024 03:32 PM (4qMiv)

Home Depot had it pre-woofloo in the paint aisle and I think Lowe's was the same. I found it more recently at a local hardware store.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 29, 2024 03:34 PM (FnneF)

170 AZ was voted the best state for the 2nd Amendment

Read Prescott had more FFLs per Capita in the USA. plus Ruger factory.
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty
___

Growing up here, was very much of a gun culture. Kind of a cowboy libertarianism. Even Democrats were nervous about going after guns.

We were one of the first to have "Constitutional Carry", so no license required to carry concealed.

Posted by: Blago at September 29, 2024 03:34 PM (wMRY8)

171 162 I've had fine results with late evening spraying of plain old wasp or flying insect spray, when the nest is exposed and the spray will reach all the sleeping paper wasps. But I can see wasp nests through the 1/2 gaps at the bottom of the soffit, but I cant spray them directly. I'm a wimp about wasp bites and don't want to end up riling them up instead of getting them dead. If they weren't by a doorway, I'd just leave them since these are not an aggressive wasp species. FWP. If I had a DH, he'd be in charge of deciding how to deal with them but it is just me.
Posted by: PaleRider at September 29, 2024 03:30 PM (UKUm3)

DH? Designated Hitter?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at September 29, 2024 03:34 PM (QGaXH)

172 AZ was voted the best state for the 2nd Amendment

Read Prescott had more FFLs per Capita in the USA. plus Ruger factory.
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism

And the rest of us legally concealed carry.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 29, 2024 03:34 PM (niARo)

173 This house is on a slab-- no basement.

Thankful, because if *this* place had a basement, I'm sure it would be a freaking disaster. Just like the rest of the house.

Posted by: JQ at September 29, 2024 03:35 PM (njWTi)

174 As I recall, two-legged cow is called "Lean Beef".
Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 29, 2024 03:26 PM

Deadbeef (0xDEADBEEF) is a hexadecimal number used in various software operating systems as a magic number.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 29, 2024 03:35 PM (a3Q+t)

175 >>He was singing that song in Germany. I don't know whether to be embarrassed about having our dirty laundry aired internationally or to be encouraged that there are a lot of people around the world who sympathize with our plight.

Yeah, he's on tour. He tweets about violence and corruption in South Africa when he's not composing sweet using from viral pet or kid videos, so I am guessing that it struck a chord with him. As someone else here said, the "eating their pets" aspect of the invasion is visceral - there is no spinning or explaining away such cultural discord - and his thing is boosting the cuteness of pets.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 29, 2024 03:36 PM (scDBq)

176
Red Kammie has yet to land the invaluable endorsement of Deez Nuts despite her having fondled him far, far more than had any other candidate.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 29, 2024 03:37 PM (xG4kz)

177 AZ also has this near Prescott:
https://www.gunsite.com/
Having lived in AZ for 7 years I'm annoyed I never realized it was there until after I had left.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 29, 2024 03:37 PM (FnneF)

178 Israel has delivered airstrikes against the Houthis for the second time.

Doing the work Americans won't do.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 29, 2024 03:38 PM (a3Q+t)

179 Our Home Depot no longer carries TSP. Sad. I looked just a couple months ago.

Posted by: JQ at September 29, 2024 03:38 PM (njWTi)

180 I use TSP on laundry.

Posted by: Accomack at September 29, 2024 03:41 PM (28cZF)

181 I like to put a pinch of TSP in each dishwasher load.

Posted by: JQ at September 29, 2024 03:42 PM (njWTi)

182 I put the biggest mailbox Amazon sold so I can get all the stuff the big boxes won't sell.
Like decafe whole bean coffee.

Posted by: Accomack at September 29, 2024 03:42 PM (28cZF)

183 Was looking at the photo at the NY Post's site of the ginormous hole in the ground Israel's bombs made in Lebanon and thinking a concussive blast might be what CBD needs to straighten those doors out.

Posted by: Tuna at September 29, 2024 03:44 PM (oaGWv)

184 two-legged cow is called "Lean Beef".

Long Pig?

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at September 29, 2024 03:45 PM (BLBGH)

185 Our Home Depot no longer carries TSP. Sad. I looked just a couple months ago.
Posted by: JQ

You can buy it on Amazon.

Posted by: Blago at September 29, 2024 03:46 PM (wMRY8)

186 Uhhhhhh. . . .? Latest VIP endorsement:

A current and founding trustee of the Heritage Foundation, the group behind Project 2025, has endorsed Kamala Harris for president. Former Congressman Mickey Edwards threw his support behind Harris, arguing she aligns better with many of the policies outlined in Project 2025, particularly on foreign policy. Edwards emphasized the danger of authoritarian regimes like China, Russia, and North Korea, suggesting they could manipulate a Trump administration through flattery, making Harris a stronger candidate in safeguarding American interests.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 29, 2024 03:46 PM (scDBq)

187 154 As I recall, two-legged cow is called "Lean Beef".
Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 29, 2024 03:26 PM (6ydKt)

Beef tips.

Posted by: m at September 29, 2024 03:46 PM (64Zez)

188 Designated Hitter?

Designated Hitler?

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at September 29, 2024 03:47 PM (BLBGH)

189 Here's a FWP caused by climate change:

"Hunters on the Great Plains may find they're no longer top of the food chain as the approach of winter sends nature's predators into a frenzy.

Hundreds of hairy omnivores face a life-or-death struggle to fatten up before they spend months in hibernation and they are not about to let anyone stand in their way.

Key food sources are in short supply this year, naturalists have warned, sending the hairy omnivores ever closer to human populations and heightening the risk of aggression to any hiker or hunter who strays across their path.

"They can eat pretty much anything", said retired federal ecologist Chuck Neal.

'It's not a question of what, but how much they get their jaws around"."

These hairy omnivores are known to consume up to 20,000 calories a day during this climate change season. Be careful out there!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 29, 2024 03:47 PM (a3Q+t)

190 Beef tips.

Boob thread!

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at September 29, 2024 03:48 PM (BLBGH)

191 I don't know about Jeff Flake's religious motivation but he did serve as ambassador to Turkey under Biden. So I'm thinking follow the money and power, as he seems to be looking for a job in the Harris administration

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 29, 2024 03:50 PM (RTfY1)

192 ambassador to Turkey under Biden. So I'm thinking follow the money and power, as he seems to be looking for a job in the Harris administration
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Flake hates America, Turkey hates America... a match made by Biden/Harris.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 29, 2024 03:55 PM (niARo)

193 > I don't know about Jeff Flake's religious motivation...
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Throne sniffing.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 29, 2024 03:57 PM (Q4IgG)

194 173 This house is on a slab-- no basement.

Thankful, because if *this* place had a basement, I'm sure it would be a freaking disaster. Just like the rest of the house.
Posted by: JQ
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Bad construction is bad construction. Lot of bad slabs out there where the ground was not prepared properly underneath the slab and the slab itself was not even after curing.

Such slabs are prone to cracking and settlement issues that can literally pull apart external brick or stonework and allow infiltration of water,termites, etc. through the foundation cracks.

Also dislike plumbing under slabs as that is always a nightmare of having the jackhammer a trench to get to the plumbing. Rather have a crawlspace than that.

Plumbing and electrical should always be accessible without tearing into floors or foundations. Drywall is an easy repair---cutting through floors, slabs, roofing, etc. is always more complicated.

Posted by: whig at September 29, 2024 03:58 PM (SI97o)

195 176
Red Kammie has yet to land the invaluable endorsement of Deez Nuts despite her having fondled him far, far more than had any other candidate.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 29, 2024 03:37 PM (xG4kz)

Deez Nuts...? Who the h is Deez Nuts? Rick Dees?

And for that matter - what's FFLs?

I'd better have another beer...

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at September 29, 2024 03:59 PM (QGaXH)

196 Yes, yes.. Amazon. I try to find things locally first. Amz is for when I can't.

Posted by: JQ at September 29, 2024 04:00 PM (njWTi)

197 FOODIE NOODIE TIME

Posted by: Skip at September 29, 2024 04:01 PM (fwDg9)

198 186 Uhhhhhh. . . .? Latest VIP endorsement:

A current and founding trustee of the Heritage Foundation, the group behind Project 2025, has endorsed Kamala Harris for president. Former Congressman Mickey Edwards threw his support behind Harris, arguing she aligns better with many of the policies outlined in Project 2025, particularly on foreign policy. Edwards emphasized the danger of authoritarian regimes like China, Russia, and North Korea, suggesting they could manipulate a Trump administration through flattery, making Harris a stronger candidate in safeguarding American interests.
Posted by: Lizzy
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Edwards has not been in Congress since the 90's and notably disliked the Gingrich revolution which is why he left. He has long been at the Harvard University Institute of Politics and served as controlled opposition to anything actually conservative in decades.

Probably actually a Dem voter for decades now as he was the epitome of the ancien GOP Vichy House leadership before Newt.

Posted by: whig at September 29, 2024 04:01 PM (SI97o)

199 195 what's FFLs?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at September 29, 2024 03:59 PM

Federal Firearms License

Posted by: m at September 29, 2024 04:01 PM (64Zez)

200 200

Posted by: m at September 29, 2024 04:01 PM (64Zez)

201 1 Even if a house is very reasonably level and plumb when built, it will move and settle longer after.
Posted by: Skip at September

We are on the contemplative stage of planning our retirement home, which will be the first custom home we have ever built. At the moment, in my head at least, it will be insulated concrete form walls and actual foundations. Soil is sandy so probably rammed aggregate piers or micropiles.

I'm not sure my wife will appreciate that my life goals have more to do with a home that is airtight and doesn't settle than paint color.

Posted by: TexasDan at September 29, 2024 04:02 PM (rAsBA)

202 These hairy omnivores are known to consume up to 20,000 calories a day during this climate change season. Be careful out there!
Posted by: Duncanthrax
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You mean Buffalo eat meat? Who knew. j/k

Posted by: whig at September 29, 2024 04:02 PM (SI97o)

203 Trump reading 'the snake' again at rally.

Song is by Oscar Brown, a civil rights campaigner who spent ten years as a communist. Dem campaign is asleep at the switch.

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at September 29, 2024 04:02 PM (zdLoL)

204 Posted by: whig at September 29, 2024 03:58 PM
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Hush, you! Don't give me any *more* to worry about! LOL.

Basements are common in this region, but we're on a huge rock so they couldn't dig one here. Gives me hope that there won't be too much settling & cracking of the slab before I die & no longer be affected.

I hate this house, and it hates me back.

Posted by: JQ at September 29, 2024 04:04 PM (njWTi)

205 We are on the contemplative stage of planning our retirement home, which will be the first custom home we have ever built. At the moment, in my head at least, it will be insulated concrete form walls and actual foundations. Soil is sandy so probably rammed aggregate piers or micropiles.

I'm not sure my wife will appreciate that my life goals have more to do with a home that is airtight and doesn't settle than paint color.
Posted by: TexasDan
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Sandy soils are a pain for foundation footings but it can be accomplished albeit at extra expense. I do like that sandy soils do not by and large expand and contract like clay soils do depending on moisture.

Our house is in the Eastern piedmont region and not too far below is granite and sandstone. Foundation has not budged in over fifty years despite using CMU foundation.

Posted by: whig at September 29, 2024 04:06 PM (SI97o)

206
Former Congressman Mickey Edwards threw his support behind Harris, arguing she aligns better with many of the policies outlined in Project 2025, particularly on foreign policy.

Is Mickey (he's so fine) sharp enough that this is a backhanded trolling of Harris?

After all, Project 2025 is the bete noire of the Dims in this election.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 29, 2024 04:06 PM (xG4kz)

207 Hush, you! Don't give me any *more* to worry about! LOL.

Basements are common in this region, but we're on a huge rock so they couldn't dig one here. Gives me hope that there won't be too much settling & cracking of the slab before I die & no longer be affected.

I hate this house, and it hates me back.
Posted by: JQ

Rock underneath means a relatively stable foundation. Can create other issues but pretty stable to build slabs over.

If you have carpet, it can hide slab cracks so watch for those. My fil's house was on a slab but over clay soils and eventually it cracked and subsided in areas based on whatever the rainfall was that year. Taking the gutters off teh house because he did not.want to clean them made it worse. Eventually termites found the cracks and caused substantial damage.

Posted by: whig at September 29, 2024 04:08 PM (SI97o)

208 Our house is in the Eastern piedmont region and not too far below is granite and sandstone. Foundation has not budged in over fifty years despite using CMU foundation.
Posted by: whig at September

We are in East Texas and I'm guessing geologically we are in the flood plain of the Navasota river. Sand on top but has to be clay or silt layers not too far down. I plan on getting a boring taken if do build in this lot. There is an HoA to consider and on different days we think different things about that.

Posted by: TexasDan at September 29, 2024 04:12 PM (rAsBA)

209 We are in East Texas and I'm guessing geologically we are in the flood plain of the Navasota river. Sand on top but has to be clay or silt layers not too far down. I plan on getting a boring taken if do build in this lot. There is an HoA to consider and on different days we think different things about that.
Posted by: TexasDan
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Best wishes on construction. Just make sure to agree on the major things before as retrofitting or changing designs midstream add a lot of cost and complexity along with disagreements between spouses. Been there, done that.

Posted by: whig at September 29, 2024 04:19 PM (SI97o)

210 "I got your prehung right here."
-John Gotti, probably

Posted by: Bobby K. at September 29, 2024 05:12 PM (ThBAX)

211 Jeff Flake (fmr AZ Senator) just endorsed Kamala.

The mormons still really hate Trump.
Posted by: Blago at September 29, 2024 02:41 PM (wMRY

He really, really lives up to his name.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 29, 2024 05:17 PM (VJzi3)

212 Not sure it's always possible but watched a YouTube a guy used spray foam on a wasp nest.
Posted by: Skip at September 29, 2024 03:29 PM (fwDg9)

Explosives! Put an M80 firecracker on a long stick, and rig a barbecue lighter on the same stick with a string you can pull to strike it; to light the fuse. Duct tape FTW. Wait until dark, jam the M80 into the wasps's nest, and pull the string. Confetti will happen.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 29, 2024 05:32 PM (/lvBc)

213 ya got a pry bar dontcha

Meanwhile I have to go rehang somebodies shelf I thought was a table and put a case of books on yesterday. Which then pulled the screws out of the drywall. Because more screws makes up for not finding the wall stud.

Posted by: DaveA at September 29, 2024 06:55 PM (FhXTo)

214 I have 40 years of experience doing carpentry. Blame the people doing the carpentry now. It would help if they had skills, or give a shit if the work was quality. The assholes who employee this people who are the blame. The guy who knows it all.

Posted by: Grandpa bullet point at September 29, 2024 07:54 PM (s9TOl)

215 Sorry...pre-hung doors don't arrive out of square or plumb or cherry or apricot!

Yes they do. It's up to the installer to get them square and plumb.

Posted by: West at September 29, 2024 10:27 PM (vTTFR)

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