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The Golden Emperor Trump Hath Decreed That We Shall All Have Full-Pressure Shower Heads Again, and the People Rejoiced, For It Was Good
Trump Repeals Biden-Era Limit on Water Flow in Shower Heads President Trump, who has waged a long-running battle against low water pressure, signed an executive order that redefined a common bathroom fixture.I mean, he repealed Obama's executive order, which redefined the shower heads.
How long does it take you to wet your hair in the shower? A few seconds? A minute? The president of the United States, who has long complained about being unable to coax more than a dribble or trickle of water from his showers, says it takes him much longer. "I like to take a nice shower to take care of my beautiful hair," President Trump said on Wednesday in the Oval Office. "I stand under the shower for 15 minutes until it gets wet. It comes out drip, drip, drip. It's ridiculous." Much of the world was focused at that moment on his trade war, but Mr. Trump wanted to talk about showers. He offered this insight while signing an executive order to loosen restrictions on water flow from American shower heads. The order directs Energy Secretary Chris Wright to rescind a definition of shower heads first implemented by President Barack Obama. It is the second time that Mr. Trump as president has attempted to redefine a shower head. A rule he introduced in his first term drastically increased the amount of water that showers with multiple nozzles could use. The Biden administration later reversed that change. "No longer will shower heads be weak and worthless," the White House said in a news release on Wednesday. How big of an issue is this, really? And how many ways can you define a shower head? For Mr. Trump, it has been a long-running crusade. He has railed for years against low water pressure in bathrooms, an issue in some New York City high-rises. During his first term in the White House, he lamented that his showers did not supply enough water for him to achieve his "perfect" hair, part of a campaign against what he described as excessive government regulation. "You take a shower, the water doesn't come out," he said in 2020. "You want to wash your hands, the water doesn't come out. So what do you do? You just stand there longer or you take a shower longer? Because my hair -- I don't know about you, but it has to be perfect. Perfect." At a dinner with Republican leaders in 2023, he repeated his complaint: "You know I have this gorgeous head of hair -- when I take a shower, I want water to pour down on me. When you go into these new homes with showers, the water drips down slowly, slowly."The left's entire mission can be boiled down to let's fuck with people for almost no reason, just to show that we can, just to feel powerful in our impotence, just to dominate people who are better and stronger than we are. And they're consistently baffled when the people revolt because they don't like anti-productive busybodies constantly fucking with them to prove that they have Power over other people.
Trump changed the definition back to what it used to be. The Times brands this some kind of activist invasion into people's right to have low water pressure in their showers.
Mr. Trump's new order restores language from a 1992 federal law, enacted to conserve water, that prevented new American-made shower heads from spritzing more than 2.5 gallons of water per minute. Some states, including California and Colorado, as well as New York City, have imposed their own lower rates. As showers with multiple nozzles became more common, the Obama administration ordered the 2.5-gallon limit to be applied to each shower head, not each nozzle. Toward the end of Mr. Trump's first presidential term, he set out to redefine what constitutes a shower head. Previously, it had been defined in federal regulations as "any plumbing fitting designed to direct water onto a bather," meaning that a unit with multiple nozzles counted as a single shower head.
High flow shower heads are BACK!
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) April 9, 2025
President Trump signs Executive Order to end the war on water pressure:
"I like to take a nice long shower to take care of my beautiful hair."
We don’t deserve him. pic.twitter.com/aIhNI1tBLM
President Trump signs executive order directing the DOJ to investigate Miles Taylor, the man who wrote that he was part of the "Resistance" inside Trump's first administration: "It's time to find out whether or not somebody can do that. I think he's guilty of treason." pic.twitter.com/BmmaxniKQ3
— TheBlaze (@theblaze) April 9, 2025
Merissa HansenCISA is the alleged "cybersecurity" agency that was so frequently involved in censoring Americans. One of the most consequential executive orders of his presidency:
@merissahansen17 BREAKING: Donald Trump signs Executive Order to launch investigation into CISA's former head Chris Krebs, whom he fired on November 17, 2020 shortly after Krebs and his agency, alongside other election officials, issued a statement on November 12, 2020, declaring the 2020 presidential election "the most secure in American history," directly contradicting Trump's claims of widespread voter fraud.
“Is everybody listening?” 🔊 😂 pic.twitter.com/lxsql49pO5
— Politi_Rican 🇵🇷 𝕏 🇺🇸 (@TheRicanMemes) April 5, 2025
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Posted by: runner at April 10, 2025 03:29 PM (g47mK)
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Posted by: m at April 10, 2025 03:29 PM (CQE5S)
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I won't tell them! Payback!
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2025 03:29 PM (g47mK)
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It's another Trumpmas miracle!
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 10, 2025 03:30 PM (i24o9)
Posted by: anachronda at April 10, 2025 03:30 PM (edU/H)
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I already told them.
Posted by: m at April 10, 2025 03:30 PM (CQE5S)
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Will it get rid of the dirty I feel reading necrophilia jokes all afternoon?
Will it get rid of the dirty I feel reading necrophilia jokes all afternoon?
Posted by: Auspex at April 10, 2025 03:30 PM (j4U/Z)
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That's good, we need the higher water pressure after the goings-on in the thread beneath
Posted by: gKWVE at April 10, 2025 03:31 PM (gKWVE)
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Can we get normal lightbulbs back ?
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2025 03:31 PM (g47mK)
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Hola
Posted by: Thanatopsis at April 10, 2025 03:31 PM (GYt5+)
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Does this mean Dr. Jill will have to replace her Hunter shower head?
Posted by: Supreme Gentleman at April 10, 2025 03:31 PM (RaAaD)
Posted by: mrp at April 10, 2025 03:31 PM (rj6Yv)
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These are the kinds of small issues I love to see changed.
You wouldn't believe how many things in our lives have been ruined because of dumb rules like this.
Next take on appliances, HVAC, CAFE, etc.
We have have cars now that are basically disposable and insanely complex to repair all to hit Obama era fuel economy standards.
You wouldn't believe how many things in our lives have been ruined because of dumb rules like this.
Next take on appliances, HVAC, CAFE, etc.
We have have cars now that are basically disposable and insanely complex to repair all to hit Obama era fuel economy standards.
Posted by: Leupold at April 10, 2025 03:31 PM (4pwAx)
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I wish he could do real light bulbs but that can't happen now because all of the factories are closed except in china.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 10, 2025 03:31 PM (e5NfL)
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Maybe we can go back to real toilets someday.
Posted by: Dr Spank at April 10, 2025 03:31 PM (DI3JR)
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"How big of an issue is this, really?"
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Another favorite tactic of the Left.
Screw with people on some petty bullcrap then when they fight you on it ask why they even care so much about the petty bullcrap you screwed with.
Marxists are basically Fifth Grade Bullies.
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Another favorite tactic of the Left.
Screw with people on some petty bullcrap then when they fight you on it ask why they even care so much about the petty bullcrap you screwed with.
Marxists are basically Fifth Grade Bullies.
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2025 03:32 PM (RbtEb)
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Low flow? I don't like the sound of that!
Posted by: Kramer at April 10, 2025 03:32 PM (bHGBC)
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That last video...OMG still laughing.
Posted by: Cheri at April 10, 2025 03:33 PM (oiNtH)
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>>>Another favorite tactic of the Left.
Screw with people on some petty bullcrap then when they fight you on it ask why they even care so much about the petty bullcrap you screwed with.
Marxists are basically Fifth Grade Bullies.
YUP! They say "Why do you even care about this?" And if you turn it around and say, "Well if it doesn't matter, then just let me have MY way," they scream that it's the most important thing in the history of the universe, BIGOT!!!
Screw with people on some petty bullcrap then when they fight you on it ask why they even care so much about the petty bullcrap you screwed with.
Marxists are basically Fifth Grade Bullies.
YUP! They say "Why do you even care about this?" And if you turn it around and say, "Well if it doesn't matter, then just let me have MY way," they scream that it's the most important thing in the history of the universe, BIGOT!!!
Posted by: ace at April 10, 2025 03:33 PM (KRtlO)
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Its also a case of... if the Government has so much power and authority, that it can dictate how much water comes out of your privately owned shower, in your own home...
is there any limit? Are we a free people?
is there any limit? Are we a free people?
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 10, 2025 03:33 PM (QAkQ3)
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Let’s do natural gas stoves next.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 10, 2025 03:33 PM (xHYkz)
Posted by: ace at April 10, 2025 03:33 PM (KRtlO)
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missed the pronoun thread. i see several folks point out the proper first person pronoun for a "they/them" user is "we". clearely, the proper second person pronoun is "y'all".
Posted by: anachronda at April 10, 2025 03:33 PM (edU/H)
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The left's entire mission can be boiled down to let's f*** with people for almost no reason, just to show that we can, just to feel powerful in our impotence, just to dominate people who are better and stronger than we are.
I have no beef with the current generation of toilets, although I'm not sure how much good they're really doing compared to the old style. But when someone tells me I can't have the BTUs I want out of my stove burners, things are gonna get ugly for them.
I have no beef with the current generation of toilets, although I'm not sure how much good they're really doing compared to the old style. But when someone tells me I can't have the BTUs I want out of my stove burners, things are gonna get ugly for them.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 10, 2025 03:33 PM (xCA6C)
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All right, now here's the lowdown. From a certain connection, I've been able to locate some black market shower heads. They're all made in the former Yugoslavia, and from what I hear the Serbs are fanatic about their showers.
Posted by: Kramer at April 10, 2025 03:34 PM (ekEaX)
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"Shouldn't he be worrying about more important things than shower heads?"
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No. Next question.
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No. Next question.
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2025 03:34 PM (RbtEb)
Posted by: Elric Blade at April 10, 2025 03:34 PM (iFTx/)
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Better still to revoke all of EPA's authority to opine on such matters as central-planning BS without any perceptible constitutionally-derived authority or benefit.
But I'll take the W.
But I'll take the W.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 10, 2025 03:34 PM (i24o9)
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Bush, Haley, or Romney would not have repealed that EO.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at April 10, 2025 03:34 PM (E8mE+)
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Still waiting for my 5 gallon flush Freedom Toilet.
Posted by: Adam Schiff at April 10, 2025 03:35 PM (/U5Yz)
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Nobody wants to ban your shower. It’s just Fox News paranoia
OK we may ban showers. But only high capacity showers. For the children.
We are banning showers.
Anyone opposed to shower bans is a Nazi.
OK we may ban showers. But only high capacity showers. For the children.
We are banning showers.
Anyone opposed to shower bans is a Nazi.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 10, 2025 03:35 PM (xHYkz)
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off watermelon sock
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 10, 2025 03:35 PM (/U5Yz)
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I wish he could do real light bulbs but that can't happen now because all of the factories are closed except in china.
Posted by: Mister Scott
IIFC Poland was the light bulb maker for the world.
Posted by: Mister Scott
IIFC Poland was the light bulb maker for the world.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 10, 2025 03:35 PM (A1oHd)
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The Golden Emperor Trump Hath Decreed...
Lol...you might be closer to the truth than you know. I don't know if this is true, or some 4Chan-Style troll, but it's going to drive the left nuts.
Sooo... they have moved on from lapel flag pins to this monstrosity: (image of golden Trump profile lapel pin) https://tinyurl.com/2vv69kkw
Lol...you might be closer to the truth than you know. I don't know if this is true, or some 4Chan-Style troll, but it's going to drive the left nuts.
Sooo... they have moved on from lapel flag pins to this monstrosity: (image of golden Trump profile lapel pin) https://tinyurl.com/2vv69kkw
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 10, 2025 03:35 PM (JCZqz)
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In the past, you were able to take apart the showerhead and remove the limiter device. Is that no longer the case?
Posted by: bonhomme at April 10, 2025 03:35 PM (lIio7)
Posted by: Archimedes at April 10, 2025 03:35 PM (xCA6C)
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Dad told legendary stories of all the cool fireworks available when he was a wee lad. “Silver Salutes” was one he was fond of.
Iowanians were precluded from fireworks after a small boy apparently lit off something at a store, the resulting fire was not contained and eventually, the entire small town burnt to the ground.
There are actually vintage fireworks collectors. As you might imagine they are very rare. The graphics on the packages are excellent, the “golden age” being the 1920s thru the 1970s.
Iowanians were precluded from fireworks after a small boy apparently lit off something at a store, the resulting fire was not contained and eventually, the entire small town burnt to the ground.
There are actually vintage fireworks collectors. As you might imagine they are very rare. The graphics on the packages are excellent, the “golden age” being the 1920s thru the 1970s.
Posted by: Common Tater at April 10, 2025 03:35 PM (DaCyj)
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>17 Low flow? I don't like the sound of that!
Posted by: Kramer at April 10, 2025 03:32 PM (bHGBC)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMITcQUe-9M
Posted by: Kramer at April 10, 2025 03:32 PM (bHGBC)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMITcQUe-9M
Posted by: Heavy Meta at April 10, 2025 03:35 PM (GTqXr)
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>>> All right, now here's the lowdown. From a certain connection, I've been able to locate some black market shower heads. They're all made in the former Yugoslavia, and from what I hear the Serbs are fanatic about their showers.
Posted by: Kramer
"You don't want to mess with that shower-head -- they use that for circus elephants."
"That's the one I want!" -- Newman.
Posted by: Kramer
"You don't want to mess with that shower-head -- they use that for circus elephants."
"That's the one I want!" -- Newman.
Posted by: ace at April 10, 2025 03:36 PM (KRtlO)
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Thank you Mr. President! Now do low flow toilets!
Posted by: Please? at April 10, 2025 03:36 PM (TbWk/)
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Let's address the overriding stupidity governing new cars and trucks. We still on track to have the proverbial "kill switch" in new vehicles so the government can just stop us from traveling?
The list of horseshit with cars and trucks is.... lengthy.
The list of horseshit with cars and trucks is.... lengthy.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 10, 2025 03:36 PM (Q4IgG)
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While I had a plumber in to fix another problem, I had him loosen the two old (50+ years?) showerheads in my bathrooms. I could not loosen them myself, and I had planned on taking them with us whenever we sold our house.
I still think I will, because I figure any NEW showerhead, even a normal one, would probably not last as long as the ones I already have.
But it's nice to have OPTIONS again. Now just GIVE ME BACK MY:
Incandescent 100W bulbs
High-flow toilets
Washing machines and dishwashers that ACTUALLY FUCKING WORK, AND FOR MORE THAN 15 YEARS
Normal gas cans.
I still think I will, because I figure any NEW showerhead, even a normal one, would probably not last as long as the ones I already have.
But it's nice to have OPTIONS again. Now just GIVE ME BACK MY:
Incandescent 100W bulbs
High-flow toilets
Washing machines and dishwashers that ACTUALLY FUCKING WORK, AND FOR MORE THAN 15 YEARS
Normal gas cans.
Posted by: Tex Lovera at April 10, 2025 03:36 PM (wtvvX)
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23 missed the pronoun thread. i see several folks point out the proper first person pronoun for a "they/them" user is "we". clearely, the proper second person pronoun is "y'all".
Posted by: anachronda at April 10, 2025 03:33 PM (edU/H)
If you use They / Them.... or We... you are either schizophrenic, or speaking in the Imperial We, and are identifying as an Emperor?
Either of which, should be landing you in the Loony Bin.
Posted by: anachronda at April 10, 2025 03:33 PM (edU/H)
If you use They / Them.... or We... you are either schizophrenic, or speaking in the Imperial We, and are identifying as an Emperor?
Either of which, should be landing you in the Loony Bin.
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 10, 2025 03:37 PM (QAkQ3)
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LED lightbulbs have gotten pretty good, honestly
Posted by: ace at April 10, 2025 03:33 PM (KRtlO)
As an American, I am entitled to have a choice!
Posted by: ace at April 10, 2025 03:33 PM (KRtlO)
As an American, I am entitled to have a choice!
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2025 03:37 PM (g47mK)
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"Environmentalists" are suing the Trump Administration for allowing timber companies to clear forest floors of fallen trees in Western NC. They want us all to burn like California.
By the way, the fallen trees could be used to re-build homes cheaper and reduce wildfire risk.
By the way, the fallen trees could be used to re-build homes cheaper and reduce wildfire risk.
Posted by: Cheri at April 10, 2025 03:37 PM (oiNtH)
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FIRST!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2025 03:37 PM (Zz0t1)
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Will it get rid of the dirty I feel reading necrophilia jokes all afternoon?
Posted by: Auspex at April 10, 2025 03:30 PM (j4U/Z)
One does seem to miss all the really cool shenanigans when one is late.
Will it get rid of the dirty I feel reading necrophilia jokes all afternoon?
Posted by: Auspex at April 10, 2025 03:30 PM (j4U/Z)
One does seem to miss all the really cool shenanigans when one is late.
Posted by: tankdemon at April 10, 2025 03:37 PM (kG/Ba)
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Trump changed the definition back to what it used to be. The Times brands this some kind of activist invasion into people's right to have low water pressure in their showers.
If you LIKE your showerhead, you can KEEP your showerhead.
If you LIKE your showerhead, you can KEEP your showerhead.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2025 03:37 PM (Zz0t1)
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Economics expert Extreme Hakeem
Townhall.com@townhallcom
Hakeem Jeffries continues to claim inflation is going up the same morning CPI turned negative month over month
Townhall.com@townhallcom
Hakeem Jeffries continues to claim inflation is going up the same morning CPI turned negative month over month
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at April 10, 2025 03:37 PM (L/fGl)
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What I cannot grasp is... why didn't anyone challenge this in court? Where, exactly, in the constitution does it permit the federal government -- the executive branch no less -- to tell people what kind of SHOWER HEAD they can buy??? Point to it with a stick if you have to.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2025 03:38 PM (RKzci)
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I removed the restrictor plate in our shower head. It's like showering with a riot hose blasting you.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 10, 2025 03:38 PM (/U5Yz)
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Ashley Biden approves.
Posted by: tankdemon at April 10, 2025 03:38 PM (kG/Ba)
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This alone should earn him a fourth term.
Posted by: ShainS -- On Democracies and Death Cults at April 10, 2025 03:38 PM (naJFg)
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Hakeem Jeffries continues to claim inflation is going up the same morning CPI turned negative month over month
Temu Obama has a gift.
Temu Obama has a gift.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 10, 2025 03:38 PM (xCA6C)
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You know who else used showers for political purposes?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at April 10, 2025 03:38 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: gKWVE at April 10, 2025 03:39 PM (gKWVE)
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I like shower head. It's like hot tub head, only she has a much less drowning risk.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2025 03:39 PM (Zz0t1)
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Washing machines and dishwashers that ACTUALLY FUCKING WORK, AND FOR MORE THAN 15 YEARS
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15? Try more like 5 for the newest ones. 15 was a luxury afforded to us in the 2010s. That’s long gone.
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15? Try more like 5 for the newest ones. 15 was a luxury afforded to us in the 2010s. That’s long gone.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 10, 2025 03:39 PM (xHYkz)
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Depending on the fixture I take the gut out of the shower head or drill the hole bigger.
Who is coming to check me?
Who is coming to check me?
Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at April 10, 2025 03:39 PM (9INg6)
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"I like to take a nice long shower to take care of my beautiful hair."
We don’t deserve him.
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LOL
We don’t deserve him.
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LOL
Posted by: ShainS -- On Democracies and Death Cults at April 10, 2025 03:39 PM (naJFg)
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I removed the restrictor plate in our shower head. It's like showering with a riot hose blasting you.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 10, 2025 03:38 PM (/U5Yz)
Restrictor plates should be limited to super-speedway races, like Daytona.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 10, 2025 03:38 PM (/U5Yz)
Restrictor plates should be limited to super-speedway races, like Daytona.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 10, 2025 03:39 PM (VNX3d)
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>>>As an American, I am entitled to have a choice!
I hear that. But at this point, I wouldn't personally switch back.
You know how often I change LED lightbulbs? Barely ever. They last for years.
Plus, normal lightbulbs only turn 6% of their power into light. the rest is heat. LEDs turn 70% of their power into light.
Bulbs get hot on summer nights. It's nice to not have lightbulbs pumping out unwanted heat.
I hear that. But at this point, I wouldn't personally switch back.
You know how often I change LED lightbulbs? Barely ever. They last for years.
Plus, normal lightbulbs only turn 6% of their power into light. the rest is heat. LEDs turn 70% of their power into light.
Bulbs get hot on summer nights. It's nice to not have lightbulbs pumping out unwanted heat.
Posted by: ace at April 10, 2025 03:39 PM (KRtlO)
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The list of horseshit with cars and trucks is.... lengthy.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 10, 2025 03:36 PM (Q4IgG)
One major symbol of America worldwide, was the American Pony Car... that V8 powered hot rod that most American Boys dreamed of owning... and many did (used)...
So of course, the US Government has somehow made is so almost all the Pony Cars are no longer made... at all... only the Mustang remains.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 10, 2025 03:36 PM (Q4IgG)
One major symbol of America worldwide, was the American Pony Car... that V8 powered hot rod that most American Boys dreamed of owning... and many did (used)...
So of course, the US Government has somehow made is so almost all the Pony Cars are no longer made... at all... only the Mustang remains.
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 10, 2025 03:39 PM (QAkQ3)
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45 "Environmentalists" are suing the Trump Administration for allowing timber companies to clear forest floors of fallen trees in Western NC. They want us all to burn like California.
By the way, the fallen trees could be used to re-build homes cheaper and reduce wildfire risk.
Posted by: Cheri
Let the tree spiking and equipment damage begin.
By the way, the fallen trees could be used to re-build homes cheaper and reduce wildfire risk.
Posted by: Cheri
Let the tree spiking and equipment damage begin.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 10, 2025 03:39 PM (/U5Yz)
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There is a theory about the ban on incandescents - have you seen it - which purports that because they are essentially "burning" (through heat) the light from it is more natural and --- demon repellent.
I mean, at this point I don't even want to know the science. I'm all in.
There is a theory about the ban on incandescents - have you seen it - which purports that because they are essentially "burning" (through heat) the light from it is more natural and --- demon repellent.
I mean, at this point I don't even want to know the science. I'm all in.
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2025 03:40 PM (RbtEb)
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YUP! They say "Why do you even care about this?"
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“You’re the first person to complain about this” (well, not really but let’s fvck with their head and make them believe their opinion is an extreme outlier i.e. “what is wrong with you??”
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“You’re the first person to complain about this” (well, not really but let’s fvck with their head and make them believe their opinion is an extreme outlier i.e. “what is wrong with you??”
Posted by: Common Tater at April 10, 2025 03:40 PM (kMjfk)
Posted by: Maxine Waters' Hair at April 10, 2025 03:40 PM (5hfjS)
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Now can I get a light bulb for my old refrigerator?
Posted by: wth at April 10, 2025 03:40 PM (v0R5T)
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Will it get rid of the dirty I feel reading necrophilia jokes all afternoon?
Posted by: Auspex at April 10, 2025 03:30 PM (j4U/Z)
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Hey! We now have access to full-strength showerheads!
That dirt will wash off in no time!
Posted by: Auspex at April 10, 2025 03:30 PM (j4U/Z)
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Hey! We now have access to full-strength showerheads!
That dirt will wash off in no time!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 10, 2025 03:40 PM (7fElN)
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15 Maybe we can go back to real toilets someday.
Posted by: Dr Spank at April 10, 2025 03:31 PM (DI3JR)
In my day, son, when told Mom that I had to go, she'd just say, "You know where the shovel is."
Posted by: Dr Spank at April 10, 2025 03:31 PM (DI3JR)
In my day, son, when told Mom that I had to go, she'd just say, "You know where the shovel is."
Posted by: tankdemon at April 10, 2025 03:40 PM (kG/Ba)
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In which I rant on shower heads.
First off, I have been traveling some lately and hotels have a severe problem with mounting shower heads at chest level. Now, granted, I'm a little taller than average but this stuff is aimed at a hobbit. Showers are supposed to come from ABOVE you, not hit you in the midsection.
Second, how is it saving water if it takes seventeen minutes to rinse the soap off of you because the water pressure is about the force of a leaf falling from a tree? I need water pressure, so I feel clean and get a nice massage from the water, I want to feel the water hit my body, not a soft mist that chokes me off.
How is this so difficult to work out??
First off, I have been traveling some lately and hotels have a severe problem with mounting shower heads at chest level. Now, granted, I'm a little taller than average but this stuff is aimed at a hobbit. Showers are supposed to come from ABOVE you, not hit you in the midsection.
Second, how is it saving water if it takes seventeen minutes to rinse the soap off of you because the water pressure is about the force of a leaf falling from a tree? I need water pressure, so I feel clean and get a nice massage from the water, I want to feel the water hit my body, not a soft mist that chokes me off.
How is this so difficult to work out??
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2025 03:40 PM (RKzci)
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Low-water appliances, he says. Not just shower-heads. He specifically mentions toilets.
Posted by: m at April 10, 2025 03:40 PM (CQE5S)
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Hakeem Jeffries continues to claim inflation is going up the same morning CPI turned negative month over month
Temu Obama has a gift.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 10, 2025 03:38 PM (xCA6C)
All they do is lie. No one holds them accountable. It's like the last thread.
Democrats WILL win more elections. They may even take the Senate. Why?
Because NO ONE has gone to prison for CHEATING in elections. NO ONE.
As long as they can cheat, they'll continue to 'win' elections.
And we'll continue to get f*cked.
Temu Obama has a gift.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 10, 2025 03:38 PM (xCA6C)
All they do is lie. No one holds them accountable. It's like the last thread.
Democrats WILL win more elections. They may even take the Senate. Why?
Because NO ONE has gone to prison for CHEATING in elections. NO ONE.
As long as they can cheat, they'll continue to 'win' elections.
And we'll continue to get f*cked.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2025 03:40 PM (Zz0t1)
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All those videos showing you how to take the regulator out with pliers hardest hit
Posted by: brak at April 10, 2025 03:40 PM (jGJov)
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The left's entire mission can be boiled down to let's fuck with people for almost no reason, just to show that we can, just to feel powerful in our impotence, just to dominate people who are better and stronger than we are.
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The "conserve water!!!" requirements and PSAs by the pro Science people always amused me.
Hey, you know how people downstream of you get their water?
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The "conserve water!!!" requirements and PSAs by the pro Science people always amused me.
Hey, you know how people downstream of you get their water?
Posted by: Boron Quidquid - Moms lie to daughters because they compete against them for men at April 10, 2025 03:40 PM (Xe0Uu)
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Restrictor plates should be limited to super-speedway races, like Daytona.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 10, 2025 03:39 PM (VNX3d)
All the rules of Car racing... has killed car racing.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 10, 2025 03:39 PM (VNX3d)
All the rules of Car racing... has killed car racing.
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 10, 2025 03:41 PM (QAkQ3)
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There is a Philips LED now that is very very very pleasant. I can't remember which one but it's closest to incandescent light. I have them in all lamps.
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2025 03:41 PM (RbtEb)
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50 What I cannot grasp is... why didn't anyone challenge this in court? Where, exactly, in the constitution does it permit the federal government -- the executive branch no less -- to tell people what kind of SHOWER HEAD they can buy??? Point to it with a stick if you have to.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
Well, you see, the Constitution lets the Federal government manage navigable waterways, and the water from your shower is drawn from, and flows to, those waterways. Also, water is bottled and sold, making it a national trade commodity, and the Federal government is empowered to regulate interstate trade, so they can manage your shower head flow, and what crops you plant, and in what amount.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
Well, you see, the Constitution lets the Federal government manage navigable waterways, and the water from your shower is drawn from, and flows to, those waterways. Also, water is bottled and sold, making it a national trade commodity, and the Federal government is empowered to regulate interstate trade, so they can manage your shower head flow, and what crops you plant, and in what amount.
Posted by: Chief Justice Dread Roberts at April 10, 2025 03:41 PM (JCZqz)
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>Another favorite tactic of the Left.
Screw with people on some petty bullcrap then when they fight you on it ask why they even care so much about the petty bullcrap you screwed with.
Marxists are basically Fifth Grade Bullies.
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2025 03:32 PM (RbtEb)
"Why are you right wing nut jobs obsessed with *insert left wing cause du jour here*?"
Screw with people on some petty bullcrap then when they fight you on it ask why they even care so much about the petty bullcrap you screwed with.
Marxists are basically Fifth Grade Bullies.
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2025 03:32 PM (RbtEb)
"Why are you right wing nut jobs obsessed with *insert left wing cause du jour here*?"
Posted by: Dworkin Barimen at April 10, 2025 03:41 PM (jn5+M)
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I like the new bulbs too, replacing bulbs 10 feet up all the time gets old.
Posted by: Dr Spank at April 10, 2025 03:41 PM (DI3JR)
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When the devil said " pro choice", what he meant was, "screw your free agency".
Thus thwarting the will of God and the basis of His plan.
Thus thwarting the will of God and the basis of His plan.
Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at April 10, 2025 03:41 PM (9INg6)
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"It's time to find out whether or not somebody can do that. I think he's guilty of treason."
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Make Treason Executable Again!
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Make Treason Executable Again!
Posted by: ShainS -- On Democracies and Death Cults at April 10, 2025 03:42 PM (naJFg)
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And straws. He's already written an executive order to Bring Back Straws.
Posted by: m at April 10, 2025 03:42 PM (CQE5S)
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"Are LED lights bad for you?
Scientists from the U.S. and Europe warn that LED lights could be doing more harm than good:
A 2012 Spanish study found that LED radiation can cause irreversible damage to the retina.
A 2019 report from the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (ANSES) warned of the “phototoxic effects” of blue light exposure, including an increased risk for age-related macular degeneration. The report also noted that blue light blocking glasses and filters may not protect against these and other harmful effects."
Scientists from the U.S. and Europe warn that LED lights could be doing more harm than good:
A 2012 Spanish study found that LED radiation can cause irreversible damage to the retina.
A 2019 report from the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (ANSES) warned of the “phototoxic effects” of blue light exposure, including an increased risk for age-related macular degeneration. The report also noted that blue light blocking glasses and filters may not protect against these and other harmful effects."
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2025 03:42 PM (g47mK)
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President Dad.
Posted by: Deplorable Minion at April 10, 2025 03:42 PM (QSrLX)
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Can we get normal lightbulbs back ?
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2025 03:31 PM (g47mK)
If you want to have them, and pay for the power they consume, go for it. I am quite happy with the current generation of LED lamps, which have decent durability, and are very cheap to run.
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2025 03:31 PM (g47mK)
If you want to have them, and pay for the power they consume, go for it. I am quite happy with the current generation of LED lamps, which have decent durability, and are very cheap to run.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 10, 2025 03:42 PM (8zz6B)
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Restrictor plates should be limited to super-speedway races, like Daytona.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 10, 2025 03:39 PM (VNX3d)
Restrictor plates should be banished to Hell from which they came.
Restrictor plates should be limited to super-speedway races, like Daytona.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 10, 2025 03:39 PM (VNX3d)
Restrictor plates should be banished to Hell from which they came.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2025 03:42 PM (Zz0t1)
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When I lived in the dorms in college, we had *amazing* water pressure. It was like standing under a firehose.
Glorious!
Glorious!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 10, 2025 03:42 PM (7fElN)
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Next take on appliances, HVAC, CAFE, etc.
We have have cars now that are basically disposable and insanely complex to repair all to hit Obama era fuel economy standards.
please
stop the scourge of turbo charged 4 cylinders in everything
We have have cars now that are basically disposable and insanely complex to repair all to hit Obama era fuel economy standards.
please
stop the scourge of turbo charged 4 cylinders in everything
Posted by: brak at April 10, 2025 03:42 PM (jGJov)
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I removed the restrictor plate in our shower head. It's like showering with a riot hose blasting you.
I used to do that, but the remodel of the bathroom has me with some model I cannot find a restrictor in it. I want to replace it but I gotta get the money together. It has this super fancy "rainfall" thing and a wand so my poor mom could reach up and use the shower sitting on the built in bench. But its weak.
I used to do that, but the remodel of the bathroom has me with some model I cannot find a restrictor in it. I want to replace it but I gotta get the money together. It has this super fancy "rainfall" thing and a wand so my poor mom could reach up and use the shower sitting on the built in bench. But its weak.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2025 03:42 PM (RKzci)
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Full flush toilets! When do we want them? NOW!
Posted by: Seems Legit at April 10, 2025 03:43 PM (PMtkd)
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>>>9 Can we get normal lightbulbs back ?
LED lightbulbs have gotten pretty good, honestly
Posted by: ace at April 10, 2025 03:33 PM (KRtlO)
Yeah but we had to have those CF ones that had more warnings than a radioactive landfill does first.
LED lightbulbs have gotten pretty good, honestly
Posted by: ace at April 10, 2025 03:33 PM (KRtlO)
Yeah but we had to have those CF ones that had more warnings than a radioactive landfill does first.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2025 03:43 PM (n7h9X)
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15 Maybe we can go back to real toilets someday.
Posted by: Dr Spank at April 10, 2025 03:31 PM (DI3JR)
Speaking of residential toilets, never ever buy an American Standard. They are shit, so to speak.
Posted by: Dr Spank at April 10, 2025 03:31 PM (DI3JR)
Speaking of residential toilets, never ever buy an American Standard. They are shit, so to speak.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 10, 2025 03:43 PM (/U5Yz)
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>>>There is a Philips LED now that is very very very pleasant. I can't remember which one but it's closest to incandescent light. I have them in all lamps.
I think the key is that you want bulbs that are around 3000K. They produce a yellow light that is similar to old incandescent bulbs.
I got a bunch of bulbs at 5000K because, like any American, I assumed that Moar is Betterer. But those have a harsh blueish light. No good.
I think the key is that you want bulbs that are around 3000K. They produce a yellow light that is similar to old incandescent bulbs.
I got a bunch of bulbs at 5000K because, like any American, I assumed that Moar is Betterer. But those have a harsh blueish light. No good.
Posted by: ace at April 10, 2025 03:43 PM (KRtlO)
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Restrictor plates should be limited to super-speedway races, like Daytona.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 10, 2025 03:39 PM (VNX3d)
All the rules of Car racing... has killed car racing.
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 10, 2025 03:41 PM (QAkQ3)
I seem to remember, vaguely, race cars going too fast and flying off the track, before that was added. I didn't watch auto racing back then, and it's no longer interesting since the Intimidator died.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 10, 2025 03:39 PM (VNX3d)
All the rules of Car racing... has killed car racing.
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 10, 2025 03:41 PM (QAkQ3)
I seem to remember, vaguely, race cars going too fast and flying off the track, before that was added. I didn't watch auto racing back then, and it's no longer interesting since the Intimidator died.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 10, 2025 03:43 PM (VNX3d)
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There is a theory about the ban on incandescents - have you seen it - which purports that because they are essentially "burning" (through heat) the light from it is more natural and --- demon repellent.
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There's also discussion about how unnatural lights mess with people's moods, and folks can't help but notice that the world got quickly worse after incandescent bulbs were banned and removed from use.
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There's also discussion about how unnatural lights mess with people's moods, and folks can't help but notice that the world got quickly worse after incandescent bulbs were banned and removed from use.
Posted by: Boron Quidquid - Moms lie to daughters because they compete against them for men at April 10, 2025 03:43 PM (Xe0Uu)
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If you want to have them, and pay for the power they consume, go for it. I am quite happy with the current generation of LED lamps, which have decent durability, and are very cheap to run.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 10, 2025 03:42 PM (8zz6B)
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Healthwise incandescent bulbs are much better for you.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 10, 2025 03:42 PM (8zz6B)
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Healthwise incandescent bulbs are much better for you.
Posted by: Seems Legit at April 10, 2025 03:43 PM (PMtkd)
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"Showers and other water appliances."
Posted by: m at April 10, 2025 03:43 PM (CQE5S)
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It's nice to not have lightbulbs pumping out unwanted heat.
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Heat is wanted in the wintertime in northern climes. 100% efficient.
My problem with LEDs was in the early years the color balance sucked. I bought an expensive reading lamp. It looked like an arc-welder was running, a cold alien light. They have gotten quite good in recent years, with a warm color balance.
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Heat is wanted in the wintertime in northern climes. 100% efficient.
My problem with LEDs was in the early years the color balance sucked. I bought an expensive reading lamp. It looked like an arc-welder was running, a cold alien light. They have gotten quite good in recent years, with a warm color balance.
Posted by: Common Tater at April 10, 2025 03:44 PM (kMjfk)
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Have heard California won't allow mail order shower heads, unless they are for dog grooming use, then they are ok.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at April 10, 2025 03:44 PM (0zmu/)
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As long as they can cheat, they'll continue to 'win' elections.
And we'll continue to get f*cked.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2025 03:40 PM (Zz0t1)
The people who taught us liars never win and cheaters never prosper were big fat fucking liars.
As long as they can cheat, they'll continue to 'win' elections.
And we'll continue to get f*cked.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2025 03:40 PM (Zz0t1)
The people who taught us liars never win and cheaters never prosper were big fat fucking liars.
Posted by: ironic no? at April 10, 2025 03:44 PM (TbWk/)
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All the rules of Car racing... has killed car racing.
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 10, 2025 03:41 PM (QAkQ3)
I wasn't a fan of Dale Earnhardt by any means, but after he died, I wanted to make a t-shirt with a Wanted poster on it.
It would say WANTED for the murder of Dale Earnhardt and put a picture of a restrictor plate under it.
All the rules of Car racing... has killed car racing.
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 10, 2025 03:41 PM (QAkQ3)
I wasn't a fan of Dale Earnhardt by any means, but after he died, I wanted to make a t-shirt with a Wanted poster on it.
It would say WANTED for the murder of Dale Earnhardt and put a picture of a restrictor plate under it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2025 03:44 PM (Zz0t1)
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"Dishwashers, toilets, sinks."
Posted by: m at April 10, 2025 03:44 PM (CQE5S)
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Thank you Mr. President! Now do low flow toilets!
Posted by: Please?
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Just stop eating at Taco Bell.
Posted by: Please?
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Just stop eating at Taco Bell.
Posted by: wth at April 10, 2025 03:44 PM (v0R5T)
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LED lightbulbs have gotten pretty good, honestly
Posted by: ace
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It was the compact fluorescents that sucked.
Posted by: ace
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It was the compact fluorescents that sucked.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at April 10, 2025 03:44 PM (JyJTX)
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>>>The list of horseshit with cars and trucks is.... lengthy.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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Cut the horseshit, make vehicles affordable again.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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Cut the horseshit, make vehicles affordable again.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 10, 2025 03:44 PM (RrIy1)
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Now do low flow toilets.
Now do low flow toilets.
Posted by: Frank Barone at April 10, 2025 03:44 PM (IifOV)
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My shower head was manufactured with a Marx Defeater. Its a piece that saves water but by pure accident and coincidence if you take it out, the head works just fine, and flows like Metallica simultaneously spooging on your face all morning with pure bloodcurdling Master of Puppets corpse-raping rawness.
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2025 03:44 PM (RbtEb)
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We need RFKjr to look into the phototoxic effects of LED bulbs!
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2025 03:44 PM (g47mK)
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The people who taught us liars never win and cheaters never prosper were big fat fucking liars.
Posted by: ironic no? at April 10, 2025 03:44 PM (TbWk/)
Every bit of this......
The people who taught us liars never win and cheaters never prosper were big fat fucking liars.
Posted by: ironic no? at April 10, 2025 03:44 PM (TbWk/)
Every bit of this......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2025 03:44 PM (Zz0t1)
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Greatly cutting back on CAFE restrictions in cars would unleash some design brilliance and better cars. It could bring back mini pickups.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2025 03:45 PM (RKzci)
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>>You know how often I change LED lightbulbs? Barely ever. They last for years.
This is bullshit. The LED lightbulbs in my garage go out twice as fast. They can't take temperature shifts worth a damn.
This doesn't take into account that I have had several LED bulbs explode while in use. One right in my face on my fly tying desk.
Don't even get me started on the shit used to make them and the failure of the Government who required their use to institute a reliable recycling program / initiative to keep them out of Household waste.
Fuck LED lightbulbs.
Leave that choice in technology to the consumer.
This is bullshit. The LED lightbulbs in my garage go out twice as fast. They can't take temperature shifts worth a damn.
This doesn't take into account that I have had several LED bulbs explode while in use. One right in my face on my fly tying desk.
Don't even get me started on the shit used to make them and the failure of the Government who required their use to institute a reliable recycling program / initiative to keep them out of Household waste.
Fuck LED lightbulbs.
Leave that choice in technology to the consumer.
Posted by: garrett at April 10, 2025 03:45 PM (F30Ty)
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A 2019 report from the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (ANSES) warned of the “phototoxic effects” of blue light exposure, including an increased risk for age-related macular degeneration. The report also noted that blue light blocking glasses and filters may not protect against these and other harmful effects."
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2025 03:42 PM (g47mK)
If your blue light filter doesn't block blue light you need a new filter.
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2025 03:42 PM (g47mK)
If your blue light filter doesn't block blue light you need a new filter.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2025 03:45 PM (n7h9X)
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Healthwise incandescent bulbs are much better for you.
Posted by: Seems Legit at April 10, 2025 03:43 PM (PMtkd)
A nutritious part of this complete breakfast.
Healthwise incandescent bulbs are much better for you.
Posted by: Seems Legit at April 10, 2025 03:43 PM (PMtkd)
A nutritious part of this complete breakfast.
Posted by: Fortified with 12 essential elements and minerals at April 10, 2025 03:45 PM (TbWk/)
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50 What I cannot grasp is... why didn't anyone challenge this in court? Where, exactly, in the constitution does it permit the federal government -- the executive branch no less -- to tell people what kind of SHOWER HEAD they can buy??? Point to it with a stick if you have to.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2025 03:38 PM (RKzci)
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Because the Right is legal lazy.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2025 03:38 PM (RKzci)
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Because the Right is legal lazy.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at April 10, 2025 03:45 PM (UMMMY)
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I stupidly had some faith in CISA. It didn't last long
Posted by: Francis at April 10, 2025 03:45 PM (bbuBP)
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I removed the restrictor plate in our shower head. It's like showering with a riot hose blasting you.
I used to do that, but the remodel of the bathroom has me with some model I cannot find a restrictor in it. I want to replace it but I gotta get the money together. It has this super fancy "rainfall" thing and a wand so my poor mom could reach up and use the shower sitting on the built in bench. But its weak.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
Ours was a round plastic disk with slots around the circumference. It popped right out. Newer ones are probably tamper proof.
I used to do that, but the remodel of the bathroom has me with some model I cannot find a restrictor in it. I want to replace it but I gotta get the money together. It has this super fancy "rainfall" thing and a wand so my poor mom could reach up and use the shower sitting on the built in bench. But its weak.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
Ours was a round plastic disk with slots around the circumference. It popped right out. Newer ones are probably tamper proof.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 10, 2025 03:46 PM (/U5Yz)
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Funny as shit, but sad that this was even an issue.
Godless commies suck.
Godless commies suck.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at April 10, 2025 03:46 PM (ufFY8)
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Restrictor plates should be limited to super-speedway races, like Daytona.
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Or just let the drivers drive their cars, and if someone wants to try to go faster or slower then that's fine.
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Or just let the drivers drive their cars, and if someone wants to try to go faster or slower then that's fine.
Posted by: Boron Quidquid - Moms lie to daughters because they compete against them for men at April 10, 2025 03:46 PM (Xe0Uu)
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>>>My problem with LEDs was in the early years the color balance sucked. I bought an expensive reading lamp. It looked like an arc-welder was running, a cold alien light. They have gotten quite good in recent years, with a warm color balance.
yeah I was just saying the trick is to get the bulbs that produce a warmer light. I think those are the ones in the 3000K range. the 5000K range are bluish and more like old, bad fluorescents.
yeah I was just saying the trick is to get the bulbs that produce a warmer light. I think those are the ones in the 3000K range. the 5000K range are bluish and more like old, bad fluorescents.
Posted by: ace at April 10, 2025 03:46 PM (KRtlO)
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Trump Is Amazing!
I'm not a bumper sticker guy *, and putting a pro-Trump sticker on my car is asking for vandalism, but I'd be tempted in his case.
* Mrs. Wolfus NO. 1 and I did put one sticker on our car. This was when we still had chrome bumpers. It read, "OFFICIAL VEHICLE -- VULCAN EMBASSY."
I'm not a bumper sticker guy *, and putting a pro-Trump sticker on my car is asking for vandalism, but I'd be tempted in his case.
* Mrs. Wolfus NO. 1 and I did put one sticker on our car. This was when we still had chrome bumpers. It read, "OFFICIAL VEHICLE -- VULCAN EMBASSY."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 10, 2025 03:46 PM (omVj0)
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There's also discussion about how unnatural lights mess with people's moods, and folks can't help but notice that the world got quickly worse after incandescent bulbs were banned and removed from use.
Posted by: Boron Quidquid - Moms lie to daughters because they compete against them for men at April 10, 2025 03:43 PM (Xe0Uu)
What's really sick is I said at the time on these very pages that I had a theory that the bulb ban was actually a giant brainwashing op - that if you can change the manner and quality of people's light in a relatively short period of time, you can rewire their brains with novel information.
Posted by: Boron Quidquid - Moms lie to daughters because they compete against them for men at April 10, 2025 03:43 PM (Xe0Uu)
What's really sick is I said at the time on these very pages that I had a theory that the bulb ban was actually a giant brainwashing op - that if you can change the manner and quality of people's light in a relatively short period of time, you can rewire their brains with novel information.
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2025 03:46 PM (RbtEb)
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Don't even get me started on the shit used to make them and the failure of the Government who required their use to institute a reliable recycling program / initiative to keep them out of Household waste.
Fuck LED lightbulbs.
Leave that choice in technology to the consumer.
Posted by: garrett at April 10, 2025 03:45 PM (F30Ty)
Don't think I've had one fail yet but I agree with your conclusion. The government has no reason to force tech changes by fiat.
Fuck LED lightbulbs.
Leave that choice in technology to the consumer.
Posted by: garrett at April 10, 2025 03:45 PM (F30Ty)
Don't think I've had one fail yet but I agree with your conclusion. The government has no reason to force tech changes by fiat.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2025 03:46 PM (n7h9X)
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Fuck LED lightbulbs.
Leave that choice in technology to the consumer.
Posted by: garrett at April 10, 2025 03:45 PM (F30Ty)
cannot underestimate the phototoxic effects either
Leave that choice in technology to the consumer.
Posted by: garrett at April 10, 2025 03:45 PM (F30Ty)
cannot underestimate the phototoxic effects either
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2025 03:47 PM (g47mK)
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I will use LED bulbs in my pinball machines (non-active/controlled) and aquariums.
Anywhere else, I want incandescent.
Anywhere else, I want incandescent.
Posted by: garrett at April 10, 2025 03:47 PM (F30Ty)
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yeah I was just saying the trick is to get the bulbs that produce a warmer light. I think those are the ones in the 3000K range. the 5000K range are bluish and more like old, bad fluorescents.
Posted by: ace at April 10, 2025
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I'll have to look for those. I'm having a couple of table lamps repaired, and I want to use at least one as a reading lamp.
Posted by: ace at April 10, 2025
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I'll have to look for those. I'm having a couple of table lamps repaired, and I want to use at least one as a reading lamp.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 10, 2025 03:47 PM (omVj0)
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In which I rant on shower heads.
First off, I have been traveling some lately and hotels have a severe problem with mounting shower heads at chest level. Now, granted, I'm a little taller than average but this stuff is aimed at a hobbit. Showers are supposed to come from ABOVE you, not hit you in the midsection.
Second, how is it saving water if it takes seventeen minutes to rinse the soap off of you because the water pressure is about the force of a leaf falling from a tree? I need water pressure, so I feel clean and get a nice massage from the water, I want to feel the water hit my body, not a soft mist that chokes me off.
How is this so difficult to work out??
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2025 03:40 PM (RKzci)
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Hotel showers are deliberately set low to reduce overspray onto the floor outside the shower (reducing costly slip-and-fall lawsuits) and up-spray onto the ceiling (reducing water damage and residue)
First off, I have been traveling some lately and hotels have a severe problem with mounting shower heads at chest level. Now, granted, I'm a little taller than average but this stuff is aimed at a hobbit. Showers are supposed to come from ABOVE you, not hit you in the midsection.
Second, how is it saving water if it takes seventeen minutes to rinse the soap off of you because the water pressure is about the force of a leaf falling from a tree? I need water pressure, so I feel clean and get a nice massage from the water, I want to feel the water hit my body, not a soft mist that chokes me off.
How is this so difficult to work out??
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2025 03:40 PM (RKzci)
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Hotel showers are deliberately set low to reduce overspray onto the floor outside the shower (reducing costly slip-and-fall lawsuits) and up-spray onto the ceiling (reducing water damage and residue)
Posted by: Elric Blade at April 10, 2025 03:47 PM (iFTx/)
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LED lightbulbs have gotten pretty good, honestly
It took a while but yeah they are way better than incandescent now. Last longer, use less energy, not as hot, great light. But they took decades to get here and the ban was the wrong way to push them.
It took a while but yeah they are way better than incandescent now. Last longer, use less energy, not as hot, great light. But they took decades to get here and the ban was the wrong way to push them.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2025 03:47 PM (RKzci)
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Healthwise incandescent bulbs are much better for you.
Posted by: Seems Legit
Then what's the point of eating them?!?!?
Posted by: Seems Legit
Then what's the point of eating them?!?!?
Posted by: Uncle Fester at April 10, 2025 03:47 PM (JCZqz)
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97 If you want to have them, and pay for the power they consume, go for it. I am quite happy with the current generation of LED lamps, which have decent durability, and are very cheap to run.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Agree.
If you want some warmth add an eight or eleven watt grow bulb from Amazon to your array.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Agree.
If you want some warmth add an eight or eleven watt grow bulb from Amazon to your array.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 10, 2025 03:47 PM (RrIy1)
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Low flow fixtures might (might, not do) make sense in southern California or maybe Arizona where water is at a bit of a premium, but everywhere else, water falls from the sky. It took me twice as long to wash my hands at work because of the virtue-signaling engineers who decided it must be low flow and shut off after an arbitrary 5 seconds. Ended up using the same amount of water, just took longer.
Idiots.
Idiots.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 10, 2025 03:47 PM (eQO/Z)
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Garrett, you sure you're putting the bulbs in right?
Posted by: Dr Spank at April 10, 2025 03:47 PM (DI3JR)
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Don't think I've had one fail yet but I agree with your conclusion. The government has no reason to force tech changes by fiat.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2025 03:46 PM (n7h9X)
I've had one in my garage fail. The ones in the house only flash like a strobe on occasion. I'm sure they're preparing to light my house on fire.
Don't think I've had one fail yet but I agree with your conclusion. The government has no reason to force tech changes by fiat.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2025 03:46 PM (n7h9X)
I've had one in my garage fail. The ones in the house only flash like a strobe on occasion. I'm sure they're preparing to light my house on fire.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2025 03:47 PM (Zz0t1)
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Ours was a round plastic disk with slots around the circumference. It popped right out. Newer ones are probably tamper proof.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at
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Manufacturers caught on. I wouldn't doubt if there is legislation requiring tamper proof designs. I tried to drill one out recently and it was purposely made to ruin it and introduce leaks when you do.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at
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Manufacturers caught on. I wouldn't doubt if there is legislation requiring tamper proof designs. I tried to drill one out recently and it was purposely made to ruin it and introduce leaks when you do.
Posted by: Boron Quidquid - Moms lie to daughters because they compete against them for men at April 10, 2025 03:48 PM (Xe0Uu)
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In my day, son, when told Mom that I had to go, she'd just say, "You know where the shovel is."
Posted by: tankdemon
.....
and burn your toilet paper."
Posted by: tankdemon
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and burn your toilet paper."
Posted by: wth at April 10, 2025 03:48 PM (v0R5T)
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and folks can't help but notice that the world got quickly worse after incandescent bulbs were banned and removed from use.
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Hmmmmm. They outlawed smoking in bars, and everywhere. No exceptions.
What I noticed in America, there isn’t any in between. As a society we went from smoking on elevators, planes, and hospitals - nurses used to have a cart where they would sell cartons to patients - to the other extreme, where smoking even in open air public lands is banned, and technically lead to arrest on a deserted beach, or national park.
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Hmmmmm. They outlawed smoking in bars, and everywhere. No exceptions.
What I noticed in America, there isn’t any in between. As a society we went from smoking on elevators, planes, and hospitals - nurses used to have a cart where they would sell cartons to patients - to the other extreme, where smoking even in open air public lands is banned, and technically lead to arrest on a deserted beach, or national park.
Posted by: Common Tater at April 10, 2025 03:48 PM (uywL/)
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If your blue light filter doesn't block blue light you need a new filter.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2025 03:45 PM (n7h9X)
I always assumed that blue light glasses were a scam.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2025 03:45 PM (n7h9X)
I always assumed that blue light glasses were a scam.
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2025 03:48 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: garrett at April 10, 2025 03:48 PM (F30Ty)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at April 10, 2025 03:48 PM (UMMMY)
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The second someone proposed the first "regulation" we were doomed.
I get that there can be good ones.... but evidence suggests otherwise.
I get that there can be good ones.... but evidence suggests otherwise.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 10, 2025 03:48 PM (Q4IgG)
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WTF is wrong with Samsung?
First I start getting these Samsung Global Alerts on my phone, which is sponsored/partnered by the UN, which I can fortunately uninstall (but why backdoor install and run such crap anyway), and now I am getting Samsung Store alerts (which app I never use, because Samsung apps are largely crap), and the native uninstall option is greyed out.
So now I have to install the SDK, put the phone in developer and USB debugs modes and issue a special command to stop something I never opted in to in the first instance.
Hang them all!
First I start getting these Samsung Global Alerts on my phone, which is sponsored/partnered by the UN, which I can fortunately uninstall (but why backdoor install and run such crap anyway), and now I am getting Samsung Store alerts (which app I never use, because Samsung apps are largely crap), and the native uninstall option is greyed out.
So now I have to install the SDK, put the phone in developer and USB debugs modes and issue a special command to stop something I never opted in to in the first instance.
Hang them all!
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 10, 2025 03:48 PM (i24o9)
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Some may remember I also pointed out that the COVID response was a giant brainwashing psy op - that we would soon be blanketed with "novel information" and to look for it and be ready.
Shortly thereafter we had widely justified from upon high race riots followed even more quickly by the Tranny OP, which has created mass murderers and continues to this day.
Shortly thereafter we had widely justified from upon high race riots followed even more quickly by the Tranny OP, which has created mass murderers and continues to this day.
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2025 03:49 PM (RbtEb)
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Trump is the Supreme Edgelord, the man just want's us to be happy.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 10, 2025 03:49 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2025 03:49 PM (Zz0t1)
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I always assumed that blue light glasses were a scam.
if you get good ones they make a huge difference with eye strain, in my experience anyway
if you get good ones they make a huge difference with eye strain, in my experience anyway
Posted by: brak at April 10, 2025 03:49 PM (jGJov)
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Maybe we can go back to real toilets someday.
The problem is even if the fed reverses this stuff, places like California will maintain the bans, and that's such a huge market its not worth making two kinds of everything for most companies.
The problem is even if the fed reverses this stuff, places like California will maintain the bans, and that's such a huge market its not worth making two kinds of everything for most companies.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2025 03:49 PM (RKzci)
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Now, do gas cans
Posted by: SMOD at April 10, 2025 03:49 PM (WRWNr)
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Idiots.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 10, 2025 03:47 PM (eQO/Z)
In AK?
lol
Just go outside for better flow.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 10, 2025 03:47 PM (eQO/Z)
In AK?
lol
Just go outside for better flow.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 10, 2025 03:49 PM (i24o9)
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Trump is killing the cottage industry of DIY YouTubes on how to disable shower flow restrictors! Google profits projections plummet!
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at April 10, 2025 03:50 PM (wBaIH)
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There is a theory about the ban on incandescents - have you seen it - which purports that because they are essentially "burning" (through heat) the light from it is more natural and --- demon repellent.
I mean, at this point I don't even want to know the science. I'm all in.
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2025 03:40 PM (RbtEb)
I can say with at least a 13% degree of confidence that incandescent lights are not, in fact, demon-repellent.
There is a theory about the ban on incandescents - have you seen it - which purports that because they are essentially "burning" (through heat) the light from it is more natural and --- demon repellent.
I mean, at this point I don't even want to know the science. I'm all in.
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2025 03:40 PM (RbtEb)
I can say with at least a 13% degree of confidence that incandescent lights are not, in fact, demon-repellent.
Posted by: tankdemon at April 10, 2025 03:50 PM (kG/Ba)
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I'm not a bumper sticker guy *, and putting a pro-Trump sticker on my car is asking for vandalism, but I'd be tempted in his case.
I've seen Tesla owners put signs on their cars like "Bought before Elon went fascist" or similar, trying to placate the mob. I wonder how much you'd trigger them with the reverse, like an "I Identify as a Tesla" bumper sticker on your muscle car or big truck.
I've seen Tesla owners put signs on their cars like "Bought before Elon went fascist" or similar, trying to placate the mob. I wonder how much you'd trigger them with the reverse, like an "I Identify as a Tesla" bumper sticker on your muscle car or big truck.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at April 10, 2025 03:50 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 10, 2025 03:50 PM (i24o9)
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Now, do gas cans
Posted by: SMOD at April 10, 2025 03:49 PM (WRWNr)
There IS a kit you can buy on Amazon that unf*cks your existing can.
Posted by: SMOD at April 10, 2025 03:49 PM (WRWNr)
There IS a kit you can buy on Amazon that unf*cks your existing can.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2025 03:50 PM (Zz0t1)
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88 When I lived in the dorms in college, we had *amazing* water pressure. It was like standing under a firehose.
Glorious! - "Perfessor" Squirrel
When I attended the University of Detroit for the fall semester in 1973, we had those high pressure shower heads, too - which was good, because one of the windows in the bathroom on our floor was stuck open and when the cold weather set in, the showers generated a little cocoon of steam in each shower stall to keep us from freezing.
Enh, it was worth it; I got to see Mickey Lolich pitch a 2-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers in Tiger Stadium.
Glorious! - "Perfessor" Squirrel
When I attended the University of Detroit for the fall semester in 1973, we had those high pressure shower heads, too - which was good, because one of the windows in the bathroom on our floor was stuck open and when the cold weather set in, the showers generated a little cocoon of steam in each shower stall to keep us from freezing.
Enh, it was worth it; I got to see Mickey Lolich pitch a 2-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers in Tiger Stadium.
Posted by: Paco at April 10, 2025 03:50 PM (mADJX)
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I think this Shower head water pressure executive order is a direct violation of the Equal Opportunity Act. It's only going to benefit those who shower regularly. That negates a significant portion of the Left, and by definition, discriminates against stringy haired, smelly, fluorescent quaffed dip shits.
I can't support this without some ribbon to commemorate the suffering.
I can't support this without some ribbon to commemorate the suffering.
Posted by: Orson at April 10, 2025 03:50 PM (dIske)
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Can we get rid of low-flow toilets now?
Posted by: Bulg at April 10, 2025 03:50 PM (77rzZ)
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Dont you guy bore out the shower head hole like I do?
Posted by: Francis at April 10, 2025 03:50 PM (bbuBP)
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Healthwise incandescent bulbs are much better for you.
Posted by: Seems Legit at April 10, 2025 03:43 PM (PMtkd)
The cats used to often stick their entire head up to the lamp to get the first bit of the warm. They don't do that for the LED ones.
Posted by: Seems Legit at April 10, 2025 03:43 PM (PMtkd)
The cats used to often stick their entire head up to the lamp to get the first bit of the warm. They don't do that for the LED ones.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2025 03:51 PM (n7h9X)
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>>>gas cans
February 13, 2025
Press Release
WASHINGTON — Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21) introduced The Gas Can Freedom Act today. This legislation is aimed at eliminating the federal regulations implemented under the Obama administration that ruined gas cans.
February 13, 2025
Press Release
WASHINGTON — Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21) introduced The Gas Can Freedom Act today. This legislation is aimed at eliminating the federal regulations implemented under the Obama administration that ruined gas cans.
Posted by: brak at April 10, 2025 03:51 PM (jGJov)
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Maybe we can go back to real toilets someday.
Posted by: Dr Spank at April 10, 2025 03:31 PM (DI3JR)
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[Makes "call me" gesture]
-- Outhouses
Posted by: Dr Spank at April 10, 2025 03:31 PM (DI3JR)
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[Makes "call me" gesture]
-- Outhouses
Posted by: Elric Blade at April 10, 2025 03:51 PM (iFTx/)
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In Mar'Lago did Kublai Don
A high-pow'r shower head decree...
A high-pow'r shower head decree...
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at April 10, 2025 03:51 PM (OUMaO)
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Restrictor plates should be limited to super-speedway races, like Daytona.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 10, 2025 03:39 PM (VNX3d)
You want to get my ass in a seat at a Nascar race, or my eyeballs on the TV, start racing real stock cars again, and not formula cars covered with a thin shell of plastic.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 10, 2025 03:39 PM (VNX3d)
You want to get my ass in a seat at a Nascar race, or my eyeballs on the TV, start racing real stock cars again, and not formula cars covered with a thin shell of plastic.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 10, 2025 03:51 PM (8zz6B)
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Yeah but we had to have those CF ones that had more warnings than a radioactive landfill does first.
Posted by: Oldcat
Not to mention cfls spontaneously burst into flames.
Yeah but we had to have those CF ones that had more warnings than a radioactive landfill does first.
Posted by: Oldcat
Not to mention cfls spontaneously burst into flames.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 10, 2025 03:51 PM (A1oHd)
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I want a ko ran sucking commode.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 10, 2025 03:51 PM (RNuBu)
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Now, do gas cans
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The neat part?
It's the same folks in the same area.
California controls a ridiculous amount of the United States.
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The neat part?
It's the same folks in the same area.
California controls a ridiculous amount of the United States.
Posted by: Boron Quidquid - Moms lie to daughters because they compete against them for men at April 10, 2025 03:51 PM (Xe0Uu)
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Hotel shower heads set one foot lower is 1' of pipe per # of rooms,
300 rooms = 300 ft of pipe. Every dollar counts.
300 rooms = 300 ft of pipe. Every dollar counts.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 10, 2025 03:51 PM (RrIy1)
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Can we get normal lightbulbs back ?
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2025 03:31 PM (g47mK)
There was no reason to ban incandescent bulbs in the first place but those cfl squiggly lights were the elites punishing the proles. Awful stuff. The LEDs aren't bad now that you can buy different warmth levels. It doesn't have to be that cool white, it almost mimics the warmth of an incandescent bulb.
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2025 03:31 PM (g47mK)
There was no reason to ban incandescent bulbs in the first place but those cfl squiggly lights were the elites punishing the proles. Awful stuff. The LEDs aren't bad now that you can buy different warmth levels. It doesn't have to be that cool white, it almost mimics the warmth of an incandescent bulb.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at April 10, 2025 03:51 PM (FCbAQ)
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What I cannot grasp is... why didn't anyone challenge this in court? Where, exactly, in the constitution does it permit the federal government -- the executive branch no less -- to tell people what kind of SHOWER HEAD they can buy??? Point to it with a stick if you have to.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2025 03:38 PM (RKzci)
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A Feral District Clown Judge has previously ruled that "specific shower heads in the Bill of Rights have spraying penumbras, formed by water emanations from those guarantees that help give them life and substance."
/H8R!
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2025 03:38 PM (RKzci)
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A Feral District Clown Judge has previously ruled that "specific shower heads in the Bill of Rights have spraying penumbras, formed by water emanations from those guarantees that help give them life and substance."
/H8R!
Posted by: ShainS -- On Democracies and Death Cults at April 10, 2025 03:52 PM (OC2Mq)
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>>Dont you guy bore out the shower head hole like I do?
Posted by: Francis at April 10, 2025 03:50 PM (bbuBP)
I only do that to your mom.
Posted by: Francis at April 10, 2025 03:50 PM (bbuBP)
I only do that to your mom.
Posted by: garrett at April 10, 2025 03:52 PM (F30Ty)
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Now, do gas cans
Posted by: SMOD at April 10, 2025 03:49 PM (WRWNr)
No, they say that's how the corpse raper got started.
Posted by: SMOD at April 10, 2025 03:49 PM (WRWNr)
No, they say that's how the corpse raper got started.
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2025 03:52 PM (RbtEb)
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How did this even come up as an item on his agenda?. All the people he had been interviewing about possible Cabinet positions said, "Oh, and by the way, President Trump, Could you please do something about low flow shower nozzles!"
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 10, 2025 03:52 PM (42Vb+)
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"The order lifts water restrictions on basically any appliance that uses water, such as toilets and dishwashers." (Reuters)
Posted by: m at April 10, 2025 03:52 PM (CQE5S)
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Next do gas cans.
Posted by: Martin Tell at April 10, 2025 03:52 PM (sFNX2)
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Can we get rid of low-flow toilets now?
Posted by: Bulg
Washers and driers that get your laundry proper clean. With one load taking under an hour and a half rather than all damn day.
Posted by: Bulg
Washers and driers that get your laundry proper clean. With one load taking under an hour and a half rather than all damn day.
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at April 10, 2025 03:52 PM (OUMaO)
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Hotel showers are deliberately set low to reduce overspray onto the floor outside the shower (reducing costly slip-and-fall lawsuits) and up-spray onto the ceiling (reducing water damage and residue)
That makes some sense but F that noise. The nice places have a good showerhead set above my head.
That makes some sense but F that noise. The nice places have a good showerhead set above my head.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2025 03:52 PM (RKzci)
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Maybe we can go back to real toilets someday.
The problem is even if the fed reverses this stuff, places like California will maintain the bans, and that's such a huge market its not worth making two kinds of everything for most companies.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2025 03:49 PM (RKzci)
Just start smuggling in shower heads.
The problem is even if the fed reverses this stuff, places like California will maintain the bans, and that's such a huge market its not worth making two kinds of everything for most companies.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2025 03:49 PM (RKzci)
Just start smuggling in shower heads.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2025 03:52 PM (n7h9X)
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Iowanians were precluded from fireworks after a small boy apparently lit off something at a store, the resulting fire was not contained and eventually, the entire small town burnt to the ground.
There are actually vintage fireworks collectors. As you might imagine they are very rare. The graphics on the packages are excellent, the “golden age” being the 1920s thru the 1970s.
Posted by: Common Tater at April 10, 2025 03:35 PM (DaCyj)
Cherry bombs, M80's, TNT's! Those were glorious days.
There are actually vintage fireworks collectors. As you might imagine they are very rare. The graphics on the packages are excellent, the “golden age” being the 1920s thru the 1970s.
Posted by: Common Tater at April 10, 2025 03:35 PM (DaCyj)
Cherry bombs, M80's, TNT's! Those were glorious days.
Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at April 10, 2025 03:53 PM (g8Ew8)
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Restrictor plates should be limited to super-speedway races, like Daytona.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 10, 2025 03:39 PM (VNX3d)
You want to get my ass in a seat at a Nascar race, or my eyeballs on the TV, start racing real stock cars again, and not formula cars covered with a thin shell of plastic.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 10, 2025 03:51 PM (8zz6B)
Easy change - just require that they're street legal, and are limited in the number of parts changes from one bought off the showroom floor.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 10, 2025 03:39 PM (VNX3d)
You want to get my ass in a seat at a Nascar race, or my eyeballs on the TV, start racing real stock cars again, and not formula cars covered with a thin shell of plastic.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 10, 2025 03:51 PM (8zz6B)
Easy change - just require that they're street legal, and are limited in the number of parts changes from one bought off the showroom floor.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 10, 2025 03:53 PM (VNX3d)
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I would absolutely start going to NASCAR races again if they were stock off-the-floor cars that were different depending on the manufacturer, and you could roll your own if you wanted to compete locally.
Posted by: Boron Quidquid - Moms lie to daughters because they compete against them for men at April 10, 2025 03:53 PM (Xe0Uu)
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Hotel showers are terrible. They just sort of mist on you.
Posted by: Soaker hoses have more flow pressure at April 10, 2025 03:53 PM (TbWk/)
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The LEDs aren't bad now that you can buy different warmth levels. It doesn't have to be that cool white, it almost mimics the warmth of an incandescent bulb.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at April 10, 2025 03:51 PM (FCbAQ)
For a measly $8 a bulb.......
Posted by: OneEyedJack at April 10, 2025 03:51 PM (FCbAQ)
For a measly $8 a bulb.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2025 03:53 PM (Zz0t1)
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Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 10, 2025 03:52 PM (42Vb+)
People talk to him at rallies and he listens. Crazy shit.
People talk to him at rallies and he listens. Crazy shit.
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2025 03:53 PM (RbtEb)
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LED lightbulbs have gotten pretty good, honestly
Posted by: ace
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It was the compact fluorescents that sucked.
I am proud to say that I never bought one of those stupid twisty florescent bulbs. The early LEDs were expensive and not so reliable. I laid in a supply of incandescents anticipating that LEDs would be better and cheaper. Which they did much sooner than I expected and I never used most of that stash.
Posted by: ace
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It was the compact fluorescents that sucked.
I am proud to say that I never bought one of those stupid twisty florescent bulbs. The early LEDs were expensive and not so reliable. I laid in a supply of incandescents anticipating that LEDs would be better and cheaper. Which they did much sooner than I expected and I never used most of that stash.
Posted by: Oddbob at April 10, 2025 03:53 PM (/y8xj)
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>>>You want to get my ass in a seat at a Nascar race, or my eyeballs on the TV, start racing real stock cars again, and not formula cars covered with a thin shell of plastic.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Closely resembling a car on the showroom floor.
Win on Sunday sell on Monday.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Closely resembling a car on the showroom floor.
Win on Sunday sell on Monday.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 10, 2025 03:53 PM (RrIy1)
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>>How did this even come up as an item on his agenda?
He owns/operates apartments, condos and hotels.
How could it NOT be on his radar?
He owns/operates apartments, condos and hotels.
How could it NOT be on his radar?
Posted by: garrett at April 10, 2025 03:53 PM (F30Ty)
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I've got it. I'm going to build a pretend voting booth in my house so I can vote for him as often as I like. It'll make my day.
Seriously, I love my President!
Seriously, I love my President!
Posted by: hobbitopoly at April 10, 2025 03:54 PM (k9OZB)
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Ok, now how about an E/O calling for the restoration of the tan M&M. It was my favorite.
Posted by: Paco at April 10, 2025 03:54 PM (mADJX)
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Anywhere else, I want incandescent.
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Same. I hate florescent bulbs cuz they can dazzle you. Nothing more annoys me than being dazzled and thus blind in a part of my eye when I have work to do. Incandescent never does this. LEDs make everything look dingy.
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Same. I hate florescent bulbs cuz they can dazzle you. Nothing more annoys me than being dazzled and thus blind in a part of my eye when I have work to do. Incandescent never does this. LEDs make everything look dingy.
Posted by: Pudinhead at April 10, 2025 03:54 PM (pZ64F)
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How did this even come up as an item on his agenda?. All the people he had been interviewing about possible Cabinet positions said, "Oh, and by the way, President Trump, Could you please do something about low flow shower nozzles!"
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 10, 2025 03:52 PM (42Vb+)
Sounds like it was something he's bitched about for years. So at the end of the meeting he blurted out something about shower heads and had his staff add it to the pile.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 10, 2025 03:52 PM (42Vb+)
Sounds like it was something he's bitched about for years. So at the end of the meeting he blurted out something about shower heads and had his staff add it to the pile.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2025 03:54 PM (n7h9X)
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Sadly, cars don't have the cultural value they once did.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 10, 2025 03:54 PM (RrIy1)
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Trump to lift water curbs to 'make America's showers great again' (Reuters)
https://tinyurl.com/ccvwehk2
"The order lifts water restrictions on basically any appliance that uses water, such as toilets and dishwashers."
https://tinyurl.com/ccvwehk2
"The order lifts water restrictions on basically any appliance that uses water, such as toilets and dishwashers."
Posted by: m at April 10, 2025 03:54 PM (CQE5S)
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>>Hotel showers are deliberately set low to reduce overspray onto the floor outside the shower (reducing costly slip-and-fall lawsuits) and up-spray onto the ceiling (reducing water damage and residue)
I can barely get my armpits wet in a Hotel Shower.
I need to Cross Train with Limbo to get my head wet.
I can barely get my armpits wet in a Hotel Shower.
I need to Cross Train with Limbo to get my head wet.
Posted by: garrett at April 10, 2025 03:55 PM (F30Ty)
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Every day a new freak out for Dims.
I love President Trump.
CNN may have former masturbatin' pervs on to rebutt this. Like Lemon, who was handsy with a young man. Or that horrible fat guy who masterbated in a zoom meeting.
Maybe throw the message to Biden who showers with his daughters and dog. I really think that poor dog bit people due to showering with him.
I love President Trump.
CNN may have former masturbatin' pervs on to rebutt this. Like Lemon, who was handsy with a young man. Or that horrible fat guy who masterbated in a zoom meeting.
Maybe throw the message to Biden who showers with his daughters and dog. I really think that poor dog bit people due to showering with him.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 10, 2025 03:55 PM (6PCLE)
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Hotel showers are deliberately set low to reduce overspray onto the floor outside the shower (reducing costly slip-and-fall lawsuits) and up-spray onto the ceiling (reducing water damage and residue)
Posted by: Elric Blade at April 10, 2025 03:47 PM (iFTx/)
In my experiences lately most hotel shower heads are placed for 6', 6" people. I'm not a tall person 5'8" but I can barely reach the shower heads to adjust them. One time I used a room chair in the tub to adjust the shower head before turning it on.
Posted by: Elric Blade at April 10, 2025 03:47 PM (iFTx/)
In my experiences lately most hotel shower heads are placed for 6', 6" people. I'm not a tall person 5'8" but I can barely reach the shower heads to adjust them. One time I used a room chair in the tub to adjust the shower head before turning it on.
Posted by: Beartooth at April 10, 2025 03:55 PM (dJimA)
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Dont you guy bore out the shower head hole like I do?
Posted by: Francis at April 10, 2025 03:50 PM (bbuBP)
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Also a solution for clogged catalytic converters (no vehicle emissions test required in rural AZ).
Posted by: Francis at April 10, 2025 03:50 PM (bbuBP)
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Also a solution for clogged catalytic converters (no vehicle emissions test required in rural AZ).
Posted by: ShainS -- On Democracies and Death Cults at April 10, 2025 03:55 PM (OC2Mq)
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Easy change - just require that they're street legal, and are limited in the number of parts changes from one bought off the showroom floor.
That's kind of what IROC was supposed to be and it didn't last because the racing was boring as hell.
That's kind of what IROC was supposed to be and it didn't last because the racing was boring as hell.
Posted by: Oddbob at April 10, 2025 03:55 PM (/y8xj)
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Why the actual fvck does the president of the United States get to rule on shower heads?
What a sad country this has become.
What a sad country this has become.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 10, 2025 03:55 PM (RIvkX)
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The senate voted to day to overturn Biden's rules on gas fired tankless water heaters. The House had already voted to overturn it.
It still only got 53 votes. Democrats really have become the enemy of the people.
It still only got 53 votes. Democrats really have become the enemy of the people.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 10, 2025 03:55 PM (LkLld)
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Posted by: ... at April 10, 2025 03:53 PM (RbtEb)
I realize that people talk to him at rallies, but would it have been one of the things you mention?. I wouldn't have been one of mine. There's something slightly comical about it and his joke about long flowing hair fits in with that.
I realize that people talk to him at rallies, but would it have been one of the things you mention?. I wouldn't have been one of mine. There's something slightly comical about it and his joke about long flowing hair fits in with that.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 10, 2025 03:55 PM (42Vb+)
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Incandescent light bulbs used to heat the doghouse in the winter. We put one under an old tin can poked through the bottom of the floor and when it was turned on, it provided enough heat to keep the dog rather comfy. Pretty safe way to heat when you don't have eyes on the damned dog and can't be sure what he's gonna chew through or fill up with dog hair.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 10, 2025 03:55 PM (eQO/Z)
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Ok, now how about an E/O calling for the restoration of the tan M&M. It was my favorite.
Posted by: Paco at April 10, 2025 03:54 PM (mADJX)
You are never going to convince people of structural racism if there are tan MnMs allowed.
Posted by: Paco at April 10, 2025 03:54 PM (mADJX)
You are never going to convince people of structural racism if there are tan MnMs allowed.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2025 03:55 PM (n7h9X)
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189 How did this even come up as an item on his agenda?. All the people he had been interviewing about possible Cabinet positions said, "Oh, and by the way, President Trump, Could you please do something about low flow shower nozzles!"
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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It's part of his, Make Appliances Great Again, plan.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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It's part of his, Make Appliances Great Again, plan.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 10, 2025 03:56 PM (RrIy1)
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Enjoy your 60hz subliminal messaging from the Deep State via your LED bulbs.
You just know they are doing that. Probably part of their “transition America” plan.
You just know they are doing that. Probably part of their “transition America” plan.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at April 10, 2025 03:56 PM (UMMMY)
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Did China raise their tariffs on the US again? I just saw a headline that the US tariffs on China are now 145%, posted a couple of hours ago.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 10, 2025 03:56 PM (VNX3d)
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I'm about to drill out the restrictor on our kitchen faucet. As it is I turn it on for large pots/bowls and walk away expecting it to be full by the time I get back. Occasionally it is overflowing.
Posted by: Rex B at April 10, 2025 03:56 PM (bhV/D)
Posted by: garrett at April 10, 2025 03:56 PM (F30Ty)
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The el-cheapo incandescent bulbs (or the good ole vintage Sylvania) will have a much longer lifespan if upon the first lighting, turn it on and leave it on for at least an hour or several. I’m not sure why, but it is definitely noticeable. Reduced voltage works too.
It you can stand less output - I bought some vintage early style or taper bulb reproductions, just for the cool factor. They never did burn out. Perfect for closets or anywhere low light is OK.
It you can stand less output - I bought some vintage early style or taper bulb reproductions, just for the cool factor. They never did burn out. Perfect for closets or anywhere low light is OK.
Posted by: Common Tater at April 10, 2025 03:56 PM (uywL/)
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147 Now, do gas cans
Posted by: SMOD
And DEF.
G*d damn DEF is pain in the ass. I'm thinking about deleting my 2024 Duramax but don't want to jeopardize the warranty.
Posted by: SMOD
And DEF.
G*d damn DEF is pain in the ass. I'm thinking about deleting my 2024 Duramax but don't want to jeopardize the warranty.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 10, 2025 03:56 PM (/U5Yz)
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What I noticed in America, there isn’t any in between. As a society we went from smoking on elevators, planes, and hospitals - nurses used to have a cart where they would sell cartons to patients - to the other extreme, where smoking even in open air public lands is banned, and technically lead to arrest on a deserted beach, or national park.
Posted by: Common Tater at April 10, 2025
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In the '80s remember being able to smoke my pipe -- considerately regarding other patrons -- in restaurants and bars. When I came back to the pipe in '21, nope. I've lit up *outside* the occasional coffee shop, but the only indoor space that's okay is the local cigar/pipe shop.
Nicotine Nazis.
Posted by: Common Tater at April 10, 2025
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In the '80s remember being able to smoke my pipe -- considerately regarding other patrons -- in restaurants and bars. When I came back to the pipe in '21, nope. I've lit up *outside* the occasional coffee shop, but the only indoor space that's okay is the local cigar/pipe shop.
Nicotine Nazis.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 10, 2025 03:57 PM (omVj0)
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"Environmentalists" are suing the Trump Administration for allowing timber companies to clear forest floors of fallen trees in Western NC. They want us all to burn like California.
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Townhall.com@townhallcom
Chris Matthews on MSNBC:
"We get so much of our lumber, our two by fours from from Canada....What are we going to do? Have more lumber made in the United States now?!"
"What is our plan now...? We're going to create more wood. Is that it?!"
"Are we going to make more wood in this country because of our trade deal?! I don't think so!"
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Poems are made by fools like me
But onlyGod Chris can make a tree
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Townhall.com@townhallcom
Chris Matthews on MSNBC:
"We get so much of our lumber, our two by fours from from Canada....What are we going to do? Have more lumber made in the United States now?!"
"What is our plan now...? We're going to create more wood. Is that it?!"
"Are we going to make more wood in this country because of our trade deal?! I don't think so!"
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Poems are made by fools like me
But only
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at April 10, 2025 03:57 PM (L/fGl)
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You want to get my ass in a seat at a Nascar race, or my eyeballs on the TV, start racing real stock cars again, and not formula cars covered with a thin shell of plastic.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Right! I want to see an E/O restoring the Plymouth Superbird and the Dodge Daytona (the first one might be a problem; you'd first have to restore Plymouth).
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Right! I want to see an E/O restoring the Plymouth Superbird and the Dodge Daytona (the first one might be a problem; you'd first have to restore Plymouth).
Posted by: Paco at April 10, 2025 03:57 PM (mADJX)
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You want to get my ass in a seat at a Nascar race, or my eyeballs on the TV, start racing real stock cars again, and not formula cars covered with a thin shell of plastic.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Texas Motor Speedway has a Nascar race coming up soon. They're starting to run local TV ads for it. I saw one the other day.
It starts out with cars and drivers, then shows some fans....the first flag they show is a MEXICAN flag. The next one is the big US flag they unfurl for the Anthem. The next flag is ANOTHER MEXICAN flag.
You want ME to come to a race? Stop showing other countries flags instead of the STATE the track is in. I'm still not going, but that would go a long way.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Texas Motor Speedway has a Nascar race coming up soon. They're starting to run local TV ads for it. I saw one the other day.
It starts out with cars and drivers, then shows some fans....the first flag they show is a MEXICAN flag. The next one is the big US flag they unfurl for the Anthem. The next flag is ANOTHER MEXICAN flag.
You want ME to come to a race? Stop showing other countries flags instead of the STATE the track is in. I'm still not going, but that would go a long way.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2025 03:57 PM (Zz0t1)
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>>Sadly, cars don't have the cultural value they once did.
it all goes back to CAFE restrictions
it all goes back to CAFE restrictions
Posted by: brak at April 10, 2025 03:57 PM (jGJov)
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In my experiences lately most hotel shower heads are placed for 6', 6" people. I'm not a tall person 5'8" but I can barely reach the shower heads to adjust them. One time I used a room chair in the tub to adjust the shower head before turning it on.
Posted by: Beartooth at April 10, 2025 03:55 PM (dJimA)
I have had that experience. OTOH, DH is 6'6, so he likes them high enough that he can actually wash his hair without bending over. The best ones are the HCP models that allow you to adjust the height. Works for both of us.
Posted by: Beartooth at April 10, 2025 03:55 PM (dJimA)
I have had that experience. OTOH, DH is 6'6, so he likes them high enough that he can actually wash his hair without bending over. The best ones are the HCP models that allow you to adjust the height. Works for both of us.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 10, 2025 03:57 PM (eQO/Z)
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197 Why the actual fvck does the president of the United States get to rule on shower heads?
What a sad country this has become.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 10, 2025 03:55 PM (RIvkX)
According to Reuters, other presidents have weighed in on this, too:
Trump directed the Energy Department to rescind a rule begun by Obama and brought back by Biden that limited the flow from each showerhead on the market to 2.5 gallons (9.5 liters) of water per minute.
https://tinyurl.com/ccvwehk2
What a sad country this has become.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 10, 2025 03:55 PM (RIvkX)
According to Reuters, other presidents have weighed in on this, too:
Trump directed the Energy Department to rescind a rule begun by Obama and brought back by Biden that limited the flow from each showerhead on the market to 2.5 gallons (9.5 liters) of water per minute.
https://tinyurl.com/ccvwehk2
Posted by: m at April 10, 2025 03:57 PM (CQE5S)
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Has anyone done any real studies on energy savings from LEDs vs normal bulbs? They claimed massive numbers. But that was like if you kept every light bulb in the house on 24/7. For normal use, is it even noticeable for an average person? And is it any savings at all given how much LEDs cost upfront?
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 10, 2025 03:57 PM (xHYkz)
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It's beyond the understanding of city dwellers who aren't really even clear on why the earth isn't overpopulated, but one thing the light bulb ban hurt the most was simple heating solutions in out of the way locations. Well houses, chicken coops, animal pens, etc. A cheap light bulb was effective and safe, and the option was stripped away from the people who understand how things work.
Posted by: Boron Quidquid - Moms lie to daughters because they compete against them for men at April 10, 2025 03:57 PM (Xe0Uu)
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Thank you Mr. President! Now do low flow toilets!
Posted by: Please?
Just shit here and there like they do in India, San Francisco and other 3rd world shit holes.
Posted by: Please?
Just shit here and there like they do in India, San Francisco and other 3rd world shit holes.
Posted by: When You Gotta Go, Go at April 10, 2025 03:58 PM (ekEaX)
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"The Times brands this some kind of activist invasion into people's right to have low water pressure in their showers."
LOL.
LOL.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 10, 2025 03:58 PM (42Vb+)
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For a measly $8 a bulb
Its actually cost effective, because it uses less energy and lasts longer than an incandescent... but up front, its like how a 90 pack set of aspirin boxes is cheaper at Costco but if you cannot afford that up front, how does that help you?
When you are deciding between fuel for the car and food for the kids every month, that eight bucks a light bulb is tough to justify when the incandescents cost 2 bucks a four-pack.
Its actually cost effective, because it uses less energy and lasts longer than an incandescent... but up front, its like how a 90 pack set of aspirin boxes is cheaper at Costco but if you cannot afford that up front, how does that help you?
When you are deciding between fuel for the car and food for the kids every month, that eight bucks a light bulb is tough to justify when the incandescents cost 2 bucks a four-pack.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2025 03:58 PM (RKzci)
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In my experiences lately most hotel shower heads are placed for 6', 6" people. I'm not a tall person 5'8" but I can barely reach the shower heads to adjust them. One time I used a room chair in the tub to adjust the shower head before turning it on.
Posted by: Beartooth at April 10, 2025 03:55 PM (dJimA)
I have the opposite, especially in hotels. I'm not hugely tall but some of those are mounted at shoulder height.
Posted by: Beartooth at April 10, 2025 03:55 PM (dJimA)
I have the opposite, especially in hotels. I'm not hugely tall but some of those are mounted at shoulder height.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2025 03:58 PM (n7h9X)
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Broke out a new bottle of 12yr Tamdu for another year of taxes done. Nothing due.
Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2025 03:58 PM (ypFCm)
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This shower head business reminds me of a scene from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia when the gang reunites with Shmitty, a guy they had kicked out years before.
Shmitty goes to lunch with them and then finds out that Dennis orders for everyone, regardless of what they want, and they all just deal with it.
Shmitty says, "Nah, I'll order what I want," and the rest of them didn't think they could just do that.
Trump is Shmitty.
Shmitty goes to lunch with them and then finds out that Dennis orders for everyone, regardless of what they want, and they all just deal with it.
Shmitty says, "Nah, I'll order what I want," and the rest of them didn't think they could just do that.
Trump is Shmitty.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at April 10, 2025 03:58 PM (KbCG3)
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201 Ok, now how about an E/O calling for the restoration of the tan M&M. It was my favorite.
Posted by: Paco at April 10, 2025 03:54 PM (mADJX)
You are never going to convince people of structural racism if there are tan MnMs allowed.
Damn the narrative, full speed ahead!
Posted by: Paco at April 10, 2025 03:54 PM (mADJX)
You are never going to convince people of structural racism if there are tan MnMs allowed.
Damn the narrative, full speed ahead!
Posted by: Paco at April 10, 2025 03:58 PM (mADJX)
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Chris Matthews on MSNBC:
"We get so much of our lumber, our two by fours from from Canada....What are we going to do? Have more lumber made in the United States now?!"
"What is our plan now...? We're going to create more wood. Is that it?!"
"Are we going to make more wood in this country because of our trade deal?! I don't think so!"
When you've got your head
So far up your ass
All's you can smell
Is your last meal's gas.
- - - Burma Shave
"We get so much of our lumber, our two by fours from from Canada....What are we going to do? Have more lumber made in the United States now?!"
"What is our plan now...? We're going to create more wood. Is that it?!"
"Are we going to make more wood in this country because of our trade deal?! I don't think so!"
When you've got your head
So far up your ass
All's you can smell
Is your last meal's gas.
- - - Burma Shave
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2025 03:58 PM (Zz0t1)
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197 Why the actual fvck does the president of the United States get to rule on shower heads?
What a sad country this has become.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 10, 2025 03:55 PM (RIvkX)
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The really sad thing is that this one (as arbitrary as it is) WILL be challenged in court. And, the challenge will come from some environmental group that just took in a windfall of taxpayer dollars from the EPA, before they could stop the handouts.
What a sad country this has become.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 10, 2025 03:55 PM (RIvkX)
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The really sad thing is that this one (as arbitrary as it is) WILL be challenged in court. And, the challenge will come from some environmental group that just took in a windfall of taxpayer dollars from the EPA, before they could stop the handouts.
Posted by: Orson at April 10, 2025 03:58 PM (dIske)
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"Are we going to make more wood in this country because of our trade deal?! I don't think so!"
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Poems are made by fools like me
But only God Chris can make a tree
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at April 10, 2025 03:57 PM (L/fGl)
What a clueless fuck. Start logging the Tongass properly and then we will talk.
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Poems are made by fools like me
But only God Chris can make a tree
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at April 10, 2025 03:57 PM (L/fGl)
What a clueless fuck. Start logging the Tongass properly and then we will talk.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 10, 2025 03:58 PM (eQO/Z)
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I bet no one did anything for the Church of Global Warming
Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2025 03:59 PM (ypFCm)
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Shower water pressure was on the house hunting list. I like lists.
Posted by: Francis at April 10, 2025 03:59 PM (bbuBP)
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I can barely get my armpits wet in a Hotel Shower.
I need to Cross Train with Limbo to get my head wet.
Posted by: garrett
Lol...so, the shower scene from Tank Girl? https://tinyurl.com/43z64pzv
Bonus for the music from Portishead, if you're into downtempo/trip-hop.
I need to Cross Train with Limbo to get my head wet.
Posted by: garrett
Lol...so, the shower scene from Tank Girl? https://tinyurl.com/43z64pzv
Bonus for the music from Portishead, if you're into downtempo/trip-hop.
Posted by: Movie Moron at April 10, 2025 03:59 PM (JCZqz)
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Just shit here and there like they do in India, San Francisco and other 3rd world shit holes.
ahh no. my friend we have "designated shitting streets" not just anywhere
please shows bobs and vagene thank you
ahh no. my friend we have "designated shitting streets" not just anywhere
please shows bobs and vagene thank you
Posted by: Pajeet at April 10, 2025 03:59 PM (jGJov)
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I realize that people talk to him at rallies, but would it have been one of the things you mention?. I wouldn't have been one of mine. There's something slightly comical about it and his joke about long flowing hair fits in with that.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 10, 2025 03:55 PM (42Vb+)
People's showers are important to them. And their coffee. And the light in their houses. These aren't small things. One thing politics teaches us is a whole bunch of total bullshit about what's "important". Stuff Ivy Leaguers tell us. Meanwhile you think the Pelosis or Obama's have a "low flow" shower?
Quality of life matters.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 10, 2025 03:55 PM (42Vb+)
People's showers are important to them. And their coffee. And the light in their houses. These aren't small things. One thing politics teaches us is a whole bunch of total bullshit about what's "important". Stuff Ivy Leaguers tell us. Meanwhile you think the Pelosis or Obama's have a "low flow" shower?
Quality of life matters.
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2025 03:59 PM (RbtEb)
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William F. Buckley, who nobody would ever think of as MAGA, said this of liberals:
"A liberal is someone who is determined to reach into your shower and adjust the water temperature for you."
https://is.gd/cyESBK
If only they would be satisfied with just adjusting the temperature.
"A liberal is someone who is determined to reach into your shower and adjust the water temperature for you."
https://is.gd/cyESBK
If only they would be satisfied with just adjusting the temperature.
Posted by: No Name Today at April 10, 2025 03:59 PM (vlXMQ)
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"My beautiful hair."
That line alone makes me laugh because lefties will be apoplectic with rage over President Trump saying that.
That line alone makes me laugh because lefties will be apoplectic with rage over President Trump saying that.
Posted by: blake - semi lurkder and scalywag at April 10, 2025 03:59 PM (tT6L1)
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Has anyone done any real studies on energy savings from LEDs vs normal bulbs? They claimed massive numbers. But that was like if you kept every light bulb in the house on 24/7. For normal use...
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I bet, same as every other "green" thing, that they're more costly or possibly break even when cradle to grave costs are accounted for.
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I bet, same as every other "green" thing, that they're more costly or possibly break even when cradle to grave costs are accounted for.
Posted by: Boron Quidquid - Moms lie to daughters because they compete against them for men at April 10, 2025 04:00 PM (Xe0Uu)
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I wasn't a fan of Dale Earnhardt by any means, but after he died, I wanted to make a t-shirt with a Wanted poster on it.
It would say WANTED for the murder of Dale Earnhardt and put a picture of a restrictor plate under it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2025 03:44 PM (Zz0t1)
Whew! That was a close one.
It would say WANTED for the murder of Dale Earnhardt and put a picture of a restrictor plate under it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2025 03:44 PM (Zz0t1)
Whew! That was a close one.
Posted by: Sterling Marlin at April 10, 2025 04:00 PM (FCbAQ)
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Anyone opposed to shower bans is a Nazi.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 10, 2025 03:35 PM (xHYkz)
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A lot of Nazi showers were fake. Green, you might say.
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Anyone opposed to shower bans is a Nazi.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 10, 2025 03:35 PM (xHYkz)
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A lot of Nazi showers were fake. Green, you might say.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 10, 2025 04:00 PM (Ijbq0)
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Those meddling federal types....my disgust with low water pressure shower heads was growing until I took the shower head apart and discovered a washer was all that stopped regular water flow, so I took it out and ended the problem.
But they love meddling in toilets too. And natgas appliances. They can GF themselves.
But they love meddling in toilets too. And natgas appliances. They can GF themselves.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 10, 2025 04:00 PM (VUcYn)
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Non filament lights are great for one specific application… cathedral ceilings or other hard to reach places….
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2025 04:00 PM (V6/42)
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A=440 is claimed by some to be a Nazi plot. Seriously.
A=432 is supposedly harmonious with the universe, natural resonance, healing etc.
History shows orchestra pitch has steadily increased for centuries. Eventually, stringed instruments start breaking
A=432 is supposedly harmonious with the universe, natural resonance, healing etc.
History shows orchestra pitch has steadily increased for centuries. Eventually, stringed instruments start breaking
Posted by: Common Tater at April 10, 2025 04:00 PM (Fsgnl)
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In the past, you were able to take apart the showerhead and remove the limiter device. Is that no longer the case?
Posted by: bonhomme
It depends on the model. There are dozens of YouScrewed videos showing how to remove them.
Posted by: bonhomme
It depends on the model. There are dozens of YouScrewed videos showing how to remove them.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 10, 2025 04:00 PM (mlg/3)
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I remember once having almost too much water pressure/flow. You took a shower and felt scoured.
It WAS a good, clean feeling.
It WAS a good, clean feeling.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 10, 2025 04:01 PM (8HNt+)
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Chris Matthews on MSNBC:
"We get so much of our lumber, our two by fours from from Canada....What are we going to do? Have more lumber made in the United States now?!"
"What is our plan now...? We're going to create more wood. Is that it?!"
"Are we going to make more wood in this country because of our trade deal?! I don't think so!"
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"make" more wood? What an idjit.
"We get so much of our lumber, our two by fours from from Canada....What are we going to do? Have more lumber made in the United States now?!"
"What is our plan now...? We're going to create more wood. Is that it?!"
"Are we going to make more wood in this country because of our trade deal?! I don't think so!"
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"make" more wood? What an idjit.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 10, 2025 04:01 PM (VUcYn)
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Why the actual fvck does the president of the United States get to rule on shower heads?
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Because Congress decided to give up and let unelected activists embedded in the government write laws.
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Because Congress decided to give up and let unelected activists embedded in the government write laws.
Posted by: Boron Quidquid - Moms lie to daughters because they compete against them for men at April 10, 2025 04:02 PM (Xe0Uu)
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WTF is next, bluetooth shower heads?
Why are all these asshoe manufacturers making all their shit with bluetooth, now??
(answer: for the App, to steal & see & sell your Data, of course!)
WTF is next, bluetooth shower heads?
Why are all these asshoe manufacturers making all their shit with bluetooth, now??
(answer: for the App, to steal & see & sell your Data, of course!)
Posted by: Soothsayer at April 10, 2025 04:02 PM (HokVO)
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Those meddling federal types....my disgust with low water pressure shower heads was growing until I took the shower head apart and discovered a washer was all that stopped regular water flow, so I took it out and ended the problem.
But they love meddling in toilets too. And natgas appliances. They can GF themselves.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 10, 2025 04:00 PM (VUcYn)
I wonder how many of the low-flow toilet advocates got regular swirlies in school.
But they love meddling in toilets too. And natgas appliances. They can GF themselves.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 10, 2025 04:00 PM (VUcYn)
I wonder how many of the low-flow toilet advocates got regular swirlies in school.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 10, 2025 04:02 PM (VNX3d)
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I mused on this earlier today: progressivism is misanthropy with a slight philosophical patina. Every axis of their political agenda, be it environmentalism or education or economics or cultural balderization, is bent toward creating misery and spreading it wide and thick. It's why they're such malcontents about absolutely everything, why they insist that your spaces and hobbies and faith and children must be corrupted or destroyed, why every one of their movements quickly loses its nominal purpose and becomes another tool for enforcing compliance and exacting revenge. The notion that you might be happy and content is repulsive for progressives. It flies in the face of their permanent revolution, and they despise you for it.
Posted by: Mea Culpa at April 10, 2025 04:02 PM (ZTjfK)
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Would ending ethanol mandates come at the future (at least short-term) cost of Iowa for Rs?
Discuss ...
Discuss ...
Posted by: ShainS -- On Democracies and Death Cults at April 10, 2025 04:02 PM (OC2Mq)
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236 I wasn't a fan of Dale Earnhardt by any means, but after he died, I wanted to make a t-shirt with a Wanted poster on it.
It would say WANTED for the murder of Dale Earnhardt and put a picture of a restrictor plate under it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2025 03:44 PM (Zz0t1)
Whew! That was a close one.
Posted by: Sterling Marlin at April 10, 2025 04:00 PM (FCbAQ)
Poor Sterling. All he did was hold his line.
It would say WANTED for the murder of Dale Earnhardt and put a picture of a restrictor plate under it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2025 03:44 PM (Zz0t1)
Whew! That was a close one.
Posted by: Sterling Marlin at April 10, 2025 04:00 PM (FCbAQ)
Poor Sterling. All he did was hold his line.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at April 10, 2025 04:02 PM (KbCG3)
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Has anyone done any real studies on energy savings from LEDs vs normal bulbs? They claimed massive numbers. But that was like if you kept every light bulb in the house on 24/7. For normal use, is it even noticeable for an average person? And is it any savings at all given how much LEDs cost upfront?
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 10, 2025 03:57 PM (xHYkz)
Waste heat costs power. If you can touch the LED bulb and not go OW it is more energy efficient.
A bright incandescent was a 100 Watts. Power is sold in kW/hour units so one bulb left on uses a tenth of one, so not negligible.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 10, 2025 03:57 PM (xHYkz)
Waste heat costs power. If you can touch the LED bulb and not go OW it is more energy efficient.
A bright incandescent was a 100 Watts. Power is sold in kW/hour units so one bulb left on uses a tenth of one, so not negligible.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2025 04:02 PM (n7h9X)
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I just want the government to leave me the f*** alone.
Posted by: Don Black at April 10, 2025 04:02 PM (AOsQT)
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I always assumed that blue light glasses were a scam.
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2025
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I bought a pair in the fall of 2018; they gave me a headache. I tinkered with the setting on the monitor and reduced the blue light. Done.
I always assumed that blue light glasses were a scam.
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2025
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I bought a pair in the fall of 2018; they gave me a headache. I tinkered with the setting on the monitor and reduced the blue light. Done.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 10, 2025 04:02 PM (omVj0)
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Sterling knows what he did.
Posted by: Francis at April 10, 2025 04:02 PM (bbuBP)
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Now he needs to get rid of low-flush toilets.
Posted by: Geoff Shotts at April 10, 2025 04:02 PM (13ivK)
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"A liberal is someone who is determined to reach into your shower and adjust the water temperature for you."
If only it stopped there. Currently, they're trying to reach inside your children and adjust their hormone levels.
If only it stopped there. Currently, they're trying to reach inside your children and adjust their hormone levels.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at April 10, 2025 04:02 PM (JCZqz)
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I'm so tired of the hysterical media reaction to every little fucking thing Trump does.
Posted by: steevy at April 10, 2025 04:03 PM (KQk9m)
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In this country what kind of light bulb you use should be your business NOT the government. Let the market decide like America is supposed to work. Damn if we need the government to make our decisions on every little thing we buy. This is suppose to be the land of the free, the freedom to make our choice. They (the government) treat us like children. We are not children, we are adults that work and pays the bills. I really hate when the clowns in D.C. overreach into our lives. Best thing they can do is leave us alone.
Posted by: Case at April 10, 2025 04:03 PM (OrSPY)
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I removed the restrictor from my shower head and it helps some, but I'm wondering if there is something even better I can purchase after Trump's executive order
Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at April 10, 2025 04:03 PM (V6W16)
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This is how you know intuitively that the Democrat Party doesn’t believe in democracy. They started by limiting the amount of water you can use in your shower head and toilet. When people took longer showers or flushed the toilet multiple times, states like NY were next moving to limiting the amount of water you could use depending on household size.
This is called tyranny, and it’s only the beginning of what they want. They showed it again during COVID. It’s evident in elections and everything else they do. You might hope at some point people would understand this. They won’t change. They will hide and then strike once they get power again.
This is called tyranny, and it’s only the beginning of what they want. They showed it again during COVID. It’s evident in elections and everything else they do. You might hope at some point people would understand this. They won’t change. They will hide and then strike once they get power again.
Posted by: Marcus T at April 10, 2025 04:03 PM (hUAHw)
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The el-cheapo incandescent bulbs (or the good ole vintage Sylvania) will have a much longer lifespan if upon the first lighting, turn it on and leave it on for at least an hour or several. I’m not sure why, but it is definitely noticeable. Reduced voltage works too.
Inrush current is the filament killer. It's better to just let them burn 7/24.
Inrush current is the filament killer. It's better to just let them burn 7/24.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 10, 2025 04:03 PM (/U5Yz)
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Poor Sterling. All he did was hold his line.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at April 10, 2025 04:02 PM (KbCG3)
And were it not for the damn restrictor plate, likely wouldn't have been in contention at that point.
Poor Sterling. All he did was hold his line.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at April 10, 2025 04:02 PM (KbCG3)
And were it not for the damn restrictor plate, likely wouldn't have been in contention at that point.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2025 04:03 PM (Zz0t1)
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And they're consistently baffled when the people revolt because they don't like anti-productive busybodies constantly fucking with them to prove that they have Power over other people.
I remember being at a town meeting where they were talking about introducing recycling and in response to a concern about having to separate and wash your trash a Karen opined, "Of course we all have time to do this its only a few minutes out of your day".
And you know what cat-lady Karen with no kids and a fake government job? I'm sure you do. But that doesn't mean everyone does.
I remember being at a town meeting where they were talking about introducing recycling and in response to a concern about having to separate and wash your trash a Karen opined, "Of course we all have time to do this its only a few minutes out of your day".
And you know what cat-lady Karen with no kids and a fake government job? I'm sure you do. But that doesn't mean everyone does.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 10, 2025 04:03 PM (t0Rmr)
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Chris Matthews on MSNBC:
"We get so much of our lumber, our two by fours from from Canada....What are we going to do? Have more lumber made in the United States now?!"
"What is our plan now...? We're going to create more wood. Is that it?!"
"Are we going to make more wood in this country because of our trade deal?! I don't think so!"
I didn't know that drunkard was still alive.
He needs to get out of the city and look around. Someone might tell him that trees are made of wood, and that it's big business in some places.
What a dunce.
"We get so much of our lumber, our two by fours from from Canada....What are we going to do? Have more lumber made in the United States now?!"
"What is our plan now...? We're going to create more wood. Is that it?!"
"Are we going to make more wood in this country because of our trade deal?! I don't think so!"
I didn't know that drunkard was still alive.
He needs to get out of the city and look around. Someone might tell him that trees are made of wood, and that it's big business in some places.
What a dunce.
Posted by: Sterling Marlin at April 10, 2025 04:04 PM (FCbAQ)
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WTF is next, bluetooth shower heads?
Why are all these asshoe manufacturers making all their shit with bluetooth, now??
(answer: for the App, to steal & see & sell your Data, of course!)
Posted by: Soothsayer at April 10, 2025 04:02 PM (HokVO)
We bought a bluetooth fan for the kids' bathroom when we built. They love it.
Why are all these asshoe manufacturers making all their shit with bluetooth, now??
(answer: for the App, to steal & see & sell your Data, of course!)
Posted by: Soothsayer at April 10, 2025 04:02 PM (HokVO)
We bought a bluetooth fan for the kids' bathroom when we built. They love it.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 10, 2025 04:04 PM (i24o9)
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>>I just want the government to leave me the f*** alone.
The Constitution Literally Mandates This.
The Constitution Literally Mandates This.
Posted by: garrett at April 10, 2025 04:04 PM (F30Ty)
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Closely resembling a car on the showroom floor.
Win on Sunday sell on Monday.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 10, 2025 03:53 PM (RrIy1)
Bingo!
Win on Sunday sell on Monday.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 10, 2025 03:53 PM (RrIy1)
Bingo!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 10, 2025 04:04 PM (8zz6B)
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>I want to feel the water hit my body, not a soft mist that chokes me off.
How is this so difficult to work out??
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2025 03:40 PM (RKzci)
My old man installed low flow shower heads in the late 70s to save a few bucks on heating oil. It was like showering in a light fog.
How is this so difficult to work out??
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2025 03:40 PM (RKzci)
My old man installed low flow shower heads in the late 70s to save a few bucks on heating oil. It was like showering in a light fog.
Posted by: Heavy Meta at April 10, 2025 04:04 PM (GTqXr)
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I'm pretty sure the President has already signed EOs removing restrictions on high-flush toilets and incandescent bulbs.
Posted by: mrp at April 10, 2025 04:04 PM (rj6Yv)
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Nicotine Nazis.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 10, 2025 03:57 PM (omVj0)
The Tobacco Ban Blueprint is what the leftists use for everything. First they bemoan it, then they scare folks with the doom and gloom stories of imminent death from using said product or device, then they forge ahead with lawsuits and even changing the laws to make it so until the lawyers get paid and anyone opposed is demonized as monsters and then the little guy suffers with one more condition put on his life by do gooders and water walkers until death. You will not be left alone!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 10, 2025 03:57 PM (omVj0)
The Tobacco Ban Blueprint is what the leftists use for everything. First they bemoan it, then they scare folks with the doom and gloom stories of imminent death from using said product or device, then they forge ahead with lawsuits and even changing the laws to make it so until the lawyers get paid and anyone opposed is demonized as monsters and then the little guy suffers with one more condition put on his life by do gooders and water walkers until death. You will not be left alone!
Posted by: How It Is Done at April 10, 2025 04:04 PM (ekEaX)
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That makes some sense but F that noise. The nice places have a good showerhead set above my head.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
Stop staying at Motel 6, Super 8, and Knights Inn.
That makes some sense but F that noise. The nice places have a good showerhead set above my head.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
Stop staying at Motel 6, Super 8, and Knights Inn.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 10, 2025 04:04 PM (faohv)
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Posted by: Beartooth at April 10, 2025 03:55 PM (dJimA)
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I am, personally, 6'5", and can say with quite some confidence and experience that the vast majority of hotel showers are mounted for someone much shorter than I am. Same with airline seats, doorjambs in Europe/China/Japan, off the rack clothes, and a vast majority of public transportation accommodations across the entire planet.
You want to talk discrimination...Start with tall people.
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I am, personally, 6'5", and can say with quite some confidence and experience that the vast majority of hotel showers are mounted for someone much shorter than I am. Same with airline seats, doorjambs in Europe/China/Japan, off the rack clothes, and a vast majority of public transportation accommodations across the entire planet.
You want to talk discrimination...Start with tall people.
Posted by: Orson at April 10, 2025 04:04 PM (dIske)
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It’s mis-placed priorities on Owsley Acid. The first business of government is the big stuff. Borders, law enforcement, fire suppression.
Talking about fine tuning the weather 100 years from now, fucking with people’s shower heads, toilets, light bulbs, and leaving the borders wide open for invasion (and grooming kids in schools for the kiddie fuckers) shows anyone their government is hopelessly corrupt and ineffectual
Talking about fine tuning the weather 100 years from now, fucking with people’s shower heads, toilets, light bulbs, and leaving the borders wide open for invasion (and grooming kids in schools for the kiddie fuckers) shows anyone their government is hopelessly corrupt and ineffectual
Posted by: Common Tater at April 10, 2025 04:04 PM (Fsgnl)
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Just because I'm a NASCAR nerd, it still kills me that that was the wreck that took Earnhardt's life.
That said, there's an old clip of Jody Ridley subbing for Bill Elliott at the 1987 (I think) Daytona 500 where Ridley goes nose first into the wall.
The in-car camera shows the impact on Ridley and man alive, I can't believe that man came out alive. It's on YouTube and it's worth a watch just to see the violence.
That said, there's an old clip of Jody Ridley subbing for Bill Elliott at the 1987 (I think) Daytona 500 where Ridley goes nose first into the wall.
The in-car camera shows the impact on Ridley and man alive, I can't believe that man came out alive. It's on YouTube and it's worth a watch just to see the violence.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at April 10, 2025 04:04 PM (KbCG3)
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Posted by: ... at April 10, 2025 03:59 PM (RbtEb)
I see your point and I'm not disagreeing about little things being important . I still wonder how it got on the agenda, with the other many thousands of things he's had to deal with since his inauguration. "Let's get WOKE out of the military ..and also get rid of low flow shower heads." I'm sorry; It still makes me laugh
I see your point and I'm not disagreeing about little things being important . I still wonder how it got on the agenda, with the other many thousands of things he's had to deal with since his inauguration. "Let's get WOKE out of the military ..and also get rid of low flow shower heads." I'm sorry; It still makes me laugh
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 10, 2025 04:05 PM (42Vb+)
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There were instructions online how to drill out the shower head restrictors. It even told you what drill
Bit size to use for certain GPM’s.
There is always a way.
Bit size to use for certain GPM’s.
There is always a way.
Posted by: Marcus T at April 10, 2025 04:05 PM (hUAHw)
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Yeah, the orange Cheeto king is tanking the economy again, probably so Elon and his other thugs can buy cheap stocks until 2026 when the Dems take over Congress and stocks bounce back.
Posted by: Sid at April 10, 2025 04:05 PM (JeTs2)
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Congresscritters have been too busy cashing those checks from NGOs to concern themselves with things like this or tariffs either.
I am so joyful. Team Trump knows the law and is pounding them.
I am so joyful. Team Trump knows the law and is pounding them.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 10, 2025 04:05 PM (ZmEVT)
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Stop staying at Motel 6, Super 8, and Knights Inn.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron
If you want to be really efficient, there's usually a cheap place in town with hourly rates available!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron
If you want to be really efficient, there's usually a cheap place in town with hourly rates available!
Posted by: Moron Analyst at April 10, 2025 04:06 PM (JCZqz)
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Poor Sterling. All he did was hold his line.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at April 10, 2025 04:02 PM (KbCG3)
And were it not for the damn restrictor plate, likely wouldn't have been in contention at that point.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2025 04:03 PM (Zz0t1)
Maybe not. Daytona always had surprises, even without the plates. It's amazing more people weren't killed back in the day.
Poor Sterling. All he did was hold his line.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at April 10, 2025 04:02 PM (KbCG3)
And were it not for the damn restrictor plate, likely wouldn't have been in contention at that point.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2025 04:03 PM (Zz0t1)
Maybe not. Daytona always had surprises, even without the plates. It's amazing more people weren't killed back in the day.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at April 10, 2025 04:06 PM (KbCG3)
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247 I mused on this earlier today: progressivism is misanthropy with a slight philosophical patina. Every axis of their political agenda, be it environmentalism or education or economics or cultural balderization, is bent toward creating misery and spreading it wide and thick. It's why they're such malcontents about absolutely everything, why they insist that your spaces and hobbies and faith and children must be corrupted or destroyed, why every one of their movements quickly loses its nominal purpose and becomes another tool for enforcing compliance and exacting revenge. The notion that you might be happy and content is repulsive for progressives. It flies in the face of their permanent revolution, and they despise you for it.
Posted by: Mea Culpa at April 10, 2025 04:02 PM (ZTjfK)
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[Shorter Version, to paraphrase:] Progressives would rather be equal in misery, poverty, & death than unequal in opportunity, prosperity, & life.
Posted by: Mea Culpa at April 10, 2025 04:02 PM (ZTjfK)
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[Shorter Version, to paraphrase:] Progressives would rather be equal in misery, poverty, & death than unequal in opportunity, prosperity, & life.
Posted by: ShainS -- On Democracies and Death Cults at April 10, 2025 04:06 PM (OC2Mq)
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Who is Sid? Is he joking? Or is he a troll?
Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 10, 2025 04:06 PM (ZmEVT)
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The in-car camera shows the impact on Ridley and man alive, I can't believe that man came out alive. It's on YouTube and it's worth a watch just to see the violence.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at April 10, 2025 04:04 PM (KbCG3)
Earnhardt refused the Hans Device, used the old school steering wheel, open faced helmet and wore his belts REALLY loose.
Plus, there's no telling how many concussions he'd had.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at April 10, 2025 04:04 PM (KbCG3)
Earnhardt refused the Hans Device, used the old school steering wheel, open faced helmet and wore his belts REALLY loose.
Plus, there's no telling how many concussions he'd had.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2025 04:06 PM (Zz0t1)
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Well, the stock market took back a big chunk of yesterday's boom today. But the bond market actually saw rates rise a tick, despite a good Treasury auction. Inflation numbers surprised (shocked even) on the good side, as Ace noted earlier.
Just a weird market. Sit tight America, and we will get through this.
Just a weird market. Sit tight America, and we will get through this.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 10, 2025 04:06 PM (VUcYn)
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The Constitution Literally Mandates This.
Posted by: garrett at April 10, 2025 04:04 PM (F30Ty)
Unexpectedly.
Posted by: garrett at April 10, 2025 04:04 PM (F30Ty)
Unexpectedly.
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2025 04:07 PM (RbtEb)
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Would ending ethanol mandates come at the future (at least short-term) cost of Iowa for Rs?
Discuss ...
Since Grassley stabbed him in the back on tariffs, I expect retribution to Iowa's sweet sweet ethanol subsidies.
Discuss ...
Since Grassley stabbed him in the back on tariffs, I expect retribution to Iowa's sweet sweet ethanol subsidies.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 10, 2025 04:07 PM (/U5Yz)
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180 Hotel showers are terrible. They just sort of mist on you.
ah. i see that you, too, have stayed at the red roof inn in nashua, new hampshire.
ah. i see that you, too, have stayed at the red roof inn in nashua, new hampshire.
Posted by: anachronda at April 10, 2025 04:07 PM (edU/H)
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Why are all these asshoe manufacturers making all their shit with bluetooth, now??
(answer: for the App, to steal & see & sell your Data, of course!)
Posted by: Soothsayer at April 10, 2025 04:02 PM (HokVO)
Same reason TVs are practically free now. They’re all “smart” TVs, ie they spy on you and sell the data. The rule is still applicable. If the product is free you’re the product.
(answer: for the App, to steal & see & sell your Data, of course!)
Posted by: Soothsayer at April 10, 2025 04:02 PM (HokVO)
Same reason TVs are practically free now. They’re all “smart” TVs, ie they spy on you and sell the data. The rule is still applicable. If the product is free you’re the product.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 10, 2025 04:07 PM (xHYkz)
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Who is Sid? Is he joking? Or is he a troll?
Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 10, 2025 04:06 PM (ZmEVT)
Sid is Average Joe, who everybody knows sucks cock by choice.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 10, 2025 04:06 PM (ZmEVT)
Sid is Average Joe, who everybody knows sucks cock by choice.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2025 04:07 PM (Zz0t1)
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roke out a new bottle of 12yr Tamdu for another year of taxes done. Nothing due.
Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2025
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I've printed out my state income tax forms, and have to sit down with it and my copy of the Fed form. The state isn't due until 5/15, but if I'm due even a little money I want it soonest.
Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2025
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I've printed out my state income tax forms, and have to sit down with it and my copy of the Fed form. The state isn't due until 5/15, but if I'm due even a little money I want it soonest.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 10, 2025 04:07 PM (omVj0)
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In case you missed it...
I cued it up --
Here's a racist Democrat imbecile today (yesterday) saying something very stupid:
https://is.gd/dC6uDo
In case you missed it...
I cued it up --
Here's a racist Democrat imbecile today (yesterday) saying something very stupid:
https://is.gd/dC6uDo
Posted by: Soothsayer at April 10, 2025 04:07 PM (HokVO)
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Heh. So we are going to do this on alternating days.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 10, 2025 04:08 PM (8HNt+)
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Earnhardt refused the Hans Device, used the old school steering wheel, open faced helmet and wore his belts REALLY loose.
Plus, there's no telling how many concussions he'd had.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2025 04:06 PM (Zz0t1)
Insurance company challenged the claim because they said he had manipulated the belts so as to make them ineffective.
Given how much he shit talked safety equipment, I don't doubt it.
Plus, there's no telling how many concussions he'd had.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2025 04:06 PM (Zz0t1)
Insurance company challenged the claim because they said he had manipulated the belts so as to make them ineffective.
Given how much he shit talked safety equipment, I don't doubt it.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at April 10, 2025 04:08 PM (KbCG3)
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The very first low-flow toilets were a disaster. Didn't flush shit (literally), and wound up wasting water because you had to flush twice or even thrice. Newer ones are OK, though.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at April 10, 2025 04:08 PM (XMwZJ)
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OT: went to my local library today, and they have a copier/scanner machine so that you can scan documents to a flash drive. And?
It was free!!!! Take that, Office Depot!
It was free!!!! Take that, Office Depot!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 10, 2025 04:08 PM (omVj0)
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Progressives would rather be equal in misery, poverty, & death than unequal in opportunity, prosperity, & life.
Posted by: ShainS -- On Democracies and Death Cults at April 10, 2025 04:06 PM (OC2Mq)
No they want you equally miserable while they take the wealth.
Posted by: ShainS -- On Democracies and Death Cults at April 10, 2025 04:06 PM (OC2Mq)
No they want you equally miserable while they take the wealth.
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2025 04:09 PM (RbtEb)
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A small part, The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) is a statutory part of the Office of Management and Budget within the Executive Office of the President. OIRA is the United States Government’s central authority for the review of Executive Branch regulations, approval of Government information collections, establishment of Government statistical practices, and coordination of Federal privacy policy. The office is comprised of six subject matter branches and is led by the OIRA Administrator, who is appointed by the President and confirmed by the United States Senate.
Much more to read.
Much more to read.
Posted by: L - No nic, adores Musk & Miller at April 10, 2025 04:09 PM (NFX2v)
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It would be nice if he could roll-back the refrigerant change the Commies in the EPA forced through.
It would be nice if he could roll-back the refrigerant change the Commies in the EPA forced through.
Posted by: Dr.Rev. Senator Your Highness E Buzz Miller, Esq PhD MA MS at April 10, 2025 04:09 PM (et1vG)
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There's a hose modification kit for plastic gas containers for sale on Amazon that will let you go back to old style, will let you do 3 or 4 containers. Works great, did mine.
There's a hose modification kit for plastic gas containers for sale on Amazon that will let you go back to old style, will let you do 3 or 4 containers. Works great, did mine.
Posted by: Auspex at April 10, 2025 04:09 PM (j4U/Z)
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Nascar introduced the restrictor plate because they needed the small block Fords and Chevy's to compete with the big block Chryslers and that was the cheapest way they could find to do it.
In other words, dumbasses.
In other words, dumbasses.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2025 04:09 PM (Zz0t1)
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Allegedly the RFK and MLK files will be out in the next couple of weeks, per Tulsi. Believe it when I see it, like Epstein files
Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 10, 2025 04:09 PM (6TePA)
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And DEF.
G*d damn DEF is pain in the ass. I'm thinking about deleting my 2024 Duramax but don't want to jeopardize the warranty.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 10, 2025 03:56 PM (/U5Yz)
I call that stuff "monkey piss". It really is made from urea, a component of urine. I had several Diesel Suburbans, but would never buy a Diesel vehicle that required the use of monkey piss.
G*d damn DEF is pain in the ass. I'm thinking about deleting my 2024 Duramax but don't want to jeopardize the warranty.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 10, 2025 03:56 PM (/U5Yz)
I call that stuff "monkey piss". It really is made from urea, a component of urine. I had several Diesel Suburbans, but would never buy a Diesel vehicle that required the use of monkey piss.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 10, 2025 04:09 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 10, 2025 04:09 PM (xHYkz)
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Who is Sid? Is he joking? Or is he a troll?
Posted by: no one of any consequence
Trool... Doesn't measure up to a troll.
Posted by: no one of any consequence
Trool... Doesn't measure up to a troll.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 10, 2025 04:09 PM (faohv)
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The fun part of this order: studies showed that low flow shower heads increase water usage because people spend way longer rinsing the shampoo from their hair. So Trump is saving the environment and Obiden were making it worse.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 10, 2025 04:10 PM (QZThv)
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Um so its starting to look as if after multiple investigations on Trumps tax returns, business deals, family, and social life the only faults were conjured up by corrupt courts.
But I yes I have found the FIRST TRUMP compromise of the truth if I may say a LIE!
Donald J Trump orated many times from the podium during his campaign that he was not interested in retribution for the unjust court cases levied against him.
With regards to these recent developments of Trumps aggressive pursuit of justice that can be also be attributed to RETROBUTION.
Steven A Miller is now deliberated with his staff to determine which best suits the case for Donald Trump.
#1 The Constanza Defense
#2 You fucked up You beleived us.
But I yes I have found the FIRST TRUMP compromise of the truth if I may say a LIE!
Donald J Trump orated many times from the podium during his campaign that he was not interested in retribution for the unjust court cases levied against him.
With regards to these recent developments of Trumps aggressive pursuit of justice that can be also be attributed to RETROBUTION.
Steven A Miller is now deliberated with his staff to determine which best suits the case for Donald Trump.
#1 The Constanza Defense
#2 You fucked up You beleived us.
Posted by: I was Gumby Damn It! now I'm no0t at April 10, 2025 04:10 PM (+PHes)
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291 Heh. So we are going to do this on alternating days.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 10, 2025 04:08 PM (8HNt+)
wut
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 10, 2025 04:08 PM (8HNt+)
wut
Posted by: m at April 10, 2025 04:10 PM (CQE5S)
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Yeah, imagine if PDT made R-22 legal again.
Yeah, imagine if PDT made R-22 legal again.
Posted by: Soothsayer at April 10, 2025 04:10 PM (HokVO)
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You want to talk discrimination...Start with tall people.
Posted by: Orson at April 10, 2025 04:04 PM (dIske)
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How's the weather up there, stretch?
Posted by: Orson at April 10, 2025 04:04 PM (dIske)
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How's the weather up there, stretch?
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 10, 2025 04:10 PM (2UnvF)
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I didn't know that drunkard was still alive.
He needs to get out of the city and look around. Someone might tell him that trees are made of wood, and that it's big business in some places.
What a dunce.
Posted by: Sterling Marlin at April 10, 2025 04:04 PM (FCbAQ)
And that cutting areas of mature trees is needed for a healthy forest and wildlife. It used to be done by wildfires, now we need to be doing it manually. Might was well use the logs for something.
He needs to get out of the city and look around. Someone might tell him that trees are made of wood, and that it's big business in some places.
What a dunce.
Posted by: Sterling Marlin at April 10, 2025 04:04 PM (FCbAQ)
And that cutting areas of mature trees is needed for a healthy forest and wildlife. It used to be done by wildfires, now we need to be doing it manually. Might was well use the logs for something.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2025 04:10 PM (n7h9X)
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Yeah a lot of "green" stuff isn't as efficient or good as it claims, and is often not worth the cost. Solar Power cells for example, cost a lot give small power flow, and have to be replaced every few years because they are broken down by the sun, hilariously. But LEDs do really cost less to run, last a hell of a lot longer, and do end up saving money over time. I have some bulbs I've used regularly every day for years.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2025 04:11 PM (RKzci)
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Who is Sid? Is he joking? Or is he a troll?
Posted by: no one of any consequence
Trool... Doesn't measure up to a troll.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 10, 2025 04:09 PM (faohv)
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Thousand millimeter Reich comments here?
Posted by: no one of any consequence
Trool... Doesn't measure up to a troll.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 10, 2025 04:09 PM (faohv)
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Thousand millimeter Reich comments here?
Posted by: blake - semi lurkder and scalywag at April 10, 2025 04:11 PM (tT6L1)
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Yeah, imagine if PDT made R-22 legal again.
Posted by: Soothsayer at April 10, 2025 04:10 PM (HokVO)
R-12 was one of the greatest refrigerants ever. I still have a kegerator that has a sealed R12 system from the 60's.
I can freeze a keg in it if I turn the temp down low enough.
Posted by: Soothsayer at April 10, 2025 04:10 PM (HokVO)
R-12 was one of the greatest refrigerants ever. I still have a kegerator that has a sealed R12 system from the 60's.
I can freeze a keg in it if I turn the temp down low enough.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2025 04:11 PM (Zz0t1)
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Poor Sterling. All he did was hold his line.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at April 10, 2025
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For an instant I thought you were talking about my cat. Or Stirling Moss, the 1950s British race car driver, who unknown to his ghost lent his given name to said cat.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at April 10, 2025
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For an instant I thought you were talking about my cat. Or Stirling Moss, the 1950s British race car driver, who unknown to his ghost lent his given name to said cat.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 10, 2025 04:11 PM (omVj0)
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Ane does it have its own copy of everything you copied? (So common in government.).
Posted by: L - No nic, adores Musk & Miller at April 10, 2025 04:11 PM (NFX2v)
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Democrats have given up democracy, they have moved into Marxism
Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2025 04:11 PM (ypFCm)
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The senate voted to day to overturn Biden's rules on gas fired tankless water heaters. The House had already voted to overturn it.
It still only got 53 votes. Democrats really have become the enemy of the people.
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IF Republicans proposed a resolution that stated today is Thursday, April 10th, it would squeak by on party lines--maybe 1 or 2 or ZERO democrats would vote in the affirmative.
IF Democrats proposed the same resolution, 90 percent of the Republicans would join the Democrats in approving it. The other 10 percent would be the "This bill doesn't include a tax cut" people who really just exist at this point to piss everybody else off.
It still only got 53 votes. Democrats really have become the enemy of the people.
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IF Republicans proposed a resolution that stated today is Thursday, April 10th, it would squeak by on party lines--maybe 1 or 2 or ZERO democrats would vote in the affirmative.
IF Democrats proposed the same resolution, 90 percent of the Republicans would join the Democrats in approving it. The other 10 percent would be the "This bill doesn't include a tax cut" people who really just exist at this point to piss everybody else off.
Posted by: Crusader at April 10, 2025 04:11 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: Oddbob at April 10, 2025 04:12 PM (/y8xj)
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If you can touch the LED bulb and not go OW it is more energy efficient.
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That isn’t efficiency, I had electric heat in Iowa 9 months out of the year. An incandescent bulb is 100% efficient.
If you are talking energy consumption you might have a point.
See also: Electric dryers. An “energy star” dryer that takes 3 times as long yet “uses 1/3rd less energy” uses the same juice. Just not peak load, which is what utilities look at. They don’t want to build more power plants.
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That isn’t efficiency, I had electric heat in Iowa 9 months out of the year. An incandescent bulb is 100% efficient.
If you are talking energy consumption you might have a point.
See also: Electric dryers. An “energy star” dryer that takes 3 times as long yet “uses 1/3rd less energy” uses the same juice. Just not peak load, which is what utilities look at. They don’t want to build more power plants.
Posted by: Common Tater at April 10, 2025 04:12 PM (GR70+)
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OT: went to my local library today, and they have a copier/scanner machine so that you can scan documents to a flash drive. And?
What, you don't have your own copier/scanner?
Just kidding...
What, you don't have your own copier/scanner?
Just kidding...
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at April 10, 2025 04:12 PM (XMwZJ)
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what do people expect to get from RFK and MLK files? why should it matter to anyone other than RFk , MLK families and historians who make money writing books on such topics? people will not believe any of it, assume that there is still a vault with "the real files", and go on spinning all kinds of conspiracies
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2025 04:12 PM (g47mK)
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I wish he could do real light bulbs but that can't happen now because all of the factories are closed except in china.
Posted by: Mister Scott
IIFC Poland was the light bulb maker for the world.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron
Wait. The "how many Polacks does it take to screw in a light bulb?" jokes were based on reality?
Posted by: Mister Scott
IIFC Poland was the light bulb maker for the world.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron
Wait. The "how many Polacks does it take to screw in a light bulb?" jokes were based on reality?
Posted by: a bulb goes on over mikeski's head at April 10, 2025 04:12 PM (kVDGB)
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I am, personally, 6'5", and can say with quite some confidence and experience that the vast majority of hotel showers are mounted for someone much shorter than I am. Same with airline seats, doorjambs in Europe/China/Japan, off the rack clothes, and a vast majority of public transportation accommodations across the entire planet.
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6'4" here. The whole world is designed to torture us.
I am, personally, 6'5", and can say with quite some confidence and experience that the vast majority of hotel showers are mounted for someone much shorter than I am. Same with airline seats, doorjambs in Europe/China/Japan, off the rack clothes, and a vast majority of public transportation accommodations across the entire planet.
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6'4" here. The whole world is designed to torture us.
Posted by: Pudinhead at April 10, 2025 04:12 PM (pZ64F)
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How's the weather up there, stretch?
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 10, 2025 04:10 PM (2UnvF)
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heh. My 7' nephew had a t-shirt made which said, "No, I'm not a basketball player. Are you a jockey?"
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 10, 2025 04:10 PM (2UnvF)
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heh. My 7' nephew had a t-shirt made which said, "No, I'm not a basketball player. Are you a jockey?"
Posted by: blake - semi lurkder and scalywag at April 10, 2025 04:12 PM (tT6L1)
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Nascar introduced the restrictor plate because they needed the small block Fords and Chevy's to compete with the big block Chryslers and that was the cheapest way they could find to do it.
I think the increasing overall speed of cars was getting dangerous as well. The tracks were not really able to contain cars going 250-300 MPH
I think the increasing overall speed of cars was getting dangerous as well. The tracks were not really able to contain cars going 250-300 MPH
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2025 04:12 PM (RKzci)
Posted by: Soothsayer at April 10, 2025 04:12 PM (HokVO)
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Getting rid of Shower head regulations was great. Now can we please get rid of thosed F'd up vapor trapping gas cans that spill twice as much as they pour?
Posted by: The Walking Dude at April 10, 2025 04:12 PM (aUmY+)
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wut
Posted by: m at April 10, 2025 04:10 PM (CQE5S)
I mentioned it on a prior thread:
Markets go up: trolls screaming about sky falling
Markets go up: trolls stfu and start talking about something else oddly- if they show up.
Posted by: m at April 10, 2025 04:10 PM (CQE5S)
I mentioned it on a prior thread:
Markets go up: trolls screaming about sky falling
Markets go up: trolls stfu and start talking about something else oddly- if they show up.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 10, 2025 04:13 PM (8HNt+)
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Sadly, cars don't have the cultural value they once did.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 10, 2025 03:54 PM (RrIy1)
Most don't have any personality. There's nothing there to connect to, just a hyper-efficient appliance to get from A to B. Even most cars in the past fit that, but there were enough affordable rides with style and personality to choose from.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 10, 2025 03:54 PM (RrIy1)
Most don't have any personality. There's nothing there to connect to, just a hyper-efficient appliance to get from A to B. Even most cars in the past fit that, but there were enough affordable rides with style and personality to choose from.
Posted by: Sterling Marlin at April 10, 2025 04:13 PM (FCbAQ)
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320 what do people expect to get from RFK and MLK files? why should it matter to anyone other than RFk , MLK families and historians who make money writing books on such topics? people will not believe any of it, assume that there is still a vault with "the real files", and go on spinning all kinds of conspiracies
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2025 04:12 PM (g47mK)
A version of clickbait..
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2025 04:12 PM (g47mK)
A version of clickbait..
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2025 04:13 PM (V6/42)
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They're phasing out R-410, the replacement for R-22. It never ends.
They're phasing out R-410, the replacement for R-22. It never ends.
Posted by: Soothsayer at April 10, 2025 04:13 PM (HokVO)
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6'4" here. The whole world is designed to torture us.
But you never have to ask someone to get something off the top shelf.
But you never have to ask someone to get something off the top shelf.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2025 04:13 PM (RKzci)
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Wait a second. Even the moderate Democrats didn’t vote to allow tankless heaters? I’m shocked man. It’s almost as if these moderate democrats aren’t all that moderate after all.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 10, 2025 04:13 PM (xHYkz)
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Democrats have given up democracy, they have moved into Marxism
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Democrats gave up on Democracy in the 1930s
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Democrats gave up on Democracy in the 1930s
Posted by: Common Tater at April 10, 2025 04:13 PM (GR70+)
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Ane does it have its own copy of everything you copied? (So common in government.).
Posted by: L - No nic, adores Musk & Miller at April 10, 2025
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Possible; there could be a hard drive in there. On the other hand, so could Office Depot's machines, and you're *paying* for those scans.
Posted by: L - No nic, adores Musk & Miller at April 10, 2025
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Possible; there could be a hard drive in there. On the other hand, so could Office Depot's machines, and you're *paying* for those scans.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 10, 2025 04:13 PM (omVj0)
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327 wut
Posted by: m at April 10, 2025 04:10 PM (CQE5S)
I mentioned it on a prior thread:
Markets go up: trolls screaming about sky falling
Markets go up: trolls stfu and start talking about something else oddly- if they show up.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 10, 2025 04:13 PM (8HNt+)
Oh. Thanks!
Posted by: m at April 10, 2025 04:10 PM (CQE5S)
I mentioned it on a prior thread:
Markets go up: trolls screaming about sky falling
Markets go up: trolls stfu and start talking about something else oddly- if they show up.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 10, 2025 04:13 PM (8HNt+)
Oh. Thanks!
Posted by: m at April 10, 2025 04:14 PM (CQE5S)
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268 I'm pretty sure the President has already signed EOs removing restrictions on high-flush toilets and incandescent bulbs.
Posted by: mrp at April 10, 2025 04:04 PM (rj6Yv)
I don't know about toilets, but the thing with light bulbs was an actual law passed by Congress, signed by the president. Can't be overridden with an EO.
Posted by: mrp at April 10, 2025 04:04 PM (rj6Yv)
I don't know about toilets, but the thing with light bulbs was an actual law passed by Congress, signed by the president. Can't be overridden with an EO.
Posted by: No Name Today at April 10, 2025 04:14 PM (vlXMQ)
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One of the amusingly pleasant things about going to the Texas MoMe is the incredible water pressure at the Best Western.
Damn...that is true 1st World glory!
Damn...that is true 1st World glory!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at April 10, 2025 04:14 PM (L5An7)
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Dishwshers and laundry wshing machines that don't work.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 10, 2025 04:14 PM (/lPRQ)
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wut
Posted by: m at April 10, 2025 04:10 PM (CQE5S)
I mentioned it on a prior thread:
Markets go up: trolls screaming about sky falling
Markets go up: trolls stfu and start talking about something else oddly- if they show up.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 10, 2025 04:13 PM (8HNt+)
So, the trolls are Panicans? Paid or Unpaid?
Posted by: m at April 10, 2025 04:10 PM (CQE5S)
I mentioned it on a prior thread:
Markets go up: trolls screaming about sky falling
Markets go up: trolls stfu and start talking about something else oddly- if they show up.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 10, 2025 04:13 PM (8HNt+)
So, the trolls are Panicans? Paid or Unpaid?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 10, 2025 04:14 PM (VNX3d)
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Americans cars used to have the best AC's. Still do, kinda.
Most of the world doesn't even use A/Cs, my buddy in Britain moans about it every year. It gets hot there for a few weeks and they have nothing to cool the house down.
Most of the world doesn't even use A/Cs, my buddy in Britain moans about it every year. It gets hot there for a few weeks and they have nothing to cool the house down.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2025 04:14 PM (RKzci)
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Same reason TVs are practically free now. They’re all “smart” TVs, ie they spy on you and sell the data. The rule is still applicable. If the product is free you’re the product.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 10, 2025 04:07 PM (xHYkz)
Plug them into a computer power strip with a switch and flip the switch to off if it bothers you. Ya can't run in the background without trickle power.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 10, 2025 04:07 PM (xHYkz)
Plug them into a computer power strip with a switch and flip the switch to off if it bothers you. Ya can't run in the background without trickle power.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2025 04:14 PM (n7h9X)
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I am, personally, 6'5", and can say with quite some confidence and experience that the vast majority of hotel showers are mounted for someone much shorter than I am. Same with airline seats, doorjambs in Europe/China/Japan, off the rack clothes, and a vast majority of public transportation accommodations across the entire planet.
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6'4" here. The whole world is designed to torture us.
Posted by: Pudinhead
I'm only 6'. When we had our house built, the wife had 9 ft ceilings and the shower head up high.
She's 5'9" and was tired of bumping her head on it.
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6'4" here. The whole world is designed to torture us.
Posted by: Pudinhead
I'm only 6'. When we had our house built, the wife had 9 ft ceilings and the shower head up high.
She's 5'9" and was tired of bumping her head on it.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 10, 2025 04:14 PM (RNuBu)
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And that cutting areas of mature trees is needed for a healthy forest and wildlife. It used to be done by wildfires, now we need to be doing it manually. Might was well use the logs for something.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2025 04:10 PM
Wood doesn't just grow on trees you know.....
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2025 04:10 PM
Wood doesn't just grow on trees you know.....
Posted by: Chris Matthews at April 10, 2025 04:15 PM (e5NfL)
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Crazy Ivan.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 10, 2025 04:15 PM (e5NfL)
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Most of the world doesn't even use A/Cs, my buddy in Britain moans about it every year. It gets hot there for a few weeks and they have nothing to cool the house down.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2025 04:14 PM (RKzci)
I use small fans even with heating/ac. I like my air movin
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2025 04:14 PM (RKzci)
I use small fans even with heating/ac. I like my air movin
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2025 04:15 PM (n7h9X)
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I am, personally, 6'5", and...
Posted by: Orson
LOL, your feet stick out at the end of the bed, too, hahaha!
I am, personally, 6'5", and...
Posted by: Orson
LOL, your feet stick out at the end of the bed, too, hahaha!
Posted by: Soothsayer at April 10, 2025 04:15 PM (HokVO)
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>>6'4" here. The whole world is designed to torture us.
I can say with 100% reliability that Enzo Ferrari did exactly that.
Those fucking Italians didn't want actual, full grown men, driving their cars.
I can say with 100% reliability that Enzo Ferrari did exactly that.
Those fucking Italians didn't want actual, full grown men, driving their cars.
Posted by: garrett at April 10, 2025 04:15 PM (F30Ty)
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337 One of the amusingly pleasant things about going to the Texas MoMe is the incredible water pressure at the Best Western.
Damn...that is true 1st World glory!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises)
Liberating.
Damn...that is true 1st World glory!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises)
Liberating.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 10, 2025 04:15 PM (/U5Yz)
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OT: went to my local library today, and they have a copier/scanner machine so that you can scan documents to a flash drive. And?
It was free!!!! Take that, Office Depot!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 10, 2025 04:08 PM (omVj0)
Soon.
It was free!!!! Take that, Office Depot!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 10, 2025 04:08 PM (omVj0)
Soon.
Posted by: Office Depot Tuffs, Lurking at April 10, 2025 04:15 PM (i24o9)
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287 Same reason TVs are practically free now. They’re all “smart” TVs, ie they spy on you and sell the data. The rule is still applicable. If the product is free you’re the product.
hello, sailor!
hello, sailor!
Posted by: tv that shows you ads after you turn it on before it lets you watch anything at April 10, 2025 04:15 PM (edU/H)
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"I like to take a nice shower to take care of my beautiful hair," President Trump said...
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LOL, this man is so funny.
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LOL, this man is so funny.
Posted by: Lady in Black at April 10, 2025 04:16 PM (qBdHI)
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Most don't have any personality. There's nothing there to connect to, just a hyper-efficient appliance to get from A to B. Even most cars in the past fit that, but there were enough affordable rides with style and personality to choose from.
Posted by: Sterling Marlin at April 10, 2025
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Linda told me a story she'd read on the 'Net or had been told by a real person: A couple recently bought a *used* truck, not a new one. Their note is $1000 a month, for 60 or 72 months -- and their interest rate is 15%. Did they just go to one of those "Buy Here, Pay Here" places, or did they do business with a Corleone Family loan shark, or what??
Posted by: Sterling Marlin at April 10, 2025
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Linda told me a story she'd read on the 'Net or had been told by a real person: A couple recently bought a *used* truck, not a new one. Their note is $1000 a month, for 60 or 72 months -- and their interest rate is 15%. Did they just go to one of those "Buy Here, Pay Here" places, or did they do business with a Corleone Family loan shark, or what??
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 10, 2025 04:17 PM (omVj0)
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https://legalinsurrection.com/house passes save act which-requires proof of citizenship to register to vote
Shocked I am, bet the senate will fk it up
Shocked I am, bet the senate will fk it up
Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2025 04:17 PM (ypFCm)
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You expect privacy, in 2025…. that’s adorable..
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2025 04:17 PM (V6/42)
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328 Sadly, cars don't have the cultural value they once did.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 10, 2025 03:54 PM (RrIy1)
Most don't have any personality. There's nothing there to connect to, just a hyper-efficient appliance to get from A to B. Even most cars in the past fit that, but there were enough affordable rides with style and personality to choose from.
Posted by: Sterling Marlin at April 10, 2025 04:13 PM (FCbAQ)
Compare car ads from 20,30 years ago to today. Old ones were about horsepower and 0-60 times and handling and performance and a cool factor in owning one.
Today: check out the 14 inch screen you get and CarPlay comes standard.
328 Sadly, cars don't have the cultural value they once did.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 10, 2025 03:54 PM (RrIy1)
Most don't have any personality. There's nothing there to connect to, just a hyper-efficient appliance to get from A to B. Even most cars in the past fit that, but there were enough affordable rides with style and personality to choose from.
Posted by: Sterling Marlin at April 10, 2025 04:13 PM (FCbAQ)
Compare car ads from 20,30 years ago to today. Old ones were about horsepower and 0-60 times and handling and performance and a cool factor in owning one.
Today: check out the 14 inch screen you get and CarPlay comes standard.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 10, 2025 04:17 PM (xHYkz)
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6'4" here. The whole world is designed to torture us.
But you never have to ask someone to get something off the top shelf.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2025 04:13 PM (RKzci)
wait till you have trouble getting low to the bottom one.
But you never have to ask someone to get something off the top shelf.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2025 04:13 PM (RKzci)
wait till you have trouble getting low to the bottom one.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2025 04:18 PM (n7h9X)
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Those fucking Italians didn't want actual, full grown men, driving their cars.
Its the curse of supercars. They are amazing but not made for adult human males to sit in. A Countache may look like heaven but you have to fold in half to just close the door. And it drives like crap, but it looks great!
Its the curse of supercars. They are amazing but not made for adult human males to sit in. A Countache may look like heaven but you have to fold in half to just close the door. And it drives like crap, but it looks great!
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2025 04:18 PM (RKzci)
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Would ending ethanol mandates come at the future (at least short-term) cost of Iowa for Rs?
Discuss ...
Since Grassley stabbed him in the back on tariffs, I expect retribution to Iowa's sweet sweet ethanol subsidies.
Posted by: Maj. Healey
Fuck. Iowa. And their damned ethanol subsidies. I cannot count the number of carbureators i have had to remove, tediously rebuild, then reinstall to get a small engine to run again. That crap gas allows water vaper to form droplets, which of course rust the cheap assed chyna pot metal the carb is made from, and then dries with a tar crust that plugs the emulsion tube air inlets.
Grrrrr. Did I say fuck Iowa? No?
Fuck. Iowa.
Discuss ...
Since Grassley stabbed him in the back on tariffs, I expect retribution to Iowa's sweet sweet ethanol subsidies.
Posted by: Maj. Healey
Fuck. Iowa. And their damned ethanol subsidies. I cannot count the number of carbureators i have had to remove, tediously rebuild, then reinstall to get a small engine to run again. That crap gas allows water vaper to form droplets, which of course rust the cheap assed chyna pot metal the carb is made from, and then dries with a tar crust that plugs the emulsion tube air inlets.
Grrrrr. Did I say fuck Iowa? No?
Fuck. Iowa.
Posted by: BifBewalski at April 10, 2025 04:18 PM (MsrgL)
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Late to the thread. I'm going to buy a new showerhead as soon as they're legal in California.
Oh hell. Nevermind.
Late to the thread. I'm going to buy a new showerhead as soon as they're legal in California.
Oh hell. Nevermind.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 10, 2025 04:18 PM (+KY4Y)
360
"I saw Donald Trump drinking a Pina Colada at Trader Vic's
And his hair was perfect."
Hmmm... Needs work.
And his hair was perfect."
Hmmm... Needs work.
Posted by: Zombie Warren Zevon at April 10, 2025 04:18 PM (FExpA)
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>>what do people expect to get from RFK and MLK files? why should it matter to anyone other than RFk , MLK families and historians who make money writing books on such topics?
If it doesn't matter why has the government kept the information classified for so long?
There is a huge problem with the feds classifying everything, even meaningless crap. It helps them run as an opaque government as possible which is the complete opposite of what our government is supposed to be about.
There could be something they are trying to hide. There could be nothing. But if they would stop over classifying everything Americans might have a little more faith in their government.
If it doesn't matter why has the government kept the information classified for so long?
There is a huge problem with the feds classifying everything, even meaningless crap. It helps them run as an opaque government as possible which is the complete opposite of what our government is supposed to be about.
There could be something they are trying to hide. There could be nothing. But if they would stop over classifying everything Americans might have a little more faith in their government.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 10, 2025 04:19 PM (LkLld)
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The Horde needs to determine the Optimal Human Size, and put matters to rest…
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2025 04:19 PM (V6/42)
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Those fucking Italians didn't want actual, full grown men, driving their cars.
Posted by: garrett
It's because dago up to 5'5" only.
Posted by: garrett
It's because dago up to 5'5" only.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 10, 2025 04:19 PM (RNuBu)
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The prevalence of auto AC (and the 2-3mpg hit) are from government regulation, too.
Remember vent windows? Those went away chasing EPA mileage ratings. People that didn't need AC before then needed a way to cool off their vehicles.
One of my all-time favorite unintended consequences. "Save" 0.3 mpg in aerodynamics in exchange for 3mpg lost to AC.
Remember vent windows? Those went away chasing EPA mileage ratings. People that didn't need AC before then needed a way to cool off their vehicles.
One of my all-time favorite unintended consequences. "Save" 0.3 mpg in aerodynamics in exchange for 3mpg lost to AC.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - The majority of women shouldn't weigh more than 140 pounds at April 10, 2025 04:19 PM (ETDHi)
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I can say with 100% reliability that Enzo Ferrari did exactly that.
Those fucking Italians didn't want actual, full grown men, driving their cars.
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Yes. I could drive a MG Midget but I could not drive a Fiat. The fucking pedals were made for children with tiny fucking paws.
Those fucking Italians didn't want actual, full grown men, driving their cars.
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Yes. I could drive a MG Midget but I could not drive a Fiat. The fucking pedals were made for children with tiny fucking paws.
Posted by: Pudinhead at April 10, 2025 04:19 PM (pZ64F)
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Linda told me a story she'd read on the 'Net or had been told by a real person: A couple recently bought a *used* truck, not a new one. Their note is $1000 a month, for 60 or 72 months -- and their interest rate is 15%.
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A $100k truck is $70k used after a couple of years. So yeah not shocking that a used truck is $1k a month.
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A $100k truck is $70k used after a couple of years. So yeah not shocking that a used truck is $1k a month.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 10, 2025 04:19 PM (xHYkz)
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>>But you never have to ask someone to get something off the top shelf.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2025 04:13 PM (RKzci)
This is why Ace builds his Shelving to be collapsable.
He didn't go to school just to eat his lunch, you know.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2025 04:13 PM (RKzci)
This is why Ace builds his Shelving to be collapsable.
He didn't go to school just to eat his lunch, you know.
Posted by: garrett at April 10, 2025 04:20 PM (F30Ty)
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Oh hell. Nevermind.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 10, 2025 04:18 PM (+KY4Y)0
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Well, I think people who have friends in states which allow such things have been known to receive and forward.
At least, that's what a friend tells me.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 10, 2025 04:18 PM (+KY4Y)0
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Well, I think people who have friends in states which allow such things have been known to receive and forward.
At least, that's what a friend tells me.
Posted by: blake - semi lurkder and scalywag at April 10, 2025 04:20 PM (tT6L1)
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You expect privacy, in 2025…. that’s adorable..
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2025 04:17 PM (V6/42)
I have complete privacy due to being boring. I used to listen on computer to a show on X Box almost 24-7 even to fall asleep to and never get ads for games or x boxes.
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2025 04:17 PM (V6/42)
I have complete privacy due to being boring. I used to listen on computer to a show on X Box almost 24-7 even to fall asleep to and never get ads for games or x boxes.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2025 04:20 PM (n7h9X)
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Sadly, cars don't have the cultural value they once did.
Most don't have any personality
Almost nothing does. When was the last TV show or movie that was culturally relevant? That people talked about or shared enthusiasm over? Seinfeld? You walk out of an Avatar movie can can't even remember the names of the characters.
Most don't have any personality
Almost nothing does. When was the last TV show or movie that was culturally relevant? That people talked about or shared enthusiasm over? Seinfeld? You walk out of an Avatar movie can can't even remember the names of the characters.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2025 04:20 PM (RKzci)
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But if they would stop over classifying everything Americans might have a little more faith in their government.
Posted by: JackStraw
That ship was burnt to the waterline over Covid. It'll take four or five generations to forget it.
Posted by: JackStraw
That ship was burnt to the waterline over Covid. It'll take four or five generations to forget it.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 10, 2025 04:20 PM (RNuBu)
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Compare car ads from 20,30 years ago to today. Old ones were about horsepower and 0-60 times and handling and performance and a cool factor in owning one.
Today: check out the 14 inch screen you get and CarPlay comes standard.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 10, 2025
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The big division seemed to come after 2011. That year the dealer brochure for the then-new model the Buick LaCrosse emphasized the power and handling for such a big vehicle. My 2016's brochure is all about connectivity and pairing your phone with the car.
Today: check out the 14 inch screen you get and CarPlay comes standard.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 10, 2025
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The big division seemed to come after 2011. That year the dealer brochure for the then-new model the Buick LaCrosse emphasized the power and handling for such a big vehicle. My 2016's brochure is all about connectivity and pairing your phone with the car.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 10, 2025 04:20 PM (omVj0)
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Inrush current is the filament killer. It's better to just let them burn 7/24.
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Yes, this true. But bulbs used in the real world will last far longer if you allow them to “burn in”. This is true for Coleman lantern mantles as well, incidentally. They are much less prone to breakage.
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Yes, this true. But bulbs used in the real world will last far longer if you allow them to “burn in”. This is true for Coleman lantern mantles as well, incidentally. They are much less prone to breakage.
Posted by: Common Tater at April 10, 2025 04:21 PM (GR70+)
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How's the weather up there, stretch?
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 10, 2025 04:10 PM (2UnvF)
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(spits) It's raining.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 10, 2025 04:10 PM (2UnvF)
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(spits) It's raining.
Posted by: Orson at April 10, 2025 04:21 PM (dIske)
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There could be something they are trying to hide. There could be nothing. But if they would stop over classifying everything Americans might have a little more faith in their government.
Posted by: JackStraw
From personal experience, the biggest secret is that there is no secret, they just like the exclusiveness.
Posted by: JackStraw
From personal experience, the biggest secret is that there is no secret, they just like the exclusiveness.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 10, 2025 04:21 PM (/lPRQ)
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Its the curse of supercars. They are amazing but not made for adult human males to sit in. A Countache may look like heaven but you have to fold in half to just close the door. And it drives like crap, but it looks great!
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Same for all the super hawt Crotch Rocket motorcycles. You need to be fucking midget jockey to ride them.
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Same for all the super hawt Crotch Rocket motorcycles. You need to be fucking midget jockey to ride them.
Posted by: Pudinhead at April 10, 2025 04:21 PM (pZ64F)
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Late to the thread. I'm going to buy a new showerhead as soon as they're legal in California.
Go hunting in the jungle. Once the high flow showerheads and stuff are legal in the US, you can get them from other states on Amazon
Go hunting in the jungle. Once the high flow showerheads and stuff are legal in the US, you can get them from other states on Amazon
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2025 04:21 PM (RKzci)
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One of my all-time favorite unintended consequences. "Save" 0.3 mpg in aerodynamics in exchange for 3mpg lost to AC.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - The majority of women shouldn't weigh more than 140 pounds at April 10, 2025 04:19 PM (ETDHi)
You could have just made better vents. Supersonic jets have air intakes.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - The majority of women shouldn't weigh more than 140 pounds at April 10, 2025 04:19 PM (ETDHi)
You could have just made better vents. Supersonic jets have air intakes.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2025 04:22 PM (n7h9X)
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I am a tall guy too. I will go to my grave having never driven a Corvette.
Posted by: Don Black at April 10, 2025 04:22 PM (AOsQT)
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I'm not a tall person 5'8" but I can barely reach the shower heads to adjust them. One time I used a room chair in the tub to adjust the shower head before turning it on.
Posted by: Beartooth at April 10, 2025 03:55 PM (dJimA)
According to chicks on dating apps you aren't a man and should go kill yourself.
Posted by: Beartooth at April 10, 2025 03:55 PM (dJimA)
According to chicks on dating apps you aren't a man and should go kill yourself.
Posted by: Speaking as another guy under 6' tall at April 10, 2025 04:22 PM (TbWk/)
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A $100k truck is $70k used after a couple of years. So yeah not shocking that a used truck is $1k a month.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 10, 2025
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The notion of a 70 grand truck, let alone a 100, is risible. And 15% APR????
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 10, 2025
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The notion of a 70 grand truck, let alone a 100, is risible. And 15% APR????
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 10, 2025 04:22 PM (omVj0)
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Well, I think people who have friends in states which allow such things have been known to receive and forward.
At least, that's what a friend tells me.
Posted by: blake - semi lurkder
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I could drive to Yuma and smuggle one in... in fact, maybe a couple of them.
Well, I think people who have friends in states which allow such things have been known to receive and forward.
At least, that's what a friend tells me.
Posted by: blake - semi lurkder
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I could drive to Yuma and smuggle one in... in fact, maybe a couple of them.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 10, 2025 04:22 PM (+KY4Y)
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Why it’s almost as if Cali is a sovereign nation, yes??
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2025 04:22 PM (V6/42)
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Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2025 04:20 PM (RKzci)
Division and hate is part of the op. They can't have us unifying over ANYTHING. That includes entertainment unfortunately.
Division and hate is part of the op. They can't have us unifying over ANYTHING. That includes entertainment unfortunately.
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2025 04:22 PM (RbtEb)
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If you've ever spent time in a British househld, you'll notice some very strange things:
-- Vacuum cleaners are laughably weak and feeble. They barely can suck up any dust. Doesn't matter the brand, or the size, or the style. They're all weak as shit.
-- Washing machines are an absolute joke. They're all front-loaders (I hate front-loaders), and all take something like 2 or 3 or as much as 5 hurs to do a tiny load. And when the "washing" is done--nothing h=is actually cleaned. Why? Because they're all "low flow"m"eco" "green" washing machines that dribble a few tablespoons of lukewarm water over the clothing and intermittedly tumble them a few times.
I've asked resident why this is the case, and learned to my horror that powerful vacuum cleaners and normal-strength washing machines ARE ILLEGAL IN BRITAIN. Why? Because they aren't "green" enough and cause "climate change.
What a garbage nation.
-- Vacuum cleaners are laughably weak and feeble. They barely can suck up any dust. Doesn't matter the brand, or the size, or the style. They're all weak as shit.
-- Washing machines are an absolute joke. They're all front-loaders (I hate front-loaders), and all take something like 2 or 3 or as much as 5 hurs to do a tiny load. And when the "washing" is done--nothing h=is actually cleaned. Why? Because they're all "low flow"m"eco" "green" washing machines that dribble a few tablespoons of lukewarm water over the clothing and intermittedly tumble them a few times.
I've asked resident why this is the case, and learned to my horror that powerful vacuum cleaners and normal-strength washing machines ARE ILLEGAL IN BRITAIN. Why? Because they aren't "green" enough and cause "climate change.
What a garbage nation.
Posted by: zombie at April 10, 2025 04:22 PM (pMi6S)
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Their note is $1000 a month, for 60 or 72 months -- and their interest rate is 15%.
There's a name for those people: idiots.
There's a name for those people: idiots.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at April 10, 2025 04:23 PM (XMwZJ)
Posted by: Don Black at April 10, 2025 04:23 PM (AOsQT)
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You walk out of an Avatar movie can can't even remember the names of the characters.
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Weren't all the fucks blue fuckers from Mars?
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Weren't all the fucks blue fuckers from Mars?
Posted by: Pudinhead at April 10, 2025 04:23 PM (pZ64F)
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Most don't have any personality
Almost nothing does. When was the last TV show or movie that was culturally relevant? That people talked about or shared enthusiasm over? Seinfeld? You walk out of an Avatar movie can can't even remember the names of the characters.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2025 04:20 PM (RKzci)
Music is also heading the same way, if not there already. I have my issues with the guy but Rick Beato actually has a pretty good video on why this has happened.
Almost nothing does. When was the last TV show or movie that was culturally relevant? That people talked about or shared enthusiasm over? Seinfeld? You walk out of an Avatar movie can can't even remember the names of the characters.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2025 04:20 PM (RKzci)
Music is also heading the same way, if not there already. I have my issues with the guy but Rick Beato actually has a pretty good video on why this has happened.
Posted by: The leveling and averaging of everything at April 10, 2025 04:23 PM (TbWk/)
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Did they just go to one of those "Buy Here, Pay Here" places, or did they do business with a Corleone Family loan shark, or what??
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 10, 2025 04:17 PM (omVj0)
Is there a noticable difference between the two? Nevermind. One repo's the car, the other breaks your legs.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 10, 2025 04:17 PM (omVj0)
Is there a noticable difference between the two? Nevermind. One repo's the car, the other breaks your legs.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at April 10, 2025 04:24 PM (FCbAQ)
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That year the dealer brochure for the then-new model the Buick LaCrosse emphasized the power and handling for such a big vehicle. My 2016's brochure is all about connectivity and pairing your phone with the car.
Its why car ads never have performance stats and car guy stuff in them any more. Buyers aren't interested in horsepower and handling. They want bitchen tech and a car that looks good on the curb. Too large a portion of the population are tech fetishists, Cargo Cultists who don't really know much about it but love everything that reminds them of Star Trek.
Its why car ads never have performance stats and car guy stuff in them any more. Buyers aren't interested in horsepower and handling. They want bitchen tech and a car that looks good on the curb. Too large a portion of the population are tech fetishists, Cargo Cultists who don't really know much about it but love everything that reminds them of Star Trek.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2025 04:24 PM (RKzci)
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This and a dishwasher that actually works I'd be okay with DJIA hitting 15000
Posted by: Ryan Frank at April 10, 2025 04:24 PM (fgmuN)
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Hyundai has a couple of really classic looking roadsters but you can't find them under the names. One is the Palisade and the other is the Santa Fe but looking them up just gives you SUV's.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 10, 2025 04:24 PM (5JBMH)
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The notion of a 70 grand truck, let alone a 100, is risible. And 15% APR????
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 10, 2025 04:22 PM (omVj0)
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So what if it's the size of a Subaru and costs twice as much! Once you buy one of these, you'll never need another. And when you die, they'll bury you in it!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 10, 2025 04:22 PM (omVj0)
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So what if it's the size of a Subaru and costs twice as much! Once you buy one of these, you'll never need another. And when you die, they'll bury you in it!
Posted by: Ken Kessler at April 10, 2025 04:24 PM (tT6L1)
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>>From personal experience, the biggest secret is that there is no secret, they just like the exclusiveness.
For most stuff I agree. But the problem is when they classify everything we never know.
Wouldn't everyone have wanted to know about how government was illegally working with private social media companies to censor Americans over things like the virus and the 2020 election? All of that was classified as well and if we hadn't had the richest man in the world wanting free speech and buying Twitter we would still not know the extent of government censorship.
We almost lost the country over that.
For most stuff I agree. But the problem is when they classify everything we never know.
Wouldn't everyone have wanted to know about how government was illegally working with private social media companies to censor Americans over things like the virus and the 2020 election? All of that was classified as well and if we hadn't had the richest man in the world wanting free speech and buying Twitter we would still not know the extent of government censorship.
We almost lost the country over that.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 10, 2025 04:24 PM (LkLld)
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The prevalence of auto AC (and the 2-3mpg hit) are from government regulation, too.
Remember vent windows? Those went away chasing EPA mileage ratings. People that didn't need AC before then needed a way to cool off their vehicles.
One of my all-time favorite unintended consequences. "Save" 0.3 mpg in aerodynamics in exchange for 3mpg lost to AC.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - The majority of women shouldn't weigh more than 140 pounds at April 10, 2025
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The '65 Mercury Park Lane I drove 1981-85 had vent windows *and* the power rear window that slanted inward and retracted behind the rear seat. On a coolish day or even an overcast one, I could open everything, drive at 40 or more, and not really need the A/C. (Which was good, though.)
Remember vent windows? Those went away chasing EPA mileage ratings. People that didn't need AC before then needed a way to cool off their vehicles.
One of my all-time favorite unintended consequences. "Save" 0.3 mpg in aerodynamics in exchange for 3mpg lost to AC.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - The majority of women shouldn't weigh more than 140 pounds at April 10, 2025
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The '65 Mercury Park Lane I drove 1981-85 had vent windows *and* the power rear window that slanted inward and retracted behind the rear seat. On a coolish day or even an overcast one, I could open everything, drive at 40 or more, and not really need the A/C. (Which was good, though.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 10, 2025 04:25 PM (omVj0)
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The notion of a 70 grand truck, let alone a 100, is risible. And 15% APR????
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 10, 2025 04:22 PM (omVj0)
Those Trucks aren’t really trucks. They’re luxury cars with added bonus of being able to go to home deport 3 times a year.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 10, 2025 04:22 PM (omVj0)
Those Trucks aren’t really trucks. They’re luxury cars with added bonus of being able to go to home deport 3 times a year.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 10, 2025 04:25 PM (xHYkz)
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You walk out of an Avatar movie can can't even remember the names of the characters.
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Weren't all the fucks blue fuckers from Mars?
Posted by: Pudinhead at April 10, 2025 04:23 PM (pZ64F)
Avatar had characters? Aside from bloodthirsty army guy?
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Weren't all the fucks blue fuckers from Mars?
Posted by: Pudinhead at April 10, 2025 04:23 PM (pZ64F)
Avatar had characters? Aside from bloodthirsty army guy?
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2025 04:26 PM (n7h9X)
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I took a shower in a hotel where the water pressure was so high it sucked the heavy plastic shower curtain in.
It was glorious.
It was glorious.
Posted by: eleven at April 10, 2025 04:26 PM (0HaGk)
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A lot of the bitching about washing machines that don't work has to do with detergents that don't work.
IIRC, phosphates are verboten in any useful amount, so dishwashers and clothes washers appear to not work.
Someone here a couple years ago pointed out where a phosphate additive could be had online. Said it made all the difference.
IIRC, phosphates are verboten in any useful amount, so dishwashers and clothes washers appear to not work.
Someone here a couple years ago pointed out where a phosphate additive could be had online. Said it made all the difference.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at April 10, 2025 04:26 PM (FCbAQ)
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I can't remember the last time I drove with my window down, or opened a window in this house.
I hate Outside Air.
I can't remember the last time I drove with my window down, or opened a window in this house.
I hate Outside Air.
Posted by: Soothsayer at April 10, 2025 04:27 PM (HokVO)
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Hated Avatar… talk about preachy….
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2025 04:27 PM (V6/42)
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I've got a nice weekend warrior kind of truck. Yeah, maybe a couple of more bells and whistles would be nice, but, the thing is paid for. No matter how much I might be able to afford the payment on a new truck, I cannot get past "paid for."
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at April 10, 2025 04:27 PM (tT6L1)
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You walk out of an Avatar movie can can't even remember the names of the characters.
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Weren't all the fucks blue fuckers from Mars?
Posted by: Pudinhead at April 10, 2025 04:23 PM (pZ64F)
Avatar had characters? Aside from bloodthirsty army guy?
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2025 04:26 PM (n7h9X)
What is this thing you call an "Avatar movie"? Is it supposed to be some type of entertainment?
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Weren't all the fucks blue fuckers from Mars?
Posted by: Pudinhead at April 10, 2025 04:23 PM (pZ64F)
Avatar had characters? Aside from bloodthirsty army guy?
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2025 04:26 PM (n7h9X)
What is this thing you call an "Avatar movie"? Is it supposed to be some type of entertainment?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 10, 2025 04:27 PM (VNX3d)
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>>The '65 Mercury Park Lane I drove 1981-85 had vent windows *and* the power rear window that slanted inward and retracted behind the rear seat. On a coolish day or even an overcast one, I could open everything, drive at 40 or more, and not really need the A/C. (Which was good, though.)
I have never, ever, used AC in a car.
And I lived in Tucson for almost 6 years.
Not once.
I have never, ever, used AC in a car.
And I lived in Tucson for almost 6 years.
Not once.
Posted by: garrett at April 10, 2025 04:27 PM (F30Ty)
Posted by: OneEyedJack at April 10, 2025 04:27 PM (FCbAQ)
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I will NEVER ever buy another car with a sunroof. I hate the Sun.
I will NEVER ever buy another car with a sunroof. I hate the Sun.
Posted by: Soothsayer at April 10, 2025 04:27 PM (HokVO)
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Music is also heading the same way, if not there already.
It already is, at least the major stuff being released by record companies. I took a Lyft to somewhere recently, the guy had country music on. I mean, it was supposed to be, local country radio. The first song was godawful. It was autotuned so heavily the voice sounded like it was computer generated in the 90s. The song was a parody of country, a crappy AI generated song about being part country and part city. The next one was worse. It just was a cavalcade of forgettable, terrible crap.
It already is, at least the major stuff being released by record companies. I took a Lyft to somewhere recently, the guy had country music on. I mean, it was supposed to be, local country radio. The first song was godawful. It was autotuned so heavily the voice sounded like it was computer generated in the 90s. The song was a parody of country, a crappy AI generated song about being part country and part city. The next one was worse. It just was a cavalcade of forgettable, terrible crap.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2025 04:28 PM (RKzci)
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I hate to say it but the idea of releasing the files is branding and vibe. But also he promised.
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2025 04:28 PM (RbtEb)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at April 10, 2025 04:28 PM (L/fGl)
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I've asked resident why this is the case, and learned to my horror that powerful vacuum cleaners and normal-strength washing machines ARE ILLEGAL IN BRITAIN. Why? Because they aren't "green" enough and cause "climate change.
What a garbage nation.
Posted by: zombie at April 10, 2025 04:22 PM (pMi6S)
Don't try to sneak a TV into your house eather. The BBC taxes every TV, and they have roaming TV sensor trucks who cruise around looking for unlicensed TVs so that they can fine your ass.
I've asked resident why this is the case, and learned to my horror that powerful vacuum cleaners and normal-strength washing machines ARE ILLEGAL IN BRITAIN. Why? Because they aren't "green" enough and cause "climate change.
What a garbage nation.
Posted by: zombie at April 10, 2025 04:22 PM (pMi6S)
Don't try to sneak a TV into your house eather. The BBC taxes every TV, and they have roaming TV sensor trucks who cruise around looking for unlicensed TVs so that they can fine your ass.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 10, 2025 04:28 PM (y9nCu)
412
Its why car ads never have performance stats and car guy stuff in them any more. Buyers aren't interested in horsepower and handling. They want bitchen tech and a car that looks good on the curb. Too large a portion of the population are tech fetishists, Cargo Cultists who don't really know much about it but love everything that reminds them of Star Trek.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2025 04:24 PM (RKzci)
If they let you shoot photon torpedoes at the car in front and show it blowing up on the tablet screen, i'm in
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2025 04:24 PM (RKzci)
If they let you shoot photon torpedoes at the car in front and show it blowing up on the tablet screen, i'm in
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2025 04:28 PM (n7h9X)
413
405
I have never, ever, used AC in a car.
And I lived in Tucson for almost 6 years.
Not once.
Posted by: garrett at April 10, 2025 04:27 PM (F30Ty)
You are an Odd Duck, garrett…
I have never, ever, used AC in a car.
And I lived in Tucson for almost 6 years.
Not once.
Posted by: garrett at April 10, 2025 04:27 PM (F30Ty)
You are an Odd Duck, garrett…
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2025 04:28 PM (V6/42)
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407
I will NEVER ever buy another car with a sunroof. I hate the Sun.
Posted by: Soothsayer
They always begin to leak eventually.
I will NEVER ever buy another car with a sunroof. I hate the Sun.
Posted by: Soothsayer
They always begin to leak eventually.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 10, 2025 04:29 PM (/U5Yz)
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San Francisco mandated low-flow toilets in the '80s and '90s. Regular-flow toilets were banned.
What happened?
THE ENTIRE SEWER SYSTEM BACKED UP PERMANENTLY and become irrevocably clogged because their wasn't even water flwoing throuhg the system to wash all the liberal shitn throuhg the pipes.
Ultimately they had t manually clean out the entire municipal sewer system and unban regular-flow toilets.
Politicians -- is there anything they can't fuck up?
What happened?
THE ENTIRE SEWER SYSTEM BACKED UP PERMANENTLY and become irrevocably clogged because their wasn't even water flwoing throuhg the system to wash all the liberal shitn throuhg the pipes.
Ultimately they had t manually clean out the entire municipal sewer system and unban regular-flow toilets.
Politicians -- is there anything they can't fuck up?
Posted by: zombie at April 10, 2025 04:29 PM (pMi6S)
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What a garbage nation.
Posted by: zombie at April 10, 2025 04:22 PM (pMi6S)
That was cemented to me during COVID, when the one or two Brit streamers I watched were falling all over themselves to fall in line with all the restrictions and shaming everyone else who so much as questioned the legitimacy.
Fuck them all, pathetic serfs.
Posted by: zombie at April 10, 2025 04:22 PM (pMi6S)
That was cemented to me during COVID, when the one or two Brit streamers I watched were falling all over themselves to fall in line with all the restrictions and shaming everyone else who so much as questioned the legitimacy.
Fuck them all, pathetic serfs.
Posted by: Office Depot Tuffs, Lurking at April 10, 2025 04:29 PM (i24o9)
Posted by: Soothsayer at April 10, 2025 04:29 PM (HokVO)
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The notion of a 70 grand truck, let alone a 100, is risible. And 15% APR????
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 10, 2025 04:22 PM (omVj0)
Those Trucks aren’t really trucks. They’re luxury cars with added bonus of being able to go to home deport 3 times a year.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 10, 2025
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When I was a boy, trucks were sold on separate lots from cars. At least I rarely saw them for sale. They were the only vehicles with blackwall tires, they rode hard (or so I was told), and the notion of something like a Cadillac or Buick or Chrysler Imperial truck was unthinkable.
I'd love to have an older (say, the '80s) GMC or F-150 pickup with high clearance to get through floods and bad road conditions, though.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 10, 2025 04:22 PM (omVj0)
Those Trucks aren’t really trucks. They’re luxury cars with added bonus of being able to go to home deport 3 times a year.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 10, 2025
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When I was a boy, trucks were sold on separate lots from cars. At least I rarely saw them for sale. They were the only vehicles with blackwall tires, they rode hard (or so I was told), and the notion of something like a Cadillac or Buick or Chrysler Imperial truck was unthinkable.
I'd love to have an older (say, the '80s) GMC or F-150 pickup with high clearance to get through floods and bad road conditions, though.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 10, 2025 04:29 PM (omVj0)
419
Dem have been using the EPA for years to make your home appliances crappy and annoying and semi-functional, just like in the 3rd world. Its what Americans deserve.
Posted by: Ripley at April 10, 2025 04:29 PM (GUOwU)
420
Why the actual fvck does the president of the United States get to rule on shower heads?
What a sad country this has become.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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All he did was instruct the Secretary of Energy to kill that old regulation.
Why the actual fvck does the president of the United States get to rule on shower heads?
What a sad country this has become.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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All he did was instruct the Secretary of Energy to kill that old regulation.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 10, 2025 04:30 PM (+KY4Y)
421
The Horde needs to determine the Optimal Human Size, and put matters to rest…
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2025 04:19 PM (V6/42)
8.5 inches. Isn't that what we're talking about?
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2025 04:19 PM (V6/42)
8.5 inches. Isn't that what we're talking about?
Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at April 10, 2025 04:30 PM (g8Ew8)
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I use AC only when absolutely necessary. But I live in a dry-ish area. It’s pretty comfortable even when it’s hot, with a nice breeze.
In Florida or places like that? Yeah a/C is on 24/7 in summer.
In Florida or places like that? Yeah a/C is on 24/7 in summer.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at April 10, 2025 04:30 PM (xHYkz)
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Those Trucks aren’t really trucks. They’re luxury cars with added bonus of being able to go to home deport 3 times a year.
Most of the new ones I see on the street are those Eric the half-an-SUV with the huge king cab and little bitty square bed. That's not a pickup. That's a crossover with a gesture at a bed so you can pretend you have a truck.
And yeah, they are all way too luxurious inside, with a tailgate that turns into a camper or a shower and plays tunes for you. Who the hell buys a pickup for that crap?
Most of the new ones I see on the street are those Eric the half-an-SUV with the huge king cab and little bitty square bed. That's not a pickup. That's a crossover with a gesture at a bed so you can pretend you have a truck.
And yeah, they are all way too luxurious inside, with a tailgate that turns into a camper or a shower and plays tunes for you. Who the hell buys a pickup for that crap?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2025 04:30 PM (RKzci)
Posted by: Soothsayer at April 10, 2025 04:31 PM (HokVO)
425
I would never allow myself to have a photon torpedo shooting car.
Posted by: eleven at April 10, 2025 04:31 PM (0HaGk)
426
I am a tall guy too. I will go to my grave having never driven a Corvette.
Posted by: Don Black at April 10, 2025 04:22 PM (AOsQT)
Get an Avanti. Studebaker president Sherwood Egbert was 6'4", and he told the designers, "I want to be able to drive this thing while wearing a hat." They did it. Plenty of leg room, too.
Posted by: Don Black at April 10, 2025 04:22 PM (AOsQT)
Get an Avanti. Studebaker president Sherwood Egbert was 6'4", and he told the designers, "I want to be able to drive this thing while wearing a hat." They did it. Plenty of leg room, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 10, 2025 04:31 PM (8zz6B)
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Don't try to sneak a TV into your house eather. The BBC taxes every TV, and they have roaming TV sensor trucks who cruise around looking for unlicensed TVs so that they can fine your ass.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 10, 2025 04:28 PM (y9nCu)
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You would think it would be a large market for electronic jamming equipment.
I'm guessing that's a criminal offense as well?
Let The Muzzies have it ...
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 10, 2025 04:28 PM (y9nCu)
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You would think it would be a large market for electronic jamming equipment.
I'm guessing that's a criminal offense as well?
Let The Muzzies have it ...
Posted by: ShainS -- On Democracies and Death Cults at April 10, 2025 04:31 PM (OC2Mq)
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413 405
I have never, ever, used AC in a car.
And I lived in Tucson for almost 6 years.
Not once.
Posted by: garrett
Last August I was working on a fence gate in AZ. I left the truck running close by with the AC on full so I could jump inside now and then before I passed out. I am a weak person.
I have never, ever, used AC in a car.
And I lived in Tucson for almost 6 years.
Not once.
Posted by: garrett
Last August I was working on a fence gate in AZ. I left the truck running close by with the AC on full so I could jump inside now and then before I passed out. I am a weak person.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 10, 2025 04:32 PM (/U5Yz)
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That was cemented to me during COVID, when the one or two Brit streamers I watched were falling all over themselves to fall in line with all the restrictions and shaming everyone else who so much as questioned the legitimacy.
Fuck them all, pathetic serfs.
Posted by: Office Depot Tuffs, Lurking at April 10, 2025 04:29 PM (i24o9)
There was a metric fuckton of that here in the good old US of A too so I wouldn't be too quick to climb up on the high horse.
Fuck them all, pathetic serfs.
Posted by: Office Depot Tuffs, Lurking at April 10, 2025 04:29 PM (i24o9)
There was a metric fuckton of that here in the good old US of A too so I wouldn't be too quick to climb up on the high horse.
Posted by: Just too quick to suck authority dick at April 10, 2025 04:32 PM (TbWk/)
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As for dishwashers, I think the problem is that we outlawed effective detergents. Dishwasher detergent used to get the dirt off. Then phosphates were banned.
As for dishwashers, I think the problem is that we outlawed effective detergents. Dishwasher detergent used to get the dirt off. Then phosphates were banned.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 10, 2025 04:32 PM (+KY4Y)
431
So what if it's the size of a Subaru and costs twice as much! Once you buy one of these, you'll never need another. And when you die, they'll bury you in it!
Posted by: Ken Kessler at April 10, 2025 04:24 PM (tT6L1)
Years back I used to see a huge pickup truck in the lot. One day I saw it was owned by a oriental lady who that day was wearing a rather long tight skirt. She nearly had to mount a climbing expedition to get to the driver seat.
Posted by: Ken Kessler at April 10, 2025 04:24 PM (tT6L1)
Years back I used to see a huge pickup truck in the lot. One day I saw it was owned by a oriental lady who that day was wearing a rather long tight skirt. She nearly had to mount a climbing expedition to get to the driver seat.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2025 04:32 PM (n7h9X)
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The notion of being comfortable seems extremely Feminine to me.
Some might not call it gay.
But. I would.
Some might not call it gay.
But. I would.
Posted by: garrett at April 10, 2025 04:32 PM (F30Ty)
433
I will NEVER ever buy another car with a sunroof. I hate the Sun.
Posted by: Soothsayer at April 10, 2025
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One of the selling points to me of my three Buicks was that none had a sunroof. The ones I had on Mercedes and the one BMW were fine, but I rarely opened them, for just the reason you mention. I don't need *more* sun inside my car.
Something got into the sunroof compartment on the W202 C-Class and rattled at me at odd intervals for three years. Nobody could find the cause. I was actually glad to trade that car in on the first of my Buicks.
Posted by: Soothsayer at April 10, 2025
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One of the selling points to me of my three Buicks was that none had a sunroof. The ones I had on Mercedes and the one BMW were fine, but I rarely opened them, for just the reason you mention. I don't need *more* sun inside my car.
Something got into the sunroof compartment on the W202 C-Class and rattled at me at odd intervals for three years. Nobody could find the cause. I was actually glad to trade that car in on the first of my Buicks.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 10, 2025 04:33 PM (omVj0)
434
Do you wear itchy sweaters for fun?
Posted by: Francis at April 10, 2025 04:33 PM (bbuBP)
435
Don't try to sneak a TV into your house eather. The BBC taxes every TV, and they have roaming TV sensor trucks who cruise around looking for unlicensed TVs so that they can fine your ass.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 10, 2025 04:28 PM (y9nCu)
They had those trucks in Germany during the 70's.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 10, 2025 04:28 PM (y9nCu)
They had those trucks in Germany during the 70's.
Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at April 10, 2025 04:34 PM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 10, 2025 04:34 PM (ZmEVT)
437
Fuck. Iowa. And their damned ethanol subsidies. I cannot count the number of carbureators i have had to remove, tediously rebuild, then reinstall to get a small engine to run again. That crap gas allows water vaper to form droplets, which of course rust the cheap assed chyna pot metal the carb is made from, and then dries with a tar crust that plugs the emulsion tube air inlets.
Grrrrr. Did I say fuck Iowa? No?
Fuck. Iowa.
Posted by: BifBewalski at April 10, 2025 04:18 PM (MsrgL)
Iowans are wonderful people, by and large. Chuck Grassley is a nice guy, too, but we're putting corn products in our gas tanks instead of in our tummies because Chuck sez so.
Grrrrr. Did I say fuck Iowa? No?
Fuck. Iowa.
Posted by: BifBewalski at April 10, 2025 04:18 PM (MsrgL)
Iowans are wonderful people, by and large. Chuck Grassley is a nice guy, too, but we're putting corn products in our gas tanks instead of in our tummies because Chuck sez so.
Posted by: mrp at April 10, 2025 04:35 PM (rj6Yv)
438
I cannot live without AC.
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2025 04:35 PM (RbtEb)
439
The Horde needs to determine the Optimal Human Size, and put matters to rest…
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2025 04:19 PM (V6/42)
8.5 inches. Isn't that what we're talking about?
Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at April 10, 2025 04:30 PM (g8Ew
I remember an old SF story about a real estate developer who decided people should be shorter so he could fit more floors in a building and the cultural drive for height could be reversed. So he started shaping culture to make people want to be short
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2025 04:19 PM (V6/42)
8.5 inches. Isn't that what we're talking about?
Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at April 10, 2025 04:30 PM (g8Ew
I remember an old SF story about a real estate developer who decided people should be shorter so he could fit more floors in a building and the cultural drive for height could be reversed. So he started shaping culture to make people want to be short
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2025 04:36 PM (n7h9X)
Posted by: garrett at April 10, 2025 04:37 PM (F30Ty)
441
I cannot live without AC.
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2025 04:35 PM (RbtEb)
AC makes me ill, always has. Something in the feel of the air gets to me. I use it as little as possible at home even in So Cal.
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2025 04:35 PM (RbtEb)
AC makes me ill, always has. Something in the feel of the air gets to me. I use it as little as possible at home even in So Cal.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2025 04:37 PM (n7h9X)
Posted by: garrett at April 10, 2025 04:38 PM (F30Ty)
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Posted by: zombie at April 10, 2025 04:29 PM (pMi6S)
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San Francisco...didn't they just put some structuring law into effect on speeding tickets? You pay an amount reflective of your wealth. I honestly thought it was parody. But, nope...someone thought it was a good idea.
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San Francisco...didn't they just put some structuring law into effect on speeding tickets? You pay an amount reflective of your wealth. I honestly thought it was parody. But, nope...someone thought it was a good idea.
Posted by: Orson at April 10, 2025 04:38 PM (dIske)
444
I am convinced corn in gasoline has killed a few of my yard machines
Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2025 04:39 PM (ypFCm)
445
444 I am convinced corn in gasoline has killed a few of my yard machines
Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2025 04:39 PM (ypFCm)
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Oh good, I'm not paranoid. Thanks for that. I actually drive 35 miles away from my home to a gas station that still sells leaded, non-ethanol gas. Big farming area, so I think that's why it's allowed.
Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2025 04:39 PM (ypFCm)
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Oh good, I'm not paranoid. Thanks for that. I actually drive 35 miles away from my home to a gas station that still sells leaded, non-ethanol gas. Big farming area, so I think that's why it's allowed.
Posted by: Orson at April 10, 2025 04:41 PM (dIske)
446
Lemme tell yous . Athanol sudstudies is rippin off us moonshiners just like lottery tickest is rippin off the Mafia and legalized marajuana is rippin the hippy/cartel business.
Hey I bought a vowel on the Wheel of Fortune Show and it says the government is capitalizing off illegal activities.
Hey I bought a vowel on the Wheel of Fortune Show and it says the government is capitalizing off illegal activities.
Posted by: I was Gumby Damn It! now I'm no0t at April 10, 2025 04:43 PM (+PHes)
447
The Marvel movies were a shared cultural experience for a while, until Disney decided that propaganda is more important than money.
Posted by: Open Channel D at April 10, 2025 04:43 PM (uTFle)
448
I really hate to agree even partially with such a regulation. But 2.5 gallons a minute is a lot of water. A measly ten minute shower = 25+ gallons?!? My wife and I had a great trip to Las Vegas last month and we quickly noticed how much they emphasize water conservation. Louisiana is spoiled with a ginormous aquifer. But it won't last forever.
Posted by: Rick67 at April 10, 2025 04:44 PM (3dP4i)
449
Have seen gas labeled without additives, pondered getting it
Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2025 04:46 PM (ypFCm)
450
A lot of the bitching about washing machines that don't work has to do with detergents that don't work.
IIRC, phosphates are verboten in any useful amount, so dishwashers and clothes washers appear to not work.
Someone here a couple years ago pointed out where a phosphate additive could be had online. Said it made all the difference.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at April 10, 2025 04:26 PM (FCbAQ)
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Home Depot sells TSP (trisodium phosphate), which painters use to clean surfaces before painting.
IIRC, phosphates are verboten in any useful amount, so dishwashers and clothes washers appear to not work.
Someone here a couple years ago pointed out where a phosphate additive could be had online. Said it made all the difference.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at April 10, 2025 04:26 PM (FCbAQ)
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Home Depot sells TSP (trisodium phosphate), which painters use to clean surfaces before painting.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 10, 2025 04:51 PM (YqDXo)
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Don't try to sneak a TV into your house eather. The BBC taxes every TV, and they have roaming TV sensor trucks who cruise around looking for unlicensed TVs so that they can fine your ass.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 10, 2025 04:28 PM (y9nCu)
________________
Faraday cages FTW!
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 10, 2025 04:28 PM (y9nCu)
________________
Faraday cages FTW!
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 10, 2025 04:53 PM (YqDXo)
452
Property Taxes are a Wealth Tax.
Posted by: garrett at April 10, 2025 04:38 PM (F30Ty)
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Which is why California's Reds hate Prop. 13. They'd love to stick it to the bourgeoisie (i.e., the middle class), but Prop. 13 impedes their efforts.
Posted by: garrett at April 10, 2025 04:38 PM (F30Ty)
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Which is why California's Reds hate Prop. 13. They'd love to stick it to the bourgeoisie (i.e., the middle class), but Prop. 13 impedes their efforts.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 10, 2025 04:54 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: PJ at April 10, 2025 05:08 PM (RRCAT)
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I really hate to agree even partially with such a regulation. But 2.5 gallons a minute is a lot of water. A measly ten minute shower = 25+ gallons?!? My wife and I had a great trip to Las Vegas last month and we quickly noticed how much they emphasize water conservation. Louisiana is spoiled with a ginormous aquifer. But it won't last forever.
Posted by: Rick67
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Fun Fact: There is just as much water as there always has been. No I take that back there is more water everyday.
Posted by: Rick67
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Fun Fact: There is just as much water as there always has been. No I take that back there is more water everyday.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at April 10, 2025 05:35 PM (17s+e)
455
San Francisco...didn't they just put some structuring law into effect on speeding tickets? You pay an amount reflective of your wealth. I honestly thought it was parody. But, nope...someone thought it was a good idea.
Posted by: Orson
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Utility bills are the same now that the commies are emboldened. More you earn the more you pay per KW.
Posted by: Orson
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Utility bills are the same now that the commies are emboldened. More you earn the more you pay per KW.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at April 10, 2025 05:37 PM (17s+e)
456
448 I really hate to agree even partially with such a regulation. But 2.5 gallons a minute is a lot of water. A measly ten minute shower = 25+ gallons?!? My wife and I had a great trip to Las Vegas last month and we quickly noticed how much they emphasize water conservation. Louisiana is spoiled with a ginormous aquifer. But it won't last forever.
Posted by: Rick67
Study shows that people stay in the shower longer with lo flow to clean off gunk than a higher flow. Net is no savings of water. Similar to lo flo toilets requiring two flushes don't save water either.
Most water run through both showers, faucets, toilets is recycled btw via sewage treatment plants.
Only situation where you lose freshwater in the system is via septic fields for individuals which are rare in most urban areas.
Posted by: Rick67
Study shows that people stay in the shower longer with lo flow to clean off gunk than a higher flow. Net is no savings of water. Similar to lo flo toilets requiring two flushes don't save water either.
Most water run through both showers, faucets, toilets is recycled btw via sewage treatment plants.
Only situation where you lose freshwater in the system is via septic fields for individuals which are rare in most urban areas.
Posted by: whig at April 10, 2025 06:30 PM (ctrM5)
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Oh good, I'm not paranoid. Thanks for that. I actually drive 35 miles away from my home to a gas station that still sells leaded, non-ethanol gas. Big farming area, so I think that's why it's allowed.
Posted by: Orson
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Nope, not illegal per se in most jurisdictions. Sunoco is one and Quik Trip is another gas chain that sell gas without alcohol but not necessarily every station. Think there is actually an online finder for non alc gasoline or was.
FWIW, Star Brite additive, usually sold at Autozone among other places works pretty well with 4 cycle gas engines as a fuel stabilizer for alcohol containing gas. Comes in a clear bottle.
Posted by: Orson
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Nope, not illegal per se in most jurisdictions. Sunoco is one and Quik Trip is another gas chain that sell gas without alcohol but not necessarily every station. Think there is actually an online finder for non alc gasoline or was.
FWIW, Star Brite additive, usually sold at Autozone among other places works pretty well with 4 cycle gas engines as a fuel stabilizer for alcohol containing gas. Comes in a clear bottle.
Posted by: whig at April 10, 2025 06:34 PM (ctrM5)
458
Cruise Ships had greater water pressure than showers in California.
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Changes Liberal Senator George Michell Will Make at Disney
Torments in Dog-Hell
Greatest Hitjobs
The Ace of Spades HQ Sex-for-Money Skankathon
A D&D Guide to the Democratic Candidates
Margaret Cho: Just Not Funny
More Margaret Cho Abuse
Margaret Cho: Still Not Funny
Iraqi Prisoner Claims He Was Raped... By Woman
Wonkette Announces "Morning Zoo" Format
John Kerry's "Plan" Causes Surrender of Moqtada al-Sadr's Militia
World Muslim Leaders Apologize for Nick Berg's Beheading
Michael Moore Goes on Lunchtime Manhattan Death-Spree
Milestone: Oliver Willis Posts 400th "Fake News Article" Referencing Britney Spears
Liberal Economists Rue a "New Decade of Greed"
Artificial Insouciance: Maureen Dowd's Word Processor Revolts Against Her Numbing Imbecility
Intelligence Officials Eye Blogs for Tips
They Done Found Us Out, Cletus: Intrepid Internet Detective Figures Out Our Master Plan
Shock: Josh Marshall Almost Mentions Sarin Discovery in Iraq
Leather-Clad Biker Freaks Terrorize Australian Town
When Clinton Was President, Torture Was Cool
What Wonkette Means When She Explains What Tina Brown Means
Wonkette's Stand-Up Act
Wankette HQ Gay-Rumors Du Jour
Here's What's Bugging Me: Goose and Slider
My Own Micah Wright Style Confession of Dishonesty
Outraged "Conservatives" React to the FMA
An On-Line Impression of Dennis Miller Having Sex with a Kodiak Bear
The Story the Rightwing Media Refuses to Report!
Our Lunch with David "Glengarry Glen Ross" Mamet
The House of Love: Paul Krugman
A Michael Moore Mystery (TM)
The Dowd-O-Matic!
Liberal Consistency and Other Myths
Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias
John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate
"Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long)
The Donkey ("The Raven" parody)
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