First World Problems...

11 seconds each day! I lose 11 seconds! Each day!

Unacceptable. How can I go on?

That's almost 0.5 seconds each hour. Meals are ruined, appointments are missed!

I'm late, I'm late! For a very important date! No time to say 'hello, goodbye,' I'm late, I'm late, I'm late!

Now I need to learn how to adjust my watch!

Posted by: CBD at 02:00 PM

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1 Being 1

Posted by: Skip at August 31, 2025 02:01 PM (+qU29)

2 Looking at that screen, I'd say you are too close for missiles and should switch to guns.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 31, 2025 02:01 PM (2WIwB)

3 Woe is you.

Posted by: Tuna at August 31, 2025 02:01 PM (lJ0H4)

4 I tossed a watch because I couldn't adjust it quickly

Posted by: MkY at August 31, 2025 02:02 PM (cPGH3)

5 Watches? I thought they died off when everyone got their hand held brains.

Posted by: Gmac - WTF did you think was going to happen? at August 31, 2025 02:02 PM (qZdIZ)

6 Just got out of attic space. Yesterday replace bathroom fan/light, drywall patches. Had to go back up to put insulation back

Posted by: Skip at August 31, 2025 02:02 PM (+qU29)

7 Every change to daylight savings, it took me 3 days to adjust it.
Got a cheapo Timex.

Posted by: MkY at August 31, 2025 02:03 PM (cPGH3)

8 2nd verse:

https://tinyurl.com/2eusn24r

Same as the 1st:

https://tinyurl.com/yna4mr2a

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 31, 2025 02:04 PM (fCQp8)

9 Mandatory...

Does anyone really know what time it is?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 31, 2025 02:04 PM (Q4IgG)

10 " I thought they died off when everyone got their hand held brains."

I really like that term for a cell phone. Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 31, 2025 02:04 PM (2GCMq)

11

And I was walking down the street one day
A pretty lady looked at me
And said her diamond watch had stopped cold dead

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 31, 2025 02:04 PM (63Dwl)

12
Thank God I'm not doing the kind of work anymore that requires down-to-the-second timing. I like occupations where a one-minute ballpark is acceptable.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 31, 2025 02:04 PM (GlwZS)

13 Clot shot strikes again.

News anchor dies of heart attack at age 42 soon after starting new Mississippi TV job

A news anchor who had just recently started a new job at a Mississippi-based TV news station died suddenly of a heart attack.
Celeste Wilson was only 42 years old, according to the "Today" show.

https://tinyurl.com/yxkvhxn7

Posted by: rickb223 at August 31, 2025 02:06 PM (cr7L+)

14 I work on "round to it " time.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 31, 2025 02:06 PM (dxWFK)

15
I have a $30 Timex whose only feature is a face that can be lit by pressing a button. That's all I have, that's all I want.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 31, 2025 02:08 PM (kkTda)

16 To me looks like if you have a tone fire the Aim-9s

Posted by: Skip at August 31, 2025 02:09 PM (+qU29)

17 Watches ... ? We don' need no steenking 'watches' ... !

Posted by: Dr_No at August 31, 2025 02:09 PM (ayRl+)

18
A news anchor who had just recently started a new job at a Mississippi-based TV news station died suddenly of a heart attack.

___________

Murdered by Trump

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 31, 2025 02:10 PM (kkTda)

19 Every change to daylight savings, it took me 3 days to adjust it.
Got a cheapo Timex.
Posted by: MkY

With the pointless twice a year time changes the clock I change is the alarm clock, every other clock I leave as is.
Last watch I owned was a pocketwatch about 15 years ago, maybe longer. It broke.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 31, 2025 02:10 PM (/lPRQ)

20 Saw 2 men, 40s - 50s together both wearing masks today at grocery store.

Posted by: Skip at August 31, 2025 02:10 PM (+qU29)

21 Now I need to learn how to adjust my watch!
Posted by: CBD at 02:00 PM

Or come up with good excuses.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 31, 2025 02:12 PM (kUdhB)

22 I got your 1st world problem right here.

I spent an hour grating cheddar and gouda for the smoked mac and cheese just like the recipe told me to do. There is now way on earth that all that cheese is going to fit into a 12 inch cast iron pan. What the hell am I going to do with all this cheese?

I've been hornswaggled.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 31, 2025 02:13 PM (viF8m)

23 Saw 2 men, 40s - 50s together both wearing masks today at grocery store.

Posted by: Skip at August 31, 2025 02:10 PM (+qU29)
-

The James Bros.?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 31, 2025 02:13 PM (fCQp8)

24 >>> Biden Judge Blocks Trump Admin From Deporting 600 Unaccompanied Guatemalan Children in 4 am Order

Somebody sponging up holiday OT.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 31, 2025 02:14 PM (/lPRQ)

25
Now I need to learn how to adjust my watch!
Posted by: CBD

Get a Wave Ceptor.

wikipedia.org/wiki/Casio_Wave_Ceptor

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 31, 2025 02:15 PM (63Dwl)

26 They were only ones I noticed out of had to be over 50 people in store.

Posted by: Skip at August 31, 2025 02:16 PM (+qU29)

27 FWP, I keep trying to save time in a bottle. Can't seem to get it to work.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 31, 2025 02:16 PM (dxWFK)

28 CBD

I never took you for a Drama person.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 31, 2025 02:17 PM (u82oZ)

29 The true kool-aid drinkers won't ever give them up for fear of Covid

Posted by: Skip at August 31, 2025 02:17 PM (+qU29)

30 Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 31, 2025 02:14 PM (/lPRQ)

Not only is a Biden appointed judge , but her first name is “Sparkle”.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 31, 2025 02:17 PM (2GCMq)

31 Speaking of problems, the Donks have one.

https://is.gd/sIAJiT

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're Living On Land Stolen From the Dinosaur! at August 31, 2025 02:17 PM (L/fGl)

32 If you could save time in a bottle then you'd have a bottle of time.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 31, 2025 02:18 PM (63Dwl)

33 {{{Ben Had}}}
🎼 ♭ 5/4 ♫♫ ♫♫ Good afternoon! ♬♬ ♩ ♪

If you drink enough wine, time has little meaning. Or so I heard.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 31, 2025 02:18 PM (u82oZ)

34 NaCly, I keep testing that theory.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 31, 2025 02:19 PM (dxWFK)

35 Posted by: Skip at August 31, 2025 02:16 PM (+qU29

Usually at the store there is at least one of those. They usually tend to be older people . The one today was in her late 20’s or early 30’s and very petite.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 31, 2025 02:19 PM (2GCMq)

36 22 I got your 1st world problem right here.

I spent an hour grating cheddar and gouda for the smoked mac and cheese just like the recipe told me to do. There is now way on earth that all that cheese is going to fit into a 12 inch cast iron pan. What the hell am I going to do with all this cheese?

I've been hornswaggled.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 31, 2025 02:13 PM (viF8m)

They just want to make sure you have enough to cover the cheese tax:

http://tiny.cc/yhxr001

Posted by: tankdemon at August 31, 2025 02:20 PM (kUdhB)

37 Diogenes

Heck of a threat axis too.

Ass to the blast, and full power!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 31, 2025 02:21 PM (u82oZ)

38 FenelonSpoke

A fragile one.

And I am so happy you are not named Sparkle.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 31, 2025 02:21 PM (u82oZ)

39 JackStraw, make two batches and freeze the second one.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 31, 2025 02:22 PM (dxWFK)

40 The one today was in her late 20’s or early 30’s and very petite.
>>>>>>>>>
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 31, 2025 02:19 PM (2GCMq)

Did she have nice tits?

Posted by: Test Field at August 31, 2025 02:22 PM (AkT14)

41 Ben Had

You've already told us you were older than Vic. And I know you could kick my ass. So you gots that.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 31, 2025 02:22 PM (u82oZ)

42 Posted by: Test Field at August 31, 2025 02:22 PM (AkT14)

She was wearing an apron. I couldn’t tell.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 31, 2025 02:23 PM (2GCMq)

43 22 Posted by: JackStraw at August 31, 2025 02:13 PM (viF8m)

The recipe just wanted to make America grate again.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 31, 2025 02:23 PM (kUdhB)

44 Test Field

Nice personality. Go with that, champ.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 31, 2025 02:24 PM (u82oZ)

45 Last night there was a knock at the door. Opened it. No one there. Looked down. Food in boxes on the step. DoorDash, yes? But: I hadn't ordered takeout. A check of the stickers showed a phone nr. The women I spoke with were quite unconcerned. The only reason I called was to make sure the guy got his food, 'cos his ticket said he was charged $45± for the stuff.

Their attitude was 'Eat it or throw it away'. I finally got a 'commitment of sorts' that they'd re-deliver his order at no charge. Or give him a credit. They didn't care.

Gotta say, the pizza he ordered was first-class - and the brownie was definitely Gold Medal. Life can sometimes be good - even accidentally. I hope he eventually got his replacement.

Posted by: Dr_No at August 31, 2025 02:24 PM (ayRl+)

46 Watches? I thought they died off when everyone got their hand held brains.
Posted by: Gmac - WTF did you think was going to happen? at August 31, 2025 02:02 PM (qZdIZ)

So I got a fitbjt recently because I wanted to try it out. The fitness functions are ok, but I also realized how much I missed having a watch. I had stopped wearing one when I started working in food. Had not picked it back up.

Now I am realizing- a rectangular face seems wrong in a watch.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 31, 2025 02:25 PM (zZu0s)

47 Freddy Fender just came up on the playlist

continue

Posted by: Don Black. Message: Alright then at August 31, 2025 02:25 PM (AOsQT)

48 Dr_No

Wow. A life of evil on a Caribbean island does pay off.

I'm so rural there is no possibility of delivery. And I like that.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 31, 2025 02:26 PM (u82oZ)

49 Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 31, 2025 02:21 PM (u82oZ)

I am happy I am not named “Sparkle “ as well.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 31, 2025 02:27 PM (2GCMq)

50
Dog Show FWP

The show superintendent last weekend (Jack Onofrio) hasn't posted results from the Minnesota shows. The show superintendent this weekend (Foy Trent) only posts marked catalogues for the entire group, so to count dogs defeated I have to go through all 220 Hounds to count absences. How can I keep The Big Dummy's show result spreadsheet accurate with service like this?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 31, 2025 02:27 PM (kkTda)

51 I see maths. There are not supposed to be maths.

Posted by: fd at August 31, 2025 02:27 PM (vFG9F)

52 I thought of that. Then I discovered I have a lack of mac.

Elvis has been looking fondly on the cheese. That might be a clue.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 31, 2025 02:28 PM (viF8m)

53 Posted by: Ben Had

Just curious. What is the expected # for the shindig?

Posted by: rickb223 at August 31, 2025 02:28 PM (cr7L+)

54

Sparkle Plenty

https://t.ly/6FnlX

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 31, 2025 02:28 PM (63Dwl)

55 Watches? I thought they died off when everyone got their hand held brains.
Posted by: Gmac

Mine did. Developed contact dermatitis regardless of a band or a stainless steel back.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 31, 2025 02:29 PM (cr7L+)

56 I haven't seen this mentioned here before:

"Southwest last week announced it will stop being the airline of choice for fat people, requiring them to buy a second seat if their blubber or limbs "encroach on the neighboring seat." That change also takes effect on Jan. 27.

Southwest has been giving plus-size passengers an option of either buying an extra seat in advance and requesting a refund for it later, or asking for a free extra seat at the airport.

Under the new rule, they'll still have some chance of being refunded, but only if the flight wasn't fully booked at departure, and only if both tickets are in the same booking class. "

Posted by: pawn at August 31, 2025 02:29 PM (c0xEo)

57 Sparkle Plenty

Hi all... So "Sparkle" says at 4 AM that Trump can't send home Kids to their Families ?WTF ? This is just getting ridiculous

Posted by: It's me donna at August 31, 2025 02:31 PM (VE6XX)

58

What's all this about minotaur glory holes?

Posted by: Barack Ojackoff at August 31, 2025 02:31 PM (jl5pT)

59 I won't make the food thread, because the Hokies are playing the Gamecocks. So I will tell you now that yesterday's experience with ghost pepper sauce was a trip. I put a dab on a corn chip and foolishly ate it. The first 30 seconds were relatively mild, and I thought, 'this isn't so hot' and then HOLY F*** it just lit up like a red hot coal in my facehole. It peaked about two minutes in and stayed hot as hellfire for about 5 minutes before it started to gradually fade. I put a piece of bread in my mouth and just held it there hoping the torment would subside.

That little bottle of sauce will outlive me.

Posted by: Don Black. Message: Alright then at August 31, 2025 02:33 PM (AOsQT)

60 rickb223, I will email you that later this evening.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 31, 2025 02:34 PM (dxWFK)

61
That little bottle of sauce will outlive me.
Posted by: Don Black. Message: Alright then at August 31, 2025 02:33 PM (AOsQT)

And when you shuffle off this mortal coil, a hazmat team in fully-encapsulating Tyvek suits and SCBA will be needed to dispose of it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 31, 2025 02:35 PM (kkTda)

62 rickb223, I will email you that later this evening.
Posted by: Ben Had

Thank you.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 31, 2025 02:35 PM (cr7L+)

63 Posted by: Don Black. Message: Alright then at August 31, 2025 02:33 PM (AOsQT)

Sorry for the anquish.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 31, 2025 02:36 PM (2GCMq)

64 That little bottle of sauce will outlive me.
Posted by: Don Black. Message: Alright then at August 31, 2025 02:33 PM (AOsQT)

MY Husband grew Carolina Reapers last year.. he said the tiniest little piece was so hot it burned for 20 minutes and he eats scotch bonnets all the time...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 31, 2025 02:37 PM (VE6XX)

65
I have a $30 Timex whose only feature is a face that can be lit by pressing a button. That's all I have, that's all I want.
Posted by: Hadrian
-------

Same here.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 31, 2025 02:38 PM (XeU6L)

66 Fen

I had to know.

Posted by: Don Black. Message: Alright then at August 31, 2025 02:38 PM (AOsQT)

67 Sorry for the anquish. Even funnier!

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at August 31, 2025 02:39 PM (YlWIZ)

68 I have a $30 Timex whose only feature is a face that can be lit by pressing a button. That's all I have, that's all I want.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 31, 2025 02:08 PM (kkTda)

I have an Elgin wrist watch my wife bought in around 1982. I change the battery once a year. It's just fine. I have a picture of me holding my infant son in the hospital room two days after he was born in 1983. I was wearing that watch.

Posted by: thatcrzyjerseyguy at August 31, 2025 02:39 PM (5xuJ/)

69 >>That little bottle of sauce will outlive me.

I'm a big fan of spicy food including peppers. I bought a bottle of ghost pepper salsa. After the 3rd chip I was sweating.

It's still in the fridge. Taunting me.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 31, 2025 02:40 PM (viF8m)

70
450,000 Scoville units

Naga jolokia peppers, and some habenero peppers for laughs

Posted by: Don Black. Message: Alright then at August 31, 2025 02:41 PM (AOsQT)

71
It's late August mosquito season here in Brazoria County. They are numerous. They are large. They are hungry.

Had to mow the yard yesterday. For them, the Z355E is a big, carbon dioxide spewing attraction. I was eaten alive. Now spraying Benadryl on myself to try to relieve the itching.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 31, 2025 02:43 PM (kkTda)

72 The maker of the sauce has a variety they call "Extreme Regret"

Carolina Reaper and Trinidad Scorpion peppers

Posted by: Don Black. Message: Alright then at August 31, 2025 02:43 PM (AOsQT)

73 I quit wearing watches when the cell phone became something of a ubiquitous, personal accessory.

Plus, it's something of a pain in the ass to find someone who can install batteries without damaging the watch. I've got a couple with serious scratches because the idiots couldn't figure out how to pop off the back.

And a couple that I wouldn't trust anyone other than an old jeweler to mess with.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 31, 2025 02:44 PM (Q4IgG)

74 I cannot wait for the building to stop on the renovation behind us. They are rebuilding the garage they tore down and are banging away! This is the house the people bought and promptly told us they aren’t moving in, their son goes to the prep school right across the street, like that answer made any sense. I guess they are flipping it? Who knows.

Posted by: Piper at August 31, 2025 02:44 PM (pZEOD)

75 Plus, it's something of a pain in the ass to find someone who can install batteries without damaging the watch. I've got a couple with serious scratches because the idiots couldn't figure out how to pop off the back.

And a couple that I wouldn't trust anyone other than an old jeweler to mess with.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 31, 2025 02:44 PM (Q4IgG)

I, being the geek guy, have the tool to remove the back of my watch.

Posted by: thatcrzyjerseyguy at August 31, 2025 02:46 PM (5xuJ/)

76 Thank God I'm not doing the kind of work anymore that requires down-to-the-second timing. I like occupations where a one-minute ballpark is acceptable.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
-----

I have an alter ego who I call Mañana Man. I call on him fairly often when confronting some drudgery, 'This is a job for Mañana Man!'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 31, 2025 02:47 PM (XeU6L)

77
Either the dogs or the work around here will destroy every watch. So I just buy cheapies.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 31, 2025 02:47 PM (kkTda)

78 CBD. Move to a town on a time zone line. Go to the line and jump back and forth 22 times. You'll be fine

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 31, 2025 02:48 PM (ipRl8)

79 Mosquitoes. Not just a FWP.

Nasty little buggers won't reproduce unless the female has a blood meal.

Such a bizarre mission statement.

Posted by: pawn at August 31, 2025 02:49 PM (c0xEo)

80 Hadrian,

I was wondering yesterday if you think the Big Dummy will be used as a stud for your girl Borzois?

Posted by: Brunnhilde at August 31, 2025 02:49 PM (3AwA+)

81
The cutoff date for an automatic invitation to Westminster is today and, sadly, The Big Dummy will not be among the top five Borzoi in Breed rankings. So we will have to take our chances in the lottery when entries open in October.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 31, 2025 02:51 PM (kkTda)

82
Although if someone gave me something insane by Jacob & Co, I'd wear it. In fact, I'd redo my entire wardrobe and way of life around it.

https://www.youtube.com/@JacobCoofficial/shorts

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 31, 2025 02:51 PM (GlwZS)

83 At 76, how much time can I afford to lose?
Answer: none, zip, zero.

Hey, barkeep!

Posted by: Eromero at August 31, 2025 02:52 PM (LHPAg)

84
I was wondering yesterday if you think the Big Dummy will be used as a stud for your girl Borzois?
Posted by: Brunnhilde at August 31, 2025 02:49 PM (3AwA+)

I doubt we will have another litter here, even though he and Diana would make a good pair. It's too expensive, too exhausting and too tragic to go through again.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 31, 2025 02:53 PM (kkTda)

85 Well, most better watches are adjustable...

Posted by: man at August 31, 2025 02:54 PM (tubbA)

86 I can understand that. I have to admit that after losing my two Border Collies, 10 and 20 years ago respectively, I find it too tragic to even have pet dogs again.

Posted by: Brunnhilde at August 31, 2025 02:55 PM (3AwA+)

87 Now I am realizing- a rectangular face seems wrong in a watch.

I have developed an appreciation for the "bulging" square watch face.

https://is.gd/2QOReM

Also, the era of the enormously oversized watch face is starting to fade, to be replaced by smaller, more elegant models. This was in part due to the influence of the watches worn in Peaky Blinders.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 31, 2025 02:56 PM (Riz8t)

88
The only thing I can see happening is that we lease Diana out to someone who wants a litter out of her and we get a puppy (and Diana) back.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 31, 2025 02:56 PM (kkTda)

89 have the tool to remove the back of my watch. "

Let's see: two wrenches, assorted plastic tips, and a B8008...

Got it covered.

Posted by: man at August 31, 2025 02:57 PM (tubbA)

90 Yesterday my portable bluetooth speaker decided to die. I'll miss him. We'd been through a lot together.

So I went on Amazon and found a new one and then Amazon asked if I wanted to use points from the credit card I had on file. Why yes, yes I do.

Got here this morning and it's banging away and probably pissing off the neighbors. Oh well.

Not every new 1st world thing is bad.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 31, 2025 02:57 PM (viF8m)

91 I, being the geek guy, have the tool to remove the back of my watch.

Same.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 31, 2025 02:59 PM (Riz8t)

92 "I thought they died off when everyone got their hand held brains."
----

"When I held your brain in my arms"

https://tinyurl.com/2mw7yxhd

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 31, 2025 02:59 PM (Rz7ER)

93
I read that as "... how to I adjust my wretch?"

The answer, "frequent beatings", came to mind.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! [/i at August 31, 2025 03:02 PM (Tv15w)

94 >>I can understand that. I have to admit that after losing my two Border Collies, 10 and 20 years ago respectively, I find it too tragic to even have pet dogs again.

When I lost my last Golden to cancer I said that was it. I tend to get attached to my dogs and I couldn't even imagine going through that again.

My BFFs slapped the stupid out of me and took me to a mass dog adoption they do here twice a year. And I found Elvis and I can't imagine how empty my life would be without this striped monkey. I know I'll lose him someday but for now he's my best buddy and it was the best thing I've done in years.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 31, 2025 03:03 PM (viF8m)

95 Are air traffic controllers on strike? All I'm seeing here is blimps on a screen. Radar gone sour?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 31, 2025 03:03 PM (qB8Jg)

96 Thank God I'm not doing the kind of work anymore that requires down-to-the-second timing. I like occupations where a one-minute ballpark is acceptable.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 31, 2025 02:04 PM (GlwZS)

Heh. These days I only have to know when it is Wednesday so I can put the garbage cans out for Thursday morning pickup.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 31, 2025 03:03 PM (2WIwB)

97 Schmuck of the year:

https://tinyurl.com/yzn7mtbc

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 31, 2025 03:03 PM (fCQp8)

98 Ben Had~
Include DanMan & me in your count!

Posted by: DanMa'am at August 31, 2025 03:04 PM (8uzBS)

99 I read that as "... how to I adjust my wretch?"

The answer, "frequent beatings", came to mind.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot

*anort

Posted by: rickb223 at August 31, 2025 03:04 PM (cr7L+)

100
Besides, if I need to know what time it is, Diana will tell me when her breakfast and dinner are to be served. Most accurate clock in the world.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 31, 2025 03:06 PM (kkTda)

101 Dr_No

Wow. A life of evil on a Caribbean island does pay off.

I'm so rural there is no possibility of delivery. And I like that.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 31, 2025 02:26 PM (u82oZ)

Heh, in my brief career as a morning DJ (college FM station), Dr No was my radio name. No relation, I think..although Door Dasher attempted to deliver a quart of hot and sour soup to me once. I successfully directed him to the next house...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 31, 2025 03:06 PM (nbLIj)

102 I have a Rolex GMTII in stainless that I bought myself new in 1982. I've worn it nearly every day, even wrenching in the shop. Been overhauled twice, two bands, two bezels. I wrecked my Kawi KX500 3 weeks ago and nearly destroyed the watch.
Shattered the crystal, ruined the bezel, deep scratches in the bracelet. I'm out of the Hospital but it isn't. That watch has been with me on every adventure for 43 years and it's still worth 4 times what I paid for it.

Posted by: DBCooper at August 31, 2025 03:07 PM (UxKTN)

103
It peaked about two minutes in and stayed hot as hellfire for about 5 minutes before it started to gradually fade. I put a piece of bread in my mouth and just held it there hoping the torment would subside.

That little bottle of sauce will outlive me.
Posted by: Don Black. Message: Alright then

Was that a concoction where the seller made you sign a waiver before you were allowed to purchase it?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! [/i at August 31, 2025 03:09 PM (Tv15w)

104 All night I lay awake wondering if Skip was trapped in the attic. Thanks for the report.

Posted by: Size of Relief at August 31, 2025 03:10 PM (G5+As)

105 Mosquitoes. Not just a FWP.

Nasty little buggers won't reproduce unless the female has a blood meal.

Such a bizarre mission statement.
Posted by: pawn at August 31, 2025 02:49 PM (c0xEo)

See also: Modern wedding vows...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 31, 2025 03:11 PM (nbLIj)

106 I work on "round to it " time.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 31, 2025 02:06 PM

^^^ This. Heck, most of my watches have to be wound.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 31, 2025 03:12 PM (KuHbi)

107 Also, the era of the enormously oversized watch face is starting to fade, to be replaced by smaller, more elegant models. This was in part due to the influence of the watches worn in Peaky Blinders.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 31, 2025 02:56 PM (Riz8t)

I like a round face, but all of them seems to be fucking gigantic. Not to mention, I want it to do certain things but it is crazy. Hey, the watch can connect to your phone and then you can connect the watch to headphones/earbuds.

-ok, I can sort of buy that you use the watch instead of the phone so it is easier to exercise, maybe. How far can the smart watches get away from their phones, anyway?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 31, 2025 03:12 PM (zZu0s)

108 It's a crawl but had to go up and down maybe 8 times.
Attic gable fan will be next, had to go up to kill its power back in summer because it was making a racket

Posted by: Skip at August 31, 2025 03:12 PM (+qU29)

109
100 is the new First.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 31, 2025 03:13 PM (kkTda)

110 Mosquitoes. Not just a FWP.

Nasty little buggers won't reproduce unless the female has a blood meal.

Such a bizarre mission statement.
Posted by: pawn at August 31, 2025 02:49 PM (c0xEo)

See also: Modern wedding vows...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 31, 2025 03:11 PM (nbLIj)
***

The praying mantis I found on my door yesterday took one look at me and flew off.
I think I dodged a bullet there...

Posted by: Diogenes at August 31, 2025 03:13 PM (2WIwB)

111 We are pleased to announce that do to the Bideum Adminstration Green Nude Eel and Section 8, we now boast Three children of coler in town along with two others we think are octoroons.

Posted by: Concerned Womyn of Brattleboro at August 31, 2025 03:13 PM (G5+As)

112
I awoke at one point last night from a dream in which someone (or more than one) was going through my stuff and rearranging what was stored with what.

I was mad when I woke up, thinking, "Who's been going through my stuff?"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! [/i at August 31, 2025 03:14 PM (Tv15w)

113 Happily this isn't a FWP.

I was expecting a bunch of new trolls here, after Ace's AI article was listed on The Liberty Daily. Either I missed the influx, or I'm wrong.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 31, 2025 03:15 PM (S/Y4j)

114 Meh, I have a tag but it's a pain to get the battery changed then it has to be pressure tested since it's water proof to 100 meters or something. And then the time change twice a year. I just wear my Apple watch

Posted by: lin-duh: I'm a woman and I'm offended! at August 31, 2025 03:16 PM (/iXAp)

115 “. . . . Every change to daylight savings”

It is “Daylight Saving Time”; there is no plural. Go to your room! You are grounded Buster, till further notice, till your mother and I can decide for how long. We are very disappointed in you

Posted by: Common Tater at August 31, 2025 03:18 PM (gOdCV)

116 >>That watch has been with me on every adventure for 43 years and it's still worth 4 times what I paid for it.

First anniversary my ex and I agreed no presents. We had paid for our wedding, honeymoon and a sailboat. Ok, I paid for that last one but still.

I'm not suicidal so of course I bought her a dozen roses. Promise or not women are sneaky so I thought I had her. She gave me a Rolex Submariner. I've had it rebuilt a couple times and it's stupid expensive cause the crystal has to be applied in some special way to make it completely waterproof. I love that watch.

It will be around long after I'm gone.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 31, 2025 03:19 PM (viF8m)

117
If it's Daylight Saving Time, then where are the Daylight Savings Banks?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! [/i at August 31, 2025 03:19 PM (Tv15w)

118 My First World Problem was having to endure an old Lefty Catholic woman rant about her former Bishop at Denver, CO. She claimed that he had decreed that no teenagers that were Homosexual, Lesbian or Transgender were permitted to attend any Catholic school in his diocese. I told her that I didn't know anything about it, since we lived in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati.

I derailed her rant when I told her that homosexuality and lesbianism were disordered sexual passions, and almost certainly they had been sexually abused during their formative years. I asked why wouldn't we want to try to brake that cycle of abuse, rather than celebrate it?

I then told her that transgenders were mentally ill, and people were making a lot of money off of the transgender people's mental anguish.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 31, 2025 03:20 PM (pJWtt)

119
Are air traffic controllers on strike? All I'm seeing here is blimps on a screen. Radar gone sour?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

It's a blimp attack!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 31, 2025 03:20 PM (63Dwl)

120
It is “Daylight Saving Time”; there is no plural. Go to your room! You are grounded Buster, till further notice, till your mother and I can decide for how long. We are very disappointed in you
Posted by: Common Tater at August 31, 2025 03:18 PM (gOdCV)

________

Hoping they push through Texas Time in this great state. I'd prefer staying on Standard, but I just want to have the changes end. They make me grouchy. They make HM grouchy. They make the dogs very grouchy.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 31, 2025 03:22 PM (kkTda)

121
If it's Daylight Saving Time, then where are the Daylight Savings Banks?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot

They tried to create one but there was no interest.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 31, 2025 03:22 PM (63Dwl)

122
If it's Daylight Saving Time, then where are the Daylight Savings Banks?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh!

And do they sponsor a Christmas Club Savings Plan?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! [/i at August 31, 2025 03:22 PM (Tv15w)

123 ***11 seconds each day! I lose 11 seconds! Each day!

Unacceptable. How can I go on?
---

Talk to pulblius. He will explain it all to you.
Possibly, he will offer suggestion as to the best timepiece.
Otherwise check and see if Chief Ewok will lease his time machine.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2025 03:23 PM (IkhKe)

124 JackStraw-
Great story. I love the Submariner. One of my favorites.
This repair on mine is gonna be a big one, but less than the two plates and 14 screws to put my shoulder blade back together. I'll will this watch away too someday.

Posted by: DBCooper at August 31, 2025 03:23 PM (UxKTN)

125 She gave me a Rolex Submariner. I've had it rebuilt a couple times and it's stupid expensive cause the crystal has to be applied in some special way to make it completely waterproof. I love that watch.

It will be around long after I'm gone.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 31, 2025 03:19 PM

I have a couple of my late father's watches that I wear regularly. My favorite just decided to stop, and my local clock/watch repair guy says it's going to require some new parts. The repair cost is probably way more than it's worth, but it's getting fixed. Because reasons.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 31, 2025 03:23 PM (KuHbi)

126 Many moons ago, I was in Chynah on business. I bought a Rolex "copywatch" for about $10.00. It was a perfect fake.

When I arrived back in the states, I gave the watch to my drinking buddy.

A few weeks he was mugged and the crooks made off with his "Rolex" : -)

Posted by: Admirale's Mate at August 31, 2025 03:25 PM (sMkAM)

127 >>I have a couple of my late father's watches that I wear regularly. My favorite just decided to stop, and my local clock/watch repair guy says it's going to require some new parts. The repair cost is probably way more than it's worth, but it's getting fixed. Because reasons.

No explanation necessary. I've got a pocket watch that I inherited from my grandfather. What am I going to do with a pocket watch?

Wind it of course and remember what an amazing guy he was.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 31, 2025 03:26 PM (viF8m)

128 A few weeks later, he was mugged...

Posted by: Admirale's Mate at August 31, 2025 03:26 PM (sMkAM)

129 I recall the FM 21-76 “Survival” manual mentioned that hot peppers won’t kill tapeworms or any internal parasite critters like that.

But, if you are presently tapeworm free, a steady diet of hot peppers will help prevent them from getting any attachment.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 31, 2025 03:27 PM (gOdCV)

130 @118Buckeye, somehow I doubt she prayed for your soul

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 31, 2025 03:27 PM (ipRl8)

131 I got my ex a submariner and then we divorced shortly afterwards.... I assume he still has the watch.

Posted by: lin-duh: I'm a woman and I'm offended! at August 31, 2025 03:27 PM (OW907)

132 No explanation necessary. I've got a pocket watch that I inherited from my grandfather. What am I going to do with a pocket watch?

Wind it of course and remember what an amazing guy he was.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 31, 2025 03:26 PM

Same. I have my great grandfather's pocket watch, and one from a great uncle. When I have the rare black tie occasion, the great grandfather's watch gets worn.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 31, 2025 03:28 PM (KuHbi)

133 I bought my ex hisband a Citizen America’s Cup Stars and Stripes Watch for Christmas one year.

He still wears it.

It’s no Rolex, but it’s a good looking watch.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 31, 2025 03:28 PM (mT+6a)

134 I've got an Ebel Sport Classic. It was a Christmas gift from my mom years ago. Still beautiful. Lovely mother-of-pearl face with a gold bezel. Keeps perfect time. Wouldn't trade it for anything.

Posted by: Tuna at August 31, 2025 03:29 PM (lJ0H4)

135 Jack Straw,

I just can't face the death of a dog again. I was (probably) too attached, (probably) in an unhealthy way. We did obedience trials together so there was a huge amount of time we all spent together.

Anyway, as George Costanza said, it's not you, it's me.

Posted by: Brunnhilde at August 31, 2025 03:30 PM (3AwA+)

136
Nobody will care about your watches when you're gone. Your "family" will sell them cheap at an estate sale.

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 31, 2025 03:30 PM (ddcMP)

137 I have a couple of my late father's watches that I wear regularly. My favorite just decided to stop, and my local clock/watch repair guy says it's going to require some new parts. The repair cost is probably way more than it's worth, but it's getting fixed. Because reasons.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 31, 2025 03:23 PM (KuHbi)

My late brother collected watches. His rough estimate was somewhere between $15k-25k was sunk into their acquisition. He gave me one for a birthday present. We never really exchanged gifts, so it was completely out of the blue. After he passed, his son invited me and Little to come up and each take one from the collection. Still gotta make time for that...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 31, 2025 03:31 PM (nbLIj)

138 If it's Daylight Saving Time, then where are the Daylight Savings Banks?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! [/i at August 31, 2025 03:19 PM (Tv15w)

They're only open at night.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 31, 2025 03:32 PM (2WIwB)

139
What am I going to do with a pocket watch?

Keep the trains running on time.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 31, 2025 03:32 PM (63Dwl)

140
My First World Problem was having to endure an old Lefty Catholic woman rant about her former Bishop at Denver, CO.

__________

Old Lefty Catholic women are the plague of every parish.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 31, 2025 03:33 PM (kkTda)

141 Since were talking about old wristwatches, I have a Wittnauer I've owned since 1990. It's a model that has the Swiss Longines clockwork. I think I paid about $250 back then.

It's my "dress watch" that I wear to work. I've gone through about a half-dozen bands, and one detailed cleaning after it just stopped running.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 31, 2025 03:34 PM (pJWtt)

142 Old Lefty Catholic women are the plague of every parish.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 31, 2025 03:33 PM (kkTda)

Amen to that.

Posted by: Paul Pelosi, sotto voce at August 31, 2025 03:34 PM (PiwSw)

143 >>I just can't face the death of a dog again. I was (probably) too attached, (probably) in an unhealthy way. We did obedience trials together so there was a huge amount of time we all spent together.

I take a back seat to nobody when it comes to ridiculous attachment to my dogs. The idea of getting a new puppy after my last loss almost seemed selfish.

I was wrong as I often am. It might not work for you but I can't imagine not having this little guy in my life even if it's only for a while. I'll be devastated when he goes but he brings me joy every single day. Worth it.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 31, 2025 03:36 PM (viF8m)

144 It's a blimp attack!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 31, 2025 03:20 PM

Don't look at us!

Posted by: Lizzo and The Trig at August 31, 2025 03:36 PM (0sNs1)

145 ________

Hoping they push through Texas Time in this great state. I'd prefer staying on Standard, but I just want to have the changes end. They make me grouchy. They make HM grouchy. They make the dogs very grouchy.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
----

If Gordon McLendon had anything to do with it it would be Standard Time.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2025 03:36 PM (IkhKe)

146
remember BULOVAS?

Posted by: soothsayerwing plover at August 31, 2025 03:37 PM (ddcMP)

147 I just loled, from not the bee:

x.com/Not_the_Bee/status/1962237036460474419

Posted by: banana Dread Pirate Autumn Spiced Balls Dream at August 31, 2025 03:37 PM (cduTK)

148
I'll bet you all wish you still had your Mickey Mouse watches.

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 31, 2025 03:37 PM (ddcMP)

149 I just loled, from not the bee:

x.com/Not_the_Bee/status/1962237036460474419
Posted by: banana Dread Pirate Autumn Spiced Balls Dream

That hair cut makes her face look like a perfect square.

Posted by: Tuna at August 31, 2025 03:39 PM (lJ0H4)

150 There are watches that will sync with WWV once a day.

I've heard rumours of an Ewok who makes the blog posts post on time.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 31, 2025 03:39 PM (0sNs1)

151 So I am the only one who doesn't have a fucking clue what that picture is supposed to be??

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at August 31, 2025 03:39 PM (i49OE)

152
I just realized that I hate greta goblin toonberg's unlicensed use of speaking My Language.

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 31, 2025 03:39 PM (ddcMP)

153 >>> That hair cut makes her face look like a perfect square.
Posted by: Tuna at August 31, 2025 03:39 PM (lJ0H4)

The power of greyskull comes at a heavy price.

Posted by: banana Dread Pirate Autumn Spiced Balls Dream at August 31, 2025 03:40 PM (cduTK)

154 @118Buckeye, somehow I doubt she prayed for your soul
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 31, 2025 03:27 PM (ipRl

It was a weird conversation. I was at a grand-nephew's 2nd birthday party, when out-of-the blue this little old Lefty Catholic woman started quizzing me about how my parish felt about Pope Leo XIV. I answered that I had not heard anything negative. She then proudly proclaimed, "I call him Pope Bob." I then told her that I found that offensive ... the conversation went downhill from there.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 31, 2025 03:40 PM (pJWtt)

155 >>> So I am the only one who doesn't have a fucking clue what that picture is supposed to be??
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at August 31, 2025 03:39 PM (i49OE)

I think it's from an app or device that checks a watch's timing, shows how far off it is and if it needs adjusting. I never realized before now that yeah, you could write an app that does that.

Posted by: banana Dread Pirate Autumn Spiced Balls Dream at August 31, 2025 03:41 PM (cduTK)

156 This looks suspiciously like math.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 31, 2025 03:41 PM (SiPZg)

157 So I am the only one who doesn't have a fucking clue what that picture is supposed to be??
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at August 31, 2025 03:39 PM

I'm here for you.

Posted by: ChatGPT at August 31, 2025 03:42 PM (0sNs1)

158 Saw 2 men, 40s - 50s together both wearing masks today at grocery store.
Posted by: Skip at August 31, 2025 02:10 PM (+qU29)

Faygelehs

Posted by: Faggy whether they're gay or not at August 31, 2025 03:42 PM (TbWk/)

159 Space Invadipede?

Posted by: haffhowershower at August 31, 2025 03:42 PM (144I4)

160 JackStraw

https://tinyurl.com/yc2ah3fy

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 31, 2025 03:43 PM (PiwSw)

161 Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 31, 2025 03:40 PM (pJWtt

Did she explain what she disliked about him? ( Pope Leo) although I expect she didn't from calling him that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 31, 2025 03:43 PM (2GCMq)

162 It's Greek to me.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 31, 2025 03:43 PM (SiPZg)

163
If....

if I were to ask you: What's that song that goes I want my MTV, would it cause you to hear the opening of that song in your head for the next 24 hours?

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 31, 2025 03:44 PM (ddcMP)

164 So I am the only one who doesn't have a fucking clue what that picture is supposed to be??
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at August 31, 2025 03:39 PM (i49OE)

See all those little red triangles? Polyps. Ignore the heavy red line, that's the camera.

Gonna be a long day.

Posted by: Proctologist Bob, The Ass Man at August 31, 2025 03:44 PM (R/m4+)

165 Questions answered:

https://youtu.be/4vIBfWktLqY?t=57

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2025 03:44 PM (IkhKe)

166 >>Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper

Exactly.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 31, 2025 03:44 PM (viF8m)

167 Little red teepees everywhere.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 31, 2025 03:45 PM (SiPZg)

168
This, for those of you in Rio Linda:

https://is.gd/a6Cw60

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 31, 2025 03:45 PM (ddcMP)

169 My First World Problem was having to endure an old Lefty Catholic woman rant about her former Bishop at Denver, CO.

__________

Old Lefty Catholic women are the plague of every parish.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 31, 2025 03:33 PM (kkTda)

They usually confine themselves to telling me how much they love the new hymns (I call them "happy-clappy songs) and they can't think of any reason to kneel to receive the Eucharist.

I was polite to this one (she's the grandmother of my niece, after all), but I wasn't interested in giving her idiocy any air-cover. She wandered away after a while and started pestering other people.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 31, 2025 03:45 PM (pJWtt)

170 It's Greek to me.
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 31, 2025 03:43 PM

Είναι ελληνικό για μένα

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at August 31, 2025 03:45 PM (0sNs1)

171 Longines for sophisticated yet not overly ostentatious time-keeping

Posted by: Common Tater at August 31, 2025 03:46 PM (TbGaV)

172 I don't have a watch. I have a wife. She tells me what time it is. Constantly.

Posted by: jsg at August 31, 2025 03:46 PM (7Kd+r)

173 if I were to ask you: What's that song that goes I want my MTV, would it cause you to hear the opening of that song in your head for the next 24 hours?
Posted by: Soothsayer at August 31, 2025 03:44 PM (ddcMP)

If you are in the market for an earworm, you could do worse than Joe Jackson's "Steppin' Out"

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at August 31, 2025 03:46 PM (i49OE)

174 If....

if I were to ask you: What's that song that goes I want my MTV, would it cause you to hear the opening of that song in your head for the next 24 hours?
Posted by: Soothsayer at August 31, 2025 03:44 PM (ddcMP)

Not if I come back with that song that goes, video killed the radio star.

Posted by: banana Dread Pirate Autumn Spiced Balls Dream at August 31, 2025 03:47 PM (cduTK)

175 bought a Rolex "copywatch"

Laughed and bought a matched "Rolex" watch and sunglasses from a guy just W of Times Square.
Watch lasted about 6 months, but the glasses were great - wore them for years...

Posted by: man at August 31, 2025 03:47 PM (tubbA)

176 Posted by: Proctologist Bob, The Ass Man at August 31, 2025 03:44 PM (R/m4+)

Sorry, fella. I am the real ASSSMAN!

Posted by: Cosmo at August 31, 2025 03:48 PM (i49OE)

177 Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 31, 2025 03:40 PM (pJWtt

Did she explain what she disliked about him? ( Pope Leo) although I expect she didn't from calling him that.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 31, 2025 03:43 PM (2GCMq)

No, I don't think she dislikes him (at least not yet). She regarded "Pope Bob" as a cute nick-name, and was surprised when I told her that was offensive to me.

I told her that Pope Francis had a "troubled" pontificate, and I wished Pope Leo well.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 31, 2025 03:49 PM (pJWtt)

178 Female rear ends don't get the love and appreciation they deserve around here, that's for sure.

Posted by: Sir Mix-A-Lot at August 31, 2025 03:49 PM (0sNs1)

179 I had a Rolex, lost in divorce. A plain Jane Oysterdate, a winder. My Walmart Seiko Five keeps better time (set every morning via the Naval Observatory Clock) than the Rolex.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 31, 2025 03:50 PM (gm9Sb)

180 I don’t even know what that chart is.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 31, 2025 03:50 PM (is8JS)

181 Thought time was considered a helix of semi-precious stones.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 31, 2025 03:50 PM (wPlLO)

182
Remember when you were a kid and you were driving around with your grandpa, uncle, aunt, etc. in their old car without Air Conditioning and you'd try to act like a Grown-Up and put your arm out the window like Dad does?

And your older relative would say get your in the car before a truck comes along and rips your arm off?

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 31, 2025 03:51 PM (ddcMP)

183 178 Female rear ends don't get the love and appreciation they deserve around here, that's for sure.
Posted by: Sir Mix-A-Lot at August 31, 2025 03:49 PM (0sNs1)

Quite.

Posted by: Sir David St. Hubbins and Sir Nigel Tufnel at August 31, 2025 03:51 PM (PiwSw)

184 Loved watches long ago, but a phone that keeps perfect time kinda negated that

Posted by: Skip at August 31, 2025 03:51 PM (+qU29)

185 The Trail of Tears. That line of teepees all in a line.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 31, 2025 03:52 PM (SiPZg)

186
Well, turns out, people DO lose their arms to trucks passing by.

Just supposebly happened in Dallas.

https://is.gd/Kzfb1c

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 31, 2025 03:52 PM (ddcMP)

187 The H1B train is coming.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 31, 2025 03:53 PM (SiPZg)

188 Michelle Fields is so triggered now.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 31, 2025 03:55 PM (wPlLO)

189 >> I don’t even know what that chart is.

Timegrapher "app" for the smart phone, which shows the health of a mechanical watch. You put the watch on a wood table to use a sounding board, and the program using the microphone to analyze the "tick-tock" of the watch movement. The slope determines the rate. A vertical line would be dead accurate.

That graph looks good. You want a nice straight line indicating the rate is stable. A sick watch can show a variable rate. The "beat error" of 0.7 ms there is the difference in time between tick to tock and tock back to tick. That 0.7ms is fine.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 31, 2025 03:55 PM (w6EFb)

190 Loved watches long ago, but a phone that keeps perfect time kinda negated that
Posted by: Skip at August 31, 2025 03:51 PM (+qU29)

I feel discombobulated if I'm not wearing a wristwatch.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 31, 2025 03:55 PM (pJWtt)

191 Nobody buys a Rolex because they keep good time. They are just small masterpieces you get to take along with you.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 31, 2025 03:55 PM (viF8m)

192
She wandered away after a while and started pestering other people.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 31, 2025 03:45 PM (pJWtt)

_________

I, he proudly said, have been a member of my parish for nearly eight years and I literally don't know anyone's name. And since I sit in the bench in the back, all I see of them is the back of their heads.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 31, 2025 03:55 PM (kkTda)

193 I've trademarked this one:

OGR™

Omniscient Glowing Rectangle

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 31, 2025 03:56 PM (XQo4F)

194 How apropos! I forgot to turn the faucet on before I went to work, so the sprinkler didn't run. Reset the timer for after dinner, forgot about it, and had to reset it the next morning before work... etcetera.

My real FWP is figuring out where I out paperwork. I thought I scanned a copy, but no.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at August 31, 2025 03:56 PM (ZkIos)

195 Nobody buys a Rolex because they keep good time. They are just small masterpieces you get to take along with you.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 31, 2025 03:55 PM (viF8m)
-

Until you stop ticking.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 31, 2025 03:57 PM (fCQp8)

196 Watches are mostly gone.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 31, 2025 03:58 PM (SiPZg)

197 That's why you buy a Timex heart.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 31, 2025 03:58 PM (wPlLO)

198 179 I had a Rolex, lost in divorce. A plain Jane Oysterdate, a winder. My Walmart Seiko Five keeps better time (set every morning via the Naval Observatory Clock) than the Rolex.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply
---------------

First Seiko was from K-Mart. I spent the winter and half a summer in a hay field. It was returned to me when a farmer cracked a bale open, found it and returned it to the hay man. Who helped it make its way back to me.

Yeah, time was off about two minutes.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2025 03:58 PM (IkhKe)

199 A quartz watch that loses 11 sec./day needs a new battery, or to be junked. My nearing-fifty Rolex Sub loses or gains (I forget which) about 3-4 a day, and I don't wear it all day long. And my over-fifty Date model is about the same.

Wonderful it is, that we have such devices available to us, and that we can check them against a standard like Time.gov or WWV shortwave radio/telephone call.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 31, 2025 03:58 PM (omVj0)

200
Dad liked the elastic band, versus the strap.

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 31, 2025 03:59 PM (ddcMP)

201 Not trying to start an argument, but I don't understand the hate for Daylight Saving Time. I'll grant that it's a stupid name, but I like having later sunset in the summer and earlier sunrise in the winter. Spending five minutes twice a year walking around the house resetting clocks isn't a big burden for me.

Posted by: a.moron at August 31, 2025 04:00 PM (Yt3ED)

202 Rudy Giuliani seriously injured:

https://tinyurl.com/3cp6am84

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 31, 2025 04:00 PM (fCQp8)

203 I, he proudly said, have been a member of my parish for nearly eight years and I literally don't know anyone's name. And since I sit in the bench in the back, all I see of them is the back of their heads.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 31, 2025 03:55 PM (kkTda)

We tend to see the same people in the same sections of the pews. Don't know their names, but I identify them as "the nice young couple with the well-behaved children" - or - "the parents with the demon-child", etc.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 31, 2025 04:00 PM (pJWtt)

204 My analog watch talks to the time station in Colorado and sets itself. Sometimes I have to stick it in a window.

Posted by: MartynWW at August 31, 2025 04:00 PM (vXpHP)

205 Nobody buys a Rolex because they keep good time. They are just small masterpieces you get to take along with you.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 31, 2025

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True. But they do keep great time. And they depend on *you*, not a battery. The "self-winding" or automatic models (which I think is all of them now) need your body motion to remain running. Or you can wind them, or put them on a winder, but you can't let them sit in a drawer and expect them to run.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 31, 2025 04:01 PM (omVj0)

206 FOOD NOOD

Posted by: Skip at August 31, 2025 04:01 PM (+qU29)

207 Supposedly magnetized components cause a watch movement to gain seconds, but I bought an antimagnetic pilot's watch and it gains seconds every day. The watch maker said I should take it to a watch repair shop and get it "regulated." Anyone know what that entails? I assume it involves adjustments.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 31, 2025 04:02 PM (36PRH)

208 >>Until you stop ticking.

Then somebody else gets to have an adventure.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 31, 2025 04:02 PM (viF8m)

209 201 Not trying to start an argument, but I don't understand the hate for Daylight Saving Time. I'll grant that it's a stupid name, but I like having later sunset in the summer and earlier sunrise in the winter. Spending five minutes twice a year walking around the house resetting clocks isn't a big burden for me.

Posted by: a.moron at August 31, 2025 04:00 PM (Yt3ED)

DST is the Devil. It takes me at least a week to adjust.

Posted by: jsg at August 31, 2025 04:02 PM (7Kd+r)

210 My analog watch talks to the time station in Colorado and sets itself. Sometimes I have to stick it in a window.
Posted by: MartynWW at August 31, 2025

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I just bought such a clock. I don't think it gets the signal in the kitchen where I need it. But it keeps good time even without that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 31, 2025 04:02 PM (omVj0)

211 195 Here's something. I buy the Seiko automatic because I believe the Timex Indiglo is getting ready to crap battery. I feel its no longer economically feasible to have somebody change the battery, and arthritic hands dictate I can't. Yep, Timex is still running on a battery I forgot how long has been in place. I'll check it sometimes when setting the Seiko Five. Takes a licking, keeps on ticking.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 31, 2025 04:02 PM (gm9Sb)

212 I have great affection for callipygian female gluteal muscles and am incapable of deceit.

Posted by: Sir Mix-a-lot, English major at August 31, 2025 04:04 PM (TbWk/)

213 209 201 Not trying to start an argument, but I don't understand the hate for Daylight Saving Time. I'll grant that it's a stupid name, but I like having later sunset in the summer and earlier sunrise in the winter. Spending five minutes twice a year walking around the house resetting clocks isn't a big burden for me.

Posted by: a.moron at August 31, 2025 04:00 PM (Yt3ED)

DST is the Devil. It takes me at least a week to adjust.
Posted by: jsg at August 31, 2025 04:02 PM (7Kd+r)

It's retarded. Pick one and stay with it. There is not practical justification for it other than yet another exercise in disruption and mass compliance.

Posted by: Fuck DST at August 31, 2025 04:06 PM (TbWk/)

214 202 Rudy Giuliani seriously injured:

https://tinyurl.com/3cp6am84
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey,
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"while traveling on the highway Mayor Giuliani's vehicle was struck from behind at high speed..."

Isn't that an awkward and non explanatory sentence?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 31, 2025 04:12 PM (IkhKe)

215 JackStraw,
I may be wrong. I may change my mind and get another dog. But the day is getting late.

Posted by: Brunnhilde at August 31, 2025 04:13 PM (3AwA+)

216 >> but I bought an antimagnetic pilot's watch and it gains seconds every day.

The old accuracy standard for mechanical watches, the "normal" standing is -4 to +6 s per day, which you can see on that timegrapher display in the screenshot. Why the asymmetry, I don't know. A mechanical "chronometer" standard would be tighter than that.

"Regulating" is adjusting the mechanism to correct the rate and all that.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 31, 2025 04:14 PM (w6EFb)

217 >>I may be wrong. I may change my mind and get another dog. But the day is getting late.

Go to a shelter. You'll know what's right for you.

You aren't rescuing a dog. You are rescuing you.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 31, 2025 04:23 PM (viF8m)

218 a year or so ago I bought a Casio G-Shock (I have worn nothing else since the mid-80s; ask me how many different ways they rock!)
that has solar charging and sets itself from (I think) WWV ... I have never caught it more than milliseconds different from NIST.
no more worries or checking calibration against WWV, always perfect accurate time. gottaloveit, amirite?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 31, 2025 06:32 PM (ppG5b)

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