First World Problems...

It's difficult to see in the photo, but that door is guaranteed to smash one's fingers or knuckles if opened the normal way, by grasping the handle and pushing.

Why? Because the handle is mounted so close to the edge of the door that it is impossible to open without pain unless one is delicate and careful and holds the handle by the edge while simultaneously curling one's hand away from the other door.

Which nobody does. So they smash their thumbs or knuckles or fingers, depending on their preferred door-opening technique, against the other door, and then curse.

Loudly.

Posted by: CBD at 02:00 PM

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1 1 again

Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2025 02:01 PM (2ovuE)

2 first.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 30, 2025 02:01 PM (e5NfL)

3 2 7/8" backsest to center of door handle is normal,

Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2025 02:03 PM (2ovuE)

4 "They" meaning "you," right?

Posted by: bluebell at March 30, 2025 02:03 PM (79pEw)

5 This is why I always have one of the servants open doors for me.

Posted by: Paco at March 30, 2025 02:03 PM (mADJX)

6 That's some fancy door handle.

Posted by: Tuna at March 30, 2025 02:04 PM (lJ0H4)

7 Also, please congratulate me on single-handedly fixing our disposal that hasn't worked for over a month. *bows*

Posted by: bluebell at March 30, 2025 02:04 PM (79pEw)

8 Looks like the escutcheon is at the edge of the door, or close to that.

Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2025 02:04 PM (2ovuE)

9 French door?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 30, 2025 02:04 PM (Q4IgG)

10 Those ancient doors in the UK are worse. The knob is a tiny pull at the top of the door. Weirdo limeys.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 30, 2025 02:05 PM (mlg/3)

11 Damnable French doors

Posted by: Ben Had at March 30, 2025 02:05 PM (keLsF)

12 Similar enough, the back seats of Jeeps aren't meant for humans.

If you have knees, they will always bang on the frame, and if you have feet, they have this lip on the bottom you have to lift them over, while banging your knee on the frame.

And if you try to swing your legs out, and get down from the seat without touching any of the metal, you look like a five year old getting out of a bar stool, the seats are so high.

Designed by people who have no friends.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 30, 2025 02:06 PM (QEJzX)

13 Your place? Palace of Versailles?

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at March 30, 2025 02:07 PM (gHp8a)

14 The china door-knob fell off the fitting at my dad's house's front door the other day, and on inspection, the lead cramping it to the cast iron shaft came off from too much work. I suspect that knob is original to the house, and it has been there since it was built in 1898, though it might date to the first remodel about 1900 when they built the extension.
Things just don't last like they used to!

(I am researching if I want to melt and pour more lead to fix the handle back on. Because of course I do.)

Posted by: Kindltot at March 30, 2025 02:07 PM (D7oie)

15 >Why? Because the handle is mounted so close to the edge of the door that...
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You have doors? Luxury.

Posted by: Don Black. Message: I don't care. at March 30, 2025 02:07 PM (AOsQT)

16 I thought all the aristocrats hired portal porters to open doors for them.

Posted by: muldoon at March 30, 2025 02:08 PM (/iMjX)

17 French door?
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 30, 2025 02:04 PM (Q4IgG)

Don't. They're covered in lead paint.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 30, 2025 02:08 PM (QEJzX)

18 Is this a french door? and also a Paris door? Perhaps you are supposed to open both doors at once?

Posted by: PaleRider at March 30, 2025 02:08 PM (CKOCg)

19 Since my table saw incident those types of door handles never bothered me.

Posted by: Three Finger Seamus at March 30, 2025 02:09 PM (/iMjX)

20 Also, please congratulate me on single-handedly fixing our disposal that hasn't worked for over a month. *bows*
Posted by: bluebell at March 30, 2025 02:04 PM (79pEw)

Pressed the little reset button, did you?

Posted by: BurtTC at March 30, 2025 02:09 PM (QEJzX)

21 Is this a french door? and also a Paris door? Perhaps you are supposed to open both doors at once?
Posted by: PaleRider at March 30, 2025 02:08 PM (CKOCg)

Wave a white flag at the door before attempting to open it?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 30, 2025 02:09 PM (VNX3d)

22 French door?
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 30, 2025 02:04 PM (Q4IgG)

Since the Iraq war we have been calling them "freedom doors"
It is a thing we do

Posted by: Kindltot at March 30, 2025 02:09 PM (D7oie)

23 "They" meaning "you," right?

Posted by: bluebell at March 30, 2025 02:03 PM (79pEw)

Well!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 30, 2025 02:10 PM (L5An7)

24 Pressed the little reset button, did you?
Posted by: BurtTC at March 30, 2025 02:09 PM (QEJzX)
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Sigh. Am I that transparent?

Yes.

I didn't know it had one until today.

Posted by: bluebell at March 30, 2025 02:10 PM (79pEw)

25 Also, please congratulate me on single-handedly fixing our disposal that hasn't worked for over a month. *bows*

Posted by: bluebell at March 30, 2025 02:04 PM (79pEw)

I am impressed!

And I thought chicks were just good for cooking...

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 30, 2025 02:11 PM (L5An7)

26 When I saw the photo I thought it was a pallbearer's handle on a casket. Glad I was wrong.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at March 30, 2025 02:11 PM (NPytu)

27 I also fished out the rogue pistachio shell that had gummed up the works, so there was additional work involved.

Posted by: bluebell at March 30, 2025 02:11 PM (79pEw)

28
It's difficult to see in the photo, but that door is guaranteed to smash one's fingers or knuckles if opened the normal way, by grasping the handle and pushing.

Then PUSH it!

Posted by: Midvale school for the gifted graduate at March 30, 2025 02:11 PM (63Dwl)

29 Sigh. Am I that transparent?

Yes.

I didn't know it had one until today.
Posted by: bluebell at March 30, 2025 02:10 PM (79pEw)

Ha! Trust me, been there, done that. It's the extent of my disposal fixing skills as well.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 30, 2025 02:12 PM (QEJzX)

30 I didn't know it had one until today.
Posted by: bluebell at March 30, 2025 02:10 PM (79pEw)

We all learn these things the hard way. This by the way is the one seriously positive thing about YouTube. I learned how to replace the clutch assembly in a chainsaw that way.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 30, 2025 02:13 PM (D7oie)

31 I think the smashing fingers is A big problem. A bigger problem is the fact that the door and its knob are hideous. Why would you put anything that ugly in your house?

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at March 30, 2025 02:13 PM (4XwPj)

32 Ha! Trust me, been there, done that. It's the extent of my disposal fixing skills as well.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 30, 2025 02:12 PM (QEJzX)
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Well, if it happens again and the reset button and all else fails, try percussive maintenance. According to the video I watched, it's the cure of last resort and according to the comments under the video, it works a treat.

Posted by: bluebell at March 30, 2025 02:13 PM (79pEw)

33 Bluebell, better that than replacing a septic alarm float like was on my plate.

Your namesake flower is starting to come up out my way.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at March 30, 2025 02:13 PM (gHp8a)

34 Looks like the escutcheon is at the edge of the door, or close to that.

********

We should immanentize it.

Posted by: Three Finger Seamus at March 30, 2025 02:14 PM (/iMjX)

35 Madame I think this door is in Fwahnce, not CBD's castle in NJ.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 30, 2025 02:14 PM (1m82a)

36 A last minute flourish so you'd rent or buy?

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 30, 2025 02:14 PM (NFX2v)

37 I also fished out the rogue pistachio shell that had gummed up the works, so there was additional work involved.
Posted by: bluebell at March 30, 2025 02:11 PM (79pEw)

Ah, lesson #2. Back the grinder part off the jam using the end of a broomstick.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 30, 2025 02:14 PM (D7oie)

38 I also fished out the rogue pistachio shell that had gummed up the works, so there was additional work involved.
Posted by: bluebell at March 30, 2025 02:11 PM (79pEw)

I put a whole apple down mine, and stubbornly ran the thing for a couple minutes, before giving up.

Did I reach in and take the apple out? No I did not. I figured I could come back the next day, and it would be sufficiently chastised to be ground up.

After the second day though, I cut it up and put it back.

You win. This time, disposal, you win.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 30, 2025 02:15 PM (QEJzX)

39 We all learn these things the hard way. This by the way is the one seriously positive thing about YouTube. I learned how to replace the clutch assembly in a chainsaw that way.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 30, 2025 02:13 PM (D7oie)
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All joking aside, my husband and I have fixed a lot of things in our house with the aide of YouTube university, as we call it.

Posted by: bluebell at March 30, 2025 02:15 PM (79pEw)

40 Then PUSH it!
Posted by: Midvale school for the gifted graduate

I understood that reference.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 30, 2025 02:16 PM (mlg/3)

41 I'm good at fixing disposals...

Posted by: Two Finger Seamus at March 30, 2025 02:16 PM (/iMjX)

42 Your namesake flower is starting to come up out my way.
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at March 30, 2025 02:13 PM (gHp8a)
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Yes! Around here too, so I understand. Hoping to get out to view them soon.

Posted by: bluebell at March 30, 2025 02:16 PM (79pEw)

43 The door to my office is a little something that once graced the personal library of one of the Venetian doges. No problem with the handle, but you do have to be careful to disengage the small ax that swings down from the lintel (apparently a security measure to discourage unwanted guests).

Posted by: Paco at March 30, 2025 02:16 PM (mADJX)

44 Well, if it happens again and the reset button and all else fails, try percussive maintenance. According to the video I watched, it's the cure of last resort and according to the comments under the video, it works a treat.
Posted by: bluebell at March 30, 2025 02:13 PM (79pEw)

What if I don't have a drum set?

Posted by: BurtTC at March 30, 2025 02:16 PM (QEJzX)

45 Then PUSH it!
Posted by: Midvale school for the gifted graduate

I understood that reference.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 30, 2025 02:16 PM (mlg/3)
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Me too.

Posted by: Gary Larsen at March 30, 2025 02:17 PM (79pEw)

46 Our dorm room in Leningrad had a squeaky hinge. Very loud. Finally one of the guys had a brainstorm. He brought butter back from the cafeteria (the butter was fresh and excellent, BTW) and used it to lubricate the hinge. Problem solved.

I was the one who initiated the ritual of someone saying something "Brezhnev's mom wears army boots" every night before lights out. For the benefit of the poor bottom-rung KGB shlub who was tasked with eavesdropping on college guys talking about women and sports and how shabby the USSR was.

This was a pre-Revolutionary building, right across the river from the Winter Palace.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 30, 2025 02:17 PM (1m82a)

47 Confound them! Open the door left handed.

Posted by: Pete Bog at March 30, 2025 02:18 PM (X4hXd)

48 Madame I think this door is in Fwahnce, not CBD's castle in NJ.
Posted by: rhomboid at March 30, 2025 02:14 PM (1m82a)

I hope so! I thought CBD was a man of refined taste and gentility!
That ugly monstrosity (is that painted gold?!?!) had me doubting that assessment.

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at March 30, 2025 02:18 PM (4XwPj)

49 One of the better aspects of being exempt from the ADA.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 30, 2025 02:19 PM (/lPRQ)

50 Better change my sock before I'm down to just a thumb.

Posted by: muldoon at March 30, 2025 02:20 PM (/iMjX)

51
French doors?

Wait a minute. Doesn't that mean you have top open them with your tongue?

That's your problem, CBD.

The science is settled!

Posted by: naturalfake at March 30, 2025 02:20 PM (iJfKG)

52 I hope so! I thought CBD was a man of refined taste and gentility!
That ugly monstrosity (is that painted gold?!?!) had me doubting that assessment.
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at March 30, 2025 02:18 PM (4XwPj)

That handle holds a quart of bourbon.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at March 30, 2025 02:22 PM (SXxzC)

53 I recall staying at a hotel that had doors with big handles like that, but obviously not that fancy. The card reader was sideways too.

Weird place. Reno, NV IIRC.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 30, 2025 02:22 PM (Q4IgG)

54 Is this a french door? and also a Paris door? Perhaps you are supposed to open both doors at once?
Posted by: PaleRider at March 30, 2025 02:08 PM (CKOCg)

Dramatically while elegantly attired.

Posted by: Pete Bog at March 30, 2025 02:22 PM (X4hXd)

55 I actually like the look of that door handle, although it looks like there's a screw loose on the upper right.

Posted by: bluebell at March 30, 2025 02:24 PM (79pEw)

56 That handle holds a quart of bourbon.
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at March 30, 2025 02:22 PM (SXxzC)

Then take it off the door and use it as an ugly flask or carafe and replace it with a decent looking doorknob!

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at March 30, 2025 02:24 PM (4XwPj)

57 The US Institute of Peace thing reminds me of a classic. That institute was the darling project of then-Sen. Spark Matsunaga (D-HI), who was a very nice guy (and his front office receptionists .... wow, always very hawt and Japanese-American).

One of Spark's other pet projects was a "Peace Academy". When the Dear Colleague letter came around asking for co-sponsors for his bill to establish such, my staff superior had one of the great comments of all time.

He scrawled, in the space on the cover sheet where his remarks go - "I was under the impression we already fully funded 3 peace academies?". The boss signaled his laughter and approval with his distinctive giant check mark over the whole page. Hilarious.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 30, 2025 02:24 PM (1m82a)

58 If it was handicap assessable there would be a big button to press and the doors would open automatically. You are definitely living in some 3rd world hole.

Posted by: High tech at March 30, 2025 02:25 PM (37cEZ)

59 This looks like a case of it’s not how you feel, it’s how you look! It sure is a pretty door. Lol.

Posted by: Piper at March 30, 2025 02:25 PM (pZEOD)

60 This looks like a case of it’s not how you feel, it’s how you look! It sure is a pretty door. Lol.
Posted by: Piper at March 30, 2025 02:25 PM (pZEOD)
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The doorknob equivalent of 5" stiletto heels, right? And has the same effect on the user: pain.

Posted by: bluebell at March 30, 2025 02:29 PM (79pEw)

61 Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at

I was thinking about you earlier! I found this door knocker that is a lion and pretty cool. You may hate it, but that isn’t why I thought about you. 😂 I was thinking about your purple door and your (dare I say it while CBD is in Paris), bon vivant zest. I can’t put it on my front door because that is almost all glass. So I thought about the fence leading to my pool. This is when picture posting would come in handy!

Posted by: Piper at March 30, 2025 02:30 PM (pZEOD)

62 It's for skinny French fingers, not fat fingered foreigners.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 30, 2025 02:30 PM (jc0TO)

63 I attended a Military Medical conference in Hungary shortly after the Wall came down. We were lodged at a former military lakeside resort. The hotel room doors locked with a deadbolt...

...from the outside of the door.

One of the wives in our group had to yell out the room window (as we boarded a tour bus for a day excursion) that she was locked in her room.

Posted by: muldoon at March 30, 2025 02:31 PM (/iMjX)

64 Since my table saw incident those types of door handles never bothered me.
Posted by: Three Finger Seamus
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Two words: Saw Stop

Posted by: lin-duh at March 30, 2025 02:32 PM (nKjbR)

65 The hotel room doors locked with a deadbolt...

...from the outside of the door.

So, an asylum.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 30, 2025 02:32 PM (jc0TO)

66 Guess we can't tell CBD to burn the place down and start over again.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 30, 2025 02:33 PM (keLsF)

67 Well when a casket is needed to be made at least 1 handle is already available

Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2025 02:34 PM (2ovuE)

68 Hey CBD--

Did you try jiggling the handle?

Posted by: muldoon at March 30, 2025 02:34 PM (/iMjX)

69 62 It's for skinny French fingers, not fat fingered foreigners.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 30, 2025

As y’all know, my mom immigrated from France. I am going to tell my middle child she has long monkey toes and skinny fingers because she is French.

Posted by: Piper at March 30, 2025 02:35 PM (pZEOD)

70 Well when a casket is needed to be made at least 1 handle is already available
Posted by: Skip
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It's lining up the dancers that is the tricky part.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 30, 2025 02:38 PM (XeU6L)

71 Well when a casket is needed to be made at least 1 handle is already available
Posted by: Skip
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It's lining up the dancers that is the tricky part.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 30, 2025 02:38 PM

and the sign language guy.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 30, 2025 02:38 PM (jc0TO)

72 Sooooo ... still in France, huh? C'est tout ...

Posted by: Dr_No at March 30, 2025 02:42 PM (ayRl+)

73 And I thought chicks were just good for cooking...
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 30, 2025 02:11 PM (L5An7)

I see Nurse R. hasn't shown up yet....

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at March 30, 2025 02:43 PM (PiwSw)

74 Wait a minute: sous vide, the trip, the door...I'm detecting a pattern...

CBD, what do you think about Jerry Lewis?

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at March 30, 2025 02:44 PM (PiwSw)

75 Test

Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2025 02:44 PM (2ovuE)

76 5 by 5

Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 30, 2025 02:45 PM (jc0TO)

77 CBD, what do you think about Jerry Lewis?
Posted by: I am
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And...Marcel Marceau?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 30, 2025 02:46 PM (XeU6L)

78 My First world problem is seeing or getting my mesh router to connect with my phone, phone keeps saying router can't be found.
Right now router is wired to system

Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2025 02:46 PM (2ovuE)

79 My First world problem is seeing or getting my mesh router to connect with my phone, phone keeps saying router can't be found.
Right now router is wired to system
Posted by: Skip
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[congratulates self for luddite-ism]

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 30, 2025 02:48 PM (XeU6L)

80 Who the hell would put a door handle like that in their house.
May they consistently skin the knuckle of their grandiose little hands.

Posted by: From about That Time at March 30, 2025 02:49 PM (n4GiU)

81 That's an ugly door knob.. Glad to hear it's in France... Madame mayhem.. How's the new Grandson ?

Posted by: Mr. Chasten Buttigieg at March 30, 2025 02:50 PM (VE6XX)

82 Posted by: Mr. Chasten Buttigieg at March 30, 2025 02:50 PM (VE6XX)

Yikes.. Still have my sock from earlier

Posted by: It's me donna at March 30, 2025 02:51 PM (VE6XX)

83 Good grief, you sound like a whiny karen democrat looking at a Tesla! Piss and moan, piss and moan. Adjust it or accept it. You need about 60 months of Marine boot camp to get your head adjusted.
Meanwhile some of us have real problems like hangnails and such.

Posted by: winston at March 30, 2025 02:52 PM (4C+i7)

84 My first world problem is that the plastic they use to make reading glasses is extremely lipophilic. Any time you inadvertently touch the lense, the oil in your fingers sticks and makes a cloudy smear that won't wipe off. I have to clean them with wet wipes or wash them with soap in order to see clearly through them.

Posted by: Toad-0 at March 30, 2025 02:53 PM (cct0t)

85 CBD, what do you think about Jerry Lewis?
Posted by: I am
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And...Marcel Marceau?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 30, 2025 02:46 PM (XeU6L)

The book of Messr. Marceau’s Greatest Speeches had a profound impact on me as I was growing up.

Posted by: Pete Bog at March 30, 2025 02:53 PM (X4hXd)

86 Ah, lesson #2. Back the grinder part off the jam using the end of a broomstick.
Posted by: Kindltot
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I keep a 30" piece of broomstick handle in the garage, just off the kitchen, for just that purpose. It's an old disposal, gets stuck fairly often.

Posted by: From about That Time at March 30, 2025 02:54 PM (n4GiU)

87 My phone has always been my 1st world problem. It's always something with the damn thing. And yes sometimes it's the user.

Posted by: Case at March 30, 2025 02:54 PM (OrSPY)

88 I'd smash that like a French *door*.

Posted by: haffhowershower at March 30, 2025 02:54 PM (NMT5x)

89 Meanwhile some of us have real problems like hangnails and such.
Posted by: winston at March 30, 2025 02:52 PM

Yeah, I'm smoking baby back ribs and I bought more than will easily fit in the smoker.

I liken my plight to that of the early Christians in Rome.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 30, 2025 02:54 PM (jc0TO)

90 The book of Messr. Marceau’s Greatest Speeches had a profound impact on me as I was growing up.
Posted by: Pete Bog at March 30, 2025 02:53 PM (X4hXd)

Possibly the funniest scene in Mel Brooks's Silent Movie was with old Marcel...

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at March 30, 2025 02:56 PM (PiwSw)

91 Then PUSH it!
Posted by: Midvale school for the gifted graduate

I understood that reference.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 30, 2025 02:16 PM (mlg/3)
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Me too.
Posted by: Gary Larsen at March 30, 2025 02:17 PM (79pEw)

It's my favorite one!

Posted by: haffhowershower at March 30, 2025 02:56 PM (NMT5x)

92 I'm having to use both levels in the smoker which means I have to rotate the meat top to bottom at about the 4 hour mark. Pity me.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 30, 2025 02:59 PM (jc0TO)

93 Old Babylon Bee FWP:

Man Really Struggling To Make Coffee As He Hasn't Had His Morning Coffee Yet

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 30, 2025 03:01 PM (VNX3d)

94 Man Really Struggling To Make Coffee As He Hasn't Had His Morning Coffee Yet
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 30, 2025 03:01 PM

I can relate to this.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 30, 2025 03:03 PM (jc0TO)

95 I finally replaced my In-Sink-Erator (I love that name) with good old plain pipe.

Disposal was there when we bought the house. But didn't really use it because we are on septic. So once in a while I'd have to put the little weird wrench thingy in the bottom and turn it to break it loose. If finally bit the dust so I replaced it with another disposal since they are stupid easy to replace.

This one rusted up too much to save it, too. So this time I spent more time and less money and just replumbed it with pipe.

Posted by: haffhowershower at March 30, 2025 03:04 PM (NMT5x)

96 Last night my wife and I decided we were going to Europe in May. Can't decide where. Neither of us have spent time in Poland, Czech, Hungary, etc. so we figured we should go there. Then I really thought about it, and decided it would be a lot simpler to go to Germany (where I was stationed from 91-94), but that violates the principle we were pursuing, which was to go somewhere neither of us have been. So we are in First World Problem limbo at the moment.

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 30, 2025 03:04 PM (2cS/G)

97 Sunday afternoon is a time for reflection. March came in like a lion. Lots of snow and bitter cold. The snow and cold gave way to a couple of beautiful days followed by more snow. The sun returned with the promise of spring and here we are. The penultimate day of March and I’m enjoying watching the snow fall outside. No lambs here.

Posted by: Pete Bog at March 30, 2025 03:04 PM (X4hXd)

98 It's slightly possible it's working or new router is just better at connecting around the yard. Got the mesh router to help and it worked everywhere but behind my outbuilding. Got connection out to end of yard and in outbuilding just a slight delay.

Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2025 03:05 PM (2ovuE)

99 Posted by: Lincolntf at March 30, 2025 03:04 PM
I was only temporarily duty in Germany but went 3 times.
Right now I would if could see Poland, lots of Napoleonic and 7Year War sites I would like to see.

Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2025 03:08 PM (2ovuE)

100 @Skip, Reforger? I agree, Central/Eastern Europe does look very cool. My wife wants to see the architecture in Krakow, specifically, but I just don't know about navigating around in a place I've never been for a short (about a week) trip.

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 30, 2025 03:10 PM (2cS/G)

101 89 Meanwhile some of us have real problems like hangnails and such.
Posted by: winston at March 30, 2025 02:52 PM

Yeah, I'm smoking baby back ribs and I bought more than will easily fit in the smoker.

I liken my plight to that of the early Christians in Rome.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 30, 2025 02:54 PM (jc0TO)
Tell it all, brother!

Posted by: Eromero at March 30, 2025 03:10 PM (p4vtc)

102 Man Really Struggling To Make Coffee As He Hasn't Had His Morning Coffee Yet
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 30, 2025 03:01 PM

I can relate to this.
Posted by: Grump928
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I've taken a preemptive approach. I brew it the night before, pour it into a an insulated carafe. Next a.m., pour a cup and nuke it. Not fresh, but it's a hot caffeinated beverage, which restores my will to live.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 30, 2025 03:11 PM (XeU6L)

103 Just an observation. Poland does share a border with a country currently involved in a shooting war, yes?

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at March 30, 2025 03:11 PM (PiwSw)

104 Is that how they do it in France?

Posted by: fd at March 30, 2025 03:11 PM (vFG9F)

105 I also fished out the rogue pistachio shell that had gummed up the works, so there was additional work involved.
Posted by: bluebell at March 30, 2025 02:11 PM (79pEw)

Ah, lesson #2. Back the grinder part off the jam using the end of a broomstick.
Posted by: Kindltot

And scratch my front bumper?!?

Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at March 30, 2025 03:15 PM (DgGvY)

106 I was at Bentwaters with A-10s, we had rotation crews at 2 places in Germany, Sembach and Leipheim and 1 in Italy towards end of my term but didn't go thrre.

Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2025 03:15 PM (2ovuE)

107 @Shadout That is what started our conversation yesterday. We have had 3 instances where we have had an overseas trip cancelled due to war/unrest. One was to Spain in High School when we bombed Libya and Spain closed their airspace to US planes (or something like that), one was the pandemic, which was planned to go back to Germany with a bunch of Army buddies, and one time my wife had to leave Italy as a college student because of some terrorist bullshit, ended up chilling in Brussels. Anyway, she asked me "Where do you want to go that we might not be able to go in the future". My instinctive response was Poland, etc.

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 30, 2025 03:18 PM (2cS/G)

108 Cool, Skip.

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 30, 2025 03:19 PM (2cS/G)

109 Line-dancing Tesla protestors:

https://tinyurl.com/4t9zp76v

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at March 30, 2025 03:19 PM (Dm8we)

110 Ahhh, yes, the door handle is, in fact, installed incorrectly. But it is solid gold, so all is forgiven, yes?

Posted by: Sharkman at March 30, 2025 03:21 PM (EHR/x)

111 "They" meaning "you," right?

Posted by: bluebell at March 30, 2025 02:03 PM (79pEw)

Well!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 30, 2025 02:10 PM (L5An7)

Not, one notes, a denial...

Posted by: Nazdar at March 30, 2025 03:23 PM (NcvvS)

112 Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at March 30, 2025 03:19 PM (Dm8we)

I'd rather they do some Broadway show instead of being paid to dance at Tesla. Well, it's good that they seem to be peaceful if this clip and not dancing while setting flames to cars. I hope Jasmine Crockett had a terrible birthday if that only meant there were not Tesla protests worldwide.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 30, 2025 03:24 PM (42Vb+)

113 If a door can only be opened from this side by pushing it, a more appropriate fitting would be a simple polished flat brass plate. However, those are usually three or four inches wide, and with the amount of glass put into this door I'm not sure there's room. Ask the Pella catalog online AI tool for a recommendation.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 30, 2025 03:25 PM (dg+HA)

114 You open your own doors?!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 30, 2025 03:25 PM (kpS4V)

115 Line-dancing Tesla protestors:

https://tinyurl.com/4t9zp76v
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at March 30, 2025 03:19 PM (Dm8we)

They were offered free dance lessons and kegs of beer to protest?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 30, 2025 03:26 PM (VNX3d)

116 My instinctive response was Poland, etc.
Posted by: Lincolntf at March 30, 2025 03:18 PM (2cS/G)

I would like to see the Wieliczka Salt Mine and the historic city of Toruń.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at March 30, 2025 03:27 PM (PiwSw)

117 Line-dancing Tesla protestors:

https://tinyurl.com/4t9zp76v
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at March 30, 2025 03:19 PM (Dm8we)

They were offered free dance lessons and kegs of beer to protest?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
__________

Electric Slide, which I guess they thought was clever. Would have preferred Strokin'.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at March 30, 2025 03:29 PM (Dm8we)

118 Poland, the Land of My People(tm), is a country that understands the evils of totalitarianism better than most, I think, given the last 180 years. The Commies really destroyed the country but I'd still like to go back some day and see what tiny village my forebears hailed from.

Posted by: Sharkman at March 30, 2025 03:29 PM (EHR/x)

119 For the benefit of the poor bottom-rung KGB shlub who was tasked with eavesdropping on college guys talking about women and sports and how shabby the USSR was.

Classic Cold War story - one of the Western embassies in Moscow had a New Year's party for all the Western diplomats in an insecure part of the embassy.

As the alcohol flowed, one of the diplomats began talking about the poor KGB shlub who had to listen in on their drunken conversations, and was missing out on the New Year's festivities (which is a big, big deal in Russia).

They kept commiserating about the poor KGB guy not being able to enjoy New Year's, and then, a few minutes before midnight, the phone in the room rang.

One of the diplomats picked up the phone, and heard the sound of a popping champagne cork on the other end of the line. The other party then hung up.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 30, 2025 03:29 PM (xTIDn)

120 >>>away from the other door

The OTHER door? You see TWO doors?
Maybe you would like to sit down and talk about this "other" door.

Posted by: m at March 30, 2025 03:30 PM (CQE5S)

121 Since we're congratulating each other for trivial home repairs, I just replaced a broken yard sprinkler head. What a pain in the ass. On the bright side...cheap.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at March 30, 2025 03:31 PM (XMwZJ)

122 100 @Skip, Reforger? I agree, Central/Eastern Europe does look very cool. My wife wants to see the architecture in Krakow, specifically, but I just don't know about navigating around in a place I've never been for a short (about a week) trip.
Posted by: Lincolntf at March 30, 2025 03:10 PM (2cS/G)

If you can go, go. Poland is beautiful, and while the people aren't "warm", they are solid folks. We lived there for two years, loved it. Even the brutal cold. The salt mines near Krakow are worth a visit, and please take the time to go to Auschwitz - it's hard but worth it. And eat your weight in Wedel Chocolate - their shakes are amazing.

Posted by: Moki at March 30, 2025 03:32 PM (wLjpr)

123 Plus there's a screw sticking out from the square part of the handle. Surely that should be screwed in.

Posted by: m at March 30, 2025 03:32 PM (CQE5S)

124 Line dancing Tesla protesters.

Why do some people want to go out into public and make an ass out of themselves? Am I missing something or is it considered cool to show off how stupid you can be?

Posted by: Case at March 30, 2025 03:34 PM (OrSPY)

125 Thanks for the notes/suggestions. Does Poland have a reliable train system like Germany? I don't want to rent a car if we go there, because by the time I figure out how the locals drive we we will be leaving.

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 30, 2025 03:34 PM (2cS/G)

126 109 Line-dancing Tesla protestors

That's a shame.

I imagine bear spray could move 'em.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 30, 2025 03:35 PM (NFX2v)

127 124 Line dancing Tesla protesters.

Why do some people want to go out into public and make an ass out of themselves? Am I missing something or is it considered cool to show off how stupid you can be?
Posted by: Case at March 30, 2025 03:34 PM (OrSPY)

come on down to Hooties Hip Hop Emporium, for our FREE Protest Line Dance lessons!

Yup, learn the Non Electric Car Slide....

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 30, 2025 03:35 PM (QAkQ3)

128 I have a first world problem.
We have a wide handheld shower head.
One of the water streams has stopped aligning with the rest and sprays out at s random angle

Posted by: vmom deport deport deporte at March 30, 2025 03:36 PM (Tw+JN)

129 Merde!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 30, 2025 03:37 PM (RIvkX)

130 One of the water streams has stopped aligning with the rest and sprays out at s random angle
Posted by: vmom deport deport deporte
_________

Something stuck in that hole? Put a needle up there.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at March 30, 2025 03:37 PM (Dm8we)

131
Line dancing Tesla protesters.

Don't tell my heart, my achy breaky heart
I just don't think he'd understand

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 30, 2025 03:37 PM (63Dwl)

132 vmom try soaking head in vinegar or Limeaway

Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2025 03:37 PM (2ovuE)

133 FWP. Tornado watch just issued until 11p.

Posted by: olddog in mo at March 30, 2025 03:38 PM (hoCmQ)

134 Also a victory- was able to tick off an item thatbeen on my to do list for 7 months.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deporte at March 30, 2025 03:38 PM (Tw+JN)

135 >>> 85 CBD, what do you think about Jerry Lewis?
Posted by: I am
---------
And...Marcel Marceau?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 30, 2025 02:46 PM (XeU6L)

The book of Messr. Marceau’s Greatest Speeches had a profound impact on me as I was growing up.
Posted by: Pete Bog at March 30, 2025 02:53 PM (X4hXd)

Posted by: Mitch McConnell at March 30, 2025 03:38 PM (Vqx30)

136 Yet all of these Tesla protesters were, just a few months ago, the greatest fans of electric vehicles ever, "to save the planet." These people are fucking retarded.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at March 30, 2025 03:38 PM (XMwZJ)

137 Skip I will try that

Posted by: vmom deport deport deporte at March 30, 2025 03:38 PM (Tw+JN)

138 Nothing like showing how woke you are by dancing around with a swastika.

Posted by: fd at March 30, 2025 03:39 PM (vFG9F)

139 Photographic evidence that the Irish are smarter than the French:

https://tinyurl.com/2un6ef3j

Posted by: IrishEi at March 30, 2025 03:39 PM (3ImbR)

140 One of the water streams has stopped aligning with the rest and sprays out at s random angle
Soak it in CLR...problem solved.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at March 30, 2025 03:40 PM (XMwZJ)

141 vmom try soaking head in vinegar or Limeaway
Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2025 03:37 PM

Also try just rubbing your palm over the outlets while the water is running.

I have to do that occasionally to knock off deposits.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 30, 2025 03:40 PM (jc0TO)

142 I have a First World Gripe today. I was trying to research about how long to fast for certain health benefits and every single darn link offered was about Ramadan fasting, which is a type of intermittent fasting and not even what I was searching for. It was like Ramadan fasting is the only type that exists.

Posted by: Emmie celebrates the Audacity of Trump! at March 30, 2025 03:42 PM (Sf2cq)

143 142 You'd be surprised how many research studies there are about Ramadan fasting.

Posted by: Emmie celebrates the Audacity of Trump! at March 30, 2025 03:43 PM (Sf2cq)

144 I have a First World Gripe today. I was trying to research about how long to fast for certain health benefits and every single darn link offered was about Ramadan fasting, which is a type of intermittent fasting and not even what I was searching for. It was like Ramadan fasting is the only type that exists.
Posted by: Emmie celebrates
__________

Try Google Scholar. Limits it to journal articles.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at March 30, 2025 03:44 PM (Dm8we)

145 I would like to see the Wieliczka Salt Mine and the historic city of Toruń.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper

Vee lick za zalt mein too!

Posted by: haffhowershower at March 30, 2025 03:44 PM (NMT5x)

146 139 Photographic evidence that the Irish are smarter than the French:

They're lovely in Dublin but I thought it also likely helped get the drunks towards their correct homes.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 30, 2025 03:45 PM (NFX2v)

147 Also try just rubbing your palm over the outlets while the water is running

++++++++++++++++++++

That's what she said!

Posted by: haffhowershower at March 30, 2025 03:46 PM (NMT5x)

148 Wedel chocolate is available at Amazon...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at March 30, 2025 03:48 PM (Vqx30)

149 128 I have a first world problem.
We have a wide handheld shower head.
One of the water streams has stopped aligning with the rest and sprays out at s random angle
Posted by: vmom

Sell the house.
Or burn it down.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 30, 2025 03:49 PM (mT+6a)

150 They're lovely in Dublin but I thought it also likely helped get the drunks towards their correct homes.
~~~~~

That, and also they don't discriminate against left-handers.

Posted by: IrishEi at March 30, 2025 03:50 PM (3ImbR)

151 125 Thanks for the notes/suggestions. Does Poland have a reliable train system like Germany? I don't want to rent a car if we go there, because by the time I figure out how the locals drive we we will be leaving.
Posted by: Lincolntf at March 30, 2025 03:34 PM (2cS/G)

Warsaw/Krakow have excellent bus and tram systems, and there are good trains from city to city. Be aware, it's all in Polish and dadgum that is hard to learn. Taxis are not expensive, so they are easy to use to get around town, and there are tours for the salt mines andd Auschwitz, which are a better choice than going on your own. The Elektor Hotel in Krakow was the hotel of choice down there, and the Sheraton in Warsaw is really good.

Posted by: Moki at March 30, 2025 03:51 PM (wLjpr)

152 I have a first world problem.
We have a wide handheld shower head.
One of the water streams has stopped aligning with the rest and sprays out at s random angle
Posted by: vmom deport deport deporte at March 30, 2025 03:36 PM (Tw+JN)

Might be hardwater deposits. I've fixed it by running my thumb over the offending jet.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Me no type good at March 30, 2025 03:51 PM (0aYVJ)

153 One of the water streams has stopped aligning with the rest and sprays out at s random angle
Posted by: vmom

Sell the house.
Or burn it down.
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 30, 2025 03:49 PM (mT+6a)

Such overkill. Everyone knows the correct fix is a complete remodel of the bathrooms and kitchen. And replace the windows.

Posted by: Pete Bog at March 30, 2025 03:51 PM (X4hXd)

154 He scrawled, in the space on the cover sheet where his remarks go - "I was under the impression we already fully funded 3 peace academies?". The boss signaled his laughter and approval with his distinctive giant check mark over the whole page. Hilarious.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 30, 2025 02:24 PM (1m82a)
====

Why are you pro-war??

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 30, 2025 03:52 PM (RIvkX)

155 Thank you very much, Moki. I will cut and paste your comment to my wife. It's been a concern for both of us.

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 30, 2025 03:53 PM (2cS/G)

156 >>>One of the water streams has stopped aligning with the rest and sprays out at s random angle
~~~~~

Toothpick.

Maybe try soaking it in CLR if that doesn't work.

Posted by: IrishEi at March 30, 2025 03:55 PM (3ImbR)

157 148 Wedel chocolate is available at Amazon...
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at March 30, 2025 03:48 PM (Vqx30)

Both the milk and the dark chocolate are good, and the history of the company is really cool - Wedel was Polish-German, but refused to join the volksdeutch during WWII - he kept putting off the Germans demanding that he do so in order to keep his factory running to provide as many jobs as possible for Poles. He ran an underground school when schools were closed, provided meals, medical care, and used chocolate bars as a means of sending messages to the Resistance. It's been bought and sold to chocolate conglomerates now, which is a shame.

Posted by: Moki at March 30, 2025 03:55 PM (wLjpr)

158 Stick a toothpick into that shower head hole.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 30, 2025 03:55 PM (63Dwl)

159 155 Thank you very much, Moki. I will cut and paste your comment to my wife. It's been a concern for both of us.
Posted by: Lincolntf at March 30, 2025 03:53 PM (2cS/G)

Hope it helps! Eastern Europe is beautiful and less crowded than Western Europe, and if your wife enjoys local crafts - whoo boy, take money. The wood carving, the amber jewelry and the pottery...mercy!

Posted by: Moki at March 30, 2025 03:57 PM (wLjpr)

160 SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 6-80
SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: March 30, 2025
Launch Time: 3:20 p.m. EDT, 1920 UTC, 21:20 CEDT

https://www.youtube.com/live/ooqUo4h962g

Posted by: Ciampino - check time on site at March 30, 2025 03:59 PM (sPQoU)

161 Heh-heh, I am sure she will be shopping wherever we end up. Thanks again.

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 30, 2025 03:59 PM (2cS/G)

162 Line-dancing Tesla protestors:

https://tinyurl.com/4t9zp76v

++++
AWFLs gotta AWFL.

Posted by: Bored white wimmen at March 30, 2025 04:00 PM (dg+HA)

163
Isn't that picture of one your trophies?

The display case could use some work.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 30, 2025 04:01 PM (Ijbq0)

164 get cleaned up and upstairs
FOODIE NOODIE TIME

Posted by: Skip at March 30, 2025 04:01 PM (2ovuE)

165 I have a first world problem.
We have a wide handheld shower head.
One of the water streams has stopped aligning with the rest and sprays out at s random angle
Posted by: vmom deport deport deporte

What the others have said. I have had good luck taking it apart as far as possible and then soaking it in a CLR type acid. You don't need to disassemble it though.

If the showerhead unscrews from the hose, take it off and soak it in a large cup or container. If not, let it hang from its hose and put a ziploc baggie around it. Fill with enough CLR or whatever to cover the openings, then zip tie or rubber band the baggie to the hose and let it soak for a couple of hours.

Posted by: haffhowershower at March 30, 2025 04:03 PM (NMT5x)

166 Tornado siren just started - severe thunderstorm warning.

Posted by: Ciampino - not an airraid at March 30, 2025 04:05 PM (sPQoU)

167 Nurse, apply amble amount of CLR to the head. Soaking the entire head would work as well.

Posted by: Puddinhead at March 30, 2025 04:06 PM (3bxAV)

168 What the others have said. I have had good luck taking it apart as far as possible and then soaking it in a CLR type acid.
Posted by: haffhowershower

Or slap hot iron to it. Melt that hole shut and it won't spray water in the wrong direction anymore.

Posted by: mikeski at March 30, 2025 04:09 PM (DgGvY)

169 Nurse, apply amble amount of CLR to the head. Soaking the entire head would work as well.

Posted by: Puddinhead

Be careful if it has that Mediterranean bronze finish. Soaking it in any acid can pretty much ruin it. Because I did that.

Posted by: Grudge Harbor at March 30, 2025 04:26 PM (4DY5T)

170 Oh, yeah, slap hot iron to it.

Posted by: Puddinhead at March 30, 2025 04:30 PM (3bxAV)

171 It becomes a huge effing problem when one eats all the marshmallow bits from the Lucky Charms and all that is left is the effing cereal.

Posted by: cjdr at March 30, 2025 05:17 PM (4XZ29)

172 >>It becomes a huge effing problem when one eats all the marshmallow bits from the Lucky Charms and all that is left is the effing cereal.

So you're the one who's always after me pink hearts!

Posted by: JackStraw at March 30, 2025 07:03 PM (LkLld)

173 "Toepick"

Oh God. She's back.

Posted by: Fen at March 30, 2025 08:39 PM (c5hJL)

174 "smash one's fingers"

Who or what is 'one'?

Yes everyone refers to this 'one' now when we used to say you and your. The latter were crystal clear but 'one' is not. Maybe it's a sp for 'one finger'? Maybe 'one' is a black hole encompassing all possible subjects? Who knows? You don't even if you think you do.

Posted by: pakisa at March 30, 2025 11:56 PM (XzCbH)

175 "one eats all the marshmallows"

Me? You? One dog? A UFO visitor named 'One'? One marshmallow, eats itself?

Where did our common language go?

Posted by: pakisa at March 30, 2025 11:59 PM (XzCbH)

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