First-World Problems...

Saddle Soap is good stuff, and not just as a garnish!

If any of you Morons clean and polish your own shoes and other leather stuff, it is a wonderful thing, but...the damned stuff always shrinks that way. It starts out fat and happy and filling the tin, but soon it shrinks like a bitter and shriveled witch.

My options are:

1) Burn the house down and buy a new can.
b. Drop the old can into an active volcano and buy a new can.
iii. Make an explosive out of the soap and use it to blow up the house, and then buy a new can.
D. Suck it up and use the old stuff.

Choice D is just silly, but I do need some advice...

Posted by: CBD at 02:00 PM

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Posted by: Skip at November 24, 2024 02:00 PM (fwDg9)

2 Oh my.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 24, 2024 02:01 PM (W6hoT)

3 Think only used saddle soap on new baseball gloves

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

4 Move to the rain forest

Posted by: Madhatter at November 24, 2024 02:02 PM (ZGeU+)

5 CBD
Such suffering and travails.
The obvious answer is, of course to have someone else do the leather cleaning and polishing around the house.
Perhaps a, "Guest worker"?

Posted by: Winston, GOPe, McFailure wing of the Uniparty at November 24, 2024 02:03 PM (TVStp)

6 Make saddle soap great again

Posted by: Madhatter at November 24, 2024 02:03 PM (ZGeU+)

7 Bet it could be melted in a microwave or oven

Posted by: Skip at November 24, 2024 02:03 PM (fwDg9)

8

Melt it in a fire fueled with the rendered fat of your enemies.

Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at November 24, 2024 02:04 PM (tBck8)

9 I'm a Dapper Dan man myself.

Posted by: Ulysses Everitt McGill at November 24, 2024 02:04 PM (nOjd9)

10 Did you try to add a little water (maybe distilled) and let it sit for a few days to re-hydrate?

Posted by: Doof at November 24, 2024 02:05 PM (RFPHU)

11 It probably wouldn't shrink so much if you quit taking the lid off to huff the vapors.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2024 02:05 PM (HTHrm)

12 Hmm. Methinks that can of saddle soap may have been around for a while...

It's the same with shoe polishes. There are volatiles in the mix, and they eventually evaporate.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 24, 2024 02:05 PM (XeU6L)

13 Saddle Soap
-

Childhood reference:

https://youtu.be/ol5w-PaZQTk

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 24, 2024 02:08 PM (K3JKK)

14 Hmm. Methinks that can of saddle soap may have been around for a while...

It's the same with shoe polishes. There are volatiles in the mix, and they eventually evaporate.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 24, 2024 02:05 PM (XeU6L)

I solved that problem by eschewing shoes that require polish.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2024 02:08 PM (HTHrm)

15 Get rid of your horse,
No need for a saddle,
No need for saddle soap.

Problem solved. What’s next?

Posted by: Pete Bog at November 24, 2024 02:08 PM (sNCuU)

16 I'm sensing a theme with "burn the house down." Not that I disagree, especially when I look at the poorly mitered crown molding in my bedroom. Sometimes fire is the only option.

Posted by: Moki at November 24, 2024 02:09 PM (wLjpr)

17 Option E: Seppuku for allowing this to occur.

Posted by: Gref at November 24, 2024 02:09 PM (aBgBM)

18 Carefully heat the can. A candle with do a good job. You can also low heat melt in a cradling pan. Despite many recommendations, do not directly ignite the saddle soap or like polishes. Yep everyone knows someone that does this with success and at least four to one you will have a story of "napalm" like incidents. Just one last caution, be aware of the heat of the can while handling or removing from heat as to avoid a napalm incident.

Posted by: Commander Cobra at November 24, 2024 02:09 PM (HIK27)

19 Add a little MEK, mush it up, and you'll be good for many more months of enjoyment.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at November 24, 2024 02:10 PM (/lPRQ)

20 Choice 'D' is always the right choice ...

Posted by: Dr_No at November 24, 2024 02:10 PM (ayRl+)

21 Saddle Soap make great shaving cream if your face is beaten leather hide like mine.

Posted by: Reforger at November 24, 2024 02:10 PM (xcIvR)

22 Saddle soup?! Is it the Food Thread already?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Agent of Chaos at November 24, 2024 02:11 PM (kpS4V)

23 It's sunny here, now. But still ten degrees F, and a bit of a breeze. I am disinclined to go outside.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2024 02:12 PM (HTHrm)

24 Saddle soup?! Is it the Food Thread already?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Agent of Chaos

You've already eaten the horses? Now you're down to saddles? I didn't think things were that bad.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at November 24, 2024 02:12 PM (VNX3d)

25 Order your shoes from a small cobbler in Warsaw.

They'll arrive, permanently Polish-ed.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at November 24, 2024 02:12 PM (Xo+UM)

26 Shave soap. I use this instead of cream, or whatever. It smells good, doesn't lather too much and provides a slick surface when I shave with my single blade razor.

But... it will shrink and crack in the soap dish if I go more than a couple days between shaves, which I will do because reasons. It takes hot water, lots of it, and some time to massage it back to usable form.

Whoa is me.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 24, 2024 02:14 PM (Q4IgG)

27 Grabbing the 'gently heated' can. Ayyyeee

Posted by: Zeera , The People Are Coming at November 24, 2024 02:14 PM (EL0rn)

28 Order your shoes from a small cobbler in Warsaw.

They'll arrive, permanently Polish-ed.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at November 24, 2024 02:12 PM (Xo+UM)

Cobbler jokes. You must be feeling peachy!

Posted by: Doof at November 24, 2024 02:14 PM (RFPHU)

29 I tend to use beeswax, but saddle soap is cheap. Do you live near an active volcano?

Posted by: long night ending, dawn in January at November 24, 2024 02:15 PM (2NXcZ)

30 Condition the leather's deep grain with mink oil before applying the saddle soap. Saddle soap is to keep the stitching from rotting. Side note, none of these excellent natural preservatives will prevent formation of mildew as temperature goes up and down in storage area. Do not ask how I know this.

You put saddle soap on with a hot moist cloth. The heat re-forms the soap to fit the tin. The soap should be worked up to a mild frothing foam to be rubbed into the leather. Then you buff.

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at November 24, 2024 02:15 PM (zdLoL)

31 25 Order your shoes from a small cobbler in Warsaw.

They'll arrive, permanently Polish-ed.

Posted by: Jim at November 24, 2024 02:12 PM (Xo+UM)

You could also go the Spock route, and have them Vulcan-ized.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at November 24, 2024 02:15 PM (VNX3d)

32 Would get a double boiler, melt saddle soap, when liquid pour back into can

Posted by: Skip at November 24, 2024 02:15 PM (fwDg9)

33 I see abundant opportunities for both shoe puns and horse puns in this thread.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 24, 2024 02:15 PM (nOjd9)

34 If mink oil is so good, why do the little bastards squeak?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2024 02:16 PM (HTHrm)

35 You could also go the Spock route, and have them Vulcan-ized.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at November 24, 2024 02:15 PM (VNX3d)

Is that your sole advice? You sir, are a heel and your impertinence cannot last.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 24, 2024 02:16 PM (nOjd9)

36 OT, for the woman wondering whether to take down the trump flag for thanksgiving,

Take up supporting NASCAR, and fly a “Let’s Go, Brandon!” flag…memorize a few finishes for Brandon, and you are good to go…

Posted by: Slash Buzz at November 24, 2024 02:17 PM (P3p+h)

37 Going on a more serious route, would putting it into a sealing container or a ziploc bag keep the volatiles in, and slow down the shrinkage?

I am not a chemist, nor do I play one on TV. I also did not stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at November 24, 2024 02:18 PM (VNX3d)

38 @34 That's nothing compared to neat's feet.

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at November 24, 2024 02:18 PM (zdLoL)

39 You could also go the Spock route, and have them Vulcan-ized.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at November 24, 2024 02:15 PM (VNX3d)

Is that your sole advice? You sir, are a heel and your impertinence cannot last.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 24, 2024 02:16 PM (nOjd9)

Raises eyebrow. Fascinating.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at November 24, 2024 02:19 PM (VNX3d)

40 OT, for the woman wondering whether to take down the trump flag for thanksgiving,

Take up supporting NASCAR, and fly a “Let’s Go, Brandon!” flag…memorize a few finishes for Brandon, and you are good to go…
Posted by: Slash Buzz at November 24, 2024 02:17 PM (P3p+h)

Seriously, my advice to her would be leave the flag up. If the obnoxious relative complains, silently point towards the door.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2024 02:19 PM (HTHrm)

41

Add a little vanilla paste and slather on your French toast.

Posted by: Pendulating Richard at November 24, 2024 02:20 PM (H4YoQ)

42 "Would get a double boiler, melt saddle soap, when liquid pour back into can
Posted by: Skip "

Why not just melt it with a heat gun?

Posted by: fd at November 24, 2024 02:20 PM (vFG9F)

43 >>> 22 Saddle soup?! Is it the Food Thread already?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Agent of Chaos at November 24, 2024 02:11 PM (kpS4V)

NEIGH!

Posted by: John Kerry at November 24, 2024 02:22 PM (KcwUg)

44 Why not just melt it with a heat gun?
Posted by: fd at November 24, 2024 02:20 PM (vFG9F)

I would assume the volatile that has gassed off to cause the shrinkage is somehow necessary to the proper performance of the product. So maybe melting and "re-casting" it would do no good at all?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2024 02:23 PM (HTHrm)

45 42 "Would get a double boiler, melt saddle soap, when liquid pour back into can
Posted by: Skip "

Why not just melt it with a heat gun?
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Or hair dryer, but don't call the plumber's heat gun a hair dryer.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 24, 2024 02:23 PM (vd6bO)

46
Slap a hot iron on it. Oops, wrong FWP.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 24, 2024 02:25 PM (dxSpM)

47 Sheesh.
Simple solution.
Put the saddle soap into a smaller tin.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 24, 2024 02:25 PM (W/lyH)

48 The solution is obvious...buy a new can.

Posted by: Kiwi at November 24, 2024 02:26 PM (XeU6L)

49 fd well I have a heat gun of course, but assumed CBD would be more likely to have a double boiler

Posted by: Skip at November 24, 2024 02:26 PM (fwDg9)

50 I always add a drop of mink oil or neatsfoot compound to that dried-out lump of color polish, and it replaces the other volatiles just fine. FWIW, can't recommend highly enough Blue Ribbon company, the oldest in the industry, and some of their stuff is in the Amazon catalogue. They make a dizzying array of washing, polishing, and upholstery fluids for the carriage trade.

Feed your leather. Feed it.

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at November 24, 2024 02:27 PM (zdLoL)

51 What do you use on the horse? Mane n' Tail?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 24, 2024 02:27 PM (6ydKt)

52 They make a dizzying array of washing, polishing, and upholstery fluids for the carriage trade.

Feed your leather. Feed it.
Posted by: Way,Way Downriver
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I read that as 'carnage trade'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 24, 2024 02:28 PM (XeU6L)

53
The horse, the saddle, the man.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 24, 2024 02:28 PM (dxSpM)

54 1 Buy a smaller can of saddle soap

2. Open the full size can and polish every leather item you own including the dog. Toss remainder.

Of the soap not the dog.

Posted by: Pete Bog at November 24, 2024 02:29 PM (sNCuU)

55 ...What do you use on the horse? Mane n' Tail?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 24, 2024 02:27 PM (6ydKt)

John Kerry uses Hoof in Mouth.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at November 24, 2024 02:29 PM (Xo+UM)

56 https://manentail.com/

If you scroll to the bottom, most of the customer comments are women swearing how awesome this is for their own hair.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 24, 2024 02:29 PM (6ydKt)

57 The horse, the saddle, the man.
Posted by: Hadrian
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Toss in a Marlboro, and we have a TV ad. Oh, wait...tobacco product. Never mind.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 24, 2024 02:30 PM (XeU6L)

58 Buy new shoes.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 24, 2024 02:30 PM (5vsma)

59 Here's a first world problem...

I have a Samsung gas stove. It has a control board with buttons so you can punch in the temperature you want the oven set to. The row that has the numbers 1, 4, and 7 died. I could care less about 1 and 7 but this means I can't set the temp to 400ish.

Now amusingly it has a "pizza" setting that sets it to exactly 400. I can do that, but I contacted my local guy to fix it and he told me they don't make that part any more - I have no idea how old the stove is, it was in the house when I bought it.

So am i just stuck never cooking at 425 or 450?

Posted by: 18-1 at November 24, 2024 02:31 PM (oZhjI)

60 A double boiler limits the heat to 212F (or, at my location about 201F). Can't control temperature very well with heat gun/hair dryer. Volatiles boil off at too high a temperature, which makes it worse.

Posted by: buddhaha at November 24, 2024 02:31 PM (EyY5h)

61 @52 And it really is, too, as far as the neats and minkies are concerned.

You think your job is tough? Try milking a mink.

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at November 24, 2024 02:31 PM (zdLoL)

62 John Kerry uses Hoof in Mouth.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at November 24, 2024 02:29 PM (Xo+UM)

-- ---
lol

I pissed a lot of libs off in 2004 calling him "Horseface".

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 24, 2024 02:32 PM (6ydKt)

63 A double boiler limits the heat to 212F (or, at my location about 201F). Can't control temperature very well with heat gun/hair dryer. Volatiles boil off at too high a temperature, which makes it worse.
Posted by: buddhaha at November 24, 2024 02:31 PM (EyY5h)

Sounds like a job for a sous vide machine. Precision temperature control at less than a boil.

Can we make booze out of something?

Posted by: Pete Bog at November 24, 2024 02:34 PM (sNCuU)

64 Mumblety years ago we were updating the kitchen in our 1938 house, and I found, among other things, a can of Shinola under the cabinets. It was still waxy, and had fairly pleasant scent. I lost it when we moved, but it was pretty cool.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, punching the iPad screen like a chimp at November 24, 2024 02:34 PM (Ad8y9)

65 I like my Korean auto, and Samsung makes decent phones, but Korean kitchen appliances have terrible customer support. Something goes wrong, TS.

Posted by: buddhaha at November 24, 2024 02:34 PM (EyY5h)

66 If you scroll to the bottom, most of the customer comments are women swearing how awesome this is for their own hair.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 24, 2024 02:29 PM (6ydKt)

Straight from the horse's mouth.
I used it on our (RIP Joy) Labradoodle and she looked like I gave her a perm. Then she wanted baths all the time.
Go into the back bedroom and she would jump into the tub.
I think it made her feel pretty.

Posted by: Reforger at November 24, 2024 02:35 PM (xcIvR)

67
I have a Samsung gas stove. It has a control board with buttons so you can punch in the temperature you want the oven set to.
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*ponders the simple knobs on my 60's Frigdiaire oven and range*

18-1 -- Do you have a model number?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 24, 2024 02:35 PM (XeU6L)

68 Careful with all those oils as sooner or later they can go rancid.
Note: If your mink oil goes rancid it is probably over 30 years old.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 24, 2024 02:35 PM (5U0zv)

69 59 I sometimes can find older parts on eBay. I have a Myson 325 DV and a Honda EV4010 that I have to scrounge parts for occasionally, and have found eBay/craigslist/Facebook marketplace to be useful.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 24, 2024 02:36 PM (JK3o+)

70 Going on a more serious route, would putting it into a sealing container or a ziploc bag keep the volatiles in, and slow down the shrinkage?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at November 24, 2024 02:18 PM (VNX3d)

That's what SHE asked.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at November 24, 2024 02:36 PM (iODuv)

71 Mane and Tail really is made for horses! Wife used to have to buy it at the western shoppe. She guv it up after a while because she though it just conveyed too much fluffy voluptuous body but...ohjayzus. BBIAB.

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at November 24, 2024 02:36 PM (zdLoL)

72 Mumblety years ago we were updating the kitchen in our 1938 house, and I found, among other things, a can of Shinola under the cabinets. It was still waxy, and had fairly pleasant scent. I lost it when we moved, but it was pretty cool.
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For the clueless, the "pleasant " scent is the way to tell.

Posted by: buddhaha at November 24, 2024 02:37 PM (EyY5h)

73 The pastor of the church I went to today probably used saddle soap to get into his skinny jeans.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at November 24, 2024 02:37 PM (kTd/k)

74 Going on a more serious route, would putting it into a sealing container or a ziploc bag keep the volatiles in, and slow down the shrinkage?

Posted by: Hour
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Yes. Remove as much air as possible.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 24, 2024 02:38 PM (XeU6L)

75 D. Suck it up and use the old stuff.

Choice D is just silly, but I do need some advice...

If its color has changed or it smells funny it has probably turned. Throw it out. Rancid saddle soap will actually screw with the natural ouls inthe leather. Store it tightly sealed in the fridge it will last longer.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * Justice for Peanut at November 24, 2024 02:38 PM (F3SmE)

76 Oils

Posted by: Sock Monkey * Justice for Peanut at November 24, 2024 02:38 PM (F3SmE)

77 For the clueless, the "pleasant " scent is the way to tell.
Posted by: buddhaha
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If it looks like Shinola, and smells like Shinola, you don't have to taste it...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 24, 2024 02:40 PM (XeU6L)

78 My daughter was complaining about those digital oven interfaces in a rental place. She is used to our old propane stove where you just dial up the temperature and get with it. Had to connect to internet and download the user manual to figure it out. I sure would like to see manufacturers pursue making simplified products that are cheaper, easier to use, last longer, easier to repair, etc., but the world ain't going that way, it it?

Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 24, 2024 02:40 PM (vd6bO)

79 As for shoes I have not had to polish them since I left the Army.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, punching the iPad screen like a chimp at November 24, 2024 02:40 PM (Ad8y9)

80 but the world ain't going that way, it it?
Posted by: Don in SoCo
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Look, there's an app for that. Just scan this QR code...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 24, 2024 02:42 PM (XeU6L)

81 You are supposed to leave a slightly moistened natural sponge on top and then close the lid.

Posted by: Piper at November 24, 2024 02:42 PM (p4NUW)

82 >>iii. Make an explosive out of the soap and use it to blow up the house, and then buy a new can.

That would be your better option. Saddle soap breaks down over time.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 24, 2024 02:43 PM (LkLld)

83 Buy new shoes.

Pardon me Roy, is that the cat that chewed your new shoes?

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at November 24, 2024 02:43 PM (e8Sk7)

84 I've found saddle soap tends to rehydrate okay. Just wet the rag a bit more. Or put a bit of water in the can and let it soak in for a day or two (after burning the house down, of course).

I suspect one could store the tin in a Ziploc bag to lessen this phenomenon, but have never tested the theory.

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at November 24, 2024 02:43 PM (kOluj)

85 Buy smaller packages or tins or whatnot, so you use it up before the moisture in it evaporates.

It's science.

Posted by: Don Black at November 24, 2024 02:45 PM (/7KEl)

86 So am i just stuck never cooking at 425 or 450?

Posted by: 18-1 at November 24, 2024 02:31 PM (oZhjI)

If you're not making pastries, bread, homemade pizza, roast chicken, leg of lamb, sausages, or roasting vegetables, you'll probably never go above 375.

So yeah, other than that you're fine.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 24, 2024 02:45 PM (6ydKt)

87 I would never allow a saddle into the shower so saddle soap is unnecessary...

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at November 24, 2024 02:46 PM (1FWWQ)

88 I sure would like to see manufacturers pursue making simplified products that are cheaper, easier to use, last longer, easier to repair, etc., but the world ain't going that way, it it?
Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 24, 2024 02:40 PM (vd6bO)

Just scan the UPC code on the package, and we'll connect to our server to set up the correct cooking temperature and timer for you.

Oh, you want to make something from scratch. Sorry, our products no longer support anything but packaged meals.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at November 24, 2024 02:46 PM (VNX3d)

89 Do you have a model number?

Samsung NX58R4311SS

Posted by: 18-1 at November 24, 2024 02:46 PM (oZhjI)

90
A thought occurred to me an hour ago: I wonder if someone sells a "Jet-Fuel" scented candle or air freshener?

Really. You know, to add realism to my PC Flight Simulator.

Guess what?

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 24, 2024 02:46 PM (rabIu)

91 sorry only one s at the end so

Samsung NX58R4311S

Posted by: 18-1 at November 24, 2024 02:46 PM (oZhjI)

92 also who uses saddle soap

get a tin of Kiwi and a soft rag and be done with it

Posted by: Don Black at November 24, 2024 02:46 PM (/7KEl)

93 Switched to using a bar of saddle soap or Murphys oil soap

Posted by: Nope! at November 24, 2024 02:47 PM (o06o3)

94 But seriously, 18-1:

I found some parts for an old clothes dryer on here -

https://www.repairclinic.com/

Try your model number and part number and you might find it on there.

Amazon sells appliance parts, too.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 24, 2024 02:48 PM (6ydKt)

95
Anyone remember when Amazon conned the whole world into believing that little drone aircraft would be delivering their packages?

I said it would Never Ever happen. I was the only one.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 24, 2024 02:48 PM (rabIu)

96 My FWP this week is my own damn fault. Being 29, I take a number of prescriptions and OTC vitamins and supplements twice daily. I got on of those weekly pill organizers to keep track. On Saturdays, I place the Saturday evening pills in another bottle so I can refill my dispenser for the next. All that's well and good but my 29 year old dog also takes twice daily pills. So I often use one of her empty pill bottles to hold my Saturday evening pills. Last night, I grabbed what I thought was my Saturday night pills and downed them. Then I found my actual pills and realized I had downed my dog's pill bottle overdosing on Gabapentin. I didn't panic because my dog weighs 15 lbs. and I weigh, uhhh, somewhat more. I looked up Gabapentin and it wasn't too scary considering I had only taken maybe twice an adult dose so I decided to just ride it out. I got higher than I've been for decades, stumbled to bed, and slept like a dog. I didn't wake to a host of Heavenly angels so I seem to have survived although I'm still a little more relaxed than usual.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at November 24, 2024 02:48 PM (L/fGl)

97 >>also who uses saddle soap

People with saddles. And all other horse stuff.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 24, 2024 02:49 PM (LkLld)

98 88 Just scan the UPC code on the package, and we'll connect to our server to set up the correct cooking temperature and timer for you.

Oh, you want to make something from scratch. Sorry, our products no longer support anything but packaged meals
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Not covered in your end user license agreement..

Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 24, 2024 02:49 PM (vd6bO)

99 Kind of shuttered thinking of a mink getting squeezed to juice between rollers

Posted by: Skip at November 24, 2024 02:49 PM (fwDg9)

100
Amazon sells Hot Cocoa scented candles.

And "Fall" scented candles.

I like Pine scent.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 24, 2024 02:50 PM (rabIu)

101 On the one hand I hate the interference of government and graft and corruption that goes hand in hand with regulation. On the other hand, I hate that major appliance manufacturers are selling us very expensive, shoddily made shit products that break early and often, have inadequate or nonexistent support, and/or have arrangements that prohibit unrelated third-parties from fixing them. They're fucking the consumers to a point that's almost fraudulent, but I worry the cure may be worse than the disease.

Posted by: Why can't they just make a good washer and dryer? at November 24, 2024 02:51 PM (FEapg)

102 get a tin of Kiwi and a soft rag and be done with it

Posted by: Don Black

It's hard to get good Kiwis these days to get the proper squeezings.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 24, 2024 02:51 PM (WXNFJ)

103 I didn't wake to a host of Heavenly angels so I seem to have survived although I'm still a little more relaxed than usual.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at November 24, 2024 02:48

And just like that the Vet was informed of the dog's higher pain level and the necessity to double the dosage of Gabapentin!

Cute story and I am glad that it turned out okay. You could have dewormed yourself.

Posted by: Pete Bog at November 24, 2024 02:52 PM (sNCuU)

104 I didn't wake to a host of Heavenly angels so I seem to have survived although I'm still a little more relaxed than usual.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at November 24, 2024 02:48 PM (L/fGl)

Instead you wake up to the Horde.
Is this a net gain, or loss?

Posted by: Diogenes at November 24, 2024 02:52 PM (W/lyH)

105 101 Speed Queen still makes a few not the simpler models.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 24, 2024 02:52 PM (vd6bO)

106 The row that has the numbers 1, 4, and 7 died.

10-key style keypads are a grid:

123
456
789

There's 3 vertical lines (1/4/7, 2/5/8, and 3/6/9) and 3 horizontal ones. You have a bad connection on the leftmost vertical line. Probably a cracked solder joint because RoHS lead-free solder is the devil. If you have a multimeter and a soldering iron you should be able to find where that line goes to (probably a pin on a microcontroller) and touch up the connection there.

Or, as someone else suggested, you can find a part number off the board and check eBay.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 24, 2024 02:53 PM (0A/JS)

107 It's hard to get good Kiwis these days to get the proper squeezings.
Posted by: Tonypete at November 24, 2024 02:51 PM

*hopes NZFrank doesn't read this*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 24, 2024 02:54 PM (Wnv9h)

108 101 On the one hand I hate the interference of government and graft and corruption that goes hand in hand with regulation. On the other hand, I hate that major appliance manufacturers are selling us very expensive, shoddily made shit products that break early and often, have inadequate or nonexistent support, and/or have arrangements that prohibit unrelated third-parties from fixing them. They're fucking the consumers to a point that's almost fraudulent, but I worry the cure may be worse than the disease.

Posted by: Why can't they just make a good washer and dryer? at November 24, 2024 02:51 PM (FEapg)

It's called "Planned Obsolescence".

They just never bothered to tell the rest of us the plan.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 24, 2024 02:54 PM (6ydKt)

109 On the other hand, I hate that major appliance manufacturers are selling us very expensive, shoddily made shit products that break early and often, have inadequate or nonexistent support, and/or have arrangements that prohibit unrelated third-parties from fixing them.

A not-insignificant amount of things being expensive and shoddy is because of government regulations.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 24, 2024 02:55 PM (0A/JS)

110 also who uses saddle soap

I used saddle soap on our tack when we had hay burners and rode them regularly. I learned a great deal about leather care from an older gentleman who still teaches leather working for kids in my wife's home school program. He also worked with my son's BS troop. Saddle soap is primarily a cleaner. It will condition to a certain degree, but if the leather needs to be restored, I use SS first to clean and follow up with Neats foot oil to condition. Never used it on dress shoes. Kiwi worked just fine for those.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * Justice for Peanut at November 24, 2024 02:56 PM (F3SmE)

111 repairclinic

+1

Got the heating element for our Whirlpool stove/oven last year. Easy peasy to fix. They carry a bunch of parts, including Samsung.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 24, 2024 02:56 PM (Q4IgG)

112 101 105 They can only sell what we'll buy. 'course lots of people like the fancy stuff....reminds me of that old Kliban cartoon where the caveman is walking away from the fire and the other cavemen, saying "F@#$k this primitive sh@t!"

Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 24, 2024 02:56 PM (vd6bO)

113 Wash it with soft soap like Dove then brush it with Neatsfoot Oil.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at November 24, 2024 02:56 PM (TDdfP)

114 I use Chemical Guys leather care products on my boots.
Bag Balm warmed in hot tap water bath if I need a water proofer.
Bickmore for the exotic stuff.
Meltonian for polish.
My FWP is the pile of PT lumber I can't take to the island garbage transfer station.

Posted by: Accomack at November 24, 2024 02:56 PM (MeckE)

115 A thought occurred to me an hour ago: I wonder if someone sells a "Jet-Fuel" scented candle or air freshener?

Really. You know, to add realism to my PC Flight Simulator.

Guess what?
Posted by: Soothsayer
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My favorite scented candle
http://tiny.cc/7p3xzz

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 24, 2024 02:56 PM (XeU6L)

116 ^
tampon tim's wife, too

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 24, 2024 02:58 PM (rabIu)

117 Amazon had the vacuum filters for my 20 y/o Bissel. 15$ and came the next day.
Bexos is a snake but Amazon epitomizes what the internet does best.

Posted by: Accomack at November 24, 2024 02:59 PM (MeckE)

118 I was sitting by the pool today, and the little umbrella in my tropical drink was swamped when I jostled the glass, and, wouldn't you know it, not an umbrella-gaff-handler in sight.

Posted by: Paco at November 24, 2024 03:00 PM (njExo)

119 How about oven temp=395

Posted by: Accomack at November 24, 2024 03:00 PM (MeckE)

120 scented candle

Warning for parrot owner morons,
scented candles can poison the air. Like "little tree" air freshener.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at November 24, 2024 03:00 PM (e8Sk7)

121 118 I was sitting by the pool today, and the little umbrella in my tropical drink was swamped when I jostled the glass, and, wouldn't you know it, not an umbrella-gaff-handler in sight.
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And when you do find good help, they're so coarse.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 24, 2024 03:01 PM (vd6bO)

122 111 repairclinic

+1

Got the heating element for our Whirlpool stove/oven last year. Easy peasy to fix. They carry a bunch of parts, including Samsung.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 24, 2024 02:56 PM (Q4IgG)

--- --
Worked fine for me.
They were slower on delivery than Amazon but cheaper.

Most of the parts pages have videos attached to show you how to install them, as well.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 24, 2024 03:03 PM (6ydKt)

123 96 My FWP this week is my own damn fault. Being 29, I take a number of prescriptions and OTC vitamins and supplements twice daily.
---

Got tired of it, I do six weeks a time - green for the morning, purple for the evening. And Gabapentin has zero affect on me.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at November 24, 2024 03:03 PM (TDdfP)

124 109 Government regs. have screwed up dishwasher and washing machines to the point where they are problematic.

As for the Samsung gas ovens -- sucker! Buy American. They all essentially use the same parts. Minify features. The smarter/more digital they are the more there is to go wrong; usually involving a motherboard, which costs more than the residual value of the appliance.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at November 24, 2024 03:04 PM (wBaIH)

125 124 Complexity is not our friend.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 24, 2024 03:05 PM (vd6bO)

126 >>>So am i just stuck never cooking at 425 or 450?
Posted by: 18-1
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Buy an old Chambers Range and have it overhauled. Now you'll have a classic that won't break.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at November 24, 2024 03:06 PM (TDdfP)

127
Do you have a new fangled dishwasher?

If yes, you probably have a Filter that requires frequent rinsing. Check your manual.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 24, 2024 03:06 PM (rabIu)

128 Skidmore's leather cream. Accept no substitutes.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 24, 2024 03:07 PM (gGMRM)

129 They do the same thing with food. Some brands of sour cream have half a dozen or more ingredients, only the first one being the necessary one.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 24, 2024 03:07 PM (vd6bO)

130 Speed Queen still makes a few not the simpler models.
Posted by: Don in SoCo

I'm looking at their TC and TR model washers right now. The Samsung that we have that came with the house works pretty well but the damn thing has a rusted bleach cup. Momma is not happy. So, out it goes.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 24, 2024 03:08 PM (WXNFJ)

131 121 - And when you do find good help, they're so coarse. - Don in SoCo.

M'yes, and they carry on as if they view their tasks as being somehow infra dig. Savages.

Posted by: Paco at November 24, 2024 03:08 PM (njExo)

132 Saddle soap has many uses.

Posted by: Lindsey Graham at November 24, 2024 03:08 PM (/U5Yz)

133 My FWP - I need a new Christmas Tree. Have you seen what they cost? Ugh.

Posted by: Piper at November 24, 2024 03:08 PM (pZEOD)

134 Don’t use saddle soap. Use BLACKROCK Leather ’N’ Rich. Much better. Doesn’t get hard.

Posted by: IndyBill at November 24, 2024 03:08 PM (+WI3k)

135 Speed Queen still makes a few not the simpler models.
Posted by: Don in SoCo

I'm looking at their TC and TR model washers right now. The Samsung that we have that came with the house works pretty well but the damn thing has a rusted bleach cup. Momma is not happy. So, out it goes.
Posted by: Tonypete at November 24, 2024 03:08 PM (WXNFJ)

Test equipment for your new trebuchet?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at November 24, 2024 03:09 PM (VNX3d)

136 I wonder if someone sells a "Jet-Fuel" scented candle or air freshener?

My dad worked nights at the refinery loading rack office ("Sales Department"). He'd come home in his company-blue coveralls to get me up for school. I thought JP-5 was a kind of aftershave.

One day he told me he'd just shipped the fuel for President Kennedy's airplane. Looking back later, I guess it didn't take much to make a special day at school in those days.

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at November 24, 2024 03:10 PM (zdLoL)

137 Btw, is Ace really trying his hand at making beef jerky? I've been making my own for a few months now and it's delicious - and, I believe, marginally more economical than buying the stuff.

Posted by: Paco at November 24, 2024 03:10 PM (njExo)

138 Doesn’t get hard.
Posted by: IndyBill

Bob Dole is here to help.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 24, 2024 03:11 PM (WXNFJ)

139 >>>The smarter/more digital they are the more there is to go wrong; usually involving a motherboard, which costs more than the residual value of the appliance.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhuko
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Right. Gas is not complex, one needs air, a spark, an outlet (burner) and an adjustment valve.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at November 24, 2024 03:11 PM (TDdfP)

140 We were looking at Speed Queen washers, but Mrs. Paco insists that she needs one that will handle between 4 and 5 cubic feet, and I don't recollect seeing any of that size.

Posted by: Paco at November 24, 2024 03:13 PM (njExo)

141 I have no idea why I had this bookmarked, but it's funny, so sharing before I delete:
A Secret Meeting of the Grandmas
https://shorturl.at/lG5Td

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 24, 2024 03:13 PM (KcwUg)

142
Yes, always get the 5 cubic foot size. At least.

Unless you sleep in Twin Beds and have nothing large to wash.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 24, 2024 03:14 PM (rabIu)

143
$25 for candles??

Come on.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 24, 2024 03:15 PM (rabIu)

144 First world problem.

Christmas decorating. Alone. Boys have their own lives. Even when they were home, they HATED getting all the stuff out and helping. I tried every bribe imaginable. I even plied them with booze when they were in Jr High! Nope.

Oh well. I like the finished product. It takes me days to fluff everything and arrange and rearrange and fluff some more.

Lucy likes her heating pad under the tree.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 24, 2024 03:16 PM (3izFu)

145 139 The smarter/more digital they are the more there is to go wrong; usually involving a motherboard, which costs more than the residual value of the appliance.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhuko

Truer words were never spoken. Our washer broke down during the pandemic when supply chains were backed up and it took forever to get the right part (I believe the electronics got fried). We wound up washing our clothes in a bathtub. I was seriously thinking about buying a washboard. Fortunately, the machine was still under warranty; if I had been required to pay out of pocket, I'd have been better off just buying a new one.

Posted by: Paco at November 24, 2024 03:16 PM (njExo)

146
btw, You People do know that ~~Turkey~~ Smoked Pork Butt Day is in 4 days, yes?

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 24, 2024 03:17 PM (rabIu)

147 I'm coming inside for a few swigs of beer before going out and finishing mowing the lawn for the last time this year to mulch whatever leaves I can.

Back to it.....

Lawn mowing in Canada on Nov 24th.....

Grrrr....

Posted by: Stateless at November 24, 2024 03:17 PM (jvJvP)

148 A Secret Meeting of the Grandmas
https://shorturl.at/lG5Td

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 24, 2024 03:13 PM (KcwUg)

they're plotting their next Christmas Sweater heist.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 24, 2024 03:17 PM (6ydKt)

149
I'm having Ham.

From the Honey Baked Ham Co.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 24, 2024 03:17 PM (rabIu)

150 18-1, maybe buy a countertop toaster / convection oven and use that while you search for an aftermarket replacement part or a new oven.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 24, 2024 03:17 PM (KcwUg)

151 142 Yes, always get the 5 cubic foot size. At least.

Unless you sleep in Twin Beds and have nothing large to wash. - Soothsayer

Yeah, that's exactly the problem: we need big capacity for the comforter and king-size sheets.

Posted by: Paco at November 24, 2024 03:18 PM (njExo)

152 144
Christmas decorating. Alone.
Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November

Nobody helps me here, either. So I put on Christmas music, make some tea and do it myself. Bah humbug.

Posted by: Piper at November 24, 2024 03:18 PM (pZEOD)

153 140 Ours specifies load size as 16lbs. It was not particularly easy to find. Only one place up in Colorado Springs actually had one.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 24, 2024 03:19 PM (vd6bO)

154 >>>117 Amazon had the vacuum filters for my 20 y/o Bissel. 15$ and came the next day.
Bexos is a snake but Amazon epitomizes what the internet does best.
Posted by: Accomack
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Double on the snake and what the snake does best is sales. I ordered a replacement item from FoMoCo, it was wrong and they didn't have the original. Who on earth through all the shopping had it? Yeah, Amazon. caveat: I don't trust ebay or etsy for replacement parts or much else either.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at November 24, 2024 03:19 PM (TDdfP)

155 Can advertising beat reality?

They sure are spending a lot of money to make EVs look fabulous!!!

CBD should probably buy one, then the burning down the house option will be taken out of his hands.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 24, 2024 03:20 PM (eDfFs)

156 Not a lot of Christmas decorating in San Francisco. I definitely miss the colored lights that were everywhere back East this time of year.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 24, 2024 03:21 PM (RIvkX)

157 Linked in nic: pic of a carriage bolt that came from Mom's piano, a 70-some-year-old Knabe baby grand.

When the piano movers set it up about a year ago, they told us there was a bolt missing. Months later, we found a bolt on the floor under the piano. Wiggled out from wherever it was hiding.

In the photo, the bolt on the left is the original carriage bolt, which you may see is bent to unusability.

SonM shopped at Tractor Supply and Lowe's for possible matches. Thread was matched, but length - not quite but close enough. No match on the slotted head.

Settled on the bolt on the right, which you cannot see has a recessed hex head, as the most suitable, but necessarily using a smaller washer. SonM, of course, had the right tool for the job.

After years in storage and a year without that bolt, the piano is all together again.

Now it just needs tuning…

Posted by: mindful webworker - first world traveler at November 24, 2024 03:21 PM (vUvG1)

158 Buying a new can of saddle soap seems, well, boring.

All other options should be on the table and offered PPV.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at November 24, 2024 03:21 PM (tT6L1)

159 I'm coming inside for a few swigs of beer before going out and finishing mowing the lawn for the last time this year to mulch whatever leaves I can.

Back to it.....

Lawn mowing in Canada on Nov 24th.....

Grrrr....
Posted by: Stateless at November 24, 2024 03:17 PM (jvJvP)

Heh. Went outside for a bit, and used the snow shovel to clear about 2" of the white shit off my footpaths, and the ramp going into the big shop. Ten degrees F, but next to no wind, and there was bright sunshine, so it was not too bad. Not enough new snow to mandate the snow blower. Now, at least, I don't have to armor up in insulated coveralls and felt pac boots just to get to the shop or garage.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2024 03:22 PM (0IhkV)

160 Can advertising beat reality?

They sure are spending a lot of money to make EVs look fabulous!!!

CBD should probably buy one, then the burning down the house option will be taken out of his hands.
Posted by: naturalfake at November 24, 2024 03:20 PM (eDfFs)

It would have to support Sous Vide to interest him....

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at November 24, 2024 03:22 PM (VNX3d)

161 naturalflake or at least be covered by insurance

Posted by: Skip at November 24, 2024 03:22 PM (fwDg9)

162 Think only used saddle soap on new baseball gloves

Posted by: Skip at November 24, 2024 02:02 PM (fwDg9)
______________

Neat's Foot Oil is traditional.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 24, 2024 03:24 PM (YqDXo)

163 Corsicana does a fabulous job of decorating the town. They put a huge Christmas tree right on the main street, wreaths all over and tons of lights. Beautiful at night.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 24, 2024 03:24 PM (gGMRM)

164 Can advertising beat reality?

They sure are spending a lot of money to make EVs look fabulous!!!

CBD should probably buy one, then the burning down the house option will be taken out of his hands.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 24, 2024 03:20 PM (eDfFs)
_______________

How long before insurance company actuaries take notice of the fire problem, and thereby knock the EV crap right on the head?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 24, 2024 03:26 PM (YqDXo)

165 I’ll be moving to a new house at the end of January and am starting the process of packing up my current house. A job I’m not wanting to do at all and it actually delayed my decision to move for over a year . If I won just a small lottery I would take just what I could fit in my truck , sell my house at below market and just start over from scratch at the new house.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 24, 2024 03:27 PM (D6PGr)

166 Neatsfoot oil is not the best choice for any leather.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 24, 2024 03:27 PM (gGMRM)

167 We have a grandmother, not grandfather clock in need of new mechanicals. The difference between the two is mostly size. Ours is about 5'6" tall and about 10" wide in the neck and wider at the face and base.

The 8 day mechanicals with installation by a local clocksmith is almost $700.

Not sure it's worth it. But a new clock of similar size and style is over $1.5K.

Decisions... it's been broken for years.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 24, 2024 03:28 PM (Q4IgG)

168 166 Neatsfoot oil is not the best choice for any leather.
Posted by: Ben Had at November

Especially the compound. It will do very bad things to your stitching!

Posted by: Piper at November 24, 2024 03:28 PM (pZEOD)

169 RocketLab Launch - Ice AIS Baby
10:55 PM EST

https://www.youtube.com/live/fps-ilnHsEM

Pad : LC-1B
Location : Maria Peninsula, New Zealand
Rocket : Electron

Live stream starts at T-25:00.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at November 24, 2024 03:28 PM (VNX3d)

170 Saddle Soap. I loved the smell as a young man (well, below 50 anyway). It meant I was getting ready to play baseball.

Posted by: javems at November 24, 2024 03:28 PM (8I4hW)

171 I bought new car seats and a center console via eBay motors. Everything went well.
I get parts from Amazon. It took me a while to figure out why Amazon said the LuqiMoli I wanted was not recommended for my Kia. It was N+ instead of 2N++ or something.
Bezos is a snake but he does have good engineers.

Posted by: Accomack at November 24, 2024 03:28 PM (aHqhe)

172 CBD should probably buy one, then the burning down the house option will be taken out of his hands.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 24, 2024 03:20 PM (eDfFs)

Excellent plan!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 24, 2024 03:29 PM (d9fT1)

173 Natural oils spoil and maybe acidic. Vaseline and lanolin are great.

Posted by: Accomack at November 24, 2024 03:29 PM (aHqhe)

174
btw, I saw an ingenious Youtube video on how to make your own Stud/Nail Finder.

So Simple. So Elegant.

Tie a good Magnet to a string and dangle it over the wall.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 24, 2024 03:30 PM (rabIu)

175 After years in storage and a year without that bolt, the piano is all together again.

Now it just needs tuning…
Posted by: mindful webworker - first world traveler at November 24, 2024 03:21 PM (vUvG1)

A quibble: the original bolt is almost assuredly not a carriage bolt, since it has a slotted head, which implies it is meant to be turned by a screwdriver. Second one is a carriage bolt, since it has no slot, and it has a squared shank immediately beneath the head, which is intended to wedge tightly in the drilled hole in a piece of wood, locking the bolt from turning as the nut is tightened.

I would characterize the piano bolt as a truss-head slotted machine screw, and it is probably obsolete. Myself, if appearance were an issue, I would go with a black iron carriage bolt of suitable size, grind the square shank round and smooth, and slot the head. If it is out sight, the hex socket-head bolt is is perfectly fine, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2024 03:30 PM (0IhkV)

176 My FWP - I need a new Christmas Tree. Have you seen what they cost? Ugh.
Posted by: Piper

Had to buy a new one this year as the puppy chewed the cord on the old one last year. Bought a small pre lit flocked tree. Yikes. The price. Some of the big ones get into the thousands of dollars.

Posted by: Tuna at November 24, 2024 03:30 PM (oaGWv)

177
I'm coming inside for a few swigs of beer before going out and finishing mowing the lawn for the last time this year to mulch whatever leaves I can.

Back to it.....

Lawn mowing in Canada on Nov 24th.....

Grrrr....
Posted by: Stateless

Doing the same here except it's Gatorade and I'm in central Indiana. Temp is 57 and I'm sweating.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 24, 2024 03:31 PM (63Dwl)

178 CBD should probably buy one, then the burning down the house option will be taken out of his hands.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 24, 2024 03:20 PM (eDfFs)

Excellent plan!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 24, 2024 03:29 PM (d9fT1)

If you want to increase the odds, have it painted like the General Lee, and drive like Bo Duke.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at November 24, 2024 03:31 PM (VNX3d)

179
Chris Christiansen > Cowboy Magic > Mane and Tail

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 24, 2024 03:32 PM (O0faj)

180 We were looking at Speed Queen washers, but Mrs. Paco insists that she needs one that will handle between 4 and 5 cubic feet, and I don't recollect seeing any of that size.
Posted by: Paco

Paco, she's right- they don't. However, you can fill the SQ using 100% capacity of the drum. Most other manufacturers advise against going over 65-70% of their drum capacity.

So, it pretty much evens out.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 24, 2024 03:32 PM (WXNFJ)

181 CBD should probably buy one, then the burning down the house option will be taken out of his hands.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 24, 2024 03:20 PM (eDfFs)

Excellent plan!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 24, 2024 03:29 PM (d9fT1)

If you want to increase the odds, have it painted like the General Lee, and drive like Bo Duke.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at November 24, 2024 03:31 PM (VNX3d)

Just make sure to call it the General Electric.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at November 24, 2024 03:32 PM (VNX3d)

182 Natural oils spoil and maybe acidic. Vaseline and lanolin are great.
Posted by: Accomack at November 24, 2024 03:29 PM (aHqhe)

Lanolin will never go baaaad!

Posted by: The Sheep at November 24, 2024 03:33 PM (0IhkV)

183 Our little town decorates. The Tree Lighting is Dec 2. The Tree Lighting for Fairhope already happened. We bring in fake snow makers. 😂

Posted by: Piper at November 24, 2024 03:33 PM (pZEOD)

184 51 What do you use on the horse? Mane n' Tail?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 24, 2024 02:27 PM (6ydKt)
----
Nah, Head 'n Shoulders. That's why after a gallop the horse's mane is always lathered.

Posted by: Ciampino - what a quandary at November 24, 2024 03:35 PM (i0xsb)

185 At my new development it’s a golf cart friendly community . I wouldn’t consider one except they also have a private golf course where you would have to rent as not included in membership.

So I went on line to see what a refurbished used cart would cost. Shocked. But what I did note is that most of the newer carts are Ion lithium which I wouldn’t buy even if I thought it was affordable.

If I buy one it will be the lead acid battery model. Decent refurbished used cart is 4k. WTF.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 24, 2024 03:35 PM (D6PGr)

186 This time of year the cedar trees have the purple berries on the branches and make great swags and wreaths. I will put the wooden reindeer on the gates the day after Thanksgiving.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 24, 2024 03:35 PM (gGMRM)

187 I’ll be moving to a new house at the end of January and am starting the process of packing up my current house. A job I’m not wanting to do at all and it actually delayed my decision to move for over a year . If I won just a small lottery I would take just what I could fit in my truck , sell my house at below market and just start over from scratch at the new house.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth

Packing and moving sucks. Unpacking sucks more.

Posted by: Tuna at November 24, 2024 03:35 PM (oaGWv)

188 Either use it more frequently, buy more items to use it on, or purchase smaller quantity containers.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at November 24, 2024 03:35 PM (hKoQL)

189 CBD, one word, sous vide ..... two words.

Posted by: Ciampino - what quandaries at November 24, 2024 03:36 PM (i0xsb)

190 Lanolin will never go baaaad!
Posted by: The Sheep at November 24, 2024 03:33 PM (0IhkV)
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Sheep - they get a little lanolin, they think they rule the world.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at November 24, 2024 03:36 PM (z0QHk)

191 >>Corsicana does a fabulous job of decorating the town. They put a huge Christmas tree right on the main street, wreaths all over and tons of lights. Beautiful at night.

But does Santa and Mrs. Claus come by boat to light the tree?

Posted by: JackStraw at November 24, 2024 03:36 PM (LkLld)

192
Everyone's snowblowers ready to go?

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 24, 2024 03:36 PM (rabIu)

193 Waukesha recently dedicated their memorial to those affected by the Waukesha Christmas Parade ruined by the nut driving through it.

For at least a time on Google, they showed it named after the nut, not the parade or the people it was meant to commemorate. I need to find more ways to de-google my life - they don't deserve any of my traffic or data.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at November 24, 2024 03:36 PM (VNX3d)

194 Lanolin collects dirt and grime. I wouldn't touch a bridle that had it used on it.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 24, 2024 03:37 PM (gGMRM)

195
Packing and moving sucks. Unpacking sucks more.
Posted by: Tuna at November 24, 2024 03:35 PM (oaGWv)

_________

Unpacking is like Christmas in reverse. You know what's in the boxes and you don't want to open them.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 24, 2024 03:37 PM (O0faj)

196 Here is a pic of Fairhope all lit up.

https://tinyurl.com/ys9xxywy

Posted by: Piper at November 24, 2024 03:37 PM (pZEOD)

197 180 Paco, she's right- they don't. However, you can fill the SQ using 100% capacity of the drum. Most other manufacturers advise against going over 65-70% of their drum capacity.

So, it pretty much evens out. - TonyPete

Thanks! That's news I can use.

Posted by: Paco at November 24, 2024 03:37 PM (njExo)

198 Warning - FWP: Wife is now on the road driving to assist butthead daughter near Orlando. Thanksgiving here is seriously in doubt. If spotted, do not approach. Wife is monumentally pissed off and wants to kill a certain someone - but will settle for anyone.

Perhaps try to pacify by throwing chocolate offerings in her general direction. But still, don't say I didn't warn you.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 24, 2024 03:38 PM (WXNFJ)

199 So I went on line to see what a refurbished used cart would cost. Shocked. But what I did note is that most of the newer carts are Ion lithium which I wouldn’t buy even if I thought it was affordable.

If I buy one it will be the lead acid battery model. Decent refurbished used cart is 4k. WTF.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 24, 2024 03:35 PM (D6PGr)

Do they allow gasoline-powered golf carts? They are pretty quiet and trouble-free. Just sit down, put your foot on the accelerator, and go.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2024 03:38 PM (0IhkV)

200 186. Too bad there is not much you can do with juniper berries...have a lot this year.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 24, 2024 03:38 PM (vd6bO)

201 Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2024 03:38 PM (0IhkV)

Unfortunately not allowed.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 24, 2024 03:38 PM (D6PGr)

202
Too bad there is not much you can do with juniper berries.

________

You can go into the gin business.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 24, 2024 03:39 PM (O0faj)

203 Brunette: "I think for his birthday I'll give my boyfriend Head and Shoulders."
Blonde: is silent for a while, then "How do you give shoulders?"

Posted by: Ciampino - Compendium of Blonde Humor at November 24, 2024 03:40 PM (i0xsb)

204 200 186. Too bad there is not much you can do with juniper berries...have a lot this year.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 24, 2024 03:38 PM (vd6bO)

Don’t you flavor gin with those?

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 24, 2024 03:40 PM (W6hoT)

205 Too bad there is not much you can do with juniper berries.

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You can go into the gin business.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

I don't cotton to that.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 24, 2024 03:40 PM (WXNFJ)

206 Too bad there is not much you can do with juniper berries...have a lot this year.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 24, 2024 03:38 PM (vd6bO)

Now every time I hear juniper berries/tree I think of the movie Mud. The girlfriend was named Juniper.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 24, 2024 03:40 PM (D6PGr)

207 Perhaps try to pacify by throwing chocolate offerings in her general direction. But still, don't say I didn't warn you.
Posted by: Tonypete at November 24, 2024 03:38 PM (WXNFJ)

You could at least list recommended minimums here. One level for minimal safety, and another to be left alone.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at November 24, 2024 03:41 PM (VNX3d)

208 Unfortunately not allowed.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 24, 2024 03:38 PM (D6PGr)

Respectfully suggest you find another community. Or troll them. Get a lead-acid battery cart, install one battery, and put a gasoline-powered genset in the cart's cargo space to charge the battery.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2024 03:42 PM (0IhkV)

209 176
Had to buy a new one this year as the puppy chewed the cord on the old one last year. Bought a small pre lit flocked tree. Yikes. The price. Some of the big ones get into the thousands of dollars.
Posted by: Tuna at November

I have 10 foot ceilings. Maybe I just let the fiasco of a real tree happen.

Posted by: Piper at November 24, 2024 03:42 PM (pZEOD)

210 According to Wiki, Alliance Laundry makes SQ and Huebsch machines. My local laundries use Huebsch.

Posted by: Accomack at November 24, 2024 03:42 PM (MeckE)

211 Now every time I hear juniper berries/tree I think of the movie Mud. The girlfriend was named Juniper.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 24, 2024 03:40 PM (D6PGr)
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Nothing wrong with that.

Posted by: Donovan Leitch at November 24, 2024 03:42 PM (z0QHk)

212 Buy smaller packages or tins or whatnot, so you use it up before the moisture in it evaporates.

It's science.

Posted by: Don Black at November 24, 2024 02:45 PM (/7KEl)
_________________

Pro tip: store things that tend to dry out (e.g., plastic wood, spackle, etc.) upside down, so that the contents descend to the cap. Then the stuff right around the edge of the cap dries out, it forms a seal that keeps the rest of the contents fresh.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 24, 2024 03:43 PM (YqDXo)

213 I live in a golf cart community too.

Autonomous golf carts.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 24, 2024 03:43 PM (RIvkX)

214 Soon to be a real 1WP, having to pay the entire cost of a EV and not getting tax money to help.

Posted by: Skip at November 24, 2024 03:44 PM (fwDg9)

215 Mane n Tail is a great hair conditioner. I have used nothing but Orvus shampoo for years. One 4 lb tub at 20 bucks last for years. It cleans your hair without stripping the natural oils.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 24, 2024 03:44 PM (gGMRM)

216 Too bad there is not much you can do with juniper berries...have a lot this year.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 24, 2024 03:38 PM (vd6bO)

Juniper goes well with pork...

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 24, 2024 03:44 PM (d9fT1)

217 Babylon Bee: Local Man Passes Bar Exam After Just One Week Of Watching 'The View'

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at November 24, 2024 03:45 PM (VNX3d)

218 212
Pro tip: store things that tend to dry out (e.g., plastic wood, spackle, etc.) upside down, so that the contents descend to the cap. Then the stuff right around the edge of the cap dries out, it forms a seal that keeps the rest of the contents fresh.
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Heh. Or it leaks out onto the cabinet shelf.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 24, 2024 03:45 PM (vd6bO)

219 Nothing wrong with that.
Posted by: Donovan Leitch at November 24, 2024 03:42 PM (z0QHk)

Hah ! Until just this minute I thought the lyrics were
Jennifer, Jennifer…

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 24, 2024 03:46 PM (D6PGr)

220 It's going to be Thanksgiving in 4 days and California is still counting ballots.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 24, 2024 03:46 PM (LkLld)

221 Pro tip: store things that tend to dry out (e.g., plastic wood, spackle, etc.) upside down, so that the contents descend to the cap. Then the stuff right around the edge of the cap dries out, it forms a seal that keeps the rest of the contents fresh.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 24, 2024 03:43 PM (YqDXo)

Good advice! I always invert paint cans with the friction-fit lids for a few seconds after reclosing them, to get a film of paint to seal any leaks in the lid. POR-15 is notorious for going hard in the can. What I did for it was use the CO2 cylinder on my welder to fill the headspace on the can with CO2, and then close the lid. Kept oxygen and/or moisture in the air from catalyzing the unused paint into hardening.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2024 03:47 PM (0IhkV)

222 Isn't there a Donovan song about Jennifer, Juniper?

Posted by: Ciampino - Oldies? at November 24, 2024 03:47 PM (i0xsb)

223 True. Vaseline is cleaner but I find it doesn't last. I use them on my work boots. The dress boots get different stuff.
Lanolin works on power tool spindles. I found Bag Balm is the only thing that heals my skin when using plaster .

Posted by: Accomack at November 24, 2024 03:47 PM (GxmKP)

224 Heh. Or it leaks out onto the cabinet shelf.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 24, 2024 03:45 PM (vd6bO)
________________

Not if you put the cap on properly. If worried about it, put the whole thing into a baggie.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 24, 2024 03:48 PM (YqDXo)

225 People on Chincoteague have 6 seat golf carts.

Posted by: Accomack at November 24, 2024 03:49 PM (GxmKP)

226 Lanolin works on power tool spindles. I found Bag Balm is the only thing that heals my skin when using plaster .
Posted by: Accomack at November 24, 2024 03:47 PM (GxmKP)

Your plastering technique intrigues me. Tell me more!

Posted by: Pete Buttigeig at November 24, 2024 03:49 PM (0IhkV)

227 You put saddle soap on with a hot moist cloth. The heat re-forms the soap to fit the tin. The soap should be worked up to a mild frothing foam to be rubbed into the leather. Then you buff.
Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at November 24, 2024 02:15 PM (zdLoL)

Rubbing the saddle soap until it is foamy in the buff . . .

Kinky.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 24, 2024 03:49 PM (D7oie)

228 Just got back from the supermarket to buy the turkey day essentials. I remarked to the checkout lady that it seemed pretty subdued; I'd expected more craziness.

"Shhhhhhhhh!! Don't say that out loud!", she pleaded. "People are gettin' all agitated over ONE MEAL!"

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Agent of Chaos at November 24, 2024 03:49 PM (kpS4V)

229 Dried out paint is also my headache on the move. I thought I had paint to do touch ups but some of the room colors had dried out.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 24, 2024 03:50 PM (D6PGr)

230 226 Lanolin works on power tool spindles. I found Bag Balm is the only thing that heals my skin when using plaster .
Posted by: Accomack at November 24, 2024 03:47 PM (GxmKP)

Your plastering technique intrigues me. Tell me more!
Posted by: Pete Buttigeig

Yes, much more.

Posted by: Lindsey Graham at November 24, 2024 03:50 PM (/U5Yz)

231 My artificial tree is 18 years old. Most of the lights still work. It doesn't fluff as well as it used to.

I will look and see what prices are after the holidays when stuff goes on sale.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 24, 2024 03:51 PM (SCmha)

232 Heh. Or it leaks out onto the cabinet shelf.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 24, 2024 03:45 PM (vd6bO)
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And you wonder why the container's contents dry out when the container is right side up ...

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 24, 2024 03:51 PM (YqDXo)

233 @ 38 @34 That's nothing compared to neat's feet.
_________________________________________

Been a long time since I saw my last neat ...

Posted by: Dr_No at November 24, 2024 03:52 PM (ayRl+)

234 A quibble: the original bolt is almost assuredly not a carriage bolt… If it is out sight, the hex socket-head bolt is is perfectly fine, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Thanks for the bolt knowledge. Yes, fortunately, the bolt is out of sight. "Good enough" repair.

Posted by: mindful webworker - what is the second world? at November 24, 2024 03:53 PM (vUvG1)

235 >>>If I buy one it will be the lead acid battery model. Decent refurbished used cart is 4k. WTF.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth
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Be exclusive, buy one with an old Cushman kick start.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at November 24, 2024 03:53 PM (TDdfP)

236 Invert your own rectum, Senator.

Posted by: Accomack at November 24, 2024 03:54 PM (GxmKP)

237 232
Some guys would say this glass if half full. Some would say it's half empty. I say you didn't put the lid on right.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 24, 2024 03:54 PM (vd6bO)

238 230 226 Lanolin works on power tool spindles. I found Bag Balm is the only thing that heals my skin when using plaster .
Posted by: Accomack at November 24, 2024 03:47 PM (GxmKP)

Your plastering technique intrigues me. Tell me more!
Posted by: Pete Buttigeig

Yes, much more.

Posted by: Lindsey Graham at November 24, 2024 03:50 PM (/U5Yz)
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Pictures even.

Posted by: Ciampino - Oldies at November 24, 2024 03:54 PM (i0xsb)

239 My horse nut sister uses Lexol for her leather saddles and tack. Swears by it. I think she buys it by the gallon.

Posted by: Lindsey Graham at November 24, 2024 03:57 PM (/U5Yz)

240 off balm filled sock

Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 24, 2024 03:58 PM (/U5Yz)

241 Be exclusive, buy one with an old Cushman kick start.
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at November 24, 2024 03:53 PM (TDdfP)

Harley-Davidson made (electric) golf carts, once upon a time:

https://tinyurl.com/yfetbjp6

You could get one of those, equip it with an amp and speaker to make the "potato, potato" sound, and even rig a small bottle to drip a few drops of dirty oil every time it gets parked.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2024 03:58 PM (0IhkV)

242 231 My artificial tree is 18 years old. Most of the lights still work. It doesn't fluff as well as it used to.

I will look and see what prices are after the holidays when stuff goes on sale.
Posted by: nurse ratched

The cats sent mine to the dump last year. They had the branches pointing straight down to the floor, it was beyond Charlie Brown Tree status. 😂

Posted by: Piper at November 24, 2024 03:58 PM (p4NUW)

243 The nice thing about endurance world is its okay to have brightly colored biothane or my preference betathane bridles and reins.

Posted by: PaleRider at November 24, 2024 03:59 PM (CKOCg)

244 Nood Food

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at November 24, 2024 04:00 PM (VNX3d)

245 FOODIE NOODIE TIME
get cleaned up and upstairs

Posted by: Skip at November 24, 2024 04:01 PM (fwDg9)

246 Marketing idea for someone: make a virtual Christmas tree. Not sure if a hologram would work, but you could make a telescoping metal pole, with conical covering of white fabric, like a teepee, and then project images of a Christmas on its interior from projectors in the base.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2024 04:03 PM (0IhkV)

247 Some guys would say this glass if half full. Some would say it's half empty. I say you didn't put the lid on right.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 24, 2024 03:54 PM (vd6bO

My father subscribed to Readers Digest when I was a kid. I noted that they paid for submissions on jokes , military humor ,things kids say,etc.

I decided I would try and make up a ‘things kids say’ and submit like my Father sent it and try and get $50 !

After thinking awhile I came up with

Father: you can look at things either negatively or positively. Is the glass half full or half empty ?

Kid: it depends. Were you filling the glass or pouring it out?

I thought for sure the money was mine. The young mind has no self awareness.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 24, 2024 04:06 PM (D6PGr)

248 Our, now my, artificial tree is so old it is not pre-lit and it drops a few needles. I had thought about replacing it but it has more natural looking needles then most trees and I'm not sure what brand to look for to get that. Plus its sentimental now.

Posted by: PaleRider at November 24, 2024 04:09 PM (CKOCg)

249 Our, now my, artificial tree is so old it is not pre-lit and it drops a few needles. I had thought about replacing it but it has more natural looking needles then most trees and I'm not sure what brand to look for to get that. Plus its sentimental now.
Posted by: PaleRider at November 24, 2024 04:09 PM (CKOCg)

If the bottom part of the tree is what looks bad, why not continue using just the top half of the tree, perhaps on a table? It isn't as much work to put together, but keeps the sentiment alive for more years.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at November 24, 2024 04:12 PM (VNX3d)

250 249. I did that last year and set the tree on coffee table that had been pushed against the wall to reduce the amount of space needed for the tree since the hospital bed and etc. for dad didn't leave floor space for the full tree. But it is the top bit of the tree that is the most worn. But, sentimental and its not like I have to impress guests with a spectacular tree.

Posted by: PaleRider at November 24, 2024 04:18 PM (CKOCg)

251 We were looking at Speed Queen washers, but Mrs. Paco insists that she needs one that will handle between 4 and 5 cubic feet, and I don't recollect seeing any of that size.
Posted by: Paco
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I bought a S.Q. about a year ago. TR5003WN. It's very quiet and cleans well, but small. It will do king sheets, but not comforter.

Also-- control board failed once already. 5yr warranty, so we didn't have to pay, but PITA.

Not sure it's worth $1200.

Posted by: JQ at November 24, 2024 04:21 PM (njWTi)

252 Saddle Soaps
https://www.doversaddlery.com/search.aspx?ss=saddle%20soap

Posted by: Eric at November 24, 2024 04:35 PM (a2F+C)

253 sign in

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 24, 2024 08:42 PM (hovnC)

254 Squirt a little (yes, a little) lighter fluid onto that shrunken cake, put the lid back on and let it set for a week. It will be back pretty close to normal when you open it back up. (If you don't have lighter fluid, use naphtha or even coleman fuel instead. It's pretty much the same thing)

Posted by: DaveK at November 24, 2024 09:18 PM (02wD0)

255 Oh... saddle soap! For that, just put some water in there with it. You use the lighter fluid for the polish when that shrinks in the can.

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Posted by: bleach at December 02, 2024 02:18 AM (BkWRj)

257 Hey! Do you know if they make any plugins to protect against hackers?
I'm kinda paranoid about losing everything I've worked hard on. Any tips?

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