First World Problems...

Yes, that is the chaos of a couch seat cushion that has migrated from its biblically mandated position hard up against the couch back, to a completely unacceptable and frankly offensive place.

Yes, it is a crappy couch in a rental, but humanity deserves better. Besides, my permanent abode's couch wouldn't dare pull that sort of crap. We have regular training sessions and yearly certification to ensure that couch-cushion overhang is something read about but never actually experienced!

Posted by: CBD at 02:00 PM

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Posted by: Skip at May 11, 2025 02:00 PM (ypFCm)

2 My first world problem is my cat just kicked my dog out of his crate and is now sleeping in it.

Posted by: Piper at May 11, 2025 02:02 PM (p4NUW)

3 I thought a minute ago lost a die, but found it .
My 1WP is back to a water heater, it leaks, seemingly internally, then it's fine for a week, then leaks again to stop after a day.
It's not if, it's when will it go catastrophic

Posted by: Skip at May 11, 2025 02:02 PM (ypFCm)

4 My couch is from Pottery Barn

just sayin'

Posted by: Don Black. Message: always be closing at May 11, 2025 02:02 PM (AOsQT)

5 Mr. President, we must not allow a couch cushion gap!

Posted by: Archer at May 11, 2025 02:03 PM (IDphi)

6 Piper trade on the dog, unless the dog is the big brother of the cat

Posted by: Skip at May 11, 2025 02:03 PM (ypFCm)

7 [squints]
[tilts head]

[looks for pocket change]

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 11, 2025 02:03 PM (XeU6L)

8 At least you didn't fuck the couch, CBD.
Yet.

Posted by: The Toaster at May 11, 2025 02:04 PM (ufFY8)

9 It's not the end of the world, CBD.

OK, maybe it is. Gibbon wrote couch seat cushion migration was a harbinger of the fall of the Roman Empire.

Posted by: Gref at May 11, 2025 02:05 PM (aBgBM)

10 Cleanse the offending couch with fire.

Posted by: Weasel at May 11, 2025 02:10 PM (lG3Q4)

11 It's not the end of the world, CBD.

OK, maybe it is. Gibbon wrote couch seat cushion migration was a harbinger of the fall of the Roman Empire.
Posted by: Gref

Sorry Gref the correct response is burn it down...

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 11, 2025 02:12 PM (JBim3)

12 Trade deal reached with China. No details yet. The cuntiferous media are surely already furiously moving goalposts.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at May 11, 2025 02:12 PM (aeiyZ)

13 We need a new couch, Davenport, sofa, divan, Chesterfield, lounge, sectional, settee.

Will not check at Goodwill.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 11, 2025 02:13 PM (cYBz/)

14 It's not the end of the world, CBD.

OK, maybe it is. Gibbon wrote couch seat cushion migration was a harbinger of the fall of the Roman Empire.
Posted by: Gref

Sorry Gref the correct response is burn it down...
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 11, 2025 02:12 PM (JBim3)

Donate it to SpaceX, for use in one of the Starship test flights. When they show interior shots, we'll have something to provide context to the interior size.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 11, 2025 02:17 PM (VNX3d)

15 My first world problem yesterday was upfitting a low-point drain in the RV trailer. The genius engineers at the factory
had no valves designed into this part of the system and the outside cap offs were crap. They were almost impossible to remove twice a year and I would always get antifreeze in the face when draining. I cut into the Pex pipes(mercifully I had good access) and installed two on/off ball valves inline using 1/2" Pex rings and crimping tool. Next week I will discuss the benefits of RV yoga stretching on the human body.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 11, 2025 02:22 PM (/U5Yz)

16 2 years ago, we decided our sofa (couch? divan?) needed replacing. We really like the removable back cushions, as well as the seat cushions.
We could not find such, at any price.
We paid a whole lotta money to have ours rebuilt and re-covered.

Posted by: MkY at May 11, 2025 02:23 PM (cPGH3)

17 Couch abomination is not as bad as trouser seam in the asscrack.

Posted by: Eromero at May 11, 2025 02:24 PM (VLn10)

18 Did find any loose change down there?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 11, 2025 02:24 PM (Q4IgG)

19
18 Did find any loose change down there?
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 11, 2025 02:24 PM

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I bet not. It's France.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 11, 2025 02:26 PM (QwK6F)

20 Every style of couch has a certain characteristic to it that you into it's own time. I have a preference for the sofas, chairs and loveseats of the Victorian-Edwardian era, with a solid velvet color, a striped pattern, or perhaps a floral. Sitting on such a couch was always connected to an event fraught with portent, be it the bearing of bad news, such as a death of a loved one, meeting the father of the sweetie by whom you find yourself smitten. You may find a coin or two in the creases but never the remote, a hairbrush, nor Cheeto one

Sitting on such a couch creates an awareness of the brevity of life, and the tickies and the tockies of any timepiece in proximity are indelibly etched on one's consciousness whilst you recline there.

Posted by: Minuteman at May 11, 2025 02:26 PM (EIdEv)

21 Another FWP... my tractor really needs to be rebuilt. It's got milky oil, meaning a head problem, and just seized up yesterday, though had plenty of coolant.
One can't depend upon machinery anymore.
It's an Allis B, circa 1947.

Posted by: MkY at May 11, 2025 02:26 PM (cPGH3)

22 Could be worse. Coulda been a close-up of an ottoman. *gulp*

Posted by: fly gal at May 11, 2025 02:29 PM (xkbLL)

23 I need a new couch, one that won’t make me gag,
one that won’t keep me up all night, or make me talk like a fag.

Posted by: Eromero at May 11, 2025 02:30 PM (VLn10)

24 OK, been a big weekend. Our upright freezer quit freezing yesterday. Good thing we had excess capacity.
Calling repair tomorrow. We will fix it, cause I got told by an appliance repair guy 20 years ago, "Every year, I think they just can't make them any cheaper. Every year they make me a liar."

Posted by: MkY at May 11, 2025 02:30 PM (cPGH3)

25 Voulez-vous a coucher avec moi?

Posted by: That Patti LaBelle song we were too young to know the meaning of at May 11, 2025 02:34 PM (PiwSw)

26 Been shopping for a new recliner. Flex Steel web site is the worst.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 11, 2025 02:35 PM (bc7bh)

27 Paid a small fortune for Kincaid just a few years ago. Never again. It'll be Lands End or Ikea if I live long enough to need another couch and chair with ottoman set.

Bought two old French style chairs from 2nd hand shop in lower Delaware & had them reupholstered not long ago. They're the best seats in the house with no memory foam crap. Next for rehab is an old wing chair.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 11, 2025 02:37 PM (NFX2v)

28 23 I need a new couch, one that won’t make me gag,
one that won’t keep me up all night, or make me talk like a fag.
Posted by: Eromero at May 11, 2025 02:30 PM (VLn10)

Haha! That's fun!

Posted by: Emmie celebrates the Audacity of Trump! at May 11, 2025 02:39 PM (Sf2cq)

29 First thing I did with my new used RV was to install an exterior locking cap for the water fill line. They still sell new RVs without that feature.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 11, 2025 02:40 PM (bc7bh)

30 It's an Allis B, circa 1947.
Posted by: MkY at May 11, 2025 02:26 PM (cPGH3)

The nerve of that thing, crapping out after only 78 years!

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at May 11, 2025 02:40 PM (/HDaX)

31
Another FWP... my tractor really needs to be rebuilt. It's got milky oil, meaning a head problem, and just seized up yesterday, though had plenty of coolant.
One can't depend upon machinery anymore.
It's an Allis B, circa 1947.
Posted by: MkY

Get a Hoyt Clagwell.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 11, 2025 02:41 PM (63Dwl)

32 30 It's an Allis B, circa 1947.
Posted by: MkY at May 11, 2025 02:26 PM (cPGH3)

The nerve of that thing, crapping out after only 78 years!
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at May 11, 2025 02:40 PM (/HDaX)
Toklas model.

Posted by: Eromero at May 11, 2025 02:43 PM (VLn10)

33 Chaos on the couch > Heat death of the universe

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 11, 2025 02:43 PM (RIvkX)

34 Cleanse the offending couch with fire.
Posted by: Weasel at May 11, 2025 02:10 PM

Thus guy? He gets it.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 11, 2025 02:44 PM (Wnv9h)

35 This is about us, isn't it?

Posted by: Davenport, Iowa at May 11, 2025 02:45 PM (dg+HA)

36 Allis B, circa 1947

It would have been a lot cheaper to have it repaired before it seized.
That milky oil was a big clue. Might be cheaper to buy a new engine.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 11, 2025 02:45 PM (bc7bh)

37 Voulez-vous a coucher avec moi?
Posted by: That Patti LaBelle song we were too young to know the meaning of at May 11, 2025 02:34 PM (PiwSw)
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No French.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 11, 2025 02:45 PM (RIvkX)

38 My mom said to come over to their place and probably going to the cafeteria. So leaving soon

Posted by: Skip at May 11, 2025 02:46 PM (ypFCm)

39 Oooooo
Look at the effete fake Parisian living in a swanky neighborhood whining about his “crappy couch.”

Want a little cheese with that whine?

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 11, 2025 02:47 PM (mT+6a)

40 Velcro strips are your friend!

We have a cheap (but very comfortable) couch in our TV room that also exhibited migrating cushions prior to velcro.

You can either use the sticky ones, or sew some in for a more permanent solution.

Bonus: When you pull a cushion to vacuum "kid crumbs", you get a reassuring "braaaaaaaap" noise from the couch!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at May 11, 2025 02:49 PM (HlyYF)

41 Might be cheaper to buy a new engine.
Posted by: Braenyard

Yeah once seized it'll never last after a rebuild... new refurb engine for sure.
oh yeah that refurbed engine might have been seized too...Doh!!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 11, 2025 02:51 PM (JBim3)

42 Friend said he was please with his lift recliner from Rooms to Go.
He's pushing 300 so... Says it reclines almost completely horizontal.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 11, 2025 02:51 PM (bc7bh)

43 Lucy the Fink is slowly shredding the rather expensive small couch I bought at the beginning of the pandemic.

It was expensive because I refused to buy one made in China.

In the meantime, it’s looking pretty bad.
Fink.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 11, 2025 02:51 PM (mT+6a)

44 I love the Andy Rooneyesque pettiness of these FWPs. Ha!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 11, 2025 02:54 PM (28MUo)

45 Oh my. CBD is in a vicious little snit about some misplaced stitchwitchery. Beware. Truth be told, tho', that's somewhat shoddy stitchery if it migrates that far with just normal use. The unanswered question is (since this is a rental couch): What KIND of 'use' has it been put to by others who (ahem) came there first? No judgement, just askin' … historical record and that kinda stuff ... not bein' nosy ... just a bit o' the old curiosity about the mechanics of material movements over many moments ...

Posted by: Dr_No at May 11, 2025 02:55 PM (ayRl+)

46 My FWP is that my 69 FJ40 that I just rebuilt isn't getting oil to the valve train.

Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at May 11, 2025 02:55 PM (VJc7E)

47 SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 6-83 - LC-39A

Launch Date: May 12, 2025
Launch Time: 12:06 a.m. EDT, 0406 UTC, 06:06 CEST
Launch Window: Open until 3:57 a.m. EDT
Launch Site: LC-39A - Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA

https://www.youtube.com/live/bWdacZ2nDVM

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 11, 2025 02:56 PM (VNX3d)

48 > Another FWP... my tractor really needs to be rebuilt.
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Mine crapped out on me today. Was running fine. I shut it off to go inside and get some water and now it won't start. Doesn't even try. Just clicks. Battery's fine.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 11, 2025 02:56 PM (Q4IgG)

49 Nurse, I wish I knew how to keep cats from being cats. I can only suggest a couch cover, and maybe reupholstery down the line.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 11, 2025 02:57 PM (28MUo)

50 In the city before times everything was disposable there was a parts house with a machine shop on the side. They would magniflux you heads, mill them, turn your crank, do a valve job, all those kinds of things. It was a real parts house notorious for excellent work.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 11, 2025 02:57 PM (bc7bh)

51 It would have been a lot cheaper to have it repaired before it seized.
That milky oil was a big clue. Might be cheaper to buy a new engine.
Posted by: Braenyard

Well, you're both wrong. This thing has seized up more than an epileptic.
Let 'er cool down. Find the problem. Repeat.
New Engine? Heh. Run on down to NAPA and get an off the shelf one. Easy-peasy.
I've rebuilt a whole lotta engines, but the real problem with this one is that it was the originator of the "torque tube". The engine is part of the frame. Need overhead support, or home made support to remove the block from the rest of the tractor. You break it in half.
Anywho... I'll probably do it.

Posted by: MkY at May 11, 2025 02:58 PM (cPGH3)

52 Mine crapped out on me today. Was running fine. I shut it off to go inside and get some water and now it won't start. Doesn't even try. Just clicks. Battery's fine.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 11, 2025 02:56 PM (Q4IgG)

Starter is out. Could be the relay but you usually can't hear them unless really listening.

Posted by: Reforger at May 11, 2025 02:59 PM (xcIvR)

53 *magniflux you heads, mill them, turn your crank, do a valve job*

$20. Same as in Chippewa Falls.

Posted by: According to Charlie Berens at May 11, 2025 02:59 PM (dg+HA)

54 If those couch cushions could talk...

Posted by: But this is a family blog at May 11, 2025 03:01 PM (dg+HA)

55 My FWP is I'm slowly restoring a 2004 Tacoma and everyting I polish off makes the rest look that much worse.
I need to just cut to the chase and paint the damn thing.
Newly refurbished rims and tires made the paint job look 10,000 times worse.

Posted by: Reforger at May 11, 2025 03:02 PM (xcIvR)

56
Remember when Flea Markets used to be good? Then, about 25 years, it was all just new chinese junk.

Craigslist has ruined the local Yard Sale, too.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Innaccurate but Amusing Bigoted Facts at May 11, 2025 03:02 PM (KPr41)

57 Mine crapped out on me today. Was running fine. I shut it off to go inside and get some water and now it won't start. Doesn't even try. Just clicks. Battery's fine.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

I like to think I'm an ok shade tree mechanic, but... last year I couldn't get my zero turn to start. Click. Pulled the starter, checked it. OK.
Ordered and replaced the solenoid. Same thing.
Called my brother ( a real life mechanic).
Longish story a little shorter... I had the mower switch engaged.
Almost embarrassed to tell that story.
I gots no shame.

Posted by: MkY at May 11, 2025 03:03 PM (cPGH3)

58 Yeah It very well could be the seat switch or some safety shit.
Check that stuff first.

Posted by: Reforger at May 11, 2025 03:05 PM (xcIvR)

59 I’d rather see a couch crack than a plumber’s crack!

Posted by: Rancherbob at May 11, 2025 03:10 PM (e0yIV)

60 RancherBob!

Posted by: Eromero at May 11, 2025 03:11 PM (SV7vx)

61 I’d rather see a couch crack than a plumber’s crack!
Posted by: Rancherbob at May 11, 2025 03:10 PM (e0yIV)

Has anyone tried filling a plumber's crack with spackling? Caulk? Just to see what happens?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 11, 2025 03:12 PM (VNX3d)

62 The Great Couch Cushion Migration. Anyone see the remote?

Posted by: scampydog at May 11, 2025 03:13 PM (ts0V4)

63 Gives us the couch.

Posted by: WVU Student Section at May 11, 2025 03:13 PM (xv7zH)

64
I noticed the same people who say "heighth" or, worse, "heighdth," also say "acrossed."

Posted by: Soothsayer's Innaccurate but Amusing Bigoted Facts at May 11, 2025 03:14 PM (KPr41)

65 Almost embarrassed to tell that story.
I gots no shame.
Posted by: MkY
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I got nothing out of my rider but measured 12v. Replaced all the safety relays other relays and the ignition switch. Nothing. First time in 20 years I had to take it to a mechanic (Sketchy).
It was the hot wire from the battery. It carried enough juice to register but not enough to do anything else.
_Sigh

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 11, 2025 03:14 PM (bc7bh)

66 60 RancherBob!

Eromero!

Posted by: Rancherbob at May 11, 2025 03:17 PM (e0yIV)

67 I used to feel horrible leaving a job site after a "no start" call and all I did was flip a switch to get it running. Boss had a two hour call out charge regardless at $120 per hour plus 30¢ per mile.

Posted by: Reforger at May 11, 2025 03:20 PM (xcIvR)

68 I love my recliner more for the rocker than the recliner.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 11, 2025 03:21 PM (RIvkX)

69 RancherBob! Eromero! Nurse!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 11, 2025 03:21 PM (0sNs1)

70 Could be worse. Coulda been a close-up of an ottoman. *gulp*
Posted by: fly gal at May 11, 2025 02:29 PM

Fun fact: The best ottomans are upholstered in the finest of Corinthian leathers.

Posted by: zombie Ricardo Montalban at May 11, 2025 03:24 PM (0sNs1)

71 I’m having a chickenfried steak at Jucys. Huge, luxurious.

Posted by: Eromero at May 11, 2025 03:24 PM (SV7vx)

72 Heading out
Someone better ring the dinner bell for me when the time comes

Posted by: Skip at May 11, 2025 03:24 PM (ypFCm)

73 I need to just cut to the chase and paint the damn thing.
Newly refurbished rims and tires made the paint job look 10,000 times worse.
Posted by: Reforger at May 11, 2025 03:02 PM

I'm always here for you.

Posted by: zombie Earl Scheib at May 11, 2025 03:26 PM (0sNs1)

74 Rental couch cushion? Can you be certain Andrew Gillum and his "friends" weren't there just last week?

Posted by: NTTAWWT at May 11, 2025 03:27 PM (G5+As)

75 6 Piper trade on the dog, unless the dog is the big brother of the cat
Posted by: Skip at May 11, 2025

The dog is a new family member, we just got him about 3 weeks ago. He is a Shiba Inu and doesn’t look real so the cats can’t take him seriously.

Posted by: Piper at May 11, 2025 03:30 PM (p4NUW)

76 29 First thing I did with my new used RV was to install an exterior locking cap for the water fill line. They still sell new RVs without that feature.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others

We should get one of those. I've put in on my never ending list of RV upgrades.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 11, 2025 03:31 PM (/U5Yz)

77 @ 67 I used to feel horrible leaving a job site after a "no start" call and all I did was flip a switch to get it running. Boss had a two hour call out charge regardless at $120 per hour plus 30¢ per mile.
_______________________
But you did tell the customer what to do when it had its next 'no-start' moment, right ... ? Right ... ?

Posted by: Dr_No at May 11, 2025 03:33 PM (ayRl+)

78 Dear Charlie Hebdo,

You won't believe how we ruined the couch cushion. It all started with a bad seat swtich...

Posted by: Massie Ferg at May 11, 2025 03:34 PM (JeYpm)

79
RV's dealerships are hilarious.

Every time you drive by their lot you see the same RV's. They never move.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Innaccurate but Amusing Bigoted Facts at May 11, 2025 03:36 PM (KPr41)

80 Sacre Bleu!

Posted by: night lifted at May 11, 2025 03:39 PM (FZn/N)

81 The double wide that is Casa Bog is located about six miles of dirt road out of town. We have just enough gravel on to to provide a constant threat of a broken windshield. I just spent three hours pressure washing a winters worth of mud off the garage floor and off the vehicles. You get so much build up in the wheels that they become out of balance. Bounce you off the road at about 50mph out of balance. I'm ready for lunch and a nap.

Posted by: Pete Bog at May 11, 2025 03:40 PM (UOtpB)

82 Whoever's paying /NtHw is not getting their money's worth.

Posted by: Emmie celebrates the Audacity of Trump! at May 11, 2025 03:40 PM (Sf2cq)

83 Is it just me but is the couch on its side? Might be more going on here than just a recalcitrant cushion.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 11, 2025 03:42 PM (W/lyH)

84 I would not describe Casa Bog as a “double wide.”

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 11, 2025 03:46 PM (mT+6a)

85 Hey buster. We gotta put up with your butt all the time. Quit hassling us!

Posted by: Big Couch at May 11, 2025 03:46 PM (W/lyH)

86 RV's dealerships are hilarious.

Every time you drive by their lot you see the same RV's. They never move.
Posted by: Soothsayer's Innaccurate but Amusing Bigoted Facts at May 11, 2025 03:36 PM (KPr41)

You sure that isn't a trailer park?

Posted by: Diogenes at May 11, 2025 03:48 PM (W/lyH)

87 > Yeah It very well could be the seat switch or some safety shit.
Check that stuff first.
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Probably the seat switch. It was replaced last winter and the wiring job looks really sus.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 11, 2025 03:50 PM (Q4IgG)

88 They have these wide Velcro strips that stick on and hold the cushions in place. I believe this will solve your problem.
My 1st world problem is that we sit on opposite sides of the sofa causing the ends to mat down with hill in the middle.

Posted by: Masonfung at May 11, 2025 03:51 PM (T2V2P)

89 Okay. You got me. A single trailer and a screen porch.

How was th MoMe?

Posted by: Pete Bog at May 11, 2025 03:52 PM (UOtpB)

90 Okay. You got me. A single trailer and a screen porch.

How was th MoMe?
Posted by: Pete Bog at May 11, 2025 03:52 PM (UOtpB)

I don't remember seeing any calls for bail money during the ONT....

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 11, 2025 03:55 PM (VNX3d)

91 I was unhappy about my couch cushion until I met a man with no couch.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 11, 2025 03:56 PM (QGaXH)

92 Happy biurthing persins day to all persins that bore childrin.

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at May 11, 2025 03:57 PM (jfeDx)

93 Since someone started talking about ottomans, lets try this hippopotaman.

https://tinyurl.com/zwun99wm

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 11, 2025 04:00 PM (VNX3d)

94 ---------
Probably the seat switch. It was replaced last winter and the wiring job looks really sus.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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Jump the wires and you'll have your answer to that.
Learned that from Sketchy, he leaf the jump wire on when the mower was returned.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 11, 2025 04:01 PM (bc7bh)

95 Food NOOD

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 11, 2025 04:02 PM (VNX3d)

96 Friend said he was please with his lift recliner from Rooms to Go.
He's pushing 300 so... Says it reclines almost completely horizontal.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others
++++++++

Rooms to Go

Went to one once. Standalone building with storefront glass and entrance doors on all four sides. Parked car went to door. Locked.
Could see people inside so walked round the side. Checked door... Locked.
Went to far side from where I parked and found it was unlocked... OK, so that is why everybody parked on that side of the building. Note that this place was by itself and had no clear indication of a front or back. As we walked through the store I took note of the "exit", designated fire exits, and lack of panic hardware on doors.

Wife found something she liked and got a salesman's attention who proceeded with the big sales pitch. I politely cut in and noted their designate fire exits are locked shut and have no panic bars. A life safety hazard and fire code violation. I guess he thought it would impress us if he said, "No it's not" walked to door and manually unlocked from the inside.

1/2

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 11, 2025 04:03 PM (/lPRQ)

97 2/2

I said "Thank You" tot he guy, and to Wifey
"Let's go. I don't do business with people too fucking stupid to realize when somebody is trying to do them a favor."

Could've called fire marshall on them but figured there is a one in a million chance the place could burn down tomorrow and don't want to be 'that guy' who kept Darwin from doing his job.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 11, 2025 04:03 PM (/lPRQ)

98 Bought a couch from a local fine furniture retailer about 7 years ago. The retailer has a fantastic reputation, and every time I visit...professionalism, courtesy, good humor. Just a great place to buy furniture.

I picked out a couch I liked and told the floor salesman, and he bit his lower lip, nodded and took a deep breath. "Great couch, very well made. Will last you a long time. BUT. Come closer and look at the design."

I had no idea what he was showing me until he outlined some things with his finger. The damn design was a very cleverly hidden rendering of a "potato"....as in "couch potato." After I stopped laughing, I turned to the guy. "I'm buying that. That's awesome. Conversation starter for sure."

The dude shrugged with a grin. "It's your reputation."

Posted by: Orson at May 11, 2025 04:08 PM (dIske)

99
Could've called fire marshall on them but figured there is a one in a million chance the place could burn down tomorrow and don't want to be 'that guy' who kept Darwin from doing his job.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
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Where did you buy they chair for your wife?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 11, 2025 04:09 PM (bc7bh)

100 I got carbon-steel saute pans from Made In and Misen. The Misen pan in particular is amazing.

The handles on both pans totally suck. They're really long and high and wide and flat. Whut?

Posted by: Bombadil at May 11, 2025 04:11 PM (MX0bI)

101 93 Since someone started talking about ottomans, lets try this hippopotaman.

https://tinyurl.com/zwun99wm
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
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I love them! 🤗

Thank you.

Posted by: L - Ni nic, another fine day at May 11, 2025 06:22 PM (NFX2v)

102 2 My first world problem is my cat just kicked my dog out of his crate and is now sleeping in it.
Posted by: Piper at May 11, 2025 02:02 PM (p4NUW)

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Posted by: m at May 11, 2025 06:47 PM (CQE5S)

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