First-World Problems...

Hardwood floors are great! Even 100 year old ones.

Except, the repairs done by well-meaning knuckleheads over the years are particularly well suited for...at best...the ripping of socks, and...at worst...the ripping of flesh!

I am unfortunately well aware of the three nails that just love...love...love! to emerge as the floors flex. I discovered them many years ago, and that discovery was accompanied by much swearing and gnashing of teeth.

Slapping hot iron on it is a tempting fix.

Or maybe I need to rent a jackhammer.

Or a backhoe.

Posted by: CBD at 02:00 PM

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1 Easy fix

Posted by: Skip at October 06, 2024 02:00 PM (fwDg9)

2 Are you sure it was an attempted repair, and not just a knothole failing to maintain structural integrity?

Posted by: Archimedes at October 06, 2024 02:01 PM (xCA6C)

3 Never mind, I was misinterpreting what I saw. I see now that it is a nailhead, not a hole.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 06, 2024 02:02 PM (xCA6C)

4 I think we all know the solution.

Posted by: Weasel at October 06, 2024 02:02 PM (uGpeQ)

5 You should probably just move.

Posted by: Dirk Biglee at October 06, 2024 02:03 PM (/7KEl)

6
Get out your hammer and punch. Or sell the house and move to a creek in west NC.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 06, 2024 02:03 PM (RKVpM)

7 I think we all know the solution.

Nuke it from orbit?

Posted by: Archimedes at October 06, 2024 02:03 PM (xCA6C)

8 Who uses that kind of nail on flooring? Good grief. Pull it, use a finish nail, countersink it, and fill it.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 06, 2024 02:03 PM (OsFg2)

9 Even I could fix that.

Posted by: Tuna at October 06, 2024 02:03 PM (oaGWv)

10 Wooden pegs in round holes should do the trick.

Posted by: mrp at October 06, 2024 02:03 PM (rj6Yv)

11 Either next time pops up, pull out and try a finish screw, or drop of glue and replace it. Just hammering down the whole it stripped out some so will keep coming up.

Posted by: Skip at October 06, 2024 02:03 PM (fwDg9)

12

If there's no subfloor, can you get at it from below and somehow toenail to the joist in the basement?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 06, 2024 02:04 PM (x0n13)

13 One COULD pound the nail down, but have you thought enough about raising the floor?

Posted by: Archimedes at October 06, 2024 02:05 PM (xCA6C)

14 The house I am buying just went through its inspection last week. We are awaiting the seller's response to our requests.

What it mostly boils down to is, structural issues that are due to age, and problems caused because the previous owner tried to fix/replace/install something themselves.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 06, 2024 02:05 PM (I8/ZC)

15 Cheez-whiz spackle.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 06, 2024 02:05 PM (kpS4V)

16 Perhaps you can fashion some sort of rudimentary lathe.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 06, 2024 02:06 PM (OsFg2)

17 You have floors?!

Luxury.

We have dirt.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 06, 2024 02:06 PM (Q4IgG)

18 Carpets does wonders in this area.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at October 06, 2024 02:07 PM (0XVad)

19 Never underestimate the value of the varied uses of a reliable backhoe.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 06, 2024 02:08 PM (W/lyH)

20 We can fix that for you.

Posted by: Alf and Ralph Monroe at October 06, 2024 02:08 PM (Y1sOo)

21 Speaking of nails, I watched the movie, "X" last night.

Generally decent murder/horror film, but flawed in that several characters do the kinds of dumb things that immediately or eventually resulted in their deaths, and if they'd just exercised a wee bit of forethought/caution, they wouldn't have died.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 06, 2024 02:08 PM (I8/ZC)

22 Add a nice thick layer of polyurethane.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 06, 2024 02:09 PM (zG664)

23 Carpets does wonders in this area.
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at October 06, 2024 02:07 PM (0XVad)

Carpets can go to hell.

I hate carpet.

No, I'm not a lesbian, why do you ask.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 06, 2024 02:10 PM (I8/ZC)

24 Carpets does wonders in this area.
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at October 06, 2024 02:07 PM (0XVad)

Green shag for the win!

Posted by: Diogenes at October 06, 2024 02:10 PM (W/lyH)

25 Or a backhoe.
-

Don't do it, CBD.

She'll walk all over you!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 06, 2024 02:11 PM (xIFh6)

26 Thicker socks.

Posted by: Tom Perry at October 06, 2024 02:12 PM (MX0bI)

27 You have floors?!

Luxury.

We have dirt.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 06, 2024 02:06 PM (Q4IgG)

Dirt!!??
1%er. We had to haul.river rock up from the creek. Ever Monday before skool.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 06, 2024 02:13 PM (W/lyH)

28 Put a piece of tape over it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 06, 2024 02:13 PM (Q4IgG)

29 Pull those nails and put in screws.
Then find the right wood putty to match and cover.

Posted by: illiniwek at October 06, 2024 02:13 PM (Cus5s)

30 A friend of mine bought a nearly century old house. Horrible carpet covered the sitting room and hallway. When it was pulled out, we discovered solid oak flooring underneath. It took quite a bit of sanding and refinishing, but the area now looks gorgeous. Never underestimate people's willingness to cover wood with carpet.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 06, 2024 02:14 PM (OsFg2)

31 There is always a new laminate floor over top of that floor

Posted by: Skip at October 06, 2024 02:14 PM (fwDg9)

32 next time pops up, pull out and try a finish screw

Posted by: Skip at October 06, 2024 02:03 PM (fwDg9)

I think that is what I am going to do.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 06, 2024 02:14 PM (d9fT1)

33 Burn the whole place to the ground.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 06, 2024 02:15 PM (qJXvQ)

34 Cheez-whiz spackle.
Posted by: All Hail Eris

Saw 'em open for Bowling For Soup at Café du Nord in '98.

Posted by: mikeski at October 06, 2024 02:15 PM (DgGvY)

35 Forget about the nail, it is worthless. Countersink a 2" or so wood screw adjacent to the nail. Remove the nail and fill the screw and nail holes with a suitable putty. Alternate solution: remove the nail, put a couple of "barnburner" matches in the hole and install a wood screw - putty.

Posted by: Admirale's Mate at October 06, 2024 02:15 PM (sMkAM)

36 If there's no subfloor, can you get at it from below and somehow toenail to the joist in the basement?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 06, 2024 02:04 PM (x0n13)

Finished basement underneath!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 06, 2024 02:16 PM (d9fT1)

37 I really like the backhoe idea. Elegant and straightforward.

Posted by: Pete Bog at October 06, 2024 02:16 PM (RsT6s)

38 26 Thicker socks.
Posted by: Tom Perry

Slippers ftw

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 06, 2024 02:16 PM (qJXvQ)

39 On second thought, a really powerful leaf blower might do the trick.

Posted by: Tom Perry at October 06, 2024 02:17 PM (MX0bI)

40 A friend of mine bought a nearly century old house. Horrible carpet covered the sitting room and hallway. When it was pulled out, we discovered solid oak flooring underneath. It took quite a bit of sanding and refinishing, but the area now looks gorgeous. Never underestimate people's willingness to cover wood with carpet.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 06, 2024 02:14 PM (OsFg2)

Carpet, wallpaper.

People think new is better. New is not better.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 06, 2024 02:17 PM (I8/ZC)

41
Daylight bullshit "savings."

November 3rd. For two weeks, it won't be dark at 630am. Woopdeedoo.

So pointless.

Posted by: Soothsayer at October 06, 2024 02:17 PM (aBbkg)

42 Never underestimate people's willingness to cover wood with carpet.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 06, 2024 02:14 PM (OsFg2)

When the brats finally moved out we ripped up the carpets in their rooms and refinished the gorgeous oak floors.

Probably cheaper than replacing the carpet!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 06, 2024 02:18 PM (d9fT1)

43 Proper wood floors don't have visible nails or screws. They are supposed to be nailed through the tongue of the tongue and groove, so the next plank covers them. This was a repair job done poorly.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 06, 2024 02:18 PM (OsFg2)

44 36 If there's no subfloor, can you get at it from below and somehow toenail to the joist in the basement?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 06, 2024 02:04 PM (x0n13)

Finished basement underneath!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 06, 2024 02:16 PM (d9fT1)

Pull out the offending nail, dowel and glue and a little stain.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 06, 2024 02:20 PM (x0n13)

45 Our house in CA was so old the wood floors were "wavey." When the light was just right you could see the undulations. Fixing them would have cost about what we paid for the place.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 06, 2024 02:20 PM (Q4IgG)

46 Our orange shag luxury broadlooms are just the fix for your problem. Come to our Kaufman Carpet showroom to see our goods in action.

Posted by: Joel Bogart at October 06, 2024 02:20 PM (CV8a5)

47 First-World Problems...

Attractive newsie gals who hide the wares behind chyron banners.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at October 06, 2024 02:21 PM (f6Kjj)

48
If I wanted to do the nicest repair I would pull the nail, drill about a 1/4" wide hole about 3/8" deep, install a wood screw, then glue a 1/4" wood peg into the hole. Stain with magic marker.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 06, 2024 02:21 PM (RKVpM)

49 Or maybe a nail set and some wood putty

Posted by: Chemist at October 06, 2024 02:21 PM (2Uim3)

50

300 illegals with crowbars spaced evenly around he house can pry it up. Uno dos tres, ARRIBA!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 06, 2024 02:22 PM (x0n13)

51 We are currently in the 53rd year of our going-out-of-business sale blowout. Come on in to our Route 17 location.

Posted by: Nasser Aftab Carpet Bargains at October 06, 2024 02:22 PM (CV8a5)

52 51 We are currently in the 53rd year of our going-out-of-business sale blowout. Come on in to our Route 17 location.
Posted by: Nasser Aftab Carpet Bargains at October 06, 2024 02:22 PM (CV8a5)

Going Out FOR business!

I hated shysters who pulled that shit.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 06, 2024 02:23 PM (x0n13)

53 Tim Walz calls himself a knucklehead.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 06, 2024 02:24 PM (NpAcC)

54 If I wanted to do the nicest repair I would pull the nail, drill about a 1/4" wide hole about 3/8" deep, install a wood screw, then glue a 1/4" wood peg into the hole. Stain with magic marker.

Posted by: Divide by Zero

When I build furniture that needs screws for strength, that is how I do it. If you can't hide the screw, cover it with a plug and celebrate it.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 06, 2024 02:24 PM (OsFg2)

55 52 51 We are currently in the 53rd year of our going-out-of-business sale blowout. Come on in to our Route 17 location.
Posted by: Nasser Aftab Carpet Bargains at October 06, 2024 02:22 PM (CV8a5)

Going Out FOR business!

I hated shysters who pulled that shit.

That's a big con in beach and other tourist towns. You'd think the sun-bleached "GOOB" sale would clue people in.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 06, 2024 02:24 PM (xCA6C)

56 53 Tim Walz calls himself a knucklehead.
Posted by: redridinghood at October 06, 2024 02:24 PM (NpAcC)

Emhoff delivers knuckle sammiches. Symbiosis!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 06, 2024 02:25 PM (x0n13)

57 Tim Walz calls himself a knucklehead.

I suppose it's better than "lying, cowardly, moronic bonehead".

Posted by: Archimedes at October 06, 2024 02:26 PM (xCA6C)

58 If you can't hide the screw, cover it with a plug and celebrate it.
Posted by: Thomas Paine

This is Exactly how Chasten and I do it!

Posted by: Mayor Pete at October 06, 2024 02:27 PM (CV8a5)

59 Going Out FOR business!

I hated shysters who pulled that shit.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 06, 2024 02:23 PM (x0n13)

The entire time I lived in Grand Junction, there was a boot seller that was going out of business. When I pointed this out to a local who had been there for decades, they said they'd been doing so for at least 20 years.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 06, 2024 02:27 PM (5ntSy)

60 55 Posted by: Archimedes at October 06, 2024 02:24 PM (xCA6C)

Clothing store in my old neighborhood called "Schwartz's"

Then they were "Shwartz's"
Then Swartz's"
Finally "Chwartz's"

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 06, 2024 02:27 PM (x0n13)

61 Or maybe I need to rent a jackhammer.
Or a backhoe.

Sounds like overkill.

Draw a big bead of caulk around it, and fill with sulfuric or hydrochloric acid to dissolve the nail.

Posted by: mikeski at October 06, 2024 02:27 PM (DgGvY)

62 I'm envious of you 1%ers with houses that had or have original hardwood flooring. When the parents pulled up the 70's carpet and worn linoleum here they put new carpet in the living room and a tile look laminate in the kitchen over the the particle board subfloors.

Posted by: PaleRider at October 06, 2024 02:28 PM (CKOCg)

63 Tim Walz calls himself a knucklehead.
Posted by: redridinghood at October 06, 2024 02:24 PM (NpAcC)

He misspelled lying piece of shit pedophile.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 06, 2024 02:28 PM (5ntSy)

64
When I build furniture that needs screws for strength, that is how I do it. If you can't hide the screw, cover it with a plug and celebrate it.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 06, 2024 02:24 PM

I have old style Bruce hardwood floors with pegs at the end of every section. I actually like the look. I think they're more for style then function because I'm pretty sure it's tongue and groove and some mastic might have also been used.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 06, 2024 02:28 PM (RKVpM)

65 Tim Walz calls himself a knucklehead.

I suppose it's better than "lying, cowardly, moronic bonehead".
Posted by: Archimedes
+++
No. No No.
He just misspoke a few hundred times.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at October 06, 2024 02:28 PM (Lo97M)

66 Did you consider wearing shoes ?

Posted by: Next2Nothing at October 06, 2024 02:29 PM (tA1/w)

67 When I build furniture that needs screws for strength, that is how I do it. If you can't hide the screw, cover it with a plug and celebrate it.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 06, 2024 02:24 PM

Celebrate the screw. Sefton's teenage sex life.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 06, 2024 02:30 PM (x0n13)

68 Slipped the clutch on the riding mower and ran into the truck. The truck won. Going to go do some body work on the hood of my tractor.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kJAeEyiQB4

Posted by: Braenyard at October 06, 2024 02:30 PM (ZACBQ)

69 We are currently in the 53rd year of our going-out-of-business sale blowout.

During the '60s, the San Francisco government noticed that some of the stores on Market Street had been having "going out of business" sales since the end of the Second World War.

So, they passed a city ordinance saying that if you had a "going out of business" sale, you actually had to go out of business.

The stores responded by setting up a series of shell corporations, each of which would "go out of business" in succession, and then transfer the assets of the store to the next shell corporation.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 06, 2024 02:30 PM (uxCna)

70 Three hurricanes in the Atlantic basin after September 30. Not sure that's happened before.

Posted by: one hour sober at October 06, 2024 02:31 PM (Y1sOo)

71 69 We are currently in the 53rd year of our going-out-of-business sale blowout.

During the '60s, the San Francisco government noticed that some of the stores on Market Street had been having "going out of business" sales since the end of the Second World War.

So, they passed a city ordinance saying that if you had a "going out of business" sale, you actually had to go out of business.

The stores responded by setting up a series of shell corporations, each of which would "go out of business" in succession, and then transfer the assets of the store to the next shell corporation.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 06, 2024 02:30 PM (uxCna)

See me at 60!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 06, 2024 02:31 PM (x0n13)

72 Did you consider wearing shoes ?
Posted by: Next2Nothing at October 06, 2024 02:29 PM (tA1/w)

Inside the house?

Never. Shoes are for going outside.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 06, 2024 02:31 PM (5ntSy)

73 My FWP is also related to previous owner(s). I need to take the blinds down from the wall, but all the screws holding the hardware are stripped.

Every. Stinking. One.

Also, I have gotten rid of boxes of books and bags of things for the last four years. Why is packing up and moving furniture still a huge chore?!?

Posted by: NaughtyPine at October 06, 2024 02:32 PM (1R9IM)

74 The stores responded by setting up a series of shell corporations, each of which would "go out of business" in succession, and then transfer the assets of the store to the next shell corporation.
Posted by: The ARC of History!
+++
Still more honest than pelosi's insider stock trading.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at October 06, 2024 02:33 PM (Lo97M)

75 72 Did you consider wearing shoes ?
Posted by: Next2Nothing at October 06, 2024 02:29 PM (tA1/w)

Inside the house?

Never. Shoes are for going outside.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 06, 2024 02:31 PM (5ntSy)

Barefoot in the house is a big no-no in judaism. You only do that when in mourning.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 06, 2024 02:33 PM (x0n13)

76 Biden is leaving Camp David, and rushing back to the White House.

Oh, oh.

All passenger plane takeoffs from Iranian airports have been cancelled until tomorrow morning (it is 10 PM in Iran right now).

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 06, 2024 02:33 PM (uxCna)

77 53 Tim Walz calls himself a knucklehead.
Posted by: redridinghood at October 06, 2024 02:24 PM (NpAcC)

He's shooting for his first stripe in the Keystone Kops, while Kamala goes for her second.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 06, 2024 02:33 PM (VNX3d)

78 I'm envious of you 1%ers with houses that had or have original hardwood flooring. When the parents pulled up the 70's carpet and worn linoleum here they put new carpet in the living room and a tile look laminate in the kitchen over the the particle board subfloors.
Posted by: PaleRider

In my kitchen, I pulled up the wavy, worn linoleum to discover the wavy concrete pad. I had to level 400 square feet of kitchen/breakfast area before I could begin to put in tile. It ended up nice, after weeks of work.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 06, 2024 02:33 PM (OsFg2)

79 I have a FWP that will require all the Horde's collective talent to address.

The lovely and talented Mrs. Bog has been gone for a little over a week on a trip with her mother and sister. She returns from her travels late this evening. As you can imagine, from the moment I dropped her off at the airport Winston the dog and I have been living the bachelor high life. I also started diving into the box of dark chocolate toffee that was in the frig. The last bit was consumed about twenty minutes ago.

Should I scramble like mad to clean up the house for her return so that it is not immediately apparent a week long Rager has occurred;

or should I leave it a mess and immediately confess to eating the toffee,

or Blame the Dog?

Posted by: Pete Bog at October 06, 2024 02:33 PM (RsT6s)

80
I suppose it's better than "lying, cowardly, moronic bonehead".

Posted by: Archimedes at October 06, 2024 02:26 PM

How could anyone dislike someone who is friends with school shooters?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 06, 2024 02:33 PM (RKVpM)

81 On old T&G wood floors, often 3/4 inch thick they should be through the tongue at a angle, but the last board will need to be face nailed. Quite possibly not T&G random width is face nailed

Posted by: Skip at October 06, 2024 02:34 PM (fwDg9)

82 next time pops up, pull out and try a finish screw

Posted by: Skip at October 06, 2024 02:03 PM (fwDg9)

I like how your thinking here but sadly Mrs.D has a headache. Again. For the last five years.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 06, 2024 02:35 PM (W/lyH)

83 My childhood home has asbestos tiles under the carpet and cement blocks behind some of the okd paneling. Good luck, future homeowners!

Posted by: NaughtyPine at October 06, 2024 02:35 PM (1R9IM)

84 or Blame the Dog?

That's one of the purposes of dogs.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 06, 2024 02:35 PM (uxCna)

85 All passenger plane takeoffs from Iranian airports have been cancelled until tomorrow morning (it is 10 PM in Iran right now).
Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 06, 2024 02:33 PM (uxCna)
-

News coming in is that Biden Regime is offering Israel "compensations" to hit softer targets. Yep. We'll get more armaments on condition that we don't use them.

There's a whole lotta evil right there.

Anyhoo, I have a feeling about tonight.

/checks calendar for date

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 06, 2024 02:36 PM (xIFh6)

86 When the parents pulled up the 70's carpet and worn linoleum here they put new carpet in the living room and a tile look laminate in the kitchen over the the particle board subfloors.

When I pulled the carpeting out of my current house (built in the seventies) what was underneath it was the concrete slab (first floor) and plywood (I think) upstairs and on the stairway.

I used Pergo and Armstrong on the floors, and prefinished hardwood steps and risers on the stairs.

I realized quickly that I needed to wear shoes downstairs until I finished the job. Surprisingly, concrete slabs have no give at all when walking on them.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 06, 2024 02:37 PM (PmqP5)

87 I have pulled the skeletons out of the attic and will be setting them up for a Mardi Gras party as this year’s theme. Their glow in the dark masks are drying, I will set it up after I come home from teaching a 3p class. My first world problem? I have a fake horse drawn hearse (complete with skeleton unicorn pony to “pull it”

that I had this really great plan to turn into a Mardi Gras float. But I was told that was too ambitious for this year. Apparently boat maintenance took precedence in the financial division of funds.

No fun. At all.

Posted by: Piper at October 06, 2024 02:37 PM (QzINz)

88 Anyhoo, I have a feeling about tonight.

Yeah, Israel slamming Iran on October 7th would definitely send a message.

90 minutes to October 7th in Iran...

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 06, 2024 02:38 PM (uxCna)

89
Anyone wanna buy some pristine building lots on Kharg Island, Iran?

Posted by: Traitor Al's Real Estate at October 06, 2024 02:38 PM (RKVpM)

90 Anyhoo, I have a feeling about tonight.

Oh, and stay safe in Israel.

Tomorrow is likely to be a busy day.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 06, 2024 02:39 PM (uxCna)

91 90 minutes to October 7th in Iran...
Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 06, 2024 02:38 PM (uxCna)
-

Would be funneh if all of their first born suddenly dropped dead at midnight.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 06, 2024 02:39 PM (xIFh6)

92 Proper wood floors don't have visible nails or screws. They are supposed to be nailed through the tongue of the tongue and groove
_____________

Huma! Come here this instant!

Posted by: Hillarhoid at October 06, 2024 02:39 PM (YqDXo)

93 Bullet hole! 9mm. You have a bumpersticker on your car reads ‘Caution’ Driver Takes Random Naps!’.

Posted by: Eromero at October 06, 2024 02:39 PM (LHPAg)

94 Anyhoo, I have a feeling about tonight.

/checks calendar for date
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 06, 2024 02:36 PM (xIFh6)

Ditto.
And stay safe amigo!

Posted by: Diogenes at October 06, 2024 02:40 PM (W/lyH)

95 89
Anyone wanna buy some pristine building lots on Kharg Island, Iran?
Posted by: Traitor Al's Real Estate at October 06, 2024 02:38 PM (RKVpM)

"KHARG!!!!!"

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 06, 2024 02:40 PM (x0n13)

96 I like the various "liquidators" that seem to have an endless supply of furniture, lumber, etc.

Nothing's being liquidated... it's just crap nobody else could sell.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 06, 2024 02:41 PM (Q4IgG)

97 How could anyone dislike someone who is friends with school shooters?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 06, 2024 02:33 PM (RKVpM)
________________

"Hey, let's get together sometime and go shoot up a school. Whaddya say?"

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 06, 2024 02:42 PM (YqDXo)

98 88 Anyhoo, I have a feeling about tonight.

Yeah, Israel slamming Iran on October 7th would definitely send a message.

90 minutes to October 7th in Iran...
Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 06, 2024 02:38 PM (uxCna)

The Muslims are always about anniversaries. It wold be glorious for the IDF to shove it back at them on this day.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 06, 2024 02:42 PM (x0n13)

99 would "go out of business" in succession, and then transfer the assets of the store to the next shell corporation.
Posted by: The ARC of History!

Please don't expose our business model. We are also quite adept at the whole "shell corporation" scam.

Posted by: Whelk and Oyster Alliance at October 06, 2024 02:42 PM (CV8a5)

100 Anyhoo, I have a feeling about tonight.

Yeah, Israel slamming Iran on October 7th would definitely send a message.

90 minutes to October 7th in Iran...
Posted by: The ARC of History
+++
The pagers and the walkies were pretty clever. The Joos are thinking outside the box.
Tomorrow could be very interesting.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at October 06, 2024 02:42 PM (Lo97M)

101 Tonight would probably be a good time to fill up the car.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 06, 2024 02:43 PM (xCA6C)

102 I love those floors, by the way. I hate the floors we have in our house, I want to pull them all up and put down reclaimed wood floors. I understand the utility of LVP, especially in this area, but I hate it. I warned when we built this house I hated the floor. I warned that we should just put wood in from the start, because we will end up with wood anyway. And because I would not put carpet in anywhere, this will be a big thing. I was just told we can put part of J’s next years’s bonus toward it, should it pan out, because I was right. Hmmmmm.

Vote Trump for a good economy for my wood floors!

Posted by: Piper at October 06, 2024 02:43 PM (QzINz)

103 or should I leave it a mess and immediately confess to eating the toffee,

or Blame the Dog?

Both.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at October 06, 2024 02:43 PM (mH6SG)

104 You know who else was fond of liquidating? And a terrific dancer?

Posted by: Franz Liebkind at October 06, 2024 02:44 PM (CV8a5)

105
Another four months and USA, Inc can supply all of the oil that no longer ships out of the location previously referred to as Kharg Island, Iran.

MIPA - Make Iran Poor Again.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 06, 2024 02:44 PM (RKVpM)

106 Get crime.scene tape and outline a foot around the nail. Take picture and sell it to news outlets as the site where Walz was going hunting with Chaney.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 06, 2024 02:45 PM (W/lyH)

107 checks calendar for date
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 06, 2024 02:36 PM (xIFh6)

You are a regular in my morning prayers anyway, but will do even more, because you are right. Times are scary indeed, and that is a true problem, not our FWP.

Posted by: Piper at October 06, 2024 02:47 PM (QzINz)

108 53 Tim Walz calls himself a knucklehead.
Posted by: redridinghood at October 06, 2024 02:24 PM (NpAcC)

He has not quite achieved the rank of knucklehead but he does have a tendency to inflate his rank.

Posted by: Emmie at October 06, 2024 02:48 PM (Sf2cq)

109 Tim Walz calls himself a knucklehead.
Posted by: redridinghood at October 06, 2024 02:24 PM (NpAcC)

He misspelled lying piece of shit pedophile.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 06, 2024 02:28 PM (5ntSy)
_______________

He's got liar's Tourette's syndrome. Very common amongst Democrats.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 06, 2024 02:48 PM (YqDXo)

110 Incoming up north now.

I'm in Jerusalem.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 06, 2024 02:48 PM (xIFh6)

111

FYI, the IDF has been on the move in northern GAZA since this morning.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 06, 2024 02:49 PM (x0n13)

112 Barefoot in the house is a big no-no in judaism. You only do that when in mourning.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 06, 2024 02:33 PM (x0n13)

Hmmm, I did not know that. Interesting.

I learned something today, thank you!

Posted by: BurtTC at October 06, 2024 02:49 PM (MOC99)

113 Get crime.scene tape and outline a foot around the nail. Take picture and sell it to news outlets as the site where Walz was going hunting with Chaney.
Posted by: Diogenes

or draw the outline of a body, and say it's where Biden stabbed Kamala in the back....

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 06, 2024 02:49 PM (VNX3d)

114 >>> 33 Burn the whole place to the ground.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 06, 2024 02:15 PM (qJXvQ)

Oh, good. I was worried that no one had suggested fire.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 06, 2024 02:50 PM (FnneF)

115 Incoming up north now.

I'm in Jerusalem.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 06, 2024 02:48 PM (xIFh6)

Been awhile since I've heard that.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 06, 2024 02:50 PM (W/lyH)

116 We are currently in the 53rd year of our going-out-of-business sale blowout. Come on in to our Route 17 location.
Posted by: Nasser Aftab Carpet Bargains at October 06, 2024 02:22 PM (CV8a5)
_________

"Going out of business!" - Mohammed's Slightly Used Pagers Inc.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 06, 2024 02:50 PM (YqDXo)

117 >>> 33 Burn the whole place to the ground.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 06, 2024 02:15 PM (qJXvQ)

Oh, good. I was worried that no one had suggested fire.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 06, 2024 02:50 PM (FnneF)
______________

The only part that would survive the fire? The nail.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 06, 2024 02:51 PM (YqDXo)

118
Half the world is pulling up the wall-to-wall carpeting and refinishing the underlying hardwood floors, while the other half is covering up the hardwood floors with wall-to-wall carpeting.

I'm in the first half. My neighbor thought I was crazy. "What!? It's going to be cold!"

We are in California, dude. And the house is insulated, and I have a furnace, and I have fuzzy socks.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 06, 2024 02:51 PM (lCaJd)

119 My kitchen, living room, and halls are tile, while the library and dining room are wood flooring. That is the entire first floor without carpet.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 06, 2024 02:52 PM (OsFg2)

120 Barefoot in the house is a big no-no in judaism.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 06, 2024 02:33 PM (x0n13)
______________

Just out of curiosity, why is that, J.J.?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 06, 2024 02:52 PM (YqDXo)

121 Cover the nail with a thin neodymium magnet ?

Posted by: Next2Nothing at October 06, 2024 02:52 PM (tA1/w)

122
Vote Trump for a good economy for my wood floors!

Posted by: Piper

===============

Bumper sticker right there.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 06, 2024 02:53 PM (lCaJd)

123 As The Beatles would have advised: "All you need is glue ... "

Posted by: Dr_No at October 06, 2024 02:54 PM (ayRl+)

124 The Muslims are always about anniversaries. It wold be glorious for the IDF to shove it back at them on this day.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 06, 2024 02:42 PM (x0n13)
________________

It would indeed be glorious.

Just the possibility is probably making everyone in Iran nervously scan the sky tonight.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 06, 2024 02:54 PM (YqDXo)

125 The only part that would survive the fire?

“And the nail came back
the very next day…”

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 06, 2024 02:55 PM (PmqP5)

126 Lebanon has now closed its airport until 6 AM.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 06, 2024 02:55 PM (uxCna)

127 FYI, the IDF has been on the move in northern GAZA since this morning.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 06, 2024 02:49 PM (x0n13)
-

4th time in Jabalya. Israel is playing whack-a-mole. It's ridiculous and we all know it here.

Plus in the meantime, we keep on trucking in tons of aid, give them fuel, medical help and what not, instead of wiping Gaza off the face of the planet.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 06, 2024 02:55 PM (xIFh6)

128
At some group event. I am talking to someone. Someone else comes up and, without a word of apology, starts talking to the other person. Suddenly, I have ceased to exist.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 06, 2024 02:56 PM (v/M6r)

129 Barefoot in the house is a big no-no in judaism. You only do that when in mourning.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 06, 2024 02:33 PM (x0n13)
-

Bubba meises!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 06, 2024 02:56 PM (xIFh6)

130 Anyone wanna buy some pristine building lots on Kharg Island, Iran?

Posted by: Traitor Al's Real Estate at October 06, 2024 02:38 PM (RKVpM)
________________

Kharg Island is on the list for some serious urban redevelopment.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 06, 2024 02:56 PM (YqDXo)

131 I'm in the first half. My neighbor thought I was crazy. "What!? It's going to be cold!"

We are in California, dude. And the house is insulated, and I have a furnace, and I have fuzzy socks.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 06, 2024 02:51 PM (lCaJd)

Yeah, I pay the gas company to keep my house warm in winter. I can put sox on if I want to, but I can also turn the heat from 72 to 73.

But my heating bill might go up by $5 a month! Oh no!!

Posted by: BurtTC at October 06, 2024 02:56 PM (MOC99)

132 I hear Lumber Liquidators is have a really good sale on flooring right now....///

Posted by: lin-duh at October 06, 2024 02:56 PM (VCgbV)

133 All common areas of our house are tile or hardwood. Stays much cleaner, especially with pets.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at October 06, 2024 02:56 PM (j4N5X)

134 At some group event. I am talking to someone. Someone else comes up and, without a word of apology, starts talking to the other person. Suddenly, I have ceased to exist.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 06, 2024 02:56 PM (v/M6r)
______________

I hate that. I had a friend who used to do that, until once I slapped him down for it.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 06, 2024 02:57 PM (YqDXo)

135
Yeah, I pay the gas company to keep my house warm in winter.

__________

You shouldn't be heating your house. You, personally, will cause the oceans to boil.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 06, 2024 02:58 PM (v/M6r)

136 Yeah, I pay the gas company to keep my house warm in winter. I can put sox on if I want to, but I can also turn the heat from 72 to 73.

But my heating bill might go up by $5 a month! Oh no!!

Posted by: BurtTC at October 06, 2024 02:56 PM (MOC99)
_______________

We paid for solar panels and a heat pump/AC unit. Incremental cost of heating/cooling? Zip. In fact, SDG&E owes us some money.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 06, 2024 02:59 PM (YqDXo)

137 Lebanon has now closed its airport until 6 AM

LOL - Middle East Airlines just had its flight from Beirut to Dubai leave an hour early, thereby beating the curfew and getting its plane the hell out of Lebanon.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 06, 2024 02:59 PM (uxCna)

138 If I were planning I would sit quietly on the 7th and let them stew. Wait until they relax a bit then hit.

Posted by: Sneaky at October 06, 2024 02:59 PM (8I4hW)

139 28
At some group event. I am talking to someone. Someone else comes up and, without a word of apology, starts talking to the other person. Suddenly, I have ceased to exist.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 06, 2024 02:56 PM (v/M6r)

Put a Kick Me sign on their back.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at October 06, 2024 02:59 PM (j4N5X)

140 You shouldn't be heating your house. You, personally, will cause the oceans to boil.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 06, 2024 02:58 PM (v/M6r)
_______________

Just how high is he heating his house, anyway?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 06, 2024 02:59 PM (YqDXo)

141 My wife and I only lived in a rental apartment for about 18 months or so with someone above us. They guy upstairs had no carpets, so we always heard him clomping around. We nicknamed him the Buffalo. Weeknights, there was a final dropping of the shoes clomp, clomp at 10:45 PM. Funny how vivid it still is. This was 81-82.

Posted by: Merry Marching Penguin Majority at October 06, 2024 02:59 PM (CV8a5)

142 Barefoot in the house is a big no-no in judaism.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 06, 2024 02:33 PM (x0n13)

Just out of curiosity, why is that, J.J.?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 06, 2024 02:52 PM (YqDXo)

Reminds me of the psychopath test: Your cousin dies, you're at the funeral home, and you meet the woman of your dreams, but somehow, some way you don't get her contact info before you leave. What do you do?

The Psychopath kills another cousin.

The Jewish psychopath kills another family member so they don't have to wear shoes indoors!

Posted by: BurtTC at October 06, 2024 03:00 PM (MOC99)

143 Be a real shame if Iran has to suddenly and unexpectedly select a new Supreme Leader because a mountain collapsed on the old one.

Real shame. Where's the popcorn?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 06, 2024 03:00 PM (cBEJ0)

144 You shouldn't be heating your house. You, personally, will cause the oceans to boil.

No no - air conditioning is Killing The Planet, but heating is absolutely fine.

Posted by: Every Northern Newspaper! at October 06, 2024 03:00 PM (uxCna)

145 Just go find a nail set, a hammer, some plastic wood and a thimble full of stain and you're good to go.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at October 06, 2024 03:01 PM (hKoQL)

146 You shouldn't be heating your house. You, personally, will cause the oceans to boil.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 06, 2024 02:58 PM (v/M6r)
_______________

Just how high is he heating his house, anyway?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara

He's only heating it so it rises 6' off the ground. The utility lines keep it anchored at that point.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 06, 2024 03:01 PM (VNX3d)

147 Saw a Kamaunist commercial on YouTube so.e 'former Trump voter' can't vote for him again because how he treats women.
Best to vote for the Ho and her abuse husband

Posted by: Skip at October 06, 2024 03:01 PM (fwDg9)

148 At some group event. I am talking to someone. Someone else comes up and, without a word of apology, starts talking to the other person. Suddenly, I have ceased to exist.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 06, 2024 02:56 PM (v/M6r)
________________

It doesn't have to be the other person. If he's talking to me, while I'm talking with someone, I'm just as pissed.

"OK, so you interrupted us. What's so effing important that it can't wait for a minute? Is there an incoming missile or something? No? THEN HOLD YOUR WATER!"

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 06, 2024 03:01 PM (YqDXo)

149 You shouldn't be heating your house. You, personally, will cause the oceans to boil.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 06, 2024 02:58 PM (v/M6r)

Well, I don't surf or sail, nor do I like to eat fish.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 06, 2024 03:02 PM (MOC99)

150 @ 128
At some group event. I am talking to someone. Someone else comes up and, without a word of apology, starts talking to the other person. Suddenly, I have ceased to exist.
_________________________________

There's a song about this: "Just walk away, Rene ... "

Posted by: Dr_No at October 06, 2024 03:03 PM (ayRl+)

151 Barefoot in the house is a big no-no in judaism. You only do that when in mourning.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 06, 2024 02:33 PM (x0n13)
-

Fish fart is bad for the environment.

Eat fish and help save the planet.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 06, 2024 03:03 PM (xIFh6)

152 Three hurricanes in the Atlantic basin after September 30. Not sure that's happened before.
Posted by: one hour sober at October 06, 2024 02:31 PM (Y1sOo)

Thousands of times, I'm sure. But until the advent of weather satellites, many of them went unnoticed.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 06, 2024 03:04 PM (zbYF6)

153 We paid for solar panels and a heat pump/AC unit. Incremental cost of heating/cooling? Zip. In fact, SDG&E owes us some money.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 06, 2024 02:59 PM (YqDXo)

The house I'm buying doesn't have solar panels. I'd consider having them installed, the house I bought before the last one had them, and the energy bills stayed steadily under $100 a month, every month.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 06, 2024 03:04 PM (MOC99)

154
Yeah, I pay the gas company to keep my house warm in winter. I can put sox on if I want to, but I can also turn the heat from 72 to 73.

But my heating bill might go up by $5 a month! Oh no!!
Posted by: BurtTC

==============

Much better to lay down a giant mealy-patterned dust magnet that never gave up a single cat hair. When I had the carpeting, I vacuumed and even shampooed and when I pulled that thing up I couldn't believe the clouds of dust and powdered grit that thing had been harboring.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 06, 2024 03:04 PM (lCaJd)

155 All passenger plane takeoffs from Iranian airports have been cancelled until tomorrow morning (it is 10 PM in Iran right now).

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 06, 2024 02:33 PM (uxCna)
______________

Do they normally have passenger planes taking off after 10 pm? So ... no noise abatement policies?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 06, 2024 03:06 PM (YqDXo)

156 At some group event. I am talking to someone. Someone else comes up and, without a word of apology, starts talking to the other person. Suddenly, I have ceased to exist.
_________________________________

There's a song about this: "Just walk away, Rene ... "
Posted by: Dr_No at October 06, 2024 03:03 PM (ayRl+)
***

That's what I do. Just look at the person for a sec and turn around and walk away.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 06, 2024 03:07 PM (W/lyH)

157 When I had the carpeting, I vacuumed and even shampooed and when I pulled that thing up I couldn't believe the clouds of dust and powdered grit that thing had been harboring.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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This^^^ carpet is gross.
I wish I had the money to do the much needed house repairs/replacements.

Posted by: lin-duh at October 06, 2024 03:07 PM (VCgbV)

158
I have pulled the skeletons out of the attic and will be setting them up...
Posted by: Piper

There was never any doubt.

Posted by: Soothsayer at October 06, 2024 03:07 PM (aBbkg)

159 152 Three hurricanes in the Atlantic basin after September 30. Not sure that's happened before.
Posted by: one hour sober at October 06, 2024 02:31 PM (Y1sOo)

Thousands of times, I'm sure. But until the advent of weather satellites, many of them went unnoticed.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 06, 2024 03:04 PM (zbYF6)

Well, Milton looks to be bad news; aiming for Florida, expected to be a major hurricane when it strikes.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2024 03:07 PM (ynpvh)

160
Three hurricanes in the Atlantic basin after September 30. Not sure that's happened before.
Posted by: one hour sober at October 06, 2024 02:31 PM (Y1sOo)

I think the end of October is the 'official' end of hurricane season. But the USA has been hit with them - even in December.

Good thing FEMA has money set aside for that eventuality, and not wasted the money on the resettlement of 5% of the Haitian population to the USA.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 06, 2024 03:07 PM (RKVpM)

161
No no - air conditioning is Killing The Planet, but heating is absolutely fine.
Posted by: Every Northern Newspaper!

___________

Four times more energy to heat a house than to cool it. But AC is the problem. The Europeans don't have AC, why should we?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 06, 2024 03:08 PM (v/M6r)

162
I'll bet you have styrofoam "headstones" in your attic, too.

Posted by: Soothsayer at October 06, 2024 03:08 PM (aBbkg)

163 And in news that probably surprises nobody here,
Kamala Harris prioritized visiting with a sex and relationship podcaster instead of visiting NC:

From "Legal Insurrection":

https://tinyurl.com/445rm4x3

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 06, 2024 03:08 PM (iMnsF)

164 We paid for solar panels and a heat pump/AC unit. Incremental cost of heating/cooling? Zip. In fact, SDG&E owes us some money.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 06, 2024 02:59 PM (YqDXo)

The house I'm buying doesn't have solar panels. I'd consider having them installed, the house I bought before the last one had them, and the energy bills stayed steadily under $100 a month, every month.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 06, 2024 03:04 PM (MOC99)
______________

Here in SoCal, it's a no-brainer. It's sunny almost every day of the year, and electricity rates are through the roof. I calculated the payoff date to be 10 years, but with subsidies seven years. We're long since operating on someone else's dime.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 06, 2024 03:08 PM (YqDXo)

165 The Europeans don't have AC, why should we?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
------
F the Europeans...

Posted by: lin-duh at October 06, 2024 03:09 PM (VCgbV)

166 158
I have pulled the skeletons out of the attic and will be setting them up...
Posted by: Piper

There was never any doubt.

Posted by: Soothsayer at October 06, 2024 03:07 PM (aBbkg)

Don't most people pull them out of their closets?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2024 03:09 PM (ynpvh)

167 Good News - Hurricane Milton track has shifted from just north of Tampa Bay through to north of Merritt Island southwrard to just south of the by to south of the island, and continuing on its merry way as an Atlantic hurricane... If the Junta doesn't immediately go full whore for Florida it means they know it's lost and beyond winning.
- NHC

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 06, 2024 03:09 PM (/lPRQ)

168 165 The Europeans don't have AC, why should we?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
------
F the Europeans...

Posted by: lin-duh at October 06, 2024 03:09 PM (VCgbV)

If the "Your a peein's" don't want AC, why the hell should I care?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2024 03:09 PM (ynpvh)

169 And in news that probably surprises nobody here,
Kamala Harris prioritized visiting with a sex and relationship podcaster instead of visiting NC:

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 06, 2024 03:08 PM (iMnsF)
____________

Trouble in Paradise? Maybe she's had enough of Jack Emhoff. We'll know if she starts taking boxing lessons.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 06, 2024 03:10 PM (YqDXo)

170
Solar panels are fine until the first hailstorm.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 06, 2024 03:10 PM (v/M6r)

171 Never underestimate people's willingness to cover wood with carpet.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 06, 2024 02:14 PM (OsFg2)

The Paolo has no problem covering his wood with rhe carpet.

Posted by: The Paolo at October 06, 2024 03:10 PM (QWA3u)

172
If I were planning I would sit quietly on the 7th and let them stew. Wait until they relax a bit then hit.
Posted by: Sneaky

================

Heh, pull a Benghazi on them.

(Although Secretary Hillary was in permanent "relaxed" mode.)

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 06, 2024 03:10 PM (lCaJd)

173 167 Good News - Hurricane Milton track has shifted from just north of Tampa Bay through to north of Merritt Island southwrard to just south of the by to south of the island, and continuing on its merry way as an Atlantic hurricane... If the Junta doesn't immediately go full whore for Florida it means they know it's lost and beyond winning.
- NHC

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 06, 2024 03:09 PM (/lPRQ)

Votes from Broward county will be secured by FEMA...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2024 03:10 PM (ynpvh)

174 Yeah, before satellites, ships just noted storms in the Atlantic. And it is only by the collation of ship logs long after the fact that earlier storms have even been tracked.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 06, 2024 03:10 PM (cBEJ0)

175
The Europeans also have high-speed trains, so we should too.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 06, 2024 03:11 PM (v/M6r)

176 I have pulled the skeletons out of the attic and will be setting them up...
Posted by: Piper

There was never any doubt.
Posted by: Soothsayer

Don't most people pull them out of their closets?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Depends how many skeletons one has.

Tim Walz rents a warehouse.

Posted by: mikeski at October 06, 2024 03:11 PM (DgGvY)

177 170
Solar panels are fine until the first hailstorm.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 06, 2024 03:10 PM (v/M6r)

Depending on the hail, so is your car or truck...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2024 03:11 PM (ynpvh)

178 >>> I am unfortunately well aware of the three nails that just love...love...love! to emerge as the floors flex.

As my grandfather used to say, "The nail sticks its head must be pulled, never to become a problem again."
... Sounds better in original German.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 06, 2024 03:12 PM (/lPRQ)

179 The Europeans don't have AC, why should we?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
________________

They don't have it because in most of northern Europe most of the time a 70 degree day is a heat wave.

When I first arrived on a beautiful summer. A neighbor warned me against running in such heat.

It was 72 degrees.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 06, 2024 03:12 PM (YqDXo)

180 176 I have pulled the skeletons out of the attic and will be setting them up...
Posted by: Piper

There was never any doubt.
Posted by: Soothsayer

Don't most people pull them out of their closets?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Depends how many skeletons one has.

Tim Walz rents a warehouse.

Posted by: mikeski at October 06, 2024 03:11 PM (DgGvY)

I read that as a whorehouse, and thought, "Only if it's filled with little boys"...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2024 03:12 PM (ynpvh)

181 The Europeans also have high-speed trains, so we should too.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
-----
***see commifornia

Posted by: lin-duh at October 06, 2024 03:12 PM (VCgbV)

182 beautiful summer DAY

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 06, 2024 03:12 PM (YqDXo)

183 The Europeans also have high-speed trains, so we should too.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
-----
***see commifornia

Posted by: lin-duh at October 06, 2024 03:12 PM (VCgbV)
_______________

Me: "They also had death camps."

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 06, 2024 03:13 PM (YqDXo)

184 179 The Europeans don't have AC, why should we?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
________________

They don't have it because in most of northern Europe most of the time a 70 degree day is a heat wave.

When I first arrived on a beautiful summer. A neighbor warned me against running in such heat.

It was 72 degrees.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 06, 2024 03:12 PM (YqDXo)

Then there's the other extreme. I was in Hong Kong with my wife and kids. It was a "lovely" 80°F with 80% humidity; baby was miserable, so he was stripped to his diaper. Women walking around WEARING SWEATERS looked at him and thought he was cold...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2024 03:13 PM (ynpvh)

185
Well, Milton looks to be bad news; aiming for Florida, expected to be a major hurricane when it strikes.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2024 03:07 PM

To me it looks like Naples, FL is the intended target. I know some nice people who live there, and then there's my left wing sister there who is a self-proclaimed socialist who wonders why she is socially outcast from normal people.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 06, 2024 03:13 PM (RKVpM)

186 Good thing FEMA has money set aside for that eventuality, and not wasted the money on the resettlement of 5% of the Haitian population to the USA.

And remarkably, all in swing states.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 06, 2024 03:13 PM (xCA6C)

187 183 The Europeans also have high-speed trains, so we should too.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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***see commifornia

Posted by: lin-duh at October 06, 2024 03:12 PM (VCgbV)
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Me: "They also had death camps."

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 06, 2024 03:13 PM (YqDXo)

"Come for the Communism; Stay for the Death Camps!"

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2024 03:14 PM (ynpvh)

188 Why is bare foot in the house a no no?

Posted by: Accomack at October 06, 2024 03:14 PM (cUkpv)

189 Solar panels are fine until the first hailstorm.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 06, 2024 03:10 PM (v/M6r)
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First, hail storms here are like hen's teeth.

Second, the solar panels are as tough as car windshields.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 06, 2024 03:14 PM (YqDXo)

190 185
Well, Milton looks to be bad news; aiming for Florida, expected to be a major hurricane when it strikes.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2024 03:07 PM

To me it looks like Naples, FL is the intended target. I know some nice people who live there, and then there's my left wing sister there who is a self-proclaimed socialist who wonders why she is socially outcast from normal people.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 06, 2024 03:13 PM (RKVpM)

Does her face look like it fell into a tackle box and does she have danger hair? That could easily explain it...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2024 03:15 PM (ynpvh)

191
Imagine the picture of FEMA rescuing a box of Democratic ballots while two children and a puppy drown.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 06, 2024 03:15 PM (v/M6r)

192 "Solar panels are fine until the first hailstorm."

Panels are supposed to hold up to most hail. But I have seen pictures of some that were mostly shattered. I think it has to be really big hail, plus wind from the right direction to squarely hit the panels.

Posted by: illiniwek at October 06, 2024 03:15 PM (Cus5s)

193 Why is bare foot in the house a no no?

They're trying to save their soles.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 06, 2024 03:15 PM (xCA6C)

194 Throw rugs FTW.

Posted by: creeper at October 06, 2024 03:15 PM (M6moH)

195 Food thread! I'm about to watch canned ham Charles Laughton as Doctor Moreau in "Island of Lost Souls".

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 06, 2024 03:16 PM (kpS4V)

196 188 Why is bare foot in the house a no no?

Posted by: Accomack at October 06, 2024 03:14 PM (cUkpv)

How do you take a bath then?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2024 03:16 PM (ynpvh)

197 193 Why is bare foot in the house a no no?

They're trying to save their soles.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 06, 2024 03:15 PM (xCA6C)

LOL

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2024 03:16 PM (ynpvh)

198
"spooktober" "spooktacular"

spook this, weirdos

Posted by: Soothsayer at October 06, 2024 03:16 PM (aBbkg)

199
Ace of Spooks?

Posted by: Soothsayer at October 06, 2024 03:17 PM (aBbkg)

200 Why is bare foot in the house a no no?
Posted by: Accomack at October 06, 2024 03:14 PM (cUkpv)
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It's not. However, direct family members of the deceased, during the initial week of mourning, are not allowed to wear leather shoes. They are, however, allowed to wear any shoes made from non-leather materials. Of course, they can go barefoot if they want to.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 06, 2024 03:17 PM (xIFh6)

201 Then there's the other extreme. I was in Hong Kong with my wife and kids. It was a "lovely" 80°F with 80% humidity; baby was miserable, so he was stripped to his diaper. Women walking around WEARING SWEATERS looked at him and thought he was cold...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2024 03:13 PM (ynpvh)
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You've doubtless seen this here: Amerindians from, e.g., Chiapas, wandering around SoCal bundled up like Nanook of the North.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 06, 2024 03:17 PM (YqDXo)

202 In a chinese house, you take your shoes off. I generally wear socks, so nobody has to look at my hideous feet...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2024 03:17 PM (ynpvh)

203 Barefoot in the park is still OK, right?

Posted by: Hanoi Jane In Her Dotage at October 06, 2024 03:18 PM (CV8a5)

204 201 Then there's the other extreme. I was in Hong Kong with my wife and kids. It was a "lovely" 80°F with 80% humidity; baby was miserable, so he was stripped to his diaper. Women walking around WEARING SWEATERS looked at him and thought he was cold...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2024 03:13 PM (ynpvh)
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You've doubtless seen this here: Amerindians from, e.g., Chiapas, wandering around SoCal bundled up like Nanook of the North.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 06, 2024 03:17 PM (YqDXo)

I wonder how the Haitians are surviving in the northern states them...must be using the fires to cook the neighborhood pets to keep warm...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2024 03:18 PM (ynpvh)

205 Why is bare foot in the house a no no?

Posted by: Accomack at October 06, 2024 03:14 PM (cUkpv)

How do you take a bath then?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2024 03:16 PM (ynpvh)
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Galoshes.

Obviously.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 06, 2024 03:18 PM (xIFh6)

206 205 Why is bare foot in the house a no no?

Posted by: Accomack at October 06, 2024 03:14 PM (cUkpv)

How do you take a bath then?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2024 03:16 PM (ynpvh)
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Galoshes.

Obviously.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 06, 2024 03:18 PM (xIFh6)

water-filled galoshes...?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2024 03:19 PM (ynpvh)

207 205 Why is bare foot in the house a no no?

Posted by: Accomack at October 06, 2024 03:14 PM (cUkpv)

How do you take a bath then?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2024 03:16 PM (ynpvh)
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Galoshes.

Obviously.

Wellies.

Posted by: That guy who thinks a British word is always better at October 06, 2024 03:19 PM (xCA6C)

208 Why is bare foot in the house a no no?

Posted by: Accomack at October 06, 2024 03:14 PM (cUkpv)

How do you take a bath then?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2024 03:16 PM (ynpvh)
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We punch holes in them so the water drains out.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 06, 2024 03:20 PM (xIFh6)

209 I guess leather is considered a vanity?

Posted by: Accomack at October 06, 2024 03:21 PM (wmiYU)

210 Or Somalis in Minnesota or Maine.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at October 06, 2024 03:21 PM (j4N5X)

211 Depending on the hail, so is your car or truck...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2024 03:11 PM (ynpvh)
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Jim, when's the last hail storm you remember in SoCal? I don't mean a two-minute sprinkling of a few small pebble-size hail stones, I mean a proper hail storm?

I can't think of one.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 06, 2024 03:21 PM (YqDXo)

212 Many thousands of Somalis were settled in Minnesota and Maine. Somehow, they must have acclimated. Wonder how they really like it.

Posted by: Nanook at October 06, 2024 03:22 PM (CV8a5)

213 My old Guatemalan coworkers preferred cold because they could put on another layer and all that heat in our tools.

Posted by: Accomack at October 06, 2024 03:23 PM (ldLe1)

214 I wonder how the Haitians are surviving in the northern states them...must be using the fires to cook the neighborhood pets to keep warm...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2024 03:18 PM (ynpvh)
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I've thought that about Somalis in Minnesota. Maybe the idea was to get them to go back?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 06, 2024 03:23 PM (YqDXo)

215 I guess leather is considered a vanity?
Posted by: Accomack at October 06, 2024 03:21 PM (wmiYU)
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That's one explanation. Another has to do with considering the juxtaposition of being in mourning while wearing a dead creatures outer skin. This sits better with PETA members.

However, a mourning can wear leather clothing other than shoes. So stick with your explanation.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 06, 2024 03:23 PM (xIFh6)

216 Here in SoCal, it's a no-brainer. It's sunny almost every day of the year, and electricity rates are through the roof. I calculated the payoff date to be 10 years, but with subsidies seven years. We're long since operating on someone else's dime.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 06, 2024 03:08 PM (YqDXo)

Yeah, Arizona... we get sun here. I'll see what it takes after we move in. Possibly AFTER replacing the roof!

Posted by: BurtTC at October 06, 2024 03:24 PM (Qqpbi)

217 Yeah, Arizona... we get sun here. I'll see what it takes after we move in. Possibly AFTER replacing the roof!

Posted by: BurtTC at October 06, 2024 03:24 PM (Qqpbi)
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I waited until we replaced our roof with 30 year shingles, then installed the solar panels.

My mom didn't raise any fools!

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 06, 2024 03:26 PM (YqDXo)

218 Do they normally have passenger planes taking off after 10 pm? So ... no noise abatement policies?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara

Most international flights are based on daylight hours for the US. Middle east flights often arrive and depart in the middle of the night. That way, they land in Europe or the US in the day.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 06, 2024 03:27 PM (OsFg2)

219 JPost - US to give Israel 'compensation' if it hits acceptable targets in Iran

https://tinyurl.com/yrhs3fsx

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 06, 2024 03:27 PM (xIFh6)

220 That's one explanation. Another has to do with considering the juxtaposition of being in mourning while wearing a dead creatures outer skin. This sits better with PETA members.

However, a mourning can wear leather clothing other than shoes. So stick with your explanation.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 06, 2024 03:23 PM (xIFh6)
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Serious question: how do you keep track of all these arcane rules?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 06, 2024 03:28 PM (YqDXo)

221 Yeah, Arizona... we get sun here. I'll see what it takes after we move in. Possibly AFTER replacing the roof!

Posted by: BurtTC at October 06, 2024 03:24 PM (Qqpbi)
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I waited until we replaced our roof with 30 year shingles, then installed the solar panels.

My mom didn't raise any fools!
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 06, 2024 03:26 PM (YqDXo)

We're about 20 years into the roof, so that's the big question, how long before it will need replacing.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 06, 2024 03:28 PM (Qqpbi)

222
Are the Somali's still including a copy of 'The Protocols of the Elders of Zion' into new Ford vehicles?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 06, 2024 03:28 PM (RKVpM)

223 Humans are odd about funerals.

Posted by: Accomack at October 06, 2024 03:28 PM (ldLe1)

224 Upper midwest: take off the shoes when entering a home. The very real possibility of tracking winter muck through the house sort makes it necessary. And, with 9 months of winter, no reason to get in the habit of doing otherwise.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 06, 2024 03:28 PM (tT6L1)

225 Most international flights are based on daylight hours for the US. Middle east flights often arrive and depart in the middle of the night. That way, they land in Europe or the US in the day.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 06, 2024 03:27 PM (OsFg2)
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Ah. Thanks. That makes sense.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 06, 2024 03:28 PM (YqDXo)

226 Serious question: how do you keep track of all these arcane rules?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 06, 2024 03:28 PM (YqDXo)
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Education. The learning never stops.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 06, 2024 03:29 PM (xIFh6)

227 One the hailstones get over 1" in size, all bets are off as far as glass is concerned

ax me how I know

Posted by: Diego Barcelona at October 06, 2024 03:29 PM (/7KEl)

228 We're about 20 years into the roof, so that's the big question, how long before it will need replacing.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 06, 2024 03:28 PM (Qqpbi)
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Fair enough. Ours needed replacing anyway, so the timing was just right.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 06, 2024 03:30 PM (YqDXo)

229 There have been hurricanes in November & December but they get pretty weak by then

Posted by: Skip at October 06, 2024 03:30 PM (fwDg9)

230 It seems petty to mention this considering all the damage, but our town had a scheduled power outage today.

The Generac kicked in but there was no cable tv or internet.....

Posted by: Stateless at October 06, 2024 03:30 PM (jvJvP)

231 My wife says that in Jamaica on the 9th night after a death, they throw a party for the departed.

Posted by: Accomack at October 06, 2024 03:31 PM (ldLe1)

232 Same ol' FWP: Package leaves Ohio more than a week ago. Shows up in... California today.

Why did it have to go to California at all? I suspect they'll say due to the hurricane related disruptions on the east coast, duh.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 06, 2024 03:33 PM (Qqpbi)

233 It seems petty to mention this considering all the damage, but our town had a scheduled power outage today.
_____________

The annoying thing - or one of the annoying things - in California is the refusal to build more power plants has led to threatened power outages. Our solar panels won't help with this, because they feed power back into the grid, from which we draw our power. Only a costly battery backup would insulate us from power outages that result from eff-ups by the commissars in Sacramento.

Grrrrr.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 06, 2024 03:34 PM (YqDXo)

234 Same ol' FWP: Package leaves Ohio more than a week ago. Shows up in... California today.

Why did it have to go to California at all? I suspect they'll say due to the hurricane related disruptions on the east coast, duh.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 06, 2024 03:33 PM (Qqpbi)
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Longshoremen's strike, FTW.

I laughed at people buying toilet paper in response to that strike, heedless that we do not import toilet paper, but manufacture our own here and in Canada. No ships involved.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 06, 2024 03:35 PM (YqDXo)

235
People with homeowners insurance... serious warning... insurance companies want your shingles replaced at 20 years.

If asked, don't tell. Forget the year. 'Get back to them' then don't.

I just went through this.

I could only find one insurance company that would accept my 24 year old shingles. They don't GAF if you bought upscale 35 year shingles, which I did. I am not kidding about this. I don't know if they're colluding to keep the 'newcomers' employed, or WTF is going on.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 06, 2024 03:36 PM (RKVpM)

236 Upper midwest: take off the shoes when entering a home. The very real possibility of tracking winter muck through the house sort makes it necessary. And, with 9 months of winter, no reason to get in the habit of doing otherwise.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 06, 2024 03:28 PM

Michiganians take their shoes off so they don't track in snow or mud. There's a lot of mud in the spring as the snowpiles melt like receding glaciers.

I don't know what Michiganders like Whitmer do. Probably walk in dog piles, track it indoors, and blame it on MAGA.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at October 06, 2024 03:37 PM (fxCK2)

237 Forewarned is forearmed.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 06, 2024 03:36 PM (RKVpM)
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Thanks for the tip!

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 06, 2024 03:37 PM (YqDXo)

238 So, why do some of the Hasidic Jews wear nonleather shoes to Temple? I seem to recall seeing that when I was younger.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 06, 2024 03:38 PM (Q4IgG)

239 So, why do some of the Hasidic Jews wear nonleather shoes to Temple? I seem to recall seeing that when I was younger.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 06, 2024 03:38 PM (Q4IgG)
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Why did G-d command Moses to remove his shoes at the burning bush?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 06, 2024 03:40 PM (xIFh6)

240 People with homeowners insurance... serious warning... insurance companies want your shingles replaced at 20 years.

If asked, don't tell. Forget the year. 'Get back to them' then don't.

I just went through this.

I could only find one insurance company that would accept my 24 year old shingles. They don't GAF if you bought upscale 35 year shingles, which I did. I am not kidding about this. I don't know if they're colluding to keep the 'newcomers' employed, or WTF is going on.

Forewarned is forearmed.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 06, 2024 03:36 PM (RKVpM)

My agent suggested keeping the new owner warranty up to date... until it needs replacing. I assume they know what they're talking about, and the warranty won't be non-liable for replacing a 20 year old roof.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 06, 2024 03:40 PM (Qqpbi)

241 I could only find one insurance company that would accept my 24 year old shingles. They don't GAF if you bought upscale 35 year shingles, which I did. I am not kidding about this. I don't know if they're colluding to keep the 'newcomers' employed, or WTF is going on.

Forewarned is forearmed.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 06, 2024 03:36 PM

I got a discount check after installing new shingles and ridge vents: $43 and some change.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at October 06, 2024 03:40 PM (fxCK2)

242 I laughed at people buying toilet paper in response to that strike, heedless that we do not import toilet paper, but manufacture our own here and in Canada. No ships involved.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 06, 2024 03:35 PM (YqDXo)

Given the shortages and panic from Chinese Lung AIDS a few years back, I'll be a bit understanding about folks wanting to do stocking up.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 06, 2024 03:40 PM (lXCUP)

243 So, why do some of the Hasidic Jews wear nonleather shoes to Temple? I seem to recall seeing that when I was younger.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 06, 2024 03:38 PM (Q4IgG)
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BTW, that's an obligation for all Jews, nothing special for Hasidim.

And the Muslims got that from us when they enter their mosques.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 06, 2024 03:41 PM (xIFh6)

244 San Francisco government noticed that some of the stores on Market Street had been having "going out of business" sales

Recently, government has discovered they were not bluffing.
So the law had its intended effect after all.

I see nobody mentioned the cleverly-designed demolition tool called a "nail puller." This must mean all of you still have all the webbing on your left thumb.

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at October 06, 2024 03:41 PM (zdLoL)

245 I laughed at people buying toilet paper in response to that strike, heedless that we do not import toilet paper, but manufacture our own here and in Canada. No ships involved.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara

===
Wally World TP was wiped out, so bought four handles of Calibre vodka.... Booze sells out during hurricanes.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 06, 2024 03:43 PM (/lPRQ)

246 I could only find one insurance company that would accept my 24 year old shingles. They don't GAF if you bought upscale 35 year shingles, which I did. I am not kidding about this. I don't know if they're colluding to keep the 'newcomers' employed, or WTF is going on.

Forewarned is forearmed.
Posted by: Divide by Zero

This is true.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 06, 2024 03:44 PM (/lPRQ)

247 Do Musselmans acknowledge any behaviors of theirs that are derived from Jewish culture?

Posted by: Accomack at October 06, 2024 03:44 PM (wmiYU)

248 US to give Israel 'compensation' if it hits acceptable targets in Iran

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 06, 2024 03:27 PM (xIFh6)

F*ck that.

Kill the top 20 IRGC officials, and about 20 of the Mullahs.

And then hit their nuke facilities a week later.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 06, 2024 03:45 PM (d9fT1)

249 So, why do some of the Hasidic Jews wear nonleather shoes to Temple? I seem to recall seeing that when I was younger.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 06, 2024 03:38 PM (Q4IgG)
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BTW, that's an obligation for all Jews, nothing special for Hasidim.

And the Muslims got that from us when they enter their mosques.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey

Everybody wearing Chuck Taylors?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 06, 2024 03:46 PM (/lPRQ)

250 159 152 Three hurricanes in the Atlantic basin after September 30. Not sure that's happened before.
Posted by: one hour sober at October 06, 2024 02:31 PM (Y1sOo)

Thousands of times, I'm sure. But until the advent of weather satellites, many of them went unnoticed.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 06, 2024 03:04 PM (zbYF6)

Well, Milton looks to be bad news; aiming for Florida, expected to be a major hurricane when it strikes.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2024 03:07 PM (ynpvh)

Storms per month per 100 years

https://tinyurl.com/yeyvdn8h

Posted by: javems at October 06, 2024 03:47 PM (8I4hW)

251 > BTW, that's an obligation for all Jews, nothing special for Hasidim.

And the Muslims got that from us when they enter their mosques.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey
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Thx

Growing up in MD, outside the capitol city our neighborhood had a significant Hasidic population. That was a very long time ago.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 06, 2024 03:47 PM (Q4IgG)

252 Lady at church today liked my Luchheses

Posted by: Accomack at October 06, 2024 03:47 PM (wmiYU)

253 Do Musselmans acknowledge any behaviors of theirs that are derived from Jewish culture?
Posted by: Accomack at October 06, 2024 03:44 PM (wmiYU)
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Not often but they claim that Jews were actually Muslims who rebelled and that we altered the Torah.

They therefore believe that Adam, the Patriarchs, the Matriarchs, Moses and all the prophets were Muslim.

You won't like what they think about Christianity, just the same.

Islam is a religion is based on identity theft.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 06, 2024 03:48 PM (xIFh6)

254 That CBD FWP?

Astroturf.

Posted by: Ciampino - for football fans at October 06, 2024 03:48 PM (qfLjt)

255
I got a discount check after installing new shingles and ridge vents: $43 and some change.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at October 06, 2024 03:40 PM

That sure takes the bite out of the expense. /s

I think my next door neighbor with a roof my size recently paid $30,000 for new shingles.

I'm doing the math with my age and saying I don't wanna have to do it two more times in my lifetime, and may just drop insurance except for fire policy. Shingles look good, no issues. Why would I do anything but wait? I hate what is going on in this country.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 06, 2024 03:48 PM (RKVpM)

256 The house I grew up in had hardwood floors in the living room. I used to run up the hallway and then slide across the floor in my sock feet. One day I snagged a splinter. When I took the sock off, it went completely through my little toe - it wasn’t a little splinter. I had my mother help push it through to remove it and went back to sliding, cause I didn’t know any better.

Posted by: Advo at October 06, 2024 03:48 PM (jO4mz)

257 Wally World TP was wiped out, so bought four handles of Calibre vodka.... Booze sells out during hurricanes.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

Was in Krogers earlier and made a point of checking the TP aisle. Fully stocked. Even had some on an end cap. Guess there wasn't a panic here.

Posted by: Tuna at October 06, 2024 03:49 PM (oaGWv)

258 Humans are odd about funerals.
Posted by: Accomack

And how! My wife's family takes photos of the mourners standing around the casket. Oh yeah, the deceased is included in the pics.

Wow people.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 06, 2024 03:49 PM (WXNFJ)

259 That explains why so much of AA culture revolves around identity theft

Posted by: Accomack at October 06, 2024 03:49 PM (wmiYU)

260 Growing up in MD, outside the capitol city our neighborhood had a significant Hasidic population. That was a very long time ago.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 06, 2024 03:47 PM (Q4IgG)
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Silver Spring?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 06, 2024 03:50 PM (xIFh6)

261 246 I could only find one insurance company that would accept my 24 year old shingles. They don't GAF if you bought upscale 35 year shingles, which I did. I am not kidding about this. I don't know if they're colluding to keep the 'newcomers' employed, or WTF is going on.

Forewarned is forearmed.
Posted by: Divide by Zero

This is true.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
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I went to metal roofing. Don't live in an HOA neighborhood so I could do as I pleased.

They now sell metal roofing in segments that look from a distance like shingles.

Posted by: whig at October 06, 2024 03:50 PM (bt/Nj)

262 Storms per month per 100 years

https://tinyurl.com/yeyvdn8h
Posted by: javems

Probably related to delta of air and water temps.
Saw some guy posted Gulf was 88 F when fishing yesterday.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 06, 2024 03:50 PM (/lPRQ)

263 That explains why so much of AA culture revolves around identity theft
Posted by: Accomack at October 06, 2024 03:49 PM (wmiYU)
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Alcoholics Anonymous?

Well, if your underage, identity theft is a quick fix.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 06, 2024 03:51 PM (xIFh6)

264 African American

Posted by: Accomack at October 06, 2024 03:51 PM (wmiYU)

265 I'm doing the math with my age and saying I don't wanna have to do it two more times in my lifetime, and may just drop insurance except for fire policy. Shingles look good, no issues. Why would I do anything but wait? I hate what is going on in this country.
Posted by: Divide by Zero
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Metal might be an option. Usually US installers as well as it takes experience to install it.

Frankly asphalt shingles are overrated as a roof material and a pita to dispose of or fix. Short life span compared with all but wood shakes plus high cost.

Posted by: whig at October 06, 2024 03:52 PM (bt/Nj)

266 The proper "fix" for that improperly placed nail is to replace that nail with a screw. Assuming that your old house has 3/4" thick hardwood flooring, and there is a substantial subfloor beneath, of course. To be "neat" countersink the screw hole, fill that hole with a plug after the screw is secured.

A much more complicated fix is to locate that spot from below and to pull that board down securely with a screw from the bottom.

Posted by: DaveK at October 06, 2024 03:52 PM (+Dyfn)

267 In contrast to the brisk morning the day turned into a soft lazy afternoon, absolute early fall day.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at October 06, 2024 03:52 PM (hKoQL)

268 Part of the reason insurers are becoming SOB's about shingles is that they have been handing out free roof replacements like so much Halloween candy. They have phone solicitors calling in C.Springs to let you know you qualify. Absolutely nuts.

BIL near Tampa is sweating the letters arriving in his neighborhood. Some people could not swing the new roof, and had to sell. His roof is clay tile. Insurer does not care.

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at October 06, 2024 03:52 PM (zdLoL)

269 African American
Posted by: Accomack at October 06, 2024 03:51 PM (wmiYU)
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My second guess was Alahu Akbar.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 06, 2024 03:53 PM (xIFh6)

270 Saw some guy posted Gulf was 88 F when fishing yesterday.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

My daughter is visiting this week. She she the gulf water is hotter than a 30 yr old Britt Ekland.

Well, those weren't her exact words but that is what she meant.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 06, 2024 03:53 PM (WXNFJ)

271 Given the shortages and panic from Chinese Lung AIDS a few years back, I'll be a bit understanding about folks wanting to do stocking up.
Posted by: NR Pax at October 06, 2024 03:40 PM

True story: I haven't bought toilet paper since the plandemic. I had bought three mega roll packages at Sam's Club or Costco (a friend had a membership) and neighbors moving that summer "gifted" me with unwanted toiletries and cleaning supplies, including even more mega roll packages of TP and papertowel.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at October 06, 2024 03:54 PM (fxCK2)

272 Does her face look like it fell into a tackle box and does she have danger hair? That could easily explain it...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 06, 2024 03:15 PM (ynpvh)

Snort! Danger hair! Ha!

Posted by: Diogenes at October 06, 2024 03:54 PM (W/lyH)

273 236 Upper midwest: take off the shoes when entering a home. The very real possibility of tracking winter muck through the house sort makes it necessary. And, with 9 months of winter, no reason to get in the habit of doing otherwise.
Posted by: blake
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I take shoes off as soon as I enter the house as well because growing up farming and now from owning dogs to walk in all sorts of weather.

All solid surface hardwood and tile flooring with only some area rugs now. Easy to get abrasives engrained in soles of shoes which can scratch hardwood flooring if you don't spend any time off of paved surfaces.

Posted by: whig at October 06, 2024 03:55 PM (bt/Nj)

274 Silver Spring?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey
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Yea. Wheaton specifically.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 06, 2024 03:56 PM (Q4IgG)

275 266 The proper "fix" for that improperly placed nail is to replace that nail with a screw. Assuming that your old house has 3/4" thick hardwood flooring, and there is a substantial subfloor beneath, of course. To be "neat" countersink the screw hole, fill that hole with a plug after the screw is secured.

A much more complicated fix is to locate that spot from below and to pull that board down securely with a screw from the bottom.

Posted by: DaveK

True, they now make some T10 gold color screws that have a very small head comparable to a finishing nail. Good for starter strips on wood flooring as well as doing patching in if necessary and the surface is easy to put a bit of wood filler on top if needed.

Posted by: whig at October 06, 2024 03:57 PM (bt/Nj)

276 61
Draw a big bead of caulk around it, and fill with sulfuric or hydrochloric acid to dissolve the nail.

Posted by: mikeski at October 06, 2024 02:27 PM (DgGvY)
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Fluoroantimonic acid for the win.

Posted by: Ciampino - may not work on iron at October 06, 2024 03:57 PM (qfLjt)

277 Last one out of California please turn out the lights

Posted by: Skip at October 06, 2024 03:57 PM (fwDg9)

278 "Upper midwest: take off the shoes when entering a home. The very real possibility of tracking winter muck through the house sort makes it necessary."

Thanks for explaining that. DiL and her mother do that and I always wondered why. But now I wonder why for a different reason. They've both lived in Texas for nearly 20 years. Why do it still?

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at October 06, 2024 03:58 PM (FEVMW)

279 Draw a big bead of caulk around it, and fill with sulfuric or hydrochloric acid to dissolve the nail.

Posted by: mikeski at October 06, 2024 02:27 PM (DgGvY)
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We're now talking toes here, right?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 06, 2024 03:58 PM (xIFh6)

280
Saw some guy posted Gulf was 88 F when fishing yesterday.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 06, 2024 03:50 PM

Helene was a nothingburger when it was sitting off Cuba in 82 degree water, but it had to traverse 86 degree water as it approached Florida. It still doesn't explain why it stalled over Tennessee and Western North Carolina. Ventusky dot com predicted the stall when it was still near Cuba.

I'm thinking Naples, FL based on their prediction right now. If it goes further south it could be a big nothing.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 06, 2024 03:59 PM (RKVpM)

281 276 61
Draw a big bead of caulk around it, and fill with sulfuric or hydrochloric acid to dissolve the nail.

Posted by: mikeski at October 06, 2024 02:27 PM (DgGvY)
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Fluoroantimonic acid for the win.
Posted by: Ciampino
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I ain't calling either of you guys to do any work around my house.

Posted by: whig at October 06, 2024 03:59 PM (bt/Nj)

282 Quickly checked the top. People have said several times "Use the screw, Luke!" The screw has a fundamental advantage over a nail --> your floor will no longer move up-and-down. There will be no squeaking noises. At least from that particular piece of wood.

In general, when it comes to usage of wood in home construction, it is screws over nails. Slightly more expensive and time-consuming. But very little will be squeaking even 20 years later.

Posted by: alexander bell at October 06, 2024 03:59 PM (zSCVr)

283 Shoes off went entering home is a thing in the hood

Posted by: Accomack at October 06, 2024 04:00 PM (R+sIE)

284 My dudes, I wasn't saying there haven't been three hurricanes form in the Atlantic basin after September 30.

I'm saying I don't recall three hurricanes being active in the Atlantic basin *at the same time* after September 30.

Posted by: one hour sober at October 06, 2024 04:00 PM (Y1sOo)

285 It's FOOD NOOD TIME

get cleaned up and upstairs
Rings dinner (((🔔

)))

Posted by: Skip at October 06, 2024 04:02 PM (fwDg9)

286 And how! My wife's family takes photos of the mourners standing around the casket. Oh yeah, the deceased is included in the pics.

Wow people.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 06, 2024 03:49 PM (WXNFJ)

The aforementioned Abe Lincoln, an intrepid photographer managed to get off a snap of the casket/body on display during his trip across country, even though it was strictly forbidden.

Through the course of his after burial time, his tomb was opened... I think three times? First to thwart grave robbers, and second because he was basically stuffed in a vault, with a bunch of junk around his casket.

He's finally buried once and for all, but nobody bothered to take a photo of those subsequent casket openings? There were a bunch of people around at the time, for no reason other than their own curiosity, nobody managed to bring a camera?

Posted by: BurtTC at October 06, 2024 04:03 PM (kz1AU)

287 I think my next door neighbor with a roof my size recently paid $30,000 for new shingles.

I'm doing the math with my age and saying I don't wanna have to do it two more times in my lifetime, and may just drop insurance except for fire policy. Shingles look good, no issues. Why would I do anything but wait? I hate what is going on in this country.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 06, 2024 03:48 PM

That's why I had mine done: math. They were at the end of their life and dropping gravel into the gutters. No leaks, but it was a matter of time. And after losing the water heater the previous year, I did NOT want to deal with emergency replacement.

I had been saving for five years to do various replacements. Going to get new windows soon.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at October 06, 2024 04:03 PM (fxCK2)

288 Not often but they claim that Jews were actually Muslims who rebelled and that we altered the Torah.

They therefore believe that Adam, the Patriarchs, the Matriarchs, Moses and all the prophets were Muslim.

You won't like what they think about Christianity, just the same.

Islam is a religion is based on identity theft.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 06, 2024 03:48 PM (xIFh6)
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Not quite clear on the timeline, are they?

Judaism --> Christianity --> brutal evil backward death cult, aka "Islam"

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 06, 2024 04:05 PM (YqDXo)

289 Helene was a nothingburger when it was sitting off Cuba in 82 degree water, but it had to traverse 86 degree water as it approached Florida. It still doesn't explain why it stalled over Tennessee and Western North Carolina. Ventusky dot com predicted the stall when it was still near Cuba.

Posted by: Divide by Zero
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The hurricane remnants ran into a nearly stationary cold front that had been dumping rains for days before in the area. That cold front is why Helene took a turn eastward about 2AM instead of following a more westerly track that had the center of storm between Atlanta and Athens GA. The actual path went over Elberton GA before starting to veer NE and Elberton is very close to the Savannah River boundary from SC. Augusta below Elberton got hit pretty hard by winds, not so much initially by rain.

Posted by: whig at October 06, 2024 04:05 PM (bt/Nj)

290 https://tinyurl.com/yeyvdn8h
Posted by: javems at October 06, 2024 03:47 PM (8I4hW)

That is storms per day, not per month.

One storm that lasts, say, ten days is included in that graphic.

Posted by: one hour sober at October 06, 2024 04:06 PM (Y1sOo)

291 He's finally buried once and for all, but nobody bothered to take a photo of those subsequent casket openings? There were a bunch of people around at the time, for no reason other than their own curiosity, nobody managed to bring a camera?
Posted by: BurtTC

You can dig up (literally) a contemporary account of the opening of Lincoln's casket and of the body.

There is another account about opening Washington's grave for some reason I've forgotten in the 1830-40's I think.

Posted by: whig at October 06, 2024 04:08 PM (bt/Nj)

292 In general, when it comes to usage of wood in home construction, it is screws over nails. Slightly more expensive and time-consuming. But very little will be squeaking even 20 years later.

Posted by: alexander bell at October 06, 2024 03:59 PM (zSCVr)
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Essential Craftsman's YT channel has a video on this. Screws tend to be more brittle than nails, so if the fastener is potentially subject to strong shear forces, nails are the better choice. For flooring, etc. screws are a better choice.

Also nails are faster to install (with nail gun) than screws, and so cheaper.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 06, 2024 04:08 PM (YqDXo)

293 Islam is a religion is based on identity theft.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 06, 2024 03:48 PM

And ret-conning. I get a news-link email daily and one of the stories was about how a Muslim school is "the oldest university in the world". Uh, no. It's one of the oldest continuous SCHOOLS at its original site, but it wasn't called a university until about 20 years ago.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at October 06, 2024 04:08 PM (fxCK2)

294 I had been saving for five years to do various replacements. Going to get new windows soon.
Posted by: NaughtyPine
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We lucked out with our window replacements for the old single pane wood ones on the house. The window company honored the original installed and quoted price pre Covid when we ordered them rather than the stiff increased price when we finally got them. We got them installed about eighteen months after ordering them. Okna windows which we like.

Posted by: whig at October 06, 2024 04:10 PM (bt/Nj)

295
The hurricane remnants ran into a nearly stationary cold front that had been dumping rains for days before in the area.

Posted by: whig at October 06, 2024 04:05 PM

I watched a video of a local from that area who filmed the flooding days before the hurricane. A local airport runway under at least a foot of water.

It was an accident waiting to happen and it did. But $750.00 should cover the damage. Sickening.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 06, 2024 04:14 PM (RKVpM)

296 Essential Craftsman's YT channel has a video on this. Screws tend to be more brittle than nails, so if the fastener is potentially subject to strong shear forces, nails are the better choice. For flooring, etc. screws are a better choice.

Also nails are faster to install (with nail gun) than screws, and so cheaper.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara
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I've installed both ways when remodeling our current house. More important than the type of fastener is the underlayment. Don't go cheap on it and I prefer 3/4 tongue and groove plywood as an underlayment to any hardwood floor and with cement tileboard mortared/screwed over it, any tiled surface as well.

Posted by: whig at October 06, 2024 04:16 PM (bt/Nj)

297 I installed every square inch of the flooring here in Casa New Dawn, myself. Both engineered hardwood, and tile.

For the hardwood, I used a 2 in. margin-trowel, and coated both the entire backside of the hardwood strip *and* the subfloor substrate, 100% with flooring adhesive. Not an "S" shape squiggle out of a caulking gun, but full, 100%, every square millimeter, fully coated.

Set the wood in place, about 1/10th inch out of register, and then twist/tap it in with a wooden setting block, using a non-marring rubber mallet.

No nails to pop up. And at over fourteen years since installing, there's still not one single squeak or creak in these floors.

Painstakingly laborious, and slow. But a very highly effective and permanent method, indeed.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at October 06, 2024 04:17 PM (kQgoX)

298 Painstakingly laborious, and slow. But a very highly effective and permanent method, indeed.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim
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Gluing can work if you want it permanent. As long as your underlayment is level, works fine but as you note laborious to apply on the level of tiling.

I used construction adhesive on studs before installing drywall in part because studs today are pretty crappy quality with gaps and uneveness. Doing so eliminates nails popping out. Also useful if you are applying 1/4 drywall over old 1/2 drywall when it is a pita to remove.

Posted by: whig at October 06, 2024 04:25 PM (bt/Nj)

299 ..Posted by: whig at October 06, 2024 04:25 PM (bt/Nj)

Yeah, this was all 100% brand new subflooring. Epoxy/OSB product "Accutech" in general areas. Areas to be tiled, the "systems" were tweaked to accommodate a layer of 1/4" Hardi-Backer, glued and screwed to the OSB.

By "tweaked", I mean artful management of joist and subfloor construction, as to yield a single height-plane of flooring, throughout the house.

This included a double-layer of 3/4" Accutech in the kitchen, to dampen vibrations from passing trucks, outside.

All during the rebuild (2008/2009), after Hurricane Ike.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at October 06, 2024 04:33 PM (kQgoX)

300 It was an accident waiting to happen and it did. But $750.00 should cover the damage. Sickening.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 06, 2024 04:14 PM (RKVpM)
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Redirect welfare payments to the ghetto to the devastated areas. Ghetto welfare recipients can get off their fat asses and work. People in flood zones who lost their houses etc. cannot.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 06, 2024 05:25 PM (YqDXo)

301 Sounds like you need a new house

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at October 06, 2024 05:53 PM (zzdrL)

302 Wall-to-wall carpeting was a marketing ploy by DuPont to sell more nylon.
A VERY successful campaign that prevented actual cleaning of a floor and promoted deep dirt and filth.
Tile, hardwood, even decorative properly colored and sealed concrete floors, or any hard surface floor material is the way to build with carpets covering floors as needed around beds etc.

Posted by: waepnedmann at October 06, 2024 08:11 PM (pBr7I)

303 My first world problem? No green peppers for homemade chili. It will still be good, but missing what I think is an essential flavor.

I don't know if it's true... but I think there was a period when wall to wall carpet was a status symbol, like it was big you could afford to carpet your whole house. It was a newer luxury. But now carpet has been around forever, and it's not special anymore. It's all about the waterproof vinyl flooring now that looks like wood. But I people appreciate how special and timeless solid wood floors are, now time has passed.

Posted by: LizLem at October 06, 2024 08:43 PM (QAK8m)

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